March 2010

The men in charge of the Church that wrote the woman-hating parts of HCR are the same men who let one of their precious priests sexually abuse very young boys (aged 7 to 16) for 27 years. Repeatedly. And there were repeated complaints and accusations from parents, fellow teachers, and the community to make him [...]

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From Riverdaughter: “I don’t know if this country can be healed.  As I understand it, women have very little status in truly fascist regimes.  That word, fascism, is not one to throw around lightly or it will lose its meaning.  It might be a political system that isn’t necessarily planned but towards which we drift, [...]

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CNN reports that House Dems have the necessary 216 votes to pass the bill. Barely. Keep the pressure on. There’s a good chance an “unfaithful elector” might be hiding out in the Dem ranks, expected to vote Yes, who goes ahead and votes No to Nancy’s everlasting consternation. obama’s approval numbers are up a bit [...]

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Good morning Pumas! I must apologize for my extended absence. I haven’t been doing anything as fabulous as Violet Socks since last Sunday. It’s been a week of earth moving, river redirecting mayhem at Chez Murphy. While it HAS been wonderful to be outside in the glorious warmth of almost-Spring, I’ve MISSED this place. Ack! [...]

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  Two Irish Women…..              Two women were sitting next to each other at a bar. After a while one looks at the other and says, ‘I can’t help but think, from listening to you, that you’re from  Ireland . The other woman responds proudly, ‘Yes, I sure  am!’ The first one says, ‘So am I! And [...]

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May not come out. Ever. Have the idiots in Congress passed the health insurance fiasco yet?

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Our basement has been flooding since Friday. It doesn’t look too bad in this photo, but that may be because we’ve already burned out three pumps trying to clear out the water. Off to the hardware store in Billerica where a rumor has it that truckload of pumps will be delivered at noon. I feel [...]

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Even though she claims she’s not going to say, “Cheer up!” the Big Pink does cheer us up this morning: “We’re strapping on our Pink grenades every morning and getting into the fight. If we get depressed amid the lunacy, we’ll say “so what?” We’re in the middle of a fight not at the end of [...]

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We lose. From miq this morning: “Next fall we’re gonna have and election and right now it looks like the Republicans will gain seats in Congress, and maybe even get control of one or both houses. But no matter who wins, we lose. The same thing in November of 2012. – If either the Democrats [...]

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