In loving, living memory, John Melançon 1928 – 2007
The Arts are a rich form of communication that allows us to meet, understand, and accept each other.
America touts itself as the land of the free, but the number one freedom that you and I have is the freedom to enter into a subservient role in the workplace. Once you exercise this freedom you’ve lost all control over what you do, what is produced, and how it is produced. And in the end, the product doesn’t belong to you. The only way you can avoid bosses and jobs is if you don’t care about making a living. Which leads to the second freedom: the freedom to starve.
If you had half a brain you'd be dangerous.
Instant Message conversation, Tuesday, February 26, 2008
prino1 12:41
i need quick help if you have a second... i am having a hard time understanding the conservative view of thingsregardless of how I feel
i need to be able to explain and understad why conservatives think people are to blame for poverty
on a micro- individual level
i just can't wrap my head around it
benjamin melançon 12:42
and how am i supposed to help? the only thing conservative about me is that i don't like old things being taken down
I am a firm believer that people need to be touched more.
In comments to an article on Clinton's NAFTA position:
Alexa, on February 25th, 2008 at 12:19 am Said:
[Very initial first rough start of a beginning of a draft.]
PWGD rules for being a PWGD service:
1. People rule. People who use your service can communicate with everyone else should they make a collective decision to do so. (This is why the democratically moderated communication is the base functionality.)
2. Free software (ideally, Affero GPL).
vegetable chili recipie (Cathy, 2/19/08 6:41 PM)
This comment follows up on this blog post, "the political left", and following discussion, wherein it is determined that all love blankets, and all should have blankets, but the method of obtaining them is in dispute. The original author, Mikkel, said in his last comments that yes, 'we should give them money-- by giving them a job.'
Let's give people money, by giving them a job, by making sure everyone has money.