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*Gratephil*

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joined on 09/13/05
last updated 02/01/09
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While trying not to snap a driveline...

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A Pomo-Prolo-Boho not saddled with the often attendant substance abuse problems; an eclectic social services wonk and trainer in guerrilla tactics of self-determination.
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Cadre', Feed Store and Speed Shop Notes

...one not shared so literally as western Easter...the consumerist/religeous fusion. In Central and South America today, many thousands celebrated the sense of death and resurrection apart from parish control by the wealthy. In Base Communities, a sense of collectivist activity and celebration of subsistance as stable abundance still burns as brightly as the Sun-Day. Leonardo Boff, a primary voice encouraging such communities, wrote The Tao of Liberation a couple years back as a detailed reje... read more
Sun, April 24, 2011 - 8:59 AM permalink - 0 comments
 
...sardonically posting a greeting here--seeing as fluffbook seems to be down...
Wed, November 17, 2010 - 6:42 AM permalink - 3 comments
 
...it took a Tribe mainstay, Sunnely, to rattle my brainpan and recall Mr. Mousavi has a storied legacy in the 1980's dealings which capped Reagan's own dismantling of democracy. This bit of objective fact checking confirmed Tribe's place in 'social media' as a better-than-average watchdog kennel. This is about Democracy--the fair election of the candidate listed on the ballot whom the majority of voters choose. Hate to sound cool to it all; it may well be supporting the rights of peoples ... read more
Wed, June 17, 2009 - 6:34 AM permalink - 4 comments
 
(....as she currently chooses to be inactive on Tribe..) something very poignant on a prominent discussion board, earlier today. Inevitably well-informed, yet not politically motivated by choice, she unsheathed her keyboarding fingers at some ignorant remarks. To quote:

"Why should basic health care be off the table?
The ambulance at the bottom of the cliff is obviously not working; time to change the strategy to the fence at the top of the cliff."
Sun, May 31, 2009 - 1:50 PM permalink - 3 comments
 
Facebook turns out to be a place where saying nothing and posting pics of your family of origin still reigns. A month into bending to pressure from union peeps-and I'm feeling like a troll out there for simply posting daily news articles of note. 'Friending' old hot rodding connections from the past century is nice...easily staying in touch with IRL friends is handy....
I can find plenty of people to hash out issues like Universal Health with...I mean the dang thing IS set up to connect co... read more
Thu, May 28, 2009 - 5:22 AM permalink - 5 comments
 
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Free-Range Performance Tech

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January 31, 2010
When you are not here I miss your guidance and warm heart. You are one of the first people on tribe that just allowed me to be Me. Without judgment, you just let me be and always I've been in your grace of happiness as your friend. Thank you
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