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On Inauguration Collaboration, Video Version

February 20th, 2009

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On Election Night and Day, Video Version

February 19th, 2009

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On Joe the Plumber, Video Version

February 18th, 2009

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On Absentee Elders, Video Version

February 17th, 2009

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On Inauguration Collaboration

February 6th, 2009

“On Inauguration Collaboration” Teach the father Heal the mother Bless the child Bless the soul Teach the father Heal the mother Bless the child Bless the soul With the coolness of a Buddha at his opening miracle, he stands before the masses primed to preach the new stone tablets.  The flag pin stuck in his […]

On Election Night and Day

February 5th, 2009

“On Election Night and Day” I am an old, black woman from Macon, Georgia on a sworn mission from God. I know that sounds strange, but it’s true. My Lord rubbed my feet soft at the dawn of the morning and told me I had good work to do. Mr. Peterson took the day off […]

On Joe the Plumber

February 4th, 2009

On Joe the Plumber Joe the Plumber, the moment of Debate ’08 that will live on like Slinkys and Pet Rocks. Do you watch MTV when you masturbate, or have you moved to computers? Do you live in your grandma’s old house? Do you cry at the anthem of the Minor League ball game, after […]

On Absentee Elders

February 3rd, 2009

On Absentee Elders We lined them up three rows deep in the nursing home lounge where they watch DVD’s. Election Wednesday for Absentee Elders, sitting there wheelchaired in silent company. Patton’s army of registered voters, honor bound to a process they no longer understand. The ethics of voting in the nation most human: should those […]

On Attacking a Bullseye

October 19th, 2008

On Attacking a Bullseye You’ve slipped into currents you’re too strong to swim, John McCain. Flows of fear beneath the crust of our nation, the real life reaction to irreconcilable change. It’s only spoken openly in lunch rooms and chat rooms till someone with authority gives it a stage. This is not simply swiftboating a […]

On Sarah Palin’s Wild Ride

October 12th, 2008

On Sarah Palin’s Wild Ride You know, I never knew I was mainstream media. But there I was, ready to speak glowingly of Sarah Palin’s folksy triumphs and…something just…came over me. I felt imbued with the malice of a thousand Katie Couric’s, schooled in “gotcha politics” and Charlie Gibson facial tics. I had the cunning […]

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