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I am a Democrat, that's who I am

By Ramona on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 6:02pm | Politics
I am a Democrat, just as I'm a liberal and an American and a Michigander and a woman.  I make no apologies for any of those titles.  They're indelibly, irrefutably, absolutely who I am. 
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FRIDAY FOLLIES: Sarah wuvs Sarah, The Silence of the Lump, and Solidarity Pizzas

By Ramona on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 9:44am | Politics, Humor & Satire
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Lou Sarah has a Facebook page praising Sarah Palin.  Turns out Lou Sarah IS Sarah Palin.  Everybody's in an uproar over this, but I say, You Go Girl.  If you don't love yourself, who else is going to love you?

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And speaking of love, as Bluegal says, you gotta love those teachers:
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Right Wingers plan infiltration of Madison protesters and they don't care who knows it. Pass it on

By Ramona on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 8:51am | Politics

 Remember Mark Williams?  The same Mark Williams who was kicked out of the Tea Party Express (!) for writing a letter from the "colored people" to President Lincoln?  The same Mark Williams who called President Obama an "Indonesian Muslim turned welfare thug"?

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Friday Follies: The Smalls, The Bigs, and On Wisconsin

By Ramona on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:01am | Politics, Humor & Satire, Media

This week DARPA unveiled its newest entry into the spy game, the Nano Hummingbird.  The teeny, tiny $4 million prototype flew around a parking lot and then through a standard-sized door, all the while showing us on a small screen what it was seeing through its teeny, tiny eyes.  The hope is that it can be used for reconnaissance and surveillance without anybody noticing, as it zooms in at eight miles per hour and gathers info we might find useful.

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My mother, Irene, lived a Life

By Ramona on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 10:35am | Personal

My mother was born on this day in 1918.  It was the year the influenza epidemic spread across the world and became a pandemic.  By rights, and maybe in a more populous locale, my mother might have sickened and died before she ever had a chance at life.  She was a skinny, spindly little thing who always looked undernourished in early pictures.

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Barack Obama and the Chamber of Mostly Shallows

By Ramona on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 10:56am | Politics, Humor & Satire
Now, on some issues, like the Recovery Act, we've found common cause. On other issues, we've had some pretty strong disagreements. But I'm here today because I'm convinced we can and must work together. Whatever differences we may have, I know that all of us share a deep belief in this country, our people, and the principles that have made America's economy the envy of the world.
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Friday Follies: Miley's tattoos, Limbaugh's NYT joke, and other "news"

By Ramona on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 6:14pm | Politics, Humor & Satire
I've been thinking for a while now of launching a new feature called "Friday Follies", where I would post each Friday some silly moments of the week past. Just some nonsense to pass the time.  Nothing earth-shaking, just a little fun.

So this morning, when I opened My Google and grabbed a look at the top CNN headline, I decided I shouldn't wait any longer.  Today was the day "Friday Follies" would begin:
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When prosperity preachers hustle, they're making your God a shill

By Ramona on Sun, 01/30/2011 - 10:10am | Politics, Religion
  "And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not."  2 Peter 2:3

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Honoring Boundless Hearts

By Ramona on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 9:58am | Personal
Sarge was an idealist, a man of boundless heart, and a hard-headed businessman who from the ground up built a government program—and he was never afraid to call it just that because he disdained anti-government stereotypes—that has become an enduring force for American purpose and compassion, vastly popular at home and around the globe.
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