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Worley Dervish: Ungerrymander Us!
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Thursday, November 21, 2013. In Wisconsin, as in other states, democracy is being gerrymandered to death, and now is the time for us to put pressure on the Wisconsin legislature to put an end to partisan redistricting. In 2012, Republicans won just 46 percent of the votes cast in Wisconsin Assembly races, whereas Democrats won 53 percent. And yet 60 percent of that body are Republicans. According to Bill Lueders of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. In 2012, after a secret and expensive r...
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Worley Dervish: April 2013
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Naughty of me, wasn't it? Singing truth to power, . strengthening resolve . pissing off the powerful #WIunion. 8212; Worley Dervish (@WorleyDervish) April 10, 2013. Many thanks to Lisa Wells for the photo! Noon to one = non-work hours. You're just jealous because no one will sing with you. 8212; Worley Dervish (@WorleyDervish) April 10, 2013. Posted by Mary Ray Worley. Labels: Solidarity Sing Along. Tuesday, April 2, 2013. A Good Marriage Takes a Village. Quite a lot, actually.
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Worley Dervish: Save Us from the Madness
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Friday, October 4, 2013. Save Us from the Madness. Of her show Thursday night, Rachel Maddow focused on Senate Chaplain Barry Black, whose morning prayers aren't pulling any punches:. Arlette Saenz on "The Note Blog" at ABC News. Comes right out and calls the GOP the "Party of Madness":. About 30 or so Republicans in the House, bunkered in gerrymandered districts while breathing the oxygen of delusion, are now part of a cast of miscreants who have stood firmly on the wrong side of history. Subscribe to: ...
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Worley Dervish: September 2013
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Thursday, September 26, 2013. WI Legislature to Native Tribes: "No Recourse". Those of you paying attention know that Wisconsin's Native American tribes are involved in a desperate struggle to preserve their land, water, and way of life. To call the proposed 21-mile open-pit iron ore mine genocidal is not hyperbole. Barbara With's excellent piece from February. Adding grievous insult to devastating injury, the Wisconsin legislature wants to rewrite the rules. DPI Secretary Tony Evers asserts. That "essen...
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Worley Dervish: Who's Unintimidated? A Tale of Two Books
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013. A Tale of Two Books. Many of you who've read previous posts in this blog know that I participate as often as I can in the Solidarity Sing Along. According to the Wisconsin Gazette. Gov Scott Walker’s new book isn't exactly a tell-all. In fact, it glosses over or leaves out many of the most important pieces in the story related to his successful drive to destroy public unions and his subsequent recall battle. . In fact, Walker is seldom even in. The Capitol Police] used pain ...
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Worley Dervish: May 2013
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Sunday, May 26, 2013. The Destruction of the U.S. Postal Service Is Quietly Being Delivered to Madison. Shhh There’s a Meeting. Was released only seven days in advance. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at 7:00pm at the Alliant Energy Center, Exhibition Hall B. If you care about the local economy, local employment, and the continuation of first-class mail service, please plan to be there, and encourage friends and family members to attend as well. The End of First-Class Mail. Even if f...
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Worley Dervish: December 2012
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Friday, December 14, 2012. Bidden or Not Bidden. We ask why there is violence in our schools, but we've systematically removed God from our schools. Like so many, I am reeling from what happened in Newtown, Connecticut, today. I can hardly put two thoughts together, but as a Christian, I just have to respond to the statement Mike Huckabee made today. Mr Huckabee, if your God can be so easily removed from the public schools, or from anywhere, then you're doing it wrong. Bidden or unbidden, God is present.
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Worley Dervish: March 2013
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Saturday, March 16, 2013. Personal Connections and Transformations: Learning to Embrace "The Gay". I was pleasantly surprised this week to read about Senator Rob Portman's change of heart. Our calling is not to cross boundaries,. Defy restrictions, or escape compartments. It is to embrace a universe. That does not admit their existence.". 8212;my very first encounter with a computer! He was my very best friend from 1974 until he died at the tender age of 32 in 1987. Patrick moved to Texas a few years bef...
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Worley Dervish: November 2013
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Saturday, November 23, 2013. Matt Damon Channels Howard Zinn. I have read quotes taken from Howard Zinn's 1970 speech on civil obedience, but I was never so struck by it as I was by a video I came across of Matt Damon reading portions of it. Then I did a little digging and discovered the context of the speech, which was actually an opening statement in a debate on civil disobedience at Johns Hopkins University. It turns out that while. Here's the portion of Zinn's statement that Damon reads:. And our top...