Hey Dennis!

[lbassbaby]

I'm sorry to hear about your panic attack.  My cousin used to get them and said she just had to breathe through them and repeat a mantra over and over.  I think hers was, "Slowly, slowly, slowly."  I hope you feel better.

I have a question for you, though.  So I'm a democrat and pretty politically active for my age, but I'm having a tough time

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[lbassbaby]

Okay, seems like we're on the same page. I just can't stand how the government is blatantly ignoring the 9th Ammendment. And I also don't understand why certain people are threatened by glbt (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender? is that the T?) marriage. How does someone elses relationship affect yours, you know? I heard a woman in a clothing store talking about it once. She was saying that she has to make sure that "the sanctity of marriage isn't weakened." Uh, if your marriage is weakened by someone else's, then you've got some problems. I'm just so sick of the tee-totalers trying to tell everybody how to live. Leave people alone and let them live their lives. It's so ridiculous, which is why I want the next president to just nip it in the bud so we can move on to other things that AREN'T spelled out clear as day in the constitution.

I want everybody (not even just citizens - everybody) to have the same rights and protections because that's one of the founding principles of this nation. The republicans (and I know it's not alllll them, but....) are taking away the good about our country. We were the land of the free and the home of the brave, but now we're just the land of the controlled and the home of the warmongers. It's depressing.

Anyway, keep me posted on anything you hear that you think I might need to read/check out so I can make the best decision. My parents are no help at all - they're split too. Mom is actually on Edwards' bandwagon (I think she thinks he's Bobby Kennedy), and Dad is all Hillary. Maybe I should go with Obama just to make sure my family's vote doesn't count at all :)