'politics' Category
at least he ended it well
When Mitt Romney is good, he’s very, very good (MA healthcare, SLC Olympics), but in this campaign, he’s mostly been horrid. In the very last moment, though, he showed a flicker of the good Romney, and it’s worth quoting here for truth: The nation, as you know, is at a critical point. At a time [...]
which binder is best for your women?
This is pretty hilarious. I kind of feel sorry for the Avery company, though: you have to go to page 20 of the reviews before you get to one for the actual product (which sounds to be excellent for holding papers and files, though not so good for corralling women).
a plea for discourse, preferably of the civil kind
It’s possibly I can be dispassionate only because I live outside the US and am thus not being bombarded by US election news to nearly the degree that people in the US are. (It’s election season here too, but I don’t watch Dutch news, I don’t have to do anything about it, and it doesn’t [...]
because whatever else you can say about guns, they don’t shoot silver bullets
Expanded from a comment I made on someone else’s locked LJ post. In the commentary I’ve seen on the shootings in the Aurora, CO theater, some people keep saying things like “Too bad no one else in that theater had a gun, or they could have taken that shooter down.” I keep wondering why everyone [...]
When I was talking the other day about how timely Trollope’s autobiography still is, I hadn’t even gotten to the section on politics yet. Wow. I can’t agree with him on “the dangers of traveling too quickly” [toward equality], though I would agree that many Liberals are unadmittedly “glad to be accompanied on his way [...]
being right is not the same as being unquestionable
In general, it’s fair to categorize me as a liberal. I’m never thrilled with labels, though, because they oversimplify. I have a slight lean toward libertarianism, because I want the government to quit interfering with my wallet and my life decisions. It’s only a slight lean, though, because I do believe that the government needs [...]
What I need here is someone to write a tune
It seems to me that we have a lot of protests these days, but not nearly enough protest songs. This one came boiling up very quickly tonight, inspired by a speech of Molly Ivis’ (duh) and a few fiery young women I know. The spirit of Molly is rising, she’s still raising hell, having fun. [...]
happy holidays, dammit
I’m pretty sure no one who reads my blog needs to be told any of this but I’ve seen at least a couple of people on Facebook already ranting about their ‘right’ to say “Merry Christmas”, presumably instead of “Happy holidays”. So I apologize in advance for the rant; it isn’t aimed at you. People: [...]
Occupying my brain
The thing is, I don’t actually begrudge executives and CEOs big salaries and luxurious lives, in return for performance. (Notice I said “big”; “big” is not necessarily synonymous with “mind-bogglingly humongous”. Also, giving someone a massive bonus for inadequate bonus is just bad business.) I’ve met a few, and had enough exposure to others to [...]
a small rumination on the news from NY
I don’t think anyone who reads my blog needs convincing, but it seems a bit obligatory to write something when you’re faced with history. Way back when we lived in Texas, my husband (then fairly newly promoted to that title) was standing around chatting with two co-workers. Both were griping about recent or impending divorces, [...]