tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:09:14 +0000bigotryeconomymarriage equalityreligious insanityGLBTRepublicanscandalsustainablehttp://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Scott)Blogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-1266247267262377867Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:28:00 +00002009-02-23T13:28:57.600-05:00The Raw Story | McDonald's: No workers comp for employee shot protecting patron McDonald's: No workers comp for employee shot protecting patronMuriel KaneFast food giant McDonald's has denied workers compensation benefits to a minimum wage employee who was shot when he ejected a customer who had been beating a woman inside the restaurant.A representative of the administrator for McDonald's http://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2009/02/as-if-you-needed-another-reason-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-3250553060230176851Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:10:00 +00002009-02-18T10:10:50.559-05:00and occasionally, some who we thought gone forever briefly return to share a little more of their magic.Obscure Tolkien book to come out this spring - MSNBC Wire Services- msnbc.comNEW YORK - An early, long-unpublished work by J.R.R. Tolkien is coming out."The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun," a thorough reworking in verse of old Norse epics that predates Tolkien's writing of "The Hobbit" and "The http://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2009/02/damn-this-feels-like-christmas-not-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-1221140104987264981Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:17:00 +00002009-02-17T12:19:45.516-05:00bigotrymarriage equalityreligious insanityDiscrimination hurts -- more so in hospitals - Leonard Pitts Jr. - MiamiHerald.comYour wife is dying.One moment everything was fine. You were in your stateroom on the cruise ship -- it was to be an anniversary cruise -- unpacking your things. The kids were in the adjoining stateroom playing with your wife. Suddenly, they banged on the door crying that mom was hurt.So now you're in the hospital --http://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2009/02/would-be-good-if-someone-remembered-her.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-5989991414204540877Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:17:00 +00002009-02-11T12:17:38.956-05:00I got this from a friend and thought it too good not to share.  What a summary of the differences that have gotten us to this point.My husband and I were having a conversation the other day, and he said something that went right by me at the time, but it's been haunting me ever since. I think it might be a big part of What's Wrong with the economy-- and hence, it might offer an interesting clue http://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-business-are-you-really-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-585772135352567096Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:34:00 +00002009-01-31T08:34:24.979-05:00What Cooked the World's Economy? - page 1 - Village VoiceWhat Cooked the World's Economy?It wasn't your overdue mortgage.By James LieberTuesday, January 27th 2009 at 2:46pmIt's 2009. You're laid off, furloughed, foreclosed on, or you know someone who is. You wonder where you'll fit into the grim new semi-socialistic post-post-industrial economy colloquially known as "this mess."You're astonished http://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2009/01/what-cooked-world-economy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-272631488745044077Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:00:00 +00002009-01-25T13:04:05.838-05:00A straight actor's gay education: Scott Bailey on his "Prayers for Bobby" experience | AfterElton.comFROM REAL LIFE STORY TO BOOK TO FILM: Prayers for Bobby is based upon the true story and critically acclaimed book by Leroy Aarons about a young gay man, Bobby (played by a heartbreaking Ryan Kelley), who because of his religious beliefs and family pressure, sets out to cure himself of being gay.http://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2009/01/grab-box-of-tissues-first-then-watch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-1872012599614017905Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:57:00 +00002009-01-14T06:59:18.273-05:00http://www.flickr.com/groups/farside/pool/An online group has gone on a mission to photoshop all the old Far Side comics from actual digital images. I miss that series.http://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2009/01/for-those-who-miss-far-side.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-7945927840535659064Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:45:00 +00002009-01-01T16:34:37.654-05:00and Kegan as well (but ze's going to school as opposed to simply wandering) and the rest are scattered from one end of the country to the other it seems. But the remarkable thing about Evan's trip is how unlike so many who take off after graduation to backpack around Europe before coming home to settle down into their careers.He's not doing that and it's not that he's lazy or irresponsible - in http://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2009/01/so-evans-off-to-europe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-9132309684296170916Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:32:00 +00002008-12-19T09:36:08.730-05:00Simply pay the people who got us into this mess with all these funny money investments their bonuses and all with those same funny money investments! Moves it off the bank's books, frees up their cash so they don't need our bailouts and puts the problems back on the people who caused it. And don't forget, we should collect income taxes on it as well - after all, if Wall St Whiz Kid has "earnedhttp://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2008/12/perfect-solution-to-economic-crisis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-5026040192038516944Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:01:00 +00002008-12-12T19:02:19.303-05:00"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies . . . If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around . . . will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers http://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2008/12/i-believe-that-banking-institutions-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-1599222829513945594Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:57:00 +00002008-11-25T18:58:47.465-05:00Tell them here - http://www.repoweramerica.org/page/s/epahttp://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2008/11/epa-asking-if-we-should-regulate-carbon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-3552339451678156059Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:51:00 +00002008-11-23T16:52:47.635-05:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQmz6Rbpnu0http://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2008/11/girl-who-silenced-world-for-5-minutes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-3047532076804223431Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:17:00 +00002008-11-12T11:18:52.554-05:00The Profits They Make from Attacking Freedom | The LA ProgressiveIt’s important to understand how these people make their money. And make money they do. Each of the main promoters of this bigotry campaign may personally pocket as much as $10 million or more from the campaign. At the same time, they force the taxpayers to spend millions on the mechanics of reviewing all the signatures on petitionshttp://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2008/11/who-knew-promoting-hate-was-so.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-6518345129713609898Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:10:00 +00002008-11-09T14:12:42.605-05:00From a Friend today, an excellent way of getting your message across - dropped into the church plate"Your policy of hate is costing you. Because of your active and expensive support of Proposition 8, we are taking all money we would have donated to you, from now on, and donating it to gay and lesbian rights groups, particularly those who fight for equal rights. For the rest of our lives, we will http://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2008/11/your-policy-of-hate-is-costing-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-5838956252132146240Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:44:00 +00002008-11-06T22:45:30.561-05:00In the second of the three brilliant comedic French "La Cage aux Folles" films, there is a stand-off between a French SWAT team of police and some criminals who have kidnapped poor Albin, the long-time "domestic partner" of Renato. And there, in that very funny film, is a poignant moment filled with pain and stark truth.As the tension builds, one of the criminals grabs sweet old Albin and places http://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2008/11/not-even-hostages.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-8571040459258706402Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:34:00 +00002008-10-25T16:35:03.701-04:00The wit this man write with makes him a must read:The church is serious about the sanctity of marriage. I get that. But aren't more potentially "dangerous" marriages already being performed out there? For example, I hear in church all the time about marriage being ordained of God. But I also hear about how the glory of God is intelligence. Shouldn't it be against the law for stupid people http://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2008/10/only-serious-concern-i-have-about-gays.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-2495465364613073968Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:40:00 +00002008-10-17T13:41:23.546-04:00(I'll update with a link to the author as soon as I can find one - but this article makes so much sense to me, hopefully it will to you as well)You Think I’m Rich, Don’t You?By David Glenn CoxPoor Joe the plumber, plucked from obscurity and thrust into the national limelight, his life has now become an open book. After all, all he did was ask a question about tax policy. Little did he know the http://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2008/10/you-think-im-rich-dont-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-4651446211084045222Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:52:00 +00002008-10-13T14:52:47.703-04:00Truthdig - Reports - America’s Political CannibalismKarl Polanyi in his book “The Great Transformation,” written in 1944, laid out the devastating consequences—the depressions, wars and totalitarianism—that grow out of a so-called self-regulated free market. He grasped that “fascism, like socialism, was rooted in a market society that refused to function.” He warned that a financial system alwayshttp://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2008/10/cannibalizing-ourselves.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-4195394761189190498Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:13:00 +00002008-10-12T10:13:36.164-04:00Barry Lehrman, Architect and editor of the website Archinect writes an editorial that starts with a hilarious typo about how we cannot "maintain the Gordon Gecko greed and wonton consumption of the last 30 years."- but I love wonton! However he recovers to note:"If we can rebuild our financial institutions and economy to care about the triple bottom line and the well-being of our world - the $http://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2008/10/quote-of-day-barry-lehrman-on-green.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-5259455634086795642Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:58:00 +00002008-10-05T08:58:56.261-04:00I've been thinking lately, after a few interactions with those sort of self absorbed guests who go through life miserable and generally trying to make everyone else around them just as unhappy - What would I do if I went to the Dr today and got told that:I had six months to livethat it was incurable, so no time needs to be spent on medical issuesthat I would remain in otherwise perfect health http://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-would-you-spend-last-6-months-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-2795530060280570067Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:41:00 +00002008-09-15T06:46:16.472-04:00How the Chicago boys wrecked the economy: An interview with Michael HudsonBy Mike WhitneyMichael Hudson is a former Wall Street economist specializing in the balance of payments and real estate at the Chase Manhattan Bank (now JP Morgan Chase & Co.), Arthur Anderson, and later at the Hudson Institute (no relation). In 1990 he helped established the world’s first sovereign debt fund for http://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2008/09/what-they-trying-to-do-is-roll-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-2265889423839675022Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:38:00 +00002008-08-31T05:59:01.322-04:00It's been a long week between work and school starting back. Most of it, I've slept poorly and woken up just as tired as when I crashed. And while I've not been depressed, I've had this feeling of resentment and just plain apathy. This morning, I woke up with clarity about it, everything simmering below the surface just finally boiled into a finished product and I knew exactly what the problemhttp://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-turn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-4465294790165970265Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:56:00 +00002008-08-24T06:56:49.997-04:00According to Ashoka’s definition of a social entrepreneur:“The job of a social entrepreneur is to recognize when a part of society is stuck and to provide new ways to get it unstuck. He or she finds what is not working and solves the problem by changing the system, spreading the solution and persuading entire societies to take new leaps. Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish orhttp://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2008/08/look-another-new-bright-shiny-object.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-6447125894576532231Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:04:00 +00002008-08-23T07:04:29.103-04:00This man does an awesome job of re-framing the issue. We have "sacrifice" completely reversed. Carl Safina Reflects on Climate Change | Orion magazineOf all the psychopathology in the climate issue, the most counterproductive thought is that solving the problem will require sacrifice. As though our wastefulness of energy and money is not sacrifice. As though war built around oil is not http://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2008/08/this-is-sacrifice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887610167595183518.post-6141289460696515042Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:34:00 +00002008-05-01T09:00:08.806-04:00Someone asked me if I'd checked Chris' blog lately and I thought maybe it was time to. Interesting reading with a lot of emotional zigs and zags, I guess I was ready for it overall.The one thing that struck me the most was that his parents have finally talked to him and let him know that they still love him in spite of him being gay. Maybe now he'll finally be willing to accept that people http://the-little-i-know.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-would-you-spend-nine-years-of-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)1