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Saturday March 26, 2011 · 4:06 PM PDT

2011/03/26 · 16:06

I just wanted to say how tickled I was to see large and growing crowds of people who have been actively pushing back against Republics’ attempts to deny workers the right to bargain collectively. What started in Wisconsin seems to be expanding to other nearby states that have also recently acquired Republic Governors. It’s been going so well that I think I smell a true movement developing. The thing is, now that folks are in the streets, the movement must be nurtured; we simply can’t let it stop. This is a matter of the survival of our whole way of life: if we can’t find ways to adapt to new conditions without leaving thousands upon thousands of our own citizens behind, if we can’t get ourselves out from under the thumbs of our newly discovered corporate overlords so that governing is once again by consent of the governed, if we can’t find a way to free our political representatives from their addiction to corporate concession cash for their political coffers, ours will be among the last generations to have lived in a free democratic society.

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Sunday March 28, 2010 · 9:38 AM PDT

2010/03/28 · 09:38

I had some good news yesterday that I just had to share! I successfully made it through the government maze known as the "Making Home Affordable" program and lowered my mortgage payments by a little over $100 monthly. For those of you that are trying, for those that may be discouraged by the lengthy waiting periods with no word at all, or for those who have been told you are not eligible even though you think you should be when you read the information posted on the government site, I would advise you to go back and try, try again. I can tell you that all of these things happened to me along the way. You almost have to consider this a game of "Beat the System" but don’t let it beat you. The key is persistence.

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Friday March 07, 2008 · 8:25 PM PST

2008/03/07 · 20:25

When the Congress of the United States is willing to cede oversight responsibilities of the Intelligence Community to the Executive Branch, I have every right and reason to be concerned. When the Senate surrenders the Constitutional powers of the Federal Courts to the Executive Branch as well, I should be and I am outraged. We are traveling down a road to tyranny farther than we’ve ever gone during my lifetime. Ben Franklin said, "We have given you a democratic Republic, if you can keep it." It has been left to every generation to protect the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, which our forefathers put their blood, sweat and tears into, ever since. But when you, as my representatives, stand with those who violate the Constitution against the interests of your constituents, you are standing with the terrorists. You are undermining judicial discretion; you are sabotaging the separation of powers, you are obstructing the rule of law, and you are caving in to a would-be dictator.

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