tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post579275427736401429..comments2024-03-27T13:25:58.065-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: I'm not really getting this scandalCervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-47134434373343036212013-03-04T13:00:18.287-05:002013-03-04T13:00:18.287-05:00The US no longer has any interest in keeping its c...The US no longer has any interest in keeping its citizens healthy (if it ever did.) <br /><br />It no longer wants to spend money on poor cancer patients, so called welfare queens, teens who can’t read or write, accident victims, single mothers of two, the disabled who can’t work, or anything like that. <br /><br />Those ppl should just stay home and be quiet and die silently or if they are a tad violent or oppositional go to prison. <br /><br />For its international reputation it will maintain a few labs and research progs with great fanfare at minimal cost. <br /><br />AnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-22327530951723064582013-03-04T12:25:30.799-05:002013-03-04T12:25:30.799-05:00The horsemeat is just the tip of the iceberg of Bi...The horsemeat is just the tip of the iceberg of Big Argi Transformation Industry. <br /><br />Most if not all pre-prep frozen, canned, etc. isn’t made up of what one might want them to be or what the label says. <br /><br />All the industries (many..) involved want to keep the scandal contained, so they love the horse meat hoopla. They can eliminate it and then sell collagen and fish meal made from bones, the left overs from pig farms, and even sawdust - as it isn’t Horse!<br /><br />AnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-72745112621044923922013-03-03T15:57:52.508-05:002013-03-03T15:57:52.508-05:00i actually think that particular cuts are hugely u...i actually think that particular cuts are hugely unpopular. the GOP is hiding behind their mantra that everything is obama's fault; they don't want to look their voters in the eye and say, "yeah, i don't care about your family. get lost."kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-30894160088693517372013-03-03T15:56:25.050-05:002013-03-03T15:56:25.050-05:00about food -- i eat meat and am trying to cut down...about food -- i eat meat and am trying to cut down. but i do not eat peter cottontail, elk, bambi, flicka, lamb, the buffalo, fido, fluffy, alligator, etc. -- just cannot handle it viscerally. and yet, i'm not strong enough to go total veg.<br /><br />i think the cuts for scientific research sound devastating - -to ongoing research, to new projects, to the employment of people who would otherwise be finding the next big breakthrough. and that has huge effects. you can't drop something that takes years, then pick it back up again in a while. <br /><br />we're already behind on collecting public health data -- like on guns, i'd like to see more of that.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-74279615797154872662013-03-01T13:37:28.831-05:002013-03-01T13:37:28.831-05:00Here's my attempt to explain it:
It could be ...Here's my attempt to explain it:<br /><br />It could be argued that the Republicans haven't won a national election since 1988, although maybe they did in 2004 (Ohio??).<br /><br />But in regional elections they seem to be holding their own. There is a strong bias against the Federal gov't that they tap into in many of these regions. There is an Evangelical activism that supports them too, and an endless supply of money. And as their policies create more social illness they can tap into our fears of crime and social disintegration promising to bring back an America that their policies crippled.<br /><br />At some point, not too far down the road, there will be a reckoning. But, if they can soften their antagonism to people with browner skin tones than theirs, they might pull this off for several more years. <br /><br /><br />Danielnoreply@blogger.com