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Stupid is as Stupid Polls

I think you make a good point…it’s not the money that makes someone an asshole or not…

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 16, 2011 @ 3:38 pm

Sims by any chance?

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 16, 2011 @ 3:35 pm

GOOD ONE!!!

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 16, 2011 @ 3:35 pm

Please do BDM! I think that would be a fabulous topic!!!

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 16, 2011 @ 3:27 pm

Those numbers are very disturbing to say the least. I’ve read these stats before and they always boggle my mind and evoke many emotions.

AND we wonder WHY our nation has the problems it does!

I have to think more on this subject, before I can write a carefully crafted comment! Right now many thoughts are swirling and they are not coming into focus well.

However, suffice to say we have some serious work to do!

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 16, 2011 @ 8:52 am

The Deficit of Truth About Obama’s Budget

Thanks KB…I truly did, thank you for remembering! 🙂

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 7:04 pm

Hi KB!

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 6:59 pm

Glad to see you here, my friend! 🙂

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 6:58 pm

Can’t wait to read your comment zippity!

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 5:37 pm

I like it very much…So nice to see you here! 🙂

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 5:37 pm

BRODIE!!! you are here too??? Nice to see you! 🙂

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 5:36 pm

Hi CAdawn! how are you??

Tell Freesia to come by for a visit! I can’t go over there…self imposed defection! 🙂

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 5:08 pm

Hi Zippitytoo!

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 5:05 pm

Exactly!

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 4:34 pm

Ok Adlibe…we can actually discuss the problem of racism here…will wonders never cease.

🙂

I agree, racism has been in issue in our nation, since it’s inception, so to pretend it is still not alive and well today, is utterly dishonest.

Racism and classism is at play. We have a hidden caste system in this nation and until we actually honestly acknowledge these inequities, how are we ever going to solve anything?

I also think you make a great point about his being a threat to the established status quo…he’s got to work within the system he is in and truly does need the backing of the people, to make real change possible.

Which is why I support him, even when I don’t agree with him…I remember many of his speeches where he said he needed our help to make things happen. In my opinion, we have to take some incremental steps FIRST and then we can try to make larger changes. HOWEVER, he needs to know WE the people have his back…otherwise he can’t do much as the established order is so entrenched..and they use EVERYTHING at their disposal to keep it that way…including racism, classism, religion and every thing they got!

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 4:22 pm

The morality of our defense spending bothers me more than anything. I’m not a fan of our world domination thing. It’s not working for me….I always joke, how I wish to be Switzerland…

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 4:15 pm

Adlib, I actually lived through such a dichotomy. I went in to business with two men…one wore a white hat, one a black one…the funny thing is the one wearing the white was the bad guy. The black hat was really the good guy, but he didn’t know how to express himself properly and thus many thought he was the bad guy…eventually the guy in the white hat showed his true colors, but by then the damage was done.

I fear that is what is happening in many businesses today…there is a guy in a white hat who isn’t really what he pretends to be…a false prophet of sorts.

One of my favorite books is “Wicked” by Gregory McGuire, which tells the story of the Wicked Witch of the West, from her perspective. She really wasn’t wicked, but she looked it and those who really were wicked, looked benign.

We all need to be careful of false prophets, especially in business.

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 4:00 pm

I know what you mean PW…it is evil and utterly disgusting.

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 3:55 pm

Exactly! Bingo!

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 3:54 pm

Perfect analogy Adlib. Sadly. {sigh}

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 3:53 pm

AND there CHER is the problem.

What people perceive and what actually IS are two different things…thus it makes making REAL progress very difficult. (SIGH)

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 2:41 pm

That IS the crux of the issue, isn’t it?

Well done PW.

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 2:35 pm

AdLib, I couldn’t agree with you more…there are corporate monsters amongst us who are determined to return to a new feudal order of things…with them in charge of their fiefdoms and the hell with everyone else.

As you said, not all corporations behave like this, there are good companies out there that recognize their place in the world and want to make money for their shareholders WHILE providing for their employees and being good corporate citizens. BUT for every good company there are just as many that are run by sociopaths who are determined to “win” and amass great power for their own selfish gain, and consequences to the rest of the world are of NO interest to them.

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 1:51 pm

Budget, Deficits, the Debt and the lies from the right

Excellent post Choice lady…it’s about power not really about money!

Thank you for laying it out so well!

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 15, 2011 @ 4:44 pm

Thank you….I think I’m going to throw up now…

🙁

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 15, 2011 @ 4:41 pm

Indeed, it IS very wrong!

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 15, 2011 @ 8:20 am

Cher, I wish I could watch it, but my sound doesn’t work :(…what is the gist of his commentary?

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 15, 2011 @ 8:19 am

PERFECT analogy PW….cutting off one’s nose to spit one’s face!

While it often seems counter intuitive, to increase spending in bad times…it actually CAN be a boost and provide the needed incentives to improve one’s situation.

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 6:37 pm

Oh please. I was trying to be coy…reading between the lines is often essential on blogs.

I never said the economy was going up…nor did I imply as such.

As long as the inequities in the system exist and the middle class is shrinking…real economic progress will not be made.

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 6:05 pm

This isn’t about about poor people or rich people…this is about what is right and what is wrong. In addition to being about lack of opportunity.

Social mobility in the US is at is worst since the Gilded age! The United States ranks in between Cameroon and Uruguay on the Gini index. THAT is an issue. Canada does not have as great of a disparity.

This isn’t about personal responsibility or lack of motivation…this is about a corrupt system that doesn’t provide the ability for people to move out of their born into social caste. WHICH our tax structure and arguments about deficits simply make WORSE.

Contrary to mythology and folk lore, the United States is NOT a socially mobile society. THOSE who do move from one class to the other, are the EXCEPTION not the rule…outliers. The actual DATA proves this to be true…it’s not a liberal vs conservative thing..its a mathematical FACT!

Perverse incentives (of which the US tax policy encourages) creates inequalities in the system which are NOT based on merit or are based on people’s earning them…they get them from manipulating the system to their own advantage.

As such, trying to blame the argument on the poor being jealous of the rich or not motivated to improve their lot is simply a LIE and not based on any factual analysis of data!

To imply that it is is intellectually dishonest as well as mathematically fallacious!

» Posted By Abbyrose86 On February 14, 2011 @ 5:59 pm