Civic Responsibility

Second American Revolution: Part One-Chapter 1 ~ The Historical Problem w/ our Constitution & its Consequences:

December 5, 2017

Crowd-sourcing our Democracy: A historic flaw in our US Constitutional and its Contemporary Consequences: Linked Index to all “Second Revolution” posts and stand-alone essays in this series https://tinyurl.com/y7zb8xpz Part One ~ Chapter 1  In elementary school, we were all taught that our American democracy was the very best government in the world AND that it’s foundation […]

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The Second American Revolution ~ Overview & Intro

November 25, 2017

Linked Index to posts for entire series  https://tinyurl.com/ydf2azq3 Tiny URL for this post –> https://tinyurl.com/yd3ekosy Crowd-sourcing Democracy: a revolution of heart and mind to better protect our democratic republic and the creative use of“Big Data” techniques to return it to functionality” Identifying a Historical Problem with our Constitution & its Consequences The use of BIG DATA for […]

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Embracing the 2nd Amendment while rejecting Weapons of War — Mass-causality Guns ~ Part 1

November 17, 2017

https://tinyurl.com/yb6jl4ec “Don’t Shoot” Assault rifles like the AR-15 and other military mass-causality weapons are not ‘guns’ under the 2nd Amendment’s definition as written in 1787, any more than machine guns (constitutionally outlawed in 1932), rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), cannons, missiles, and ICBMs. Rapid-fire, large-magazine assault rifles like the AR-15 are bomb-delivery systems. If the explosive power […]

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Our Dream ~ a Robust, Sustainable American Democracy

August 9, 2017

Our Dream ~ a Robust and Sustainable American Democracy Originally posted on August 9, 2012, which was the 21st anniversary of my arrest and prosecution by the Medical Board of California for the non-medical practice of midwifery under the California religious exemptions clause while practicing as a Mennonite midwife  {See link at the bottom for […]

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“Rage is all the rage and it’s dangerous” ~ Today’s “Pearl of Great Price” from the WSJ

June 16, 2017

Never forget, always remember: People get the government they’re willing to put up with… WE should be relieved, as this simple fact puts the ball back in our court, where We The People can actually make a positive contribution to our own government.    After reading the passage below from the Wall Street Journal, I […]

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Public Service Announcement – fund-raising mailing for “hospice support” that is fraudulent

June 8, 2017

Editor’s Note: I received a letter asking for a $10 contribution to “hospice-at-home” — a category that i have more than the usual amount of interest, having provided “hospice” care to my own father (1983), mother (2002) and husband (2013) in the days and weeks before they died at home. I almost wrote a check […]

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