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wordmaker7
politics
2018-09-25 00:31
Insights from TV surfing
Watching Kennedy interviewing Andrew McCarthy on her show tonight, and intrigued by the fact that AM's bookcase behind him is basically a display case to promote about 3 books, all of which are cover-forward
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metoo
2018-09-24 02:32
#MeToo Avoided or Chance Wasted?
Here's a potential #MeToo story I may have avoided tonight: Sitting at the bar at the Brewhouse West, Nashville, watching football and preparing to watch a Red Sox game on an adjoining screen, and I see
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wordmaker7
testing
2018-09-08 20:56
A testing paradigm for the 21st century
Okay, let’s begin with some points of agreement: 1) Common Core has been a disaster; 2) No Child Left Behind is better labeled as “No Child Allowed to Learn”; 3) the mania for testing children repeatedly,
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puns
2018-08-16 00:00
I can't hold back on this one; this afternoon, I created a JOKE!
What prize does a rain-cloud get, just for showing up? ... wait for it ... ... almost there ... ... give up? A precipitation trophy!
wordmaker7
dioxin
2018-08-12 00:44
How soon we forget
We knew this in the friggin' '60s, man! Agent Orange (aka 'dioxin') has just been remarketed as Roundup! No different from vioxx or how many drugs?
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brady
2018-08-08 02:49
RE: HGTV bought 'The Brady Bunch' house and plans to restore it
I am Amazed it took HGTV this long to grab this oppty; is there no vision in the place? With all the "reality shows" now, along with the nostalgia for the culture of the '60s, '70s, '80s (anytime
wordmaker7
fakenews
2018-08-08 01:13
Sometimes I do watch "tv news coverage" (while also watching the Sox on MLB-TV, of course)
Entrepreneurial venture: (Steve Schallu(sp?) on Kennedy) -- Make the Trump star an auction/raffle/contest venue; shovel-ready jobs, destroying it and restoring it ... Meanwhile (other guest, somewhat
wordmaker7
peace
2018-07-20 03:21
My video finally finalized
This is the absolutely final edit of "(Whattaya Gonna Do) When Peace Breaks Out?"
wordmaker7
harlan
2018-06-29 17:56
Harlan Ellison Memories
I once actually had the pleasure of meeting and even talking one-to-one with the recently “crossed-over” Harlan Ellison. It was fall of 1975 (or maybe spring 1976?), and the woman I now refer to as “my
wordmaker7
nashville
2018-05-27 21:33
Things that occurred to me the other night
Some up some down ... I love what Ray Barnes did to create a video for my song, "(Whattaya Gonna Do) When Peace Breaks Out?" If hyou have not seen it yet, please take a look. (I have come to
wordmaker7
libertarian
2018-05-12 02:18
How is it the Volunteer State, when it is clearly run by tyrants?
by Steve Trinward I really did not think it would come to this, but I believe it is time to declare war (in self-defense, of course) on the Tennessee Election Commission thugs … Their latest autocratic
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carol
2018-05-06 19:24
Revolution in the Volunteer State?
by Steve Trinward It has been said recently, by many people, that we are in the midst of a major paradigm shift. (Scott Adams calls it a Golden Age.) If you live in Nashville, or many parts of Tennessee,
wordmaker7
television
2018-01-19 23:44
My debut?
Well I made it! I show up in the background at the Bingo scene (far right of screen), just before the lady jumps up (beside Maddie and Jonas) screaming "Bingo!" (Nashville, season 6, episode
wordmaker7
crowdfunding
2018-01-19 05:03
How can Steemit augment indiegogo?
Had a discussion earlier tonight, in which two things came to light: 1) Steemit and similar things are attempting to fill the gap that has always existed in worker collectives: they forget that any enterprise
wordmaker7
education
2018-01-19 04:56
Repost of my John Holt interview
I decided to try this again; I guess it got lost in the holiday shuffle? Hard to believe it disappeared so completely.
wordmaker7
unschooling
2017-12-28 05:12
JOHN HOLT: ON TEACHING YOUR OWN AND OTHER HERESIES
The following article is based on a series of interviews I conducted back in 1981. The assignment was initially commissioned by a major libertarian periodical (which shall go nameless), but when I submitted
wordmaker7
tax
2017-12-04 02:37
Notes on tax reform (part 2 of 2)
The other point I wanted to make is the amendment that did not pass the Senate’s standards, introduced by Sens. Marco Rubio and Mike Lee. They proposed a reform to the Child Credit procedure, aimed at
wordmaker7
tax
2017-12-04 02:24
Notes on the impending tax bill (part 1 of 2)
I have seen two things of interest in all the current debate over “tax reform”: a commentary at that compares the House and Senate versions (and misses the point on at least half of the differences, and
wordmaker7
trump
2017-07-02 06:49
Trump as honeybee?
I got another inspiration from a minister recently; actually, it was a metaphor. In a lesson about “Success Strategies,” Rev. Michael Woody, co-minister (with his wife Dyann) of the Music City Center for
wordmaker7
libertarian
2016-08-24 15:32
On feeling the Johnson
As a longtime, fairly hardcore libertarian, this year I have felt like I’m stuck between Scylla and Charybdis. On the one hand, I am supposed to be horrified that once again the Libertarian Party has picked