If one more person points to the evils that Wal-Mart or Target does and sounds all surprised, I am going to scream. MoveOn.org recently sent me this: Did you hear about Target? The second-largest discount store in the U.S. contributed $150,000 to support a far-right Republican who supports Arizona’s draconian immigration law, wants to abolish [...]
Archive for the tag 'Activism'
July 29 2010
The Curse of Context-Free Judgment
Recently, a small war just blew up on my Facebook page. A Representative in New York submitted a bill, H. R. 5741, for compulsory service for everyone 18-42. I read the bill, flipped out a little, and posted it on my page, for comment. And boy, did I get comment. But really not what I [...]
April 11 2010
GO CANADA!!!
OK, I am simply delirious with joy. Check this out!!!! Giving birth, the natural way Every birth is a miracle, of course. But the arrival of Lily Luck-Henderson, just after midnight last Tuesday morning at the General campus of the Ottawa Hospital, was something else as well. Lily was breech, as are about four per [...]
August 16 2009
Speaking Truth to Power
I’d like to brag up someone else’s kids today. Today is for Shaye’s Brayla. I am so proud of her. Not for the topic, necessarily, but for her sheer determination to say what she thinks is right, and to keep pressing home the point, even though she’s not getting the traction she expected in the [...]
August 5 2009
Brilliant — Restaurant Wars!
This post, from Sheridan, is absolutely brilliant. Read it and laugh. And then, if you’re me, get vaguely ill, because it’s come to that. Restaurant Wars
May 27 2009
No on the Mother’s Act
http://uniteforlife.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/just-say-no-to-the-mothers-act/ This blog pretty much says it all. Please go read it, get adequately outraged, and then do something concrete to stop this piece of unexpurgated evil.
May 5 2009
When the virus takes us — S. 909
Hey gang… this just in from Advocate Aaron (who is, believe it or not, cooler in person than online): The U.S. Senate is set to give legally protected status to pedophiles and 30 other sexual orientations. The Senate refused to define what is meant by sexual orientation in S. 909, the “Hate Crimes” bill. This [...]
