People United Means Action
From the category archives:
Violet Socks really hits it home here: “It’s funny, isn’t it? Men run the world, own almost everything in it, hold almost every position of power, and yet these two women [Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton] —each the first in her party to become a serious contender for presidential office—are somehow responsible for everything bad. [...]
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And he and his gang will do it again too, if we let them. But this time, Pumas are still sounding the alarm. What happened with the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation cover-up, as well as Holder’s Justice Department’s alleged policy of not prosecuting Voting Rights Act complaints brought by citizens who happen to [...]
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Hey! It’s Saturday again! How convenient! Here’s a little test. Look at the paintings below. Decide whether the person in the painting should be described as a Subject or an Object. A Subject, just like in grammar, is a person (or thing, but we’re talking about humans here, so bear with me) who DOES something; [...]
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A six year old in Senegal named Fatoukine drew the picture above. I love how orderly and detailed her depiction of “home” is. The trees are in full bloom; the buildings all have open windows and doors; and even the sun is smiling. The very little I know about art therapy tells me that the [...]
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In this piece, the always insightful admin at Hillaryis44 fans the flames of a Hillary 2012 presidential run. She notes that Hillary is in Kentucky today and that this is a hint that Hillary is sending to her supporters about an indirect challenge to obama’s reelection plans. “While we don’t think Hillary Clinton will directly [...]
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So the news, such as it is, sucks in all departments. You can read it everywhere, but I suggest HERE, HERE, and HERE. Oh, and HERE. Her latest essay on the perniciousness of feminine beauty is an instant, send it to all your friends classic. I took the picture above of my back stairs about [...]
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It’s been a hell of a week here at Chez Murphy and today feels like a good day to start fresh. The sun is shining and warm, the daffodils and forsythia are blooming everywhere, and little kids are racing around the paths in town on scooters and bikes with an excited puppy bounding ahead and [...]
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From Riverdaughter: “I don’t know if this country can be healed. As I understand it, women have very little status in truly fascist regimes. That word, fascism, is not one to throw around lightly or it will lose its meaning. It might be a political system that isn’t necessarily planned but towards which we drift, [...]
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May not come out. Ever. Have the idiots in Congress passed the health insurance fiasco yet?
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We lose. From miq this morning: “Next fall we’re gonna have and election and right now it looks like the Republicans will gain seats in Congress, and maybe even get control of one or both houses. But no matter who wins, we lose. The same thing in November of 2012. – If either the Democrats [...]
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