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calimary's JournalTotally. The Least of These.
They're the ones most forgotten by the GOP. As a matter of policy, and certainly on "principle".
And they're the same ones who are likely the loudest boasters about how much they love Jesus.
What a great story, TRoN33!
Thank you - and thank you for sharing it. I LOVE these things when they have happy endings! Happy endings for the deserving. Which is as it should be.
Hmmm... methinks I'm liking Starbucks more and more by the hour!
I went to the Starbucks link - SHIT! I cannot believe the comments. What selfish, thoughtless pricks! "MY RIGHTS OVERRIDE your whatever-the-fuck-you're-concerned-about." Hey, assholes, try being considerate of somebody else's concerns for a split second. If I spotted a gun on someone sitting next to me in some store or coffee bar or some such, I would leave that place, because I won't subject myself to that kind of abuse and bullying and attempted intimidation. And I would let the manager on duty there know why I am leaving, on my way toward the door. I'm one of those customers whom the Starbucks' CEO described as becoming uncomfortable seeing somebody with a gun in there, unless they're some sort of on-duty cop. Seems to me the rest of 'em are just swaggering adult-size six-year-olds who've just gotta play Lone Ranger in public to look tough.
Many of those comments inspired me to come up with a new meme: gun goons. And if one of them derides me as a "gun grabber," which I noted in one of the comments, I will stand up and smile and say "why thank you! See, we DO agree on something!"
And I'm sure I'm gonna get flamed into a charred shriveled crumb about this, but that's how I feel. Every mass shooting and every senseless gun death solidifies my belief just a little bit more.
I'd call it what you'd call it. And what Robert Reich calls it.
A keeper, for sure!
Needs to be said, read, and SPREAD!!!
Happy Birthday SCE!
Much love to you and all your Sunday LOLCats - both the four-legged AND two-legged!
So sorry to hear this, Rebellious Republican. So sorry you are in such pain.
DU has been a little bumpy at times, but there are so many good people here. People with big shoulders and large open ears (and hearts) for those in anguish.
I found - after my mom died several years ago, and I posted one brief note about it - the response and the sentiment and the kindness and love that flooded over me from here REALLY helped. People I'd never met were there for me, posting comfort and encouragement and sympathy and empathy too. It buoyed me up and helped me get through that time. Gave me something else to focus on and reassurance that there were others standing with me - kind of like guardian angels or something, since I couldn't see or touch them. DU will buoy you up and help you carry this load. Sure helped me when I needed it.
Many hugs and prayers for you. Take all the emotional support and let it buoy you up. You need not go through this feeling isolated or alone. Skittles put it very well. Someone is always here.
And that's exactly how it should be worded.
Put the damn bad guys on the defensive. Call it what it is - the shit they're doing. They want to leave YOU out in the cold. They don't want to help you. Their attitude is "Screw You! Tough shit. Go away and don't bother me." Also known as IGMFU ("I Got Mine, F-U."
Hang it around their necks like a millstone.
Welcome to DU, Moejo31!
Glad you're here! I voted for Obama twice, too, and am SO glad to have the Affordable Care Act! (I refuse to call it "Obamacare," because I don't believe in repeating and giving further life and validation to the bad guys' slogans.)
It means that both the men in my life, who had been turned down for preexisting conditions, now have coverage.
It means that the kid who drums in my son's band, who is a child cancer survivor, remains covered under his parents' insurance policies til he's 26 - and has a chance to get on his feet with his own career.
It means I actually got a $90 refund check from my insurance carrier (with a lot of fanfare, of course, a glowing letter breaking its collective arms patting itself on the back for being so wonderful) - ONLY BECAUSE THE ACA FORCED THEM TO DO IT. NO WAY did they do that out of the "goodness of their hearts"!!!! They did it because one of the provisions in the ACA mandates that at least 80% of the premiums you pay MUST apply directly to YOUR COVERAGE.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/07/18/refund-your-health-insurance-company-thank-affordable-care-act
And those are just the parts of the ACA that affect me personally. There are other provisions that are just as helpful and necessary, and a blessing if you really wanna know, that affect other people.
That is a GREAT idea!
"Money Tracts," 'eh? Almost makes me want to order some, but I never go to church anymore. Too alienated.
A keeper for sure.
Thanks for posting this, napkinz.
Needs to be said, read, and spread!!!
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