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To Jack, Robert and Teddy Kennedy, Thank You

Tonight my heart is heavy with the passing of Ted Kennedy. It's like the end of an era.
I've been on a journey with the Kennedy brothers, even though I've never met them, since 1959 and the journey has been filled with good and bad times, but the results of that journey can't be denied. The Kennedy's were inspirational and they made a difference.
The Kennedy's taught me and millions more to dream and believe in our dreams. Ted Kennedy, the last of the Kennedy brothers, was buried tonight but his legacy will live forever, and even though my heart is heavy my dreams are still alive and I feel fortunate to have witnessed this part of American history.
A quote from Paul Wellstone comes to my mind when I think of the Kennedy brothers: “The future will not belong to those who sit on the sidelines. The future will not belong to the cynics. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”---Paul Wellstone
The Kennedy's didn't sit on the sidelines and I believe history will reward them for that.
As Bob Hope might have said thanks for the memories.

Trace Creek Baptist Church Health Care Informational Meeting Videos

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Heather Ryan Leslie McColgin Judy Adams

The Two Minutes Hate: August 26, 2009

Email I Received From elreyjones@yahoo.com

What can I say? The ugly right wing and Christianity!

Jim,
Are you the filthy white bolshevik child molester who was also a serial killer suspect?  You seem to fit the description.  I know you believe in permitting rape, incest, murder, and are pro-abortion (after birth even) but I have also heard that you are the devil's brother.  Any comments you sick perverted white piece of mother fucking shit.  It is pathetic sub-human white perverted bolshevik trash like you that makes me wish that abortion had come along sooner and your parents would have opted for it.
Praise the Lord and I'll continue to pray that filthy scum humans like you are aborted prior to birth.
Elrey Jones (Please look me up you filthy piece of caca!)

Pray In Jesus Name?

As many of you know Richard Dillon and I have started a new site and when I read his article "Religous Hate in Western Kentucky Borders on the Occult" I was moved by what's going on not only in Western Kentucky, but what's going on in the rural areas of Kentucky.
To ignore this sort of stuff and call these folks racist, Jesus freaks or idiots will not resolve what's going on. I suggest it will take a real effort to change the environment these folks live in. I further suggest to ignore what's going on in Rural Kentucky would be a huge mistake by those that claim to be progressives.
I believe it's the responsibility of progressives to expose these folks for what they are and fight to change the environment that allows this sort of stuff to flourish.
James Pence

TRAILER: Michael Moore's 'Capitalism: A Love Story'

'CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY' - In Theaters October 2nd
"It's a crime story. But it's also a war story about class warfare. And a vampire movie, with the upper 1 percent feeding off the rest of us. And, of course, it's also a love story. Only it's about an abusive relationship.
"It's not about an individual, like Roger Smith, or a corporation, or even an issue, like health care. This is the big enchilada. This is about the thing that dominates all our lives — the economy. I made this movie as if it was going to be the last movie I was allowed to make.
"It's a comedy." — Michael Moore

The Guns of August NRA And The Health Care Insurance Lobby!

Wonder why the Health Care Town Hall participants are packin'. Well I suggest it's a coalition whether formal or informal, and I believe it will prove to be formal, between the NRA and the Health Care Lobby.
It's, in my opinion, nothing more than 3rd world dictatorship style intimidation, provided by corporate American lobbyist. These folks are serious and we had better start paying attention!
It's hard for me to believe the Health Care Lobby and the NRA aren't in bed together to defeat Health Care Reform when I see stuff like this posted on the NRA site:

Now Is The Time To Make Yourself Heard At Town Hall Meetings!
 Congress has now adjourned to start the Summer District Work Period and will return after Labor Day.  During this Summer District Work Period, your Senators and Representative will be back home in their states and districts.
Many lawmakers use this time to hold town hall meetings, and take questions from their constituents.  These meetings offer a tremendous opportunity for you to personally voice your strong support for the Second Amendment.

The NRA is, in my opinion, taking this to a new level by making calls to Rural Americans to escalate the anger at Health Care Reform Town Hall meetings. I received the following call from the NRA today from this phone number 703-656-9940:
Today I received a call from the NRA 703-656-9940. I was asked to participate in a questionnaire and I said OK. The caller then asked me to listen to a recorded message from Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Rifle Association of America, and I agreed. I listened to Mr. LaPierre's , what I consider, diatribe about Hillary Clinton, the UN and Mexico all conspiring to take our guns away.  When Mr. LaPierre's recorded message was over, a real live person asked me the following, as I remember it. I don't have the recording: Should 3rd world dictators & Hillary Clinton be allowed to dictate gun ownership in the US? I couldn't believe what I was hearing and responded by saying that's a loaded question and as a multiple gun owner a question like that insults my intelligence. The NRA person told me he disagreed with my opinion and I told him this was still a free country and he could disagree with what ever he wished, and so could I.
It's this sort of stuff that's firing up the right wing base and don't be surprised when a NRA member actually shoots to kill those that disagree with him or her.