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Who revoked the dream?

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I’ve been reading this entry on barlett and steele’s website.  It was written in 1996, and was so prophetic of what was happening and now we see the ripple effect.  I don’t know about the rest of you, but I feel like I was sleepwalking through the 80s and early 90s and am now Rip Van Winkle-ing–re-learning what was…

I was busy getting married, having babies, and going along with the babbling of the Reagan/Bush/Clinton/Bush years….well, maybe not W.’s years, but still…the country was being demolished, stick by stick…

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American made stuff (I haven’t purchased these items, so I can’t speak to their quality or the companies’ treatment of employees):

Diamond Gusset Jeans

Union label

All USA clothing

Here’s a site that encompasses many different products.

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A bright note here.  I think it’s a good sign that small business owners are giving bonuses.  Now if they could hire more people at living wages…

Change of sign?

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A little amusing side note–I walk everywhere, as you know, and I see lots of “Beware of the Dog” printed signs in doors, on fences, etc.

A thought came to me the other day–What if it said “Beware of the Thing” on it?  Wouldn’t that be a little more intimidating–making a would-be thief think twice before entering said yard or house?  Or would they laugh at the attempt and come on in?

Just thought I’d toss that out there…

Continuing the violence against women

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Why is this article trying to make Jovan Belcher out to be some sort of compassionate person who is a victim in this tragedy?

He’s not.

He’s a bully who couldn’t have his cake and eat it, too, and took his girlfriend’s life when she objected to his fooling around on her.  It’s especially poignant that he lost it when she went out and enjoyed herself for an evening without him.

He had a choice on whether to pack up and leave because things were not working out, or kill her and himself.  He chose to take her life…he is not the victim in this scenario.  And he chose to leave his daughter motherless as well as fatherless.

And before I get flack for not buying into the victimhood–there are plenty of people in this world who had rough childhoods and they rose above it and have made decisions not to repeat the bullying, control freak behavior.  It’s a choice.  I’m not saying it’s easy, but it’s the right way to live.

God Bless those that rise above their circumstances and stop the cycle of abuse and violence.

 

No, not broken homes…

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Listening to Rush Limbaugh at noon, and can.not.believe.my.ears.

He starts out by criticizing feminists for turning the tragedy of Jovan Belcher political.  (sigh)

He blames single parent households, and then says that Belcher was a sick individual, and that the gun didn’t kill the woman, a man did.

Okay, I have to agree with the gun thing–something that I’m at odds with the progressive crowd.  It’s not the guns that are the problem, but the acceptance of violence as a way to settle disputes.  *ahem* Two wars going on at the same time… Vietnam….Kent State…the Occupy movements…I could go on…

The marriage myth is just that–that kids from divorced parents will turn into killers or wife beaters, etc.

Well, let’s look at that, shall we?

George W. Bush was a product of an intact household.  Launched aforementioned wars.  Agreed that waterboarding and other torture was quite all right.

As far as I know, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld’s parents were also together.

John Wayne Gacy had an intact home, and it should be noted that there was domestic violence in the home, along with his father being alcoholic.

There are many folks who manage to make something of themselves without being violent towards others in spite of divorce.

It’s a crock that divorce alone causes abhorrent behavior.  Poverty is more of an indicator of how well a person will do, but we can’t deal with that, now can we?