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Hillary's Options

ALL RIGHT.  SORRY for the Offense.  No more horsie tales of any sort.

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The New Swiftee Boat Tactic

We all know it will happen: some innocuous "patriotic" GOP facist group from Texas or somewhere else will generate a "September surprise" against Barack Obama.  What will it look like this time around?

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GOP Convention Contractor Linked to Myanmar Lobby

The contractor firm selected to run the GOP late this summer has lobby ties to the repressive military regime in Myanmar.

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Monumental Challenges Ahead for Barack

It is January 2009 and Barack Obama has just been sworn in as President.  It is a new day in the United States, the country collectively awaits a new chapter to begin. . .

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Israels Sixtieth Birthday Celebration

Whither now, Israel?  We are now observing Israel's 60th birthday. Where does Israel stand in the arena of global relations?  What are her legacies from 1948 to the present?  What are the dynamics of...

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Tell Me A Story, Daddy: Cliff Notes for 2008

The recent exchange between Chris Matthews and the right-wing nut DJ from Los Angeles crystallizes America's general public problem: they are intellectually lazy, fearful, and unwilling to adjust to...

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John McCain's Reference to Obama's Lack of Service This Week. . .

raises an issue we knew was waiting to be raised sooner or later.  In defending his not supporting Jim Webb's new GI Bill, McCain basically announced to the public, in a fury, [paraphrasing here], that...

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Memorial Day: A Veterans Perspective From Seattle

As time passes we are seeing the passage of the WW II and Korean generation of military veterans, yet patriotism remains alive and well in all corners of America, not just military households.  This...

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When Friendship and Politics Collide

I have personally experienced the result of the polarization of national political bickering with friendships I have held for many decades.  And it's truly unfortunate.

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John Bolton Is Out of His Cage Once Again

I wish NASA would put John Bolton on the next MARS rocket ship project.  He could report on the plausibility of launching a pre-emptive strike against whatever life exists on the red planet.

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On Patriotism, Military Service, and Executive Leadership

Whether Barack Obama chooses (for political reasons) to acknowledge this simple fact or not, General Wesley Clark's comments about John McCain's abilities in flying a jet and serving honorably as a POW...

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The Realities of the Saddleback Encounter

What was the outcome of the Saddleback "experiment" last night?  Was John McCain the "strong, decisive leader" America needs?  Was Barack Obama the "wandering, philosophical, 'not-so-sure' pretend...

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He Makes My Skin Crawl. Really, He Does.

Ralph Reed was back at it tonight, on LARRY KING.  Why do I think "Child Molester" every time I see that sorry SOB anywhere?

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My Hero Is Barney Smith

The Great Parade of Everyday Americans in Mile High Stadium was a WONDERFUL Piece of History Tonight

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A VERY Reckless Decision

Senator McCain is on the edge of putting America at risk by selecting a total unknown, untried politician as his running mate.  What in God's name was the man thinking???

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The TOP GUN Mentality

We see in John McCain's decision making and personality traits too reminiscent of those seen in the movie TOP GUN.

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MISSING: Two Rogue Elephants

A Plea to Return Two Rogue Elephants to Their Rightful Place

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Remembering September 7, 1968: A Memorial

Remembering a sister who died too young.

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The American Myth: by Joe Klein

Brilliant article by Joe Klein in this weeks TIME magazine entitled The American Myth.  I beg everyone read it.

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Sarah's Diplomatic Initiative: Unedited Version

Never Heard Before: the ACTUAL exchange between Karzai of Afghanistan and Sarah Palin.

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The Martyrdom of McSame

The behavior of John McCain in front of the DES MOINES REGISTER editorial board today bordered on ridiculous.  No, wait.  It absolutely, positively WAS ridiculous.

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SWIFTEE BOAT VETERANS, PART DEUX

The last time around we had a 527 group spewing unsupported lies and filth about John Kerry's military record.  What will the GOP bring before the country this time?

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Standing at the Cross-Roads

I spent a chilly, gray afternoon standing on a busy intersection in Renton, Washington (20 miles southeast of Seattle) decked out with my Obama-Biden ballcap, T-shirt, and campaign sign in hand.  This...

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Biden At Cheney Stadium, Tacoma, WA Today

Joe Biden joined Governor Chris Gregoire, U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, Congressman Jim McDermott, and Congressional Candidate Darcy Burner at a gathering in Tacoma Sunday afternoon.

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[MORE] Notes from A Campaign Sidewalk

This submission is dedicated to the memory of Studs Terkel, an American legend who died yesterday.

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Welcome Aboard Caroline?  I Think NOT

Anyone counted heads in Congress recently?  How many offspring and offspring of offspring of former Congress-persons can you find?  What's with this revolving door of entitlement in Congress?

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Middle East Morass

This week Israel has responded with a heavy-hand to the repeated provocation of the radical Hamas element in Gaza.  Unfortunately, Arabs in the region do not see the Star of David on the bombs and...

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The Bush Legacy

Is Bush the Worst One Yet?  YOU decide.

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MLK March in Seattle Today Jan 19, 2009

Report from a participating walker in the MLK King March in Seattle earlier today, Jan 19, 2009

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The Healthcare Reform Saga Continues . . .

Regarding the current health care reform debate: is America REALLY that stupid?  Sadly, the answer seems to be America is really that stupid.

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Joe Wilson's Shining Moment on Prime Time

Congressman Joe Wilson's [R-SC) website is "down for maintenance and currently not available." Hmmmmmm.  Wonder what that's all about.

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On Scene Report from Beck Visit to Mount Vernon, WA

I was on the scene at Skagit Valley Community College's McIntyre Hall tonight in Mount Vernon, WA, a lovely little city approximately 50 miles of north Seattle.  The excitement was high, as was the...

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On Historical Illiteracy and President Obama

Historian David McCullough recently observed that Americans are, for the most part, "historically illiterate." I agree.  It leaves most Americans, many of them Conservatives and/or Republicans judging...

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Green Acres Revisited, or, The Invasion of the Teabaggers

You've seen swarms of them on television on the malls of Washington DC spun up into orgasmic irrational states of hostility and pent up rage, some of them carrying loaded weapons to Presidential...

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Veterans Day 2009

Some thoughts on Veterans Day 2009 from a former LT, United States Navy

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Karl Rove, The Gerbil, Speaks

Karl Rove was on the TODAY SHOW with Matt Lauer this morning.  Someone please explain  why anyone should listen to anything this asshole says.

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2010: A GOP Rebound

What will the Refugs do to righten their sinking ship in the 2010 midterms?  The world wonders.

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A Palin Poll on Her Speech Last Night

Palin Poll

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LIVING History: The Oddest of Coincidences

Earlier this week I was asked to write a follow up article in DAILY KOS about the Nisei Veterans Committee (NVC) here in Seattle, WA.  I have previously offered some observations following my...

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Southern Intransigence: Inconvenient Truths About The Confederacy

In the early 1980s I was an Ensign onboard a Navy destroyer.  One evening liberty call went down and a young black enlisted man requested permission to go ashore while I was standing watch as the...

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Thomas Wolfe on The Myth of the Confederacy

Yesterday I posted some comments about the Governor of Virginia and his pathetic attempts at replicating Ronald Reagan's kow-kowing to the conservative white trash largely in the South (yes, there are...

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WALK FOR RICE, Seattle, WA: Open Invitation

Asian Counseling and Referral Service will hold its 20th Annual Walk for Rice for its Food Bank located in the International District Seattle, WA at Seward Park in Seattle on June 19, 2010 beginning at...

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4th of July Reflections on Liberty and Freedom

Not long ago acclaimed historian David McCullough noted, "For at least 25 years we've been raising young Americans who are, by and large,historically illiterate.  The founding of our nation, the Civil,...

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The Four Horses (Ass) of the Apocolypse

Bear with me here, people.  I'm riddled with caffeine this morning and I am in a Jack Kerouac "stream of consciousness" frame of mind.  If this is total gibberish, kindly move onto the next diary.

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Obama Stops at TOP POT DONUTS Seattle

Crowds gathered in Belltown in downtown Seattle 10 minutes ago as Barack Obama entered TOP POT Donuts and bought a few dozen donuts . . .

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Rally To Restore Sanity: Seattle

Open invitation to all who want their sanity restored or fear escalated: the Pacific NW version of the COLBERT/STEWART extravaganza happens Saturday, Oct 30.

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Photo-Report from Sanity Rally in Seattle

Twas a rainy, chilly (typical) fall day at Westlake Center in downtown Seattle where the announced attendance was 10 million, but I estimated it downward just a tad to 4 or 5,000.  A photo report of...

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A John Lennon Story

Each time I tell the story below I am typically met with more with skepticism than with acceptance that what I write about actually took place.  During the weekend before John Lennon's assassination on...

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Revisiting (Yet Again) Old Abe Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln is generally ranked as one of the greatest Presidents in American history, among Washington, Jefferson (??), Theodore Roosevelt, and some would include FDR and Reagan in this small camp...

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On Old Mill Road: A Tribute

Jennifer D. Haynes, my sister, was born on December 25, 1953.  She died at the age of 14 on September 7, 1968, a victim of Cystic Fibrosis.  I was almost 13 years old at the time of her death.  Her...

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