My Published Letter to the Editor -- feel free to plagiarize

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Saturday September 14, 2013 · 9:53 AM PDT

2013/09/14 · 09:53

My letter to the editor was printed in today's Register Guard. It is short one, and one of just a few not about Syria. I was pleased that the editor chose to hold the letter until the weekend when more people really sit with the paper and take some time to think about what they read.

I hope others will write similar letters. Mine is a common story and needs to be told.

Coastrange

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Monday January 21, 2013 · 11:26 AM PST

2013/01/21 · 11:26

I serve on two boards. One is a county level advisory board and one is an environment related non-profit. I've served for 7 years on one and 15 on the other. Both have 9 members now. I am the only female on both boards. Some years ago each had 3 women and 6 men. Are women becoming less engaged? Or is my situation an anomaly?

On both boards, it is not a case of women being selected over men. Usually no woman applied for appointment or ran in the election.

I know that two boards is a small sample so, before I write a diary bemoaning a lack of women involved in boards, I am asking for your experience and comments.

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5 votes Show Results

The board I serve on is

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The board I serve on is

80% or more female

1 vote

60 to 79% female

1 vote

40 to 59% female

0 votes

20 to 39%

0 votes

under 20% female

3 votes

Does the GOP base know Bachman wants to raise their taxes?

Coastrange

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Saturday August 20, 2011 · 9:30 AM PDT

2011/08/20 · 09:30

I've seen clips of Bachman railing about the "entitlement mentality" of the people who are not paying any federal income tax. Does she know what the "loopholes" are that provide those breaks? Does her base know she is talking about them?

Coastrange

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Wednesday March 09, 2011 · 2:10 PM PST

2011/03/09 · 14:10

Am I unemployed? Are you? You’d think a person would know if she had a job or not, but the answer turns out to not be so simple. Officially, the U.S. unemployment rate has dropped to 8.9% . I have a sneaking suspicion that I am counted as one of the “employed” for February. I worked exactly one hour last month. I worked four hours in January so I suppose I was “employed” then too. In December, I’m pretty sure I was “unemployed” since I didn’t work at all. Maybe not though since I am not actively seeking full time work so may be considered “not in the work force.” I want to work part time and have several employers who occasionally give me a call to fill in. I’d like to work a lot more hours. I keep my ear open for possibilities. I really could use the money. But do I fit the official definition?

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34 votes Show Results

How many hours are you working?

34 votes Vote Now!

How many hours are you working?

More hours than I want.

5 votes

Just right.

4 votes

Not as much as I'd like.

5 votes

None. Would like full time work.

12 votes

None. Would like part time.

3 votes

None. Not in the work force now.

5 votes

Do low wages & benefits save money?(with poll)

Coastrange

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Saturday February 26, 2011 · 8:29 AM PST

2011/02/26 · 08:29

I worked at the post office in two different cities in the late 1960s and early 1970s. At that time the nationally set wage was good money in some places and not much in others. In Seattle we had competent supervisors and everyone worked hard. In San Francisco my immediate supervisor was often so drunk he seemed to have trouble standing. A lot of the worker-bees took advantage of this. One man simply clocked in and spent the day playing pool, then came back to clock out. This was not because the union protected his right to do this, but because management allowed it.

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6 votes Show Results

Do low wages and benefits save money?

6 votes Vote Now!

Do low wages and benefits save money?

Yes. I can't tell the difference between $8 and $20/hr

0 votes

Yes. No one care about health insurance or pensions

0 votes

Yes. I'll explain below

0 votes

No. Good workers won't take the jobs

5 votes

No. I'll explain below

1 vote

Tax cuts don't make jobs

Coastrange

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Monday December 06, 2010 · 6:08 PM PST

2010/12/06 · 18:08

Relatives of mine owned a small factory. They bought it just as Bush tax cuts were going into effect. It failed in 2006. China was able to undercut their costs to the extent that demand driend up for what they did in the US. Many other similar factories folded between 2000 and 2010.

Chinese factories were able to give their customers quotes that, in some cases, did not even cover the cost of materials, let alone labor. Apparently they had some sort of government subsidy that made it possible for them to do this.

The idea that a broad based reduction in taxes for the highest earners, no matter how many employees or what the business, will created jobs is simply bogus. Call your representatives and tell them so.

Poll- Should government policy favor US companies?

Coastrange

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Saturday December 04, 2010 · 2:55 PM PST

2010/12/04 · 14:55

I've seen arguments that government (local, state, federal) should favor US companies. I think the argument is that those companies are more likely to hire US citizens and pay US taxes but I'm not sure that is true.

A relative of mine recently heard that her whole department was going to be moved to another state. I immediately assumed she would have to move if she wanted to keep her job. She said "No. This is a European company. They value the workers more." She knows enough from experience to make the comparison. She formerly worked for two US companies (Dow Chemical and GE) that had lots of reorganizations and layoffs.

Is simply knowing that headquarters and corporate executives are based in the US enough to justify favoring US based companies? What is your experience with foreign and US based employers?

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31 votes Show Results

Should government favor US companies?

31 votes Vote Now!

Should government favor US companies?

Yes

18 votes

9 votes

It depends. I'll explain below.

4 votes

Too much Money?

Coastrange

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Tuesday October 19, 2010 · 8:08 PM PDT

2010/10/19 · 20:08

From my point of view, it appears that Art Robinson taken over Daily Kos. He is the Republican candidate trying to unseat my Congressman, Peter DeFazio. Art Robinson is a global warming denier who sells religious home-school material. For the past week or so when I come to Daily Kos, there is always an Art Robinson banner ad along the top of the home page. As I click around the site reading diaries, I get some pages with as many as three different Art Robinson ads on them. Does he have so much money to spend that Daily Kos is a good investment?

Coastrange

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Wednesday October 13, 2010 · 11:13 AM PDT

2010/10/13 · 11:13

Art Robinson, the Republican candidate for House District 4 in Oregon, seems to be following me everywhere. A banner ad for him shows up nearly every time I come to Daily Kos or Huffington Post. Are Republicans following you too?

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What political ads to you see?

106 votes Vote Now!

What political ads to you see?

mostly Republican

62 votes

mostly Democrat

16 votes

an even mix

16 votes

I don't get political ads

12 votes

Unemployment over age 55 (with poll)

Coastrange

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Thursday June 10, 2010 · 10:15 AM PDT

2010/06/10 · 10:15

Four brothers, relatives of mine, between the ages of 55 and 62 have lost jobs in the past 18 months. The reasons vary: A corporate reorganization, health problems that forced the end of a job involving heavy lifting, the failure of a decades old service company, and the personal choice to relocate a profession to another state.

All are college educated. The live in four different states and none were in the same profession. How have they fared?

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222 votes Show Results

Who has the most trouble finding work?

222 votes Vote Now!

Who has the most trouble finding work?

male 18 to 30

15 votes

female 18 to 30

0 votes

male 30 to 50

5 votes

female 30 to 50

1 vote

male over 50

96 votes

female over 50

73 votes

its all the same

32 votes

Is BP Video crashing your computer? (poll)

Coastrange

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Saturday June 05, 2010 · 8:28 AM PDT

2010/06/05 · 08:28

A couple days ago I started having trouble with my computer totally freezing up when I accessed some sites showing video of the gushing well in the gulf. It freezes up to the point where the only thing that helps is cutting the power. I've had this freeze on bp.isevil.org and on PBS. This has happened on two different computers with different internet providers.

Interestingly the BP site doesn't do this but shows just one view which is often blank.

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76 votes Show Results

Does BP video freeze your computer

76 votes Vote Now!

Does BP video freeze your computer

yes, but I can get out of the freeze without cutting power

33 votes

yes. I must cut the power to get out of the freeze

11 votes

24 votes

I can't stand to look

8 votes

BP press releases, video and stock price

Coastrange

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Saturday May 29, 2010 · 11:04 AM PDT

2010/05/29 · 11:04

Over and over each days I come back to the BP live video of their uncontrolled gusher. I've never seen anything in the video gives me a hint that progress is being made, but I keep switching between that video and raiding DailyKoz diaries with special attention to anything Fishgrease says.

What is really happening and who knows what is it is?

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Are women less involved? (with poll)

Does the GOP base know Bachman wants to raise their taxes?

Am I Unemployed? (+poll)

Do low wages & benefits save money?(with poll)

Tax cuts don't make jobs

Poll- Should government policy favor US companies?

Too much Money?

Poll: Are Republican Candidates sending you ads?

Unemployment over age 55 (with poll)

Is BP Video crashing your computer? (poll)

BP press releases, video and stock price