Born a 10th generation Oregonian, (5 generations on each side) I have an enthusiasm for learning and teaching new things. After a ten year mini career in the dental field I moved on to research and embraced the social web. Though the internet is far too large for any one person to claim to be an expert, I can hold my own with the latest trends.
I enjoy researching and writing blogs. As the "Internet Program Director" for myMotherLode.com since 2008, I update the website and have a wide variety of interests. There is always something entertaining, educational or inspirational to share.
D.H. Lawrence once observed that “Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are slaves once more.”
The filibuster does not stop the Senate from passing true bi-partisan legislation like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Civil Rights Act and others. But, as Arizona Democrat Senator Krysten Sinema says, without it, the country could begin “ricocheting wildly” every two years.
Is teaching “Critical Race Theory” really necessary in a country where it is illegal to discriminate against anyone for any reason and so, by definition, where Systemic Racism cannot exist? It should be enough to teach that “All men are created equal.” Racism and discrimination of all types goes back to the dawn of man and, obviously, there are individuals who are racists here. One is one too many. But America, with a black President and a black Vice-President to its credit is not a racist country.
