"I’ll be home for ChristmasYou can plan on mePlease have snow and mistletoeAnd presents on the tree Christmas Eve will find meWhere the love light gleamsI’ll be home for ChristmasIf only in my dreams" Words and Music by Kim Gannon and Walter Kent, reportedly based on the original lyrics by Buck Ram This song was composed from the point of view … Continue reading “I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS”
Original Declaration of Independence as printed on July 4, 1776 - Compliments of Wikimedia Commons "...no laws bind the people but such as they consent to be Governed by.” ~ Roger Sherman "The people are the best judges who ought to represent them." ~ Robert R. Livingston "Educate and inform the whole mass of the … Continue reading HAPPY 247TH BIRTHDAY, USA – GOODBYE TYRANNY, HELLO INDEPENDENCE!
“I consider abortion to be a deeply personal and intimate issue for women and I don’t believe male legislators should even vote on the issue.” ~ Former Senator Alan K. Simpson (R-Wyoming) “Seventy-seven percent of anti-abortion leaders are men. 100% of them will never be pregnant.” ~ Pro-Choice Advertisement “Roe v. Wade and access to … Continue reading THE WORKPLACE: BOOKS, GUNS AND CHOICE – PART THREE
Photo from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Barbara Jordan - 1936-1996 "Earlier today, we heard the beginning of the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States: "We, the people." It's a very eloquent beginning. But when that document was completed on the seventeenth of September in 1787, I was not included in … Continue reading BARBARA JORDAN – A TIMELESS SHERO
"The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen." ~ Louis Brandeis You’ve got to vote, vote, vote, vote. That’s it; that's the way we move forward. ~ Michelle Obama If we don’t vote, we are ignoring history and giving away the future. ~ Pat … Continue reading TIME TO STAND UP AND BE COUNTED
by Jeanne Nelson “Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it.” ~ Susan B. Anthony “Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country, and this world.” ~ Sharon Salzberg “The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” ~ Abraham Lincoln "Our lives begin to end the day we become … Continue reading A DEADLINE YOU MUST NOT MISS
Paragraph “And as I've said on this floor before, it's also hard to take seriously, Republicans’ passionate pleas for this body to defend the existence of an unborn fetus when they … Continue reading GUNS & ROE: THE HYPOCRISY & HORROR
"The dramatic plunge in positive assessments of the national economy as a result of the coronavirus outbreak is steeper than declines in economic ratings seen during the last two recessions." ~ Pew Research Center, April 21, 2020 "Letting the virus spread to your parents and grandparents to protect your 401k is not pro-life."~ Representative Liz … Continue reading SERIES ~ PANDEMIC LESSONS LEARNED – PART FOUR: THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COVID
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ~ Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher There is no doubt that America and the world have experienced an extraordinary two years. And we continue to battle the terrifying novel coronavirus --COVID-19 -- and its apparently even worse Delta variant, as well as the newest threat, … Continue reading SERIES ~ PANDEMIC LESSONS LEARNED – PART ONE: VACCINES, TESTING & TREATMENTS
“I have already received my full vaccine series, thanks to my old age, I was one of the first to receive the vaccine." ~ Santa Claus, in the Barents Observer, Rovaniemi, Finland "Have yourself a merry little Christmas, let your heart be lightNext year all our troubles will be out of sight..." "Have Yourself A … Continue reading IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A BIT LIKE CHRISTMAS – WITH SOME CAVEATS
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