Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

January 2012

  • Web On Strike Tomorrow!

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    1 min read

    Tomorrow is the official day of the global strike to help prevent Congress and the Senate from passing SOPA and PIPA, two bills intending to deal with privacy, but would instead, grant incredible power to corporations to not only sue, but completely remove sites from the web for what they decide is copyright infringement.  For…

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  • Oh, How We Need The Dream

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    A year and a half ago, I wrote a post about “the dream speech” by Martin Luther King, Jr.  In it, I wrote the following: …I will share how I, living in the country transformed by this moment, still respond to Dr. King’s words. When Dr. King says, toward the opening of the famous “I…

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  • Tebow and the (All)Mighty

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    6 min read

    1) Tebow and Faith The theology of GOD on our side against other people who claim GOD is on their side is the height of insanity.  And to see strange coincidence as proof of that is ridiculous.  GOD sends signs rather than proofs of already held beliefs.  If anything, I’m willing to see that as a sign,…

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  • Mark Sanchez and the Handling of Quarterbacks

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    3 min read

    The world of sports, like religion, is often treated as black and white.  Fans often think of players and coaches as either “good” or “lousy” and tactics as “right” and “wrong”.  In this world, when a coach’s approach is different from how others might go about it, most are quick to offer criticism.  It goes…

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  • TN Congressman Would Violently Attack Transgendered Person For Using Bathroom

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    2 min read

    In one of the sickest things I’ve read in a while, Tennessee congressperson Richard Floyd says he would “just try to stomp a mudhole in him and then stomp him dry” if a transgendered individual used a bathroom with his wife or daughter.  That is why he is sponsoring a bill that would fine transgendered…

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  • We Need a 21-Hour Work Week

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    I’ve always supported causes directed at more time off, such as Take Back Your Time and efforts to increase and strengthen family leave because of their health benefits.  A new effort is underway to encourage the world to move toward a 21-hour work week.  This effort makes the most sense.  I’ll read the paper by…

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