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Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand.
Author: Raine
Date: 03/14/2011 13:13:14
Last week was a rough one. There is no question about it. There are still too many conflicting reports from Japan to really know what is going on with regard to the nuclear power plants. To be honest, I am far more concerned with the massive death toll that we will see from the Tsunami. My heart is quite heavy for the people of Japan. It's hard to know what to do in times such as these. I feel somewhat hopeless, but I know succumbing to it is not an option.
I have been wanting this month to write about History, specifically, Women's History, and It has been difficult to approach such a subject without feeling as though I am disregarding the current events of each day. From Wisconsin, to the middle east, people are rallying and fighting for basic rights and freedoms. It's is something that women here in America struggle for every day. Every day someone is trying to roll back the rights our foresisters and brothers fought - and died - to obtain.
Woodrow Wilson was referred to as Kaiser Wilson for basically telling women to wait for their right to vote -- the war was after all far more important than we were. Women were thrown in jail for protesting the White House. Persisitance paid off. Being hopeless did not. Ironically, it was the tragedy of the events of WWII that secured Japanese women legal equality in that country. Out of what appeared to be a hopeless situation -- came hope. Today Japanese women are considered equal.
They are a strong and proud society, former warriors, survivors of 2 atomic bombs -- they rebuilt the nation and became stronger and better for it. There is hope for Japan. Perhaps this is the wake up call the world needed about Nuclear power. Only time will tell -- but the people of Japan have a history of coming out of tragedy and hopelessness better than before.
In Wisconsin, despite the setback -- people continue to rally, and recall efforts are being put into place. They have not become hopeless. We can look at the events in the Middle East -- and there is still hope. Giving up is not an option. Struggle provides a voice for not only ourselves, but for the future.
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without demand. It never did and it never will."
Frederick Douglass, 1849
Source
and 
Raine
I have been wanting this month to write about History, specifically, Women's History, and It has been difficult to approach such a subject without feeling as though I am disregarding the current events of each day. From Wisconsin, to the middle east, people are rallying and fighting for basic rights and freedoms. It's is something that women here in America struggle for every day. Every day someone is trying to roll back the rights our foresisters and brothers fought - and died - to obtain.
Woodrow Wilson was referred to as Kaiser Wilson for basically telling women to wait for their right to vote -- the war was after all far more important than we were. Women were thrown in jail for protesting the White House.
In the US presidential election of 1916, Paul and the NWP campaigned against the continuing refusal of President Woodrow Wilson and other incumbent Democrats to support the Suffrage Amendment actively. In January 1917, the NWP staged the first political protest to picket the White House. The picketers, known as "Silent Sentinels," held banners demanding the right to vote. This was an example of a non-violent civil disobedience campaign. In July 1917, picketers were arrested on charges of "obstructing traffic." Many, including Paul, were convicted and incarcerated at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia (later the Lorton Correctional Complex) and the District of Columbia Jail. In a protest of the conditions in Occoquan, Paul commenced a hunger strike, which led to her being moved to the prison’s psychiatric ward and force-fed raw eggs through a feeding tube. This, combined with the continuing demonstrations and attendant press coverage, kept pressure on the Wilson administration. In January, 1918, Wilson announced that women's suffrage was urgently needed as a "war measure", and strongly urged Congress to pass the legislation. In 1920, after coming down to one vote in the state of Tennessee, the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution secured the vote for women.
After World War II, the legal position of women was redefined by the occupation authorities, who included an equal rights clause in the 1947 Constitution and the revised Civil Code of 1948. Individual rights were given precedence over obligation to family. Women as well as men were guaranteed the right to choose spouses and occupations, to inherit and own property in their own names, and to retain custody of their children. Women were given the right to vote in 1946. Other postwar reforms opened education institutions to women and required that women receive equal pay for equal work. In 1986 the Equal Employment Opportunity Law took effect. Legally, few barriers to women's equal participation in the life of society remain.
They are a strong and proud society, former warriors, survivors of 2 atomic bombs -- they rebuilt the nation and became stronger and better for it. There is hope for Japan. Perhaps this is the wake up call the world needed about Nuclear power. Only time will tell -- but the people of Japan have a history of coming out of tragedy and hopelessness better than before.
In Wisconsin, despite the setback -- people continue to rally, and recall efforts are being put into place. They have not become hopeless. We can look at the events in the Middle East -- and there is still hope. Giving up is not an option. Struggle provides a voice for not only ourselves, but for the future.
Frederick Douglass, 1849
and Raine
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Comment by 
wickedpam on 03/14/2011 13:18:33
wickedpam on 03/14/2011 13:18:33
Morning 
Comment by 
Raine on 03/14/2011 13:21:32
Sometimes I hate writing Monday blogs.
Raine on 03/14/2011 13:21:32
Sometimes I hate writing Monday blogs.
Comment by 
BobR on 03/14/2011 13:33:44
BobR on 03/14/2011 13:33:44
Nice job tying together women's rights, workers rights, and Japan past and present! 
Comment by Raine on 03/14/2011 13:42:52
Raine on 03/14/2011 13:42:52
Comment by wickedpam on 03/14/2011 13:50:01
wickedpam on 03/14/2011 13:50:01
Comment by 
TriSec on 03/14/2011 14:03:55
TriSec on 03/14/2011 14:03:55
Morning, comrades.
Note to Japanese Nuclear Agency: If the US Navy is picking up radiation 175 klicks offshore....it's not a controlled situation.
We clearly don't have the full story on this yet.
Did you all see the footage that's making the rounds on facebook? I don't know what city, but it shows the tsunami coming...from dry pavement up and over the second floor windows in under 5 minutes. If you didn't get out when the alarms sounded, there was no chance.
Yeesh.
In other news, puppies are still cute, cookies still taste good, and everyone loves chocolate.
Note to Japanese Nuclear Agency: If the US Navy is picking up radiation 175 klicks offshore....it's not a controlled situation.
We clearly don't have the full story on this yet.
Did you all see the footage that's making the rounds on facebook? I don't know what city, but it shows the tsunami coming...from dry pavement up and over the second floor windows in under 5 minutes. If you didn't get out when the alarms sounded, there was no chance.
Yeesh.
In other news, puppies are still cute, cookies still taste good, and everyone loves chocolate.
Comment by Raine on 03/14/2011 14:04:25
Thanks.
I added an image to try to drive the point home.
Raine on 03/14/2011 14:04:25
Quote by BobR:
Nice job tying together women's rights, workers rights, and Japan past and present!
I added an image to try to drive the point home.
Comment by Raine on 03/14/2011 14:10:38
Raine on 03/14/2011 14:10:38
TEA hee.
Virginia Tea Party Activists ‘Extremely Disappointed In Eric Cantor’
Last week, the head of Tea Party Nation attacked House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) for not being conservative enough, writing, “Charlie Sheen is now making more sense than John Boehner.†Local tea party activists also attacked Boehner on ethics. And now, Boehner’s deputy, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), is in trouble with tea party activists in his home district:
Comment by Raine on 03/14/2011 14:12:14
Raine on 03/14/2011 14:12:14
This is long, but It seems hopeful with regard to Japan.
"Why I am not worried about Japan's nuclear reactors".
"Why I am not worried about Japan's nuclear reactors".
Comment by Raine on 03/14/2011 14:13:55
This article refers mainly to the events of the Daiichi-1 reactor. The developments at Daiichi-3 seem to take a parallel course today. The explanations in this document will help you understand what is going on there as well. Stay informed at http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Venting_at_Fukushima_Daiichi_3_1303111.html
Raine on 03/14/2011 14:13:55
Quote by Raine:
This is long, but It seems hopeful with regard to Japan.
"Why I am not worried about Japan's nuclear reactors".
This article refers mainly to the events of the Daiichi-1 reactor. The developments at Daiichi-3 seem to take a parallel course today. The explanations in this document will help you understand what is going on there as well. Stay informed at http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Venting_at_Fukushima_Daiichi_3_1303111.html
Comment by Raine on 03/14/2011 14:14:44
Raine on 03/14/2011 14:14:44
Ok, I think that Jim has finally jumped the shark. HE is actually implying that this Earthquake was man made.
Comment by wickedpam on 03/14/2011 14:16:02
you know something I've noticed about these teabaggers with their don't tread on me flags? They don't people to "tread" on them but they happily will tread all over everyone else and their rights.
wickedpam on 03/14/2011 14:16:02
Quote by Raine:
TEA hee.Virginia Tea Party Activists ‘Extremely Disappointed In Eric Cantor’
Last week, the head of Tea Party Nation attacked House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) for not being conservative enough, writing, “Charlie Sheen is now making more sense than John Boehner.†Local tea party activists also attacked Boehner on ethics. And now, Boehner’s deputy, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), is in trouble with tea party activists in his home district:
you know something I've noticed about these teabaggers with their don't tread on me flags? They don't people to "tread" on them but they happily will tread all over everyone else and their rights.
Comment by wickedpam on 03/14/2011 14:26:16
wickedpam on 03/14/2011 14:26:16
Chris's right - Bachman never watched Schoolhouse Rock :)
Comment by Raine on 03/14/2011 14:33:10
She can't even meet basic expectations for American History.
Raine on 03/14/2011 14:33:10
Quote by wickedpam:
Chris's right - Bachman never watched Schoolhouse Rock :)
Comment by Raine on 03/14/2011 14:38:53
Raine on 03/14/2011 14:38:53
I think that Michelle Bachmann might have meant to say "the shot heard down the road.... "
Comment by wickedpam on 03/14/2011 14:39:22
wickedpam on 03/14/2011 14:39:22
How old is Bachmen? I thought she was about our age, so you know she had to have seen some Schoolhouse Rock - I love these things I don't know why they still don't play them. They great learning tools of some very basic things
Comment by 
trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 17:44:04
trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 17:44:04
Schoolhouse Rock probably wasn't allowed in the Bachmann household. The evil Liberal networks were indoctrinating her.
I thought that video came from Sendai.
Hmm. Love how they bounce from rem's to Sieverts to microsieverts, it's like they're deliberately trying to confuse people.
I thought that video came from Sendai.
Hmm. Love how they bounce from rem's to Sieverts to microsieverts, it's like they're deliberately trying to confuse people.
Comment by trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 17:45:44
trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 17:45:44
Chernobyl's design is so far removed from what TMI and the Japanese reactors are it's not even worth bringing up.
Comment by 
livingonli on 03/14/2011 17:48:02
livingonli on 03/14/2011 17:48:02
Finally able to get in now after a while. Hopefully the server will hold up.
Comment by Raine on 03/14/2011 17:48:30
She was born in April, 1956
Raine on 03/14/2011 17:48:30
Quote by wickedpam:
How old is Bachmen? I thought she was about our age, so you know she had to have seen some Schoolhouse Rock - I love these things I don't know why they still don't play them. They great learning tools of some very basic things
She was born in April, 1956
Comment by Raine on 03/14/2011 17:49:17
Raine on 03/14/2011 17:49:17
So happy to see you all again. I had a nasty dustup on my FB page, that otherwise might have been avoided had I had 4f. 
Comment by Raine on 03/14/2011 18:00:57
Raine on 03/14/2011 18:00:57
Comment by trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 18:08:36
trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 18:08:36
Sounds like that Marion is on the Koch payroll.
OK, this guy on CNN is comparing what happened in Japan to the Hindenburg. That's more like it, but you do have to add the radiation aspect.
OK, this guy on CNN is comparing what happened in Japan to the Hindenburg. That's more like it, but you do have to add the radiation aspect.
Comment by TriSec on 03/14/2011 18:11:41
Hmm, OK. I was listening to Herr Mozart, but off we go!
TriSec on 03/14/2011 18:11:41
Hmm, OK. I was listening to Herr Mozart, but off we go!
Comment by trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 18:11:51
trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 18:11:51
Ah, wife's iTunes library is saved off her dying laptop - 16 hours and 100G later. The DVD drive doesn't seem to want to work, it's not correctly identified. (PIGNEER?). And it says the battery is NG.
Lucky seems to be pissed that Cleo's lying down beside me.
Lucky seems to be pissed that Cleo's lying down beside me.
Comment by Raine on 03/14/2011 18:16:18
I also took special pains to mention that Massachusetts would not be pleased with madame Bachman and the 'Shot heard around the world'
I personally think she meant to tell New Hampshire residents that it was more like the shot heard down the road...
Raine on 03/14/2011 18:16:18
Quote by TriSec:
Hmm, OK. I was listening to Herr Mozart, but off we go!
I personally think she meant to tell New Hampshire residents that it was more like the shot heard down the road...
Comment by trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 18:16:23
Subscribed in iTunes and now downloading.
trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 18:16:23
Quote by Raine:
If y'all want to take a listen, the Podcast is up!
Subscribed in iTunes and now downloading.
Comment by Raine on 03/14/2011 18:17:06
That sounds like much better news than originally thought. can you get a new battery?
would it be worth it?
Raine on 03/14/2011 18:17:06
Quote by trojanrabbit:
Ah, wife's iTunes library is saved off her dying laptop - 16 hours and 100G later. The DVD drive doesn't seem to want to work, it's not correctly identified. (PIGNEER?). And it says the battery is NG.
Lucky seems to be pissed that Cleo's lying down beside me.
would it be worth it?
Comment by trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 18:21:55
I don't know really. Actually I think the battery was just recalled. But I don't think that fixes the problem where if the laptop has to reboot (because of updates or whatever) it won't come back up unless it's shut off and cooled down. I do think it's hardware more than the hard drive itself though. I've heard this laptop has had overheating issues. But it's always on a fan. If you attach an external monitor, there's a lot of noise visible in the image.
At least if I get the important stuff off of it, it won't matter if it goes belly up again.
She needs to stay off those CPU hogging Facebook games.
trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 18:21:55
Quote by Raine:That sounds like much better news than originally thought. can you get a new battery?Quote by trojanrabbit:
Ah, wife's iTunes library is saved off her dying laptop - 16 hours and 100G later. The DVD drive doesn't seem to want to work, it's not correctly identified. (PIGNEER?). And it says the battery is NG.
Lucky seems to be pissed that Cleo's lying down beside me.
would it be worth it?
I don't know really. Actually I think the battery was just recalled. But I don't think that fixes the problem where if the laptop has to reboot (because of updates or whatever) it won't come back up unless it's shut off and cooled down. I do think it's hardware more than the hard drive itself though. I've heard this laptop has had overheating issues. But it's always on a fan. If you attach an external monitor, there's a lot of noise visible in the image.
At least if I get the important stuff off of it, it won't matter if it goes belly up again.
She needs to stay off those CPU hogging Facebook games.
Comment by 
Scoopster on 03/14/2011 18:24:01
Scoopster on 03/14/2011 18:24:01
Afternoon all.. At home today with no voice and an extremely swollen throat (even drinking coffee hurts!)
Did I just see a report that there was a third hydrogen explosion at the troubled power plant?
edit: nvm they were just repeating the thing about the second explosion. They're saying that third reactor is probably gonna need to be pumped full of seawater & boric acid to shut it down & get it cooled off.
Did I just see a report that there was a third hydrogen explosion at the troubled power plant?
edit: nvm they were just repeating the thing about the second explosion. They're saying that third reactor is probably gonna need to be pumped full of seawater & boric acid to shut it down & get it cooled off.
Comment by TriSec on 03/14/2011 18:37:42
TriSec on 03/14/2011 18:37:42
tch, tch, tch....
'wal-thum' is the correct pronunciation. For Olde England and every other Waltham in the United States.
Of course, being New Englanders, we changed it. "Wall-Tham".
(See also Quin-zee (MA) and Quince-e (everywhere else.)
Anyone care to try Saugus, Gloucester, Worcester, Peabody, or Haverhill?
'wal-thum' is the correct pronunciation. For Olde England and every other Waltham in the United States.
Of course, being New Englanders, we changed it. "Wall-Tham".
(See also Quin-zee (MA) and Quince-e (everywhere else.)
Anyone care to try Saugus, Gloucester, Worcester, Peabody, or Haverhill?
Comment by Raine on 03/14/2011 18:48:54
I knew I was screwing up as I said it.
Raine on 03/14/2011 18:48:54
Quote by TriSec:
tch, tch, tch....
'wal-thum' is the correct pronunciation. For Olde England and every other Waltham in the United States.
Of course, being New Englanders, we changed it. "Wall-Tham".
(See also Quin-zee (MA) and Quince-e (everywhere else.)
Anyone care to try Saugus, Gloucester, Worcester, Peabody, or Haverhill?
Comment by Scoopster on 03/14/2011 18:50:19
Scoopster on 03/14/2011 18:50:19
How about Leicester?
Coventry RI vs. Coventry CT?
Houston St. in New York City?
Coventry RI vs. Coventry CT?
Houston St. in New York City?
Comment by Raine on 03/14/2011 18:52:00
AHEM. Point of order, and MOST important to ME
How about David Koch as opposed to Raine Koch?
Raine on 03/14/2011 18:52:00
Quote by Scoopster:
How about Leicester?
Coventry RI vs. Coventry CT?
Houston St. in New York City?
How about David Koch as opposed to Raine Koch?
Comment by Scoopster on 03/14/2011 18:53:32
And for good measure, Jim Koch of Boston Beer Company?
Scoopster on 03/14/2011 18:53:32
Quote by Raine:AHEM.Quote by Scoopster:
How about Leicester?
Coventry RI vs. Coventry CT?
Houston St. in New York City?
How about David Koch as opposed to Raine Koch?
And for good measure, Jim Koch of Boston Beer Company?
Comment by Raine on 03/14/2011 18:55:17
Unless I see some greenbacks, he's on his own.
I'll still support him tho.
Raine on 03/14/2011 18:55:17
Quote by Scoopster:Quote by Raine:AHEM.Quote by Scoopster:
How about Leicester?
Coventry RI vs. Coventry CT?
Houston St. in New York City?
How about David Koch as opposed to Raine Koch?
And for good measure, Jim Koch of Boston Beer Company?
I'll still support him tho.
Comment by trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 19:20:52
Hint, the way they pronounce Haverhill in the Gold Bond Medicated Powder commercial is NOT correct.
trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 19:20:52
Quote by TriSec:
tch, tch, tch....
'wal-thum' is the correct pronunciation. For Olde England and every other Waltham in the United States.
Of course, being New Englanders, we changed it. "Wall-Tham".
(See also Quin-zee (MA) and Quince-e (everywhere else.)
Anyone care to try Saugus, Gloucester, Worcester, Peabody, or Haverhill?
Hint, the way they pronounce Haverhill in the Gold Bond Medicated Powder commercial is NOT correct.
Comment by TriSec on 03/14/2011 19:21:49
TriSec on 03/14/2011 19:21:49
And for Bostonians of a certain age, there's always "Framingfish".
(Dale Dorman, Kiss 108, back in the day.)
(Dale Dorman, Kiss 108, back in the day.)
Comment by trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 19:25:30
trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 19:25:30
Anyway, it seems that the problem with the Recovery software on the laptop is that it doesn't like a near full hard drive.
I'm thinking more and more that once her email stuff, photos and documents are backed up, a full restore might not be a bad idea.
My dad had an HP desktop and it needed to be restored once a month.
I'm thinking more and more that once her email stuff, photos and documents are backed up, a full restore might not be a bad idea.
My dad had an HP desktop and it needed to be restored once a month.
Comment by trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 19:27:02
trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 19:27:02
OK, Tri. Who used to pronounce the state name "Massachuseletsza"? Was that Major Mudd?
Comment by TriSec on 03/14/2011 19:31:53
TriSec on 03/14/2011 19:31:53
Sobering up for just a minute...the news is very bad.
Otherwise, I might have missed Major Mudd. Don't recall that one.
Otherwise, I might have missed Major Mudd. Don't recall that one.
Comment by TriSec on 03/14/2011 19:49:00
TriSec on 03/14/2011 19:49:00
OK gang...heading out for the Bean Factory. Be back online after 9:30.
Comment by trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 19:50:31
It would be when whoever it was was reading listener mail.
trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 19:50:31
Quote by TriSec:
Sobering up for just a minute...the news is very bad.
Otherwise, I might have missed Major Mudd. Don't recall that one.
It would be when whoever it was was reading listener mail.
Comment by livingonli on 03/14/2011 21:51:00
livingonli on 03/14/2011 21:51:00
I wonder if everyone knows we're back up.
Comment by Raine on 03/14/2011 21:52:10
Raine on 03/14/2011 21:52:10
Comment by trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 21:56:30
trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 21:56:30
Wonder if the Voice Deity can do duck
On second thought, his first Kim Jong Il impression would finish that gig but quick.
On second thought, his first Kim Jong Il impression would finish that gig but quick.
Comment by trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 21:57:50
Didn't know you were down.
trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 21:57:50
Quote by livingonli:
I wonder if everyone knows we're back up.
Didn't know you were down.
Comment by trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 21:59:07
Oh well. So much for that. Next thing you'll tell me is O'Keefe is submitting videos to Crooks and Liars.
trojanrabbit on 03/14/2011 21:59:07
Quote by Raine:
WELL, howdy doo. Breitbart is now blogging for
HUFFINGTON POST
Oh well. So much for that. Next thing you'll tell me is O'Keefe is submitting videos to Crooks and Liars.