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After raising three children, working in the human services field for 18 years and driving long-haul trucking for 16 years, I'm currently disabled (temporarily, I'm convinced) and ready embark on new adventures. I've always had a need to see what's over the

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Personal Finance > Retirement Should Social Security disability benefits be given to more or fewer people?: 3 of 3
Social Security Disability is one of those hot-button subjects that people tend to get riled about without understanding the issue. It appears everyone knows someone who is receiving Social Security Disability without appearing to be disabled. These same people seem to feel that having someone receive Social Security Disabil... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory The trend toward outsourcing service jobs: 3 of 3
The "trend" toward outsourcing service jobs has become more than a trend-it is now a religion. Every manager knows, without blinking an eye, that outsourcing service jobs will pad the bottom line, at least until next quarters' reports come out. When Bill Clinton extolled the benefits of NAFTA, his answer to critics was alway... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Working as a female truck driver: 2 of 2
Women have always been truck drivers. In fact, women as freight haulers pre-date the age of the eighteen wheeler: Calamity Jane, of American historical lore, was a teamster for the Army. Lillie Drennan is the first woman recorded as having been given a truck driving license in 1929 to haul oil field equipment, explosives and... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Hunger, Disease & Poverty New laws in effect to prevent the spread of bird flu: 2 of 2
The tremendous amount of government fear-mongering over the perceived threat of bird flu makes me extremely fearful. Not of flu but of the government! Anyone who is alert and actually paying attention will notice the serious lack of actual information being provided on the nightly news when referring to the Asian Bird Flu. A... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Reflections: The need for a move to part-time legislature in Michigan: 2 of 2
Moving to a part-time legislature in Michigan is a topic whose time has arrived. As I read the daily machinations of our legislature, I am amazed that nearly 150 grown adults, faced with the responsibilities these people are faced with, could waste so much time and so many tax dollars on frivolous and short-sighted legislati... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Economic News Congressman proposes higher gasoline taxes to combat climate change: 2 of 2
John Dingell's proposal to raise the taxes on gasoline by $.50 is evidence he has been in Washington too long. Dingell has won twenty-six consecutive elections to the House of Representatives and interestingly, holds the seat his father, John Dingell Sr held for twenty-two years. Upon his death, John Jr won a special electio... More..
Pets & Animals > Dog Psychology How to choose soothing music for dogs: 2 of 2
We've all heard the term "Music soothes the savage beast"-actually a misquote from playwright William Congreve. Even in the eighteenth century, people realized music plays upon the emotions of human and animal alike. It wasn't until recently, however, that science began to study this widely-held belief-and finds that its tru... More..