AB-Prosper

I’ll be a way for a few days while I work on some other projects.
Don’t count on any posts for a while.

Its kind of an unofficial Wendel Willkie day here today. Hope you enjoy these quotes from a little appreciated figure on American history.

Our way of living together is a strong but delicate fabric. It has been made up of many threads. It has been made over many centuries by the pateince and sacrifice of […]

A 2-fer.
When we talk of freedom and opportunity for all nations, the mocking paradoxes in our own society become so clear they can no longer be ignored.
And political parties, overanxious for vote catching, become tolerant to intolerant groups.
You can see a lot more on Brainyquote

Wendel Willkie

This was in relation to the campaign for Roosevelt’s third term but it could equally apply to the power hungry Bloomberg. N.Y.C. council or Rudy for that matter.
“if one man is indispensable, then none of us is free.

Wendel Willkie

With apologies to Robert Reich
“Any business that is too big to be allowed to fail is too big to be allowed to exist.”

Another take.

Thanks to Common Dreams for posting this.
You can go here to read the “most excellent” plan and to sign the I’m a Constitution voter pledge.
If you have extra cash you can toss them some too. They can always use the help.

I’d rather let a guilty man rot in jail than potentially put an innocent person to death.

I don’t indulge much in art criticism or worry about tattoos (or piercing for that matter) as Kunstler does here. James Kunslter may think badly of tattooing longing spewing his for patriarchy over his excellent and rudely named blog

but folks while well this is a well turned phrase but […]

What is it with Governments and Dystopias. Most sane people take these as cautionary tales and things to be avoided.
Governments on the other hand seem to take the worst of the worst, 1984, Brave New World and the like as a “master plan” or a “good idea”
Given a few more years of Republican misrule […]