Pete Hoekstra

Just saw the uproar created by Pete Hoekstra over his commercial featuring an Asian woman with broken English. Take a look and then see my comments. https://youtu.be/p6fvey0rdCg The first thing I would like to point out is that this woman is a fake! Being a language student, an English teacher AND having lived for 5…… Continue reading Pete Hoekstra

Past Meets the Present – Infinite City

I’m currently reading a book called “Infinite City – A San Francisco Atlas” by Rebecca Solnit When most people hear the word “Atlas” they think of boring school subjects and perhaps don’t bother to lift the cover.  For me however, I opened the cover and this book has kept me spellbound. As any reader of…… Continue reading Past Meets the Present – Infinite City

News of the Week – Middle East, Tea Party, Wisconsin, Pig Pen, Goths, Marketing and Relationships

Just a few news items that caught my attention this past week. 1.  Uprisings in Middle East – Palin, Beck and Limbaugh I must say I was not surprised that this awful trio support the dictators in the Middle East.  Just when you think they couldn’t be more absurd, well, they are. I cannot understand…… Continue reading News of the Week – Middle East, Tea Party, Wisconsin, Pig Pen, Goths, Marketing and Relationships

Right vs. Left – Being Civil

I thought about not writing on this as there is enough news but seeing as we are trapped in the continual Left vs. Right vortex and that neither side is absolutely right I thought it might be good to weigh in on this from a “Global Citizen” perspective. We always see things differently from most, like an outsider looking in and have no problems with pointing out the faults of both sides which is enlightened at best, bipolar at worst. 🙂