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This post compares the attitudes of Rembrandt and Jesse Ventura, both born on July 15, to suicide. In 1664, Rembrandt showed genuine compassion in his portrayal of the suicide of the raped ancient Roman noblewoman, Lucretia. Her left hand is raised as if to say no to the attack on her person. Her other hand holding a knife ready to destroy herself. Her sweet, beautiful face is both purposeful and powerless in its sad tilt towards the blade. In modern times, in openly discussing the taboo issue of suicide, Ventura has shown a good combination of tough honesty and human...

I wanted to see what the DU folks had to say about Obama's speech tonight. Apparently, threads are being locked and pulled. I did find one interesting thread that shows that even the DU members' confidence in Obama is wavering. I tried to edit for language somewhat. Here are some exerpts: "When it comes to Obama speeches anymore, I'm like Gary Larson's dog...Blah, blah, blah Ginger blah, blah, blah Ginger blah, blah, blah..." "I was underwhelmed watching it on Olberman just now and agree with most of what Olberman and the commentators are saying, unfortunately." "Un f...ing believable! I am...

DU is in panic mode. They are asking where are Bill and Hillary when 'The One' is under attack. Major barf alert. I’ve seen Kerry on the M$M but am I missing something? While McCain goes negative, etc. where are the party leaders?? Why aren’t they out there ripping McCain and his campaign for going negative, etc? Where is Hillary/Bill, Edwards, Howard Dean, Pelosi, Reid, ??? Why aren’t they all over the place condeming the crap that’s taken place the last few days? I was thinking the same thing. Maybe they are going to wait until after the weekend? I...