Today, I choose to be Janet at all times, and to be submissive to my mistress M in all things. She will tell me when I must play act being Ernie. But as of today, Ernie is simply a role I play when necessary.
Help Me Change America
15 JanI’m not sure if you’ve heard, but there’s a movement of citizens inspired by the presidential campaign who are deciding the top 10 ideas for how they think the Obama administration should change America. It’s called “Ideas for Change in America,” and it’s being run by Change.org.
One idea is titled: Free Single Payer Health Care. I thought you might be interested in getting involved and recommend you check it out. You can read more and vote for the idea by clicking the following link:
http://www.change.org/ideas/view/free_single_payer_health_care
The top 10 ideas are going to be presented to the Obama administration at an event at the National Press Club in Washington, DC next week and will be supported by a national lobbying campaign run by Change.org in partnership with leading nonprofits after the Presidential Inauguration. So each idea has a real chance at becoming policy.
Thanks for the help!
Writer’s Block: Tricky Questions
13 Jan“Something terrible has happened!”
Considering the overall tone of the past year, it actually is a pretty reasonable response.
Is Bush the worst president ever? You decide.
8 JanPresident Bush inherited a peaceful, prosperous America. As he exits, Salon consults experts in seven fields to try to assess the devastation.
LJ rumored to have massive layoff
6 JanLiveJournal: The Russian Bear Slashes a Social Network
The bubble in social networking has burst, decisively. LiveJournal, the San Francisco-based arm of Sup, a Russian Internet startup, has cut about 20 of 28 employees — and offered them no severance, we’re told.
Time to back up your LJ. No seriously. Do it NOW! How do I backup my LJ, you ask? See this post by liz-marcs.
ETA: LiveJournal confirms layoffs, says rumored numbers exaggerated
Fallout from the Madoff scandal
30 DecFrom MoveOn.Org:
You’ve probably heard about how Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff scammed investors out of at least $50 billion.
But you may not have heard that his victims included the foundations that support some really important progressive organizations. Groups that fight for human rights, fair elections and racial justice are getting hit hard—just in time for the holidays. […]
