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Clinical social worker, United Methodist lay servant, Freemason of Union Lodge No. 7 Grand Lodge of Kansas, member of Democratic County Executive Committee, trade unonist of American Federation of Government Employees, married, papa of four

Occupation: Social Worker

Groups: Street Prophets, Kansas & Missouri Kossacks, Daily Kos Masons, Kamala2020

Hobbies: Collecting political memorabilia

Diaries published: 31 (0 days since last diary on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 10:36 PM PST)

Comments posted: 2232 (0 days since last comment on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 10:36 PM PST)

Diary frequency: seldom

Comment frequency: frequent

Total Recommends: 223

Total Comment Ratings: 0

Most Recommended Diary: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema wins Troll of the Year, 212 comments, 305 recommends

People Following Kangaroo: 14

Kangaroo's Most Recent Diaries:

For 2024, the Veepstakes may have Stonger Appeal than any Presidential Race since 1968 and 1960
The late Vice President in Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first two terms, John Nance Gardner of Texas, was reported to have said, “The Vice Presidency ain’t worth a warm pitcher of spit (or maybe this was a euphemism for a term that rhymes with ‘spit’).”...
by Kangaroo
Comment Count 6 comments on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 10:36 PM PST with 1 Recommend
Hillsdale College "Survey [i.e., disguised fundraiser]" Offers Insight to Fight the Right Wing
Like many of you, I get political junk mail out the wazoo, but these days it’s mostly e-mail. People like Senators Sherrod Brown, Jackie Rosen, etc., are often requesting donations, as are environmental groups, etc. Some, like Brother Brown, merit a...
by Kangaroo
Comment Count 89 comments on Thu Nov 23, 2023 at 08:04 PM PST with 103 Recommends
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema wins Troll of the Year
We needed this badly:  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) was there to hold the Bible for her new colleague, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) who is being sworn in earlier than other new Senators because he is filling an unexpired term, that of the late Senator...
by Kangaroo
Comment Count 212 comments on Thu Dec 10, 2020 at 01:29 PM PST with 305 Recommends
RIGHT-WING CIVIL WAR: The Spectre of "David Frenchism" Sparks Right-Wing War of Words
The whole tempest in a teapot reminds me of an anecdote from the 1970s about the long time Texas liberal news magazine, The Texas Observer.  For the longest time TO  had been edited by Kaye Northcutt and co-edited by Molly Ivins, but they went on to...
by Kangaroo
Comment Count 24 comments on Wed Jun 12, 2019 at 10:01 PM PDT with 6 Recommends
It's August 7, 1974 all over again! Except.....
On the date shown, Goldwater, together with Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott,  and Republican House of Representatives Leader John Rhodes, visited President Richard Nixon, and told him, “It’s over.  You do not have the votes in the Senate to survive...
by Kangaroo
Comment Count 19 comments on Wed May 08, 2019 at 04:30 PM PDT with 5 Recommends
Being "Affectively Charged" and Communicating With Trump Voters
Amazingly, I picked up an important insight reading a professional continuing education lesson, which may somewhat apply to our dilemma as persons of conscience and character in addressing those who seem to lack both as well as other positive...
by Kangaroo
Comment Count 3 comments on Tue Oct 09, 2018 at 07:31 AM PDT with 2 Recommends

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