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Each Day Already is a Challenge
A Texas Sunrise

Sunrise on Surfside Beach, Texas

A friend, William Taylor, took this picture. He visits Surfside Beach with his dogs almost every morning, watching the sun rise while the dogs prance about at the water's edge.

This is only about ten miles from where I lived in Lake Jackson, Texas. Sadly, I only visited this beach about four times in the six years I lived nearby.



Each day is a challenge. A challenge to get by without thinking about the fibromyalgia pains. A challenge to stay awake when chronic fatigure wants to take over. And a challenge to navigate through fibro fog.

I haven't been writing as much as in the past. For years, I wrote at least 500 words a day. Now, I'm lucky if I write 500 words in month. Sigh.

For more information about what my day (or life) is all about with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, chronic pains, IBS, depression and everything else thrown in, check this out:

It's a New Day Open in new Window. (E)
My pain and welcome to it.
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Sunrise on Surfside Beach, Texas

August 30, 2011 at 11:38am
August 30, 2011 at 11:38am
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August 29, 2011 at 7:53pm
August 29, 2011 at 7:53pm
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I shared three YouTube videos here: Welfare in America  Open in new Window.

One is titled Welfare in a Free America. The second: Welfare: How Freedom Was Lost in America. And the third: Welfare: How to Get Freedom Back.

About the third, I wrote:


Pay special attention to what the past comptroller says about what Social Security is and what it is not in the third video. He says it's a wealth transfer program, not a savings program. It's an unrecuperated tax. It's a tax now and spend now scheme. Nothing that you pay into the system will be there when you retire. Not one penny. It was never designed that way.



If you doubt this, go and look at the official site of Social Security and read the history. If the first woman who collected Social Security retirement income put in for only 3 years - a total of $24 - and received checks of $22 per month for 30 years, how could it be that she was paying for her own retirement? She obviously was not, nor are any of us.



What you think you are entitled to is not your money. The money you will receive in retirement is what your children and grandchildren will be paying you. Think about that when you cry about how you don't want to lose what you paid into the system. You've already lost that. If your kids and grandkids are going to pay for your retirement, wouldn't you prefer that they hand you the money and not make it filter through the government?



At about 20 minutes into the third video, listen carefully to the harsh words and think about what is being said. If you're a Christian or if you're a TEA party member, a conservative or a libertarian, these words need to be taken to heart. Are you really a freedom lover? Do you really value the Constitution? Do you really care about future generations? Or are you too selfish to sacrifice? Do you expect everyone but you to sacrifice? These are questions that we all need to ask ourselves.





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"My Favorite Neighbor" Open in new Window.
"Sharing Sunshine...It's What I Do!" Open in new Window.
"Admirable Women" Open in new Window.
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August 8, 2011 at 7:28pm
August 8, 2011 at 7:28pm
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you've obviously never been in bed with a mosquito. ~ Michelle Walker



Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. ~ Margaret Mead

















Awww. Such a cute angel.

"My Favorite Neighbor" Open in new Window.
"Sharing Sunshine...It's What I Do!" Open in new Window.
"Admirable Women" Open in new Window.
"Whose Work Are You Stealing?" Open in new Window.
"The Potter's Cup and Saucer" Open in new Window.
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August 4, 2011 at 12:30pm
August 4, 2011 at 12:30pm
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All he would have to do is to list all the failures he's had that he has blamed on Bush, on Congress, on oil companies and jet owners and then do a turnaround and admit that he has failed the country. All he would have to do was to admit that he's been a horrible president, but a great divider-in-chief. If he did that, half of America would keel over with heart attacks and the ones who were left - his faithful - would gladly re-elect him. (They'd probably also bow at his feet as he changed the Constitution to allow him to be president for the rest of his life.)



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"My Favorite Neighbor" Open in new Window.
"Sharing Sunshine...It's What I Do!" Open in new Window.
"Admirable Women" Open in new Window.
"Whose Work Are You Stealing?" Open in new Window.
"The Potter's Cup and Saucer" Open in new Window.
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