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Tuesday June 16, 2015 · 5:38 PM PDT

2015/06/16 · 17:38

I just read for the last time how "We are not a Democracy, We are a Republic," from a misguided, definition deficient individual.

The Definition of a Democracy from Google:

A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives. Note: Democratic institutions, such as parliaments, may exist in a monarchy.

I would say by this and the other definitions I found, we are a Democracy..... and always were, with the exception of the key words, "freely elected representatives," since there was a time when only about 35% or 40% of the adult population was eligible to vote (the all white male ruling class).

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Wednesday October 17, 2012 · 10:31 AM PDT

2012/10/17 · 10:31

I know I heard it last night, I heard Romney claim that Governments do not create jobs - not just once but twice for emphasis....

And you know what? I did hear him say it. More below the fold even though this is a short, short diary.

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Wednesday May 30, 2012 · 7:20 AM PDT

2012/05/30 · 07:20

I am part of a private group of like-minded people on Facebook. I am reposting a post that I think says it all, plus I am still coming off a heated discussion with a lady last night - smart woman with so much ignorance as to how things really work. It truly saddens me the direction of this country.

Please follow me over the fold for Max and Mike's discussion with careful attention to Mike's response. Smart, to the point and scary and so right, well, I mean correct.

Over the hump on hump day please.

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Saturday May 26, 2012 · 1:22 PM PDT

2012/05/26 · 13:22

Where has the last 6 years of my life gone? The worst part of it all started in May, 2006 shortly after I was referred to a pain clinic for some of my MS and other related aches and pains. However, my journey actually began back when I was still working in the early to mid 1990's. If I was prescribed either Vicodin or Cough medicine for any reason, I noticed a big change in how this body of mine felt (i.e. not as painful). As time went on and I got any kind of opiate pain killer, I would try and make them last - used them for the times I just needed to escape my body. If I wanted to escape my mind, I would have a drink.... Those were my 90's....

During the late 1990’s, other people with MS were recommending to me to use marijuana for my tremors and pain. I had given up pot years earlier but I needed something. Tried it and WOW, what a difference it made in how my body felt. I was a bit paranoid at first but that went away. I learned how to make brownies so that I wasn’t smoking it and Vaporizers were a rather new thing out in California so I wasn’t really aware of them. What it helped me with the most was total body relaxation. Trust me, a body that is tight, stretched, legs feeling like someone is pulling them off of you 24/7, well, it just really helped.

More over the jump

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Saturday February 27, 2010 · 6:50 AM PST

2010/02/27 · 06:50

Not all Texans are dumb and gullible and driving pick-up trucks. There is another diary up about Texans giving in large amounts to Democrats outside of the state, it touched a spot with me.

I'm glad to know there are others like me who are paying attention to what goes on outside of Texas as well.

I am blue, I am liberal, I am very, very open-minded, I am at minimum agnostic, probably more atheist than anything else and yet...

I was told all of my life that I was smarter than most people. Put a lot of pressure on someone who also is ADD. I'm sure there are many on this site who have been told the same. My mind goes 200/mph non-stop. My fingers cannot type my thoughts fast enough so most of the time they get lost in fingered translation. Please note that these days, I'm on a few medications due to my health.

However, CNN's webpage had this article and it caught my attention...

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Tuesday February 02, 2010 · 8:25 AM PST

2010/02/02 · 08:25

Here's a story that is not getting much attention and yet I think it deserves much more than it is getting.

China is making threatening remarks to the Obama Administration over it's proposed sale of $6.4 billion in arms to Taiwan and Obama's planned meeting with the Dalai Lama.

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Saturday December 19, 2009 · 6:59 PM PST

2009/12/19 · 18:59

Wow, it hit me as I was watching ABC's World News this evening and they were explaing that the Public Option had been removed but....

and here's the part we need to do something with....

More below (and I know I am not a very good writer, though I do have a lot to say).....

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Saturday November 28, 2009 · 6:53 AM PST

2009/11/28 · 06:53

I had the local News on this morning and our local CBS station had done an investigative piece. Well, either they did or someone else did and shopped it around, I don't know.

But this is simply wrong and cannot be ignored.

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Thursday September 10, 2009 · 7:08 PM PDT

2009/09/10 · 19:08

I'm over at Talking Points Memo and see a link about John Stossell leaving ABC News for FOX Business News and also special segments on Fox News..

Oh, I can't believe but yet I can.

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Thursday September 03, 2009 · 1:19 PM PDT

2009/09/03 · 13:19

Okay, I know this will be a quick diary and will move along quickly down the list, but I saw something that nobody else has pointed out, yet anyway.

From the TVByTheNumbers website I was looking at the Cable News show ratings and this struck me as a very interesting tidbit.

More below that old fold…

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Wednesday September 02, 2009 · 11:32 AM PDT

2009/09/02 · 11:32

I've had it with hearing the right-wing noise machine claiming that Obama is running the Federal Government into the ground. So I did a little work on the subject because in my mind, I was pretty darn sure it has been under Republican Presidential rule that our Federal Debt has gotten so high.

Okay, I went to the Government's own webpage regarding the Treasury Debt levels since 1900.

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/...

I took the number straight from the above. I discounted the beginning debt balance of 2.2 billion when McKinley was in office and started in 1901 and went through 2008 (well, officially it is September, 2008).

Now, will I be able to copy and past my hard work into a readable format? Well, apparently only as a JPG.

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Friday August 28, 2009 · 10:57 AM PDT

2009/08/28 · 10:57

This is why I sometimes dislike even sending the people who supposedly represent me anything to begin with. But here goes what the Senator from Texas has to say about a few things...

My notes are in italics and are bolded for your convenience....
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Thank you for contacting me about efforts to reform our nation's health care system and the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to serve as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. I appreciate having the benefit of your comments on these important issues.

Yes, I'm sure you love hearing from people like myself who disagrees with you about 99.99% of the time

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