Moveon.org has started a petition opposing the appointment of Alberto Gonzalez as the new U.S. Attorney General, replacing John Ashcroft (a case of out of the frying pan into the fire, if ever I saw one). Anyway, click here to add your name to the petition. For some background on this whole situation, check out…

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Well, the official start of four more years of Dubya kicks off on January 20 with the swearing in (some of us will just be swearing, but enough of that). To celebrate the event, those jokesters at JibJab have created a new movie. Check it out! For those who like their inauguration straight up, here’s…

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Rant on… If it’s Wednesday, it must be time for a little knee jerk liberalism. Well, actually ANY time is a good time for that, but today I have a good link for those who feel, as I do, somewhat disenfranchised by the times. This comes by way of a friend’s blog, who is using…

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…smile on your brother, everybody get together and be sure to get out the vote! The New York Times today endorsed John Kerry for President. Woohoo! It’s a thoughtful piece (you do have to register to read the full text, but it’s free – and it’s a good newspaper!). Kerry was initially a hard guy…

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A busy blog day, but I just received this, “signed” it and passed it on. Stopthe NRA.com has a new campaign underway to renew the Assault Weapons Ban. If it expires, some scary things could happen. Make your voice heard!

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Any of us who have traveled outside the United States have no doubt run into (if we’ve been willing to see it), the feeling that much of the world has about America – that we are uncouth, loud, and generally pretty obnoxious. In my travels I’ve seen altogether too many examples of Americans that reinforce…

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