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God Dem!: Pants on Fire
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Tuesday, July 05, 2005. I sat in on a course for crane operator safety once. (There is. Much you do not know about me.). While not the most riveting class, I did learn one crucial detail: You are only as strong as your weakest link. Kind of reminds me of the train of thought that got Iraq on deck. Iraq) could launch a biological or chemical attack in as little as 45 minutes after the order is given." George W. Bush,Septemberr, 2002. Iraqi operatives continue to hide biological and chemical agents." G...
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God Dem!: Milestones
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Friday, December 16, 2005. Milestones are like little gifts. You're handed the opportunity to reflect; how travels the path you've chosen, or didn't? Is one year old. If so, certainly we could move past a "mis" leader after four years? The administration that scared me with nonexistant nukes, yellow cake, and WMD's. Should be accountable for their words, right? The President who was a divider, not a uniter, would publicly scrutinized for his actions? Exist in racial denial. And denigrated our poor. And t...
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God Dem!: The Piper
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Monday, December 05, 2005. We are a country in love with clichés, figures of speech, maxims, you name it. In America, things come home to roost. If you build it, they will come. What goes around, comes around. If you have to ask, you can’t afford it. We don’t do the crime if we can’t do the time. In the case of the Iraq war, it’s time to pay the piper. Comparisons of Iraq to the Vietnam War are increasing. I’ve seen several remakes of Nixon’s Vietnamization. But, we were talking about maxims, weren’t we?
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God Dem!: Stepping Up
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Tuesday, January 03, 2006. I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity. - Gilda Radner. I must take a week or two to be 1000% with my family. I will be back, and we'll tackle more stuff, but for now, that is where I need to pour my efforts. I'm i...
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God Dem!: Baby? What Baby?
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Thursday, January 26, 2006. Mention religion these days at your peril. We are bombarded by images of Dominion takeover, court stacking, zealotry and the unsupportable Intelligent Design from one side, and belief of persecution, attack by secular hedonism and being the only party of faith by the other. We’ve been handed our positions by the dividers, not uniters; it’s time we lost the blinders. An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in ...
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God Dem!: Don't Waste Me
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Thursday, October 27, 2005. I received this comment in response to a post I wrote about the. Continued attrition of money for veteran’s benefits. For being there for us. Your nephew and friends are in my prayers. I hope they come home healthy in body and mind. I'm a retired Marine, and my two brothers (also Marines) and I are all disabled vets. Although there are a lot of wonderful people working for the VA, experience convinces me that the bureaucracy doesn't give a damn about veterans. This is such a g...
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God Dem!: The Real Deal
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Tuesday, November 08, 2005. Democrats stand accused of lacking vision. Not just by Republicans, either. Moderate stances are berated by the far left as selling out, and extreme left stances looked at skeptically as unattainable by the middle. While hanging on to this bucking bronco is a challenge, Dems revel in the significant change brought about when they stayed on the horse together. The results were devastating to African Americans. These programs legislated astonishing growth and education for w...
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God Dem!: Sandbox Ettiquette
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Thursday, December 01, 2005. Kids have a way of peeling back gentility. When needs are immediate, and generally self orientated, the niceties of cooperation are basically just in the way. After all, we’re talking things of value, here; who wants the red truck when the blue one rocks? Not getting your way happens. It’s how you handle it that’s interesting. Big kids get away with it because they’re scary. I don’t think so. Depends on the variables. How big is the kid? Is your Mom looking? You can’t walk aw...
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God Dem!: Past, Present and Future, Part 1
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Saturday, April 16, 2005. Past, Present and Future, Part 1. I plan on writing several opinion pieces about the Democratic Party and the role of religion within it. This is how. Probably feel quite differently. I'm a Dem so I'm OK with that. I've updated Might makes Left on the sidebar. There's some good stuff there. This first essay talks about when faith went underground. What We Were and Why. These days, love your neighbor is passé. We look out for number one. Our love, friendship and business ...When ...
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God Dem!: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
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Friday, May 06, 2005. Knockin' on Heaven's Door. Don't let us get sick,. Don't let us get old,. Don't let us get stupid,. Just make us be brave,. And make us play nice,. And let us be together,. Lots of people say they don't pray, but let the boss start down cubicle row with a nasty project, and the air fills with little thoughts. No, no, no, not me, Smith's a jerk, make it be Smith, I hate Smith, give it to Smith, no, no, No, NO, NooOOOOO! What destination these thoughts? Just try to keep those babies in.