“American society creates both offenders & victims.”

Posted by Kat in September 30th, 2007 | 2 comments

Published in Rambles

[quotes from The Silent Children: A Parent’s Guide to the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse by Linda Tschirhart Sanford]
“Child sexual abuse is the natural extension of the imbalances of power, knowledge, and resources among all of us and found in so many areas of our everyday life. Although I have stressed the individual responsibility […]

Lobbyists can fund your public servant’s anything

Posted by Kat in September 25th, 2007 | no comment

Published in Rambles

Lobbyists should not be allowed legally to provide underwriting for anything - no money for access to politicians! Everyone is supposed to be equal, no?

Could you live comfortably on $160k/yr?

Posted by Kat in September 24th, 2007 | no comment

Published in Policy

US Congresspeople complain of the cost of living in DC and how they need more than $160,000 to live each year - who of us would be rich if we made that much money? If it is that hard & expensive to live where they need to for work, why don’t we buy row houses […]

Let’s stop the ex-President Permanent Salary…

Posted by Kat in September 23rd, 2007 | no comment

Published in Policy

…and find out what could we do with an extra few million a year.

[permanent salary = lifetime salary to all ex-presidents and their surviving spouses which is currently going to Jimmy Carter, Nancy Reagan, Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and soon to be