Chicken Little Didn't End Well
There has been a lot of hand-wringing and "the sky is falling" coming from many progressives. Each poll where McCain seems to be ahead. Sarah Palin ad naseum. Karl Rove is an evil genius who cannot...
View ArticleRed vs Blue
For many long years, some say eight, I say twenty-eight, this country has been divided into so-called red states and so-called blue states. The former are, of course Republican, conservative, "Bible...
View ArticleOur CSA: A Perspective
A couple of years ago I attended an international conference of people working on social issues. The conference was in my rural New England area, and it was great to see how they viewed it.One of the...
View ArticleEarth Day Tribute-Marjorie Spock
Marjorie Spock (1904-2008), younger sister of famous child development expert and peace activist Benjamin Spock played a pivotal, if not well known role in the writing and eventual publication of...
View ArticleNH State Senate Passes Marriage Equality!
The New Hampshire State Senate passed a marriage equality bill this afternoon, overturning the original Senate Judiciary Committee recommendation that it be voted Inexpedient to Legislate.This was...
View ArticleMarriage Equality in NH: Some Backstory
Just a couple of minutes ago, the NH House of Representatives concurred with language passed in the State Senate and required by the Governor before he would sign HB436, the marriage equality bill,...
View ArticleWHEE: Just Beginning
I must admit I almost forgot I'd agreed to post a diary in this series.So, just after my daily walk with Lacey the dog, and before a meeting, here I go...
View ArticleThe Naked Guy
As young teens on warm spring and summer nights we often congregated in parking lots. Our town was long and skinny and we’d usually meet somewhere in the middle. For a while, this mid-point was the...
View ArticleTwo Minutes of Hate in NH
Today is Ray Buckley's birthday. He is the first openly gay male vice chair of the DNC and the only openly gay chair of a state Democratic party.
View ArticleSheKos: Paid Family and Sick Leave, Not
This diary was born from a comment I made in an earlier She Kos diary about women, family and work (among other things)Welcome to SheKos! SheKos is a diary series for all Kossacks to explore issues...
View ArticleOn Commitment
Yeah, so I've been reading diary after diary, comment after comment."Health care reform sucks. I've been working for this for two years. I'm done"."Afghan War sucks, I helped Obama get elected. No...
View ArticleWHEE: Starting the New Year with a Digestive Cleanse
Here's a New Year's Eve WHEE diary to ring in the new year with a re-newed digestive system. (I hope)WHEE (Weight, Health, Eating and Exercise) is a community support diary for Kossacks who are...
View ArticleWHEE: 21 Days Later
My husband and I decided to purify our digestive systems for the New Year. We ate a very restrictive diet for three weeks, supplemented by nutritional shakes and vitamins and herbs. Follow over the...
View ArticleNH State Rep: Let Cancer Patients Hold a Bake Sale to Pay for Treatment
New Hampshire State Representative Jeannine Notter (R-Merrimack) was videotaped during a committee hearing telling cancer patients to drum up "community support" via bake sales to pay for treatment....
View ArticleBreaking: NH House Republicans to End Collective Bargaining
This is very hot off the presses, but New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Raymond Buckley reports that NH House Republicans have added an amendment to the state budgetthat takes away collective...
View ArticleNH State Rep Says Cop Stopped Him Because of Vote Against Collective Bargaining
In the department of WTF, NH State Representative Gary Wheaton (R-Seabrook) resigned his seat after being stopped for reckless driving while his license was suspended. From WMUR,Police said Wheaton...
View ArticleBirthers Gone Wild in New Hampshire
New Hampshire has been hopping with birther activity lately. Birther Queen herself, Orly Taitz, was in the state last Friday for a hearing of the Ballot Law Commission. Taitz, along with several state...
View ArticleKosAbility: Attitude Adjustment
I had an idea in mind when I volunteered to write the diary for today. It was going to be about being a direct support worker, meaning I help an intellectually disabled (aka mentally retarded) man with...
View ArticleNH Speaker: "Gays Seek to Destroy Society"
Last week there was a rally held at the New Hampshire State House to repeal the marriage equality law. Organized by Rep. David Bates (R-Windham), who has made repeal a personal goal, spending thousands...
View ArticleNH's First Transgender Rep Elected
The teabag/"free state" Republican legislature headed by Speaker Bill O'Brien was sent packing by NH voters this past Tuesday. Also notable: NH has the first all female congressional delegation, a...
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