Make your Voice be Heard

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Tuesday August 25, 2009 · 12:38 PM PDT

2009/08/25 · 12:38

I finally used Congress.Org's website to send my email to the people who supposedly represent me and my interests.

Currently Congress.Org's website says that 74% of the communications they have received are 74% AGAINST healthcare reform. We must make some drastic changes.

They also included a little "see me" option and I decided to go ahead and let my face be seen. To look at me you would never know that I require a wheelchair outside of the corners of my house, I am partially blind, the left side of my body is like it was in a stroke, all the drugs to control my tremors, spasticity (i.e. muscle cramping) and the botox they use in heavy doses to control neck and back tremors. No, there's no Botox left over for cosmetic reasons....

BTW, this is my 2nd draft. My first was lost when a hand tremor hit at the wrong time and there went my piece of work.... or junk.

I know I rambled, I've never been a good writer, but I did let my feelings be known and so should each one of you. My final word count was in the Yellow Zone...

MarciaJ720

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Friday August 21, 2009 · 8:25 AM PDT

2009/08/21 · 08:25

RID is the non-profit group that Jon Stewart's guest last night, Ms. McCaughy, represents and works for.

I have been a monthly contributor to them for years, ever since my mother-in-law was diagnosed with MRSA and eventually died from it. It was awful. My Aunt also died several years ago from another hospital bug but I don't remember the name of it - but it was very unexpected.

We tried to get my mother-in-law into hospice care (had it set up already too) and even the pulmonary doctor at the hospital said she should be in hospice care but her doctor would not release her (had to run up that bill to the very end). When she took a turn for the worse he released her, we got a call, met the ambulance at the nursing home, which refused her, so we then chased them to an ER, which needed the DNR, so got that to them, released her back to the nursing home where for her final 8 hours, she was finally at peace with the hospice care we had set up earlier for her in advance.

Sad, sad situation.

So to watch all of what this woman had to say.... Well, here's my letter to her.

MarciaJ720

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Thursday August 13, 2009 · 5:48 PM PDT

2009/08/13 · 17:48

Forbes has an article up about George Soros and his funding for the legalization of drugs. Here comes some woman who obviously does not know her facts but decides to write on the subject anyway.

More below the fold.

MarciaJ720

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Saturday June 27, 2009 · 7:08 AM PDT

2009/06/27 · 07:08

Huffington Post has an article (well, they link to one at the Daily Beast) about all of the News covering the recent celebrity deaths, especially Michael Jackson’s, and the consequences it might have over in Iran.

This concerns me because I don’t care what station you turn to it is all Michael Jackson all the time, while people in Iran are being jailed, probably tortured and even killed and again potentially executed.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

More below the fold

MarciaJ720

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Monday May 25, 2009 · 5:42 PM PDT

2009/05/25 · 17:42

So, I’m watching a special segment on PBS about Arlington National Cemetery and the different wars that are represented there.

World War 1
World War 2
Korean War
Vietnam War

And then, there it was, wars that had been laden with adjectives and I ask myself why?

MarciaJ720

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Sunday May 24, 2009 · 8:18 AM PDT

2009/05/24 · 08:18

Today, I finally deleted Meet the Press from my DVR recordings. I simply cannot take David Gregory's obvious Republican/Neocon slant.

I sat there and watched for the last time as Newt Gingrich rattled out falsehoods and Gregory, unable or unknowing, does not correct them. I truly believe David Gregory does NOT really have a grasp on things outside his little shell protected life.

MarciaJ720

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Tuesday March 24, 2009 · 8:26 AM PDT

2009/03/24 · 08:26

Why oh Why do I even contact my two Texas Senators? They are worthless in every sense of the word.

I remember when Kay Bailey was a News Reporter in the Houston area.

She has so disappointed me. And to NOW claim some kind of fiscal responsibility makes her look, well, like a joke (and the rest of the GOP)

And Mr. Goodhair has truly let down those whose unemployment benefits are about to run out. Well, it shows you where his loyalties lie (with the Corporation and not the individual).

Her e-mail response to me in regards to the Stimulus package that was passed is below the fold. BTW, when your only solution includes the word TAX then you have no real solution (just another ideology at work).

MarciaJ720

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Sunday January 18, 2009 · 3:32 PM PST

2009/01/18 · 15:32

Zakaria: The legacy of America's most unpopular president

I have my DVR set to record Fareed Zakaria's GPS on Sundays on CNN. I don't usually watch any of the 24/7 News Networks but I do like Fareed's reporting and analysis.

He was asked what he thought Bush's biggest mistake as President was and most people will go through that little list in their head.... Iraq, Katrina, Medicare Part D (nice idea but poorly executed plan), the Economy and so forth.

Well, Fareed Zakaria summed it all up. More over the fold

MarciaJ720

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Tuesday January 06, 2009 · 10:12 AM PST

2009/01/06 · 10:12

Quick, I know this is not a big post but...

http://www.change.org/...

There's only 9 votes left - so this is a HURRY UP and get this issue NOTICED.

Thanks and I must enter more info so that The DailyKos computer program will let me post this.

Okay, I have not said enough.....

MarciaJ720

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 11:13 AM PDT

2008/10/31 · 11:13

I live in Texas-22, you know, Tom DeLay's old district and redistricting should have made this a completely safe seat for any Republican...

But, I go over to one of my favorite sites.... http://www.burntorangereport.com/ and see a diary entry that reads:

LAMPSON PROJECTED TO WIN:

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Tuesday October 28, 2008 · 10:10 AM PDT

2008/10/28 · 10:10

AOL, where their readers lean rightward, has a little breakdown of where that $700 billion bailout money package is going and folks, its not to the banks, which were supposed to trickle down.

Why did anyone, and I say anyone, believe the crap that Bush & Company pushed as an emergency. Seems their package is not, once again, trickling down.

More over the fold.

MarciaJ720

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Saturday October 25, 2008 · 2:53 PM PDT

2008/10/25 · 14:53

Okay, I'll be upfront.... This is a "for fun" diary that actually exposes a bit more to the man, John McCain, than we remember.

Okay, so I see something about John McCain saying the "C" word so I hop on over to YouTube and did a search for of course, McCain and well, that C word and I get several videos to pick from.

The first one I see was a 4 second blip where he says "Rates were Cunt in the Bush Years" instead of "Cut" though he does catch himself:

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Make your Voice be Heard

I'm getting rid of RID

Forbes Misreprsents Marijuana (Surprise, Surprise)

Michael Jackson and Iran

It is set in Stone (Updated to Clarify)

Goodbye MTP

Response from K.B. Hutchison

Fareed Zakaria and his take on Bush's biggest Mistake

War on Drug at Change.Org

Nick Lampson - TX-22

Where did that $700 Billion Go?

McCain has issues with a certain C word