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Boycott BP for Eco-trocity Brands in WA include Arco, am/pm, Safeway gas, and Castrol Backbone Campaign, with photo by Mark Early (June 2, 2010)
A Cartoon Look at the Oil Spill art by Dan McConnell (June 6, 2010)

MILITARY

Soldiers Treated as Disposable Commodities Racial discrimination suspected in WA Army base G.I. Voice (June 5, 2010)

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What Color Is Your -Ism? American reactions "socialism" and "capitalism" are changing; too bad we don't have either Doug Collins, cartoons by John Ambrosavage (June 5, 2010)

ELECTIONS

Third-Party Candidates Face Long Odds Americans want a change, but change is rarely elected in WA or elsewhere National Institute on Money in State Politics (June 1, 2010)

ENERGY

Cutting the Cost of Cooling Creative conservation for air conditioning and refrigeration Martin Nix (June 1, 2010)

LAW

Prison Profiteering WA taxpayers pay a million to imprison a man who stole $151 Kathleen Murphy, cartoon by John Jonik (May 31, 2010)
Kagan in Context: Shafting Progressive Values Obama's Supreme Court nominee is a defender of the Bush-era "Enemy Combatant" designation Norman Solomon, cartoons by John Jonik and Dan McConnell (May 13, 2010)

WORKPLACE

Teenage Microsoft Sweatshop 15-hour shifts under poor conditions at Chinese factory from the National Labor Committee (May 16, 2010)

IMMIGRATION

Why US Immigration Policy Needs Tweaking Bill Costello, cartoon by David Logan (May 16, 2010)
Arizona Immigration Brouhaha Various opinions from near and far, cartoons by Logan and McConnell (May 2, 2010)

TRANSPORTATION

The Coming Microcar Revolution Martin Nix (May 16, 2010)

ECONOMY

What the Doomsayers Haven't Been Telling You About Greece Neocons use Europe as a punching bag Steven Hill (May 13, 2010)

AROUND WASHINGTON

WA Sin Taxes, Harum's Helicopters, more on Crescent Bar featuring cartoons by Dan McConnell (May 8, 2010)

POETRY

A Poetic Look at Tacoma Glass Art Museum; a limer-ICK Gerald McBreen (Mar 28, 2010)
Fall Is For Falling Out Of Love, etc. three poems Bob Markey (Mar 29, 2010)

MEDICINE

Zero Public Option + One Mandate = Disaster Progressive critics of the new healthcare law have been demonized Norman Solomon, cartoon by John Jonik (Mar 27, 2010)

BUSINESS

Who Rules America? Corporate conglomeration is leading to neofeudalism Don Monkerud, cartoon by John Jonik (Mar 27, 2010)

EDUCATION

South Korean Teachers Reach for the SKY Class size doesn't matter as much as teacher quality Bill Costello (Mar 27, 2010)

HEALTH

California Dental Association Says No Fluoridated Water for Infants fluorosis is affecting most children from NYSCOF, art by David Dees (Mar 27, 2010)

WAR

McDermott Sole WA Supporter of Anti-War Resolution Doug Collins (Mar 26, 2010)

CULTURE

Delete the Meat One might become a vegetarian account by John F. Baker, poem by Steve Hood, and cartoon by John Jonik (Feb 22, 2010)
Anvils: An Appreciation essay and photos by Robert Pavlik (Jan 24, 2010)

TECHNOLOGY

Reinventing Fire The story of Solar Smelters International Martin Nix (Feb 21, 2010)

HISTORY

History of International Women's Day The first celebration was a century ago this year Megan Cornish (Feb 21, 2010)

MILITARY

Why I Do It Resisting Trident for Love and Life Lynne Greenwald (Feb 20, 2010)

TRUTH

Architects and Engineers Ask for New Look at 9/11 Doug Collins (Feb 20, 2010)

MEDIA

Is Olympic Coverage Sexist? Media coverage rarely gives women equal treatment Univ. of Alberta (Jan 24, 2010)

RIGHT BRAIN

Why I Don't Come at Christmas Anymore not-so-jolly Saint Nick (Dec 18, 2009) Santa Gets Political art by Ambrosavage, Lande, and Dees (Dec 17, 2009)

WORKPLACE

No DIME for the Dems WA Labor Council leadership accepts activist platform for economic recovery. Will they follow through? Steve Hoffman (Nov 6, 2009)

WORLD

The First-ever Frisbee Club of Limbe Joel Hanson (Nov 4, 2009)

RIGHTS

Puyallup Bans Door-to-door Religious Speech ACLU of WA (Oct 16, 2009)

LETTERS

Single-Payer Health; Toilet-Paper Tax READER MAIL with cartoons by Jonik and McConnell (Oct 16, 2009)

SUBSTANCES

FDA Cigarette Regulation is Bad News John Jonik (posted Aug 28, 2009)
A Dose of Reality: Drug Legalization Megan Cornish (posted Aug 28, 2009)

SPORTS

A People's History of Sports BOOK REVIEW Doreen McGrath (posted July 24, 2009)

CLIMATE

Cashing In On Earth's Cycles: Part 3 Alan Cheetham & Richard Kirby (posted July 24, 2009)
Obama: How Serious About Climate Change? Doug Collins (posted July 24, 2009)


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posted Feb. 22, 2010    Bookmark and Share

Two Poems by Gerald McBreen


POSTCARD OF AN ARTIST

Somehow he has squeezed
the power of his own
personality into them.

Tiger, zebra, black and white,
miniatures etched in the sketches,
castles, trees and other things.

Lion stalks from fantasy colors,
walks tall shows no fear,
catches the eye like no other.

Zebra snatched the ribbon,
ran off with first place,
his jungle now Pacific City Hall.

Tiger conjured through pure witchery,
lion exorcised from his touch,
roam my space along ghost walls.



IN MEMORY OF SHILO BLEAU DROTT
(Age 21, shot and killed Nov. 2008 at a church-sponsored youth event in Pacific, WA)

Oh Bleau     dear Bleau
angels cannot love you
any more intensely than we

Our eyes cry     not in shame
for we miss you so
So let the tears flow

Tears to cleanse the soul
wash away our anger
of the dead night
and for the terrible way
you had to go

We know from your young heart
this is what you would teach

Forever we'll cheer your name
Bleau     Bleau     dear Bleau


Gerald A. McBreen resides in Pacific, WA and is the official Poet Laureate there.


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