Open Thread – Quilt Part III
Here is part 3 of 5 in our tour around the amazing Mudflats quilt that was created by our cyber quilting group on the Forum. Definitely the most unique and unexpected gift I have ever gotten! If you’ve missed the first installments, you can check back to recent previous open threads.
Here are today’s four blocks!
First is the Netroots block! This one commemorates my odyssey from Anchorage to Pittsburgh (via Houston!) for the 2009 Netroots Nation convention, where I got to meet lots of other blogger types and share a weekend of ideas, and cameraderie. Your generosity made it possible for both me and Shannyn Moore to win a scholarship and your further generosity got us there to enjoy it! I am forever grateful for that. The quilt has a very cool circuitboard pattern in the background, and a boot full of computer screens, and other pieces have interesting metallic patterns. Perfect.
The next square memorializes the famous and infamous New York City Mudstock! Here’s what Quince had to say in her letter:
This was an enormously collaborative effort. Forty Watt and futurexpat? brought muslin to the big city, where they gathered many signatures. Forty Forty Watt reports that the muslin itself still may bear the faintest patina of a spilled adult beverage (to wit, a gin & tonic).
The background is a sparkling NYC skyline, and on the boots can be found the names of Bubbles and FortyWatt. Others represented are Futurexpat, Memphis NY Judy, PrisonerNumber6, Ripley in CT Karen, Mona Lisa, JHop, Karin in CT, and Dr. Chill of Photoshop fame. There is also a little shrimp to represent the inflatable shrimp sent to the soiree by AustinTX. And two teeny little green tickets that say “Hartford CT” commemorate the stalwart Connecticutters (?) who made the pilgrimage to the Big Apple.
Next we come to the “I Can See Russia” square! Adorned with onion domes, starry skies, snowy pine trees and decorative horses. The frosty blue center square has a pair of red boots, a little airplane and the words “I can see Russia from my airspace!”
And the fourth square in the group has lovely flannel boots sprinkled with evergreens. The background has a flannel pine forest, bears, and of course Brian and Brenda the Mudflats moose. And best of all it’s signed by Hamlets Mill, mastermind of the Pittsburgh Mudstock.
That’s it for this installment! Two more to go. Just incredible…
And before I forget, I have learned the identity of two more of our awesome quilters! Annie M. is responsible for the beautiful Arizona square with those frungy beaded boots. And Quince’s daughter can take credit for the very cute and creative Mudpuppy square! She has convinced the family to adopt 2 beagles, and wants some day to work in animal rescue law enforcement.
Pleased to report, Rep. Alan Grayson just now met his (New) $500,000 Goal for his Nov 2nd MoneyBomb, confess that I added another $25. It was just so intense!
$500,000
Raised!
$500,000 goal
…At 12:59 Seattle time it was just $400 short! $499,603 Raised!
That’s a HECK OF A LOT of donors! Everytime I was checking most donors were donating $25 and frequently it was $10.
I love this quilt, AKM. Absolutely a treasure.
And the more I hear Grayson, the better I like him. He’s a refreshing voice in a din of crazy noise.
Good morning all ! Glad to see the flats survived through the night. Thanks server folks!! I was with a few others that had made it into the treehouse / chat room last night and we were afraid to leave for fear it would disappear into the mist like Brigadoon. I eventually got bumped out ( tho i think perhaps Justsafarmer may have shoved me) and couldn’t access the site after that. The thought of the flats being gone was unsettling to say the least.
Well, today’s the day for NY23. Nothing to do but wait it out. Good luck to all of you in that district. We’ll ride it out with you.
This was posted on a few blogs yesterday and on the open thread yesterday by Lori in LA – I thought it was worth posting again. It’ll start everyone’s day with a laugh, even if you read it before. I’m getting a kick out of the fact that ADN has it running on their site.
http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/997288.html
Sarah’s Book Editor Poses Questions and Offers Suggestions
****5. Even though you quit with 18 months remaining in your term, your achievements as Alaska’s governor will be of great interest to your readers and political supporters. How about expanding that section of the book to a full chapter?****
****7. Our researchers can find no evidence that Katie Couric is secretly financing the Sunni insurgency in Iraq. Could you send us the sourcing for that reference? *****
Gorgeous quilt! All Hail Quince for creating the concept and organizing all the talented mudpup contributors!
I’m a shameless Grayson groupie. He says it like it is. There is a section of the forum devoted to him – up to 5 pages long already – which includes a number of videos. You can see it here: http://www.themudflats.net/forum/index.php/topic,8283.0.html
Forgot to mention how happy it was to see the next 4 squares! This quilt has got to be something just fabulous to see in person. You all rock !
Wow – I expected to find this to be a satire piece but instead, it’s real and it scared me! It’s the speech Palin was going to give if they won the election:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-03/sarah-palins-lost-victory-speech/
Tomorrow is the year anniversary of the election. Dang!
Morning, mudpups! Just wanted to make sure Ayerish Girl and Irish Girl know that their signatures were not lost, but there was not room, so they were incorporated into a nearby block.
Wow: good spotting on the shrimp, AKM. And Bubbles, look carefully at your background fabric!
Emma E. is willing to take credit for the Russia block.
I just love this quilt. Congratulations again to all those talented mudpups.
Quince, I’m delighted to be in the company of Ayerish Girl on one of the other blocks.
I’ll be following the election today with great interest. Does anyone have any idea when the results will be known?
To all you quilters out there: I am amazed and in awe of your talent! A wonderful, thoughtful and extremely creative gift for AKM and for US, since she is sharing!!!
Hello,
What a wonderful creation. Such talent to make something so beautiful.
Just a note. If you’d like to actively do something to help stop the hate talk of Dobbs, Beck, Limbaugh, and Fox News, pay http://www.stopfearhatepolitics.org a visit.
It’s a new site so you might have to use your browser search line to find it or it does come up in Google. Take a look and tell others.
There is another book out about Palin on the campaign trail.
*Walshe tells Smith that McCain’s campaign leaders were “terrified that she would embarrass John McCain, even after the campaign had officially ended.”
Another revelation in the book; the authors allege that Palin didn’t tell her daughters she was running for vice president, instead leaving it to a staffer to deliver the news.
Walshe said Palin’s claim that she had asked her family to vote on whether she should run, if chosen by McCain, came later, “after she already shook hands with John McCain and accepted that offer.” *
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/11/03/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5507246.shtml
Beautiful quilt….just amazing!
BuffaloGal, thanks for the links.
It still blows my mind that she thought she should have been given the “opportunity” to give a speech that night. HUH?
I didn’t realize that she also had a victory speech planned. When does the VP candidate give a victory speech? OMG, what a narcissist.
She wasn’t THE candidate! It’s something that became very painfully obvious during the election. Palin’s thought she was at the top of the ticket.
Unbelievable.
BuffaloGal @3, That piece is HILARIOUS! That needs to go viral.
Did anyone watch 30Rock this last week? The whole thing was kind of a slam to Palin’s “Real American” comments during the election. Jack was trying to prove (since he plays a conservative on the show) that small town American’s have better values and ARE “real” American’s. In the end, Liz proved him wrong!!!! Very funny stuff and the second time this season that they have taken on the “real American” comments by Ms. Divider.
I read her speeches. Really hate the folksy jokes about the “first dude.”
More here about her wanting to give the concession speech. She is just unbelievable. She kept it going til moments before McCain’s speech.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/03/palin-sowed-confusion-on-election-night-new-book-claims/
Aww…beautiful squares. Thanks to head quiltmaster Quince and others to make this dream a reality. Happy Tuesday!
Another super set of squares – the talent and creativity on this forum is amazing! (Including H-I-G’s copper work!)
Thanks to everyone for the great links – we need all the laughter and humor we can get to offset the sickness from the ultra-right wing. I’ll probably spend so much time reading news that I won’t get some basic chores done.
I noticed on Shannyn’s article at HuffPost that there are more comments pending than have been posted, so there must be someone else moderating and he/she is more cautious. One of the commenters suggesting that it would be like Palin (who hides behind her Facebook) to also be hiding behind an alias and could be one of those posters trying to defend herself. If not Sarah herself, then maybe Meg is busy today.
I also will be watching the results from NY-23. Joe Scarborough was his usual a**hole self this AM – not sure why I even bother to check in there as he always raises my bloodpressure.
Irishgirl @8 The polls close at 9pm EST here. I imagine we’ll be hearing some sort of numbers around 6pm.
Lilybart@15 – hated those “first dude” jokes too. Obnoxious and lame , at the same time.
Trusha – thanks for the head’s up on 30 Rock. Didn’t catch it this week. One of my favorites. Off to find it online.
And re: her victory speech. Reading it I get a creepy feeling. Forces me to think about the fact that it could’ve happened. Like those alternative history novels that revolve what life would’ve been like if Germany had won the war. Brrrrrr…….
Reading the CNN article, it appears that she was told by the top staff that she wasn’t speaking, but didn’t tell her own staff….
“…..Schmidt then broke the news to Palin. But she told no one on her staff, the authors write, setting off a series of staff miscommunications that went unresolved until moments before McCain took the stage to concede the election.
Palin did not inform her adviser Jason Recher, who was planning out Palin’s movements that night, about Schmidt’s directive.
“I’m speaking,” Palin told him, according to the book. “I’ve got the remarks. Figure it out.”
Palin’s deputy chief of staff Chris Edwards, meanwhile, was also unaware that Palin had been told she was not to speak. Edwards, ready to load the speech into teleprompter, bumped into Schmidt, who told him McCain would be speaking alone. Edwards relayed Schmidt’s order to Palin, but she once again did not let on that Schmidt had already spoken to her.
The governor could not understand why she was not being allowed to speak. “This speech is great,” she said, according to the authors. “It’s all about how John McCain’s an American hero.”
The confusion continued until the final minutes before the concession speech, when Palin – still shuffling through her speech notes – gathered with McCain, family members and senior staff outside McCain’s villa at the resort.
Sensing uncertainty, Salter finally put his foot down. “You’re not speaking,” the longtime McCain adviser told Palin. “John has decided it’s unprecedented.”….”
Thanks BG.
More insanity from the right. Received this email just now:
“It begins… more Freedom gone… the right to protect yourself and your family gone! Now ALL GUNS must be listed on your next (2010) tax return!
Senate Bill SB-2099 will require us to put on our 2009 1040 federal tax form all guns that you have or own. It will require fingerprints and a tax of $50 per gun. This bill was introduced on February 24, 2009, by the Obama staff. BUT, this bill will only become public knowledge 30 days after the new law becomes effective! This is an amendment to the Internal Revenue Act of 1986. This means that the Finance Committee has passed this without the Senate voting on it at all. Trust Obama? You must be kidding!
The full text of the IRS amendment is on the U.S. Senate homepage: http://www.senate.gov. You can find the bill by doing a search by the bill number, SB-2099. You know who to call; I strongly suggest you do. Please send a copy of this e-mail to every gun owner you know.”
It never fails to amaze me how something can be distorted and expanded on, and that so many believe the tripe! I checked it at here http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/s/sb2099.htm and then forwarded the proper data to everyone who had received it along with me.
GG2C~
I’ve also taken notice that the HuffPo moderators appear to protecting their “publicity ploy”….by not allowing “as many” comments to be posted on the TRUTHFUL threads regarding the XGINO. I’ve simply stopped clicking on many of the $P posts ~ and have somewhat limited my time at HuffPo. That blog has changed (too junky)….and IMO, not necessarily for the betterment of “free speech.”
*bowing to the great and powerful quiltmasters*
Excellent again! I am waiting for coffee to brew and could not stay away from the flats for the anticipation! I am so thrilled to see that a little piece of me made it to Alaksa. Thank you to Futurexpat and Fortywatt for making our experience live in infamy!
Cynamen – agreed! The rightwingers complain that HuffPo is too leftie, yet there is a distinct leaning to the right that is obvious to us, eh? They have also taken to using dramatic (and misleading) headlines that often have nothing to do with the story. My reading of choice for getting a variety of current news is Think Progress.
sorry for the bad spelling alert! I had an excuse!
Alaksa= Alaska before coffee.
Huffpo has a piece on the 15 worst products of all time. Guess what’s included? The bumpit.
Waaahahahahaha!
OMG, the whole story about Palin’s behavior on election night is so telling. That woman is a low down, dirty playin’ liar! The nerve to demand speaking that night. I shouldn’t be shocked, but I am.
The governor could not understand why she was not being allowed to speak. “This speech is great,” she said, according to the authors. “It’s all about how John McCain’s an American hero.”
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Her speech seemed to be more about herself and her family than about McCain being an American hero. Was she lying again?
Those First Dude jokes are so lame and trashy. Ya’, let’s just roll up the Beverly Hillbillies jalopy in front of the White House and let out the whole Palin clan.
The quilters are just amazing. What creativity and care went into this wonderful gift. I can’t wait to see more.
trisha: That picture of Palin leaving Hong Kong with her bumpit all askew was priceless, and also, too, led to a prefiled piece of legislation you might be interested in.
“An Act protecting Bumpits as an Endangered Species, and providing for an immediate effective date”. Sponsor: Rules by the Request of the Governor
Not only is the quilt awesome and beautiful, but the logistics behind it, and the reason for making it are unequaled!
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I am back to reading Nate Silver (due to his great predictions last year and the NJ, NY, VA elections today). I enjoyed reading the post/replies from around the country of what people think of Palin running for Prez in 2012.
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/10/palin-will-not-run-for-president-in-12.html
Sitting here, having my coffee, and enjoying these four squares of a marvelous quilt! Thanks so much AKM for sharing the beautiful details of it with us.
Have any of you yet read Sen. Orrin Hatch’s comments from yesterday (I think)? I posted on IM a quote from the poetry of Rumi (as translated by Coleman Barks) and I’d like to post it here: “Envy connects deeply with the old ambition of fallen angels, who DO exist, and they have human helpers who try to destroy anyone who as loved and received wisdom from a teacher.” We are the lovers.
Back from the hospital. Fourth biopsy, using laproscopy (how ever you spell that). Wasn’t feeling too bad at the hospital, but the 3 1/2 hour ride back did me and my punctures in. Just out of bed today. Everything is too long to read, but I love the pictures.
Going back to bed. Hope they figure this out soon, running out of places to stick needles into!
The Nine Newfoundland Pups are great. Wandering around looking for things to suck on. Lord they are cute.
I am amazed at the love, detail, imagination, humor and charm of each square- the quilters are awesome and did a fantastic job. A real tribute to AKM.
I think that the quilt makes up for freezing at the airport, waiting to “welcome” Sarah home to Alaska, for horrible moments such as being “outed,” for all the times that the website crashed or words wouldn’t come. For those of us non-quilters with two left thumbs, we send our appreciation too, also, too.
From the Christian Science Monitor: about Palin endorsements
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/11/02/dc-decoder-the-value-of-a-sarah-palin-endorsement/
The quilt is awesome. I did a picture quilt for my cousin’s wedding last year, but my quilting isn’t nearly as good as what I’m seeing here! It’s beautiful.
25 GreatGranny2C Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:02 AM
Cynamen – agreed! The rightwingers complain that HuffPo is too leftie, yet there is a distinct leaning to the right that is obvious to us, eh? They have also taken to using dramatic (and misleading) headlines that often have nothing to do with the story. My reading of choice for getting a variety of current news is Think Progress.
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I guess it’s getting obvious :
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/11/3/799846/-Ive-Read-both-sides.-Huffington-Post-sold-out.
I don’t expect people not to be objective or critical, but HP is getting really negative towards President Obama . I was really struck by it today.
Newfoundland Dogs Rule–oh, I hope they figure it out soon. It sucks to be sick, esp. when they can’t figure out what’s wrong. Get better, darn it!
Ooo, love puppies! Bet your little (?) nine are adorable!
I hope you feel better soon Newfoundland Dogs Rule and you get some rest
@30 Alaskan Sisu: Hilarious!
I think the one she wore in China was a special order Bumpit called the
Rats-Nest-Bumpit. Available for a limited time only just for quitters.
Newfound–argh, I just went and looked at your website. Those puppies are the BEST!
Hope you feel better NDR, glad to hear you have lots of puppie love to comfort you.
Thanks Buffalogal for the link to the Scary speeches.
Notable in the Victory speech is the line:
“This is a moment when principles and political independence matter a lot more than just the party line.”
Quick analysis- Vic speech 1223 words, 21 “I”, 10 “me” and “my” = 31
Loss speech 1021 words, 31 “I”, 16 “me” and “my” = 47
Can someone run these through the progam that displays the most used words in big type art?
Warm wishes, Newfoundland Dogs
Twain12, I have been noticing that lately too over at Huff Po. It’s very disheartening. Thanks for the link to the DailyKos post.
Juicy Rumi quote, DaisyDem
I am also getting turned off by the negative bent HP has taken. They are just buying into the right wing meme of “Obama hasn’t done anything” Horse feathers!
I turned off a repeat of SNL when they started with that same nonsense last weekend.
Isn’t it time to start a new way of thinking about how change is made by a lot of little steps. A lot of little steps have been taken and more are needed with sincere debate about how the steps are tied together to create the dance of political progress.
OK, I’ve been watching Dancing with the Stars. They are now down to the best and it’s interesting how it’s not just getting the steps right, it’s really about how they flow together to achieve the highest points.
The Obama administration has hundreds of departments to “clean up” after 8 years of neglect and destruction. Just look at Justice, Interior, SEC to name a few. Rebuilding a functioning administration is not a small task and will take years to get the various departments fully functional and restaffed with professionals capable of doing the jobs.
Just downloaded “Sarah from Alaska” onto my Kindle — ohhhh it’s good!!
very nice. I saw sky in the first one with a bad writing. Brrrrrrrrrr
Well here iin New jersey, we are keeping our fingure crossed. The nightmare for me would be to have Christie as Governor of NJ.
Check my rant
http://bilia.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/why-new-jersey-should-think-twice-before-casting-their-vote-on-nov-3-christie-palin/
Every time I hear someone say “Obama hasn’t done anything….”
The first thing that pops into my head is “A lot more would get accomplished if the Repugs would actually COOPERATE rather than go out of thier way to try and block everything our President tries to get done!!!!”
Why can more people not see this? Do they think our POTUS is God? That he can just wave his hand and changes are made? Have they all forgotten how our Democracy works? Without Congressional cooperation and debate NOTHING gets done. He cannot bring about changes when half of Congress seems bent on seeing him fail, even if it means America fails with him.
It infuriates me to see our ELECTED OFFICIALS acting like a bunch of pouting children.
every day that i wake up and realize we have an intelligent President is a day of change i can believe in.
I really wish that the media would not publish anything Palin posts on her facebook page. If she wants to say something she should give interviews. She should make speeches that the media is allowed to cover. Until then, she should disappear from the radar. She is becoming more and more like the evil Dick Cheney (one of her heroes), hiding in her lair (I just about typed liar–force of habit I guess) and not coming out to face pesky questions or be accountable for damaging things that she says/does but none-the-less wreaking havoc.
The Quilt is beautiful, and without a doubt one of the most detailed and creative things I have ever seen! AKM, you must be absolutely thrilled to have something like that given to you. What a gift, and in more ways in one! I’m in awe of all the details. I’ve done a lot of crafts in my time, but never learned how to quilt in spite of wanting to learn for years. (I’m not very talented in the seamstress department, to put it mildly.) To those who created this; you are so talented! Also very unique are the stories behind each block, just amazing. Thanks for sharing them!
SKY, I checked out your blog. Keep up the good work. I left a comment there.
{{{{NewfieDR}}}}}} – Totally understand your ordeal – been at Vanderbilt this past week and I have come to HATE the thought of needles, let alone see them. We will all be pulling for you that they soon decide what the problem is and fix it quickly for you! Glad to hear the pups are thriving. Go back to bed, you can always catch up on your reading another day.
encouraging artice in TP
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/03/cali-special-election/
this not so good
Police called in to NY-23 polling stations because of voter intimidation by teabaggers!
http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/police-called-ny-23-polling-stations-be
If it wasn’t bad enough that Sarah and her ‘ X-ian Following ‘ are against
Health care reform … the Catholic Church has decided to weigh in and get involved in Politics. { isn’t it time for a separation of Church & State..?}
I sure hope these Bishops are willing to help pay for the Healthcare of the people who attend their Churches….. caring for the poor and all.
Wasn’t THAT sort of a theme…. to be preaching..?
And they are passing out the materials IN Church… Hmmm….
If Church attendance is down….this MIGHT be a reason why. Would you continue to go to a Church that acts like this..?
“This past weekend the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops instructed pastors at parishes across the country to distribute material urging Catholics to oppose the health reform bills making their way through Congress for allowing public funding of abortions. ” { Which is NOT in the Bill }
“Priests were to insert the Bishops Conference pdf leaflets and letters into parish news bulletins, distribute them at church doors or place them in pews. They were also directed to read a statement at mass to reinforce the message.”
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/03/catholic-pastors-directed_n_343458.html
I believe good folks from CT are referred to as Nutmeggers.
NY’ers call them something else, but I won’t get into that heah.
I started getting a little perturbed with huffpo a little while back when Arianna got on the “Joe Biden” should resign crapola. The fact of the matter is I always am somewhat sceptical of anyone that can flip flop so radically regarding their politically leanings. I’ve always had the same problem with Ed Schultz after reading that he used to be conservative. Something just doesn’t feel right about that scenario. I suppose it can happen just as sinning heathens become “born again” and middle-aged housewives wake up one day and realize they’re lesbians. I just find it hard to believe that you could ever make such a strong turn about…but who am I to say, jmho.
Each quilt square says so much! I can imagine an intriguing book centered around the making of this most spectacular quilt, wonderful co-conspirators and deserving recipient.
well there must have been some backlash over at HP because they changed there frontage to make it look a bit more balanced
“skeptical”, damn spellcheck. I thought it looked wrong….
WHEN???…in God’s name…will the pundits (and politicians) STOP taking the bait that palin puts out to keep her name in the news every freakin’ week??? Everyone else is aware of this being a tactic! …come on people! ENOUGH! Until this salivating interest ceases to exist, palin will win with her desired publicity…even Paris Hilton peetered out of the daily limelight. I’m waiting for ‘them’ to notice evidence of her crow’s feet…maybe then? …it’s certainly not her wisdom keeping them gawking! Levi…help us! …spill it now!
I’M SICK OF HER!!!
Lainey…I couldn’t agree with you more!
Newfoundland Dogs Rule, I hope you are not reading this right now, and that you are resting- the best medicine after PUPPY BREATH!!!
The quilt squares are beautiful AKM, what thoughtfulness in each one.
Political sabbatical for me today…
@OMG….thank you. one person at a time and maybe this palin era will end…finally! this blog doesn’t need the likes of HER to continue…there are plenty of more important topics out there!
newfoundland w/pups glad you made it home safely to your 9 pups and hope you are feeling better……. quince! what can i say! you are a priceless treasure. thank you for all you did.
Here is an article from Sam Stein at Huff
The last three paragraphs say it all.
http://tiny.cc/Qd0iS
OFF TOPIC:
I just wrote to MSNBC and asked them to give you AKM your own show….
DinkyP~ awww breaks my heart! (not)
Well… Huffman and his Staff did learn ONE thing from $arah…
WHINE early and whine often. They are complaining about illegal things and ACORN is involved… etc… etc… and this. ‘Someone’ in the opposition is slashing someones tires…. BUT…what is the real story..?
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“Update: Anton Troianovski of the Wall Street Journal followed up with the Plattsburgh police on this, and was told that the volunteer actually damaged his tire on a broken bottle. I asked Hoffman campaign manager Dan Tripp about this–he said he had no comment because the campaign had not heard this yet.”
http://washingtonindependent.com/66380/ny-23-hoffman-accuses-democrats-of-stealing-the-election
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Like Faux news… why let the ‘ facts ‘ interfere with the Story though.
I wonder if Beck cried over this…?
Star:
NOT, NEVER, NADA Winky Queen!!!!!
The North Country should be friendly ground for her and if she can’t make it there it’s hard to see how she can make it anywhere.”
These squares are like having kids…….how could you ever choose your favourite, as kids always ask, “who do you love the most?”
Fortunately they are all stitched together…..lol…..like families.
Absolutely remarkable!
SKY I ‘m with you and your rant. I have been sayint the same things(just abou)on HP and McClatchy and some NJ papers I looked up.Who knows if they are ever published.I never go back and check??
with 19% in Bill Owens leads 50%-44% over Hoffman
@twain, Greatgranny2c and cynamen
I just had a conversation with one of my coworkers about the negative tone of HuffingtonPost articles towards President Obama and his policies. Arianna is getting full of herself. What a change of opinion, in less than 12 months. Thanks for pointing out Think Progress, I will give it a try. I can hardly stand going to HP. If I wanted to indulge myself with POTUS negativity I would visit T e a m S a r a h.
On a positive note: the quilt is beautiful, I didn’t know anything about it. I guess I missed the memo…(what else is new
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colibrimoon @75 – Arianna certainly has switched sides. I’ve seen her on various talk shows and it’s hard to believe she was such an Obama supporter at one time. I had begun to think it was my imagine that HP was changing direction. One of the more reliable writers that I still follow is Sam Stein.
Another website that is fairly accurate and *just the facts, ma’am* is http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/
We liberals/progressives have a real shortage of media outlets. As a group, we don’t seem to be as vocal as the righties and our voices simply aren’t heard. I read an article recently that stated talk radio is 95% rightwing.
MSNBC evening is the only time we really have a voice with Keith and Rachel. Ed Schultz does make some good points, but he gets rather mouthy and cynical and is a bit hard to listen to. I can’t bear to listen to Morning Joe and that crew. Matthews is so obviously a Republican and does negative lead-ins like he wants to start some controversy, when there really isn’t (or shouldn’t) be one.
Those on the right put Olbermann down because of his continual battle with O’Reilly, and Rachel is demeaned because of her sexual preferences. Both are extremely bright, research their topics, admit and apologize for any errors they might make, and give their guests a fair and uninterrupted opportunity to air their own viewpoints. They also cover topics that most of the other commentators don’t want to touch – such as the religious nutters and C Street.
I think both are vastly underestimated and undervalued. I wish there were more like them to give us a louder voice. We don’t have the political action groups like the right has with Freedom Works, etc.
I wondered what was up with HP I just stopped reading and just glanced thru it now. Thanks for the link to TPM.Tight race in NJ and for mayor of NY. also very tight on the main ballot about Gay marriage.
GreatGranny2C @76, thanks for the website, I will check it out.
Arianna Huffington used to be a stalwart conservative.
With so-called “liberals” like Arianna, who needs Republicans for critics…..
Like water eroding away the shoreline….so does Arianna and her ilk erode the support for PO.
They don’t seem to understand that building a power base takes longer than a few months. It’s done with one step forward and two steps back…..Arianna et al seem to focus only on the two steps back by PO.
Well, keep it up…..and the Dems will surely lose their momentum and the ability to make greater changes down the timeline of our history.
Irish Girl, thank you for the comment. I really needed it. Tonight is not a good night for me and my husband. I just feel like my freedom is being taken away.
I think I have seen a lot, to the point that I am hesitant to post certain things. Especially that we have the bullies in Trenton.
But I promise, He is not going to have it easy either. I am so happy the Repugs won. Now I would like to see their candidate, cut taxes in NJ in 2 months, just like they expected President Obama to fix the economy in one month after 8 years of GOP destruction.
I am gearing up to defend my freedom as a human being. Repugs are already saying we should give Chris Christie 2 years to clean up NJ. Oh year, when they did not give President Obama even a month? The only problem is Democrats like to flipflop.
Irish Girl, thank you for the comment. I really needed it. Tonight is not a good night for me and my husband. I just feel like my freedom is being taken away.
I think I have seen a lot, to the point that I am hesitant to post certain things. Especially that we have the bullies elected.
But I promise, He is not going to have it easy either. I am so happy the Repugs won. Now I would like to see their candidate, cut taxes in NJ in 2 months, just like they expected President Obama to fix the economy in one month after 8 years of GOP destruction.
I am gearing up to defend my freedom as a human being. Repugs are already saying we should give Chris Christie 2 years to clean up NJ. Oh yeah, when they did not give President Obama even a month?
Correction on my comment # 79…..”Two steps forward and one step back” not the reverse. Must be getting too late for my brain :>)