Author: michael o. allen
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Republicans in Minnesota, a revisit
My friend, Chiara, sent me this note on Thursday, the final day of the Republican National Convention. I managed to miss the note and I’m offering it now for your consideration. Last night, my sister-in-law, Joyce, a nurse, mother of three, and grandmother of many, wrote to a number of us in the family to…
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An apology
I concluded a post two days ago with a word that I meant to be derogatory: Next to Sen. Barack Obama, Sarah Palin and Rudy Giuliani, with their Republican National Convention comments, showed themselves to be pygmies indeed. Although the term “pygmies” is commonly used to refer to a member of any human group whose…
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Did Sarah Palin really say that?!?
Gawd, I hope this isn’t true. There’s a rumor circulating around the internet today that Governor Palin used racist and sexist slurs to refer to Senators Obama and Clinton: So Sambo beat the bitch. The rumor is thinly sourced to a woman named “Lucille,” who allegedly overheard the governor make the statement at a diner…
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Community organizing
Susan B. Anthony helped guarantee women’s suffrage in the United States. Sen. Barack Obama defending himself against Republicans Martin Luther King Jr.’s moral vision led the way in the struggle for civil rights and economic justice Then this from Daily Kos: Catholic worker Dorothy Day was fiercely saintly in work for peace and to alleviate…
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Community organizers
The nation’s backbone At last week’s Republican convention, I was not surprised to see the Republicans mock community organizing. After all, why would they need organizers in their neighborhoods? They’re all doing well; this economy has obviously worked well for them! Obama said that McCain “doesn’t get it” and that’s true. But in regard to…
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Private family matters
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Fiscal Conservatives vs. Tax & Spend Liberals
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Following a script
Method to the FOX madness . . . but will it work? Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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Twin Peaks
Along with the prego teen daughter, trying to fire everyone who ever crossed her, views that are out of the mainstream with most Americans, among other things, it turns out Sarah Palin’s bulging and very colorful closet may spill yet more secrets. Andrew Sullivan says: Todd Palin’s former business partner files an emergency motion to…
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Change agents!
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