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thorny Thursday … who is sitting out 2010midterms?

10/28/2010 Nativegrl77

An article from a popular online News service stating that “gay voters are weighing in on sitting this one out” and giving the Democratic Party a rude awakening was sad because the rude awakening or bad joke will be on all of us who want to move into the 21st Century. It also tells me that the public needs to think about the bigger picture and this just seems to be ignored because of all the anger. I understand it – I get it, but why be so angry that you make whatever progress made thus far slide into the abyss with the possibility of ending any chance again for a long while because you “sat this one out.” I have to say, that I do not get. Anyway, my response to the article about gays sitting out for the midterms is below and to be honest I question the validity of the article though it uses the New York Times to frame the story. My response below is not just to the article about gays, but to another article as well with a list of folks thinking they might lean toward the GOP and those who have questions: Catholics, older individuals, so-called angry ex-Obama supporters, independents, Women and the less affluent.

I would like to know…Do these “gay voters” thinking about sitting this one out know that any movement on the right the “Republican Tea Party” will probably keep DADT in place as well as possibly reinforcing bans on marriage? I would like to know if anyone remembers what Tancredo, Paladino and others have been saying for the last 2weeks and with tea party characters being put in line for positions of power just to spite Dems, it is possible that any move into the 21st Century will be placed on hold… for good? -The filibuster and the rule of 60 have done the dirty job so far but if more right of center folks get on the floor of Congress -the vote for repealing DADT or any other equal rights issue legislation will probably get voted down- and it won’t be because of the process needed to make sure it’s legal – but hey that’s just my take
-sitting this mid-term out or voting for Republicans to express anger is voting against your best interest and makes no sense to me …get angry but be pro-active and give President Obama two more years then vote otherwise…don’t get me wrong i believe President Obama deserves 2terms. What is a problem is how few people actually got on the phone to our members of Congress to tell them to do the peoples business and stop the stalling, blocking and making the Senate scale down bills so they only make a small impact. I personally will support President Obama for the 2012 elections because the ditch dug by the last guy has made it impossible to correct in just one term. I know that people like Michael Moore have something else cooking and i see that as another troubling shoe ready to drop so this is my warning to the President that some parts of the progressive movement are probably behind the scenes organizing. The last 20 months have been filled with obstacles- Republican obstacles, the group that should be held accountable and be made to pay by putting more democrats on the floor of Congress ..again that is just me. I had hoped that both sides of the political aisle would work together but the rude awakening is that McConnell, DeMint, Pence and Cantor all have a different agenda and it has nothing to do with helping the American people –The Political Party of No as well as conservadems in some cases will continue to be the bane of our struggle to move legislation that is more geared toward 21st Century living and that includes finally moving equal rights for all of us into a reality. Vote …but Vote for DEMS. I will admit i do not understand why women feel the GOP would be the Political Party working for our needs -all of us working women ..some single women, single moms, married women with or without families all have over the last few years have suffered under Republican governing and while the air is filled with contentious rhetoric it should not …should not keep women from voting for the Democratic Party because if you were listening the family values platform is against women and has not changed. In fact if more RTP get on the floor of Congress women our issues along with so many others will become game pieces on our move toward into the 21st Century . I don’t know about other women but this scares me big time. The right says they want less government are constitutionalist yet lately not so much and when you find out what their family values platform really is you find out that they are social conservatives ready to make all of us abide by what they say not as they have done or are doing . I have to wonder why those people who stood up and said we need a change in 2008 suddenly have turned away or just don’t get that the Republican Tea Party decided shortly after we voted President Obama into office that they would not cooperate or compromise on anything.

Gallup says …2010 mid-terms

56% of voters ages 18-29 —65% ages 30-49 —58-66% ages 50+ plan to vote on Nov.2nd

Overall those that plan to vote: Democratic Party 65% and Republicans 63% and indies 61%

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testy Tuesday &some News

10/26/2010 Nativegrl77

The weather has grounded just about everyone including President Obama.

****The media airwaves seem filled with comments stating that messaging is a major issue for the Democratic Party …so, in response to an online article written about messaging at least in this guy’s opinion -a lack of or no coherent messaging by the Obama Administration.

I have to say just because some random writer puts the pen to paper about something does not make it true. The notion that any message from President Obama lacks coherence is questionable. In my opinion, the question is whether the message from the Democratic Party as a whole is being withheld by the various so-called fair and balanced News stations that have major corporate investments, which probably dictates whose message actually gets into the airwaves. If you watch CNBC you can see one CEO after another trotted out smiling it up on camera while saying the GOP win is priced into the market -to win-to correct and or before they will cooperate if and or when they get President Obama out-of-the-way. That is just my opinion; you plug-in what you feel, it confirms the complicit relationship between the likes of Mitch McConnell, Fox News, Wall Street and the rest of the Republican Tea Party membership. It also implies and no real surprise that those in the market are still playing games, holding out on just about everything we need to get our financial issues corrected or on the way to improvement which would then create jobs but that is not happening until they get their way…how sick is that? It is my hope that people who need more convincing about whom to vote for get a chance to hear these folks from Wall Street “them” actually admit and yes i will repeat it -(they want President Obama out quite possibly before they will correct and or cooperate – that the GOP win is priced into the market performance) is beyond disgusting . It is offensive that any one station has this kind of information let alone “the Media” probably has it as well but chooses to look the other way or just like so many other things these stories work against the best interest of those in charge at cable and or mainstream TV stations so the message actually never gets to the viewer or listener. The last 20 months have been contentious and because big money controls the airwaves, our President’s message cannot get out there to the extent that the lack of it moves to the background. I believe the money is not allowing it by controlling the guests and topics. Though it’s not surprising it does emphasize the need to help -like the President says change is hard and he cannot do it alone. It does make me wonder just exactly how much of our President’s or even the Democratic Party message as a whole gets out to states right of center or that are totally Red States.

Other News …

“Cool Ruler” dead at 59 Jamaican reggae singer

A delay in delivery to Delta 18 787’s 1st delivery will be next yr

Ford will open at least 4 new Plants in MI to help keep jobs in the USA -12 thousand jobs

Rick Scott wants SB1070 in his State

Seattle Bank Fees are the highest at 2.60 and the average is $2.33

France could pass pension reform-strikes continue

Rand Paul supporters stomp on MoveOn.org woman protester

Ground Stop at O’Hare airport

Tornado warnings …upper mid-west….Chicago

C-SPAN Debate Coverage of Campaign 2010 – Monday, October 25
Monday

Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Gary Doer Remarks on U.S.-Canada Relations
Monday

NPC Luncheon Address with Muslim Women’s Rights Advocate Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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meep Monday & Fall/Winter landed

10/25/2010 Nativegrl77

Fall and Winter have just landed … dodging the various puddles and or rain swells as well as some power outages but definitely not like other parts of the country …sigh***

President Obama is back in campaign mode after just one day of rest….

***Reports are that Mitch McConnell says his number one objective is to defeat Barack Obama …saying he is a one term President. Is this what independents want because if they stay home or vote for Republicans it will definitely end our move toward the 21^st Century that we have been avoiding. The fact is Republicans created this deficit and more Republicans in Congress means no compromising or cooperating with President Obama after the November midterm elections. It is safe to say knowing Republicans have no plans no solutions to offer Americans except keeping the house of Bush tax giveaways and investing more money in military defense means this report sounds like the truth though definitely un-American if you ask me.

It is important to remind folks that the mid-term elections have become a national event so be angry be critical be pro-active and make your democratic member of Congress hear you but do not vote against your best interest just because you are pissed and while the emphasis has been “the change we can believe in.” It is also important to know that this is the year of redistricting and this will affect all of our lives so vote for the Democratic Party knowing change is hard but consider the alternative if Republicans take over.

The media noise, the various levels of the truth and or overt lack of information given by talking heads to those trying to make up their minds to vote at all let alone which side of the aisle they prefer, you get the impression that folks out there are confused. I get being angry about the lack of cooperation from Republicans or the lack of movement to get the country back to work. When I hear folks on various media platforms say, they are mad that the stimulus did nothing i get pissed. It is obvious some folks have not been listening or are too gullible if they believe the BS coming out of limbaugh, steele, palin, cantor, mcconnell and others from the right. It is obvious these folks are hoping you either have no idea what is going on, have forgotten, or are so partisan you will go along with the program no matter what because you believe the change is going to threaten your lifestyle, which is just nonsensical.

In other News, The President, contrary to what Herald Ford said on meet the press tried bipartisanship though Republicans played games the entire time so his comments that this president has to hit the reset button of reconciliation if i understood him correctly was a surprising if not silly comment. It begs more questioning about where he was for the last 20 months because the President often leaned to the right while democrats were screaming that Republicans have no intention of cooperating. The decisive moment came when McConnell, Cantor, and others got on camera promising not only the President but also the American public they would read, offer alternatives, listen, and consider the HCR bill while telling their colleagues all along to just say no to HCR. The action was despicable, offensive and undermined what most of us grew up thinking how democracy worked.

If talking heads are correct about the lack of democrats participating in the mid-term elections and Republicans take over and rule the House, the gridlock everyone thought was bad will become a nightmare if the crazy tea party members of the Republican party are able to push their family values platform regime on us. Is it so hard to understand that the financial crisis did not just appear out of the blue or the fact that President Obama did not create it. The house of Bush and his crew knew the economic collapse was coming far ahead of it’s inception decided to wait to announce it until the last minute but so many out there have forgotten the particulars maybe some of the information was left out. I remember McCain babble about how our economy is fundamentally sound while Obama was stating we have to look at it from all angles and if anyone had concrete ideas or solutions that seemed better than his, he would listen and Congress needed to work together at this time of crisis. The financial crisis was and still is a non-partisan reality and though the recession was deemed over, it just does not feel like it. It is still a reality to most of the middle class and has been used, abused, and manipulated by Republicans who blocked, stalled, and scale down true efforts to bring us out of the financial ditch, improve our status but in their effort to take back their county Republicans have done whatever is necessary to hold the middle class hostage.

I would like to know if Republicans will incite more wars, give more tax cuts to the rich, sit on their money, trade with other companies or send it overseas. The Bush tax giveaways to the rich did not save jobs or create new jobs contrary to what folks on the right would have us all believe. Wall Street has proved they cannot be trusted; the banks and the AIG types have jumped on the i will say one thing to the President and the American public but continue business as per usual which still has jobs being outsourced to Mexico and China. If you watch the Kudlow show you will see one CEO after another seemingly boasting how they are getting over on the American people because they are not just outsourcing for cheaper wage earners they think the US will eventually beat down the unions and wages will have to be lowered especially if Republicans manage to repeal the minimum wage… hey, Google your Republican member of Congress and find out exactly where and what they stand for… you might have a rude awakening because Republicans don’t seem to want to help their fellow American on any level which is just more of the house of Bush days. We all need to remind Independents that Bush did not seem interested in fixing any domestic problems but waging two wars and giving out two huge tax giveaways to the rich seemed important to him and his party will continue to neglect the middle and lower class putting profits over people.

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weekend review &some News

10/24/2010 Nativegrl77

Sunday buzz … rain wind and more rain…

What worries me …the possibility that people who have no experience, common sense or clarity may get on the floor of Congress and really ruin what use to be a great country if they “take back their country.” I guess you can plug in whatever that means for you though it sounds like an awful way to live if you are a minority on any level. A vote for Republicans is a vote against your best interest people and if you live on the Gulf Coast you have to ask yourself what have Republicans really done for you lately and do you have family friends co-workers who are Teachers, Cops, Emts, Firefighters …any type of Rescue worker? Because if you have been paying attention your Republican member of Congress voted against them and the thought of what our neighborhoods would look like should be on the minds of all who have yet to vote. The midterm elections will affect our children, our lives, and our future

President Obama has a day off then back on the road again on Monday heading toward the Mid-West. Lately, we have been hearing folks in the News stating the Tea Party movement has been infiltrated by some so extreme and so far right that we can no longer deny that race, religion and gender issues called family value platforms by their Political candidates might very well reach the floor of Congress if given the opportunity. We all need to vote for Dems so this cannot happen but this so-called new “information” or News is not so much to those of us who have come into contact with Tea Party members either tweeting, on fb or leaving nasty vile comments on blogs or in response to online articles. The question is what took so long for “the Media” on whatever level to get on national tv and say yes …race, gender and religion issues are on their agendas and yes they have a problem with the race, gender preference, religion and the policies of President Obama. So, if you want to have folks going on the floor of Congress without experience but willing to deliver change that is on the extreme right of all issues, definitely not willing to compromise or cooperate with the President vote for Republicans. If you have been listening to the right when they respond honestly they do have a problem with race, a woman’s right to choose, letting people love and or marry who they want and question separation from church and state. I believe in our Constitution and though the RTP say they are Constitutionalists how many times have you heard candidates, their handlers or people such as Palin when pressed sound as if they really do not like our constitution and plan on stripping out parts that give people they do not approve of less rights then themselves. I challenge people who seem to be upset with President Obama only after being in office for 20 months as folks who seem self-consumed. If you have been listening at all or understood the process by which Congress works some would be advocating change that puts more left of center people in Congress, but hey everyone has the right to their opinion i just think people like dan choi are not looking at the bigger picture. I am sure the delays have hurt many and have made dan choi upset enough to say he will not vote for President Obama in 2012 but the alternative in 2010 is all i can look at right now because the mid term results will dictate how we move forward. People of colour know what it feels like when their rights, religion, and lives are blocked stalled or killed for standing up for equal rights. In fact, our rights are still on the edge depending on the setting or State we live in. I believe in equal rights for all people but having a tantrum on national TV is odd though i am sure people felt that same way about Dred Scott and others who jumped out to fight for their own freedoms to live love and peruse happiness just like everyone else and on some level i cheer dan choi on because of his situation and passion to get change to happen now. I have to admit deep down in the recesses of my mind i am thinking equal rights takes time and who knew that in 2008 we would elect someone who might be able if Congress was in agreement deliver that along with so many other issues facing Americans today. I have been watching and listening to the anger and feel like instead of fighting the people in your corner, on your side of the issues why not fight the process and people right of center holding up progress, holding your issue hostage and being obstacles for the last 20 months. It is not the time to bite the group more likely to create the change we voted for and more effectively on the floor of Congress if we unite in solidarity with those not just more left of center but will vote for equal rights for all people. It is not the time to sit this one out or vote against your best interest …if you do then we all loose what was a positive movement in 2008 just short of the change we need because Senate Republicans have used the filibuster and the 60-vote rule to stop the move toward progress for all Americans.

It all seems quite obvious to me, Vote for the Democratic Party for the change we need and even though the right wants to practice exclusion if they get their country back Democrats -true Democrats – in Congress will vote on behalf of all Americans to back on track and into the 21st Century maybe on the road back to being number one in the Nation in all things with the exception of WAR … which if you are a Republican candidate for the midterms seems likely the hawks will want to stay and engage in some games

and who wants that …sigh

Pres. Obama Remarks at Democratic Candidate Mark Dayton (D-WA) Campaign Rally
Saturday

Weekly Addresses
Saturday

Retirement Living Election Programs: “Prime Votes: Election 2010 National Forum”
Saturday

Saturday

The President and Mrs Obama are out there whipping up the base and if you listen to the Media BS it is a lot but maybe too late. I call BS but then it ain’t over til it’s over right?

The President will be in Minnesota today

Obama campaigns for Dayton at U of M
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Story : President Obama to Headline Rally for DFL Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Dayton St. Paul-President Obama will travel to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to headline a rally for Democratic-Farmer-La

While i believe in the right to freedom of speech, I do not believe that the speech should invoke fear, hate, lies, or death. I have a problem when “the Media” uses their platforms in such a way that causes folks to act out in ways that most of us know is not just vile but unacceptable. The current noise and or nasty rhetoric by crazies in the “News Business” should be reprimanded more often if not fired when they cross the line into ugly rhetoric and behavior gone really badly. It definitely has my blood boiling that stations so right of center; tv or radio choose to bait or send subliminal messages of negative behavior of their followers in such a way that we have to wonder and ask the question; can we hold Fox News accountable, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and or Glenn Beck accountable

We have a bi-racial President, who is kind, gentle, calm, cool, and definitely not an angry man and have had nothing but angry words, behavior, and hate spewed at him since elected to office. I am not saying do not criticize and yes we should hold him accountable but what is going on is the plan by Republicans to obstruct progress while wheeling and dealing behind the backs of their own constituents. Who in their right mind would have thought Republicans would use an economic crisis to ruin President Obama gain back control and throw all of us under the proverbial bus. The hate, the vitriol used to be disguised by some as freedom of speech, described as a reaction by others as a fear of government take over, fear of change and definitely by a group of folks clearly on the extreme side of any political issue. If given the opportunity, Republicans will take this country back. I do not know about you but my feeling is that anyone who considers themselves a minority will feel the impact of that statement whether you believe it or not and obviously it will not matter what side of the aisle you are on. If i am a Teacher, Cop or any other government worker my job will be at risk –if the Republican Tea Party takes control over in votes no matter what Political Party I support.

The election of 2008 had 53% voting for Barack Obama. The last administration failed us but I don’t think i have ever wished he(bush) were dead, wished ill will on any level to him(bush) yet the comments from the likes of rush l, g beck and so many has taken me back. I feel the hate through the TV, the lies, the miss-information so it seems important to be apart of that group beating back at the rhetoric verbally. The noise, misinformation and comments made by some ex and current people in politics is leaning far too right for me. Their use of our 24/7 news cycles as sources to spread whatever news they can and in some cases sounds and feels like old style propaganda, has disrespectful language against the Office of the President and what the administration has been able to do in spite of the crap the right has been throwing at him.

Our President is a man who wants to put America back on track and instead of vilifying him Republicans should be cooperating to make the corrections needed to reflect our 21^st Century living unlike the last guy who could have done something way before we fell into the ditch. The problem we all have is non-partisan and the ability to make the corrections should have nothing to do with the colour of his skin. The fact is 53% of the population wanted change, change is hard, takes time and obviously, if Republicans in Congress had participated in the process we would be in better shape today. Is it just me wondering why people honestly have forgotten what has happened over the last 20 months and how Republicans have said one thing and done another keeping or driving down the positive impact any legislation could have made by blocking, stalling or making the Senate scale down the bills are why we are still in a recession. I believe we all deserve the right to live a good life, affordable health-care a chance for making our lives even better with affordable education, green jobs and being an entrepreneur is definitely an American Dream and equal rights for all people. The move forward that the Democratic Party is trying to implement are not actions that are bad for Americans as the right would have us all believe and it is so frustrating to think people actually think investing in your fellow American is bad? If anyone is, even paying attention the last guy waged two wars, two huge tax giveaways, and last week said he wished he had privatized Social Security. I have to ask what information anyone sitting on the undecided fence needs in order to support and vote for the Democratic Party. I could not imagine voting for a Political Party who would prefer to invest money in defense instead of the people and engage in warmongering and who seemingly are willing, possibly trying to make the middle class or lower class disappear.

The list of things we could be subjected to by Republicans if they take their country back seem all faith based issues to me, social issues that quite frankly are none of their business and while they claim to have a family values platform that is just a disguise to control women, people of colour, poor, gays and straights who do not pass the purity test. I don’t know about you but i don’t want to be controlled by a family values regime…

Other News …

Amazon is coming to Seattle South Lake Union with 10,000 jobs

TX food plant linked to bacterium

Black councilman in GA was told he should work in cotton field

Deadly cholera outbreak in Haiti has the Red Cross already on the ground helping go to: redcross.org for more info

Toyota recalls 740 thousand for brake issues

Strikes cont in France for changes to retirement ages

Npr fires juan Williams over racist comments about Muslims

37 States charge for services- Police, Fire and rescue

Graco Strollers have been recalled,built before 2007 …2million

PM of Barbados dead at 48

C-SPAN Debate Coverage of Campaign 2010 – Friday, October 22
Friday

The Daily Beast Innovators Summit – Day Two
Friday

State Department Press Briefing
Friday

Nat’l Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Annual Policymakers Conference – Day 2
Friday

C-SPAN Debate Coverage of Campaign 2010 – Thursday, October 21
Thursday

C-SPAN’s Distance Learning Class Roundtable Discussion on 2010 Midterm Elections
Thursday

Pres. Obama Remarks at Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) Campaign Rally
Thursday

AEI Discussion on 2010 Midterm Elections
Thursday

Congressional Oversight Panel on TARP
Thursday

Nat’l Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Annual Policymakers Conference
Thursday

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tempest Tuesday &some News

10/19/2010 Nativegrl77

FYI -Washington State ..King5 TV is providing a Voters info show tonight at 7PM so if you are having trouble with I1082, I1098, I1053 and 1100-1107 , Bill52, Res.4220 Res.8225 take some time and tune in.

Wow, so many well-known folks are on the West Coast this week! The President and Mrs. Obama will be holding rallies to move America forward on the left Coast reinforcing what folks should already know; Vice President Biden and President Clinton all in town to show solidarity to move America forward. The 2008 Presidential elections was only the beginning of what will be a long journey leading Americans not only into the 21st Century but a country we can all say works for everyone not just a select few, or for the extreme and or willing to throw everyone under the bus to regain power. It is important that we all realize even though Republicans refuse to admit it is that what happened to the US was a non-partisan reality. The Republican Tea Party chose in my opinion to abuse Americans and misuse their power of authority on the floor of Congress with filibusters, the 60-vote rule, stalling, blocking, and making the Senate scale back on Job Bills, putting in Amendments that no one would vote for to get legislation thrown out. After getting the facts, I cannot understand why anyone would want them to take over or part of Congress with all that they have done or to be more accurate what they have not done while supposedly representing “We the People.” We need people in Congress that will work not just for the people but allow the governing party to do just that; govern. But with comments from the likes of a Michael Steele who feels bipartisanship is overrated, that is in fact the way folks should behave in Congress when the impact of any crisis happens, it is their job to come together to make the corrections needed. If anyone out there is still undecided after 20 months of NO from the Republican Tea Party then i just do not know what to say.

I do know that the current topics of conversation by Politicians and cable heads are hot and when Congress comes back will create more conflicts among all who should be proud to represent all the people not just your state and stop behaving like children who continually have tantrums until they get their way. The American public is very tired of it and maybe it is not the way to govern but if needed i say to the left to the left

Today, my rant is about those issues like abortion, religious freedom just lying in wait until after the November elections and while some Politicians have edged over to bring up these topics those on the right who belong to the birther crowd demanding or questioning the validity of our President they are demanding people stay out of their personal lives. odd. The fact is, this do as we say not as we do Political Party has my blood boiling as the comments, complaints and vile talk about our President’s background, history and earlier behavior became major discussion on every type of media you can imagine. These same people who call themselves Republicans, Tea party and or libertarians continue to feel they are above the questions and not be held accountable, questioned or treated just like the President. These same people have accused President Obama of withholding information from the public yet they get offended when asked to provide more information please because they are running for public office. I feel their constituents deserve to know, the public and Americans deserve to know how these people will vote on issues of religion…will their beliefs dictate to how the vote and impact our constitutional rights. If you are listening and are paying attention conservatives and some conservadems are pushing the discussion of women’s rights, religion, race and gender preference up to the surface to rile their base but what has me confused is why is it mostly conservatives, mostly southern men who still have a need to control women and their bodies or healthcare needs in the year 2010. It’s bad enough that women on the Republican side mostly extreme tea party members say they are fiscal conservatives and want less government in their(our) lives yet topics like abortion, stem cell research/experiments and religious freedom have them not just flustered but their undies are in a bunch. I could not vote for a woman who feels I have no right to choose because they are pro-life because no one chooses an alternative options just because and if nothing else having a safe procedure is better than having a woman be desperate enough to take actions that would put her life at risk. It is my body and The Hyde amendment should be enough for folks on the right. I always want to scream hey, stay out of my life but here I am sounding off the alarm because they will be working on making it harder for women to have the right to choose will Congress comes back. Though we are in 21^st Century the ideology is barbaric and because the old school dogma crosses the line it solidifies how elitist the comments and behavior from Republicans as of late. If you live under a Republican State or conservative ideology, which promotes a class system, that feels they want government out of their lives but not the people they represent or practices systematic discrimination or blatant hate, you should think about the impact repealing, replacing and eliminating will have on his or her own families, friend’s co-workers. The idea that some Republicans want to go back to a time when women and people of colour had no rights sounds silly but before you laugh, take some time and listen closely.

just when I thought, we were all moving into the 21st century

-sigh

Other News …

**Shots fired at the Pentagon today,yesterday the history of the military museum was shot at -not word if they are tied

**Reports that 6-8000 construction jobs will start up with in the next few months/years throughout Oregon and Arizona

**Tax credit/rebates and appliance ends 12/31 -first come first serve

**French citizens continue to protest the increase in retirement age

**Homes in foreclosure …ask for all the documents on your home

CSPAN …