Tag Archives: resist

Register to vote

Posted on September 25, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

The 15th Amendment to the Constitution gave African-American men the right to vote. However, many of them weren’t able to exercise this right for nearly 100 years.  Poll taxes, literacy tests, and other means used by some states made it difficult for … Continue reading →

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Can’t see the forest through the trees…

Posted on September 25, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog
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How far we have fallen

Posted on September 11, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

I received an email alert from my AOL news feed around 8:55 am on September 11, 2001, a plane had crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center (WTC). In my conference room I had a small television that I … Continue reading →

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You’re no Lester Holt

Posted on August 30, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

Maybe you remember this exchange in 1988 during the vice-presidential debate between Senator Lloyd Bentsen and Senator Dan Quayle; “Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy.” I thought of that remark … Continue reading →

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What will Trump’s legacy be?

Posted on August 30, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

I grew up in a neighborhood that a had youth sports league. There was a massive city park three blocks from my house with football and baseball fields we used in the Spring, Summer and Fall and we played basketball … Continue reading →

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Time to clean the shit up

Posted on August 21, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

This was the last trail in the Davidson River section of the Pisgah National Forest we hadn’t hike, the Cemetery Loop and Long Branch. There weren’t any big payoffs for this hike, no big views or waterfalls, just a hard … Continue reading →

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The Trump Effect

Posted on June 14, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

“My political representatives didn’t want me to get involved in the Mark Sanford primary thinking that Sanford would easily win – but with a few hours left I felt that Katie was such a good candidate, and Sanford was so … Continue reading →

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Taking a break from the circus

Posted on June 2, 2017 by ends and beginnings blog

I need a break. I am going to spend the next week NOT reading Trumps tweets, or Politico. Not watching Rachel Maddow or the evening news. My brain is fried and I need to un-fry it somehow. I am thinking a … Continue reading →

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When 304 is greater than 332, 365, 379, & 370

Posted on February 17, 2017 by ends and beginnings blog

A great piece of “Fake News” from NPR, click, read & learn: Trump’s Thursday Press Conference, Annotated by NPR

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What do Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan have on our President?

Posted on February 14, 2017 by ends and beginnings blog

Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan are starting to creep me out. They are entirely too calm and smug which leads me to believe they have “something” on our President. What could it be? Pictures? Video tape? Transcripts? Tax Returns? Putin? Farm … Continue reading →

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