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I knew it was coming. Despite Mr. Glenn Beck’s pleas that all denominations find a way to energize their  congregations and work hard to restore faith with the  end result being the restoration of our history and our country, the religious fanatics cannot look beyond their own dogma. Beck himself said on his radio show and his TV show that he did not care what people may or may not think of the precepts of his Mormon faith.  Why then do we have religious damning Glenn for his views and his efforts toward bringing us together to save our country.

I have been a Presbyterian, a Baptist, an agnostic, and finally a Catholic. I am happy with my faith and my choice. I have Mormon friends, Baptists friends, friends that have no religion. The things that bring us together are our friendship and tolerance of one another.

When I am condemned or ridiculed because of my beliefs, I experience religious intolerance. It angers and frustrates me. This country of ours was built from the ground up by the prayers of many denominations none of whom might accept the self righteous of today yet the fires of intolerance are yet fueled by those that cannot accept or tolerate any belief but their own when our community requires cohesion.

There is no religious benefit to publicly shame another because of what he or she believes.  Jesus walked among the least of us, the poor, the poor in spirit.  Those of you intent on making sure you put the Mormon in his place should consider re-evaluating your position.

Mr Beck never asked that you become a Mormon. He never placed himself in the role of prophet or savior. Mr Beck is an American patriot. He asks that you personally evaluate whether your personal faith is strong enough to accept the challenge of restoring our country because those who would transform our country have been busy removing God and faith from the public discourse.  That’s what you need to get focused on. I could care less what you think about Mormonism and only what you can do with your congregation toward restoring honor and our country.  That is a challenge all faiths can pray for and work toward.

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At age 15, Sara Langille has made it her mission to educate people about dystonia while fundraising to find a cure for the disease, which her father was diagnosed with about two years ago.

via Teen whose dad suffers dystonia takes up fight against disease – Local – News – The News New Glasgow.

(Sarah, the rest of us with Dystonia are also very proud of you! Thank you! All the best to your dad.)

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And in 1950, a young senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy, seeking political gain, began a well-publicized campaign using smear tactics, bullying and innuendo to identify and purge communists and “fellow travelers” in government. Herb Block recognized the danger to civil liberties posed by such activities and warned of them in his work.

via “Fire!” Herblock’s History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium, Library of Congress Exhibition.

(Read this Herb Lock article from our own Library of Congress and determine for yourself if it disgusts you as much as it did me. The presentation is as much propaganda as were Lock’s uniformed portrayals of American patriots. It is disturbing, VERY DISTURBING that a U.S. Government agency can actually publish work like this. (Publishing from a historical perspective is one thing, but advocating the view of the left-leaning fringe is quite another.) There WERE communists in our government. Those standing out against the exposures of such individuals were often doing so for political gain of their own or flat out LIED. Tyndall himself, McCarthy’s greatest detractor, is exposed as a liar, political opportunist, and certainly not a patriot as he is in this propaganda at the Library of Congress.

Read Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s Enemies. This scholarly book is FULL of facts, official documents, arrest information, and a time line of important events that led up to McCarthy’s comparatively small role in what was an on-going effort to rid communists from our government, in particular our own State Department, since the 1930′s. Read how communist sympathizers and members sympathized and supported communist China and the Soviet Union. It frightened me to understand that people in our government worked so hard to further socialist agendas at the expense of all US citizens.

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When you read this book and then read the contents of the Library of Congress page you find yourself in an incredulous state. How could a writer at the Library of Congress be so vacuous and uninformed? Only if they actually sided with Tyndall, the socialists, and I shudder to think, the communists.)

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A gunshot appears to have shattered a glass door to a Maryland Republican Party field office on the Eastern Shore early Tuesday. The office was closed and no one was inside when the incident occurred, according to police and the state Republican party.

Read the ENTIRE story at the Washington Post:

via Maryland Politics – Md. GOP says gun shot broke campaign office window.

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Former Maryland governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) will not raise taxes if returned to office — and has no plans to raise fees either, he said Wednesday.

via Maryland Politics – Ehrlich pledges no tax increases — or fee hikes.

(We should be very wary, because our property taxes went way up under this governor. My fear is that he could be a Republican progressive who says one thing and does another. SPENDING in Marylanad needs to be brought under control and the BUISSNESS economic environment has to change in order to put people to work. Our state is in trouble. We do not need more of the Democrat control in Annapolis or progressivism in ANY party.)

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“ATLANTA, Aug. 20 /Christian Newswire/ — Dr. Alveda King, Director of African American Outreach for Priests for Life, issued the following statement today on her upcoming appearance at the August 28th Restoring Honor Rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial organized by commentator Glenn Beck.

“Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy, like the Lincoln Memorial itself, belongs to all Americans. I am participating in Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor Rally not to advance any political agenda, but to advance the concept of honor in our nation.

via Dr. Alveda King to Address the Restoring Honor Rally at the Lincoln Memorial August 28 « PUMABydesign001′s Blog.

Read the ENTIRE story at the PUMA by Design blog.

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I hope to see many friends at the Restoring Honor rally at the Lincoln Memorial in D.C. this Saturday. It is an important event.

Restoring Honor

This Saturday we restore honor. Leave your signs at home. Bring your family. Visit http://www.glennbeck.com/828 for more info.

(The 8/28 site has all of the answers to questions about the event. Please read it before you go! You can also download this PDF document from Glenn’s site.)

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My friend Ron Miller appeared on FOX and Friends last month.

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Previously, Dauer and his colleagues used genetic engineering to create the same mutation in mouse DNA that causes the disease in humans. These mice had a neural specific defect similar to the brain-specific abnormality in human patients with dystonia.

Read the ENTIRE story at news-medical.net:

via Research explains brain’s susceptibility to dystonia.

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Just when you thought it was safe to start expressing your right to free speech, Democrats in Congress are gearing up for a vote on a new piece of legislation to blatantly undermine the First Amendment. Known as the DISCLOSE Act HR 5175, this bill – written by the head of the Democrats’ congressional campaign committee – is their response to the recent Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. In short, the Supreme Court found that the government could not restrict the free speech rights of individuals or other entities wishing to participate in the political dialogue.

Read the entire eye-opening opinion at Big Government:

via » Bloggers Beware – They’re Coming After You! – Big Government.

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Mrs Lane, 52, says she was refused surgery for the brain condition dystonia by one health authority, despite the treatment being available to patients living a few streets away in another health area.She lives in Spondon, just inside the area covered by NHS Derby City.

via Grandmother refused brain surgery that she could have if she lived 200m away | Mail Online.

(No good comes from socialized medicine. Obamacare will do the same thing.  Jennifer we dystonians are4 all praying for you.)

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Levin has come under fire for saying he'd do anything short of throwing rocks to bring down the Tea Party. In the last two days, the Beaverton School District has received thousands of e-mails and phone calls from people across the country who said they were outraged at his behavior.

Read the ENTIRE story at FoxNEWS.com:

via FOXNews.com – Teacher Who Sought to ‘Demolish’ Tea Party Placed on Leave From School.

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The virus somehow infiltrates WordPress and adds a new file in your scripts directory called jquery.js and then inserts that file into the header or footer files of your site. It also inserts an iFrame that calls a 3rd party site which is known for malware or other malicious activities.

via WordPress Hacked! Virus Cloaks Search Engines — TECH cocktail.

There is MORE! I wasn’t told this by Network Solutions. I checked and did not find this script. It must have already been deleted.

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OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Donte; Stallworth accidentally killed a man while driving drunk, which separates his attempt at an NFL comeback from every other former first-round wide receiver who hasn’t lived up to his potential.

Read the ENTIRE story at USA TODAY:

via Donte’ Stallworth back at work, but big mistake always on his mind – USATODAY.com | Stop the Maryland Unsafe Driver.

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March 30 at 10:37am American Dystonia Society will hold topic specific support teleconferences on Saturday April 3rd at 12PM EDT and Sunday April 4th at 9PM EDT. Saturday Teleconference Topic “Support for Loved Ones” April 3rd, 12PM EDT, 11AM CDT, 10AM MDT, 9AM PDT will focus on providing a forum and support group for secondary victims of Dystonia, our spouses, partners, children, and close friends. They too have needs to share experiences with others. Encourage your loved ones to join a support group just for them. Sunday Teleconference Topic “Dealing with the Disability Process” April 4th, 9PM EDT, 8PM CDT, 7PM MDT, 6PM PDT will focus on providing a forum and support group for Dystonia Patients that have dealt with the SSDI application process. Whether you are thinking of applying, applied and were successful or not, did it yourself or hired a lawyer, call in and share your experiences and help others cope with the frustrations and uncertainties. The dial-in number is (605)477-2100 and the participant access code will be 421467# for both teleconferences.

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American Dystonia Society will hold topic specific support teleconferences on Saturday March 27th at 12PM EDT and Sunday March 28th at 9PM EDT.

The Saturday teleconference will be focus on Parenting with Dystonia for parents who have Dystonia and either raised children, are raising children, or planning a family. Sharing experiences to help one another cope with something that is difficult even for healthy people.

The Sunday teleconference will cover Botox Experiences, both good and bad. We would like people to share their experiences and expectations. This will be particularly useful for newly diagnosed patients.

The dial-in number is (605)477-2100 and the participant access code will be 421467# for both teleconferences.

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A vice president for one of the nation's biggest banks claims customers looking for help in lowering their mortgage payments are often told to call an 800 number — where he says representatives then give homeowners the runaround.

via Saving the Middle Class: Whistle-Blower Says Banks Not Helping Americans Modify Mortgages – ABC News.

(The behavior described in detail in this ABC News story is consistent with my own opinion of banks and credit card companies. We, the tax payers, gave these ungrateful thieves our hard earned cash to bail out the bad mortgages that should never have been issued in the first place. Real people with real loans who could afford them at the time lost their jobs through no fault of their own. Now the banks and credit industries are determined to ruin them when a program and more taxpayer funds were allocated to save these people. I think it is time we recognized the industry is amoral.)

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Fascinating. Shortly after Glenn’s show started this afternoon, Twitter went WAY over capacity. Do you suppose Glenn’s words prompted the sudden surge. I suspect so.

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Everything Is Incremental « Dangerous Common Sense.

“The bad economy has generated desperate calls from owners who are begging for the Internet to save their business.

I wish it were that simple. When I talk to these potential clients, I first have to set their expectations.”

(Ed Note: I couldn’t have said it better myself.  Galen must be the last honest Internet marketer. Read the entire article at the Dangerous Common Sense Blog)

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The American Dystonia Society is holding another Support Group teleconference this weekend. Dystonia patients and their caregivers and spouses are encouraged to attend. Meet others just like yourself. You are not alone. When you have the disease you are considered a member. ADS will never ask you for a dime. I’m a member of ADS and I support what they do. Join us on FaceBook and visit our website.

Don’t forget American Dystonia Society support teleconferences this weekend Sat 12PM EDT. Sun 9PM EDT. The dial-in number is (605)477-2100 and the participant access code will be 421467# for both teleconferences.

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Less than a year ago I purchased a wireless Logitech keyboard and mouse combination from the Office Depot in Prince Frederick, MD. I did not have the product long when the wireless receiver stopped functioning. The receiver is flimsy. When it is bent, even a small amount, the internal USB connections fail. I went back to the store and asked if I could replace the receiver. They said no and suggested I buy a new keyboard. I did so.

The employee suggested that I purchase an extended warranty. That was my big mistake. It had been maybe seven months and the same thing happened to the receiver – again.  But wouldn’t you know it. I could not find the receipt that had my extended warranty information. I don’t recall anyone telling me at the time that I had to register my warranty or explaining how it worked. I made the foolish mistake of making an assumption that a company as large as Office Depot would have all of its customer service i’s dotted and t’s crossed. Not so.

When the second keyboard failed I drove back to  the Office Depot. The salesman remembered selling me the agreement and the keyboard! What luck. But then, he said since you don’t have your receipt I have no way of looking up your warranty. He called the manager. The manager said the same thing and told me to call the warranty people. He walked off. No offer to call the warranty people.  I was stuck. I needed a keyboard and mouse that night so I purchased a cheaper wireless set. No I didn’t buy an agreement.

The following day I looked up the customer service number for Office Depot and made the call. Guess what. Their “agents” are outsourced to an off shore company. I knew I was talking to someone without an invested interest in making me happy.  This rep was polite and gave me a telephone number for the warranty department.

By now I have 1.5 hours of my time involved in this fiasco. I call the warranty department only to find out that unless I registered my warranty and my receipt they had no way to look up the information. But wait, it gets better. I have one of those store rewards cards. They couldn’t use that to find my sale with the warranty attached. By now I’m getting suspicious. Was the system designed this way because they know a certain amount of people will fail to save a receipt or register their product?

But I digress. It turns out that after fourteen days you cannot return a product to the store. After two weeks you are covered by the manufacturer’s warranty. That means that even though I paid extra to replace this keyboard when it went bad I would have to wait one year from the date of purchase to get any satisfaction. I did try to ask Logitech by email if I could replace the receiver and never recived an answer. Logitech is not what it used to be apparently.

It never ceases to amaze me how some retailers just don’t get it.  Customer no-service is alive and well ant Office Depot. I clearly didn’t understand at the time the terms of this useless agreement I paid good money for. Office Depot made out like a bandit.

The truth is at the right retailer I strongly believe in extended warranty for the right product. Having worked as an Assistant Manager for a West Marine store I can say that West Marine gets it. Their no-hassle guarantee should be explored by Office Depot. Office Depot has lost my business over this. The only thing I have left is to vote with my feet and my wallet.

In order to pursue this I have to go back through months of credit card receipts to identify the date when I purchased the product so the unhelpful warranty folks can put me through to the receipt look up people. They can somehow find my extended warranty if I jump hoops. When I am able to get the date and I file the claim I still have to wait to receive either a check or a gift card. The store can’t help me. Why didn’t the first salesperson tell me to try Logitech? Why didn’t Logitech return my email the second time around? I’m also done with Logitech.

Any time you purchase a warranty:

1. Save your recipt

2. Understand the terms

3. Imagine what could happen under the terms.  When you do not like the scenario do not buy the warranty.

4. Follow through and register your warranty. Don’t rely on the retailer. They are probably going to cross their fingers and hop you forget and that you lose your receipt. They make more money that way.

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The State of Maryland’s main money man, Controller Peter Franchot, one of the tax and spend, fiscally-irresponsible Democrats is suddenly getting tough on tax scofflaws. More likely it is political opportunism and a desperate attempt to distance himself from O’Malley’s Raiders in the legislature. Franchot lent his support to the Internet tax bill and has done nothing to warn against the out-of-control spending in Annapolis that has gotten Maryland into the mess it is now in.  They didn’t use the so-called stimulus to preserve the state’s finances they squandered it. Now the Dems have decided they need to go after tax scofflaws? How interesting. Franchot should be doing this anyway. Why has he taken so long?

Franchot says in a recent campaign email, “My office is committed to ensuring that everyone pays their fair share, especially in these difficult economic times.”  Marylanders have been paying their fare share of new outrageous taxes since O’Malley was elected and Franchot has helped the agenda along the way. They are out of money and need more NOW. It’s like an addiction to these people.

I’m sorry, I don’t like tax cheats either but progressives much farther down the food chain. We need to vote the fiscally irresponsible scofflaws out of office this year. Franchot’s behavior speaks volumes. Use your vote and remove him from office.

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