Tag: random
group name: renewedactivist
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May 04, 2006 01:28 PM EDT --
Today was a day I had planned on planting a garden. Something I do every year. The few plants and seeds had been purchased and the ground spaded early. I left the house to pick up a few odds and ends before . . . more
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April 07, 2006 05:44 AM EDT --
Lunch counter sit-ins at Woolworths
JFK elected President
Peace Corp program announced
Yuri Gargarin, first man in space
Bay of Pigs
Alan Shepard, first American in space
16,000 U.S. advisors sent to Vietnam . . . more
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May 04, 2006 09:06 PM EDT --
When I was in college, when I felt self-indulgent and wanted to write, I would say 'I'm feeling mossy.'
It was an oblique reference to Walt Whitman. More mundanely, I was feeling creative. . . . more
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May 26, 2006 12:06 PM EDT --
We do things a little differently in my home town. We actually celebrate holidays on the day they occur. I know, I know. When you look at the calendar and see a Monday holiday, you think . . . more
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May 19, 2006 02:18 PM EDT --
In October 1970, Richard Nixon and the Republican party faced foreboding poll numbers in the congressional elections.
His invasion of Cambodia earlier that year and the subsequent escalation of anti-war . . . more
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January 06, 2007 03:55 PM EST --
Maybe I'm turning into one of those curmudgeonly sorts in my old age. My last article was a rant against an arrogant psychiatrist, and this one is about an arrogant cop.
I always feel . . . more
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April 11, 2006 01:43 PM EDT --
originally posted at The Agonist
Yesterday the San Antonio Express-News' Ombudsman, Bob Richter, asked, "You want more titillating stories -- or less?"
And today, on CNN, Kira Phillips' . . . more
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April 16, 2006 05:39 PM EDT --
The following is a letter to the editor of the Sunday NY Times Magazine. I had to write about an article by Walter Kirn regarding the pay gap between CEO's and workers.
If you read the Sunday magazine . . . more
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December 27, 2005 06:18 PM EST --
"Machiavelli is not a founding father"
"The prince of war is a false god"
"I'm faith based; trust me"
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A while back I thought of a bumper sticker, "Who . . . more
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February 20, 2007 11:46 AM EST --
Seems I left this one out!!!
PART VII
61: The thing about working for a Tribal nation for which you are not an enrolled member, if an enrolled member who wants your job and is qualified for it, gets . . . more
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April 16, 2006 02:31 AM EDT --
(This is a continuing fictional series in the lives of Susan Hapenny and her friends. This installment takes place in 1967, in Monterey, at the Monterey Pop Festival.)
"Our Weekend in Monterey" . . . more
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April 18, 2006 10:57 AM EDT --
I have a piece of the Berlin Wall on my refrigerator. This is from 1989, when a friend joined hundreds of thousands, who helped to tear it down.
The piece of the wall is thick concrete, and you can imagine . . . more
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December 23, 2006 05:48 AM EST --
You dont have to ask god, he knows your heart.
When your life is torn and every road seems dark.
You dont have to ask god, to take away your fears.
He will sheild you from harm, he will dry your tears. . . . more
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May 18, 2006 06:12 AM EDT --
Queen Rania * of Jordan was on Oprah yesterday.
She spoke about her role as a mother, as a Queen, and of the importance for people to understand and be tolerant of one another.
Queen Rania said . . . more
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May 22, 2006 02:13 AM EDT --
First of all I am not prejudice what so ever. Okay, I am prejudice when it comes to the immigrants that live on Cape Cod that don't speak English and work in customer service or fast food. . . . more
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April 10, 2007 08:39 PM EDT --
When it comes to global warming, some Americans are finally starting to get it.
Finally, some of us realize that Planet Earth has a thick haze surrounding it. As a result, . . . more
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June 04, 2006 02:54 PM EDT --
"Why do you always lie when you leave a message on the answering machine?"
The voice on the machine belonged to my youngest daughter.
"I've lived there . . . more
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April 11, 2006 10:42 AM EDT --
"Looking Back", The Free At-Home Psychiatric Evaluation
George Corneliussen
Perhaps the hardest part of looking back on our lives is having the courage to see and discuss the things we did . . . more
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September 07, 2006 12:43 PM EDT --
Ok. Allow me to toss my arms in the air in a moment of exasperation. Everytime Bush and his lies, murdering, and scheming comes up, someone inevitably brings up Clinton . . . more
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April 13, 2006 10:38 AM EDT --
A must read post over at the WaPo's Early Warning blog. I'm going to re-read the piece again and come up with some cogent thoughts, but for now I will just say this: I like it. It's a good . . . more
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