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Post by whoswho on Mar 4, 2009 11:31:28 GMT -6
Xtra, yes, I could believe it.
I would like to throttle the fiend from hell who dreamed up Women's Lib. I don't think we're more liberated at all. I think we and our children are more hopelessly enslaved than ever.
Look at the young people now. They're ridiculously fat for their ages. They have no manners whatsover. They've been robbed-- and I don't have time to give you the full list.
When they finally do make it through college with a master's degree, they don't have the sense God gave a goose.
I feel sorry for them, I don't think they will ever have as good a life as what we had. Some things money can't buy.
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Post by whoswho on Mar 4, 2009 8:04:58 GMT -6
Men have a much better network than women do to get re-employed, I think.
Where I live (and worked), they have (forgive me) a good old boys network that deliberately excluded me from getting re-employed with them. It is a big advantage to stay employed at the same place that you've invested most of your life. It's a huge disadvantage to have to start over at a place where you know no one, and no one knows you.
I think some women are natural born career women, but it is not the majority of women. When the women's movement created a situation where ALL women were routed into the workforce, I think it had a devastating effect on our society. I could talk on that at length, but I'll stop at that.
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Post by whoswho on Feb 20, 2009 9:01:26 GMT -6
Judes, thanks for this! I rolled in the floor laughing, but I couldnt disagree with his "unique" viewpoint. What a hoot!
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Post by whoswho on Feb 19, 2009 11:32:51 GMT -6
Unlawfl, are you sure you wouldn't be corrupted with all that money and power?
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Post by whoswho on Feb 19, 2009 6:53:59 GMT -6
If there were enough good paying jobs to go around, no other stimulus or bailout would be needed. E X A C T L Y. And because no one will address this very obvious fact, we are going to wander in the wilderness for forty years.
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Post by whoswho on Feb 18, 2009 10:26:35 GMT -6
Are your friends middle aged government workers? Yes, that group is oblivious. I had the misfortune to lose my private sector job and come to work with a bunch of them. Reality is going to be a big bite for them one day, I imagine.
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Post by whoswho on Feb 5, 2009 9:08:51 GMT -6
"Stimulus" is like saying, "Get out the jumper cables!" when your car has a blown engine. It's DENIAL at its finest.
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Post by whoswho on Feb 5, 2009 9:05:24 GMT -6
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Post by whoswho on Feb 4, 2009 10:48:42 GMT -6
When I lost my job in 1997 I was 43 years old and had a two year degree. It was as if I only had a high school diploma. The only advertisements I saw were for four year degrees. I was an invisible person. At the time, people with shitloads of education, like a masters, seemed to be even more screwed than me. I remember one poor guy who came every day to our company-provided computer center. He was highly educated in chemistry, a brilliant man, very quiet. He plugged away tirelessly every day for months with no success. I think he was probably the last one there when they finally shut it down. What the problem is now, IMO, is that there just aren't any jobs. There is literally nothing to get. May God preserve my sad a$$ed job, I would hate to lose it now, at age 55. I would be ever so screwed. I think they put lots of jobs out there with nothing to back them up, too. I had some of the weirdest interviews. When I didn't get the job, I was very upset... and then I would see in the paper a few months later where they went out of business. They really didn't have a job to offer, but they put up a good front, pretending that they did. If they would have hired me, I would have just been out of a job in a very short time.
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Post by whoswho on Jan 26, 2009 14:40:47 GMT -6
I think it would be unrealistic to expect Obama to REALLY pull a magic rabbit out of his hat and fix this problem, considering the rape-o-rama of jobs in this country covering the last ten years (and more).
We have just about been bled dry of jobs.
And neither he nor any other politician seems to be willing to address the "why's" with any kind of honestly.
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Post by whoswho on Jan 7, 2009 9:45:35 GMT -6
Ecclesiastes 9:4, "A living dog is better than a dead lion"
But I understand how hard it is to put faith in God when you've invested your whole life and being in the world system.
Right now though, an average middle class or poor person is better off than this guy. He never had a chance to see the mercies of God. Or to know on a gut level that God holds the world in the palm of his hand, and not Bernie Madoff.
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Post by whoswho on Jan 6, 2009 13:01:48 GMT -6
I still have a plate with Jimmy Carter on it, would any of y'all want to buy it? Hey, I didn't buy it myself, my sister went to his inauguration and bought it there. She always was the worst spendthrift.
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Post by whoswho on Dec 29, 2008 14:55:42 GMT -6
I've been living a life of deflationary psychology since 1998. I was downsized from my job of 23 years, and all my dearly held beliefs I had, about friends jumping in to help me, etc., really collapsed in the face of reality. It is truly stunning how NOBODY exhibits the milk of human kindness when you're down on your luck. What it taught me was that nobody gave a damn about me, and I've been operating on that philosophy ever since.
Yes, I still have my 11 year old vehicle. It runs well, so until it becomes an endangerment to me, I will keep it as a friend.
Other changes? Well, I learned to cut my own hair, and I haven't paid for a haircut in probably eight years. When I was the most depressed, I learned to dumpster dive and alley dive, LOL. It was a radical education. I learned that most people throw away nicer stuff than I can afford to buy. Now most of my clothing came from curb rescues. All you have to do is throw them in the laundry. Maybe add a little bleach. With the no-style styles we have now, nobody knows the difference. In fact, I've gotten quite a lot of compliments on my clothes.
Things are getting better for me now, so I seldom dive any more, but it is a good skill to have.
Any thing that aids your survival is a good thing. Then if you find you don't need to do that anymore, well and good.
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Post by whoswho on Dec 23, 2008 13:58:34 GMT -6
Here's one guy who has committed suicide: www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/12/23/2008-12-23_hedge_fund_founder_thierry_de_la_villehu.htmlHow very sad! Nothing is worth your life, and for sure not dumb old Bernie Madoff. Better to be a living dog than a dead lion, it says in the Psalms. Unlawful, you are very right, but I think common sense is uncommon now. Most people just make their best guess about their finances, and hope for the best. It shouldn't be like that, even dummies don't deserve to be made paupers over night. Doesn't anybody have any character any more? No twinges of conscience? Guess not, sadly.
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Post by whoswho on Dec 18, 2008 13:09:33 GMT -6
Oh, Mr. Madoff is out on ten million dollar bail. Mark my words, he will probably be just like Ken Lay of Enron, he will never pay, not one day, not one dollar.
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Post by whoswho on Dec 18, 2008 13:06:19 GMT -6
The only good that I can see in this is that somebody besides the little guy got skrewed. I do sincerely feel sorry for them, I know what it's like to put your trust in someone and then be disenfranchised and have to dog paddle to survive.
Maybe it's a good thing that it happened? Too many well-fixed Americans have the attitude "I'm doing fantastic, so skrew you and your silly little problems". Maybe a taste of their own medicine, bitter as it may be, will help them grow a more compassionate conscience.
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Post by whoswho on Dec 17, 2008 11:31:58 GMT -6
;D I have to admit, I greatly admired Bush's skillful dodge. Well done, dude!
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Post by whoswho on Dec 4, 2008 9:40:12 GMT -6
Yes, what DOES keep George out of prison? Inquiring minds would love to know. Perhaps because he wouldn't go there by himself? I always figured he was pretty much just a mouthpiece for someone else.
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Post by whoswho on Dec 3, 2008 8:58:27 GMT -6
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Post by whoswho on Dec 1, 2008 9:33:32 GMT -6
Surely families would be better off as a result of having increased income, right? I think as we gained income, we lost free time. Free time is very valuable, although it does not show up well in a bank statement.
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Post by whoswho on Nov 20, 2008 10:21:58 GMT -6
Had your meds today, Wheeler?
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Post by whoswho on Nov 14, 2008 10:18:00 GMT -6
Fantastic post, Judes, thank you, sincerely. Here's a novel idea, why not bring other countries UP to our level instead of expecting us to descend financially to their level?
I never understood how they expected us to be paid peanuts, but yet we were to continue to pay for our homes, our taxes, everything.... at exactly the same level as before. The math just doesn't work out.
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Post by whoswho on Nov 13, 2008 7:53:27 GMT -6
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Post by whoswho on Nov 7, 2008 11:17:31 GMT -6
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Post by whoswho on Nov 6, 2008 8:35:20 GMT -6
Maybe we need to change our overly materialistic philosophy. Isn't it pathetic that not having that credit, and ALL the stuff we want, becomes such a crushing death blow? Maybe we should set our sights on buying those things that are more within our reach, and being happy with those things. The Bible says the borrower is the slave to the lender. It is very liberating not to be enslaved by the world's kind of thinking. It does take a bit of work though.
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Post by whoswho on Nov 3, 2008 10:14:53 GMT -6
But, Walmart and some of the other retailers have brought back LAYAWAY. I'm old fashioned, I always like layaway, hope they keep it. We need to detox from too much credit card reliance anyway, just my 2 cents.
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Post by whoswho on Oct 24, 2008 8:31:23 GMT -6
From what I read on bankrate.com, it was suggested that the government wanted to eventually phase out the EE bond in favor of the I bond. Seems like treasuries are getting suckier and suckier.
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Post by whoswho on Oct 24, 2008 8:28:56 GMT -6
OK, I hadn't heard about this, so I dug it up on the Internet: www.kansascity.com/438/story/853255.htmlThis is so unthinkable that I had to see it for myself. But it almost doesn't surprise me. I think we have had our rights violated in this country, little bit by little bit, for a long time now. Is this what it is leading to? Maybe they have just been breaking it to us gently. One day, you lose your job of 20+ years, and not for any kind of wrongdoing.... and nobody fusses. You are supposed to put on a happy face and act like nothing ever happened. The problems you have as a result are, well, just your problems. Some people may even suggest that it's probably your own fault. And pretty soon, anything that happens to you... is just OK. Lord help us!
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Post by whoswho on Oct 24, 2008 8:17:21 GMT -6
Well, it says A one-time cash infusion of $2.5 billion convinced the Chicago City Council yesterday to approve a historic agreement to lease Midway Airport to a private operator for the next 99 years. But it never says "who" the private operator is. Could it not have been an American with lots of money? Truthfully, though I can't refute your idea, I find it almost too terrifying to contemplate.
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Post by whoswho on Oct 20, 2008 7:58:11 GMT -6
Yes, isn't it amazing. Seems like I remember politicians crying out that they had to help save our retirements, etc.? So my 401k's have plunged to record lows, losing as much as 40%. Oh yes, I am so being helped. Please don't help ME too much, I don't think I could take much more.
It is sad that the protests of the 60's took such a bad rap. Maybe that is why people are so strangely silent now, they don't want to be associated with that kind of thinking. I do think our generation went over board, but maybe we weren't all THAT in the wrong. It is a shame that this rape-o-rama is allowed to continue without interference or questioning.
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