“… people are tired of seeing faith used as a tool of attack.” - Barack Obama June 28, 2008
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Barack Obama is right on target when he talks about religion in the USA.
I am hopeful we can bridge the gap that exists and overcome the prejudices that all of us, to one degree or another, bring to the debate … No matter how religious they may be or not be, people are tired of seeing faith used as a tool to attack. They don’t want faith used to belittle, or to divide, because in the end that’s not how they think about faith in their own lives.
This Brave Nation June 28, 2008
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1. Jeremy Hooper of Good-As-You has been nominated for the Brave Nation Young Activist Award.
2. You can Vote for Jeremy.
The Brave Nation Young Activist Award was designed to celebrate a next generation of progressive activism. Too often the younger generation is overlooked and not given the recognition they deserve. There are many awards designed to celebrate the activists that have helped to build our country to the Brave Nation it is today, this award is designed to recognize activists taking us into the future.
3. Watch a trailer for This Brave Nation.
My song “Teddy Bear” is listed in eFolkMusic’s featured Children’s MP3s June 24, 2008
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Deb’s House Concerts
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I just discovered my ‘Teddy Bear’ song on the “Featured Children’s MP3s” list on eFolkMusic. Stop by and listen to “Teddy Bear” and, while you’re there, check out a few of the other songs for children featured there, too.
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Deborah Hord
“Weird Duck (and other animal tales for grownups)”
“Teddy Bear c2003 Deborah L Hord”
“Teddy bear, I don’t care what they say about me. You’re my friend ’till the end. There’s no need to doubt me.” • Preview ‘Teddy Bear c2003 Deborah L Hord’
Go to artist page
[NOTE: You can download all 13 songs (mp3s) on my "Weird Duck" collection for your kids for the eFolkMusic $4.95 one-month member price and still have 87 free mp3 downloads available for the rest of the month. It's almost like getting it all for FREE!]
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efolkMusic featured Children’s MP3s:
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MP3 downloads in portable, CD-burnable format! We have two types of downloads: 1) “Member” (thousands of free tracks for our supporters- join now!), and 2) “For Sale”-thousands for sale at 98 cents each OR buy in bulk with our money and time saving download MultiPaks- get tracks for as little as 75 cents each.
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Lots more downloads and cds available on each artist’s page- check ‘em out! Thanks again for stopping in and for supporting our nonprofit- listen and enjoy
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Here are the rest of the featured songs for children in the eFolkMusic Children’s Music section:
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DAVID WILLIAMS
“Rainforest & Tropical Animals”
“BANJO CATFISH”
• Preview ‘BANJO CATFISH’
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Kid Pan Alley
“Tidal Wave of Song”
“Abby and Sammy”
• Preview ‘Abby and Sammy’
Go to artist page
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David Holt
“Tailybone”
“Tailybone”
• Preview ‘Tailybone’
Go to artist page
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Pete Seeger
“Stories & Songs for Little Children”
“Skip To My Lou”
Thanks to High Windy Records for this free MP3 from Stories and Songs For Little Children, a collection of Pete`s greatest hits. This is a masterpiece of lively banjo playing and endearing storytelling to be enjoyed for years to come, featuring Abiyoyo, Foolish Frog and others >>>
Go to artist page
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Viktor Mastoridis
“Octopus in London”
“Diwali”
DIWALI – Lyrics were written with the help of 3C from WPIS; Benita from the same class was the one who gave the strongest impact : when we started to sing some idea for a song about Diwalli, she said – this is so boring; so I had to change all; and it turned into a great dance song; composed and … More… • Preview ‘Diwali’
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Paul Reisler and Trapezoid
“Remembered Ways”
“Dolphins”
• Preview ‘Dolphins’
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The Hollow Trees
“The Hollow Trees”
“Buckeye Jim”
Go to artist page
Raffi
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“Turn This World Around”
This song was inspired by Nelson Mandela’s Global Campaign for children. Raffi cares about children and about peace, and offers this musical gift to the world. From Rounder Records >> • Preview ‘Turn This World Around’
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David Williams
“Oh, The Animals”
“THE DINOSAURS”
• Preview ‘THE DINOSAURS’
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Forty Days and Forty Nights (almost, 39 nights) of Deb’s House Concerts, subscribe to the feed, http://dhconcerts.wordpress.com/feed June 19, 2008
Posted by dhconcerts in About Life, Anecdotes, Art and Music, Comedy, Creative Souls, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Folk Music, Health, International, Music, Nathan Pacheco, Peace, Justice and Equality, Performance, Photos, Quoting Others, Savoring the Moment, Science, Stained Glass, Television, Thoughts about Creating and Performing, Video/YouTube, Visual Humor, mp3s.add a comment
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Weird Medical Stuff - Powerful Tomatoes Leave More Than 20 Dead May 11, 2008
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Powerful Tomatoes Leave More Than 20 Dead - Part II May 11, 2008
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A Message to Nathan Pacheco May 13, 2008
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Don’t Borrow $$$$ From Your 401k Retirement Savings Account May 13, 2008
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Visit the new Nathan Pacheco tribute site (fan site) on WordPress May 14, 2008
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In The News Today … California Supreme Court Rules For Equality May 16, 2008
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DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS on The Moderate Voice May 16, 2008
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Flowers, Beauty and Music Above All Else: GLADIOLAS, stained glass, nathan pacheco May 16, 2008
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International Day Against Homophobia May 17, 2008 May 16, 2008
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Nostalgia? Television Commercials From Years Back May 17, 2008
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Discover Nathan Pacheco now, and stay ahead of the curve! May 19, 2008
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These Guys Are Funny (Red State Update) May 19, 2008
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Arianna Huffington Has Finally Said Something Good About Hillary May 19, 2008
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More About the California Ruling For Marriage Equality May 19, 2008
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About The Flag Pin, and Obama’s Refusal To Wear It Saying It Doesn’t Matter May 20, 2008
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At the end of Memorial Day 2008 … May 26, 2008
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Support Folk Music for $4.95!!! eFolkMusic, Of Course! 
May 27, 2008
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Another Comment about 100 Free mp3 Downloads for $4.95 on eFolkMusic May 31, 2008
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More Health and Science Links May 31, 2008
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Man Babies June 1, 2008
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Due to an unfortunate accident, which I will describe at a later date, I have too much time on my hands and off my feet. June 1, 2008
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Suncatchers Completed June 1, 2008 June 1, 2008
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UFO Sighting Over My Back Yard Late Afternoon June 1, 2008 January 1, 2008
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Travel Back In Time With Me, If You Will, To Three Weeks Ago June 8, 2008
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Seven Fun-Filled Days At Mom and Pop’s Stained Glass Camp June 8, 2008
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You Want the Scoop? Here are the details. All of these stained glass designs are ones I created this week. June 9, 2008
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Candle Vases and Light Through Bevels June 9, 2008
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More Health and Science Links May 31, 2008
Posted by dhconcerts in About Life, Health, International, Peace, Justice and Equality, Photos, Quoting Others, Science, Think Green, Video/YouTube.add a comment
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Here are the articles I’ve been reading, saving and meaning to post this week.
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NYTimes Blog -
Jill Bolte Taylor - When a Brain Scientist Suffers a Stroke.
Huffington Post
How Miracle Fruit Will Change Everything You Taste Ladies, Don’t Fall Into the Bone Mineral Density Osteoporosis Trap The Sound Of Your Soul Nanotechnology Cancer Treatment: A New Tool In Radiation Therapy.
BBC News
Isolated tribe spotted in Brazil.
Pam’s House Blend
Jesus Wept (lack of health care in USA)Rules for apologizing (communication and etiquette)
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Associated Press
Volcano Erupts on Galapagos Islands23/6
At the end of Memorial Day 2008 … May 26, 2008
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I hope all who are in our armed forces on this day are alive and unharmed. I thank all who currently serve and all who have served before.
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In this country, we disagree about what is a ‘just’ war, but we appreciate and honor the sacrifice of those who serve this country in the armed forces.
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Thank you men and women in uniform.
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From Konagod, a video tribute to veterans who are homeless.
My song “Hungry When I Wake” (about being homeless), on MySpace and eFolkMusic. (more…)
About The Flag Pin, and Obama’s Refusal To Wear It Saying It Doesn’t Matter May 20, 2008
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More About the California Ruling For Marriage Equality May 19, 2008
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From Huffington Post:
Erica Jong -Hurrah for Gay Marriage
Lane Hudson - Bowing to Fear, candidates ignore historic nature of CA decision
Nathaniel Frank - America’s Ongoing “Separate and Unequal”
Ellen Challenges John McCain On Gay Marriage: “You’re No Different Than I Am”
Robin Tyler - My Reaction to the California Marriage Ruling — As the Plaintiff
Fox News
This is not about the ruling. It’s about homosexuality in nature, as a natural occurrence in nature. What’s amazing is that Fox News would even report this story.
Good-As-You
Video: Wendy Wright is, in fact, wrong
Ellen and McCain: A Gay Ol’ Time
Gas prices? Housing bust? No, no — it’s gay ‘I do’s
Video: CA ruling — do Georgians find it peachy?
And why shouldn’t our existences be summed up in four talking points?
Time
Viewpoint: What the California Gay Ruling Won’t Do
Will Gay Marriage Help the GOP?
The New York Times
Same-Sex Marriage and Racial Justice Find Common Ground
Ruling May Revive Gay Marriage as Issue
Marriage Partners
The Moderate Voice
Gays, God, and Government: Self-righteousness in the State Capitols (Guest Voice)
Opinion
Opposing view: The court got it right
Associated Press
Calif. clerk hopes to have 1st legal gay marriage
Comedy Central
Stephen Colbert Interviews Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins (video)
Arianna Huffington Has Finally Said Something Good About Hillary May 19, 2008
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I thought it would never happen, but it has. Never mind that it is in the context of discussing Hillary losing the nomination for the Democratic Party, Arianna Huffington still said something good about Hillary. I’ll give her credit for that. 
Hillary Clinton’s Defeat: A Historic Triumph
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More about Hillary from The Moderate Voice: Hillary Clinton: Her Critics and Admirers…
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Nostalgia? Television Commercials From Years Back May 17, 2008
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Coffee
folgers marriage-saving coffee
Kool-Aid
“You can give your youngsters a lot of pleasure with Kool-Aid”
Make friends with Kool-aid. Make Kool-aid with friends. (with Bugs Bunny)
Soft Drinks
“Now it’s Pepsi for those who think young.”
Chewing Gum
Yummy Beech-Nut Fruit Stripe Gum
Shaving Cream
Nothing takes it off like Noxema Medicated Shave.
Combination Videos (multiple commercials in each video)
International Day Against Homophobia May 17, 2008 May 16, 2008
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I’ve never heard of this before. The International Day Against Homophobia is tomorow, May 17, 2008. From the website, it looks like it’s based in Canada.
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The focus this year is Health Care Workers. I wish them well. This is certainly a worthy focus. All people should be treated with dignity and respect. This applies when seeking health care, too. I am happy to see that someone is addressing this issue. Education is a good place to start.
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Annual campaigns to combat homophobia focus on a different scope of activity each year. The goal of the Homosexuality is not a sickness! campaign is to reach all healthcare workers and professionals.
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The 2008 campaign highlights gay and lesbian health issues. Just like any other citizens, gays and lesbians need to receive health services free of discrimination.
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Read more from the web page after the fold.
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Flowers, Beauty and Music Above All Else: GLADIOLAS, stained glass, nathan pacheco May 16, 2008
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Deb’s House Concerts
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The post about flowers hidden about my yard last summer and the post about my first stained glass piece are consistently high on the list of posts viewed on this site. (Is it because everyone loves flowers and stained glass?) The other post that is usually at the top of the list is the “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” post.
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Yesterday, Nathan Pacheco passed “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” in the daily searches and views. I am happy to see that. Nathan is a fine man with tremendous heart and talent. If you don’t yet know about him, visit the Yanni website and click the Yanni Voices tab. Happy listening!
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DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS on The Moderate Voice May 16, 2008
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[UPDATE: Read Dr. E's most recent posts on The Moderate Voice.]
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DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS has been a columnist for The Moderate Voice for more than a year, but I have not linked to her columns in any recent posts. I do not have a good reason for that, since she has much to say, and I enjoy her stories and analysis.
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Her book Women Who Run With the Wolves was what informed me of her storytelling and therapist’s view of the world. From the day I found it (a few years after publication) until many months later, I read and reread the stories she told and her interpretations of their meanings. She is a wise voice in a world where we are too often lacking in wisdom.
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This evening, I started looking back through the archives of her columns in TMV and began copying links to add to this page. The list became longer and longer.
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The list below is not the complete body of Dr. Estes work on TMV, but it is a start. Visit The Moderate Voice to find more of her columns and to read the work of the other fine columnists.
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DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS is a therapist, a story teller and a writer (among other things). In many of her columns on TMV, she tells stories and analyzes human behavior as it relates to current events in the USA and around the world.
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Here are several paragraphs from one of her columns.
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.‘Barack is Not White, Barack is Not Black’ The Possible Gift in Being Bi-Racial
March 18th, 2008 by DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS, TMV Columnist
Barack is, like I am, like many others of us are–for lack of a more graceful word– we are Bi-racial. Cross-racial is probably a slightly better, but still awkward term. That is, we are born twinned: one of each of two or more races is inside us. The blood of often opposing groups, runs in our cells, our bloodlines. Barack’s mother was Caucasian. His father was an African from Kenya.
People who are bi-racial are never without their twin. Never. Our twin is both ‘other’ and ‘I” at the same time. It’s a potentially tempestuous but also often transformative situation… if we give ourselves to working out its puzzle over our lifetimes.
Above is a painting by the master of brushwork and figurative art, Lucien Freud. It speaks to me and to many others who are bi-racial, because as you see in the two men on the bed, we are in “a relationship we cannot leave,” a lifelong relationship with our, often historically adversarial, bloodlines.
Cruise on over to TMV and read for awhile.
Polar Bear: The Lost Story Endurance, The Word: A Lost Story This Is West Virginia This Too Is West Virginia Rest Well. Day Is Done Prayer For The Suffering Chinese When A Good Mother Sails From This World Mother’s Day and The Mistaken Zygote: If You Have a Mama From Mars The Fierce Origin of Mother’s Day: A Lost Story Mother’s Day: A Lost Story Than Shwe: This Child Is Burma’s Only Future: Do Not Let An Entire Generation of Burmese Children Be Wiped Out by Your Inaction Burma: The Government’s Idea of Bringing Aid to the Groaning Masses of Maimed and Dead Rest For A Moment And You Thought Sister Mary Ignatius Was Strict: Not Allowed to Vote In Indiana: The Nuns’ Story Two Presidents for the Price of One: Co-Presidents Michelle, Bill and Cindy The Last First Lady: Transition from Society Balls, to Just Balls PETA Speaks About Eight Belles Being Driven To Fatal Injuries on Track About Indiana: Twelve Mostly Beloved Oddities About Hoosiers Disease Control Hugely Boosted In China by…The Olympics? A Moment of Rest Away From The Whirling Whir of the World: A Lost Story Can Any Candidate Take Us Out of Oceania and Back to the USA? Or Is That Solely Up To Us? Clinton, Obama, McCain, and Shakespeare: Relentless War Silences Those Who Demanded Peace Hillary Clinton and the Negative Mother Complex A Martian Speaks on What Some Call “Whoredom” Culture on the Couch: Obama and Wright: One’s Own Brother as Destroyer Rush Limbaugh, Charlie Brown and Our Cowboy Senator Salazar Has Any Candidate Noticed? The Investigative Storytellers Have Gone Missing Election Psychosis What Is A Destructive Cult? Who Joins? Warren Jeffs and Brother Hide Behind Women’s Skirts The FLDS Church Based on Polygamy Now in Court Clinton, Obama Debate, Schmebate President Bush’s Plans for Greenhouse Gases; The King Midas Story Pope Speaks for Planet, Because Care of Earth Critically Tied To Peace on Earth Bush, The First Catholic President?: Some Think Pope Approves George Bush’s “Use” of Catholic Social Teachings? Dr. E. from TMV, is a New Columnist for The National Catholic Reporter Louis Farrakhan Endorses Obama at “Saviours’ Day” Event in Chicago: A Tale of Who Shall Be King Michelle Obama: Those Who Say: “I Ain’t Voting For No Nigger” Fidel Castro; The Man in the Green Suit Turns Candidates Fight to Be Underdog, A Great Risk: The Boy Who Cried Wolf Burma: The Heartbeat Is Still Alive Underground Ernie Pyle, The WWII Grunts’ Storyteller For The Night Riders: Bloggers Across The World Who Write at Night The Next President: The Nation Cannot Survive Another Erl King Carrying Off Its Leader Fred Thompson Turns Back: Candidates Going Forward Have Fire in the Belly Mike Huckabee, Ads, Picket Lines: Cunning Like A Frog? Innocent Like A Mouse? A Lost Story The Lost Story of New Year’s Day: The Old Man and The Child Christmas Eve 2007: The Call Comes Walter Adler: Assaulted for Being a “Dirty Jew” …and The Traveler from Samara Still Lives Torture: Did the American Psychological Association Collude With Torture of Human Beings? Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Christmas: Thankful for Family Elders… and Sobriety Our Hometown: Night of 100 Cats, and Belle Gunness Hugo Chavez: Students Forced Masked Soldiers to Shoot Them? Veterans’ Prayers: A Hidden Part of Warrior Life: Veterans Day 2007 Veterans Day 2007: Our Brothers and Sisters On the Job The Forgotten Ones: The Vets Who Wander Still, Veterans Day 2007 Kristallnacht: The Night of Shattering Glass, 9 November 1938 2007 Weblog Awards for Best Comic Strip: The Top Ten Gay Rights: The Religious Who Teach Non-violence, Non-condemnation of GLBT Abortion: What It Takes To Make It To Earth Torture, Arson, Flood, War: Some Vitamins for the Soul Our Home Town: Seed Corn Shall Not Be Ground Burma: Than Schwe’s Irrevocable Public Shame Burma: The Robes With No Monks in Them California Fires: Post-Trauma Recovery List Elections: Men Too Emotional to be President? Women too? Curious Clues in the Constitution. Burma: How Things AreI can’t do any more! She has written much. Go and read. TMV
** And, now it’s morning May 16, 2008. I’ve been up all night listening to Nathan and reading old posts by Dr. E. It looks as if she may have been up all night, too. There are two new posts this morning.
Elections 2008: Bridge
Sleep, Perchance to Dream…
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In The News Today … California Supreme Court Rules For Equality May 16, 2008
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Links from a few stories about this ruling:
Associated Press California’s top court legalizes gay marriage Huffington Post California Gay Marriage Ban Overturned: Major Updates A Victory for Equality: California Affirms the Freedom to Marry Good-As-You BREAKING: The CA Supremes totally rule! Degeneres-de Rossi: I now pronounce you hard to pronounce Wherein homo-hostility turns herbicidal Video: Victory is just so much more fun Truth Wins Out Ruling Undermines ‘Ex-Gay’ Propaganda And Lets Potential Recruits See The Truth About Same-Sex Relationships Pam’s House Blend California Supreme Court Ruling: Thumbs UP On Marriage Equality We Won in California! America Will Be… The Moderate Voice On miscegenation and gay marriage California court overturns gay marriage ban The Advocate The Community Reacts: California State Senator Sheila KuehlRelated and Other Topics:
The Advocate Sally Kern: A Star Is Boring Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub Father of a Gay Son Speaks Out Science Blogs Michael Medved says something dumb Pam’s House Blend Sally Kern condemns campaign for workplace fairness Huffington Post Hillary Should Stay in Because She Can Politico Conyers: ‘We’re closing in on Rove’ STL Today Internet Pioneer, Privacy Hero The Moderate Voice - DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS Polar Bear: The Lost Story Endurance, The Word: A Lost StoryVideos:
Huffington Post First Borowitz Report Video Ever! (who’s going to tell Hillary?) Olbermann To Bush: “This War Is Not About You…” Top Bill O’Reilly “Inside Edition” Spoofs, Analysis
Don’t Borrow $$$$ From Your 401k Retirement Savings Account May 13, 2008
Posted by dhconcerts in About Life, Health, Peace, Justice and Equality, Quoting Others.add a comment
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Don’t listen to me. I’m not a financial person. But, I agree with this advice. Check out this story by an HR person who was not allowed to counsel employees against borrowing from their 401k retirement savings accounts. When they lost their jobs during a restructuring of the company, they had only 90 days to repay the money or else face huge tax penalties.
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Here’s an excerpt from Team Building Is for Suckers:
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A former employer of mine allowed employees to borrow money from their 401(k)s and repay the loans through payroll deductions; however, my employer was also engaged in a massive restructuring effort. Many employees lost their jobs.
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As the on-site HR Generalist, I was exposed to the unfortunate financial illiteracy in my otherwise educated workforce. …
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Had I been able to provide proactive advice, it would have gone something like this:
- Don’t take a loan against your 401(k).
- Don’t do it.
- Just don’t.
