Monday Musings: February 15, 2010

For a Winter Olympics that got started on such a tragic note, the Vancouver games seem to have gotten their footing back. A horrible death, technical difficulties at the opening ceremonies, and a dearth of snow notwithstanding, everything has to be better from here on out. The U. S. Team has already set the bar higher, with their first ever medal in the Nordic Combined Event, a grueling display of skill and stamina in the combined ski jumping and cross-country.

Yea! Johnny Spillane took the Silver, and the Canadians finally took home a medal with a spectacular mogul run by Alexandre Bilodeux. The way too laid back Bode Miller finally woke up and took a Bronze home.

Here’s a weird place to start the week: in full agreement with Dick Cheney.

Apparently, Dick has a clue when it comes to DADT and gay marriage. If the people want it he’s for it. That couldn’t possibly have anything to do with the fact that his daughter is lesbian, could it? Another way to look at this: Dick doesn’t give a rats’ ass on social issues that don’t have anything to do with the bottomline.

The teabaggers should take a hint from this.

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Move your money: another way to become a citizen activist

Do you really want to help your community? Get your local economy back on track? Then get your money out of the banks that fall under the umbrella of ‘too big to fail’.

Move your money.

This campaign, started by Arianna Huffington, of the Huffington Post, IRA and the Roosevelt Institute is showing how much muscle the average Joe and Jane American can have even when the economy teeters and headlines have us shaking in our boots.

The following article by Dennis Santiago, of IRA (Institutional Risk Analysis) delves into just how much of a difference you can make:

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