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Diane

We are the deciders (not madman Bush). Be the change you wish to see in the world.

About Me

I'm drawn to open-minded, compassionate, tolerant, enlightened people who work towards positive change in this world.

"Fascism will come to the U.S. wrapped in a a flag and carrying a cross" - Sinclair Lewis

"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty" - Thomas Jefferson

~~~~~ "Beware the leader who bangs the drum of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor. For Patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood. Just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed. The leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather. the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done." - Julius Caesar~~~~~ Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. -John F. Kennedy~~~~ "Sometimes it falls upon a great generation to be great. You can be part of that great generation." Nelson Mandela ~~~~

"To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men" - Abraham Lincoln

80% of republicans are just democrats who don't know what is going on----RFK, Jr."Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives" James Madison

"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is revolutionary." - George Orwell

"I knew that i was dying. Something in me said, go ahead, die, sleep, become them, accept. Then something else in me said, no, save the tiniest bit. it needn't be much, just a spark. A spark can set a whole forest on fire, just a spark, save it." - Charles Bukowski~~~~~~~~ Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.........Henry Miller ~~~~~~~~ "If there is light in the soul, There will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, There will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world." ~Chinese Proverb"A nation's greatness is judged by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Gandhi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"MANKIND MUST PUT AN END TO WAR, OR WAR WILL PUT AN END TO MANKIND" John F. Kennedy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Iraq war is an ILLEGAL war (Bush never went back to the UN for a second vote, as he said he would) based on lies and false intelligence at the astounding cost of $8 billion a month, $280 million a day, $12 million an hour! Imagine the good that money could do to help Americans, improving education, health care for all, important social programs for the elderly, etc. BushCo is destroying the constitution with the Patriot Act, using 9/11 as an excuse to spy on citizens, fearmongering, attacking our civil liberties, abandoning Katrina survivors while running up a record deficit. This is the fascist/incompetent leadership of BushCo. It is time to Take America Back, put Impeachment Back on the Table, and make 2007 the year of accountability!

"You know I could run for governor but I'm basically a media creation. I've never done anything. I've worked for my dad. I worked in the oil business. But that's not the kind of profile you have to have to get elected to public office." George W. Bush, 1989~~~~~~~"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda." George W. Bush, Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005~~~~~"There ought to be limits to freedom." GWB commenting on the GWBush.com website, May 21, 1999 ~~~~"Poor people aren't necessarily killers" GWB.~~~~ "If the American people had ever known the truth about what we Bushes have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched."-George Bush Sr. in an interview with Washington journalist, Sarah McClendon, in December 1992~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ I came out of the Air Force a liberal because I learned that you're only as strong as the weakest among you. - Randi RhodesHow Liberal /Conservative Are You? Your Political Profile Overall:
Me: 15% Conservative, 85% Liberal
Social Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Ethics: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Your Birthdate: May 23
You're not good at any one thing, and that's the problem.
You're good at so much - you never know what to do.
Change is in your blood, and you don't stick to much for long.
You are destined for a life of travel and fun.
Your strength: Your likeability
Your weakness: You never feel satisfied
Your power color: Bright yellow
Your power symbol: Asterisk
Your power month: May What Does Your Birth Date Mean? "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." --Anne Frank

My Interests

Life, politics, spirituality, family, art, tennis, dance, hope to travel the world, starting with Europe, see how people of different cultures live, sorta expand my horizons. Pro-peace, pro-choice, pro-critical thinking, anti-death penalty.

I'd like to meet:

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People who are interested in peace and social justice, honest, progressive, free-thinking, insightful, open-minded and stand up for what they believe in.

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/diane4peace/a28_2-1.g if----------------- Bulletin Message ----------------- From: Anthony (Namaste) Date: Apr 9, 2007 2:26 PMFrom: de AcostaLIB·ER·AL
    Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry. Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded. Tending to give freely; generous: a liberal benefactor.
Courtesy of Dictionary.com ************************************************************ ************** A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future. -- Leonard Bernstein Before you enlist.......

Music:

Pink Floyd, The Eagles, Collective Soul, Peter Gabriel, Linkin Park, Incubus, Eric Clapton, Norah Jones, John Mayer, 311, Talking Heads, Steely Dan, The Cars, Coldplay, Heart, Dido, Jewel, Joss Stone, Christina Aguilera, The Dixie Chicks.

Movies:

RAISING ARIZONA* Office Space*Wedding Singer*Wedding Crashers*Clueless*Clerks*So I Married an Axe Murderer* Fargo*She's The One*Brother's McMullen*Blood Simple Green Card*Practical Magic*Bulworth*Jerry Maguire* Notting Hill*There's Something About Mary*American Psycho* Three Days of the Condor*Thelma and Louise*Rain Man*Life is Beautiful*Brokeback Mountain*A Home at the End of the World*SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION*Blade Runner*Platoon*The Constant Gardener*Dead Calm*V FOR VENDETTA*Farenheit 9/11* OUTFOXED

Television:

Scrubs Boston Legal The Office 30 Rock Entourage Family Man How I Met Your Mother House The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Countdown with Keith Olbermann NOT Fox News Propaganda, The more you watch, the less you know!

Books:

Anything by Grisham, Kellerman, Koontz, (just finished Life Expectancy & loved it) Jennifer Weiner, Anna Maxted (hilarious), Michael Moore, Molly Ivins, Maureen Dowd, Bill Press, Seymour Hirsch.

Heroes:

Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, John Lennon, Bill Clinton, JFK, Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt, Howard Zinn, Jimmy Carter, Wesley Clark, Barbara Boxer, Greg Palast, Denis Kucinich, Cindy Sheehan, Phil Donahue, Al Gore, Russ Feingold, Susan Sarandon, Michael Moore, anyone who makes it a priority to better the world.

My Blog

Brad - CCS Top 5 Skaters to Make it Big in ’08

http://www.ccs.com/connect/feature/top5012808.asp
Posted by Diane on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:45:00 PST

Brad’s part in new Krooked Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKmWCrWOLmE  ...
Posted by Diane on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:40:00 PST

Hands Held High

I wanted to post the lyrics to this amazing song by Linkin Park (Minutes to Midnight CD): Turn my mic up louder, I got to say something lightweights step it aside when we come in feel it in your chest...
Posted by Diane on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:53:00 PST

E-mails Detail RNC Voter Suppression in 5 States!

The GOP thugs stole the 2004 election! Exclusive | Emails Detail RNC Voter Suppression in Five States    By Jason Leopold and Matt Renner    t r u t h o u t | R...
Posted by Diane on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:19:00 PST

What Liberals Believe

According to RANDI RHODES: (Air America Radio)* We believe our elected leaders ought to have been ELECTED. We also believe they should be neighbors, soldiers, police officers, schoolteachers, single w...
Posted by Diane on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:13:00 PST

Film of Brad skating

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFCoTBmAmAs   My son, Brad Cromer. In the first section, he's the shorter one with the hat on. In the second part, with different music, all the footage is of Brad....
Posted by Diane on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:13:00 PST

40 Reasons to Doubt Official 9/11 Version

Top 40 Reasons to Doubt the Officially Sanctioned Version of What Happened on September 11, 2001 The Day Itself: Evidence of Complicity 1. The AWOL Chain of Command It is well documented that the of...
Posted by Diane on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:18:00 PST

Ten Reasons to Impeach Bush & Cheney

Ten Reasons to Impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney --> start main content --> --> begin content --> .. language=javascript src="http://www.usalone.com/drupal.js">..> I ask Congress to impeach Presiden...
Posted by Diane on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:33:00 PST

Freeway Blogger-Spread the Message

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Posted by Diane on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 01:31:00 PST

More film of my son, Brad, skating

Skating is his life.......Brad is in the red shirt.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOENcsD-wB0 ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />  ...
Posted by Diane on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:26:00 PST