Posted by: Raisin Girl on: July 31, 2008
Well yesterday and today have sucked on many levels. The National Guard decided to fake some sort of hostage situation in the building yesterday and I had to maneuver through police, military personnel, and the Red Cross to get to work. Obviously I was late. Then I had to listen to their “concussion bombs” and [...]
Posted by: Raisin Girl on: July 29, 2008
Tomorrow night my church, Neshoba Unitarian Universalist, will hold a vigil for the victims of Sunday’s shooting and for the families. I’ve talked to Reverend Bill about it and he says word about the vigil spread quickly; there’s obviously been a big response.
Despite my mother’s concerns, it really never occured to me to feel less [...]
Posted by: Raisin Girl on: July 28, 2008
The best part of wordpress is being able to blog at work. And read them at work.
Anyway, I apologize for my absence of late, but I have been working some insane hours trying to get all my 9th graders scheduled for the year. I thought I had an enormous amount of freshmen this [...]
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Posted by: Raisin Girl on: July 17, 2008
… I have a stack of books I have been picking at but I’m mostly reading Barack Obama’s Dreams from My Father. Sometimes I have to just stop and reflect. I’m so moved by Senator Obama. I’m not taken with him because of the trendiness of it all, the Barackafied slang, and not even because I’m so fed the fuck up with this administration and its supporters.
I’m moved by him as a person. I’m inspired by him and I genuinely like the man and respect him. Reading Dreams has caused that inspiration to flourish into what I can only describe as complete awe. I’m not only fascinated by him, I’m captivated. I don’t think McCain stands a dog’s chance against him. I have moved from a cautious optimism to an all-out certainty. Call it overconfidence if you choose, but I just do not believe there are enough Americans that are dumb enough and inspired enough to put Granpappy McCain and his heiress mistress in the White House. Not when they have a choice.
I’m not the only person who feels this way. Poking around the net I found this blog:
He inspires me in a way I can’t really truly explain in this short profile text… But, know this:
I’m not American, and he’s made me literally ‘‘loved’’ this foreign country; …
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