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IrishAyes

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December 30, 2013

I read that Robin Roberts came out today. It's no longer necessarily fatal to one's career

thanks in part to the atmosphere promoted by President Obama (and many others). I'm glad of that, partly because I don't see how there could be a nicer person than Robin. I was so concerned during her long illness. She's done so much good for people.

December 30, 2013

Yes, and they'll rue the day they took the alternative or opted out entirely. Maybe then it will

become clear to them what idiots they were. I also keep hearing Repugs on the news repeating the word 'disaster'. The only disaster will fall on them.

December 30, 2013

Thanks, they always are, even if I have to light a bonfire. It's one time of the year that mellows

me most of all. Hope yours went well also. I count my BOG friends as major blessings.

December 30, 2013

And Frank Schaeffer would know, having had such a tough row to hoe himself,

especially lately. I was pleased today to see the UMC pastor wearing a purple bracelet. I should get one myself somewhere.

December 29, 2013

Contrary to opinions some other places, we actually do appreciate facts here. It's those very

facts that cause our celebrations.

Still, it was good of you to withdraw that post.

December 29, 2013

Well, I'm a coffee fiend, though. Blend my own, flavor it various ways, and perk it

(drip won't do) strong enough to melt paint off steel. But I don't leave it in the pot. It goes straight into the frig, and I use it diluted throughout the day. That means a mike to heat it.

December 29, 2013

The first time we took our son to Disnetland, he was only about 3.

He looked at Minnie Mouse and gushed to me, "She's so beautiful!"

December 28, 2013

HEY, WILLIAM !!!

I'm still furious with you for stiffing your wife in the will. Why couldn't you leave her more than a bed, precious as those were in your day? Sounds rather churlish to me.

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About IrishAyes

Still an ardent Irish-American Catholic damnYankee Yellow Dog Democrat socialist after all these years. (cue Simon music) Army brat and wife for many years, now have been on the loose far longer than I was married. After my two red chows died, I took in a mini-beagle cross that I named Molly Maguire, thinking she might need a good Irish name like my original real one. Later she got a baby sister, a smooth-coat JRT I named Brigid after the greatest of the ancient Celtic goddesses. My great-grandfather and his son fought for Michael Collins and barely made it out of Ireland one step ahead of John Bull. They slipped over to Wales for new identities and then forward to the States for a fresh start. That makes me second generation of illegal but certainly justified immigrants. There are precious few people to whose defense I fly immediately, but the list includes Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama even when I disagree with him - it happens! - and living Irish patriots Gerry Adams and Martin \\\'Mind Your Kneecaps\\\' McGuiness. I pray earnestly for a united and free Ireland rescued from all official British occupation, with every square inch of alleged \\\'ancestral lands\\\' now held immorally and illegally by the invaders returned to the rightful owners. Irish-only rule for Ireland. No foreign masters anymore! I find it passing strange when Brits chide ME about \'interfering\' in Irish politics!
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