Dear Constitution
Sigh – here we go misinterpreting you again! Yet another public figure says something incredibly stupid, his/her employer punishes him/her and people react by yelling about the First Amendment and the rights to free speech. Uh – WRONG! When did people start confusing the rights of CONGRESS to enact laws with the rights of EMPLOYERS to discipline employees? Let’s [...]
Dear Trayvon
Dear Trayvon, Where do I begin? I heard your name for the first time thanks to a tweet in my timeline and read your story. I was immediately outraged but ever skeptical of biting into a quick read/react cycle I held back on re-tweeting anything or signing any petitions. I added your name to my [...]
My favorite stories about the Susan G. Komen foundation – can they recover?
Unless you have been away from just about every possible media source the last 3 days, you have probably heard about the utter public relations fail of the Susan G Komen foundation. At best, they have naively applied an entirely NEW criteria for grant funding to various Planned Parenthood clinics around the country essentially blocking [...]
2011 Year in Photos by Pete Souza – a set on Flickr
2011 Year in Photos by Pete Souza – a set on Flickr. I’m sharing this here because I don’t think of this set of photos as being political in nature. What it IS, is a history of the year in the White House which, no matter your political persuasion, is OUR history too. What I [...]
Let there be…….dark!
I left for work yesterday morning pondering the internet situation in our house which had completely died on Wednesday night. Ok, not completely – the wireless network crapped out – one computer could still direct connect to the modem. I figured I would call Time Warner, upgrade to their wireless networking system because I am [...]
Advice for east coasters – seriously!
Yes, I know I participated in the fun that we on the west coast poked at you guys yesterday. In my defense, I waited until a few after hours your earthquake and I knew full well that everyone was totally fine. Once that was cleared up, well…some ribbing had to be done! Heck, you guys [...]
Cinderella in real life – complete w/ evil step sisters!
This image floating around Facebook today says it all – absolutely classic that some brilliant observer caught the similarities: UPDATE: Just as quickly as this flew around the web, word spread that it was a photoshopped image. Which it is so I feel compelled to post this correction of sorts. Some creative soul changed the [...]
This week in learning: Grok, natch and freedom
What a week! I’ve actually learned a lot thanks to being so riveted by the scenes from Egypt all week. Wikipedia has been put to the test! The Oct6 bridge was one – named for the beginning of the Yom Kippur war. And I will get a little deeper than I have in previous weeks. [...]
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