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There was a lot of snow on the ground. Here in North Carolina we missed it, but this past week in Virginia it came down pretty heavily. We drove to my Grandmothers house and I looked at the miles of farmland, completely covered in white. We arrived and it was cold inside, and I looked around at what had accumulated in the house that my Grandmother lived in for thirty plus years. It was pretty depressing, there was trash piled up in every corner and ever crevice in the entire house. It was pretty difficult to separate between what was to be thrown in the huge red dumpster in the driveway and what could possibly be something important, an old photograph of my grandparents or cousins, a letter written to my Grandmother by one of my sisters when they were still in grade school. I have never liked to see the end of things. I had to force myself to just work as quickly as possible and not think about how I was throwing away what was a life to someone else. I know that I will never go back to...

As more and more Tea Party conservatives belch rhetoric that contain violent undertones, the connection between those who support their idea that picking up arms and literally killing the democratic ideals of this country surfaced this past week. A 22 year old man attempted to kill a Democratic Congresswoman and not surprisingly appears to be quite pleased with himself, as you will note when looking at the mugshot of the man who recently committed this horrific crime. It is quite clear that the messages sent out by Republican figureheads that have blatantly stated that it is time to put their political opposites in crosshairs have found a home and embedded themselves in heinous individuals. It is sad. It is despicable that our country continues to suffer at the hands of imbeciles who push for violent action against anyone who does not follow their idiotic beliefs. I think that people like Sarah Palin, that publish propaganda that contains images of American cities in crosshairs and cla...