Published LTE: Reframing medicaid cuts on the local level
Taking a page from the great work done by Frameshop, I thought I'd take some of the framing techniques I've learned and apply it to something I know--my daughter's Medicaid. Recently, I sent a letter...
View ArticleUrgent: help me trace this 800 phone number!
I just received a telephone call from some Repug hate group in sanctity of marriage clothing. After the robo-message, the woman who finally answered the phone wouldn't tell me who it was from and how...
View ArticleThe "Just In Time" Revolution
(revolution, as in Industrial Revolution, not American Revolution...) I work for a small IT publishing company, and we spend a lot of time talking about "just in time" learning. No surprise to anyone...
View ArticlePataki screws the middle-class and poor
Just like our Dear Leader, New York's governor Pataki has proposed a budget this year that slashes Medicaid funding and other services. Here's some info on it from a local activist group's newsletter....
View ArticleWhen institutions become irrelevant....
A couple months ago, I wrote about the Just In Time Revolution. In essence, it's the idea that the emergence of the Internet has fueled people's expectation to be able to get what they want, when they...
View ArticleDid Roberts really affirm privacy rights? I don't think so
Ok, so I'm not a legal expert and I haven't seem the full transcript. However, based on this quote:I agree with the Griswold court's conclusion that marital privacy extends to contraception and...
View ArticleFEMA devastation continues in Texas! Goodhair pleas for help
I know everyone here will be stunned and shocked to learn that FEMA's damage is still ravaging our country. This time, it's Texas that is currently feeling the full, howling gale of Chertoff-force...
View ArticlePls! Stop Using "Harm's Way"!!
Please, I beg you. If you don't want to keep perpetuating GW's and the right-wing's propaganda, stop using the phrase harm's way immediately. I'll explain why and give you examples of what to use...
View ArticleBig Steaming Equity!
Yes folks, step right up, step right up. I have right here an amazing investment opportunity that you just can't pass by. Equity -- yes, that's right, genu-ine, 100% real equity -- in this here...
View ArticleI did not vote for the black man
This is a note to all the punditocracy and the news shows and the increasingly irrelevant right-wing mouth-pieces ---- who this morning are already talking about celebrations from "Egypt to Kenya".As...
View ArticleDawn of the Lemons
Just a bit of levity to brighten your day. The Republicans have surrounded the house. Tell them to "Suck on that, sourpuss!" If you find the video funny, please rate it up and share...
View Article*Update 3* A Dead Man liked Facebook yesterday, and how I became an FB zombie...
Dear Facebook,Yesterday, as I was checking my news feed, one of the posts made me sit up in my seat. According to you, my cousin now LIKES an internet wine company from one of your ads.Facebook, what...
View ArticleDWS' Hawaii gambit blows up in her face-- Update w/ conflicting reports
So, apparently, Debbie Wasserman Schultz cut a deal with Hawaii’s state Dem chair to hold the state’s caucus in March, on a Saturday afternoon, during Easter week-end instead of Super Tuesday. In...
View ArticleOUTRAGE: Hungry Bernie refuses crap sandwich!!
Oh my GOD! I can’t believe how rude Sanders is being. I mean, for weeks now he’s been pestering me with how hungry he is. Hungry, hungry, hungry.And I’ve told him I was busy. I mean Super Tuesday busy,...
View ArticleBreaking: Trump chooses new VP
After a strategy meeting over the week-end, Trump and his advisors have asked Pence to step down so they can choose a running mate who better exemplifies Trump’s values.
View ArticleBerniecrats & Clintonites: how to unite, without agreeing
Right now, it’s obvious there’s a deep rift between us that will take a long time to resolve. Recriminations, finger-pointing, and bitter schadenfreude. We’re ALL hurting right now. Perhaps we will...
View ArticleHillary hate on Trump's "survey" site
Short diary, but the image was taken this morning (2/18) from the Trump Media “bias” survey site. See the URL for confirmation. Or go there yourself and add the index.html to the end of the URL.Not...
View ArticleTrump Presidency Day 1984
Trump's tweet:2+2=5 billion jobs I just saved. MAGA!Mathematicians:2+2=4Spicer:Clearly Democrats are bitter after their electoral defeat and trying to undercut the President's agenda.Republicans:The...
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