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Decision 2012

On October 8, 2012 · 6 Comments · In obama, politics

If  you’ve been reading my blog since circa 2008 (or before, wowza!), you might remember the last presidential election, and my semi-regular and passionate rants and raves on the subject. I was dedicated. I paid close attention to the primaries. I read political coverage. I debated with friends and family in the months leading up […]

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America’s Cities

On July 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In holidays, obama

“Throughout our history, it’s been our cities that have helped tell the American story. It was Boston that rose up against an Empire, and Philadelphia where liberty first rung out; it was St. Louis that opened a gateway west, and Houston that launched us to the stars; it was the Motor City that built the […]

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Disgusted.

On September 8, 2009 · 19 Comments · In obama, politics

Pardon me while I dust off the corner of my blog labeled “politics.” Because wow… it sure has been a while, huh?

But it’s time.

I have been watching in shock… disgust… HORROR even…over the last several days, as the media and the citizens of this country talk about the speech that President Obama will […]

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A Thousand Words

On July 8, 2009 · 5 Comments · In in the news, obama, politics

Yesterday, my internet buddy, LJK-C, posted a link to a photo collection by the Boston Globe that chronicles President Obama’s first 167 days in office. Beautiful, poignant photos that I pored over, drinking in every detail–in one image, I even noticed my favorite campaign photo framed on the President’s desk. *LOVE*

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Mr. President

On January 20, 2009 · 4 Comments · In in the news, obama, politics

Today is an awesome day.

I have never experienced an inauguration the way it is meant to be experienced. I was only 10 years old when Bill Clinton was sworn into office, and although I have very clear memories of watching it (I was home from school and spending the day at my grandma’s), […]

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