Tag: President Obama

  • Thanks Obama!

    Thanks Obama!

    Next week, our country will inaugurate its 45th President.  While that event is both sad and terrifying, hopefully the next four years will show us just how good we’ve had it the past eight, so some crazy shit like this doesn’t happen again for a really long time. I don’t know about you, but I’m…

  • Movements and Moonshots

    Movements and Moonshots

    As I noted in my last post the blamestorm made it to Category 5 in record time this year. I think its fair to say that this will continue for a while. That’s not what this post is. See, I’ve written my fair share of denunciations of Democratic Party establishments, from the now defunct SCDP…

  • Grief and Blamestorming

    Grief and Blamestorming

    We’re in the second day of post-Presidential election America. I’m not sure how you dealt with day 1, but after a day of hearing triumphant Trump supporters in close proximity, I was emotionally and physically drained. We ate pizza we shouldn’t have (for a multitude of reasons) and turned in about 2 hours earlier than…

  • The Steve Ross Show – Episode 2

    Episode 2 of the Steve Ross Show is up and ready for your viewing pleasure. You can watch it below or by clicking here. This episode includes an interview with Rebecca Terrell, the Executive Director of Choices – The Memphis Center for Reproductive Health. Rebecca and I talk about the state of reproductive healthcare in…

  • Schadenfreude: Fiscal Cliff Edition

    schadenfreude: pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune. So I know just about everyone is talking about the NRA’s crazy town response to the Newtown shootings. I think all that needs to be said about the speech delivered Friday is nicely summed up here. Quite frankly, I’m shocked that anyone was shocked by that…

  • From Booker T. Washington

    via Ellyn