Category Archives: Politics

Politics. Employment. A Tiny Grain of Sand. 1.19.2020

Posted on January 19, 2020 by gojohnego

Sometimes you have to work for people who are less than honorable to keep the lights on. Sometimes integrity is a luxury that people with resources can afford, and the rest of us wish we could. But for those of … Continue reading →

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Politics. Guns. Another weekend, and two more mass shootings in the US, and counting. 08-04-19.

Posted on August 4, 2019 by gojohnego

Do you know who can stop mass shootings?   Gun manufacturers and the GOP, but they won’t.   Stopping production won’t get the existing guns off the streets.   Sure, its legal to make them.   Lots of things are … Continue reading →

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Politics. The Unsurprising Racism of Reagan. 08.03.19

Posted on August 3, 2019 by gojohnego

“Go Set A Watchman” was a better book in my opinion than “To Kill A Mockingbird” “Go Set A Watchman” was the un-cropped picture, with all the flaws, with racism intact.   “To Kill A Mockingbird” was the cropped version … Continue reading →

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Politics. Our Injustice System in the US. 08.01.19

Posted on August 1, 2019 by gojohnego

There is an organization called The Innocence Project in the US which works to get DNA tests, compile evidence and assist in bringing cases to justice in which people were incarcerated with tainted evidence, inadequate legal resources, or sent to … Continue reading →

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Politics. The Rainbow of Responsibility. 6.30.2019.

Posted on July 1, 2019 by gojohnego

Happy Pride. Its expensive to put together large celebrations, and the LGBT+ communities need corporate support to cover expenses like bonding, underwriting, insurance, etc. That said, celebrating the diversity and achievements of the LGBT+ communities needs to go a lot … Continue reading →

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Politics. Cultural Genocide and Rotting Tomatoes. 6.30.18

Posted on June 30, 2018 by gojohnego

I was looking around this morning to find some data to debunk some myths folks have in their heads about folks who are coming to this country, usually to escape poverty and violence and find a better life.   The … Continue reading →

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Politics. Juneteenth. 06-19-18

Posted on June 20, 2018 by gojohnego

It’s the anniversary of when people abducted from a continent along with their treasures were “freed.” The treasures weren’t returned. They sit in people’s wood paneled dens – dovetailed and wainscoated and carved, often by slave labor, from trees long … Continue reading →

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Politics. there are some folks walking around in Louboutin’s while the rest of us have to figure out how to cross a desert of broken glass with newspapers wrapped around our feet.

Posted on March 15, 2017 by gojohnego

I’ve been away a while because, frankly, dissecting where our country went wrong and decided to elect our 45th President bores me now. There’s a sector of our population that fell for a con-job and now we’re all going to … Continue reading →

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Politics. The Game Ahead. 12.20.16

Posted on December 20, 2016 by gojohnego

​Slightly less than half of the people in this country watched the news, saw what was happening, and thought they wanted no parts of it and stayed home, or “integrity” voted for Stein or Johnson. We’re long past the point … Continue reading →

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Politics. I can’t believe he said that. February 17, 2015

Posted on February 17, 2015 by gojohnego

We’ve all seen those stories from the southern United States where an elected official, usually White and male, says something overtly racist. The story is usually presented by a so-called Liberal media source and usually is an opportunity for White … Continue reading →

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