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"What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label 'Liberal?' If by 'Liberal' they mean, as they want people to believe, someone who is soft in his policies abroad, who is against local government, and who is unconcerned with the taxpayer's dollar, then the record of this party and its members demonstrate that we are not that kind of 'Liberal.' But if by a 'Liberal' they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a 'Liberal,' then I'm proud to say I'm a 'Liberal.'" -- John F. Kennedy, 1960-09-14 [emphasis added to highlight the section I usually see this edited down to -- DGA]

Anybody feel like taking me shopping this afternoon?

I really need to pick up some groceries and a bunch of prescriptions, but I also really don' wanna. I think that I am actually doing well enough to make the hike despite the rather annoying knot in my left calf (since late Sunday night -- when I try to do stretches, it feels like the muscles are sliding over/around a huge Bakelite bead implanted under them), but with the leg pain and the warm weather, I'm just not looking forward to it.

Not a crisis -- the weather is a lot nicer than yesterday's muggy heat, and I'm pretty sure I'd get there and all the way back on foot -- but I figured I'd ask just in case anybody is available and willing to make it possible for me to pick up a few heavier things than I'd buy if I'm walking, and let me save a few spoons for other things I'd like to try to get done today.