Month: August 2009

  • Hope for the future

    Today we mourned for Allen Thornell, taken too soon, but recognized having lived life well and with tremendous purpose. Naturally I was sad and could have spent the day kicking my lower lip ahead of me, but instead, I took the opportunity to look to the future at some amazing young folks. Young people with…

  • It’s Time to Stand Up

    Unless you’ve been living under a rock, it’s been a rough week for Democratic Congresspeople holding health care town halls Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Now progressive have started to recover from being taken off guard and are counter mobilizing . Here in Georgia we have a chance…

  • I just love “the google”and these interweb thingys!

    You too can have your own Kenyan Birth Certificate! Who knew I was the spawn of Rick & Ilsa and born in a hot tub! Sheesh I always thought I was a Jersey Girl. Love it! Hat Tip: Grayson on Facebook

  • Guess whose pit stains these are?

    Ok chickens, this should not come as any huge surprise to ya…. Do you need a hint? I called her the “Devil Wears Payless” in the day, took some crap for it, but I stand by my comment. It is completely inexcusable to sweat through a shantung silk suit like this, oh the horror!  Seriously,…

  • Happy Birthday President Obama

    Image from Huffington Post. In other “birther” news: The President (48) and veteran reporter Helen Thomas (89) share a birthday, so naturally Obama dropped into the Press room, brought her cupcakes and sang to her. Obama posed for pictures with Thomas and said they both wished for world peace and an end to prejudice. And…

  • Kyle Bailey to lead National Stonewall Democrats

    Hard work pays off! A rising star in Georgia progressive politics has been named interim executive director of the National Stonewall Democrats. Kyle Bailey, 26, has been tapped to lead the organization as Jon Hoadley steps down to lead One Kalamazoo, a new Kalamazoo, Mich., organization formed to protect the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance in an…