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Look Away Gentle Soul

Does politics matter? Crusades for righteous causes. Words and deeds. The world is a prism of good and evil. I want an end to child trafficking. I'm with the side taking on this issue with more deeds than words. Some things are just too heartbreaking for tender eyes to see. Horrible truths cannot be unseen. Look away gentle soul. Out of sight is out of mind.

Dying Is Easy

In 2011, there was a flu outbreak that was worse than usual. The media was dutiful in reporting it as such. The public likewise received their flu vaccines. I was one of them. I had always got a flu vaccine. I always had various side effects, but felt it was worth it. Little did I know. If you get a flu vaccine each year, that means each year you are also one year older, an older and older. My health had hit rock bottom during those years, yet I never took that into consideration when getting my flu vaccine. I was civic minded. I was patriotic. I was willing to take a hit to the gut if it meant subjecting myself to inconvenience for the public good. In October of that year, my husband and I went to Walgreens to get our flu vaccine. He is 12 years older than me. He is the one that went up to the pharmacy register to request our vaccines. After a brief wait, we were summoned to a small room and given our vaccine. We went home. By that night I was my typical after shot side effects. Next

What Goes Around, Comes Around

It has been almost 10 years since I felt I had something to say. Maybe it is time to break my silence.

Arizona- Symptoms of Desperation

I was born and raised in Arizona. I have family that still lives there. I feel justified in writing about the latest Immigration Law and the national uproar over it. For those of you comfortable in your cities, towns, neighborhoods and just driving down the street to go to church or do shopping, put yourself in the shoes of the people that have to live in Arizona. Try to imagine seeing your American culture being erased slowly over the years and you realize you were somehow transported to Tijuana, Mexico. The news is full of innocent victims of robbery, rape, kidnapping, etc. You are afraid to go out at night. The problems are real, the fear is justified. So, should the Arizonians just give up and turn over their portion of America over to illegals just so you don't have to be inconvenienced or bothered with solving this problem? Its not going to go away. It is spreading and it is coming to a neighborhood near you. Let me tell you about Arizonians. They are not going to let their s

Part Time Americans - Full Time Hornets

I have been sifting through the Health Care Bill. Giving my eyes a moment to uncross themselves a thought came to me. All throughout the Bill are references to full time employees. The requirement for employers to provide coverage to full time employees and their families. Also the requirements for all Americans to get coverage. There are provisions for those making under a set amount in income to recieve credit from the government to aid in the purchase of the health insurance, but few people will be exempt from it. Would it be a shock to us, if businesses large and small simply reduced the hours of their employees to no longer have as many "full time" employees as they had, and add to their ranks a larger pool of "part time" employees? That would get businesses off the hook. What about the workers? If you think times are bad now with high unemployment, wait to see what they are like when the hard working back bone of society is reduced to part time employment. The

The Man With The Power

Learned this morning of the FBI arresting members of a religious militia called the Hutaree. I am relieved that these people are being exposed. It is good to see that the FBI was able to stop them before somebody got hurt or killed. Sadly I wonder how many more groups like them that are out there. Don't get me wrong, I do believe in gun rights. In fact I agree with some people that think gun control means using both hands and taking careful aim, however, people like these Hutaree are just plain crazy. Their big mistake was resorting to plans to use guns as a means to protect their concerns. They should have done what the Black Panthers did to the voters at one the the Philadelphia voting places on November 4, 2008. They should have walked around shouting verbal intimidation and sporting a night stick. Of course the naughty men involved in that incident did get into a little bit of trouble. Since it was only just the national election for our President, the nation's Attorney Gen

National Health Care Is What God Wants: Oh Really?

I don't know much about football but I have often heard of the Hail Mary Pass referred to as a desperate act. When I began hearing high profile advocates of Obama's Health Care Reform proclaiming it as "what God wants", I couldn't help but think of that football phrase. Why would they even resort to that? Does anybody believe that any one of those politicians really cares what God wants? Who's God are they referring to? From what holy text do they base their statement upon? I am no expert on the Bible but there is a lot of things we are not suppose to do in that book. Where are amendments to the Health Care Reform bill outlawing those as well? In fact with almost any politically sensitive issue that involves "christian morals", the argument is usually a self righteous and one sided view. I have yet to see Christians throwing out their TV sets and cancelling their cable or satellite services due to all the immoral programs churning out of the entertai