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HAPPY AUTUMN EQUINOX. DON'T BOTHER ME, I'M BUSY DANCING AROUND THE CAMPFIRE. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO HEAR THIS IS A WICAN AND PAGAN TRADITION.

PEEVER LAW #63

Revenge will never mend a broken heart.

Donnie Is a Trumpist, Not a Populist

Donnie Is a Trumpist, Not a Populist

48 Words at 4 AM Is All Network News Has to Say About Pipeline Protests

48 Words at 4 AM Is All Network News Has to Say About Pipeline Protests



CORPORATE OWNED AND CONTROLLED.

'Whose Side Are You On?' Dakota Access Emerges as Pivotal Battleground

'Whose Side Are You On?' Dakota Access Emerges as Pivotal Battleground



A GREAT THING TO SEE.

DOWN THE RIVER OF GOLDEN DREAMS

• EVERYONE HAS PLENTY TO EAT. FARMERS ARE GROWING LESS CORN AND SOYBEANS AND MORE VEGETABLES. LIFE IS GOOD.
• THERE ARE NO BILLONAIRES. IT IS NOT SEEN AS NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE. CORPORATIONS ARE NO LONGER THOUGHT OF AS PERSONS. WHAT A FUNNY NOTION. THEY ARE A GENERATOR OF PROFIT. THEY MUST SHARE THAT PROFIT WITH THE POOR. STOCKHOLDERS COME LAST.
• GUNS ARE FAR AND FEW BETWEEN. THE POLICE CANNOT DRESS LIKE THEY ARE READY FOR COMBAT. THEY EXIST TO HELP US, NOT HARM US. A COMMUNITY REVIEW BOARD LOOKS AT ALL SHOOTINGS. ATTORNEYS AND POLITICIANS (BUT I REPEAT MYSELF), ARE NOT INVOLVED. 
• WOMEN MAKE ALL DECISIONS CONCERNING THEIR BODIES. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS. 
• ANYONE DAMAGING THE EARTH FOR PROFIT WILL FORFEIT ALL OF THEIR ASSETS TO BE USED FOR RESTORATION PURPOSES. THEY WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED TO OWN ANYTHING OF VALUE. 
• HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT, NOT A COMMODITY TO BE SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. EVERYONE GETS EQUAL TREATMENT. NO EXCEPTIONS. WE CAN PAY FOR IT BY STAYING OUT OF WARS AND TAXING CORPORATIONS.
• SPEAKING OF WARS, THEY WILL BE A LAST RESORT, NOT A FIRST CHOICE. IMPERIALISM IS A THING OF THE PAST. WE NO LONGER EXPLOIT FOREIGN COUNTRIES FOR THERE NATURAL RESOURCES AND CHEAP LABOR. NO MORE REMOTE KILLINGS (DRONES, SMART BOMBS, ETC.). YOU FACE YOUR ENEMY SO YOU UNDERSTAND YOU ARE KILLING SOMEONE'S HUSBAND, SON, DAUGHTER, UNCLE. 
• ANY POLITICIAN WE ELECT IS TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMON GOOD. ANYONE REFUSING TO DO THEIR DUTIES WILL BE RELIEVED OF THEM. A PUBLIC SERVANT GIVES HIS OR HER TIME FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE, NOT JUST THE RICH AND WELL CONNECTED. 
• IF WE CANNOT ACCOMPLISH THESE THINGS, WE SHOULD ALL GO AWAY AND LET MOTHER NATURE START OVER.

BACK BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

     More of the same from the village Board of Directors. More secrets. Guess what? You have a new general manager. The old one is scheduled to advise her on an on-going basis. Sweet! I attribute all these secrets to our military leadership. They are not used to operating in a democratic fashion. It’s “do as we say, we know what’s best for you.” Executive sessions continue to be abused. The board policy has seven reasons to go into executive session, the seventh a catch-all for just about any time they want. By comparison, the state of Arkansas has three reasons to go into executive session. And our Board does not vote in pubic on personnel matters, a blatant violation of the public trust. No vote affecting us should be taken behind closed doors. We elect them and we are entitled to know what they are doing. And how each of the members are voting. The five years we have been in the Village full-time, the Board of Directors has been the most disappointing thing about the Village. And the Village Voice has not encouraged them to change or do anything different regarding all the secrets. The media usually takes up these battles, but then again, this is the Village. (I’m going to have to check if the Chamber owns them). At any rate, one can only hope that things might get better. It’s a great place, but secrets have no place in our community. We are mostly all capable of discussing various proposed ideas and letting the Board know in a reasonable fashion how we feel, prior to the Board making a final decision. That’s how it should work, assuming we are using democratic principles, which I would hope is our intent.

Clinton's Embrace of Republicans Will Harm Her Own Party's Future

Clinton's Embrace of Republicans Will Harm Her Own Party's Future



  I'M BECOMING LESS LIKELY TO VOTE FOR A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
WHO COURTS RIGHT-WING REPUBLICANS. IT JUST GOES AGAINST MY NATURE. AND
COMMON SENSE.