Hi,
Don't get me wrong, I have a number of gay friends and I have no wish to curtail any of their rights or freedoms OR ALIENATE THEM BUT it seems to me that we are going at this GAY RIGHTS subject from the wrong SLANT!
Why upset the religious groups, the self-righteous groups, the patronizing groups (WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY PREFER) ?????? WHY NOT JUST CHANGE THE LAWS THAT STARTED ALL THIS CONTROVERSY !!!!!!!!!!!!! AND LET PEOPLE GET ON WITH THEIR LIVES, THEIR BELIEFS AND THEIR SEXUAL PREFERENCES.
The current controversy is whether the Supreme Court should invalidate laws that ban same sex marriage and whether the Federal law that refuses to recognize same sex marriage is unconstitutional.
IT IS LAW INTERFERING WITH PRIVATE LIVES-- THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN CREATES CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES THAT ACTUALLY DO NOT BELONG AS LAWS.
Not many people remember that THIS GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT BEGAN WHEN WASHINGTON POLITICIANS DECIDED TO REWARD MARRIED COUPLES WITH A TAX BREAK!!!!!!!!!!! AND HAVING CHILDREN WITH AN EVEN BIGGER TAX BREAK!!!!!
SHOULD WASHINGTON instead be CONSIDERING WHAT THEY'RE SPENDING; HOW THEY'RE AFFECTING OUR ECONOMY; WORRYING ABOUT NOT GETTING INTO WAR OR WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH DRONES;WORRYING OVER TECHNOLOGY'S DEVELOPING CHANGES ETC. ETC.????????????? DO THEY ACTUALLY NEED TO SPEND TIME WITH THEIR CITIZENS ABOUT THE BEDROOM ?????? CAN THEY REALLY SPARE THE TIME ???????????? AREN'T THEY OUT OF THEIR ELEMENT ???????
SEEING HOW MUCH TROUBLE THEY GET INTO, IT SEEMS TO THIS BLOGGER THAT STAYING OUT OF THE AMERICAN BEDROOM IS THEIR BEST CHOICE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THERE'S AN OLD SAYING: "ATTACK A MAN IN HIS PURSE OR HIS TROUSERS AND YOU HAVE WAR!!!!" a bit of history: MEN USED TO CARRY PURSES IN THOSE DAYS!!!! AND WOMEN DIDN'T WEAR TROUSERS. More history: THIS TAX LAW ON MARRIAGE MADE BY CONGRESS ATTACKED BOTH PURSES AND TROUSERS FOR VERY WRONG REASONS !!!!!!!!
Since the gay rally for adoption became another point of contention and opinions differ about what is acceptable for children's welfare, the adoption agencies should be in charge and not be subject to issues outside of the welfare of the children. That welfare should be the only option for decision. No State now prohibits Gays from adopting. NOT HAVING A LAW IS GOOD LAW!!!!!!!
OKAY, NOW WE HAVE ALL THE ELEMENTS OF ATTACK: TROUSERS ( WOMEN DO WEAR THEM NOW) AND loss of MONEY. AND ATTACK GAYS DID WITH THE LARGEST RALLIES IN THEIR HISTORY DISTURBING some of the GAY FOLKS WHO NORMALLY JUST WANT TO LEAD THEIR OWN LIVES QUIETLY AND LIVE AND LET LIVE. IT SENT SOME OF THEM TO THE STREETS TO RALLY FOR THEIR RIGHTS.
JUST CHANGE THE DAMN LAWS. GIVE ALL SINGLES THE TAX BREAK. LET ADOPTION BE ACCORDING TO THE ADOPTION AGENCY RULES (NOT FEDERAL LAWS--WHAT DO THEY KNOW??????) THE MARRIAGE LAW WAS SIMPLY PUT INTO PLACE BY LEGISLATORS WHO WANTED TO SWEETEN THE IDEA OF MARRIAGE SO THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WOULDN'T LIVE TOGETHER WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF MARRIAGE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
WELL...........................
THAT WORKED REALLY WELL DIDN'T IT??????????? HETEROSEXUAL COUPLES INCREASINGLY LIVE TOGETHER AND HAVE BABIES WITHOUT MARRIAGE AND GAY COUPLES WANT THE BENEFIT OF MARRIAGE WHILE LIVING TOGETHER AND TO ADOPT CHILDREN.
AT LEAST IT CONVINCED SOMEONE OF SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!!!
SO NOW THAT THE LAW HAS CREATED ALL THIS DIVISION BETWEEN PEACE LOVING AMERICANS......WASHINGTON IS COMING TO THE RESCUE ..... WITH WHAT?.....MORE LAWS ?????????????.... THAT WILL CAUSE EVEN MORE PROBLEMS.
GET REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PUH..................LEEEEEEZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LET'S JUST TRY FOR ONCE TO BE SENSIBLE!!!!!!!!!! HO HUM !!!!!!!!!! CHANGE THE LAWS CAUSING THE PROBLEMS.!!!!! Will the Supreme Court solve the issue or simply add to it?????????
Don't rally for the Federal Government to make more LOUSY LAWS but RALLY TO HAVE THEM REPEAL THE LOUSY LAWS already made. STOP USING EMOTION TO FORCE LEGISLATORS TO MAKE AMENDS WITH BAD LAWS.
This blogger realizes that Washington politicians have created the problem but GAY RIGHTS ADVOCATES MUST ATTACK IT FROM THE REALISTIC PREMISE OF 'PURSE AND TROUSERS' AND CHANGE THE 'BAD' LAW THAT CAUSED IT. PUT EMOTIONALISM ASIDE. This blogger believes that THIS MUST BE DONE TO AVOID NEW BAD LAW BY THE FEDS THAT COULD give those who wish to repress or condemn GAYS a NEW STRONG WEAPON TO DO SO.
This blogger realizes that ignoring the rule "unless you have walked in someone else shoes, don't pontificate" is being broken by this blogger but REALITY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE and often outside a topic is less emotional. AS YOU MAY REMEMBER I AM AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT CONTROLLING WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND THEIR DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR BODIES. THAT KIND OF RIGHT SHOULD EXTEND TO ALL.
It is my hope that THE CURRENT BLOG WILL HELP WHAT HAS BECOME A REAL GOVERNMENT INTRUSION IN AMERICAN RIGHTS AND INDEPENDENCE AND WILL HELP GET THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF OUR LIVES AND PARTICULARLY OUT OF OUR BODIES AND BEDROOMS.
CHEERS, CONNIE
3/22/13
'NEVER FORGET EVERYTHING HITLER DID IN GERMANY WAS LEGAL"( MARTIN LUTHER KING)
Hi,
Mark Twain said:"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." Martin Luther King, Jr. said: "Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was LEGAL."
The two quotes concern some of the conflict that American citizens are feeling about the sharp divide being experienced in our political system at this time. We have one party that represents the city population point of view and the other party that represents a larger share of the suburban population point of view. That's a simplification, this blogger realizes, but it's close enough to examine the kinds of thinking that is happening and causing the divide. So like the old song, let's call the characters, 'City' and' Country'.
Okay, 'City' wants lots of government control, government dictating their lives and protecting them, plus the financial perks that come from that august body. 'Country' wants less government, fewer perks, and generally to be left alone to live life as they see fit.
'City' has the advantage of being over-populated and harboring most of the poor and disadvantaged so that at election time, it is ripe for voter encouragements of one kind or another and single party voting. 'Country' on the other hand is inclined to be less anxious to vote when the choices favor 'City' and those who do vote often favor a variety of out of 'city favor' candidates, thereby splitting their vote.
The result as it is clear to see becomes a vote that represents a smaller portion of the 'Country's' population, showing advantage to 'City' NOT IN OVERALL POPULATION BUT IN OVERALL VOTES, thereby forcing Americans as a whole to accept the desires of a smaller portion of the population. It also becomes clear that at some point, that disproportionate control by 'City' is going to SEIZE UP AND CAUSE GRIDLOCK. AND THAT IS WHAT OUR CONGRESS HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING!!!!!!!!!!!
GRIDLOCK IS WHEN THE BALANCE OF POWER IS OUT OF CONTROL. A visual image would be if you put one person on one side of a TEETER-TOTTER (like that?) and another person and a rock on the other side!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The see-saw won't move because THE WEIGHT IS TOO UNEQUAL.
THESE IMAGES MAKE US AWARE THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE UP FOR THEIR UNEQUAL WEIGHT IN REPRESENTING A LARGER PORTION OF THE COUNTRY (AND A GREATER POPULATION) THAN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHICH IS REPRESENTING A SMALLER PORTION OF THE COUNTRY AND A SMALLER POPULATION (ALTHOUGH A LARGER VOTING REPRESENTATION) GIVING IT THE ADVANTAGE. CLEAR?????????
THE CONGRESS, WHICH HOLDS REPRESENTATIVES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IS DESIGNED TO REPRESENT THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS ELECTED IN 2008, THE CONGRESS ALMOST COMPLETELY REPRESENTED 'CITY'. THE ELECTION IN 2010 BROUGHT TO THE POLLS 'COUNTRY' CANDIDATES AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CHANGED TO REPRESENT 'COUNTRY'. WE NOW HAVE A CONGRESS THAT IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT BOTH SIDES--- BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS BECOME THE 'ROCK' THAT WEIGHS DOWN THE 'CITY' SIDE.
AND THERE, MY FRIENDS, IS YOUR GRIDLOCK. THE CONGRESS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE BODY PASSING THE LAWS, MAKING THE BUDGETS, AND GENERALLY RUNNING WASHINGTON FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE NATION. PRESIDENT OBAMA IS SUPPOSED TO BE SIGNING THEIR BILLS. NOT DIRECTING THEIR VOTES AS HE DID IN THE CASE OF HEALTH CARE, GUN CONTROL, IMMIGRATION, AND SO FORTH. THIS BLOGGER HAS SAID IT BEFORE AND WILL SAY IT AGAIN. THE PRESIDENT IN THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT MEANT TO BE IN CHARGE OF ANYTHING. HE WAS DESIGNED TO BE A PRETTY FACE AND SMOOTH TONGUE.
THERE WAS GOOD REASON FOR THAT AND WE ARE SEEING THE RESULT OF IT IN WASHINGTON TODAY. THE PRESIDENT HAS BECOME THE STONE AROUND THE NATION'S NECK AND HE SIMPLY DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT HIS CONTRIBUTION SHOULD BECOME. HE IS THE REASON FOR GRIDLOCK AND ONLY HE CAN CLEAR IT.
OUR CONGRESS MAY NOT BE THE SWIFTEST MOVING BODY, THE MOST ASTUTE BODY, OR EVEN THE MOST REASONABLE BODY OF MEN BUT IT IS THE BODY OF MEN ENTRUSTED WITH DEALING WITH THE LAWS OF THE LAND AND PROVIDING A WAY FOR THIS HUGE NATION TO COPE WITH THE MANY DISSENTING IDEAS AND OPINIONS THAT OCCUR. IT IS OUR PROTECTION AND OUR SALVATION. WITHOUT IT AND THE SUPREME COURT WE BECOME A DICTATORSHIP. CALL IT MARXIST, CALL IT FASCISM, CALL IT SWEETBREADS. CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT BUT IT IS NOT RULE BY A BODY OF ELECTED MEN BUT ESSENTIALLY BY ONE..........ONE MAN ONLY.
LET THE CONGRESS DO ITS JOB. STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT DRAGGING ITS COLLECTIVE FEET. FORCE PRESIDENT OBAMA TO LISTEN TO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IN FACT DEMAND THAT HE LISTEN TO IT!!!!!!!!!!!! HE MUST HONOR THE SYSTEM HE WAS ELECTED TO LEAD AND UNDERSTAND THAT LEAD DOES NOT MEAN DICTATE.
IF YOU WANT THE ECONOMY TO BE RATIONAL AND REAL, OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM TO BE SECURE, ELECT PEOPLE TO CONGRESS THAT WILL PUT THAT NEED BEFORE THEIR STATE'S OR ANY LOBBYIST'S NEEDS. WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE AND WE CAN DO IT AGAIN BUT NOT.................NOT WITH A ROCK ON ONE SIDE OF THE TEETER-TOTTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Both quotations need rereading. Twain was right. Support your country but your government only when it is being run right. And King points out that Nazi Socialism was based on LAW-- BAD LAW that citizens approved. BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS THIS COUNTRY FACES, SUPPORT IT BY TAKING BACK THE RULE OF THE MAJORITY!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
Mark Twain said:"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." Martin Luther King, Jr. said: "Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was LEGAL."
The two quotes concern some of the conflict that American citizens are feeling about the sharp divide being experienced in our political system at this time. We have one party that represents the city population point of view and the other party that represents a larger share of the suburban population point of view. That's a simplification, this blogger realizes, but it's close enough to examine the kinds of thinking that is happening and causing the divide. So like the old song, let's call the characters, 'City' and' Country'.
Okay, 'City' wants lots of government control, government dictating their lives and protecting them, plus the financial perks that come from that august body. 'Country' wants less government, fewer perks, and generally to be left alone to live life as they see fit.
'City' has the advantage of being over-populated and harboring most of the poor and disadvantaged so that at election time, it is ripe for voter encouragements of one kind or another and single party voting. 'Country' on the other hand is inclined to be less anxious to vote when the choices favor 'City' and those who do vote often favor a variety of out of 'city favor' candidates, thereby splitting their vote.
The result as it is clear to see becomes a vote that represents a smaller portion of the 'Country's' population, showing advantage to 'City' NOT IN OVERALL POPULATION BUT IN OVERALL VOTES, thereby forcing Americans as a whole to accept the desires of a smaller portion of the population. It also becomes clear that at some point, that disproportionate control by 'City' is going to SEIZE UP AND CAUSE GRIDLOCK. AND THAT IS WHAT OUR CONGRESS HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING!!!!!!!!!!!
GRIDLOCK IS WHEN THE BALANCE OF POWER IS OUT OF CONTROL. A visual image would be if you put one person on one side of a TEETER-TOTTER (like that?) and another person and a rock on the other side!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The see-saw won't move because THE WEIGHT IS TOO UNEQUAL.
THESE IMAGES MAKE US AWARE THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE UP FOR THEIR UNEQUAL WEIGHT IN REPRESENTING A LARGER PORTION OF THE COUNTRY (AND A GREATER POPULATION) THAN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHICH IS REPRESENTING A SMALLER PORTION OF THE COUNTRY AND A SMALLER POPULATION (ALTHOUGH A LARGER VOTING REPRESENTATION) GIVING IT THE ADVANTAGE. CLEAR?????????
THE CONGRESS, WHICH HOLDS REPRESENTATIVES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IS DESIGNED TO REPRESENT THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS ELECTED IN 2008, THE CONGRESS ALMOST COMPLETELY REPRESENTED 'CITY'. THE ELECTION IN 2010 BROUGHT TO THE POLLS 'COUNTRY' CANDIDATES AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CHANGED TO REPRESENT 'COUNTRY'. WE NOW HAVE A CONGRESS THAT IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT BOTH SIDES--- BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS BECOME THE 'ROCK' THAT WEIGHS DOWN THE 'CITY' SIDE.
AND THERE, MY FRIENDS, IS YOUR GRIDLOCK. THE CONGRESS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE BODY PASSING THE LAWS, MAKING THE BUDGETS, AND GENERALLY RUNNING WASHINGTON FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE NATION. PRESIDENT OBAMA IS SUPPOSED TO BE SIGNING THEIR BILLS. NOT DIRECTING THEIR VOTES AS HE DID IN THE CASE OF HEALTH CARE, GUN CONTROL, IMMIGRATION, AND SO FORTH. THIS BLOGGER HAS SAID IT BEFORE AND WILL SAY IT AGAIN. THE PRESIDENT IN THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT MEANT TO BE IN CHARGE OF ANYTHING. HE WAS DESIGNED TO BE A PRETTY FACE AND SMOOTH TONGUE.
THERE WAS GOOD REASON FOR THAT AND WE ARE SEEING THE RESULT OF IT IN WASHINGTON TODAY. THE PRESIDENT HAS BECOME THE STONE AROUND THE NATION'S NECK AND HE SIMPLY DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT HIS CONTRIBUTION SHOULD BECOME. HE IS THE REASON FOR GRIDLOCK AND ONLY HE CAN CLEAR IT.
OUR CONGRESS MAY NOT BE THE SWIFTEST MOVING BODY, THE MOST ASTUTE BODY, OR EVEN THE MOST REASONABLE BODY OF MEN BUT IT IS THE BODY OF MEN ENTRUSTED WITH DEALING WITH THE LAWS OF THE LAND AND PROVIDING A WAY FOR THIS HUGE NATION TO COPE WITH THE MANY DISSENTING IDEAS AND OPINIONS THAT OCCUR. IT IS OUR PROTECTION AND OUR SALVATION. WITHOUT IT AND THE SUPREME COURT WE BECOME A DICTATORSHIP. CALL IT MARXIST, CALL IT FASCISM, CALL IT SWEETBREADS. CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT BUT IT IS NOT RULE BY A BODY OF ELECTED MEN BUT ESSENTIALLY BY ONE..........ONE MAN ONLY.
LET THE CONGRESS DO ITS JOB. STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT DRAGGING ITS COLLECTIVE FEET. FORCE PRESIDENT OBAMA TO LISTEN TO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IN FACT DEMAND THAT HE LISTEN TO IT!!!!!!!!!!!! HE MUST HONOR THE SYSTEM HE WAS ELECTED TO LEAD AND UNDERSTAND THAT LEAD DOES NOT MEAN DICTATE.
IF YOU WANT THE ECONOMY TO BE RATIONAL AND REAL, OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM TO BE SECURE, ELECT PEOPLE TO CONGRESS THAT WILL PUT THAT NEED BEFORE THEIR STATE'S OR ANY LOBBYIST'S NEEDS. WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE AND WE CAN DO IT AGAIN BUT NOT.................NOT WITH A ROCK ON ONE SIDE OF THE TEETER-TOTTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Both quotations need rereading. Twain was right. Support your country but your government only when it is being run right. And King points out that Nazi Socialism was based on LAW-- BAD LAW that citizens approved. BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS THIS COUNTRY FACES, SUPPORT IT BY TAKING BACK THE RULE OF THE MAJORITY!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
3/14/13
HIRE SOME TECHIES-GET A COMPUTER-MAKE A BUDGET THEN STICK WITH IT! POST 148
Hi,
They're building a bridge in our county as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment act.
The $300 million price tag GETS a quarterly accounting job with a system that doesn't really work and the local budget director says:"I think the estimates of the number of jobs that would be created from the stimulus bill were optimistic. I think more jobs were promised or estimated than reasonable to expect."
Noooooooooo. Really ??????????? The Government OVERESTIMATING THE REASON FOR THROWING MONEY AT THE RECESSION ??????????? IT WAS SOMEHOW WRONG ????????? GOOD HEAVENLY DAYS AS THE BISHOP SAID TO THE VIRGIN MAIDEN "WHAT UNREASONABLE FUZZY VIRGIN LOGIC DO YOU ATTRIBUTE TO THIS FIASCO ?????????"
Now folks, that's a $300 million project just in a "lil ole" town in a "lil ole" state in a country with 50 of them--oh, that's right Obama just counts 47 to fund. The other three are lucky enough to fend for themselves. THIS project was supposed to create 3000 jobs LOCALLY and barely totalled 1000.
LET'S MULTIPLY $300 MILLION BY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TOWNS IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STATES THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS THANKING FOR THEIR HELP IN THE ELECTIONS AND THAT COMES TO *********** OH -- OH - OH- LET'S DON'T DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!! THAT'S MORE MONEY THAN THERE IS IN THE whole WORLD. NO WONDER OBAMA IS PRINTING IT SO FAST !!!!!!!!!!!
Of course, as the excuse goes, there's no way to count the extra jobs created in the supply areas, goods purchased, etc. WE HAVE COMPUTERS BUT DAMN, THEY HAVE TO BE PROGRAMMED TO DO THE JOB AND WE CAN'T AFFORD THE ACCOMPLISHED PROGRAMMERS THAT COULD ACTUALLY MAKE THE COMPUTERS PROVIDE REAL AND SOLID ANSWERS SO WE HAVE TO USE STATISTICS, STATISTICS AND JOYOUS STATISTICS THAT NO ONE BUT NO ONE !!!!!!!!!!! CAN PROVE WRONG.
UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS RATE WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS LEFT TO PAY FOR THE MARXISTS' MONSTER HEALTH CARE BILL. YOU'LL ALSO BE EXCITED TO HEAR THAT THE BILL MAY DOUBLE THE COST OF YOUR PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE !!!!!!! YOU JUST FOUND OUT HOW PEOPLE GET ON THE DOLE !!!!!!!!!!!!
It appears that all the regulations and changes in the 2014 health care process just raised your share of the national debt substantially WITHOUT ANY NEW TAXES !!!!!!!!!!! GOLLY, AREN'T WE LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH CLEVER POLITICIANS. AND, OF COURSE, THE INCREASED COSTS SHOW UP ALL OVER THE ECONOMY WITHOUT ANY REAL ABILITY TO FIGURE THEM OUT JUST LIKE THE JOBS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SAME OLD COMPUTER PROBLEMS and LACK OF TECHNICIANS.
YOU KNOW THESE CLEVER FOLK OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE A BUDGET AND KEEP IT !!!!!!!!!!! DON'T YOU THINK ??????
Do you suppose they've heard of the TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION IN THE HINTER LANDS OF WASHINGTON ?????????? COULD THEY HIRE A FEW OUT OF WORK FOLKS FOR THOSE TECHIE JOBS SO THEY CAN COUNT WHAT THE "HEY" IS GOING DOWN THE DRAIN ??????? AND HELP MAKE SOME WISER DECISIONS INSTEAD OF THE SAME OLD !!! SAME OLD !!! TYPES OF TWENTIETH CENTURY BOON DOGGLING, HOLE DIGGING, ROCK SPREADING WORK THAT APPEARS TO BE PART OF WASHINGTON'S PLAN TO BRING PROSPERITY TO ALL.
THIS BLOGGER HAS NO QUARREL WITH THE BRIDGE. IT WAS NEEDED. WHETHER WE NEEDED TO BE BEHOLDEN TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS A QUESTION THAT WE CAN SET ASIDE FOR ANOTHER DAY. BUT I SEE SMALL BUSINESS PLACES SLOWLY BECOMING SLUMVILLES ALONG THE MAJOR HIGHWAY FOR LACK OF CUSTOMERS. THOSE EXTRA 2000 FOLKS THAT DIDN'T GET EMPLOYED AND DIDN'T GET THE MONEY TO SPEND ON GOODS CAN'T SUPPORT THEM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LET'S GET SOME REAL TECHNICIANS TRAINED, PUT REALISTIC FIGURES IN THE COMPUTERS, AND LET THE MACHINE MAKE A BUDGET FOR WASHINGTON!!!!!!!!!!! THAT DUMB MACHINE COULD DO AS GOOD OR BETTER A JOB AT SPREADING THE MANURE--WHOOPS! CASH-- AROUND AS OUR ERSTWHILE POLITICIANS. AND IT COULD MAKE BETTER BUDGET DECISIONS. NO ONE IN CONGRESS WANTS TO GIVE UP THE "GRAVY" !!!!!!!!!EVERY DECISION MADE BY A CONGRESSMAN IS CHALLENGED AND OFTEN NEGATED BY THOSE GETTING THAT "GRAVY" FROM THE FEDS.
A BLANKETY-BLANK COMPUTER WOULDN'T CARE !!!!!!!!!!! IT WOULD APPORTION MONEY WHERE IT WAS NEEDED AND TAKE IT AWAY WHERE IT WASN'T. THAT IS IT WOULD DO THAT IF THE TECHNICIANS DIDN'T INTERFERE.
How long do you think it would take before SPECIAL INTERESTS, LOBBIES, ETC. began courting the MACHINES AND THOSE RUNNING THEM ??????????? TECHNICIANS WOULD BECOME WASHINGTON'S ELITE. SCREW THE POLITICIANS.
Obviously, there's no easy way out of the OVERLOADED WASHINGTON POLITICAL SCENE and that's why we are in a fight to recover our REPUBLIC because WASHINGTON HAS BECOME THE SCENE OF MAJOR PLUNDER !!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT SELF RESPECTING MARXIST WOULDN'T WANT A PIECE OF THAT BABY ????????
This blogger suggests that you read your local paper carefully for the PRIME MEAT COMING TO YOUR AREA FROM WASHINGTON. Use your computer to figure out how much that Federal money has increased prosperity, dollar for dollar, and THEN MAKE CONGRESS GET REAL !!!!!!!!!!!!
IT WON'T BE EASY BUT REAGAN MADE IT BETTER--THERE MUST BE ANOTHER MAN OR WOMAN OUT THERE WHO CAN DO IT AGAIN. FIND HIM/HER, ELECT HIM/HER AND SUPPORT-SUPPORT--SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY TO FIND REAL ANSWERS TO REAL PROBLEMS.
WANT SOLUTIONS?????? YOUR BLOGGER CAN'T ALWAYS PROVIDE THEM--JUST THE PROBLEMS. THIS BLOGGER HAS FAITH IN YOU !!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S UP TO YOU TO FIND THE ANSWERS!!!!!!!!!! THAT'S WHY THESE BLOGS CONTINUE SO AS TO ENGAGE AMERICAN GENIUS. IT'S OUT THERE.
CHEERS, CONNIE
They're building a bridge in our county as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment act.
The $300 million price tag GETS a quarterly accounting job with a system that doesn't really work and the local budget director says:"I think the estimates of the number of jobs that would be created from the stimulus bill were optimistic. I think more jobs were promised or estimated than reasonable to expect."
Noooooooooo. Really ??????????? The Government OVERESTIMATING THE REASON FOR THROWING MONEY AT THE RECESSION ??????????? IT WAS SOMEHOW WRONG ????????? GOOD HEAVENLY DAYS AS THE BISHOP SAID TO THE VIRGIN MAIDEN "WHAT UNREASONABLE FUZZY VIRGIN LOGIC DO YOU ATTRIBUTE TO THIS FIASCO ?????????"
Now folks, that's a $300 million project just in a "lil ole" town in a "lil ole" state in a country with 50 of them--oh, that's right Obama just counts 47 to fund. The other three are lucky enough to fend for themselves. THIS project was supposed to create 3000 jobs LOCALLY and barely totalled 1000.
LET'S MULTIPLY $300 MILLION BY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TOWNS IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STATES THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS THANKING FOR THEIR HELP IN THE ELECTIONS AND THAT COMES TO *********** OH -- OH - OH- LET'S DON'T DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!! THAT'S MORE MONEY THAN THERE IS IN THE whole WORLD. NO WONDER OBAMA IS PRINTING IT SO FAST !!!!!!!!!!!
Of course, as the excuse goes, there's no way to count the extra jobs created in the supply areas, goods purchased, etc. WE HAVE COMPUTERS BUT DAMN, THEY HAVE TO BE PROGRAMMED TO DO THE JOB AND WE CAN'T AFFORD THE ACCOMPLISHED PROGRAMMERS THAT COULD ACTUALLY MAKE THE COMPUTERS PROVIDE REAL AND SOLID ANSWERS SO WE HAVE TO USE STATISTICS, STATISTICS AND JOYOUS STATISTICS THAT NO ONE BUT NO ONE !!!!!!!!!!! CAN PROVE WRONG.
UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS RATE WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS LEFT TO PAY FOR THE MARXISTS' MONSTER HEALTH CARE BILL. YOU'LL ALSO BE EXCITED TO HEAR THAT THE BILL MAY DOUBLE THE COST OF YOUR PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE !!!!!!! YOU JUST FOUND OUT HOW PEOPLE GET ON THE DOLE !!!!!!!!!!!!
It appears that all the regulations and changes in the 2014 health care process just raised your share of the national debt substantially WITHOUT ANY NEW TAXES !!!!!!!!!!! GOLLY, AREN'T WE LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH CLEVER POLITICIANS. AND, OF COURSE, THE INCREASED COSTS SHOW UP ALL OVER THE ECONOMY WITHOUT ANY REAL ABILITY TO FIGURE THEM OUT JUST LIKE THE JOBS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SAME OLD COMPUTER PROBLEMS and LACK OF TECHNICIANS.
YOU KNOW THESE CLEVER FOLK OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE A BUDGET AND KEEP IT !!!!!!!!!!! DON'T YOU THINK ??????
Do you suppose they've heard of the TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION IN THE HINTER LANDS OF WASHINGTON ?????????? COULD THEY HIRE A FEW OUT OF WORK FOLKS FOR THOSE TECHIE JOBS SO THEY CAN COUNT WHAT THE "HEY" IS GOING DOWN THE DRAIN ??????? AND HELP MAKE SOME WISER DECISIONS INSTEAD OF THE SAME OLD !!! SAME OLD !!! TYPES OF TWENTIETH CENTURY BOON DOGGLING, HOLE DIGGING, ROCK SPREADING WORK THAT APPEARS TO BE PART OF WASHINGTON'S PLAN TO BRING PROSPERITY TO ALL.
THIS BLOGGER HAS NO QUARREL WITH THE BRIDGE. IT WAS NEEDED. WHETHER WE NEEDED TO BE BEHOLDEN TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS A QUESTION THAT WE CAN SET ASIDE FOR ANOTHER DAY. BUT I SEE SMALL BUSINESS PLACES SLOWLY BECOMING SLUMVILLES ALONG THE MAJOR HIGHWAY FOR LACK OF CUSTOMERS. THOSE EXTRA 2000 FOLKS THAT DIDN'T GET EMPLOYED AND DIDN'T GET THE MONEY TO SPEND ON GOODS CAN'T SUPPORT THEM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LET'S GET SOME REAL TECHNICIANS TRAINED, PUT REALISTIC FIGURES IN THE COMPUTERS, AND LET THE MACHINE MAKE A BUDGET FOR WASHINGTON!!!!!!!!!!! THAT DUMB MACHINE COULD DO AS GOOD OR BETTER A JOB AT SPREADING THE MANURE--WHOOPS! CASH-- AROUND AS OUR ERSTWHILE POLITICIANS. AND IT COULD MAKE BETTER BUDGET DECISIONS. NO ONE IN CONGRESS WANTS TO GIVE UP THE "GRAVY" !!!!!!!!!EVERY DECISION MADE BY A CONGRESSMAN IS CHALLENGED AND OFTEN NEGATED BY THOSE GETTING THAT "GRAVY" FROM THE FEDS.
A BLANKETY-BLANK COMPUTER WOULDN'T CARE !!!!!!!!!!! IT WOULD APPORTION MONEY WHERE IT WAS NEEDED AND TAKE IT AWAY WHERE IT WASN'T. THAT IS IT WOULD DO THAT IF THE TECHNICIANS DIDN'T INTERFERE.
How long do you think it would take before SPECIAL INTERESTS, LOBBIES, ETC. began courting the MACHINES AND THOSE RUNNING THEM ??????????? TECHNICIANS WOULD BECOME WASHINGTON'S ELITE. SCREW THE POLITICIANS.
Obviously, there's no easy way out of the OVERLOADED WASHINGTON POLITICAL SCENE and that's why we are in a fight to recover our REPUBLIC because WASHINGTON HAS BECOME THE SCENE OF MAJOR PLUNDER !!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT SELF RESPECTING MARXIST WOULDN'T WANT A PIECE OF THAT BABY ????????
This blogger suggests that you read your local paper carefully for the PRIME MEAT COMING TO YOUR AREA FROM WASHINGTON. Use your computer to figure out how much that Federal money has increased prosperity, dollar for dollar, and THEN MAKE CONGRESS GET REAL !!!!!!!!!!!!
IT WON'T BE EASY BUT REAGAN MADE IT BETTER--THERE MUST BE ANOTHER MAN OR WOMAN OUT THERE WHO CAN DO IT AGAIN. FIND HIM/HER, ELECT HIM/HER AND SUPPORT-SUPPORT--SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY TO FIND REAL ANSWERS TO REAL PROBLEMS.
WANT SOLUTIONS?????? YOUR BLOGGER CAN'T ALWAYS PROVIDE THEM--JUST THE PROBLEMS. THIS BLOGGER HAS FAITH IN YOU !!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S UP TO YOU TO FIND THE ANSWERS!!!!!!!!!! THAT'S WHY THESE BLOGS CONTINUE SO AS TO ENGAGE AMERICAN GENIUS. IT'S OUT THERE.
CHEERS, CONNIE
3/8/13
STEP RIGHT UP! THE "SEQUESTER" IS IN TOWN!. POST 147
HEAR YE!! HEAR YE!!!!!!! COME ONE, COME ALL!!!!!!!!!STEP RIGHT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!
READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!! THE "SEQUESTER" IS IN TOWN!!!!!!!!! ALL FAMOUS ACTS OF DARING-DO BY WELL KNOWN ENTERTAINERS!!!!!!!!!!! THERE ARE NO SMALL PERFORMANCES AND THE ACTS ARE ALL WELL KNOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In the center ring, you'll find that most famous of all acts OBAMA AND BIDEN. Obama is the MOST FAMOUS" SEQUESTER" BARKER AND RING MASTER know to AMERICA today and Biden is the WORLD WIDE RECOGNIZED ANGRY CLOWN..
In the left ring is that stellar combo, Pelosi and Reid, who began their famous DOG AND PONY ACT in 2010, AN ACT CALLED THE " UNREHEARSED HEALTH CARE BILL" AND THEIR SHOWMANSHIP IS REACHING FOR NEW HEIGHTS..
In the right ring are Paul and Ryan starring in their famous juggling acts. PAUL PERFORMS IN THE "ARMED DRONE MARCH FILIBUSTER" JUGGLING WITH INSECT SIZE DRONES AND RYAN PERFORMS IN "TAKE MY MOTHER, PLEASE, BUT NOT MY FREE SPEECH" JUGGLING ALPHABET LETTERS SPELLING FREEDOM.
There are no FOUR LEGGED ANIMAL performances allowed since the Animal Rights act so our performers comprise a larger group called the Congress and ARE MADE UP OF TWO PERFORMING SECTIONS..
The SENATE performs AERIAL ACTS, AND THE OLD TRADITION OF IMPALEMENT, SUCH AS KNIFE THROWING, PLUS FIRE EATING, SLEIGHT OF HAND, DEVIL STICKS, AND GYMNASTICS.
The HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE RENOWNED FOR THEIR SIDESHOWS, ACROBATICS, PLATE SPINNING, TIGHT ROPE WALKING, AND EQUILIBRISTICS OR BALANCING ACTS.
These two groups often interact using their skills with the CENTER RING PERFORMERS and have recently developed the "SEQUESTER" SHOW FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT AND AMAZEMENT. THIS SHOW IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO TAKE YOUR MIND OFF THE RECENT FISCAL DILEMMA THAT IS IN PROGRESS AND PROVIDE COMFORT AS YOU PAY MORE MONEY FOR THE PERFORMANCES OF THE "SEQUESTER" TALENT.
THE MOST CURRENT MUSIC THEME FOR THIS GROUPING OF WONDERS IS: 'NO NEW TAXES" followed by that catchy "SEQUESTER" tune, "NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T". THE MUSIC IS PROVIDED BY THE WHITE HOUSE ORCHESTRA WHICH IS OFTEN PRAISED FOR ITS CALIOPE, BRASS SECTION AND DRUM BEATING.
YOU WILL BE ENTHRALLED AND AMAZED BY THE CONTORTIONS PERFORMED BY TWO GROUPS KNOWN AS THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WHO WILL DO MASS CONTORTIONS TO AVOID ENGAGING IN TRUTH. TRUTH, UNFORTUNATELY, IS AN ACT RECENTLY RECOGNIZED.AS TOO DIFFICULT TO MASTER AND TOO RISKY FOR THE AUDIENCE.
There are as always many CLOWNS IN THE GROUPS WHO SPECIALIZE ON GETTING INTO THE ACT. THE CLOWNS WHO PERFORM THE FAMOUS ROLLING GLOBE ARE BORROWED FROM THE "INTERNATIONALIST MAGIC AND FOOLHARDY COMPANY" AND BELONG TO WORLD GROUPS CALLED THE MARXISTS. THEY CONTRIBUTE THE COLOR, CONFUSION, AND THE WELL-KNOWN ANCIENT SOCIETAL CONTORTIONAL ELEMENTS AS WELL AS ELEVATING TO A SCIENCE THE HUMAN CANNONBALL FACTORS INVOLVED IN TRANSFORMING MAN TO A DIRECTED PROJECTILE.
MEMBERS OF THIS ACT CONTINUALLY USE STILTS TO SEEM TO RISE ABOVE THE CROWD. THEIR KNIFE THROWING IS ESPECIALLY INTERESTING WHEN THE MARXISTS ARE ON THEIR STILTS LOOKING DOWN ON THEIR TARGETS. THE MARXISTS' MAGIC SHOWS ARE WITHOUT COMPARISON AND THE "SEQUESTER" WAS CERTAINLY ONE OF THEIR MANY IDEAS. JARRETT IS THE GUIDING STAR IN THEIR SWASHBUCKLING ACT AND IS KNOWN FOR ACTING WITH A VENGEANCE.
If you need further information on the ''SEQUESTER", please check with your local TV stations that COVER the EVENTS IN GREAT DETAIL AND WILL EXPLAIN EACH ACT AS IT IS PERFORMED FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE. THEY ARE "SEQUESTER" ACTORS' GREATEST FANS!!!!!!!!! Your local newspapers and magazines ARE ALSO HIGHLY COMPETENT IN COVERING ALL EVENTS BY THE GROUPS MENTIONED AND THOSE which may follow "SEQUESTER".
FOR ANY REAL ECONOMIC NEWS, LOOK AT YOUR BANK BOOK, STUDY YOUR TAXES, TAKE A GANDER AT THE INTEREST RATES, WONDER AT THE PHONY WALL STREET NUMBERS, STUDY THE COST OF EVERYTHING AND NOTICE HOW IT'S CLIMBING (ALTHOUGH THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS INFLATION ANYMORE?????!!!!)
WATCH GAS PRICES, UTILITIES AND YOU KNOW ETC. ETC.
THEN JUST AS YOU ARE DESPAIRING ABOUT WHAT THE HELL THIS COUNTRY IS DOING, TURN ON THE TV AND WATCH THE "SEQUESTER", I GUARANTEE THE FANTASY WILL ENLIGHTEN YOUR DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!! THE "SEQUESTER" IS IN TOWN!!!!!!!!! ALL FAMOUS ACTS OF DARING-DO BY WELL KNOWN ENTERTAINERS!!!!!!!!!!! THERE ARE NO SMALL PERFORMANCES AND THE ACTS ARE ALL WELL KNOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In the center ring, you'll find that most famous of all acts OBAMA AND BIDEN. Obama is the MOST FAMOUS" SEQUESTER" BARKER AND RING MASTER know to AMERICA today and Biden is the WORLD WIDE RECOGNIZED ANGRY CLOWN..
In the left ring is that stellar combo, Pelosi and Reid, who began their famous DOG AND PONY ACT in 2010, AN ACT CALLED THE " UNREHEARSED HEALTH CARE BILL" AND THEIR SHOWMANSHIP IS REACHING FOR NEW HEIGHTS..
In the right ring are Paul and Ryan starring in their famous juggling acts. PAUL PERFORMS IN THE "ARMED DRONE MARCH FILIBUSTER" JUGGLING WITH INSECT SIZE DRONES AND RYAN PERFORMS IN "TAKE MY MOTHER, PLEASE, BUT NOT MY FREE SPEECH" JUGGLING ALPHABET LETTERS SPELLING FREEDOM.
There are no FOUR LEGGED ANIMAL performances allowed since the Animal Rights act so our performers comprise a larger group called the Congress and ARE MADE UP OF TWO PERFORMING SECTIONS..
The SENATE performs AERIAL ACTS, AND THE OLD TRADITION OF IMPALEMENT, SUCH AS KNIFE THROWING, PLUS FIRE EATING, SLEIGHT OF HAND, DEVIL STICKS, AND GYMNASTICS.
The HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE RENOWNED FOR THEIR SIDESHOWS, ACROBATICS, PLATE SPINNING, TIGHT ROPE WALKING, AND EQUILIBRISTICS OR BALANCING ACTS.
These two groups often interact using their skills with the CENTER RING PERFORMERS and have recently developed the "SEQUESTER" SHOW FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT AND AMAZEMENT. THIS SHOW IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO TAKE YOUR MIND OFF THE RECENT FISCAL DILEMMA THAT IS IN PROGRESS AND PROVIDE COMFORT AS YOU PAY MORE MONEY FOR THE PERFORMANCES OF THE "SEQUESTER" TALENT.
THE MOST CURRENT MUSIC THEME FOR THIS GROUPING OF WONDERS IS: 'NO NEW TAXES" followed by that catchy "SEQUESTER" tune, "NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T". THE MUSIC IS PROVIDED BY THE WHITE HOUSE ORCHESTRA WHICH IS OFTEN PRAISED FOR ITS CALIOPE, BRASS SECTION AND DRUM BEATING.
YOU WILL BE ENTHRALLED AND AMAZED BY THE CONTORTIONS PERFORMED BY TWO GROUPS KNOWN AS THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WHO WILL DO MASS CONTORTIONS TO AVOID ENGAGING IN TRUTH. TRUTH, UNFORTUNATELY, IS AN ACT RECENTLY RECOGNIZED.AS TOO DIFFICULT TO MASTER AND TOO RISKY FOR THE AUDIENCE.
There are as always many CLOWNS IN THE GROUPS WHO SPECIALIZE ON GETTING INTO THE ACT. THE CLOWNS WHO PERFORM THE FAMOUS ROLLING GLOBE ARE BORROWED FROM THE "INTERNATIONALIST MAGIC AND FOOLHARDY COMPANY" AND BELONG TO WORLD GROUPS CALLED THE MARXISTS. THEY CONTRIBUTE THE COLOR, CONFUSION, AND THE WELL-KNOWN ANCIENT SOCIETAL CONTORTIONAL ELEMENTS AS WELL AS ELEVATING TO A SCIENCE THE HUMAN CANNONBALL FACTORS INVOLVED IN TRANSFORMING MAN TO A DIRECTED PROJECTILE.
MEMBERS OF THIS ACT CONTINUALLY USE STILTS TO SEEM TO RISE ABOVE THE CROWD. THEIR KNIFE THROWING IS ESPECIALLY INTERESTING WHEN THE MARXISTS ARE ON THEIR STILTS LOOKING DOWN ON THEIR TARGETS. THE MARXISTS' MAGIC SHOWS ARE WITHOUT COMPARISON AND THE "SEQUESTER" WAS CERTAINLY ONE OF THEIR MANY IDEAS. JARRETT IS THE GUIDING STAR IN THEIR SWASHBUCKLING ACT AND IS KNOWN FOR ACTING WITH A VENGEANCE.
If you need further information on the ''SEQUESTER", please check with your local TV stations that COVER the EVENTS IN GREAT DETAIL AND WILL EXPLAIN EACH ACT AS IT IS PERFORMED FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE. THEY ARE "SEQUESTER" ACTORS' GREATEST FANS!!!!!!!!! Your local newspapers and magazines ARE ALSO HIGHLY COMPETENT IN COVERING ALL EVENTS BY THE GROUPS MENTIONED AND THOSE which may follow "SEQUESTER".
FOR ANY REAL ECONOMIC NEWS, LOOK AT YOUR BANK BOOK, STUDY YOUR TAXES, TAKE A GANDER AT THE INTEREST RATES, WONDER AT THE PHONY WALL STREET NUMBERS, STUDY THE COST OF EVERYTHING AND NOTICE HOW IT'S CLIMBING (ALTHOUGH THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS INFLATION ANYMORE?????!!!!)
WATCH GAS PRICES, UTILITIES AND YOU KNOW ETC. ETC.
THEN JUST AS YOU ARE DESPAIRING ABOUT WHAT THE HELL THIS COUNTRY IS DOING, TURN ON THE TV AND WATCH THE "SEQUESTER", I GUARANTEE THE FANTASY WILL ENLIGHTEN YOUR DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
3/1/13
TECHNOLOGY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO CREATE A NATION OF INDOLENTS WHO SCAVENGE FOR EXISTENCE! POST 146
Hi,
This blogger has a favorite saying. NO ONE IS PERFECT. Now that works both ways. No it's not bilingual !!!!!!!! It means that NO ONE IS PERFECTLY GOOD OR PERFECTLY BAD !!!!!!!!!! And so it was for the New York Times this week with NYT conservative columnist, Ross Douthat, this week ENTITLED, "A world without work"..
This blogger rarely agrees with the NYT. these days BUT IT'S NOT PERFECT and Ross Douthat's column on the job-market drop outs rang a bell. He pointed out that the DECLINE IN WORK AND JOBS "isn't unemployment in the usual sense"...."It's a kind of post-employment, in which people drop out of the workforce and find ways to live, more or less permanently, without a steady job". Unfortunately, Douthat goes on to explore only briefly the reason for the change and fails to mention the TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION changing job needs and reducing the needed work force but only alludes to it so he can praise the socialist programs now in force to take care of the "blue collar workers" being displaced.
Too bad Mr. Douthat didn't do some more homework on the displacement of agricultural workers, small businesses and farmers after the Industrial Revolution and a look at the jobs and prosperity that created eventually. The same category of people, whom he calls blue collar workers today, are now being displaced by the Technological Revolution and will as during the Industrial Revolution need RETRAINING but for technology. He spends a lot his column blathering about Utopian ideas of most citizens never having to work. That seems to be inherent in the ideals of socialism. Never having to work like the wealthy Romans. Problem with that ideal is the trouble the Romans got into being idle !!!!!!!!!
However, Utopia as the Romans found out, is an illusion resting on the edge of complete failure. Yes, technology is creating a work gap so that now machines are run by other little technological forces or apps. So, retraining is needed, but what do we retrain folks to do ????????????,
BUT AND THIS IS A "BIG BUTT" !!!!!!!!!!! THE WONDERS OF THE TECH WORLD ARE IN THEIR INFANCY WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ADDITIONS ARE ON THE HORIZON AND WHAT JOBS WILL BE CREATED OR DESTROYED BY THOSE INNOVATIONS AND WHAT JOBS WILL BE CREATED WITHIN TECHNOLOGY AND HOW LONG WILL THEY LAST !!!!!!!!!!
EVERYONE IS AVOIDING THE ARTICULATION OF THOSE PROBLEMS. BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW YET AND WHO WANTS TO BE THE DUM DUM THAT ADMITS WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS WE'VE CREATED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well Mr. Douthat's answer seems to be to continue to provide subsidies (same socialist answers even from NYT's supposed CONSERVATIVE columnist to any problem) for those with little income and provide social gatherings for the lonely (and educate the grateful into socialist thought ????????) that would replace the community of family, religion, work, and neighborhood that he claims is "a piece with the broader turn-away" from these elements of declining social interaction. He says: "In a sense the old Utopians were prescient: We've gained a world where steady work is less necessary to man's survival than ever before."
This blogger has other ideas. LET'S GET BACK TO ESSENTIALS !!!!! PROVIDE MORE COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS IN RELIGION. BOOST FAMILY VALUES SO THAT THEY ONCE AGAIN GAIN IMPORTANCE. AFTER ALL PARENTS TEACH THAT !!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S FREE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RENEW NEIGHBORHOOD INTERACTION-- knowing your neighbors creates interested NEIGHBOR watchers. ONE OF THE BEST DETERRENTS AGAINST CRIME !!!!!!!!!!! THAT PROVIDES SAFETY. RELIGIOUS OR COMMUNITY EVENTS can provide social dinners to help budgets of the unemployed !!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT ABOUT THE FOLKS WHO LIKE TO WORK ???????????? WHO LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE ?????????????? WHO HAVE A LOT OF TALENT ???????????? PUT THEM OUT TO PASTURE LIKE DOCILE COWS WITH NO MILK TO GIVE ???????????? How about you, Mr. Douthat, when your newspaper column is no longer existent ?????????? Looking forward to keeping your opinions to yourself ?????????? Or maybe your blog will be enough !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not a good answer ?????? Well, you're clever. You'll think of something--you can always join a social group !!!!!!!!!!!
SO WHAT TO DO ABOUT EMPLOYMENT ?????????? JUST ACCEPT THE FACT THAT HALF THE POPULATION IS NOW USELESS ?????????? PUH..................LEEZE, GIVE ME A BREAK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT TO DO???????? RETRAIN FOR WHAT WE KNOW WILL BE NEEDED IN THE TECH FIELD AND BE PREPARED TO SET UP COURSES REGULARLY FOR NEW AREAS. NOT EASY BUT NECESSARY. CURRICULA IN COLLEGES AND TRADE SCHOOLS WILL HAVE TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE. Government (whoops!) work benefits WILL HAVE TO INCLUDE NEW TRAINING EVEN IN FIELDS THAT ARE KNOWN WILL BE TEMPORARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NEW TRAINING WILL HAVE TO BE CONSTANT AND BECOME ONE OF THE BIG EMPLOYMENT FIELDS FOR TECHNOLOGY AS IT INVENTS FOLKS OUT OF A JOB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MR. DOUTHAT, THIS BLOGGER THINKS YOU NAILED THE TOPIC BUT FEELS SOME EXPANDED THINKING IS IN ORDER NOT ONLY BY YOU BUT THE MOVERS AND SHOVERS (NOT SHAKERS) OF OUR WORLD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WILL TECHNOLOGY TURN US INTO A NATION OF INDOLENT WHO SCAVENGE FOR EXISTENCE ?????????????
THIS BLOGGER THINKS NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
This blogger has a favorite saying. NO ONE IS PERFECT. Now that works both ways. No it's not bilingual !!!!!!!! It means that NO ONE IS PERFECTLY GOOD OR PERFECTLY BAD !!!!!!!!!! And so it was for the New York Times this week with NYT conservative columnist, Ross Douthat, this week ENTITLED, "A world without work"..
This blogger rarely agrees with the NYT. these days BUT IT'S NOT PERFECT and Ross Douthat's column on the job-market drop outs rang a bell. He pointed out that the DECLINE IN WORK AND JOBS "isn't unemployment in the usual sense"...."It's a kind of post-employment, in which people drop out of the workforce and find ways to live, more or less permanently, without a steady job". Unfortunately, Douthat goes on to explore only briefly the reason for the change and fails to mention the TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION changing job needs and reducing the needed work force but only alludes to it so he can praise the socialist programs now in force to take care of the "blue collar workers" being displaced.
Too bad Mr. Douthat didn't do some more homework on the displacement of agricultural workers, small businesses and farmers after the Industrial Revolution and a look at the jobs and prosperity that created eventually. The same category of people, whom he calls blue collar workers today, are now being displaced by the Technological Revolution and will as during the Industrial Revolution need RETRAINING but for technology. He spends a lot his column blathering about Utopian ideas of most citizens never having to work. That seems to be inherent in the ideals of socialism. Never having to work like the wealthy Romans. Problem with that ideal is the trouble the Romans got into being idle !!!!!!!!!
However, Utopia as the Romans found out, is an illusion resting on the edge of complete failure. Yes, technology is creating a work gap so that now machines are run by other little technological forces or apps. So, retraining is needed, but what do we retrain folks to do ????????????,
BUT AND THIS IS A "BIG BUTT" !!!!!!!!!!! THE WONDERS OF THE TECH WORLD ARE IN THEIR INFANCY WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ADDITIONS ARE ON THE HORIZON AND WHAT JOBS WILL BE CREATED OR DESTROYED BY THOSE INNOVATIONS AND WHAT JOBS WILL BE CREATED WITHIN TECHNOLOGY AND HOW LONG WILL THEY LAST !!!!!!!!!!
EVERYONE IS AVOIDING THE ARTICULATION OF THOSE PROBLEMS. BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW YET AND WHO WANTS TO BE THE DUM DUM THAT ADMITS WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS WE'VE CREATED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well Mr. Douthat's answer seems to be to continue to provide subsidies (same socialist answers even from NYT's supposed CONSERVATIVE columnist to any problem) for those with little income and provide social gatherings for the lonely (and educate the grateful into socialist thought ????????) that would replace the community of family, religion, work, and neighborhood that he claims is "a piece with the broader turn-away" from these elements of declining social interaction. He says: "In a sense the old Utopians were prescient: We've gained a world where steady work is less necessary to man's survival than ever before."
This blogger has other ideas. LET'S GET BACK TO ESSENTIALS !!!!! PROVIDE MORE COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS IN RELIGION. BOOST FAMILY VALUES SO THAT THEY ONCE AGAIN GAIN IMPORTANCE. AFTER ALL PARENTS TEACH THAT !!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S FREE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RENEW NEIGHBORHOOD INTERACTION-- knowing your neighbors creates interested NEIGHBOR watchers. ONE OF THE BEST DETERRENTS AGAINST CRIME !!!!!!!!!!! THAT PROVIDES SAFETY. RELIGIOUS OR COMMUNITY EVENTS can provide social dinners to help budgets of the unemployed !!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT ABOUT THE FOLKS WHO LIKE TO WORK ???????????? WHO LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE ?????????????? WHO HAVE A LOT OF TALENT ???????????? PUT THEM OUT TO PASTURE LIKE DOCILE COWS WITH NO MILK TO GIVE ???????????? How about you, Mr. Douthat, when your newspaper column is no longer existent ?????????? Looking forward to keeping your opinions to yourself ?????????? Or maybe your blog will be enough !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not a good answer ?????? Well, you're clever. You'll think of something--you can always join a social group !!!!!!!!!!!
SO WHAT TO DO ABOUT EMPLOYMENT ?????????? JUST ACCEPT THE FACT THAT HALF THE POPULATION IS NOW USELESS ?????????? PUH..................LEEZE, GIVE ME A BREAK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT TO DO???????? RETRAIN FOR WHAT WE KNOW WILL BE NEEDED IN THE TECH FIELD AND BE PREPARED TO SET UP COURSES REGULARLY FOR NEW AREAS. NOT EASY BUT NECESSARY. CURRICULA IN COLLEGES AND TRADE SCHOOLS WILL HAVE TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE. Government (whoops!) work benefits WILL HAVE TO INCLUDE NEW TRAINING EVEN IN FIELDS THAT ARE KNOWN WILL BE TEMPORARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NEW TRAINING WILL HAVE TO BE CONSTANT AND BECOME ONE OF THE BIG EMPLOYMENT FIELDS FOR TECHNOLOGY AS IT INVENTS FOLKS OUT OF A JOB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MR. DOUTHAT, THIS BLOGGER THINKS YOU NAILED THE TOPIC BUT FEELS SOME EXPANDED THINKING IS IN ORDER NOT ONLY BY YOU BUT THE MOVERS AND SHOVERS (NOT SHAKERS) OF OUR WORLD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WILL TECHNOLOGY TURN US INTO A NATION OF INDOLENT WHO SCAVENGE FOR EXISTENCE ?????????????
THIS BLOGGER THINKS NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
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