Although I was born in southwest Pennsylvania, my family moved around a little bit. At the age of eight, I found myself once again transplanted, this time all the way to Davenport, Iowa. To say that this was a change of scenery would be an understatement. Instead of the beautiful hills and trees I was used to, there was flat farmland covered with nothing but corn as far as the eye could see. Well, at least outside of the Quad Cities. That too was a change. Davenport was the biggest city...

Parts are reposted from a discussion on the forum at diplomats.galciv.org It has been a year and a half now since the USA went to war in Iraq. After all this time, I still hear people using the same tired argument: “Bush lied! There were no WMDs! It was all for oil!” Most people that use this argument talk about it like they are just going to pull the Bush family yacht up to port and fire up the pumps. Fill 'er up! Cha Ching! Another family fortune assured! Give me a break. No...

In New York, a man commits suicide in part because of his disappointment over the election… In Florida, a therapist admits to treating 15 patients for “Post Election Selection Disorder”… In Canada, the government makes an official response to the reported numerous inquiries from dissatisfied US voters seeking to move… And now, talk of the blue states seceding from the Union? I really don’t know what to make of this. Are we really this divided? Or did I just wake up in the Twilig...

Can anyone tell me if there is a way for another member of my household to have a seperate blog site and user name on JoeUser using the same computer? Thanks in advance.

This was originally posted to politicalmachine.com On election day we each made a gut check and took our best guess at what would be best for the next four years. We all have strong feelings about it because we all think that it is important. Now we must accept the result and make the best of it. We will never know if the country or the world would have been better or worse with President Kerry. That alternative universe is forever severed from the reality we live in. I would like to poi...

Hello everyone! I'm new to blogging. I've been following many of the discussions via politicalmachine.com, and thought I might give this a try.

On election day we each made a gut check and took our best guess at what would be best for the next four years. We all have strong feelings about it because we all think that it is important. Now we must accept the result and make the best of it. We will never know if the country or the world would have been better or worse with President Kerry. That alternative universe is forever severed from the reality we live in. I would like to point out a few features of the reality that we do live...