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Congratulations on the election. Now get back to work.
Posted on February 4th, 2007 on Daily Kos
OK, people. The honeymoon is over. Get back to work. So you've won an election. Congratulations. Now go get yourself ready to win again. D...

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Book Review: Hillary Rettig’s “The Lifelong Activist”
Posted on December 4th, 2006 on Daily Kos
The Lifelong Activist How to Change the World Without Losing Your Way By Hillary Rettig Lantern Books New York, 2006 256 Pages Activism is t...

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Netroots Survey Results, Part One
Posted on June 15th, 2006 on Daily Kos
(From the diaries -- kos) Cross posted on MyDD This is the survey you paid for--the first survey conducted under BlogPac's new managemen...

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Bush’s Little Moustache
Posted on January 31st, 2006 on
I fear it is time that we all learned to click our heels, give the Nazi salute and bark “Sieg Heil!” Cindy Sheehan was arrested in the C...

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Bush Bolsters Fellow Opponents of First Amendment and Reason
Posted on January 27th, 2006 on
On January 22nd, the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s historic ruling in Roe v. Wade, Bush telephoned anti-abortion protestors to tell them that they were doing the right thing...

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The Vatican’s Silly 3 Year Rule
Posted on December 5th, 2005 on
Only one word can describe the Vatican’s “compromise” on the issue of gays in the priesthood, and that word is: silly. You see, I se...

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Support the Troops–How?
Posted on November 27th, 2005 on
Everywhere I go, I see bumper stickers that tell me to Support Our Troops. People have been saying that they support our soldiers, even if...

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Taxation Without Representation
Posted on November 14th, 2005 on
What is this country coming to? New Hampshire is taxing people out of their homes by putting a price on the view from their windows. Granted, peop...

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Warner for President?
Posted on November 11th, 2005 on
What do you think, Democratic Governor of Virginia, Mark R. Warner, for President in 2008? Word on the coast says success in his campaign to put Kaine in...

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Oppression of Women is a Family Value, Apparently
Posted on November 6th, 2005 on
The American Girl doll company may try to make you think their dolls are wholesome. They may appear teach children history and decent moral...

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Global Warming
Posted on October 23rd, 2005 on
Harlan Watson, State Department Bureau, says the US is taking a three-prong approach to addressing climate change. Of those three prongs: reduce gree...

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