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Re-Election Committee

Gabrielle Giffords Resignation Video

What We Can't Imagine

Excerpts from Gabby:

She was sitting in speech therapy holding a photo of a wooden chair and staring intently at it. She was trying, almost desperately, to describe what she was looking at.

"Spoon," she said again.
Angie Glenn, her speech therapist, a young woman of good humor and great patience, corrected her, "No, Gabby, not a spoon," she said, "It's something you sit in. You sit in a . . ."
"Spoon," Gabby said.

The next photo in Angie's pile was of a lamp.

"Yes, yes, yes," Gabby recognized it, but couldn't produce the word.
Angie provided a hint, "You turn on the . ."
Gabby stared at the picture on the table in front of her.
"Cheeseburger," she said, finally.  She knew that wasn't it.

That's about when I entered the room, bearing tulips, which I presented to Gabby with a light kiss.  It was the eve of Valentine's Day.
I asked her, "What kind of flowers are these?"
"Chicken," she told me.

In case any of you thought 2011 was a tough year.

When Mitt Romney Came to Town

Newt Gingrich's super PAC Winning Our Future has produced a scathing 28 minute video that puts real people and real suffering behind the Romney greed fest known as Bain Capital, a disgusting Gordon Gekko collection of filth that:

a) purchases a company
b) borrows tons of money in that company's name
c) steals all of the borrowed money
d) shuts the company down and fires all of its employees

Well, it's actually more complicated, but not much. This is not about creating real value. It's corporate cannibalism. In a sane society, it would be illegal and result in prison.

If only every American could see this piece. It's not perfect, but it's more truth than fiction.

By the way, Romney has now stated that American concerns about economic disparity is nothing but "envy."

For The Dogs

This isn't difficult.