Things I Wish We Were Doing Instead of Cheering “USA! USA!”
Written on May 2, 2011 at 10:24 am, by cct
Reacting to this piece – “USA! USA!” is the wrong response – in Salon.com. How about we take all that energy and put it to good American use?
- Help out relief efforts in the South. Osama’s passing did not stop tornados and floods.
- Continue the dialogue of healing and working toward a better future. Violence is a vicious cycle and let’s get out of it.
- Speaking of violence, aside from the things happening in the Middle East – there’s crazy stuff happening just south of our border in Mexico. It is affecting our people, has affected our people, and we’re part of the problem.
Dysfunction Function: The World on a Wheelchair
Written on April 3, 2009 at 8:56 pm, by cct
The other day I was heading home on the 7th/Metro station when this slightly heavyset woman in a wheelchair with a brown poodle-type dog on a leash asked for my help.
Now, when people usually ask for my help on public transit, it’s about asking me directions – what bus line to take, what direction the train is, etc. This request was not that at all. After some conversation, the request came out to -
“Can you help me get to 7th/Flower? I’ll be really late to my bus if I try to get there by myself.”