I absolutely agree and have rejected both since a very early age. I stopped saying the pledge of allegiance and singing the “America” songs in the second grade once I learned my Jehovah’s Witness friend didn’t have to. I wore my parents and grandparents down by the time I was to be confirmed in the Catholic Church. I did not have to be confirmed despite being forced to go through all the other stuff up to that point. I did not attend Catholic School, so I attended “night school.” There was a drive-in movie theater next to my parish church, so my fondest memory was skipping “class” and sliding under the fence with my friend Maureen and watching the movies until our parents came to pick us up. That’s how I saw “Tommy.”

This is my first post to you firedogs. I like you guys. Collectively, you make up for the brilliance I miss in my father who passed in 1994. He had a LOT of flaws, but he was fascinated by history and tended to read a book or three a day. We had great conversations/debates about history, politics, world affairs, and current events. I can assure you, I was probably one of a handful of kids GLUED to the House Impeachment hearings at age seven. My uncle was part of House counsel and was on TV every night hearings were broadcast. Anyway, my Dad taught me to learn by reading from every conceivable angle on a subject and make up my own mind about things. Never be slavish to ideology. I get the sense I’m in good company here.

Oh, we can’t take credit for how that sweet dog recovered.!

All we did was transport dogs and set up a way for them to collect donations. Actually, Mr. LD did all that. I mostly ran the credit card charges for the donations.

Those dogs were loved and brought along by baby steps by all the wonderful Lab breeders and rescuers around Austin.

I love looking at how Adam bloomed.

peas!

If I were Lamont, I’d hire those guys with the “Kiss float”, and pay them just to cruise the whole damn state, 7 days a week, non-stop. Funniest, and most provocative “ad” I’ve seen in quite awhile.

The Lamont campaign did not endorse the Kiss float, but Ned said he found it amusing.

CT Bloggers will be driving that float to as many Lieberman events they can and they plan on driving it on Primary Day, August 8, to various polling stations around CT.

Dude, you stole those words right out of my brain. That calls to the next level where some of us are headed with a smile and others, obviously, with a major frown.

blogs and mainstream media coverage of blogs have gone a long way toward giving lamont a level of name recognition he wouldn’t have had otherwise within the core democratic base. it’s important to note, though, that the audience was ready to accept and learn more about an anti-lieberman candidate, as the dissatisfaction with the senator and his relationship with the president are significant in the state. the convention showed that to be the case.

the dump joe bumper stickers have been around for a few years now, so the blogs fulfilled two roles: creating a specific demand for a specific challenge and reflecting a larger desire for the same thing. that’s a very effective combination, and it illustrates the tremendous functionality of blogs to both drive and reflect emerging political sensibilities among the electorate.

the interview w/prof. hanley is pretty interesting in terms of blogs and their roles in this race…yes, this is a subtle way of blogwhorijng, thanks so much for noticing!