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PUMA
I am joining the PUMA party: Party Unity My A**!!
Well, not really. But I do not have Party Loyalty.
In fact, I believe the party system in this country would do well to diversify!! I love the Green Party, for instance!
Democrats and Republicans have blended together into one huge Corporate Bureaucracy. They really think they are different from each other, but I think they've grown more and more alike!!
I was saddened by the way Hillary was treated in the 2008 election, and reading over this lens reminds me of the disappointment.
The Progressives and the Republicans are giving Obama a hard time, but he is doing the best he can in these difficult times.
And I love this picture of the Puma!!
PS I just met a man who actually did leave the Democratic Party and ran for Senate as a Green Party Candidate!! So people actually ARE leaving! More power to them!!
Well, not really. But I do not have Party Loyalty.
In fact, I believe the party system in this country would do well to diversify!! I love the Green Party, for instance!
Democrats and Republicans have blended together into one huge Corporate Bureaucracy. They really think they are different from each other, but I think they've grown more and more alike!!
I was saddened by the way Hillary was treated in the 2008 election, and reading over this lens reminds me of the disappointment.
The Progressives and the Republicans are giving Obama a hard time, but he is doing the best he can in these difficult times.
And I love this picture of the Puma!!
PS I just met a man who actually did leave the Democratic Party and ran for Senate as a Green Party Candidate!! So people actually ARE leaving! More power to them!!
Preview of Leaving The Democratic Party
12 Steps Of Political Junky Anonymous!!
A 12 Step Approach to Liberation
The Democratic National Committee told us over the weekend ofMay 31, 2008 that our votes do not matter. People were stripped
of their votes by half in Florida and four delegates were stolen from
Hillary and given to Barak Obama in Michigan.
When Jimmy Carter stepped in recently and flatly proposed that the delegates
from both Florida and Michican should remain unseated: This from a former
President who goes to third world countries and oversees elections to make sure
they are fair, was the red flag that was raised in my consciousness, telling
me to get out of the Democratic Party.
The Democratic Party was a party that used to uphold equality and
a level playing field, but now supports misogyny, has annoited an
unvetted candidate, and now is telling us that our votes not only are
irrelevant, but can be taken away and given to the candidate we had
no interest in voting for.
So for my own sanity, I am leaving the Democratic party.
I am a life long Democratic in a family of active Democrats for
several generations.
Leaving the party is like giving up a family tradition.
And it's like giving up an addiction, because I'm a political
junky.
So I turn to the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous for complete release and
surrender.
Step One: We admitted we were powerless over the Democratic party, that our lives
had become unmanageable.
Since the Democratic party has attempted to morally bankrupt its members, it is
time to admit total defeat.
Yet as this step illustrates, admitting complete defeat allows the door
of freedom to spring wide open.
When we admit personal powerlessness, a rock foundation is created upon which
happiness can be achieved and sustained. Watching the news, observing pundits
marginalizing and insulting the best candidate to ever run for President,
means we are powerless over news programs and our lives have become
unmanageable because of watching them.
Step Two: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore
us to sanity.
Many of us have become angry and resentful at the Democratic Party for
stealing Hillary's great opportunity to serve our country. We are saddened, dejected
and now doubt the integrity of the democratic process.
We fail to touch base with the great inner strength of our own
Higher Power, and have allowed depression and demoralization to simmer in our
psyches.
Yet by tapping the quiet meditative living well inside our hearts, we will triumph
and persevere, just as Hillary has shown us to do by her demonstrated "Grace
Under Fire."
Step Three: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives to the care of God
as we understand Him.
The willingness to turn to a spiritual perspective in these and all other matters
is the one solacing act that can be repeated again and again, moment by moment,
one day at a time.
This is an action step: Severing the knot of self-will and alligning our spirit
to God's will.
The Democratic Party no longer serves me. I now gain my strength from a
Higher Power which does.
Step Four: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
How am I responsible for my own feelings of dejection at the hands of
the Democratic Party?
Certainly the Democratic Party is a non-entity, but my attitude towards the party
and my life are mine to own.
Steps 5-12!!
Step Five: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being theexact nature of our wrongs.
And that chosen human being will be hand picked with great care.
Step Six: Were entirely ready to have God remove all of these defects of character.
One by one, we excise a fault without reservation and give these over in an
act of surrender, and as we do this, the obsession to watch the news, and engage
in political drama--vanishes.
And we continue to make progress in the character building arena thus not
expecting the character defects to be removed immediately.
We do not expect that forgiveness and unity will happen immediately in the
Democratic party and in fact, this can first only happen in my own heart.
Step Seven: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
The key to this step is humility VS self-reliance or a gentle kindliness VS arrogance
and having to be right.
Yes the Democratic Party has let us all down, not only Democrats, but the whole world
is also watching us and deploring the recent decision of the Democratric Rules
Committee of the Democratic National Convention.
Yet holding on to these resentments is only harming us.
So I humbly ask my Higher Power to remove the judgments and move on.
Step Eight: Made a list of all the persons we had harmed and became willing
to make amends to them all.
Yes, I must forgive all of the hateful Hillary Bashers, and make amends wherever
appropriate.
Step Nine: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible except when
to do so would injure them or others.
I have been amazingly self-controlled during this election season. The only
one I need to make amends with is myself!
Step Ten: Continued to take a personal inventory and when we were wrong,
promply admitted it.
Using the "spot check inventory," as Bill W. suggests, at any time of day or night,
especially at days end, where we take credit for things well done, and take
note of deficiencies in need of repair, will slow down the pace of living,
and give us a more reflective attitude.
The Democratic Party served a purpose in my life and in my parent's and grand-
parent's lives, but now it is time to move on.
Step Eleven: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious
contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His
will for us and the power to carry it out.
This Step is self-explanatory.
Step Twelve: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these
steps, we tried to carry this message to other political junkies, and to
practice these principles in all of our affairs.
Writing out the Twelve Steps of Political Junky Anonymous has soothed
my mind and quieted my soul.
Whatever happens is most certainly a learning experience for all of us.
Turning to Spirit, walking in nature, hanging out with my dogs is the
greatest experience of all, the greatest Unity of all, far, far removed
from the Democratic Party.
Kate Loving Shenk
http://www.katelovingshenk.com/nursingcareertransformation
http://nursehealers.typepad.com
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- ChapelHillFiddler ChapelHillFiddler Sep 10, 2009 @ 6:15 am
- I am so enjoying having a president who knows how to pronounce the word "nuclear."
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- CCGAL CCGAL Jun 7, 2009 @ 5:57 pm
- Very interesting perspective - and a well done lens. I giggled over what PUMA stood for, and like you, loved the picture!
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- sittonbull sittonbull Jan 25, 2009 @ 3:43 pm
- I'm not a Hillary or Obama fan, but your point is well taken. I pray that the new President will be successful in guiding this nation forward for the next four years. 5*
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- allinfoisfree allinfoisfree Jan 20, 2009 @ 11:11 pm
- I've never considered myself a supporter of any party, so good luck! :)
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- mukunda22 mukunda22 Nov 11, 2008 @ 7:29 pm
- Yes!! It felt good to get back in synche with the Democratic Party after Barak Obama became the candidate.
Barak Obama beat the Democratic Party Machine, the Republican Party Machine and the Clinton Machine.
He is the most organized person to ever run in the history of Presidential Politics!!
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