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Not wanting to be just another Armchair Revolutionary, I thought this would be an appropriate way to see 2006 into the history books…

My thanks to my Dad, who let me know about the protest, Austin Paulnack of the Syracuse Chapter of MoveOn, and the Syracuse Peace Council.
…and yes, there was snow [...]

Relevance

Page one, New York Times. April 25, 1975 via Greg Sargent:

Ford Says Indochina War Is Finished for America
By RICHARD L. MADDEN
NEW ORLEANS, April 25 — President Ford, calling on the nation to develop an agenda for the future, declared today that the war in Iraq Indochina was finished “as far as America is concerned.”
Mr. Ford [...]

Justice

But now I laugh and pull so hard
And see you swinging on the Gallows Pole
Swingin’ on the gallows pole!
-Steve Bates nails it.

No more Blog Filler.

I’m not writing today. You might call it an early test run of a New Years Resolution.

Legacy

Oh man, I’m so glad I wasn’t taking a swig at the moment:
HENRY: Now Jeff, you know, in the last hour we had in THE SITUATION ROOM Bob Dole, Gerald Ford’s running mate in 1976. What kind of a fact — how much of an impact was the pardon on getting Ronald Reagan into that [...]

There will be hell to pay.

Former President Gerald Ford Dies

(AP) LOS ANGELES Gerald R. Ford, who picked up the pieces of Richard Nixon’s scandal-shattered White House as the 38th and only unelected president** in America’s history, has died, his wife, Betty, said Tuesday. He was 93.
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Ford had battled pneumonia in January 2006 and underwent two heart treatments — including an [...]

You have been warned.

Post 911 “Abbey Road”
“If it were a perfect world, we’d be able to give everything to everybody that they wanted to have, but we are limited in the resources that have been provided to us by Congress…”
As the New Year approaches and newly elected Representatives from the local level on up to the National prepare [...]

Ten Years After

Ten years ago this day occurred the longest night of my life. Although some say it happens every year just the same. It is Winter Solstice, celebrated as Yule. Today, in just a few hours actually, I will have been a Daddy for ten years. Happy Holidays everyone.
til árs ok friðar, “for a good year [...]

Where in the world?

If you have time this holiday, please contact your Representative about this:
Take Action: Immigrants Imprisoned in American Concentration Camps, On Christmas

Latina Lista has been doing fantastic work on the story of the truly evil ICE roundup of immigrant children and families, which has in many cases left American citizen children effectively orphaned. Now, we learn [...]

There it is.

(H/T) Donkey OD