My 1st letter ever to Sen. Johanns (R-NE) and the nonsense that prompted it

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Saturday August 15, 2009 · 3:32 PM PDT

2009/08/15 · 15:32

As a Nebraskan, I am used to being surrounded by "red" both on football Saturdays (which excites me!) and on election days (which repulses me!) . While this past November offered a glimmer of hope to me as an Omahan as we went "blue," there is still much work to be done. I am not a big letter writer and typically I reserve those few letters for Senator Nelson since he is at least a Dem in name (if not in deed) and is theoretically, in my mind, more persuadable.

But the behavior of our other senator is so reprehensible that I had to finally snap off an email. And if this notorious wallflower and hand-sitter-onner can write a letter, I hope we all can get off our duffs and do something to make real health care reform a reality.

Read below the fold to see what pissed me off and why I finally got the lead out and took some initiative.

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Sunday February 22, 2009 · 3:28 PM PST

2009/02/22 · 15:28

Even if you have never heard of Academic Decathlon before, this is an incredibly inspiring story of personal achievement that I witnessed first hand yesterday.

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Thursday October 23, 2008 · 6:41 PM PDT

2008/10/23 · 18:41

This article appeared on the FRONT PAGE of the Thursday afternoon edition of the Omaha World-Herald.

In what may be a good omen for Obama, Esch and Kleeb, for the first time in 14 years Douglas County's registered Democrats now outnumber those of Republicans!

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Thursday October 09, 2008 · 10:23 AM PDT

2008/10/09 · 10:23

Pardon the rant but I'm growing a bit tired of reading quotes like this in Politico in reference to how McCain can possibly turn things around:

"Barring a terrorist attack," said Maslin, "in the face of what’s happened to the United States economy, the world economy, in the last two weeks how does this trend reverse itself?"

"Barring a terrorist attack." Really. Maybe I'm reading way too much into this, but I hear this type of hypothetical way too often. And I'm especially tired of hearing this from Democrats and Democratic strategists who are somehow trying to be deferential.

God forbid that there be a terrorist attack in the next four weeks. God forbid that there be another one EVER.

But what really pisses me off is the not so implicit assumption that Republicans would somehow benefit from a terrorist attack and Democrats would suffer.

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Saturday September 27, 2008 · 4:03 PM PDT

2008/09/27 · 16:03

My wife and I took the boys to the River City Roundup parade in Omaha this morning. It is the largest and best parade of the year in Omaha, so I put on my Obama pin, loaded up the family truckster and headed downtown looking to have fun with the family, but also to get a pulse on local politics in a heavy red state less than 40 days before the election.

I am a proud Democrat in a state that has a history of populism but has recently been hostile to Democrats. But I live in Omaha where the population is more diverse and ripe for a change. And based on my brief observation of Scott Kleeb at the parade today, my experience of volunteering with the local Obama campaign and the visible signage around town, I'm here to tell you something that many of you will find very shocking . . . .

Omaha could very well go Blue this year and Nebraska could go Purple.

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Friday September 26, 2008 · 4:46 PM PDT

2008/09/26 · 16:46

I've been somewhat depressed lately. Considering all the bad economic news of the last two weeks I can't help but worry about my children's future.

We have a failing economy due to the excessive greed of a few. We are bogged down in two wars. We have an enormous and increasingly dire energy problem. We are the proud owners of an exponentially-balooning monster deficit.

Add to that the simple notion that if you are reading this you somehow miraculously managed to survive 8 straight years of near-apocalyptic mayhem (although according to the calendar on my wall he still has 116 days left to screw that up too).

What could possibly remain in which to be proud? I have four reasons and their last names are Obama, Pelosi, Dodd and Frank.

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Friday September 19, 2008 · 9:00 PM PDT

2008/09/19 · 21:00

OK my fellow Democratic Catholic friends and friends of Democratic Catholics, it is time for us to do our moral duty, vote for Obama and encourage all of our Catholic friends, family and neighbors to do likewise.

I'm Catholic, Democrat and pro-life (in the truest sense I can be. . . anti-war, anti-poverty, anti-torture, anti-death penalty, anti-abortion [in a non-militant sense . . . bear with me my pro-choice friends], anti-f'n-up the environment, anti-racism, anti-healthcare deck stacked against you because you aren't rich and don't own seven houses . . . you get the point.)

In fact, I have an MA in theology and teach that subject in a Catholic school. And I'm sick and tired of being played into the single-issue, Republican-only, vote-this-way-or-your-conscience-be-damned, real Catholics vote "pro-life", kind of mentality. Read past the fold if you want to know my two cents about being Catholic and voting Democratic in this (and, in fact, at least the last) election.

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