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It is. There is nothing inherently better in its being the 21st century L On Thu, May 10, 2012 17:40, Douglas Barbour wrote: > Bullyboy we understand here, too, Jill & Sheila. But at least in Canada > we have mariage equality & that probably cannot be revoked. Ah, but the > attacks on the weakest? Growing,... growing.... > > I had thought this was the 21st century... > > > Doug > On 2012-05-09, at 6:57 PM, Jill Jones wrote: > > >> Thanks Sheila. I didn't know all those names. There isn't much 'civil' >> left in public life here. Robust I don't mind but here it veers from >> bullyboy to tackarama to spin preen. >> >> Groundwork, people, ideas. Not much for publicity hounds there, but >> it's the work that has to be done, as one can do it. I try not to feel >> defeated - it's hard, and I feel so tired within the daily round. It's >> good to know of glimmers. >> >> Here's to the work, whatever it may be! >> >> >> J >> >> >> On 10/05/2012, at 10:16 AM, Sheila Murphy wrote: >> >> >>> You said it. Politics here ain't pretty,and seems less-than-civil >>> most of the time. There are some true stars, though: Elizabeth Warren, >>> Bernie >>> Sanders, and Al Franken, to name a few. >>> >>> >>> Much of the time, there's no standing up for causes or neediest of >>> people. >>> >>> Individuals with developmental disabilities (adults) in our state get >>> no money for oral healthcare. Can you imagine? I did a study on this >>> recently, and am utterly amazed. >>> >>> I retain hope. I keep trying to build ideas, and of course this isn't >>> for the faint of heart (which many people feel themselves to be of >>> late)> >>> >>> We'll get there! >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> yes, sheila, interesting to see what politics pans outta that, and >>>> now … you have any ideas? i haven't been much following anything. >>>> i's fatigued with all the meeja hype (that activity that once was >>>> directed to news reporting, of a sort), here and elsewhere >>>> >>>> J >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10/05/2012, at 9:52 AM, Sheila Murphy wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Jill, and look at our little deal over here. The President has >>>>> come on board now. Why now? Hmmm. Let's see . . . >>>>> >> > > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ > http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ > > > Latest books: > Continuations & Continuations 2 (with Sheila E Murphy) > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=962 > Wednesdays' > http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10 > .html > > > The postliterate sensibility is offended by anything that isn’t > television, views with suspicion the compound sentence, the subordinate > clause, words of more than three syllables. The home and studio audiences > become accustomed to hearing voices swept clean of improvised literary > devices, downsized into data points, degraded into industrial-waste > product. > > Lewis Lapham > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Lawrence Upton Visiting Fellow, Music Dept, Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross, London SE14 6NW ----