This is the future: My teenage son's first diary

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Monday August 19, 2013 · 6:21 AM PDT

2013/08/19 · 06:21

I haven't posted here in a long-time, because I've been busy rearing a Democratic son. Shawn, 15, has written a manifesto of sorts, on his own with no prompting, on conservatism that I would like to share with you. I hope that you will take heart that this is the future of our country, and yes, I am brilliantly proud of him. Please be supportive in the comments: this is a future Kossack (and by the way, he is white, middle class and agnostic):

Conservatives In America: Who They Are And What They Do

Today, political conservatives are those who favor old-time values and minimal government regulation of business and political practices. They have made themselves look much worse recently by their unpopular actions that they do without the approval of the majority of the United States population. A notable example of this would be when they took out a major part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 through a recent Supreme Court decision.

(more after the break....)

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Monday December 22, 2008 · 6:41 PM PST

2008/12/22 · 18:41

I'm not gay. Sure, my favorite professor and my best friend in college were both gay, though I was probably last to figure that out. And yes, my husband and I and our young son attended a re-commitment marriage ceremony for author Andrew Harvey and his husband at the Unity church we attended, and I told another friend "of course" when I was asked if gay marriage would be legal one day. I taught my boy from a young age what "gay" meant and that folks have the right to pick whomever they want to love. For a while, I even thought he might be gay -- now, he's 11, and he's talking about girls, but before that, he had crushes on boys. But I really don't have much to contribute to the completely warranted passionate indignation on this site re: Obama and Rick Warren. I'm not gay and I don't have the right to say. But I thought I'd relate a story about gays in my old church, for what it may be worth....

marjo

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Sunday November 23, 2008 · 10:25 AM PST

2008/11/23 · 10:25

Dems and Kossacks, we can't let the GOP define the debate on loans to automakers. If we believe in making a good wage, and changing the way health care is structured in this country... if we believe that Main Street is at least as worthy of help as Wall Street... if we truly believe that this is the moment to solidify the nation's leftward move in this century... we cannot let stand without argument the bias against the worker that I'm hearing in the traditional media and in the blogosphere.

Detroit is angry... and we're listening. More and more are seeing the Republicans (like Mitt Romney) for the lying turncoats they are. We're looking to progressives to help us fight back. Below, excerpts from the local press and some resources for fighting back.

marjo

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Wednesday October 01, 2008 · 11:31 AM PDT

2008/10/01 · 11:31

The good news is that now all my in-laws are voting for Obama, apparently. (My relatives, including several diehard Republicans, I can't vouch for 100% yet.)

But while I'm encountering more and more people willing to talk about Obama (positive) and McCain/Palin (negative) here in Michigan, certain themes recur:

* Palin: Hell no, and

* McCain's debate performance, especially his attitude.

marjo

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Thursday May 29, 2008 · 9:10 AM PDT

2008/05/29 · 09:10

Don't know if you caught this, but Politico's Michael Calderone runs the video of Jessica Yellin breaking astounding news to CNN's Anderson Cooper: Apparently corporate media executives pressured the White House reporters to kill negative stories on Bush, especially when Bush's approval ratings were high. (I know! Unbelievable!)

(Let me know if this has already been diaried.)

What was most amusing to me, though (aside from Cooper's naivete), were the right-wing commenters on the Politico, who figured the only censorship imaginable was probably to take out Yellin's inate liberal bias and "Bush hatred":

"Where in the MSM have we EVER seen positive stories about this administration or the war?? Its just not there."

"Maybe her stories were already biased by her hatred of Bush and her editors were trying to balance the story...which she found objectionable."

Yeah, that must be it. Link and pull-outs from Yellin are below the fold.

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Candidate choice is an evolution, not a revolution

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Sunday March 09, 2008 · 11:57 AM PDT

2008/03/09 · 11:57

I swore I would not write a candidate diary. I'm so sick of them. But it seems necessary to document that my pro-Obama stance is one that I arrived to slowly. I have become too cynical over the Bush years to be easily moved by any candidate's speeches. I resent the implication by some that supporting Obama is a naive stance or arrived upon through feeling at the exclusion of rationality.

I also resist the accusations that by being against Hillary I am somehow anti-feminist or playing into patriarchal frames. I did not start out anti-Hillary. Like my support for Obama, it was an evolution, not a revolution.

marjo

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Friday May 18, 2007 · 4:02 PM PDT

2007/05/18 · 16:02

I've come to a realization. Not earth-shattering, pretty obvious, actually. But in processing yesterday's all-too-typical staff meeting at work, I came to see how my control-freak fear-mongering boss resembles the miscreants who "run" (term applied loosely) our current government.

They say that just because you're paranoid, that doesn't mean people aren't following you. Surely the inverse must be at least partially true: just because people are following you, that doesn't mean you have to be paranoid.

My boss: paranoid. Me: I choose not to be. At least, not to an unhealthy degree...if I can help myself at all.

marjo

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Tuesday July 18, 2006 · 5:28 PM PDT

2006/07/18 · 17:28

Sunday night, after being tucked into bed, my eight-year-old son came running out into the living room, crying because he felt sick to his stomach. No fever; he was vague, contradictory on his symptoms -- they seemed to change every few minutes, apparently trying to find which were the right answers that might make me as distressed about this as he was. We are fortunate in that he is healthy and rarely ill, so as a result, he reacts with fear and dread all out of proportion to the actual possible ailment.

I calmed him down, gave him a child's antacid, and a few minutes later, held him as he threw up into a towel. He felt better. Apparently it was something he ate. (Likely culprit, a Kid Cuisine frozen dinner that, unlike wine, did not age well.)

Last night, more drama. Once again, after being tucked in, he came out running and crying again, this time with blood on his hand.
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Arguing with a Ally: Defending Blogs to a Disillusioned Dem w/poll

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Monday April 03, 2006 · 1:47 PM PDT

2006/04/03 · 13:47

Today I had a kind-of argument with a liberal friend of mine. I say "argument" because while we don't actually disagree on politics in a substantive way, I do tend to get impassioned on certain topics, and this somewhat animated discussion started with her questioning why do I read blogs? What's the appeal? Aren't I limiting myself to one point of view?

And isn't that as bad as those who only get their news from Fox?

Okay, so really I was defending my addiction to DailyKos and similar progressive blogs like Josh Marshall, Hullabaloo, Firedoglake and Glenn Greenwald. But it got me to thinking... Read More

Anglican Archbishop condemns creationism in schools

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Tuesday March 21, 2006 · 2:17 PM PST

2006/03/21 · 14:17

The head of the Church of England, Rowan Williams, spoke out firmly against the teaching of creationism in schools, according to The Guardian.

Williams is the Archbishop of Canterbury - the equivalent of a pope for the worldwide Anglican Communion which includes the U.S. Episcopal Church, the third-largest Christian denomination.

The Anglican faith has always emphasized bringing reason and rationality to faith decisions, so this isn't a huge surprise. Still, I found it a refreshing reminder that not all people of faith are against science. Pull-outs and link are below. Read More

Help, I got scammed by a roofing company!

marjo

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Thursday March 09, 2006 · 5:01 PM PST

2006/03/09 · 17:01

I'm kind of embarrassed to even post this, but I'm in a panic, and it's too late in the evening to start making calls for help, so here I am, tapping into the considerable resources of Kossacks for some advice, some reassurance, anything I can get. (and please don't beat me up for stupidity - I can't hack that now.)

I got tricked into signing a contract I didn't realize I was signing with a prominent, supposedly reputable, "GET IT DONE" home improvement company here in Michigan, and today they told my husband they intend to hold us to it.
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As a Woman and a Mother... A Response

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Sunday March 05, 2006 · 2:44 PM PST

2006/03/05 · 14:44

The beginning of life is not a switch that is flipped. It is a process, a continuum. It is an intensely personal experience that is unique to every woman and every pregnancy. She is a FULL PARTICIPANT. Every emotion, every body substance, is shared. If she is happy to be pregnant, the fetus feels that, and she will endure discomfort because the love is there.

If she does not want to be pregnant, the fetus is bathed with stress hormones, and the process is painful. If you try to remove the WOMAN part (with all her emotions and experiences) out of the pregnancy, you may as well gestate the child in tupperware.

(good luck with that.) Read More

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Help, I got scammed by a roofing company!

As a Woman and a Mother... A Response