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Our Beleaguered Optimism, Our Bolstered Cynicism, and the Tragedy of our Expectations
Sun Feb 27, 2011 3:24 PM EST
there used to be an America that was the fountain of optimism. There used to be an America that was the fountain of dreams.
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Poem: To a Bird
Mon Dec 20, 2010 1:24 AM EST
Oh bird! Why dost thou sit on yonder tree? Everyday that comes forth, Everyday You're sitting on yonder tree, never flitting Day after day, The bird still is sitting Sitting on yonder pear tree Morning come, singing, are you not?
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The Conscience of a Liberal - Why am I a Liberal?
Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:03 PM EST
Over the last few years, we have seen a process that was begun some three decades ago reach the height of frenzy and energy; it is the process of slandering and debauching and corrupting and distorting in the wildest ways what the word liberal means.
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In Defense of Politics
Mon Dec 6, 2010 4:42 PM EST
“Public life is the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and most honorable adventure.”
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Opinion: Conservatives Mislead in Health Debate - Newsweek
Seeded on Mon Oct 4, 2010 9:24 PM EDT (Newsweek)
Well. Have everyone who was not suddenly swept up in Republican misinformation been saying this for like the last two years? Finally! Someone realized it!
New Australian footage of Neil Armstrong's moon walk - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Tue Sep 28, 2010 2:21 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
New more clear, better quality, Australian footage of the lunar landing of Apollo 11. We need to go to Mars! If all it gives us is the inspiration we draw from it, - the same inspiration we drew from Apollo - then it is well worth the price.
Editorial - Profiles in Timidity - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Tue Sep 28, 2010 3:08 AM EDT (The New York Times)
I am a huge supporter of Democrats - and I abhor the lock-step party of Republicans, I abhor their empty rhetoric, and their flamboyantly irresponsible decisiveness; and, yet, don't we all, every once in a while, wish the Democratic party was like the Republican party? Why can't …
Despite economy, Americans don't want farm work - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Tue Sep 28, 2010 2:32 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
It is a common attack against illegal immigration that "illegal immigrants take American jobs." Well, this is an article from Yahoo News, that, while not wholly conclusive, showcases the fact that illegal immigrants take the jobs that American citizens do not want.
The Land of Hope and Those Who Yearn For It - Extended Version
Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:03 PM EDT
There used to be an America that was the fountain of optimism. There used to be an America that was the fountain of dreams.
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The Land of Hope and Those Who Yearn for it
Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:48 AM EDT
I write this article, today, as I bear in my hand that first token of being a part of America – a Permanent Residency Card. I am, indeed, proud and overjoyed at receiving this token. Yet, at the same time, I am disturbed.
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President Clinton: We should all listen to the tea party movement | The Upshot Yahoo! News - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:58 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
President Clinton addresses why the Tea Party is important, how we can restart growth and employment in the United States, and, somewhat, the Middle East Peace Process.
YouTube - The Crackpots and These Women: Bartlet's Speech
Seeded on Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:32 PM EDT (YouTube)
A scene from the West Wing episode, "The Crackpots and These Women," in which President Bartlett invites his staff to Chili and a drink.
YouTube - West Wing - College Kids
Seeded on Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:28 PM EDT (YouTube)
A scene from the episode of the West Wing entitled "College Kids," in which President Bartlett, in a speech to a teachers' union, talks about education, and inspires and energizes the room with an elegant, yet energetic, extemporaneous speech.
YouTube - West Wing Season 4 20 Hours in America II The Pipe Bomb
Seeded on Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:24 PM EDT (YouTube)
A scene from the West Wing episode, 20 hours in America, Part II. The president consoles and inspires the nation after the bombing of a college athletic center, in which forty-four people died.
The Necessity of History
Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:56 PM EDT
“History doesn’t repeat itself, it rhymes,” said Mark Twain. And, he is probably quite correct – First the Great Panic of 1893, then the Great Depression, then the Great Recession, it surely does.
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Rachel Maddow: Picking a president? Mind the income gap.
Seeded on Sun Sep 12, 2010 3:05 PM EDT (msnbc.com)
This is a segment from the Rachel Maddow show where Ms.
A House Divided Cannot Stand
Wed Sep 8, 2010 11:37 PM EDT
“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” - Dale Carnegie
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Our Capacity May Well Be Limitless
Wed Sep 8, 2010 11:25 PM EDT
I am delighted to have a chance to speak on the ordeals and opportunities before us, and the American Dream that I am entirely sure will not fade into forgotten memories.
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