People United Means Action
From the category archives:
The US Women’s Hockey team beat China, 12-1 yesterday. On Saturday, Canada beat Slovakia 18-1. Canada and the United States have such dominating teams simply because the sport has been popular for girls there and here for going on 20 years. In places like China and Slovakia, and even Finland and Sweden, girls are just [...]
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Yesterday’s shocking news of Michael Jackson’s death distracted me from mentioning Farrah Fawcett, the television and poster-girl legend, who also died yesterday. Fawcett’s death was not a surprise — she had been battling an aggressive recurrence of cancer — but it was still news, as she was one of the most well-known “sex objects” of [...]
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Cinie and MKfromLA both have must-reads on the methods and uses of propaganda, and, most importantly, how DANGEROUS rampant propaganda is to an electorate if we want to be informed and if we value critical thinking.
Until the Rules and Bylaws Committee of the Democratic National Committee met on May 31, 2008, the pro-obama propaganda (pro-bama-ganda?) [...]
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Below is a post that explains Who We Are. This is a short post to explain WHY we are.
There are THREE abiding reasons for the Puma Movement. They don’t change with the daily headlines:
The leadership of the Democratic Party proved itself corruptible to the questionable influences and tactics of the Obama Movement. They ignored the [...]
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Frequently Asked Question: “Can I be a Puma if I’m a Republican?”
Answer: Who you vote for or how you like to think of yourself politically is up to you — this really IS a free country. I can’t say that a person who is registered as a Republican can’t be a Puma. Of course they [...]
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Today is International Swan Day, a celebration of women artists around the world. Events are mostly in California, but the blogosphere is a beautiful place and we can appreciate and learn about women artists from wherever we have access to a computer.
Some of my favorite artists:
Mary Cassat
Vanessa Bell, her portrait of her sister Virginia Woolf:
Diane [...]
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(h/t rancho)
You HAVE watched Iron Jawed Angles, right? If not, order it HERE now or borrow it from your library (it is widely available at libraries).
Here’s a trailer:
The Puma PAC NEW Era Team has organized a PROWL, led by the indomitable Rancho, to support a House effort to award Alice Paul the Congressional Gold Medal [...]
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Not surprisingly, she was Irish. Mary Harris Jones, also known as Mother Jones, was the most famous agitator, rabble-rouser, and labor activist in American history. Born in County Cork, Ireland in 1837, she moved with her family first to Toronto, and then later on her own to Maine to teach elementary school. In 1861 she [...]
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SM77, Puma godmother, has her latest installment in the Unemployment Chronicles HERE. And the New York Times is looking at a possible trend of micro-entrepreneurship – people who are starting (very) small businesses after giving up on traditional job searches. Sounds pretty good, but also pretty close to the make-shift, gray-market economies of emerging nations. [...]
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Yesterday I told you about Puma PAC’s effort to support Congressman Joe Baca’s bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Alice Paul.
During Women’s History Month we are celebrating contemporary women, like Hillary Clinton, who have been honored by the National Women’s History Project for the work they are doing TODAY. We are also looking WAY [...]
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