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Dear Andy Lee Parker,



Hello there. I'd like to introduce myself & comment on your profile. My name is Kelly Lee Parsons & I used to live in Portland, OR for 6 years (1992-1999). I see that you live there. It's nice to meet someone from my old home town, here in the Writers Market Community.



Is the OCA still giving grief to those who want equal rights for non-straights out there? That group gave quite a fuss over the voluntary euthenasia issue for the terminally ill & also a lot of fuss over the legal use laws for herbs treating certain medical illnesses/diseases. I wonder if the OCA is going to ever want what the majority of real citizens out there are actually calling for? Are things still rocky because of the OCA & related organizations, for anyone not "the norm" in their eyes?



I wish you'd consider posting pics of you on your Harley. I bet it's a nice bike! Have fun with your lady, traveling the beautiful back roads & scenic highways of Oregon.



If you two would like to keep in touch with a couple in OH, consider my other half Jess, & I. In case you'd like to check out my blog, there are lots of polls, photos, & a variety of text to see. Please pardon the ongoing construction, as it's my very first blog, ever.



Good luck with all of your writing goals. Looking forward to hearing from you about life, there. Keep finding & making reasons to smile.

Good luck with your daily column, Andy. I'll be sure to check it out if you post a link. I've enjoyed your articles so far. Also, thanks for mentioning your appreciation of the Rilke quote. If you think about it, what else can we as writers, or any artists or even human beings for that matter, aspire to but to believe in things not yet spoken. But before I get too deep, I'll say goodnight and thanks for stopping by. Peace.

First of all let me say politics, sex and religion are the three most volatile topics I think anyone can get involved with. That is exactly why I get involved.

Now to your comments, I have always believed in personal responsibility. It amazes me how many people seem to feel what happens to them is ALWAYS another's fault. Going back to the woman who put a cup of hot un-lidded coffee between her legs then drove over a speed bump and got burned, how she managed to conjure up the idea that it was the fault of MacDonald's is beyond me. But that makes my point. Personal responsibility.



What Obama said, in my estimation, makes perfect sense. Get involved, take over your own life again and stop whining about what others have done TO you. If you're an adult, you have a choice to either do or not do. Once you decide then live with your choice.