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hedgehog

hedgehog's Journal
hedgehog's Journal
September 24, 2012

If Romney had released all his taxes 10 months ago, would anyone

have bothered going through them?

September 20, 2012

"Magic underwear" - I'm a Catholic and I wear several holy medals -

Anyone here ready to mock me for wearing "magic metal"?


Trust me, there are a lot of reasons to criticize Mitt, we don't need to use this nasty mantra!

September 20, 2012

Party of resentment ? The two people on my Facebook who are the most strong Republicans

seem to be doing very well for themselves.

September 19, 2012

If your congress critter is a Republican, tell us what makes that person very special:

Mine is "Light bulb Lady" Anne Buerkle:

The new congresswoman says it should be up to consumers to decide if they want to buy the standard incandescent bulb invented by Thomas Edison 130 years ago, or the new generation of energy-saving compact fluorescent bulbs.

As Buerkle views it, Congress took away that choice in 2007 when it passed the Energy Independence and Security Act — legislation signed into law during the George W. Bush administration. The law included energy efficiency standards for light bulbs, to be phased in beginning Jan. 1, 2012. Incandescent bulbs currently fail to meet the standards.

Buerkle, R-Onondaga Hill, says the law amounts to a ban on incandescent bulbs. She and 20 other conservative Republicans in Congress are seeking to repeal the new standards.

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/02/rep_ann_marie_buerkle_seeks_to.html

September 19, 2012

Any news on the House races?

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Gender: Female
Hometown: Oswego County, New York
Home country: USA
Current location: Lake Ontario Snow Belt
Member since: Fri Apr 23, 2004, 11:56 PM
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About hedgehog

I've been a female working a "man's job" (mechanical engineer), stay at home Mom (6 kids), working Mom (6 kids to put through college), unemployed, underemployed, temporarily employed and now working from home! We live on an old, small farm with 2 dogs and 2 cats in the house, variable number of chickens out in the yard.
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