Wow, what an amazing week. Those lame ducks weren't so lame after all. The repeal of DADT, and ratifying the SALT treaty, just to name two. I was really beginning to wonder about President Obama, but maybe he just might know what he's doing after all. Of course I'm still ticked about the tax cuts for the rich, but we are getting some good things out of that. I am just really worried about what will happen when we find out just how much of our debt the Middle East countries and China really own. I can't help but think we are still screwed.
On a lighter note, I pray that you all have a blessed holiday season and a Merry Christmas if you celebrate. Which most people I know do, even if they aren't Christian. After all is was a Paegan holiday first. ;-)
I just really hope this coming New Year will bring us all lots of love and happiness. And more tolerance for those different than ourselves, because, really, we are all the same when you get down to the basic humanitiy of it all.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
So little time....
I wanted to post on here today about how sick I am of the Republicans and their greed, but I had to reply to anonymous again & now lunch is over. Hopefully this weekend I can tell you how much I really want to kick my TV in right now.
Friday, November 26, 2010
People or Profit
Seems like that would be an easy choice. Well, it probably is easy for everyone I guess, it's just that a lot of business people choose profit over people.
I just finished watching the last half of the movie "Battle in Seattle", a fictional account of the WTO riots in December 1999. Wow! Was I out of the loop back then. If I knew then what I know now, I may have been down there protesting. Or, would I? Would I really leave my warm comfy house to yell & scream at people who don't even hear us? I don't really know. I am so angry right now about what corporate America is doing to us. And now the retail stores are so into it too that they are making their employees work on Thanksgiving just to get more of that almighty dollar. As we poor suckers fall for it every time. What's the point? The sales aren't going to stop on Saturday. And how about the week before Christmas? You think all the prices are going to go up when none of us are buying anyway? Do you really have the money to buy that ginormous TV or that fancy camera? Do you really need it? What about donating that money then, to an organization who can help someone who can't even afford food for their family, much less a TV?
Why don't you all take a good look around at all your material possessions. Do you really need more? Do you really need new? Do we really need something made by some poor soul in another country that can't even afford the stuff they are making?
OK, so, fair disclosure, I do work for a furniture manufacturer that builds the furniture in China & other countries. But, when I began working there, we used to buy from some American companies. The almighty consumer has put most of those companies out of business. We all want higher salaries, & our bosses want higher profits, but we don't want to have to pay for anything. You can't expect to have a high paying manufacturing job & have the company sell the product at a loss or small profit.
So, why do we have to always want more? Why can't what we have be good enough. Soon we middle class won't have anything. We will all be living hand to mouth while the big banks & corporations get richer & richer. We are no longer evolving, we are repeating a very bad time in our history. Great Recession? You ain't seen nothing yet...
I just finished watching the last half of the movie "Battle in Seattle", a fictional account of the WTO riots in December 1999. Wow! Was I out of the loop back then. If I knew then what I know now, I may have been down there protesting. Or, would I? Would I really leave my warm comfy house to yell & scream at people who don't even hear us? I don't really know. I am so angry right now about what corporate America is doing to us. And now the retail stores are so into it too that they are making their employees work on Thanksgiving just to get more of that almighty dollar. As we poor suckers fall for it every time. What's the point? The sales aren't going to stop on Saturday. And how about the week before Christmas? You think all the prices are going to go up when none of us are buying anyway? Do you really have the money to buy that ginormous TV or that fancy camera? Do you really need it? What about donating that money then, to an organization who can help someone who can't even afford food for their family, much less a TV?
Why don't you all take a good look around at all your material possessions. Do you really need more? Do you really need new? Do we really need something made by some poor soul in another country that can't even afford the stuff they are making?
OK, so, fair disclosure, I do work for a furniture manufacturer that builds the furniture in China & other countries. But, when I began working there, we used to buy from some American companies. The almighty consumer has put most of those companies out of business. We all want higher salaries, & our bosses want higher profits, but we don't want to have to pay for anything. You can't expect to have a high paying manufacturing job & have the company sell the product at a loss or small profit.
So, why do we have to always want more? Why can't what we have be good enough. Soon we middle class won't have anything. We will all be living hand to mouth while the big banks & corporations get richer & richer. We are no longer evolving, we are repeating a very bad time in our history. Great Recession? You ain't seen nothing yet...
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Who's Buying your Vote?
Are you getting sick of the adds yet? Don't you just want to throw your TV out the window? I watch most of my TV on DVR and even I'm sick of the adds. Lies about him, Lies about her, lies about this initiative and that referendum. You don't know who or what to believe. Regardless of how you vote however, or how confused you are, you still have many days to do the research and get out there and vote. The research isn't easy, but you have to do your best to find the truth.
We can't let the big corporate money win this election. One of the ways you can research is to look into who's backing whom or what. If big money and corporations are backing something, you can pretty much be sure that you need to vote against it.
I am disgusted with the amount of money that is being put into this election season all around the country. In California, Meg Whitman & Carly Fiorina are putting their personal fortunes into their campains. Karl Rove is backing many a Teabagger. It's revolting the amount of money being poured down the drain. This has got to stop! 9.6% unemployment. Huge amounts of people on food stamps. Many, many families struggling with day to day expenses and these rich fat cats are pouring all this money into winning power over all of us to take us down even more. And on top of it, it looks like it's not just American rich fat cats.
We can't let them win! We have to stand up for ourselves and fight back. There's got to be a way to fight back. There's got to be some regulations put on these elections. The Supreme Court has totally and completly screwed the middle class.
People worry about us all speaking Spanish some day... I'd worry more that we all may be speaking Chinese in the next 30 or 40 years.
We can't let the big corporate money win this election. One of the ways you can research is to look into who's backing whom or what. If big money and corporations are backing something, you can pretty much be sure that you need to vote against it.
I am disgusted with the amount of money that is being put into this election season all around the country. In California, Meg Whitman & Carly Fiorina are putting their personal fortunes into their campains. Karl Rove is backing many a Teabagger. It's revolting the amount of money being poured down the drain. This has got to stop! 9.6% unemployment. Huge amounts of people on food stamps. Many, many families struggling with day to day expenses and these rich fat cats are pouring all this money into winning power over all of us to take us down even more. And on top of it, it looks like it's not just American rich fat cats.
We can't let them win! We have to stand up for ourselves and fight back. There's got to be a way to fight back. There's got to be some regulations put on these elections. The Supreme Court has totally and completly screwed the middle class.
People worry about us all speaking Spanish some day... I'd worry more that we all may be speaking Chinese in the next 30 or 40 years.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Why Can't we all be a little more like Oprah?
Ok, I have been watching Oprah off & on over the past 25 years, just like most everyone else. This season I decided to DVR the show every day to see all the special shows she's going out with. I have always enjoyed her celebrity shows and admired her for her generosity towards her audience and others.
This week is blowing me away. Or maybe it's last week, I don't know, I'm a few shows behind. Last night I was watching the show where she made people's ultimate dreams come true. I was crying through most of it, with happiness for all the people she gave to. There were brides who got a Vera Wang dress & wardrobe for the honeymoon, and $3k gift certificate for any Marriott, and domestic airline tickets from United. There was a single mom who gets a whole years salary and $78k in loans that she had for her kids' college paid off. It was really amazing. Tonight I watched her talk about "Waiting for Superman" a documentary coming out about our country's education system. She gave one million dollars each to the top six charter schools from the Angel Network. The Angel Network had collected over 80 million dollars over the years from Oprah viewers. Did you know how bad our education system has gotten in this country? You should watch the documentary. I'm going to. And, yes, I know there are a lot of great schools & teachers out there. Puyallup schools have been wonderful for my daughter and my best friend is a teacher. But over all, if we don't do something soon...
Anyway, I just think it is so amazing what Oprah and Bill Gates and others are doing with their money. Now, I could be cynical and say they are doing it for tax deductions, but I'm sure most of it is out of the goodness of their hearts. Then we have the Boehner's & McConnell's et al that whine and cry that they can't be taxed anymore. They can't put money into the Social Security System, I bet if they go to church they don't even put close to 10% in the offering plate. Not that I'm judging.
I've gotten into discussions about health care and people say they aren't paying for any one else's health care, why can't everyone get their own heath care? Or the people with out kids or who's kids have grown, "I don't want to pay taxes for schools". Well, what are we supposed to do when everyone dies from lack of care, or there are no more educated people to take over when we all get old & die? Or what are we going to do when the Earth is destroyed because we have used up all the resources, or someone has finally pushed "the button" and we are all nuked?
The selfishness and hypocrisy I am seeing daily is really making me sick. I can't understand how people can be so uncaring and thoughtless towards other people. Yes, there are people out there who take advantage of the system and who have brought their troubles on themselves, but where is the compassion? These people out there that call themselves Christian don't have the first clue as to "what Jesus would do" in these situations.
A good education should be a right not a privilege. Good quality, affordable, health care should be a right, not something to lose your house for. You shouldn't have to worry if the fish you are eating is full of crude oil. You should be able to rebuild the house you own outright if a hurricane or earthquake flatten it.
I have relatives in Norway that pay high taxes, but they don't have to worry about getting sick or injured and they can go to college without taking out a loan that with take you till your retirement to pay off. Maybe I'll go live with them if the Teabaggers get a hold of the government... I'm not saying our government is perfect now, but I sure as hell don't want to see it when they get a hold of it. If you don't do anything else this year, make sure you vote. I don't care how you vote, just get out there & vote!
This week is blowing me away. Or maybe it's last week, I don't know, I'm a few shows behind. Last night I was watching the show where she made people's ultimate dreams come true. I was crying through most of it, with happiness for all the people she gave to. There were brides who got a Vera Wang dress & wardrobe for the honeymoon, and $3k gift certificate for any Marriott, and domestic airline tickets from United. There was a single mom who gets a whole years salary and $78k in loans that she had for her kids' college paid off. It was really amazing. Tonight I watched her talk about "Waiting for Superman" a documentary coming out about our country's education system. She gave one million dollars each to the top six charter schools from the Angel Network. The Angel Network had collected over 80 million dollars over the years from Oprah viewers. Did you know how bad our education system has gotten in this country? You should watch the documentary. I'm going to. And, yes, I know there are a lot of great schools & teachers out there. Puyallup schools have been wonderful for my daughter and my best friend is a teacher. But over all, if we don't do something soon...
Anyway, I just think it is so amazing what Oprah and Bill Gates and others are doing with their money. Now, I could be cynical and say they are doing it for tax deductions, but I'm sure most of it is out of the goodness of their hearts. Then we have the Boehner's & McConnell's et al that whine and cry that they can't be taxed anymore. They can't put money into the Social Security System, I bet if they go to church they don't even put close to 10% in the offering plate. Not that I'm judging.
I've gotten into discussions about health care and people say they aren't paying for any one else's health care, why can't everyone get their own heath care? Or the people with out kids or who's kids have grown, "I don't want to pay taxes for schools". Well, what are we supposed to do when everyone dies from lack of care, or there are no more educated people to take over when we all get old & die? Or what are we going to do when the Earth is destroyed because we have used up all the resources, or someone has finally pushed "the button" and we are all nuked?
The selfishness and hypocrisy I am seeing daily is really making me sick. I can't understand how people can be so uncaring and thoughtless towards other people. Yes, there are people out there who take advantage of the system and who have brought their troubles on themselves, but where is the compassion? These people out there that call themselves Christian don't have the first clue as to "what Jesus would do" in these situations.
A good education should be a right not a privilege. Good quality, affordable, health care should be a right, not something to lose your house for. You shouldn't have to worry if the fish you are eating is full of crude oil. You should be able to rebuild the house you own outright if a hurricane or earthquake flatten it.
I have relatives in Norway that pay high taxes, but they don't have to worry about getting sick or injured and they can go to college without taking out a loan that with take you till your retirement to pay off. Maybe I'll go live with them if the Teabaggers get a hold of the government... I'm not saying our government is perfect now, but I sure as hell don't want to see it when they get a hold of it. If you don't do anything else this year, make sure you vote. I don't care how you vote, just get out there & vote!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Life, Liberty, and Hypocrisy
Do you ever wonder if some people listen to themselves? It seems that so many on the so called "right" do not listen to themselves.
People say you can't have an abortion, or you can't marry someone of the same sex, or you can't terminate your life on your own terms. But in the very next breath, they say the government has to stay out of their bedroom, the government needs to stop taxing them, the government can't tell them what to do. Does that make any sense? It's ok for the government to tell you you can't have an abortion or you can't marry the person you love, but the government can't tell them they can't own certain guns or make restrictions on them in any way or ask them to pay taxes to pay for the services they use.
Why do people believe they can impose their beliefs on everyone else? Take abortion, for example. Pro-Lifers believe abortion is wrong and most of them believe that under no circumstances should a woman have one. So, do they have other options for these women & children? Do they have a place for these unwanted children to go where they are wanted & loved? Oh hell no, that's not their responsibility to care for some one else's children. And if that baby's life is so precious, what about the death penalty, or war? Why is that ok?
And what about same sex couples? Is it really any one's business who you love? And why can't these couples adopt children? Now there's a place for the unwanted children...
Now, personally, I am thankful I never had to make the decision to have an abortion, but I've known women who have and they did not make that decision lightly. And I supported them through that decision because I loved them and I wanted to make a horrible situation as bearable as possible. And I was thankful they had a safe place to have the procedure.
I have been struggling with the "gay thing" for more than 10 years now. I am related to someone planning a marriage with someone of the same sex. I don't think about the intimate details. You don't with heterosexuals so why should you with gay couples? I have come to the realization that we are meant to love and be loved. And some of us don't ever find that love. How can we deny someone that joy just because it's with someone of the same sex?
Christians use the Bible in ways of their choosing and presume to know what Jesus would do. As a Christian, I have learned that you cannot take the Bible literally, otherwise we would be following all the laws of Leviticus to this day. The Bible, I believe, is a living word of God and it's true meaning comes to you through the Holy Spirit. And God is the final judge. It's not for me to tell you how to live your life.
This country was founded by men who believed in freedom from tyranny. And I believe that if these Tea Baggers and Republicans really looked at what they were complaining about, they would find that they are just 5 or 6 years late in their whining. They are saying things about Obama that the Dixie Chicks got ostracized for in the Bush years. Why is it ok now?? I think we all know why.
Makes me sick every day to listen to the crap. I wish there was another way to voice this. To expose the lies and hypocrisy of Faux News, and Rush Limbaugh and the others. I listen to people who try every day, but I know these other morons have bigger audiences and people actually believe every word. So sad, so disgusting.
People say you can't have an abortion, or you can't marry someone of the same sex, or you can't terminate your life on your own terms. But in the very next breath, they say the government has to stay out of their bedroom, the government needs to stop taxing them, the government can't tell them what to do. Does that make any sense? It's ok for the government to tell you you can't have an abortion or you can't marry the person you love, but the government can't tell them they can't own certain guns or make restrictions on them in any way or ask them to pay taxes to pay for the services they use.
Why do people believe they can impose their beliefs on everyone else? Take abortion, for example. Pro-Lifers believe abortion is wrong and most of them believe that under no circumstances should a woman have one. So, do they have other options for these women & children? Do they have a place for these unwanted children to go where they are wanted & loved? Oh hell no, that's not their responsibility to care for some one else's children. And if that baby's life is so precious, what about the death penalty, or war? Why is that ok?
And what about same sex couples? Is it really any one's business who you love? And why can't these couples adopt children? Now there's a place for the unwanted children...
Now, personally, I am thankful I never had to make the decision to have an abortion, but I've known women who have and they did not make that decision lightly. And I supported them through that decision because I loved them and I wanted to make a horrible situation as bearable as possible. And I was thankful they had a safe place to have the procedure.
I have been struggling with the "gay thing" for more than 10 years now. I am related to someone planning a marriage with someone of the same sex. I don't think about the intimate details. You don't with heterosexuals so why should you with gay couples? I have come to the realization that we are meant to love and be loved. And some of us don't ever find that love. How can we deny someone that joy just because it's with someone of the same sex?
Christians use the Bible in ways of their choosing and presume to know what Jesus would do. As a Christian, I have learned that you cannot take the Bible literally, otherwise we would be following all the laws of Leviticus to this day. The Bible, I believe, is a living word of God and it's true meaning comes to you through the Holy Spirit. And God is the final judge. It's not for me to tell you how to live your life.
This country was founded by men who believed in freedom from tyranny. And I believe that if these Tea Baggers and Republicans really looked at what they were complaining about, they would find that they are just 5 or 6 years late in their whining. They are saying things about Obama that the Dixie Chicks got ostracized for in the Bush years. Why is it ok now?? I think we all know why.
Makes me sick every day to listen to the crap. I wish there was another way to voice this. To expose the lies and hypocrisy of Faux News, and Rush Limbaugh and the others. I listen to people who try every day, but I know these other morons have bigger audiences and people actually believe every word. So sad, so disgusting.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Christian Nation??
One of my more conservative friends posted an article from Faux News "Are we still one Nation, under God?" By Todd Starnes. This is what my answer to him is:
The Pilgrims who came first to this country came looking for a place to worship God as they chose not as some government told them to worship. The author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, was a Diest. He believed in God but with reason and a belief that man has control of his life. He believed God created the universe, but didn't keep his hand in the running of it. I am a Christian and believe with all my heart that Jesus Christ died to save me from hell, but I also believe with all my heart that this country was founded to be a free country. Free of people telling others how to live their lives or worship their God. Their God, whom by the way is all our God. Generally, people who believe in God believe in the same God, just in different ways and not necessarily through Jesus Christ. I love my country, America, I proudly fly a flag outside my house, I believe God has given me many blessings. I also believe that God has created all of us and we are all His children regardless if we believe in Him or not. He proved His never ending love for us by sacrificing His Son. I also shoud mention that I believe God is male and female or niether is that helps you wrap your head around it better. I use the male terminology just because that is what we are all most familiar with.
Christian nation. If we were truly a Christian nation thinking in the way of Christ, we would not be having this discussion.
Feel free to add your thoughts.
The Pilgrims who came first to this country came looking for a place to worship God as they chose not as some government told them to worship. The author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, was a Diest. He believed in God but with reason and a belief that man has control of his life. He believed God created the universe, but didn't keep his hand in the running of it. I am a Christian and believe with all my heart that Jesus Christ died to save me from hell, but I also believe with all my heart that this country was founded to be a free country. Free of people telling others how to live their lives or worship their God. Their God, whom by the way is all our God. Generally, people who believe in God believe in the same God, just in different ways and not necessarily through Jesus Christ. I love my country, America, I proudly fly a flag outside my house, I believe God has given me many blessings. I also believe that God has created all of us and we are all His children regardless if we believe in Him or not. He proved His never ending love for us by sacrificing His Son. I also shoud mention that I believe God is male and female or niether is that helps you wrap your head around it better. I use the male terminology just because that is what we are all most familiar with.
Christian nation. If we were truly a Christian nation thinking in the way of Christ, we would not be having this discussion.
Feel free to add your thoughts.
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