RC
RC's JournalGood one!
What we need now are Living-Wage-Jobs. Not just jobs. Jobs are a dime a dozen and that is the problem. 'Just jobs' are cheap.
We need full time, Living-Wage-Jobs. Jobs that pay into Social Security. Jobs that pay into Medicare. Jobs that pay the taxes that support the services of government. Jobs that put extra money in the pockets of families, so they have money to spend on Main Street. That money will circulate through the economy, supporting other Living-Wage-Jobs. And come back to you in a better all around thriving economy.
What we need to work on first, is to get control of the election machinery away from private hands.
Any election involving any Federal office, needs to be under Federal rules and laws, not state.
What we have now plays right into the Republicans hands. We only did as good as we did because so many people voted, we swamped out the Republican's pre-weighted results. Our election now are no more fare than in any banana republic.
People involved in Election fraud, need to be going to prison.
I HAVE VOTED! I voted for every Democrat on the ballot.
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I HAVE VOTED! I voted for every Democrat on the ballot.
If enough people do the same, we can start really improving this country, the economy and work on repairing our image around the world.
The picture of the flag, I took this morning, represents the status of our country at the moment.
Hopefully we can work on replacing that image with one we can be proud of.[/center]
She can't do what you asked.
Because it is not happening here.
I was the shy, skinny, socially inept kid in school. So I know something about bullying.
Wanting to ban words because it was used against one or a few despicable people, then when others come along and broad brush the definition, to fit 3rd party, not involved in the original context used, is in itself a form of bullying. It does nothing to stop the real bullying, because the bullying mind set is still there.
That is one reason why we English speakers have so may words and phrases that essentially mean the same thing. Ban the word, another will take its place. The mind set is still there. That hasn't changed. Also why do so many just invite themselves to be included in the put-down, when it is obvious from the context they were nowhere near the intended target? Well, bullying does come to mind, but this time it is from the self invited.
Using a word where the context was applied to one deserving person, then stating that the mere use of that word automatically is implied to apply to a another whole separate group, not mentioned, not in contention, not in evidence in context used, just because the 4th definition of that word was used as a put-down a hundred years ago...??? Something is wrong here alright and it is not the mere use of a word.
The word itself is the problem? Really? And banning the use of that word will correct the problem? How?
That is like fixing Global Warming by admonishing everyone to not exhale because CO2 causes Global Warming and breathing out contributes more CO2 to the atmosphere, so everyone stop exhaling already!
As with that solution, there are better ways.
And there are people deserving of the vilest insults and putdowns we can think of. That does not mean anyone else, other than the intended target, is included. So stop inviting yourselves.
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