Taylor County restaurant to reopen along with government

This is what really pisses me off about the whole government shut down. The National Forests and Parks don’t belong to the government, they belong to the people. They are owned by the US population, not by the damn politicians who have their heads up their asses ( Read more... )

I can't say enough good things about our local hospital's emergency room (ie walk-in clinic) and the local Marshfield clinic. Last Monday a little after 6 pm, when I decided I needed my leg looked at, I went to the walk in. I walked right up to the desk and got a room right away. While I was checking in, giving them all my particulars, a young man ( Read more... )

I will never be a Feminist. Note the capital F on that word. I am and always have been a feminist (small f). I come from a long, long line of capable, strong women. I've always been able to take care of myself and do what needs to be done. I don't "know my place" and I never have. I grew up in the country and I built pens, poured cement, carried ( Read more... )

I find the recent controversy surrounding the Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell and the taping of his campaign office interesting. He's having the FBI investigate it as a "Watergate Style" wiretapping and all the news wants to talk about is what was said in the office. Now, quite frankly I find that what was talked about to be really very mild and ( Read more... )

"Stop saying, 'This is the most important election in the history of our nation.' It’s not. The most important election in the history of our nation was when Abraham Lincoln was elected president. Before that, we thought it was okay to own people." -- Bryan Roberts

There are a lot of reasons that I don't discuss politics online but it's mostly because almost no one ever discusses politics online. You see, the only point of any online political commentary to belittle and deride the person who is making the political commentary.

The tactics for political discussion are simple: Don't focus on the statements being ( Read more... )

There's a whole lot of stuff going on right now. I'd complain but that would just worry people or have them tell me all the things that I don't need to complain about ( Read more... )

I rarely manage to find a post that sums up everything that I think about a political topic, but I ran across this today and it sums it exactly what I think/feel about OWS:

No, Please, Not….DRUM CIRCLES!I'm too pragmatic for the OWS. I'm going to side with the police and firefighters, with EMTs and the bus drivers and sanitation workers. With the ( Read more... )

The worst thing about the internet is also the best thing: It's so big and so diverse that, information, once it's out, it's out. And the more places that the information is sent to, the better the trail is of what happened ( Read more... )

I hate politics. Hate them with a passion that I reserve for very few other things. Politics is all about power and manipulation and propaganda. There's a great quote by Noam Chomsky that I was reminded of this past week: ...propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state (ref). These past ten days in Wisconsin we have ( Read more... )