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Here's a big, hearty Hi-Five to Rex Roland, teacher at Enka Middle School, for winning this year's Catharine Chronicles "It Takes One To Know One" Award. Roland, who has been teaching at Enka for twelve years now (and should damn well know better), has come to nearly national attention in the past couple of weeks because he's taken to writing "Loser" as a teacher's comment next to his grades. 

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The "I Have A Dream" speech was the last speech Martin Luther King ever gave, but it wasn't necessarily his most memorable. His acceptance speech upon winning the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize has been frequently quoted, but only occasionally reprinted in its entirety. Martin Luther King was a brilliant speaker, sermonizer and writer. Biographerical historians like Clayborne Carson and Taylor Branch

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(With all the hope and blind optimism that statement entails...)

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Today would have been the BIG SEVEN-SIX.  I have a tough time wrapping my brain around that. But this is how you should be remembered. Many happy returns of the day, wherever - and whoever - you are now.

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Since we now have photographic evidence that hell has frozen over.... ... can we have an effective, affordable plan to reform health care in America?  Kindest regards, ~C~ P.S. God called -- he said to tell you karma's a bitch.

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You never know what Hollywood will find as inspiration for a movie, so I guess it was only a matter of time before they decided that a Facebook relationship status was as good a place as any.  I haven't seen the movie yet, and only know a little bit about it based on the teaser trailers running on television.  Therefore, this isn't a review of the movie. It's actually a review of the Facebook

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It's been a rough year for most folks.  Sometimes, when it's been a rough year, it's difficult to find stuff to be thankful for.  No one knows that better than I, who is coming out of a fairly rough two year cycle, emotionally, and now, financially. But here's what I'm thankful for. I'm thankful that my family is healthy and happy.  I'm thankful that I'm going to be a grandmother next summer.

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The Los Angeles Police Department is encouraging the use of an iPhone app called iWatch, which it's marketing as a "neighborhood watch for the whole city."  Supposedly, good, upstanding citizens like you and me are being asked to get on iWatch and report any terrorist activity that might be happening in the city, so the LAPD can jump on that and get those dirty terrorist bastards, and we can all

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No need to be coy, fellas. If you're interested in what I'm typing on my blog, then just follow me on Twitter, and I'll let you know when I update. CIA Invests in Software Firm Monitoring Blogs, Twitter So shy, these Black Ops guys.  I find it a little alluring. ~C~

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Your state, your constituents and your country are telling you that they want a strong public insurance option. Not later, but now. The clock is ticking, Senator Reid. You have to decide whether you want to continue representing people who are telling you what they want. 2010 is just around the corner. Back a strong public option in the Senate health care reform legislation. ~Amanda~

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It is the blog for the BEST kid's chorus on the planet.  And I say that with absolutely no equivocation. Staten Island's PS22 Chorus consists of 60 or so fifth-graders who, under the direction of music teacher Gregg Breinberg, have jumped to prominence, thanks to their videos on YouTube, and mentions by Perez Hilton on his blog, and Ashton Kutcher, on Twitter.  Most of the kids in this chorus

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... there is NO such thing as the "FREE MARKET".  It's a construct.  A myth.  A fable.  A fairytale.  Let it go, my brain-damaged little conservatives.... Much like Santa and the Toothfairy, people who claimed to love you, that won your trust and undying belief, have wooed you into believing something that is, essentially, a lie. No free market.  All market properties are tampered with,

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I was wondering if it was possible, since I already have ONE good senator, if I could get another one so I have a matching set. Because this one's a complete and utter dud.  I mean, just in case someone was wondering what they could get me and all.

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I'll be away from The Chron for a bit -- off to immerse myself in Greek Mythology and Hindu Tradition and Dream Interpretation (all with a wild, Jungian backbeat). I'll be back in town on Wednesday night, and capable of semi-rational thought by Thursday sometime. Try not to get into any trouble while I'm gone.  I don't want to have to come back and bail anyone out of jail. Clear? Clear. 

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Because what California really needs is another fat-ass, white billionaire who insults state employees (you know them, the ones who've been recently given unpaid furloughs, had their salaries reduced by 14%, are receiving IOUs and vouchers instead of paychecks, and are threatened already with massive lay-offs), calls them "bureacrats", then scapegoats them for all the mistakes made by

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This is, either regrettably or thankfully, depending on one's stance on the issue and one's ability to tolerate my ranting, the last post I'll be making on this topic, at least until there are new developments.  I'm not getting caught up in an argument over whether or not it's right or wrong for a forty-four year old man to give a thirteen year old girl a Quaalude and some champagne, then turn

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This article appeared in The Guardian (that's a UK paper, people) regarding speculation that California's economy and unemployment rates are so dire, it could be the first failed state in history.  Here's to hoping we can last another year with this wing-nut at the wheel.  ~C~

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A mother suffering from a genetic disorder that is destroying her eyesight has chosen to forego treatment in order to reserve insurance funds for her daughters, who also suffer from the condition. I'm pretty sure this is all her fault. After all... if she has a genetic condition that causes blindness, should she have even had children? I mean, seriously... wasn't that kind of financially

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The "music" in this case, of course, being the parade that Hollywood will throw him when he gets back. Because in Hollywood, drugging and having anal sex with 13-year-olds is actually a prestige-builder.  I'm beginning to wonder if the arrest wasn't a staged thing -- an opportunity to get Polanski back in the US, so whatever deal has been worked out in secret (and, yes, they've been trying to

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There's an episode of The Twilight Zone where a young, beautiful painter, played by Lois Nettleton in her prime (if Lois actually had a prime, but for the purposes of this post, we'll say she did) and her apartment building neighbors are trapped in a kind of literal hell, as some cosmologic calamity propels the Earth closer and closer to the Sun. Progressively, the temperatures rise, Lois

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Oh, Kirk Cameron... how cute you were as America's favorite ne'er-do-well, Mike Seaver, in the sit-com, Growing Pains.  I liked Mike Seaver.  He was a smart, sassy, clever underachiever, who used all of his mental and psychological abilities to outwit his long-suffering parents and siblings.  He had cute 80s clothes, an adorable, mullety haircut and fabulous lines. Mike Seaver was destined to be

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Patrick Swayze. Henry Gibson. Mary Travers. One made me want to dance, one made me want to be funny, and one taught me how to sing harmony. We said good-bye to all of them this week.  What a sad, melancholy week!  Someone told me today that, according the Tibetan Book of the Dead, they have 49 days to decide come back to another life here.  While I suppose I should be hoping they move on to

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I have been mulling over exactly what to write about the President's health care speech, but I've been caught up in the Joe Wilson of it all.  Because of all the hazarai over his screaming out like a 7th grade junior varsity cheerleader, it's kind of struck me that maybe I should say something about it.  The truth is, I don't want to.  Frankly, my dear, I don't give a flying fandango in the

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Senator Al Franken has an impromptu town hall meeting at the Minnesota State Fair, where he was accosted by tea party Republicans who had staked out his booth, demanding he vote their way on health care.   In moments, Franken used his likability and sensibility to calm the crowd and actually engage in a productive, sane, reasonable discussion about health care.  Even when the tea partyers wanted

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