Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor

Here are some “top ten”-ish and new years wish/resolution items I have found today.

Democracy Now! offers a 2005 in Review: Power, Politics and Resistance from its December 30th program. The review looks back at highlighted events in 2005,
including George W. Bush’s inaugeration and protests against election fraud, the occupation of Iraq, the conviction of attorney Lynne Stewart, the appointment of John Bolton to the UN, the revelation of Deep Throat, the conviction of Edgar Ray Killen for killing the three civil rights workers in 1964, and much more.

Common Dreams
Medea Benjamin writes a piece entitled 10 Good Things about Another Bad Year:
As we close this year, a year in which we were pummeled by the Iraq war, attacks on our civil rights and Mother Nature’s fury of hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis, there is no shortage of reasons to feel bruised and beaten. But to start the new year with a healthy determination to keep on fighting, we need to reflect on the good things that happened. And there are plenty.

Media also writes Imagine if in 2006…, a list of wishes for the world.
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What are your top two wishes for 2006?

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Tom and I arrived back to Utah today from a 7 day visit with my family in Maryland. We had a great time and, as usual, it was wonderful to spend time with my parents, siblings, and my daughter. We are all already planning our summer trip.

My mother is always really creative and thoughtful with her gift giving. This year she and my dad gave Tom and I each a gift called The Gift That Grows: Plant a Tree. They bought a leaf-shaped pewter tree ornament made by Seagull Pewter in Ontario, Canada. In exchange for the purchase two trees were planted in our behalf.
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