tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310375252012-01-12T15:43:13.467-06:00Comments/notes on my move from L.A. back to hometown of Jackson, TNYvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-61751992109251534802009-03-06T20:25:00.026-06:002010-10-26T09:29:41.360-05:00

What follows is a response to an email sent by someone whose intellect and viewpoint I respect, but do not always agree with. This is a response to this an email which consisted of only a subject line and a link to videos:Email sent: Subject: I know I am going to get into trouble today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Z5KZ42GXw&eurlHere is my response: Hello my friend, OK, this one I

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-34720374023253459012009-03-01T18:23:00.006-06:002009-03-05T15:29:12.489-06:00

Since relocating back home to Jackson, I have contemplated getting a dog. It had to be pure bred and it had to be totally devoted to me. So my plan had always been to get a puppy, well-bred, and bring him home at no older than 6-10 weeks.I approached this like I do everything, with much thought, preparation and research. I spent months poring over web sites, reading, and watching TV shows

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-91597174309407966092009-02-11T12:21:00.002-06:002009-03-01T18:03:19.104-06:00

Do you wonder how we did it? This is long and detailed, but you MUST take the time. This is how we did it. Case Study: The Barack Obama StrategyView more presentations from Socialmedia8 Amsterdam. (tags: lacomunidad socialmedia8)

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-11583577120649203422008-09-22T12:57:00.007-05:002008-10-16T20:32:34.273-05:00

It's been so long and so much has happened, personally, professionally, emotionally, and in the world since I last posted here. Where do I start. As is always best...at the beginning.Personally, I want to just be with me. Just me. I know it appears outwardly that is where I have always been. Not so. I have been me attached to someone or something or me reaching for someone or something. Now

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-14653538489334398552008-07-20T15:32:00.011-05:002008-12-11T12:37:22.721-06:00

I haven't been here in awhile, I know. I have to be truly moved. Count on my old ally the NY Times to do just that. Gretchen Morgenson revealed a story common to many Americans on the front page of the Sunday, July 20, 2008 issue that reveals the micro of our economy. Her article, "Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt" is an old song title that keeps on hitting home. Peter S. Goodman gives

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-32292019050176057602008-02-24T17:54:00.005-06:002008-12-11T12:37:23.016-06:00

What follows here is an excellent treatise on the new world order. No more superpower for the US. We are heading toward a triumvirate of power: the USA, the European Union, and China.Parag Khanna, senior research fellow in the American Strategy Program of the New America Foundation introduces his essay on the new world order this way:"Just a few years ago, America's hold on globalpower

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-82134625184545093672008-02-08T12:15:00.001-06:002008-02-08T12:15:51.670-06:00

Full text of Barack Obama's platform and plans to change this country into the democratic roots of its past. This is a full text of Obama's plan, not just the overview from his web site. read more | digg story

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-25143015910285088822008-02-04T18:22:00.001-06:002008-12-11T12:37:23.199-06:00

Paul Krugman, New York Times columnist has a very clear, succinct explanation of the Obama and Clinton health care plans. Just when I thought it was safe to get Obama bumper stickers...again, I have to a pause. Read it Mr. Krugman's column here:The difference between the health care plans of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama could well be the difference between achieving universal health

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-4617799980653090882008-01-29T17:37:00.001-06:002008-12-11T12:37:23.376-06:00

We need a change in the leadership of this country; just as we did in 1960. We have that kind of opportunity with Senator Barack Obama. OVER the years, I’ve been deeply moved by the people who’ve told me they wished they could feel inspired and hopeful about America the way people did when my father was president. This sense is even more profound today. That is why I am supporting a presidential

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-48335890878219687862008-01-29T17:11:00.003-06:002008-12-11T12:37:24.306-06:00

Something fundamental has shifted in the Democratic Party, now that a throng of Kennedys has endorsed Barack Obama. Last week there was the widespread revulsion at the Clintons’ toxic attempts to ghettoize Barack Obama. In private and occasionally in public, leading Democrats lost patience with the hyperpartisan style of politics — the distortion of facts, the demonizing of foes, the secret

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-44681626646105695082008-01-27T14:56:00.000-06:002008-12-11T12:37:24.501-06:00

Anyone following my political entreaties here will know that I supported Hillary Clinton. Hillary and Bill, always a safe bet in my book. Well...I am making a turn. I finally picked up Obama's The Audacity of Hope. The more I read, the more I heard my own voice. He did not just speak to me, he spoke for me, more eloquently and with more knowledge than I could have ever imparted. As I write

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-18283150342030724932007-12-25T16:39:00.001-06:002008-01-27T15:31:59.072-06:00

Debra Dickerson's take on the return of late night pundits return to TV in January sans writers.read more | digg story

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-67620525568308940602007-12-24T17:39:00.001-06:002008-01-27T15:34:24.719-06:00

WASHINGTON—Republican strategist Karl Rove announced that he would step down from his role as White House deputy chief of staff to spend more time in the shadows. "I've been away from the shadows too long, and it's put a strain on my relationship with those black forces I hold dear," an emotional but upbeat Rove said.read more | digg story

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-11394632848056234132007-12-15T18:16:00.001-06:002008-12-11T12:37:24.811-06:00

Debra Dickerson could have ended this piece after this statement:"...more Americans will come to accept that race is an arbitrary system for establishing hierarchy and privilege, good for little more than doling out the world's loot and deciding who gets to kick whose butt and then write epic verse about it."My inclination is to go with oft used text abrv8shn "LOL'd" when I read this comment.

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-53436270861203409422007-12-15T17:48:00.001-06:002008-01-27T15:34:37.859-06:00

My blidol (blog idol) Debra Dickson weighs in on study touting mothers' influence on kiddy racism.read more | digg story

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-52816062511712665512007-12-12T21:56:00.001-06:002008-01-27T15:34:56.492-06:00

While that might be a creative opportunity for artistic photographers and designers, for news editors, it can all be a bit of a nightmare — and for readers too when the photos skip the newspapers and land straight in your mailbox. Here are seven of the most famous photoshop fakes.read more | digg story

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Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-56081585414586925492007-08-26T12:50:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:37:26.094-06:00

Former President Richard Nixon confirmed that women are stronger than men in 1992. He did it with this comment about Presidential candidates wives, "If the wife comes through as being too strong, and too intelligent, it makes the husband look like a wimp." Think of it in this light, if a kitten meows too loudly beside a lion, the lion will be less ferocious. Please! If you walk into a room

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-9251268846999128502007-07-19T11:48:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:37:26.600-06:00

Need to know and feel the pain of the black American's struggle for civil rights in this country? If you are my age or older, you have some real memory of Jim Crow and his aftermath. For those of you too young to have lived through any part, go to Memphis, Tennessee to the National Civil Rights Museum. There you get a pictorial and memorabilia tour of what it was like to be "3/5 of a man", to

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-10075451450949558992007-07-04T17:38:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:37:26.780-06:00

A vote for Hillary is a vote for Bill. The words we dare not speak. The truth hits the fan. But we have to admit it...we want him back. Only she can bring him back to us, so we follow her. Through Hillary we get health care, a balanced budget (surplus!) jobs, prosperity, compassion for others, and most of all intelligence and discriminating thought, all that Bill brought us. All these are

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-28573714073054117782007-06-29T11:23:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:37:27.109-06:00

Undecided about Hillary Clinton? I'm not. She is my 1st choice for President of the United States. I admire her. I respect her. But, no, I do not, necessarily, like her, if you use that term to mean warm, cosy feelings.Judith Warner's column is a good explanation of how many of Hillary's contemporaries feel about her. While she does not evoke any venomous dislike as is described in

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-81566911640772533502007-06-28T11:00:00.000-05:002008-01-27T15:35:54.642-06:00

Since I have been subscribing to The Last Plantation...is the Mind, I have become familiar with the writings of John Schwade. At first I was not overly impressed as I found his writing a bit tedious and overly detailed. But I kept reading because his subjects were usually so captivating. Well, he has now become a favorite. I find myself, now, trolling the Internet looking for me more than I

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-20290758291065279632007-06-11T16:11:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:37:27.960-06:00

Yes, it is over. The Sopranos are no more. I sat on the sofa last night watching the final episode of Tony Soprano, his family, and all his paisans. At the time, I was not sad, just apprehensive and excited. My excitement was sprinkled with dread and carried along by hope, but hindered by fear. Suppose Tony gets whacked. I can't bear it! Suppose he turns states evidence and totally wimps

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-23328478180870953732007-06-03T20:17:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:37:28.161-06:00

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."Bill Moyers spoke at the 2007 National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis, TN. The gist of this speech is summed up in

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-49357033307212838432007-06-03T19:54:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:37:28.378-06:00

Now I know. I knew I was not ready for what God wanted me to do here. I thought all it would take was time and opportunity. But no. What God meant when He kept telling me "not yet" was that I was not even ready to get ready. Now He says I am. God is good. He allowed me to get all I thought I had to have. He gave me some strength, will, and self-confidence before He to revealed His first part of

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-86471183523476865322007-05-13T14:27:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:37:28.719-06:00

Some read for pleasure. Some read for information. Some read to study, while others simply read what is required for work. I read to live. Take whatever you want, but do not take away my ability to read or my access to a wide variety of reading material. If you do, you take away my life.Beyond the stack of books, magazines, and newspapers appropriated at various locations throughout my home, I

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-73059882842855352062007-05-01T09:38:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:37:28.864-06:00

Time spent with God this morning giving thanks and asking for guidance was rewarded with assurances from Him that He has my destiny in hand. I only need listen, hear, and heed. I do, I did, I will. He took me to visit Mama this morning and sat with me in the sun with her and my coffee. We talked, she smiled on me and sent me on my way, for the day.The afternoon I placed a tribute to Lillie, my

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-52382079829658809272007-04-29T21:11:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:37:29.191-06:00

This past week had some of everything. I cannot remember feeling so complete. Ever. Can I say that again. Ever. I say complete, instead of happy. Happy is a nebulous, transitory state that cannot be and should not be sustained. It is a feeling...not a state of being and cannot be relied upon to bring peace, contentment or a closeness to God...all the things that make life complete for me. But I

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-79344003908469304482007-04-26T15:50:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:37:29.432-06:00

NCCU Student Advocates "physical retribution" against innocent Duke StudentsDebra Dickerson posted a piece on her blog, The Last Plantation...is the Mind from a student council member from North Carolina Central Universtiy, Solomon Burnette. In case you missed it, NCCU is the school where the young black woman attended that accused the Duke la crosse team members of rape.His piece, as a whole

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-85736229374518581292007-04-20T11:45:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:37:29.646-06:00

Debra Dickerson...you gotta love her!I responded to a recent post on Debra Dickerson's blog, The Last Plantation...is the Mind I responded only to the part of the post you see here, not at all being inclusive or considering her comments in their entirety. But she did respond to my comments. If you have been reading my blog, you know that I am a HUGE Debra Dickerson fan. She actually posts and

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-36337937953278148122007-04-15T20:33:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:37:29.780-06:00

God is everywhere. You cannot get away, no matter how hard you try. You might relate to God as Allah, or Yahweh, or as The Universe, or as Buddha, or whatever. But everybody got a God. Mine is in my intellectual pursuits. I read everything. Everytime, I ask to speak to and hear from God, I get an answer. Today, I pleaded to hear my God speak. No, I didn't go to church. God cannot be

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-35327883364668444652007-04-15T19:33:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:37:30.574-06:00

Anyone wanting to know what my life has been like for the last 6-8 months only need listen to what I think of as Melissa Etheridge's signature CD, "Skin". Funny, when that CD was first released in 2001, it resonated with me even then because of the passion and level of truth in the lyrics. But, hey, I didn't think it had much to do with me. Well, now it has everything to do with me. Going

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-61757363530925605862007-03-28T13:50:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:37:31.008-06:00

Over the last couple of years, through stops and starts and ups and downs, I created a comfortable little niche for myself here in Jackson, TN. Just as I was settling into it and calling it my own, I turned around and realized that my niche did not exist. It was an illusion. Having realized that, I know that it is now time to move on.Some people are meant to climb obstacles, build bridges, and

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-84889860371191355612007-03-28T13:01:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:37:31.383-06:00

ColorblindBarack Obama would be the great black hope in the next presidential race -- if he were actually black.by Debra J. DickersonJan. 22, 2007 | I am confident that I have held out longer than any other pundit to weigh in on both the phenomenon that is Barack Obama and the question of whether race will trump gender as America looks toward election 2008.I had irritably avoided columnizing on

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-58039470197783742992007-03-26T17:19:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:37:32.043-06:00

I had a very busy, very pleasant weekend. It is interesting how long it takes to get involved in activities here that I do not create myself. But this is a small community and no matter how much I feel at home, I'm still a newbie to them.Saturday, I was invited to Ann Mattison's 75th birthday party. Ann is my late godmother's daughter. She has been ill, but her kids threw this wonderful

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-37736825515485749222007-03-22T15:15:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:37:32.215-06:00

I lost my history on this date. My sister, Lillie, was my link to our family history. Since I relocated back to Jackson, TN in December 2004, she was the one I always called when I ran into someone I couldn't remember or something came up that I couldn't quite place.Lillie was only 4 years older than me, but she lived two lives to my one. Everything she did, she did to the fullest. She took

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-52744808349368474762007-02-25T16:12:00.000-06:002008-12-11T12:37:32.468-06:00

I am bunking in Marilyn's grandchildren's bedroom. I left the hotel and decided not to move into the house, as we discovered the cleaning was not sufficient and there is not a room in the house that does not need work. The advice I got from someone who recently renovated was, DO NOT live there while it is going on, if you do not have to.I expect to get a quote by EOB Tues., 12/7. If I approve,

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-29014738915099296012007-02-25T15:55:00.000-06:002008-12-11T12:37:33.608-06:00

OK, I am going totally, full out Yvonne, business person.I have tried the nicey, nice Southern way. It is not working.The contractor I have been working with has gotten me nothing so far. He called this morning and referred me to someone who promised to call me back and schedule a meeting at the house between 12-1 p.m. I have not heard from him either as of nearly 2:30 p.m.So, I have put out

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-27961334914612132222007-02-25T15:44:00.000-06:002008-12-11T12:37:33.943-06:00

I thought I would open a local bank account. But the 1st time I went inI did not have all the IDs and stuff I needed on me, so I told them I would come back. Well, I went back today with CA drivers license, US Passport, Social Security card, several existing credit cards, a copy of the homeowners' insurance bill and a health insurance (both mailed to me at 304 Morningside) AND the deed to the

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-13040022807466778542007-02-07T11:45:00.000-06:002008-12-11T12:37:34.047-06:00

This is what I see if I look out the window where I am now. I am working at Lambuth University as University Relations Assistant. I assist the Director of University Relations and the Director of Alumni Relations in graphic design of all publications for the university, including a biannual magazine, a bimonthly newsletter, an online newsletter and blog, daily press releases, and general

Yvonne Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037525.post-1152736746660219742006-07-12T15:34:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:37:34.360-06:00

All Merry High Reunion 2004I finally decided to come back to a high school reunion. This one attracted me because it was for all graduates of Merry High School in Jackson, TN. Merry High was the only high school for black students until 1970. I graduated in 1970.My hometown, Jackson, TN, looked really good. Beautiful mature trees, manageable size, and all the conveniences one really needs. I

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