Shoulders

Booyah! Those who like to believe they have picked themselves up by the bootstraps sometimes forget that they wouldn’t even have boots were it not for the women who came before. Listening to Palin, it’s almost impossible to believe that, as recently as 50 years ago, a woman at Harvard Law School could be asked [...]

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Where to start?

The words are in my head, but they don’t seem to want to come out my fingertips to the keyboard. I carry on conversations with nobody during my hour-long commute to and from work each day. I think, I need to write about that, and then I get home and peruse the blogs instead, or [...]

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Critical Thinking Quote of the Day

He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave. ~ Sir William Drummond

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That’s the way to do it, Rory!

Sweetie, The Kids and I watched the Rory Reid / Brian Sandoval debate tonight. It was agreed by all that Rory owned the debate and pretty much kicked Sandoval’s butt.  The best part was when Rory made the point that Sandoval’s “school choice” plan was merely sending taxpayer dollars to people who already have the means to [...]

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Women’s Equality Day – Are we there yet?

It’s Women’s Equality Day! Joint Resolution of Congress, 1971 Designating August 26 of each year as Women’s Equality Day WHEREAS, the women of the United States have been treated as second-class citizens and have not been entitled the full rights and privileges, public or private, legal or institutional, which are available to male citizens of [...]

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Seen while driving: That awful government!

Today while driving back to work after dropping off flyers at Amendment21 for our Women’s Equality Day event on Thursday, I pulled up behind an SUV with this bumpersticker plastered to the right side of its bumper. “So what?” you may ask. Here’s a quick picture I snapped of said SUV with my iPhone. Leaving [...]

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Nevada election law: Power to the People? Not so fast.

Since 1975 Nevada voters have been given the option of voting None Of These Candidates for President/Vice President and all statewide offices.  Sounds great doesn’t it? Given the sentiment expressed by many, I wondered, what would happen if NOTC actually got the majority of votes? Do they hold a new election? Leave the seat vacant? [...]

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Hey Sharron, was this fellow “lazy” too?

The writer says she sent this post to Harry Reid’s office. She should also send it to Sharron Angle’s campaign. He was a machine operator – a factory man. He spent his whole life employed in the factories that made business forms, water pumps, thermoplastic sheeting. After almost forty years as a dependable american worker [...]

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Compare and Contrast

Howard Dean: “There’s no point in trying to do something good if it’s going to meet with an enormous resistance”. Susan B. Anthony: “Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or [...]

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A Walk Around the Block

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