Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. It’s been a while since I’ve said this, so here goes, in two parts. First, the Occupy movement is helping create space for vital public conversations. Second, the Two Party Front for the Oligarchy becomes more powerful with each passing election cycle. We have the [...]
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‘They May Have a Vote, but They Have No Voice’: Matt Stoller
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Obama and Romney continue providing regular entertainment – including dueling singing candidate ads – for the media, who then have another “story,” if not substantive news, to deliver. Record breaking fundraising continues, with corporations as people and anonymous contributions at the center. Another staple also [...]
From Labor Unions: A ‘Workers Stand for America’ Philadelphia Rally
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Though with a bi-partisan tone, the Workers Stand For America Rally (August 11) is more about the Democratic than Republican Party. This action is clearly within the Two Corporate Party system, and at least in what I’ve seen, there is no mention of the outside [...]
‘We the Electorate’ Are Seen as Numbers, Not People
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. One reason I started thinking in terms of “We the Electorate,” though “We the People” is much more appealing, is because we aren’t actually seen as people, with real lives and perspectives. We aren’t seen as individual voters, but in terms of how we add [...]
Survey Says, ‘Financial Services Professionals Feel Unethical Behavior May Be a Necessary Evil’
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Subtitle of this post: Why OWS Remains Active and Important A press release from Labaton Sucharow LLP, July 10, 2012, Financial Services Professionals Feel Unethical Behavior May Be a Necessary Evil and Have Knowledge of Workplace Misconduct is not surprising in its conclusions, but no [...]
‘Third-Party Vote Likely Helps Obama’
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Maybe it depends on how you understand a “win.” Or just “progress.” If it demands dramatic and relatively rapid successes, then by that understanding of “win,” the kind of persistence and patience required in creating, developing, evolving, maintaining, growing something different won’t be appealing. Actually, [...]
Odes to Obama: An Heroically Enhanced Photo is Worth Millions of Votes?
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. The candidate as hero, if not near god-like, is a predictable piece of political branding. Of course a part of the hero myth is that he / she is really just an average Joe / Jane, when it comes to understanding We the Electorate. Campaigns [...]
For July 4, 2012: The ‘Radical’ Verses of ‘This Land is Your Land’
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. After a bit of digging, I found this version of Woody Guthrie’s classic “This Land is Your Land” (written in 1940) as performed by Pete Seeger, with some help from Bruce Springsteen, among others. Lyrics found here for all verses. Those which Seeger includes aren’t [...]
‘Spoiler’ Alert: Non-Duopoly Greens and Libertarians on ‘Obamacare’ and More
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. UPDATE at end. The Green Party presidential candidate is Jill Stein. The Libertarian presidential candidate is Gary Johnson. In the world of the Duopoly, these candidates play, at best / worst, a “spoiler” role. From the The Green Party: “Another U.S. is possible. Another party [...]
My Party is Less Bad Than Your Party at Presiding Over the Collapse of the Nation!
By Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Americans Elect was a bust. The Green, Libertarian, etc., “third” parties are having their usual struggle to get more than passing attention from most everyone outside those already involved, and deserve much credit for continuing their efforts. Both Obama and Romney are raising astounding [...]
Can the U.S. Electorate Walk, Chew Gum, Hold Its Nose and Whistle Past the Graveyard at the Same Time?
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. That’s a rhetorical question. Very clearly the U.S. electorate has decades of practice in walking, chewing gum, holding its nose and whistling past the graveyard at the same time. No doubt you can add other actions. The point is, we’re quite accomplished at doing this [...]
Poverty is Growing in the ‘Exceptional’ USA, But It Isn’t a Campaign Concern
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, [...]
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 [...]
‘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 [...]
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