tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21579213620444655332024-03-13T16:34:08.373-07:00My political safe place....hear me rant....This is my political sacred place. A place for this "1MormonDemocrat" who currently lives in Utah to breathe...aaah, relief! Thanks for visiting! I would love to see your comments!Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333075017294571636noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157921362044465533.post-15929603243932088532013-03-13T11:51:00.001-07:002013-03-13T11:51:19.247-07:00Here is the video...it didn't post below...very sincere. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/YNjLHYlnAbs?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />
Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333075017294571636noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157921362044465533.post-42694923223533680252013-03-13T11:47:00.001-07:002013-03-13T11:52:03.171-07:00This is such an insight into politics...I forgive this woman. So sincere. What do you think about DOMA? I think it is discriminatory (in section 3) and I stand with the President in choosing not to defend it.<br />
Here is more info if you need it: http://www.glaad.org/resources/domaEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333075017294571636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157921362044465533.post-71198853219637043252013-01-28T13:15:00.002-08:002013-01-28T13:15:16.694-08:00The Presidents calls out Fox News and Rush I love it when my President is brave enough to call out the scum of the media, Fox News and tell it like it is. Awesome!<br />
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"One of the biggest factors is going to be how the media
shapes debates. If a Republican member of Congress is not punished on
Fox News or by Rush Limbaugh for working with a Democrat on a bill of
common interest, then you’ll see more of them doing it.<br />
I think John Boehner genuinely wanted to get a deal done, but it was
hard to do in part because his caucus is more conservative probably than
most Republican leaders are, and partly because he is vulnerable to
attack for compromising Republican principles and working with Obama.<br />
The same dynamic happens on the Democratic side. I think the
difference is just that the more left-leaning media outlets recognize
that compromise is not a dirty word. And I think at least leaders like
myself—and I include Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi in this—are willing to
buck the more absolutist-wing elements in our party to try to get stuff
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Truer words have never been spoken. I completely agree that Boehner was trying to do his job and compromise...but bc of the pressure from hot heads like those seen on Fox News and silly radio shows, the right wingers were fired up and not willing to work it out. Furthermore, the Dems are guilty of pressuring things...but it is within reason...it never goes as far as Fox or Rush or Beck...all the dirty words that feel filthy leaving my lips. Those people care more about profit than progress; more about ratings than reason. If anyone is called unpatriotic it should be those people....<br />
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Thanks goes to this article where I read this quote from our President: http://www.politicususa.com/obama-calls-rush-limbaugh-fox-news-poisoning-national-discourse.html <a href="http://www.politicususa.com/obama-calls-rush-limbaugh-fox-news-poisoning-national-discourse.html">HERE</a>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333075017294571636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157921362044465533.post-44355372415903063922013-01-24T09:34:00.001-08:002013-01-24T09:34:33.478-08:00Repubs are at it again...war on womenI am an advocate for protecting evidence to prove someone guilty of something as serious and traumatic as rape...but this is UNREAL! Sure enough....it is happening...not in another country...but yes...the U.S. of A!<br />
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/new-mexico-abortion-bill_n_2541894.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000010">CLICK HERE TO BE SHOCKED</a>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333075017294571636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157921362044465533.post-55212100412022799382013-01-23T23:28:00.002-08:002013-01-23T23:28:51.485-08:00had to do it...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333075017294571636noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157921362044465533.post-26042540619205885202013-01-22T13:36:00.001-08:002013-01-22T13:36:41.512-08:00Vice President Meets with Video Game Industry | The White House<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2013/01/11/vice-president-meets-video-game-industry">Vice President Meets with Video Game Industry | The White House</a>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333075017294571636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157921362044465533.post-54502660233612222722013-01-22T09:56:00.002-08:002013-01-22T09:58:37.926-08:00The Inauguration I LOVED every second I saw of the Inauguration! It was such a day of celebration. I loved the music, the poems, the candid moments and of course the President's speech was a highlight! I found it highly appropriate that Mr. President celebrated his beginning of his second term (after being the first black President to being the first black President re-elected for a 2nd term), on Martin Luther King Jr Day! Even if you disagree with the politics of the President...you have to (if you are reasonable) agree that this family is adorable and that they are good people. And I could not help but feel connected to American history...and American tradition as I watched the proceedings throughout the day...live. It was awesome! If you want to see some funny moments including a look Michelle gave Boehner at the luncheon and Al Roker's freak out as they (the President, First lady and VP and Jill Biden) walked 1/2 mile of the parade route click <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/01/21/169925295/three-lighter-moments-from-inauguration-day?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20130121">here</a>. <br />
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333075017294571636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157921362044465533.post-58126158719436249012013-01-01T12:36:00.000-08:002013-01-04T17:28:43.007-08:0089-8 bipartisan vote in Senate...Congress?It is up to Congress...we shall see what they do. I can't imagine them not passing this through...but then again, we are talking about people like Boehner! So anything is possible. These men and women on the right are looking out for one thing...the wealthy Americans. They could care less about middle class families. They are dysfunctional to say the least...corrupt is a better term to me...but we will stick with dysfunctional bc they are NOT functioning. This term was used by a (Dem) majority leader Senator Harry Reid and I liked it in describing the current congress men and women. Such a shame and so embarrassing from an international stand point. People cannot believe our representatives do not know how to compromise. Both sides are embarrassing...but as JFK said...."We cannot negotiate with people who say, 'What's mine is yours and what's yours is negotiable.'" The Democrats compromised...let's see if the Republicans can.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333075017294571636noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157921362044465533.post-79643423941367719852012-12-21T12:54:00.001-08:002012-12-21T12:54:20.742-08:00If not now, when????visit: innw.org to take the pledge and join the group against gun violence in our country.<br />
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333075017294571636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157921362044465533.post-60755054911296440302012-12-17T08:47:00.002-08:002012-12-18T11:57:29.734-08:00Gun supporter with a high NRA rating now changes his views on guns! There is hope!This brings me a lot of hope! This news personnel has received NRA support and acclaim over the years for his support of them....however after the tragedy in Connecticut he, like many of us, has decided enough is enough when we have started to kill educators and 6 yr old angels! How can so many others be in a state of sleep...blind to the reality of our current society? This man....Joe...gives me hope! Mr. President gives me hope! Click <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/ns/msnbc-morning_joe/#50222624">here </a>for the poignant words of a man with a changed heart. <br />
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My personal perspective of guns is that the 2nd Amendment will never be completely overwritten...but we have an obligation to protect our children. Sunday in RS we learned that our obligation as parents out weighs all other duties...and that we can not depend on the government, the public schools or the church to teach and nurture and protect our children. We have to do it ourselves. I call on all parents to stand up for the safety of our children. I will proudly stand next to my many hunter friends and family...people who proudly own guns and take the responsibility seriously, if they too will say that it is time to change the gun laws...to improve mental health care and awareness and to come together as a country at this time when our hearts are still aching for those lives lost. Now is the time to think about this...if we let ourselves move on and our hearts turn away gradually from those lost...we will forget the importance and we will allow it to happen again. I understand that people feel the need to protect their homes...but violence added on violence is not the solution. More guns would equal more deaths. We need to lower the amount of guns in circulation as our country has the most guns per people than any other country! (I heard that Yemen might be the only country with more guns). How can we not see that the issue is not easy....it is complex...but it involves too many guns, easily accessible...and that if we don't take at least small steps...we will all have to explain to our Heavenly Father how we allowed for the deaths of so many...100,000 in the last 10 years...the worst mass killings have been since 2007! How can we be so blind to the epidemic in front of us?! Are we that desensitized? Are we that apathetic? Have we forgotten the 2nd greatest commandment to love one another? I do not understand it when people say things like, "Well, I am responsible with my guns." These people are only concerned about themselves...we have become such a selfish people. I pray I can raise my children to be able to put themselves aside and to focus on others. There is no greater feeling than serving, loving or anxiously engaged in the good of other people.<br />
I am not perfect...I strive to put my own pride aside and help others. I get too heated with people over this issue bc I cannot understand their perspective. I can't understand how my fellow LDS people can be so apathetic...and say that they can't change anything and that they will just do what they can to help and protect their own families...which usually involves more guns in their home.<br />
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When I dropped off my oldest daughter today at kindergarten I could not stop hugging her. I held back my urge to call out her name as she opened the door to the school, and to call her back to the car to take her safely home. I cried on my way home bc I ached for the people who lost their children not knowing that when they dropped them off at school it was the last time they would see their child alive. I ache for Emilie Parker's family...for Daniel's for Olivia's family. I ache for the family of that brave principal who laid down her life in an attempt to subdue or restrain the madman killing innocent children.<br />
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Children die all the time across this country from bullets of guns legally bought in our country. Many are accidents, many are suicides and murders...too many are mass killings from people who are mentally ill. What will you do today to move forward and to make a change? There are petitions you can sign, there are people you can write to urge them to change. Only when this country honors this land as a land of promise...a land given to us by the Savior and our God....only when we do all we can to ensure it is a land free of bondage will the Lord bless us and keep us safe from other nations. If we can't keep ourselves safe from gun violence within our own borders...how can we begin to prepare for outside attacks.<br />
There will always be evil. There will always be murders and violence and crime. But does that mean we do not do all we can to prevent even a little...save even one more life? The Savior has taught that He would leave the 99 and search out that one....are we not supposed to be like the Savior? Isn't every soul of good worth and worth saving from evil...both temporally and spiritually?<br />
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This is my perspective....this is my passionate view. I have ALWAYS been passionately opposed to guns in my own home, to hunting just for sport and to murderous weapons being so readily available and highly circulated in our country. However, it takes this tragedy compacted with the many recent events like it for me to know that I have to voice my opinion and I have to do what I know is right and all I can do in order to ensure our elected officials know that many of us WANT change and will work hard to do all we can for that change. Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333075017294571636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157921362044465533.post-81020337443318853362012-12-15T22:49:00.001-08:002012-12-17T19:44:12.123-08:00Why would gun control work? Exhibit A, our fist evidence: Australia. <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/16/gun_control_after_connecticut_shooting_could_australia_s_laws_provide_a.html?google_editors_picks=true">Here</a> is an article depicting the changes made since a mass shooting in 1996 in Australia. Click<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/16/gun_control_after_connecticut_shooting_could_australia_s_laws_provide_a.html?google_editors_picks=true"> HERE. </a><br />
If you do not click on the link...let me paraphrase: Australia had a mass shooting in 1996 and they made changes to their gun laws...since then there has not been an attack similar.<br />
I hope the tragedy of Sandy Brook will inspire others to change their views on gun laws here in the States. <br />
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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2012/12/newtown_tragedy_how_the_school_shooting_could_finally_change_how_americans.html?wpisrc=most_viral<br />
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Click <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2012/12/newtown_tragedy_how_the_school_shooting_could_finally_change_how_americans.html?wpisrc=most_viral">here</a><br />
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It beautifully says my thoughts about moving forward from the tragedy and heart ache of the massacre in our elementary school in Conn.<br />
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Another article about why the 2nd Amendment is out of date: http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2012/1217/Madison-never-meant-Second-Amendment-to-allow-guns-of-Sandy-Hook-shootingEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333075017294571636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157921362044465533.post-57221836220610347382012-12-14T22:21:00.002-08:002012-12-14T22:40:30.222-08:00Why do I do this to myself?! Dang facebook freaks!I don't know why I get onto facebook! I get upset every time I do bc I get so frustrated by the absolute ignorance of people! It astounds me! Baffles me! Makes me laughs and also makes me ill.<br />
Today a horrific thing happened to babies...little ones ages 5-10 years old. I had not watched the news or gotten on the computer until the evening and when I saw what had happened I could not help but cry and pray and cry and pray for the people in Connecticut. Such a senseless and incomprehensible act.<br />
Again my activism for stricter gun laws is renewed by yet another killing. But this time...babies. How many people have harped on me for supporting more choices with women's health care and more education on abortion...and yet when there is a young man who has access to semi-automatic weapons and kills babies with it...robs families of their beautiful spirits some people still cling to their "rights" and the 2nd Amendment and their precious hobby of killing things with guns! I will never understand this perspective. I will never agree that today is the same as it was when the 2nd Amendment was written. That our right to bare arms is just as important today as in those horrible living conditions and tumultuous times. I will never agree that those men who wrote the 2nd Amendment meant that people with our technology and our society would need such immense weaponry available to us...legally. <br />
But I understand that not all guns, to my sadness, can be taken away or banished from all Americans. There must be compromise. And those shotgun toting, gun-clingers better count their blessings that I am not in any position to pass the gun control law. :) But I do think that change is necessary. I have written my local authorities as well as signed petitions and written the White House. I encourage all to do so. We need a change in gun laws. We have more guns in our country than any other country except Yemen! Not to mention we have more killings in any country by 1,000's a year! These numbers are 2011, I believe. <br />
Great Britain: 8<br />
Japan: 48<br />
Israel: 58<br />
West Germany: 42<br />
USA: 10,728!!!!!<br />
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Really America?<br />
We need to decide. What is more important? Our babies or our semi-automatics? What do we value more our freedoms to carry a weapon or our lives? What is more valuable...our hobbies or our loved ones?<br />
This is yet another example of American society not being the light of the world...but the joke of the world. America not taking our liberties and opportunities with grace and eloquence...but using our freedoms or our rights as a threat to other Americans who value lives, children, our loved ones' safety more than something written 100's of years ago...long before the advances of technology the rapid growth of population and the deterioration of integrity, and honor. Today Americans act like spoiled little brats throwing a tantrum over a toy they want. Get over it and grow up America!<br />
This is a literal conversation a friend of a friend on fb and I had over gun control.<br />
I stated in a general way that we needed more mental health care available, and stricter gun laws, and that the security of the school is not the issue. To that, this person responded with the following...brace yourself:<br />
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<i><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062695}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062695}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062695}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]">Look
at Chicago: Incredibly anti-gun policies, yet one of the highest crime
rates and murder cities in the USA. Less regulation on guns is vital.
You really think someone will rob a bank when everyone else in there has
a gun? The kind of person who killed those children today can't be
stopped. They have a death wish. I will not give up my rights because
someone else abuses theirs'.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062695}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062695}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062695}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]">I respond: </span></span></span><i><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062695}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062695}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062695}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]"> </span></span></span></i><br />
<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062698}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062698}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062698}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]">"WHAT!? So your answer to this case Scott is to have the teacher packing heat?! Ridiculous!"</span></span></span><br />
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<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062698}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062698}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062698}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]">This person responds with the best yet: <i>Why not?</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062698}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062698}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062698}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]">Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this person finds that the solution to the killings of our babies in a school which had apparently wonderful security...have the teachers carry firearms! That is it!!! Where has this person been hiding! He is BRILLIANT! I can't wait to send my child to the first school where all teachers carry a holster for their gun! </span></span></span><br />
<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062698}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062698}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment478049265580394_5062698}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]">This man represents to me our society of blind men and women who just want to be right about their <i>rights.</i> They just want a gun...to feel like a man? To kill a deer? To protect themselves from the apocolypse in <i>7 </i>days....whatever reason these gun-toting Americans have for defending their weapons---it is definitely not because they want safety! More guns does not create safety!!! More untrained, stupid Americans toting semi-automatics, shot guns...what have you!---is not a GOOD idea! </span></span></span><br />
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I am reading "Team of Rivals" and it is amazing the platform Republicans had when the party started and how it has completely changed. I would have been a Republican in the 1850-1860's! :) haha. But the Republican party today is....struggling! I wish there was a way to speed track the party's recovery and have a more balanced society once more. I don't think everyone should be a Democrat...there needs to be balance...but our current teeter-tottering is not healthy for America. We have extreme right wingers sending us all in an uncontrollable spin...in my opinion.<br />
We need to nominate more moderate people...and yes, Pres. Obama a decade or more ago would have been considered moderate...even to Republicans...but today he is considered to be extreme?! He is not. He is moderate. There has not been a moderate Republican in public eye for some time...I think McCain was probably the most moderate...and he was only moderate on social issues. <br />
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Come on Speaker Boehner and men and women in congress...get this thing done!! And Mr. President we are counting on you to show both compromise and backbone. A tough thing to do but I am sure if ego is set aside every elected official could achieve it for the good of the rest of Americans. <br />
<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333075017294571636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157921362044465533.post-73225789655306356332012-11-13T18:32:00.000-08:002012-11-17T17:54:56.757-08:00Follow the smell of pizza--I mean, greed! We are done with Papa John's! We have a free pizza from points...and then DONE! And this is why...first there was this <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/mitt-romney-papa-john-video_n_1471720.html">CLICK HERE</a> or copy this link http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/mitt-romney-papa-john-video_n_1471720.html<br />
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Then this.... <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/07/papa-johns-obamacare-pizza_n_1752126.html">CLICK HERE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/07/papa-johns-obamacare-pizza_n_1752126.html </a><br />
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Greedy much??!!! IF THIS INFO IS TRUE... This is why I do not care when people say..."But it hurts businesses...they have to pay so much more for insurance..." IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO! And plenty...like Papa John will exploit this good act to WHAT ELSE!? Put more money in their own greedy pockets! Oh...wanna see where Papa John lives?!<br />
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I am all for success....free enterprise...PLEASE do not get me wrong! But this guy says he can't afford to pay the employees' health care...he would have to raise the price of pizza $0.04! He claims it is $0.15 and he will pocket that extra money...maybe expand his quaint little home...or one of his other homes...sick! We have an epidemic of greed! People die bc they can't afford the costs of health care without insurance...and then there is this idiot. I will gladly boycott this one...I hope others will join me! I would rather he go out of business--though I hate to think of those many people who would lose their jobs--So it is a tough spot. I just don't think I can stomach that pizza anymore, though. Just like Walmart...who pays their employees pennies...and yet they could afford to pay much more. I will avoid both businesses just on an ethical platform...however, now is not the time I guess for more people to lose employment...Not that Walmart would EVER go out of business! <br />
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click <a href="http://ivn.us/2012/11/08/president-obama-wins-florida-with-the-independent-vote/">here</a><br />
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Also you might want to check out this AWESOMENESS by none other than my favorite news reporter...Jim Stewart. I laughed so hard...it felt so good! I seriously can't remember when I laughed that hard. I needed that today! Since all I have had today is car repair stress and whiny sick kids...this made my afternoon much better...that and President Obama is STILL President. Seriously, though...Republican or Democrat it is funny (if you can laugh at your own party/Fox News). Click <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/08/jon-stewart-fox-news-election-meltdown-video_n_2092224.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false">HERE</a><br />
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Oh the laughter...my sides! My sides! <span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[11].[1][2][1]{comment336236946474991_336306969801322}..[1]..[1]..[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[11].[1][2][1]{comment336236946474991_336306969801322}..[1]..[1]..[0].[0][2]."><span id=".reactRoot[11].[1][2][1]{comment336236946474991_336306969801322}..[1]..[1]..[0].[0][2]..[0]"> "Is this math you do as a Republican to make you feel better" (BEST NEW slogan for Fox News)!</span></span></span>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333075017294571636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157921362044465533.post-74825006695018692472012-11-07T10:49:00.000-08:002012-11-07T13:24:43.978-08:00I love waking up knowing Pres Obama will keep his seat for 4 more years!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know I cannot be the only one who was shocked into the realization that when people see things totally differently...it is just bc we have different perspectives! I am fascinated by this now...I still can't wrap my mind arround the perspective that the President will some how get rid of freedoms...that he some how is someone to fear and that somehow people seem to believe all the fear mongering. Obviously I am not speaking to the well educated and well informed who simply don't agree with basic Democrat policy. That is a different issue. I am referring to people who are so ashamedly misinformed that it is quite frightening--and I try to steer clear of anything that plays with my emotions or makes fear a motivator. But some people really are scary in America. Having said that...even though our country has issues which include a split in political sides, debt that needs to be addressed, fear mongering men and women on tv and radio, hatred, racism, sexism, bigotry, intolerance, greed, selfishness, immorality, anger, so many uneducated, lies, "uncivility"--not sure that is a word, but I like it-- and much more. . . I sure feel better knowing that President Obama is still our President...a man with squeaky clean background, a love for this country, an understanding of Americans, a compassionate man, a wonderful father and husband, an educated man who is very smart, a man who will go down in history for many things...he is a President who has inspired volunteer efforts his first years in office, he inspired activism and awareness...he and the American people will not stand for elected officials who try to define rape or push their ideology or beliefs on the rest of us....I am proud to be an American. I always will be...but today my heart has a lot more joy in it knowing that the President I voted for...vouched for, debated for and fought for earned his seat for another 4 years. Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. President...but more importantly, congratulations AMERICA! <br />
Here is a fun little thing about perspectives...what do you see in this picture? An old woman or a young woman? :) Ah, perspectives...isn't it great we all have our own perspective! :) <br />
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333075017294571636noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157921362044465533.post-29713041092191077802012-11-06T18:59:00.000-08:002012-11-06T18:59:29.334-08:00INTENSE!!!!Poll watching has never been so intense for me! It certainly felt good to vote today...I guess Bailey voted in her kindergarten class and guess who she voted for..? Keep in mind I never told her who I was voting for...you guessed it Barack Obama...why? BC "They live in a white house and have a dog." So sweet. And Jack said, "I voted today, too!" ME: What did you vote for? Jack: "TOYS!!!"<br />
I love my kids...I love this country...I love that our President will keep his seat.....PLEASE....RIGHT?! I can't take it! Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333075017294571636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157921362044465533.post-70374463536869338452012-11-02T13:27:00.001-07:002012-11-02T13:29:34.875-07:00Mr. bipartisan? In this article <a href="http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/11/02/harry-reid-on-mitt-romneys-claims-of-bipartisanship-lol/">HERE</a>...you will find this quote:<br />
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<i>Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Friday that it was
“laughable” that Romney is promoting bipartisanship and that Democrats
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pass his ‘severely conservative’ agenda is laughable,” Reid said in a
statement, referring to the GOPer’s declaration earlier during the
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I think not. Harry Reid thinks not...people in Mass think not...Mr. Romney is not both SEVERELY conservative and yet bipartisan and able to work well with everyone. Ask the people he worked with in Mass!<br />
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">Click here for a video on this subject. Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333075017294571636noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157921362044465533.post-35366276078175492532012-10-30T20:04:00.001-07:002012-10-30T20:04:33.346-07:00Well done President...even Chris Christie thanks you! <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jLLuHxxXAwc?fs=1" width="480"></iframe>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333075017294571636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157921362044465533.post-26901043367161417782012-10-29T19:29:00.002-07:002012-10-29T20:34:58.291-07:00SandyI just have to say I am so so so very glad that President Obama is in the white house and not some Bush clone who wants to take Federal funding for natural disasters away and make it state funded or privatize it....I don't even know how privatizing it can even pretend to be highly effective...but I think both private and federal and state are necessary during disasters! You can't take such a narrow view...<br />
And I might add...Is it immoral, Governor? How is it NOT immoral to say that there will be no help from federal funding during natural disasters!? Again...I do NOT understand this perspective!!Click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhXyJeKaj8E">HERE</a> to see video of Mitt Romney regarding this...<br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhXyJeKaj8E<br />
A little more on the matter: Click <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/29/romney-wants-more-responsibility-for-emergency-management-in-states/?hpt=po_c2">HERE</a>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333075017294571636noreply@blogger.com0