wow, I am watching a speech that Michelle Obama gave in Indiana on Friday 4/25...wow. It's the first time I've taken the time to sit down and listen to where she is coming from and what she stands for...in her own right. wow. She was fantastic. she shared a feeling that communicated something I haven't felt in a leader in more than a long time...
a u.s. consulate in lhasa would be a damn good next step. Also, regain the access to the freedom bridge for the Tibetan people. Just a couple important topics we need to confront with our partners regarding the human rights issue in China.
I thought this little modern day irony and reference to education fit like a glove today.
All alone, or in two's,
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall.
"Isn't this where...."
I just learned from an old co-worker that the children's inpatient mental health unit I used to work at closed last week. The most vulnerable members of our community here in Minneapolis and around the country have lost funding in this sector of health care while virtually every other aspect of health care has become more profitable. It's amazing to me that the general public doesn't realize the cost benefit of keeping children who have been dealt a bad hand in a biological, psychological, or social way that makes them vulnerable to injuring themselves or vulnerable to taking out their frustration or poor social skills out on other children. makes me sick. yeah, let's cut funding to the most vulnerable and ill represented group in our society because there's no f'n money in it...un-f'n-believable.
socialization of risk, the privatization of reward.
Got up to the North Shore of Lake Superior with a buddy for the Easter Weekend...with the plan to return home in time to see family on Sunday, of course. Great weather, awesome conditions, and good tunes...an excellent spell out of town for the weekend.
Many congratulations, Patrick! What doesn't kill you, you know, ah, allows you to live. So live, dammit, live! Celebrate by... read more
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