I just want to thank all of the dads and all of the moms

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who are great parents and love their kids. And help out their spouses so they can be artists and whatnot. And are there for their kids and spouses through whatever happens.

And also the non-parent people who love and support parents and kids. And help keep them a part of the adult world - when they only seem to have one foot in it.

And thanks to everybody who volunteers to make the world a better place in a myriad of ways. And to all of those who work on human rights, womens rights, animal rights, the environment, and any other rights of groups of people whose rights are truly denied in one form or another.



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[paineinthearse]

1. Nice post. Hey, don't be humble, list what you do as a volunteer....

...it may inspire others!

[TahitiNut]

5. Some people don't seek acclaim for what they do.

Some people even avoid it, preferring anonymity. Some people.

[Demit]

2. No, you've gotta be more personal than that! Like Steve Martin, who

wanted to thank everyone for coming:

"I want to thank you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and..."

:):):)

[Just Me]

3. Boy o' do these folks deserve acknowledgement!!!

Especially during these very trying times!!!

They are our terrestrial angels and in high demand!!!

:yourock:

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4. And also thanks to the people whose job includes

...work on human rights, womens rights, animal rights, the environment, and any other rights of groups of people whose rights are truly denied in one form or another.
... etc.

Because that's all good, too.


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[etherealtruth]

6. And thanks to people who write posts or make comments...

... that are just nice and are thrown out there to remind us that there are really wonderful people.

[AzDar]

7. A lot of nice people seem to hang at DU...intelligence and goodness

are a magnificent combo, no?

[seabeyond]

8. i embrace thee, lol

i hear you and with you. all in our unique way, honoring the uniqueness in trust of our fellow man. the knowledge that by far, the reasonable, the concerned, the educated are the vast majority, to make this a better world for the future, and here i will totally embrace,

UNITED WE STAND

lol a giggle from another post

[bloom]

9. wink ;)

;-)

:bounce:

[seabeyond]

12. i wanted to wink, but someBoDy

objected to my winks and were offended by them, and being the listener i am decided not to use winks anymore if it was going to stop someone cold from listening to the words i was giving, lol lol

so a HUGE wink to you too, lol

[bloom]

10. Thanks to the truthtellers - the writers & artists & musicians

and the people who help to provide forums for truth like DU & KOS & truthout & commondreams.....


:loveya: :toast: :thumbsup: :hi: :yourock: :bounce:



Wasteland of the Free
(Iris DeMent)

Living in the wasteland of the free...

We got preachers dealing in politics and diamond mines
and their speech is growing increasingly unkind
They say they are Christ's disciples
but they don't look like Jesus to me
and it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free

We got politicians running races on corporate cash
Now don't tell me they don't turn around and kiss them peoples' ass
You may call me old-fashioned
but that don't fit my picture of a true democracy
and it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free

We got CEO's making two hundred times the workers' pay
but they'll fight like hell against raising the minimum wage
and If you don't like it, mister, they'll ship your job
to some third-world country 'cross the sea
and it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free

Living in the wasteland of the free
where the poor have now become the enemy
Let's blame our troubles on the weak ones
Sounds like some kind of Hitler remedy
Living in the wasteland of the free

We got little kids with guns fighting inner city wars
So what do we do, we put these little kids behind prison doors
and we call ourselves the advanced civilization
that sounds like crap to me
and it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free

We got high-school kids running 'round in Calvin Klein and Guess
who cannot pass a sixth-grade reading test
but if you ask them, they can tell you
the name of every crotch on MTV
and it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free

We kill for oil, then we throw a party when we win
Some guy refuses to fight, and we call that the sin
but he's standing up for what he believes in
and that seems pretty damned American to me
and it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free

Living in the wasteland of the free
where the poor have now become the enemy
Let's blame our troubles on the weak ones
Sounds like some kind of Hitler remedy
Living in the wasteland of the free

While we sit gloating in our greatness
justice is sinking to the bottom of the sea
Living in the wasteland of the free
Living in the wasteland of the free
Living in the wasteland of the free

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11. Thanks to all the non-conformists

and all those who inspire others to be better people.


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[bloom]

13. Thanks to all the peacemakers and the educators

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