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When The Going Gets Tough

cooper — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:57:18 +0000

Realizing that “we the people” are just a cog in what is really a fight for the wheel (a fight he doesn’t have the energy for), “Evan Bayh, in remarks published by The Indianapolis Star, said he was “confident” about his prospects for re-election, but discouraged in his work on Capitol Hill by excessive partisanship. “After all these years, my passion for service to my fellow citizens is undiminished, but my desire to do so in Congress has waned,” he said, according to The Star.” When the going gets tough, the not so tough go (as in leave), or so it seems lately. Apparently there is nothing worth fighting for these days except the gold.

I know how that goes.

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Biden to Block the Democrats Boulevard of Broken Dreams?

cooper — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:27:01 +0000

Much has already been said, so my opinion will be checked for now, except to say the title of the article below says it all pretty clearly, and almost correctly. A more accurate title may have been Blue-Collar, male Voters with a tendency toward subconscious racism, but too much truth does not for a good political race make.

Obama Aims Convention at Blue-Collar Voters
Obama goes after blue-collar voters at convention; McCain tries to incite Clinton backers.

I also agree with Ta-Nehisi Coates when he says “I do think that there isn’t a single VP candidate who McCain can select that wants to see Biden in a debate. Not one.”

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“The United States said Sunday it was disappointed the Olympics had not brought more “openness and tolerance” in China as the games ended and eight American activists were deported during closing ceremonies.” Oh really? So, you didn’t pick up on the clues?

Between you and me, even the chants of U.S.A., U.S.A. I heard through-out scared me.

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Enough about the world.

From childhood’s hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.
Then – in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life – was drawn
From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still:
From the torrent, or the fountain,
From the red cliff of the mountain,
From the sun that round me rolled
In its autumn tint of gold,
From the lightning in the sky
As it passed me flying by,
From the thunder and the storm,
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view.

Alone

Edgar Alan Poe

Click..
Sunday serenade. Click

Peace

A Women’s Day Wednesday

cooper — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:35:45 +0000

Rachel Maddow gets The Verdict on MSNBC, she’s been a political analyst there since last January. Rachel will continue her show on Air America. My verdict will depend on how many of the usual good old racist, sexist bigots (the ones MSNBC seems so loath to get rid off), she is allowed to keep off her guest roster.

Press Release from Color of Change on LaVena Johnson. Keep up to date at the Lavena Johnson site listed on the sidebar.

In case you missed it, War Against Women:The Use Of Rape As A Weapon In Congo’s Civil War, for those who have yet to see The Greatest Silence this is a must read.

A scrolling list to the right on how you can help

Women for Women’s Run For Congo Women, registrations for these events continue, there is still time to register your own.

Not much of a runner or an organizers of events? Sponsor a women today.

Dawn Harper(USA), a rookie surprise win in the 100m hurdles.

The U.S. Women’s 8 row for gold for the first time since 1984.

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