That 'punch in the gut' moment

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Tuesday March 08, 2011 · 7:24 AM PST

2011/03/08 · 07:24

Pretty much the whole of my life (all 36 years of it) has been a time of struggle and despair for ordinary Americans. Sure, there was a brief window of not-so-bad during the Clinton years, but taken as a whole, with 'free trade,' impeachment, and the nightly news obsessing with the First Penis, it was hardly paradise. We all could list a litany of complaints as long as you please. And we could probably list a few triumphs as well, that the regressives haven't managed to undo yet. But I'm guessing most of us, like me, have one or maybe a handful of moments that threatened to send us into a spiral of despair. A moment that symbolized everything that was wrong with this country. That moment that felt like a political punch in the gut.

Because I'm a curious sort, I want to know what moment haunts you all. Whether it's personal, local, national or international. I'll get the ball rolling on the flip.

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The World Has Not Stopped

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Tuesday August 30, 2005 · 2:59 PM PDT

2005/08/30 · 14:59

This is going to be news to some of you, but the world has not stopped. Things keep happening, all over the country and the world, despite the hurricane that struck the Gulf Coast. Katrina is an enormous disaster - hundreds, perhaps thousands of lives lost and tens of billions in damage. The area hardest hit will be changed for a generation or more. It's clearly the most important thing going on right now.

But it's not the only thing going on right now, and I'm getting really sick and tired of people insisting that it is, and that we can't discuss anything else. Read More

Durham, NC Fred Phelps counter-protest

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Friday May 06, 2005 · 10:01 AM PDT

2005/05/06 · 10:01

Fred Phelps is coming to Durham tonight and this weekend. He's coming to protest the Laramie Project, a play about the reaction to the beating and death of Matthew Sheppard.

Durham (and its neigbor, Chapel Hill) is a solidly Democratic area, and a counter protest is being organized. From the local paper, the Herald Sun.

"At 1 p.m. Friday on Duke's East Campus lawn, a communitywide celebration and fundraiser will begin, with food, games and music. Celebration organizers and leaders from the N.C. Lambda Youth Network will give speeches and materials will be available for participants to make signs and shirts. Then, about an hour before the [Durham School of the Arts] performance begins at 7:30 p.m., celebration participants will move to the area in front of the school at 400 N. Duke St., where they plan to fill the sidewalk and leave no room for Phelps' group to protest." Read More

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