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“I posted at dagblog today. I made their front page and I didn't even know it. Thought I was just”
Posted on NOW IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE September 8, 2010 10:25 PM
“thanks so much, Bwak. I'll bookmark it. What a mess!”
Posted on Labor in America: Those were the Days September 7, 2010 2:54 PM
“I would hate to lose touch, too, SJ, so why don't you start your own blog? Blogger is pretty easy,”
Posted on For Labor Day: "Kowalczyk's Hat" September 7, 2010 9:54 AM
“David, I went over to DagBlog. Looks very interesting, but I saw something about invites in the comments. Don't want”
Posted on What to do as TPM Reader Blogs shut down September 7, 2010 9:23 AM
“that article was painful to read, but so necessary. Thanks, DK. Workers are conditioned to work. It's where they find”
Posted on The post ended, "Goodbye for now." September 6, 2010 11:40 PM
“Spent a good part of the summer with the grandkids so I wasn't around much--and now this! I am SO”
Posted on OGD's List: Now has a Page! September 6, 2010 10:45 PM
“Man, it's hard maneuvering around here now. I need my dashboard!”
Posted on Labor in America: Those were the Days September 6, 2010 10:12 PM
“It's still Labor Day so I thought I'd add Michael Moore's take on all of this: (It's loaded with F-bombs,”
Posted on Labor in America: Those were the Days September 6, 2010 10:10 PM
“ Absolutely terrific. A real pleasure to spend the day at work with these guys. As I read it, I”
Posted on For Labor Day: "Kowalczyk's Hat" September 6, 2010 6:52 PM
“Wonderful! Lots of great Cafe bloggers there. I never realized how many until I see them all in one place.”
Posted on A List For Posterity ... In the Event the Archives are Kept September 6, 2010 5:14 PM
“I've always wondered what "taking my country back" meant. That's why I've never used it. I think more in terms”
Posted on Labor in America: Those were the Days September 6, 2010 4:26 PM
“Well said, Don Key. Thanks.”
Posted on Labor in America: Those were the Days September 6, 2010 2:43 PM
“I'm going to wander around soon and read all the Labor Day posts. I'm looking forward to SleepinJeesus's and I'll”
Posted on Labor in America: Those were the Days September 6, 2010 2:42 PM
“Man, you missed the mark here! You thought that was about nostalgia?? No, not hardly. The people I chose to”
Posted on Labor in America: Those were the Days September 6, 2010 2:21 PM
“Thanks, Bwakfat--for your faith in me and for your contributions here on TPM. It's still a matter of working together,”
Posted on Labor in America: Those were the Days September 6, 2010 2:06 PM
“Twice I've tried to enter a comment to you and it didn't work. I'll try again: Your list is great”
Posted on What hath Glenn Beck Wrought? Naught but Rot August 30, 2010 2:36 PM
“I don't know what happened to my original comment, so if it appears forgive the duplication. I love this and”
Posted on What hath Glenn Beck Wrought? Naught but Rot August 30, 2010 9:55 AM
“I'm confused. Who is opposed to Christianity? Nobody I know--they're all on the other side. You might want to look”
Posted on What hath Glenn Beck Wrought? Naught but Rot August 30, 2010 9:05 AM
“Great quote, Wendy. Thanks. I'll copy and use!”
Posted on The Holiness of Burning, Burning Hate August 20, 2010 8:47 PM
“Wow, Joe. Somehow I either missed that or forgot it. So much for "Peace on Earth, Goodwill toward men", huh?”
Posted on The Holiness of Burning, Burning Hate August 20, 2010 6:37 AM
“What a pity that hate is the cash cow. Something wrong with that picture.”
Posted on The Holiness of Burning, Burning Hate August 20, 2010 6:28 AM
“Hey, Fake (do you have a nickname?), Wendy sent me over here after she read my blog today. Similar idea,”
Posted on On Saving Us From The Immoral, Or "Ready, Fire...Aim!" August 19, 2010 10:13 PM
“Pretty much zero. But the press will play it for all it's worth and Dove World will make a name.”
Posted on The Holiness of Burning, Burning Hate August 19, 2010 9:36 PM
“DD, I know what you mean about our own sacred books. How would those phony Christians feel about bible burning?”
Posted on The Holiness of Burning, Burning Hate August 19, 2010 6:58 PM
“Thanks,Curt. There are way too many of those hypocrites these days. I don't know if they're crawling out from under”
Posted on The Holiness of Burning, Burning Hate August 19, 2010 6:42 PM
“So sorry I didn't make it back in time to respond to the many great comments here. I'll go back”
Posted on Shell Shock, Battle Fatigue, PTSD - A Human Heart is Crying Out August 10, 2010 10:54 PM
“We've very mistakenly succumbed to class, ethnic, religious and race differences and have completely lost any sense of how we're”
Posted on Shell Shock, Battle Fatigue, PTSD - A Human Heart is Crying Out August 10, 2010 9:16 AM
“Seashell, you bring up a good point. A "war of choice" is a sin against humanity. We engaged in one”
Posted on Shell Shock, Battle Fatigue, PTSD - A Human Heart is Crying Out August 10, 2010 9:01 AM
“Oh my gosh, Bwak, that brought me to tears. I wonder how many millions of sad discarded emotionally scarred vets”
Posted on Shell Shock, Battle Fatigue, PTSD - A Human Heart is Crying Out August 9, 2010 11:24 PM
“That's a powerful song, Lis. Where are those generals?”
Posted on Shell Shock, Battle Fatigue, PTSD - A Human Heart is Crying Out August 9, 2010 10:50 PM

Ramona

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Website: ramonasvoices.blogspot.com
Location Upper Michigan
Politics Liberal Democrat

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Favorite Blogs TPM, Robert Reich, Margaret and Helen, Preserve Protect and Defend,
Favorite Books Molly Ivins, Studs Terkel, John Steinbeck, Eudora Welty, Annie Dillard, Barbara Kingsolver, J.K. Rowling, Michael Chabon, Carol Shields,Wallace Stegner, Larry McMurtry, John Irving, Elmore Leonard, John McPhee, Rachel Carson, Shelby Foote, Kaye Gibbons, Marilynne Robinson, Anita Shreve (more to come)
Favorite Quotes
"Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals got African-Americans the right to vote. Liberals created Social Security and lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty. Liberals ended segregation. Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act. Liberals created Medicare. Liberals passed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act. What did Conservatives do? They opposed them on every one of those things...every one! So when you try to hurl that label at my feet, 'Liberal,' as if it were something to be ashamed of, something dirty, something to run away from, it won't work, Senator, because I will pick up that label and I will wear it as a badge of honor." -- Matt Santos, The West Wing

Every time someone down the line is irreverent about authority, I'll have my monument. Every time some kid who was born a nigger, a kike, a wop, a Polack, a gook, a gimp, a fag, or just a plain maverick lifts up her head and dares anyone to stop her, I'll have my monument. Every time they peaceably assemble to petition their government for redress of a grievance, I'll be there. Whenever they worship as they please (or not at all), I'll be there. Whenever they speak up and speak out and raise hell, I'll be there. And every time some blue-bellied, full-blooded nincompoop who holds elected office is called to the floor for deciding to keep us safe by rewriting the Constitution, or by suspending due process and holding a citizen indefinitely without legal representation, I'll be there. Now that is immortality. I don't have any children, so I've decided to claim all the future freedom-fighters and hell-raisers as my kin. I figure freedom and justice beat having my name in marble any day. Besides, if there is another life after this one, think how much we'll get to laugh watching it all -- Molly Ivins

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink. - George Orwell

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. - Jack London

Bio

I am a lifelong Liberal and a long-time writer who has found my voice again with the dawning of the Obama age. I lived underground during the Bush Regime, spouting off under a variety of assumed names, but now I'm who I am--just as I am. Email: ramonasvoices@gmail.com

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