Guess what? Michigan is making national headlines again for its innovative Republican solutions to the problems that confront us… This time it’s State Senator Bruce Casswell getting the attention for his exciting “out of the box” thinking. Casswell, if you haven’t heard, is suggesting that foster kids in Michigan only be allowed to purchase secondhand […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bruce Casswell, Dave Agema, Department of Human Services, empathy fail, foster care, hand-me-downs, helping the poor, Michigan Information & Research Service, punitive measures against the needy, Susan J. Demas, thrift stores, used clothes |
By Mark | February 20, 2011
Our old friend George Lakoff has a brilliant essay on the Common Dreams website today. Here’s a clip. I’d encourage those of you with time to follow the last link and read the whole thing, though. ….The central issue in our political life is not being discussed. At stake is the moral basis of American […]
Posted in Other, Politics | Also tagged anti-immigrant, anti-science, class warfare, collective bargaining, deficit, entitlements, food safety, framing, fucking Democrats, George Lakoff, individual responsibility, linguistics, Obama, prenatal care, public broadcasting, public employee unions, Republican framing, Rockridge Institute, state employees, strict father, the conservative agenda, the growing gap between rich and poor, threats to Democracy, threats to the middle class, union busting, Wisconsin is open for business, women's rights |
By Mark | October 11, 2009
I showed Clementine The Wizard of Oz a couple of months ago, soon after she turned five. I thought that she was old enough. We’d already read the book. And I’d already warned her about the flying monkeys. And I’d shown her the scene where the Wicked Witch of the West melts on YouTube. So, […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life | Also tagged Clementine, crying, Dorothy, greed, gun violence, Humphrey Bogart, John Huston, killing, Robert Blake, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Wizard of Oz |
