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I am an 'older' progressive; a holdover from the hippie generation. I have raised 3 children, am a proud grandmother, and an outspoken political junkie. I have worked in the healthcare field for 30 years, both for insurance companies and for the other side, so I know my way around the health care industry. I have forgotten more than anyone should ever know about our health care system. Bad enough that my memory loss is insufficient to erase all of the dishonest policies of the insurance industry, I even have memories of fraud on the provider side as well.

I was a whistleblower in the mid-90's, reporting illegal denial of necessary medical care to patients.

To the best of my recollection, I do not believe that I have ever voted for a Republican. I have ethics and a sense of fair play, therefore the Republican party does not qualify as a choice for me.

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(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 24, 2011
ALEC Writes The Laws Restricting Voting! Why Is Coca-Cola Helping Them? ALEC and Coca-Cola team up to write the laws passed in virtually every GOP controlled statehouse in this country, including the new restrictive voter ID laws. Why support a company that believes it was elected by the voters to write laws that restrict rights and freedoms?
(21 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, July 30, 2011
ALEC's Summer Camp For Kids! Fun And Politics, The Koch Way! ALEC, The American Legislative Exchange Council is leaving out no member of the family at their National meeting to be held in New Orleans next week! While mommy or daddy are being indoctrinated as to the finer points of the ALEC method of corporate governance, the kids can go to Kiddie Congress!
(21 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, June 12, 2011
Corporate Theocracy: The Death Of Democracy, The State By State GOP Extremist Goal A state-by-state erosion of rights...
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(18 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, August 6, 2011
Eric Cantor Has The 'Shiniest Balls' Of All! The 'Shiny Ball' Corporations That Pay For Cantor's Loyalties! Eric Cantor, the GOP House Majority Leader, has started a "shiny balls" battle, complaining that Dems, in their efforts to raise taxes, throw out the "shiny balls of millionaires and billionaires". Judging by his corporate contributors, Cantor may just have the "shiniest balls" of all in this battle!
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(23 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, July 11, 2011
Scholarships For Your State Law Makers! ALEC And Kochs Sending Them To New Orleans! Expenses Paid! ALEC. the Kochs, Coca-Cola, Exxon--all paying your state lawmakers to indoctrinate them. Sell the prisons, sell the highways, get rid of the EPA! Find out if your state lawmakers are going on an expenses paid vacation to ALEC University! Coming to New Orleans the first week in August!
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(66 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Tales Of A Female Nothing! Dear GOP God, It's Me, Jillian... The most recent legislation approved by the Ohio State legislaure that restricts abortion, not only highlights, but demonstrates the GOP God version of government. Theocracy, anyone? Coerced religious conversion?
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(20 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 28, 2011
Who Owns John Boehner? The Corporations That Love The Grim Weeper! Who owns John Boehner? Not the people who elected him, that's for sure! Corporations have bought more pieces of Boehner than his constituents could ever afford to purchase. Meet the man who washes dishes for the Kochs and picks up dry cleaning for the bankers!
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(22 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, August 3, 2011
The Tea Party Goes After Jobs And Kills The Tooth Fairy, Too! Angry Now? If you are disgusted with the tunnel vision of the Tea Party, then it is time to make them go! NOW! Before they destroy government and even more jobs! The time to organize is NOW!
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(40 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, May 12, 2012
The Hell They Have Planned For Our Children - Happy Mother's Day From The GOP! Let's just cut to the chase, moms! The Republican party is planning hell for our children, the weakest and most vulnerable among us! One thing is sure: Moms love their kids and if you hurt our kids, we will bring the battle to you! Don't tell us "Happy Mother's Day" in one breath and then expect us to sit still while you destroy the lives of our children. Keep your damn cards! Leave our kids alone!
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(10 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, October 15, 2011
Exposing The Pink Collar Ghetto: When Women War Against Other Women The Pink Collar Ghetto has become an integral part of the American landscape. Economically, socially and even on a cultural level, women help to perpetuate the less than equal status of women in this country.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 5, 2012
The "Real Change" That Romney, Ryan and Team Rape Want For America Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and the entirety of Team Rape, otherwise known as the Republican party, are touting "Real Change". If you want their "Real Change", this is what a vote for their "Real Change" will get you: higher taxes, the end of choice, no protection for workers, less equality for women. The corporations will get the benes, the people will get the shaft.
(14 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, July 1, 2011
Darrell Issa, GOP's Six Million Dollar Man? Try $295 Million Dollar Congressman! Many years ago, Congressman Darrell Issa was accused of auto theft, arson, and arrested on weapons charges. Now that Issa has gone to Washington as a power player, where he is reportedly the richest man in Congress, his troubles continue. Mr. Issa should know that people are watching. What they have found, especially the alleged Goldman Sachs Connection, may become Issa's undoing.
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(31 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 21, 2011
Confessions Of A Real Death Panel Member! Yes, Virginia, Death Panels Do Exist! Don't drink the GOP Tea! Still lying about the Affordable Care Act, Ryan and the Republicans still pushing Ryan's plan to destroy Medicare! They are still insisting that the IPAB will ration care for everyone. Rationing? No! Not the job of the IPAB. Rationing of care is done quite well by private insurers! Regulate private insurance companies! That is where death panels live! Ryan lied again Tuesday on the floor of Congress!
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Congress: The Fine Line Between Partisan And Treason It is possible to make a case that the deliberate tanking of a country's economy solely for political gain is treason, and on that basis I suggest that the Republican members of our Congress are guilty of treason.
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(14 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, May 10, 2012
The GOP War On Everyone But The Rich The Republican party has declared war on virtually every segment of society in our country with the exception of one: the wealthy. If Romney, Ryan, and the whole Republican party achieve their economic goals, American Dreamers may just have to self-de'poor't. Don't confuse self-deportation (for undocumented workers) with self-de'poor'tation.
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(25 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, June 26, 2011
Being A Republican In 2011! The New And Improved GOP! The GOP of today is not the Republican party of your mother or father. The party has devolved. While they don't accept evolution, they do firmly believe in devolution... These flat-earthers are the extreme anti-science, anti-knowledge, anti-common sense segment of our country. The 'Know-Nothing' party of America is back and become mainstream.
(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 5, 2012
California EDD: Backlog of 20,000 Disability Claims-No Payments- Explain That, Pam Harris! California's Employment Development Department (EDD) is headed by Director Pam Harris. It has been reported that the EDD currently has an 8 week backlog of entering and processing 20,000 claims for the state's temporarily disabled workers. This delay of payments and claims processing dates back to workers' claims from October.
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(25 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, August 14, 2011
Darrell Issa Thinks He Is Qualified To Be A Judge! After So Many Times Being Arrested, Maybe He Is! Issa Thinks He Is A Judge? Issa has decided to interject himself into a case brought by the National Labor Relations Board against Boeing. The NLRB has filed suit, claiming that Boeing has not only engaged in union-busting tactics, they allege that Boeing has broken federal labor laws. Issa, who is not an attorney, has tried to block the NLRB at every turn because he says that the courts could decide against Boeing.
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(15 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The GOP: A Party Possessed What will a vote for ANY Republican get you? Not just for President, but a vote for any Republican nominee for any elected office will result in more erosion of rights, including those for workers, the middle class, women, minorities, students and seniors.
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(31 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 7, 2011
The GOP Menage A Trois! Corporate Satisfaction Guaranteed! GOP To America! Drop Dead, Unless You Are An Oil Company or Wealthy Corporation! Jobs? We give special jobs to corporate heads!
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(34 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Too Old For Sexting, Murdoch Settles For Hacking! Rupert Murdoch, head of the evil empire, is facing charges in the U.K. and Congressional investigations in the United States. Maybe more important, Murdoch's path to U.S. citizenship was fast-tracked. Who helped him? Who, besides Murdoch, profited?
(40 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 14, 2011
Meet Michele Bachmann's Chief Adviser -- An Anti-Gay "Therapist" Who Profits From Medicaid Mr. Michele Bachmann, the chief adviser and strategist to Presidential candidate, Michele Bachmann, says he is a 'Doctor'. The American Psychological Association doesn't even recognize the online correspondence course that this 'doctor' has taken... Don't know how advisable it is to seek treatment from a 'doctor' that took his classes through a correspondence course!
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 21, 2011
The Koch Brothers Are The New Brothers Grimm! They Are Writing A Sordid Fairy Tale For America! The Brothers Grimm wrote some very sordid fairy tales. Then they were cleaned up so that children could read them. The Brothers Koch are the fairy tale writers of this century. Just like the Grimms, their fairy tales are sordid!
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 14, 2011
What Does The Ryan Plan Do To Medicare And Medicaid In Your District? Check Out The Numbers! Click on the link and find out how many of your neighbors would be affected if Paul Ryan's disastrous plan was adopted!
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(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, June 13, 2011
Grover Norquist Rules The GOP Without Ever Being Elected! More Tyranny On The Right! Americans For Tax Reform? Americans for Grover Norquist is a more appropriate name. This troll, a hold-over from the Reagan days, wants no federal government, with the exception of a military...Drown the government in a bathtub is this man's philosophy. Don't comply with the King's wishes? You may not be a GOP candidate!
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(36 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, August 15, 2011
Need A Job, Jillian? First, Tell Us The Date Of Your Last Period! Things have changed since I last applied for a job. The questions asked and the pre-employment ordeal is much more grueling than even 5 short years ago. What happened to the right to privacy? If you need a job, corporations have decided that they won't just verify your skills, they will now verify that your body parts are all in good working order. They have the right to your entire personal medical history? Yes! They do!
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(16 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Are You Just Too Liberal, Too Anti-Constitution, Too Anti-American To Be Saved? GOP Tea Party Says Yes! One liberal blogger's experience with hate mail and a hate-filled encounters with Tea Party devotees. Purged from the country? No way! I am staying! And I am standing up! Stand with me!
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, June 12, 2011
Donald Trump Throws Paul Ryan Under The Bus! Really? Donald Trump Throws The Entire Republican Party Under The Bus!
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(11 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, May 6, 2012
Paul Ryan and Ayn Rand: Breaking Up Is So Very Hard To Do! Even Harder On The Kid! Poor, dumb Paul Ryan! History is full of jilted lovers and the stories are all the same. This one is a little different, however. Ryan can try to erase Ayn Rand from his life, but he will never be able to erase her from his legacy. You see, they have a child together and that child is living, breathing proof of their dalliance. The child was first known as, "The Path To Prosperity", but is now simply called "The Ryan Budget".
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, June 12, 2011
ALEC: One Stop Shopping For Legislation Meant To Be Shared By Each And Every State! ALEC Writes Our Laws! ALEC is a well-funded 'shadow' organization that teams with lobbyists and state legislators to write and pass bills that are great for corporations, but not so good for people. This group has the power to change your life, and not for the better!
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(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Congressional Impotence! Prescribe The Little Blue Pill! The impotence of Congress is clearly demonstrated by the current debt ceiling crisis! Very few are blameless!
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(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 15, 2012
If You Know Anything About The Vikings, You Know Everything You Need To Know About Willard Romney And Bain Capital! Bain Capital and Willard Romney think they have a great track record? Maybe they do. But the Vikings? Those Middle Ages, free-market capitalists with the big ships and long swords.Their business plan was very similar to Romney/Bain's, and surely they deserve most of the credit for Willard the Bain's success. One of them, Gnut the Great, even tithed...Sure, he murdered, raped, pillaged and burned villages, but he tithed.
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(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, May 25, 2012
Mitt Romney, The Fake-Based Politican! Why He Would Be The Liar-In Chief! The GOP Lie Machine Is On Auto-Pilot If Mitt Romney wins the Presidential election in November, it will be because he is an accomplished liar and the Republican party applauds every lie he tells. If Romney says it, the GOP swears it's true, even when it's not. There is not one day that goes by, that Romney and the GOP lie machine is not in full deception mode. Even when confronted with truth or fact.
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(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, May 25, 2012
The Case For Water Boarding The GOP Economic Terrorists In Congress; No More Drama, Just Truth! The GOP, long led by Dick Cheney the Inquisitor, has made a persistent case for the water boarding of suspected terrorists. Enhanced interrogation, they call it. Perhaps, the use of enhanced interrogation should be expanded to include certain key GOP members of Congress who ceaselessly obstruct any and all efforts to improve the economy and create jobs. They are in essence, economic terrorists.
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(11 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Forecast For GOP Tea Party Presidential Candidates: Cloudy With A Certainty Of Meatballs! Listen up! These Tea Party GOP meatballs, from the candidates to the Tea Party faithful have finally revealed their true colors. Their colors are not red, white and blue. If you think for a moment that abstaining from participation in the 2012 election will be an effective protest, think again. Do you really want meatballs running your country?
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(10 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Now More Than Ever! Screw the Tea, the GOP, And The T.P. 83! They Still Cling To The Ryan Plan! John Fleming,(R), Tea Party Congressman from Louisiana, once again, expresses his love for the Ryan Budget. These Tea Party reps have not put this unpopular plan on the back burner at all. They still insist it is an excellent plan! They are hoping against hope that you will forget what this plan does...Now, more than ever, Screw Tea!
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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, June 12, 2011
Ryan To Dems: Quit Your Demagoguing! Just Step Aside And Let Us Kill Medicare And Seniors! Seriously, It's A Bold Plan! What does the GOP budget really do? It increases tax cuts for the wealthy and according to the CBO, it both increases the burden on the poor and seniors, it destroys Medicare.
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(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, August 6, 2011
Eric Cantor Has The 'Shiniest Balls' Of All! The 'Shiny Ball' Corporations That Pay For Cantor's Loyalties! Eric Cantor, the GOP House Majority Leader, has started a "shiny balls" battle, complaining that Dems, in their efforts to raise taxes, throw out the "shiny balls of millionaires and billionaires". Judging by his corporate contributors, Cantor may just have the "shiniest balls" of all in this battle!
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 24, 2011
BONUS PAY FOR CITY MANAGEMENT? NO SHARED SACRIFICE HERE- DARK AGENDA INSTEAD! Tired of hearing the words "SHARED SACRIFICE?" Why aren't the people at the top ever the ones that do the sharing? This 'Dark Agenda' is occurring in every city and state throughout the country. Carlsbad, a wealthy little city on the coast of sunny California, is the latest example of the DARK AGENDA.

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