Not My Mother’s Blog

Community Organizers Fight Back against the dismissive and disparaging remarks made from the RNC stage over the last few days. As a long term community organizer and supporter, I am far more than offended by the outrageous sense of privilege and disdain shown by the politicians that graced that stage. They want me to vote [...]

Well, Palin definitely has her talking points down… to wit: we need to free ourselves from the tyranny of oil by drilling more oil wells – and since I’m from Alaska I know that we’ve got PLENTY of it. Soundbyte: Some politicians promote their careers with change. Some promote change with their careers. We chose [...]

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I have, at no point during this campaign been a Hillary supporter. But the woman rocked it at the DNCearlier this week, and I have to admit to getting a little teary with the shot reverse shots of Hilary and Chelsea. I too, am human. But perhaps her most quotable moment (besides her Sisterhood of [...]

I can’t go to school with him. I can’t do his work for him, or show his teachers how curious he is. That’s his job. But I can provide him with all the tools he needs to show them himself… I can’t go to school with her. I can’t introduce her to new friends or [...]

Seriously? From GOP House leader John Boehner’s office In a dramatic revolt against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) refusal to allow Congress to vote on legislation to increase American-made energy and lower gas prices, House Republicans today refused to leave the House floor after Speaker Pelosi adjourned the House for the five-week August break, staying [...]

Looks like Marty Kaplan hit the nail on the head with his biting commentary on McCain’s “Obama is a celebrity’ ad. I can buy the racist angle as an after-thought, but if I were going for a ‘he’s going to despoil your daughters’ gut reaction, Britney and Paris would be the last celebrities I’d choose [...]

One of my regular gigs is compiling and following up on stories about current asbestos exposure levels,which is how I started reading the SF Bay View. This landed in my mailbox today, and I’m passing the word along – the Bay View is currently not available in print because of funding and budget problems. If [...]

testing remote posting from scribefire

so we uploaded to wp 2.6 and what should have been a twenty minute process has taken all day. Lucky me – I actually took the time to back -everything- up. I usually trust WordPress so much that I don’t bother. Thank gut instincts that wasn’t the case today.