Texas Longhorns with newborn calf in Bluebonnets

Texas Longhorns with newborn calf in Bluebonnets

Please note I have a new phone number...

512-517-2708

Alan Maki

Alan Maki
Doing research at the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas

It's time to claim our Peace Dividend

It's time to claim our Peace Dividend

We need to beat swords into plowshares.

We need to beat swords into plowshares.

A program for real change...

http://peaceandsocialjustice.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-progressive-program-for-real-change.html


What we need is a "21st Century Full Employment Act for Peace and Prosperity" which would make it a mandatory requirement that the president and Congress attain and maintain full employment.


"Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens"

- Ben Franklin

Let's talk...

Let's talk...

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Shopping and the coronavirus... a new experience

I just went shopping today for the first time in Trump’s new America at H.E.B. and I don’t think things are going to be alright based on my experience.


Waiting in line to get into the store two men cut in front of me. When I said something they just pretended I wasn’t there and the monitor responsible for preventing such rudeness just shrugged his shoulders.


Many prices were raised on staples, especially meats; capitalist price-gouging taking advantage of us during these circumstances.


Many items had strict limits posted.


Many people wore masks or gloves often both.


At the checkouts there were little red signs on the floor to assure six foot spacing.


By the time I got out of the store there was a long, long line of people waiting to get in.


Welcome to Trump’s new America.