tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24538885731964593002023-11-16T05:41:25.147-06:00At What Cost?What are you willing to give up to gain a little something else? How much liberty are you willing to sacrifice for the appearance of security? Hopefully, none.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-67488501322587815222012-04-29T17:46:00.001-05:002012-04-29T17:46:52.625-05:00Well...Fuck.
-AWCUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-5864000179388941392011-12-21T13:24:00.001-06:002011-12-21T13:24:12.623-06:00My 2nd response from a Senator on Citizens UnitedSenator Cornyn also likes his corporate financing.
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Thank you for contacting me regarding campaign finance reform. I appreciate having the benefit of your comments on this matter.
Prior to my election to the United States Senate, President George W. Bush signed the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act into law (P.L. 107—155). In part, this law amended the Federal Election Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-15140781880356525032011-12-14T07:31:00.001-06:002011-12-14T07:34:18.411-06:00And now my first response....Senator Hutchison's Response to my call to support Senator Sanders proposed amendment to reverse Citizens United ruling (She doesn't agree.):
Dear Friend:
Thank you for contacting me regarding campaign finance reform. I welcome your thoughts and comments.
I believe the recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission took a step in the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-17777542474733028762011-12-10T09:03:00.000-06:002011-12-10T09:03:41.492-06:00Open Letter to the Senators of the United States<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-90447570563834336282011-12-10T08:44:00.002-06:002011-12-10T08:59:25.139-06:00Open letter for the House of RepresentativesIt is with great pride and a heavy heart that I write to you today. I am proud of the United States of America's heritage and foundation based upon the Bill of Rights that give the American People the opportunity to speak their mind to their government and to ask their representatives to do that job which they were elected to do: represent the People. It is with a heavy heart that I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-53333386911753389962011-11-16T00:20:00.001-06:002011-11-16T00:21:35.438-06:00Awesome Keith Olberman rantUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-6546827829021039782011-11-15T12:07:00.001-06:002011-11-15T12:14:45.128-06:00Be Heard Not Just CountedI believe that we are lied to in the open so often by so many politicians and corporations in so many different ways that people not only think it's true but automatically discount any other way of thinking. Enjoy the corp/pol Kool-Aid; it's tasty but holds no nutrition.
Corporations and politicians have colluded to make themselves richer without regard for the potential consequences to their Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-12680954863328901282011-10-28T00:01:00.000-05:002011-10-28T00:01:04.281-05:00I will begin posting again! Stay tuned.
Occupy everything!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-30199336419443610052011-06-18T20:10:00.001-05:002011-06-18T20:10:30.365-05:00I really do love my wife. It's unquestionable.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-8962413768168799102010-11-25T19:28:00.001-06:002010-11-25T19:28:19.491-06:00I'm pretty damned thankful most days.
-A.W.C.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-76350217441798880992010-08-23T22:45:00.000-05:002010-08-23T22:45:17.776-05:00Just Stop.....NOT ALL
Not all Caucasian people are racists.
Not all racists are Caucasian.
Not all African Americans are criminals.
Not all criminals are African American.
Not all Hispanic people are illegal immigrants.
Not all illegal immigrants are Hispanic.
Not all feminists are lesbians.
Not all lesbians are feminists.
Not all atheists are Christian haters.
Not all Christian haters are atheists.
Not Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-14584451239387763152010-04-23T14:49:00.002-05:002010-04-23T14:49:56.812-05:00PoliticsI'm tired of people and politicians that refuse to see the ocean of gray that exists between their black and white views of the world.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-88389914976830521342010-01-11T12:45:00.006-06:002010-01-11T13:26:00.089-06:00Rejection....often the result of tryingI remember the first girl I asked out on a date in the 8th grade. I sat next to her in a History class, and we had a few other classes together too. She was very pretty and every guy at school wanted to date her. I was thoroughly infatuated with her. I'm not about to say she was my first love, because that just isn't true; I never had the chance for that to be seen. It took a great deal of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-37245706808433853632009-12-10T11:11:00.003-06:002009-12-10T11:20:15.598-06:00Bad Drivers SuckYou jackasses are driving a 1+ ton hunk of metal that could kill you, your passengers, and just about anyone else around you. Look before you change lanes. Look before you do a U-turn. JUST LOOK! I'm sick of someone thinking that it is OK to slam on the brakes, change lanes and make right turn RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND at the risk of killing everyone around them. Just suck it up, admit you Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-79827946631540630512009-09-15T15:25:00.002-05:002009-09-15T15:33:15.148-05:00STOP WITH THE CLICHES ALREADYLook, I know that some people find comfort in religion. It only irritates me, however. This idea that everything is destined to happen, or that everything happens for a reason (that you can't know until later) is tiring.We make our own futures. They aren't written for us. IF there was a god that has predetermined our lives, and we can't affect it, then we might as well lay in bed all day, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-61708169759892905562009-09-14T12:42:00.004-05:002009-09-14T12:45:42.640-05:00I guess I'll just sit at home for a few weeksWell, I got laid off last Friday. Had been working there loyally for 8 years. I rolled with the punches, expressed a willingness to work with the new management, did what I was asked in a timely manner, and......they laid me off. At least I wasn't the only one. I know that it is just business, but I can't help wonder if there weren't better choices to be made. Oh well, I can't change that Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-83037809755961101342009-09-10T09:48:00.004-05:002009-09-10T10:10:26.909-05:00It's time for real change.No, I'm not talking about Barack Obama's brand of change from a Republican run administration to a Democrat one. I'm talking about real change. It's time we stopped listening to the far left and the far right. It's time we realized that both sides have no real interest in fixing everything. As long as something is broken, they can always blame the other side and implore American citizens to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-7844395409619053972009-09-03T07:33:00.001-05:002009-09-03T07:36:55.642-05:00School!?!?!?!? What was I thinking?OK. So I started school last week. Taking my first class in 13 years! WTF was I thinking?It's not that bad. Just a little culture shock. Within the first class (which is about 2.5 hours of class time each week), I received two lab assignments, and before my second class even starts, I already have my first real Essay assigned.English 1302 may not be very difficult for people that took Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-27936453051614164722009-08-18T10:47:00.004-05:002009-08-18T20:16:50.899-05:00Honestly, It's Your FaultYouTube, TV, Video Games, Movies, Bam Margera....What do all of these things have in common?NONE of them are at fault when you or your child does something ignorant and/or dangerous.It's your fault, or a combination of you and your child's fault. No one else is to blame.Stop trying to find a big payday in the courts and just accept that you and/or your child probably deserved whatever you got. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-314638404978930902009-08-18T07:49:00.000-05:002009-08-18T07:50:17.725-05:00Being Sick SucksI think the title should have been the body of this post.-A.W.C.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-63947498741119505192009-08-08T21:00:00.002-05:002009-08-08T21:00:41.598-05:00Moving OnSometimes it is just time to let go and move forward. Going to take a while, but I'm going to do it.-A.W.C.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-33598709510872247222009-08-06T09:35:00.006-05:002009-08-06T10:08:11.856-05:00Power ReadingI quit smoking 8 weeks ago for the second (and hopefully last) time in my life. I started reading again like a insatiable glutton in order to take my mind off of the smoking. Since then I have read some of the best books I have read in my life.In 8 weeks I have read:The Last Chronicle of Thomas Covenant:Runes of the Earth - Stephen R. DonaldsonFatal Revanent - Stephen R. DonaldsonThe Dark TowerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-59324900409622771612009-08-04T12:57:00.001-05:002009-08-04T12:58:38.137-05:00Sometimes I Just Like The QuietToday I came to terms with the fact that I don't always have something to say, and sometimes, even if I do, I should keep my mouth shut.-A.W.C.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-8991252004812403392009-07-31T12:36:00.000-05:002009-07-31T12:38:17.676-05:00Mindf**kI've done too many flowcharts this week. I'm starting to think of everything in flowcharts. It unnecessarily complicates things that should be simple. Things that I normally do without thinking now have all kinds of "if, then" statements clogging up the works.-A.W.C.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453888573196459300.post-39922584313115176762009-07-29T12:19:00.002-05:002009-07-29T12:29:23.266-05:00Gates...Cops...ObamaThis whole Professor Gates thing in Chicago has gotten way out of hand, but here's my take on the situation.Gates should have been glad that a police officer was doing his job properly and just showed ID without acting like a lunatic.The cops should have taken into consideration that an exhausted person that had just returned home from China could be a little irritated at the situation and just Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0