THINGS TO DO BEFORE THE JANUARY 20TH INAUGURAL
1. Get that abortion you've always wanted.
2. Drink a nice clean glass of water.
3. Cash your social security check.
4. See a doctor of your own choosing.
5. Spend quality time with your draft age child/grandchild.
6. Visit Syria, or any foreign country for that matter.
7. Get that gas mask you've been putting off buying.
8. Hoard gasoline.
10. Borrow books from library before they're banned - Constitutional law books, Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter, Tropic of Cancer, etc.
11. If you have an idea for an art piece involving a crucifix - do it now.
12. Come out - then go back in - HURRY!
13. Jam in all the Alzheimer's stem cell research you can.
14. Stay out late before the curfews start.
16. Go see Bruce Springsteen before he has his "accident".
17. Go see Mount Rushmore before the Reagan addition.
18. Use the phrase - "you can't do that - this is America".
19. If you're white - marry a black person, if you're black - marry a white person.
21. Take a walk in Yosemite, without being hit by a snowmobile or a base-jumper.
22. Enroll your kid in an accelerated art or music class.
23. Start your school day without a prayer.
24. Pass on the secrets of evolution to future generations.
26. Learn French.
28. Attend a commitment ceremony with your gay friends.
29. Take a factory tour anywhere in the US.
30. Try to take photographs of animals on the endangered species list.
31. Visit Florida before the polar ice caps melt.
32. Visit Nevada before it becomes radioactive.
33. Visit Alaska before "The Big Spill".
34. Visit Massachusetts while it is still a State.

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ACTIVISTS HOLD FORUM SPOTLIGHTING VOTING ISSUES IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [The same day Bush's Ohio votes are certified, sponsors say much still needs to be improved]
by Nick Anderson, Los Angeles Times
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1208-02.htm

IS LIBERALISM DEAD?
Lakshmi Chaudhry, AlterNet
Adam Werbach argues that the moral and intellectual framework underpinning Democratic politics has become irrelevant. It's time to craft a new progressive vision of fulfillment.
http://www.alternet.org/election04/20689/

HYPING TERROR FOR FUN, PROFIT AND POWER
by Thom Hartmann
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1207-26.htm

WAL-MAO
Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect
Finally Wal-Mart has a union. One small catch, though, you have to move to China.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/20683/

PROGRESSIVES, IT'S TIME TO PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR PROTEST SIGNS ARE [Lets truly shop our values this holiday and beyond]
by Carol Norris, Commentary
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1207-29.htm

THE JOY OF SEXOLOGY
Christina Larson, Washington Monthly Does it matter that Alfred Kinsey enjoyed his work more than>he let on?
http://www.alternet.org/movies/20692/

A LEAF TO COVER NEW EMPIRE'S VANITY
by Pierre Tristam, Daytona Beach News-Journal
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1207-23.htm

FACES OF DEATH
Dan Kennedy, Boston Phoenix
An apparent war crime is caught on video and why hasn't it stuck with the American public?
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/20690/

BUSH'S EMBARRESSING CANADIAN VISIT
by Bill Gallagher, Niagra Falls Reporter
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1207-24.htm

A MORAL MINIMUM WAGE
Peter Dreier, Kelly Candaele, The Nation
Engaging in a vigorous fight to raise our meager minimum wage is clearly the morally right thing to do. But it may also be the politically astute thing for Democrats to do.
http://www.alternet.org/election04/20688/