shoqvalue.com http://shoqvalue.com I believe in the semantic web. I just don't know what that means. Tue, 21 May 2013 20:09:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Conservative Southern Values: America’s Ticket Back to the 18th Century and Beyond http://shoqvalue.com/conservative-southern-values-americas-ticket-back-to-the-18th-century-and-beyond http://shoqvalue.com/conservative-southern-values-americas-ticket-back-to-the-18th-century-and-beyond#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 19:28:14 +0000 Shoq http://shoqvalue.com/?p=6271 I have just read for the fourth time, Sara Robinson's important 2012 essay entitled, "Conservative Southern Values Revived: How a Brutal Strain of American Aristocrats Have Come to Rule America"

It's not long, and one of those reads …

]]> http://shoqvalue.com/conservative-southern-values-americas-ticket-back-to-the-18th-century-and-beyond/feed 0 Regarding #UniteBlue’s Recent Filing As A Nonprofit http://shoqvalue.com/regarding-uniteblues-recent-filing-as-a-nonprofit http://shoqvalue.com/regarding-uniteblues-recent-filing-as-a-nonprofit#comments Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:24:11 +0000 Shoq http://shoqvalue.com/?p=6231 I said yesterday I was (mostly) staying out of this #Uniteblue crap from now on, but since this is an extension of something that I caused to happen, I need to comment. So I have.

Once again, the ever shape shifting …

]]> http://shoqvalue.com/regarding-uniteblues-recent-filing-as-a-nonprofit/feed 0 Our New Eternal American Question: Where’s The God Damn Outrage? http://shoqvalue.com/our-new-eternal-american-question-wheres-the-god-damn-outrage http://shoqvalue.com/our-new-eternal-american-question-wheres-the-god-damn-outrage#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:47:22 +0000 Shoq http://shoqvalue.com/?p=6187 Few people under 50 can grasp what the last seven years of the Vietnam war was like.  It had cost over 21,000 American lives, far more than that in casualites and permanent disabilities, and generally tore America apart, socially, politcally, and spiritually. It …

]]> http://shoqvalue.com/our-new-eternal-american-question-wheres-the-god-damn-outrage/feed 1 My reply to Zach Green about UniteBlue http://shoqvalue.com/my-reply-to-zach-green-about-uniteblue http://shoqvalue.com/my-reply-to-zach-green-about-uniteblue#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:03:36 +0000 Shoq http://shoqvalue.com/?p=6168 A lot of noise is filling the Twittersphere about the "UniteBlue" idea.  I've posed some questions, as have others, and @eileenLeft has alleged some skulduggery about @SayethSimon.  

As usual, #p2 trolls, whacks and  just people not particularly fair minded have …

]]> http://shoqvalue.com/my-reply-to-zach-green-about-uniteblue/feed 1 The Republican Plot To Win The White House With A Gimmick: A Clear And Present Danger http://shoqvalue.com/the-republican-plot-to-win-the-white-house-with-a-gimmick-a-clear-and-present-danger http://shoqvalue.com/the-republican-plot-to-win-the-white-house-with-a-gimmick-a-clear-and-present-danger#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:41:35 +0000 Shoq http://shoqvalue.com/?p=6129 You have probably heard by now, that the Republicans, under the leadership of the ethically-challenged Reince Priebus, are actively "investigating" a plan to subvert our democracy by rigging the Electoral College in their favor. In a nutshell, the idea …

]]> http://shoqvalue.com/the-republican-plot-to-win-the-white-house-with-a-gimmick-a-clear-and-present-danger/feed 0 Over $3,000 Raised! Richard C. Myer’s Wife Stays In Her Home. THANK YOU ALL http://shoqvalue.com/over-3000-raised-richard-c-myers-wife-stays-in-her-home-thank-you-all http://shoqvalue.com/over-3000-raised-richard-c-myers-wife-stays-in-her-home-thank-you-all#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:15:02 +0000 Shoq http://shoqvalue.com/?p=6117 Yesterday afternoon, some #StopRush/#FlushRush folks got a fund raising drive going to help out Richard C. Myer's family, who were threatened with eviction after his tragically sudden passing last month from a massive heart attack. I asked my Twitter stream to get on board …

]]> http://shoqvalue.com/over-3000-raised-richard-c-myers-wife-stays-in-her-home-thank-you-all/feed 0 America Has A Grotesque Monster Under Its Bed http://shoqvalue.com/america-has-a-grotesque-monster-under-its-bed http://shoqvalue.com/america-has-a-grotesque-monster-under-its-bed#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2012 06:21:46 +0000 Shoq http://shoqvalue.com/?p=6032 Who Broke America’s Jobs Machine? – Barry C. Lynn and Phillip Longman

Every thinking American, and certainly every progressive should read this.  Hell, even some of you vapid wingnuts should read it. You might even realize that things aren’t quite …

]]> http://shoqvalue.com/america-has-a-grotesque-monster-under-its-bed/feed 0 My Cousin Makes A Little History (Again) http://shoqvalue.com/my-cousin-makes-a-little-history-again http://shoqvalue.com/my-cousin-makes-a-little-history-again#comments Sun, 09 Dec 2012 07:18:19 +0000 Shoq http://shoqvalue.com/?p=6002 Jo-Ann Shain is my first cousin. She and her partner Mary Jo Kennedy have played a historic role for the past 7 years. This @CNN re-run memorizalizes their long journey. Their fight has been part of an epic battle that will …

]]> http://shoqvalue.com/my-cousin-makes-a-little-history-again/feed 0 How Two ‘Progressive’ Women Slut-Shamed A Women’s Rights Activist http://shoqvalue.com/how-two-progressive-women-slut-shamed-a-womens-rights-activist http://shoqvalue.com/how-two-progressive-women-slut-shamed-a-womens-rights-activist#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:21:52 +0000 Shoq http://shoqvalue.com/?p=5972 A Cautionary Tale of Infiltration, Betrayal, and the Activist Community

by Melissa Brewer

I've been busy with worky stuff, so I didn't have time to blog Melissa's moving, informative, and maddening essay when it was first posted. I apologize to …

]]> http://shoqvalue.com/how-two-progressive-women-slut-shamed-a-womens-rights-activist/feed 0 Nothing Says “Fight The Abuse Of Women” Like Abusing Women Who Disagree With You http://shoqvalue.com/nothing-says-fight-the-abuse-of-women-like-abusing-women-who-disagree-with-you http://shoqvalue.com/nothing-says-fight-the-abuse-of-women-like-abusing-women-who-disagree-with-you#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:39:55 +0000 Shoq http://shoqvalue.com/?p=5935 Read this:
  • When Feminists Turn "Mean Girls"  — A series of tweets from just a few of the more obsessive beasts who have trolled my Twitter stream since last August, blathering baseless allegations that I "abuse women."  

    Each of

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