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Octafish

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15. The Aspens

Reply to gilpo (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 17, 2016, 10:45 AM

Feb 2016

Like Scooter Libby reminded Judy Miller, then an imprisoned NYT reporter, they're all connected underground.

"Out West, where you vacation, the aspens will already be turning," Mr. Libby wrote. "They turn in clusters, because their roots connect them."

Scooter got a pardon. Judy got a new job. How's Gov. Siegelman doing these days?

Those with real power -- cash on hand and politicians in pocket -- won't give up power or let Bernie anywhere near the levers of power unless forced by law and light of day.

If Bernie wins election to the presidency, the only way he will succeed if We the People are behind him. That means We ALL stand up with him for democracy. Otherwise, he won't have a chance of getting anything done.

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