"To Look for America"

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Wednesday July 30, 2014 · 11:33 AM PDT

2014/07/30 · 11:33

Never before have the words to Simon and Garfunkel’s “America,” meant more to me than they have following a weekend trip to Hardwick, Vermont as we flew out of Burlington.

I don’t fly often. In fact, before this past weekend, the last time I flew was 2005. I am not afraid of flying, my late uncle, my brother and a high school friend all had private pilot’s licenses at one time in their lives and each one of them took me “up” for short flights in small, 2 and 4 seat planes.

I am afraid of airport security. I AM NOT A CRIMINAL. I am a progressive-populist who believes in civil rights, personal liberty, human dignity and who happens to be married to a man who has been a community organizer for 30 years of his adult life. Trained by the irascible Shel Trapp (who ascended from a line of organizers trained by or through the work of Saul Alinsky), my husband’s work in various parts of the country, teaching people to advocate for themselves with their government bodies on a wide range of issues has earned him a thick FBI file and line placement on many government lists. He ALWAYS gets x-rayed at airports.

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Tuesday July 22, 2014 · 8:47 PM PDT

2014/07/22 · 20:47

I’ll tell you. In the state of Michigan, you have no rights to bathroom breaks or lunch breaks. Here’s what LARA, the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has to say about it.

Are employees required by law to have a meal or break period?

Agency: Licensing and Regulatory Affairs

Employees under 18 years of age may not work more than 5 continuous hours without a 30 minute uninterrupted rest period. There are no requirements for breaks, meal or rest periods for employees 18 years of age or older.

The answers provided are not meant to be a substitute for legal advice.

I know you won’t believe it, so here is the website address. Look it up for yourself.
https://www.michigan.gov/...

For more, read below the fold.

bcbronte

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Wednesday July 02, 2014 · 4:04 PM PDT

2014/07/02 · 16:04

What I write here is to be understood as political satire. The problem is that white, male, republicans (otherwise known as re-pubic-hairs) are NOT engaging in political satire. They are actively engaged in the regulation of uteruses and ovaries as well as vaginas and cervixes. So, here goes.

Clearly, the ONLY cause of unwanted pregnancies in the United States of America is the unregulated use of male penises. In fact, the use of penises in sexual intercourse is the ONLY means of becoming pregnant without knowledge or desire to do so on the part of women.
Since the unregulated use of male penises is clearly THE cause of and necessitates the use of female contraceptives and abortions, I propose new legislation. In fact, enacting this proposed legislation is the best way to end all use of female contraception and abortions. For details, please see below the fold.

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