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A Noble Cause

2006-02-07T20:38:00.000-08:00

Here's an article featured in yesterday's San Francisco Chronicle.A helping curriculumStudents take a year to raise AIDS awareness -- and fundsIt all started with Mama Katele.Three Stanford University students met the 45-year-old grandmother last summer while volunteering in a refugee camp in Zambia, a land hard hit by Africa's AIDS epidemic. Dying of the disease and extremely poor, Mama Katele

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Version 3.0 on the horizon

2006-02-07T20:02:00.000-08:00

Finally, my laptop is stable. So it's time for yet another facelift. A site name change may also be in order. Keep a look out, over the next few days as the transition occurs.Peace,C

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Alito and Iraq

2006-01-24T20:49:00.000-08:00

So, I'm in the middle of fixing my laptop. I'm looking to get back to regular blogging later this week.As expected, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination of Samuel Alito to the SCOTUS.Bush the IncompetentReport: Army could be near breaking pointTags: Alito, George+W+Bush, Iraq+war

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Back

2005-12-11T23:04:00.000-08:00

I'm back. After an extended hiatus, I'll be returning to blogging. Here's my most recent post on my personal site. I have to get my news roundup in before I'm back on here with some fresh content for you guys. Bear with me.Peace.

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What's wrong with our government?

2005-11-18T12:57:00.000-08:00

Original title: House to vote on Iraq PulloutDrudge has his siren going on his website with these words:House Leadership In Meeting Making Final Decision on Vote...GOP to Dems: Pull Troops Now? Okay, then let's vote?Troop resolution Tonight; hitting the House floor between 5:45 and 7:45...Ultimate showdown...This is partially spurred by Congressman Murtha's comments the other day on the war. If

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Alito, we have a paper trail and it says no

2005-11-16T09:10:00.000-08:00

**sorry for the weird symbols in places where there should be quotation marks and apostrophes, it's a formatting issue I'm trying to fix**SCOTUS nominee Samuel Alito believes that the Constitution does not protect the right for a woman to have an abortion.From the Washington Post He also noted that he disagreed with the Warren Court's decisions "in the areas of criminal procedure, the

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Iraq a quagmire? No way?!?

2005-11-16T08:51:00.000-08:00

**sorry for the weird symbols in places where there should be quotation marks and apostrophes, it's a formatting issue I'm trying to fix**It's been a while since I've posted anything substantial here. I suppose you could say I took a short hiatus from blogging. Today I have for you some stories that I think cannot receive too much media attention. The first of which is on Iraq.Congress finally

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Political roundup

2005-11-07T12:27:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow, several key elections take place around the country. Governors races in New Jersey and Virginia, the California special election, and the gay marriage vote in Texas. I have yet to blog at length on some things that have caught my eye lately. Hopefully I'll be able to do that soon.Here's some stuff for your reading pleasure.A Cheney-Libby Conspiracy, Or Worse? Reading Between the

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In California

2005-11-03T12:23:00.000-08:00

I'm back out at Stanford. California is just as beautiful as it was when I left. Will try to blog this weekend. Here are some things to take a look at...Second judge out in DeLay caseTexans Gear Up to Decide on Gay MarriagePersonally, I don't think this is an issue that should be left up to ballot initiatives. The SCOTUS is eventually going to have to rule on this and legalize it on the

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from Miers to Scalito

2005-10-31T20:25:00.000-08:00

I guess I shouldn't be surprised. GWB appeased his "base" and nominated a "strict constructionist" jurist to the SCOTUS. I have yet to do my homework on Judge Alito, but the early signs are not looking good. The double standard of partisanship is rearing its ugly head. "Republicans sounded relieved to be rid of the Miers appointment, which collapsed last week after it became clear she faced

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Twas the night before Fitzmas

2005-10-27T21:08:00.000-07:00

*updated*(also, most of this is cross-posted at Blogs on Bush)So I thought that I would wait until Fitzmas day before I blogged again, but alas I couldn't resist.Who woulda thought this time last night that we would have a Harriet Miers withdrawal today?I wouldn't call myself a political pundit. However, if you happen to scroll down the main page of this blog, you can find at least three

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What's in a number? Plenty if it's 2,000

2005-10-25T11:28:00.000-07:00

What a sad day. For the past two years and seven months, an average of two American troops a day has died in Iraq.Here is a photo essay in honor of our troops.To our troops, we appreciate your courage, strength, and sacrifice. It breaks my heart that the war for which so many lives has been lost is one that was sold to this nation based on lies.Peace,Chris"I wish the world was run by love, and

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Rosa Parks 1913-2005

2005-10-24T22:25:00.000-07:00

Our nation has lost one of the greats of American history. Rosa Parks died Monday, October 24, 2005 at age 92."The nation lost a courageous woman and a true American hero. A half century ago, Rosa Parks stood up not only for herself, but for generations upon generations of Americans. Her quiet fight for equality sounded the bells of freedom for millions." ---Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. (read

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A schism of sorts

2005-10-21T23:04:00.000-07:00

I've started another blog. When this blog started back in July, it was supposed to be my personal blog. Now it has morphed into a political/current events blog, and I decided that I need to separate the politics from my personal life. So, now we have the creation of Keep Your Thoughts. There shouldn't be much interaction between the two blogs though obviously it'll be more difficult on the

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RNC attempts to salvage Miers nod

2005-10-21T22:30:00.000-07:00

(cross-posted in my Daily Kos diary)I was taking a leap into the conservative blogosphere and found a transcript from a conference call held earlier today held between some conservative bloggers and former Texas Supreme Court Justice Craig Enoch and White House communications advisor Jim Dyke organized by the RNC.The person responding to the questions is TX Supreme Court Justice Enoch unless

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Wilma, Fitzmas, Miers, and more

2005-10-20T11:42:00.000-07:00

Since my last post, much has happened...Wilma updated 5 PM CDTWell, the 21st named storm of the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane season is among us. Wilma is on a collision course with the Yucatan peninsula and then South Florida. At one point, Wilma registered as the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with winds in excess of 175 mph. She's maintaining high category 4 level winds (around 145 mph).

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The Countdown to Indictments and a little more

2005-10-17T08:21:00.000-07:00

The headlines speak for themselvesCheney May Be Entangled in CIA Leak Investigation, People Say Absurd level of election fraud in Iraq IRAN: Aspens Turning, Forged Letters, Fake Terror, Real War I really wish I could blog something of substance, but there's a lot going on lately. My friend's 21st birthday was Saturday, and I'm running on 3 hours of sleep (yes it's Monday morning). Family drama

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The weekend starts now...

2005-10-14T12:35:00.000-07:00

I have joined the blogging team at Blogs on Bush. So, some of my posts here will be cross-posted there. I invite you to check out Blogs on Bush as I'm sure it will provide another perspective on politics, and I think that the more broad the perspective one can gain on something the better.I'm taking a day off to plow through my reading so I'm just going to offer some news stories that I think

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A White House on the Defense

2005-10-13T18:12:00.000-07:00

Let's take a minute and look at the facts. Depending on which poll you look at, President Bush's approval rating is somewhere around 38%. Only 29% of people think Harriet Miers is qualified for the SCOTUS. Among African Americans, Bush's approval rating is 2%. 98% think he's doing a poor job. That's an incredible figure. 28% of people think the country is headed in the right direction.

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What will it take?

2005-10-12T15:24:00.000-07:00

I try to be as considerate as I can when it comes to political debate. Some over at Daily Kos have told me to "add some edge to your niceness, or you'll be dismissed as a starry-eyed peacenik." My days of being considerate are waning.Let's take a look back at the past 21 months. During my freshman year of college, I was a Dean for America supporter. As we all know, the Dean machine fell apart

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Anticipation, the Onion and my guilty pleasure

2005-10-11T21:20:00.000-07:00

PlamegateEvery progressive who has been keeping up with the Patrick Fitzgerald probe into Plamegate is bursting at the seams waiting to hear the final results of the grand jury. There's so much speculation.Report: Lawyers say investigation into CIA leak widens to probe 'broader conspiracy' around IraqMr. Fitzgerald's pursuit now suggests he might be investigating not a narrow case on the leaking

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Help me

2005-10-10T22:52:00.000-07:00

Does anyone know a reliable online file storage site? Each time I think I've found one, the server goes down for random periods of time. I hate to see the site like it is without the images loading. If anyone knows an alternative, let me know!! Thanks in advance.Peace,Chris"I wish the world was run by love, and absolutely nothing more."

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Iraqi blogs and Constitution

2005-10-10T22:22:00.000-07:00

Iraq Blog CountA collection of 167 (and counting) Iraqi blogs. Most of the blogs are in English though I found a few in Arabic. I continue to be amazed at how the internet connects the world.Here are a few blogs from the Iraq Blog Count that have been recently updated (with excerpts).Baghdad BurningConstitution Conversations..."So Umm F., did you have a look at the constitution yet?" I asked

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And the beat goes on

2005-10-10T18:50:00.000-07:00

I don't really have any profound thoughts to offer up today (not to say that I ever do, hehe).ReadingCurrently, my head is caught up in reading--three books to be exact.The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America by John Micklethwait and Adrian WooldridgeDon't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate--The Essential Guide for Progressives by George LakoffCommon Sense, the

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Stream of consciousness

2005-10-08T18:25:00.000-07:00

Currently, I'm nineteen years, ten months, sixteen days, five hours, and forty-nine minutes old. Barring some early demise, I've only lived a little more than a quarter of my life expectancy. It seems like just yesterday I was a child in a much less hostile world.This morning, I woke up around 8 am. The television was still on from the night before. CNN reported the 7.6 earthquake in South

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