1) Yesterday I woke to news that the Obama administration had, without due process,
assassinated a US citizen in Yemen.
2) Obama has taken the remaining pieces of the US Constitution already shredded by the
Bush administration, and set them on fire.
3) As people gather on Wall Street to protest real crimes committed by Wall Street,
Wall Streeters drink champagne and laugh at the people below.
4) Rather than covering #OccupyWallStreet, the media pay attention to crazy candidates
trying to outdo each other in callousness and insensitivity as they cheer on the death penalty
and jeer at gay military service members.
5) Despite compelling arguments against the Keystone XL Pipeline that would stretch from
Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico, we still don't know if Obama will okay or deny this project.
6) Okay. I realize this is not typical LJ-Land fare, but I need to document this insanely wrong environment
so I can, hopefully, look back on it one day and say, "Wow, that was really bad but I'm so glad decency
and common sense prevailed."
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Tracy Abell 
And:
7)It’s rainy and chilly outside in NY.
Just thought I’d add that because it makes everything else seem even worse.
Cheer up! Things have got to get better – maybe.
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Oh, that’s just wrong to be rainy and chilly on top of everything else. I’ve got sunshine here I’d be happy to share. š
Things will eventually get better, I know, but it’s hard to envision that right now.
I hope you’re warm and dry, Barbara. Have a good weekend.
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I’m having problems with my vision, too, Tracy.
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Tough times for sure, Tracy, but the amazing thing is the swelling movement for change in so many positive directions. My niece is one of the Occupy Wall St. protesters, and though the media has barely been covering it, people are becoming more and more aware of the protests and what they are protesting about.
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Your niece is my heroine! Please, please thank her for me and let her know I stand in solidarity. I keep telling my family that’s where I want to be, hunkered down on Wall Street with all the brave people speaking truth to power. I’m there in spirit.
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Well hey, have you seen this? It’s happening all over, oh yeah!
http://www.occupytogether.org/
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Yes, I did see that! It makes me happy the action is spreading around the country. Those rich puppet masters drink champagne and laugh at their own peril.
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I struggle with the Yemeni AQ cleric thing. On the other hand, he has openly advocated for the killing of American citizens and attacks on the US government. So, I’m OK with the fact that a bad, bad man is dead and can’t hurt anyone else. On the other hand, he was killed without due process, and being against the death penalty, I’ve got a problem with his killing in the first place. This is a real hard one for me.
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I’m not convinced he was a bad, bad man. My government refused to specify its reasons for targeting him for assassination, and claimed states secrets. I have no reason to believe anything the administration says about this.
I’m sure he was an angry man, as are MANY people in that part of the world we keep dropping bombs on, and I’m positive my government has just created a martyr and motivated more people to anger and violence.
This is a real hard one for me, too, Doc.
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