Yesterday a friend sent me an e-mail in reference to the Emergency Stabilization Act (Bail-Out Act). My friend is a good man, and he maintains an open interest and mind in current events. When he sent me this email I saw it as open inquiry to the sad state of affairs in which we find ourselves regarding the current economic crisis. We are all looking for answers and understanding. How did we get here? What do we do now? (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Human Rights’
The Economic Crisis: How to Avoid Brain Burn- Part One
Posted in Politics, tagged Bail out, Crisis, Economy, Human Rights, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, puma, The Denver Group, Wildmon on October 7, 2008| 2 Comments »
The Paperwork of Change
Posted in Politics, tagged CA, Feminism, Human Rights, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, marriage, puma, Same Sex Marriage, The Denver Group on October 7, 2008| Leave a Comment »
The title of their article is misleading, but hey, whatever! Marrying folk now have options :
State will change marriage licenses to say ‘bride’ and ‘groom‘
By Jennifer Garza – jgarza@sacbee.com
Published 5:42 pm PDT Monday, October 6, 2008
[…Bride and groom are in. Party A and Party B are out.
California state officials, saying they had heard from residents all over the state who would like to be identified as “bride” and “groom” on their marriage license, announced Monday that state forms will be changed. Again.
Couples filling out the license will now have the option of declaring themselves bride and groom, bride and bride or groom and groom. They can also leave the space blank. The new forms will be available in county offices in November….]
I Own My Vote, PUMA, The Denver Group, Just Say No Deal
Familiar and Sounds Right
Posted in Politics, tagged 18 Million Voices, Clinton, DNC Convention, DNC Platform Ideas, Election, Human Rights, NARAL, Voting Reform, Women's Rights on August 9, 2008| Leave a Comment »
As a person who has had to spend a fair amount of time writing technical reports in my life, the effort of viewpoint blogging has been a new stretch. I’m used to having to present facts, or evaluations as part of my writing, and not offer my personal thoughts. In the world of blogging, just like everywhere in the media these days, facts and even evaluations are not readily available or must be researched, themselves. A web search of keywords, as we all know, can reveal hundreds of thousands of hits. However, if we spend the time winnowing through them, we often discover the hits spring from a few recycled sources. We spend so much time looking, it’s disturbing to find expectations don’t match the message. (more…)
