Displaying 211 To 240 Of 4,640 Comments This Weekend’s Music Thread-Soothing The Savage Breast KT, it is going to take me awhile to get use to your new face. But, I will. Okay, some people can’t stand Yanni but I have always loved this song! Reflections of Passion
» Posted By SallyT On May 19, 2013 @ 2:25 pm If it was cloudy and hard to see and understand, it was Utah! Trust me, Washington state has a clearer sky, your sight is broader, and people try to understand or let you be. I know because I am your neighbor in Oregon and crossing the bridge is never a battle. Utah and Idaho, not so much. 😉 You dream on, my friend. Reality is never a dream too far away. It is all in the direction you reach for. We will get there. Be seeing you in my dreams. 🙂 Happy Mother’s Day! » Posted By SallyT On May 12, 2013 @ 2:21 pm A GOP Collection of Nursery Rhymes Mother Goose would be proud, AdLib! » Posted By SallyT On May 20, 2013 @ 4:48 pm The Republican Guide to Whose Deaths Matter and Whose Don’t IRS Fallout: The Real Scandal Is Secret Money Influencing US Elections » Posted By SallyT On May 14, 2013 @ 12:27 pm You tell them, CL! The IRS was doing their job. They always have used key points (words) to pull tax returns to audit. If you have a home office, that is a key point and very often looked at and may result in an audit. I have been audited because another thing is the use of your 40lK funds for emergencies. I am still waiting on the IRS to review and perhaps refund the penalty I had to pay. (we are now on our 3rd year of waiting) I saw on Lawrence O’Donnell tonight other words they used and easily liberal organizations would have been pulled, too. It is just because there has been so many new conservative ones in the last few years that so many of them have been looked at. And, that is all they have done at this point! None have been audited! I just hope this won’t cause the IRS to be gun shy and not continue to investigate if there is really tax evasion going on with these guys. (OF COURSE THERE IS!) Citizen United is the cause of all this and so much more! Something has to be done! » Posted By SallyT On May 13, 2013 @ 8:47 pm Weekend Music Thread-Up Up and Away KT, no I don’t think it is on Netflix yet. You can see the trailer on Amazon but I don’t think you can stream it from there either just yet. I got it from a different site I belong to out of Australia. They seem to get many before the others. There is a lot about it on the internet but don’t read it because it will spoil the mystery of the documentary. My husband really enjoyed it. That is why I am sure you will too because you are both music fans. If you want the other site I belong to, have AdLib to give you my email address and I will tell you. » Posted By SallyT On April 28, 2013 @ 4:50 pm KT and Sherlock, and everybody else, I just watched an amazing film “Searching For Sugar Man”. It won the Academy Award this year for Best Documentary. If you haven’t seen it, you should. Especially you, KT. I know you will love it. Here is the titled song which I think might fit with today’s theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyE9vFGKogs And here is the Academy Award being presented: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmYznlSk2Ig And here is the whole sound track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYoRlL1dlNE Sherlock, you will like the film, has a lot of researching in action! » Posted By SallyT On April 28, 2013 @ 12:39 pm Bikini Atoll – A Paradise No Longer Sherlock, I got what you were saying but I feel like you missed that I wasn’t saying anything that different. I just pointed out that God did condone killing, if he was doing it, and if you read again, you will see that I said that President Truman should not have involved God in his decision to use WMD. God had nothing to do with him making that decision or carrying it out. God had everything to do with leaving the tub running and flooding the earth, however, I don’t believe in a God that has control over us. And, that is why I said that Mother Nature has that power to flood and also, to shack, rattle, crack, explode (volcanoes) and blow us out of our homes (tornadoes). She’s got the power! » Posted By SallyT On April 27, 2013 @ 10:20 pm Okay, but I think I already agreed with you in what I said. » Posted By SallyT On April 27, 2013 @ 12:13 am Sue, there are many things I don’t know but I had to do a report on this false claim about Pearl Harbor in school and there is absolutely nothing from a reliable source to prove it was intentional. (I researched it from both angles) » Posted By SallyT On April 27, 2013 @ 12:02 am Sherlock, I am sorry to have to disagree with you on “us letting Pearl Harbor happen”. That is not true. It has been research and proven not to be. We were supplying military aid on a “lease to own” method to England. Roosevelt was held back by Congress in us entering the war but he got them help as much as he could. There is absolutely no way that the President would have let the major part of our Naval sources be destroyed! “All eight U.S. Navy battleships were damaged, with four being sunk. Two of these were later raised, and with the remaining four repaired, six battleships returned to service later in the war. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship,[nb 4] and one minelayer. 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed; 2,402 Americans were killed[16] and 1,282 wounded. Important base installations such as the power station, shipyard, maintenance, and fuel and torpedo storage facilities, as well as the submarine piers and headquarters building (also home of the intelligence section) were not attacked. Japanese losses were light: 29 aircraft and five midget submarines lost, and 65 servicemen killed or wounded. One Japanese sailor was captured.” There is no comparison to Vietnam or Iraq. We were not attacked by Vietnam. We went in to “train” and it escalated from there. And, Iraq was because they “attacked us” (wrong) and had WMD’s (wrong). Yes, we were mislead on our involvement in Vietnam and stayed there way too long (thanks to Nixon pulling a deal from behind) and lied to completely on Iraq. But, there is no way that President Roosevelt let us be attacked at Pearl Harbor to force Congress to let us enter the war. » Posted By SallyT On April 26, 2013 @ 7:31 pm Sherlock, I don’t know why people use God to explain actions or believe that He picks and chooses who’s prayers to listen to or that He speaks to them personally. But, if you believe the Bible, God did condone killing and did more destruction with the flood. President Truman shouldn’t have involved God in his decision to use a weapon of mass destruction. Anymore than God should have let the bathtub over flow! (However, I believe that was Mother Nature’s power.) » Posted By SallyT On April 26, 2013 @ 7:02 pm Gutless Shame in the American House of Lords Murph, thank you for your article. I heard that they thought that the older brother probably got the guns at a gun show, with all its loopholes, or from someone off the street. I guess it is left to be seen how or why. Don’t register your guns but must register with ID to vote. No need for government regulations or zoning laws because that allows fertilizer companies build next to schools, neighborhoods and over store their dangerous product. (Yet, give Federal dollars if someone F’s up.) No immigration reform because that allows terrorist into our country at age 8 and 15 to comment crimes 10-11 years later. Home grown terror acts, such as Newtown, are something different. » Posted By SallyT On April 22, 2013 @ 4:42 pm BREAKING NEWS: Explosions at Finish Line of Boston Marathon CL, I watch it, too. And, I switch channels. You don’t always see the same thing or hear the same thing. The information is changing ever minute as more is learned. » Posted By SallyT On April 15, 2013 @ 5:15 pm Weekend Music Thread – Let’s Work Together THE HOLLIES – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother
» Posted By SallyT On April 13, 2013 @ 8:38 pm My Way – Frank Sinatra (Live at Caesar Palace – 1978)
» Posted By SallyT On April 13, 2013 @ 8:33 pm Ah, this one works! Anything you can do I can do better.avi
» Posted By SallyT On April 13, 2013 @ 8:19 pm Don’t Give Up – Peter Gabriel
» Posted By SallyT On April 13, 2013 @ 8:14 pm Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water (Live 1969)
» Posted By SallyT On April 13, 2013 @ 8:05 pm Hope There’s No Change – A Bipartisan Chorus From another persective on CPI not here not now. Not meant to argue. This presents better than I can. 8 Deficit Reducers That Are More Ethical – And More Effective – Than the “Chained CPI” The “Bump” That Breaks the Chain: Illustrating a Social Security “Fail”
» Posted By SallyT On April 12, 2013 @ 5:36 pm AdLib, my generic response is to grant you the winner of being able to out type me. Our positions in this matter have not changed. After watching the movie Heist-Who Stole the American Dream, I am even stronger in my convictions. However, I concede that this is not the place for my limited knowledge, vocabulary, or my simplicity in explanation can achieve any reversal of opinion to those posting in agreement with you. I will, however, put trust in so many of higher positions and involvement that agree with me. » Posted By SallyT On April 12, 2013 @ 3:44 pm Yes, I guess I am shallow that way. Its not like I would be voting for him again, is it? Okay, seriously, he will lose me on that issue and I will be more engaged in challenging him than I have been. That doesn’t mean I am off to be a Republican. Doesn’t mean I will throw eggs at the President. There will be much I will defend him on but I will not bite my tongue as much as I have on other things. I don’t think that makes me a trader on his accomplishments. » Posted By SallyT On April 12, 2013 @ 1:19 am Lets see if I can come up with some: I know that there are articles on how to fund Social Security without hurting it but I don’t know where I have seen them. Maybe I can think of it later and post. » Posted By SallyT On April 12, 2013 @ 12:56 am It is a passionate issue for many people and yes that includes me. Perhaps I am overly “put out” because this come right after the President signed the spending bill that had the “Monsanto Protection” added to it. (Apparently, no one read it and knew it was included. Except for Monsanto who wrote it.) Another passionate issue with me. Yes, there are many that say it wasn’t a big deal but it was to those that are fighting Monsanto and their trying to control our food and its sources in many ways that also includes poisoning us. It is a big deal for many reasons. It is in effect for six months but with all our protest that has come out on it after he signed it, if the President extends it, well, I think he may have lost me. I am finding it hard to accept that he had to do it to get this or that done. There are so many things that the Democrats can win on in this next election. I hope they use them and get more control. » Posted By SallyT On April 12, 2013 @ 12:09 am The Mother Jones article I posted below covers my thoughts that this isn’t working. I hope something else can. » Posted By SallyT On April 11, 2013 @ 11:52 pm AdLib, I am glad you now realize that I am not in agreement to SS being used in this particular negotiations. I was correcting the use of “going broke” and not saying I wasn’t caring about my children when they are going to be in need of SS. Don’t be ridiculous. And, yes, I am glad people are speaking out to protect SS from being damaged without discussion. The term “minor reduction” is debatable. Instead of typing more, the following article covers it pretty well from both sides: The Liberal Civil War Over Social Security Cuts » Posted By SallyT On April 11, 2013 @ 11:46 pm Adlib, I don’t think I said anything about the “entire program”. And, no the current tax system favoring the wealthy is not helping anyone in the middle class, poor, disabled, or seniors. But, the Republicans aren’t going to give on that until they get more, as Boehner has said President Barack Obama deserves some credit for what Boehner calls incremental entitlement reforms in his budget proposal. But Boehner says he hopes Obama will not “hold hostage” those reforms in his demand for higher taxes. He says Obama got a tax hike as part of the “fiscal cliff” negotiations at the end of last year and that further tax increases were not needed. » Posted By SallyT On April 11, 2013 @ 10:50 pm AdLib, that wasn’t directed at you personally. It was a statement made in general about anyone criticizing the President from the left. People can get condescending at times as well. I have read several articles and even heard MSM that reflect name calling against people speaking out. (Chris Mathew came close to calling Bernie Sanders an old goof on his program. He was cut short before he did.) I just find that frustrating when these are the same people that generally are in agreement. » Posted By SallyT On April 11, 2013 @ 10:12 pm Obviously, AdLib, you have not read anything I have posted. Nowhere have I said no changes should ever be made to Social Security. My position is that this is not a matter to be used as a bargaining carrot in the budget. I have said that it should be a separate issue from this and any discussion on adjusting Social Security should be on its own merits. This has been the position of Bernie Sanders, as well. Social Security does not go broke in 20 years. If no corrections are made it will pay out at that time 3/4 as much as now. The baby boomers are hitting it hard now but they will be dying off (I am one and hope to live a long remainder of life.) The going broke and such is a scare tactic that the right has used for years to get us into prioritizing it. Raising the cap would not be accepted anymore than anything else by the GOP, so, again this should not be part of this issue. Including it in the budget makes it appear that is where it should be when we know it isn’t. The Bush Tax cuts and the President’s extending them has hurt SS along with the payroll tax cut that the President did. (Let alone the Government dipping into it since the 80’s and not paying it back.) Unemployment as high as it is hurts. Immigration reform would help. That would bring money in. Also, an increase in the withdraw on pay of those with jobs of 80 cent a week would carry it into next century. (But again this can hurt those barely making it.) » Posted By SallyT On April 11, 2013 @ 9:58 pm KT, that is one of my main concerns by putting SS on the table and especially a table for the budget. Social Security is a paid benefit and not part of the budget. Any adjustments, if necessary, should be discussed separate and on its own merits. Throwing it in here as a bargaining chip is dangerous. Just as you said, the sequester was suppose to not happen because the GOP wouldn’t let such cuts hit. Well, it did. And, regardless of how you figure this adjustment, no one knows for sure how ones life will be 10 years from now. » Posted By SallyT On April 11, 2013 @ 8:58 pmComments Posted By SallyT
Just felt like you weren’t reading that Watson was on your same page.
As I said, Vietnam was a different matter and I have a very good Vietnamese friend whose father worked for the US during the war and was left there to be killed after we pulled out. He and his wife and their two children (his brother had down syndrome) left everything and escaped by boat, cramped with others. It is an amazing story. The boat sunk and they had to swim to shore (dad carrying brother). Horrible what happen to them. Anyway, they made it here.
Dropping the atomic bombs is a different matter and I don’t disagree with your position on that.
Dr. Watson is still on call for you, always!
Nine Things They Don’t Want You To Know About The Chained CPI
http://crooksandliars.com/richard-rj-eskow/nine-things-they-dont-want-you-kn
http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121218/nine-chained-cpi-alternatives-that-are-more-ethical-and-save-more-money
http://blog.ourfuture.org/20130411/the-bump-that-breaks-the-chain-illustrating-a-social-security-fail?
You could reduce benefits for people with large private pensions, I think that is called Means testing.
Another option is to raise the payroll tax rate for both the employee and employer. You could manipulate the rate for employer and make it lower than the employee or visa versa.
Of course another problem is the low interest that the trust fund is earning but I wouldn’t suggest it going into the Stock Market. I don’t think we can get interest rates raised but that is an option. Also end the charade caused by Congress raiding the Social Security surplus. Currently, Social Security tax money is invested in government securities. Once invested, the funds are indistinguishable from other money in the general fund. Securities are redeemed to pay Social Security benefits, and the government spends the rest of the borrowed cash. Rather than holding the surplus, the trust fund contains IOUs, which might be worthless in the future.
Work on immigration reform and get more paying into.
And last raise the income cap.
http://rt.com/usa/monsanto-bill-blunt-agriculture-006/
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/liberals-chained-cpi-cbpp-obama-budget
I don’t see where this is getting the President. It is obvious that the Republicans think it is “incremental” and will want more. The President has seen by these last few days that it is not a popular route and maybe he better look at the Democrat or Progressive plans for other ideas.
There is nothing that is going to push the Republicans for tax adjustment/loopholes are anything. They are going to hold until you give them more and more. Social Security should not be in here to chip at. This could very well hurt the Democrats in mid terms. It appears no one is willing to put their skin in the game to protect Social Security, not even the Democrats to many out there now. I know that there are many Democrats that will fight for it and regardless of who is in the White House. And, you only have to look at social media to see that the people will, too.
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