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It’s Your Tax Dollar – Should Headstone Changes Be Made for Deceased Veterans at the Expense of Veterans in Nursing Homes, Increasing Your State’s Medicaid Payments?

Opinion:  Patricia Johnson Every once in a while I’ll read something and simply shake my head in disbelief.  H.R. 2701 basically falls into that category.  Before I continue, it’s necessary to explain my thoughts on death.  I don’t want anyone … Continue reading

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Equality, The Essence of Life – Part II – Our Number One Problem

By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath Part one of this series dealt with an excellent solution for dealing with the extraordinary income equalities we are now facing in this country. The solution was offered by Economist, Milton Friedman, … Continue reading

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The Two Sides of Truth a.k.a. Deficit 101

Opinion by Patricia L Johnson We can generally assume there are two sides to any statement, which has been made abundantly clear in the Treyvon Martin, George Zimmerman shooting. There is the George Zimmerman version that he shot the young … Continue reading

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Starting Over with a Super Committee

By Patricia L Johnson The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform was created on February 18, 2010 by President Barack Obama. Section 2 & 3 outline membership selection of this commission as follows: Sec. 2. Membership. The Commission shall … Continue reading

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Two Years – The length of their term, and their level of maturity

By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath Another day and nothing in sight yet that looks like it might be an end to the debt ceiling argument. The economy keeps getting worse which is exactly what the Republicans want … Continue reading

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You can lead a Horse to Water, but you cannot make it Drink, Write a Letter or Make a Call.

By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath You voted the Republicans in – now vote them out. We don’t need a National election for you to tell the GOP what you think of their refusal to increase the debt … Continue reading

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An Open Letter to Members of Congress

By Richard E Walrath It doesn’t matter if you’re in the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, or if you are a Republican, Democrat or Independent, the people of the U.S. need your help now. The latest Associated Press … Continue reading

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Is This the End of the Democratic Party and the End of Democracy?

By Richard E Walrath and Patricia L Johnson It’s a total campaign on the part of the Republicans. First, elect a president to appoint right-wingers to the Supreme Court – Roberts and Alito. Done. Next, get a SC ruling that … Continue reading

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ELECTION 2014

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE        REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE PRESIDENT (elected for a four-year term) Barack Obama (D) Incumbent, next election 2016). U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (elected for a two-year term) Total (435) U.S. House Members will be up for election to the 114th Congress U.S. SENATE (six-year term, split … Continue reading

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from The White House

The State of the Union and You Tomorrow at 9 p.m. EST, the President will deliver the State of the Union address. Find out how you can get involved in the State of the Union and ask your questions of … Continue reading

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GOP Definition of “Cut Spending”

An opinion by Patricia L Johnson The GOP’s Opening Argument: Cut Spending, Cut Spending, Cut Spending is an article written on January 3, 2011, by Derek Thompson and published in the Business section of The Atlantic. Thompson confirms what we … Continue reading

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GOP – Going Overboard on Pelosi

   By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath Fox News, reporting with their usual fair and [un]balanced flair published a special report Monday titled “Pelosi Did Nothing With Knowledge About Enhanced Interrogation Techniques” [1] The story indicates Speaker of … Continue reading

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