Daily Archives: 07/04/2011

(Community Matters) Bradley Manning Army of One, in the New Yorker. How a lonely, five-foot-two, gender-questioning soldier became a WikiLeaks hero, a traitor to the U.S., and one of the most unusual revolutionaries in American history.

(Community Matters) Happy July 4th.

Pics from our Aldridge Place July 4th party

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Steven, mine & Brent’s contribution was the pinata – adding a bit of multicultural tradition to July 4th

(Community Matters) he’s back –

The taxpayers bailed out the elite; now it’s the elite’s turn to return the favor. Massive cuts to the safety net combined with scant sacrifice from those at the top is wrong ethically and politically.

What haunts the Obama administration is what still haunts the country: the stunning lack of accountability for the greed and misdeeds that brought America to its gravest financial crisis since the Great Depression. There has been no legal, moral, or financial reckoning for the most powerful wrongdoers. Nor have there been meaningful reforms that might prevent a repeat catastrophe. Time may heal most wounds, but not these. Chronic unemployment remains a constant, painful reminder of the havoc inflicted on the bust’s innocent victims.

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update: ughh. As I mentioned to KT – I didn’t intend for this conversation to go anti-anyone. Hoping to have a pro-Castro conversation. I’ve supported Lloyd in the past for his many contributions. I’m supporting Joaquin in the future for his vision, energy, given the demographics of the new district and the future of our state.

KT Musselman commented that State Rep Castro didn’t vote for or against Texas DOMA.

My response: I agree Joaquin’s choosing to not vote on the DOMA bill in 2005* sucks. Maybe he and the others who abstained felt courageous by not voting yes for LGBT discrimination. Some probably even saw it as a bold vote for an early term*, 20-something representative from a mostly Hispanic & Catholic district a decade ago. I’m appreciative Joaquin didn’t vote for DOMA like our progressive darlings at the time Continue reading →