http://morehockeylesswar.org Peace, Justice and Hockey Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:07:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My wife friggin' rocked the school board last Monday... they didn't voter our way, but I think we made them uncomfortable. All power to the people, sister!Share This http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2010/03/13/wacky_mommy_on_starbase/ I was planning on addressing the school board tonight, but they're limiting us to three speakers. So they're having me address the rally ahead of time. Here's what I've got: Regardless of the curriculum offered by STARBASE in exchange for access to our preteens, there is a civil rights question to ... http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2010/03/08/what_ill_have_to_say_about_starbase_this_evening/ STARBASE, the Department of Defense's childhood recruitment program, has been buying access to our children through Portland Public Schools for something like seventeen years. The school board is poised to approve selling access to another round of predominately poverty-affected, non-white fourth and fifth graders Monday. Communities for Alternatives to Starbase Education ... http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2010/03/03/say_no_to_starbase/ I started this blog nearly four years ago at the urging of my lovely wife. I've never been a consistent blogger. At first, I obsessed on national and international politics, then took a local turn with Portland school politics. That blew up, so I put it on its own blog, ... http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2009/12/21/reinventing_the_blog/ Share This http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2009/11/17/one_toke_over_the_line_sweet_jesus/ Wherein Loaded Orygun's "torridjoe" calls Blue Oregon's Kari Chisolm "a condescending dick." In the department of unintentional hilarity, this is one of the best entries I've read on local blogs recently. Chisholm, whose Blue Oregon blog is a de facto organ for the Democratic Party of Oregon, makes his living selling ... http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2009/11/10/kook_fight/ They don't make TV like this anymore.Share This http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2009/11/05/mr_rogers_vs_julia_child/ From LuLu, our little "parlor panther."Share This http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2009/10/29/happy_halloween/ The view from the concourse of Memorial Coliseum, the world's only transparent arena As a member of the the mayor's Rose Quarter Stakeholder Advisory Committee, I got the chance to tour the two-arena, 35 acre Rose Quarter with Blazers' and city staff (and a bunch of media) this morning. the "saucer in ... http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2009/10/12/touring_the_memorial_coliseum_and_rose_garden/ It seemed like such a great idea... a walking tour of Beverly Cleary's neighborhood, which, it turns out, was Ramona Quimby's and Henry Huggins' neighborhood. Rain in the forecast? Who cares! It'll be all the more authentic! Well, it didn't rain, the weather was great, and the turnout was insane. We had ... http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2009/10/03/jesus_beezus/