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ClaraD

ClaraD

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Hi, Im a 46 year old married woman. I have 4 grown children 1 grown step daughter and an assortment of nieces and nephews that think they belong to me.
I lived many years in Honduras. I am a native Texan from the Rio Grande Valley. My inlaws and husband are from Honduras and are in the asylum process.
I have Complex PTSD, survived stage 3 cancer, and my life experiences turned my positions from far right into a liberal.
 
ClaraD said:
Hi, Im a 46 year old married woman. I have 4 grown children 1 grown step daughter and an assortment of nieces and nephews that think they belong to me.
I lived many years in Honduras. I am a native Texan from the Rio Grande Valley. My inlaws and husband are from Honduras and are in the asylum process.
I have Complex PTSD, survived stage 3 cancer, and my life experiences turned my positions from far right into a liberal.
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Hello, ClaraD! I'm TheGoverness! :2wave:

Welcome to Debate Politics! :D
 
ClaraD said:
Hi, Im a 46 year old married woman. I have 4 grown children 1 grown step daughter and an assortment of nieces and nephews that think they belong to me.
I lived many years in Honduras. I am a native Texan from the Rio Grande Valley. My inlaws and husband are from Honduras and are in the asylum process.
I have Complex PTSD, survived stage 3 cancer, and my life experiences turned my positions from far right into a liberal.
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Welcome. You must have strong feelings about what is in the news about the border
 
ClaraD said:
Hi, Im a 46 year old married woman. I have 4 grown children 1 grown step daughter and an assortment of nieces and nephews that think they belong to me.
I lived many years in Honduras. I am a native Texan from the Rio Grande Valley. My inlaws and husband are from Honduras and are in the asylum process.
I have Complex PTSD, survived stage 3 cancer, and my life experiences turned my positions from far right into a liberal.
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Hello, Clara! Felis Leo. Conservative Californian. Welcome to Debate Politics. The people here all across the aisle are quite friendly. Look forward to seeing you on the boards.
 
I'm 48 and libertarian except...

One thing on social issues - mild pro life (ecocentric) wanting to move the deadline forward a couple weeks, never ban before second trimester.
One thing on economic issues - market-based green initiatives.
And foreign policy - hawk (democracy is good for ecology and democratic peace theory).

I'm progressive on social issues except the aforementioned mild pro life and I'm very pro gun.

I was in the army for one enlistment, then BA, MSc, PhD candidate (agriculture). Lived in Europe and Africa. I plan to settle in Africa, pics at my profile / album.

Cornerstones of my worldview are linked in my signature (below), which I toggle off unless relevant to a post.


Welcome.
 
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Welcome.
 
ClaraD said:
Hi, Im a 46 year old married woman. I have 4 grown children 1 grown step daughter and an assortment of nieces and nephews that think they belong to me.
I lived many years in Honduras. I am a native Texan from the Rio Grande Valley. My inlaws and husband are from Honduras and are in the asylum process.
I have Complex PTSD, survived stage 3 cancer, and my life experiences turned my positions from far right into a liberal.
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welcome aboard

i look forward to reading about your life experiences and how they reshaped your political outlook
 
ClaraD said:
Hi, Im a 46 year old married woman. I have 4 grown children 1 grown step daughter and an assortment of nieces and nephews that think they belong to me.
I lived many years in Honduras. I am a native Texan from the Rio Grande Valley. My inlaws and husband are from Honduras and are in the asylum process.
I have Complex PTSD, survived stage 3 cancer, and my life experiences turned my positions from far right into a liberal.
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Howdy, and welcome aboard. It's nice to have a few more Texans here.
 
Howdy partner.
 
ClaraD said:
Hi, Im a 46 year old married woman. I have 4 grown children 1 grown step daughter and an assortment of nieces and nephews that think they belong to me.
I lived many years in Honduras. I am a native Texan from the Rio Grande Valley. My inlaws and husband are from Honduras and are in the asylum process.
I have Complex PTSD, survived stage 3 cancer, and my life experiences turned my positions from far right into a liberal.
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Hey, Clara, and welcome. I was just in Colorado Springs a few weeks ago.

Did you see me? I was the crazy bitch in the big brown Cadillac that we endearingly call the "big rolling turd."

Hope things go well for your husband and family. :)
 
ClaraD said:
Hi, Im a 46 year old married woman. I have 4 grown children 1 grown step daughter and an assortment of nieces and nephews that think they belong to me.
I lived many years in Honduras. I am a native Texan from the Rio Grande Valley. My inlaws and husband are from Honduras and are in the asylum process.
I have Complex PTSD, survived stage 3 cancer, and my life experiences turned my positions from far right into a liberal.
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Ok I am here now, sorry for being late.

:wcm
 
Superfly said:
Hey, Clara, and welcome. I was just in Colorado Springs a few weeks ago.

Did you see me? I was the crazy bitch in the big brown Cadillac that we endearingly call the "big rolling turd."

Hope things go well for your husband and family. :)
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No, I was too busy hiding my Grand Cherokee from the ice bombs falling from the sky...next time you come through give me a shout and we will go hang ourt at Sun Water in Manitou Springs
 
ClaraD said:
No, I was too busy hiding my Grand Cherokee from the ice bombs falling from the sky...next time you come through give me a shout and we will go hang ourt at Sun Water in Manitou Springs
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Will do, but it may be a while. I unfortunately found out I get altitude sickness pretty easily. :( :( I was almost unconscious going through Eisenhower Tunnel. :thumbdown

And that's when I was there - when Denver got the hail storm? Had to bring out the snow plows? I was spending that night in Grand Junction. It was gone by the time we got there the next day.
 
Superfly said:
Will do, but it may be a while. I unfortunately found out I get altitude sickness pretty easily. :( :( I was almost unconscious going through Eisenhower Tunnel. :thumbdown

And that's when I was there - when Denver got the hail storm? Had to bring out the snow plows? I was spending that night in Grand Junction. It was gone by the time we got there the next day.
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Yeah, I heard the hail coming across Pikes Peak said omg and a few choice words ran to my car and half of The Springs was stuffing their cars under gas station awnings....all while we looked at each other with a phew look. Damn hail here is golf ball sized when it falls
 
ClaraD said:
Yeah, I heard the hail coming across Pikes Peak said omg and a few choice words ran to my car and half of The Springs was stuffing their cars under gas station awnings....all while we looked at each other with a phew look. Damn hail here is golf ball sized when it falls
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Glad I missed it! The big rolling turd would have looked pretty bad driving back home with hail damage. I live just south of Savannah, Georgia, and while I was in the Springs, I was still probably a week or two away from home.
 
Superfly said:
Glad I missed it! The big rolling turd would have looked pretty bad driving back home with hail damage. I live just south of Savannah, Georgia, and while I was in the Springs, I was still probably a week or two away from home.
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Oh you live where you melt from humidity. I am quite familiar with Georgia. I have a son in Douglasville and my other 3 live in Columbia, SC
 
ClaraD said:
Oh you live where you melt from humidity. I am quite familiar with Georgia. I have a son in Douglasville and my other 3 live in Columbia, SC
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Yes. Hotter than 400 hells here. It's awful. I miss New York, but my husband loves it here, and my kids all have their own lives here, so I guess I'm not going anywhere. *sigh* Well, at least the food is excellent and the shrimp are cheap. :lol:
 
Welcome. Perhaps we'll get a new perspective on Honduras. Factual info perhaps. Politics, ya' know?
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ClaraD said:
Hi, Im a 46 year old married woman. I have 4 grown children 1 grown step daughter and an assortment of nieces and nephews that think they belong to me.
I lived many years in Honduras. I am a native Texan from the Rio Grande Valley. My inlaws and husband are from Honduras and are in the asylum process.
I have Complex PTSD, survived stage 3 cancer, and my life experiences turned my positions from far right into a liberal.
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Welcome to the DP forums, I hope you find a nice place here among us and I hope your family has a quick, smooth, transition.

Keep an eye out for any topic that catches your interest and enjoy burning away an hour, or so.
 
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