**Virtual moment of silence thread for Stephanie Tubbs Jones**

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

She passed at 6:12 PM...... :(

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26303502/

[Mojambo]

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[Dinger]

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[DearAbby]

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[BlooInBloo]

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:(

[realisticphish]

4. that's horrible

one of my friends is an aide in her office in DC :(

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[Lucinda]

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[mike_c]

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:(

[gateley]

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RIP :grouphug:

[gblady]

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[midnight]

26. {peace}

[northofdenali]

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Light a candle for a true Democrat.

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/enter.cfm?l=eng

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[quiet.american]

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[XOKCowboy]

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[Diane R]

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[northofdenali]

39. Started a DU group for candles, if anyone likes:

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=DU

To add your candle to the group, be sure and enter the DU initials. To begin your virtual memory candle:

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/enter.cfm?l=eng

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

93. Thank you. n/t

[Cooley Hurd]

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:cry::patriot:

[supernova]

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[Delphinus]

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Blessings to her family. It's a sad day for our country. :(

[shadowknows69]

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[tnlefty]

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[Change has come]

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[Berry Cool]

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RIP

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[Catherine Vincent]

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:-(

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[NoSheep]

71. rest in peace.

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[InkAddict]

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[Melissa G]

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O8)

[mrsjefferson]

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[pipi_k]

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may she find peace in the arms of the angels

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[Proud_Lefty]

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She was a true :patriot:

[Twitch14]

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[wryter2000]

121. :-(

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Cher

[justinboston2008]

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Thank you for all you did. RIP

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[DainBramaged]

140. :=((((((((

Godspeed

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[ejbr]

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How very sad....:cry:

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[AllHereTruth]

148. ...RIP

[Ken Burch]

149. These words of a spiritual seem fitting:

Going home, going home
I'll be going home
Quiet light, some still day
I'm just going home

It's not far, just close by
Through an open door
Work all done, care laid by
Going to fear no more

Mother's there expecting me
Father's waiting, too
Lots of folk gathered there
All the friends I knew

All the friends I knew

Nothing's lost, all's gain
No more fret nor pain
No more stumbling on the way
No more longing for the day
Going to roam no more

Morning star lights the way
Restless dreams all done
Shadows gone, break of day
Real life just begun

There's no break, there's no end
Just a living on
Wide awake with a smile
Going on and on

Going home, going home
I'll be going home
It's not far, just close by
Through an open door
I'm just going home

Going home...



And these words of the poet Birago Diop, as adapted Dr. Ysaye Barnwell and sung by
Sweet Honey In The Rock:

Listen more often to things than to beings
Listen more often to things than to beings
Tis the ancestors' breath when the fire's voice is heard
Tis the ancestors' breath in the voice of the waters


Those who have died have never left
The dead are not under the earth
They are in the rustling trees
They are in the groaning woods
They are in the crying grass
They are in the moaning rocks

Listen more often to things than to beings
Listen more often to things than to beings
Tis the ancestors' breath when the fire's voice is heard
Tis the ancestors' breath in the voice of the waters

Those who have died have never left
The dead have a pact with the living
They are in the woman's breast
They are in the wailing child
They are with us in our homes
They are with us in this crowd
The dead have a pact with the living.

Listen more often to things than to beings
Listen more often to things than to beings
Tis the ancestors' breath when the fire's voice is heard
Tis the ancestors' breath in the voice of the waters

[DaDeacon]

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[shaniqua6392]

152. Peace.....

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV3SHBFyDZM">.

[jae1227]

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If they're willing to stand at polls for countless hours in the rain, as many did, then I should surely stand up for them here in the halls of Congress.

--Stephanie Tubbs Jones

[nankerphelge]

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[Q3JR4]

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RIP

[Maat]

172. Stephanie, we will miss your dedication and spirit.

May you rest in peace.