3 Unchangable Laws
If you’re going to make it through this life, there are some things you need to have a good handle on starting with these 3 Unchangeable Rules. Continue reading 3 Unchangable Laws
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Sadly, Being Nice Rarely Changes Things
While I’m usually pretty nice and well behaved here on my blog, it has happened a time or two in real life and on social media that I have been criticized for being too harsh, too dramatic and too provocative. The way I communicate has been called vulgar, bombastic, hateful, angry and divisive. More than one person has tried to plead with me (or shame … Continue reading Sadly, Being Nice Rarely Changes Things
What’s the Point of Protesting? #womensmarch
After the shudder and wretch inducing inauguration, the incredibly successful Women’s March on Saturday was balm for a lot of our souls. A reminder that Trump does not have the support of the American people. Which is all well and fine, but what good does protesting actually do? Especially when the aims of the protest are so nebulous and ill defined? Even if we have the numbers, … Continue reading What’s the Point of Protesting? #womensmarch
Your Simple Act of Resistance 1/16
This is one that you may have seen before, but with some additional information. Paul Ryan has been taking a phone poll regarding the ACA (Obamacare) for a few months now. To access it, you can call either (202) 225-3031 or (202) 225-0600. You choose option 2, listen to a ridiculous, incomplete and misleading statement from Ryan about the ACA and after a pause can … Continue reading Your Simple Act of Resistance 1/16
Why Discussion and Reasoning Have Failed
Want to know why communicating with people on the other side has become so difficult? Well, everyone focuses on the outrageous things Rush Limbaugh says, but if you listen to his show, you can see that underneath all the nonsense, what he’s doing is teaching people the dirty tricks of rhetoric and debate. He’s been showing his listeners how to trip people up with manufactured double … Continue reading Why Discussion and Reasoning Have Failed
Your Simple Act of Resistance for the Day
Going forward, I’m going to try and share one simple action with detailed instructions which you can take each day to push back against Trump and other politicians who are hell bent on destroying our country. Today’s action was passed on to me by a friend on facebook and all it takes is a tweet. In his press conference today, Donald Trump made the claim … Continue reading Your Simple Act of Resistance for the Day
Don’t “believe everything his enemies speak about him.”
Originally posted on the way of improvement leads home:
This letter was published in October 1935 issue of the evangelical magazine Moody Monthly. HT: John Haas Continue reading Don’t “believe everything his enemies speak about him.”
Imagine This in a History Book
This is the cover of The National Enquirer this week. All lies, but lies repeated take on an air of truth. This is what people are seeing at every check-out lane at every Walmart and grocery store in the country. Continue reading Imagine This in a History Book
I’m still here
Don’t worry, I didn’t disappear on y’all again. I’ve just been crazy busy with sick kids and kids needing chauffeuring and wanting to be fed and clothed and whatnot. But I’ll be getting some more stuff up in just a bit here. I have a story about the time my husband’s career was ruined by racism. And sharing some information in dissociative disorders and trauma … Continue reading I’m still here
