Who am I and what do I have to say?
Hi. I go by athenap here on Kos. I live in Ohio and up until this election, I wasn't very political. But I can't sit still anymore and watch my country go any further down the elbow trap without...
View ArticleOne Small Step...
...and probably rather pathetic, but I feel like I did something. I know it ain't much, but it's something. I called my congressman yesterday (Republican Rob Portman, OH-2) and asked if he'd voted...
View ArticleOhio Election Direction
I was surprised to see this in the Cincinnati Enquirer's editorial section. Sorta. Because I'm really of the belief that the Enquirer--unequivocally supportive of conservative agendas for quite some...
View ArticlePluralism, People
Given the recent refusal by two big networks not to run a harmless ad for a church because it threatened the underlying intolerance that this country seems to move on, and the ongoing debates about...
View ArticleI'm Confused about Social Security
For one thing, I don't expect it, because I don't count on anything I haven't gotten yet. Consider it my upbringing as the child of steel mill workers who suddenly found the rug pulled out from under...
View ArticleMy Attempt at Waking Up the MSM (a Gannon/Guckert LTE)
I'm not usually one for writing Letters to the Editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer. To me, it seems pointless, because while they occasionally run a more liberal viewpoint, they are big-time...
View ArticleMiddle-American Disconnect
The Cincinnati Enquirer features a "Your Voice" guest opinion column. The Enquirer is not known for its left-leaning tendencies, and neither is the region it covers. But this editorial seems to me to...
View ArticleSatan No Longer Taking Souls...Just Green Cards
Immigration is an issue that I'm conflicted about, and not well enough versed in the nuances and complexities to offer up an opinion that's any more than a gut instinct that says, "hey, give people a...
View ArticleBetrayed by my Local Paper
So my local paper (the Cincinnati Enquirer) regularly requests reader opinions on subjects, from which they pick and choose a few to print in the Saturday Editions. Well, I had something to say about...
View ArticleAdventures in Phone Banking - Wingnut Edition
I've been phone-banking for Obama twice a week for the past few weeks and have gotten the chance to talk to a lot of my neighbors (relatively speaking--they don't live on either side of me per se, but...
View ArticleIt's Shake'n'Bake, and I Helped
I'm all choked up and teary-eyed. Never before have I been so happy to see CNN. To keep hitting "refresh" over and over again on the Kos map. To have two laptops and eight channels on the boob toob...
View ArticleMy Letter to Rep. Mike Turner
I am so angry I can barely speak today. If someone thinks equating giving more people health insurance to putting them in ovens and baking them en masse, they need to be slapped stupid. No...
View ArticleIf Obama Wants to be a Centrist, We Should Make Him One
I think I saw this coming when the President spoke after the election and said, "I didn't reach out hard enough" in terms of reaching across the aisle to compromise. In the long lead-up to this tax...
View Article#RomneyDeathRally Twitter Trend (may induce madness)
Infrequent diarist here, but more frequent commenter. Just got clued into a trending Twitter topic...Like the tweeter, I agree it's kind of hilariscary...but not as hilarious and scary as an actual...
View Article"The Government As Household" An Epic Metaphor
A facebook friend likened the situation to taking his credit card and buying boats and four-wheelers and vacations with it, then asking for his limit to be raised when he ran out of credit. Then...
View ArticleSelf-Publishing 101: Man The Catapults! It's A Book Launch!
Sexy, pulpy fun in easy-to-digest doses! New episodes every Thursday! Once upon a time, book launches involved parties at swanky Manhattan addresses where everybody wore turtlenecks and ate cheese that...
View ArticleThese Four Walls: Thinking INSIDE The Box (Set) For Authors And Readers
Anyone who says "thinking outside the box" is the only good way to think is misinformed. The best times to be had can be found inside of a box--just ask a kid or a cat. And if you're an author with a...
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