Category Archives: politics

Peace Out Prop 8

My Quick Take on Proposition 8 First and foremost, let’s exclude any moral or religious argument from my position. As far as I understand this law and the allowance of civil unions/marriage by the government it has absolutely nothing to do with a moral/religious position on sexuality. *It’s about taxes, insurance, healthcare, etc. Those things [...]

Conclusion: I Won’t Be Eating Animals (or their products)

Jonathan Safran Foer writes his newest book, Eating Animals, as a narrative of sorts. He’s very focused on story and what kind of story we tell with our food. That being said, I’ll write this post as a story. My Story Prior to college I had probably never heard of PETA. Maybe I had heard [...]

Healthcare and How I See It

I’m not going to recap all I’ve read, it’s not a lot but it’s a good bit. I won’t pretend to understand all of what I’ve read (except the 10 percent tax on indoor tanning services effective July 1, I think we can alllll agree that orange people don’t look natural). I don’t have any [...]

Obama: Healthcare, Education and Town Halls

Around election time I dug myself into a little hole with a conversation about Obama. My friend had this deep-seated (i learned today that’s how it’s supposed to be spelled) hatred for Obama that seemed to be completely unwarranted and illogical. She simply felt, “he just gives me the creeps.” She wasn’t necessarily for McCain [...]

It's Bigger Than HIP…HOP…

Today’s song comes from a 2009 so far mixtape from TSURURADIO. It’s a killer song and thanks to my coworkers for introducing me to that blog and to this song. My boss loves this track, you will too. Dead Prez vs Grizzly Bear- Two Weeks of Hip Hop (by The Hood Internet) You should also [...]