January 20, 2014

MLK day

his anti war speech

January 15, 2014

Small step in the right direction in Virginia

http://news.fredericksburg.com/on-politics/2014/01/15/bill-to-increase-penalties-for-celebratory-gunfire-advances/

And this is why it matters to vote in every election, we now have a dem governor who will sign this bill if it gets to his desk

January 14, 2014

This is why I will always vote dem

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/13/new-virginia-gov-mcauliffe-signs-order-protecting-lgbt-workers-from-discrimination/

January 10, 2014

Oh dear, kookienellie conservatism spreads like gonnerhea

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/09/virginia-predicts-need-for-more-prison-beds-if-oral-sex-is-banned-for-teens/

Virginia voters need to vote dem down the line or no one will have any fun in this state

January 9, 2014

Amiri Baraka died, rip, great activist and human

http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2014/01/hold_hold_hold_amiri_baraka_former_nj_poet_laureate_and_prolific_author_dead_at_79.html

I met the man several times and was lucky enough to spend a few hours talking to him about poetry and civil rights decades ago. I lived in Newark during the riots and the rise of the black power movement.

January 4, 2014

Hello, I'm new here

My name is Linda but I go by gwheezie {one of the young fellas who is a regular patient where I work said to me one day, grammawheezie when are they going to make you retire and I said when you stop smoking crack, so from then on my name here has been grammawheezie}. I'm in my 60's, live in where the hell am i, virginny and female. I've been a liberal since I 1st heard of my political hero Shirley Chisholm back in the day. I am probably fairly centrist however passionately believe that left needs to keep pushing some of us old farts back to our roots. I hope I contribute something worthwhile to any discussions here.