William Shirley

Retired engineering technician, I am a father of two, married for 25 years(this time). I am a sculptor living in upstate New York, a progressive, fond of democracy and would like to see America try it sometime before I die. I hate liars and bigots and think insanity or incompetence should be grounds for impeachment. I think the American Empire is crumbling (good) and if the world will help us reform our nation we should shoot for a real democracy, not a republic, not a representational democracy, but a true one person one vote, everybody votes, every vote is counted.
I have lived in the Southwest, the Northwest and the Northeast and seen several wars go by and several seriously screwed up administrations. I now spend my time at home, writing, gardening, working in the studio on my art and advocating for my son and the thousands of brain injured individuals around the country. We are getting tens of thousands more out of the Iraq invasion and occupation and America does not have the ability to help them deal with their injuries. I know many of them will end up in prison or dead because we don't have a health care system, we have health care companies and they do everything on the cheap. For eight years I have fought for my son and the best I have managed is he no longer is injured by the people who are charged with helping him. This country needs an enema.