A Georgia girl's take on 10.2.10 march (with poll AND PICS)

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Sunday October 03, 2010 · 1:22 PM PDT

2010/10/03 · 13:22

Just got in a few hours ago, and I'm exhausted from all the walking and the long bus rides up and down. I've commented at a few diaries about my experience, so I'm going to start with a repeat of my comment on why I think the lower numbers being reported are not accurate. Then I'll finish up with photos and other remarks as I figure out how to get them up here.

Here goes...

UPDATE: Here's the link to my Photobucket album. I'm so exhausted, I can't learn how to embed pics right now. But people can see 'em.

ONWT 10.2.10 March photos by dkistner

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Do you think I might be right about the 300,000+ attendance?

162 votes Vote Now!

Do you think I might be right about the 300,000+ attendance?

Yes, and I was there.

20 votes

Yes, and I was not there.

30 votes

No, and I was there.

50 votes

No, and I was not there.

20 votes

I have no earthly idea.

42 votes

How will we recognize each other at the 10.2.10 march?

dkistner

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Thursday September 23, 2010 · 8:50 AM PDT

2010/09/23 · 08:50

Thanks to my wonderful sponsor at progressivesponsor.com, which DiegoUK put together, I'm going to be coming up to D.C. from Georgia on the Cobb County NAACP bus, arriving the morning of 10.2.

I want to meet up with other Kossacks for the march!

Is anyone planning a table or banner for the DAY of the march that Kossacks can look for to meet up to march together? I won't be able to come to the gig the night before. If nobody's organized a meetup banner, are there other ways we can recognize each other the day of the march? Anyone have any suggestions? Do you know yet what will you be wearing? What sign you will be carrying?

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Are you going to be at the 10.2.10 march?

57 votes Vote Now!

Are you going to be at the 10.2.10 march?

Yes

14 votes

Maybe

6 votes

In Spirit

37 votes

Voter registration fraud in GA? Frustrated!

dkistner

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Tuesday September 07, 2010 · 8:34 PM PDT

2010/09/07 · 20:34

Okay, I'm starting to suspect there is some real voter registration fraud going on in Georgia. I am getting very frustrated, because I have a strong suspicion my vote is not being counted. I have reported this at USA.gov, and I've also written my former Congressman, David Scott, pleading with him to do something about it. I am copying my email to him below the fold, because I want as many people as possible who are in a position to do something about this to check into it.

dkistner

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Monday May 31, 2010 · 9:33 PM PDT

2010/05/31 · 21:33

I just got an email from my brother David, who has been living and working in China now for years. He loves it over there. I don't know if it's kosher to post this kind of thing here or not, but if you have the qualifications he mentions, there might be a job there for you if you are interested.

His email to me appears over the fold.

dkistner

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Friday January 22, 2010 · 7:10 AM PST

2010/01/22 · 07:10

This will be a short diary. I just woke up to read dengre's excellent diary (as well as Chronic Tonic's with the wonderful chickens!) after going to bed on the heels of KO and blackwaterdog and boofdah's plea and some very fitful sleep. At least there have been rays of light to remind me why the Daily Kos community has been such an important, inspiring, informational, galvanizing daily go-to experience for me for years now.

This diary is a suggestion box. The first one, mine, is below the fold.

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What kind of suggestion(s) will you post in the comments?

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What kind of suggestion(s) will you post in the comments?

Constructive

4 votes

Destructive

0 votes

Neutral

0 votes

None

2 votes

GBCW

1 vote

Pooties and/or Pie

2 votes

To Chambliss/Isakson (change.org petition)

dkistner

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Friday September 11, 2009 · 8:26 AM PDT

2009/09/11 · 08:26

I wanted to shared with you the comments I added to the Change.org letter to my senators that I just sent. It's a nice tool, and you can see who has been contacted and what's been said. After you sign the petition, they give you the direct phone numbers for your senators, and it's easy to just call right then and there. So those of you with senators who aren't likely to vote your way, do take the time to let them hear from you.

Sent letter to Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss, with my comment framed from a business standpoint...below the fold.

dkistner

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Tuesday August 25, 2009 · 2:28 PM PDT

2009/08/25 · 14:28

This is the email I just sent out to everyone in my address book, especially those I know who know a lot of wingnuts:

I was at that Saturday morning town hall with my representative, David Scott, when this woman stood up and started reading off all this crazy stuff. "PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS IN THE BILL!" she screamed, rabid, and then proceeded to try to monopolize the microphone even though there were over a hundred people who had taken a number and were patiently waiting to ask a question. After she had overstayed her welcome by several minutes, large numbers of us healthcare reform supporters in the audience started shouting her down, saying "You can’t tell the difference between an email and a bill!" and "It’s NOT in the bill!" and "Time’s up, lady! Hand over the mike!"

dkistner

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Saturday June 27, 2009 · 12:40 PM PDT

2009/06/27 · 12:40

You wanna get away from the tiring ruminations, laugh some, and have a little fun? A friend just sent me one of those "be afraid, be very afraid" emails about the swine flu, and I expect it's going to be exploding all over the web. Although I have a very deep suspicion that the greedy pharmaceutical companies do whatever they can to sell us more crap that makes us sick(er) so they can sell us more crap, this one is really over the top. It has "wingnut"--or shadowy disinformation about healthcare with an ulterior motive as sinister as it purports to be warning against--written all over it.

The first thing I noticed is that Barack Obama is in on it. Isn't that just amazing?

So, if you are so inclined, pull out your water pistols and have at it. This thing has a bunch of links in it, too, that I didn't dare click on. If anyone really, really, really wants to investigate them, let me know and I'll email the original to you. And if you want me to delete this diary, just say so. But I thought it was so choice that I wanted to share it you.

dkistner

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Thursday March 12, 2009 · 6:25 PM PDT

2009/03/12 · 18:25

My dear Juliet, a 13-year-old longcoat chihuahua who was diagnosed with Cushing's disease in 2001, died in my arms last night. She'd started going down, and I learned a few weeks ago that her Cushing's was out of control and also that she had become diabetic. Plus, she was hobbling badly and seemed to be in pain. She had become completely incontinent, which seemed to distress her because she knew she wasn't supposed to go in the house. Then, increasingly, listless. When she stopped begging for her biscuit, I knew she was dying.

The vet did not want to give Julie insulin until we got her Cushing's under control, so I was in the upping-the-dosage drill with her Lysodren. A few days ago, she stopped eating and really started going down. I'd made an appointment for today (Thursday afternoon) to have the vet come to the house and put her down, but she died during the night. At 3 a.m., I awakened to hear her crying, I think as much in fear as in pain. After almost three hours of increasing discomfort and labored breathing, while I held her and soothed her as best I could, she went through major throes for a few minutes (an eternity!), then came to rest in my arms. At 7:30 a.m., I was at the vet's office with her body.

And now I'm having a hard time....

dkistner

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Thursday February 26, 2009 · 1:58 PM PST

2009/02/26 · 13:58

I was replying to Anglico's short but excellent diary, Upper Crust or Dead Meat, and his tip jar, in which he asked us to "buy something today, something made in America, preferably made locally. Best of all, if you can, hire someone to do something."

I then realized my reply might be better put out there as a diary so we can kick around some ideas in this vein. (Thanks, Anglico, for helping to get the conversation started. Do good. Be nice. Have fun!)

Follow me below the fold for the four criteria I use to evaluate whether or not I need to be buying something (assuming I have the money to buy it, of course).

dkistner

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Thursday February 12, 2009 · 8:31 AM PST

2009/02/12 · 08:31

In the interest of self-disclosure, know that this could be construed by some to be a shameless plug for a new venture launched by my artist-student-son and his collaborators, called Geek Fight. But what it actually is is an expression of my delight and hopefulness this morning. I figured folks might enjoy vicariously grooving on some hope for a change.

For the last few years, my son Ian has been struggling to stay in school at UGA (majoring in Art, natch), and his father and I have been less helpful than we wanted to be in helping him stay there because we haven't had much money to spare. So despite him being a senior with a 4.0 average who worked/saved up for three years to go back and finish the last two years of his B.A., and who had some Hope scholarship and Pell grant money to help along the way, he's been doing the living-on-nothing thing and is going to have to borrow more money this summer--that is, IF he can get a loan--or he'll have to drop out one semester shy of graduation. Which would be a major bummer.

I have to admit, I have worried as only a mother can about him crashing down in disappointment due to no fault of his own.... How many of you younger Kossacks can relate to this (below the fold)?

dkistner

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Wednesday February 11, 2009 · 8:54 AM PST

2009/02/11 · 08:54

I just read something very disturbing. Here I've been thinking about myself and my family as I try to garden, but this alarming article made me realize that this planet is about to experience major stress and mass starvation, and now I'm thinking my modest little garden can help in a modest little way to alleviate enormous suffering.

At first, in my gardening efforts, I was thinking "Oh, it’ll be cheaper just to buy produce in the grocery store," but then I realized, after reading this article, that my gardening efforts are not only a hedge against the store shelves emptying out; they are a contribution I can make to the rest of the world as well to liberate what little food there is for others who are going to need it to keep from starving.

Please follow me below the fold to see what I'm doing, and also please include in the comments your own efforts and things that you've found that are helping you get into/succeed at gardening.

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To Chambliss/Isakson (change.org petition)

"What's in the bill" debunked on David Scott's web site!

Hey, if you don't have anything better to do...

Help me. Have you lost a dear pet/companion?

What are you going to buy and why? What are your criteria?

I am SHOCKED! Pleasantly SURPRISED! There MAY be a future after all!

EVERYONE, please start growing food!