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I am a 64 year old grandmother and Obama supporter.

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Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology Hillary Clinton's foreign affairs positions: 2 of 10
I believe you should really get to know a candidate before you make an evaluation of their positions.From listening to Hillary over a year or more, I've found many inconsistencies that makes her either a flip flopper or a "woman" who changes her mind like the wind. I don't think I want a President who flip flops because that'... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Tips The benefits of parenting advice from experienced mothers: 16 of 62
I believe if you are a well-rounded person and have a good relationship and love your mother, then she is the best advice-giver you can have. Look at yourself as a model. If she did well by you, then she would do better helping you with your little one than a stranger.Grandparents are usually great advisers because they becom... More..
Relationships & Family > Family Bonding The importance of talking to your kids about sex and drugs: 10 of 30
My message here is one of good choices and bad choices and I want kids to know what can happen when they make bad choices. That's why I'm investing my time and energies today in developing a Performing Arts Center for afterschool children to help them learn there are other roads in life they can take and other choices they ca... More..
Relationships & Family > Love & Lust How to tell if it's love or just lust: 16 of 42
For teenagers, that is a BIG question. If you are an adolescent boy, the answer is NO to love, YES to lust! An adolescent girl, however, will always believe she's in LOVE!That's just the female makeup. We feel more from the heart than anywhere else. A young girl can feel for a young boy like he is the love of her life and she... More..
Relationships & Family > Love & Lust How to seduce a man: 29 of 56
If you're at a restaurant sitting alone and you happen to see a nice gentleman looking your way and smiling, smile sheepishly and look away. Straighten up and act sultry while at the same time, you're being coy.Look at him again to see if he's still looking and whisper "how are you?" That should bring him your way to respond ... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Money junkies: When money is the only thing that matters: 17 of 31
Money is the only thing that matters to those who DON'T have it because they really need it. It's also the only thing that matters to those who DO have it because they want more.Money is the root of all evil people say because it makes honest people dishonest, it turns family against family, and it causes people to hurt or ki... More..
Education > Education (Other) Are our schools preparing our children for the future?: 55 of 94
No. Teachers need to concentrate on "here" first before they can teach children about there!Most teaching ethics are so antiquated that kids think school is a bore and a joke. They go to school to meet their friends and "hang out." You're lucky if one kid out of each dozen actually learns something in most schools nowadays. W... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Things to say to those that deserve "The Look": 9 of 14
Boy, do my kids know "the look". I didn't realize that until many years later when my youngest daughter was telling her kids about "the look" and that they better not mess with grandma when she gives them "the look". I guess they didn't believe her.So, time goes on and when they would argue and fight to the point of getting m... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Poetry is . . .: 112 of 173
This is what poetry means to me:MENThey live to survive in a vast universeOn a small planet which they call mother earthThey have no idea of where it all beganAnd yearn to know the beginnings of manThey ask, they seek, and still don't understandWhat is the purpose and nature of the manWho wishes to control another man's willW... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Democratic Leaders Commentary: Why Al Gore might be the answer for the Dems in 2008: 15 of 22
Al Gore is definitely the answer for the Dems because he's the last "honest" man left in the government, if you ask me!The Republicans have lost their way and have proved themselves to be dishonest and corrupt. They have helped corporate America save big bucks and the poor can't even buy enough food to last a week from their ... More..