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H2O Man

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17. I was lucky
Sat Jul 12, 2014, 06:13 PM
Jul 2014

in growing up, that my older siblings were interested in politics. My father was, too, but he was a conservative democrat.

So I grew up identifying with the Democratic Left. I do remember, with a smile, when my father reached out to me once in the 1980s ......he was Irish-Catholic, and a priest who had been elected to the NYS Assembly was coming to Dad's church to speak on jail reform. I was happy to meet my father at the church, and attend mass with him.

Afterward, my Dad was surprised to learn that the priest and myself already knew each other, from working on the jail reform movement.

Reagan vs Maryknoll [View all] H2O Man Jul 2014 OP
K&R - I had forgotten some of this... ms liberty Jul 2014 #1
Thanks. H2O Man Jul 2014 #3
K&R for an excellent history lesson! Thank you! scarletwoman Jul 2014 #2
Thanks. H2O Man Jul 2014 #6
Yes. You can plug into roody Jul 2014 #12
nice summary bigtree Jul 2014 #4
Very good! H2O Man Jul 2014 #13
Great, thanks. broiles Jul 2014 #5
Thanks! H2O Man Jul 2014 #14
And thus the tone was set for the next 34 years. Half-Century Man Jul 2014 #7
I agree. H2O Man Jul 2014 #15
Excellent post malaise Jul 2014 #8
I'm sorry to hear that. H2O Man Jul 2014 #16
His loss still hurts a lot of folks 31 years later malaise Jul 2014 #19
That's terrible. H2O Man Jul 2014 #22
We had home grown thugs as well malaise Jul 2014 #23
When I was college rickyhall Jul 2014 #9
I was lucky H2O Man Jul 2014 #17
Great stuff. toby jo Jul 2014 #10
You can read The Harvest of Empire malaise Jul 2014 #20
Kicked and recommended! Where are the recommendations? Enthusiast Jul 2014 #11
Kick! rustydog Jul 2014 #18
I knew people who were involved in that underground railroad through their church. Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #21
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