Julia K Cole

I shutter each and every time I hear someone say..."your vote doesn't even make a difference." I'm sure these are the same exact people who hung on Mark Twain's every word.   “If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it.” ~ Mark Twain. Too many people took what Mr. Twain said in this regard as literal and not humorous as it was intended.  Allthough, I'm pretty sure Mr. Twain knew there would be people that would take it in the literal sense.  No doubt his way of keeping the power of the vote out of the hands of the truly ignorant. But the fact remains.  Your vote does make the difference! And in many ways...has. Now think about it for a minute. The power of the vote was granted to women, and later black people, through the voting process Yea, forgot about that!  Didn't you?    And here you thought voting didn't make a difference! There were many other ground breaking things that occurred through the vote.  Can yo...

In 2011, while the general public continued on with their various distractions -- Congress sneaked several bills under the wire.    One was Bill S 1867.    This is the bill that gives the military  the right to arrest and detain anyone they believe to be a threat against America.    Now I know that our politicians are sworn to uphold the Constitution and protect this nation against threats both foreign and domestic.   I get that.    But history has shown the down side of giving the military that much control.     Germany.  Russia.  China.  Korea.  Are only a few examples, both past and present, of that downside. Many are stating that folks just got all worked up over this bill.  That it doesn’t apply to “good Americans.”    And good Americans have nothing to fear.  Yea?  Interesting.    Many Austrians and Germans were told they ha...

Why aren't we hearing more about Bill - S.1867?  Even the political (both conservative and liberal) talk shows that I listen to aren't reporting it.   Why?  Now THAT'S the proverbial $64 question!  Did I somehow just just miss the news reports?? ummm -- NO!  I don't think so!  I mean -- seriously-- What the hell?!! Below is the letter I have been sending out to all the talk show hosts.  Feel free to use it -- make it your own--add to it -- whatever you need to do ... and then SEND IT!  I have listed some of the talk show  contact information down below as well as a link for letter addressed to President Obama himself.   But don't stop there!  Contact the networks!  Contact your local television affiliates!  Newspapers!   Get the Word Out!  Twitter -- Face Book  -- Blogs -- and the other on line networking tools available!   *~*~*~*~*~*~* I'm...