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These make me cringe:

Democrat Party=a Republican slur for the Democratic Party. There is no Democrat party. I am a Democrat, I belong to the Democratic Party. A candidate is a Democrat his/her success is a Democratic win.

Voter Fraud=fraud committed by voter/s, used when the poster obviously means:

Election Fraud=fraud committed by political activist to interfer with the honest outcome of an election

In his position as a director of the NSA, which he held from March 1999 to April 2005, General Michael Hayden launched the Trailblazer program in 2000. Why?

While reading smitheus' diary about NSA and Thinthread I started to wonder how and why Michael Hayden and the NSA would scrap the apparently well designed efficient Thinthread program and replace it with a multi tiered cumbersome one costing billions.

Being suspicious of all things republican, I figured Hayden must have had a vested interest in the company or companies that had developed it so I decided to do a quick search to see if he was/is a stockholder or might have any other affiliation with said companies.

In a search limited to two queries I found the following companies and their incestuous relationships to one another, the regime currently bankrupting our country, corrupting the WH and the Constitution and enriching yet again their cronies. The only thing I found, so far, about Hayden is that he is another Bush sycophant enabler.

*pro·test NOUN:*

1. A formal declaration of disapproval or objection issued by a concerned person, group, or organization.

2. An individual or collective gesture or display of disapproval.

*ac·tiv·ism NOUN:*

1. The use of direct, often confrontational action, such as a demonstration or strike, in opposition to or support of a cause.

Have you ever voted for a republican? If yes, what was your reason?

Were you a republican who moved into the light, if so what caused you to change your views?

Reading through Rippe's diary about who we are sparked memories.

Never, ever have I considered nor voted for a republican.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Domestic Violence Hotline

1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

1-800-787-3224 (TTY)

This diary is in no way meant to be comprehensive, since there is so much research information available, but may be a place to start a dialog and share experiences. My limited experience and knowledge is with males who commit domestic violence against female partners so that is the perspective of most of the information I have gathered.

I was a co-facilitator for eight years with the Batterers Education Program (BEP). Based on the Duluth Minnesota model of the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project (DAIP) curriculum, the Department of Corrections administers this program in Iowa.

Facilitator training for BEP is an intensive (as are the groups). I had not realized I was a victim of domestic violence until I went through the training.

If someone you know is a victim of domestic violence you are effected by it even if you don't know about the abuse. Political issue? Hell yes.