http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 21 May 2013 14:40:44 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:40:44 During WWII she was a "Marie the Meat Packer". She had my sister while my father was overseas. After the war she kept working while my father went to college on the GI Bill. They were ably to buy their first house for about $2,300 in cash since my father won about $11,000 playing poker, blackjack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/173 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:54:47 Last Saturday my son asked if we could watch the Jim Carrey animated version of "A Christmas Carol" on Netflix (We don't have cable and are more than happy watching Netflix streaming on our WII). My wife and I were reluctant but our son has pretty good taste, is a really good kid and just plain why... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/172 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:23:48 I was raised saying "catsup" by my mom in the Philadelphia suburbs. My wife has always said "ketchup" and she and my son are always trying to correct me.

Which do you say and why?... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/171 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:13:40 While I certainly support continuing the Payroll tax cut, why is there no mention of continuing the emergency continuation of unemployment compensation?

There are still a hell of a lot of people (me included) who're going to run out very soon. If unemployed families are homeless, it kinda makes ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/170 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:11:00 A high school girl keeps true to her values and refuses to apologize for exercising her First Amendment rights after she has been publicly brow beaten by her brown shirt school principal to do so.

Somebody in Kansas figured out that this young lady was Constitutionally protected. The Governor of ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/169 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:58:41 Let's see now.

John Edwards cheats on his cancer stricken wife and he's horrible (Which he is), but newt gingrich serves a wife divorce papers in the ICU and he's rising in the polls for their nomination.

Anthony weiner sexts a picture of his underwear covered dingus and he's OUT, but david vi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/168 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:27:30 I heard on the radio this fine morning that they announced that they've collected enough signatures to place the right to marriage licenses for same sex couples as a question on the 2012 ballot.

Equality Maine has been working very hard for the last several years advocating for LGBT rights in Mai... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/167 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:19:38 I know that I don't post frequently and for the last 5 or 6 weeks we didn't have a computer after ours crashed. I wrote a thread about my son a few months ago. Here's the link...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1810571

As you can see, a very g... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/166 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:30:15 Who's your favorite "Archie" supporting character?... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/165 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:43:18 We have 2 cats, Spirit, a beautiful all white 7+ year old cat and Oreo, an all black 7 month old kitten who got "fixed" last Monday.

We've had Spirit since 6/10 when we adopted him from the local shelter. Oreo joined our family about 6 weeks ago when my wife and son brought him in as a stray. F... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/164 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:51:26 ...but not for nearly 20 years now.

I realized the barbarity of it for a number of reasons. The one I remember most is listening to some rightist dip co-worker expounding about how justice would be served by the occasional execution of an innocent person. He didn't go for the "Goddam Liberal" a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/163 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:25:58 ...scream "YEAH" when one of their libertarian heroes is asked if the government should allow an uninsured man to die. OK, so their libertarian hero not only didn't refute these "YEAH" cries, he just used more words to say the same thing. OK, so this exposes the teabagger movement as one that is ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/162 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:43:11 My wife and I have to do some credit repair. We've been advised by someone we trust (meaning NOT a Capitalist) that one way is to get a low limit card and use it for small purchases, like gas, that we'd use our debit card for and then pay it within a couple of days with the funds we have for that p... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/161 Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:58:05 I can't help but compare 9/11 with other tragedies that I and members of my family experienced in our lives.

I am the son and nephew of World War II veterans and "Rosie the Riveters". I am fully aware of how the memories of people can be somewhat romanticized over time. However, there is a lot ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/160 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:01:43 Take 2 hours, go into the living room or den, turn on the DVD player and watch "The American President". Focus on the last 10 minutes. THIS is how you deal with full of baloney horse's patoot republicans whose primary line of communication is to spout lies between their doses of Thorazine..

The... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/159 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:51:57 ...one of my favorite movies, "How the West Was Won" (1963). I've loved this movie since my sister took me to see it for my 8th birthday when it first came out.

It applies as a response to those who call the president a nazi, socialist, communist, foreigner, muslim, atheist, socialist and all th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/158 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:42:22 Hi everybody. I can only speak of my experience here in my area.

By the time Irene arrived it had been downgraded to a tropical storm. As we've seen in news reports, Vermont got hit hard. We just got the edge of the storm here with rain and winds. Some trees were downed and about 12,000 peopl... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/156 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:29:57 We were watching an episode of "Glee" while I was cooking dinner. It was an earlier episode in the first season (the only one that's streaming on Netflix) and Kurt, the young gay man, is about to get thrown into the dumpster by the turd-headed jock football players. As he's about to be tossed he s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/155 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:22:22 "God is perfect, man is not.
Man made beer and God made pot!"

For the record, I haven't used it since the 80s, but this made my wife and I laugh out loud.

PEACE!


Edited for spelling!... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/154 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:02:12 I'm currently looking at 3 types of franchise opportunities. I live in Augusta, Maine, which is the state capitol but still a fairly rural area.

The types of franchises I'm investigating are for providing in-home assistance/care for seniors who want to maintain their independence but may need a b... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/153 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:00:58 ... TV shows or movies on Netflix,@ Redbox or the video store (IF you still have THOSE in your area) that you really like now but had no interest in when they were first out?

For my wife and I it's "Veronica Mars". It pissed me off when I saw tonight that Netflix only has it on streaming until 7... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/151 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:50:45 SCREW YOU AND THE FOREIGN REGISTERED PLANE YOU FLEW IN ON!

Of course, that's been my message to him ever since he was married to the first wife that he cheated on. Right now, though, I'm responding to his pontification that we shouldn't call "birthers" by the name "birthers". Let's not forget t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/150 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:31:46 I was going into my local Hannaford today. As I got out of my car, a (surprise surpeise) older white crossed behind me and saw my "When bush took office, gas was $1.41" bumper sticker. He says "how do you like the price of gas now?"

I said that I liked it as much as I liked the price gouging oi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/149 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:31:15 Since (until yesterday) I haven't posted here since Christ was a child, I think that this is an important movie.

I just finished watching "Sophie Scholl: The Final Days" on Netflix streaming. It's a very powerful movie about the young lady who, with her brother Hans, was a leader of the White Ro... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/148 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:03:56 As many of you know, my family and I have been homeless since the end of May. We have it better than most in our situation. We're living in a nice transitional apartment now (albeit in a truly crappy neighborhood), I still have my job and my wife started her new job this week and we're likely to g... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MarianJack/147 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:59:15