Where have our liberties gone?

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Monday April 01, 2013 · 10:11 AM PDT

2013/04/01 · 10:11

This diary should have come a long time ago. I write this now in hopes there is still a silent majority out there that will have ears to hear and eyes to see. In the 21st century, are we still citizens with great liberties, established by our forefathers, or we becoming something else?

Captain Janeway

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Sunday February 03, 2013 · 12:00 PM PST

2013/02/03 · 12:00

This diary is dedicated to the people who suffered the wrath of Hurricane Sandy, gun owners, and everyone who thinks the solutions are out there.

Captain Janeway

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Friday August 03, 2012 · 9:53 AM PDT

2012/08/03 · 09:53

Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a DKos group of second amendment supporters who also have progressive and liberal values. We don't think that being a liberal means one has to be anti-gun. Some of us are extreme in our second amendment views (no licensing, no restrictions on small arms) and some of us are more moderate (licensing, restrictions on small arms.) Moderate or extreme or somewhere in between, we hold one common belief: more gun control equals lost elections We don't want a repeat of 1994. We are an inclusive group: if you see the Second Amendment as safeguarding our right to keep and bear arms individually, then come join us in our conversation. If you are against the right to keep and bear arms, come join our conversation. We look forward to seeing you, as long as you engage in a civil discussion.

I don't really know how to start this diary. I want to talk about firearms. I want to talk about democracy and our Democracy. I also want to talk about the other side of human nature. The one that lurks below the veneer of our civilized society. The side of human nature that lives in you and me. All it takes is the right circumstances to bring it out. Read More

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88 votes Show Results

What should I do with my AR-15?

88 votes Vote Now!

What should I do with my AR-15?

Keep it and train with it

67 votes

Surrender it to a buy back program

11 votes

Sell it on Ebay

6 votes

Something else (you tell me)

4 votes

More madness of a lost society on Black Friday

Captain Janeway

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Thursday November 24, 2011 · 11:17 AM PST

2011/11/24 · 11:17

Hello Kossacks. I haven't written a diary in some time. My mother passed away in July, and my taste for politics and most everything else has been curtailed since then. Grief is a process, and time is what it takes. Some day, I will drink deep again.

By the way, thank you to everyone for the kind sentiments as I was under extreme pressure making sure my mother made the transitions from one stage to the next, until the end.

Captain Janeway

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Sunday July 10, 2011 · 4:43 PM PDT

2011/07/10 · 16:43

Or more precisely, she is starting week 3. After a 3 year battle with multiple myeloma, she is ready for hospice care.

Captain Janeway

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Wednesday January 26, 2011 · 5:17 PM PST

2011/01/26 · 17:17

This is a follow up diary to one I wrote back in August about the increased use of food stamps by the public.

The amount of individuals using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program continues to grow. In October of 2008 we were at 31,049,785 persons. As of October 2010, we now have 43,200,878 persons on this program, which I have always believed as a leading indicator of how the public is fairing, compared to employment numbers, which for many reasons aren't accurate.

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48 votes Show Results

Feeding my self and my family

48 votes Vote Now!

Feeding my self and my family

I can do it on my own easily

12 votes

It's costing a lot but we are ok

16 votes

I am going into debt because of the cost of food

7 votes

I am receiving benefits and I can break even every month

3 votes

I am receiving benefits and I can't do without them

10 votes

RKBA: The armed progressive and why

Captain Janeway

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Tuesday September 07, 2010 · 4:47 AM PDT

2010/09/07 · 04:47

RKBA is a DKos group of second amendment supporters who also have progressive and liberal values. We don't think that being a liberal means one has to be anti-gun. Some of us are extreme in our second amendment views (no licensing, no restrictions on small arms) and some of us are more moderate (licensing, restrictions on small arms.) Moderate or extreme, we hold one common belief: more gun control equals lost elections. We don't want a repeat of 1994. We are an inclusive group: if you see the Second Amendment as safeguarding our right to keep and bear arms individually, then come join us in our conversation. If you are against the right to keep and bear arms, come join our conversation. We look forward to seeing you, as long as you engage in a civil discussion.RKBA stands for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.

Captain Janeway

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Sunday August 29, 2010 · 7:20 AM PDT

2010/08/29 · 07:20

And military action won't be able to fix this one.

Is it Al-Queda? No.
Is it the BP oil spill? No.
Is it unemployment? Not exactly.
Is it China? Not precisely.
Is it Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reily or Rush Limbaugh? Not even close.

So what is it?

Captain Janeway

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Wednesday August 18, 2010 · 4:49 PM PDT

2010/08/18 · 16:49

11 Trillion.

That's 11 with 12 zeros after it.

That's how much our leadership has committed in bailouts to all financial institutions, banks, corporations, etc. to date to save them from the problems THEY made.

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21 votes Show Results

Will the United States collapse?

21 votes Vote Now!

Will the United States collapse?

By 2020

0 votes

Sometime soon, not sure when

4 votes

No, we will sell Texas to Saudi Arabia

1 vote

No, we will continue to invade sovereign countries and steal their resources

8 votes

You are one crazy lady

5 votes

Pie

3 votes

Something else (leave a comment)

0 votes

Food stamp usage is up 31% since October 08

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Wednesday August 04, 2010 · 7:29 PM PDT

2010/08/04 · 19:29

I learned today from the Christian Science Monitor that food stamp usage has sky rocketed. I went to the government's food and nutrition service site to look at the data myself and discovered it's up 31% since October of 2008.

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Tuesday July 27, 2010 · 4:23 PM PDT

2010/07/27 · 16:23

This is a short diary to just to report some of the default rates for the most common consumer debt vehicles.

Captain Janeway

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Friday July 02, 2010 · 5:17 PM PDT

2010/07/02 · 17:17

The president gave a model speech for what we may like to happen with the broken American immigration system. However, it seems that the approach he prescribes, while not on par with the bat-shit insanity of the extreme right, just isn't realistic. At least not to me.

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42 votes Show Results

Is there a comprehensive solution to illegal immigration?

42 votes Vote Now!

Is there a comprehensive solution to illegal immigration?

Yes

19 votes

11 votes

Maybe

9 votes

Pie

2 votes

I have a solution in pill form (please tell us what it is)

1 vote

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Where have our liberties gone?

Bagging rice for the inevitable

Is there any need for this firearm in our Democracy?

More madness of a lost society on Black Friday

My mother has gone to hospice

Food stamp usage is up 39% since October 08

RKBA: The armed progressive and why

Our top national security threat has changed.

Spreadsheet Reality, August Edition

Food stamp usage is up 31% since October 08

Credit card defaults are up again

Nice immigration speech. Cue reality stage right.