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GOP Race
27 September 2011When Rick Perry got into the presidential race I was excited. To that point i’d held out hoping he’d get in. I liked Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain but did not think either had a chance. Things have, of course, changed in the last few weeks. Perry has performed badly in debates, going so far [...]
My Question for the FOXNews/Google Debate
17 September 2011Repeatedly we hear democrats charge that the collapse of the housing market and subsequent recession was the result of capitalism run amok. Indeed this has become a mantra of the anti-capitalist left. Yet we almost never hear Republicans challenge the left’s assertions and defend capitalism. In fact the housing bubble and subsequent collapse was the [...]
MIA
16 September 2011It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted. I lost my mom in March and that’s been difficult to overcome. It also changed my life significantly in that my dad now spends his days at my house. Lately I’ve been struggling over a desire to return to political blogging. I don’t really want to turn [...]
Family
27 November 2010Often holidays can be stressful. In past years Thanksgiving meant traveling to Georgia, making arrangements for our cats, staying with my parents and just generally a lot of stress. It’s not that we didn’t want to do it. Family is important to us. It just required so much planning and effort and we were generally [...]
Social Security Misinformation
22 November 2010For five months I’ve waited for Social Security to make a decision about my disability application. In that time I probably spoke to people in the SS office at least ten times and every single time I was told that if my application was approved I would be paid back to the date I became [...]
Answered Prayer
12 November 2010After five months of waiting and being unable to get any answers I’ve finally been approved for Social Security disability. Even though my case is clear cut I still feared being turned down and having to fight. And now I find my benefit is almost $100 more per month than we had calculated. Thanks to [...]
Ballots mean nothing
28 October 2010It seems that ballots are now meaningless, at least in Alaska. Every state has barriers to getting on the ballot. The main way one gets on a ballot is to win their party’s primary. Alternatively there is usually a path through petitions to get on the ballot. But the fact is you can’t get on [...]
iPad Good & Bad
18 October 2010Let me start by saying the iPad is a game changer, indeed, a life changer for me. Even though the screen is small, with the right glasses and holding it close enough I am now able to read fairly easily for the first time since becoming legally blind several months ago. I just cannot adequately [...]
Changes
8 October 2010A lot has happened since my last post. We’ve moved from South Carolina to Georgia, we’ve rented out our condo in SC, we’ve been looking for a church and I’ve triedti find things to occupy my time. That’s been no easy task with my new limitations. But that is changing. I haven’t posted because it [...]
Latest Update
8 August 2010I know I’ve been a little slack in posting but I have an excuse. We’ve been pretty consumed with trying to move back to GA. And now that is happening! <y lovely wife finally found a job in Atlanta making much more than she can make in Charleston. We move in two weeks back to [...]
