To the memory of Heather Heyer

Kimball Cross

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Sunday October 15, 2017 · 9:29 AM PDT

2017/10/15 · 09:29

She wept for Holocaust.

She wept for the Holodomor.

She wept for the lynchings.

She wept for Trayvon Martin.

She wept for Michael Brown.

She wept for Medgar Evers.

She wept for Emmett Till.

She wept for Steve Biko.

She wept for Matthew Shephard.

She wept for Harvey Milk.

She wept for Gwen Araujo.

She wept for John F Kennedy , Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King.

Tears are not enough.

But the salty sea of mourning is an expanse over which we must sail

To stand on the shore of new resolution.

Heather Heyer wiped her face and took her stand.

Let us also journey to that far shore.

Let us also stand where she stood.

Let us also not merely live.

Let us stand for an end to suffering.

The Little Brown Ones: A Poem

Kimball Cross

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Monday December 07, 2015 · 4:30 PM PST

2015/12/07 · 16:30

The Little Brown Ones

By Betty Cross

The little brown ones,

They gather in their silent throngs

Occupying our front yards

As if in silent protest.

What do they want of us?

They seize hold of our shoes as we walk into the house

As if to demand our attention.

What do they want from us?

We want nothing of them.

The ones who piggyback into our houses

We call trash,

And throw them out with the banana peels

And the empty yoghurt cups.

The ones in our yards

We call yard waste.

We shove them into great piles,

Place them under arrest,

And confine them in large plastic bags,

Until Solid Waste Services takes them away.

They are not really silent.

Their language is known only to a few.

But I the poet hear with understanding.

I can parse their sentences.

They ask only one thing of us.

"We are not garbage,

Nor are we trash,

Oh two legged five fingered oxygen breather,

But we are the dead.

In life, we produced the element that gives life to you,

And kindles the fires so vital to your great metal carts.

We lived millions of years before you.

We never needed you,

But you always needed us.

Our only demand is,

Will you please make sure

There are always plenty of leaves?”

Announcing my latest novel, Mistress of Land and Sea

Kimball Cross

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Saturday August 16, 2014 · 2:41 PM PDT

2014/08/16 · 14:41

I am pleased to announce the publication of my third novel, Mistress of Land and Sea. It's available as an Ebook and as a paperback from Double Dragon Ebooks. To order your copy, go to this link.

As its name implies, this is the sequel to Mistress of the Topaz. For more information, come with me to the flip side.

Kimball Cross

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Wednesday May 29, 2013 · 5:51 AM PDT

2013/05/29 · 05:51

As a North Carolina citizen and a proud driver of a 2010 Prius, I now find myself in the cross-hairs of our state's new Republican General Assembly.

The gory details are in this link.

For more, join me on the other side of the hieroglyphic.

Kimball Cross

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Saturday November 26, 2011 · 5:23 PM PST

2011/11/26 · 17:23

Some of you remember I wrote a science-fiction novel a while back called Discarded Faces. It was a dystopian novel about a futuristic fascist police state that was racist, misogynistic, and homophobic. The protagonist was a teenage Lesbian who, together with some friends, stole some ray guns from a factory where she worked, and took part in an urban guerrilla uprising. Discarded Faces will have a sequel. However, I just published another novel, and it is not that sequel. Instead, it’s a fantasy, but a fantasy with no dragons, no wizards, no wands, no cauldrons, no elves, no dwarves, no trolls and no orcs. Meet me on the flip side for more information.

Kimball Cross

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Friday August 20, 2010 · 9:16 AM PDT

2010/08/20 · 09:16

I'm sick of hearing about this "Ground Zero Mosque" which (a) isn't at Ground Zero; and (b) is a community center for the most part, although a small mosque on the top floor and a memorial to the innocent dead in the 9/11 attack are also planned.

One of the "moderate" arguments, presented as a cover for the religious bigotry lying underneath, is that the Muslims have a right to have mosques in Manhatten, anywhere but here. Otherwise, the feelings of survivors of 9/11 victims will be hurt.

The fact is, the current agitation about Cordoba House is a part of a nationwide campaign to prevent mosques from being constructed, to harass and vilify the worshippers at existing mosques, and even in one case to burn down a mosque and vandalize the remains.

Join me on the flip side for details.

Kimball Cross

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Wednesday November 18, 2009 · 4:52 PM PST

2009/11/18 · 16:52

There has been much fretting about whether Al-Qaida's 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Muhammed should be tried by an ordinary US Federal Court. The title of this diary shows how I would pose the question. Join me on the flip side for details.

Kimball Cross

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Friday March 27, 2009 · 4:25 PM PDT

2009/03/27 · 16:25

The weekend began happily for me. I knocked off work an hour early since I’d earned an hour of comp time on Wednesday. I felt like dining out, which I don’t do much anymore, so I drove to my favorite Chinese restaurant, only to discover it wasn’t open for dinner until more than a half hour later. So I got back in my car and drove to my favorite Mexican restaurant. On the way over there and while eating my dinner, I started mulling over in my mind some of the deeper implications of the absurd harassment lawsuits that are being continually being filed about President Obama’s "eligibility."

If Obama had to resign the Presidency because some court insisted he had never proved he was born in this country, that would only be the beginning of the damage this ruling would do. Such a ruling would be a threat to millions of natural born American citizens.

Kimball Cross

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Wednesday November 05, 2008 · 5:43 AM PST

2008/11/05 · 05:43

This morning, an odyssey came to an end. Barack Hussein Obama is President-Elect of the United States. It has taken us a long time to get here.

Kimball Cross

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Sunday October 12, 2008 · 1:28 PM PDT

2008/10/12 · 13:28

Only one day too late to be posted on National Coming-Out Day, here is my coming-out statement to the DKos community as a M2F transsexual.

Catch me on the flip side for the whole story.

Kimball Cross

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Saturday September 27, 2008 · 6:07 AM PDT

2008/09/27 · 06:07

Many insightful diaries and comments have been written here about the subtle racism of some who oppose Senator Obama. I would not have written this diary were it not for the reprehensible post which Dennis Prager made last week at Real Clear Politics.

Kimball Cross

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Saturday April 12, 2008 · 12:46 PM PDT

2008/04/12 · 12:46

Last week was hectic at work, and that’s why I’m so late posting my diary about Michelle Obama’s public appearance in Raleigh, NC on Tuesday, April 8.

For details, meet me on the flip side.

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To the memory of Heather Heyer

The Little Brown Ones: A Poem

Announcing my latest novel, Mistress of Land and Sea

NC Hybrid and Electric Drivers may be forced to pay discriminatory auto tax

Announcing my second novel, "Mistress of the Topaz"

The Nationwide Campaign against Mosques and Muslim Religious Rights

Is Khalid Sheik Muhammed a War Criminal or just a Criminal?

Birth Certicate Cases Threaten My Rights As an American

Yes, We Did!

Some Will Call Me Betty

Dennis Prager on Obama, Racism, and Elections

Michelle Obama's visit to Raleigh, North Carolina