Date: 2017-08-26 07:43 Subject: This journal Security: Public

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Date: 2008-05-06 21:46 Subject: Amazing. Security: Public Mood: impressed

Go read about this softball game. If this doesn't make you smile, nothing will.

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Date: 2008-04-29 07:33 Subject: OMG this is so funny! Security: Public

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Date: 2008-04-12 09:19 Subject: Two speeches on race Security: Public

An article in the New York Review of Books analyzing how Obama's speech paralleled Abraham Lincoln's Cooper Union speech, both after a uproar connected with racial issues. Very interesting article.

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Date: 2008-03-27 14:24 Subject: Okay, this made me LOL Security: Public Mood: amused

Animated Parody of Hillary Clinton's '3 am' commercial

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Date: 2008-03-22 10:32 Subject: Okay ... Security: Public Mood: appalled

Am I the only person who finds this creepy?

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Date: 2008-03-18 15:20 Subject: Simply amazing Security: Public

Transcript of Barack Obama's speech in Philadelphia

I don't agree with everything he says there, but I appreciate this speech very much.

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Date: 2008-03-13 23:13 Subject: /blink Security: Public

The 'first black president' has proved he is no such thing ...

In [the Clintons'] desperation to halt [Obama's] rise, they have sought to persuade voters that he is trading on his blackness, whereas in fact he has been doing his utmost to transcend it.

I don't watch TV, so I haven't seen any of this, but it sounds like the Clinton presidential race is self-destructing before our eyes.

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Date: 2008-03-07 15:24 Subject: Fun! Security: Public

Went to lunch with ebonytigress today!

*happydance*

nb. Quizno's sandwiches are a lot better than I remember them being ...

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Date: 2008-02-14 12:20 Subject: This is cool Security: Public

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Date: 2008-02-05 07:32 Subject: Wow. Security: Public

As a Republican, I can't vote for Obama today in Oklahoma's closed primaries, but I'm rooting for him. :)

Take a look at this short video, it's really inspiring and touching. And whoever you vote for, the important thing is to vote.

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Date: 2008-01-10 12:45 Subject: I think of this sometimes Security: Public Mood: anxious

The amount of empty space around him

Our country has degenerated SO far. Great article. Read it.

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Date: 2007-12-24 22:39 Subject: Merry Christmas Security: Public

Hope your day is a good one. :)

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Date: 2007-12-23 09:45 Subject: Just wow. Security: Public Mood: impressed

Pastor's Challenge Shocks Congregation

This is one of the coolest stories I've ever read.

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Date: 2007-12-20 16:02 Subject: The Lakota secede from the US Security: Public Mood: surprised

The Lakota Indians, who gave the world legendary warriors Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the United States, leaders said Wednesday.

"We are no longer citizens of the United States of America and all those who live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to join us"

This includes parts of the states of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.

Well, good for them!

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Date: 2007-12-19 12:45 Subject: Oooo good post Security: Public Mood: impressed

Revisiting Scrooge

The character of Scrooge today is typically someone unwilling to play along with our modern holiday games. He does not buy presents for others, or attend parties, and just generally acts like a grump through the whole thing. His unhappiness comes from his rejection of gift-giving festivities and any other function where he could contribute to the churning of our economic growth. This version of Scrooge, much like the similarly adapted character of the Grinch, is very useful for retailers and the commercial industry. Participate, or be consigned a Scrooge! You’ll be miserable! Old! Bent! Greedy! Sad! Clearly, no happiness can come from abstaining from our culture’s reindeer games. Spend your time, and your money, freely throughout our marketplace, and find the joy that can only come from giving expensive purchases to others (at least, before you get your credit card bill).

An honest look at this characterization of Scrooge reveals two things: first, that Scrooge’s unhappiness does not come from his rejection of buying stuff for others, but from somewhere deeper. Second, and relatedly, this is not the character as created by Dickens. Why is Dickens’ Scrooge miserable? Because he’s anti-consumerist? Probably not. There’s a trivial sense in which Scrooge is not an anti-consumerist, since there wasn’t really any notion of consumerism in Dickens’ time, but that’s missing the point. The concept of anti-consumerism does not successfully back-apply to Scrooge, no matter how we bend the concept. He’s not an anti-consumerist, he is a miser.

(read the whole thing)

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Date: 2007-12-19 09:45 Subject: I love this website Security: Public

Garden Girl

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Date: 2007-12-12 11:35 Subject: Weird top ten Security: Public Mood: lazy

Time's Top 10 Oddball News Stories of 2007. These are some bizarre stories, especially the first one.

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Date: 2007-12-11 20:13 Subject: Little girl takes bullets for her mother Security: Public Mood: crushed

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071207/NEWS01/712070399/0/SPORTS06
http://www.theunapologeticmexican.org/elgrito/2007/12/7_year_old_takes_6_slugs_for_mama.html

Alexis Goggins, a seven year old girl, jumped in front of a man who tried to kill her mother at a gas station, taking six gunshots to her face and upper body. She has lost an eye and is still in the hospital facing more operations. Her mother was shot twice and has been released from the hospital.

To send a card or contribution, contact the Alexis Goggins Hero Fund, c/o Comerica Bank, Campbell Elementary School, 2301 E. Alexandrine, Detroit MI 48207.

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Date: 2007-12-06 21:07 Subject: A family enslaved until 1961 Security: Public Mood: astonished

Yes, you read that right. Apparently in some out of the way areas of the South, slavery went on well into the 20th century, as illustrated by this article: Slavery Continued Until 1961 for the Wall Family.

These people were forced to work without pay, beaten, raped, half starved, and passed from one white family to another. The rest of the community knew about it: several times family members ran away, only to be forcibly returned by neighbors.

At the end of the article is a video of the grown children recounting a few of the things they experienced, as well as a lawyer who's trying to get restitution for people living today who suffered through the same thing.

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