Sometimes you need a wake-up call. MA Dems answered one last night.

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Wednesday November 03, 2010 · 8:27 AM PDT

2010/11/03 · 08:27

It happened to MA Dems in January. Scott Brown beat a popular AG to win Ted Kennedy's Senate seat as MA Dems watched in horror and confusion. Did we sit around wringing our hands? No. MA Dems know how to get the job done. It was our wake up call.

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Thursday February 18, 2010 · 7:20 AM PST

2010/02/18 · 07:20

This is only my second diary but I am here every day reading and have been for about 6 years now. What I've learned here has turned me into someone that others come to for political knowledge, scant though mine is. But when I speak, they know I know what I'm talking about.

But today, I'm at a loss. My brother, living in rural Florida, has lost his young wife to suicide with no warning. No life insurance, no health insurance. He has a small construction company and can't afford health insurance for him or his family - including his teenage son. He never thought he'd need life insurance for her - she was 25 and had everything to live for. She stopped taking her anti-depressant last week after debilitating side effects. The side effects went away but she spiraled down and by Monday told my brother she didn't understand what was wrong with her - she was getting more depressed by the day. Around noon on Tuesday, my brother found her lying in bed with a gunshot to her head. As of this hour, she's still on life support as my brother is hoping that her organs can be donated. There are complications that are delaying that and he may even be denied the small comfort of knowing that someone else might live as a result of this tragedy.

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Sunday October 19, 2008 · 11:32 AM PDT

2008/10/19 · 11:32

I arose early this morning and reached for my book on the nightstand next to my bed. I was almost finished with "Beyond Band of Brothers - The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters" and was anxious to read of his life after war.

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