Thank you so much for the information on the Dutch Constitution. I admit I have neglected my Dutch roots. I’m certainly going to do some reading on it now. Oh, to be considered mainstream! Wouldn’t we all just stand around with our mouths hanging open and catching flies if the Speaker of the House even pretended to be interested in our existence, let alone listened to us?

I was going to ask you how long you’d been lurking in order to gather the information about me, but I realize now I’ve been blathering a bit this weekend. I am a sweet young thing, my dear, since I am 12 years younger than twice bobcat_grad’s age. ;)

You are so fortunate to have been able to travel over the years, it’s one thing I love the most, especially roadtrips. I’ve traveled quite a bit in the US, and lived in Gitmo (not the prison — yet) for two years. Now that I’ve gotten the kidlets pretty much on their own, there is hope!

I hope you keep commenting here! *still fanning*

One very educational thing I did was to read the Dutch Constitution… it was authored about 25 years after ours (1815)… it’s very much like the U.S. Constitution, but with the Bill of Rights rolled in… they sure seem to do a much better job of protecting civil liberties though, even though they’ve been ‘battling terrorism’ since the Nazis…

By a stroke of luck, I saw an interesting political difference… while visiting the Parlement buildings (den Haag) a protest marched in and the equivalent of ’speaker of the house’ came out, listened to their complaints, and formally said ‘I hear you.’ Would be interesting if our speaker of the house was required by law to come & listen to significant protests by the citizens at Congress… not required to agree or aquiess, but they are required to LISTEN! (the protest was about Dutch troops in Bosnia)

I’m twice the age of bobcat_grad… you sound like a ’sweet young thing’ Zookeeper! If you’re looking for someone to reward your spunky liberalisum I’ll gladly be your ‘Love Slave’! hahahaha

You’re really lucky to have your kids support you, politically… Benjamin Franklin’s son was a Loyalist who was driven to Canada, then moved to London… chattel of the King. Sometimes, the kids just don’t ‘get it’….

Today we are a power base that even Wolf Blitzer checks in on. Call me senile but I think we are changing America for the better. Yearly Kos has the main stream media setting up and taking notice. Thanks Kos.

Katy, I hope you have a great time at that party! If the clicking of the keyboard is too loud tomorrow, you’ll know you had a good time.

Keep up the good work, girls, and keep standing those street corners. As long as we’re not peddling our asses, the kids can’t be ashamed of us! ;)

i’m off to party with my daughter at her college town… her best friend is having an engagement party at a campus-town bar and i’m invited !!! how cool is that! boys may be eisier, but girls are more fun! back tomorrow to catch up… play nice!

Believe me, the first time I got out there my sign was shaking so much it looked like I was standing in a stiff wind! We’re part of a peace group in town, so I could stand in the middle and shake. I’m working on getting my car into bumpersticker nirvana. It’s a POS anyway, and once it got the world’s biggest door ding last year, I decided to pack it in and plaster it with stickers. I mostly get the finger, but I can take it. ;)

No, it’s you, unbelievable, I only worship myself as a result of my worship of you!

Sorry, I needed to hone my bullshitting skills. ;)

So do I, but power seems to corrupt damn near everyone who gets their hands on it. Why we liberals favor larger government where each person has a much smaller piece of the pie and less power… or smaller populations that don’t need government at all.

Seems that those who are best fit to lead, don’t want the power.

You worship yourself Zoo ; )

i am not as brave as you are, to stand on a street corner… but my car is an attraction leaving no one to guess where i stand! i get some honks and hoots – but not as many as i get the thumbs-up!

From going on mass purges of Kossacks whose only crime was recommending a story to leaving Paul Hackett out to dry and not coming to his defense. The guy reeks of opportunism.

I have no doubt he started Daily Kos with good intentions but the access to the corridors of power and the notoriety has turned him into something we can do without on the left. I am convinced that at some time in the future he will sell out his followers. Hope Im wrong.