Raising the child of rape

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Friday October 26, 2012 · 12:46 PM PDT

2012/10/26 · 12:46

This is a true story.

The woman was married to a college boyfriend who had turned out not to be a dream of a husband, but she resolved to stick it out anyway.

On her first anniversary, she found herself depressed and went out to "celebrate" with an old family friend, a man several years older than she was. They drank up their evening out, but he outpaced her, as he had far more experience with alcohol. She was basically a cheap date when it came to booze.

The evening ended in the car. He had decided the celebration should end with a bang. She barely knew where she was, much less how to bang.

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Thursday October 04, 2012 · 10:12 PM PDT

2012/10/04 · 22:12

I'm torn. Is Mitt Romney a game show host or a used car salesman?

Clearly, he is an effective actor. He isn't a real president, although he can play one on TV.

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Monday September 10, 2012 · 2:42 AM PDT

2012/09/10 · 02:42

Think about where we were four years ago.

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Wednesday September 12, 2007 · 9:24 AM PDT

2007/09/12 · 09:24

Does the price of a small domestic massacre matter?

Is $8 million a fair price for 33 dead and 17 injured? The price does not even make a nick in the trillions we are paying for a non-domestic bloodbath in the sand; how could a measly $8 million matter?

This diary explores the cost of only one small, domestic massacre. Only one Bad Guy with a coupla guns, about 175 rounds of ammunition, and a depthless rage.

This killing spree, this small domestic massacre, is different for me only because the bull's-eye was painted where it mattered most.

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Friday September 07, 2007 · 3:39 AM PDT

2007/09/07 · 03:39

Last night, The Dave Matthews Band and other artists performed at Virginia Tech. The concert was designed to serve as both a remembrance of those killed and injured on campus in April 2007, and as a defiant affirmation of life for the people spiritually decimated by the shooter’s actions.

The Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Phil Vassar, and Nas have graciously offered to Virginia Tech a free concert for the members of the university community. ... It’s about a celebration of spirit. ... a way to help students, faculty and other[s] ... move forward in the aftermath of the April tragedy at Virginia Tech.
-- Virginia Tech concert website

I want to tell you about Rapunzel.

She did not die on campus that day in April. Neither did her father. So I was lucky. I didn’t have to join the thousands of grieving and celebrating people in Lane Stadium last night. I didn’t have to listen to Dave Matthews sing for my daughter.

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Tuesday August 28, 2007 · 12:20 AM PDT

2007/08/28 · 00:20

This week's GonzoFest has stolen thunder from one especially sparkly trace of Excellent News. For the first time, I found myself writing a thank you note to my other senator, John Warner, he of the steely white hair, craggy jawline and flat-out loyalty to All Things War.

I suspect few of us at DailyKos were aggressive partisans before the Republicans of the Bush Administration made partisanship the measure of patriotism. John Warner pleasantly surprised me -- no, that's not true: he shocked me out of my shoes -- by calling for Bush to return 5,000 troops stateside by Christmas.

In keeping with my mother's insistence upon saying, "please," and "thank you," where merited, I sent this (moderately revised) email to Sen. Warner:

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Sunday October 01, 2006 · 2:48 AM PDT

2006/10/01 · 02:48

I've been trying to Update the following diary but the site seems tangled, or maybe I'm not doing it right. (New at this.)

Original diary:

[http://www.dailykos.com/...]

Update below the fold .... Read More

George Allen Spit at Me

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Tuesday September 26, 2006 · 3:24 AM PDT

2006/09/26 · 03:24

Update [2006-10-1 4:46:54 by Coolwateroverstones]:

Some readers questioned the veracity of this diary when it originally posted because it did not have an external link to the print-published story. A different version of this story was published in _The Smyth County News & Messenger_ on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006, Page A4, below the fold, under the headline, "Different ways for different people." I wrote the story as a freelance Guest Columnist.

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Raising the child of rape

Game Show Host

Four Years Ago

33 dead + 17 injured = $8 million

Rapunzel and the Dodged Bullet

Sen. John Warner, R-VA: Thank you.

Update: George Allen Spit At Me

George Allen Spit at Me