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Posted an entry on Mobile's Take
$3.5 billion for Wisconsin
Governor Jim Doyle stated today that Wisconsin will receive an estimated $3.5 Billion of the $789 billion from the Federal economic stimulus package.
Doyle said the total of $3.5 billion that state and local governments, and Wisconsin schools and...
2009-02-12 18:22:00
Posted an entry on Milwaukee Social Worker BLOG
911..... the past 7yrs from a Muslim American's perspective
This is an incredible article by a Muslim American Pacifist, Arsalan Iftikhar. He makes some great points and really epitomizes the view that I wish our society would embrace:"Within the current ungodly global mix of perpetual war, everlasting human...
2008-09-11 16:32:00
Posted an entry on Milwaukee Social Worker BLOG
Glasses of a wanna be feminist?
Is Sarah Palin really a fashion eyewear icon now? According to the JS today women across the county are scrambling to get some Kawasaki 704 ($375.00) titanuim glasses/ frames. I could really care less about the style of the glasses etc. The funny part...
2008-09-11 09:29:00
Posted an entry on Milwaukee Social Worker BLOG
Can a relationship bridge the aisle?
So..... can two individuals with very different political, ethical, moral, and social views and values have a healthy functional relationship full of respect, understanding, and support for one another? I argue that the answer is no. Each of us have a...
2008-09-04 22:59:00
Posted an entry on Milwaukee Social Worker BLOG
17 Reasons why I hate Sarah Palin
Well McCain's new running mate, Sarah Palin, will definitely serve a purpose. She will confuse and distract female voters while pushing a male agenda.So here are a few reasons I don't like her:lifetime member of the NRA (and supposedly hunts...
2008-08-30 17:17:00
Posted an entry on Pestilent Platitudes
Clintonesque
Bill Clinton says Barack Obama is ready to be president. I say to you: Barack Obama is ready to lead America and restore American leadership in the world,” Mr. Clinton said. “Barack Obama is ready to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of...
2008-08-28 01:04:00
Posted an entry on Milwaukee Social Worker BLOG
Michelle Obama: hero or doormat?
Well we didn't get a female candidate for president. And I am perhaps happy about that due to who the potential candidate was :) Beyond Hilary it seemed that Nancy Pelosi was the only other progressive woman recieving attention. Now Michelle Obama has...
2008-08-25 20:41:00
Posted an entry on Milwaukee Social Worker BLOG
Social Work Boundaries and limitations?
Recently I was challenged with the question: are there areas of client need that I can deal with emotionally and/or can not provide support in an effective manner?This week I found myself watching a news production related to domestic violence. In the...
2008-08-15 20:27:00
Posted an entry on Milwaukee Social Worker BLOG
Women in Politics
For all my fellow feminist activists this is a great article. Do you believe that researchers have actually deduced that less women enter politics because of an "internal glass ceiling" !! Rediculous :) We will have to prove them wrong!h/t to...
2008-08-07 20:12:00
Posted an entry on Milwaukee Social Worker BLOG
Individual ethical Dilemmas Translates into Persecutory Policy
In every field there are ethical challenges encountered on a daily basis. That is the cost that must be assessed prior to entering a specific field. Those in the medical field take a Hippocratic oath to do no harm and also agree to provide necessary,...
2008-08-05 09:11:00
Posted an entry on Milwaukee Social Worker BLOG
Research on Milwaukee Criminal Justice System
This article cites some interesting research done by the Public Policy Forum for the newly formed Milwaukee Community Justice Council. Hopefully the council will move in a positive direction as it makes budget recommendations for the criminal justice...
2008-07-29 20:41:00
Posted an entry on Milwaukee Social Worker BLOG
War: A social construct
Our government, and others for that matter, have a long history of shaping public opinion to fit an agenda. Three primary examples which stand out could be the red scare, the war on drugs, and the current Iraq war. While I am not usually a consipracy...
2008-07-28 01:45:00
Posted an entry on Pestilent Platitudes
Change sells out
Barack Obama and a majority of democrats voted yes on extending wiretap powers of the federal government. This in a ongoing debate about preserving privacy of individuals and getting those pesky Al Qaeda-types who use cell phones to call their contacts...
2008-07-10 02:32:00
Posted an entry on Pestilent Platitudes
Sad Days
My beloved Isthmus, Madison's alt-weekly, is considering lay offs that are spreading across the newspaper industry, reports the Capital Times, who itself had to cut staff and quit printing paper editions of the daily. This as advertisers prefer to go...
2008-07-08 02:28:00
Posted an entry on Pestilent Platitudes
Operation Iraqi Oil
It's official, Bush cronies have swapped oil deals for international cred, despite the Iraqi government, according to a Congressional panel. Bush's friendly friends at Hunt Oil contracted under the semiautonomous government of Kurdistan (a region in...
2008-07-03 01:07:00
Posted an entry on Pestilent Platitudes
Islamic Bretheren in the Pakistani Mountains (or) Bringing Hope to the Village.
After losing himself in the Karakoram mountain range amid an effort scale K2 in 1992, Greg Mortenson found his purpose in a mountain village cut off from the world, to bring education to Pakistanis and Afghans who've been neglected by nature and their...
2008-06-30 17:06:00
Posted an entry on Pestilent Platitudes
Act like you give a shit and people will like you
Onion once again delivers the fake news in such a real way that it's more real than the real news, or something to that...
2008-06-28 01:12:00
Posted an entry on FightingBob.com
Computers and MJS
My computer failed me this morning just as I was about to unload on the bias of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The endorsement of Walker is poorly written, and should blow a fuse at so-called PolitiFact. Perhaps JS could merge with the Bradley...
Posted an entry on FightingBob.com
Old tricks
Walker's supporters attack the John Doe prosecutors because attacking is all they know how to do.
Posted an entry on FightingBob.com
Is there a Cubs fan in the joint?
I grew up a Chicago Cubs fan. Our family outing every summer was a trip to Wrigley Field to cheer Andy Pafco, Hank Sauer, Wayne Terwilliger, a/k/a the hapless Cubs, in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field. Then dinner at the Edgewater and that was...
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