of course not: I AM A DEMOCRAT!!! dyed in the wool yellow dog democrat! But I am mature enough and respectful enough to know that voting is American. Voting for republicans is American and voting for democrats is American. Voting for socialist is American. If you can't see beyond yourself enough to admit that we ALL have values that we hold as American--even though those values can be quite different--YOU are the unAmerican one.

Go back and read what the Constituion says about the right to our own beliefs. It is American to support everyone's right to have different beliefs. And it is American to support someone's rights to have beiefs that are markedly different from one's own. Otherwise, you're no better than Musillini (however it's spelled)

"Pops, I'm going to take away the money you use for your high blood pressure unless you vote against your American values and vote the way I say".

(btw, those calling me a right wing troll are way off base. I think clicking on my previous letters would show I consistantly support freedom of choice, feminist values and deomcracty. But our FREEDOM to VOTE overrides EVERYTHING. Our freedom to hold our own opinions overrides my own personal views. I may be a trollette, but I'm no republican.)

yeah, like ARchie Bunker (and others before him) used to say:

"I disagree with what you're saying, but I'll defend your right to say it with my last dying breath."

We just don't have many Americans who view Democracy that way anymore. Somehow the Constituion got lost in the fight of us v. them. People would rather win than be right.

"Don't cut them off because you don't like how they vote! That's just petty! They've got the right to their own value system, even if it doesn't make any sense to you.

Your obligation to help them comes from the fact that they are your parents, not because they are perfect people who agree with you in every respect. Your money isn't connected to their vote, it's connected to your filial duty, which, unfortunately, you still owe them, even if they like to sit out on the front porch taking potshots at liberals.

deal with the real issue here- you are sending your parents more money than you feel like you can afford, and your siblings aren't chipping in. Do the hard thing, and get your family together to talk about your parents situation. Everyone needs to be on-board and helping, so you don't feel so taken advantage of."

Voting as you like to respct your values is good and American.

Trying to coerce other people into voting against their values is UNDEMOCRATIC.

I am a yellow dog democratic, liberal enough to be considered socialist by most.

However, I support everyone's right to vote THIER OWN personsal conscious. Forcing people to vote how you want is facist.

So few people really support true democrary. Most only want to support it when it suports their side. the test of a real American is one who values every person's right to vote as they want.

That's undemocratic! If your parents said they'd never have anything to do with you if you voted for Obama, you've be crying how antiAmerican they are. HOw hypocritical.

That is the part that's hard, but rise to it: FREEDOM means freedom to vote as you like, Even if it's Republican.

People are all for granting freedom when it supports their values, but then balk when it supports people with different ideas.

But the true meaning of freedom is freedom to be a democrat, a socialist, a republican a libertarian.

It's like how the ACLU support's the KKK"S right to free speech. It's disgusting speech, but they have the right to it and we're no better than them if we pick and choose who has the right to freedom.

thank your lucky stars your parents have the right to vote republican. They can't tell you how to vote and you can't tell them how to vote.

What tests? Bloodwork that indicates a heart attack is going on right then? Any ER will do that regardless of history.

What stage is it at?

When type of breast cancer is it? The one that's been specifically genetically tagged, or the more preveleant environemental one?

Is it in the lymph nodes too?

tHEN YOU have a very bad doctor.

I've had three family members have moles cut off and biopsied. None had a family history. It's just standard medical practice.

Where I come from, if you have suspicious conditoins, YOU GET THEM CHECKED OUT, regardless of your family history.

Also, regardless of your family history, YOU are advised to follow the same healthy advice: avoid fats, sodium. Exercise. No doc is gonna say: "no heart disease in your family, so go at it!"

No, any doctor will advise ALL patients to live healthily and advise all patents to have suspicious moles, bloodwork, anything checked out.

No, you just say "talk to your mother about that."

Since you're a social worker, you know that regardless of the theory of the week, the overriding truth is that social workers ONLY intercede with the parents rights when the parents are neglecting their children. This is NOT the case.

the parents have been good parents and fairness, as well as the law, say you have no right to overstep their parental rights since they are not neglecting or abusing the child.

The world is full of different healthy and legal parenting styles and choices. You have no right to disregard that.

myob and go help neglected children who really need your help.