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I am a 60-plus widow, retired after almost 40 years in the newspaper business. My love of politics was learned, first, from my father, a small-town Justice of the Peace for 18 years, then, my husband, a national award-winning reporter and White House Press Corps member for the Houston Post. I met and married him when he came to South Texas, having bought several small papers.
Like most Deep South Texas residents, I am a lifelong Democrat, but that is not etched in stone; I am open to other parties' candidates if I deem them better qualified.
15 Minutes of Fame: First woman elected to my city council.
I joined Propeller to learn more -- about everything. My life's motto is: A day without learning something new is a wasted day.
"When I gave food to the poor, they called me a saint. When I asked why the poor were hungry, they called me a communist." -- Dom Helder Camara
"Blessed are they who run around in circles, for they shall be known as wheels." --Author Unknown
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Obama Pushes Lobbyists Off Federal Advisory Boards »
Posted by: 9 hours, 56 minutes ago in Political News
In a little-noticed blog post published on the White House website in September, President Obama's special counsel for ethics and government reform Norm Eisen ...
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Wonkette : All 193% of Republicans Support Palin, Romney and Huckabee »
Posted by: 4 days, 6 hours ago in Humor
What happens when enterprising Americans watch Fox News and use Twitter simultaneously? Constant hilarity, that is what, as you can see from this fun "info-graphic ...
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Defense Department Opposed Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment »
Posted by: 1 month, 1 week ago in Political News
When thirty Republicans lined up against an amendment that would have required defense contractors to allow their employees access to U.S. courts in cases ...
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Feds: No more arrests for pot-smoking patients »
Posted by: 1 month, 1 week ago in News
Federal drug agents won't pursue pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers in states that allow medical marijuana, under new legal guidelines to be issued ...
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Obama Weekly Radio Address: Insurers Are 'Filling The Airwaves With Deceptive And Dishonest Ads' »
Posted by: 1 month, 1 week ago in Political News
Pushing back against his critics, President Barack Obama says overhauling the health care system, while helping millions of people, also will test whether policy makers ...
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GOP Base Driven By Bizarre Ideology, Not Racism, Report Finds »
Posted by: 1 month, 1 week ago in Political News
When Stan Greenberg and fellow Democratic researchers launched a study of the conservative Republican world's reaction to President Obama, he figured they'd find ...
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Tea-Party Activists Complicate
Republican Comeback Strategy »Posted by: 1 month, 1 week ago in Political News
The rise of conservative tea party activists around the country has created a dilemma for Republicans. They are breathing life into the party's quest ...
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Jindal Booed Loudly At Obama Town Hall (VIDEO) »
Posted by: 1 month, 1 week ago in Political News
When President Obama mentioned Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal at his New Orleans town hall Thursday, the name was met with a resounding chorus of boos.
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Farmers Arrested Planting Hemp On DEA Headquarters Lawn »
Posted by: 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
A group of civilly-disobedient hemp farmers and business leaders were arrested Tuesday morning while digging up the lawn to plant industrial hemp seeds at the ...
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Orly Taitz Responds To Judge's $20k Fine: Shove It! »
Posted by: 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
Reached on her cell phone by TPMmuckraker and informed of the $20,000 fine imposed on her by a federal judge this morning, Birther attorney ...
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'Daily Show' Destroys CNN For Fact-Checking 'SNL' Instead Of Their Guests (VIDEO) »
Posted by: 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Humor
Jon Stewart began his show last night by skewering CNN for fact checking a "Saturday Night Live" skit in which Fred Armisen (playing Barack Obama ...
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Sarah Palin notably absent from gubernatorial races »
Posted by: 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Sarah Palin stands ready to stump for Bob McDonnell and Chris Christie, but neither seems to want her help.
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'Kill Obama' Painted On Phoenix-Area Campaign Signs »
Posted by: 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political News
"Kill Obama" was spray painted in purple on campaign signs at two locations in Cave Creek, a suburb of Phoenix, according to the Maricopa County ...
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Agencies Commit To Banning Lobbyists »
Posted by: 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political News
The Hill reports that several major federal agencies are poised to fully ban lobbyists from serving.
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Norm Eisen, White House ethics adviser, sent out an ...Read (184) | Share | Discuss (5) | Read Full Story at huffingtonpost.com
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Negative Reactions Mystify Electronic Cigarette Owners »
Posted by: 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
The booth at the Wisconsin State Fair Expo was black with big, gold lettering exclaiming, "Electronic Cigarettes - The Smoking Alternative!" Initially, I found the concept ...
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