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" (Permanent Musical Accompaniment To The Last Post Of The Week By The Blog&amp;#039;s Second-Favourite Canadian) DETROIT -- On Thursday night, in a ballroom that was only about a quarter as filled as it should have been, the Reverend William Barber of the newly insane state of North Carolina lit the sky on fire. Barber is the guiding force behind the state&amp;#039;s Moral Monday movement, which came together to protest how the newly insane state of North Carolina was becoming newly insane, originally on the issue of voter-suppression but, ultimately, on the overriding issue of what happens to the people of a state when that state becomes newly insane. This raised Reverend Barber&amp;#039;s profile, and he clearly knows what to do with it. He wound into a conclusion by talking about how his son, an environmental geologist, told him about how, if he ever got lost, Barber should climb to the highest ground he could find because, above a certain altitude, snakes cannot survive. (Sooner or later, the Netroots people swear they&amp;#039;ll put up video. I encourage all of y&amp;#039;all to watch it because...damn...) &amp;quot;They call this The Snake Line,&amp;quot; Barber said. &amp;quot;We have got to get America back above The Snake Line.&amp;quot; I think the blog may have a new motto -- Bringing America Above The Snake Line. I&amp;#039;m not always sure that I believe in the Holy Spirit, but that sumbitch was in the hall on Thursday night. I&amp;#039;m about an inch away from declaring that, if William Barber isn&amp;#039;t the keynote speaker at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, I won&amp;#039;t show up at all. I&amp;#039;ll be here on Monday with some What The World Needs Now Is A Good Stiff Drink gobshitery, featuring the inevitable John McCain. Be well and play nice, ya bastids. And stay above the snake line. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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