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Michele

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About Me

I got my layout at Cleanupmyspace.com

My Interests

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Music:

R.E.M., Ben Folds Five; Morrissey and The Smiths; Duran Duran; GreenDay; NIN; My Life with the Thrill Kill Cult; White/Rob Zombie; Adam & the Ants; Alanis Morrisette; U2; Bowie; Depeche Mode; INXS (With Hutchence, not so much without); Psychedelic Furs; New Order; Sisters of Mercy; GREAT TEXAS BANDS: The Spin, pop poppins, New Bohemians, and Flickerstick

Movies:

Thelma & Louise; anything Tim Burton or Johnny Depp, political documentaries

Television:

Morgan Spurlock's "30 Days", "E.R.", and my guilty pleasure, "Project Runway". The best television shows on these days are "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report"--you can't beat their great lessons in media literacy!

Books:

I really only read political non-fiction, except I do break that rule for John Irving novels.

Heroes:

From the past: Suffragists, MLK, Malcolm X From today: Bono (today's MLK), Jon Stewart, my Mom, aunt, and grandmother

My Blog

Democrats Framed by FOX: Lets Not Give the Republicans What They Want

I find it interesting to hear Clinton complaining lately that she is being treated unfairly by the mainstream mediait's as if she's conveniently forgotten the months and months of news stories that ...
Posted by Michele on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:55:00 PST

The War on Christmas?

The War On Christmas? by Dr. Michele Ramsey Originally posted on Commonsense2.com.   The "War on Christmas" debate reached unprecedented levels in 2005 with the publication of John Gibson's The ...
Posted by Michele on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:20:00 PST

How False Choices Encourage Bad Choices

How False Choices Encourage Bad Choices by Dr. Michele Ramsey Originally posted on Commonsense2.com. Historically, political rhetoric has been awash with fallacious arguments meant to circumvent mo...
Posted by Michele on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:18:00 PST

The Rhetorical Power of "Support Our Troops"

The Rhetorical Power of "Support Our Troops" by Dr. E. Michele Ramsey Originally published on Commonsense2.com. In light of Bush's recent plan for a troop surge in Iraq and the ensuing congressional d...
Posted by Michele on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:15:00 PST

Masculinity and the VA Tech Killings

In light of the killings at VA Tech, I wish that people would begin talking about the gendered element of this issue. We can't ignore that allowing people to buy semi-automatic guns isn't a problem re...
Posted by Michele on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:24:00 PST

Greenwald visits campus

Some of you may have noticed my profile picture changing...the person I'm standing with is none other than Robert Greenwald, filmmaker and political activist. He was on campus last night and I had the...
Posted by Michele on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:24:00 PST

God's Country

Lately I've become more and more aware of how great it is to be from Texas. Not that I ever had any doubts about that fact, but some times it is more salient an observation than at other times. We los...
Posted by Michele on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:56:00 PST