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"It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." - Robert F. Kennedy

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March 22, 2010
By Stephen Rockwell

All of the great progressive political leaders were smiling down on the US last night as the House vote tally flipped to the magical number of 216.   JFK, RFK. LBJ, FDR, MLK, Harry, Truman, Teddy Kennedy and Roosevelt, and yes, even Richard Nixon, must have been saying its about time.   I sat rivited most of the day to the debate on the floor of the House wating for information as to how the votes would break.  The leadership had expressed confidence for days but you never know when it comes to actually voting.

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February 18, 2010
By Stephen Rockwell

 I had another one of the conversations with a conservative Christian about gay marriage. I have had this conversation a million times with fellow Christians and have no problem having it again and again. My latest iteration is probably the most succinct I have been able to be.

First, if you read the Bible from a fundamentalist, literalist perspective, its tough to have much of a conversation. But the truth is even fundies interpret the Bible, even if they don't want to admit it. Homosexuality is case in point.

 

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September 3, 2010
September 3, 2010

This is weird

September 3, 2010

Few voices remain in my head, in over my head, from the early days of podcasting. Julien Smith was the host of a fantastic spoken word and Hip Hop podcast called In Over Your Head. It’s time for him to record a new episode.

We’re over due. Please start over (again) Julien. It’s better to burn out than to podfade away.

September 3, 2010

Dear @RasmussenPoll,

Your polls that exclude ballot-qualified candidates are an anti-democratic farce. One example of many: Green-Rainbow Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein got 60% more certified signatures than she needed, and has polled as high as 8% before the mainstream media was even covering her campaign. Now that she is being invited to all of the major debates and is getting high-profile coverage, she is building up a lot of enthusiastic support that your polling tries to undercut. Shameful!

If you want your polls to reflect reality, include all candidates who will appear on voter’s ballots. Anything else is trying to color the outcome to your favor. Could it be that you don’t like the color green?

September 3, 2010

I strongly protest against this event. It should be cancelled to aviod any confilct between Islam and Christianity.

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