Dawn Chorus - Orioles - Hiding in Plain Sight

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Saturday June 13, 2009 · 5:59 AM PDT

2009/06/13 · 05:59

Good Morning! Lineatus is taking several weeks off from her Dawn Chorus host duties, but will hopefully be dropping by for a visit today. I am filling in with a diary about Orioles, or as my son calls them, Oreos or Cookie Birds.

Living in New Mexico all my life, I always thought Orioles were 'Somewhere Else." I had never seen one, and never expected to see one. It turned out they were all around me, I just never looked in the right places.

Then five years ago I saw my first oriole. He was a brilliant orange and absolutely gorgeous male Bullock's. He was trying to drink from a hummingbird feeder, but the holes were too small.

Bullock's Oriole

I was hooked. I went out the next day and bought an oriole nectar feeder.

Since I saw that first Oriole, I've seen five different types, and discovered that there are Orioles in almost every part of the country. We don't see them often, because as a general rule, they spend their time at the top of tall trees.

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Wednesday April 01, 2009 · 8:02 AM PDT

2009/04/01 · 08:02

"Nothing can withstand the power of millions of voices calling for change." ... Barack Obama

The final vote on President Obama's budget is expected on Thursday.

During the campaign we donated, called, canvassed, registered voters, and we prayed. On January 20th, President Obama was sworn in and many of us sat back and relaxed, happy to let him take care of it.

He can't do it without our help.

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NM Bingaman Attacked For Gonzales No Vote

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Friday February 18, 2005 · 9:40 AM PST

2005/02/18 · 09:40

Republicans are gearing up to smear Senator Jeff Bingaman (Dem NM) for his vote opposing the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General.

This was diaried by AmericanRenaissance and front paged by Armando the other day, but since then a Republican challenger has stepped forward. Not just any Republican challenger, but one who apparently has lobbied for Focus on the Family type groups.

Bingaman to face Republican challenger in U.S. Senate race

ALBUQUERQUE -- A former state senator says he plans to run against Democratic U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman next year.

Albuquerque Republican Tom Benavides was a Democrat when he was a state senator from 1967 to 1970 and from 1985 to 1996.

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Monday February 07, 2005 · 10:43 AM PST

2005/02/07 · 10:43

Think about Newton's Third Law.

Every Action has an Equal and Opposite Reaction

Here's how it works. If you push on anything, it pushes back on you. That's why if you lean against the wall, you don't just fall through it. The wall pushes back on you as hard as you push on it, and you and the wall both stay in place.

My theory is that the passion of our beliefs causes us to fail miserably when we speak to the unconverted. When we engage in political discourse, we tend to push, causing the other party to push back. This causes political discourse with Republicans to become a painful exercise in masochism.

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Bill Gates' Wet Dream

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Saturday January 29, 2005 · 11:36 AM PST

2005/01/29 · 11:36

A sickening AFP article linked on Yahoo discusses Bill Gates' take on the "New Chinese Capitalism."

US software giant Bill Gates has high praise for China, which he says has created a brand-new form of capitalism that benefits consumers more than anything has in the past.

The key word in the previous quote is "consumers." The workers are screwed. Read More

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