Speaker Boehner Stands Against Far Right Jabs

[caption id="attachment_2013" align="aligncenter" width="594"] House Speaker Boehner[/caption]

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Welcome back My Dear Readers to The Other Shoe. In a completely unexpected, yet much welcomed, reversal of an earlier position the Speaker of the House of Representatives has garnered the ire of the talking heads of the far right. It was just six months ago, July 21^st, that Speaker Boehner made the most infamous quote. Saying; Congress “ought to be judged by how many laws we repeal”[1] in response to a question asked by Bob Schieffer and written by yours truly.[2] (Evidenced in my article “MY TOPIC Opens ‘Face The Nation’ TODAY”)

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This week sees a completely new and different Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Instead of further advocating the repeal of Obamacare Speaker Boehner is working to actually pass a budget without a government shutdown. This budget, if passed in its current form, will work to ease some of the painful cuts America has been under since the beginning of the sequester. In responding to attacks by the Heritage Foundation, Freedomworks, and Americans for Prosperity the Speaker states that their attacks are “ridiculous” and that these groups have “lost all credibility”.[3]

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Either the Speaker of the House of Representatives has been a victim of the “Invasion of the Bodysnatchers” or, Speaker Boehner has decided to wrestle control, of the Republican party and Congressional Republicans, back from the Tea Party fringe. Either way this is a bold move on the part of the Speaker and completely unprecedented based on the previous two years of his Speakership.

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I would like to extend my personal congratulations to Speaker Boehner for standing up to the intransigent members of the United States House of Representatives. Further when Speaker Boehner, earlier this week, said “Frankly, I just think that they've lost all credibility."[4]he pretty much slammed the door in the face of radical Republicans. Now, My Dear Readers, this is a course of action that I have been advocating since the early weeks of the 112^th Congress, last year. I have seen comments, on Facebook, stating they believe that the Speaker “has grown a spine”.

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It is my belief that this new course of action has a different source. I believe that two factors figured predominately in this 180° reversal, on the part of Speaker Boehner. First, I believe that the Speaker, and Rep. Paul Ryan, have grown extremely tired of the abysmal single digit approval ratings the Republicans in Congress and the Republican held Congress. I believe that the Speaker and Rep. Ryan are working to try and save the Republican Party from a complete route in the 2014 off-year elections.

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Second, I believe that between the public statements made by Pope Francis, regarding the grave nature of financial inequality in America. Combined with recent statements made by Pres. Obama, regarding the financial inequality in America. These concerted efforts have worked to give the intelligent members of the Republican Party no choice but to completely alter their course of action. No longer can the Republican Party merely stand for the interests of the wealthy. No longer can the Republican Party cut benefits for food for; seniors, veterans, the disabled, and poor children. No longer can the Republican Party be the party that tries to stop unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed. No longer can the Republican Party merely be the party of “No!”.

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My Dear Readers I am sure you understand the unmitigated glee I feel at the complete turn around that we bear witness. For two years now I have used this blog as a bully pulpit to speak out against; the intransigence and the Republican leadership of the House of Representatives, the control of a small number of radical far right Republicans in the House of Representatives and the grinding policies of said Republicans against the least among us.

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This new course of action, by elements of the Republican leadership of the United States House of Representatives, is very welcome by yours truly. I am extremely elated to be able to write an article praising the actions of the Speaker of the House of Representatives for the first time in two years. If this is the course they plan to keep, for the immediate future, you will continue to see articles here that are positive and supportive of these new efforts of these Republicans.

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I am very happy that at this holiday time of the year… At Christmas that I am able to write and report that the Republican leadership is backing off of the screws they’ve had on the poor and the least among us. I hope and pray that this new leadership will prevail and that Speaker Boehner will not buckle to the attacks of the talking heads of the radical right.

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As always I am very flattered that you come here and read my work.

 

Thank you!

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[1]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/21/boehner-congress-repeals_n_3631017.html

[2]http://theothershoe.blog.com/2013/07/my-topic-opens-face-the-nation-today/

[3]http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/12/12/250555582/boehner-blisters-tea-party-groups-over-budget-deal-criticism

[4]http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/12/politics/budget-boehner/

Daniel's Past Publication...

            Welcome back My Dear Readers to The Other Shoe. Today we are taking a little trip down memory lane. Some of you, My Dear Readers, might remember me mentioning that I; wrote, edited and published a newsletter for a building I managed back in the 90’s. Well, low and behold I stumbled across some of the newsletters just the other day. In the spirit of the holidays (sharing) I have scanned these little wonders and are bringing them to you here today. I hope that you enjoy these old newsletters. Please understand that these were done over thirteen years ago, and I had far less experience with editing and publishing back in the late 90’s. ENJOY!

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I started this newsletter in 1997. I am still looking but 1999 is the only year I have been able to locate. The first two images are of the (first) front (then) back of the newsletter for January 1999. .

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[caption id="attachment_2002" align="aligncenter" width="630"] January 1999 Front Page Plaza Woods Courier[/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_2003" align="aligncenter" width="630"] January 1999 Back Page Plaza Woods Courier[/caption]

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Now, a year has passed and I, think, I am using a different publishing software. Over the past year I have taken to adding; recipes (sound familiar?), and an editorial column. This was the very last newsletter that I published for Plaza Woods, and the very last newsletter the residents of Plaza Woods ever received. Reason, on January 1^st, 2000 I was fired @ 3AM. That’s right. My apartment was adjoined to the office and at 3AM I was waken by someone going through my office. I put on my bathrobe, went to the office to see what was going on… it was the owner and an armed security guard.

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I was being terminated for “Insubordination”. The previous day I had requested to be paid for the previous year of; writing, editing, and publishing the newsletter and web site. In January we had agreed to $1,200.00 a year to cover my work on both publications. I had maintained the web site, even adding an application process (in 1999) and managed to publish a newsletter all twelve months. I was in the office, the day before, and he told me “I do not feel that I should have to pay you for doing the newsletter and web site. As manager I now think they should be a part of your job…” Needless to say I was outraged at the theft of $1,200.00! I expressed my discontent and invited the owner (Mr. Charlie Roy) to “find a manager that would do; maintenance, leasing, rent deposits and spreadsheet, and publish a monthly newsletter and web site for the $12,000.00 a year he was paying me.

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He fired me, and he never had a newsletter again. Greed is an awfuyl thing. And, like a shotgun it harms innocents with its spray of lead.

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Below are the four pages of the very last issue of the Plaza Woods Courier.

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[caption id="attachment_1998" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Christmas 1999 Plaza Woods Courier Front Page[/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_1999" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Christmas 1999 Plaza Woods Courier Second Page[/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_2000" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Christmas 1999 Plaza Woods Courier Third Page[/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_2001" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Christmas 1999 Plaza Woods Courier Fourth Page[/caption]

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As always I am honored that you come here and read my work.

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Thank you!

 

MMORPGs And YOU! - World Of Warcraft

[caption id="attachment_1988" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Danny at Stormwind Gates after Dragon Attack[/caption]

            Welcome back My Dear Readers to The Other Shoe. This is the eighth article of this series ‘MMORPGs and YOU!’ here atThe Other Shoe. Since the very first article of this series I have wanted to bring you screenshots and video of game play inWorld of Warcraft. However, it was not until this week that, through the kindness of an online friend, I had access to my World of Warcraft account. I was given a ‘Scroll of Resurrection’ from a good friend of mine in World of Warcraft. This ‘Scroll of Resurrection’ can be given to any player who’s been away from the game for more than three months to, quite literally, bring them back to life in the game.

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So for the next seven days I have access to all the characters on my account, there are seven characters in all. I will not be able to show screen snapshots or give video for all of my characters. So I have picked to of my favorite characters to play and throughout this articles you will see screenshots and in game videos of these two ‘toons’. The past three days have been set spent taking screenshots and making videos. At the end of each day I sort through the screenshots and videos to find the ones that show the most and look the best for this article today.

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For anyone that is thinking of expanding their PC gaming experience to a new genre. Or for anyone thinking of making their first venture in PC gaming the genre of massively multiplayer online role-playing games. World of Warcraftis quite definitely the game for you. My Dear Readers I played in many role-playing games, both on personal computers and in board games, previous to my introduction to this now world-famous game. First, a bit of irony. World of Warcraftmade its world debut November 23, 2004. November 23 is just three days after my birthday. However, in 2004… At the time of my birthday, I was not able to afford to purchase World of Warcraft.

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It was not until January 4 of 2005 and then I finally made my entry into this wonderful game. Unfortunately when I started playing there were huge lines, one had to wait in, just to get in and play your character. Often you would get kicked from the server, sometimes at very and opportune moments. I remember I was in the very first dungeon that I never played in World of Warcraft. The name of this instance is Deadmines. If you pick either human or dwarf for your first character this will, most likely be, the first instance you encounter.

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[caption id="attachment_1987" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Allen and Daniel on Bear Mounts in WOW[/caption]

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Now, My Dear Readers, I could spend hours upon hours writing basically a died to play of this game. I do not want to do that, instead I would like to introduce you to the game give you a little bit of the language the game show you pictures from the game in the videos. At the end of it all more than anything I would’ve liked to have peaked your interest in playing this MMORPG. Quite truthfully, nothing would make me happier than encountering one of you in Azeroth.

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[caption id="attachment_1986" align="aligncenter" width="630"] World Map _ World of Warcraft Azeroth[/caption]

(Azeroth – The World of Warcraft world)

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At the time this article was written there are four continents in Azeroth. They are; Kalimdor, the Eastern Kingdoms (where Humans and Dwarfs begin), Northrend and Pandaria. The next thing you will need to know is that this world is started out, in the very first game, (which in now referred to as Vanilla) with a just the continent of Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms. The continent to the north, Northrend, was added in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion and Pandaria was added most recently. There have been  four expansions to this world.

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The very first expansion to this game was released in January 2007, named ‘The Burning Crusade’. The next expansion was released in November 2008, named ‘Wrath of the Lich King’. The third expansion was released in December 2010 and was named ‘Cataclysm’. The fourth expansion, ‘Mists of Panderia’, was released September 2012. There is a fifth expansion planned, named ‘Warlords of Draenor’. I do not have the release date of this expansion. With each expansion the world of Azeroth has been an enlarged and the level cap has been increased.

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Each character, known in the game as a toon, grows with experience. The experience you gain as measured in levels. The original game, Vanilla, had a level cap of 60. With the most recent expansion you can now level your toon up to level ninety. Currently I do not have a level ninety toon. One of the few things that I’ve really wanted this year, for Christmas, was a extension of my membership to this game. With me not working, Allen being knowingly person in the house working, and me only bringing in a little over $900 a month I just… I just cannot justify the $15 a month subscription fee to continue playing the game. It is a sacrifice I willingly make so that my family has more money for food and the things we need.

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There is a reason this game, at one point, had 12 million subscribers. There is a reason that even though there are literally dozens of MMORPGs on the market several million people continue playing this game. As well, whenever I think of playing an MMORPG World of Warcraftis the one I have the most desire to play again in the best memories of playing. One of the reasons for the great success of this intellectual property is that it contains elements from fantasy, steam punk, and science fiction. There is, quite literally, something for everyone in this game. If you like rolling hills, forests, babbling brooks, blue rivers and sunny skies then you will most likely want to start out as a human. Your capital city is the grand city of Stormwind. Each race has their own capital city within the game.

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[caption id="attachment_1994" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Enzo Worgen Toon in Shattarath[/caption]

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There many races that make up this game. On the side of the Alliance you have; Humans, Dwarves, Draenei, Gnomes, Night Elves, Worgen, Tushui Panderaen and High Elves. On the side of the Horde you have; Orcs, Forsaken, Tauren, Trolls, Blood Elves, Goblins, Huojin Pandaren, and Orges. (For more information on these races you can look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_warcraft_races#Humans)

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If you are a darker person, or a ‘Goth’, then you will like one of the darker races like; the Worgen, Goblins or Gnomes. The best way to find out, if you’re interested in joining this fantasy realm, what race would fit you best would be to visit the link I have left above. One of the most interesting aspects of this game is that Alliance and Horde cannot understand each other speak. If you are a human, for instance, and you are in a PvP (Person vs. Person) battle with an orc you will not understand a single word they yell at you. And, they will yell at you. The same goes for the Horde side, too. When we speak to each other, in these battles, they cannot understand what we say, either.

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This adds to the mystery of the game but also serves a function. In these battles where players battle each other we cannot understand them discuss their battle plans nor that can they understand us discuss hours. The next major choice you need to make will be what type of server you would like to play. There are two basic types of servers. There are Player vs. Environment and Player vs. Player servers in the game. In the Player vs. Environment servers it is you, and your allies, playing against the wild creatures and ‘Bad elements’ of the world. In Player vs. Environment you cannot be attacked by a member of the opposing faction while casually playing. You must enter a PvP battleground prior to engaging in battle with the opposing faction. This means, that as a low level player, you cannot be ganked (overwhelmed by) members of the opposing faction going out to do quests.

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On the other hand, in a PvE (Player vs. Environment) server you cannot get ganked. This is the major reason I have always played in a PvE server. However, this is the main reason that, some people, prefer the PvP servers. They like the thrill of confrontation, the allure of happenstance meetings with opposition parties and the possibility of death. I can completely understand why these people enjoy the PvP servers. I just happen to not be quite as quick, with my hands, as I used to be… and I enjoy tranquility when I play. If you are like me, not wanting to be jumped and killed at random, then you should pick a PvE server. If you like the thrills I have outlined above, then you should pick a PvP server. Each world has both kinds of servers. Currently all my toons are on the Alexstraza PvE Alliance server. If you would like to try this game, and honestly if you are a PC user and play games… well, you have no idea what all you are missing if you have never played. If you would like to play, I would be happy to show you around and help you get started. I am the Guild Master of the Guild ‘Legion of Dragon Slayers’. We have Guilds in; World of Warcraft, Rift and Aion (currently).

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[caption id="attachment_1991" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Enzomatrix on Dragon Mount[/caption]

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As well, right now is a very good time to start playing WoW. Right now you can have the base game and the first three expansions for ONLY $4.99.  (Here: https://us.battle.net/shop/en/product/world-of-warcraft). There has never been a better time to get into this genre and this game. As I stated above you can find me (Enzomatrix, Enzomatrixlt, Goodgulf [from ‘Bored of the Rings], and Devonshire) on the; Alexstraza PvE Alliance server.

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As always I am deeply honored that you come here and read my work.

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Thank you!

 

The Least Productive Congress in HISTORY!

The Least Productive Congress in HISTORY!

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             Welcome back My Dear Readers to The Other Shoe. Let’s start, today, with a question… shall we? If you were the least productive; person in your office, salesmen on the floor, or worker in your store would you have a job? Answer honestly. Nope, you most likely would not have a job. If you had the lowest sales, the lowest productivity numbers, did the least amount of work in your job you would (most likely) not have a job, correct? Then why is it that right now, today, Republicans still have jobs as Congressmen and Senators on ‘The Hill’?

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            “The 113th Congress is going down as the least productive group of Washington legislators in modern history.”[1] (PBS)

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            “The 113th Congress has passed 55 bills into law this year, seven fewer at this point than the 112th Congress, making it, at least for now, the least productive Congress in history.” [2].(Huffington Post)

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            “Even the infamous “Do Nothing Congress” of 1948 did more.

Washington lawmakers this year have approved just 55 laws and, with only a handful of days left, will almost certainly go down as the least productive crop of legislators in modern history.”[3] (Boston Globe)

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            “The 113th Congress has passed all of 55 laws so far this year, seven fewer at this point than the 112th Congress — the least productive Congress ever.” [4] (New York Times)

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Now, My Dear Readers, that is four independent sources all saying the same thing about the 113^th Congress. When I was in high school, and learning journalism, we were told to use three independent sources, I have provided you with four. If I wanted to, I could fill this entire article with quotes from over fifty different sources, all stating the same thing. The 113^th Congress of these United States of America have been this single least productive legislators in the history of our Republic. Now, let me get back to the question I started this article with, shall I? If you sold… Closed the least number of sales of homes would you still have a job as a real estate agent? No, most likely you would not. If you processed the least number of loans, as a loan agent in a bank, would you still have a job? No, most likely you would not. Then why is it, My Dear Readers, why is it that Republicans are still in control of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America? For two years in a row now Republicans have distinguished themselves as being the least effective and least productive legislators this nation has seen it in its entire history. Gript with intransigence, focused on purity, and repeating this same task over and over and over again this Congress has distinguished itself as being completely ineffectual at the jobs to which they have been hired.

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Did you know, My Dear Readers, that in just the past two years Republicans have held nearly 45 votes to “repeal Obamacare… ”? 45 times they have brought the same nonsense to the floor of the House of Representatives. Remember that number, 45. Right now the 113^th Congress of the United States of America has passed 55 laws. If you remove all of the house keeping bills; naming post offices, naming national holidays, giving out awards you would be left with eight less pieces of legislation. That leaves us with 47 actual laws that affect the United States of America passed by the 113^th Congress. That is only two more than the times they have tried to repeal Obamacare. My Dear Readers the very definition of insanity is to repeat the same thing again and again expecting a different result. If we were to hold this body of legislators by the same standard as individuals are in our society? The Republican leadership of the 113^th Congress would fully qualify as being an insane body.

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Question? You are the least productive real estate agent. You are the least productive loan officer. You are the least productive; teacher, Gardner, firemen, policemen, hamburger jockey. You lose your job, correct? Then, my fellow Americans, our duty is clear. What must happen must be crystal clear to every single person in the United States of America. The Republican Party has been the majority of, held the Speakership in, and been in charge of the House of Representatives of the Congress for the United States of America for two sessions. The two least productive sessions of Congress in the history of our entire Republic. Our path is clear. Were they; a real estate agent, a loan officer, a teacher, a policeman, a burger jockey they would lose their job. So must the Republican majority of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America.

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This is not about partisanship. This is about common sense. We can no longer allow the pursuit of political purity to impede the progress of this, the single most powerful nation in the history of mankind. No longer can political purity, Intransigence, and the pursuit of a singular goal preoccupy all the time of the People’s Congress of this great nation. While Republicans have held the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States of America in some sort of temporal hold, does the world stands still? No, the world, its economy, its people, they all keep moving forward. The world around us keeps moving forward; its workers, its companies, they all continue to be productive. We cannot, we the people of the United States of America, in good conscience continue to support a party that has proven it’s pursuit of purity, its singular focus to be a detriment to the future of our nation and of our people.

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Again, this is not partisanship My Dear Readers this is just about common sense and the pursuit of productivity. How long can America… How long can the United States of America hold its preeminence as the single greatest superpower in the history of our species if the People’s body of the Congress of this nation is held in the grip of Intransigence and hampered by a historic lack of productivity? Quite simply, My Dear Readers it cannot. Republicans have proven, with their actions and their words, that the pursuit of party purity and the Fellowship of Intransigence are the hallmarks of their current leadership. That being said, we cannot in good conscience continue to present the mantle of leadership to that party. Now My Dear Readers I would be saying these very same words if it were the Democrat Party that had locked our Congress… The house of the people of this great nation... locked it in a pursuit of purity and the Fellowship of Intransigence. I would be calling for the ouster of every single Democrat legislator in that esteemed body. However, that is not the case My Dear Readers. The fact of the matter is, the 112^th Congress of the United States of America, the House of Representatives, was the least productive at the beginning of this year. Now that we come to the end of the year, and the end of another session of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America, we find ourselves in a position where Republicans have out done themselves in the art of non-productivity.

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I have been writing about our nonproductive Republicans now for two years. Many outlets of our media. here in America and across the world. have been writing about the lack of productivity of Republicans while controlling the House of Representatives. The time for talk is over. The time for action is at hand. Let us not be dissuaded from the obvious task at hand. Let us not allow our nation to be gripped, yet another year, gripped by Intransigence with thoughts of party loyalty. It is now time for all of us, all voters of the United States of America, to stand shoulder to shoulder and in unison and kick the bombs out.

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It is my humble opinion that come November, of our coming year, no American, in good conscience, knowing what we know now… Knowing what I have put forth on this blog for two years… Knowing the real truth about the Republican leadership of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America. No American in good conscience should be able to vote for Republican now sitting in the house of the people the Congress of the United States of America. Shakespeare put it best;

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            “To take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing, end them.”

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It is now time, my fellow Americans, for all of us to take arms against the sea of troubles that has gripped our House of Representatives in intransigence. To take arms against the Republican Party that has caused this frozen democracy. To take arms and by opposing END their Intransigence. By opposing their lack of productivity. By opposing their pursuit of purity and their fondness for Intransigence. End them. End the intransigence. End this sorry lack of productivity.  END this frozen democracy.

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As always I am deeply flattered you come here and read my work.

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Thank you!

[caption id="attachment_1812" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Just a shot of a VERY thankful Danny in His Power Chair[/caption]

 

 

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[1]http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/12/113th-congress-on-track-to-be-least-productive-ever.html

[2]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/03/john-boehner-least-productive_n_4377930.html

[3]http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2013/12/04/congress-course-make-history-least-productive/kGAVEBskUeqCB0htOUG9GI/story.html

[4]http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/us/politics/least-productive-congress-on-record-appears-in-no-hurry-to-produce.html?_r=0

My PRE-DAWN RAID!

My PRE-DAWN RAID!

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                  Welcome back My Dear Readers to The Other Shoe. Sorry for the startling article title, but it is the truth. Before dawn, today, my home was (I feel) illegally raided. Sunrise, today,  here in Orange County Southern California, was 6:454AM. Nearly a whole bloody HOUR before that my home was invaded but unidentified barbarians posing as officers. Now, let me set your minds to ease… a little. I have NOT committed any crimes. I am not in any legal trouble. Now, let me weave you a tale. A tale of my humiliating, and gravely upsetting, painful  awakening, this very morning.

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At approximately 5:55 AM this morning I was awakened, out of a deep painless sleep, by the vigorous, extremely loud, hate filled banging on my front door. I nearly jumped out of my bed, and my skin to, at the sound of this noise. Quite honestly it sounded like someone had a small sledgehammer and was trying to knock down my front door. I jolted up in bed, horribly wrenching my neck and causing the first of what will be a series of hurtful and humiliating actions, and looked at the clock in front of my bed. It was 5:55 AM and just as I was fixing to ask Allen if he had heard the violent hammering on our front door, it happened again.

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BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM, BA, BAMMM!

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Six times! Someone took a very hard and very dense abject and beat it against my front door. Now, My Dear Readers, generally in America a police officer, engaging in something like this (like a raid of your home) you would hear them announce themselves outside the door. Something to the effect of;

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            ”Open up, it’s the police!”

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Nobody made any kind of announcement outside my front door. Just twice, within ten seconds of each other, rapid vigorous angry slamming on my front door! The sound of a ball peen hammer, being thrown through my front door. I was now as frightened as I have been since… as frightened as I have been when I had a gun held to me during a mugging in 1989. Again, I have not heard anyone make any kind of ’legal’ announcement of potential entry, outside our door. For all I knew Allen and I were under some kind of home invasion attack. I say to Allen;

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            “Allen did you hear that?”

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 Allen responds, with fear in his voce that is quite palatable;

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            “Yes, Danny. What should I do? Should I answer it?”

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I responded, with great caution in my voice:

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            “Go to the door and look through the peep-hole. See if you can see who it is. But, don’t open it and keep the chain on the door.”

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At this point I am looking around my bed for something with which to protect myself. Allen looks through the peephole and says:

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                        “Oh my God… I think it is my probation officer!”

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At five-fricking-fifty in the AM… pre-flipping DAWN?

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So I say Allen;

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            “Well, open the door… but keep the chain on. “

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Allen opens the door. I hear mumbled voices… and Allen removes the chain and opens the door.

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Now I want to make a couple of things perfectly crystal clear to you, My Dear Readers. Every single penny paid in; deposits, move-in costs, and rent since the very beginning of my our residency here has been paid, in full, by me alone on cashiers checks from my account at US Bank. Allen is just getting back on his feet after the unfortunate incident in August of this year. I don’t like to talk about this much… It really is nobody’s business but my own, and Allen… However, I believe it was in August. Allen completely broke with himself and, at 46 years of age, took a car not belonging to himself for a ‘joyride’. Allen is now on three years probation and a work/release program that he is mostly through with. Having said, my understanding of the law in the state of California… And every flipping state in the United States of America, clearly states that no law enforcement officer shall EVER enter into a home without properly identifying themselves.

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Let me take up, where I left off. Allen opens the front door and immediately two people walked into my home at 5:57AM unannounced. With complete disregard for me, my concerns, my civil right’s these people barge into my home and immediately demand that my husband of 26 years sit on the floor, where he stands, behind the front door of his own home… on his hands. Now, there were two individuals (I will not call them police officers, I will not call them law enforcement officers, I will not call them anything more than animalistic bi-peds, at this point, because neither have identified themselves and neither have addressed me at this point). The female of these, as yet, unidentified individuals barks a couple of things at Alan that I cannot hear… then starts flashing her flashlight all over my personal possessions. I look over the Allen and the male (I will not call him a man because men behave with honor) is shining one of these huge baton shaped 6’D’ cell battery halogen flashlights right in Alan’s face for some unknown flipping reason (probably due to his floundering self-esteem and microscopic id). Then the female of these intruders is snooping around my DVDs and books, God knows why. When she stops, at the curtain that separates my living room from my kitchen/bathroom area…. Well, she gives me a dirty look, then reaches in her pocket and removes two bright blue latex surgical gloves.

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At this point, My Dear Readers, neither of these offensive intruders has:

1. showed me a badge


2. identified themselves as law enforcement officers


3. said “excuse me: for barging into my home unannounced prior to DAWN


4. acknowledged my existence with anything more than a dirty look from the female of these offensive intruders

Now, My Dear Readers, I am being uncharacteristically silent. I am being uncharacteristically silent because I realize, at that moment, if I were to open my mouth? I would’ve completely verbally eviscerated both of these bullheaded barbarians. Now, I am not an attorney but I do know my rights under the United States Constitution. One of those rights is a ‘right of entry’ that clearly states that if you’re going to walk into a home I pay the rent for every single penny out of my bank account you have to. at some point. acknowledge my flipping existence and identify yourself. Second, if you’re going to don sterile gloves and start; rummaging through my garbage, plying my clothes, furling my hats in the floor, and taking a dive through my personal items? You’ve got to tell me who the flip you are and why the flip you are in my house BEFORE DAWN!

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This female barbarian goes into my kitchen, without my permission. I hear her rummaging through my garbage can, I hear her going through my clothes in my closet, and I hear her opening cabinets in my bathroom. My rage, at this point, My Dear Readers, is rapidly coming to a boiling point. Just about when I’ve decided I can say something without calling them the pre-dawn barbarian invaders that they are? The male barbarian invader shines his darn high beam  halogen six ‘D’ cell flashlight in my face! Then has the cojones to say to me, while still shining an extremely bright flashlight in my eyes at 5 AM;

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            “Why don’t you lean back…”

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Not; why don’t you lean back sir? Not; why don’t you please lean back. Not, would you please Sir lean back. My Dear Readers, the only time in my life… right now… that I am not aware of the intractable pain I’m in? Is when I am asleep. Right now, with my condition as it is, I generally only get eight hours sleep once or twice a week. If I am awake, I am in pain. Having already been jolted out of my bed by barbarians beating violently on my front door in the predawn wee hours of the day? I am in severe pain. Every since that typewriter dropped on my head in 1987 I’ve had a sensitivity to light. It is quite common for people, with head injuries, to develop sensitivities to; light, sound, heat, any of your senses can become highly sensitive. So, on top of the severe burning pain that is in my neck from jumping jolted out of my bed by barbaric and animalistic pounding in my front door in the predawn hours this day… this male barbarian has just created a severe migraine by shining a flashlight directly into my eyes at 6:03AM in the predawn morning.

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Now, to be perfectly clear, these are the very first words either one of these violent intruders has said to me since they forced their way into my home in the predawn hours of this day. My Dear Readers I was sitting in the most comfortable way possible, I could find, when I was barked the order, by an unidentified intruder, in the predawn hours of this day. I didn’t say anything. I was in complete and total shock. So I leaned back some but I didn’t care reach back and touch my pillow or a reach the… the… the… bed chair I have, to try and make myself comfortable I just lean back so that he would remove the the six cell halogen spotlight from my eyes. Thank God, he did.

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It is about this time, My Dear Readers, that the female barbarian intruder egresses from my kitchen. Again, these into barbarian intruders have now been in my home over three minutes and niether one of them has taken the time to identify themselves, show me a badge, explain to me why they are here, or even show the this simplest the most basic human courtesies that each of us, as Americans, extend up homeless people sitting out front of the K-Mart panhandling!

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Now the female barbarian intruder engages in some mumbled dialogue with my husband of 26 years. He agrees to whatever they say I can’t barely hear what they’re saying, even though they are still in my apartment, that I have paid every single cent of rent for since we moved in. After the mumbled conversation with Allen, the male barbarian intruder opens the door and both of these violent inconsiderate barbaric unidentified intruders leave my home. It is now 3:20 in the afternoon (of the same day) and I have not yet been able to; get back to sleep, rest, calm down, get rid of the migraine headache, or find relief from the terrific pain caused by being jolted out of my bed at 5:50 this morning.

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My Dear Readers you are the first people I have spoken to about this humiliating and, I believe, illegal intrusion into my home. Right now I do not have ink cartridges in my printer… with enough ink for me to prepare any letters. However, as soon as I have enough money to buy the cartridges, I am, and once my printer has a cartridge I am writing letters to; the Governor of the state of California, the American Civil Liberties Union office in Orange County, and to the United States Department of Justice Civil Liberties division. Now, I’m not stupid, I am not a child, and I didn’t just fall off the turnip truck. I know that Allen committed a crime. I know that while he’s on probation he has been forced to suspend certain civil rights. However, I am not aware of any law, federal or state or local, that allows a police officer to waltz into my home at 5:50 in the morning after beating on my door with a baton sized 6 ‘D’ cell flashlight without identifying themselves or even acknowledging my existence other than bark an order at me.

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I have never been so upset or humiliated in my entire life! I’m going to mail every one of the above named letters; certified, restricted delivery, and return receipt. That is not going to be cheap, My Dear Readers, but what happened in the predawn hours of this day (to me) is not going to go with out consequence. If anyone out there reading this article is or knows a civil rights attorney? I would very much appreciate them contacting me. If anyone out there reading this is a member of the fourth estate, and would like to make a larger audience aware of the jackboot tactics of these unidentified predawn barbaric invaders, please contact me. I am 56 years old and I have never broken a single law. I have never received so much as a speeding ticket in my entire life. And yet, somehow, these ‘individuals’ (with obvious floundering self-esteem and microscopic ids) feel empowered to; beat vigorously on my door in the predawn hours of this day, intrude into my home. then rummage through my belongings and garbage? ALL and not once identify themselves or acknowledge me as human being? As fellow American, and to do so unscathed? WELL, they have another thought coming.

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My Dear Readers I literally thank God that I didn’t open my mouth this morning. In high school I was known as the ’Master of the Insult’ and God of the hand gesture’. I coined the Insult “ma formed abortion of a roach. I have no doubt, whatsoever, that if I had opened my mouth, this morning, and told these and unidentified barbarians exactly what I thought of their brown shirt-jacket boot tactics? I just might well be in jail right now. Further, as a very young boy my paternal grandfather would tell me stories of the horrific treatment his wife and her parents received, as Jewish Germans, by the Brown shirted Nazis in the early days of the Second World War. These stories frightened me, My Dear Readers.  I understood the severity of their actions, the deep racial hatred that motivated those barbarian’s actions. However, it was not until the predawn hours of this day that I, myself, personally understood the fear and humiliation my paternal great grandparents must have felt.

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I have not written, this week, much… because… I’ve been in a lot of pain… And, rather deeply depressed. Allen and I have been together, this December 15th, since 1987. This year we will celebrate our 26th year of being partners, life mates, significant others. Until three years ago, for the first 23 years of our relationship, no matter who was or wasn’t working. No matter how much or how little money we were making. No matter the circumstances or where we lived. Every single year I managed to give Allen a Merry Christmas. I remember, back in 1996, we were on hard times. We both went to bed, on Christmas Eve, without a single present under the tree. Unbeknownst to Allen, however, I had gone out earlier that day. And, with money I saved and put together…  that he didn’t know about… I managed to buy a couple presents for each of us. During the night I got out of bed and stole downstairs to put the presents under the tree. The next morning, Christmas day, Alan woke up very depressed and sad. That was, however, until Allen came downstairs and saw that a little miracle had happened in the night. He came downstairs and saw, under the tree, a half dozen presents. He sat under the tree and began the cry. He didn’t know how I’d done it. He didn’t know where I got the money. But without him even knowing I managed to bring Christmas to our home. From that day until five years ago, when I became completely incapable of getting out and doing things on my own… all alone, during the holidays Allen always referred to me as Mr. Christmas.

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This year I will be unable to pull a Christmas out of thin air for Allen. It is just not going to happen. I’ve done everything I can to try and bring a little extra money into our home so that, in spite of my disability… In spite of his arrest… In spite of it all I could show Allen just how much I love him…  and how much he means to me… by being for him… At least one more time, Mr. Christmas.

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And now, on top of all of those feelings… Declining feelings of self-worth… Shame that I can’t do for a man who’s been at my side 26 years through thick and thin…  anything for Christmas. On top of that he (and I) have to be terrorized in our own home. In fact, My Dear Readers, what happened us today is very personal to me. And I will not rest until something is done about these two barbarians beating on my door before the sun rose and humiliating him in his own home… and treating me like a second-class citizen. I will write about this more right here and at my other blog. As soon as I get #60 HP Black and color printer cartridges I will be writing, and sending, certified letters to all the people I’ve named above and anyone else I can think of that might… That might even have slimmest chance, might be able to address what I feel are…  possibly illegal actions and definitely immoral ones.

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As well as soon as I get these printer cartridges I’m sending a demand letter, as required by California law, to the man that stole $300 from me earlier this year. And maybe, just maybe, I will receive some modicum of justice before the New Year. I don’t know if I can get a court date between now on New Year’s Eve. But I do hope I can get that those printer cartridges so I can send a letter of demand and then file a civil lawsuit against a man who I trusted with a ‘Good Faith’  $300. $300 as a deposit on a room that I never ever moved into. That, quite honestly, he refused to let me move into because he realized I was gay. And that the man that has been in caregiver (who was gay, too) would be out in time to move in with me. And when he found that out he decided that he wasn’t about to let me move in… and also decided that because I was gay he could steal my money and I would never do anything about it. I am pretty good with words, My Dear Readers, if I haven’t already then I don’t know if I could possibly convey how deeply depressed I am. I apologize. I do I sincerely apologize for bringing this dark storm cloud into everybody else’s life during this beautiful time of year. It is the core reason I haven’t written much this week. Last week I managed to chase the clouds away enough to write seven articles. I was very proud of myself and was holding my depression at bay.

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I’m going to keep trying to push these dark clouds away. I have promised you another in my series of articles about Massively multiplayer online role-playing games, ‘MMORPGs And YOU!’. This one about the very first of the genre I played AND my all time favorite ‘World of Warcraft’. I have all the screenshots taken, and most of them uploaded. I have five videos recorded, uploaded to YouTube and ready to be embedded in the article. I also have the first two pages of the article written. I promise, I’ll do my best to get that article to you and another article about another game, of that genre, that I’m collecting screenshots and videos for… and as soon as I can pull my head out of these clouds I will bring them to you. I promise.

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. As always I am deeply honored that you come here and read my work.

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Thank you!

[caption id="attachment_1812" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Just a shot of a VERY thankful Danny in His Power Chair[/caption]

 

 

Avarice in America

                      Welcome back My Dear Readers to The Other Shoe. Today President Obama is to make a Presidential address about inequality in America. I heard about this from the Facebook feed to Professor Robert Reich (once Labor Secretary under President Clinton). In the statement the Professor says this:

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“Today the President will be giving a major address on inequality. He can be expected to say it’s the central domestic challenge of our time, that equal opportunity is the keystone of our social compact, that widening inequality threatens our economy and corrodes our democracy, and that he’ll be devoting the rest of his presidency to this fundamental challenge.”[1]

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Another voice, in a growing chorus, seeking to make everyone (yet, mostly Americans) of the severe damage an era of greed has wrought upon our great nation. If you are a frequent reader of this blog, then you will know that America’s Avarice is often a topic of my writing. I have, also, made everyone aware that our newest Pontiff, Pope Francis, has frequently made avarice and inequality topics of his dictums, speeches and press releases. Seriously, one would have to be burying their head in the sand most days, and deaf the rest, not to hear the growing cries against avarice and for equality.

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“The great danger in today’s world, pervaded as it is by consumerism, is the desolation and anguish born of a complacent yet covetous heart, the feverish pursuit of frivolous pleasures, and a blunted conscience.”[2] (Also found here: ‘Pope Francis Strikes, Again’ http://theothershoe.blog.com/2013/11/pope-francis-strikes-again/)

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Fact of the matter is that for the handful of Americans get that did get reap the financial benefit of our recent economic upturn, life is quite good and I am sure this is the last thing in the world they want anyone talking about. However, for the rest of the 310 million Americans that saw no benefit, this is a topic that is not getting enough ink. My Dear Readers this is a topic there will always be space for here at The Other Shoe. I am not against my fellow man making a good living or, if they are fortunate enough, amassing a fortune.

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My problem lies with my fellow man’s avarice. Avarice. Now there is a very old word, a very old word indeed. King Midas had dreams of avarice. King Solomon is what most would see is the epitome of avarice. What follows is the dictionary definition of avarice;

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“extreme greed for wealth or material gain”

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“Extreme greed” is the textbook definition for avarice. Aye, there’s the rub! For it is in that one word… That one adjective that I see the frailty and disease of mankind. Extreme, as if there isn’t enough of that already today. Extreme poverty. Extreme religion. Extreme governance. You see it is in fact, where mankind so often falls, that goes before the fall. As a young boy my father, God rest his soul, warned me of extremism… Of steel and zealotry. You still me it was a good thing to be diligent, it was a good thing to persevere, and it was great to Excel . however, he warned that extremism field and zealotry always came before the fall . So I say to you today it is with America. So I say it is today with the extreme right wing of our Republican Party; the tea party. Today’s tea party is the group most responsible for the intransigence of the last two sessions of Congress. Most tea party members will freely admit that they are extreme and that they are selling. You see, that’s when they lost me. And, My Dear Readers, that is where they should have lost you, too. Extremism demands so much from its followers, takes from everyone else and leaves the world behind it in shambles. All too often, in this life, I and I know you to as well have seen the evidence. The zealotry and religion of the Spanish Inquisition that fell a tree of the third Reich needing to the second world war. In the extreme bigotry and racism of the Ku Klux Klan and the John Birch society’s.

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One simply cannot trust seal… Extremism… Zealotry… Or fanaticism. For when you give up all that is you to become your believe? One news is one’s self. Today America is gripped in the throes of extreme capitalism. We hear the cries of the devout

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“too much regulation will strangle growth…”

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Yet, when asked to provide proof that what they’re saying is true? None is forthcoming. As a matter of fact time magazine, just last year, ran a very short article about the regulatory practices of all the industrialized nations in the world. I found it most enlightening to see that the greatest growth in commerce was in India, at the time of this article. However, most ironic India was also the nation with the largest growth and regulations. Looking back just on the history of our nation. One can quite easily see a very recent parallel. The 60s saw this single largest expansion of the middle class, and our national economy, and the history of our nation. Not surprisingly, the 60s were also the time of the greatest growth of regulations and regulatory agencies in the history of our nation. It was the 60s when”tree huggers”started their campaign to save our national ecology. It was the beginning of the environmental protection agency. I apologize that I don’t have the time nor in my of the strength to fully document the expansion of regulation we saw in the 60s and the 70s in America. I know that most of you, My Dear Readers know that what I say is true and I ask for your understanding. So I see it is no coincidence that one time magazine, and 2013, looks to find the single largest growing economy on the face of the earth they find it that very nation is also the single largest growth and regulations. I dare any of you to go and find me proof that the opposite is true.

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I have not written in the past three days. Not only is my body wracked with an unusual level of pain I just keep getting these fevers. Thankfully Allen is working nearly every day. When his paychecks catch up with the hours might actually be able to eat better, again. However, I am afraid that I have to bring this article to a premature close. I am getting quite dizzy and have a growing extreme headache. I apologize I was just beginning to gain some wind in my argument. You all know this won’t be the last time I come here to speak to you of the disease like state of avarice in our nation. I use the word disease most accurately. For avarice has infected our nation. Greed has infected the minds the hearts and souls of too many good people that I knew and grew up with I pray every night for the strength and the lack of pain so that I might complete my novel. One day soon regardless of my condition I will finish this novel. And it is my prayers that my novel is quite popular. And that that popularity I through the the strength of my will and the sharpness of my wit translate into a good deal of wealth of my own. And then I can stop talking about avarice and I can show you… I can show you all what should the done with any wealth. More children go to bed every day right now today in America than any time in our nation’s history. Children, not adults… Not crack whores are welfare moms but children! What ever did children do to deserve to live in poverty and sleep in the hunger?

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Avarice

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As always I am very flattered that you come here and read my work. I hope and pray that in the coming days I will feel better so you get back to writing on more daily basis. I apologize for my absence and I just hope and pray that I feel better soon because I have so very much to say to you all.

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Thank you!

P.S. Please excuse any typos or errors. In my current... condition... I apologize, I jst didn't have the strenthto prof prior to publication. I will check, tomorrow... when I feel 'better'... o less, depending on the malidy.

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[1]https://www.facebook.com/#!/RBReich

[2]http://www.scribd.com/doc/187329248/Pope-Francis-s-Nov-24-2013-Evangelii-Gaudium

A Week In Review December 1st, 2013

Welcome back My Dear Readers to The Other Shoe. I am pleased to be back presenting the return of ‘A Week in Review’. This week I managed to publish SIX articles here at The Other Shoe. And, I can tell you, I have the pains and aches to prove it. I was, honestly, not going to write this article today… nor publish. However, it just seemed to be the right thing to do. I can see that my traffic is up at both locations of my blog, so I am hoping to keep ‘A Good Thing’ going.

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Now, for all my regulars, you will notice that ‘A Week In Review’ is not the top article. I have decided that, for the time being, I am going to leave ‘Boycott Target’ pinned to the front page. If you haven’t already read that article, I would like to implore you to do so. My Dear Readers, I do not talk about… that day. That article is the very first time that I have put the events of that day into written form. It did not come easy.

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I hope that everyone is sharing ‘Boycott Target’ on all your social media, and among friends and co-workers. This article… and my… experience deserve much better than to be made into some slapstick training video. I hope that you agree and continue to share, and post links to this article… EVERYWHERE.

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On, on with today’s effort. As I mentioned, I have managed to produce six articles this week. I hope that you all have enjoyed my work. However, if you have been busy with; cooking, shopping, and familial concerns? Here is your opportunity to catch-up with this weeks’ publications. Here we go!

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• I’ll Be Seeing You, Again, Soon : “Welcome back My Dearest Readers to The Other Shoe. I have been away for six days, not without good reason. On July 11 of this year I started a campaign to raise money to help me move. A very successful campaign, I might add. However, since I started that campaign I have not taken time away for myself. In the past six months I; was forced to move from a place I called home for a decade, watched a man I dearly love work to undermine his best efforts and destroy his life in slow motion, did everything I could to raise enough money to move alone if need be, packed the majority of my home by myself (which, in my condition, was; terrifying, painful, and humiliating), moved, lost, and worked the very fiber of my being to regain myself and what little status I had in the community I choose to express myself.” This article marked the beginning of, what was to be, a prolific week of writing. I set out to set a goal, and a direction, for my writing… and I managed to succeed. My thinking was, you all would be home more (for the holiday) and I wanted to make sure that you had some of my work to read. Honestly, this is the most I have written and published since my last Indiegogo campaign. NO, I am not planning on running a campaign. … I wish. Yes, things are very tight, financially. For Thanksgiving? I had a turkey pot pie. However, I am not about to start a campaign @ Christmas.


• Pope Francis Strikes AGAIN  :  “Welcome back My Dear Readers to The Other Shoe. Today (November 26^th, 2013) Pope Francis, again, went out of his way to denounce and decry an “idolatry of money” that will result in “a new tyranny.”[1] Now, I have known from the earliest days of his Papacy, that this Pope would likely change the Catholic Church. I understood the choice of a Pope hailing from a less developed country on the South American continent would shift the focus of the Vatican back to the “needs of the many”. However, I am happy to provide proof of my statement. Here is Pope Francis, in his own words:…” This article came out of nowhere. I was just reading the news, and Pope Francis’ actions just jumped off the page and into my writing. This Pope, Pope Francis, IS the Pope that America needs right now. The level of avarice in America, right now, is disastrous. This has been building, for decades, but now I find the greed and narcissism nauseous. Americans need to take a step back, from the brink and stop measuring themselves and others by their wallets. I am happy to say that I have been on this soapbox for several years. I am comforted that I am no longer alone on the soapbox. I have great company, Pope Francis. IF you have not read this article? I urge you to do so, RIGHT NOW!


• Daniel’s November Video Update : “Welcome back My Dear Readers to The Other Shoe. Today (November 26^th, 2013) has been a very busy day, for me. I already wrote, and published ‘I’ll Be Seeing You, Again, Soon’, recorded and uploaded this video and started a very nice article about Pope Francis. If it is not already published, when you are reading this article, keep the faith. I am certain that I am working, diligently, to get it finished and published for your entertainment and enlightenment. I am not Catholic. My mother switched from Southern Baptist to Catholic late in life… in her 70’s. It made her happy. Something about how the church had been treating her since her divorce… that happened back in the early 70’s. Why they would hold a grudge for decades is beyond me… However, a great many things the Southern Baptists do leaves me vexed.” I was not aware of the fact, at the time, but this article was actually a precursor to an experiment I publish later in the week. It signaled the beginning of my ‘combination’ articles. Where I combine a written article with a corresponding video. I am hoping to continue this practice well into the new year.


• The Process  : “Welcome back My Dear Readers to The Other Shoe. Today I am conducting a bit of an experiment, as I am writing to you. As the name of this article indicates, The Process, today I’m showing you behind the curtain and a little bit of the process that takes place when I write an article. With the help of this software Dragon ‘Naturally Speaking’[1] speech to text software… I am right now dictating an article as I am making a video of the dictation. Later today… Much later tonight I will be posting this completed article along with this video.” As I mentioned, above, this IS the article I turned into an experiment. From the traffic and votes I see the experiment as a complete success. I wanted ti ‘Give Back’ to all of you My Dear Readers. How better than to show you all how I go about writing and publishing the works you read. I had a very enjoyable time, making this article happen. I hope that you enjoyed the article as much as I enjoyed writing. Thanks!


• MMORPGs And YOU! Final Fantasy XIV – A Realm Reborn : “Welcome back My Dear Readers to The Other Shoe. It is my pleasure to announce the resurrection of one of your most favorite article series here at The Other Shoe. That series is, of course, MMORPGs And YOU!. This was an extremely popular series of articles earlier this year. I had mentioned, earlier this week, that I was going to bring back this series to reveal to you the very first MMORPG I ever played World of Warcraft. However, events transpired such that instead today I will bring you a review of the most revered RPG series in the history of gaming. Today I bring you a review, screenshots and video of Final Fantasy XIV (2) ‘A Realm Reborn’.” Again, this article just kind of HAPPENED. I was looking at sales, at Gamestop, and saw that the MMORPG ‘Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn’ was on sale for $14.99. I knew that I could trade in My Coke Reward points for Gamestop bucks… and BAM! Suddenly I am trading in points to bucks, and the next thing I know I am downloading a game I have wanted for, literally, MONTHS! I am quite happy with my purchase, and very happy with this article. As well, this series of articles simply was the single most popular series of any I have published. However, my baking articles are gaining a LOT of popularity. You can look forward to more of those, later this month.


• Boycott Target : “Welcome back My Dear Readers to The Other Shoe and a very special… and very personal article. From the very beginning I am going to beg your patience and indulgence My Dear Readers. As I have never, in my life, engaged in the type of activity I’m embarking on tonight. Tonight I am going to share this single most terrifying incident in my entire life. An incident that forever changed my life and the major reason I find myself in a wheelchair today.’ As I stated, before, IF you have NOT read this article… You simply MUST! This is one of the most heartfelt articles I have ever written. As I mentioned, in the prologue, I have NEVER put the events of that day in written form. Now I have, and I would appreciate all your support. Please, consider Sharing… posting… and even quoting this article as much as you possibly can. I do not know if this article will ‘take-off’… It deserves too. I am deeply wounded that Target turned the most tragic day of my adult life… into… a bloody training video. From what I was told? Most of the time, when it is shown… they LAUGH. I am NOW in a power chair… will be in pain for the rest of my days… and pople LAUGH at the incident that put me in this pain? Help me, please?

Well, that brings us to the end of the week and the end of this article. Please, SHARE… and SHARE… and SHARE! I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. One day… maybe I will, too.

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As always I am deeply honored that you come here and read my work.

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Thank YOU!