I am forced to use Waste Management as my garbage, recycling, and yard debris company. I have been a forced customer of their’s for nearly six years. During that time, theirwebsite has not been fully accessible, but I could, with more effort than I should need to spend, pay my bill. But today it was… Continue reading It Took me Over an Hour to Pay my Garbage Bill
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The First to Die
If you only read the headlines, you wouldn’t know three innocent people were murdered at a Greenwood, Indiana mall on Saturday. Even the liberals favorite newspapers The New York Times and The Washington Post have headlines focusing on how quickly an armed civilian killed the murderer. But the real story is that three innocent people… Continue reading The First to Die
Reviewing Ty Cobb A Terrible Beauty
Charles Leerhsen’s Ty Cobb A Terrible Beauty is an important book as much for what it says about society as it says about Ty Cobb. Reading this very well researched book about one of the greatest and in many circles infamous athletes of all time taught me new things about Cobb and was a reminder… Continue reading Reviewing Ty Cobb A Terrible Beauty
Americans Are Tools of Production
The reason why Americans don’t have universal health care, a living wage, free college, and more is American workers are nothing more than tools of production. Sure, American politics is corrupt. Every politician in both parties is a corrupt corporate tool. But the corruption exists to maintain the system of American capitalism that makes us… Continue reading Americans Are Tools of Production
Reviewing Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes is a documentary built on footage taken from Ukraine and Russia around the time of the 1986 nuclear disaster. While the footage and interviews were interesting, there was a part of the documentary that felt wrong.
I Can’t Pay my Water Bill
Earlier, I wrote about civil rights laws being designed to limit civil rights. Today, I’m going to use a current example from my own life to illustrate the point.
Complaint Based Civil Rights Laws are Designed to Ensure Fewer Civil Rights
Civil rights laws including the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are developed by Congress to largely depend on the public filing complaints with the government and/or suing violators. Passage of these laws is accompanied with lots of fanfare and celebration. Politicians brag about their commitment to civil rights, equality,… Continue reading Complaint Based Civil Rights Laws are Designed to Ensure Fewer Civil Rights
I am Not an American
I’m an American citizen. I was born in America. I can’t see how I could leave America, but I’m open to the possibility. I’m not renouncing my citizenship. I’m not going to stop speaking my mind. Speaking my mind is the most patriotic thing I can do now. I live in America. I may always… Continue reading I am Not an American
The Monkeypox Outbreak Illustrates more Wester Racism and Inequities
As the world waits to see how deadly the largest known human outbreak of monkeypox will become, we can’t forget how Western racism and the inequity of Western societies has once again led to suffering the scale of which cannot yet be determined.
American Elections Could Truly be Meaningless
Many of us know America is not and never has been a democracy. We know the two-party system is designed to provide the elusion of choice when in reality both parties serve their corporate masters and the wealthy at the expense of everyone else. But next year the Supreme Court could rule so that state… Continue reading American Elections Could Truly be Meaningless