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Eleanor Roosevelt - Activist First Lady

By cmaukonen on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 6:10pm |

Most people don't remember who the First Ladies of the White House were. There were a few that stood out. Jackie Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton. I myself cannot remember President Eisenhower's wife name. And I wonder how many remember that Bess Truman was the wife of Harry S Truman.

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A lesson from LBJ in courtesy

By cmaukonen on Sun, 11/07/2010 - 11:39am |

I found this particular entry by Sam Smith to be especially moving to me.

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Now What ?

By cmaukonen on Fri, 11/05/2010 - 7:14pm |

Sam Smith over at Progressive Review has some thoughts on what to do now. Give the whole thing a read. He has some good ideas.

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Prosperity American Style

By cmaukonen on Thu, 11/04/2010 - 8:05pm |

pros·per·i·ty  –noun, plural -ties.
1. a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, esp. in financial respects; good fortune.
2. prosperities, prosperous circumstances.

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The American Dream

By cmaukonen on Wed, 11/03/2010 - 6:24pm |

The American Dream. Here is what Wikipedia says about it.

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Technology...miraculous, convenient and boring.

By cmaukonen on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 6:34pm |

Yes boring....breath-takingly so. You really do not have to do anything to use it. You do not have to know anything to use it.  Your computer, iPod, car, television, radio/stereo, microwave, cell phone...you name it. You turn it on and it works and probably will for a very long time. After which you replace it. As the sticker says on the back, No user serviceable parts inside.

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What happened to us ?

By cmaukonen on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 8:46pm |

When I was around 2 years old, according to my mother, my parents had just purchased a small house in Altoona Pa.  Shortly there after a tropical system came up the coast and was threatening Long Island NY where my grandparents had a large house boat.

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10 Questions for The Tea Party

By cmaukonen on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 10:57pm |

Ralph Nader posses ten questions to the Tea Party people. I wonder just how many of them can truthfully answer them. Assuming of course they can read.

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Bad Medicine

By cmaukonen on Wed, 10/20/2010 - 4:55pm |

Well this is interesting but not to surprising. According to this article from AFP, it seems that health care is the reason our longevity in this country is now well below the rest of the developed world.

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