We, as a nation, are better than the Trumps of this world. We just need to choose the right path.
Category Archives: Comments and Observations
Secretary Jeh Johnson & ATTN: explain the process of screening Syrian refugees
For those few who actually would like to know the process and aren’t just knee-jerk reacting to the voices in their heads/AM radios.
Tom Brokaw Reflects on Trump’s ‘Dangerous Proposal’ to Ban Muslims
Finally, at long last, people are starting to stand up to bigotry.
Uncensored – Three Different Kinds of Bulls**t – Video Clip | Comedy Central
Miss this guy, even if the new guy is doing okay.
Orioles COO John Angelos offers eye-opening perspective on Baltimore protests | For The Win
In which we celebrate a child of privilege for having the wisdom and decency to know better than millions who should know better and quit damning their fellow man.
What Do Conservatives Want When They Say “I Want My Country Back?”
I am not sure what causes people to delight in seeing their fellow man as subhuman, but this diary gives a glimpse into the hate-filled world too many people want to return to.
Like the author, it is nowhere I would want us to go.
Refugees settle in thanks to small farm plots | Minnesota Public Radio News
Just wanted to add this to help counter the bizarre perception that people pay coyotes, uproot their families, fight danger, hunger, and murder from gangsters, militias, and our own corrupt police forces so they can supposedly glom from our devastated public welfare system (which they can’t legally access anyway).
Bigots suck, but not as much as the flawed logic they employ to justify their hatred.
A Canadian’s View On Our Disrespect Of President Obama’s Presidency | The Fifth Column
Our polarized, reality-show-lovin’ nation has managed to piss off our northern neighbors.
Well, at least one of them. And he’s right on all counts.
How to Defeat Ebola – NYTimes.com
If any of you in the future are still in a nation called the United States that provides basic freedoms to its citizens, then I congratulate you.
If all of those conditions do not apply, here is a pretty good spotlight on what we should have done instead of going down the crazy path we probably did instead.
Many immigrants in the US know this particularly dangerous train ride very well | Public Radio International
I read The Beast awhile back and even assuming the worst in people, it was still a bit of a shock.
