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Post by Roberta on Dec 18, 2008 21:43:49 GMT -8
Hi all,
Thanks Brian for posting, I just signed it! And you are right, there are more important stories. Definitely the "So what?" How can the U.S. have accepted such contempt from our highest official without consequences to him?
Like that the military have presented a plan without a withdraw date of 16 months, as Obama promised. Will he push back at all?
Hope to see you all (and more!) at the corner tomorrow!!
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Post by Brian on Dec 20, 2008 0:01:46 GMT -8
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Post by Brian on Dec 23, 2008 23:16:53 GMT -8
I'd rather extol women in politics who are as true as Barbara Boxer (all the time) or as winning as Hillary Clinton (since she lost), but right now I must rant. There are two, a Republican and a Democrat, I wish would vanish from my nightly viewings of "Hardball."
Sarah Palin, the new titular head of the GOP's Neanderthal wing, can't stop talking to the media. With every interview, she seems to slip further from any hope of achieving self-awareness, reason or redemption. I believe that the percentage of citizens who think like her is diminishing, along with her party. Does she still sell magazines and boost TV ratings like she did during the campaign? Because I'd had enough of her by Labor Day.
I grew up along with Caroline Kennedy (she's five months older) and always admired her. If she only had the raw ambition confined to one of Palin's toenails, she might be worthy of being appointed a U.S. Senator. But it's embarrassing to see how Caroline is bungling her grab for her uncle's seat. She's either hearing the worst advice any Kennedy ever got about public relations -- or ignoring it. Or perhaps she's telling us today, by refusing to disclose her finances until she takes office, that she really doesn't want the position badly enough.
Hunter Thompson's immortal credo -- "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" -- tells us why neither woman has a future in American politics: Sarah's too weird and Caroline's no pro.
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Post by annie90807 on Dec 26, 2008 8:12:23 GMT -8
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Post by Brian on Dec 27, 2008 0:20:01 GMT -8
We always appreciate Annie's links, and one of the above was serendipity -- I've been thinking of how to help two close relatives who've had falls lately.
I printed that balance training article. Thank you, Annie90807!
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Post by Jeanne Lavieri on Dec 28, 2008 20:20:01 GMT -8
I'll be there.
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Post by annie90807 on Dec 29, 2008 6:30:24 GMT -8
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Post by Roberta on Dec 29, 2008 12:41:12 GMT -8
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Post by Brian on Dec 30, 2008 0:16:05 GMT -8
Roberta, what a great letter -- and obviously, the News Press editor thought so too. You illuminated so much. Thanks for putting up the link or I would've missed it. Something George McGovern said at a birthday tribute on C-SPAN last year has haunted me: Maybe humans are just war-like at heart so his energy was misspent on the peace movement. He decided two decades ago to combat world hunger instead. The Israelis have proven that occupation and subjection cannot work, even after 60 years, as Nir Rosen's article details. Violence only begets violence. It will get worse unless we change fundamentally.
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Post by Brian on Jan 4, 2009 14:04:07 GMT -8
Roberta called my attention to the Richardson story in another thread this morning. A $1 million contract seems too small to invite pay for play. But assuming he's cleared eventually, Richardson remains governor -- and he'll be available to be appointed to another vacancy in the Obama Administration. Meanwhile, Obama will have two other Latinos on the Cabinet. If he's interested in balance, how about finding a qualified woman for Commerce to augment the three he's named? In the good news file, Al Franken has a 225-vote lead over former Senator Norm Coleman with the recount complete: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28485086/Of course, this is only the beginning if Coleman files legal challenges, as the story details. But I'll never forget his whining speech the morning after the election, calling on the comedian to eschew a legally mandated recount to immediately resolve the contest when he had a similar lead. Norm, take your own advice, go home and watch "Saturday Night Live" reruns.
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