Showing posts with label wonders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wonders. Show all posts
Thursday, March 18
Hello! When I first started, I was waxing poet-ish-ly about the wonders of the computer. Ha! you say, you abandoned me. Yes, I did, and I'm truly sorry. One thing that has really happy is the successful launching of the a href - /a programs. For those of you who as daffy as me, it means certain important words will be brought to your attention, with the option of clicking over to the areas of even greater possibilities.or
Friday, July 25
To Homeschooled Students
Hello, students. I hope your year is going well. First of all, I'd like to say that your parents have only the best for you. I'd like to say that, but I wonder if it is indeed the truth. You see, the world is indeed a puzzling, sometimes scary place. For a very long time - thousands upon thousands of years, in fact - parents have tried to shield their children from what is going on in the world. So far, it hasn't worked.
For me and others like me of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities, it's a difficult road.
For me and others like me of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities, it's a difficult road.
Tuesday, May 13
drip...drip...drip
The Spitzer Sting
Alexander Cockburn
and
Eliot Spitzer: John Q. Public
Katha Pollitt
in
The Nation.
March 31, 2008
In this issue of The Nation, Mr. Cockburn and Ms. Pollitt both present views of Eliot Spitzer. For those not in the know, Mr. Spitzer disgraced himself by having a long-term dalliance with a prostitute, all the while condemned those unfortunates who get caught with their, um, pants down. One wonders if Mr. Spitzer will demand the same harshness upon himself as he did upon others. Oh well, I can dream...
However, there is a more serious side to all of this. If New York is comparable to Connecticut, we can safely say that convicts take a hefty sum out of this budget. Please don't misunderstand me. I do believe that certain offences deserve punishment, the most serious to the most vile.
But prostitution? This doesn't hit the mark by any means. Consider what happens in the average transaction. First, the two haggle over what will be done, second, price will be negotiated, third, enjoy yourself.We may or may not like the idea but we certainly are not forced to have our pockets picked to enforce this idiotic"law".
Alexander Cockburn
and
Eliot Spitzer: John Q. Public
Katha Pollitt
in
The Nation.
March 31, 2008
In this issue of The Nation, Mr. Cockburn and Ms. Pollitt both present views of Eliot Spitzer. For those not in the know, Mr. Spitzer disgraced himself by having a long-term dalliance with a prostitute, all the while condemned those unfortunates who get caught with their, um, pants down. One wonders if Mr. Spitzer will demand the same harshness upon himself as he did upon others. Oh well, I can dream...
However, there is a more serious side to all of this. If New York is comparable to Connecticut, we can safely say that convicts take a hefty sum out of this budget. Please don't misunderstand me. I do believe that certain offences deserve punishment, the most serious to the most vile.
But prostitution? This doesn't hit the mark by any means. Consider what happens in the average transaction. First, the two haggle over what will be done, second, price will be negotiated, third, enjoy yourself.We may or may not like the idea but we certainly are not forced to have our pockets picked to enforce this idiotic"law".
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