tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42998164935731568.post8524502939441403450..comments2023-08-14T08:37:35.029-06:00Comments on On the Parenting Front Line: My Once-Every-Four-Years Political RantEmilayoheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149808061183538180noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42998164935731568.post-33591676915526297802008-10-27T15:41:00.000-06:002008-10-27T15:41:00.000-06:00Emily, I think you should publish this as a letter...Emily, I think you should publish this as a letter to the editor in the paper. I loved it. I am SO sick of the people in this country blaming everyone else for the financial crisis when it was the greed of the people spending WAY beyond their means that got us in this mess. (I just talked to someone whose brother just got out of the mortgage business and said that he felt good about only 5-10% of the loans he gave out because most people were buying houses they couldn't afford) I thought the bailout was a horrible idea. Way to show people not to follow through with their responsibilities. (Oh don't worry, if you screw up, we will fix it all for you). Not to mention, it is putting a bandaid on a burst appendix. And you are right - if Sarah Palin was wearing crappy clothes, people would have a field day with that too. So, that is my two cents. I could say more, but I will spare you.rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327575652857742496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42998164935731568.post-75863934378474317362008-10-27T14:53:00.000-06:002008-10-27T14:53:00.000-06:00Hi Emily,I have not replied to the email mom sent ...Hi Emily,<BR/><BR/>I have not replied to the email mom sent me because I'm reading and responding to this entry. So you have no body to blame but yourself. <BR/>I could not agree with you more that please end this election! In the end we get the government we ask for. No me particularly but me as an american. In my lifetime I've watched the USA choose some great presidents, who I love Reagan and GW Bush and some that I've hated Bush 1, LBJ and Carter. We've survived the bad ones though it left scars and the good ones survived and it was painful to not see them enjoy the appreciation they deserved. <BR/>The republicans did not get behind a good candidate like Rudy or Mitt and chose (in the words of Paris Hilton, which is sadly correct) the old guy, now we are paying the price for our leathergy. So this is going to be a learning experience for us. The democrats are going to teach us a whole new way of thinking about government. Or new to my generation. The New Deal of the 1930's was the last time we tried this awful adjenda. <BR/>A great book on that era is called the forgotten man.Drake Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01360027308326166637noreply@blogger.com