I was recently having coffee with a friend of mine and she asked if she needed to re-register as a Republican for the upcoming 2012 Presidential Primary as there were certain candidates she definitely did not want to see running in the main election in November.

I commented that I didn't know the answer, but would find out.

With a little research the correct answer, as of today, is I couldn't tell her. According to Proposition 14 the primary rules for President are different than other State and Federal offices.

Last week's wind storms reminded me the price paid for living in the beautiful redwoods in San Lorenzo Valley (Ben Lomond, California) at the top of a ridge. Wednesday as the winds turned relentless the power went off at my house. Since we are dependent on electricity for not only lighting, but everything including the water well, we were pretty much out of luck.

I'd like to commend PG&E for their vast response to a very difficult area with some very difficult terrain and other obstacles, not too mention continuing wind for another day or so.

The federal government is The Big Corporation and it keeps getting bigger.

Our federal government and most government bodies in the United States are set up as corporations where each physical member, adult citizen, is in theory a stock holder with an equal right to vote; each owning one share.

As with all corporations there are certain groups, parties, that get together to pool their votes to achieve influence over the outcome to serve their interests. Those with more resources put additional pressure through lobbying gain further influence over outcomes.

I promise not to do too much self-promotion here, but it does pay the bills.

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It began with a conversation with a self-described socialist that wasn't completed due to the nature and place it occurred. I also don't know if the individual was a Socialist Party member, so I'm going to talk in small "l" libertarian and small "s" socialist terms, which means in a broad general sense.

Libertarians believe the individual is in ultimate control of their life while socialist believe the collective is responsible and in control of the individual.