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You wear this small pin, and “What, are you some kind of witch?” they’ll ask. Then you’ll answer, “Yes, actually, I am.”

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To be a liberal is to be strong enough to not need to strike back. To be liberal is to give to others without fearing that the gift might be abused.

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WWJD? It’s become a favored cliche among the Christian set in the USA, as easily put aside as corporate cliches like “think outside the box”. It’s astonishing how many Christian Americans can go through the motions of worshiping Jesus without actually considering what he said.
The admonition, for example, to “turn the other cheek” [...]

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Riding a bicycle is a political act, a statement of the rededication of the USA to sustainable energy, such as the energy contained in our own leg muscles. Celebrate the bicycle, and your own power.

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In 2004, America asked Santa Claus for a simple gift: Please, Santa Claus, dump Bush!
Alas, we were not good little boys and girls. Or, maybe, we didn’t give Santa enough cookies with his milk. Whatever we did wrong, Santa decided not to give America what it was asking for.
Four years later, America [...]

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Don’t blend in to a big nationwide group of generic identity. Express your individual identity at the same time that you provide support for a candidate for all America. Who are you? Make it known. Customize your political button.

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Remember how, a few years ago, there were all these t-shirts, bumper stickers and buttons with the American flag and the slogan: These Colors Don’t Run? Well, it turns out that those colors ran right into a trap in Iraq, and the slogan has become a lot less popular. All those old political [...]

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While others walk on treadmills that suck electricity out of a wall socket, going nowhere, bicyclists make their own power and move where they will. While motorcyclists pollute the air with their self-conscious pose of noise, bicyclists cut through the pollution silently.

They clear the roads. They make room for others. They build strength without taking from others’ strength.

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What do right wing politicians have against liberty? Why do so many Democratic politicians feel afraid to say that they believe in the value of liberty? Don’t join the spineless Democrats. Don’t give in to the bullying right wing. Declare yourself a proud liberal – with this button, and no apologies.

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