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teacher furloughs: a new low for Perdue

Published by duane July 23rd, 2009 in get involved, is it just me?, near and dear, tragic, venting, well? and wtf?!. 5 Comments

When James mentioned that they were going to be asking teachers to take 3 unpaid days to “make up for a huge deficit”, I honestly thought he was joking. Since he is teacher, I have had a first hand account of out what really goes on inside the schools, and it actually blows my mind [...]

dining out for a cause

Published by duane January 29th, 2009 in all about me, friends, get involved and show the love. 0 Comments

Last night, I participated in the Atlanta Dining Out event, and I was pretty moved by how many people were present at the participating restaurant we were at. We went to Stella Trattoria, which is near the scene of the crime that the event was held to fund a larger reward for, and it was [...]

Obama/Biden FTW!!!!

Published by duane November 5th, 2008 in civil rights, get involved, is it just me?, near and dear, politics, show the love and that is so gay. 18 Comments

Holy. Freaking. Shit.

We have a black man as our president!!! I never thought that a country that keeps such backward racist ideals alive would progress to a point that something this affirming and amazingly progressive could happen. This is amazing, and I am so incredibly happy that people are changing!! We have an amazing chance [...]

voting based on the actual issues, not ignorance, fear, or willful defiance

Published by duane September 25th, 2008 in get involved, is it just me?, listen up! and politics. 11 Comments

Shit.
I just wrote and incredibly long post about why I can’t understand how people are going to let ignorance get in the way of the facts in voting this election, but apparently, my CPU usage has been exceeded, and when I tried to save it, WP ate it.
Mainly this sudden desire to talk politics [...]

how much further to rock bottom?

Published by duane September 22nd, 2008 in get involved, is it just me?, listen up!, politics, tragic, venting, well? and wtf?!. 8 Comments

Gas is pretty much coming up short here in ATL; it is getting hard to find gas at most of the gas pumps that I have seen around town. It just makes me wonder, just how prepared are we for disaster? I mean, this shortage is because of two hurricanes in the gulf coast… that [...]

reflecting on a few news items

Published by duane August 28th, 2008 in civil rights, get involved, is it just me?, listen up!, mixed media, politics, public health, show the love, that is so gay, tragic, venting, well? and wtf?!. 6 Comments

First up, something wonderful, because the last things are very, very disappointing. A couple of times, I have written previously about how I was really proud of athletes in the Olympics, specifically Michael Phelps, but there was one guy that I am beaming over even more. Matthew Mitcham is an Australian diver that took the [...]

5SF: april 25

Published by duane April 25th, 2008 in civil rights, get involved, happenings, listen up!, music musings, music suggestion, show the love, that is so gay and tragic. 0 Comments

One final down, two to go. This really is a stressful time of year.
On a serious note, today is the National day of Silence, where people in schools across the country don’t speak, in order to bring attention to the fact that gay people are continually harassed verbally, and unfortunately, physically. This year is [...]

another wacko religious fanatic gets the mic…

Published by duane March 13th, 2008 in civil rights, get involved, happenings, is it just me?, listen up!, politics, that is so gay, tragic, venting, well? and wtf?!. 6 Comments

I don’t know if you have all heard about this Republican representative named Sally Kern, and the speech that she gave about her views on homosexuality, but it is apparently all over the interwebs. I heard about it last week, but didn’t really feel a need to shine a light on yet another hateful rant [...]

how many times must this be said before it actually changes?

Published by duane March 3rd, 2008 in get involved, is it just me?, listen up!, that is so gay and tragic. 2 Comments

In this clip, Ellen speaks about something very real and very dangerous, and unfortuantely, something that affects us all; HATE:

Seeing this clip (thanks to vanyel) makes me wonder AGAIN, why this isn’t common knowledge, and it makes me wonder how many times we are going to have to say this before it actually changes. I [...]

Iranian spared from execution!

Published by duane November 16th, 2007 in get involved, happenings, listen up!, show the love and that is so gay. 1 Comment

Yay!!!
Amid global pressure from human rights organizations, and due to global protest, “Iran’s chief justice nullified the imminent death sentence of Makvan Mouloodzadeh”!!!!
This is FANTASTIC news. This restores a tiny bit of faith for me in humanity.
To everyone that blogged about it, and cast attention towards the issue, this shows that speaking up can make [...]

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