Looking at what we’ve done in the years since the 9/11 attacks we see that we as a people have decided to be worse at most everything
Tag: congress
Tales of Terror-Debt Ceiling Debacle
Ceilings are terrifying places to be hitting, especially if you’re being crushed by something, like debt.
Cut Those Food Stamps Already
Why Cutting SNAP really isn’t that big of a deal-unless you are a legislator who owns a grocery store.
The Gardener’s Guide to Politicking
Grainne Rhuad- There will still be work to do after the spectacle of the Presidential election.
A Rough Beast Prepares to Slouch – December 31st, 2011
W.D. Noble- Shares his yearly wrap-up and predictions for 2012
The Ultimate Intimate Experience: Holding Hands
Jane Stillwater- Imagine if George W. Bush had just told Saddam Hussein, “If you don’t immediately give me all your oil, I’m going to threaten to HOLD YOUR HAND!” Perhaps if that had happened, we would have re-written history– and all too many Americans
A Case For Hope
Grainne Rhuad- Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.- Mark Twain
Thanksgiving Day; 2010
W.D. Noble-“I lost my job in July of 2009”, stated one man, flatly, as it he were saying, “It’s raining and cold outside today.” In his case, both were true. “I lost my house, my wife, my car….” The look on his face told the rest – he’d also lost his will to live.
Lessons from Nuts
By: Grainne Rhuad
What happens when the “Right” turns out to be right about something? Is it okay for the “Right” to be right sometimes?
This is Your Freedom, America Part II
“On March 27, 1861, the unprecedented happened. During a filibuster over commerce, the Southern states declared their states rights pursuant to the Constitution and walked out of Congress…”