“A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase.”
Twenty years of the right wing assault on the American middle class puts me well in mind of G.O. this evening.
– Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Why the Republican Crackup is Bad for America
– Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
I watched Al Sharpton's show on MSNBC last night with considerable interest because I am blind, have just moved, and my passport has expired and my Social Security Card has gone to Valhalla along with my 1966 Beatles lunch box. In order for me to get a NY State non-driver ID card I must have my social security card and a valid picture ID. Since my expired passport is no good, and since the federal building where I must go to get a new social security card is not within walking distance you can imagine the boot camp logistics I will have to go through to get both the social security card and the state non-driver ID. This will take other people who can drive me, and of course, it will take time away from my work. It could conceivably take at least two days to do this. I am a blind person who has allowed his identity materials to become outdated, a mistake to be sure, but a mistake that millions of Americans must also have collectively made. If you're not a driver, if you're not mobile, if you're challenged by the nature of your circumstances in these United States, then guess what? You're not going to vote in the next election. I will get this straightened out, but it's a steep path that's been created by racist and ableist forces. The messae is clear: your kind should just stay home. And we will make it next to impossible for you to clear the bureaucratic red tape so you will just want to stay home. There, there. Be a good cripple. Watch some more "I Love Lucy" kiddo. Thanks Rev. Sharpton for spotlighting the subborning of voter rights.
– Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
There’s a poem under my left shoe. Yesterday the shoe was in a stable. And yesterday the shoe was riding at sixty miles per hour in an automobile. The shoe has crossed over many word sources in the last 24 hours. It has been to an Indian reservation and a middle eastern restaurant, a library and a movie theater. Little Heraclitus, talk to us. O you can’t step twice into the same shoe…
– Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Instead Of Extending Tax Cut For 160 Million Americans, House Commissioned Bust Of Winston Churchill
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/12/20/392382/payroll-tax-winston-churchill-bust/
(Sent from Flipboard)
Stephen Kuusisto
Director
The Renee Crown University Honors Program
University Professor
Syracuse University
“You were my person to pick on,” wrote a girl named Mary, (I no longer recall her) who added, “I hope you’re not sick as much next year.”
At 15 I was bullied for my blindness in school and I found every way possible to stay home.
I read Machiavelli that year. Also “Leaves of Grass” — all alone. Thanks Mary.
– Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Someone will quote Heraclitus, the way up and the way down…
Sorting the apples: for cider, for the horses, good for cooking…
Write some lines in your notebook, live for a time, after all…
Nietzsche: All truth is simple… is that not doubly a lie?
Glad today that Nietzsche wasn't my friend. Here's a vote for simplicity.
In general terms prefer Buddha: Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
It is better to travel well than to arrive.
O Buddha…
& so we built a ship, filled it with flowers–perhaps they were abstractions, flowers from memory but alright the ship would sail on dreams as the sailors told us
Call me out pay good attention to the stars
Many years have we still to travel
& lit beneath our hearts a half moon I think it was
Interminably erotic on the river early
Time cannot be traversed with sails but we throw coins into the water
Me? Just fixing the syllables in song of ocean
Planet of the Blind 