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Shut er down? Don't pay the idiots !
Go ahead Big shots !!!! Shut er down. When you do shut er down..be sure you shut your paychecks off. You do work for the federal government or supposed to, so just forget about that little ...
Vetwife 04/06/2011 6 3 - 56
Jerk Joe's chairmanship ! Are you listening Harry?
Quite a little buddy you have there Harry. He not only wants to make you look like a fool but take American lives down the rabbit hole while you are in control of the senate. Harry..... get rid ...
Vetwife 10/28/2009 20 1 - 53
Kill to Drill
Some of you may say this is all in my imagination but I can not come up with a logical one other than this. No matter what the hearings are producing. No matter that no one is seriously in ...
Vetwife 06/30/2010 14 9 - 53
GOP strategy.....Turn the USA into the Deep South
The TEA party and the conservative movement is nothing more than an extension of the Bible belt and good ole boy mentality. We are not talking about the southern hospitality that used to be a ...
Vetwife 10/04/2010 65 16 2 53
Big as Both Wars combined !
This man made disaster is as big IMO as both wars combined and should absolutely be nationalized. We cannot let a corporation run a war on nature. Iraq and Afghanistan is devistating lives to be ...
Vetwife 05/25/2010 3 4 - 52
I seriously want to know...what do they want?
I am serious here. Are the tea party folks getting violent to keep us away from the polls? I want your ideas and thoughts. Are they wanting to start a revolution? They certainly do not have any ...
Vetwife 10/27/2010 139 19 1 51
Ball of Confusion
I do not think I can top the righteous rant of last night from one of the diaries but we had better start trying to influence legislators,from the local to the federal decision makers. We are in ...
Vetwife 11/12/2010 3 3 - 51
OK..Now there is Oily kids...SHUT DOWN THE BEACH
I have been very distraught about the Gulf and the wildlife and the sand but there is clearly child endangerment going on in Destin. I am posting this so people will see just how ignorant ...
Vetwife 06/24/2010 135 59 1 50
When the Melting Pot meets the Tea Pot
The United States of America is a huge melting pot and that is supposed to be a good thing. The principles of opportunity and freedom for all is of course a myth but it is still the agenda ...
Vetwife 10/20/2010 6 7 1 50
I don't like the view from under the bus !
I have tried and tried and tried to put some sanity into the reasoning of President Barack Obama. We get our butts handed to us which is not unusual in midterms but to let the right start ...
Vetwife 11/04/2010 69 10 - 49
Obama, a man of vision.. Romney ????
Mitt Romney claims to be a man of faith and scriptures clearly state that People without vision will perish. There is no doubt that people ARE better off today than 4 years ago. 4 years ago the ...
Vetwife 09/03/2012 8 6 - 49
Why is stupid so popular?
I have given this a great deal of thought. Why is ignorance and just plain stupid so popular? The dumbing down of America has reached an epidemic level ! There is the whole Gulf Mess and the ...
Vetwife 07/18/2010 101 33 - 46
When veterans were gunned down in DC
I heard Arlen Spector talking today on Washington Journal this morning and it got my attention. I had never heard this story. Republicans have been screwing over veterans a very long time and ...
Vetwife 09/15/2010 32 16 - 45
The tea party battle cry and the reason behind it !
I wanted the younger generation to think about something. If you are wondering where all the hate is coming from, then just examine a few of the things I uncovered about the tea party folk's ...
Vetwife 08/14/2010 95 6 - 44
Term Limits for Justices....Like Immediately !
How is it someone can be placed in a lifetime position without any qualification of being a judge and not have any accountability? How is this even rational in a 21st century world? When these ...
Vetwife 01/23/2010 54 - 1 43
A way to handle the oil and unemployed !
I thought about this and Roosevelt had a Works program. We have how many unemployed? We have a major corporation and Keystone RICH cops making big bucks with an oil gusher. My idea is this. ...
Vetwife 05/21/2010 17 7 1 43
Talk me down, because I don't get it !
Why is it that the Gulf gusher is being treated like it is not really that big of an emergency? That is how I am perceiving it. What if buildings were still falling and planes were still ...
Vetwife 06/07/2010 102 14 - 42
Tell me what you see part II
I went looking again in my community but I also decided we needed to start looking at the different stories at the hundreds of Occupy locations that the media of course is not reporting. Here is ...
Vetwife 10/10/2011 1 5 - 42
Qualifications to be a GOP candidate
Well it is Saturday night and let us look how many of us could have ran on the GOP ticket and gotten rich, famous and influencing with the pull of a lever. Here are the qualifications IMO and most ...
Vetwife 10/23/2010 16 9 - 41
Operation Fresh Start or let's bail out Main street !
I have and have had an answer to our economic woes for a very long time. Hand out? No more so than Wall Street. It is time to bail out Main Street. I wrote a letter of which I am sure the ...
Vetwife 10/27/2011 9 2 - 41
The Patriot Act in video...Your freedom is limited !
I think we are so missing the point regarding Freedom of Speech. I wondered why all the legislators and all the power people are so silent regarding the outrageous behavior of the Chancellor and UC ...
Vetwife 11/21/2011 3 4 - 41
5 soft drinks bottles filled with....honey?
OMG...The turrorists are winning from all of this fear mongering. Someone on the news just referred to the incident at Bakersfield,Ca. as Chicken Little Syndrome. This is embarrasing.
Vetwife 01/05/2010 48 4 - 40
BP goon or Macho cop? Bullying just the same.
Well, they are really serious about not wanting videos or camera shots of what is happening down in the Gulf. Now the little lady in the video, the one referred to I am sure as the small people by ...
Vetwife 07/09/2010 17 21 1 39
Quick Lassie, go get Gramps..America fell in a well !
Well, some of you may be too young to remember the Lassie series but Gramps always ran and told Daddy and Mama there was a dangerous situation and Gramps was basically the messenger. Today in ...
Vetwife 07/31/2010 28 15 1 39
GUS and Middle of the Storm
Ready tto quit. Well now is the time and in the middle of a storm makes no mind. I am Vetwife. I am not sure how to write this diary but I will start with with telling people the support ...
Vetwife 08/31/2010 123 13 - 35
Think things are bad now....go ahead let GOP take it back
No one on this site could be more disappointed than me in the lack of progress we as democrats have made since we have had the house, senate and the WH. Yes I am disappointed in the bending over ...
Vetwife 09/13/2010 39 12 1 33
They want to take us here !
I had a diary up several weeks ago addressed to the Movers and Shakers, which would be the young people. As the weeks have flown by the election has gotten uglier and uglier and my worst fears are ...
Vetwife 10/28/2010 11 8 - 33
Who are these tea party people?
I have pondered this with a great deal of thought. What direction are we heading and who are these tea party people. I know we think we know but I have an opinion of who they really are. You may ...
Vetwife 03/30/2011 3 - - 33
I AM WOMAN  ..here me Lie..Bachmans and Angles
She claims she became a republican after reading the book Founding Fathers but since she was in college, it sounds about right that she switched sides politically over some issues of her own. She ...
Vetwife 07/11/2010 7 6 - 32
Why you get propoganda on Fox
I never really could understand how Fox could get away with all they do for the teabaggers and vomit spewed by the right wing until I went searching down the Wikepedia and other sources and my ...
Vetwife 08/20/2010 32 6 - 32
What next for the nutjobs when this passes !
Just wondering what your thought are. Will Rush really move? Doubt it. Seriously, what will they do when their heads explode? Will they take to the streets, to the courts, riot, be just as ...
Vetwife 03/20/2010 44 7 - 30
Joe Barton jumped the dead shark
I am furious as you should be. During the hearings of BP's Tony Haywood, this congressman, obviously Tea party spokesperson has jumped the shark along with Bachman. He actually apologized to ...
Vetwife 06/17/2010 28 9 - 30
We should not accomodate black voters says Ohio
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted’s recent decision to prohibit early voting on nights and weekends in all districts has many concerned about the effect on voter turnout in the state, ...
Vetwife 08/20/2012 5 3 - 30
Turn your clocks back and also your life !
I have no clue which century the majority in the house think they are in, but be ever so sure we will feel their hate and consquences. The catfood commission I am sure is in full force and while ...
Vetwife 11/06/2010 10 5 - 29
Ga,Tx.,Utah, and other talking Papers Please like Az.
OK Pluto was dead on this Jim Crow Like racial profiling spreading like some dread disease. This has to stop right here and right now. Listen up people. I lived through the horrors of the ...
Vetwife 04/28/2010 13 8 - 28
Bubba Joe and me can't figure out a motive
I was watching the local news and got very angry, at the local police spokesperson. Oh no, they cannot think of a motive at all. Not at all. A 7 year old could put this together. Mexican ...
Vetwife 05/02/2010 14 5 - 28
 Gus and Let's have a party .. It's .Friday Night
Well we all know why most or all of us are here. We started smoking and now we are choosing to Give Up Smoking. Be ever so sure, it will be your decision or someone else's but ...
Vetwife 09/03/2010 144 10 - 28
So how many dems knew and who is the Prez really protecting?
I have a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. This is not about National Security. This is not about whether torture is wrong or produces results. IMO, this is about some Democratic folks ...
Vetwife 05/13/2009 136 13 - 27
Hey Jane, you have been replaced by Palin
Jane Fonda was an actress with an attitude that went to North Vietnam during the Vietnam War which was part of the NVA and funded by Communist China. Jane was never on a national ticket as a ...
Vetwife 09/24/2009 10 11 - 27
What in the devil is a conservative supposed to be?
I just took one of those little tests to see how progressive I was. How accurate it was, I don't know but I scored a 400 and 205 was average so I must be a socialist. Now sitting here in the ...
Vetwife 09/17/2010 21 8 - 27
My exchange with a Big Tea Partier and Faith
Now I have a facebook and found out some of the old classmates were into the tea party. One of my largest regrets in the 60's was remaining silent even though I was just a mere teen. I have more ...
Vetwife 03/23/2010 24 18 - 26
Update from real Boots on the ground in Gulf
I got a comment from family on my FB from some relief workers and it is a huge moranic mess. The BP people are clueless according to some people who have been put on notice for the relief boats ...
Vetwife 06/02/2010 14 13 - 26
War on Terrorism.....Really?
I have given this a great deal of thought and many here may be light years ahead of me on this thought. How can people so casually throw around the preception and words..War on Terrorism? We are ...
Vetwife 08/17/2010 24 6 1 26
OK  I concede for argument sake !  If they get what they want !
OK for the sake of argument let us just agree with the republicans and see how ridiculous their argument is. NO MORE GOVERNMENT IN OUR LIVES. The first thing we do is scratch the Fire Dept. We ...
Vetwife 08/17/2009 10 2 - 25
Why is Harry still in charge of the Senate?
Is the base and grassroots going about this healthcare and all other issues the wrong way? Should we not be demanding that the Senate appoint a new Leader who can do the will of the American people?
Vetwife 10/20/2009 74 11 - 25
Remember when Gingrich shut down the govt.?
How come the people who want single payer demand a shut down until we get what we want from this HC Bill? What did Gingrich do to just shut it all down?
Vetwife 12/16/2009 7 1 - 24
What do you think this country will look like in 2020?
As the snow started to fall in Georgia today, a rare treat, I thought how in years past before climate change, it was not that rare. I wondered about what 2020 would be like with the tech ...
Vetwife 01/07/2010 48 4 1 24
I am surrounded by Idiots.....and embarrased...
I am surrounded by idiots...and embarassed No I cannot afford to move. Look and point and laugh at how the locals 10 miles down the road brought in the new year. Yes, I am a cultural snob ...
Vetwife 01/11/2010 43 17 - 24
Maverick...Myth like meets reality
I thought about John McCain saying now that he has never claimed to be a Maverick. He has claimed to be a maverick more than Brett, Bart, and the whole Warner Brothers rerun team. But, he ...
Vetwife 04/07/2010 3 6 - 24
My speaking requirements.....
Yes, I have a few. None Like Sarah Palin's but I decided to list a few. I am a Public Speaker, but obviously have gone about it all the wrong way. I am an outspoken activist for social ...
Vetwife 04/14/2010 10 5 2 24
Arsenic anyone with that tea...Time Bomb Poison..The Oil !
I guess, till I die be posting about this horrible sickening situation in the gulf and the hits keep coming. Today I find out the Arsenic levels are up to the point that it WILL get into our ...
Vetwife 07/06/2010 12 7 - 23
Tim Kaine is a terrible DNC leader
The main has neither the passion or vision to lead or run national elections. As far as I can see, he does not have any organizational skills as well. Where is Kaine on the pundit circuits? ...
Vetwife 01/19/2010 78 13 1 22
And the kids don't matter in this mess !
I have always thought that a person and their private dysfunction should not be public and yet every single player in the Edwards saga is going public and I feel really bad for the kids. All of ...
Vetwife 03/16/2010 4 - - 22
Some everyday people call out the real news !
I watched the White House Correspondence Dinner and felt really good that Wanda Sykes took on Rush Limbaugh. I remember the day I got my shot at Katherine Harris and how great it felt to finally ...
Vetwife 05/10/2009 6 2 - 21
The KKK and why I am an activist ! Sherrod reminded me.
This whole race thing has sickened me. I tried so very hard several years ago to figure how why I am so hard nosed and bull headed and get angry over racist comments. I know that I am a vet's ...
Vetwife 07/21/2010 15 4 - 21
A Republic Regime of Republicans
I am going to keep this diary short but I have got to have some answers on this one. My husband yesterday was walking through the house and the TV was on one of the media talking head shows and ...
Vetwife 10/11/2010 17 2 - 21
President Obama's biggest Challenge..Not the Economy
The economy is not President Obama's biggest challenge. It is how he will handle the memos released about torture. It will define his posture with his own base. If he is not part of the solution,
Vetwife 04/16/2009 26 16 1 20
What does the party of NO really want?
I am serious about this question. Do they think they can obstruct and act treasonous enough that we will have a revolution or that the president will resign? Do they really think besides with ...
Vetwife 09/23/2009 26 2 - 20
My open letter to the Blue Dogs
My husband fought in Vietnam with the 101st. We have the VA. Our son who lost his job does not have insurance or a business anymore. The VA is very overcrowded due to all of the veterans who ...
Vetwife 07/25/2009 14 17 1 19
At least every rich man was not Mr. Potter
Today I went on a sentinmental journey. Why? I have no idea. I looked up Christmas in the sixties and the fifties, even the 70's and I really thought of what is wrong with America today. Don't ...
Vetwife 10/22/2009 6 4 - 18
What is the military healthcare if not Socialism..are they saying no to the Military?
I find the hypocrisy so overwhelming until it fatigues my mind. We have a military that the conservative movement claims to be behind. Really?
Vetwife 08/15/2009 12 2 - 17
Georgia. Authority...and all of those Uppity Blacks !
Someone needs to get this to people who can stop this nonsense down here in Ga. Al Sharpton has been here before. Is this any way to treat a veteran? Solitary confinement, terminated, for ...
Vetwife 05/05/2009 7 1 - 16
Remembering Dr. King
Oh yes, I had heard of Dr. MLK. I heard a lot of negatives, being from the rural Ga. town and surrounded by superficial Christians. Things have changed but not much. Not as much as I would like.
Vetwife 01/17/2010 3 1 - 15
A wicked smiled crossed my face tonight
You know the kind of smile. Like you just ate the last piece of pie and glad your glutton brother didn't get it this time. There was plenty of things about the HC bill I did not like but it is ...
Vetwife 03/21/2010 9 8 1 15
God in a Box
This Jones character reminds me of Jim Jones, Eric Rudolph, and David Koreish all wrapped in one. This is Osama's best friend. I know Gainesville, Florida and this is not representative of ...
Vetwife 09/08/2010 35 6 - 15
The Rabid Bachman and my Vet..ROFL
My husband has had a great deal to contend with lately. Me in the hospital. Me & Gus. He fought that battle along with many others over the decades. Now August and every August is a month if ...
Vetwife 09/01/2010 7 8 - 13
You Die ! The Republican plan.
That is so much more truthful that You Lie. Finally a democrat with a backbone and a mouth to back it up. Joe Wilson and his YOU LIE was a huge success among the losing side, but I believe ...
Vetwife 10/02/2009 1 2 - 12
The We Party
The We Party There has to be a counter for the Tea Party bowel movement. How about The We Party for We the People? We have been against the patriot act for years. We have been against big ...
Vetwife 02/21/2010 10 1 - 12
Conform, sleep,consume, Wake up !
I posted several weeks ago about an outrageous school ban on blue jeans and tee shirts. That fight is still on going. I want some of you to remember the movie "They Live". A (B) movie at best ...
Vetwife 02/17/2010 5 2 - 11
Are you just sick and tired?
Who is just tired of trying to figure out what to do with their economic, educational, healthcare, mortgage, and continued downsizing situation, every single day? People are just IMO, average ...
Vetwife 05/17/2009 17 9 - 10
Operation Health Cost !
Well here is an idea. The blue dogs, the republicans, conservatives, none want a public option or any type of real reform. Ted Kennedy spent his whole life trying to pass Universal ...
Vetwife 09/03/2009 5 4 - 10
Time to raise taxes..NOW
What is with the democrats with no guts. Gov. Rendell just spoke of what has to be done if we plan on every remotely getting back to some level of middle class and IMO not becoming some sort of ...
Vetwife 04/21/2010 13 4 - 10
My Way or the Highway..Now we are in a Ditch !
Republicans: My Way or the Highway..They put us in a ditch ! I think back to the days that Bush would stand up and lie through His teeth as he described the threat would come in the form of A ...
Vetwife 04/29/2009 5 8 1 9
Socialized medicine...  The VA...and it works
Over the Bush years it has been a mess at times but the Atlanta VA has come a long way just since November. My husband is treated for several service connected disabilities at the Atlanta VA and ...
Vetwife 06/30/2009 8 4 - 8
Corporations and GOP trying to Sheet you.
That is right . The DNC is being too nice because the truth is the so called conservatives and corporations are trying to wrap all the ignorance and hatred intro a real white sheet and not call ...
Vetwife 08/05/2009 4 2 - 8
Troop kills 4 then self in Iraq
US Troop Kills 4 and self in Baghdad We have got to get these guys out of Iraq !!!!! PTSD troops are being re deployed over and over and anyone who know squat about the illness knows people ...
Vetwife 05/11/2009 13 8 - 7
Cheney talking is causing us real danger..Prosecute !
His daughter gets on the airwaves and declares that President Obama is aligning with Terrorists. What kind of talk is that? All of this talk about something as plain as outlined by the ...
Vetwife 05/12/2009 13 8 - 7
Go Left Young Man, Run Left !
Go Left Young Man..As fast as you can ! If the Obama administration has not gotten it yet..listen up. YOU run left fast and furious. Drop the cool. It ain't working. We got fired up, now ...
Vetwife 01/20/2010 3 1 - 7
Let me count the ways
Now Let me count the ways of the POLITICAL Hypocrisy regarding the republican and conservative viewpoints against healthcare reform and have demonstrated lately with their hyped up rhetoric of ...
Vetwife 08/14/2009 3 2 - 6
Everybody sane..Turn off the spin cycle !
Now let me get this straight !!!!!!!! According to the turncoats who are now spinning like a top....The Bush Administration committed war crimes like torture but because Nancy Pelosi knew ...
Vetwife 05/15/2009 18 8 - 2
What do you think is wrong with America?
I personally think that accountability and cowards and greed is the main problem with America. Can you imagine today, a MLK and millions of people marching for equal rights? Can you imagine any ...
Vetwife 06/24/2009 19 3 - 2
So when do we call it Treason?
What line has to be crossed? When does free speech dip over into the uncharted waters of treason? When does a person on the airwaves get to opine about service men and women (broadstroking to ...
Vetwife 05/08/2009 33 4 - -
Mr. Vice President, on behalf of Christianity , I apologize for Ryan and his lack of family values
Dear Vice President Biden, I want to first thank you for standing up for the middle class in the debate with Rep. Ryan last night. I would like to extend my apologies on behalf of people with ...
Vetwife 10/12/2012 5 13 - -
John Lewis and me. He has a beautiful soul
Today I went inside my email and maybe like some of you, you got this in your inbox. This email brought back my meetings with Congressman Lewis and one in particuliar in 2004 with our teenage ...
Vetwife 10/13/2012 20 16 1 -
‘You should’ve served US better and died!’ Debt collector berates disabled veteran
A Romney / Ryan voter perhaps? Words matter. This is from USA and it is shameful. Send this to a veteran. This is how people who support this kind of rhetoric will be treating our disabled ...
Vetwife 10/13/2012 206 243 4 -
Virginia School denies FLOTUS visit to elementary school
What morons!!!! Would this school have denied Laura Bush. They claim it was against school policy however this action, IMO was just stupid !!! They claimed a political visit. Well, how many ...
Vetwife 10/15/2012 58 25 - -
Mitt Romney...ties to Abuse and Torture of children
I have not heard this before but it should be front and center. This is horrible and amplifies the pretty typical sociapath behavior he exhibits. Of course he would feel comfortable around this ...
Vetwife 10/18/2012 30 35 - -
O'Donnell shouted..Hit me Taggart ! I'll come to you
Oh yeah well he didn't shout but was seriously angry. This happened on his show and the challenge was at the end of this video tonight. He was more like Olberman than Olberman. He literally got ...
Vetwife 10/18/2012 251 324 8 -
Wading in deep Republican waters when you phonebank ..a GOTV effort..
This is definately not recommended for everyone because you have to smile and grit your teeth and listen without getting mad..I am used to dealing with Republicans, democrats, no party affiliation ...
Vetwife 10/20/2012 76 204 1 -
Todd Akin calls the president a Commie
I am getting writers cramp from diaring so much nonsense and insults. Welcome Back to the Senate, Senator McCaskill. This is getting so ridiculous I can't keep up. Congressman of Missouri ...
Vetwife 10/22/2012 33 20 1 -
Fundraiser..Audio..Todd Akin and dog reference to Senator McCaskill
No words needed here. The war on women just jumped a notch. Huffington Post is reporting this and it is going across the blogs. This is sickening !!! She goes to Washington, D.C., it’s a ...
Vetwife 10/21/2012 19 20 - -
Fox...Fox....Edit gone wrong..EMBARRASSING !!! Turn these fools off !
If this has been diared, I apologize but I just saw how low they can go and this is lazy and sloppy even for Fox....Look at them trying to edit and this is REAL. They tried to make Candy Crowley ...
Vetwife 10/21/2012 153 274 6 -
To All Romney Voters !!!
You say you love family values, but you align yourselves with a tax fraud, a cheat, a liar, a rich man who feels he does not have to pay his taxes, fight in wars, have his family fight in wars and ...
Vetwife 10/22/2012 9 13 - -
Halloween could be tough for kids this year !
This trickle down thing is such a republican mandate this year, kids trick or treating could actually feel it this year. This is my GOTV diary, that I warned everyone I would nag about early ...
Vetwife 10/25/2012 4 8 - -
Is this illegal?
Went to my email. My husband registered in florida and voted. He is a registered Dem. I got this in MY email today from Georgia. He has never been a republican. Old address from two years ...
Vetwife 10/25/2012 18 3 - -
We are very close to Nightmare in America ... VOTE !
Vetwife 10/25/2012 10 24 - -
Pat Robertson stumps with Romney but encourages man to beat his wife on his program !
VOTE......Vote ...............Vote................We are in danger......When people like Pat Robertson who has a TV show for the right wing nut jobs and Mitt Romney takes his money and people are ...
Vetwife 10/26/2012 16 10 - -
Romney just compared relief efforts to trash on a Football Field
My jaw is still open. I could not believe the tone of that of a Sunday monring low tone minister rallying the parish, he held his Victory/Disaster relief tour in which he compared the relief ...
Vetwife 10/30/2012 87 76 - -
It's biology STUPID...and Rape...babies having babies
So someone needs to gather the facts and hit Romney/Ryan and blowhards like Limbaugh and idiot republicans spouting off about God's will this question.. How do you feel about your 8 or 9 year old ...
Vetwife 10/27/2012 13 11 - -
Managing a Riot !
Yes, it is true. We did not incite a riot but we basically let it happen and stood back and watched people stand up to biogotry and racism. The We would be my husband and me. The year was 94 and ...
Vetwife 10/31/2012 33 101 - -