American Values Alliance | Practical voice for progressive valuesAmerican Values Alliance | Practical voice for progressive valuesAnyone be interested in getting a group together for an Election Night Countdown/Celebration (fingers crossed!)
Either way the night turns out I'm thinking I'm going to need need either a shoulder to cry on or (more optimistically) others to celebrate with. (Lord knows I'm not going to sleep at all that night.)
Oh and are we still getting together this month at Tea's Me?
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I was ridiculously proud of myself last night. So much so that I literally did a little dance all evening.
There's an old saying among lawyers: if the facts are on your side, argue the facts. If the law is on your side, argue the law. If you have neither, argue equity (i.e., throw yourself on the mercy of the court!)
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We didn't want this occasion to pass quietly by. The American Values Alliance blog has been in operation for two years, emerging in its present form on 31 July 2006 as a forum for discussion of the political, social and cultural news of the day.
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This week, CNN launched its Black in America series--a four-hour program that focused on women, families, men, work, religion, crime, health and life. It tried to offer a balanced perspective on being of Black African descent.
Several comments and thoughts on the two shows that aired the 23rd & 24th.
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The feeling of nausea that has overcome me at 4a.m. this morning, isn't due to the fact I'm finishing up a rather long (12 hour) night shift, nor is it due to the chinese food from about 6 hours ago that I probably should have put in the refridgerator some time ago. It's the sort of nausea that envelopes not only ones stomach, but ones soul as well...
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Kee-rap!
Indianapolis' own Pierre Atlas reminds us, in his most recent column for Real Clear Politics, that the U.S. isn't the only country facing a constitutional crisis.
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From this morning's New York Times:
Gov. David A. Paterson has directed all state agencies to begin to revise their policies and regulations to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions, like Massachusetts, California and Canada.
Millions displaced. Over 40,000 lost in China and 134,000 dead or missing in Myanmar. Since these tragedies first struck, I've been trying hard to find something to say here. I wanted to rail about the Burmese government's xenophobic resistance to foreign assistance.
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George W. Bush made a speech comparing Barack Obama's willingness to engage in diplomacy to those who appeased the Nazis before WWII.
The timing of this charge is interesting.
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