Posturing on the Right
Almost 50 percent of America’s governors are busy saying their states will ban Syrian refugees. Except they can’t. The Constitution reserves this part of foreign affairs to the President, and it was recently reenforced by a 2012 Supreme Court rulings, Hines v Davidowitz. This type of posturing from the Right doesn’t solve problems,
Camp Penpal
The Friday Photo January 22, 2015 A friend from Life Is A Verb Camp sent me a surprize!
Don’t sit out on the work that needs to be done
James Taylor’s song Shed a Little Light, is not new, nor is my posting it here on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Performance of the song in the video below is unique. When Taylor’s summer tour last year took him to Columbia, South Carolina, he was joined by the Lowcountry Voices, a group based in Charleston. … Continue reading "Don’t sit out on the work that needs to be done"
Eating local
The Friday Photo January 15,2016 Fresh, organic, local, grown by Babe and Sage Farm
Legalizing hate in Georgia
It only took three days before the Georgia General Assembly saw a bill filed that, if passed and signed by Governor Deal, will mark us a state that allows discrimination based on religious faith. Filed by Republican Representative Kevin Tanner of Dawsonville, HB756 allows business owners the right to deny services or the selling of … Continue reading "Legalizing hate in Georgia"
Fitting for a Monday
The last way I wanted to start my day was learning that music/acting/fashion icon David Bowie died yesterday just two days after releasing a new album, Blackstar. This song, Under Pressure, pairing Bowie’s voice with the equally talented Freddie Mercury (whose talent was also gone too soon) and Queen, is appropriate for a Monday.
But no sprinkles please
The Friday Photo Friday, January 8, 2016 Why not add whipped cream after the next to last doctor on your cancer care team says, “How about an annual check-in from now on?”
Still waiting on a call from the EPD (but Georgia Power has been on the phone)
Yesterday (Wednesday, January 6) The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) asked if they could repost R&P’s post from Tuesday, January 5th about Georgia Power pumping water from their Plant Branch coal ash ponds into Lake Sinclair over the weekend. They reposted, and Georgia Power picked up the phone and set up a conference call … Continue reading "Still waiting on a call from the EPD (but Georgia Power has been on the phone)"
What was Georgia Power doing at Plant Branch on New Year’s weekend?
Georgia’s coal ash monitoring laws are awfully easy on power companies. The companies get to monitor their heaping piles of coal ash waste piles and ponds themselves. Thank goodness the Altamaha Riverkeeper (aided by Tonya Bonitatibus, the Savannah Riverkeeper) checked up on the coal ash ponds at Plant Blanch, which abut Lake Sinclair, last weekend. … Continue reading "What was Georgia Power doing at Plant Branch on New Year’s weekend?"
When there are children in the house
The Friday Photo December 25, 2015 When there are excited children in the house on Christmas, it isn’t a surprise to find a bow on the bathroom sink.
Through a child’s eye
The Friday Photo December 18, 2015 Last weekend my granddaughter used an old iPhone to take pictures during our overnight trip to Atlanta. She took this picture in the Atlanta Botanical Gardens.
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The Friday Photo December 11, 2015 I couldn’t manage a photo of what I saw this week, but it bears describing. At an office supply store I watched an elderly man getting information for some type of technology problem he couldn’t solve. The young man at the service counter very patiently repeated what needed to … Continue reading "Photo unavailable"
Ted Nugent thinks I ought to be shot
NRA board member Ted Nugent thinks I ought to be shot because I am a liberal, no, make that Liberal. Being a Liberal seems to be his only criteria. That’s right- Ted Nugent is now calling for law abiding Americans to be shot between the eyes like a rabid dog if they are Liberals. It … Continue reading "Ted Nugent thinks I ought to be shot"
Front page worthy
Today the New York Times ran an editorial on the front page of the paper titled, “The Gun Epidemic.” The column marks the first time since 1920 that the paper’s editors have felt an issued bears devoting its highest value real estate to an editorial. As the editors point out, an election year is the … Continue reading "Front page worthy"
Is R&P suffering from writer’s block?
Yesterday two people I respect talked with me about politics, their work, and Rural and Progressive. Conversations like that make me miss the work I have done that is immersed in politics (but not miss it so much that I’ll go back. It is very hard). I explained that the recent horrors coupled with American … Continue reading "Is R&P suffering from writer’s block?"
Shine a little light
The Friday Photo December 4, 2015 One of my favorite decorations is this simple Christmas ball. It will probably stay up until the days get longer.
#OptOutside
The Friday Photo November 27, 2015 My family couldn’t wait until Friday. We decided to #OptOutside for Thanksgiving dinner in Davisboro, Georgia
Every Campus a Refuge
The Friday Photo November 20, 2015 The Guilford College Community practices its cornerstone principles. #everycampusarefuge
And the world took note
The Friday Photo November 6, 2015 Keystone XL has been cancelled, at last. I was lucky enough to be at Forward on Climate, which, until a year ago, was the largest climate action in the United States. My story of that incredible event almost three years ago is here.
Update on today’s “Anonymous” list
The content below the photo was posted on Rural and Progressive just before noon today (EST). Several news outlets had the same link and list attributed to the activitist/hacktivist group Anonymous, which claims to identify elected officials who are members of the KKK.(I have removed the links and video so they no longer work). Senator … Continue reading "Update on today’s “Anonymous” list"