Archive for the 'poverty' Category
Psychotic call from Dominic Pileggi’s Office? (UPDATED)
UPDATED BELOW
Last week, I made a bunch of phone calls to Dominic “Satan” Pileggi’s office, as well as to my own legislators. Like most Philadelphians, I am getting angrier and angrier with the state senate majority leader, who is trying to get Governor Rendell to acquiesce to the GOP’s “no taxes” budget by tying [...]
Read More..>>Bike Wheel and Bass Bag Update!
Thanks to Alexandra, Gary, and Peter, I am about 75% of the way to my new bike wheel. Anyone else who wants to contribute toward my fight against global warming (and toward firming up my ass), please use the paypal link on the right sidebar.
As it stands I’ll be buying my new wheel on [...]
Bass Bags and Bike Wheels
Hey! Someone sent me a present!
i just got my first sweet little donation toward my bike wheel and/or bass bag!
But one gift, generous as it is, won’t help me solve global warming by biking or help bring old-time and bluegrass music to the teeming masses by protecting my bass.
So again I ask you: click [...]
Library Closings and Child Poverty
Children in Poverty, Library closings
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Toys for Tots
I’ve been the go-to guy at for the last couple years when it comes to Toys for Tots, so it makes me sad to have to post this news about a major shortfall the USMC charity is facing in Philly:
Facing a drastic falloff in donations this year, the Philadelphia-area Toys for Tots campaign announced an [...]
Prayer
Dear God:
I know I’m probably not the best person to come along with a prayer he’d like to have answered. I’m not a Christian, so Your Son Jesus isn’t going to intercede for me. I’m not even really a believer, and regularly deny Your existence, so I can understand why You’d be reluctant [...]
GOP Staffers: Waitin’ In Your Welfare Line
A glance at the Republican job bank page on Texas Rep. John R. Carter’s website paints the whole, bleak picture with what it doesn’t show: real jobs.
“It’s a double-whammy,” said Brad Traverse, whose staffing website, www.bradtraverse.com, is a popular destination for job seekers on the Hill. “You have more firms who are both looking for [...]
Cannibal Credit Cards Crashing
Well gee, this is certainly a surprise:
After years of flooding Americans with credit card offers and sky-high credit lines, lenders are sharply curtailing both, just as an eroding economy squeezes consumers.
The pullback is affecting even creditworthy consumers and threatens an already beleaguered banking industry with another wave of heavy losses after an era in which [...]
I Am Part of the Problem
Via atrios, I discovered that I am part of the problem:
Retail sales fell off a cliff in September, plunging by the largest amount in three years as worried consumers shunned the malls and auto showrooms in the midst of the country’s financial meltdown.
The Commerce Department reported Wednesday retail sales decreased 1.2 percent last month, nearly [...]
Dropout
Bristol’s Baby Daddy Drops Out of High School
Johnston has since dropped out of high school to become an apprentice in Alaska’s oil fields, and he and Bristol Palin will wed in December. “I’m still the same old boy,” Johnston said. “I’m just a workin’ man.”
Now THIS is a tragedy. Dropping out of high school is [...]
