tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post6579740626858559672..comments2024-03-07T00:20:16.083-07:00Comments on Denton Sanatorium: Rant and Ravejenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313127576303289593noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-43729259059615391512010-05-23T20:33:01.501-07:002010-05-23T20:33:01.501-07:00We got into a big talk about this when I was in Da...We got into a big talk about this when I was in Dallas this weekend. They really are in it only to be re-elected, and it's ridiculous.<br /><br />You'd think they could care about the country and the people they represent, but that just isn't the agenda.<br /><br />"/<br /><br />PS. I am home now and will post the rest of my women's conference talk tomorrow.Susan Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16049586085703324088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-11955493658090099642010-05-23T18:41:18.598-07:002010-05-23T18:41:18.598-07:00I finally started writing to letters to the editor...I finally started writing to letters to the editor to the AZ Republic and other local papers.<br /><br />Never published.<br /><br />I share your rant.<br /><br />I also wonder why we need to take the speed cameras off our death-trap freeways and lose that 60 million plus in yearly revenues because some people feel they shouldn't be infringed upon to follow rules!<br /><br />I never used to be political but man oh man, I am just getting outraged at our government here.<br /><br />And since I have totally deviated from Alphabe-Thursday's Letter "R" let me just say that this I applaud this post!<br /><br />And I give you an A+ Mesa sister.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462124067637610359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-57547707701006212682010-05-23T14:32:58.237-07:002010-05-23T14:32:58.237-07:00I dont understand half the things the government d...I dont understand half the things the government does.....I just try to stay out of it....chicken I know, but otherwise it just makes me want to scream......or rant...lolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15021606262983197541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-80040174397212365832010-05-21T15:34:44.080-07:002010-05-21T15:34:44.080-07:00I completely agree with you. As Jess so eloquentl...I completely agree with you. As Jess so eloquently put it "someone needs to just say 'that's a great idea- I'm sure it'd be a great program BUT WE JUST CAN'T AFFORD IT RIGHT NOW'".Amanda Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734403350649651877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-74668648178554556172010-05-21T12:56:00.912-07:002010-05-21T12:56:00.912-07:00Girl you certainly got your Rant On! I would vote ...Girl you certainly got your Rant On! I would vote for you too. ;o) <br />Some days it seems like anyone could run our government better than our elected and appointed officials.Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129372114193004027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-61381483009588059132010-05-21T08:37:24.711-07:002010-05-21T08:37:24.711-07:00Wow! R definitely got your juices flowing. I hope ...Wow! R definitely got your juices flowing. I hope you feel better getting that off your chest. Scary times we live in, no doubt.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843459906469325667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-17328099451803879832010-05-20T23:14:12.420-07:002010-05-20T23:14:12.420-07:00I read your blog from time to time because you rea...I read your blog from time to time because you read my I Heart Mesa blog (and you live down the street from my in-laws). <br /><br />I just have to say amen as well. Your words are true.<br /><br />I say cut the standardized testing. That'll save us a load and lessen stress on teachers and kids. <br /><br />(And I do have to say, there might be a few upcoming politicians that are willing to say no to more spending. My brother-in-law is running mostly in part because he is tired of the lies and knows that we can't keep spending. We have to cut. It's not a popular thought, but he'll stick to it.)Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05272683965044763205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-32230538850938519962010-05-20T18:04:25.583-07:002010-05-20T18:04:25.583-07:00I agree completely- someone needs to just say '...I agree completely- someone needs to just say 'that's a great idea- I'm sure it'd be a great program BUT WE JUST CAN'T AFFORD IT RIGHT NOW' like a good grown-up would. But alas none are brave enough or smart enough to do so.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232281608898358053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-90461473710463810652010-05-20T17:21:55.353-07:002010-05-20T17:21:55.353-07:00Applauding wildly over here in Oklahoma! :)Applauding wildly over here in Oklahoma! :)Beth Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07047047792782914757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-58568432931112902832010-05-20T16:58:32.852-07:002010-05-20T16:58:32.852-07:00Cut the Ospreys and F22s from the military budget....Cut the Ospreys and F22s from the military budget. We don't even use them, except for air shows.Julie Kwiatkowski Schulerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00292349838507731268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-53209716027269233222010-05-20T16:32:09.826-07:002010-05-20T16:32:09.826-07:00I never could understand how funds work but I keep...I never could understand how funds work but I keep hearing wrong-doing of this man/woman in office but I doubt it's easy being in their shoes<br /><br />thanks for your visitlissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012085842881252635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-9366497703796537082010-05-20T15:18:30.313-07:002010-05-20T15:18:30.313-07:00You know what? I LOVED your rant. I just looked a...You know what? I LOVED your rant. I just looked at my husband the other day and said, "The whole world has gone mad." As a teacher in the public school system, I completely agree with the fact that expectations need to be lowered, it is insane what "the powers that be" are expecting children to do. What do teachers know anyway. Also, the budget cuts in education are felt everywhere from the staff to the students to the families. This year we are all pulling supplies out of closets and trading, because we only get 200 dollars for supplies, cut from 550 (I have 72 students; 2.77 per child) which means that parents and families will need to buy more for their children, when they are hurting as well. Yet, in my town, the federal government passed "highway" project which costs a total of 2.5 million dollars (building walls and widening the freeway at only two exits a one mile stretch) OUTRAGEOUS!!!! Let's spend less on education and more on the highway so we can get to our non-existent jobs faster!!! "Breathe in, Breathe out..."Jennifer Petropouloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808627301463387809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-50499006798464452082010-05-20T14:42:34.280-07:002010-05-20T14:42:34.280-07:00Until every person in the U.S. (congress people an...Until every person in the U.S. (congress people and citizens) wrap their minds around the fact that everyone has to face reality, I think we are doomed. We have become and instant society. Everyone wants things when they want it and don't want to wait until they have the money. I could go on and on about this but I'll stop. I get too hyped up LOL.Vikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14421161703991840468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-66687775798949612642010-05-20T14:22:57.329-07:002010-05-20T14:22:57.329-07:00You've dashed my hopes. I've been eyeing ...You've dashed my hopes. I've been eyeing your neck of the woods in the event that CA becomes impossible to survive in. (We're almost there!) Don't stop speaking up - I think more and more of us need to step forward and start a common sense chain reaction!karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16313237142656662148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-28503701030303395792010-05-20T13:12:33.421-07:002010-05-20T13:12:33.421-07:00It sounds to me as though you may have a few follo...It sounds to me as though you may have a few followers here. Have you considered running for office in your spare time ; )<br />DanaDana @ Bungalow'56https://www.blogger.com/profile/14925373078487563897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-49035746662787881092010-05-20T12:58:11.780-07:002010-05-20T12:58:11.780-07:00"Isn't there anyone left in public servic..."Isn't there anyone left in public service with a drop of common sense?" the answer is yes, but sadly these are the people without a lot of political clout ... and they will never have it because they are the unpopular kids on the political playground ... It's all just one big giant game ...Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270665398498790951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-35256880057689506802010-05-20T10:40:44.588-07:002010-05-20T10:40:44.588-07:00I totally agree with you... illegals are breaking ...I totally agree with you... illegals are breaking this country in more ways than one!!Together We Savehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17294423259234525733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-53519459366808042252010-05-20T10:12:55.709-07:002010-05-20T10:12:55.709-07:00Great rant...and don't even get me started on ...Great rant...and don't even get me started on that Illegal Immigration issue. Just think what we could do with all the money we spend on health care, education, law enforcement, etc. for the illegals.(Let's) GO FLY A KITE!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12924590911734470629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-14766276768631139612010-05-20T09:24:43.428-07:002010-05-20T09:24:43.428-07:00Help me understand this - My children's elemen...Help me understand this - My children's elementary school looses work books that were tax funed at a cost of $8000.00+ for one year. No more school work books. Yet our state will fund an illegal pregnancy which surely comes close to costing $8000.00 which in turn makes that illegal pregnancy/child a legal citizen - At the cost of my entire schools work books. It's time we all wake up and look beyond the xugar coating.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05580057302414400125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-31418489948358303092010-05-20T09:07:16.243-07:002010-05-20T09:07:16.243-07:00Love it! My children protest when I cut out non-e...Love it! My children protest when I cut out non-essentials like hershey's syrup and store bought cookies, but I am simply trying to teach them about budgeting and saving and all those other good things. They might learn the ideas in the schools, but they won't see them applied. Ex.: $100k grand pianos for the high schools... among others. I am afraid it is just the start of things to come. <br /><br />ps thank your husband for passing on the secret to the humungus carrots!Jen Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292070073995166056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-68232599020328720592010-05-20T08:03:54.639-07:002010-05-20T08:03:54.639-07:00It seems like it is the same every where with poli...It seems like it is the same every where with politics. The gouvernment wants to pay billions for starfighter aeroplanes, and they want to cut down on childrenscare and old peoples and sick peoples care. We all get sick and tired of it. Great R postMy name is Riethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794447909120646155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-57311898169686521192010-05-20T07:09:18.083-07:002010-05-20T07:09:18.083-07:00please keep speaking your mind. The world needs to...please keep speaking your mind. The world needs to hear it. Common sense people. And where we live we pay $500 for our kids to ride the bus..to public school. Ridiculous.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00941799264944510946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-45369227684578501402010-05-20T07:04:23.800-07:002010-05-20T07:04:23.800-07:00Amen sista! The library issue you mentioned remin...Amen sista! The library issue you mentioned reminds me of a local school district in the KC area. (Actually the district I grew up in.)<br /><br />Two years ago budget cuts were HUGE. Just at the same time schools needed BIG improvements. New AC units, railing, painting, flooring...you name it they needed it. (It's an old district with old buildings.)<br /><br />The district asked the public for help. They pleaded that if these services could be done by donation programs would not have to be cut because the money would still be there. They dedicated two weekends in the summer to revamp the schools. ALL THE SUPPLIES AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLED LABOR WAS DONATED. Thousands of people turned out to support their local school. This allowed funding to not be cut for the important stuff...education.<br /><br />Which brings me to my point: if we the people are smart enough to come together for such a revamp project...why can't we elect people who are like minded?<br /><br />Just my two pennies...Have a blessed day!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17896795458035715673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-63780645487163213332010-05-20T06:20:32.603-07:002010-05-20T06:20:32.603-07:00Oh no PLEASE keep standing on your soap box! I lo...Oh no PLEASE keep standing on your soap box! I love it. This crazy spending is SO ridiculous...it's no different than someone racking up credit card debt because they "need" one more thing..a big screen TV, new clothes, fancy dinners out! I think some of us mothers who've had to budget like crazy in our lifetimes...cut everything but the bare essentials...should get together and start slashing.<br />And what's next...all day preschool to keep up with all day kindergarten? It just never stops...all these wants turn to needs and soon we are just awful people for not supporting this or that.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912466557223829314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750966252794891890.post-77660188778085597682010-05-20T06:08:46.403-07:002010-05-20T06:08:46.403-07:00This may sound ridiculous, but hear me out--
After...This may sound ridiculous, but hear me out--<br />After living in Phoenix, I wondered why on earth the United Stated government would ever allow people to build up a humongous city in an unnatural, uninhabitable land. It is not naturally a place that can sustain life, and yet bazillions of dollars are spent to make it inhabitable...the water in all of those pools that dot each neighborhood and resorts, the energy strain from running air conditioners 9 out of 12 months a year-- has to come from other states. Talk about poor judgement and wastefulness--I've just never understood that a bit. Phoenix should've been declared a wasteland and left alone. And yet, every time I've visited, it's just grown bigger and bigger. <br />I have always wondered what would happen if, for whatever reason, water and energy couldn't get to Arizonans what would happen? It'd become a terribly huge ghost town.<br />Like I said, makes no sense to me to put people in a place that's naturally uninhabitable.<br />Common sense died a long time ago.<br />I'd vote for you too!Momzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01078211684662158122noreply@blogger.com