Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Not one of "us"
Apparently it's OK when "the other" suffers, here in our "culture of life."
Uninsured Like Me - Salon
Uninsured Like Me - Salon
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
The good that disproves them? They're free to express themselves
The bad that discredits them? They're poor thinkers who deeply misunderstand reality.
Looking for Common Ground in Glenn Beck Country - LA Times
Looking for Common Ground in Glenn Beck Country - LA Times
Friday, September 4, 2009
Why do conservatives love casting the first stone (and the second, and the third...)?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but U.S. conservatives (and a dismaying number of saner Americans) seem to be the only people in the developed world who feel determined to subject individuals to a behaviorological and characterological review worthy of a proctologist before deeming them worthy of collective assistance, however basic or badly needed. It's hard to imagine it even occurring to a British or French or Canadian citizen to ask, "Yes, but does this person remind me of me? Are they a 'winner,' a paragon of some culturally popular virtue? Or have they made mistakes that I want to believe I would never make?" before granting them a life-saving medical procedure or a needed meal? Should a person's salary or bank account be the measure of his value, of whether he deserves humane treatment? What does it mean to be a "productive" member of society -- or to "deserve" humane treatment? Are you deemed productive, and thus worthy of society's beneficence, only if you bring home a big paycheck? What if you only make minimum wage? Is it then OK to let you starve to death or die of disease if you're unable to provide yourself with everything you need? Is that inability literally a fatal flaw?
Well, if that's what you think, I hope you're very financially secure. The "welfare queen" is back, and the category has been expanded to include not just the darker skinned and the deeply poor, but also the working class. That's right, a blue collar makes you a "leech" and a "loser," too, to be subjected to the same scorn, indifference, and deprivation as the rest of society's unwanted.
The Return of the Welfare Queen - Salon
We Need A Public Pet Option - Salon
Well, if that's what you think, I hope you're very financially secure. The "welfare queen" is back, and the category has been expanded to include not just the darker skinned and the deeply poor, but also the working class. That's right, a blue collar makes you a "leech" and a "loser," too, to be subjected to the same scorn, indifference, and deprivation as the rest of society's unwanted.
The Return of the Welfare Queen - Salon
We Need A Public Pet Option - Salon
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