I’m a retired military vet.  I am also disabled.  I’ve fought the system for years to update and get evaluated for my medical condition and the beurocracy is monsterous.  Not only is it a maze to navigate but the Veteran’s Administration will not provide you with all the information you need to properly process your [...]

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I wanted to take a moment to say farewell to all the people who have visited this site, especially to those who took the time to comment or leave a private email. I’ve enjoyed our chats. I’ve enjoyed reading the work of many of my fellow bloggers on BNN or Lefty Blogs, but [...]

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Gotta love Kucinich. He’s reading the 35, count them…thirty bygawd FIVE count…articles of Impeachment of Bush before the House. I’m watching him live.
Nixon had what…three? Clinton…umm..two? Bush..35!
It probably won’t go anywhere unless a few more in DC find their umm..backbones.
Update: Video of part of Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) [...]

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It’s finally over: the mother of all primaries has done her job reducing the field to two. But in reality there is only one candidate. Barack Obama. In November he will win or he will lose.
John McCain is relevant only in so far as he is not Barack Obama. The [...]

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Bill “Just call me BS” O’Reilly and his revisionist history.

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The definition of the word bigot:
NOUN:
One who is strongly partial to one’s own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.
I can’t possibly be a bigot. Nope. Not havin’ it.
Well…wait a minute now, let me make sure. Let me pick this definition apart before I claim to be [...]

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Who’s your hero?
Is it someone who faced long odds, great challenges and not only stood up to them, but spit in their eye? Someone who overcame all of life’s obstacles and refused to submit to tyranny, oppression, or injustice? Is it a public official, a speaker, a politician? Is it somebody famous or relatively [...]

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Here’s the newest member of the family. Sparky Big Guy.

We wanted to establish an animal rescue at our new place…(which I THINK we’ll close nine days from now…crossing my fingers and toes…Ozark heaven…woohoo!) We are discussing WHAT, exactly, that will mean and how many animals I can adopt…umm…I mean temporarily house [...]

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Interesting discussion today in a couple of places:
Somervell County Salon
Bush Attempting to Blackmail Al-Malaki into SOFA Agreement
and on:
House of the Rising Sons has a post about the torture of a Gitmo detainee.
Go… read… and comment, ya heathens.

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In my Inbox (in its entirety):
Dear Mick,
I wanted to drop you a quick note about a major policy change here at the Democratic Party.
As we move toward the general election, the Democratic Party has to be the Party of ordinary Americans, not Washington lobbyists and special interests. So, as of this morning, if you’re a [...]

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I’m only posting this for the sake that it isn’t every day you end up with REAL llama news. Oh we make the comparisons to llamas everyday, the whole lamer llama crazy comments, calling someone a llama lemming, hell even a real honest to god llama eating flip flops… oh I know… kooky huh? Well, [...]

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I should be reporting on the status of the Climate Change bill and its amendments. I should be. But there AREN’T any progress reports that I can find, anyway.
I hope we yelled loud enough for them to keep the giveaway to the nuclear energy industry OUT of this legislation. Until the Republicans [...]

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America grew up today. She became more of the essence of the great nation that we always believed her to be. She grew into her promise of equality for all. She grew into an expression of joy at the hope tomorrow holds.
Today, that grand ole’ broad Democracy has a new [...]

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DP over on There already is reporting on Obama calling out McLieberman! Watch out joe
Yeah…dangit…somebody is calling you on your crap, JOE. I love the look on Obama’s face in the photo. I’m telling you… Obama makes me smile more and more every day.
I haven’t done a post yet about what [...]

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Rumors of War: Is Bush Gearing Up to Attack Iran?
By Conn Hallinan
The May 8 letter from U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., chair of the House Judiciary Committee, to George W. Bush received virtually no media coverage, in spite of the fact that it warned the president that an attack on Iran without Congressional approval [...]

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From a Houston blog called the Examiner…I bring you this morning’s entertainment. No Charge! Free popcorn! Sit and enjoy the arrival of that new dance craze…
POLICE STATE
Lanier plans to seal off rough ’hoods in latest effort to stop wave of violence
Jun 4, 2008 2:00 AM (1 day ago) by MICHAEL [...]

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This is a direct quote from the Nuclear Energy for Texans website.
Nuclear Energy for Texans is a coalition dedicated to educating Texans about the benefits of nuclear energy as a clean, safe, reliable alternative to meet the increasing energy needs of the state.
I’m almost positive that there was a typo in that statement… I’m fairly [...]

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Fellow bloggers…especially you folks off busy with convention work. Lieberman and the boys are trying to sneak one by you. I know all you folks headed to convention took your laptops…You are politically active AND you are geeks. I know you’ll at least check your own site fairly often. They are voting [...]

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My expert/environmental hooligan of choice confirms what I most feared about the proposed Lieberman/Warner bill.
Read it. Right bygawd now, please. Link to it. Call folks about it. Send emails everywhere you can think to send them. Your children’s future world is at stake. The proposed legislation will help [...]

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Found and offered:
Emissourian.com feature
A Soldier’s Story
By: Karen Cernich
05/23/2008
Former Washington High Student Will Be Featured on ‘Dateline’ This Sunday to Talk About His Experience in Iraq as a Cavalry Scout and His Thoughts on PTSD

A lot of people like to make it seem like soldiers are sick. They are not. They have witnessed things [...]

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I’m not sure how I feel about this proposed legislation. On the positive side, Bush already threatens a veto so it MUST have portions that I will love. On the negative, it has Lieberman as a co-author which makes me want to read the fine print very carefully.
I’m pleased and excited that something [...]

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An ad for a particularly invasive teenie tiny device appeared in my emails today. No, it wasn’t an ad for a new and improved method of friskiness. Try not to be disappointed.
What it really was…is an invitation to snoop. To pry. To gain information you have no legal or moral right [...]

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NEWS FLASH!
There has been a recent correction in medical journals across the planet. Women are no longer able to hide behind the labeled condition known as menopause. All references have been corrected to read “Mental-Pause”. Conditions can and will continue to display themselves as they have in traditional cases of the ailment, but may now [...]

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OH MY Giddy Aunt Mary.
Somehow, when I was first learning to blog, I added a misspelled tag. The mistake then got into almost every political post since then and not ONE of you people told me I was an idiot!
There are gonna be 404 errors for days…maybe ‘til the end of time…because [...]

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Corey added a new section for the blog today. Our Heroes. I’m so very happy he chose my favorite fellow Texan for the first entry.
He even did some computer magic (as far as I’m concerned it’s all magic) and has a way for you to hear her great voice speaking at the Democratic [...]

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This report should be of particular interest to West and South Texas:
From the Guardian UK article quoting a Bush Admin Report
Climate change threat to US crops and water
· Ed Pilkington in New York
· The Guardian,
· Thursday May 29 2008
· Article history

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I’ve been out reading tons of blogs today…my favorites and new places with interesting titles. I’m making an effort to comment everywhere I love to read because sometimes bloggers feel so alone in their efforts to wake the American people. Few people comment and nobody seems to care.
It all ended when I [...]

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