The media is all abuzz about the GOP's statement that, like health care reform, they prefer to block legislation than work with Democrats. Some wonder why. Why would they risk their very jobs defending the masterminds behind the 2008 collapse of the American economy? Why would they fight to m… Read full post »

I posted here almost a year ago my thoughts about the Republican Party and their new principles. Amazingly, I was more prophetic than I thought, as the GOP has moved even further towards the extremist right wing. As another year has gone by, I wanted to list what I believe are… Read full post »

There is a small but loud segment of the U.S. population that will take every opportunity to blame President Obama, and "the liberals," for everything from national debt to their own hangnails. My aunt is one of them. She sends me anti-Obama and anti-liberal emails on a regular basis.

The… Read full post »

I haven't blogged here for a while. Obama won, I felt positive for my efforts, and I moved on to the "real world" outside politics. Well, events of late have brought out the activist in me again, as I watch members of my former party, the Republican Party, take their idiocy… Read full post »

Millions of Americans will be heading to Washington, DC, next week to celebrate President Elect Obama's inauguration. The wealthy, the politically connected, and the famous will be rubbing elbows and downing Appletinis with politicians at various invitation-only luxury Inaugural Balls.

Two grassroots… Read full post »

In response to being invited to participate in http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=46977. 

I never went to the OS Collage, I went to Clarkson University. So I'm not sure if I qualify.

Here is the best I have for the avatar that is live right now:

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Having a father that travelled often made for some great guilt-lavished Christmases, but growing up fat, there was no better holiday than Thanksgiving.

I was somewhere in the 8-11 year-old range, my memory being a bit foggy in that area. My mother awoke at 5 am to spend the day… Read full post »

For the first time in 44 years, the state of Indiana voted for a Democrat for President. While we know about the massive coordinated Obama campaign volunteer effort, it is essential to mention the strong and active Republicans for Obama movement in Indiana. These RFOs, as they're called [full disclos… Read full post »

I am tired of hearing that the McCain campaign must go negative, that they "have no choice." The assumption is that a campaign MUST do whatever it takes, no matter how dirty and nasty, to win. They're wrong. There is another choice.

The latest dirty, baseless accusations that Obama… Read full post »