Login HereWe're seeing a lot of anguish on the blog and in real life these days, people becoming infuriated about administration abuses and gloomy over a Congress that refuses to hit the Stop button.
It's a geniune grief for our nation, and it's taking a toll on our psyche. Such strong emotions need to go somewhere---we fight with each other on the blog instead of uniting against the real evildoers---or worse, we take the pain internally and struggle with it there alone.
I've been pretty far down that path at times as many of you have witnessed. Thanks to teamEgregious, which includes quite a few firepups, I'm currently doing well. But there are other people who need someone to lean on, and I fear that number will soar as these outlaws damage our future.
So please, reach out and take care of each other.
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egregious!
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Evening, Egregious!!!
dang.
Hi Egregious
I’ve never seen a more caring community than FDL.
eg, did I read recently that you’re moving out of VA? If so, I hate to lose ya, good neighbor!
Hi egregious.
In an effort to take care of those not yet ready for the organic snacks downstairs, I present … truffles!
TexBetsy @ 10
Oh boy — I’m calling dibs on the one in the lower left. Thanks Betsy!
TJ @ 7
I ditto this…. I felt like I have been surrounded by one big family sending me warm wishes and lots of care. The one reason I have been able to survive the last month is because of FDL. The support, suggestions, the {{{{{HUGS}}}}, have been appreciated over and over again.
OMG, egregious. You are one of my favorites. You hold the values that I do and express them so beautifully. Oh, America.
TJ @ 7
I’ll second that. In the approximately 9 months that I’ve been here, I’ve seen so many kindnesses between the pups.
Good evening Egregious!
I made it your salon
Hey
LoudounLib @ 13
I’ve both seen it and experienced it firsthand, especially with the trip to YKos2 in Chicago.
Hiya all — this makes me a bit teary, something I’m not supposed to do anymore… sorry can’t help it.
katymine @ 11
(((((((katymine)))))))
Love and hugs, katymine! It was so wonderful to meet you in Chicago.
girls night out tonight or what?
Lifted me.
Loo Hoo. @ 19
ditto!
katymine @ 11
katymine! just get those towels and gauze in the right places! Your fortitude in the face of what you were going though was a huge inspriation. XXooo.
eg (good neighbor), did you see me at #8?
tw3k @ 20
all on tw3k’s arm, eh?
LoudounLib @ 10
I guess my thinking is too concrete..when I clicked on the link, I was expecting to see a fungus and a French Pig.
TexBetsy @ 9
YUM!
Besides, chocolate is good for you!
The LGB and sometimes T family has been torn up by our allies in Congress who seem determined to pass an ENDA bill that excludes the Ts among us, while more than 280 national and state organizations decry the T-exclusive ENDA. The Human Rights Campaign, meanwhile, “presses” for an inclusive ENDA but will not oppose an exclusive bill. Our allies, Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi, anger us all when they talk about how the community didn’t do their homework and therefore the inclusive bill must be dropped now in order to pass something.
On that one issue alone, it’s been a tough week to be a Democrat.
Then Harry Reid decides not to tax the super-rich hedgers any more than they are currently, and Jay Rockefeller seems ready to do his telecom contributors’ bidding by giving them immunity.
It’s been a tough week to be a Democrat. But reaching out and taking care of one another is all we really can do after weeks like this one.
Thanks, eg.
tw3k @ 20
Boys are allowed to emote. Saturday only!
The Lake is an exceptional place, the populace are second to none…!!!
lol Steve — when I see the word truffles, I only think chocolate ;-)
peanutbutter @ 27
yummmmmmm
Elliott @ 25
707!
Steve-AR @ 26
Which would you prefer?
I’ve had such a hard summer medically, and being here has been a balm. I hate it when we argue, even when we must.
LoudounLib @ 8
Sorry, it’s true. I am counting on you personally to keep Virginia progressive. Thank you for your good wishes.
Ahhhh you guys are going to make me cry…. And would someone tell Miss Dog that I do not need kisses….. golly Miss Dog go away I am just expressing my feelings…
Loo Hoo. @ 29
well i had a good vent fri that let me sleep super duper well into caturday :)
egregious @ 36
eg, you got it. I will be working extra hard, within my capacity, to turn VA blue-er.
where you headed egregious?
Thanks for posting this. Sadly this seems all I can talk about these days. It is my biggest fear. Things are much better here at the lake than on some other left leaning sites. But even here, occasionally, tempers flare. And I can understand that. With the rape of this country that is Bushco, one cannot help but be outraged.
We need to stick together. We need to help each other and understand that the opinions here on some topics can vary. But we all have the same goal. To change america into the nation it should be. A nation that cherishes it’s diversity and is strong because of it.
My other concern is that we don’t become that which we despise on the right. When the left regains power, there are many atrocities that have been committed by the right that need to be addressed. But I hope we can address them using the rule of law and not give in to the desire to simply attack. That’s what I like best about the left. The belief in the rule of law. As I say, many atrocities have been committed and many people need to be punished for their acts. But within the framework of the constitution and our laws.
I know I don’t need to remind most people here of that. I just needed to say it for my own sake. Together we can make this country good again. It will take some time, but we can do it.
Thanks for listening.
ADM
That’s what I’m talking about. Thanks Teddy.
TeddySanFran @ 28
Teddy, it seems like our leaders think we are living in the fifties. We’ve got serious work to do. I know that people don’t think like this. At least not here in SoCal.
Christine Edmonson @ 35
The worst part of being stuck on my back was not being able to type. But even lurking helped.
TexBetsy @ 40
The left coast
Loo Hoo I think your dream means you are to run against Issa.
Christine Edmonson @ 35
egregious @ 45
EgSanFran?
TJ @ 44
Yes it does!
TeddySanFran @ 46
Ding!
egregious @ 45
w00t!
I should move out that way too!
LoudounLib @ 50
Sounds like a good omen :)
oh - fer chrissakes - would someone just play me some jumpin’ blues?
OT —
CT, I am tearing my hair out here…
TeddySanFran @ 46
You are our JosephSanFran of the Technicolor Dream Coat!!
What’s wrong LL?
Boston’s Bullpen has completely melted down… 4 runs with only one out…!!!
TeddySanFran @ 48
Yes, if you’ll have me. Altho why California needs one more progressive, not sure. Perhaps I should move to Alabama.
Valley Girl @ 23
Hear, hear!
LoudounLib @ 54
Good look at those pics from your vaca again.
Here ya go, jayt
Is Suzanne off this weekend?
Betsy, it’s the baseball game :-(
Steve-AR @ 62
Yep, she will be back Sunday
jayt @ 53
I added the link
We’ll roll out the welcome mat, ma’m!!
tw3k @ 33
You know I’m gonna have to draw this, don’t you?
OK…you want a hat with or without a feather? ;0)
LoudounLib @ 63
Seven runs needed with only three outs…!!! 8-(
Margot @ 67
A feather, whistling yankee doodle dandy!
CTuttle @ 68
It’s gonna take a miracle.
well said egregious…..
ctuttle i left a comment re the 7 runs scored by the indians downstairs……….:)
Hey there,
Been coming by to read the posts for awhile now and I’ve got to say, I’ve gotten pretty discouraged at times myself. I just keep repeating “only one more year.” If we can somehow get through to next November without Bush pushing the big red button on Iran or anywhere else, things are going to get better.
Right?
down with the old!
LL, and Elliot - please excuse my tardiness - had to listen to them both - guess it’s my turn, huh?
sykopoet @ 73
more n better dems!
It’s Suzanne’s birthday on Monday, in case you want to cook up something special…she deserves it…
i am rooting for the …..indians - always go for the underdog tho my boyz blew it to the phillies!!
Hi, all.
Anyone talking about Frank Rich in NYT tomorrow? It is, finally, the facts and sentiments that need to be expressed, appearing in a major US media. Profound and moving:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10.....ref=slogin
Go for it jayt, but please pick a tune for me that I can cry along with — the Sox just lost!
juslin @ 72
Tied Series…!!! 8-(
CT and I will now shuffle off to the corner with our crying towels :-(
sykopoet @ 73
I am still hoping for a miracle.
TeddySanFran @ 46
It was the strangest thing. He kept intruding, my kids were little again, and they were falling off a cliff that was deteriorating. He kept saying all was well, when I knew it wasn’t. Weird.
If nobody else does run against him, what should we do? Even the military hates Blackwater, which Issa has supported.
sykopoet @ 73
Hey, welcome! And this is why I came too.
egregious @ 58
The Monterey peninsula needs progressives more than SF my dear egregious so at least tink about it. ;~)
Oh No, add salt to the injury, Trot Nixon is Player of the Game… Traitor…!!!
mhpcr @ 77
I already have three cakes and some balloons saved for the occasion. A good time will be had by all.
sykopoet,
May I offer you an official egregious welcome to the Lake.
Please let us hear from you often. We need everybody.
CTuttle @ 88
Ain’t that a bitch?!
ok - here’s one while I get warmed up..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRlVE2pNQ-s
Van and The Hook….
LoudounLib @ 80
So sorry LL….. :~(
aReader @ 79
Wow, I’ll keep that in a tab for reading later tonight.
lol, thank you npb — tomorrow is another day!
My toobz seems to be broken….. can’t refresh again
test…test…
RICHMOND, VA. — Virginia Republicans will hold a convention instead of a primary to choose their candidate to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. John W. Warner, upsetting critics who say it makes the party appear closed off.
The state party’s central committee voted 47 to 37 on Saturday in favor of a convention. No date or location was decided.
server burp
Are we there yet?
or flying monkey attack
Someone in the last thread asked about a study that shows Walmart pays less Property Tax (as well as other service taxes) to the Communities which they operate within.
Here it is
http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpo.....E4MDGs0NUE
Hey pups - little spike in the network. We are back and ensuring we stay that way. Will advise.
I hate to ask this but it’s really been bugging me; why do the call Malkin “anchor baby”? Any and all explanations will be appreciated!
Thanks…
let me try this again — jayt, thanks for the John Lee Hooker/Van Morrison!
Gore on SNL
Better times ahead. We WILL get through this.
LoudounLib @ 100
Those Jack-booted Thugs at the NSA have landed…!!! ;-)
Pursang @ 102
who is the?
Pursang @ 102
I have a really sick visual of “Santa Baby” running through my head now. Oh the horror…
hope so burns, I’m counting on it.
Spies, Lies and FISA
from NYT > Opinion
We have watched Republican lawmakers help President Bush shred the Constitution in the name of fighting terrorism. It is time for that to stop.
katymine @ 104
Kewl, Mahalo for the heads up!!!
Getting Around Rules on Lobbying
from wa po politics by Elizabeth Williamson
In recent days, about 100 members of Congress and hundreds of Hill staffers attended two black-tie galas, many of them as guests of corporations and lobbyists that paid as much as $2,500 per ticket.