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DEAR ABBY, My husband has a long record of money problems. He runs up huge credit card bills. At the end of the month, if I try to pay them off, he shouts at me, saying I am stealing his money. He says pay the minimum,…
I found this facinating: ESSAY: OUT IN THE OPEN February 21 , 2005 Essayist Richard Rodriguez looks at a new book about Abraham Lincoln. ... One can just imagine the publ…
I have a feeling I've posted this before, but I'm not feeling particularly motivated today.A Succinct Summary of the 2004 Election: The Democrats' mistake was in thinking that a disastrous war, national bankruptcy, eros…
Quote of the day: "When the plaintiff 'delivered' his sperm, it was a gift -- an absolute and irrevocable transfer of title to property from a donor to a donee. There was no agreement that the original deposit would be …
Things learned over my weekend in Toledo: 1) While the trip from Kansas to Ohio can be easily accomplished in a night, one should not attempt this following a full day of work. It is also possible to dream while you are…
I realise this is ten days old, I need to work on being more timely. Sign the petition and spread the word! http://democrats.com/gannon To: George W. Bush, Alberto Gonzales, Congress, and the Media We demand the app…
We have had thirty years of grace since the original Energy Crisis in which to develop alternative sources of energy and energy supplies. We did not avail ourselves of that window of opportunity. Decisions have consequ…
While we rightly focus on the pending Kansas Anti-Marriage amendment, I thought you should all also be aware of important federal legislation now in Congress. The REAL ID act contains a section that would exempt the Dep…
Noam Chomsky: U.S. Might Face "Ultimate Nightmare" in Middle East Where Shiites Control Most of World's Oil Wednesday, February 9th, 2005http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/09/1458256 One of the country's…
The historian Will Durant noted that there were certain defining characteristics of fascism. They are -- Powerful and Continuing Nationalism Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights Identification of Enemies/Sca…
I may have just run through my entire march-hare syndrom in the last 36 hours. Actually, I take that back, I don't think I'll be calming down from this for a while. Ugg... it's days like today that make me glad I feel n…
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life. "Electric word life. It means forever, and that’s a mighty long time; but I’m here to tell you there’s something else: the afterworld. …
Good God, do you remember how horrible it was when Clinton debated the meaning of the word "is"? Get ready for the next level. Democrats have been rallying (I, myself, have signed one on-line petition) against a reporte…
Finally got my car back from the body shop yesterday, which was stressing me out quite a bit when I realized I had misplaced my debit card. A new one is coming in a week, but in the meantime the bodyshop wouldn't take ou…
In one of her first official acts, George W. Bush's new secretary of education, Margaret Spellings, has demanded that PBS pull an upcoming episode of the children's educational series, "Postcards from Buster", because in…
Wednesday was Groundhog Day and the State of the Union Address. As Air America Radio pointed out, "it is an ironic juxtaposition: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a creature of little intelligence fo…
I feel a ad guilty because I went to Wal-Mart last night, but for those of you who have more of an option, I encourage you to take a look at this. Dear Democrats.com Member, Wal-Mart has come under fire in recent year…
OP-ED COLUMNIST Little Black Lies By PAUL KRUGMAN Social Security privatization really is like tax cuts, or the Iraq war: the administration keeps on coming up with new rationales, but the plan remains the same. Pr…
I think you just read all the news that is gonna get. Imagine what might happen if extremist Islamic terrorists could be acknowledged as human beings, engaged in debate, and made to see the error of their ways so that t…
VICTORY!!! (in New York, anyway) First, a New York State court ruled today that same-sex couples must be allowed to marry! "In a 62-page decision issued this morning in New York City, State Supreme Court Justice Doris …
Non-political entry, don't get bored... I was lying around last night reading when it suddenly dawned on me, I am an important person. I never like to have an ego about such things, but I am Sgt. Selmek, cheif aid to Ma…
I should really have published this one weeks and weeks ago. I have an enormous backlogg of e-mails, which I suppose goes to explain why almost nothing I put up here is timely. Still, it shows the decay of liberty pretty…
Don't know if they voted yet, just wanted to get this information out... As White House Counsel, Alberto Gonzales helped open the door to abuses at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere. He approved a definition of torture so narrow…
To: Chairman John Edmonds and committee members From: Rachael K. Pirner Attorney at Law Wichita, Kansas Re: Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1601 I know a woman. She is 32 years old. On Tuesday, January 18, 2005 she w…