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GLEC Makes a Mark on Pittsburgh

This year, GLEC is taking this mission a step farther. On National Coming Out Day, October 11th, GLEC is sponsoring their 1st Annual Jobs, Services, and Organizations Fair.

September 17, 2010 Comments are Disabled general

WWLGGD: Westboro Baptist Church

Westboro Baptist Church will be in the Western PA area in a few weeks and there is discussion about what to do in response. What Would Lady GaGa Do?

September 17, 2010 4 comments Activism, general

Can Corbett Cut Costs?

If you look around the country at states with Republican governors, you won’t find a lot of states that are in wonderful shape in comparison the Pennsylvania. Most every state, no matter the party of the governor is hurting and struggling

September 17, 2010 Comments are Disabled general

Why I Like the Term Advocate More Than Activist

I think this is possibly a major core of the difference between being an activist who is fighting against someone or someone, and an advocate who is working for something, and willing to see a bigger picture.

September 15, 2010 Comments are Disabled Activism, general

School Bullying Suicide: Greensburg Student Takes His Own Life

The fallacious argument, that a person chooses to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered crumbles when you look at things like this. Why would any young person choose to be so harassed are treated so badly?

September 14, 2010 Comments are Disabled general
Find Your Voice and Share It at Podcamp Pittsburgh!

Find Your Voice and Share It at Podcamp Pittsburgh!

Podcamp Pittsburgh is for folks at every level of expertise in social media ranging from no experience at all, to extremely experienced.

September 14, 2010 Comments are Disabled general

When the Regularly Elected Majority is Labeled as Tyranny

This seems connected/ similar to Sharron Angle, who is running against Harry Reid in Nevada. Angle, is suggesting that if Republicans aren’t elected in a majority to take back control of the country, that Tea Party activists (and others??) ought to take up guns and use them to force a coup in Washington.

September 14, 2010 Comments are Disabled Activism, general

Saving the Constitution from Constitutionality: A Case for Bigotry.

The degree to which the very Constitution, or at least what it means is at stake, should give anyone from the progressive left to the vast moderate middle a pause, and then help them hurry to the ballot box to protect the very foundation of the country. Or it may be too late.

September 13, 2010 Comments are Disabled Activism, general, Same-Sex Marriage

The Fallacy of Spending Cuts to Save the State’s Economy

No politician who has an authentic care for the notion of “building jobs” can also be calling for cuts in spending as the only source of economic recovery. They are either a hypocrite, or naive, or a sleazy liar using a knee-jerk causing sound bite for effect only.

September 12, 2010 Comments are Disabled general

Remembering 911

A different avenue, is to get strong, and recognize that while you can’t stop it, you can, with every fiber of your being, be present to it, so that what is happening is known and thus can never be forgotten. Then, down the road, if others attempt to exploit or misrepresent the reality of it, you have the truth inside of you.

September 11, 2010 Comments are Disabled general