Mike Huckabee and "the ovens"

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Monday July 27, 2015 · 3:35 PM PDT

2015/07/27 · 15:35

I imagine that too much press has been given Mike Huckabee over his outrageous comments concerning President Obama, the treaty with Iran, and images of the Holocaust. I can't seem to let go of it, partly because I'm a history fanatic, and partly because, although I'm not religious, I will always consider myself a Jew. I'm one of the lucky ones; my grandparents on both sides escaped Russia in the late 19th century during the endless pogroms, and as such, I had no close relatives in danger during the horror that was World War II. In fact, I had 3 uncles who were in the service, one even bringing home an odd souvenir; a fit together, mess kit sort of three piece silverware set, complete with bottle opener and requisite swastika. But I digress...

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Tuesday January 31, 2012 · 11:37 AM PST

2012/01/31 · 11:37

I recently started delving into the "backstory" of the products I buy, and am attempting to get at the root mega corporation that makes each product. For example, before I became more ecologically conscious and switched to Seventh Generation, I used to use Northern toilet paper, or "tissue" as it's so quaintly called. I now find that Northern is a subsidiary of the Koch Brothers, and as such, I was lining their pockets for their political heresy.

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Friday November 05, 2010 · 1:53 PM PDT

2010/11/05 · 13:53

`This will probably be slammed as "not a diary" for being too short, but I wanted to get all the information together, so that anyone wanting to contact
the powers that be can have the information in one place. I don't know about the "right or wrong" of what Keith Olbermann did, but I can't sit still when there's another network out there that is a paid subsidiary of the Republican Party, and they can get away with all they do with impunity.

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Thursday September 23, 2010 · 1:28 PM PDT

2010/09/23 · 13:28

I hope that this isn't slammed for not really being a "diary", but I didn't really know where to post it. I've seen for years diaries for specific candidates, with links to "Act Blue" for either individual fundraising or general contributions to the Act Blue site, where these candidates will receive a portion of the funds.

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Friday September 04, 2009 · 9:50 AM PDT

2009/09/04 · 09:50

Partially reprinted from my blog, (www.cobbhamzoo.blogspot.com)

Well, I'm still sorting out my notes from Netroots Nation (meaning I haven't looked at them yet), so instead I'll post one of these "How I spent my____" sort of narratives.
This past Sunday, for the first time in (oh crud) maybe 40 years, I became part of the counterculture again, insofar as the county next to ours, Oconee, is as red as they come.

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Is there any point in....

8 votes Vote Now!

Is there any point in....

asking intelligent questions

2 votes

making honest points

0 votes

outshouting the wingnuts

0 votes

bringing bigger signs than they do

0 votes

calling them names

0 votes

resorting to violence

0 votes

buying and carrying a gun (this IS Georgia after all)

4 votes

pie

2 votes

Saxby Chambliss has a plan....

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Sunday November 23, 2008 · 11:47 PM PST

2008/11/23 · 23:47

Jim Martin was in Athens, GA today, hoping to raise some money for his campaign. He's still competitive in the polls, fighting the big bucks that are pouring in from the RNC to Chambliss. Athens is prime real estate for Martin; a big blue dot in a dismal red state.

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Friday June 06, 2008 · 1:20 PM PDT

2008/06/06 · 13:20

I still remember the day that Bobby Kennedy died. He was the senator from my home state of New York, and I had met him when he stopped in my hometown during his senatorial campaign. It was a quick handshake to a giddy high school student, but I remember it to this day. The hour he got shot in Los Angeles was the middle of the night New York time, so I heard the news when I woke up for school the next day. At that point he was still alive, but his condition was grave. He died later in the day. It had been less than 5 years since his older brother John had been assassinated, and it was a mere 2 months following the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. Those around me felt that the fabric of the nation was being torn apart....our last, best hope was now gone.

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Do you see the comparisons between RFK and BHO?

32 votes Vote Now!

Do you see the comparisons between RFK and BHO?

Yes

24 votes

4 votes

Hadn't thought about it

0 votes

Too soon to tell

1 vote

Before my time

3 votes

Tonight I'm really sad...

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Tuesday June 03, 2008 · 12:33 AM PDT

2008/06/03 · 00:33

By this time tomorrow, Barack Obama will most likely be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. He will most likely win both Montana and South Dakota, and while those states will not give him enough regular delegates, all indications are that he will pick up enough superdelegates to carry him over the required number. I should be on top of the world.

Tonight, I was sitting at my computer and really felt the passing of an era. I remember how excited I was to vote for Bill Clinton in both 1992 and 1996, and how I vocally defended him during the long Ken Starr hearings and the impeachment hearings. I remember being a bit annoyed when Al Gore didn't ask Bill to campaign with him in 2000. To me Bill Clinton was larger than life, a feeling that lasted quite awhile after GWB entered office.

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Thursday March 20, 2008 · 2:23 AM PDT

2008/03/20 · 02:23

I've never been moved to write a diary here before, although I've lurked and posted comments from time to time, but after all the controversy over Reverend Wright and Barack Obama, I've felt compelled to add to the discussion, being of the demographic that supposedly is now appalled and ashamed about it all...

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