tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post7780876071941825980..comments2024-03-28T19:35:24.365-07:00Comments on Rural Revolution: Simmering with resentmentPatrice Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012022335047974670noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-68182985153411561412013-02-09T18:27:06.590-08:002013-02-09T18:27:06.590-08:00I was self-employed for 3 years but incorporated l...I was self-employed for 3 years but incorporated last year. It's supposed to save us some money. I'm not sure yet. It's certainly increased the paperwork.<br /><br />I do know ... that as the sole employee of the company I run, I must pay unemployment tax on myself. And not just at the state level! The Federal level too.<br /><br />So ... does that mean ... if I lay myself off ... I can collect benefits?<br /><br />Just kidding about collecting :)Daniel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01095401185715160188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-12232199372513204732013-02-02T08:15:43.288-08:002013-02-02T08:15:43.288-08:00Thank you for your constructive comment and observ...Thank you for your constructive comment and observation. <br /><br />It is only when I’m forced to get down in the weeds with certain individuals who continue to want to play the blame game and make Obama out to be the Antichrist that my hackles come up. We can disagree……but the man is our president and deserves the respect of the office.<br /><br />I am fully aware of the giant propaganda machine that exists in today’s society. I see Fox news repeatedly spewing misinformation…(like when Hilary was asked about forces going into Turkey from Rand Paul. That misinformation was created by Glenn Beck and was soaked up into Fox news bullet points around the world till it morphed into some twisted kind of truth….of which it was not.) Doesn’t anyone do their due diligence anymore?<br /><br />With all due respect to “those people out there who think the American dream is being fat and ignorant”…..I think we tend to underestimate most people when we put them into these demeaning categories. We are all more alike than you think.<br /><br />I agree that government is too big and needs some HUGE changes….but to get into this high and mighty state of thinking that only WE can make better choices than anyone else is only feeding into the Propaganda frenzy that has become the fodder for Fox news. Divide and conquer? This is where we as individuals need to come together.<br /><br />When I see Walmart exploiting their workers so that they can not make a decent living and are forced into food stamps and government assistance working two jobs…..who picks up that tab? Who pockets the profits?......These are the “Welfare Queens” (to coin a phrase from Reagan) who I am concerned with. BJ<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-72010546675670379722013-02-01T09:34:14.401-08:002013-02-01T09:34:14.401-08:00B.J, I think your criticism is misplaced. I've...B.J, I think your criticism is misplaced. I've never seen a post by Patrice or comment on her posts that waxes nostalgic for the good ole days of the GW Bush presidency. They don't believe in giving more power to multinational corporations. They don't believe in America fighting endless wars in Third World hellholes. They don't define freedom and liberty as a big screen TV, an SUV in the garage and a McMansion full of cheap Chinese-made crap. Most everyone who posts here is libertarian. They realize the system is broken. There are still plenty of people out there who think the American Dream is being fat, arrogant, ignorant and living beyond your means. Patrice Lewis and her blog readers ain't those people.Jay from Phillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-10848155616986731292013-01-27T08:24:49.556-08:002013-01-27T08:24:49.556-08:00So quote BJ: "For what it's worth, I use...So quote BJ: "For what it's worth, I used to be a staunch Republican. The right and the NRA had me so tied up in knots with fear thinking that the left was going to take my guns away that it forced me to do some in depth research."<br /><br />And now that the Left is actually forcing registration in New York, and talking about Confiscation in other places, just exactly where was the NRA wrong?<br /><br />Also quoting BJ: "Since they took all progressive radio off the air waves where I am (see what the right wing media can do?)"<br /><br />Another red herring - Can you name one conservative talk radio show that literally "took" the progressive radio off the air? No, you can't. Progressive radio fails to gain or maintain an audience. I happen to think that this is because progressives only need to turn on the CBS/ABC/NBC/CNN/MSNBC nightly news to see their progressive beliefs confirmed, so the audience base just isn't there. However, just because Air America can't sell their hatred and whacked-out theories to the average American doesn't mean they were "taken" off the air. They failed as a business model, and went under. It happens all the time, not just in talk radio but in music and sports broadcasting as well. Right-wing media had nothing to do with it, unless you mean that in a "progressive talk radio is so piss-poor that they can't scrape together enough advertising money to stay in operation while Conservative media has no problem doing that" sort of way.<br /><br />In one paragraph you've practically got your bias dripping out like corrosive acid all over the comment thread. But yeah, go right ahead and tell me how fair and balanced your opinions are. I think the worst part of it all is that you probably believe the tripe you're trying to peddle. And because you actually guzzled the kool-aide and believe your own tripe, actual logic and facts just ain't gonna penetrate your brain pan.Ragin' Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421198497767878287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-39283192387781244652013-01-26T11:18:51.189-08:002013-01-26T11:18:51.189-08:00GOP Weekly Address: Obama Has Added $6 Trillion in...GOP Weekly Address: Obama Has Added $6 Trillion in Debt in One Term …(That’s 1/3 of Total US Debt Folks)<br /><br />http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/01/gop-weekly-address-obama-has-added-6-trillion-in-debt-in-one-term-thats-13-of-total-us-debt-folks/<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-58414039289833727592013-01-26T07:57:15.180-08:002013-01-26T07:57:15.180-08:00Brian......I think I know why Patrice allows me to...Brian......I think I know why Patrice allows me to post on her site in lieu of how she believes.....(and I thank you, Patrice)<br /><br />....It is because it can only be constructive to anyone's intelligence to view both sides of anything and have an open mind.<br /><br />I do agree with her on one thing though...I will also owe taxes this year..and believe it or not....I, too am not happy where they will be going with this broken down government. We just disagree on which directions we think they need to go in. (and by the way,I see no point in lying about anything) <br /><br />Sometimes we need to get out of our comfort zones to see that sometimes things aren't as they seem. BJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-8136437503882966492013-01-26T05:10:09.673-08:002013-01-26T05:10:09.673-08:00"For what it's worth, I used to be a stau..."For what it's worth, I used to be a staunch Republican."<br />BJ I find that statement extremely difficult to believe. <br /> You should thank Patrice for her fairness and patience for continuing to allow you to post here. I would have denied you the privilege long ago, you are irrelevant...Brian Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-67720118668108803132013-01-26T00:20:51.986-08:002013-01-26T00:20:51.986-08:00The poor will always be with us. Gov does not do ...The poor will always be with us. Gov does not do anything to eliminate poverty. It rewards bad choices. The gov programs have only worked to increase poverty; how is that helping?<br /><br />People can CHOOSE to stay in school and do their best. They can put off their animal urge to have sex and make babies out of wedlock. They can marry after getting educated and then bring children into this world. Doing these things will eliminate MOST poverty in the USA. <br /><br />I've been poor. Gov. did not get me out of that situation. Hard work and dedication on MY PART did. I was often cold and hungry. Guess what, neither killed me; they motivated me. The majority of the "poor" in this nation have television and suffer from obesity related health issues. What are they doing without that is a true NEED? <br /><br />Your compassion is fake because you treat the poor like PERPETUAL CHILDREN that need to be totally taken care of. The liberal programs have created multi-generations of learned poverty. How compassionate is that? It's sinful. I don't want to support programs that destroy the family structure and responsibility of MEN toward THEIR family. That's what the liberals have done. Made men marginal by telling women they don't need a man, uncle sugardaddy will support you and all the bad choices you made; children suffered from absent fathers and then those children grew up and created another generation of children without fathers. Each generation farther removed from NORMAL, rightfully angry, and feeling more entitled. <br />No amount of "aid" will get many of these people out of poverty; no amount of aid will make them happy. They are hungry for something uncle sugardaddy can't give them; he took it away when he started handing out checks to unmarried mothers. FAMILY. <br /><br />And if the day comes that I need help, I don't plan on any from your beloved uncle sugardaddy. Help comes from my family, and they know they can come here if they need help. <br /><br />That is where HELP for the poor comes from. <br /><br />sidetracksusie Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-72461862580340235402013-01-25T16:46:47.703-08:002013-01-25T16:46:47.703-08:00BJ, Why don't you give it up then? Why are you...BJ, Why don't you give it up then? Why are you on a blog where almost everyone disagrees with you? Do you think you possess such great words of wisdom that you will make all us sanctimonious, pious, full of BS (your descriptions) people see the light? You think too much of yourself. You rant on about how well informed you are. Do you think we do not inform ourselves as well? If you have access to some insider info, please clue us in.<br /><br />You are ignorant and deceived, and I pity you.<br /><br />PS: Forced giving is NOT compassion.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-65020654417865702732013-01-25T15:44:28.682-08:002013-01-25T15:44:28.682-08:00That's what my husband and I did exactly a yea...That's what my husband and I did exactly a year ago, sold our house in Sacramento and moved to a rural area. We're now renting but feel much more secure if the power fails and EBT cards stop working. It wasn't easy but we did it and I encourage you to do the same. No regrets at all. And when we buy again it will be more than a couple days' walk from the nearest city.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06363532651622078445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-86104781133133379722013-01-25T13:53:39.492-08:002013-01-25T13:53:39.492-08:00Hey.....THAT'S GREAT!
keep-on-keepin-on listen...Hey.....THAT'S GREAT!<br />keep-on-keepin-on listening. <br /><br />Since they took all progressive radio off the air waves where I am (see what the right wing media can do?) I am able to now listen to 3 Fox news stations on my radio when driving to work in the daytime.<br /><br />I get MSNBC, FREE SPEECH TV and CNN at night....so I really try to hear both sides.<br /><br />For what it's worth, I used to be a staunch Republican. The right and the NRA had me so tied up in knots with fear thinking that the left was going to take my guns away that it forced me to do some in depth research. <br /><br />I continued to believe that until I found out I had been showered with a mega bunch of BS. <br /><br />.....so my opinions (unlike Fox so called news) are TRUELY fair and balanced....as it should be. BJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-89654421751030739352013-01-25T13:37:33.510-08:002013-01-25T13:37:33.510-08:00You bet I am afraid! We had a country of people w...You bet I am afraid! We had a country of people who believed in the constitution and there are some who still do. I do hope and pray there is enough to take it back when the time comes. What I also fear is we will wait too long and be too few to take it back.<br /><br />Based on what I see though, there are MANY who do believe in the 2nd amendment and I think there will be a "red line" that will not be acceptable.... Then the time to act WILL be here!<br /><br />A Patriot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-18068639904658029332013-01-25T13:32:43.546-08:002013-01-25T13:32:43.546-08:00You are so busy name calling and demeaning me that...You are so busy name calling and demeaning me that I realize now it is virually impossible to have a respectable, intelligent conversation with you.<br /><br />Fox news is famous for cherry picking statements and blowing them up into the farthest direction of that person's intent....so I am not sure what statement that this one was twisted from.....and to be honest, I am bored with you and I REALLY DON'T CARE!!<br /><br />Give it up because we will never agree on these issues. BJ<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-19991934862792199672013-01-25T13:23:32.418-08:002013-01-25T13:23:32.418-08:00There it is....that sanctimonious, pious attitude....There it is....that sanctimonious, pious attitude. <br /><br />There will ALWAYS be those that have to rely on the government for whatever reason....Who knows, you may even have a day that stares you in the face when you could really use a hand up.<br /><br />....but after what you just said about these people....for you to call me fake with no compassion and disgusting......is without a doubt an oxymoron statement.<br /><br />......but Let's be honest....You really do sound like you would just like to lump them all together...yes....and then have them all dry up and blow away.<br /><br />FYI: I may go away, but people that truely can't get out of poverty will not. BJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-59814144196301588272013-01-25T10:51:46.599-08:002013-01-25T10:51:46.599-08:00The EntitledByTyranny folks won't stay in Phil...The EntitledByTyranny folks won't stay in Philly when their cards stop working. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-43525592744792126962013-01-25T10:49:22.189-08:002013-01-25T10:49:22.189-08:00Wow, BJ, take the Lord's name in vain much? A...Wow, BJ, take the Lord's name in vain much? And use it in the same sentence with veiled profanity?! Hypocrite.<br /><br />Do you understand what "shall not be infringed means"? Do you understand that means that I don't have to NEED a gun? It certainly means that I have the RIGHT to defend myself and those I love from tyranny, which is what your precious comrade obama is inflicting upon us. I have the right to own guns and ammo WITHOUT anyone having a list of them, my name and address or being subject to paying for the privilege or "asking" permission. SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.<br /><br />You are vicious because you have drank the koolaid of deception. Your actions and words and other propaganda is what spreads fear and motivates people to empty the shelves of ammo and firearms in every gun store and at every show.<br /><br />sts<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-68266289888013241082013-01-25T10:44:54.383-08:002013-01-25T10:44:54.383-08:00I will be kind to anonymous BJ. Perhaps the initia...I will be kind to anonymous BJ. Perhaps the initials stand for "Biden, Joe"???Phyllis (N/W Jersey)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-64129419988293580582013-01-25T10:39:24.407-08:002013-01-25T10:39:24.407-08:00Yes, many of them do enjoy it. It is their way of...Yes, many of them do enjoy it. It is their way of life, and they voted to keep their way of life at my expense. <br /><br />This nation has the fattest poor people I've ever seen and the statistics PROVE me right. Their food stamps and EBT cards are accepted at fast food junk joints. And they sport tats, piercing, fake nails and carry I-phones and drive cars with chrome rims and custom tires. <br /><br />In the meantime, we eat rice and dried beans I cooked myself to save money. <br /><br />GO AWAY, BJ! Your fake compassion is disgusting. <br /><br />sts<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-49928636880795770582013-01-25T10:31:43.517-08:002013-01-25T10:31:43.517-08:00Amber, do you itemize? Do you have child tax cred...Amber, do you itemize? Do you have child tax credits? How many deductions do you claim? Do you have a mortgage deduction?<br /><br />We can only file 1040, standard deduction, no extras. Every situation is different. <br /><br />Like the guns, it's not a need. It's a principle thing for us. However, the government does NOT NEED anymore money. They have not been a good steward of the thousands I have sent them every year. Obama and his thug democrats have just expanded the budget, yet again. <br /><br />Stimulating the economy is MY job, with MY money. Charity is MY job, with MY money. If I were president, Egypt would not be getting a gift of new tanks and fighter jets. Pakistan would never see one penny. We would be out of Iraq and Afghanistan (oh, BJ, don't bring up Bush. He left office FIVE years ago). <br /><br />Your statements reflect your opinion that it was okay to raise taxes on those making $200,000. It's not about what we can live on! What we spend and what we save are not your business! It's what the government spends that matters. It wasn't okay to raise anyones taxes, it would have been far better to close loop holes; that is what the republicans wanted to do. I'm not "republican" either, I'm hard core fiscally conservative, wishing the .gov would only spend money on Constitutional items.<br /><br />sidetracksusieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-83072945871768038642013-01-25T10:29:31.019-08:002013-01-25T10:29:31.019-08:00I am old enough and don't worry.....I have bee...I am old enough and don't worry.....I have been on both sides. I never take telling what I believe is truth to be wrong. BJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-56734798463509052342013-01-25T10:26:19.738-08:002013-01-25T10:26:19.738-08:00Ginning up more fear?!? Never heard of the guy......Ginning up more fear?!? Never heard of the guy.....but obviously.....you have.<br />BJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-5964341170716968382013-01-25T10:21:06.177-08:002013-01-25T10:21:06.177-08:00Just do your due diligence and find out what the e...Just do your due diligence and find out what the executive orders are that were made by Obama.......Then find out what only the Congress can pass and impliment.<br /><br />That means you will have to READ and RESEARCH those. At that point, you may have a better understanding of what you are talking about before you launch into name calling mode. BJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-59394306609227039962013-01-25T10:19:51.258-08:002013-01-25T10:19:51.258-08:00Anonymous, did you miss the part about roads being...Anonymous, did you miss the part about roads being paid for with fuel taxes? <br /><br />Parks need to be paid for with user fees, not subsidized with MY tax dollars. Each item should be priced accordingly. There is no guarantee in the US Constitution that everything will be made affordable for everyone. Now that i write that, I see that it smacks of communism to do so. <br /><br />sidetracksusieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-45524834053234212152013-01-25T10:15:51.110-08:002013-01-25T10:15:51.110-08:00BJ, please don't bother...
I'm not surpri...BJ, please don't bother...<br /><br />I'm not surprised you don't know where to begin. Your accusation of a poster "living in your delusional world of misinformation and half truths" is right out of saul alynski's (mispelled? I really don't care) book, Rules for Radicals. <br /><br />How much are you getting paid to for your work posting on this blog? <br /><br />sidetracksusieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-2271422857089951362013-01-25T10:09:32.668-08:002013-01-25T10:09:32.668-08:00<<“Entitlements" are NOT freebies.....b...<<“Entitlements" are NOT freebies.....but in fact insurance policies that each and every American has already paid into to assist them in later years when they need it>><br /><br />FDR called them insurance right up to the time the Supreme Court was getting ready to smack him down on them. They were only constitutional if they were TAXES. You don't have an account, you are entitled to nothing. What everyone pays is for the current crop of recipients.<br /><br />This is ONE of the problems with obamacare. It was only deemed constitutional because when it got to the supreme court, the gov lawyer said it was a tax. Government has the right to tax us. THE PROBLEM IS THAT ALL TAXES MUST ORIGINATE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. OBAMACARE DID NOT; IT ORIGINATED FROM THE DEMOCRAT SENATE AND WAS BACK DOORED. <br /><br />sidetracksusieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com