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Comic relief: Repug sign thief suspect cries rape

The San Diego Union Tribune reports that a San Diego area Kerry supporter wanted to show his enthusiasm for the ticket by putting a nylon sign on his garage. He had had political signs stolen before...

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Blue Zones in Red States:

We have been reaching for a way to we can make our voices heard and it has been suggested that we boycott Red States economically. I disfavor that approach and instead suggest that we target not states...

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End the war and Save Mary Ann in New Orleans!

UPDATE: Mary Ann is alive and so are her cats and dogs. I spoke with my friend who lives on Clouet Street in the Bywater are of New Orleans on Saturday. She has six cats and two dogs (which she tries...

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New Orleans: A reminiscence and rant (now with poll!)

"So don't say good night...tomorrow was made for some, tomorrow may never come for all we know". Abbie Lincoln sang those words so beautifully at one of the first Katrina relief concerts last year. It...

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Air America: Listen or Die

There has been a lot of consternation, most of it pretty rude, about the shuffling going on over at Air America. Here's my take: Someone over at Air America has finally realized that their greatest...

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One French Joke Too Many

A politically powerful person, who has some authority over me has been peppering me with those corny viral e-mails deriding the French for their lack of military skills, their effete ways, and their...

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The Champagne and Brie Evacuation: No Katrina

I lived in New Orleans for several years and know it well. It is part of me, and I left a few pieces of myself there. It’s a ghostly city and when I die, if I have a moveable spirit, I will get on the...

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I Smell a Rat in Iowa

My poor old Mother and I have been in Iowa, campaigning for our Democratic candidate. Our candidate is running a really positive campaign and we find him or her to be an inspiration (we are not taking...

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Obama: Preaching to the Choir.

I’ll be brief here. No one saw the "historic" speech that Barack Obama  gave today that has this site swooning, and collapsing on the fainting couch. I went to work today. I came home. I watched the...

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John Edwards: Think like a Republican.

I apologize in advance and I know this won’t make me popular, but  I have never thought John Edwards was much of an asset to the Democratic Party and his most recent action of appearing on ABC News to...

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Bensdad awaits Gustav in the Quarter

Let's get this right out of the way -- I've gone completely cuckoo la la. All of my friends agree that this is the craziest thing I have ever done in my life, in a lifetime of hairising pursuits. You...

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Jindal: "Monitoring hazards? That's silly!"

I am probably one of the few Americans who laughed out loud at a certain line in Bobbie Jindal's awful-moments-not-with-Mr. Lincon speech tonight. If Bobbie Jindal weren't the Governor of a state that...

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My Mom's Dead. Here's My Explanation for the MA Debacle

I am sitting here in California, dulling my pain with one of our wonderful Zinfandels. My mom is dead and never had anything to do with politics. And although I'm not in Massachussetts (sp? ha ha), I...

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Congratulations, Canada

This is not a diary. It's a short love note to a country I only visited for the first time three years ago. But 33 years ago, I found myself in an education abroad program at a small university in...

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No Golden Shovels for the Rich to Dig a Deeper Deficit!

I don’t want to hand the rich a golden shovel in the form of a tax cut, so they can dig a deficit so deep we can see Ireland.  Why haven’t we been able to get it across that this is a bad idea?It has...

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They won't raise the debt ceiling

And so the President has to go on television tonight and plead with the American people. Why? Because according to Howard Fineman on MSNBC tonight all that pressure that was expected from Wall Street...

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Planned Parenthood: Why the Republicans Really Want to Axe it

I'll give you a hint: it has nothing whatsoever to do with abortion. Nothing, despite all the sound and fury on this subject. NOTHING.  Indulge me for a moment. I've read many fine diaries about...

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Preview of Inaugural Address

[I wrote it for him. Everyone else backed out.]Hey! Look out there….Just look out there. And they said there would be no one here! Of course, it’s the same people that told you there were WMD’s in...

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