An interspective into small town Occupy
This be one of the first diaries of many hopefully. I joined Occupy South Bend after finding a link from Occupy Wall Street to the OccupyTogether.org. And really honestly to say I joined it only means...
View ArticleWhat would King have thought of Occupy?
I write this today having participated in our local Occupy South Bend (Indiana) effort of reaching inward to our community for support. We joined the yearly planned march that starts at our County...
View ArticleA Short History of Small Town Occupy Part 1
I've been encouraged to write further about my experiences with our local Occupy movement, no thanks to the many people who wrote me with encouragement and asking for more, so...here is that more....
View ArticleSymbols of Occupy - A Local One
I had planned on doing some more of small town Occupy, but many of the stories are just to amazing to be meshed into a singular diary. So...instead I decided to pick apart our local Occupy through...
View ArticleActivism, Occupy, and Comics….yes comics.
You might be wondering, what in the above three items could have in common? I too literally have been timid in publishing this diary, however rereading it over and over think it necessary to explain...
View ArticleThe power of connections and Rush Limbaugh
So I didn't even hear it live. I heard it through a link someone posted via one of the Occupy National Networks. I clicked the links and listened to the out right vitriol and nastiness spewing from...
View ArticleThe GOP, Mark Up One Casuality
Don't let the title fool you, this is a serious diary to me. When Rush let loose his tirade it angered me as a male more than I could have ever imagined. I've always thought that women in this country...
View ArticleThe Power of Social Media and KOS - A personal reflection
I'd been mulling this diary in my head for awhile now. Trying to come up with a general theme, or even just a central point. There were however so many barely connected thoughts running through my...
View ArticleSt Paddy’s Day Having Passed Now, and What It Means To Me
Having just concluded another St Paddy’s Day, many folks are waking from an alcohol induced slumber. Cracking their eyes open having participated in the revelry of celebration of all things Irish. For...
View ArticleA Family Journey Through America's Medical System
So given that the Supreme Court is set to take up the case of the Affordable Care Act next week, I thought it poignant to share my family's trials and experiences in the great experiment we call...
View ArticleLegislating Morality
Republicans continually push issues of morality. They attempt to legislate morality and codify a set of standards in accord with their moral stances. We as progressive continually fight back with...
View ArticleSubsidies, Gas, and Politics Oh My!
So I just finished watching the cloture vote in the Senate regarding the procedural move to vote to bring a vote regarding the proposal to eliminate oil company subsidies. (Gotta love our government,...
View ArticleA Marriage Born of Division
What with all the religiosity going on here lately, I felt compelled to write and offer an example of getting along. This example coming from my own marriage. In many ways it mirrors the many...
View ArticleThe Great Exodus to China and Abroad
As Laura Clawson recently posted up, manufacturing in this nation has begun to dry up only really in the last decade or so. However she is slightly incorrect regarding this. Manufacturing has been at...
View ArticleStanding Up
A simple descriptive of an action it is. The process of standing up is nothing more than righting your legs into a standing position. However the phrase can have so much more of a deeper meaning when...
View ArticleHunger and Shame
I consider myself blessed currently. I look in my fridge and I see a myriad of items, fresh broccoli, asparagus, an entire frozen chicken just waiting to be roasted, a wheel of cheese given to us from...
View ArticleTeachable Moments in History - The Peggy Stewert
Contrary to many held beliefs of the early days riding up to the Revolutionary War, the Boston Tea Party was not the only major direct action taken by protestors. There was another event equal in its...
View ArticleWhat Makes A Terrible President
This diarygot me thinking about that question above. What does truly make a horrible president? What makes a president great? I might get a little long winded but join me below for perhaps the two...
View ArticleSo This Is What Relief Feels Like
We applied for Medicaid based on the expectancy of my wife. Thankfully rules here in this state allow your income level to count as plus one once pregnant. We applied but had not gotten approved till...
View ArticleMittens Speech, A Colorful Follow Along
I watched the entire thing last night. I didn't really mean to. I was just....you know how you see something like a train wreck and you just cannot turn your head away? Yeah that was my initial...
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