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Americans have more freedom and broader rights than citizens of almost any other nation in the world, including the capacity to criticize their government and their elected officials. But we do not have the right to resort to violenceor the threat of violencewhen we don’t get our way. Our founders constructed a system of government so that reason could prevail over fear. Oklahoma City proved once again that without the law there is no freedom.
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Monthly Archives: January 2017
Doing the Work
I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go. — Langston Hughes Continue reading
Posted in badass-ness, Do the Work, From the Quote Box, good causes, watercolor
Tagged dothework, watercolor, womensmarch
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Proud and Humbled
I am at work today. I am with -in spirit- my friends across the world who are marching with thousands of other folks – for women’s rights, for justice and equality for everyone. I’ve said numerous times in the past … Continue reading
Posted in badass-ness, Do the Work, good causes, life around us, Ripped from the headlines
Tagged badassness, goodcause, womensmarch
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Twitter anyone?
I am always looking to see what User Number people are when they’re on Twitter. I got in fairly early, March 2007, just as the membership curve leapt upward and I’m perhaps unjustifiably proud that my Twitter number is 2,720,811 … Continue reading
Posted in badass-ness, life on the web, Ripped from the headlines
Tagged badassness, inauguration, obama, twitter
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Why Poetry, Why Now
A great nation should make great poetry. Like so many artists and musicians and writers and poets before him—and so many that came after him—Robert Frost wasn’t afraid to say his piece or speak truth to power. He wasn’t afraid … Continue reading
Posted in Do the Work, life around us, Poetry and Lyrics, Ripped from the headlines, the creative process
Tagged obama, poetry, process
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Helpful Life Hints: How To Respond To Art You Don’t Like
I think anyone who has ever made anything has had someone, sometime, make some flip, off-handedly bashing comment about it. Not always to the maker directly, not even considering that they or someone they know might be nearby to hear … Continue reading
Posted in Art in the world, rants, Ripped from the headlines
Tagged AQS, art, quilts
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