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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

  • Bush has no regrets. It’s regretful.

    Politics News Article | Reuters.com| Bush: Would give ‘Mission Accomplished’ speech again. President Bush said he had no regrets about donning a flight suit to give his “Mission Accomplished” speech on Iraq in May 2003 and would do it all over again if he had the chance, according to excerpts from an television interview released…

  • How Bush’s grandfather helped Hitler’s rise to power

    Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | How Bush’s grandfather helped Hitler’s rise to power His business dealings, which continued until his company’s assets were seized in 1942 under the Trading with the Enemy Act, has led more than 60 years later to a civil action for damages being brought in Germany against the Bush family…

  • Bush policy brings the world on his back

    Yahoo! News – Bush policy brings the world on his back Arrogant, aggressive, too unilateralist are just some of the terms used to describe the US administration. Opinion polls taken around the world confirmed the dim view of the US leader and his policies, which is most notable among traditional allies in Europe and the…

  • Fundamentalism, Our Founding Fathers, and Jesus

    Congress.Org — Jesus was a liberal Jesus was quite clear that what he found most upsetting was people using the letter of the law while ignoring the spirit of it. The spirit of the law, according to Jesus, was to love your neighbor. Trying to deny your fellow human beings, including your gay brothers and…

  • Iraq had no WMD: the final verdict

    Guardian Unlimited: Iraq had no WMD: the final verdict President George Bush now admits that stockpiles have not been found in Iraq but claimed as recently as Thursday that “Saddam Hussein had the capability of making weapons, and he could have passed that capability on to the enemy”. The draft Duelfer report, according to the…