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Jul 8, 2020

Mercy, will we overcome this?

All the world is just as we have made it What does anyone have to gain by declaring a virus as serious, but it in truth is a hoax? How does that benefit anyone exactly? …

Covid-19

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Mercy, will we overcome this?
Mercy, will we overcome this?
Covid-19

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Jun 3, 2020

I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore.

“We do not act rightly because we have acted rightly, these virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions. We are what we repeatedly do.” So do better. I just finished watching Mad Men for the 2nd time about a month ago and it made me want to…

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I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore.
I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore.

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Apr 17, 2020

Through The Looking Glass

"There's gonna be some stuff you gonna see that's gonna make it hard to smile in the future. But through whatever you see, through all the rain and the pain, you gotta keep your sense of humor. You gotta be able to smile through all this." - Tupac Amaru Shakur …

Covid-19

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Through The Looking Glass
Through The Looking Glass
Covid-19

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Jul 18, 2019

Gross Politics

It is difficult to pinpoint the moment or event that caused me to reject Donald Trump as a candidate because it wasn’t a moment during his 2016 campaign. I had long discarded him as a person before he even tried to enter the primaries. Likely, it was the Celebrity Apprentice…

Politics

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Gross Politics
Gross Politics
Politics

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Jun 19, 2018

Why Do I Have To Tell You To Be A Decent Person?

Crossing the U.S.-Mexico border is a misdemeanor offense. “Being illegally present in the U.S. has always been a civil, not criminal, violation of the Immigrant & Nationality Act (INA), and subsequent deportation and associated administrative processes are civil proceedings.” So says the Congressional Research Service in a report for Congress…

Immigration

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Why Do I Have To Tell You To Be A Decent Person?
Why Do I Have To Tell You To Be A Decent Person?
Immigration

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Oct 22, 2017

Poverty and the Myth of Hard Work

About three years ago I answered a Facebook post from a La Crosse Tribune reporter concerning a minimum wage idea that was being put on the Wisconsin gubernatorial ballot for the 2014 midterm election. …

Minimum Wage

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Minimum Wage

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May 9, 2017

Wealthcare

Who knew healthcare was going to be so complicated? Ted Kennedy knew how difficult it had been and would eventually be. Howard Baker knew how difficult it was, so did Tom Daschle, & George Mitchell (yes, that George Mitchell). Bob Dole knew the complications of health care, even though declaring…

Obamacare

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Wealthcare
Wealthcare
Obamacare

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Nov 11, 2016

Forward

How do we move forward in Donald Trump’s version of America? Many people have been asking that question, or asking what do we do now? Only time will tell. For now, this is what I’m going to do. I’m going to try to be happy, dammit. Trump can do what…

Politics

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Politics

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Jul 8, 2016

The Space Between Falcon Heights & Baton Rouge

Falcon Heights, Minnesota to Baton Rouge, Louisiana is a five hour plane ride, an 18 hour trip by car, and a day and a half to two days by train. The two cities are separated by 1,200 miles, yet the route taken down I-55 leaves little doubt in your mind…

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BlackLivesMatter

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