Happy 100th Birthday, Howlin' Wolf!
One hundred years ago today, a blues legend was born in Mississippi hill country.A lot of peoples wonder what is the blues. I hear a lot of people saying, "The blues, the blues...", but I'm gon' tell...
View ArticleHalp! Feral Pooties! Advice?
I haven't been around in a while. I was job searching and found a job. Finally started working last week.I'm so worried about these poor feral cats in my neighborhood. I've lived here for five years...
View ArticleHow To Love a Teacher
I've been thinking a lot about the first teacher I ever loved. I'm sure it has a lot to do with the events unfolding in several states concerning attacks on public workers' unions. Some of it has to do...
View ArticleMy Mother the Truther
I don't know exactly what just happened but I just told my mother that I didn't need her in my life.
View ArticleHe Aint Heavy; A Requiem For Social Security
He's 33. He's tall, handsome and he used to be a straight-A student and a damn decent basketball player in high school just like his father. He suffers from a myriad of inherited emotional and mental...
View ArticleIn the Air Tonight - An #OWS Inspirational Video
We are the 99 percent. We are getting kicked out of our homes. We are forced to choose between groceries and rent. We are denied quality medical care. We are suffering from environmental pollution. We...
View ArticleToure on Herman Cain
Last night I was watching Lawrence O'Donnell's "The Last Word" and happened to catch this interesting commentary on Herman Cain and Republican racial politics from Toure, a black American author,...
View Article"Tyiesha, I'm Sorry..."
I told my reflection last night before I went to bed. I woke up angry and slapped on a nicotine patch. You're sorry? Well do something about it right now!Never, never, never again will I ever smoke...
View ArticleThank You
Dear GenXangster, Congratulations! An anonymous benefactor has purchased you a lifetime gift subscription to Daily Kos. To: GenXangster From: An anonymous benefactor
View Article"Creep" or "Day 42"
(Warning; this entire thing may come off as an incoherent ramble but I need it. I quit smoking 42 days ago and you all just have to deal with it. :-P)I don't care if it hurts I wanna have control I...
View ArticleShe's Dying
My brother is on his way back from upstate NY on the Greyhound with my 17 year old sister and he calls me to tell me because he needs a ride. Otherwise, my mother doesn't even call me. I went through...
View ArticlePresident Obama Visits My Very First Predatory Lending Case!
Okay, this happened on Wednesday but I work Monday-Friday 2-10 pm (and sometimes Saturday afternoon), I just came back from a road trip to upstate NY to see my very sick mother who may be dying within...
View ArticleHalp! Kiddy's on teh Roof!
Any suggestions? I've gone to every window in the house trying to poke my head out and get closer to Kiddy. I grabbed a big piece of cardboard to use as a plank to lessen the distance between the...
View ArticleLOL Why Does This Disturb Me?
I'm having a stressful time right now and I guess I should be writing about that but I don't really want to. I'd rather laugh and be happy and forget about it. It's only a temporary situation and will...
View ArticleTerrorized. Still Not Gon' Cry
I'm not really asking for help, I guess. There's nothing anyone can do for me. Sometimes you just have to vent to somebody. I can hardly talk to people in the "real" world about this because it will...
View ArticleFeeling Good
Birds flying high you know how I feel Sun in the sky you know how I feel Breeze driftin' on by you know how I feel It's a new dawn It's a new day It's a new life For me And I'm feeling good -Nina...
View ArticleRipples, Racism, Paternalism and Slut Shame
"What business do you have wanting birth control, you whore?!"The radical, uber conservative right has taken the entire debate over whether women are important enough to consider their reproductive...
View ArticleThis Is War
...I don't have to tell you that because you're progressives and you already understand.
View ArticleHe Didn't Know That Today Is His Birthday and I Don't Think He Cared
I'm worried about my brother. He suffers schizophrenia and depression and he seems to not be getting better despite what I've tried to do for him this past year. He's actually gotten a bit worse.I...
View ArticleLiberal Sluts Deserve Date Rape
I've talked to people about this incident that happened to me last Saturday because I'm shaken by it and quite disturbed. With the recent "slut" theme circulating around Daily Kos, I thought I should...
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