'Politics' Category
Let’s Party Like it’s 1949!
A poll done by Public Policy Polling in Mississippi asked the question, do you think interracial marriage should be legal. The results: Yes — 40% No — 46% Not Sure — 14% So only 40% of the people in Mississippi think that an interracial couple should be allowed to marry! Would it be possible to [...]
Was Ronald Reagan a Communist?
Apparently the Governor of Wisconsin thinks so. This is what Ronald Reagan said about the right to unionize and collective bargaining. “But restoring the American dream requires more than restoring a sound, productive economy, vitally important as that is. It requires a return to spiritual and moral values, values so deeply held by those who [...]
Jackson State
Today is the 40th anniversary of a lesser known incident that occurred on another college campus just 10 days after the murders at Kent State. At Jackson State College in Jackson, Mississippi students were protesting the war and against the racism that students had to endure from motorists who passed through the center of the [...]
In Memory of Jeff Miller
As I mentioned in an earlier entry, Jeff Miller, one of the four students killed at Kent State, graduated from the same high school that Beth is attending. The school put up a memorial to Jeff. I took a couple of pictures of it so you could see what it looks like. Click on the [...]
Kent State
Tin soldiers and Nixon’s comin’. We’re finally on our own. This summer I hear the drummin’. Four dead in Ohio. — Neil Young Today is the 40th anniversary of the killings at Kent State. National guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom [...]
Sarah Palin Please Shut Up
If you look to the upper right of this page, you will see that we are fighting against the use of the R-Word. For those who don’t know, that word is “retard” and it is offensive to those of us who love someone with a mental disability. Back in August, White House Chief of Staff [...]
Be Not Afraid
When it was announced that some of the criminals involved in the World Trade Center attack on 9/11 were going to be tried in New York City, I was thrilled. This is exactly where they should be tried. Just as Timothy McVeigh was tried in Oklahoma City, these animals should be tried at the scene [...]
The Governator Sends a Special Message
The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, sent a special message to a state lawmaker when he vetoed a bill that would have allowed the city of San Fransisco to get the financing they need to redevelop a former shipyard into a new neighborhood. The veto message sent to San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, had a [...]
And the difference is…
I stole this from Glenn Greenwald because it is too funny. A thuggish dictator crushing democracy — Washington Post, February 16, 2009 Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez won a referendum Sunday to eliminate term limits, paving the way for him to rule far into the 21st century to carry out his socialist transformation of this oil-rich [...]
The GOP Is Crazy
There is simply no other way to say it. On September 12th, right-wing Republicans were in Washington, DC to protest government spending. They demand that the government spend less and let the free market pick up the difference. So how do they react? Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas sent a note to the Washington, DC [...]
