Today is a good day to remember this sentiment.
Let us not be afraid to help each other—let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.
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You know that old adage “One Picture is Worth A Thousand Words”?
Sometimes, one picture really is all you need.
Photo Courtesy of Joan Walsh, via CrooksandLiars.com
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that a black family resides in the White House. Positive.
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Hey guys. Today I am ranting over at The Outlier Collective. Come on over!
If I knew how to close the comments here I would, but, whatever. Here, there, everywhere. I’m easy. Just don’t tell John.
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This post sums up the entire problem of protecting ourselves and our children from guns — and how so few people apparently have the wisdom to figure out the answer — RESTRICT THE DAMN GUNS!
I just finished reading an article in today’s Boston Globe Magazine. It made me so angry and so frustrated that I am just about in tears.
It was an article on school safety. Here is the link: “Safekeeping” You should read it.
Then you should take a moment to reflect on this little story that my husband heard way back in graduate school.
A man was walking in a new country. It was a lovely place. There was a river, and it came rushing down from the mountainside. As the man approached the riverbank, he saw many people, working frantically to pull babies out of the rushing waters. Each time one of the townspeople pulled out a little baby, saving its life, another baby came by, swept along by the river’s current. “What are you doing?”, asked the stranger. “We are all working together,” answered one of the…
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When John F. Kennedy won the standoff with the Soviets during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, there was more to the story.
You see, we didn’t win completely. Nope. Kennedy gave something up, too.
It’s true. Kennedy got the Soviets to pull the missiles out of Cuba, but he also let them save face. A month or so later, the U.S. pulled out some of our missiles, based in Turkey that were pointed at the USSR. So the Ruskies won something too.
That’s how negotiations work. Everybody gets a little something. Because it’s all about respect. Truly. Winning? Losing? They don’t matter. But respect, that’s everything.
And you know, in all fairness, we do need to do that with the GOP’s Government Shutdown. Because, as so eloquently stated by Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) about the GOP (who were almost immediately — and accurately — blamed and ridiculed for closing down the government):
“We’re not going to be disrespected, We have to get something out of this. And I don’t know what that even is.”
But what to give them?
Here’s the suggestion of what they should get by Laurence Lewis in a post on The Daily Kos:
Photo Credit: Unknown but I got it from the Daily Kos
Yup. That’s more than they deserve.
And besides, John Boehner can use it as a hanky if he doesn’t want to wear it.
I got TWO!
I recommend Karen Kingsley and Kingsley Ink
The Highest Honor
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