U.S. Rejoins World

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"If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.

It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled – Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America..."

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Election Signs

(thanks to Americablog)


(Hanging animal is a raccoon... get it?)

Post Number 1004

“Rights are to be taken, not requested; seized, not begged for.” -Jose Marti

"For Mercy has a human heart,
Pity, a human face,
And Love, the human form divine,
And Peace, the human dress." –William Blake

“Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true.” –Honore de Balzac

“You can't decide how you're going to die. Or when. What you can decide is how you're going to live now.” –Joan Baez

“Tomorrow when you go to the polls, make my life difficult. Make the next four years really hard, so that every morning all we can do is come in and go, 'Madonna is doing some Kaballah thing, you wanna do that?' I'd like that. I'm tired.” -Jon Stewart

Death of a Maverick (audio)

It seems kind of a shame that a journey for the Presidency that began in a prisoner of war camp in Hanoi should end like this:

But then, as a Kos diarist points out, they deserve it for agreeing to talk without preconditions.

Story here.

Fun With Yard Signs

Hey Freewayblogger! After my third Obama sign got stolen I decided to take your advice and get myself an overhead projector. You're right, signmaking's easy! Now they can steal as much as they like - I can just paint more... and bigger. This time though I made sure they had to work for it. -Tim in OC


Dear Tim, Nice work! You'll find having an OP is not only good for stolen yard signs, but stolen elections as well. Now if the bastards steal the election, declare martial law or start another one of their wars-for-reelection, you'll be ready. Remember, when used properly, a citizen with an overhead projector has the voice of about ten thousand who don't. -scarlet

Hey Scarlet, saw this over at Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. Thought you'd appreciate it.

Voter Alert! Under a McCain/Palin administration, abortions will be performed with flag pins.

Dissent is Patriotic

Two from Aboriginal Media:

Dissent is Patriotic Part One

Part Two

The Tribunes of the People

(from our mailbox:)

The Tribunes of the People are a small group of middle-aged malcontents operating near Hollywood, California. Disillusioned and embittered by the unwillingness of the Hollywood studios to film their screenplay "Zorro and Hamlet Meet Godzilla," they've re-dedicated their lives to telling political rather than artistic truths to the masses through the medium of freeway blogging.

They have worked primarily on foam core sheets obtainable at art supply stores with duct-tape lettering, but as the Freeway Blogger has pointed out, this can be a pricey business, so they intend to switch to the classic method of projecting from transparencies onto painted cardboard.

While hoping fervently that the advent of the Obama administration will lessen the need for their activism, they are not sanguine, keeping their powder dry and their signs at the ready.


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