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Across the nation, in an effort to recapture the exceptionalism of America and mend the social fabric of this great nation,  legislation has been introduced to reign in those commie-pinko-feminazis like Lilly Ledbetter who are trying to destroy this nation.

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 Cross-posted from The Pragmatic Pundit

This new “War on Mommy” mania is total nonsense.  When you consider that millions of people are unemployed, we have a burgeoning deficit, two wars and threats of nuclear weapons, a nation torn with racism, and a non-functioning… Read full post »

 Originally posted at The Pragmatic Pundit

It’s a term I hear often, especially in the wake of the death of Trayvon Martin.  Whites implore Blacks to reflect on the crime they inflict on one another.  The implication being that Trayvon’s death deserves neither symp… Read full post »

Good morning.  I can’t stick around, but thought I’d stop in to share a laugh.  Someone emailed this to me, so I’m unable to give proper credit to the author.  It clearly isn’t recent, so you might have read it before. It was addressed to President Bus… Read full post »

As men drag women back to the days when they were chattel and women decide whether this is an ideological contest or one that threatens their feminine values and the foundation of womanhood, I thought it appropriate to give fair maidens a little review of history.

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      ”No self-respecting woman should wish or work for the success
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After my husband died, leaving me to raise two children on my own, I was technically “a single parent”.  And over the years, I’ve had the nerve to feel a sense of pride in the fact that I actually managed quite well by my two girls.  They’re both educated, dr… Read full post »

Like serial killers who act to gain and exert power over their victims, Republicans are attempting to change society, to cure a perceived societal ill.  And just like those mission-oriented killers typically justify their acts as "ridding the world" of a certain type of person perceived… Read full post »

Rick Santorum has a history of controversial political positions around privacy rights and government’s authority to regulate consensual sexual behavior between adults.  He believes Catholic priests caught in the“pedophile scandal”, were merely affected by the media a… Read full post »

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Under the guise of religious consciousness and First Amendment rights , Republicans are mounting an assault on women’s health and freedo… Read full post »

The government has a history of taking over people’s reproductive future.  In the first half of the twentieth century, the United States promoted efforts to “breed better human beings”.  The pseudoscience,  called eugenics included forced abortions, steriliz… Read full post »

I’ve had the unenviable task of caring for my 6 and two-and-a-half year old grandsons.  They have military parents who seem to always be on assignment, in different parts of the world.  What began as a 3 month assignment has now stretched into nearly two years and I’m b…

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I'm here trying to mind my own business and prepare for my holiday guests, but I get so bombarded, I can barely get online.  Enough!

OS must have dredged up every troll on the internet during my absence and for some reason too many of them are attracted… Read full post »

 

We all knew it was just a matter of time.  Following is evidence that the opposition is gearing-up to try to destroy the "Occupy Movement".

 From Up with Chris Hayes:

" A well-known Washington lobbying firm with links to the financial industry has proposed an $850,000 plan t… Read full post »

I first published this post several months ago.  I was inspired to repost it after witnessing the treatment of a young mother who was shopping with food stamps.  Apparently, she had no right to buy a turkey.  When did we get to be so mean-spirited and openly show such callous disregard… Read full post »

When Newt Gingrich announced his candidacy for the presidency, it occurred to me that a newt is a cold-blooded animal. Handling requires proper hand-washing because they are toxic and carry bacteria. They also have the ability to regenerate themselves, proving that there/… Read full post »

 
It was the question my grandson asked as I drove him home from school.  He never stops talking, so I’ve mastered the art of  merely pretending I’m listening when in truth I’m barely attentive,  but on that day, half-startled by the question, he had my u… Read full post »

A few years ago, I set out on my own one-woman  protest.  I moved my accounts from a major bank to a small neighborhood bank.  When I bought a new car, I bought one that was American made, then refused to buy gasoline from a BP or Exxon gas station.  They… Read full post »

Last week I sneaked off to New York to see my daughter.  Before I could settle in she handed me my Nikes and said, “Lace up…we’re going to Zuccotti Park.”  

I tagged along, mildly perturbed (I wanted to go to Soho), but before I could work up a steam… Read full post »

“Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom” ~ Clarence Darrow

After days of testimony, hundreds of pieces of evidence and nearly a hundred witnesses, Casey Anthony was found not guilty of killing her two-year-old daug… Read full post »

 

 

Dating these days seems more difficult than ever, especially since it's such an economically challenging time. Fortunately, there are still plenty of ways to have fun and enjoy one another without going broke. Here are some ideas:

 

I try to steer clear of racial generalizations because they undermine the complex nature of a subject that affects all of us in many different ways.  But in the case of Herman Cain, I must make an exception.  He offends sensibilities that I can neither ignore nor excuse.

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Once in a while I find myself staging
A dress rehearsal for gloom
I close my eyes and sit placidly
In a quiet, darkened room

I recall a moment that caused me pain
And though I turn away
The heartbreak pains down deep inside
Like it was yesterday

I listen to those ugly words
They…

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