Arizona Borderlands Democrats

A friend of mine who now is living in Denmark sent me an article entitled 'Telling a Child about Iraq.' It was too long and somewhat redundent, so it is not worth reprinting here. But I ask you to contemplate how you would explain our invasion of Iraq and our continuing activities there to a child. It's a tough proposition in my view.

and his role in the Kosovo war. By Fred Kaplan in Slate

"I don't know whether Gen. Wesley Clark is qualified to be president, but Peter J. Boyer's profile in this week's New Yorker—which paints him as scarily unqualified—is an unfair portrait as well as a misleading, occasionally inaccurate précis of the 1999 Kosovo war and Clark's role in commanding it.

When Wes Boyd walked into the New York offices of George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist, in September he was not sure why he had been invited. Mr. Soros quickly made it clear. He and another philanthropist, Peter B. Lewis, wanted to donate millions of dollars to MoveOn.org, the Internet group that Mr. Boyd and his wife founded five years ago. For Mr. Soros, already a generous contributor to Democratic causes, it was another way to meet his goal of defeating President Bush next year.

The gift of up to $5 million instantly drew new attention to MoveOn.org, which has used the Internet to mobilize its 2.4 million members to sign online petitions, organize street demonstrations and donate money to run political advertisements.

I had forgotton some of the reasons. The following quotes from today's Boulder (CO) Daily Camera reminded me.

"In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice...the path of faith, the path of hope, the path of love toward our fellow man." 2 Oct. 1932

"Men and nature must work hand in hand. The throwing out of balance of the resources of nature throws out of balance also the lives of men." 24 Jan. 1935

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." 25 Jan. 1937

"I never forget that I live in a house owned by all the American people and that I have been given their trust." 29 Jan. 1940

"The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man, one party, or one nation...it must be a peace which rests on the cooperative effort of the whole world." 1 March 1945

"More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all war." Near his death in April, 1945.

Jane Bock bock@colorado.edu Box 633, Sonoita

My mother-in-law, Margaret Bock, was very active in the Berkeley (CA) Women's Democratic Forum from the 1950s on. In the 1960's she even did some campaign managing for congressional campaigns. Her group in what must have been the mid-1950s produced a book called "And Season To Taste." In those simpler times, these people solicited recipes and signatures from well known national, CA, and local Democrats. "Each recipe is a personal favorite of some Democrat - from President to Precinct worker." The book is very worn but readable. Here is a small sample of its contents.
Cranberry Salad, Mrs. Raymond Gary, wife of Oklahoma Gov. Pound Cake. Bess Truman
Dinner-in-a-dish. Muriel Humphrey (HHH's favorite). White Fruit Cake. Mrs. Ernest McFarland (E., gov. AZ)
Decalorized Lamb Stew. Jane Dick (National Co-Chair-Stevenson for President)
Chicken Rice Casserole. Helen Gahagan Douglas Quick Brownies. Carl Hayden (Senataor AZ)
Escargots A Moi-Meme. Mercedes McCambridge Raspberry Rice Mold. Jane Muskie
Chocolate Devils Food Cake. Alan Bible (gov. of NV) Deep Dish Cherry Pie. Adlai Stevenson.
Green Rice. Anna Roosevelt Halsted. Waffles. John F. Kennedy

This is just a sample. I would be happy to xerox (at my cost) recipes for those who want a copy with the understanding taht they contribute $1 per recipe to the ABD. I will bring this tattered book to the next meeting when I am back home in Sonoita. Jane Bock