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I had heard that the owners of Michael's crafts stores were conservative Republicans. I didn't realize they were completely slimy political operators (being, among other things, the charter financial support for the Swift Boat Veterans who attacked John Kerry's war record). Thanks to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jmhm, now I do.
Guess I to have to find alternate sources for school project supplies, which is a shame, because there really isn't a good one that's convenient. Sigh. I can overlook support for conservative causes to some degree, but not this.
If you have crafters on your list, you might pass this information along.
jmhm, now I do. Guess I to have to find alternate sources for school project supplies, which is a shame, because there really isn't a good one that's convenient. Sigh. I can overlook support for conservative causes to some degree, but not this.
If you have crafters on your list, you might pass this information along.
wordweaverlynn reminds me that it is the 25th of May. [edit: link fixed.]For those of you who have not read Terry Pratchett's Night Watch, I would strongly encourage you to do so. Not only the best of the Sam Vimes novels, indeed the best of the Discworld novels, it contains a lot of food for thought on history, and freedom, and politics. It's wonderful.
Rereading the parts about the Cable Street Particulars, for example, I keep thinking about Abu Ghraib and extraordinary rendition. The book was published in 2002, a year before the first torture horror stories came out.
"When we break down, it all breaks down. That's just how it works. You can bend it, and if you make it hot enough, you can bend it in a circle, but you can't break it. When you break it, it all breaks down until there's nothing unbroken. It starts here and now."
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