02 May 2011

My screed...

This topic goes astray a little, but I feel it is one which is of vital importance.  My friend (and she does remain my friend, despite her maddening views)  is one who is against improved busway service. She says it will increase taxation, even though it was proposed two administrations ago.  Never mind.  She's 'agin it.

But let's consider the tax rate the governor is proposing.  He is not proposing a 10 percent sales tax rate.  Nor a 9 percent rate. Nor even an 8 percent rate. He is proposing going from a 7  to a 7.25 taxation rate... heavens to Betsy, what an extortionist...

 I have some news for you... disturbing, but true.  The fantasyland "perfect" taxation rate never existed in the past, does not exist in the present, nor will it exist in the future.  IT DOESN'T EXIST.


What we do try to do, however, in our imperfect microcosm of  a world, is to  make life a tad better for those who are less fortunate. Like those who are blind.  Like those who have had a stroke.  Like those who are less fortunate and looking for a job.  Those who have a job, but who can't afford a car. And, increasingly so, those who can afford a car today but who can't afford one tomorrow.

In other words, you.




Continuum launches a conversation on gender identity (acorn-online)

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Bootleg Theatre presents 'The Interlopers', opens June 17 (BroadwayWorld)

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29 April 2011

Do you feel more like a male or a female? New Ridgefield art exhibit explores gender identities (News-Times.com)

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Hello!

Ah, gorgeous and fluffy clouds!  Here's the list... Chicago, Illinois...Arlington,
Massachusetts... Liverpool, England, UK... Steyning, West Sussex, England, UK...
Epsom, New Hampshire... Kochi, Kerala, India... Nuremberg, Bayern, Germany...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania... Paris, Ile-de-France, France... Jamaica Plain,
Massachusetts...Terre Haute, Indiana... Cavite, Cavite City, Philippines... Tamworth,
Staffordshire, England, UK... Gloucester, Massachusetts... Pennsauken, New Jersey...
Syracuse, New York... High Point, North Carolina... Grand Prairie, Texas... Goole,
York, England, UK... Tuscon, Arizona... Canton, New York... Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia... New Haven, Connecticut... please, give our friends in Japan a helping hand:

American Red Cross     www.redcross.org
International Red Cross/Red Crescent     www.ifrc.org
Doctors Without Borders     www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Rainbow Fund     www.rainbowfund.org

Thank you!

22 April 2011

Andy Warhol's superstars: where are they now? (Flavorwire)

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Questions for Isaac, Who Happens to Be Transgender (Voice of San Diego)

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'I was a husband. I was a father. But none of it felt right. I struggled' (Irish Times [Ireland])

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Maryland police investigate brutal attack on trans woman at local McDonalds (LGBQNation)

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Ashburn, Virginia


Hello!

A  warm and balmy day, for a change... here's  the list... Ashburn, Virginia...
  Cheshire, Connecticut... Oakland, California... Tuscon, Arizona... London, 
England, UK... Kalamazoo, Michigan... Houston, Texas... Jamsa, Finland...
Mountain View, California... Jersey City, New Jersey... Odense, Syddanmark,
Finland... Gloucester, Massachusetts... Middletown, Virginia... Venice, Veneto,
Italy.... Savannah, Georgia... Bowling Green, Kentucky... Terre Haute, Indiana...
Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy... Mason, Ohio... Budapest, Hungary... Albion,
Michigan... San Ramon, California.... Merrimack, New Hampshire... Harwich,
Massachusetts... Ekero, Stockholms Lan, Sweden... Spring Valley, New York...
please remember our friends in Japan by giving to the following:


American Red Cross     www.redcross.org
International Red Cross/Red Crescent     www.ifrc.org
 Doctors Without Borders     www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Rainbow Fund    www.rainbowfund.org