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CBHagman

CBHagman's Journal
CBHagman's Journal
April 6, 2013

Unfortunately, it's a common enough position.

I've been ever haunted by the following quote from Barbara Ehrenreich's The Worst Years of Our Lives: Irreverent Notes from a Decade of Greed: "They espoused clean living and admired war. They preached hard work and paid for it with nickels and dimes."

There's a harshness to passes for conservatism these days, a weirdly punitive and sentimental at the same time, making noises about protecting the babies while promoting policies that will in fact harm someone's baby, no question about it. It's not a new phenomenon, but thanks to right-wing media empires, lobbying, and of course the Internets, it's on constant display.

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Hometown: Born in the Northeast. Resident of various states and the District of Columbia. Overseas experience.
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Volunteer for the Democratic Party since 2000.
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