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Are we having fun yet?
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good post, not just in US, but worldwide, we all need to wake up
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You know.... I agree with a lot of what you've written Nineyears. I recall what my husband who was born in England during the Second World War and emigrated to Canada in the early 60's said, "Canadians (and by extension Americans) never need to win a lottery. You have been born in N. America and should kiss the ground you walk on." When you look at the rest of the world, there are few countries better than ours!! 
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I'm concerned as well. For me it started with the right to privacy and that awful Patriot Act coming from the Bush administration. Conservatives used this act to shut down Go-Go bars in neighborhoods they didn't want them instead of pursuing alternative methods to move in other directions. Dick Cheney stated on Meet the Press that it was his goal to expand executive authority and this led to Bush using over 700 signing statements essentially declaring he, and he alone, would decide what the law actually meant. After that you had Karl Rove unlawfully using government agencies as conduits for political outreach and then McConnell followed with obstruction, completely shutting down the congress, refusing to fill important jobs across the government, republican failure to act on the voting rights act, refusal to fill supreme court vacancies and abuse of filibusters to thwart the will of the people. It doesn't stop there, companies have resorted to invasion of privacy too, firing people for something they post on FB or with Twitter, even demanding passwords to FB accounts as part of the job application process. We've seen out of control sexual harassment at Fox News, police departments that deliberately lie and prosecutors more interested in a win than justice. We even have sick legislatures invading bathrooms. It's outrageous really...and all of these abuses are coming from power grabs and peepers within the republican party. It's a national disgrace.
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I agree with Rocketship............ but there are those who come into our country and want to make it like the country they left! And there are those in positions of power who want more and more power over everyone else...... that is part of the reason we need term limits written into our laws. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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good post, not just in US, but worldwide, we all need to wake up
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Oh yes, the wonderful Death Tax!! We can't even die free!!
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You know.... I agree with a lot of what you've written Nineyears. I recall what my husband who was born in England during the Second World War and emigrated to Canada in the early 60's said, "Canadians (and by extension Americans) never need to win a lottery. You have been born in N. America and should kiss the ground you walk on." When you look at the rest of the world, there are few countries better than ours!!
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I agree with Rocketship............ but there are those who come into our country and want to make it like the country they left! And there are those in positions of power who want more and more power over everyone else...... that is part of the reason we need term limits written into our laws. Those career politicians have to go, most are corrupt and are a bad influence on the newbies. Look at who the wealthiest are and you can figure out who sold out, unless of course they were already wealthy, but still, that doesn't mean they didn't take a few bribes when given the chance, or maybe even bought some votes. Haha, do we really think they are going to write a term limit law? I doubt it will ever happen since writing the law is one of their jobs.
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I feel the more laws we make for the criminal the more freedoms the law abiding citizens give up. . The beginning of life, conception..
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8/5/2016 6:43 am |
Hi Nile: Interesting blog. When you consider all the foreign aid our countries pay out every year to help other countries , thousands of politicians salaries and expense accounts, government offices and employees in every city, embassies and ambassadors all over the earth, no wonder we are taxed so much. I'm not complaining, but since I became a senior two years ago I'm amazed at how many things are paid for by the government. Free health care, free prescriptions, free home care if I need it, heck they even pay for our funerals. Then in addition to my old age pension and another government pension, the government just keeps depositing all this extra money in my account. Here have another couple of hundred dollars a month, here have another $300. bonus for something else, here let us pay part of your rent for you.
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I feel the more laws we make for the criminal the more freedoms the law abiding citizens give up.
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Hi Nile: Interesting blog. When you consider all the foreign aid our countries pay out every year to help other countries , thousands of politicians salaries and expense accounts, government offices and employees in every city, embassies and ambassadors all over the earth, no wonder we are taxed so much. I'm not complaining, but since I became a senior two years ago I'm amazed at how many things are paid for by the government. Free health care, free prescriptions, free home care if I need it, heck they even pay for our funerals. Then in addition to my old age pension and another government pension, the government just keeps depositing all this extra money in my account. Here have another couple of hundred dollars a month, here have another $300. bonus for something else, here let us pay part of your rent for you.
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The majority of my property tax goes to the school district, so it's the tax payer that pays, the state just distributes the money, and yes, parents need to take control and find out what their children are being taught. The sad thing is, some parents just don't care, school is their free daycare.
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Yes they are Dan, and though some of us think we have the answers on how to stop the erosion of our country, we can't do it as long as we are divided, which is where we are now, divided by status, race, and political views. I've never been behind bars, but sometimes we create our own. The poem is beautiful, thank you for sharing it.
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