Some thoughts on the choice of "occupy" as the word of the year in 2011... with a look at the thread running through the words of the year since 2000.
Used to be that banks were the too-big-to-fail problem. Now it's countries. Maybe the real problem has been that Western political leadership has been too small to succeed?
The Occupy Wall Street protestors have been evicted by the billionaire mayor of New York. What comes next?
Wishing all of my Newsvine friends all the best in 2011!
Peg O'Neill can make me wish I needed a pediatrician!
Matt Taibbi is to journalism what Bernie Sanders is to politics.
I have been a registered Democrat for 30 years. I have volunteered on campaigns. I have donated money to politicians. I have always pulled the lever, punched the card, filled in the circle for the (D).
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"As usual, Thomas Jefferson put it best.
It's hard to imagine that this is the kind of legacy the first black president of the United States would want to leave.
The Secretary of State contributes her words to the It Gets Better campaign.
The Dems are Coke; the GOP is Pepsi. Do you have the right to order a 7-Up?
Candidate Obama claimed that DADT was a threat to national security. President Obama appeals the ruling that found DADT unconstitutional. Candidate Obama described DOMA as an abhorrent law. President Obama appeals the ruling that found DOMA unconstitutional.
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If you don't like gay people getting married, or people swearing - you're gonna @!$%#ing hate this!
Catholic priest tells archbishop where to stick it. You know, in a nice priestly sort of way. He may not be a priest for much longer, but he's a moral hero.
Gay kids are killing themselves because they think they're all alone in a world that hates them. You can help. Text KIND to 85944 to donate 5 dollars to The Trevor Project. Learn more about at www.thetrevorproject.org
"So how did we get to the point where one of our two major political parties isn't even trying to make sense?
Why would the Governor of Mississippi - who is an all-but-announced Republican candidate for the White House in 2012 - try (and fail) to whitewash the battle for civil rights in Mississippi, and the political and moral failures of the Republicans in the South in that era?
I'm not referring to Sarah Palin. Not Glenn Beck, either. (And it's not just the media that got hijacked; the Administration and the Pentagon were kidnapped - but that's another story.)
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Another federal court ruling in favor of LGBT equal rights in this country. (And another example of the judiciary getting ahead of "fierce advocate" Obama and his administration on our issues.)
Another stellar performance brought to you by the GOP's "the Best & the Brightest of 2010" tour.
As I was looking through web sites today about extreme right wing beliefs, I found something that will really open your eyes. If you look closely at sites promoted by right wing extremists, and sites promoted by the KKK, there doesn't seem to be much difference between the two.
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"On the myriad of problems we have to face as a nation, solutions are hard to come by because the tea party-controlled Republican Party has put political gain ahead of helping the American people." - Mitchell Bard
Are the teabaggers guilty of treason, sedition or subversive activities? You be the judge. Section 2385, below, may sound particularly familiar to you.
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This brief history of the Know Nothing Party of the mid-19th century will sound VERY familiar to Americans of the early 21st century. The teabaggers are many things... but they are not very original.
"And then there is Liz Cheney, the most rancid of the political progeny..." Kalli Joy Gray gets it right in this article.
Steve, I've been called worse things than "Death" =^) .... As far as the vine being a " wild and wooly place"??? All I can tell you is......"enjoy the ride", my friend!!! Welcome...
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Thanks for the compliment Steve and requesting me as friend. I hope we'll have many great years together! :)
Great comments! Keep up the good work!
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