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Stop and take a breath

William Rivers Pitt: A Deep, Deep Breath

We are an invention, the product of an idea, the children of a dream. We come from everywhere, and though our history is stained with far too much blood shed during the unfolding of our own history, the sum total is an amalgamation of the best and worst of the human experience. Nothing like this has ever existed anywhere, ever.

All we have to tie together this amazing and confusing experiment are a few old pieces of paper. The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are the only truths that each and every citizen of this country have completely in common. They are our unifying theme, our organizing principle, and we share this together because the basic idea was, and remains, that these belong to us and defend us and set us, now and forever, free.

It was not always so, and remains today a dream unfulfilled, but in the end, that was the genius of it all.

Posted by Panzo on November 9, 2006 6:23 AM | Permalink

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Think Again:

>>The back of the "Neo-conservative Revolution" has been broken.. By throwing out very Liberal Lincoln Chafee and electing pretty Conservative James Webb...? By rejecting Liberal darling Ned Lamont for mostly Conservative Joe Lieberman ? By electing anti-abortion Catholic, gun-toting Bob Casey instead of Rick Santorum ? Uh... Perhaps not.

Posted by Think Again | November 9, 2006 11:17 AM

Posted on November 9, 2006 11:17

Panzo:

I think you forgot the "neo-" prefix. Voting out the Republican majority has stopped the Neo-Cons. Regular Cons are still okay. I like Bob Casey. Liked his Dad, too - weird eyebrows and all.

Posted by Panzo | November 9, 2006 6:35 PM

Posted on November 9, 2006 18:35

Eppie Finkelstein:

>>Voting out the Republican majority has stopped the Neo-Cons... Oh, I doubt that. If there's another 9/11 scenario, they'll be back.

Posted by Eppie Finkelstein | November 11, 2006 5:19 PM

Posted on November 11, 2006 17:19

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