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Friday, December 17, 2004
Privatize What?
 Social Security has revolutionized how America's workers prepare for their retirement. It operates as both retirement security and social insurance, offering a lifetime, inflation-protected benefit for senior citizens, disabled workers and widows. It has saved millions from poverty, reducing the number of seniors living at or below the poverty line from 50 percent to less than 10 percent today. Since its inception in 1935, this New Deal has been a good deal for hundreds of millions of Americans.
Please click here to sign the pledge and join the fight to protect Social Security!
Let's be very clear: Privatization proponents do not support private accounts in addition to Social Security. They support private accounts instead of Social Security. And, replacing Social Security with private accounts does not improve the solvency of Social Security - it significantly worsens it, eroding the foundation of the system and jeopardizing guaranteed retirement benefits for seniors, disabled workers and survivors.
The president has suggested that a plan put forth in 2001 by his handpicked Social Security commission would be a "good blueprint" for reform. Under this plan, one-third of a worker's contributions to Social Security would be diverted from the trust funds into private accounts. As a result of this plan, the trust funds would lose almost $2 trillion in the first 10 years alone.
WE MUST PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY!
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posted by ladywolfsong, 05:22 | link | comments (1)
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Rugged individualists won't relate to this, but I do, loner as I am ~!
Story of the Geese
This autumn, when you see geese flying southward bound in V-formation, away from winter time, consider the following...
Science just recently has discovered something about flying in V-formation. Every bird flapping his wings, creates an air cushion for the other bird flying right next to him. By flying in V-formation, the entire flock creates a velocity which is 71% more than 1 bird alone.
What can we learn from these geese?
People who are going into the same direction, who are having a feeling of togetherness, can reach their goal faster and easier because they have faith in one another.
When a goose falls out of the formation, he suddenly feels how hard it is to fly through the air resistance, and tries to catch up with the formation as soon as possible, to benefit from the air cushion which the goose in the front creates. - If we had the brains of a goose, we would keep flying in the vicinity of those who are going in the same direction as we are.
When the front goose gets tired, it pulls back, and another goose takes over. - It would be wise for people who carry a heavy task to take turns, just like the geese flying southward.
The geese flying in V-formation make "quacking" sounds to stimulate the birds flying in the front maintain their. - What do people say when they are "quacking" behind? Usually they have comments on the ones ahead.
Finally - and this is important - when a goose becomes sick or injured and falls out of the formation, two geese always join it. They escort it to the ground where they help and protect it. They stay with it until he is strong again and can fly again, or dies. Only then they will continue their flight, or wait for another flock to join in and fly off to their own group.
If we had the brains of a goose we would stick together to help and protect each other to reach our goal...
- Author unknown
posted by ladywolfsong, 09:28 | link | comments (1)
Sunday, December 05, 2004
RIPPING APART FAMILIES... I'd not intended to blog today, but 60 minutes show was just too much -- a man in his late 40's, father to new baby, gave the Army l6 years of his life, was injured during duty, now can't run and has a pin in his arm -- can't lift over 30 lbs. easily -- AND THEY WANT HIM BACK???? After honorably discharged?? And this being ordered by a man who refused to "got to war" -- instead he went, via special family favor, to the texas "air guard" ~!
And a 55 yo woman, not even 5 ft. tall, getting to go back????
If this is an 'all volunteer' army, what does a draft look like??? Albeit a BACK-DOOR DRAFT.
Why doesn't our commander in chief send HIS twins girls to Iraq - they don't have husband or children to leave behind, they're young and healthy??? Makes no sense to me. But then neither does killing people and blowing up cities.
posted by ladywolfsong, 19:40 | link | comments
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Noticed how, since politickin' season ended, my posts have focused less on the 'nagative' (combo of nagging and negative, ie bushie's foibles and follies) and more on the comic (relief from the fall) and positive? Well, that may not change -- i'm full up on politics and besides, busy stringing beads -- not worry beads, either -- beautiful, high-class necklaces. More on that later. Meantime, enjoy this, and every day, 'one day at a time' since that's all we get.
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RECOVERY MEDITATIONS
One Day at a Time
November 30, 2004
~ BOUNDARIES ~
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People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.
Joseph Fort Newton
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When I was growing up I remember always
being lonely and I never had many friends.
In order to protect myself from the pain of
rejection, or perhaps because I didn't have
self-esteem or believe in myself, I gave the
impression that I didn't need people. I was
probably thought of as a snob. I thought that
people didn't like me because I was shy and
introverted, but I had built up around myself
an impenetrable protective wall which didn't
invite anyone in. It was small wonder that I
spent many lonely nights buried in a book or
food or any other solitary pursuit for that matter.
In my adult years I became a people-pleaser
in the hopes that people would like me more.
That even spilled over to include my children
as well, which meant that I wasn't able to say
no to them or anyone else unless they stopped
loving me. I would say yes when I really meant
no, and consequently I was always filled with
resentment and felt even lonelier than ever. I
didn't know how to set boundaries and was
terrified that if I said no, people wouldn't love
me anymore.
I now know that when I set boundaries, it is an
affirmation of my worth, and in most cases I
am respected and liked by those people who
are really my true friends. My children, too,
have benefitted from my having set boundaries
with them, and they have more respect for me
than before. I am beginning to realize that it is
just fine to do what is right for me, and that it
doesn't have to jeopardize any of my relationships.
ONE DAY AT A TIME ...
I am learning that it is right for me
to define my boundaries with those that I love,
knowing that I set these boundaries in love and friendship,
rather than hostility, and that I am still a lovable person.
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posted by ladywolfsong, 06:41 | link | comments
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