January 2011
135 posts
“Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr. (via mfs)
I've been through 01/01/01, 02/02/02, 03/03/03,...
meinparfum:
i’ve also been through 9/9/99. oooooh yyyeaaaa
December 2010
82 posts
10 shocking statistics about the plight of the... →
thenoobyorker:
#1 In 2009, total wages, median wages, and average wages all declined in the United States.
#2 Since the year 2000, we have lost 10% of our middle class jobs. In the year 2000 there were about 72 million middle class jobs in the United States but today there are only about 65 million middle class jobs. Meanwhile, our population is getting larger.
#3 As 2007 began, only 26...
Why Is Illinois So Corrupt? →
I consulted 20 or so historians, good-government advocates, and longtime political observers and insiders. Explaining why so many fools rush in to city, county, and state government in Illinois—and then never seem to leave unless led away in handcuffs—is “like finding the cure to the common cold,” says Cindi Canary, director of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform. “It’s impossible to...
FIRST ROUND... BYE
k thanks
WOOT WOOT!
&& Lance Briggs, Devin Hester, Julius Peppers and Brian Urlacher goin to the Pro Bowl!!
CHICKA CHICKA YEEAAA
i judge people who love movies i've watched and...
or people who love movies my friends/family have said sucked. i find it hard to take their opinion on movies/tv/music/pop culture seriously at all.
haha. oh wellz
best christmas ever!!!
raquel is visiting!! i got tons of socks!! and my sister got me this:
HAHA. at least i can eat ice cream now! :P
Jon Stewart is the new architect of domestic... →
he really brought this bill back from the dead, AMAAAZING!
the rules of the english language don't allow me... →
google translate says it’s pronounced \ˈbō-nər\ not \ˈbān-ər\
:P
our family's friends, the illegals →
i appreciate the sentiment of the article and the shedding of stereotypes to show that affluent/republican families & individuals are actually in support of the DREAM Act (aka not all republicans suck)
but it shouldn’t take the story of someone who is non-Latino or non-Mexican for other republicans to find a reason to support the policy.
shame on Mark Kirk and members of the Republican...
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it's that elated but still devastated feeling...
we take one step forward two steps back?
:’(
:D
watching National Geographic's Guns, Germs & Steel...
enjoyed reading this book filled with fascinating ideas, even if it was for a few classes. and now it’s a documentary! waaaahhhh!!!!! :D :D :D
needless to say, i’m super excited.
it’s a great friday night post-best week ever (part one) <3
DREAM Act goes up for a vote in the Senate...
fingers crossed/praying/asking god for favors/hoping santa can deliver this year
i don't know how i feel for this "chrome for a...
it’s a neat opportunity for responsible (it seems) nonprofit/community organizations to get their name and mission statement out there in a cool, integrated way. seriously, great idea and PR opp, kudos!
but at the same time, it’s a continuation of this false feeling of actually doing something from the safety and comfort of the internet and thinking that real change can come from just...
already miss him :'(
</3
FIX THIS, GOP. →
just went through 131 pages of my tumblr dash...
to finally catch up on errrthang!!
that’s what happens the boyf comes to visit, i guess
but i don’t mind it one bit, so much more fun to go through the pages of tumblr with him :D :D
<3
“…refrain from asserting that the planet has warmed (or cooled) in any given...”
– Fox News Washington managing editor Bill Sammon, in an e-mail to staff 15 minutes after Fox correspondent Wendell Goler accurately reported on-air that the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization announced that 2000-2009 was “on track to be the warmest [decade] on record.” via Media...
“You’ve got to stop this war in Afghanistan.”
– The last words uttered by top-ranking American diplomat Richard Holbrooke, the Obama administration’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, who passed away yesterday at George Washington University hospital in DC.
[wapo.]
(via thedailywhat)
At least the packers lost today...
Ugh, super sadface. At least the boyf is enjoying himself while he’s here :-/ WAAHH frustration nation.