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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Tag: Politics

  • The Harriet and George Show

    Want a little bit of a laugh (or a gag, depending)? read the Harriet and George letters at The Smoking Gun. I could only get through about 6 of them before I had to look away. ugh! Talk about major ass-kissing. Thanks Dianne! My hubby also sent me this link today, with the comment, “Harriet…

  • Heard back from Boxer, too!

    Here’s a snippet from her email response (I hope it’s okay to post these): There has never been a more important time for U.S. intelligence agents to be able to do their work unimpeded; the threats posed by terrorists are simply too great. Our national security requires that we protect the identity of undercover agents,…

  • Heard back from Dianne Feinstein

    Here is a snippet of her letter to me: I am deeply disturbed by the possibility that someone with access to classified information could be involved in leaking it for political purposes. If in fact Karl Rove was engaged in such conduct I would hope the Administration would take decisive action. I cannot comment on…

  • Not surprised at all

    Bush Urges ‘Timely’ Hearing; Democrats Promise Scrutiny – New York Times “Sandra Day O’Connor broke barriers as the first woman on the Supreme Court, where she cast decisive votes to preserve and expand rights for women and to eliminate sex discrimination,” the NOW president, Kim Gandy said in the statement. “George Bush could have chosen…

  • Elizabeth Dole writes letters.

    I found this post, written by Pam on Big Brass Blog. She posts a letter that she received from Elizabeth dole. I’m just going to post the whole thing below: Monday July 18, 2005 What the Karl Rove Issue Is Really About Dear Friend, The attacks from certain members of the Democratic Party against Karl…