tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60050312011-04-21T14:15:00.114-05:00...porque llamas son mas grandes que ranasrachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00156240800799628096noreply@blogger.comBlogger781100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005031.post-10418990514506552022008-08-14T20:58:00.002-05:002008-08-14T21:04:07.162-05:00

Despite somewhat prolific posting at the beginning of my blogging career, since my daughter was born, I seem to write barely a post a year. I am going to attempt to reverse that trend. My goal will be a post per week. So, stay tuned... I expect I will continue to write about both political issues (as I did pre-motherhood) as well as issues related to being the mother of a three year old...and

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The little llama, now in her twos, is also now into temper tantrums. Yesterday was about television. Seven minutes of screaming and foot stamping because I said no more television. When I ignored it and sat down to read, she came and stood in front of me, in case I hadn't really noticed the tantrum. I suggested that she go to her room to calm down. She did. Came back moments later, still

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I'm not really sure what she's doing in this picture... crowing? roaring? Who knows. But she's having fun and wearing her dancing skirt and that's all that really matters.

rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00156240800799628096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005031.post-57104505587040977162007-08-01T21:33:00.001-05:002007-08-01T21:34:53.426-05:00

It's been a while. How about a picture?

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or, Hooray for preschool. I don't know about the rest of you, but preschool always brings back fond memories. Okay, they are admittedly fuzzy memories but they do give me a warm fuzzy feeling. It wasn't till I was much older than four that I found out that preschool is not a universal experience....it was only universal in my particular demographic set. Sometime in high school I did a

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I have to go to Florida this weekend. Yes, I know, I shouldn't complain...it's cold here and warm there. But in the aftermath of this election, I just don't know if I'm ready... to step foot in a Red State. Scary though. Will walking around with the Constitution in my back pocket be protection enough??

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This was emailed to me and I thought it was worth posting. Blue America Charter Fellow citizens! It gives me great happiness to unveil our plans for the liberation ofBlue America. For the past three years, we have, in conjunction with a handful of MIT engineers, been constructing a giant, cordless circular saw,which is now complete. With this saw, we plan to carve our thriving,prosperous

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In fact, far from being a mandate, and despite the 58 million who voted for the scary weasel, this was the weakest incumbent reelection in decades. http://interestingtimes.typepad.com/interesting_times/2004/11/some_historical.html

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I can't remember where I read this, but somewhere I read about a woman who was able to vote for the first time, and voted for John Kerry. Despite the fact that Kerry lost, she felt that being able to vote was liberating, that she finally had a voice. And, just because Kerry lost, she was not prepared to be silenced. So she is going to write Bush a letter a day. Now, I think that writing a

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For those who don't know, this blog is written in Boston, home of the Boston Red Sox. And, for those among you who are not baseball fans, (Mom, Dad)... Last night the Red Sox won game 6 of the ALCS after being down 3-0 at the beginning of game 4. And they won last night in spite of a blatant attempt to cheat by A-Rod. A-Rod happens to be a Bush supporter and gave $2000 to Bush (go to

rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00156240800799628096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005031.post-1093569924669825462004-08-26T20:18:00.000-05:002004-08-26T20:25:48.103-05:00

The Red Sox are playing The Detroit Tigers tonight. My baseball-addled husband is listening to the game in the other room. I am hiding in here with the computer unsure what to do. I grew up cheering for the Tigers. For my 9th birthday I asked my parents (who are not baseball fans) to take me to a game. I cheered them on in the World Series in 1984 (as in, The Tigers Roar in '84). My childhood is

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Well, another split decision from the SJC in a case somewhat related to the same-sex marriage issue. Except this one goes the wrong way, IMHO. The case, in a nutshell, involved a lesbian couple, one of whom had a child through artificial insemination with the other's consent and financial support. But, they broke up 2 months before the child was born. And, because of this, and because the two had

rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00156240800799628096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005031.post-1091120756553404132004-07-29T11:57:00.000-05:002004-07-29T12:05:56.553-05:00

Yes, I realize that at the end of my last post I say that we should be inspired by Kerry and Edwards and in the post before that I said the John Kerry does not inspire me.  This may seem inconsistent, perhaps even that I flip-flop or waffle.  That is not the case.  John Kerry does not inspire me...but I really really really wish that he did.  I know that despite my rather blah feeling about the

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Last night the dems at the dnc gave a nod to 3 men who would have been president, McGovern, Mondale and, my favorite, Dukakis.  Of course, the powers that be did not let them speak.  They have all been keeping these loyal dems at arms length because, well, they lost.  And it saddens me that we aren't allowed to be inspired by them.  No, they did not win their elections but they are good people,

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My darling husband is simultaneously listening to the Red Sox and watching replays of old conventions (conventions where something actually happened, where decisions were made)...the current one got, well, a little boring.  I gave up midway through Carter's speech.  I'm a fan of Carter, the only good president of my childhood.  And, I think he was a better president than many give him credit for.

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It has been far far too long since I have last posted.  And, I have no good excuse.  I have been out of work since June 18th and therefore should have plenty of time to write... but it's amazing how the days just get frittered away when you have nothing to do but watch bad daytime television, apply for unemployment and send out endless resumes. sigh.  but enough of that, I am turning over a new

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Short, sweet and to the point. This has gone far enough. I am woman, watch me march... and vote! Both Girl and Mo have more to say on this...

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I have just returned from seeing Julia Alvarez at the Harvard Book Store with Girl and now it is time to blog... I have been meaning to for quite sometime but I have promised both Girl and Mo that I will get back to blogging and so here I am. The long hiatus was due to the fact that my husband and I have just bought a condo. As a friend recently put it, we have now joined the class of landed

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This article from the Boston Phoenix is a good explanation of what went on yesterday. Even though I was there I found it very hard to follow. Also, please contact your legislators and either thank them for their support thus far, or try to convince them to do the right thing the next time. You can find out how your legislators voted and how to contact them here. The title to the article I

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As many of you know, this blog is written from Massachusetts, center of the gay-marriage debate. Yesterday was the much awaited constitutional convention in which our elected officials were to decide whether or not to write discrimination into the constitution. After a long day of political and strategic maneuvering, including some surprising votes of supporters of gay marriage (note: strategic

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When you're talking about flip-flops.... are you sure you're not talking about George W. Bush? --- Bush is against campaign finance reform... ... then he's for it. --- Bush is against a Homeland Security Department... ... then he's for it. --- Bush is against a 9/11 commission... ... then he's for it. --- Bush is against an Iraq WMD investigation... ... then he's for it. --- Bush is against

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Thanks to Mo for this link. Yahoo! News - 9/11 Victims' Kin Angered by Bush Ads I was not surprised when I read that Bush was using the Twin Towers and September 11th for his ads. I was dismayed though, and I wondered how it would play to the voters. Well, now I guess we know. I'm sure some people will continue to see him as a leader in a time of crisis, but it was a truly crass thing to

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Today, in Jewish tradition, is the Fast of Esther. Most years I only fast on Yom Kippur. In fact most of the other fast days in the Jewish Calendar I know nothing about. But this year, I feel moved to observe Esther's fast. The Fast of Esther is the prelude to the holiday of Purim. And the story of the Purim is told in Megilat Esther (aka the Book of Esther). The story of Purim is a

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Kudos to Kerry for winning the nomination. One of my readers has pointed out the juxtaposition of two of my previous posts, the one in which I defend Kerry as being more than Bush Lite and the other when I bash him for his hypocrisy on gay marriage. Kerry's move regarding same-sex marriage was hypocritical and cowardly and politically motivated. And for this reason I did not vote for him on

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As Bush and cronies attempt to erode a woman's right to choose, I thought this was a timely and important message. Though an FDA advisory committee has recommended making emergency contraception available over the counter, the FDA itself is delaying approval once again. Emergency Contraception over the counter is necessary so that women who've had unprotected sex would have ready access to a

rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00156240800799628096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005031.post-1078247365328347532004-03-02T12:09:00.000-05:002004-03-02T12:12:22.966-05:00

Edwards or Kerry? Maybe Dennis Kucinich? It's your choice, go vote!

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If you live in any of the following states, GO VOTE! I don't care if Kerry is leading in the polls, it's not over 'till it's over. And here's what's at stake: Super States States voting March 2 and the delegates at stake in each: California: 370 Connecticut: 49 Georgia: 86 Maryland: 69 Massachusetts: 93 Minnesota: 72 New York: 236 Ohio: 140 Rhode Island: 21 Vermont: 15

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Bob Herbert says it all.

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Wow, it has just been a banner day, hasn't it? I found this particularly alarming. The House just passed a bill that would criminalize killing a fetus. That is, if someone, in committing violence against a pregnant woman kills a fetus in the process, that killing of the fetus would be a separate crime. It is no secret that this is just a back door way to attempt to overturn Roe v. Wade. The

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Well the word is out that Kerry backs state ban on gay marriage. Though he was one of only 14 senators to oppose the Federal Defense of Marriage act, because he thought it was gay bashing, that line of reasoning is apparently out the window. Even an amendment that provides for civil unions would still enshrine discrimination into our state constitution by banning gay marriage. It would be an

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This is a good response to those Nader supporters and "Deaniacs" who seem convinced that Kerry (and Edwards) are simply Bush Lite. Granted, neither of them are as far left as I'd like them to be...but they are a far far cry from the ultra-right-wing person occupying the Oval office. If you want to criticize the current viable Dems, fine, then do so. Tell them to push their agendas. Tell them

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Bush urges ban on gay marriage George W. Bush do not protect my marriage, try protecting rights. While you are at it give thanks for your job to those activist judges.

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February rain in L.A. is the tax paid on months of sunshine

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The Silver Line joke: a silver bus ain't a train it's a bumpy ride

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In San Francisco beautiful weddings of love and long denied rights.

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Ralph Nader's ego has grown too large. But, don't fear. We'll still evict Bush.

rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00156240800799628096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005031.post-1077573110473990422004-02-23T16:51:00.000-05:002004-02-23T16:54:36.826-05:00

I'm so glad someone finally figured this out! Really? The Silver Line is not the be-all and end-all of modern transportation? I'm shocked! First of all, it is not a "line." It is a BUS! The red, orange, blue, even green, lines are lines, they are trains and street cars on dedicated tracks. The Silver Line is not. No wonder it can't measure up.

rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00156240800799628096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005031.post-1077226546459343222004-02-19T16:35:00.000-05:002004-02-19T16:39:10.403-05:00

Gorgeous apartment two bedrooms, hardwood floors, porch, Cambridge, Central Square Vacant April 1st laundry in building, great street close to Inman Square Windows, light, backyard, one-thousand square feet, any takers? Contact me.

rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00156240800799628096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005031.post-1077139064032148442004-02-18T16:17:00.000-05:002004-02-18T16:20:23.950-05:00

Dennis Kucinich I like your politics, too bad more don't lean left

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Kerry with your chin can you take us to the top? or will the "shrub" win? Edwards, your verbal flair has promise, but can you get young George out?

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Kerry or Edwards to be or not to be our president. Who knows?

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Goodbye Howard Dean Where'd you spend that forty mil? Wasted donations.

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Call me Eeyore: thistles,* also known as artichokes, are delicious. Yum. * yes, I know that line has six syllables instead of five. poetic license?

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So, it seems the evil empire has signed A-Rod. What exactly does this mean? Are they dumping Jeter? And, why didn't these negotiations ever hit the rumor mill? I mean, when the Red Sox were negoitating it was all over the news. And now we don't hear about it until he signs? Well, I for one am happy to cheer on Nomar. Go Red Sox!

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This will give you hours of unrestrained hilarity! It's the"Dishonest Dubya Lying Action Figure." Be the first on your block to own one! Be the envy of friends and neighbors! Piss off republicans everywhere you go!

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Whales and Water: Last night, finally, I watched Whale Rider. It was a wonderful, beautiful film on more than one level, which, of course, the best movies are. It was set (and filmed) in a small Maori community in eastern New Zealand on the coast. The scenery was stunning, both land and sea. The story, too, was beautiful and spare and simply told and the acting seemed filled with honesty and

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So, last night on my way home I stopped at the video store and rented: -The Avengers, 1967, volume 1 -Midnight Cowboy -Whale Rider I then went to the grocery store and bought: -4 packages of tofu -an 8 pack of snack size yogurt -an artichoke -a pound of red meat I feel like all these items should be in that scene on Sesame Street in which they would sing "One of these things is not like the

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did you write the patriot act, and do you have faith in un's pact? if dick cheney tells you "no." do you believe in awol bush, and should we save some arab tush, and can you teach me how to snub nato? well i know destruction could be mass unless we kick iraqi ass, we bombed them in basra. i dig that shock and awe! we left poor mosul in a pinch, but israel thinks we're a mensch, while we were

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and it's back to politics. the massachusetts constitutional convention defeated finneran's constitutional ammendment by a hair. they are now debating traviglini's. for updates, go to www.boston.com. and if your senator/representative voted the right way, thank her/him. and if your senator/representative voted the wrong chastise him/her.

rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00156240800799628096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005031.post-1076527320646077232004-02-11T14:22:00.000-05:002004-02-11T14:25:19.623-05:00

hum from computer numbing glare of fluorescent light drains energy

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note: i'm new to the haiku (unless you count my attempts in the fourth grade in Mrs. Campeau's class) so, just playing around here... and taking a break from politics...

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buried 'neath blankets furnace rumbles into night long for chirping birds

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melted snow seeps in warm toes now chilled -- leaky shoes so tired of puddles

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Gays Have Full Marriage Rights, Massachusetts Court Says At last the SJC has confirmed that it meant what it said. Hurrah!

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I thought this was another good piece on the "issue" of Judy Steinberg Dean. Judy, Judy, Judy

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I thought that this was the best article I've read so far on Judy Steinberg Dean. Short and to the point. I was so angered by both pieces in the NYTimes recendly (by Jodi Wilgoren and Maureen Dowd) that I could not string together two coherent words. So, thank you to Rebecca Traister for an intelligent article on the woman. And, if you live in NH, Go Dean!

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Salon.com News | Mich. city rethinks beard requirement Yes, I have many more important things to write about. And I will, someday. But this headline was just too good to pass up. Besides, it's from my home state.

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The separation of church and state is one of the great geniuses of the bill of rights (okay, they're all pretty great). And, while we don't get it right all the time, we have a pretty decent working model. France, however, has gone a little bit too far on this one. Fearing an unassimilated and growing muslim minority, the French have decided to outlaw headscarves, yarmulkes and "large" crosses

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In an Op-Ed in today's New York Times Jim Wallis admonishes the Democrats for avoiding religion, morality and god. "Allowing the right to decide what is a religious issue would be both a moral and political tragedy." It was not surprising to read that "people who attend church more than once a week vote Republican 63 percent to 37 percent; people who seldom or never attend vote Democratic by

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Mad Cow Disease. Yep, folks, in case you haven't heard, we've got Mad Cow Disease, right here in River City. The government is trying to calm our fears by telling us that it's only one cow, and that the tainted feed probably came from Canada. (South Park had it right, I guess: when in doubt Blame Canada!) While I have been racking my brain trying to remember the last time I ate a hamburger,

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Last night my husband chose the movie. (note: this is not the confession) Usually we come to some sort of agreement about movies, although we may take turns following each other's suggestions. Last night, though, he chose, with little input from me. Friends of ours, upon hearing the movie choice, declined to join us (and were more than a little shocked that my husband will go see Godzilla but

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I have decided that some of the judges in this country are our last line of defense against that guy living in the white house right now. I have just read that Court Blocks E.P.A. Rule Changes on Industrial Pollution Though the shrub has opened up the Alaskan forest to roads, development and logging, I hope that each and every victory just keeps getting under his skin until he takes his marbles

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I have long thought that God is not a right-wing zealot... and it turns out others agree. Hurrah for the religious left. This article from Salon.com is about the Rev. Albert Pennybacker is "a Bible Belt preacher with a drawl who's urging people to support 'basic religious values.'" "It's 'wake-up time' for religious liberals and moderates disenchanted with the current White House, Pennybacker

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In First Amendment News, New York Governor George Pataki gave comedian Lenny Bruce a post humous pardon for an obscenity conviction over 40 years ago.

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So, I was flipping channels last night... and stopped when I saw a beautiful, shiny red, Honda Insight. Hurrah! So, hybrids have hit the main stream. My husband and I have one (it's silver and it's name is Iggy) and we love it. It gets 60 miles to the gallon. No joke! If you haven't figured out what to do with that holiday bonus, or if you're just tired of that gas-guzzling old clunker

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I think my upstairs neighbor has been cast under an evil spell. By day she is a friendly, and quite petite young woman, a freelance journalist who recently relocated from New York City. But, as darkness falls, the transformation occurs... she turns into a restless elephant who apparently wears clogs. You think I'm joking? Then you try sleeping as she paces throughout the night! If anyone

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Thank you New Jersey! And the endorsements keep rolling in. Madonna can endorse Clark all she wants. Dean is the one for the job.

rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00156240800799628096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005031.post-1071843027056944852003-12-19T09:10:00.000-05:002003-12-19T09:36:50.680-05:00

I have never been one to revel in "God talk." Raised by two lefty-liberal atheist Jews who gave me a sense of culture but didn't believe in organized religion, I tend to shy away from the religious, particularly the openly religious and especially the religious right. However, as a lefty-liberal practicing Jew (some mix of Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist and Renewal with a healthy dose

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You are a Folkie. Good for you. What kind of Sixties Person are you? brought to you by Quizilla

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Yesterday's Boston Globe reported that the SJC was soliciting briefs for an advisory opinion (requested by the legislature) on whether a civil unions bill would comply with its decision in Goodridge. Well, then, here's my brief: the decision said marriage, not civil unions. The 180 days given to the legislature was not for the purpose of erecting a separate but equal system called civil

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Hurrah for Federal Judge Emmet G. Sullivan!! Though the forces of evil and hypocrisy (yes, that would be the Bush administration) consistently attempt to gut any regulations that protect the environment, they have met with defeat on this one. So, put your snowmobiles away and go get some snow shoes or cross-country skis instead. It is so difficult to track all the insidious ways Bush is

rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00156240800799628096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005031.post-1071669553343419322003-12-17T08:59:00.000-05:002003-12-17T08:59:26.886-05:00

Read more about Bush's hypocrisy. Not that I'm really surprised. Bush is opposed to gay marriage. That was a no-brainer. But, it is not his place to criticize the SJC. Moreover, he said, with a straight face (albeit a weasely one) that he believes in judicial restraint?! Puh-leeze! If he and his cronies believed in judicial restraint, Al Gore would be in the White House.

rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00156240800799628096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005031.post-1071669156695834002003-12-17T08:52:00.000-05:002003-12-17T08:52:50.330-05:00

Amen!

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I know I'm not the first (nor, I hope, the last) to say it but, the fact that they found and captured Saddam does not justify the war. Yes, he has done many horrible things and, yes, it is good that he has been captured. But, how many countless innocent lives, American lives, Iraqi lives, were lost in the process? And does the administration know how to safely put the pieces of a demolished

rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00156240800799628096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005031.post-1071238196646973552003-12-12T09:09:00.000-05:002003-12-12T14:46:54.480-05:00

For those of you who live for each weekly installment of the West Wing and dream of the day when a democrat will be back in the White House, check out Bob Herbert's Op-Ed in today's NYTimes. He pretty much sums up my fears about the democratic party's knack for self-destruction.

rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00156240800799628096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005031.post-1071097065731174472003-12-10T17:57:00.000-05:002003-12-10T17:58:53.463-05:00

I have been listening to the snow melt and drip drip drip off the roof and onto my windowsill. And so it begins, the long winter of new soft white muffled snow followed by days and weeks of gray slush. Despite my muscles, only recently recovered from this weekend's bout of shoveling, I'm looking forward to a new snowfall. Is this because my memory of my irritation at the snow and it's

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Just fiddling with the settings and seeing how this blogger thing works....

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