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    New Nationalism Speech – Teddy Roosevelt History Lesson

    Article by John on April 2nd, 2009 at 7:32 am

    Mt. Rushmore, Theodore Roosevelt closeup. Image via Wikipedia

    Since the 1980s (when I worked for Eastern Airlines, which no longer exists due to deregulation fever) we as a people have amnesia when it comes to the lessons that history teaches us.  Regulations did not just magically appear one day.  They were derived from the wisdom that came about from the mistakes of the past.  Reagan [...]

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    so hamas would be justified in assassinating israel’s top scientists?

    Article by missy on February 17th, 2009 at 10:32 am

    Another example of Israeli exceptionalism:

    Israel is assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists as part of its efforts to disrupt the Islamist regime’s illicit weapons program, the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday quoted Western intelligence sources as saying.
    …
    The paper also quoted United States intelligence sources as saying Israel is using sabotage, front companies and double agents to disrupt the Islamist republic’s illicit weapons program as an alternative to direct [...]

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    Sign the Public Letter to President Obama

    Article by John on February 1st, 2009 at 8:43 am

    GAZA, GAZA STRIP – NOVEMBER 25:

    Dear Mr. President,

    Last year, you were swept into office on the hopeful promise of redemptive change.  You inspired the nation by repeating the phrase, “together, we will change the world.”  For many Americans, your words were not merely the final lines of a campaign speech, but a call to action for a new historical moment.

    Nowhere is [...]

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    O Happy Day!

    Article by fantasticforrest on January 20th, 2009 at 11:37 am

    I couldn’t stop crying this morning.
    Don’t worry. They were tears of joy.

    Amazing Children and I watched the Inauguration of President Barack Obama live on television.

    There were many wonderful moments. I especially loved this part of our President’s speech:

    For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and [...]

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    Pelosi and Reid Must Go

    Article by John on December 29th, 2008 at 10:42 pm

    Just read this from Judith Shattuck, the Washington State Coordinator of the Progressive Democrats of America. Nice to be reminded there are many others that see what I see, think what I think and feel what I feel:

    My note to Pelosi ….

    Quoting: Pelosi: US must stand strongly with Israel Published: 12.28.08, 03:13 / Israel News …Speaker of the US House of [...]

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    no longer the hero

    Article by missy on October 7th, 2008 at 11:00 am

    if he ever was, McCain has become Richard III, Iago and Macbeth rolled into one.

    He is the scheming, lame and eternally bitter Richard of Gloucester, needing to kill all goodness around him so as to never face that contrast to his black soul, and needing war, too, as peace gives him nowhere to put his rage:

    But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks,
    Nor made [...]

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    john mcclueless

    Article by missy on September 16th, 2008 at 10:42 am

    I’m lucky. I have health insurance, and my employer pays 100% of the premium. We don’t cover spouses or dependents, but we’re a small company.

    I have used my health insurance much more than the average American: since I joined the company in late 1995, I’ve had a pregnancy, a c-section, a miscarriage that required not one but two D&Cs (that was a fun [...]

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    John and Missy meet each other – slim and bushtool no more

    Article by John on September 13th, 2008 at 5:03 pm

    Since we actually met in person for the first time a few hours ago at the Peace and Justice Fair, it seems appropriate and the right timing for me to also come out and start using my real name instead of an alias.

    So I am John, pleased to meet you Missy!

    “Bushtool” is going to start sounding rather dated anyway once we get beyond the current [...]

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