Name that Sin!!!!!!!
Strap on your logic and critical thinking guns. The pen (or smartphone) is still mightier than the sword.I've been pushing for a discussion of the 7 Deadly Sins and the American way of existence.Greed,...
View ArticlePrivatizing Our Investment
"Of course the renter's needs will always take precedence to the owner's." That's the argument for privatization in a nutshell. And we swallowed it.
View ArticleER Hell
Screaming tv, floodlit drop ceiling squares and spiteful furniture. 3 hours sitting in the new St. Bernard ER. Feels like a food court - no real sense of dignity or comfort - just industrial cheap...
View ArticleAn Impotent God
My husband is back from the hospital (12th time this year. Argh.) So this Samhain night has been quiet.So with the right stimulation, I'm off on flights of fancy.Abortion rights, women's second class...
View ArticleJesus Rides the Dinosaur
The Hierarchy is dead. The Word is no longer Sacred, no matter how they try. Fight back, we're almost to the part where Justice does some severe butt kicking......and some chickens appear. Suddenly....
View ArticleJesus Rides the Dinosaur
Generally, if they are using big words, they are trying to rob you. This use of words stems from a decreasing need for an elaborate vocabulary in every day life.It's the new age of empathy - the...
View ArticleHow anarchy is organized. By telepathy
We are witnessing a radical transformation in society. the end of privacy and the rise of the Global Village. And the revolution is over. Hierarchy as an organizing principle lost.What fired my...
View ArticleYour guns = my uterus
It occurs to me that there is a connection between gun lovers and women. Hear me out. We both are outraged at what we see as intolerable intrusions into private citizens' lives. We both are seen as...
View ArticleJabberwockymander
All the gyring and gimbaling in the wabe about gerrymandering seems to make the assumption that demographics, living patterns and suburban growth will remain the same, with urban areas being hubs of...
View ArticleLet's ALL go Galt
"Atlas Shrugged" is based on the incredibly Liberal notion that ideas have value. As a matter of fact, Galt's ideas to make money are worth more than mere human life. He and his merry band are...
View ArticleAdd Wine and stir - recipes for instant Grandmother
I wrote to a friend undergoing surgery that "there's always at least one turn in the path you never see coming." Life in the past three years has been a Gordian knot of turns, kinks and surprises . I...
View ArticleAddwine #2 -Those who don't....
theorize. Musing on American culture and history is an addiction I picked up in the American Studies Dept at the University of Hawai'i - Manoa. Having never lived a mainstream American lifestyle, I...
View ArticleChidlren's televison as cultural influence.
We of the Boomer generation had the first uncontrolled access to the world outside our homes. Children of a military culture, television whispered that Father Didn't know best, and there was something...
View ArticleMy Little Blogee- On Sabbatical
We are declaring ourselves (my brilliant, PTSD musician husband, two puppy mill refugee Bull Terriers, both with PTSD, 2 cats, both entertained by our Addams-esque antics, and me, your PTSD/MST...
View ArticlePearl Harbor, Mon Amour
Today, I raise a glass to director John Ford, the person most responsible for my Doctorate in American Studies. Then I raise my middle finger to him. Ford has us hard wired, even now. His Catholic,...
View ArticleThe failed coup d'etat
The subtext of the SOTUA was the trap shutting on the stupidest and most intelligent attempt to re-instate a corporate feudal system since the last one they fell into. What I saw was a failed coup....
View ArticleGI Bill Lifesaver.
The foundation of America's shining moment in the academic world came as a result of post-WWII GI Bill. It gave students stipends, which relieved pressure on the job market. But it also educated a...
View ArticleOn Sabbatical - my little bloggee #2
It has been a long, strange trip, rife with hospital visits, medical outrages, loss of our cat Tofu, and gaining an adopted son/first mate. And a new kitten. Sailor Sam has signed on to the motley...
View ArticleThe End of Marketeering
Stick a fork in political marketeering. The entire political marketeering industry, which molds and controls candidate images, just got thrown off the party bus. Their role as gatekeepers and public...
View ArticleRandom snarling from the Southern Wild
I finally moved from mile long comments to a blogpost. I’m not organized yet, but that will come.Comments below started in response to professionals shirking their professional duties to satisfy...
View ArticleMilitia has a proper definition. It does not cover random amateurs inflicting...
They are not militia. Militia are authorized by, and responsible to, a sovereign government. They are under the command of a government official commissioned and authorized to use deadly force in...
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