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To spank or not to spank
One of the things I still get to enjoy while waiting for employment to get back to me is listening online to Al Sharpton's radio show. It's always good to hear other's opinions in response to the...
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Pamela and Barack
It was like Christmas morning last night. My oldest sister Pam called me late last night to tell me of the experience of being at an Obama rally.My other sisters know Pam has never been the least bit...
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God in a card game
The title seems a little crazy but let me explain.I've been having problems with my not-so high speed Internet access so I've developed a passion for the game FreeCell, one of those innocuous games...
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Getting the good kind of clap
During this year's presidential parade of candidates, I must confess I sometimes didn't listen to the speeches. I watched the crowd. Fascinating!At first I searched for and counted faces of color. Then...
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When did patriotism become a code word?
A recent discussion I heard on the radio was yet another version of one I've been hearing over and over since this spring: Is Barack Obama patriotic?I listen to the talking heads try to give advice on...
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Oh Lord, I don't want to be in that number
...when the unemployed go marching in.Well, at least now you don't have to suffer the humility of sitting for hours in a cavernous room where an overworked state worker calls out the names of the...
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Don't blink
I'm trying not to blink at John McCain's run for the White House because I think I've already missed something. I missed the explanations on how he's a war hero and that he has the experience to lead a...
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Who am I? Why am I here?
In the middle of a recent job interview, I suddenly felt like the late Adm. James Stockdale. At his only debate as a vice-presidential candidate, he asked the questions above.While I carefully...
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Climbing mountains
The first time I thought about it, it was so scary I pushed it out of my mind.When the thought returned, I decided to hold it and turn it around like a glowing orb of promise.Let me back up for a...
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Mommy, what's a sexist?
State investigations and scandals aside, I'm having problems trying to not only understand McCain's pick for VP but also the campaign to hush up dissent about said nominee.I suppose they reason that it...
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Where does the line form?
After watching the economic bigheads trying over the weekend to explain why it's okay to give billions of dollars to the CEOs holding this country's economy hostage, I want to know where the line is...
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Is it really the economy, stupid or did we just get took?
Something's not right about this upside-down budget compromise. The Bush administration advocated and endorsed the free-wheeling deals banks conducted to the detriment of the people and the nation's...
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Welcome to the real America
I love Keith Olbermann. No, really.He unleashed another classic Special Comment yesterday on Gov. Palin's comments about slivers of Virginia being the "real America." While Keith went on and on about...
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Why you should vote
My darling daughter, who currently lives in Nay-ash-vee-uhl Ten-see, told me recently about a conversation she had with a friend who bemoaned the fact that they both dwell in the reddest of red states....
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Freedom in more ways than one
Before I drill deeper and write about last night, I share an email I sent to a friend who remarked on last night's election and how glad he was to be wrong that it could happen...As many of you know, I...
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A friend of mine recently posted in a chat room..."To the point at hand, Rev Dr. King, Jr. was all but ostracized from the'mainstream' civil rights movement for speaking out against the Vietnam Warin...
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Changing my attitude
I can't lie: the last four months were nothing like I expected. Now, as I have every year before my birthday, it's time to take stock of where I've been and where I'm going.I don't do anything without...
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As they say on talk shows "....and we're back."After years of streaming my rage and curiosity on my Facebook page, I've decided to return to awaken my blogging spirit.Ever since I "retired" in April,...
View ArticleThe pursuit of happiness...and gratitude
Thanksgiving.Thanks. Giving.Giving thanks.This is the month where one day is set aside to give thanks, although everyday I wake up I say a prayer of thanksgiving for everything I hold dear. My...
View ArticleThe cleansing power of presidential sunshine
Sometimes, I get criticized for finding the good in the worst of life on this planet.Like with the election. If Hillary Clinton can endure running for office backwards and in heels with almost every...
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Falling into winter
Although most of the people I know claim summer as their favorite season, I am especially fond of Autumn, the only season with a nickname.As the temperature continues to modulate to a cooler normal, I...
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Happy hour remembered
In spite of the ferocious arguments I've heard about ending Daylight Saving Time permanently, experiencing it in my youth makes it an important touchstone of my college years.I fondly remember the...
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Celebrating Hillary
I should be turning cartwheels since early voting last month.This country is on the verge of possibly electing the first woman president and it only took 96 years after women got the right to vote. And...
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One more dream
Every once in a while, I like to do something crazy....like pull a dream out of my basket and pull it into more than a notion.Almost 25 years ago, I received my bachelor's degree after many long nights...
View ArticleBirthing a nation
This whole election thing is like being in labor.A lot of pain, sprinkles of happiness and now a push to the finish.I just don't know if it's a girl or boy. Yet....
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