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Emergency Petition to Save the Courts
MoveOn.org has got a petition drive going that’s worth looking in to. I did, and here’s the message I sent to my Congresspeople: Checks and balances means when one branch of the government is conservative, another is by necessity liberal. … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, balance, correspondence, democracy, governments, leadership, partisanship
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Democrats … Start Doing it for Yourselves
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) House Minority Leader Dear Congresswoman Pelosi: I recently received a mailer from you that included the following text: >> Dear Friend … why don’t you take the enclosed George W. Bush Disapproval Poll and use it … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, change, correspondence, democracy, Democrats, George W Bush, liberalism, Nancy Pelosi, partisanship, politicians, politics
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On Auspicious Times
I wonder at the most auspicious times that by some random system are proclaimed and why those correspondences we find ourselves at odds with should take all the blame The moon, for instance, in its wane and wax; The seasons, … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged auspiciousness, correspondence, hypocrisy, ignorance, purpose, randomness
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A Brief Note to the Postmaster General
Dear Postmaster General: I live in what likes to call itself, at least in information generated by its tourist bureau, a major metropolitan area of the United States. New Orleans, Lousiana, to be precise. The local branch of my post … Continue reading
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Tagged complaints, correspondence, mail carriers, New Orleans, postage, postal service, USPS
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Staggering Fact of the Day
It is estimated that when Allen Ginsberg died, besides the manuscripts (both his own and those he schlepped around for friends), miscellaneous papers and other drafts for publication, he had over 60,000 pieces of correspondence, representing every letter he had … Continue reading
A letter to UPS :)
Dear Customer Service: It seems to me that in this day and age of home offices and increases in online ordering that result in shipped goods, that the disparity between the delivery promise times for a business address and a … Continue reading