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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
Posted in Statements
Tagged activism, change, correspondence, democracy, Democrats, George W Bush, liberalism, Nancy Pelosi, partisanship, politicians, politics
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Recrimination
I could dredge up every wrong and each intentioned slight to catalog the way the world has hurt me, or just might and in that laundry list of ills imagined, or in fact, find solace in a victim’s role to … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged acceptance, anger, arguments, blame, politics, responsibility, suffering, words, wrong
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Neo Politics
Neoconservatism is not a threat to the free-living, free-wheeling, bleeding heart liberal philosophy of us drug-crazed, sex-minded hippie freaks. No, despite its definition as “an approach to politics or theology that represents a return to a traditional point of view … Continue reading
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Tagged America, balance, democracy, fundamentalism, liberalism, partisanship, politics
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Thoughts on the 9/11 Report
Well, I have done it. Purchased the “official” 9/11 report. And read it through, at least at this time on a cursory level. I will re-read it in detail, of course. There are a few things that trouble me. They … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations, Statements
Tagged 9/11, 9/11 Commission, analysis, books, fear, GI Gurdijieff, governments, justice, partisanship, politics, terrorism
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Rambling on Politics
Democracy is dependent upon a single, basic premise: that those with power as a result of wealth and social standing are willing to reject the advantage conferred by the possesion of this power and reject the use of any such … Continue reading
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Tagged America, balance, democracy, hypotheses, politics, representation, safeguards
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The Eagle at the Tree
Now, watch the eagle perched upon the limb; his eyes, that seem to peer into the soul, take in the troubled world that waits below him and see beyond illusions of control. How like that noble bird we seek for … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Statements
Tagged balance, bias, commercialism, cronyism, democracy, lobbyists, partisanship, politics
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Independence Day
I heard the sounds last night of war outside my window and front door, wild shells and streaks of fire and light; and I was troubled at the sight. No thought of where the sparks might land entered the minds … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged celebrations, democracy, dissent, fireworks, freedom of speech, holidays, independence, Independence Day, politics, rebellion, war
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