The Democrats are capitulating on all kinds of issues for whatever reason: Some speculate cowardice, other avarice. In any case, we're disappointed and more than a little annoyed.
It's also the holidays (most cultures and religions have some occasion to celebrate at this time), and to be blunt, holidays are not marked by merriment -- rather, they're stressful times where simmering drama and tenuous relations surface as lines are drawn -- between friends & relatives, around malls choked with traffic, in clogged airports, and in letters and cards.
This diary is more intended as a thread to help change that pace. You're only human; join me past the jump.
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