Having the privilege of not caring about the poor, writing off the poor, and stating that you don't have to care about the poor is a sign that the system is corrupt- not just because of the lack of compassion it displays, but because it indicates an underlying assumption that the poor are poor because they somehow deserve it and the security that ( Read more... )

Originally posted by gabrielleabelle at Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Okay, so I don't usually do this, but this is an issue near and dear to me and this is getting very little no attention in the mainstream media ( Read more... )

You know what we need to redefine in this country? Murder.

Consider Angels of Death. These are people, often those working in the medical field, either as doctors, nurses, or other care providers, who intentionally kill their patients. They sometimes perform this when they view it as a 'mercy killing' of someone in suffering, but sometimes this ( Read more... )

So, in viewing entries on your journals this morning, I saw these two entries a few pixels apart:

singingnettle would like to remind you to please, please make sure that you have made sure that someone is fully and legally authorized to make legal/medical decisions for you when you are unable to do so yourself

dancingwriter would like to point out why gay marriage matters ( Read more... )

There are a lot of images from the inauguration I'd like to share, but it's late and they deserve more brain space than I have available at the moment. But here's one, and (maybe) my favorite, and the rest are details ( Read more... )

Several of the states in the U.S. have recently passed ballot measures defining marriage as being exclusively between a man and a woman. This is believed by many to signal an interest in return to traditional marriage values in this country.

I'm fully in support of these efforts. The only real marriage should be a traditional marriage ( Read more... )

There have been a lot of nasty and horrible things said about the Bush administration recently, particularly in regard to the handling of the disasters in the Louisiana area. Some of what has been said of them is inaccurate, and in an effort to correct recent widespread mistakes, I'm making a quick post to clear up a few misconceptions ( Read more... )