Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Seriously addressing the increasing levels of poverty will not be done by Obama or Romney. It is being addressed by hunger, homeless and health care advocates, Occupiers, 99%-ers, and others, but we won’t hear much if anything about that from Campaigns or media. Like poverty, [...]
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Nothing Like a Close Election to Encourage Evolution and Dreaming
by Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Whatever campaign trail stories make headlines this week, it seems one major piece will remain in place: the WH race is close. And as usual, I wonder about how this fits within our electoral politics, our we-don’t-need-more-than-two-parties system. I guess a close race shows [...]
Leaked Trade Agreement Shows Pres. Obama Supports What Candidate Obama Opposed
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Yesterday Public Citizen posted the leaked text, and analysis, of one chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact. Public Citizen has been a consistent critic of how Obama has handled TPP (the video above is a PC production). From the press release and analysis, [...]
‘A More Guilty Party’ Vs. ‘A Party That Sucks the Least’
By Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. The “lesser of two evils” description of how one chooses to vote comes in other versions, like “there is a more guilty party,” “one of these lies more than others,” and “a party that sucks the least.” To the extent we’re willing to accept [...]
“Bipartisan Avarice” and Citizens United in the 2012 Election
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. The SCOTUS decision – generally referred to as Citizens United – declared that corporations are people just like you and me. That is, of course, if we’re citizens / people who have millions to spend on elections. But could Citizens United actually help unite we [...]
Your 2012 Pre-Approved Choices: ‘Believe’ or ‘Forward’
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. The Republicans (generalization acknowledged) can’t develop a vision for 2012, much less the future, because they’re wedded (one man, one woman style) to a mythical vision of the nation and it’s “traditional” past. They stumble frequently because it’s hard to look backward and pretend to [...]
“Save the Rich”: Watch This Video
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. On this day of Wisconsin voting, 2012 electoral politicking, and a generally still prevalent pre-Occupied view of things, a song that provides a post-Occupied perspective. Lyrics below the video. Followed by a few other views and ideas about the way things are. From Occupy.com: Riki [...]
Two Roads to July 4 in Philadelphia, One “Representative,” One “Direct”
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. July 4 is one month away. Two groups associated with the Occupy / 99% movements have been planning for months, and both will gather in Philadelphia. Via The Daily Pennsylvanian : Occupy movement and 99% Declaration group plan summer conventions …The two groups have differing [...]
Land of the Colonized, Home of the Slave: A Mockery of Democracy
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. “One of the scariest things I ever did,” a long retired public school teacher (who was Caucasian) told me years ago, “was to name what I saw every single day in my classroom: racism. And once I said it, there was no turning back.” And [...]
The ‘Red Square’ in Canada and What We Can Learn
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Maybe if we focus outside the U.S., we can gain some insight, some perspective, about what’s happening here. It’s certainly all connected. And it certainly helps understand the frustrating familiarity of the latest round of electoral politics. So, let’s look north to Canada, to Québec [...]
Brewing Beer or Manufacturing Molotov Cocktails?: Welcome to ‘Preemptive Policing’
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Can you tell the difference between beer brewing equipment and Molotov cocktail building equipment? A middle of the night raid by the Chicago PD raises that question. The raid was one piece of the several days of actions immediately before and during the NATO Summit, [...]
If ‘This Is Not Who We Are,’ Then Who Are We, and Who Gets to Decide?
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Earlier this month Dan DeWalt wrote So then Who in the Hell Are We? at This Can’t Be Happening. The latest PR catch phrase from business, administration, military, state and local officials after some atrocity or other is that whatever happened, it is certainly ‘not [...]
Voting for Lesser Evilism And Expecting Good Results
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. If you choose the lesser of two evils voting path, then what’s next? Pushing the lesser evil to do better? Or not pushing the lesser evil for fear the greater evil might win next time? If our lesser evil guy / gal says he or [...]
Occupy Arrests Over 7200, But The Banks Are ‘Too Big to Jail’
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. A comparison is one way to get some perspective. There’s certainly something of an “apples to oranges” dynamic going on here. But that there is a different treatment for “white collar” and “street” crimes is surely not in question. And when the comparison is between [...]
Why Occupy Should / Shouldn’t Be the Left’s Tea Party
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. It’s surely no surprise that my response to whether Occupy should or shouldn’t “be the left’s tea party” is the latter. That’s my Two Party Front for the Oligarchy perspective. The status quo-ed corporate Duopoly system is working just fine for those for whom it’s [...]
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