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See the site here http://www.bornagainamerican.org

BORN AGAIN AMERICAN
By Keith Carradine      

 Just a workin’ man without a job
It got shipped off to China via Washington, D.C.
And I know I’m nothin’ special, there are plenty more like me
Just the same
I thought I knew the rules of the game
I stood up for this country that I love
I came back from the desert to a wife and kids to feed
I’m not sayin’ Uncle Sam should give me what I need
My offer stands
I’ll pull my weight you give me half a chance

I went up to a congressman and said to him “you know
Our government is letting people down”
He said he’d need a lot of help to buck the status-quo
I said there was a bunch of us around

I’m a Born Again American, conceived in Liberty
My Bible and the Bill of Rights, my creed’s equality
I’m a Born Again American, my country ‘tis of me
And everyone who shares the dream from sea to shining sea

My brother’s welding chassis at the plant
He’s earning what our granddad did in 1948
While CEOs count bonuses behind the castle gates
How can they see
When all they care about’s the do re mi

It’s getting where there’s nowhere left to turn
Not since the crash of twenty-nine have things been so unfair
So many of our citizens are living in despair
The time has come
To reaffirm that hope’s not just for some

The promise of America’s surrendering to greed
The rule is just look out for number one
But brace yourself ‘cause some of us have sown a different seed
A harvest of the spirit has begun

I’m a Born Again American conceived in liberty
My Bible and The Bill Of Rights
My creed’s equality
A Born Again American, my country ‘tis of me
And everyone who shares the dream from sea to shining sea

It’s clear my country’s soul is on the line
She’s hungering for something that she lost along the way
The principle the framers called upon us to obey
That in this land
The people’s will must have the upper hand

I felt the calling once before and took a sacred vow
And faithful to that vow I have remained
I hear the calling once again, my country needs me now
And to her cause I have been re-ordained

I’m a Born Again American conceived in liberty
My Bible and the Bill Of Rights, all people living free
A Born Again American, my country ‘tis of me
And everyone who shares the dream
From sea to shining sea
And everyone who shares the dream
From sea to shining sea
A M E R I C A

See the site here http://www.bornagainamerican.org

I didn’t write it. Lauren Weinstein did.

But I can point you to it at http://www.nnsquad.org/bandwidth-caps.html.

Sometimes I wonder if home builders have ever arranged furniture.

It seems they try to save a dollar or two by putting electrical outlets smack dab in the middle of a wall right where you will put the sofa, bookcase or bed.

Not only that, they are still installing duplex outlets.

Look at your house. How many duplex outlets do you have with more than two plugs plugged in through a cascade of outlet expanders and extension cords?

And I’ve yet to see a modern kitchen built with enough outlets!

Somehow, even as Reddy Kilowatt (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddy_Kilowatt and http://www.toonopedia.com/reddy_k.htm) was promoting electricity in homes, no one bothered to mandate the use of more outlets.

Even today, I’ve yet to see any builder put in enough electrical outlets.

(PS: the number mandated by the building code is not enough.)

James Huggins has a second child named Maria Adela Huggins with Penelope Ann Miller. You can read about it here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30087730/

I have moved from Dallas to Houston. Here is the story.

Mother had been sick for a while.

Sheds had a persistent cough and a lack of energy, stretching all the way back to her trip to Colorado in August or perhaps as early as June.
                   
She’s had other significantly bad days, some of which seem to have been caused by reactions to medicines along the way.

Well, we have good news. The results of tests were finally in (in November) and it is not lung cancer.

That was a concern for a while so this is very good news.
                   
However, it is a serious lung infection.
                   
You can read about it here http://snipurl.com/734n9 and here http://snipurl.com/6pmhc 

(Though common in AIDS patients, she doesn’t have AIDS; just this lung infection.)
                   
The good news is that it is treatable. The downside is that treatment is anticipated to last 6 to 18 months, with possible side effects of significant nausea from the drugs and a continued vigil against side effect liver damage from the treatment.
                   
In short, this isn’t “no big deal”. And it is a long road ahead. But it is treatable, and curable and just knowing that, mother already seems to feel a little better.
                   
For those of you who wish to call her, her number is

281 488 7043
                   
if you wish to write her, Her address is

Sue Huggins
1814 Plumbwood Way
Houston, Texas 77058

(Mother avoids email in large part because she sees how it consumes me and doesn’t want that to happen to her. LOL)

These developments have brought changes changes for me as well. I have left Dallas and moving in with mother in Houston. Her treatment will take “a while” at an optimistic best and mother needs support. Because of my business commitments at the time I gave two months notice and planned the move for end of January.

I looked forward to the transition. For one thing, I knew it would be (and was) will be a great opportunity, indeed a mandate, to throw away lots of “stuff”. Don’t worry, I donated everything I ccould. But I did dispose most of my personal possessions (though not my Music CDs nor my art). So this was a huge transition for me.

I am unsure what I will do, either short term or long term, for continued cash flow. Some of my contacts are already contacting me to see if, given my new “freedom”, I can address some of their technical needs. That is certainly one possibility. In addition, I’ll be contacting individuals I have not contacted to see about moving forward on some projects which have been discussed but never begun. I choose to consider it a time of transition and opportunity.

So, let me note that, if you’ve been dying to ask me to work for you but have held off for ANY reason, it is a new world now … many of the old obstacles are gone … let’s talk.

But enough of business, I’m looking forward to being in Houston, supporting my mother and moving to this next phase of my life. Wish us both luck on this. We’ll both be pushing lots of “buttons” of the other, but I know we’ll get through it.

My new phone and address are active in Houston now so please make a note:

281 488 5820
Post Office Box 58266
Houston, Texas 77258-8266
  
Of course my email address remains active also:
JHuggins@JamesSHuggins.com

Between mother’s illness, my recent stroke (http://www.myephemerae.com/i-have-had-a-stroke), rolling my car on Interstate 45 south of Huntsville, Texas and losing my pet cat of 10 years ((http://www.myephemerae.com/a-truly-sad-time-for-me-the-loss-of-my-cat), this has been is a time
of massive change for me.

But I’m confident it will all work out.

A while back while talking to The Phone Company (ATT) about a problem, I agreed to let them talk to me about other services I could buy.

One of those seemed good: unlimited long distance for a fixed rate each month.

The rate is $20.00 and even using my great cheap long distance service (http://www.OneSuite.com, which I still recommend), it was a good deal given the volume of my calls). So I said yes.

Then last month I got an email. I emailed back to ask if I could call. The reply said yes and sent the number. So the bill comes with almost $200.00 in long distance charges. (For several calls like that.)

So why is the bill hundreds of dollars if I am getting unlimited calls? Because the unlimited calls are US Only and these calls were to CANADA at a rate of almost $1.00 per minute.

I Hate The Phone Company.

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_President%27s_Analyst and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUa3np4CKC4 and http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062153/.

Late last night a friend sent me a link to YouTube that made me smile. And once there I had to find more and share it them. So here it is they are.

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These are not the only videos available but I hope you enjoy them.

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