“That Conversation about Race” category archive
The Privatization Scam 0
Eric Foster calls out the school voucher con for the underhanded fraud that it is: a violation of the public trust and of governments’ fiduciary duty to the citizenry. Here’s a bit (emphasis added):
I comment his entire piece to your attention.
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0
Cassandra Newby-Alexander:
Still Rising Again after All the Years 0
They showed their “core value,” yes, indeedy do.
Merchant of Hate 0
In a brilliant article at the Des Moines Register, Kathy Kiely, veteran reporter and Lee Hills Chair in Free Press Studies at the Missouri School of Journalism, calls out the hate-full remarks of Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen.
Just go read it for yourself.
(Broken link fixed.)
Voting Is Not a Right. It Is a Duty. 0
I learned that from my Daddy by example.
He never missed an election, nor have I.
Indeed, I have memories of his making sure his poll tax was paid, back when I was a young ‘un growing up under Jim Crow, when segregation was de jure, and not, as it is today, primarily de facto. (No, it hasn’t gone away. If you think it has, you are kidding yourself. It may not be as obvious, but it still is. Just ask Florida Man.)
We voted Monday at a local early voting site. It was a swift and painless process which took less then 10 minutes from parking the car to pulling out of the parking lot.
And I urge you vote too, if not early, certainly on election day.
Taking a few minutes–or even a few hours–to vote is a small price to pay for preserving democracy.
Don’t exercise your right. Do your duty.
Establishmentarians 0
Michael in Norfolk is less than sanguine about the new Speaker of the House. A snippet:
The Spirit of the Secesh Haunts the House 0
Afterthought:
I do find it puzzling why so many they-call-themselves pundits want to hold Democrats to account for Republicans’ actions.
Could be that on some level they realize that Republicans are no account?
Tricky Treating, Republican Thought Police Dept. 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, Stephanie Hayes has some ideas as to what Halloween costumes will be acceptable to Floria Man’s Republican Thought Police.
The Coronation 0
Dick Polman is less that taken with the Republicans’ choice for Speaker of the House. Here’s a bit of what he has to say:
Follow the link to find out what he really thinks.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Aside:
You can listen to the threatening phone call for the Congressman’s wife.
Karen Karen-Like 0
What’s the proper term for a cosplaying male Karen?
Republican Thought Police 0
Florida Man plans to enforce Newspeak, Florida style.