Rapture: The Music

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Friday May 20, 2011 · 4:46 PM PDT

2011/05/20 · 16:46

So, with so much anticipation coursing through our veins on the eve of the big event tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. in rolling time zones, (wasn't that thoughtful of God to make it so orderly?), I thought what songs should be played at the pre-Rapture parties? And for those of us who are left behind, what songs would be inflicted upon us to rend our sackcloth and gnash our teeth by? What follows are my suggestions.

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Music to be Raptured by

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Music to be Raptured by

Rapture-Blondie

3 votes

EOTW-REM

10 votes

And She Was -Talking Heads

4 votes

Your Own Personal Jesus

1 vote

1999 Prince

1 vote

Other

4 votes

DKos: My thoughts on Progressive Respect

Dixiedemocrat

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Sunday April 17, 2011 · 5:32 PM PDT

2011/04/17 · 17:32

What does it mean to be a "Progressive". My interpretation of the word, particularly within the context of this website, is defined as "moving the ball forward." Specifically, electing the best Democrats to public office who will do just that. Strictly in terms of identification with the Democratic party, we have a VERY large tent. Within this tent are an entire panoply of persons of different colors, different income levels, different ages, different educational levels, different sexual preferences, and different perspectives of God, (religious preference) or no God at all. To me the commonality of this community is found in the word "different". Our differences, and our respect for our mutual differences is what MAKES us a community. Respect for our differences is the foundational pole of our very large tent, unlike the ever shrinking Republican tent where "other" is a dirty word. In other words, our collective respect for differences is what differentiates us from the Republican party which values "the same". That's simplistically put, but I believe accurate foundationally. I didn't know what a meta war was until I joined this community in 2008. Now I do. I've never engaged in one. Why? Because I don't see the point. Now, why do I feel this diary will invoke one? Maybe it will, but I don't care. I didn't come here looking for lockstep, nor am I asking you to drink Kool-Aid with me. This diary is about recognition of the various ways we come upon identifying ourselves as "Progressive" and respecting in a civil manner the differences of the various voices and viewpoints of others on this website. Respect. Follow me beneath the fold, please. Thank you.

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Is John Boehner hearding cats?

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Is John Boehner hearding cats?

Yes.

5 votes

No.

2 votes

Nice, it's not us for a change.

5 votes

Internecine fighting builds strong bones & teeth.

2 votes

Aretha Franklin-respect.

2 votes

What does a Feminist man look like?

Dixiedemocrat

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Monday April 11, 2011 · 5:24 PM PDT

2011/04/11 · 17:24

I am a born feminist. How do I know this? Well, my earliest memories are conversations with my Mother asking why my older brother was allowed to do things I was forbidden to do. Simple things. Climb trees, roam the neighborhood. Simple things. Childhood things. Her response? "He's a boy." My response? "So?" Her response: "That's just the way it is." My response? "That makes no sense." "That is unfair." Her response? "Life is unfair". Imagine for a second that I was an African-American and substitute boy for white. Yep. Just as there is institutionalized racism, there is institutionalized sexism. Really early on I knew in my gut that life was nonsensically unfair for those of us born with vaginas and those of us born with the "wrong" skin color. Still I was as a child, and remain to this day, a willful mouthy woman who never accepted the premise of "that's just the way it is," as anything other than the grand cop out that it is.

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Male Feminists:

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Male Feminists:

Are as rare as the unicorn.

17 votes

Love accomplished women.

29 votes

Cry when they feel like it.

1 vote

Oxymoron

6 votes

Are full-on evolved baby and here at Dkos.

19 votes

Suicide No. 2

Dixiedemocrat

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Friday February 18, 2011 · 7:16 PM PST

2011/02/18 · 19:16

On Valentine's Day I learned another friend had taken his life. This is my survivor's diary for Suicide No. 2. I humbly commit these thoughts to my friend Brian Minton who killed himself in May of 2009 somewhere around what would've been his 40th birthday and also to my friend Stanley Armistead who took his life on June 14, 2010 at the age of 47. Contrary to the theme song to M*A*S*H*, suicide is NOT painless. Not to us survivors.

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The Palin is shrewd.

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Sunday November 21, 2010 · 4:47 PM PST

2010/11/21 · 16:47

The Palin is not smart. She is shrewd. There is a difference. Sarah Palin is perfectly playing "you can be a little bit pregnant" in the context that she is WAY ahead of the political curve in terms of how to deal with a woman who plays offensive politics nastier than the average male politician but whom on defense immediately falls back on "the victim" by virtue of her femaledom. "I can be mean but for anyone to be mean back to me is misogyny!" Clever. Very clever. Hillary Clinton, a serious politician, while roughing Obama up in the primary of 2008 NEVER played it as clever. Follow me beneath the fold & "refudiate" me in giving the Barracuda a tip of the hat for a strategy that has worked well for her thus far in her illustrious career.

Dixiedemocrat

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Tuesday November 09, 2010 · 7:10 PM PST

2010/11/09 · 19:10

I found my response to last week's election results in Bob Dylan's "Positively 4th Street". Specifically, this is my personal shoe throwing at George W. Bush's attempt to re-write history. We here know the litany, and I'm preaching to the choir, but here is a short list of the things that the former President, should feel worse about then the fly over New Orleans being a bad photo op and Kanye West's comment being the worst moment of his presidency. BTW, W., Taylor Swift and Kanye West-well her issues may be justified. Yours George, are not. Follow me beneath the fold:

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Chimpie's Biography useful purposes of:

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Chimpie's Biography useful purposes of:

Doorstop. Kanye West's doorstop.

8 votes

Tome to throw in lieu of shoes.

6 votes

Why aren't you watching Keith Olbermann?

0 votes

Or Rachel for that matter?

1 vote

Aw shucks, for a righteous rant.

0 votes

You are WAAAAYY to left.

3 votes

Who cares? I'm reading Mark Twain's Autobiography.

2 votes

Pie...mmmmmm, pumpkin. It's that time of year.

1 vote

Heckuva job there brownie.

3 votes

Can we bake the book and turn it into a brownie? I like brownies.

4 votes

Who cares. Keith is BAAAAAACK!

7 votes

Cantor's district: Sat. A.M.

Dixiedemocrat

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Thursday October 28, 2010 · 8:33 PM PDT

2010/10/28 · 20:33

I live in Eric Cantor's district. (AKA, as the Boll Weevil's district). I also live in a predominently African American neighborhood. Eric Cantor's opponent is Rick Waugh. I know little about Rick Waugh. He used to be a social worker-translation to my mind, he cares about people. That is all I need to know. I also know I'm on a Don Quoxite "tilting at windmills" mission Saturday morning. I'm going to knock on doors. This is Virginia. Rick Waugh will lose. It is of no import to me Saturday morning. What follows is my mission.

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What are you doing to GOTV?

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What are you doing to GOTV?

I donated money.

9 votes

I donated time.

6 votes

I donated time and money.

12 votes

I'm sitting this out.

22 votes

I think you are as crazy as Don Quixote. But Sharon Angle is crazier.

1 vote

Time, money, Don Quixote, I have Obama's back.

14 votes

Great Big Love

Dixiedemocrat

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Thursday September 16, 2010 · 9:07 PM PDT

2010/09/16 · 21:07

Have you ever had it? Earth shattering, life changing, can't eat, can't sleep, when you meet the GBL. Even after that - when you REALLY get to know the other - and its not always good - that thing within your heart that just burns in the love for your other?

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Have you ever had a Great Big Love?

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Have you ever had a Great Big Love?

Yes. I've been with him/her for many years.

11 votes

Yes. But it didn't work. First cut is the deepest.

11 votes

Yes. But I settled.

4 votes

No. Wish I had.

3 votes

No, but I great big love myself a lot.

2 votes

I'm asking you to be my true companion

0 votes

Pie - preferably pumpkin

3 votes

GBL is also great big loser.

1 vote

What's the Frequency Kenneth?

Dixiedemocrat

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Friday August 27, 2010 · 6:50 PM PDT

2010/08/27 · 18:50

Information OVERLOAD! When do you reach it? All tech makes everything so immediate now, that I have to ask myself, how much information is TOO MUCH information? Too much for a normal human brain to process in a healthy way? More beneath the fold.

Dixiedemocrat

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Friday August 20, 2010 · 8:02 PM PDT

2010/08/20 · 20:02

I'm in the dog adoption market. I have a dog. Best friend ever. We are a pack of 2. Buddy was the addition to an existing pack of 2 when he came into my life and Osa's life (Keeshond/Black lab mix -F) when Osa was 7 and well, when I was younger in December of 2000. Osa died at the age of 15 in December of 2007. Now it is time to get another dog. There are SO many dogs and I can only pick one. More beneath the fold.

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Who would YOU adopt?

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Who would YOU adopt?

Puppy

4 votes

Older dog

19 votes

Too many pets already.

4 votes

None of the above.

1 vote

I leave the room when "those" commercials come on.

3 votes

Kennedy. Like the name.

0 votes

Whichever one Buddy chooses.

25 votes

Hi. My name is Dixie & I'm a Kosaholic.

Dixiedemocrat

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Saturday August 14, 2010 · 6:33 PM PDT

2010/08/14 · 18:33

I am addicted to this website, and not always in a healthy sorta way. My understanding is that this website was founded to elect more and better democrats. A simple goal. A laudable goal. A goal that involves action. Phone calls made. Donations made. Feet on the streets, door knocking, talking the talk, walking the walk.

Then there is the DailyKos junkie mentality. Hi. My name is Dixiedemocrat and I am a Kosaholic. More beneath the fold.

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What would you write to Redstate?

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What would you write to Redstate?

I'm gonna marry my same sex partner, eat arugula and draw a pentagram.

8 votes

I'm rubber, you're glue everything you say sticks back on you.

0 votes

Jar Jar Binks likes gay sex.

0 votes

Bye, bye, stupid shrinking party.

6 votes

Aqua Buddha has an "inception" idea for you. Welcome to sanity!

0 votes

Nothing. Pathetic poseurs.

5 votes

This is good news for John McCain.

6 votes

Edumacation is a good thing. Word salad is no way to go through life. Refudiate!

13 votes

Pie.

4 votes

Adoption, Abortion, Sex & Politics

Dixiedemocrat

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Friday July 09, 2010 · 5:48 PM PDT

2010/07/09 · 17:48

This diary was inspired by LivesInaShoe's excellent diary Thank you Keith Olbermann. If you haven't been there yet, please check it out.

Abortion is a loaded gun issue. As an adoptee, and someone who has had an abortion, I believe I have a somewhat unique perspective on choice. These are my thoughts.

As mentioned in LivesInaShoe's diary, I got pregnant in college by someone with whom I was very much in love. Birth control failed. I was uremic. Before I got the results of the pregnancy test, I found myself thinking, "If Roe v. Wade had been the law in 19--, I probably wouldn't be here." While I state it as a "fleeting" thought in LIS's diary, it wasn't. I had to wrestle with that one. See, I was adopted by a preacher. I am a preacher's daughter. The year before I found out I was pregnant, I was the girl who was saving myself for marriage and thought abortion a total moral abomination. I believed in equal rights, equal pay for women, wanted ERA to be put in the constitution, but I thought abortion murder. Follow me beneath the fold.

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The Palin is shrewd.

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Cantor's district: Sat. A.M.

Great Big Love

What's the Frequency Kenneth?

Dog Days of Summer-Update-Lady has landed

Hi. My name is Dixie & I'm a Kosaholic.

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