by Larry Dudley [courtesy of Blog for America]

At our April 2 Greater Glens Falls DFA meeting, we discussed redeploying our troops. In a subsequent email to our group Pat Dudley wrote:

"I spoke at our last meeting of friends and family whose loved ones are being redeployed to Iraq. In particular, I mentioned the son of a friend of mine, a NYC firefighter. This is a photo of his wife and children. His fire company is very close to ground zero. Unfortunately his best buddy was a 9/11 casualty. It seems very trite to capture that old adage "a picture says a thousand words," in this case it could not be more true. This photo is but one of the many faces of war."

Photo link:  Their Pain Is Our Pain: Straight From The Fendelman Family

This photo of Kathy Fendelman, the wife of NYC firefighter and Nat'l Guardsman Barton Fendelman, and their twins Samantha and Benjamin, was published on April 12th, ten days after our meeting. It was forwarded to Pat by her friend Helaine Fendelman, Barton's mom. Pat asked Helaine if she would mind if the photo link and her response were posted on Blog for America.

by soyinkafan [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Ron Oden, former Mayor of Palm Springs, is just starting his introductory remarks.  It's a packed room here at the Palm Desert Library's Community Room.  I recognize many faces here, the Democrats have been waiting for this for a long time.

I'll do my best to transcribe below.