this could not have arrived on a better day.
my vote is in.
perfect timing.
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“life is about timing.”
-carl lewis
Feb6
Tag Archives: politics
Oct18
his life.
Congressman, Trailblazer, and Civil Rights Leader – Elijah Cummings
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“my life is based on pain, passion, and purpose.”
-elijah cummings
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thank you for truly living what you believed in
RIP
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image credit: Baltimoremagazine.com
Feb10
kakimi.
late night friends chatting about the current state of things.
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“kakimi chertyami oni viigrali holodnuyu voinu?”
this translates roughly to:
“how the hell did these people win the cold war?”
― dave barry, big trouble
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image credit: kellydbrown
Nov9
recount.
who knows when
the last bead will be counted?
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“the first thing I’ll do if elected is demand a recount.”
-kinky friedman
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image credit: melissa and doug – abacus
Nov6
stand up.
stand up and vote.
“small differences in a system of great power can have enormous consequences.”
― noam chomsky
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dog image credit: iggyjoey.com
Aug28
what is a hero?
President Richard M. Nixon honors John McCain at the State Department
after McCain was released by the North Vietnamese in 1973
after more than five years as a prisoner of war.
(U.S. Navy)
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RIP Senator John McCain
a maverick in the truest sense of the word
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“I’ve tried to serve our country honorably. I’ve made mistakes, but I hope my love for America will be weighed favorably against them. I’ve often observed that I am the luckiest person on Earth. I feel that way even now, as I prepare for the end of my life. I’ve loved my life, all of it. I’ve had experiences, adventures, friendships, enough for 10 satisfying lives, and I am so thankful. Like most people, I have regrets. But I would not trade a day of my life in good or bad times for the best day of anybody else’s.”
-John McCain – from a letter he left to be read upon his death
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“a hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.” bob dylan
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image credit: washington post
Jul17
wits end.
“i would challenge you to a battle of wits, but i see you are unarmed.”
-william shakespeare
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photo credit: gregory dukor/reuters, google images
Jun5
make gentle.
Ethel and Bobby Kennedy play with their sons before bedtime at home
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“let us dedicate ourselves to what the greeks wrote so many years ago:
to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. “
– robert kennedy
november 20, 1925 – june 6, 1968
(50 years ago)
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image credit: time life pictures, paul schuyler
Mar30
grassroots.
i loved this grassroots campaigner
and his simple old-school way to reach the people
no glitz, no glam, no sound bites
just two young volunteers helping him
a speaker playing music
food and drink handed out for free
petitions passed around and signed
hands shaken
questions answered
face to face
good to see a real person.
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“the little grassroots people can change this world.”
wangari maathai
– kenyan politcal activist, awarded the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her
“contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace”.
Feb19
on president’s day.
“without debate, without criticism
no administration and no country can succeed
and no republic can survive.”
― john f. kennedy
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photo credit: national archives
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