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I was born and raised in Chicago in a liberal Democratic home my Grandfather was a labor union organizer my Father a Democratic district committeeman my Mother was an election judge. My earliest memories were of passing out Kennedy yard signs from the back of the car, late in 1962 we moved to Dallas and if it hadn't been raining that morning in November I would have been in Dealey plaza while my Father was sitting in the Trade mart. In 1965 we moved to Montgomery Al. and I witnessed the march from Selma to Montgomery in 1967 we moved back to Chicago and my sister was selected as a page for the Illinois delegation of the Democratic National Convention as you can Imagine she never made it inside the building. In 1972 my mother passed away and the family disintegrated, by age seventeen I was homeless.
(1 comments)Thursday, June 19, 2008 Just a Good Dog SHARE
...to achieve Russert's level of success, in the words of Bob Dylan, "you gotta serve somebody". Heaven and hell are found in the same direction, it's only a short divergence from the path, a minor fork in the road that makes the difference.
Thursday, March 6, 2008 The Man Nobody Wanted SHARE
There is something strange going on in the political landscape of America. Something both parties see as a threat to national security, well to their national security at least. The candidates of both major political parties strike terror into the hearts of both political parties' leadership for the same reason, and for opposite reasons.
Friday, May 11, 2007 The Rah Rah Society SHARE
The lower order of plebeian knows very little about the hierarchy, they're duties are primarily symbolic as the elders preach the plebs nod in unison, "It is so, it is written it would be erroneous to question,"
Thursday, May 10, 2007 I Think I've Got L.S.D SHARE
Well the clinical definition is, rising levels of hostility caused by an over dependence on the truth. In some rare cases it can cause some individuals to have thoughts of homicide. Symptoms include frustration cynicism and critical thinking, that's me man I've got it!
(2 comments)Monday, February 26, 2007 Uncomfortably Numb SHARE
The latest revelations that the VA care is substandard are greeted with a collective ho hum. The General in charge at Walter Reed saying he was unaware of conditions and that it was no excuse yet that was his excuse exactly an excuse that the lieutenant wouldn't accept from the sergeant but he's a General so it works just fine. But we the battle weary civilian population worn down by such repeated and continuous excuses can only shrug our shoulders at one more.