tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10291496.post1716727913031202192..comments2024-03-08T08:39:44.153-08:00Comments on Poof'n'Whiffs: The Adult Wrong-Doing IndexSamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06904821424581969401noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10291496.post-56782609854169773812009-05-26T17:28:57.198-07:002009-05-26T17:28:57.198-07:00Hey Sam have you noticed that the unemployment of ...Hey Sam have you noticed that the unemployment of people (actual people) increased by 500K last month? And the month before was just as bad or worse! But the White House and its minions keep putting out the same percentage rate of folks out of a job. Somewhere on the order of 8%. Funny but the more people out of the work force, the % stays the same! What do you suppose they are all smoking up there? Or could they possible be trying to mislead us? Nah! They wouldn't do that! Not Obamamiester!! BTW, next time you see him on the tube, which is virtually every single day, watch him as he speaks. He turns from left to right and back again constantly and continuously! he NEVER, EVER, looks straight ahead! Is he afraid of eye contact with the folks in the center or does he like just talking to the "fringe" elements? Maybe they haven't figured out how to get a teleprompter directly in front of him. Bye Now!Everetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992573194167721951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10291496.post-10250577120720045792009-05-26T10:34:30.497-07:002009-05-26T10:34:30.497-07:00Well good point about individual will versus colle...Well good point about individual will versus collective statistics. But the fact that since 2002 or so, we see a deterioration in the index of child welfare, especially pronounced since 2005 and 2006. Before that, all that nasty rates like for teen pregnancy, drug use, suicide, and child mortality had been going down, nearly all the metrics. To I was speaking in relative terms here.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06904821424581969401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10291496.post-34990245071315728462009-05-26T09:39:28.862-07:002009-05-26T09:39:28.862-07:00Ray Dean, I don't think we can go back to the old ...Ray Dean, I don't think we can go back to the old ways even if we wanted. I am not even sure how far you need to go back to get to the "old ways", since I am 52 and these problems have been talked about seemingly for my entire life. You would probably have to go back to pre WWll times to get to the old ways. I will take a stab at this here and say that from what I have seen, these problems are, in large part, a combination of socio-economic status and the expectations as to the future that those within that group have around an individual. Sure, an individual can lift them self up from their surroundings, but if they are born into poverty and everyone around them has low expectations it is just unlikely to occur. <br />ThomasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10291496.post-59501285433271748542009-05-26T04:09:47.981-07:002009-05-26T04:09:47.981-07:00Ok, my reply is full of Hate Speech so you probabl...Ok, my reply is full of Hate Speech so you probably won't even consider I may be on the right track. Lets look for a second at how things were in the US say, 20-40 years ago. If a girl got pregnant while still in school she basically had limited choices. She could get an illegal abortion. She could(go hide in a different town with an out of state Aunt during 3rd trimester) then give the child up for adoption. She could go (again usually outside the area) to a school/home for unwed mothers, have the child, go to school part time, hold a job, and live in poverty. Remember, those were backwards times! Girls/women didn't have a lot of choices. Their was no child/new mother welfare. In short, being a single mom was NOT "ok" . In my school, a school that avg about 120 per grade only one girl got pregnant during 9th grade(prominent family/didnt matter, shipped to school for unwed mothers) and one other girl got pregnant before graduation but delivered after graduation. These were uncaring/backwards times. However, notice the pregnancy rates quoted? Now we are aware, concerned, compassionate! What are the teen pregnancy rated here in the Valley?? We give them lots of choices! Sex ed, birth control( in most cases DRs don't even have to tell the parents daughter is on pill)and a society with Tv, and movie stars and magazines that say it is "ok" to be a single mom.The state provides food stamps, education assistance and day care assistance. See how compassionate we are now?? Well, everyone but me, I am a right wing hate monger. I wonder if we shouldn't at least think/talk about going back to the old ways.<br /><br /> Of course, you can't say that out loud. Bill Cosby speaks often about getting jobs, taking responsibility, getting an education etc. The black community mostly hates him/he is routinely booed when he speaks.<br /><br />RayDeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10291496.post-3997636119023066892009-05-25T17:17:39.742-07:002009-05-25T17:17:39.742-07:00It all started with "Hey Jude" on the Ed Sullivan ...It all started with "Hey Jude" on the Ed Sullivan Show. You're right, I need to post something more intelligent than that!Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06904821424581969401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10291496.post-5557141217440127502009-05-25T14:48:11.472-07:002009-05-25T14:48:11.472-07:00How about this as the cause of all in the US going...How about this as the cause of all in the US going bad, Sam: reality television shows.<br />ThomasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com