God bless The Onion and the Sandy Hook families for thinking outside the box to disrupt the lies and the liars who lie them.
Standing in the Middle of the Road
This blog is about being middle aged and dealing with the experiences, changes and challenges that I never thought would happen to me...and everyone else around me.
Friday, November 15, 2024
A Free Speech Lesson: The Onion and Sandy Hook families think out of the box
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Thank you to all voters
Thank you to everyone who voted. Over these past three elections we have sent our government a clear message. We are a country divided. It's now our responsibility to elect and challenge our legislators to work across the aisle. To find answers that serve all of us, not just some of us.
We must be the watch dogs that protect our democracy.
For those dismayed by some outcomes, remember that "all politics is local" (Tip O'Neil). The work for change is ours to do.Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Vote - Why?
Please Vote.
Each vote from your community is important to how elected representatives and city/county officials gauge needs and services; attention and representation. It puts you and yours on the "oh, yes we do matter," map.
Whatever your opinions, beliefs, or positions are, Vote.
2020 taught us that we are a divided nation. That is a powerful lesson that our elected must learn and act responsibly to represent. If not, we do need to remove them.
Every vote from every perspective has to matter to those who work on our behalf and with our tax dollars.
We have to work together to bring them back to bi-partisan collaboration. We have to impress on them that they were elected to work for this democratic nation's citizens; not for their own deepening pockets, biases, and selfish gamesmanship among political parties.
Make truth and democracy matter.
Friday, June 11, 2021
Protecting everyone's right to vote ensures your own vote is protected
Protect all efforts to ensure EVERYONE'S Right to Vote without limitations designed to discourage or prevent safe and reasonable access to vote. It is the only way to protect our democracy and the rest of our freedoms. The 2020 election demonstrated that access to voting made a huge difference in the number of voters. It sent us all a message about how divided we are and inspired both sides to engage in this democracy.
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Don't Tell Me Donald's Con Hasn't Taken Lessons from Adolf
(Wikimedia Commons, Tom Pennington/Getty Images via JTA) |
Yet, we know that Hitler had the platform and that the longer and louder he repeated his lies about innocent people, the more others joined him in fear that otherwise something might happen to them. We know that such hateful propaganda attracts those who ignored. When they buy in, suddenly they are in the in group. Yesterday, we saw four years of lies culminating in the actions of believers following the con man they trusted. That comparison rings sadly true now, especially since Trump's followers are predominantly white and fearful of their fellow citizens of color. Trump has goaded them for his own selfish reasons; without a care in the world what might happen to these people who believe him and acted on his behalf. He has put them at risk indifferently. And he has shown us how propaganda can divide a country and its people to the harm of us all. We should all thank our higher power and the U.S. Constitution for giving us the right to decide who leads us and who must leave the office January 20. We haven't learned all of the lessons but we are getting a very serious education if we are paying attention. |
Friday, August 28, 2020
We can't trust them, yet we vote for them
Michigan Radio, 8-28-20
Fear is the best sales tactic there is. Every marketeer knows it, every reality show star knows, and every politician knows it. And they are afraid --- of their opposition. So afraid that they don't trust us to listen to the messages we want most: what are they going to do to serve their constituents' needs and protect this democracy. What are they going to do to return to a bi-partisan collaboration for the good of the country rather than blatant McConnell declarations to protect the Republicans and screw the Democrats while we watch. We're in a reality show between two competitors and they've forgotten the audience is their electorate.