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Sorry Everybody

Sorry Everybody

Sorry Everybody Submit your photo to the sorry everybody site. It started the day after the US presidential election with one student posting a picture of himself on the internet holding up a sign reading: “Sorry world (we tried) – half of America”. Within just a few days, the website www.sorryeverybody.com, set up by James Zetlen, had 27 million hits, he said. The site features more than 2,200 pictures of contrite Americans holding up placards expressing their sorrow at the…

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What is WRONG with this Country?

What is WRONG with this Country?

Ok, I admit it. I’m a wienie. I started crying last night at about 11 and didn’t really stop until after Kerry’s concession speech, which I watched from a tv next to my husband as he got his second round of chemo. Kerry was dignified, courageous, kind. Someone shouted out, “We’ve still got your back.” He broadcasted hope and faith in the future. I don’t know how he did it. I have some serious questions about why Republicans, with a…

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Blog the Vote

Blog the Vote

Done! I voted for Kerry. It took about an hour. I arrived at the small school that is my polling place. There was a line out the building and down the sidewalk, but it moved at about the pace of a roller coaster ride line at Six Flags. There were no representatives of either party in attendance, no pollsters, no cameras, no fake Kerry reps making bad impressions, nothing. I had phone numbers, camera, and cellphone in hand, but there…

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