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Trump- and our kids

Trump- and our kids

Donald Trump an his support and his supporters give me cognitive dissonance. I’ve tried to find the appropriate age to compare his behavior to and I can’t. Whatever age I come up with it feels like an insult to that age. Even a toddler kind of knows that when they do something its wrong but they don’t  have the experience and control over their own actions. By three and four they know better.…

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Day 2 of the DNC Convention

Day 2 of the DNC Convention

Wow – just wow Ok – so after the disrespect shown on Monday I was nervous about the roll call. I was afraid that the nomination of Hillary Clinton would be marred by that. I was never so happy to have my worries proved wrong. The roll call was a thing of beauty. It was such a contrast to last week and the joke that was the Republican National Convention. In this roll call we saw an incredible…

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Race, Climate - Facts

Race, Climate – Facts

It’s been happening slowly over decades but accelerating quickly over the last eight years. When first confronted by the facts of a changing climate the Republicans /conservatives decided to turn the lack of political will to make hard choice and changes into a fight against science and scientists. The Republicans were never willing to make the hard, but valid, choice to say that they were…

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One Person Doesn't Represent

One Person Doesn’t Represent

If you are not white, any action you take can be used to denounce you race, your religion. Is is, perhaps, one of the starkest examples of the divides in this country. In this week we have seen, graphically, two men mowed down by police officer in senseless acts of violence. During peaceful protests a single black man assassinated five police officers who were assigned to that event. A witness to…

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Broken Dreams

Child weeping, father slaughtered Child slaughtered, mother weeping Stories repeating No one’s listening Futures broken, mother’s strengthen Children losses, gunshots echo Future days, who remains Stop killing us Who fears, who protects Children’s hopes, parent’s dreams Who remains Broken dreams, mother’s hope Future dreams, hope remains World listening, gunshots echo Better future, firm belief…

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Hope

I talked with a young woman today who said there was nothing we could do about mass shootings. When you are in your early 20’s you haven’t known much more than war. You have seen mass shootings increase from a grave anamoly to what is beginning to feel almost familiar even as the numbers go up. What gets reported these days, what qualifies as “newsworthy”? How many people have to die now, or what…

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I just can't Focus - Facts are Endangered

I just can’t Focus – Facts are Endangered

I keeep trying to write a new blog post and I hear another thing and I want to talk about that and it goes on. I think it may come down to facts no longer meaning something. I can’t stand even writing that. People are angry. They want to blame the establishment, whatever that is. It’s the big banks, wall streets, the fossil fuel industry. The media. That last one is perhaps closer to the truth of…

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