Complacency is Now The Enemy

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Monday October 13, 2008 · 5:11 AM PDT

2008/10/13 · 05:11

Note from Boydog:
I am posting (by his request) an essay written by a good friend of mine, Bob Massie. Among his many accomplishments, Bob is an Epicopal priest who performed the marriage ceremony for John Kerry and Teresa Heinz.

"Whatever the polls may show, there is something ugly stirring under the surface of the American pond. The vitriolic and shameful language that is flowing at Republican rallies and in campaign ads are signs of desperation and rage. These words are dangerous and troubling.

What is even more troubling in my view, is that now, in the final days of the campaign, too many people are taking their eyes off the prize.

I am worried that because of the rising polls many who favor a new direction for this nation and who want Barack Obama to become president are becoming complacent."

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Wednesday April 23, 2008 · 7:41 AM PDT

2008/04/23 · 07:41

Call me a cock-eyed optimist, but even a stopped clock is right twice a day. I can conceive of George Bush doing one right thing in his presidency--he could boycott the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. Gordon Brown is pledged to do it; in the tradition of Maggie and George Sr., why not? Even John McCain has said its OK:

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Saturday March 22, 2008 · 1:57 PM PDT

2008/03/22 · 13:57

It is powerfully positive that Tibet's suffering at the hands of China has made the big news again. The 72 year old Dalai Lama has been an exemplar, if not THE examplar of peaceful power in the face of ruthless state oppression in our time.
The timing is, as a Tibertan might say, auspicious: that Obama's historic speech on race in America which challenges white America to rise-up and push back the Confederacy of Drudges in order to rise back up to the level of our Founding Framers; and the historic, may-not-come-again opportunity for the world to wholeheartedly support the long-suffering Tibetans in their struggle for autonomy (merely!) with a vulnerable China anxious to put a good face on itself for the upcoming Olympiad.

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Wednesday January 02, 2008 · 3:15 AM PST

2008/01/02 · 03:15

An important article in the New York Times appears this morning, as John Edwards clearly stakes out a position to the left of Clinton and Obama. Not a hit piece, but exhibits evidence of the right-wing frame:

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Friday December 28, 2007 · 1:59 PM PST

2007/12/28 · 13:59

Just because my enemy attacks one of my friends does NOT mean that that friend is my BEST friend. BUT, when the smarmy Peggy Noonan attacks one of my friends, it is cause to sit up and take note. And when the nature of that attack is in the Malkin-Coulter vein, we know we have struck the tender underbelly of the Rightwing Beast.

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Wednesday August 22, 2007 · 7:15 AM PDT

2007/08/22 · 07:15

I've taken it upon myself to stir the pot regarding all things Hillary, not because I'm a hater (I'm not!); but because the 'traditional media's frame (with POLLS and POLLS and POLLS to support it) is that HILLARY'S NOMINATION IS ALL BUT INEVITABLE... NOT!!
The bloviating of Rove doesn't help, but even without Karlypoo the wind of the corporate so-called journalists blows strong, and doesn't help the democratic process (which needs time to winnow through the candidates and their positions to see what's actually wheat and what's chaff.)

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Thursday August 16, 2007 · 6:36 AM PDT

2007/08/16 · 06:36

Robert Scheer's excellent article in the LA Times yesterday points out the contradictions in Hillary's positions on Iraq and the military-industrial complex that we've been warned about since Eisenhower. Because she is a woman trying to overcome the "Geraldine Ferraro Effect" ('Is she tough enough?"), she projects more willingness to use the American military to accomplish imperial aims than just about anybody else. THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM FOR THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT AT THIS JUNCTURE.

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Monday June 18, 2007 · 4:42 PM PDT

2007/06/18 · 16:42

Yesterday on Father's Day I went into the public space in the Beantown area, and read all 3500+ names of the Americans killed in Iraq, their age, rank, and date of death.

It took more than 7 hours to finish--it was one of the most intense experiences of my life. And somewhere in the middle of all that death, the idea came into my head:
IF GEORGE BUSH HAD TO READ THESE NAMES, HE WOULD WITHDRAW THE TROOPS TOMORROW. (Props again to Meteor Blades for his example on this front.)
http://www.dailykos.com/...

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Saturday June 16, 2007 · 1:46 PM PDT

2007/06/16 · 13:46

Tomorrow I will go into the public space of my East Coast hometown and read the names of the 3500+ Americans who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country in Iraq. All props go to Meteor Blades for his inspiring example, and diary entry from 6/4/07. My action will be a bit different--it is NOT POLITICAL PROTEST. I will bring no bullhorn, shout no slogan, try to change no opinion. IT IS A GRIEF RITUAL--meaning: like a proper Memorial Day event, it is not about the politics of the war; it is solely about remembering, honoring and grieving those we have lost.

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Friday July 07, 2006 · 7:48 AM PDT

2006/07/07 · 07:48

The clearly stolen election in Mexico has had a devestating effect on me--I'm through with presidential elections! I'm tired of being played! And I encourage every thinking person in America to feel the same. It doesn't matter if its Hillary, Al or Russ--there will be no free and fair election in America in 2008. The only possibly valid election results would be an absolutely crushing, Johnson/Goldwater-like defeat of the Republicans. Read More

America First

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Wednesday February 08, 2006 · 1:13 AM PST

2006/02/08 · 01:13

If the essence of 'Bush's Brain' is the juvenile, Machiavellian clinging to power, then the Democrats' answer must be "Country First", or better, "America First". The madness of the methods of the neo-con ways becomes more transparent daily, even in "fly-over country." Dem's must claim, not as gimmick but because it is true, the mantle of adult patriotism. The ability to love and act on some principle higher than one's own narrow self-interest is the mark of adulthood. Democrats must claim, own, and propagate this as a meme: the 'culture of corruption' Republican Party is constitutionally incapable of anything other than enriching itself--democrats are the ones to lead the country back to the greatness that the Greatest generation gave to us. Country First. America First!

How Dean is playing in the South

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Friday January 02, 2004 · 12:32 PM PST

2004/01/02 · 12:32

Don't miss Derrick Jackson on Dean and 'race matters' in the South in today's Boston Globe:
linked text http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/01/02/deans_blunt_talk_about_r ace/

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