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I'm a concerned, middle aged blogger and member of the ACLU. I hail from the Bay Area. I Lobbied congress with the ACLU over the more unconstitutional elements of the USA Patriot Act. Marched in peace protests, lost a former school chum in the world trade center on 9/11.

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Raging Grannies at the Jobs Not Cuts Rockin' Event, From ImagesAttr
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, August 14, 2011
The Raging Grannies and The Contract For The American Dream If 80 and 90 year old women can get out there and lend their support, we all can! We all must make a visible presence in numbers if we are ever to regain our nation and hold on to the things we value most!
(29 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, August 4, 2011
The Battle Hymn of The Republicans A rewrite of the old time civil war favorite to reflect current times. The congress and senate need a wake up call. Since nothing else has worked, perhaps a humorous twist on an old song will.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 25, 2011
Happy Easter from the "Moderate" Media on Meet the Pests Democracy in America is dead. The script has long ago been written and is now being carried out to the corporate tee!
(48 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Capitalism, Socialism, Fascism or Communism....Can there be no other isms? Why must we collectively adhere to the failed current systems when the survival of the planet is at stake and with it our own species?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 23, 2009
What is State Sponsored Murder? This article asks the reader to decide what is or is not state sponsored murder. It uses the governor of California's proposed across the board state welfare cuts to balance the state's budget as a possible example. It also puts a human face upon an economic disaster by explaining what these cuts will mean to many people who are already at the brink.
(30 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 11, 2009
Torture...OK Pelosi Knew in 2002! But what could this all really mean? The CIA memo that makes Pelosi a liar may tell us a whole lot more!
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 30, 2009
My Take on the Specter Defection Perspective of a former Philly boy on the Specter defection
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, February 14, 2009
A Special Valentine for President Obama from Arnold Murray of the Shepard's Chapel Arnold Murray, pastor of the daily broadcast of Shepard's Chapel, today openly opposed Obama's bailout package as communism and socialism, blamed people suckered into bad mortgages for the economic crisis and said alternate energy advocates are weakening the nation and the military.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, January 24, 2009
What is Called for Here is an Intrusive Rectal Exam and a Barium Enema! Regulating and policing Wall Street is the only salvation Democracy has left.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 16, 2008
Joe the Plumber, Joe Six Pack...Will the Real Joe Please stand up! Comment on the Average Joe and Joe the plumber from last nights presidential debate and what it might spell for the GOP.
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, July 5, 2008
Happy Pretendence Day No civil liberties, illegal spying, at the mercy of corporate oil.....we need a new national anthem, something that more closely resembles the America we are currently living in. Gene London gives us the real song.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 14, 2008
Major Media...Let's crucify Obama! While the major media goes out of its way to crucify Obama over his bitter rural American comments, it hides the truth in that it is the media itself who helps the status quo to shape that anger for their own political gain. rural America is Murdoch Country and has been for decades.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, January 26, 2008
Under a Trestle
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 26, 2007
When Fox News Brags.....and the FCC
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, November 24, 2007
For God's SAIC! The grand daddy of all defense contractors and stealth corporations, SAIC generally flies beneath the radar as a company with integrity that has "the best interests of the nation" at its core.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, November 11, 2007
An Unconscionable and/or Unconscious America? Then and now! Opinion piece concerning our government and society, its politics and values and more importantly its current priorities. Are we on the right path or is this our worst nightmare?
(82 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Questioning 9/11 and to Hell with Caution This article questions some of the underlying elements behind the 9/11 for Truth Movement. It is not meant to be a reflection on those who are genuine in their search for truth, but rather those elements that might or perhaps do have ulterior motives.

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