“Donald Trump unleashed a tirade of profanity in a speech at a boisterous Las Vegas casino as he assured a crowd of adoring supporters Thursday night that he is seriously weighing a presidential run and will make a decision soon. During a 30-minute stump speech focused mostly on foreign affairs, Trump sprinkled in a number …
Thanks to Cathy Doty Jeffers for this:
When children are young, they believe they can do anything, be anything. Astronauts, doctors, President of the United States, even. But as we get older, society tells us what our real options are. Many of us give up on our hopes, our dreams, because they simply seem unattainable in the light of what society and …
Full story is here. Pdf copy of birth certificate is here. . .
If competent writing is the criterion, Donald Trump fails to qualify as a candidate for anything. Read this section from a CNN article; pay close attention to Mr. Trump’s written response to Mr. Seinfeld’s decision: According to Seinfeld’s manager, the television star "feels this kind of demagoguery has no place in public discourse." Although the …
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“I can’t exactly say why there’s not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music. Maybe it’s Clear Channel’s ownership of so many radio stations. Or maybe it’s iTunes and Apple being a company that makes most of their stuff in China. …
I came across this article, “Why the United States Is Destroying Its Education System, and it got me thinking. https://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/11 U.S. Government policies have certainly weakened our education system — but to say it is being destroyed is an overstatement. I agree that our emphasis on rote learning, our de-funding of public libraries, our pursuit …
I feel like I am in a time warp. Back in the tail end of 2010, President Obama and the Republicans negotiated a deal that preserved some tax cuts and some social programs, and the progressives and the left couldn’t stop crying. Months later the sky as not fallen, but a new deal has been …
The waiting and uncertainty are over. I know you were concerned. Would he or wouldn’t he? Would he make the easy choice “to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: ‘Sit down and shut up,’ but that’s the worthless, easy path; that’s a quitter’s way out”… and thus choose to …
“More liberals need to acknowledge that Richard Nixon won—twice—and push for an updated strategy. They should stop using the following clichés when speaking or writing: The people. Progressive. Shame. Social justice. The world is watching. They should pay less attention to movies by self-serving millionaire Michael Moore and books by self-serving millionaire Noam Chomsky. They …
For the purposes of this list, I will refer to one’s position on the diagram of monogamy vs. various types of non-monogamy (polyamory, open marriage, swinging, religious polygyny, etc.) as simply “relationship orientation”. Note that for the purposes of this list, “relationship orientation” does NOT refer to one’s sexual orientation re: the Kinsey scale (heterosexual, …
This is way better than the title, and it’s not Oregon-specific: