Here is an interesting series that started awhile back.
We really need to get our crap together and fix what ails this country.
Daily Archives: October 13, 2011
Wealth: How Does the U.S. Slice the Pie? | The Business Desk with Paul Solman | PBS NewsHour | PBS
I am not sure what is more offensive, that these numbers are how they are or that so many of us have no clue where our nation stands.
‘Catch-22’: A Paradox Turns 50 And Still Rings True : NPR
The magic and horror and humor of Catch-22 is 50 years old today. Read it if you haven’t already. And read it again if you have.
‘MetaMaus’: The Story Behind Spiegelman’s Classic : NPR
The Maus books were the first ones to show me what you really could do with cartoons to tell a gripping story. Now there is a new book that tells the making of the classic.
Color me interested.
‘Bippolo Seed’ Uncovers Lost Stories Of Dr. Seuss : NPR
How do you go wrong with Dr. Seuss? I am looking forward to picking up this “new” book with stories most of us have never read.
This comes to mind as I have been having some unfriending issues online. Seems a lot of conservatives think it is cute to misquote Ted Geisel and other liberals, twisting their words or poetic forms to advocate mean spirited things, up to and including “jokes” about murdering certain black presidents of the United States.
Dr. Seuss had a lot of good lessons for our kids. NONE of them involved segregating others and advocating violence as good things to promote. Assassination as humor was never a thing or skeeches, loraxes, Whos, and just plain people.
It is odious to be that kind of person. And I am more than glad to separate myself from that ilk.
The GOP War on Voting | Politics News | Rolling Stone
Republicans hate democracy. And they know that the more they coddle secessionists and racists, the more they are going to lose elections.
Plan? Rig the voting districts and then strip the right to vote from minorities and college students, among others.
The worst part? It is working. Here is an interactive map showing where these anti-American twits are stealing the vote.
Look, if you can not make a factual argument and win in this country, the problem may actually be YOU and not the electorate.
My Advice to the Occupy Wall Street Protesters | Politics News | Rolling Stone
Not a bad start to a coherent strategy for the Occupiers out there.
Ditch the 60s retread crap. Most of you weren’t even born then and bongos just tend to piss people off. Including me, and I want to be on your side.
Small words, strong actions. You know the FAUX viewers can’t understand sentences long than eight words long. If you want to speak to them it has to be clear and concise.
Get a plan, stop the usual bickering over tiny BS. Get everyone on board as best you can.
The 1968 Exhibit | Opens October 14, 2011
I am fairly excited about this and hope to get to it sometime soon.
Tonight in Minneapolis the 1968 Exhibit opens. Granted, before my time but it was certainly a year when the nation and the world was on a precipice. Extremists murdered King and Kennedy, we were at war for no good reason. Nixon embraced racism and became president.
Almost makes you wonder where the Baggers want to take us, doesn’t it?
MPR has been covering this, both this morning and at midday.
World War II: The Fall of Nazi Germany – Alan Taylor – In Focus – The Atlantic
Some famous and not-so-famous pics of World War II.
Eric Carle: The ‘Blue Horse’ That Inspired A Children’s Book : NPR
Continuing with the book posts today, a nice interview with Eric Carle and how he came to his approach to writing and art.
Just when you thought there was enough for the Nazis to atone for, you find out there is still much, much more.