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Just wanted to let you know I am listening and am enjoying the show so far. You do bring up some really good points, which I will ponder and think upon.
Going to try and get into confession before mass this afternoon. I did share on my facebook page, and said I was listening with an open mind. I have a lot of Republicans as friends so we will see how many of them are willing as I am to hear all sides in the search of knowlege and truth.
Your information about the hottest 12 months is faulty. There were hotter years in te 30s .
I will try and listen to your show again, as I slowly decide what sources of news and info, I want in my life and what I want to toss away like garbage. I don’t watch tv anymore, and spend my time reading and listening to my music. Just because I am quiet and write my feelings doesn’t mean I am stupid like White Nationalist men think. My mind has always soaked up knowledge and truth like a sponge water.
This is a Summer of heaing for me. I made my first appointment to talk to someone about my ptsd. I don’t need anymore drugs, just talk my feelings out someway. They haven’t met a woman as strong willed as me, so I know what is wrong, I just need to find a way to get my feelings out.
Everyday I like to say what I am grateful for. I am grateful to be on the path of healing that I am on and seeking holistic healing methods and will no longer listen to anyone medical person whose answer is another new drug to try. This medical system is a disgrace. I may have a new Cause when this is all said and done. Just what I needed right, another poltical fight, lol. Just when I think fighting White Nationalists is enough, now I have to fight for decent health care for all Americans. This fighter for everyman, continues to fight and dream of a better world.
Some interesting reports from Nasa and super volcano’s came out, I look forward to reading their studies. This was a long time ago, but in 1971 I won second place in the science fair at St. Andrews school, with my progect on plants. I was 13, so please don’t think just because someone is quiet that they are not using their mind. I listen and I read. That is why in the end, I know more about White Nationalists then they know about me.
Some might ask why a Conservative would even listen to your side of the equation. If one does not seek the knowledge and truth from all sides, then how do they gain real knowledge. That is the problem with this country today, no one really seeking the truth that comes from hearing both sides with an open mind before making a judgment. I consider it just part of my having a good mind. Knowledge is power. Yes, I have taught myself. How, by reading and not by watching hours and hours of mindless tv. I like BBC much better.
This is the Summer of healing for me. Each struggle at a time, and inch by inch I am climbing that rubber tree plant to the top, which to me is a healthy body, mind, and spirit. No child in this nation, should ever have to go through the child abuse that my friend cheryl and I went through at the hands of their mother. Mine doens’t like me. We are like oil/water and don’t mix. We love each other, but she hates everything about me. I can’t say I like her choice either. She thinks Mit Romney is going to be the savior of this country. I think he is just another slick pol. who is less then honest, so there you have it. I don’t like Obama as I think he too is less then honest, plus other things he has done, so I think the choices are lousy. Keep hoping the Dems will challenge him for the good of the country and put someone else. Don’t think it will happen as it is a different day when men would for the good of the nation challenge a sitting President of their own party. That is why I say the two party system is not the best.
Last election I helped Greens on the local level. This year I am not helping anyone, as I am helping myself get free from the ptsd and move forward into life. IF the choice is Obama and Romney then I will stay home. I don’t feel there is a political party of the two in this country that represents me. I like the Conservative Party in the UK, which is totally different then the Conservative party here in the states.
I am a good person. Bad things happen to me, but I am still a good person. I don’t think I will be interacting with you all that much,as I don’t want to deal with all the same crap as last time. Life is to short, and frankly, I am working on getting healthy so I can fulfill the destiny God brought me into the world for. I was born for a reason and in this time. He wouldn’t make me the way I am for nothing. but I also know that my voice is just as important to fixing the problems that need to be fixed in this nation if we are to overcome. I think we should stay with the same deal of we not talking to each other. I don’t do girly drama stuff very well, and maybe that is why must of my friends I talk to about the political are men.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. I will leave you with this ” God offers to everyone his choice between truth and repose. Take which you please-you can never have both.”
Usually I don’t say who my quotes are from as it saves me from having to go through hell for choosing someone one one poltical party or spectrum doens’t like. In this case I am hoping that the people here on this board are more adults. the above quote came from Ralph Waldo Emerson. Being punished because you seek knowledge from an unapproved source makes one keep their knowledge inside and only share through writing or within a small group of trusted friends.
Well, I need to think about getting ready to take Benji out for his walk. He is such a great joy, but of course I love all animals. I miss having a horse, but someday I would love to get another arab. My Tia was so beautiful and could run fast like the wind, but with all the beauty of grace.
God Bless
Chrisy