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among the gusty trees. . .
by maye on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:51:59 PM PDT
as the wind howled from the north, and lo, the twigs scattered...
"You are very wise, Van Helsing, for one who has yet to live a single lifetime." - Count Dracula
by collardgreens on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:55:15 PM PDT
[ Parent ]
tossed upon cloudy seas. . .
by maye on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:56:08 PM PDT
John McCain's Court will overturn Roe; don't kid yourself.
by Seneca Doane on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:58:40 PM PDT
over the purple moor.
by maye on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:01:29 PM PDT
and my heart stilled;
by collardgreens on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:02:58 PM PDT
came riding, riding, riding up to the old inn door.
by maye on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:04:39 PM PDT
the highwayman extolled a vision of seeing someone with heart stilled
(-8.12,-6.82)McCain says overturn Roe v. Wade
by UnaSpenser on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:09:02 PM PDT
and a bunch of lace at his chin. . .
by maye on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:14:13 PM PDT
the landlord's black-eyed daughter
That poem was in the Childcraft books. I didn't begin to understand it until much later, but it always stayed with me.
If you think you're too small to be effective, you've never been in the dark with a mosquito.
by marykk on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:26:08 PM PDT
doe skin.
by leema on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:26:18 PM PDT
spilled upon the pavement...
by collardgreens on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:42:34 PM PDT
til the innkeeper let him in;
by collardgreens on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:55:43 PM PDT
So many lovely poets!
by collardgreens on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:02:16 PM PDT
If you can't dodge the sink, stay out of the kitchen!
by T B J on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:08:29 PM PDT
by collardgreens on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:44:35 PM PDT
by collardgreens on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:01:43 PM PDT
the aspens will already be turning. They turn in clusters, because their roots connect them.
The White House will be The People's House--B.Obama
by Phil S 33 on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:03:40 PM PDT
by BlueMama on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:12:17 PM PDT
John McCain is anti-choice
by stevej on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:21:35 PM PDT
link to Kos diary from Rep Chandler
by Cronk on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:52:02 PM PDT
printed as an LTE in the Chicago Trib today.
That smell coming off of McCain? It's not Aqua Velva, my friends. It's desperation.
by jazzmaniac on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:52:15 PM PDT
by KibbutzAmiad on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:56:12 PM PDT
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." Sen Daniel Patrick Moynihan
by atlliberal on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:56:21 PM PDT
Float like a manhole cover, sting like a sash weight. John McCain = Old Boat Anchor
by JeffW on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:29:47 PM PDT
Just 2 more days!!!
Obama: "Because We Won... We Have to Win." 6/6/08
by Drdemocrat on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:52:33 PM PDT
Obama just may win both!
by Black Magic Woman on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:56:42 PM PDT
silly.
Federal alcohol regulators thought differently. They have ordered Dillmann to stop selling beer bottles with caps that read "Try Legal Weed."
"Don't falme me pleas."
by socratic on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:52:38 PM PDT
by collardgreens on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:56:14 PM PDT
Doesn't this look like the best weekend polls for Obama before than an election day for a long time?
He was sinking in PA the weekend before - at least in the national polls - and the same the weekend before TX and OH. But he's up in three national polls this weekend.
I think the pandering on the gas tax is hurting Clinton and reminding people of why they like Obama - and also the Wright issue is fading.
by maineiac on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:52:42 PM PDT
zogby poll, are there others out on IN & NC?
by KibbutzAmiad on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:56:48 PM PDT
No, that I know of. But for those other weekends, Obama was struggling in the national polls, so at least we see the opposite trend this weekend.
I wonder if Clinton will run a last minute attack ad.
by maineiac on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:07:35 PM PDT
if the pope will still be catholic.
by T B J on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:12:52 PM PDT
at this point that she hasn't already said? At some point, the campaign will run out of accusations and invective and lies, surely?
by KibbutzAmiad on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:18:20 PM PDT
It's 3:30 AM and in the WH someone is having trouble getting back to sleep....
by maineiac on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:27:00 PM PDT
http://robertreich.blogspot.com/...
This whole "elite" thing is getting ridiculous...
"The real war will never get in the books." - Walt Whitman
by otheruser on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:52:45 PM PDT
Look at how much damage Bu$hCo was able to do by sowing distrust of, and disdain for, facts, rationality, and intellectualism in general.
Now Hillary is doing the same, which I think is as disgusting as it is counterproductive. With the immensity of the challenges we face, we need to be doing exactly the opposite: encouraging the public to respect and understand facts and rationality, and to consider with an open mind, the opinions and findings of people with professional expertise.
We can no longer afford a dumbed-down public, yet Hillary depends for her political survival...on dumbing down as many as she can.
Enough.
"...no man can be sure that he may not be to-morrow the victim of a spirit of injustice, by which he may be a gainer to-day." Hamilton, Federalist 78
by beabea on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:03:05 PM PDT
you must be elitist!
If you can walk and chew gum at the time... you are elitist!
If you can tell a pander bear from a teddy bear.. you must be an elitist!
There is just as much horse sense as ever, but the horses have most of it. ~Author Unknown
by VA Breeze on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:03:08 PM PDT
Geez. What next?
by KibbutzAmiad on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:05:42 PM PDT
erases all your thought lines....
by UnaSpenser on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:10:49 PM PDT
lattes and pino gris, you must be elitist!
by collardgreens on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:46:18 PM PDT
but since there are no diaries on the rec. list calling for a boycott of NBC or demanding Russert's firing I guess he did ok.
by citizenx on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:52:57 PM PDT
http://www.moonshinepatriot.blogspot...
by maye on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:54:00 PM PDT
by citizenx on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:56:20 PM PDT
Hopefully, the rest of the media will notice.
Age and wisdom don't necessarily go together. Some people just become stupid with more authority.
by Purple Priestess on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:54:02 PM PDT
"Proud to proclaim: I am a Bleeding Heart Liberal"
by sara seattle on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:54:47 PM PDT
tho I love to hear Obama speak; lately it's just all so negative. He's so strong, we should be strong enough to bear it with him.
by collardgreens on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:57:34 PM PDT
Very presidential!
by Drdemocrat on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:58:22 PM PDT
I was proud.
by Black Magic Woman on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:01:24 PM PDT
I'm recommending any comment with an Obama/Webb sig line.
Obama/Kennedy '08
by Yirmiyahu on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:22:19 PM PDT
by collardgreens on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:47:15 PM PDT
by Yirmiyahu on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:57:43 PM PDT
Russert didn't.
"Le ciel est bleu, l'enfer est rouge."
by Buzzer on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:03:21 PM PDT
It was Wright redux over and over and over again. I just wish that after 20 minutes of Wright questions, Obama had looked at his wrist watch and said, "Tim, it's only taken you 20 minutes to get to a substantive issue in the campaign. You're slipping!"
by Ohiobama on Sun May 04, 2008 at 08:49:46 PM PDT
by penguinsong on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:53:44 PM PDT
by otheruser on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:54:45 PM PDT
The demon seals that actually run dkos just don't like penguins.
by socratic on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:57:10 PM PDT
Because you were out of tune?
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. S. Holmes
by Carnacki on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:56:11 PM PDT
Did you use bad words? Did you say something really nasty about Kos? Did you get TRd or HRd to kingdom come?
have been there -- done that
Be good for a while - and you'll be redeemed =)
by sara seattle on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:56:16 PM PDT
I have been fairly tame lately. I thought.
by penguinsong on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:58:17 PM PDT
I'm here less of late and I drift in and out of trusted user status.
by Carnacki on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:10:28 PM PDT
You gotta be around to get mojo!
by JeffW on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:34:28 PM PDT
all the time, and I'm pretty sure I once called Markos the grand poobah of the Great Orange Satan (in jest, of course, but everyone knows liberals are humorless).
I swear. The algorithm that dictates TU status is a bigger secret than the recipe for Coca Cola.
by socratic on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:58:29 PM PDT
n/t
by sara seattle on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:02:16 PM PDT
are good for the soul.
by socratic on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:07:06 PM PDT
was written about in the Third Testament...
by collardgreens on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:50:05 PM PDT
I get so interested in reading that I don't post, but that's okay. Cub's are playing baseball, it looks like we will have a nice sunset over the ocean and I'm feeling good about how the campaign is working out. Once Guam was in the bag it was over. I did like to read the trolls now and again. Funny stuff.
I hope you are all as happy as a Sunday in May.
Everybody eats, nobody hits.
by upperleftedge on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:05:03 PM PDT
I have a new computer that takes in the TV cable. Seeing as how I have a cable modem, it is easy to split the lines.
It is nice to read Kos and watch television. It would be better if the Cubs were winning.
Wer kämpft, kann verlieren. Wer nicht kämpft, hat schon verloren. Bertolt Brecht
by MoDem on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:10:07 PM PDT
and CSPAN while blogging. Two on, no outs, top of the 7th. Back to Obama in time for the start of his speech. Go Cubs, Go Obama, Go Kos.
by upperleftedge on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:16:36 PM PDT
Obama's a Sox fan.
by T B J on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:43:55 PM PDT
Several times I use his support for the Sox for showing he is not perfect.
by MoDem on Sun May 04, 2008 at 08:53:36 PM PDT
Obama is a Sox fan? Well, that changes everything. It is going to be hard to vote for him now.
by upperleftedge on Sun May 04, 2008 at 09:08:39 PM PDT
I blog I read I frolic in the sunshine---it's all good.
by collardgreens on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:51:11 PM PDT
by T B J on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:17:04 PM PDT
by upperleftedge on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:18:50 PM PDT
take two out of three!
by jonger27 on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:38:39 PM PDT
you are squeaky clean - no TRs
Thats your problem -- not enough bad words =)
I checked up on you -- too few recommends - have tried to help you out above with a rec.
by sara seattle on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:00:51 PM PDT
I've figured out that TU status come from one's user ID touching or being touched by other user IDs: when you rec. a comment or diary or your comment or diary is recommended other users. These contacts add up giving you TU status. I'm thinking it occurs around 100 contacts in a 24 hour period. It is only math.
"How can I tell you everything that is in my heart. Impossible to begin. Enough. No. Begin." Maira Kalman from The Principles of Uncertainty
by orphanpower on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:01:07 PM PDT
ID touching or being touched by other user IDs
is that like sex - or what?
is that how we keep getting new Kossacks??
and - was it good for you??
by sara seattle on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:04:02 PM PDT
to use a condom.
"It's no wonder more people call themselves Democrats; it's easy to identify with a party that identifies with you." --srmjjg
by Dragon5616 on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:08:53 PM PDT
Used to work in a big library in computers. A book's record would "touch" a series of patron's records (as it was checked out each time)....and when that happened enough times, it would flag something in the system to let us know that we needed to consider buying another copy.
I would always hear that phrase "touch the record".
by orphanpower on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:14:37 PM PDT
she would not approve all that touching =)
by sara seattle on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:17:01 PM PDT
I am wonder what happened?
by penguinsong on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:46:44 PM PDT
by collardgreens on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:47:55 PM PDT
just finished a live blog http://www.dailykos.com/...
by Dewey78 on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:54:27 PM PDT
by Dragon5616 on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:09:19 PM PDT
Please find out how to write to the Commission to ask them to call for hearings on investigating hate speech in cable news.
Thank you
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Try as you might, you cannot spell HOPE with the letters GOP.
by David Kroning on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:54:36 PM PDT
Come on super delegates, let's take on McCain!
by Ramar on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:54:48 PM PDT
how badly I want to take aim (so to speak) at McCain. This feels, truly, like our last best chance to achieve change through the electoral system.
by KibbutzAmiad on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:00:00 PM PDT
it is time -- McCain has been so lulled to sleep -- (nap?) - that by the time he finally figures out that Obama is the nominee --
Obama will have smoked him.....
by sara seattle on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:05:49 PM PDT
That's what has the DLC crowd so worried.
by Buzzer on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:08:57 PM PDT
They recognize with President Obama they have will NO more influence in the Democratic Party.
by MoDem on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:11:16 PM PDT
The DLC much, much prefers Republicans in power to progressive Democrats.
And that is really what this primary is all about.
by Buzzer on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:14:32 PM PDT
they will run one of their own in 2012 to "take back" the party -- not Hillary because she will be damaged goods. I think she is falling on her sword on behalf of their next candidate.
My guess is Ted Strickland. Everything that happened in Ohio suggests it.
by Ohiobama on Sun May 04, 2008 at 08:36:15 PM PDT
Hillary appears to want to continue despite having no chance.
by Trial Lawyer Richard on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:06:46 PM PDT
I think that it's time to bring her supporters into the NEW Democratic Party.
by Ramar on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:14:58 PM PDT
poor old guy, my heart almost goes out to him, were it not for all the soldiers he'd send to war...
by collardgreens on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:53:00 PM PDT
an economy expert and can thus explain the concept of inflation to me, in very simple terms?
My GPA appreciates it.
by jackbauer8393 on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:54:56 PM PDT
Inflation is the rise in the price of goods. It occurs when the supply of money rises too rapidly. At least this is what my finance text says.
by Black Magic Woman on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:59:57 PM PDT
that I have a serious problem with the way they measure inflation in the U.S. The consumer price index is a flawed measurement. This is a decent explanation.
"I drank what?" -Socrates
by NMDad on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:15:02 PM PDT
has a pretty good summary:
http://en.wikipedia.org/...
If you're just looking for the "concept" of inflation, it's the tendency for prices to rise over time.
If you're looking for the causes of inflation, there isn't any one cause (other than the use of money as a proxy for trade in the first place). Any time you start getting economists talking about "schools of thought", you know you're in for a ride.
by socratic on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:06:24 PM PDT
I made some of the people at MyDD mad with my diary there on the front page. You can read it at West Virginia Blue. I thought the controversial part was referring to Falling Waters, WV as our own version of H.P. Lovecraft's Dunwich, but a few of the MyDD commenters had other ideas.
by Carnacki on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:55:11 PM PDT
puzzled at the "pro-life" tag wingnuts claim....
http://www.freerepublic.com/...
In this story, a girl who gave birth at home and walked to the hospital is trashed with racist comments, along with disparaging remarks about her child.
by KibbutzAmiad on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:55:41 PM PDT
They've pulled the article.
by Purple Priestess on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:56:44 PM PDT
the hate spewing that was going on there in this thread.
Yes, they are morans. They are Limbaugh listeners. But they are living among us. They are voting against their own interests out of hate. And they are troubling to me because they remind me of the fascists of the 20s.
by KibbutzAmiad on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:01:30 PM PDT
How did you know their names? They were all from one family? <g>
by seanflynn on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:12:39 PM PDT
by KibbutzAmiad on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:19:41 PM PDT
and they make it really hard not to be an elitist.
by stevej on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:15:55 PM PDT
they make Shamrock the Keeshond, whom I love but who - well, she's the pretty one - look like an elitist.
by KibbutzAmiad on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:20:22 PM PDT
by Purple Priestess on Sun May 04, 2008 at 08:34:29 PM PDT
I don't waste time at freerepuglic. The people there are for the most part morans.
What's the difference between Vietnam and Iraq? Bush knew how to get out of Vietnam.
by happy camper on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:59:28 PM PDT
Obviously that side has a tendency to support wars and the death penalty. They also favor low worker protections, no social safety net and other economic liberties that cause or allow increased numbers "baby" deaths before birth.
The sole thing they agree on under "right to life" is the banning of abortions.
We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for victims of our nation and for those it calls enemy.... --ML King "Beyond Vietnam"
by Gooserock on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:20:17 PM PDT
was all about illegal aliens (which was pure speculation on their part, as the girl who gave birth was Hispanic) and anchor babies.
The hate was chilling. I fear for the safety of the objects of this sort of hate. They ranted at these people - including a newborn baby - and talked about how they are carrying on the "family business" (welfare).
by KibbutzAmiad on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:22:01 PM PDT
The story ended with the girl and baby all well and healthy, and the extended family surrounding her, all saying that they would help raise the child. It was really quite lovely. Real family values!
by bigmama on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:41:09 PM PDT
Don't you understand? You can't win an election by getting 11% over your closest opponent.
Jesus, sometimes I think MyDD is the only place with common sense.
by sharris0512 on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:55:58 PM PDT
by Cronk on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:56:37 PM PDT
Just close your eyes and imagine the next eight years with this guy in office... :)
by Black Magic Woman on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:20:40 PM PDT
Does this speech seem to be the same one as he delivered at the JJ dinner in NC? I didn't see it, but heard many good things about it. Unfortunately, I haven't watched a speech of his in weeks. I'm THAT sick of primary season.
by Yirmiyahu on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:30:41 PM PDT
Please check out Jim Neal, this amazing grassroots progressive candidate...
Here's what the North Carolina Triangle Independent says about Jim Neal...
Jim Neal for US Senate On the issues, there's a clear progressive choice in the Democratic primary: Chapel Hill businessman Jim Neal is our pick to take on Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole come November. And let's put it right out there: Neal is openly gay, which should no more influence whether he gets your vote than the fact that he's also openly white. What should influence it is his platform: Neal opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq and supports getting our troops out now; he supports universal health care; is against capital punishment; wants to scrap No Child Left Behind, Bush's counterproductive education program; proposes making the federal tax system more progressive; and advocates an Apollo-style program to wean the country from imported oil and develop alternative-energy sources, including conservation. On gay rights, Neal supports full equality, including marriage, as a matter of law. But he also recognizes that the First Amendment guarantees religious freedom when it comes to whether same-sex unions should be sanctioned by various faiths. Given his background as a Wall Street investment banker and venture capitalist, Neal is at his best when dissecting the causes of the nation's widening gap between rich and poor and the erosion of middle-class jobs. He calls it "unconscionable" that corporate CEOs make 400 times as much money as the average worker. His prescription for fixing what ails us includes sweeping investments in education and our economic infrastructure, not war, and for junking free-trade policies in favor of fair-trade ones. He thinks the federal government should prepare to buy mortgages and refinance them to prevent foreclosures. Neal is hardly a perfect candidate. He's never run for office, can be long-winded and abstract about policy, and while he grew up in North Carolina, he's lived elsewhere most of his adult life. He acknowledges that his business life has had its ups and, recently, some downs. He's not rich, and has had trouble raising money despite having been a top fundraiser for the '04 Democratic ticket of Kerry-Edwards. That said, Neal didn't get into this race until every potential "establishment" candidate from Gov. Mike Easley on down had walked away from it. That includes state Sen. Kay Hagan, D-Guilford, who announced that she wouldn't run, but changed her mind a few weeks later—after Neal declared. Party leaders in Washington and Raleigh quickly endorsed her; the inescapable conclusion was that they feared having a gay candidate on the ticket.
Jim Neal for US Senate
On the issues, there's a clear progressive choice in the Democratic primary: Chapel Hill businessman Jim Neal is our pick to take on Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole come November. And let's put it right out there: Neal is openly gay, which should no more influence whether he gets your vote than the fact that he's also openly white. What should influence it is his platform: Neal opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq and supports getting our troops out now; he supports universal health care; is against capital punishment; wants to scrap No Child Left Behind, Bush's counterproductive education program; proposes making the federal tax system more progressive; and advocates an Apollo-style program to wean the country from imported oil and develop alternative-energy sources, including conservation.
On gay rights, Neal supports full equality, including marriage, as a matter of law. But he also recognizes that the First Amendment guarantees religious freedom when it comes to whether same-sex unions should be sanctioned by various faiths.
Given his background as a Wall Street investment banker and venture capitalist, Neal is at his best when dissecting the causes of the nation's widening gap between rich and poor and the erosion of middle-class jobs. He calls it "unconscionable" that corporate CEOs make 400 times as much money as the average worker. His prescription for fixing what ails us includes sweeping investments in education and our economic infrastructure, not war, and for junking free-trade policies in favor of fair-trade ones. He thinks the federal government should prepare to buy mortgages and refinance them to prevent foreclosures.
Neal is hardly a perfect candidate. He's never run for office, can be long-winded and abstract about policy, and while he grew up in North Carolina, he's lived elsewhere most of his adult life. He acknowledges that his business life has had its ups and, recently, some downs. He's not rich, and has had trouble raising money despite having been a top fundraiser for the '04 Democratic ticket of Kerry-Edwards.
That said, Neal didn't get into this race until every potential "establishment" candidate from Gov. Mike Easley on down had walked away from it. That includes state Sen. Kay Hagan, D-Guilford, who announced that she wouldn't run, but changed her mind a few weeks later—after Neal declared. Party leaders in Washington and Raleigh quickly endorsed her; the inescapable conclusion was that they feared having a gay candidate on the ticket.
Please check out this Dailykos blog tonight about Jim Neal...
by spnj889 on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:57:06 PM PDT
May 4, 1970: Four dead in Ohio
Healthcare for ALL! NOW! & OneCare at MySpace
by SarahLee on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:58:30 PM PDT
lest we forget.
by appletree on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:05:21 PM PDT
Recall how much justice Rhodes & Co. faced.
by Gooserock on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:14:47 PM PDT
the yarzheit, death anniversary, of my friend Juliana. She died a year ago of melanoma at age 42.
Tomorrow would be her brother's 45th birthday. He died, along with his wife, four years ago in a car crash. Their three children survived the crash, though the youngest had a broken neck. They were in a Ford Explorer that rolled over....
I spoke to their mother tonight. She is doing okay, but I really hope I am spared what she has been through.
by KibbutzAmiad on Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:58:44 PM PDT
that Juliana had the same disease McCain had. However, her last months were spent dragging her extremely ill body to work, out of fear of losing her health insurance.
Think of her - and all the others - who would suffer if McCain wins. Hold him accountable for his appalling, vicious health care plan.
by KibbutzAmiad on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:03:03 PM PDT
This should open your eyes a bit - I bet.
by sara seattle on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:08:29 PM PDT
died roughly twelve years ago of brain cancer that was, as I understand it, a direct result of melanoma. Her birthday was May 1.
And, by way of contrast (and I hope this doesn't come across as the least bit insensitive), she had the benefit of an army of dedicated, skilled doctors, nurses and others working for her at no (direct) cost because she lived in a country with universal health care. They did every damn thing they could to save her life, but the cancer was just too aggressive.
by socratic on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:11:01 PM PDT
loss. It is an astonishingly aggressive disease. I am glad, at least, that she had good care and did not have to fear on that end of things.
by KibbutzAmiad on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:12:19 PM PDT
the disease is just too strong.
And I have no qualms whatsoever about politicizing my mother's death as an example of having nothing to fear and everything to gain from universal health care. Politics, ultimately, is about the stories of individuals. Your story and mine are textbook case studies.
by socratic on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:22:39 PM PDT
I'd like to offer an updated version of the Magic Number table that appears on the front page. The results below include Guam's 2-2 split of pledged delegates and are based on the Obama website.
