Living On the Diagonal

Monday, March 26,2018 AFTER FIFTY YEARS PARKLAND STUDENTS PUT CHILDREN'S LIVES AHEAD OF OUR WEAPONS CULTURE SATURDAY'S "MARCH FOR OUR LIVES" SHOULD BE THE WATERSHED MOMENT IN CHANGING HISTORY AND MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN By now there is no in America and across the globe that were left untouched by the children and teenagers who marched in protest in 800 cities. Of course the largest march of an estimated 800,000 caught the NRA and many in Congress off guard.  Andrew Young, former Ambassador to the United Nations and leader of the Civil Rights movement said tears came to his eyes as he listened to those children spoke with resolve and eloquently calling out Congress to ban assault weapons from our streets. Young described his reaction as "tears of joy" because this generation demonstrated their First Amendment rights in their march for what is true democracy. The question now is whether this "bottom up" movement will gather force or ...

Monday, March 12, 2018 UPDATE: STABENOW REPLIES TO CRITICISM!  STABENOW  & PETERS AMONG 17 SENATE  DEMOCRATS TO ABANDON BANK REGULATION The “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act”. (Senate Bill S-2155) I received a same day reply from Senator Debbie Stabenow explaining her vote in favor of the controversial Republican bill (S-2155). This is her email reply and I hope I have not violated any federal regulation in providing it here.  Dear Gary, Thank you for contacting me about the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155) before the Senate. I understand your concerns and share your commitment to keeping strong banking protections in place for consumers, families, and small businesses. The most important point about this bill is that it does  not  weaken the regulations and oversight of the Wall Street banks that caused the financial crisis. We cannot forget what our countr...