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This is our America.
Author: Raine    Date: 03/09/2015 13:01:43

This weekend, this happened:



A transcript is here.
We do a disservice to the cause of justice by intimating that bias and discrimination are immutable, or that racial division is inherent to America. If you think nothing's changed in the past fifty years, ask somebody who lived through the Selma or Chicago or L.A. of the Fifties. Ask the female CEO who once might have been assigned to the secretarial pool if nothing's changed. Ask your gay friend if it's easier to be out and proud in America now than it was thirty years ago. To deny this progress — our progress — would be to rob us of our own agency; our responsibility to do what we can to make America better.

Of course, a more common mistake is to suggest that racism is banished, that the work that drew men and women to Selma is complete, and that whatever racial tensions remain are a consequence of those seeking to play the "race card" for their own purposes. We don't need the Ferguson report to know that's not true. We just need to open our eyes, and ears, and hearts, to know that this nation's racial history still casts its long shadow upon us. We know the march is not yet over, the race is not yet won, and that reaching that blessed destination where we are judged by the content of our character — requires admitting as much.

"We are capable of bearing a great burden," James Baldwin wrote, "once we discover that the burden is reality and arrive where reality is."
80,000 people Marched over the Edmund Pettis Bridge this weekend.
In between Sasha and Malia Obama is Marian Shields Robinson. Born in 1937, she was about 27 years old when Bloody Sunday occurred.

This weekend, she walked that bridge holding her granddaughters hands. It's one of the thousands of stories that could be told from that horrible day, 50 years ago. So much is changed.

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Alabama state troopers break up the March 7, 1965 march in Selma with billy clubs. John Lewis, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, whose skull was fractured, is in the foreground.(AP Photo/File)


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US President Barack Obama hugs US Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia, one of the original marchers at Selma, during an event marking the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, March 7, 2015. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images


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This is also Women's history month. What a glorious thing for three generations of women to share.

Peace and Love,
Raine
 

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Comment by wickedpam on 03/09/2015 13:13:58
Morning

Comment by Raine on 03/09/2015 13:18:44
Good Morning!


Comment by Mondobubba on 03/09/2015 13:45:21
Couple-three things. John Lewis is one of the bravest people this country has ever produced. Sasha and Malia Obama have gotten incredibly tall. Mrs Robinson, you have a fine family that embodies the better angels of our country's nature.

Comment by TriSec on 03/09/2015 13:47:07
Greetings, comrades. TriSec is surprisingly ambulatory today. (6 miles on snowshoes this weekend, plus 300 yards in the pool Friday pm.)

Comment by Mondobubba on 03/09/2015 13:48:08
OMG! Have you seen the post Producer Chris put up about Lindsey Graham not using email?

Comment by Mondobubba on 03/09/2015 13:49:42
Quote by TriSec:
Greetings, comrades. TriSec is surprisingly ambulatory today. (6 miles on snowshoes this weekend, plus 300 yards in the pool Friday pm.)



Good on ya, Herr TriSec! Last time I was at the gym, I lifted over 11,000 pounds total.


Comment by Raine on 03/09/2015 14:03:15
Quote by Mondobubba:
Couple-three things. John Lewis is one of the bravest people this country has ever produced. Sasha and Malia Obama have gotten incredibly tall. Mrs Robinson, you have a fine family that embodies the better angels of our country's nature.

Beautifully stated, Sir.

AS I was perusing pictures for the blog today, It occurred to me that I have met Mr. Lewis, PResident Obama, Reverend Lowery Martin Luther King III, Jesse Jackson and Ben Jealous all in my lifetime.




Comment by Raine on 03/09/2015 14:03:38
Quote by Mondobubba:
OMG! Have you seen the post Producer Chris put up about Lindsey Graham not using email?

On FB?

Comment by Raine on 03/09/2015 14:04:35
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:
OMG! Have you seen the post Producer Chris put up about Lindsey Graham not using email?

On FB?



Comment by Mondobubba on 03/09/2015 14:05:15
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:
OMG! Have you seen the post Producer Chris put up about Lindsey Graham not using email?

On FB?


Yep.

I call bullshit on this one because I assume that he has to register for Grindr with SOME kind of email address...


Comment by Raine on 03/09/2015 14:07:30
Comment by Scoopster on 03/09/2015 14:12:59
Mornin' all! So tired, so achy..

Comment by Mondobubba on 03/09/2015 14:23:59
Quote by Raine:
Sedition IMO.



Hey Senate & House Republicans:

Eat a bag of dicks


Specifically cat dicks, There would be whole lot of then in a bag and they are barbed.

Comment by BobR on 03/09/2015 14:40:28
Mondo - please don't post such graphic, large, and NSFW pics. Makes it difficult to pull up the blog at work.



Comment by Mondobubba on 03/09/2015 15:04:06
Quote by BobR:
Mondo - please don't post such graphic, large, and NSFW pics. Makes it difficult to pull up the blog at work.


Sorry Bobber. I will fix that.


Comment by Mondobubba on 03/09/2015 15:25:55
Hey Bobber, I have a code monkey question for you. How hard would it be to add scalable fonts to the blog? Not different font sets, just scalability in size.

Comment by trojanrabbit on 03/09/2015 15:33:50
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Sedition IMO.



Hey Senate & House Republicans:

Eat a bag of dicks


Specifically cat dicks, There would be whole lot of then in a bag and they are barbed.

Since the Republicans have such a hard-on for Putin, does that mean they approve of the way he handles his dissenters?

Comment by Mondobubba on 03/09/2015 15:35:41
Quote by trojanrabbit:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Sedition IMO.



Hey Senate & House Republicans:

Eat a bag of dicks


Specifically cat dicks, There would be whole lot of then in a bag and they are barbed.

Since the Republicans have such a hard-on for Putin, does that mean they approve of the way he handles his dissenters?


You mean having a critic shot within 100 meters of the Kremlin, then framing a couple of guys from the Cacuses?

Comment by BobR on 03/09/2015 15:38:46
Quote by Mondobubba:
Hey Bobber, I have a code monkey question for you. How hard would it be to add scalable fonts to the blog? Not different font sets, just scalability in size.

I've actually thought about that, as well as subscript and superscript. I will give it a look in the next few days.

Comment by trojanrabbit on 03/09/2015 15:42:51
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by trojanrabbit:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Sedition IMO.



Hey Senate & House Republicans:

Eat a bag of dicks


Specifically cat dicks, There would be whole lot of then in a bag and they are barbed.

Since the Republicans have such a hard-on for Putin, does that mean they approve of the way he handles his dissenters?


You mean having a critic shot within 100 meters of the Kremlin, then framing a couple of guys from the Cacuses?


May need to be a little more efficient since there are 47 of them.


Comment by trojanrabbit on 03/09/2015 15:45:19
So whose job IS it to bring these 47 up on charges of sedition?

Of course we know no one has the balls to do it.

Though it would be the quickest way to get Lynch confirmed. (if it's Holder's job)

Comment by Raine on 03/09/2015 15:47:51
Graphic images; an hour long.


Comment by Mondobubba on 03/09/2015 16:04:28
Quote by BobR:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Hey Bobber, I have a code monkey question for you. How hard would it be to add scalable fonts to the blog? Not different font sets, just scalability in size.

I've actually thought about that, as well as subscript and superscript. I will give it a look in the next few days.



Oh we getting all fancy with sub and superscripting! Cool beans.

Comment by Mondobubba on 03/09/2015 16:07:37


Hey, kids have you seen Mamerie Hart's You Need a Drink on the Youtubes?

Comment by Mondobubba on 03/09/2015 16:15:23
Bobber, if you do decide to get fancy with different fonts, NO COMIC SANS OR PAPYRUS, EVER!. I know you're with me on this, Raine.

Comment by BobR on 03/09/2015 16:20:36
Quote by Mondobubba:
Bobber, if you do decide to get fancy with different fonts, NO COMIC SANS OR PAPYRUS, EVER!. I know you're with me on this, Raine.

Note to self - determine how to change entire blog font to comic-sans when user login name = Mondobubba....

Comment by Raine on 03/09/2015 16:27:47
Quote by BobR:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Bobber, if you do decide to get fancy with different fonts, NO COMIC SANS OR PAPYRUS, EVER!. I know you're with me on this, Raine.

Note to self - determine how to change entire blog font to comic-sans when user login name = Mondobubba....

:tap: hey my love?

My life partner?

The man who brings me joy?

I HATE COMIC SANS WITH THE HEAT OF A THOUSAND LIGHTS.



Comment by Mondobubba on 03/09/2015 16:30:00
Quote by Raine:
Quote by BobR:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Bobber, if you do decide to get fancy with different fonts, NO COMIC SANS OR PAPYRUS, EVER!. I know you're with me on this, Raine.

Note to self - determine how to change entire blog font to comic-sans when user login name = Mondobubba....

:tap: hey my love?

My life partner?

The man who brings me joy?

I HATE COMIC SANS WITH THE HEAT OF A THOUSAND LIGHTS.




Raine, thanks for backing me up on that!

Bobber, great evil plan, too bad Raine would cut you.

Comment by Mondobubba on 03/09/2015 17:02:13
Bobber, let me explain why designers hate comic sans so much in beer nerd terms. If comic sans were a beer, it would Milwaukee's Best light. It is some that is so loathsome you just don't want to be in the same room with it.

If comic sans was a hair style, it would be a mullet.

Comment by TriSec on 03/09/2015 17:23:04
Trisec would start using other fonts if given the option. Just because.

Comment by Raine on 03/09/2015 17:39:43
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by BobR:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Bobber, if you do decide to get fancy with different fonts, NO COMIC SANS OR PAPYRUS, EVER!. I know you're with me on this, Raine.

Note to self - determine how to change entire blog font to comic-sans when user login name = Mondobubba....

:tap: hey my love?

My life partner?

The man who brings me joy?

I HATE COMIC SANS WITH THE HEAT OF A THOUSAND LIGHTS.




Raine, thanks for backing me up on that!

Bobber, great evil plan, too bad Raine would cut you.



Comment by livingonli on 03/09/2015 17:40:19
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:
OMG! Have you seen the post Producer Chris put up about Lindsey Graham not using email?

On FB?


Yep.

I call bullshit on this one because I assume that he has to register for Grindr with SOME kind of email address...

I saw that on his page.

Comment by Mondobubba on 03/09/2015 17:55:14
If comics san was band it would be a 3rd tier boy band like O-town.

Comment by Raine on 03/09/2015 18:43:43
Quote by Mondobubba:
If comics san was band it would be a 3rd tier boy band like O-town.

No. It would be Nickleback.

Comment by Scoopster on 03/09/2015 18:53:56
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:
If comics san was band it would be a 3rd tier boy band like O-town.

No. It would be Nickleback.

I had the displeasure of watching the trainwreck that is their new single/video. All I'm gonna say is they've gone from suck to blow.

Comment by Mondobubba on 03/09/2015 18:56:26
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:
If comics san was band it would be a 3rd tier boy band like O-town.

No. It would be Nickleback.



Ohhhh! Post that on thine Twitter with #Ifcomicsanswas as the hash tag.

Comment by Raine on 03/09/2015 19:50:50
I Am already jonesing for the next episode of Empire.

Comment by TriSec on 03/09/2015 19:54:23
See now, TriSec remins isolated in his Northeast Liberal Ivory Tower. I'm afraid I don't get the blind hatred of what would ordinarily be benign things.

Comment by Raine on 03/09/2015 20:11:47
How badly did the GOP puck up with its letter to Iran?

REALLY badly. Iran just schooled the tools.

Yes, Iran.

Comment by Mondobubba on 03/09/2015 20:49:37
Quote by TriSec:
See now, TriSec remins isolated in his Northeast Liberal Ivory Tower. I'm afraid I don't get the blind hatred of what would ordinarily be benign things.



There is nothing benign about Comic Sans. It is a vile rash on the body of good design that can't even be treated with topical steroids.

Comment by Raine on 03/09/2015 20:54:27
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by TriSec:
See now, TriSec remins isolated in his Northeast Liberal Ivory Tower. I'm afraid I don't get the blind hatred of what would ordinarily be benign things.



There is nothing benign about Comic Sans. It is a vile rash on the body of good design that can't even be treated with topical steroids.
Let me just put this out there,

It is a Microsoft creation. it was birthed in 1994 and needs to go away.

Comment by Raine on 03/09/2015 20:56:48
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by TriSec:
See now, TriSec remins isolated in his Northeast Liberal Ivory Tower. I'm afraid I don't get the blind hatred of what would ordinarily be benign things.



There is nothing benign about Comic Sans. It is a vile rash on the body of good design that can't even be treated with topical steroids.
Let me just put this out there,

It is a Microsoft creation. it was birthed in 1994 and needs to go away.

This guy, in particular.

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