WE’RE THE GUARDRAILS NOW

We're the We're the Guardrails Now Tune: We Shall Not Be Moved Lyrics: Sheila Plotkin, Raging Grannies of Madison & Dane County CHORUS: Pay attention, we're the guardrails now. Did we mention, we're the guardrails now? We have the pow'r to rescue our democracy. We are the guardrails now. Find a community, in numbers we are strong Act in your neighborhood, bring your friends along We have the pow'r to rescue our democracy. We are the guardrails now. Write to your legislators, let them know you care They need to hear your voice, to know that you're aware We ...

Protect Pollinators This Spring in Wausau

Although we have gorgeous weather this weekend, please resist cleaning up your yards and spend time outdoors in other fun ways this weekend! WHY? Pollinators and other insects (which our very food supply depends on) are still in the leaves and other debris. Bees and other pollinators touch our lives every day. About 85% of the world’s flowering plants and 35% of the world’s food crops (one in three bites of food we eat) depend on insect and animal pollinators to reproduce. Economically, insect pollinators contribute billions of dollars to U.S. farm income. While more than 3,500 species of native bees help increase crop yields, pollinators ...

Tom Tiffany: Take 2

Event: WHERE’S TOM TIFFANY: TAKE II When: Wednesday, April 23rd, at Noon Where: In front of Tom Tiffany’s Wausau Office, 26020 Stewart Ave (US Bank building) Contact: Pat O’Grady 715.807.0147 We’re demanding that Rep Tom Tiffany explain his actions! For some reason Tom Tiffany does not think he needs to be accountable to his constituents. Why is he ignoring his constituents? Why is he afraid to have a Town Hall? On Wednesday, April 23, at noon. We’ll visit Tom’s office, in Wausau, and make our voices heard! Bring your signs and your favorite chants and meet on the sidewalk in front of Congressman Tiffany’s Wausau ...

A Need for Empathy

What is empathy? It is the capacity to “walk in another’s shoes.” To walk in another’s shoes means to understand, feel, and identify as an other. It is different from compassion, which is when one in a superior position feels sorry for a less fortunate other. Empathy is a two-way street. The feeling of understanding for the unfortunate must go the other way as well. It involves understanding as well as being understood, and trust and respect that go both ways. I must understand who I am in my shoes, before I can walk in those of another. Empathy is a feeling of equality of the humanity among all humans. In current politics, Mr Musk has ...

A WAR CORESPONDENT

Those of us born in the 1940’s and 50’s well remember the Cuban missile crisis when the Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba that were minutes from destroying Washington DC and other major US cities. And we all remember President Kennedy’s speech to the American people telling us that the Soviet Union meant no harm and was just defending itself from American aggression and that Cuba was a sovereign nation and had every right to allow Russia to place missiles on its soil. There was nothing to worry about. Of course, we all know exactly the opposite happened. The US had already attacked Cuba in the failed Bay of Pigs invasion because ...

The Candle Signal

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