Tag: resistance
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On Politics, A Mini-Manifesto
I tried for a long time to keep politics out of this blog. Okay, for a little while–but it seemed like forever. I had this idealistic dream that I could keep my mouth shut and inoffensively skip through the ether, getting along with everyone in a post Rodney King dream world of sunshine, lollipops, and…
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Resistance Hero: Beth Fukumoto
Hawaii’s Republicans responded on one of their leaders participating in the recent Women’s March in Honolulu by stripping one of their best and brightest, State House of Representatives Minority Leader Beth Fukumoto. Fukumoto, who maintains her seat, also critcized President Donald Trump during the March–an action that “party-first” Republicians just could not abide. The 33-year…
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Resistance Hero: Jon Jarvis
Recently, former Director Jon Jarvis made this statement about recent events involving the National Park Service: “I have been watching the Trump administration trying unsuccessfully to suppress the National Park Service with a mix of pride and amusement. The NPS is the steward of America’s most important places and the narrator of our most powerful…
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Best Damned Quotes–Dostoyevsky AND MLK Jr.
Today our righteous quotes make for an End-of-April Two-Fer. My good friend Tony posted an excellent Dostoyevsky twitter quote last Friday, which at first made me feel a little guilty considering my, um, propensity for editorializing. Being the bigger man has never really been my forte, I’m afraid, behavior that has traditionally gone unchecked since,…
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2/11/2014: The Day We Fight Back
https://thedaywefightback.org/ Of course, if the NSA isn’t dogging you like a lovesick teenager now, they sure as hell will be once you sign a petition or contact your legislators. But what the hell? Why not? Think of it as being a part of history
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