(kicks at the floor)

Stupid elections!

Congrats to all that wanted Obama. *clap*

(sucking thumb and pouting)

Dear Fellow ATSers:

I have many people in my family who are Republican, many who are unaffiliated like me, or Democrat.
I love all of them.

What I want most of all now, is to take this deep breath, take a moment to be grateful for the improvement in my little boy's futures (Obamacare has a direct, immediate and positive impact on my special-needs / medically fragile family), and roll up my sleeves to do the hard work of getting out of the rest of this mess our country finds itself in after the Economic Hurricane of 2008 left so many without homes, without jobs, with broken lives.

I want to take the hands of my fellow good-hearted Americans, whatever they believe in, whatever political point of view they have, whatever passionate opposites they embody (from beezer to Heff to SO to ?), and just start cleaning it all up. I know some think it is impossible to do this with Mr. Obama as our President - I say that we ALL have a stake in this country, we ALL need to shrug off the fog of partisanship and look at our kids, look to their futures, and by-God (or whatever you believe in), leave them a better world than we have now. It is in OUR hands. Who is stoping us from doing good in the world? What are we waiting for? We have met the enemy, and He/She is us. We have met the Neighbor, the Friend, The Solution - and that is us, too.

peace,
AB

Originally posted by AboveBoard
Dear Fellow ATSers:

I have many people in my family who are Republican, many who are unaffiliated like me, or Democrat.
I love all of them.

What I want most of all now, is to take this deep breath, take a moment to be grateful for the improvement in my little boy's futures (Obamacare has a direct, immediate and positive impact on my special-needs / medically fragile family)

Obamacare will have a direct, immediate and negative effect on my family. I still voted for Obama. I'm covering your @rse and I'm proud of it. Be well, my friend.

Originally posted by buddhasystem

Originally posted by AboveBoard
Dear Fellow ATSers:

I have many people in my family who are Republican, many who are unaffiliated like me, or Democrat.
I love all of them.

What I want most of all now, is to take this deep breath, take a moment to be grateful for the improvement in my little boy's futures (Obamacare has a direct, immediate and positive impact on my special-needs / medically fragile family)

Obamacare will have a direct, immediate and negative effect on my family. I still voted for Obama. I'm covering your @rse and I'm proud of it. Be well, my friend.

My family thanks you deeply. And we do have private insurance, but it doesn't pay for anything regarding developmental disability, with the grateful exception of a portion of my son's medications. That's something most people don't know until they have to deal with the insurance issues directly. The medically fragile son is 100% on private insurance. We pay more for health care than for our mortgage, hands down. (And I'm grateful we can do both, even though it is a very humble home!) We pay taxes, too. Federal and State and self-employment, etc. We are ALL in this together, and I think the majority of Americans are doing the best they can with everything. Blessings to you. You bring hope and real help with your willingness to participate for the good of all, and not just your own.

peace,
AB