tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731214.post6310120704264744182..comments2023-04-29T08:43:47.259-05:00Comments on m. molly backes: The Persistence of HopeM. Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01340364298155651414noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731214.post-6490288581788438612008-09-08T08:51:00.000-05:002008-09-08T08:51:00.000-05:00Hope is only lost when we lose the memory of hope....Hope is only lost when we lose the memory of hope. I've been waiting for another Bobby Kennedy, hoping that them memory of the caring statesman will inspire another to take his place. He will come someday, if we keep nurturing out hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731214.post-37006622729175463502008-09-04T11:56:00.000-05:002008-09-04T11:56:00.000-05:00Well said, Miss Molly. Very well said. Si se puede...Well said, Miss Molly. Very well said. Si se puede.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731214.post-77643845585021125492008-08-30T21:56:00.000-05:002008-08-30T21:56:00.000-05:00The photos aren't working. It looks like big grey ...The photos aren't working. It looks like big grey boxes in the middle of the text.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731214.post-34030831157547504772008-08-30T15:41:00.000-05:002008-08-30T15:41:00.000-05:00i read an article in the nyt about '60s civil righ...i read an article in the nyt about '60s civil rights activists, people who marched in selma, who saw "i have a dream" in dc. one man said "people say things never change, but they should talk to me." oh, the arc of justice is so, so long...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731214.post-18304199676593957922008-08-30T11:30:00.000-05:002008-08-30T11:30:00.000-05:00beautiful and oh-so-true! i turned 18 in 2000 and...beautiful and oh-so-true! i turned 18 in 2000 and subsequently had my faith and hopes crushed by the brutal mess of an election. 2004 was even worse; it almost did me in. this year i am leaving the country before election day, having decided that living in chicago, my vote for obama is already a given. i have this nagging sense of dread that those of us who are inspired by obama are a hodghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17105161724163661391noreply@blogger.com