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Don't worry your pretty little head. I haven't checked this area of the forum for a long time. Just figured I would see if there was any intelligent discussion about the recent election but I can see it's business as usual.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary
Don't fret, I won't be back to this section. I Teach in a preschool, I get my fill of children there :)
I am glad to hear you are gainfully employed! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by sparks19
Trying my best to stay away from this, I just want to say it is possible to have different political opinions from someone and still get along and respect the person, just saying.
Not sure what the gainfully employed comment meant, Brian provides very well for his family and I respect the hell out of the fact that for the most part sparks can be a stay at home mom, it really is the unltimate sacrifice and shows ultimate trust in your spouse and in no way makes you less of a person, in fact I really admire it.
Humanity has the internet.
An incredible medium for information interchange.
A packet can move around the world at the speed of light (or very close to it)
Why is it that we choose to use this incredible medium for the distribution of poorly researched (or not researched) jingoistic partisan pap?
It's like a baboon display, everyone showing their rear end, and then people reposting and spreading the BS without pausing for a minute to think it through.....after all, it fits their viewpoint, it must be true.
So, everyone climbs on board?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady's Human
I see your point....
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just wanted to address this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary
It is only two mornings a week and I only do it because Hannah gets to come with me but I am still very much a stay at home/homeschool mom (although it seems we are rately actually AT home)
I certainly don't do it because we need the money or because I somehow felt like a lesser human being because I stay at home and parent my child. Brian provides very well for us and gives us the amazing opportunity for me to stay home and homeschool Hannah. I am extremely thankful for that. I took this job because it was a great opportunity. I mean, I get paid and Hannah gets to come to class with me for free.
I am not sure why you would care if I was gainfully employed or not. We don't take any government Money or handouts, we fully support ourselves and in the future as long as God is willing I will still be a stay at home/homeschooling mother and I am proud of it :) My self worth isn't tied up in my job.
back on topic....
Dear Red States,
We're ticked off at your Neanderthal attitudes and politics
(like
"legitimate rape") so we have decided to leave you.
We in New York intend to form our own country and we're taking the
other Blue States with us. In case you aren't aware, that includes
California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Illinois and the rest of the Northeast.
We believe this split will be beneficial to the nation and especially
to the people of the new country, the Enlightened States of America
(E.S.A).
To sum up briefly:
You get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave states.
We get stem cell research.
You get Bobby Jindal and Todd Akin. We get Andrew Cuomo and Elizabeth Warren.
We get the Statue of Liberty. You get OpryLand.
We get Intel and Microsoft. You get WorldCom.
We get Harvard. You get Ole' Miss.
We get 85 % of America's venture capital and entrepreneurs.
You get Alabama. And
Louisiana.
We get two-thirds of the tax revenue.
You now get to make the red states pay their fair share.
Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22 % lower than the Christian
Coalition's we get a bunch of happy families. You get a bunch of
single moms.
Please be aware that the E.S.A. will be pro choice and anti-war and
we're going to want all our citizens back from Afghanistan at once. If
you need people to fight, ask your evangelicals. They have kids
they're apparently willing to send to their deaths for no convincing
purpose.
We wish you success in Afghanistan and possibly Iran as well, but
we're not willing to spend our resources in these sorts of pursuits.
With the Blue States in hand, we will have firm control of 80% of the
country's fresh water, more than 90% of the pineapple and lettuce, 92%
of the nation's fresh fruit, 95% of America's quality wines, 90%
of
all cheese, 90 % of the high tech industry, most of the US low sulfur
coal, all living redwoods, sequoias and condors, all the Ivy (Yale,
Harvard, etc.) and Seven Sister schools plus Stanford, Berkeley, U of
Chicago, Cal Tech and MIT.
With the Red States you will have to cope with 88% of all obese
Americans and their projected health care costs; 92% of all US
mosquitoes, nearly 100% of the tornadoes, 90% of the hurricanes, 99%
of all Southern Baptists, virtually 100% of all televangelists; Rush
Limbaugh, Bob Jones University, Clemson and the University of Georgia.
We get Hollywood and Yosemite.
38% of those in the Red states believe Jonah was actually swallowed by a whale;
62% believe life is sacred unless we're discussing the death penalty
or gun laws;
44% say that evolution is only a theory;
53% claim that Saddam was involved in 9/11 and
61% of you crazies believe that you have
higher morals then we lefties.
Sincerely,
With apologies to anyone who thinks expressing an opinion contrary to the one you hold is "talking down" to you.
Does this mean we have to keep Gov. Romney as well?
Please note: Very few of us in the "red" states had anything to do with this wanting to pull out of the union nonsense!!! I am not red or blue. I have voted both ways over the years. I had two 5th great grandfathers who fought in the American Revolution and I'll be dang gum if I go against what they fought so hard for.
So, if most of the rest of Kansas wants to pull out of the union, there will be one little yellow house on the prairie that will remain American!!! Of course, the rest of you all might have to air drop me and my cats supplies. :love:
By the way, I wouldn't brag about getting to keep Hollywood.
Sometimes a little chaff gets stuck in the wheat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady's Human
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Originally Posted by momoffuzzyfaces
Not to worry Moff. We won't let you & the kitties go hungry.:D :love:
Although I live in Indiana, one of the Red states involved, I don't think this will be more than a brief outburst of all the sore losers. They seem to
be going through the five stages of grief right now.
:)Five stages of grief?;)
That sounds like something from an MSNBC program.
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There are sore winners and gracious winners out there, someplace.
The cackling media are just as guilty of being gold plated AHs as the politicians are. I love it that most news readers won't win with any kind of shot or SA remarks about 'what went wrong'.
What went wrong? The Republican party lost - some of them worse that others - and what then?
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The honorable thing to do is to bury the casualties, stop for a second to be gracious and give your opponent a nod for bringing you the fight.
When you dance on the bones of your foe?
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Ever notice that baboon arse is blue and red?
Plaid, I say! America is not "red" and "blue" - it's plaid! And will remain that way, pundits and naysayers besides. They are actually the smallest of the minorities, but have the loudest whines! ;)
We have not a nation of "winners" and "losers" - we are a nation of human beings of every skin color, ethnicity and size, and our glory is in the things that unite us, not divide us. I don;t know anyone on the streets talking about secession - and here is where the American Revolution started, just a few miles away from me.
And here on Pet Talk, we all have animals we love and spoil and that sets us apart from other folks. But we'll just pity them, and try to education them!
I played sports for all my life - but I am devoid of the "winner gene" - The beauty of sports is looking across the line at your opponent and playing to the best of your ability.
After game I always felt good about being able to play, If the team won? So much better.
Afterwards you shook hands or sat around for a soda, beer or played again.
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Sportsmanship is a as important as winning or losing.
You can tell who the winners are because you forget who won the next day.
Losers will remind you, long after the contest is over, that they won the game.
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Instead of the politicians and media rolling up their sleeves and saying, "good game, let's plan the next match?"
They are too busy reminding everyone they won - no wonder no one wants to play with them again........
According to a letter to the editor in today's Orange County Register the cause of the demise of Hostess was not bad management...it was not evil unions...it was....
are you ready? This is almost impossible to believe...but if it was in the OC Register it MUST be true...the responsiblity goes to...
Michelle Obama
That's right. It is her fault because for "so many years" she has been advising people not to eat unhealthy and fattening snacks and junk food.
Never mind how many people have been telling folks that before her ... and been ignored just as much. And even she would allow a snack cake if it was a treat, not an everyday substitute for fruit in their diet, for example.
Don't you love how there's gotta be someone to blame for everything? No one ever admits it is their own fault ... must be some external influence, yeah ... find a celebrity to blame!
Hey, maybe it is MY fault - after all, it has been many, many years since I have eaten a Twinky, even before I had food allergies that now prevent me from eating them ...
Kinda like President Obama blaming President Bush for everything??? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Karen
I kinda blame the lost Bush kid, Reggie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bonny
No, not like that. If you want to make an connection to Bush you would have to have something like...it is Laura Bush's fault that so many people are reading "50 Shades of Gray".Quote:
Originally Posted by Bonny
Someone please explain to me how a congress who can't keep us from the looming fiscal cliff and all the cut backs coming has the gumption to give themselves a $900 a month raise? When I worked, we only got raises when we earned them. I don't think any one in congress has earned any sort of a raise this year.
But, that's just the opinion of someone living 130% below the poverty level. :eek:
Vote the bums out! It amazes me every time we Americans re-elect so many of the same people that are screwing this up - and it is a mess they created for themselves!Quote:
Originally Posted by momoffuzzyfaces
It just seems that no matter who is in office, the results are the same. :(:love:
Congress is working on legislation to rescind the pay raises for Congress and the executive branch.
To echo Karen's statement, we just sent a Congress which is rated as one of the worst in history back to power largely unchanged. 90% of the seats remained in the same hands they were in in November.
We have reached national insanity, electing the same fools and expecting different results.
I'm sure they will work really HARD on that!!! Specially seeing how hard they work the rest of the year. :D That's like putting a fox to guard a hen house.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady's Human
I totally agree about the national insanity. I keep wondering what are people thinking? :confused::love:
Congress did not give themselves pay raises. It was the President, by Executive Order - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...n_2377714.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by momoffuzzyfaces
Congress is trying to get the Order rescinded - http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012...ess-pay-raise/
I''d be happier than a pig eatin' poop, if the President gave me a $900 per month pay raise. But of course if that ever happened, then Medicare would go up to $895 per month!Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
A 'funny' set of news reports today.
One politician telling the other to eff off......As if they did it politely?
I guess he forgot he was dealing with politicians.
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Chris Christie complaining about the hurricane Sandy relief and how he was promised help from the fed government - I guess he forgot he was dealing with politicians.
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And CBS closed the evening news with a story about a man who had spent 18k given to him by FEMA to fix his house.
He was in danger of losing the home because he ran out of money....but, right after the storm he spoke to the pres and CC and they promised him help to get back on his feet....
I guess he forgot he was dealing with politicians?:rolleyes:
Congratulations to Congress.
That can is getting pretty scuffed and dented about now.....
Did you think they'd chance kicking rocks with the nice shoes they buy?:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady's Human
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hjres15
H.J.Res. 15: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.
THe number of bills proposed that actually get anywhere is a tiny fraction of the total introduced.
Being that there's no groundswell for a Constitutional amendment to repeal term limitations, rather there is a large opinion in favor of term limitations on more offices, this dog ain't getting off the porch.
We can only hope.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady's Human
Kill this damned boondoggle:
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/22...ets/?hpt=hp_t1
And the LCS.
Boeing had displayed a semi-stealthy version of the F-15 2-3 years ago. Buy it, it fills the need without busting the budget.
LCS? Korea can build frigates with actual warfighting capability for 1/3 of the price of the precious LCS. Why can we somehow not figure it out?
Things you don't hear about on the Nightly News. I read a story about this problem last week & then they were saying it was only
one leak, now they say it's six. This is so near the Columbia river. Oh, those in charge say not to worry. Right. :rolleyes:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_2744974.html
Hanford has been a problem site for a long time. Successive Congresses, however, haven't voted fund to fix the issues, and continual punting on Yucca mountain just make things worse.
Why the heck do spammers think I'd open any email that claims "Congress passed a new bill to ...." when they can't even get their act together with sequester looming?
I think our Congress is one big joke and not a funny one. They just got back from a break and will be gone again Friday. HELLO!!!! Keep your bums in your chairs until you get something done to fix the sequester mess you have coming down on OUR heads!!! :mad:
They need the breaks. Otherwise their tongues would dry out from too much time spent sticking them out at each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by momoffuzzyfaces
I followed the Yaquis (the team from Yucca) for a few years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady's Human
They need a new quarterback. The kicker is getting worn out.;)
I really find it surprising how much time & attention Media is giving to the election of a new Pope by the Catholic church. Are non Catholics really
that interested in Catholic Politics? and it is Political.