White House Whore

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Friday August 17, 2007 · 9:59 AM PDT

2007/08/17 · 09:59

Webster's New World Dictionary - Third College Edition:

whore n. 1 PROSTITUTE

prostitute n. 2 to sell (oneself, one's artistic or moral integrity, etc.) for low and unworthy purposes

The September Irag update (as brought to you by the White House and polished up with a dash of legitimacy from Gen. Petraeus who will trot it over to Congress) is in some ways a turning point. Not for us, not for the White House, but for Gen. Petraeus himself. He will have to decide if he, too, will become a White House whore.

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Tuesday February 06, 2007 · 2:43 PM PST

2007/02/06 · 14:43

This diary is a product of several diaries posted this last week, coupled with a few random comments that I and others have written. But somehow today with Dr. SteveB's diary (which, if you haven't yet participated, please do), many of my thoughts about being a Christian, and being a Democrat, coalesced in my mind.

The statement "I am a Democrat because I Am Christian" was made by Rev. Jim Nelson before the Georgia State Democratic Convention in October last year. For me, this statement is both an intensely personal faith journey and an active political principle of how to be in the world.

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Monday January 22, 2007 · 11:54 AM PST

2007/01/22 · 11:54

When I was young I learned to ride at a local stable. This stable was very clear about its rules. Everyone, no exceptions, had to muck out the stalls, clean tack, groom the horses and generally keep the stable fresh and clean. If you thought this was not for you, you didn't get to ride - period. When you finished riding, you did not toss the reins to some waiting stableboy, you worked. No amount of money would buy you any privilege.

This memory stays firmly in my mind as I view the job we are demanding of the newly elected 2006 Congress and as I watch the 2008 Democratic presidential candidates leap from the starting gate.

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Wednesday January 17, 2007 · 11:42 AM PST

2007/01/17 · 11:42

As I commented this morning in Cheers and Jeers, Bill has given us the go-ahead to put together a "cocktail" book from our C & J corner of the community. I would like to have this done and ready for YearlyKos 2008. Bill said he would provide some of the commentary.

I'm looking for some committed volunteers to help put this together. You can start by e-mailing me with what you would like to contribute. I really need those who are good with art/photo work and lay-out/editing.

Below the fold are some of my ideas which I fully expect to totally revamp when I hear yours!

Poll

20 votes Show Results

Are You the One?

20 votes Vote Now!

Are You the One?

Yes, me, me, me, I'll help

3 votes

Yes, throw in a case of Bud

0 votes

Yes, I'm the absolute best photo/artist in the world

0 votes

Yes, I always wanted to be an editor on a power trip

1 vote

Yes, I've drunk every drink that my favorite bartender can make

0 votes

Yes, you drunken profligates should try some of my non-alcoholic drinks!

2 votes

Yes, I'll be the official taster

4 votes

Yes, only if I get to take the cabana boy or girl home with me

5 votes

This is a joke, right?

1 vote

All of the above

4 votes

Never more beautiful than this

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Wednesday December 13, 2006 · 12:54 PM PST

2006/12/13 · 12:54

Over thirty-five years ago in my college dorm, an extraordinarily beautiful 19 year-old woman lay down on her bed to die in a black cocktail dress and pearls . An empty bottle of sleeping pills was found by her body and a brief suicide note. Her last words - I know I will never be more beautiful than this.

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Monday November 06, 2006 · 8:28 PM PST

2006/11/06 · 20:28

Election night bedtime story -

In loving deference to Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd who blessed all of us with Goodnight Moon
(please feel free to illustrate with your "favorites" and repost on Wednesday) Read More

Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick 10/5/30

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Thursday October 05, 2006 · 2:23 PM PDT

2006/10/05 · 14:23

On October 5, 1930, the newly built Riverside Church in NYC was dedicated. The church had been built by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. for Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick.

Few people of this generation have heard of Dr. Fosdick except for perhaps noting he had written a few hymns they may have sung in church. But during Dr. Fosdick's lifetime he was known as the principal leader of the liberal, progressive Christian movement. It was his sermon entitled "Shall the Fundamentalists Win?" on May 12, 1922 that caused him to be removed from the pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church in New York and caused Rockefeller to offer to build him a church. This sermon has stood the test of eighty-four years and is excerpted below. If only Dr. Fosdick were here today delivering it as he did that May. Read More

A Little Travelogue- A Little Politics from Savannah

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Thursday August 10, 2006 · 12:11 PM PDT

2006/08/10 · 12:11

For those of you that haven't read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Savannah really is a quirky place. She's a flirt, a party-girl, who loves to be a little naughty (or sometimes more)with a flip of her skirt. And once the sun goes down, she can steam up your glasses. My husband and I have only lived here full-time now for five years, but we never tire of the beauty of this town. For those of us who live downtown it's an endless show with a mix of the desperately rich, desperately poor, some in the middle, left-over aging hippies, thousands of art students, active gay community, Old Savannah Jewish community, Greater British Empire ex-pats, and young and old who were just passing through and found they couldn't leave. Read More

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