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Let life In is a very nice boomer site. Check it out.
www.LetLifeIn.com

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“I shall grow old, and horrible, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young. It will never be older than this particular day of June. . . . If it were only the other way! If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! For that-for that-I would give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give! I would give my soul for that!”
–Oscar Wilde, “The Picture of Dorian Gray”

I’m sick of it I tell you! I’m just sick to death with the whole thing!!
The big buck business of making old folks look younger is getting out of hand. Color our hair, injects Botox into a wrinkled place, nip, tuck, and everyone will marvel at your preservation skills. Oh, please!
It just goes on and on. For instance a while back I saw on an Oprah show a demonstration for a product one could rub on their lips and the lips would look shiny, full and pouty. For a mere $40 or so and a short time with a fat lip, the participants in the experiment thought they would certainly use the stuff. It would have to be a quickie date over with before your lips went back to their normal size.

Why can’t we be left alone to age like a fine wine and not feel pressure to look younger?
Maybe other cultures like the Okinawa’s have the right idea. They revere their elders, making sure they are included in all community activities. Wrinkled and bent there is pride in knowing an older person with wisdom and life experiences.
Many of us feel the anti-aging boom is similar to the old fashioned snake oil business. We need to face the reality of aging and know full well we will die at some point.
The point is to make sure we age in a healthy and vibrant way- naturally. This applies to those on the younger side of things as well as those us who feel we are on the slippery slope of aging.
We might not look as smooth as a baby’s bottom but we might feel better about ourselves and feel better physically by realizing aging is a part of life. We may not be looking forward to it but we need to keep it in perspective. Written by Brenda Mallory for the 'Let Life In' Blog website. www.LetLifeIn.com

Again, I do not condone the remarks in question, or the perceived lack of action on Hillary's part. I would be absolutely delighted to see an African-American or woman become President (or anyone who is not a white male for that matter), as would most Liberals and Democrats.

But it does seem ironic that, in one breath the media condemns Hillary and Ms. Ferraro, and in the next breath goes on to report how Obama got 9 out of every 10 African American vote, and how important the black vote is to Obama. So, the question itself (stripped of any insinuations or nuances) would seem valid. If Obama were white, would he still be getting 9 out of 10 black votes? If Hillary were not a woman, would she be getting the female vote? Both are valid questions.

Where the problem lies is that these questions would seem to suggest that race or gender are the ONLY reasons for these votes, when in fact, experience, qualifications, and a thousand other factors play a part in EVERY vote ANY candidate receives. Would a black Obama get 9 out of 10 black votes if he had no experience in the Senate? Another valid question. The problem here is not in the questions, but in the meaning applied to the questions by those who hear them.

Each candidate is a package, and no candidate would ever be exactly where they are in a race if they were not who they are - the complete package. However, this raises the question as to what motive is behind someone making these kind of remarks, and THAT is where racisim can be determined. So, as I said, I am not defending anyone here, just applying logic to arrive at an unbiased base from which to start an analysis of what this all means about Hillary and Ms. Ferraro.

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Note - I wrote this in response to a post on Daily KOS by someone who said they would not vote for Hillary if she won the nomination.

I am certainly not condoning racist attitudes, talk, or actions. But let's not throw the baby out with the bath water. Either an African-American President or a woman President would be a great step forward for America. And, the supposed "dream ticket" would be absolutely great (in either order).

But the real perspective here would be to compare either Democratic candidate with the evil that currently resides in the Oval Office. ANY vote not cast for the Democratic candidate this Fall (in the general election), for ANY reason, is a vote FOR continued dictatorship, and a continuation of the destruction of America and all she stands for.

If a foreign invader had taken over this country by force of arms, and the only hope to get freedom and liberty back was to vote for the democratic candidate this Fall, would you withhold that vote simply because that candidate ended up being Hillary?

Sound like an extreme example? Not really. The great American coup of 2000 was just that, a coup. Monkey boy was appointed to office by five traitors on the US Supreme Court, neither legally nor constitutionally. Gore won the popular vote in Florida, and that has been proven beyond a doubt.

Exactly like an appointed dictator, Bush and his Administration have ignored the law, castrated Congress, destroyed the Constitution, and turned the home of the free into the Evil Empire (see earlier post).

So, the battle this Fall is not simply for the Presidency, but for America herself. No Independent is going be able to stop the Republicans, so before you make a statement by withholding your vote, think about the consequences. This may be the last time you are allowed to vote!

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Growing up in the home of the free and the land of the brave, who ever thought we would end up living in the Evil Empire? Unfortunately, that is exactly what the United States has become under the Dictatorship of G. W. Bush.

Make no mistake, since the 2000 election, this has NOT been politics as usual. This has been a protracted bloodless coup that has overthrown the government of the United States - from within. George Bush did not legally or constitutionally come into power in 2000, and this atrocity was not accomplished simply through the usual dirty political tricks. In 2000, the United States government was overthrown through the traitorous acts of five politically-motivated justices on the United States Supreme Court - the highest court in the land!!

As if corrupting the highest institution in one of the three branches of our government was not enough, Bush and the Republican Party have gone on to occupy and dictate the Executive branch as well, and castrate the remaining branch (legislative)!! This Administration is not only politically "stacking the deck" throughout the Justice Department, but they totally enmeshed the Executive Branch in high crimes and misdemeanors.

The list of atrocities that this Administration has committed against the Constitution, the legal framework of the government, the detainees, and the world in general is a mile long, and simply unacceptable. Welcome to the evil empire people, and you only have yourselves to blame.

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