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The Ordinary Citizen's Rebuttal to the Bloviating of Republicans About the State of the Union Address. Dear Republicans, Teabaggers and Conservatives: Kudos for selecting Marco Rubio to respond to the President's remarks.  In doing so, you have relegated him to Bobby "I've reached the peak of my political career" Jindal status.  It's all down hill from here, Marco.  I expected a

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I know I haven't written for a while, and I'm sorry for it (this seems to be a recurring theme, I think)!  I suppose I should just go ahead and share with you that I'm suffering a form of writers block--an overwhelming sense of frustration and deep-seeded anger.  Yep, I'm just pissed off beyond belief, it's as simple as that.  It's hard to write anything reasonable when I'm fuming,

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I've had a hard time coming up with anything positive to say about our government lately.  The entire institution is so broken and it's not even secretly broken anymore.  The Republican/Tea Party faction has gotten pretty blatant about what they plan to do.  Over the course of the campaign, Pennsylvania passed the strictest (and most absurd) voter ID law in the nation and the

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copyright Warner Brothers, Inc. After a brief hiatus to enjoy the holidays with my family, I'm back to blogging on the issues that matter to us all, both large and small.  Welcome 2013 and with it, a shiny new 113th Congress.  As 2012 rolled to its close with the country standing on the edge of the precipice like Wile E. Coyote, I held a tiny spark of hope that the 113th edition of

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Like most of you, I've been busy gearing up for the holidays!  The presents are wrapped in sparkling, colorful paper and shiny, curly ribbons.  The cookies are baked and oh, so sweet.  The lights on my Christmas tree are a source of joy to me, as I love those twinkling lights.  The best part is that I will be sharing the holidays with the people I love most, either in person,

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This is a Bushmaster AR-15 .223 caliber semi-automatic assault rifle.  This is the last thing that 20 Children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT ever saw in their far too brief lives.  This is not a weapon that people use to go hunting.  This is a weapon of mass destruction.  The clip in the picture holds 30 rounds of ammunition.  When the shooter pulls

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Dear Brian and Mike, So you have the unmitigated gall to stand before this nation and tell us that the reason a mad man took the lives of 26 innocent human beings, including 20 small children is because there is no organized prayer in school.  You said that god doesn't go where he is not welcome and therefore, god wasn't present at the school. I'd very much like to put your theory to the

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I don't always play by the rules--as a parent, I'm supposed to send my kid to school rain or shine unless she's sick or I have another "legitimate" reason for keeping her home.  I have a feeling the school's administration would not view cookie-baking day as a legitimate excuse, and so it was yesterday.  Tabitha and I devoted our day to flour, sugar, butter, chocolate chips and copious

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In 2001, the United States invaded Afghanistan in an effort to bring Osama bin Laden to justice, dismantle al-Qaeda, and to eradicate the Taliban from leadership in that country.  Here we are at the end of December, 2012 and the war rages on.  We've been at war in Afghanistan for over twelve years now--America's longest war.  As of today, 2,138 of our soldiers have given their

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Once upon a time (last summer), Senator Mitch McConnell proposed an idea, which was attached to a law called The Budget Control Act of 2011.   In his proposition, which Congress named "The McConnell Proposition", for Congress is very clever when it names things.  Senator Turtle McConnell proposed that when the national debt that is subject to the statutory debt limit comes within $

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With so much happening on the political scene, it's a random rants kind of day.   First up, today is National Call In Day to tell your representatives in Congress that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid have no place in the deficit debate.  Just call the number, key in your zip code and you will be automatically redirected to your representative's office.  I made the call and

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In a world dominated by Wal-Mart with it's poor treatment of employees and where you hear stories about corporations like Hostess who bestow 1.8 million dollars in bonuses to its executives while dismissing their workforce as the company shuts its doors, it's so easy to view corporate entities as soulless monsters.  There is seldom any good news to report in the world of big business.  

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It would be in my personal best interest to never, ever meet John Boehner in person.  He would most certainly get the short end of the stick were that meeting to ever take place.   The man (and I use that term loosely), is an affront to woman kind, and an affront to the real men in this country. Let's face it.  Women and men are different and that is just a fact of biology and

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Today, I found myself both perplexed and enraged.  Here's why: Allen West just can't understand why he's unemployed.  He was recently quoted by a reporter from his posh Florida home, wondering, "Why would anyone want to get rid of a guy who is...just an American success story?  I'm not some guy that came from a rich political family or anything like that, I'm just an everyday guy

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I think we can all agree that Congress is woefully broken.  Especially the 112th Congress with its Tea Party heavy faction.  This is the true definition of the "Do Nothing Congress." As of November 27, 2012, the 112th Congress has passed a total of 200 pieces of legislation.  That's a lot less than the original "Do Nothing Congress" as named by Harry Truman.  That

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I've had it up to my eyeballs with the religious right.  They're ruining my country, ruining the American way of life and causing a lot of suffering.  Religious leaders are the consummate definition of hypocrisy, and I've had enough.  I will not rest until the line that separates church and state is long, wide and very, very vivid.  Religious leaders and their blind, devout

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Question of the day: What do you think of when you think of filibusters?  If you're like me, and a lot of other people in this country, you think of the Jimmy Stewart classic film, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.  The film should be required viewing for any Congressperson before being sworn into office.  This is what a filibuster used to look like.  One dedicated man (or

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It's just this simple--it's us against them.  There are two sets of people in this world--CEO's,  and the people that work for them.  The CEO's are very, very wealthy people and so are their shareholders.  They want to keep all of their money.  They don't want to invest in the country that gave them the opportunity to build their very large corporation.  They expect

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I'm a fan of snack cakes.  I absolutely love those horribly-bad-for-you, filled with sugar and a bunch of other ingredients not found in nature, sugar rush gems.  I always heard, and believed that there were two things on planet earth that could survive a nuclear holocaust; cockroaches and Twinkies.  Sadly, my beloved Twinkies couldn't survive the insanity that is the Hostess

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I gotta tell you that I'm pretty damned sick of idiots trying to manipulate my elected officials.  There's a battle going on in Washington, DC and in case you haven't met this master manipulator, it's high time you did, because if you've got a Republican representing you in Congress, there are excellent odds that he's manipulating (or trying to manipulate) your Congressperson or Senator. &

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On the occasion of Thanksgiving, I would like to take the opportunity to thank the readers of this blog, It Matters.  What started as a way to vent my opinions has come to mean a great deal to me.  I know some of you visit regularly, and that you take that time to read what I have to say (usually) daily, is incredible and humbling to me.  Last night this blog received it's 2,000th

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Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.  It's the gateway to the Holiday rush, and the madness of conspicuous consumption.  Even though its the holiday of unbridled gluttony, Thanksgiving has a warm spot in my heart.  For many people, Thanksgiving has extended to a new tradition--Black Friday shopping.  The day after Thanksgiving is the bellwether for retailers for the Holiday

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I love a good conspiracy theory.  I'm endlessly fascinated by stories that claim that not everything is as it seems and I get extra excited when those stories turn out to be not only plausible, but credible.  Such as it is with this story.  What started for me as a delicious conspiracy story has turned from plausible to perhaps even likely.  I'll leave it up to you to decide

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Dear GOP,    You've been talking a lot lately about whether or not the voters issued a mandate in the last election.  A lot of you deny that we did.  Lately, most of you have been acting a lot more like ostriches than leaders.  You don't have the luxury of doing your ostrich impression anymore--get your heads out of the sand and pay attention.  If you continue  

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Dear Senator McCain:    You've managed to get yourself front and center of the cameras again and at this point, I've no doubt that you're feeling pretty proud of yourself.  You and Lindsey Graham have hatched yourselves a plan and it seems to be coming together without a hitch.  I thought you might like to know what's on the minds of the people of America.  By that, I

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