Set Politics aside. He is 80 and has served his country well and with distinction. I think he deserves respect and compassion no matter what your political ideology is. Do you?
Some say we ought not put such labels on people. They are judgmental. We ought to avoid using them. Do you agree with that? Are such words informative and useful or are they all ex... moreSome say we ought not put such labels on people. They are judgmental. We ought to avoid using them. Do you agree with that? Are such words informative and useful or are they all expendable? If you say someone is intelligent is that OK? But it's not OK to say he/she isn't so smart? If someone does a good deed should that be quietly/silently observed or commended out loud? Then what if the person does a bad deed? Are we not allowed to point that out? It's interesting how people view communication/language. For every proponent there is an opponent. You choose sides and then stay on that side and judge those who don't agree. Human nature. less
They are hardly ever affected by the laws they pass and I'm talking about the Republican Party as well as the Democratic Party. What affects us should also affect them.
We were talking at work about the fact that when we were younger we pretty much amused ourselves at home, around home and with friends... holidays/vacations were taken with family.... moreWe were talking at work about the fact that when we were younger we pretty much amused ourselves at home, around home and with friends... holidays/vacations were taken with family... and nothing too exciting.. say Spain for those of us in the UK... we didn't have proms or anything flashy... if we had a car at all it was a very old car... a banger as we call it... Young adults and later teens now seem to have so much more disposable income...and so we see young people who have basically traveled the world by the time they are 20, scuba diving in the Bahamas, chilling in Antigua, flying from the UK to Vegas for the weekend as it if it were nothing... no old grotty cars for them, they have flashy cars and erm sexually so many of them have done everything, and I mean everything.. I wonder what happens when they've tried everything...where's to go? Or does it all just get more and more extreme? That's my betting.. that everything has to be more extreme to get the same level of excitement from holidays, c... less
I've just spent nearly £700 on re-doing my fish pond... it's a lot of money to me... We were talking at work and they were saying... they would rather spend their money... moreI've just spent nearly £700 on re-doing my fish pond... it's a lot of money to me... We were talking at work and they were saying... they would rather spend their money on holidays. One ex but still pops in a lot, colleague had wanted to build an extension for her house but says she has spent money on loads of lovely holidays this year... another colleague is going to America in a few weeks and always has lovely holidays... I'm not having any vacation this year... mainly because I have to be home to drive daughter to her volunteering over the summer period.. but I don't have any money anyway as my house and my pets take a lot of money... And that's ok... we all make choices... or some things are more pressing than others... but at the same time I do find I am missing not having a vacaton this year.. On balance I am probably happy with what I have done... I'd just really like to have enough money to do both :P less
