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As Mitt Romney surges, Republican divisions sharpen

Schisms are highlighted in sharper attacks by rival candidates and doubts about him in the party's hard... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/451 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:11:12 The only way to help animals is to know what they are going through. If we don't have the built-in courage to see what is happening to them, we are letting down mankind as well as those with no voices of their own. It hurts to... look, I know; been there, done that. But these beautiful creatures nee... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/450 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:40:29 Daniel, the polydactyl, inspired efforts to find a new home for the shelter. With 26 toes, Daniel got people to donate a $1 per toe contribution, helping to raise $80,000 toward the acquisition of a new building.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gk8lB4jfDU&feature=player_embedded... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/447 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:22:41 Reading an article today on left-handedness, I realized that people seem to think in different ways. Everyone seems to create memories in different ways, and how much or what they remember is often dependent on how their brain works.

We all have short term and long term memory, and how we store ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/446 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:20:11 Bernie Sanders has the petition signing on his home page for people to sign. It's doing well. If you haven't signed yet, and you are looking to end this horrible SCOTUS decision, sign now!

http://sanders.senate.gov/petition/... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/448 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:01:24 tourism, escapism, ageism and the like, but I have a new one: weightism.

I'm sick and tired of having doctors tell me that all my medical problems are connected to my weight. While I know some things are directly related, I also know that nothing is ever so clearly cut and dried.

There are tho... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/445 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:20:54 http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/383313_272881546090544_233757336669632_812628_655667039_n.jpg... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/449 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:49:23 So. Somehow or another, you've become ruler of the world. It's been pretty much bloodless, and you can do anything you want with these new found powers.

So share with the rest of us some of the things you would do to change the world and make it a better place.


For myself, I would do away w... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/444 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:23:29 by the time you read it. Guaranteed, or your money back! (And all of nothing, is still nothing!)

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/11/not-photoshopped-beam-of-light-shines-on-fallen-soldiers-miracle-dog/


Not Photoshopped: Beam of Light Shines on Fallen Soldier’s Miracle Dog

It wa... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/443 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:42:53 Fellow DUers, I have a request to make. I understand the desire will be strong to buck against my request, but in the end, I think that there will be a lot more peace and serenity to do so.

Some people stink. Some people suck. Some people are outright dangerous and evil. But, regardless of all th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/442 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:03:19 Anyone who voted for George W Bush twice is not an "independent." That person is a Repug, a tool of the right, an arrogant misuser of civil rights, whose sole intent in their political life is to keep kicking people down, if only because they want to make sure that they aren't on the bottom rung of ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/441 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:04:06 I grew up poor. It was okay, as we got out of the house and went to parks (free), the beach (free), the country (my grandparents) and stores (window shopping). Things weren't perfect, of course, and sometimes things got scrappy, but it never stopped us from enjoying life.

Nevertheless, we learned... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/440 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:11:36 If someone doesn't believe in evolution, how come they're eager enough to access all the benefits of it, like anti-biotics, fertility aids, DNA testing, general medicine, et al. All things being equal, I think there needs to be an argument that if you don't believe in the foundation, you shouldn't b... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/439 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:31:16 There are many aspects of this neverending dialogue between science and religion, even in respect to what sect of religion you believe in. Most people of faith don't have a problem with evolution, and consider it part of their own beliefs. Creationism is mainly the choice of and evangelical fundamen... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/438 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:02:32 http://www.milforddailynews.com/archive/x1461790530/g12c000000000000000104beecc13af4f839dce51bc444c77b8dc035d75.jpg


ASSOCIATED PRESS/Daily Herald, Paul Michna .
In this photo taken June 30, 2011, chihuahuas Sparky Perez, left, and Peanut Bobik, celebrate their nuptials at the DuPage Convalesce... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/437 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 01:54:52 "Had Enough? Recall them ALL!"

Enough of the do-nothings and spineless members of Congress. If they're whiny, helpless and inactive, perhaps we shouldn't rely on elections anymore--go straight for the jugular--

RECALL THEM.

Aren't we suppose to be the POWER behind our elected officials? I b... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/436 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:31:03 Folks, Alan Grayson was not elected in 2010 because a group of Repugs decided he was too frank and too aggressive to have him stay in office. So they decided to crucify him. Someone as outspoken as Grayson is needs to be back in Congress. I got this email from his Committee, and I think anyone who l... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/434 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:04:35 I was a "why?" child. I never stopped. I confess some of it was very trivial, but a lot of it was true curiosity. Were you a "why?" child, and are you still a "why?" person? Sometimes, I go in a direction, and become more of a "why not?" person. Once you find out one, you can look for answers to una... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/435 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:48:11 I wrote about her in a post about 10 days ago. She died of cancer, peacefully in her sleep, free of pain and misery.

My brother and my nephew were with her at home. Chris had a few more calls to make, but I think he's at peace, too, because he said he's felt so useless that he couldn't do anythin... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/433 Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:52:31 He said she's not going to be alive much longer. Back in late 2005, she found out she had rectal cancer. She was in Stage 4. They gutted her partially then, when they did a whole hysterectomy and she ended up with a colostomy, but it had gone into her lymph nodes in her groin, and she's been throug... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/432 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:14:17 Got this email today--it's always a worthy cause to end animl suffering. Can you help?
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It's Time to Take the Profit Out of Animal Fighting

Dear Mary,

We recently told you about a bill just intr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/431 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:24:07 And perhaps that can still be done in the future. I, for one, hope that we might be able someday to clone animal parts--NOT the whole animal, but the parts that provide nourishment and nutrition only, without any pain or distress to a living animal.

I think that until then, we can't just stop, co... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/430 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 01:37:07 Has anyone else done research through the Charity Navigator website? It gives you the lowdown on the rating charities have for how much of the funds solicited actually go for the cause, gives details on their innner workings, who the president/CEO/head etc. is and their salaries.

People might be... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/429 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:19:40 Natural Wonders -- my choices. This is, by no means, a complete one. I haven't seen the whole country, and my jaw has dropped repeatedly at the sights of places I've never seen, and would like to see many more. There are, for example, those absolutely gorgeous green parks in Hawaii that I've only se... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/428 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:36:32 With Wall Street confronting an extremely volatile situation with the change in credit status, how does this affect those small businesses and larger corporations and the Repugs? Does this even make a difference to them? Will it affect the vote in '12 and who gets elected, especially on the right?... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hyphenate/427 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:27:48