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Well, the round of end-year Florida assholery begins. I was just cut off by someone from the State Troopers who wanted...what else?...a donation.

As I was telling him I'm not my mother, I told him all the things that have gone wrong this year. Cancer, radiation, shingles, and as I was about to say "rotator cuff rippage", I heard a fading voice, a disgusted laugh, and CLICK.

Um, Rick Scott? Maybe if you taxed more of these rich white old male fucks who love to play golf and build nothing but Walmarts? You wouldn't feel the need to hang up on women like me.

And the next time I see ANYTHING on the phone with a 407 exchange? I'm going to click the phone on, NOT wait for the person to talk, and just hang up.

Miserable scumbag bastards down here. I'm so glad I'm an independent.

Words from Willow, My Fave Canadian

directly from one of my favorite Canadian astrologers...

"Don't ever doubt yourself.
Don't ever let them reframe your experience into something more palatable and comfortable for them.
What you're doing, reaching the points of authenticity and honesty that you are reaching, is highly effective, and that's why it's such a threat to those who wish to maintain establishment status quo as you go."

Plutonian sense. Haven't blogged in a while because I'm too busy on other sites. And of course, the new audience I know is reading me, whom I despise.

Two definitions I love from the glossary of psychiatric terminology...

"projection: A defense mechanism, operating unconsciously, in which what is emotionally unacceptable in the self is unconsciously rejected and attributed (projected) to others."

"primary gain: The relief from emotional conflict and the freedom from anxiety achieved by a defense mechanism. Contrast with secondary gain."

Too many people I have encountered use these two things against me and I am tired of it. I guess I'm Plutonian.

But some of you need medication. STAT.

You know who you are.

Gotta see Xmen before it disappears in the theatre. Love my comic strips.

Cupid Memories...

This, one of my favorite shows ever, first premiered on ABC the night of February 14, 1989. I was in my senior year in high school. I was feeling sick that day, and kind of sad. I was in love with a guy who was about to join the Marines and still pining over my first love, who would not have me at all despite my hoping.

This song struck me so deeply that when the initial six episodes ended, I was astounded to hear that the show had fired the entire crew and most of the cast and the show was put on "hiatus." That's tv-speak for "cancelled until we say otherwise."
Imagine my surprise when a year later, a DJ put on the ENTIRE song in the middle of the afternoon. I was in college at that point. I raced to the phone, but couldn't get through. Where, oh where, could I get a copy of this song? Was it a single? Was it a promo? I wondered.

Fast forward to 1991: the show was about to return, but the lyrics did not. They reworked the entire cast, the crew, but no lyrics. I was crestfallen. I remembered the one line, "anything but hearts that beat like thunder" and waited, waited, hoped and prayed that someone would restore the original episodes.

This show was officially canceled during the 1992 season. That's tv for ya.

Two years passed. On February 7, 1993 the channel that would become Lifetime acquired ALL of the episodes in syndication. I fell over because I knew I would FINALLY get to hear my theme song during the original six episodes. February 13, 1991 was my friend Dano's birthday. I called him and he laughed. I was NOT going out that night.

And then it played. My song. I actually hooked up the sound into my VCR thru my stereo and recorded it on a cassette tape. Then I looped the cassette recording three times so I wouldn't have to rewind. I never found out who the DJ was that day on CD101, a station that is now gone, too. Quincy Jones I am NOT, but I still have that cassette tape with me and I played it today.

I was thrilled when I went on the internet last night and found that someone had put this up. Enjoy.

Sometimes our best Valentines are bittersweet.

(and I am still looking for the full song...)

Alissa's 2010 Grand Prix Win

Here she is! I found this on youtube. So nice to hear February Sea from George Winston. The last time this music was used was when the Duschenays skated their "mirror" program at 1991 Europeans. They abandoned it and later won at Worlds.

Love the costume, too. Enjoy!

Mr. Lopez? Your Soul called...it's missing!

Well, this whole thing with Arizona apparently stirred up a shit storm with Joe Lopez, a person I knew from 1986 when my best friend went out with him. (Since I out no one without their permission, I'll call her Sheena, because she dug Charlie Sheen.)I have very distinct memories of this Joe, particularly when Sheena broke up with him to move onto someone who was a little less intense in early Spring 1987. Joe, out in the dust, decided to contact me at the end of the summer of 1987 to try and--I remember this so vividly--"win her back." He sounded contrite, sad, and I thought, hey, I'll talk to the guy. Breakups suck, they're painful. Who knows? I might get an adventure out of this, too, he's got a car and we like the same music. So, it began. In a McDonald's on 24th Avenue. A tenuous link, a meeting. Fast forward to Sheena meeting the love of her life and a few kids later, we're all older, Joe and I hung out no more, I moved on, he moved on. Here's the quirks that caused me to question his character.

I found him to be jealous, possessive, and seeking an identity of some sort. This was particularly funny since I wasn't his girlfriend, I was his friend. I went with him in 1990 to an engagement party because he needed a date. We flirted and what not, but I think it had more to do with the spiked punch than with him. He wanted more, but I was already working on a crush named Paul at my college. Joe pushed, I didn't cave in. I walked away. Perhaps I should have been more clear in my intentions, but you can't ask for the world from a confused 18 year old such as myself. I had already given my virginity to a monster. I didn't want to make another mistake so soon. My last contact with Joe was a Merry Christmas in 1990 and running into him at Pier 16 in 1992.

But back to the present. These past few weeks have presented some of the biggest changes I've seen in the last four years of my life. I might be moving back to NYC and I don't know where I'm going to live, other than with my current Staten Island friends. Mom has stage 1 breast cancer and we are dealing with incompetent offices and Humana healthcare, one of the worst in the country. Humana has an 88% market share in the South. NYC kicked them out in the mid-90's. Memorial Sloan Kettering would be the best place for mom, but she chose to live in FL. Dexter and Akasha, my old cats, will have to stay with her since my living situation is up in the air. She's stressed. I'm stressed. Facebook has not only provided a link to the outside world for me, but also a reconnection to those that not only know me, but went to school with me, lived with me, saw me grow, work, change from about 1978 up to this present day. Quite a tool, this social media.

And so, I made my announcement about mom last week. People were and are concerned. Joe says nothing. I post pictures of my late father, whom Joe met on many occasions. Silence. Then, Arizona happens. A crazy guy with a gun shoots a congresswoman in the head, kills ??? people including a nine year old girl, and I mention how the hateful speech that always seems to come from the right might have had something to do with this. JOE JUMPS ON ME LIKE A MARTINI AT A COCKTAIL PARTY. Sympathy? No. Just a crack about how I'm a stupid democrat, which is not true. I am a registered independent. In fact, if you'd to look it up, I'm in Lake County, FL. Call their board of elections in Tavares. They'll tell you. But, like the old Bushie argument, if I'm not "with" Joe, I must be against him. Two posts, one that I absolutely saw red and deleted immediately and the other, "OOPS. DEMOCRAT." Um, NO, asshole. INDEPENDENT. LIKE BERNIE SANDERS OF VERMONT. Do you even know who he is? I doubt it. That means I think the GOP is full of shit and the Dems are pissing me off, and they are. Obama sold out to big interests. He's Bush lite. I'm beginning to get angry at him, but I'm not about to give up or vote for Nader, when he runs again, which he will.

This attack, if you don't know is an Ad Hominem argument. A favorite among conservative republicans. It is known as a "logical fallacy" linking a particular argument to the personal beliefs or traits of the person making the argument. Now, some of you may not be familiar with this blog. Some of you may not know the depth of my family, particularly my father's side. While he may have been an alcoholic and a gambler, he was also schooled by Jesuits (google them, they are Morpheus in the Catholic Matrix.) His cousins became doctors, lawyers, forensic psychologists, union delegates who worked for steamfitters, teamsters, pressmen in addition to the AFL-CIO. They know how to argue. They know the facts. They use the facts to win. PLUS given the fact that we are Irish and defend the written word and logic at every turn. (Google the monks in abbeys who risked their lives writing bibles longhand and other books that were banned by the British in the 1400's. This is my lineage.)Books, not tv, were my babysitters when a teenage girl was not available. Joe seems incapable of remembering this. My beliefs make up who I am, but not what I am. The argument, unequivocably, stands by and for itself. You spew hate? Hate results. Hate festers, then comes the violence. Put lax gun laws into the hands of a disturbed and socially awkward individual and you have this past Saturday unfolding before you like a bloody tablecloth. Am I wrong? No. Pick up today's NY Times, Dallas Daily News, LA Times or Tempe Sun. Sarah Palin uses crosshairs on a map and this governor is targeted? You think someone wouldn't try and do something with that? It's no longer enough that the freakish right in this country decide NOT to say anything, they refuse to DO anything. Words have consequences. This kid obviously knew he had no future and decided to take it out on government. People are fed up. Perhaps, Mr. Lopez is pissed that I did not write that I DO NOT CONDONE VIOLENCE IN ANY FORM. But don't attack me for what I didn't say rather than what I did say.

Joe? I'm truly saddened that I had to defriend you. I'm even more saddened that I blocked you in a blind fit of rage because now, you won't be able to read this, unless one of our mutual friends (and there aren't many) decideds to link this post on their FB profile. I wouldn't dare ask, but I have no intention of begging you for your mercy. My previous posts show that I tried to have a decent conversation that was logical, merciful, and filled with facts on my personal position. Still, you chose to insult, attack and vilify me. I'm not that skinny little big-boobed blonde you remember from the early 90's. I have acquired quite the education and quite the fury. You chose not to go to college. From what I remember, you were a security guard, then you dabbled in acting with the Pompeii Players troupe, then you went off to Wall Street right before the crash of 1987. I don't remember what you did after that, and I really don't care. What it seems to me is that you were looking for an identity. Which of course, running off into the armed services would fit perfectly. Something in your psych profile would most likely have seen that 1) you fit a certain moral obligation, which the army/navy/marines adores; and 2) you'd be a good part of a group, a team. In order for that to work, you give up a civilian mentality, which, at this point, I question was ever there. And lastly, 3) you're a minority. Any way you slice it, that's really the only way a minority in this country can make any money. If it comes from being a veteran.

Now, I know I must seem petulant and rude. I don't mean to be. Your service is honorable and I have a few friends overseas. I have also given money and donations such as care packages and books thru my local church groups and military friends' families. I don't regret this. But I do question: where does the voice of the individual fit inside the paradigm of the military? When you're off-duty, do you switch your thinking? That would be quite the psychological trick, if you ask me. Compartmentalizing is quite the state to maintain. I hear it's rampant among serial killers, now that I think of it. But, I digress.

If you choose to attack me, let me point out some of your contradictions. Here's where the lawyer blood of my relatives kicks in.

Joe, you say you are against huge government and believe in low taxes. Then, pray tell, why are you living in Sacramento, CA? That's one of the highest taxed state besides NY City, where you come from. Let me play devil's advocate and state that it could be that you're hispanic? If you lived in the south, where I do (very much against my will), you'd be as good as black, and we know how they feel about blacks in the south. The only difference, as I heard one redneck say, is that hispanics know how to swim. Even Kjou, my jamaican buddy, laughed at this one!

You say you are against socialism. Obama is not a socialist. Bernie Sanders of VT is a socialist, but something tells me you're not up on your representatives the way I am. I have watched hours of Cspan and CNN much to the dismay of former roommates, boyfriends, and yes, mom. Obama's most recent vote to give a giant tax cut to the rich is not new, it's an expansion of existing Bush policy. I'd figure you'd agree with that. Or, are you just pissed that he's black? Parts of the GOP would see you as exactly the same color, so I don't understand defending those that basically wouldn't have you. They wouldn't. I live in a 96% white area. These people hate tans. That's why they call them rednecks: they're permanently sunburned.

You say you don't want handouts. Ok. I agree with that. But about the unemployment that millions of people, including myself, already paid into. None of you seem to mention that. That money has already been put aside. At least for the first 26 weeks, it was. In NYC. I'm not up on state laws past this mishegoss of Sept. 2008 when the banks almost collapse. Again, Obama wasn't in office, so you can't blame him. The initial stimulus was released BEFORE the November 2008 elections. True, Obama continued afterwards with the second bit in early 2009. But you can't blame the gov't for being up Goldman Sachs's ass. They aren't named Government Sachs for no reason.

And while we're speaking of handouts, I find it interesting that you grew up, at least partially, in Coney Island. Was that public housing on West 29th Street? Or am I wrong? I don't remember begin buzzed into Seagate, and I have friends that live there. Again, this famous Irish memory of mine. It's like a steel trap. So, handouts piss you off, you wouldn't do public housing ever again? What if you had no place else to live? Would you take one of your rifles and turn into Ted Kasczynski? Now that would be truly hilarious.

And lastly, I have to mention this: is this a bit of a Napoleon complex I see? I mean, this country is not nice to short men. Eminem is a stunning example. Great rapper, but I wouldn't want to date him. Too many issues! No, I take that back. He's got subscriptions.

I also have to wonder if your need for power really resides in the true focus of conservative republican beliefs or perhaps the deep-seated need to align yourself with some kind of power. They are the party of 'No' and mostly to middle class and minorities such as yourself. Your name is Jose, not Joe. Anyway you slice it, you're not white. Never will be, and I doubt you'll ever have their money, either. Talk about a contradiction!

Did this need for power cause your two divorces? I know firsthand your track record with women, so jesus, that has to suck. And don't throw in my face that we 'tried' to go out. I never had any intention of sleeping with you, and after all this shit? I don't regret it one bit.

And here's my last kicker. You seem to be ok with some of the rhetoric that has come out of the mouths of your party, and I haven't heard you complain about AZ's lax gun laws, their mental health services being cut, or even the fact that their immigration policies are targeting other hispanics just like yourself. Now, mind you, while you were born here, and I don't know if you ever spoke spanish, did it ever occur to you that if you were driving into AZ that YOU might be stopped and asked for papers? You're OK with this? What if you got some crazy cop or a state trooper with an attitude? Do you think your NY accent and record would save you? You might be detained. Hell, you might even get the beatdown of your life. But I don't hear you say anything. Again, you wanna jump on me for what I didn't say? Works both ways, babe. Really.

What is truly a shame is how you didn't see the ways in which I grew and educated myself throughout these past twenty years. I was more than a bouncy 34 D blonde who you were hoping to fuck, I became a woman--NOT a girl!--of dignity, intelligence, class and progress. I will not give away or give up my beliefs simply because your ego can't take it. Did anyone ever tell you that there's a difference between theory and application? A difference between ideology and actuality? No. It's all the same to you. And I'm just a sad little liberal with shit for brains who should shut up, know my place and go away? Men like you are the reason I'm still single. I refuse to beg, I will not obey, and I will never watch any of you sell my dignity, my integrity, on an installlment plan simply because you're too fucking insecure about the ways of the world. I feel sorry for you. I feel even sorrier for your son. I hope to god he doesn't end up with the provincial bullshit clogging his brain that has taken the memory of a guy I knew and liked so well to this person in front of me. I feel really stupid that I reached out to you. You popped into my head, and poof! There you were on facebook. I should have seen it as a sign that you didn't reach out to me.

The Joe I knew is now relegated to the scrapheap of my history. You are forever in my past, a photograph, a memory from long ago. I hope you find your way, but there's a lot of soul searching I think you have to do. Telling me and my ilk what you think we are? It just doesn't cut it. I don't need to hear it and my own mother was deeply surprised.

"People change, Annie. You can't stop the tide rolling over," she told me just last night.

So, true, Mom. My fight now is thru the myriad mazes this shit healthcare system in this country has set up. Let's hope she doesn't die in the process. I know that you don't care.

Like I said, Goodbye, Joe. I'm sick of your shit.

Ad Hominem Attacks from Mr. Lopez

Well, here's where it began. November 2, 2010. The Midterm elections. The governor's post in NYC up for grabs. I might be in FL, but I am returning to NYC, hopefully soon. Jose Angel Lopez (he calls himself Joe), who now lives in Sacramento, decides to put his two cents in. Apparently, he doesn't know the woman I've become. This is the beginning, pasted from facebook, verbatim. I have taken out other's comments so not to out them on this blog. Mr. Lopez will no longer have that courtesy.

(My post) Vote! I did and I feel better. To my NY peeps: I beg of you, do not choose Palladino! Write in Pee Wee Herman if you have to, not that racist evil turd homophobe!


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November 2, 2010 at 7:45pm •
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Joe Lopez
Alot of people vote Democrat for various reasons. But do they really know what they brought to the White house? Do they even know what Obama's true agenda is? Do they know what Socialism is and how it is a system that has been proven to be ...failure. That is why myself will NOT vote Democrat. Republicans are definitely NOT perfect but at least they are for limited Government,low taxes and NO Obama care. Among other things as well. That is what I support. So,unfortunately the Democrat agenda does not coincide with my beliefs and I will always vote against them as long as they want to take this country to a bad place. Punishing success and rewarding failure seems to be the mantra of the Obama regime. People need to closely examine Obama's intentions before the next Presidential election rolls around. I have Democrat friends and hopefully never lose their friendship. We as Americans have the right to vote as we wish. Freedom is awesome...let's preserve that right.See More
November 2, 2010 at 11:56pm •
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Anne Louise Kennedy No prob. I deleted the last 2 posts. FB has been "bouncing" tonite. I went to post on a pic and it came up twice. Freedom is all good and fine, and I do not seek thinhgs blindly. Neither do my friends currently in my life.
November 3, 2010 at 1:03am •
o (NOW THIS IS WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING. ONCE AGAIN, I HAVE TO DEFEND MYSELF TO SOMEONE WHOM I'VE NEVER JUMPED ON FOR HIS BELIEFS. I MAKE A COMMENT, AND GET A LECTURE.)
Anne Louise Kennedy This is the last time I will explain my position. What you did not see for the last 20 yrs, Joe, is that I grew up to be a very educated woman. I decided on journalism because I wanted to be in on the news. Like my father, my grandfather, two cousins, one uncle, and other relatives. I covered city hall when Giuliani was in office. I got to see him up close with the cameras off.
November 3, 2010 at 1:08am •
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Anne Louise Kennedy I got to work at Associated Press for almost six years until PCOS, fibromyalgia, and general burnout led me to quit. My health is in jeopardy and I cannot afford healthcare. I've also had two cancer scares: my breast and my ovary. I support healthcare for all for its ethics, and let's not forget my mom is a registered nurse. My parents are union. We would have been in poverty if they werent, and we barely got by.
November 3, 2010 at 1:15am •
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Anne Louise Kennedy
I will never turn my back on someone less than me, given my mother's deep catholicism. I might have chosen the druid ways of my ancestors, but her faith does not carry an "end times" scenario, just a quiet strength that has pushed her into ...her 73rd year. You will never get me to see things your way. It's not who I am. I opted to post all of this here not only for those to see, but so my space wouldnt run out. Posts of this nature will be dealt with in email messages in the future. Love me or hate me, this is who I am. My past shaped me. And there's many who feel just the same.***EDITED OUT
November 3, 2010 at 1:21am •
(ENTER THE DRAGON MANIFESTO.)
Anne Louise Kennedy I believe the middle class is being hollowed out. I believe people ARE more important than corporations. Money does not make you who you are, and the one who dies with the most toys does not necessarily win. Nice guys might finish last, but I guarantee that the guy who stomped and stabbed his way to the front will always be remembered as an asshole.
November 3, 2010 at 1:25am •
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Anne Louise Kennedy
I believe in a woman's right to choose. I am a staunch feminist as well as a free spirit. I am a gay activist. I grew up in dance studios and ice rinks. 27 of my close friends are dead of AIDS, either by sex or by needles from heroin. I did... not judge them. I tried to understand them. I believe in the separation of church and state. I believe in specifics, not broad blanket statements that attack, smear and destroy. You wanna call me a tree hugger? Go right ahead, druids love trees. My personal beliefs have shaped my politics. I am being true to my culture, too.
November 3, 2010 at 1:34am •
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Anne Louise Kennedy
A few years ago, someone asked me what the Irish perfected. I answered: politics, religion, poetry, sarcasm, and defiance. I have plenty of friends in Europe. My passports been stamped a few times. Socialism for them blends a mix of private... and public, and it works for them. The free market needs a bit o'regulation and for manufacturing to return to this country, as well as better education, for this country to rise again. And I've been researching this for some time. You may not agree. but you wont change my mind. That's who I've become. No apologies, and only a few regrets. ;-)
November 3, 2010 at 1:41am •
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Anne Louise Kennedy all other posts of a poltical nature will be short and sweet. Any responses past 3 lines will be deleted and then I deal with the person in email. More of my current friends think progressively, not conservatively. For this I-- WE--will never apologize.
November 3, 2010 at 12:26pm •


This is the first post. Now I'm going to give you the national election side of this. He had more to say, very condescending. I was not impressed. Read on...

Anne Louise Kennedy
Whew. Cuomo is in. O'Donnell a/k/a "Witchy Pooh" went down in flames. Rubio is going to clusterfuck FL into worse shape than it's in, and I should know: I've been in hell for 1.5 yrs now. Anyone remember Bill Clinton & 1994? History DOES repeat, I hope to god(dess) we can survive...

November 2, 2010 at 9:28pm
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Joe Lopez
I take it you are a Dem. Oh well. I'll still be your friend. I am neither..I side with the conservatives for the preservation of America as it always was. (Funny, Joe, you're not white and have never been rich!) I have absolutely no interest in Socialism and Government prying into almost every aspect of our lives. I am afraid that it will come to American vs. American eventually if that idiot in the White house succeeds.

November 2, 2010 at 11:17pm
Anne Louise Kennedy
no,actually I have voted independently since I could vote. I see you did not read my profile. (notice my calm.) I've voted for moderate republicans as well as dems at the local levels since 1994, and this year I voted for Crist. Giuliani turned NYC around, but he became a megalomaniac in his second term. And as for the comment, I'll still be your friend, I laughed. Is this third grade? (now my Irish gets up, I can really lose it if I don't try hard) Why do I have to explain why I vote the way I do? The fact remains: you've been out of my life for 20 years. I can remember the good times [with joe], but they are in the past. 2% of this country owns 98% of the wealth. I see the middle class falling to hell. I see people with masters degrees being forced to babysit and clean houses because corporate america fires anyone over the age of 55--and I have seen this happen [to me]in two previous jobs--is a thing I do not understand. A country with no manufacturing base will not stand. I have a right to say something about that. Just because you don't agree with me will not change my mind. I don't tell you how to live, so what's with the lecture? It's not going to change anything. Knowing the source is understanding the position. We disagree. That doesn't make me anything less because I don't see it your way. ***edited out

November 3, 2010 at 8:47am • Like
Joe Lopez
First of all...I am NOT trying to lecture you. (Really? Sounds like it) And my comment about still being your friend WAS intended to make you laugh. My main beef is the whole Socialism thing and Big Government. I don't want them dictating and infringing upon my freedoms...especially because I am a war veteran. (who pointed guns at Iraqis to remind them who was in charge of their freedom? hmmmph) Too many of my fellow brothers and sisters died to protect our freedoms and I will do anything to continue to preserve our ways. It is idiotic to reward failure (the middle class?) and punish success (rich banks that fucked the public/economy?)! I am tired of these lazy,unmotivated morons out there that DO NOT want to work and expect a handout! Too many people rely on Government for almost everything. (like you did when you lived in public housing?) These lazy asses need to take responsibilty for their own actions! If I decide to not go to college and get a good career going..then that is my bad! This is the country of opportunity and prosperity. (for the rich, Joe. I don't see you with Donald Trump money.) You are responsible for your destiny. I am also tired of people blaming the "Man". Go out and work hard for what you want and stop relying on Gov't to wipe your ass! (Not you...just hypothetical.) MIGHT AS WELL BE ME, I'M IN THE SITUATION. STILL, I REMAIN CALM.
November 3, 2010 at 12:49pm •

•Anne Louise Kennedy
I agree with that. I never had to take any handouts until I lost my three part time jobs. Then I had to turn to the govt and thank god for it or I would have starved. If I am paying taxes and I vote, why have my interests gone out the window? I should have taken cantonese in high school because that's where the jobs are: china. We need to save the middle class. Lazy people will always be lazy. I'm talking about hardworking educated people who've been thrown to the wolves. That's the group that needs the most help. Your side cares about numbers and budgets not people. That has to change. *** EDITED OUT
November 3, 2010 at 12:58pm •

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Joe Lopez Something has to be done. Socialism is not the answer. I am all about taking care of Americans. I hate corpotrate greed as much as u do. As far as Govt help..yeah if you worked hard and earned that..then if you need it...by all means use it. Ie:unemployment. (IE MEANS FOR EXAMPLE. I THINK HE MEANT RE: WHICH IS 'REGARDING.')
November 3, 2010

And this is how it began. I realize I haven't blogged in a while. So, I'll let you swallow this in small doses. My next post, which is late, Mom and I are dealing with doctors this week contains what I really need to say. It's necessary. For my dignity and my purpose. Even my childhood best friend (and perhaps my only, couldn't replace her if I tried) and Joe's ex-girlfriend, came to my defense! I didn't see that coming.

Lemme get some tea and I'll begin. With Joe. With FL. With the GOP and Arizona in general. I cannot sit quietly anymore.