20 Years Ago - Things Changed Forever

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Saturday September 11, 2021 · 4:20 AM PDT

2021/09/11 · 04:20

In 2001, I was working in Two World Trade Center for Aon, a large insurance broker. This building has since come to be known as the South Tower. My boss, Stephen Poulos, and the Help Desk manager, Michell Robotham, died that day, along with 175 other Aon employees, as well as the thousands of other Americans killed that awful day. Aon is the Gaelic word for one.

On that day, and thereafter for many months, the world was joined as one in sharing the grief of ordinary people, who went to work one day and did not return to their children and wives. As I sat in St. Patrick’s Cathedral at the Aon Memorial Service, listening to Judy Collins sing “Amazing Grace,” I felt a glimmer of hope. Maybe the world will now see. Maybe those that are lost will now be found.

Instead, that glimmer of hope I felt while Ms. Collins sang was soon to be dimmed, as our country took the path of vengeance instead of loving thy neighbor as thyself. If the world was aon in grief , we soon became “scailp” or Gaelic for divided. I honor the sacrifice of every American lost since 9/11. And yet each time I read of yet another soldier killed who had enlisted because of 9/11, I grieve again.

I am back in St. Patrick’s Cathedral once again, and a voice is singing...

“Through many dangers, toils and snares...

we have already come.

T’was Grace that brought us safe thus far...

and Grace will lead us home.”

Thank you President Biden.

Open Source builds database to contact EVERYBODY in Congress

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Friday April 18, 2014 · 5:07 PM PDT

2014/04/18 · 17:07

Two days ago, we asked web developers for help....

https://www.eff.org/...

On a bus to Philly. Thought this was awesome.

The Moral March - The Presence of Rev. William Barber

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Tuesday February 11, 2014 · 11:15 AM PST

2014/02/11 · 11:15

The last time I traveled to North Carolina was in September, 2012, to the DNC, as a delegate from Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was the culmination of my support for President Obama, having canvassed in Des Moines, Iowa in 2007/08 for this guy with the funny name and big ears.

It was a celebratory time. I really enjoyed attending two caucuses, the one for people of faith (Unitarian Universalist, in case you're wondering about affiliation), and one for voting rights.

By the way, this diary was originally posted as a comment to ExPatGirl's live feed of the speech of the Rev. Dr. William Barber -

http://www.dailykos.com/...

Thanks so much to ExPatGirl for the quote which I added to a picture I found...

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Friday January 17, 2014 · 12:06 PM PST

2014/01/17 · 12:06

This diary is about a woman who just wanted to assist her son to get a copy of his birth certificate (which had been lost), so he could enlist in the military. Not such a big undertaking, right? Gather the records required, shop up at the office, and get the copy.

This was not to be.

I do not know Bridget Odessa Davis personally, but I suspect that her name will soon be well known, as she did not deserve to hear the words of hate, once again, on the weekend of the national holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, with Ms. Odessa Davis receiving an award for her community service this Sunday at a commemoration event honoring Dr. King's legacy.

Ms. Odessa Davis is an R.N., a published author of three books, a grandmother of 2, a cancer survivor, and still has the epithets of hate used when trying to conduct what should be a routine government transaction.

I will let her words tell the story - below is what she posted on her Facebook page yesterday.

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Wednesday January 15, 2014 · 6:22 AM PST

2014/01/15 · 06:22

Brooklyn Bridge - from Manhattan side - taken from FDR bike/walkway on a CitiBike!

Going to be a really quick diary. On the ferry now (delayed by fog this morning), but I saw a link to this story on Facebook.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/...

It seems that a case against a Christie crony was completely dismissed, with the prosecutor being fired on the spot. This came directly from the governor's office. It's one thing to pull the bone-headed stunt of closing lanes on the George Washington Bridge, apparently thinking this was appropriate behavior, but quite another to shut down a case that had already returned indictments from a grand jury.

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Tuesday January 07, 2014 · 11:51 AM PST

2014/01/07 · 11:51

I saw the DK story on my Facebook feed. They asked DK and Facebook users to send an e-mail to the president of Georgetown, post on their FB page, and send out a tweet.

I did all three.

This story was in response to an adjunct faculty member, Michael Scheuer, basically calling for the assassination of President Obama.

There is academic freedom, and there is incitement to violence.

I got a blip on my FB feed that Georgetown U. has responded.

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Wednesday November 20, 2013 · 1:12 PM PST

2013/11/20 · 13:12

I have been off the past 11 days, taking some vacation time I had saved up.

Have been trying to rest up from a painful sciatica condition, had a shot for the pain last week, and kind of been puttering around the house.

Checking the latest posts in my Facebook feed turned up the usual, with one exception today.

In a PC magazine report of exploding MacBook batteries, I was idly reading the comments, as I once owned one, (Apple replaced the battery for free), when I came across the following - "should happen to obozo's head."

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Sunday September 01, 2013 · 2:39 AM PDT

2013/09/01 · 02:39

Gas Bag promotes gas (FRACKING) and pledges to repeal Obamacare. Republican Pat Toomey's platform - poison the water, and then when it sickens and starts to kill you, promise to take your healthcare away. 2016 can't come soon enough to remove this canker on the Commonwealth.

Link to the story below the orange squiggly.

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Thursday May 09, 2013 · 1:45 PM PDT

2013/05/09 · 13:45

To the tweeter!

This will be short and sweet. I was on my lunch break when I saw the DK story with a the graphic that Ted Wannabe Tailgunner Cruz tweeted about the president's trip to Texas.

With an hour break, I had to fire up my graphic workhorse, MSPAINT.EXE.

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Tuesday April 09, 2013 · 3:14 PM PDT

2013/04/09 · 15:14

Mr. President, please stop proposing cuts to Social Security.

I supported you April 2007. Knocked on doors in Iowa. Ran as a delegate in 2008, but did not get enough votes to be selected to attend the DNC. I supported you in 2012, and this time did get to attend the DNC in Charlotte. I really enjoyed being part of our Democracy.

I do not understand your current "position" on cuts to Social Security. I am 60, and hope to retire in 6 years. But with these proposed cuts, ny benefits may not keep pace with inflation. I have a son in his junior year of college, as well as many other expenses which will make it difficult to save much for our golden years.

I was counting on Social Security, and yet a Democrat, the leader of the party, the president I worked hard to elect twice in a row, is now putting cuts to what amounts to the last leg of the stool for retirees.

Please do not give in to this myth and give your opponents a way to gain more seats in 2014. For they surely will use this against you in races all over the country. 2014 could be worse than 2010, if that seems possible to think about.

I had your back in 2008 and 2012, so please have our backs in these negotiations. No cuts to Social Security. Please. Thank you.

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Thursday March 14, 2013 · 4:03 PM PDT

2013/03/14 · 16:03

A friend from my church

http://uupoconos.org

Angela, posted her letter on Facebook today.

She was writing to a Republican State senator about the proposal to change the way Pennsylvania awards electoral college votes for 2016. I wonder if he will reply. Not too hopeful about this, but maybe we can put a bit of progressive pressure for more than a form letter.

In light of the recent proposal by State Senator Dominic Pileggi of Pennsylvania to re-apportion how Pennsylvania awards it's Electoral Votes in future Presidential Elections, I have written the following letter to my State Senator, Patrick M. Browne (regrettably a Republican) urging him to reject this proposal:

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Wednesday January 30, 2013 · 2:43 PM PST

2013/01/30 · 14:43

I met "Joyce NY" as she calls herself on Facebook, after she defended my brother when he supported President Obama during the last election.

We had lunch at a Thai place on Staten Island.

She is retired now from the MTA, and is a really nice person.

What happened to her cousin is, sad to say, not so unusual.

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