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sharonsj commented on the diary post Eating Out Of Dumpsters: This Year Compared To Last Year by Crane-Station.
My Social Security is $1000 a month (before they take out for Medicare), so I qualify for food stamps which, in PA, is a big $25 a month because I have a tiny mortgage. I have a better vehicle because I live in a rural area, I have physical limitations, it’s not possible for me [...]
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sharonsj commented on the diary post Wall Street Stunned by Vanishing Investors by masaccio.
One of the well-known financial sites banned me from further commenting when I said that (1) the stock market is nothing but a gambling casino operated for the benefit of insiders, (2) no one is actually investing when more than half the trades are flash trades, and (3) speculation in the commodity markets caused death [...]
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sharonsj commented on the diary post American Jews Like Muslims Twice as Much as They Like Christian Evangelicals by EdwardTeller.
At one time, the people with the highest I.Q.s in the world were Eastern European Jews. Personally, I think intermarriage and the lack of culture in America has made us stupid. In any case, I don’t know how much you think we trust the Mormons either. They are just as busy trying to convert Jews [...]
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sharonsj commented on the diary post Playing Inflation Games with Grandma: The Washington Consensus and the Chained CPI by Dean Baker.
Americans have to work for 45 years before they can get SS. If they retire at age 62, they are forced to give up 25% of what they are entitled to. A senator only has to put in one term of 6 years to be entitled to a full pension at age 62. The average [...]
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sharonsj commented on the blog post IG Report Whitewashes Firing of Foreclosure Fraud Investigators in Florida
Although both the FBI and the Justice Dep’t say that the majority of banks and mortgage companies committed fraud, there are no prosecutions. So why would you expect it to be different at the state level? Our governments are so corrupt now, that nothing will get solved without the news actually reporting the truth AND average Americans rioting in the streets.
Even if we throw out every politician, the corporations and lobbyists are still there, handing out money. We need major changes or every one of us, even if we do have a job, will be asking, “Would you like fries with that?”
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sharonsj commented on the blog post New Manufacturing Jobs Feature Lower Wages
People are unaware of just about everything that matters. National TV and radio no longer give us the news, just entertainment and speculation if not outright lies. We need to keep spreading real information via the internet (before the gov’t shuts us down).
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sharonsj commented on the diary post 33 Years? A Bleak Employment Outlook by ThirdandState.
It could take longer because those figures are made up. Real unemployment is probably double what they claim. And if the Repubs have their way, more middle-class folks with state jobs will get fired.
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sharonsj commented on the diary post The Jerusalem Supreme Court Case – Not What You Think! by JetProvost.
Since Jews constitute about 1% of the population, I doubt Congress cares. I bet it’s more about evangelical Christians than anything else.
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sharonsj commented on the blog post Van Jones AWOL at Tarsands Action Once Again, But Calls for Mass Civil Unrest if Obama Approves Keystone XL Pipeline
Yup, saw that report too, that Obama was going to postpone a decision until after the election. I bet that means he’s going to okay it but is afraid if he did it now, he’d lose even more supporters.
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sharonsj commented on the blog post Group that Heckled Romney “Puts Principle Before Party,” Questions Both Parties on Social Safety Net, Making Corporations Pay
Maybe taxing the rich isn’t enough to close the deficit gap, but it’s a start. And claiming that taking all the money from the wealthiest Americans won’t pay the entire deficit is a Republican talking point. They use it to deflect calls for tax increases.
The opposite of tax revenues is not spending cuts. And why should I, a senior citizen living on $11,000 a year, have to give up a lousy extra $20 bucks a month so that Boehner’s corporate friends can have a private jet?
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sharonsj commented on the blog post The Political Strategists Advising the White House Are F***ing Retarded
In the Dem primary I plan to write in Bernie Sanders’ name. In the election, if Obama is the choice, I will hold my nose and vote for him (unless there is someone worthwhile on a third-party line). When we voted for Obama, we foolishly expected someone who would reverse the damage wrought by Bush, not turn into a literate version of him.
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sharonsj commented on the diary post Conrad, Coburn and Cat Food II, Oh My! by Bill Egnor.
Here’s the main reason I want those fucking clowns to keep their hands off Social Security: Anyone who serves in Congress for 5 years gets a full pension at age 62. You and I have to work for 45 years and, if we retire at age 62, we have to give up 25% of our [...]
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sharonsj commented on the diary post Social Security COLA Cut Will Drive African American Women Into Poverty by Daniel Marans.
This may be true, but the total effect is to impoverish all single women on Social Security. I’m not black, but I and all my friends on SS are in dire straits now. No COLA for two years while all costs of living skyrocket–and the gov’t says there is little to no inflation. On top [...]
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sharonsj commented on the diary post Not Christian, Not Welcome: The Next Chapter by Margaret.
I’m old enough to remember the screaming about famed atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair. Christians killed her family’s cat and nailed it to her front door. I always wondered how they knew what religion the cat was.
That was a major turning point for me. Sorry, but I think a majority of Christians are blind bigots.
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sharonsj commented on the blog post Minnesota: Ban on Same-Sex Marriage to Appear on 2012 Ballot
Just more proof that the religious rightwingers are only interested in pushing their agenda. “Jobs, what jobs? We don’t give a crap about people already here (unless you’re gay)–we only care about the unborn until they’re born. After that, you’re on your own…especially if I’ve already got mine.”
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sharonsj commented on the blog post “Getting Serious” About Social Security – Or Why Obama Fills Me with Dread
Yeah, well I’m getting real tired of voting for the lesser of two evils. I used to think I’d have to vote for Obama because any Republican would be insane. But if any of these clowns fuck with Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security without raising taxes on the rich–or taxing them at all–you’re gonna see a ton of really pissed off elderly pushing their walkers down Pennsylvania Avenue.
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sharonsj commented on the blog post For Obama, Abortion Proves Not So Much a Right as a Bargaining Chip
to alamode: the problem with that thinking is that once the kid is born, depending on circumstances, it is public money that will be used to give that kid Head Start, school lunch, health care, and food stamps. There’s no such thing as a free ride, even for Libertarians.
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sharonsj commented on the diary post ‘The Goldstone Report’ now belongs to the world by Adam Horowitz.
What about the Jewish refugees from countries who also lost their property and land? Instead of U.N. camps as homes, Israel took all of them in. The Arab countries have never taken in their brethren. Israel, Samaria, and Judea were the homelands of the Jews before they were occupied by Arabs (or does that historical [...]
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sharonsj commented on the blog post Republicans Abandon Winning 2010 Strategy with Medicare Privatization Plan
Block grants–didn’t the the Repubs say they want to eliminate them? So no more Medicaid for you.
Meanwhile, the more this crap goes on, the more I want to get my gun and join a rebellion. I suppose I can thank the Republicans for something….
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sharonsj commented on the diary post I’ve heard Enough, I’ve had Enough by Daveparts.
I agree with everything you say and I’ve had enough as well. But if I do what I would like to do, Homeland Security will be carting me away. Sometimes I wonder if they aren’t already monitoring me because I make my displeasures known loudly and often on many websites. My only hope is that [...]
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