My "Vote NO" Letter to the Senate
Mon Jan 16, 2006 at 11:18:11 PM PDT
Being the non-conformist that I am and also an equal opportunity employer, I faxed or emailed this letter to every member of the Judiciary Committee. I also sent a copy to both of my Michigan senators, Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow.
Unlike the customary two letters (or maybe three), this was a much larger feat than I anticipated. I have to say that I feel great about having done it though. It was well worth the time and the effort that it took.
Jump with me to read my letter. . .
Growing up poor in America. . .
Tue Nov 08, 2005 at 03:40:26 PM PDT
I would not be in the position I am in now if not for a helping hand up. You see, I was born poor in the United States. My father left us when I was a very young child and my mother struggled to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table.
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Admittedly, even though she did her best, my mother didn't always do a good job and many nights there was no food to feed us. Or shoes for our feet. Or clothes for school - especially new clothes. Many of my teeth rotted from malnutrition (as did my siblings). And we moved around. Alot. Always one step ahead of the bill collector, I guess.
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Stop Social Security Piratization
Tue Feb 01, 2005 at 06:23:42 PM PDT
I know that there have been numerous diaries about the proposed privatization of Social Security. I have read diary after diary and article after article regarding the pros and cons of private accounts. What I haven't read about are ideas to stop Bush's privatization plan in its tracks. The closest I have come to seeing anyone suggest a way to stop Bush is when Senate minority leader Harry Reid stated that he has the personal word of the other 44 Democrats in the Senate to stand in unity against the administration's plan to privatize Social Security.
More after the jump. . .
More important than who really won Ohio
Sat Dec 18, 2004 at 07:59:53 AM PDT
I worked at a polling center with two small precincts in Michigan on Election Day. Prior to and throughout Election Day there was enough deceit, deception and disenfranchisement to make any rational person want to throw the entire election out and start over.
Many of the activities and behaviors that some (notably Republicans) took part in to influence the election was appalling and shameful. It sickened me then and it sickens me now. We have a cancer upon us and it is called political partisanship.
More below the fold. . .
Dems to Launch Vote Investigation
Mon Dec 06, 2004 at 09:48:27 PM PDT
Report due in the spring. Give me a break!
Democrats Launch Investigation of Voting Problems in Ohio
By Nedra Pickler
The Associated Press
Monday 06 December 2004
The Democratic Party said Monday it will examine reports of voting problems in Ohio, where President Bush's victory clinched his re-election.
Outgoing Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe said the party will spend "whatever it takes" to study complaints from Ohio voters that included uncounted votes, long lines, shortages of ballots, understaffed polling stations and voting machine errors.
McAuliffe said the party is not seeking to overturn the result but to ensure that every vote is counted. He said the study will be conducted by nonpartisan experts to be announced later, with a report issued in the spring that recommends reforms to prevent such problems in the future.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/120704W.shtml</d>
What is it going to take to get this party interested? <More below the fold>
