Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Romney's remarks huge mistake or plain truth?


David A. Rice feels like Mitt Romney wrote him off.

The 61-year-old has always been a values-based voter, generally votes Republican and could be a key vote in the swing state of Florida. But he’s also among the 47% of Americans that Mitt Romney said don’t pay income tax and rely on government support.

“There are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what,” Romney says in a clip from a secretly filmed private donor meeting in May, which was first posted on Monday afternoon.



Thursday, September 6, 2012

I am thinking about John Kerry

<br /><br />         I am thinking about John Kerry</p><br /> <p>            “#DNC2012   “Ask Osama bin Laden if he’s better off now than he was four years ago!” — Senator John Kerry”</p><br /> <p>            Check-in to</p><br /> <p>     John Kerry on GetGlue.com<br /><br />
#DNC2012 “Ask Osama bin Laden if he’s better off now than he was four years ago!”
— Senator John Kerry

This was one of the more memorable quotes that Massachusetts Senator John Kerry made during his speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. He gave a speech that called out the former Massachusetts Governor and current Republican Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney on his policies and lack of a clear position and plan for the country. He went as far as to suggest that Romney took his foreign cues from watching the Rocky IV movie.
You know you're in trouble when the person who was charged with being a flip-flopper when he ran for president in 2004, calls you out as being an even worse flip-flopper.
The recurring thought that I had (as I'm sure everyone else had) as I watched Kerry speak was "Where the hell was this guy in 2004?" This guy could have gotten elected to the White House instead of being a bigger punchline than the punchline that got reelected.



Sunday, August 26, 2012

Evil triumphs when good people do nothing. Period.


Evil triumphs when good people do nothing. Period. theuntitledmag: [image description: two Desi women holding up a sign at a demonstration that says          “Imagine a world free of sexual violence on women. Can you?” In the middle of the sign is an illustration of a woman.] globalpost: MUMBIA, India — On July 9, a group of men attacked a girl after she stepped out of a club on a busy street in Guwahati, Assam. A reporter, who was later joined by a cameraman, filmed the entire incident, and a local television channel released the footage the following day. The girl was molested, burned, and beaten for at least half an hour. The men tried to strip off her clothes. The girl fruitlessly begged bystanders, passersby, and the men filming for help – nobody put a stop to it. Read more at GlobalPost  
 [image description: two Desi women holding up a sign at a demonstration that says,
"Imagine a world free of sexual violence on women. Can you?”
In the middle of the sign is an illustration of a woman.]
(Source: theuntitledmag)



A disturbing, but all too familiar incident that illustrates why the work to stop violence against women is not over by a long shot.
From globalpost on Tumblr:
MUMBIA, India — On July 9, a group of men attacked a girl after she stepped out of a club on a busy street in Guwahati, Assam. A reporter, who was later joined by a cameraman, filmed the entire incident, and a local television channel released the footage the following day.
The girl was molested, burned, and beaten for at least half an hour. The men tried to strip off her clothes. The girl fruitlessly begged bystanders, passersby, and the men filming for help – nobody put a stop to it.

Read more at GlobalPost

From A Swiftly Tilting Planet...

One of the versions of Patrick’s Rune per Madeleine L’Engle:“In this fateful hour,I place all Heaven with its powerAnd the sun with its brightness,And the snow with its whiteness,And the fire with all the strength it hath,And the lightning with its rapid wrath,And the winds with their swiftness along their path,And the rocks with their steepness,And the earth with its starkness,All these I placeBetween myself and the powers of darkness!”
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One of the versions of Patrick’s Rune per Madeleine L’Engle:

“In this fateful hour,
I place all Heaven with its power
And the sun with its brightness,
And the snow with its whiteness,
And the fire with all the strength it hath,
And the lightning with its rapid wrath,
And the winds with their swiftness along their path,
And the rocks with their steepness,
And the earth with its starkness,
All these I place
Between myself and the powers of darkness!”

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Review: The Tale of the Dark Crystal

The Tale of the Dark Crystal by Donna Bass My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews