The Tea Hate Debate.....

I have said this since I first encountered Teabaggers at a Health Care Rally in Summer of 2009, they have No Compassion, No Humanity. As an American I am embarrassed at their coldhearted greed and selfishness. As a Nurse I watched Dr.Ron Paul show his true Colors in last night's Tea Party Express Debate. As a Doctor who took a Hippocratic Oath, he should have a more appropriate response than this halfassed statement about "responsibility" and the blood thirsty Crowd Cheers. These are the same people that a week ago cheered at Rick Perry's Bloody Execution Record.

If we want to learn more about Ron Paul, please do read this link about his Campaign Manager that died UnInsured. Someone needs to ask Ron Paul about this poor man's death from pneumonia and the 400,000 debt that the family is still coping with.


Chilling Moment about Healthcare, the Tea Haters cheer and applaud the concept of Someone Dying without Insurance......
This post in Common Dreams by Abby Zimet, About Our Broken Compassion is a MustRead.........
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"Humanity is the spirit of the Supreme Being on earth, and that humanity is standing amidst ruins, hiding its nakedness behind tattered rags, shedding tears upon hollow cheeks, and calling for its children with pitiful voice. But the children are busy singing their clan's anthem; they are busy sharpening the swords and cannot hear the cry of their mothers." Kahil Gibran

Pass the JOBS Act NOW....Make Calls....

I don't care where you live, there is no State that is not hurting for Jobs and this economy has not turned around yet, so do call your Elected Reps and tell them that ALL states will benefit from this bill.

September 11th....10 Years later....

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"Lets dedicate ourselves to what the ancient greeks wrote so many years ago, to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. Let us dedicate ourselves to that" ~~Robert F. Kennedy
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It's been 10 very long years, and so much has happened, so much has changed. And sadly we are not a better country or a better people. Our Leadership during the Bush years decided that Fear Mongering, Power Mongering, War Mongering was a Path that would "strengthen " America. The Bush Regime was wrong, and they have taken us into two false wars, created much hatred of America, and weakened our place in the World by using greed and lies to create a false position of strength. I am very sorry for all that lost loved ones on 911, and also for all that have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and Iraq. Too many people have been hurt in the last 10 years. The Damage is real, and ongoing and devastating. Bin Laden may be dead, but there are other War Criminals that are still roaming free with no Shame trying to re-write History. It is a sad sad Time in Our History. A Time of Shame.

How do we explain or rationalize Two Wars, Torture, Surveillance,the Patriot Act, and Gitmo.....The Shame goes on and on. And Promises were made to end the attack on Civil Liberties....we are still waiting. The Shame goes on and on.....3000 people died that fateful day, I don't think they would want any of this done in their name....
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I want to remember a Better America, I am saddened at how much this Country, Our Country has changed since 911. Then on Facebook an amazing little Film was getting passed around that touchingly reminded me and others of the Good part of us. It's called the "Boatlift "it is a Tom Hanks film about the New Yorkers, the Mariner Community that took care of so many on 911 it is a Must See....and it will renew you hope if the true Spirit of Real Americans..... Here is the Actual Link to "BoatLift" ..
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William Rivers Pitt "Children of the Aftermath". A Must Read...about the generation that grew up in the Shadow of 911....
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Mark Karlin of BUZZFLASH, "It's long past time to get over 911", Amazing post about how the U.S. has played the "Victimhood" card....
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Truthout Jason Leopold's Interview with Ray McGovern regarding 911 Intelligence and Truth.....really enlightening welldone Interview.
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Paul Krugman on his Conscience of a Liberal Blog really spoke out about some of the Fake Heroes that morphed our of 911....yes, Bush and yes Guliani. It's a thoughtful thought provoking piece.....
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In the Australian Paper, "What we Lost", has another angle on the Changes in America after 911.....
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Art Garfunkel....a Heart in New York....Because in spite of Everything that happened and what has been done in our Name...I know who we are as Americans....it's people like you and me....working folks getting by.

GOP Debate Tonight.....or Watching the Cat Herding...

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"A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar."~
H. L. Mencken
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I actually looked for cats in a room full of rockers because I think that is more accurate...but there were no such photos or such art.....So the popcorn is ready.

Will Any of them really talk Creative Jobs Solutions ? Will they have the Nerve to keep pursuing their Austerity Chatter ? Will they keep blaming the Poor and the Elderly and the Unemployed for the Economic Mess ? Will any of them really offer Real Solutions or will they keep serving up Obama Bashing , pretending to be Strong Vision Men ? Will they continue their bashing Muslims, Immigrants, Public Workers and Unions ? Will they bash puppies and kittens and babies too ?

Will they mention ANY of the Following:
(1) One in Four Children Living in Poverty and suffering Hunger issues
(2) 24 Million UnEmployed ( Millions More UnderEmployed ) This figure does not even acknowledge the 22% Rate of Unemployment for Returning VETS, or for Americans over 40 and also newly graduated.
(3) We are behind other countries in Infrastructure and Education and Quality of Healthcare.

And do read this from Raw Story ( Raw Replay) has More from Robert Reich concerning Mitt Romney, that is a Must See and Must Read, and should prove enlightening for the Debate.

Other Things to Note: Watch for the corporate Pandering and Coddling....( Let's see How Many Times they mention the Taxes for the Rich and let's see Who Sponsers the Debate).
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Molly Ivins Wisdom on Al Franken's Show in July 2004....Her Wisdom is Timeless....,

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IN THE COMMENTS BELOW I WILL BE LIVEBLOGGING THE GOP DEBATE....ANYONE ELSE CAN JOIN TOO....
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The Incomfortable PreDebate Banter...
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I went to walk the dog and missed the most disgusting moment according to my son they read Perry's Execution Record ( 254) and the crowd "cheered"......so today I saw what Reagan's own daughter said about it, and it was sobering...
"The moment that would have broken my father's heart was the moment when applause broke out at the mention of more than 200 executions ordered by Rick Perry in Texas. It was stunning and brought tears to my eyes. This is what we've come to? That we applaud at executions?" -Patti Davis, Ronald Reagan's daughter.

Urban Emptiness : Next Wave of Foreclosure Hell Created by the Banks

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For Years now we have been seeing the news stories about Empty Homes, the Mortgage Meltdown. And we watched the Homes emptied, abandoned. It was a mess that should not have happened, the news blamed the Homeowners, I didn't and still don't. I blame the BANKS. The banks were greedy, they could have let families stay and live in their homes and pay rent, they could have worked out a negotiated payment plan. Here I live urban, a neighborhood close to universities,hospitals and colleges, there used to be many lovely duplexes and sidebysides and brownstone apartment buildings all full up with hardworking students and teachers and nurses and young doctors. Now they too sit empty with smudged darkened windows looking out confused. Yes, even Landlords were hit in the Foreclosure Epidemic, but the News forgot to tell anyone. And when the Empty Buildings fill a street, things change, Grafetti tagging starts, and squatters quietly sneak in, and syringes appear on the treelawn. And Nightime Dog Walks become more of a planned affair.

The Banks abandoned the people, they abandoned the Homes. And now in many parts of the Country the second wave of Emptiness is hitting. Commercial and Business Real Estate buildings are filling up whole blocks of Downtown Cleveland, and other Cities. It is eerie and quiet and lonely driving by block after block of Emptiness. I drive my Refugee Patients downtown and we pass block after block of the "Emptiness" my one patient calls it. He says he has never seen anything like it, and I have a hard time explaining it. And then the next block we see homeless people sitting outside on a sidewalk. And he asks" Why does not someone take the empty builidings for them ? " he quietly asks. I am as haunted by what I see as the Man from Nepal. I have no smooth American Answer or Wisdom. I have only sorrow.

Some of the Buildings have been carefully boarded up and painted, I know that the Owners did this with love and sadness as they locked the doors the last time. The Buildings above are all near the Loft I used to live in Downtown, and each of them I knew them as a thriving lively Business. I still remember people going in and out and the Lights On. I remember all of this, even though My Loft was foreclosed in 2007 and the landlord hid crying in the garage and told me that I had less than 2 weeks to find another place and it was Zero degrees outside. I called it my UnMerry Christmas. And so my son and I moved 2 miles away from our Lovely Loft. And that wonderful Loft now still sits Empty and I drive downtown and spy on the pigeons flying in and out of my old windows....And the "Emptiness" Leaves a Hole in my heart.

Yet I will always know that Greed was what created this wave of Foreclosures....
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HoneyCutters "GoodNight Irene"

I don't know why, but I hummed this song this weekend as I took photos of downtown....hundreds of photos...

This Sunday on @AWOP Radio 7PM EST Music by the Honeycutters and Journalist Octavia Nasr, so Tune In and Listen Up....

Internet Radio is the happening place on Sunday Eves 7-9PM EST.....please join us and listen in...or join us in the Chat Room.Click the Title to listen up....
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This Sunday we have a very special show. LIVE in the Liberal Loft there will be the HoneyCutters performing for the first hour. Our Round Table Guest will be Internationally known Journalist Octavia Nasr. For those of us that have followed her for many years and her outstanding Middle East Coverage, this past year we have been following her blog and her tweets as the Middle East has been rocked by Change. Her website has links to her blog and her Consulting Company as well as her newspaper articles in arabic and Lebanese newspapers. This is an exciting time to be watching the Middle East and a wonderful time to discuss the changes as women, and also to discuss the fusion of Twitter,Blogs and Journalism.

In one article I was reading about Octavia it had this wonderful quote by her, that truly shows how she views her role in this ever changing journalistic landscape.

"The time has come for me to get on the road representing myself and everything I stand for. Through Bridges Media Consulting, I wish to be a voice of reason, a voice of moderation, a voice of expertise and best practices.I created Bridges Media Consulting to reflect what I've done in my career so far and serve as my platform to carry on making a difference in our world".
( Quote from The National 2010)

So do Tune In and Listen Up, Perry @mommapolitico and Kim @awop and Nunzia @nunziarider and I will be part of this amazing show....
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The Latest Blogpost by Octavia concerning America, Obama, Immigration,racism, "Dogs Bark,but the caravan moves on " is really insightful and poignant.....a must read.

Also @mommapolitico pointed out that this week's NEWSWEEK has a whole expose on our "Security" Systems in place since 911, what they are costing, where there is overlap and waste.

Do go to the Honeycutters on line and order your CD and also go to their facebook page and give them some love. And do listen to the song IRENE.....amazing song.Here is their link to their site so you can listen to them and order their CD and see them in Concert.

And Nunzia Rider who helps so much with @awop and @awopradio also works for @storyful make sure to support their work and fine journalism on Twitter.
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How Wonderful are the Honeycutters ? This is their song IRENE :

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And in Honor of Labor Day and Unions....."Which Side Are You On " with Florence Reece ( Union Wife, CoalMiner Wife)
on the version of Natalie Merchant....

And then It was Sunday.....

"I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas "~~ John F.Kennedy
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Things to Ponder....
(1) Robert Reich is talking about the Economy and explaining where were are "Zero Economy" on his blog and it is also posted over on Truthout. No matter how bad this economy is...he explains it in a way that works....

(2) A 24 yr old in Ohio has died from a Toothache. And people wonder why we need Health Care for All here in this country ??

(3) And this story from @Storyful about a UCLA Student who went to fight with the Rebels in Libya, will give you something to think on....

(4) Stunning Timelapse Photography of San Francisco will take your breath away....

(5) And if you missed it, because Media forgot to post or cover it , Nurses last week protested Wall Street Greed, in NYC and 60 Other Cities...yes NURSES !!!!

Petition to the White House for a WPA JOBS Program NOW......

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Dear President Obama,
I like many others worked hard for you to be elected. I worked hard for you to Fight for us We The People. There are too many people that are Underemployed and Unemployed. 24 Million Unemployed,and at least another 22 Million Underemployed Working Part Time Jobs to try to keep food on the Table. 22% Unemployment Rate for VETS returning Home from Two Long Protracted Wars. 26% Unemployment Rate for People of Color. 20 % Of Unemployed are Experienced Workers over 45 yrs old. We Need a WPA Jobs Plan NOW. People are starving, losing Homes and Health. Young People also are having trouble seeking jobs to support themselves through College and After College, their Dreams need to be recognized as well, since they too helped get you elected. It's Time for the White House to Create a JOBS Program that will Bring Meaningful Work and Wages to Millions of Americans. In the 1930's FDR stood up to Corporations and Thuggery and Created the WPA and the New Deal. It's Time for that Kind of Courage and Creative Problem Solving. If you agree with this please Do Sign Below and Share on Facebook and Twitter. The White house says it if gets 5000 Signatures it will take Any Petition Seriously.....

Sign below and pass on Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus and email me also. Let's get 5000 by the time of Obama's Speech Next Week. ( We Can DO THIS !!!) Here is MORE on the Actual Petition Issue and the White House Announcement....

HERE IS THE LINK TO SIGN THE ONLINE PETITION ::: JOBS NOW Epetition or you can click the title to sign, please forward far and wide.
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FDR September 1936....Lessons for us

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So within days of this Post, and writing the Petition, President Obama came out with a Jobs Act,see video below of him addressing Joint Session on this issue.

About the Garden...and Giving Back and Hard Times....

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This summer I had the world's smallest garden, mostly on my back porch and back steps and tiny little plot, less than 4 by 5 ft. I grew beans, tomatoes, basil, dill, mint, cilantro, and blueberries and lettuce. Flowers, violets, and morning glories and petunias.My little garden was small,but everything I planted seemed to grow. ( There is alot to be said for Manure). This past month I noticed that Someone was taking tomatoes and basil and beans. I also know that the Community Garden up the street is now locked 24/7. So I simply realized that there must be people who are hungry taking some of the vegetables and fruit. So at first I was upset when some of my vegetables vanished, but then I had a change of heart. I realized that True Hunger was making someone take from my tiny garden. I can't be angry if someone is so hungry. 47 Million are on Food Assistance in our Country, 1:4 Children are hungry. We all need to acknowledge that people around us are hurting. So I started leaving fruit out under the Hanging Tomato Plant. And if I made Banana Bread I would leave that out as well. I share with the Birds and Squirrels, I view them as neighbors. So in my heart I know that Another Neighbor is Hungry, and I must do my best to help them as well. Compassion is not an emotion, it requires Action....daily.

Where Our Minds and Hearts Meet.....

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there."~Rumi
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I have been spending more time with the Refugees, so I am seeing the world and America through their eyes. I am haunted by what I am seeing. I am working on a Photo Post of Downtown Cleveland that is heartbreaking....it is beautiful. It will be posted next week. Thank you for your patience. In the meantime I still rush down from the attic to see the Morning Glories every morning.....and I have to share them with you.

FDR from September 1936 with a poignant message for now.....

We Need them Home, all of them, from Iraq and Afghanistan.....Now

Jon Tumilson, a Navy SEAL, was killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 6. At the funeral his dog, Hawkeye, mourns his passing. RIP.

@AWOP Radio Sunday Show....Tune In and Listen Up ....

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We have a Great Show planned for Sunday Evening 7-9PM EST on @Awopradio, really wonderful guests. Jason Leopold of Truthout will be on first and then we have Leslie Boyd of LifeOMike, and Ashley Arrington of BlueRidgePride. We will be talking with all three of these progressive warriors as they Fight the Good Fight. Perry @mommapolitico and Kim @awop are really wonderful hosts of this show, allowing people to tell their stories and have a Voice. (Click the Title and listen in...)

Saturday Night Thoughts....

This Week's Food For Thought....

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Fran Sent this in regarding the Irene...
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Conan on Perry....
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Boehner only played golf 119 times this year....
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Sunflowers and the Fukushima Snow.....

Click the Title to this Reuters Article , a really beautiful article about Monks and planting of Sunflowers in the Fukushima Zone...
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"Sparks from burning strips of paper swirled into the hot summer sky, carrying the names of the dead above a temple in Fukushima where thousands of sunflowers have been planted to help fight the omnipresent radiation.The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant some 50 km away suffered a series of core meltdowns and explosions after the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami knocked out cooling systems, setting off the world's worst nuclear accident in 25 years and forcing tens of thousands from their homes.

"It is as if an invisible snow had fallen on Fukushima and continued to fall, covering the area," said Koyu Abe, chief monk at the Buddhist Joenji temple.

"This snow, which doesn't melt, brought a long, long winter to Fukushima."

Some 80,000 people were forced to evacuate from a vast swathe of land around the reactor as engineers battled radiation leaks, hydrogen explosions and overheating fuel rods -- and have no idea when, if ever, they can return to homes that have been in their families for generations."

Are Banks Morally Bankrupt ? Let's Look at Some Recent Cases of Banks taking Homes from the Elderly ....

(1) UK Daily has has a recent story about Homes being taken by the Banks in two different Situations. One Situation involves an elderly couple trying to cope with Medical Debt and losing their Home in Florida. And the other case they covered is about the Brooklyn Grandmother who the Bank was trying to take her home due to a default on a 1000 dollar loan. The two examples they gave blatantly show that the Banks were brutal to these elderly folks. In other Countries Elderly are treated with Respect and Compassion.

(2) More about Mary Lee Ward the Brooklyn Grandmother's Situation, from the NY Daily News explains how this great-grandmother of Brooklyn , who has lived in her home of 44 years borrowed money in 1995, and it almost cost her her home Today.

Let's read more from the Business Insider of these Subprime Scams and how such a thing could happen to Mary and other Grandmothers...

Village Voice has the update of the Battle that was waged and how Mary Lee Wards Brooklyn Neighbors joined the Fight, drawing crowds and Media and Support.

Progessive Radio , @awopradio Sunday Night, Tune In and Listen Up....

So this Sunday we have a great show planned, and the show starts at 7PM runs to 9PM EST. ( And if you miss it you can always listen to the Podcast later.) This Sunday we have the one and only Lizz Winstead, Co-creator of The Daily Show and Co-founder of Air America Radio. She will be on to discuss her Road Tour for Planned Parenthood (as she has been traveling around the Country , Educating and Advocating for Planned Parenthood ...really important cause for Women's Health). We will be talking to her about Politics and also her Upcoming Book. (Please do see the Post below about her Show and her blog....She has added more great Show Sites : Bellingham, Burlington and More. ) Then we also have Perry Interviewing the Filmmakers of "Default" which should be very illuminating and sobering, as this is the Next Financial Situation we all need to learn more about....And also the Authors of "Waiting for Rove" will be visiting us as well.

Perry, Kim, and Nunzia and I are all trying to create a Show where Progressives can Tune In , and Listen Up, and serve up some real brain food, and get folks thinking and talking on Sunday Eve's...So grab some coffee and some snacks and have a Listen....It's like we are all crowded around the kitchen table...Connecting.

2012 is heating up and getting ugly....It's time for Bloglatopia, Twitterland, Internet News and Magazines, and Internet Radio to come together...create Strong Powerful Alliances and Dialogue...Our History is up to us.

Tune In and Listen Up....
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More Links about the Show....
Open Salon has more on the upcoming show....

Lizz Winstead Has More Tour Dates on her Planned Parenthood Tour......

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Lizz Winstead has been touring the Country this summer educating, advocating about Planned Parenthood in her own unique wonderful show...She has more shows added to her Tour, and her blog is wonderful with photos and video from the tour ( you can click the title for the the link to her Tour Blog. ) And if you can get to her show....get there... And this coming Sunday she will be our first guest on @awopradio on 7:30PM EST to talk The Tour, Politics and her upcoming book. ( Click the Radio on the sidebar to listen in ).

LIZZ's TOUR Information is here, so check it out, Shows are still being added..... Check it out there is still so much more to come !! This Week : Frederick Maryland....and coming up New Hamphire and out west there is Seattle and Bellingham, NYC, Burlington,VT, and Manchester,Hampshire and Orlando and other cities...

Sadly we all know the attack on Women's Healthcare and Planned Parenthood is continuing and surely will not ease now that the GOP has a fine crop of presidential contender clowns hitting the road.....

If you are on Twitter every Thursday and Friday I try to share #PlannedParenthoodFacts be sure to join in the hashtag and here is the main Planned Parenthood Factsheet to share.
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Some Planned Parenthood Facts to Share (Some from their own website and some from other online sites.....:::
(1) 75% of Clients Served live at or below the Poverty Level. ( For many low income, working poor women Planned Parenthood is their only source of Healthcare.
(2) Less than 3% of ALL Planned Parenthood Budget is spent on Abortions ( regardless of what GOP says. And those services are provided via donated funds. NOT a dime of Federal Money is spent on Abortion Services.
(3) 17% of Budget is spent on Cancer Screenings.
(4) 10% of Budget is spent on Prenatal Care and WIC services.
(5) 12% of Budget is providing Medical / Reproductive Care to Older Women
(6) Planned Parenthood provides Infection, detection and care, as well as HIV/AIDS detection and services( as early as the 1980's they were one of the first Medical Providers to help facilitate testing and care for men and women.
(7) They provide Medical Care and Reproductive Care for 3-5 Million Women per year in America alone, and have provided this care for over 75 years. They help women Worldwide , not just in the United States.
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Please do see the Post above about her Interview on @awopradio where she explains so much about her tour and the purpose and what she is seeing as she travels. It was a great discussion and a great Listen.

Friday Finally.....Molly Ivins Wisdom...and more...

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly."~~Langston Hughes

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LillyDog at the attic Window...looking for the owl in the tree...Isn't it funny how dogs really have their priorities straight....they make us stop for the flowers...and the birds....August 20th 2004 my LillyDog showed up at our Doorstep out West and decided that I was her owner....She claimed my home and my heart...I am forever grateful to this amazing little Barkless Basenji. This amazing dog helped me work with Homeless Iraq Vets suffering PTSD in downtown Cleveland and now she has been helping me work with Bhutan Refugees...and she helped me write The Book laying by my leg hour after hour while I typed...This quiet little gentle dog with the large eyes is so special....She is a "Rescue", but in the end we know that she rescued me too.
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Molly Ivins Sharing Some Wisdom on Fear Mongering...and Fear..."Why We Hurt Ourselves" (2004)

"Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention."-- Molly Ivins
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And yeah...I am editing the Final Edit of the Final Chapter....so some Music to Celebrate ...Firework LIVE by Katy Perry

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Florence and the Machine "You've got the Love"