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The Fierce Urgency of Now

Started by Karoli · 10 months ago

This has been my theme since last week when I attended the funeral of our friends’ daughter, a bright shining star who suffered from Cystic Fibrosis, diagnosed at age two. I talk at length about her on Newsgang (8/20), so I won’t go into too much detail here.

What I took away from the funeral [...] ... Continue reading »

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Terris Linenbach
10 months ago

I hope that the people have the will to bash the democrats when they are in power and continue to accomplish nothing as they have done in the last 2 years.

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Karoli
10 months ago

Terris,

Given that the democrats have had a 1-vote majority in the Senate and need a 10-vote majority, I'd say they've accomplished as much as they possibly could, especially with our buddy Bush up there in the White House waving his veto pen back and forth like a sword of the dark.

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Missives From Suburbia
10 months ago

You and I may disagree a bit on Hillary's speech last night, but on everything else, it's clear we agree violently. Fabulous post. Dead-on right, and applicable to everything in life, not just politics. Although, given the climate of nominations and elections, it has never, ever been more true for politics.

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Karoli
10 months ago

Hi Missives, and thanks! and you're right, it has never been more true for politics. For the first time, though, I felt like there were honest efforts to bridge the divide that the primaries created, and I just hope everyone can stay focused on how incredibly important it is to NOT allow the nonsense of the Roves and Republicans to prevail this time.

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