Haiti-- Tarps, not Tents
Several hard-working individuals here on Daily Kos have been diligently keeping the plight of the Haitian people front and center and on the Rec list as they recover from the devastating earthquake. I...
View ArticleCIA briefed 68 lawmakers on torture
In an article from Reuters, from 2001-2007, the Central Intelligence Agency of the US briefed at least 68 lawmakers on enhanced interrogation methods.According to the documents finally released, one of...
View ArticleTo all Pootie/Woozle lovers...Please Help!
By all means, I will accept any suggestions anyone might have in this wonderful community, not limited to Pootie/Woozle lovers...I just thought that people with a love of animals might have contact...
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Let's try this again- I threw a racist out of my house last night- Updated
Editor's note: I tried to publish this earlier and I don't know what I am doing wrong, but it still hasn't published- under my drafts it says this is "in the queue", whatever the hell that means. So, I...
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NFTT Fundraising- So easy even a child can do it!
I know every mother thinks her child is special. I am absolutely no different- the only difference is, both of my kids really ARE special! Beantown girl (hereafter known as BG) and beantown boy (BB)...
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NFTT Fundraising- So easy even a child can do it!
**REPOST** This is a requested re-posting of a diary that I wrote and published on 04/10/2011- Please enjoy the diary, but more importantly, please donate to this amazing cause! I know that times are...
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Someone shot my cat yesterday- Update x2
WARNING --- this is a rambling vent! Not a lot of discussion of politics below, just your basic outrage over the stupidity and violence that has permeated our society. My Mother's Day certainly turned...
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The Grieving Room- My year of "Firsts"
A special welcome to anyone who is new to The Grieving Room. We meet every Monday evening. Whether your loss is recent or many years ago, whether you have lost a person or a pet, or even if the...
View ArticleBanning Abortion in Ohio- the threat to women everywhere
An Ohio group is gathering signatures in an effort to add an abortion ban to the state's constitution. Personhood Ohio wants to put the issue before voters in 2012. The measure would amend Ohio's...
View ArticleI don't consider myself a "follower"
That being said I, too, shall be heading out the door here shortly for a week-long boycott of this site. I know I don't have a huge following and won't be missed; however, I can't imagine not...
View ArticleI've spent the past 2 days trying to convince my 16 y/o she is not a "slut"...
I can hardly type, can hardly put this into words! I have been writing and rewriting this because if I don't break down in tears, I get so angry that I can't think straight! I know that so much has...
View ArticleAn Update- Our FIRST meeting with the school is done!
I won't rehash everything from my first diary...I think anyone who is here most likely is very well aware of my daughter's story. If not, please go here and the beginning.I met with our friend, an...
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