MrsMiller1960
47, just started my first Bachelor's Degree: major in Political Science, minor in Jazz Studies. Widow of 18 years, remarried January 1, 2005. My 20 year old son lives with us and my daughter is 25 and lives away from home. She gave us an awesome grandson who is 6. I've been in long-term recovery from drug addiction for over 3 years and my husband is celebrating 16 years of recovery next month! I am disabled from Multiple Sclerosis right now, but hope that once I get my degree and widen... more…
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We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate. Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president of US (1743 - 1826) ... more-
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Al, I don't think you're our savior, no one person can save a "nation that chooses to be asleep" as spoken by Princeton professor Cornel West on Bill Maher's Real Time show on... more-
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The Assault on Reason is an excellent source of Al's positions on important issues. If you haven't yet, please read this book! ... more-
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I forgot to mention: I bought the book and just began reading it...logic and honesty...Al's not a politician...if Al Gore was President, he would truly be a... more7 other responses to this -
Dear Mr. Gore: ... more-
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- Current Project:
- Transposing my jazz charts into the lower keys I've grown down into and getting my chops back after a year-long break in public performances.
- Current Gig:
- Applied Jazz vocals class with Shawnn Monteiro at Rhode Island College, every Wednesday at 3:00 PM...AND, every morning at home on my exercise bike!
- Influences / Heroes:
- the Dalai Llama; Jesus Christ;my twelve-step fellowship;my husband; my sponsor; my daughter, son and grandson; my father; my mother-in-law; Leroy and Deborah White; Kim Lee; Shawnn Monteiro; Cole Porter; Rodgers and Hart; Irving Berlin; Billie Holiday; George and Ira Gershwin; Maya Angelou; Chinua Achebe; Martin Luther King; John F. Kennedy; George McGovern; Al Gore; Lincoln Chafee; Eve Ensler; Saucy Sylvia; Congressman Patrick Kennedy; Congressman Jim Ramstad; Bill Maher; Sharon Dembinski; Piero Ferruci; Nancy Serabian; Bono; Sean Penn; John Lennon; CCRI Professors Robert Gooch, Jonathan Steele, Dr. Steven Lajoie and Dr.Joseph Amante; RIC Professor Obadiah; RI Superior Court Justice William E. Carnes;
- Organizations I Belong To:
- RI Cares; Faces and Voices of Recovery; ASCAP; Phi Theta Kappa; care2.com; current.com
- Political Bent:
- Non-affiliated/Moderate
- What I would Change About the World:
- Issue-Driven instead of Party-Driven Politics
- Favorite Movies:
- Out of Africa; Cassablanca; With a Song in My Heart; The American President; Conspiracy Theory; An Inconvenient Truth; Under the Tuscan Sun; Message in a Bottle
- Favorite TV Shows:
- Sopranos; Curb Your Enthusiasm; 24; House; Law and Order (original, CSI, and Special Victims Unit); the West Wing; Frazier; Seinfeld; Days of Our Lives
- Favorite Bands:
- U2; Dave Matthews; Allison Kraus & Union Station; Diana Kraull; Patti Austin; Carmen McCrae; Sarah Vaughan; Tony Bennet; Sinead O'Connor; Corrine Bailey Rae; Melissa Etheridge; K. D. Lang
- Favorite Track:
- (right now) The Healing Room by Sinead O'Connor
- Celebrity Crush:
- Harrison Ford