Attention all PTA moms
According to John McCain, being a PTA member is qualification for VP choice. Dang! If only I knew this. Not only was I a PTA member, but I was also it’s President. Oh wait a minute, I think that was the Hair Club for Men…nevermind! Hey! I was President of the Newcomers Club in my [...]
Simple American Values
Here’s what we’re being told by the McCain camp and Conservative Republicans: v If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you’re “exotic, different.” – Growing up in Alaska and eating moose burgers is the quintessential American story. v If your name is Barack you’re a radical, unpatriotic and possibly Muslim (even [...]
White Privilege, White Entitlement and the 2008 Election
By Tim Wise For those who still can’t grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are constantly looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps this list will help. White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of [...]
Jesus was a community organizer, Pilate was a Governor
In reference to the negative and denigrating comments conjured up by the Republicans in reference to ‘community organizers”, I offer you a wonderful perspective and account of what community organizer really means. This is an open letter to Sarah Palin, written by Gabriel Thompson, a former ‘community organizer’ in Brooklyn NY. http://wherethesilenceis.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=78 An Open [...]
The Power of Our Example
As Bill Clinton put it so succinctly tonight: “We lead not by the example of our power, but by The Power of Our Example”. Bill Clinton captures the imagination and the hearts of Americans again and again. “Republicans said I was too young and too inexperienced to be commander in chief.” “Sound familiar?” Clinton said. [...]
They call it bystander effect
Kitty Genovese was murdered shortly after the Kennedy assasination. Americans were still reeling from the shock of that. The model 10 years later was murdered shortly after the Nixon regime. No explanation needed! And this most recent episode is at a time of the lowest morale in history with the exception of the aftermath of 911.
If you’re a Republican you’re supposed to believe:
1. Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton 2. Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush’s Daddy made war on him , a good guy when Cheney did business with him, and a bad guy when Bush needed a “we can’t find Bin [...]