Welcome
to PleaseConsider.org. Born October 2005.
Thanks for visiting.
This is a forum to discuss things that are going on in
the USA & the World.
It seems a most divisive time and maybe some open discussion will make a
difference.
The site is intended to be as moderate and neutral as possible with the
intention of sharing ideas, but
there will be a space for people that haven't
worked out their anger yet. Go get mad here, then
chill.
Please feel free to submit any ideas for comments and discussion or links to
articles of interest by writing to
PleaseConsider@gmail.com because the site will only work if people come out
and play.*
Check out our new Tidbits page, and send us one.
Latest Articles of Interest (link to more below):
(personal favorite)
An Imperial Presidency
- Fareed Zakaria (Newsweek 12/19/05 The United States attitude in the world
right now makes it hard for me to be proud I'm an American. This is a peek at
how we act. Not pretty)
After I-75 - Eli Sanders (The Stranger, Seattle 12/8/05 Apparently Seattle
is leading the way in de-prioritize marijuana arrests. It sure seems like its
about time to get more realistic about recreational drug use. It never made
sense to me to call it a 'War on Drugs')
The Wages of
Teaching - Anna Quindlen (Newsweek 11/28/05 Makes a great case for paying
teachers proportionate to the very important work they do. Why are there so many
intelligent people with such great ideas and none of them are in the present
administration?)
The Man Who Sold the War - James Bamford (Rolling Stone 12/1/2005 It is painful to read the story of an organization being hired to propagandize us into the war in Iraq)
Getting Out of Iraq - Robert Dreyfuss (Rolling Stone 12/1/2005 What exactly
is the plan for 'victory' or at least an exit strategy that saves lives, face
and the entire region from disaster?)
The Value of the
Outsider - Anna Quindlen (Newsweek 10/24/05 People on the inside of
government and corporations just can't really be objective about situations they
are in the middle of)
Tom
DeLay's House of Shame Jonathan Alter (Newsweek 10/10/05 It's just sadder
and more frustrating to learn how politics doesn't seem to be about a bunch of
intelligent, dedicated people earnestly trying to do what is best for the
country. Yeah, right. Too bad I inhaled or maybe I'd run for something.)
Recent
People's Opinions (link to more below):
Hear what the site director has to say (Maury King 10/05)
Link of the moment
(may last a day or a week, so take a peek):
A City of Lies - Scott Spencer (Rolling Stone
10/6/05 about racism and inequality in New Orleans.
Is it naive to think this shouldn't be happening in America in the 21st
Century?)
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