Equal Access
A Pittsfield, MA woman is trying to get an initiative on the ballot to allow "equal access to sunshine." She is collecting signatures from supporters to rewrite the legal definition of nudity. She doesn't like the term "topless" because it apparently conjures up images of more prurient nipple exposers. She just wants the right to swim and sunbathe without a shirt, to feel the warmth of the sun on her chest. If I was Joe Biden, I might respond, "I have just three words for you, young lady: where do I sign?"
Tea Party Madness
You must admit, American politics is a lot more interesting with a third party shaking things up for both Dems and Repubs with their NO taxes! NO big government! mottoes.
I was amused to read a letter in the Globe today, where the writer suggests that the historical origin of the Tea Party as a symbolic reference is more apt if you consider the Lewis Carroll vision. Some purists object to the hijacking of the patriotic event known as the Boston Tea Party. If you do not agree that the inspiration of the current Tea Party is rooted in the noble acts of disobedience of the original no-taxation-without-representation crowd, you might reframe the allusion. Remember Alice in Wonderland? The writer suggest that the current tea party participants evoke similarities to characters in Alice's world - jabberwocky, mad hatters, crazed queens and such.
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