The end of my street...
Monday, November 9, 2009
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Quote of the day
"Woo! I'm Elizabeth Taylor -- Cat on a hot tin roof!"
~woman in wheelchair after I startled her by coming up behind her to hold the door open.
~woman in wheelchair after I startled her by coming up behind her to hold the door open.
Good Ole Ave
This was posted from a Daily Dish reader in response to Maine voting to reverse the right for gays to marry in the election yesterday...
Here's one of my favorite Lincoln quotes, from an 1855 letter to Joshua Speed:
"I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor or degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy."
Insert "gay" for "negroes" in the above and my point is made. His logic resonates still.
Here's one of my favorite Lincoln quotes, from an 1855 letter to Joshua Speed:
"I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor or degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy."
Insert "gay" for "negroes" in the above and my point is made. His logic resonates still.
November
It's been a while since I've posted anything. Excuses? The usual: busy, lazy, not-focused, didn't have anything pertinent to say...
Politically, my feelings have been all over the map. I wanted to post extensively on the health care debate many times, but find I'm happy I didn't. We're going to get a plan - something of a compromise, but still a solid basis to build on (which will take years). I wonder if the public option would cover a psychiatrist so I can work on not being addicted to the talking heads spin cycle?
Yesterday was the one year anniversary of when Obama was elected president. Everyone, yes Everyone, wrote an opinion piece spinning it in their direction. I think he's doing fine. Yes, there are things I wish he would speed it up on and things I disagree with, but I don't think any rational person (not on a payroll to spin right) could say we are in a worse position than we were a year ago. Well, I guess they would bring up the deficit which we will need to deal with shortly, but first we need to fix stuff.
I still get upset with all the hate and negativity spewing forth. I try to limit what I read, but it still seeps through everywhere. Why is it those are always the loudest voices?
Politically, my feelings have been all over the map. I wanted to post extensively on the health care debate many times, but find I'm happy I didn't. We're going to get a plan - something of a compromise, but still a solid basis to build on (which will take years). I wonder if the public option would cover a psychiatrist so I can work on not being addicted to the talking heads spin cycle?
Yesterday was the one year anniversary of when Obama was elected president. Everyone, yes Everyone, wrote an opinion piece spinning it in their direction. I think he's doing fine. Yes, there are things I wish he would speed it up on and things I disagree with, but I don't think any rational person (not on a payroll to spin right) could say we are in a worse position than we were a year ago. Well, I guess they would bring up the deficit which we will need to deal with shortly, but first we need to fix stuff.
I still get upset with all the hate and negativity spewing forth. I try to limit what I read, but it still seeps through everywhere. Why is it those are always the loudest voices?
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