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if you read my sister’s blog this is a repeat…if not, well, let me just say this is a special irritation of mine. i’ve never been able to quite put my finger on why the seeming compliment of “you speak so well” bothers me. it is a lot like telling me i’m pretty…for a black […]
since katrina, the population of new orleans has shrunk almost in half. at the same time, the number of reported cases of domestic violence have increased by 50%. 50%. that’s not the actual number of cases, just those that spoke up, sought help, got asked and were able to answer the question. that doesn’t speak […]
The “tipping point” is an interesting concept…the idea that things happen not solely or even mostly because of some genetic makeup but as the result of other things…like context. The book references something called the “broken window theory”. Essentially, bad things happen in places where it looks like it won’t matter anyway. If the ground […]
The problem with reading anything political is that you have to wade through propaganda and perspectives in search of the truth. Everyone does it…democrats, republicans, Americans, Venezuelans. Hence my chagrin and concern when reading about hugo chavez’s recent victory. I’ve picked my way through “america’s” general dislike for hugo…and from my perspective there isn’t […]
Tender moments depicted in high action high drama situations bug me. I’m not sure why. If I think about it rationally, the shadow of death probably does prompt your most basic nature. If nothing else the desire to be consoled – to prove you are alive to feel something more than fear in the face […]
150,000 iraqi dead. I wonder how it is that we haven’t truly kept track until now. The standard word on iraq is that this is not a war on the people of iraq – only the insurgents. But if that were truly the case we would mourn each civilian death there as we mourn our […]
the top muslim cleric in australia recently gave a speech that is causing outrage. he blamed “imodestly” dressed women for rape saying that it was 90% their fault and likening uncovered women to uncovered meat. needless to say that folks are emotional. on the today show it was mentioned in passing that there appears to […]
the debate rages on in the US with most people oblivious – it seems – to the reality that it is not going on anywhere else. nigger. the power of it mobilizes schools of thoughts. rappers who consider it in all its variations (with an “a” or and “er” ) to have meanings that they […]
Australia is in the middle of a drought. I’m not talking no rain this year…I’m talking no rain for some years. I’m not sure of the exact number now – and I’m too lazy to look it up, but on the Today Show Australia they had a rather long segment complete with dust blowing behind […]
there are so many ways to be evil. at the same time it is so easy to pick what things to consider evil. child molestation…easy…fry ’em all. murders? them too. but after that the water gets murky. thieves? well, maybe it was social injustice that moved them to thieve – maybe our system made them […]
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