Aug 4 2012: I understand your basic point but It's not about getting into office it's what the parties do with their collective power when they are in office.
For example: The supreme court upheld that Obama care was constitutional. The republican party did not want this law to pass. One of the judges who voted to uphold it happened to be a republican.
What is that judge's job on the supreme court? To make rulings on the law or to do what the republican party tells him to do?
According to the republicans in office his job was to do what they wanted to, they castrated him all over the media for going against what his party wanted.
or like my original example When they basically said give is what we want on this tax law or we will vote down every single law no matter what it is.
I see this as a huge problem.
If a person is republican or democrat or a space alien, they should look at a proposed bill and use their own brain and vote yes or no on what they believe is right or wrong.
Aug 3 2012: the bottom line is the government has/is collapsing. Arizona went Nazi when they decided to make a law that required all Latin looking people to provide "papers" when asked. That was appalling. Thank god that was over turned. still these things and so many others make me wonder why I stay here.
Jun 8 2012: .
1: Forgive yourself. Everyone makes mistakes.
2: Writing in a journal is a helpful tool in letting things go. There are often times where something happened to me during the course of the day that just sticks with me and festers. "why didn't I say this to that person" or "How dare they do this". The simple act of writing your thoughts out in a journal is very therapeutic. (and you never know if you want to write a book about yourself one day. a ongoing journal will make it easy to write)
3: Don't wait. Do you like that girl or that guy? thinking about going to collage? Want to pick up reading again? whatever it is, don't wait. Waiting usually only prolongs everything and most of the time it will never happen. How long have you been thinking of going back to school? If you started when you first thought of it would you be done by now? Since you didn't talk to that person you liked, how long has it been since you first met, has it been so long that it's just weird to be anything more then you are now? Did you ever get around to making that vacation trip? Most of the time it's not the right time for anything and if we only did things when it's the right time we would never do anything or get anything done. Don't wait, jet started today.
4: Play the game: I've always seen "brown nosers" and "fake" people in a bad lite and never liked them (think political figures who say things they don’t mean). Anyone acting in a way that is not real bothered me and I would never do that. But the simple act of maybe showing a little more interest and "playing the game" would have gone a long way and making work/life a lot better. Being true to your self is one thing. but not doing something only for the sake of
5:There are always more then one way to view something. Think about all other side and the other views to really understand something.
6: Don't settle for doing the bare minimum required, list 6 things even though you only need 5.
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For example: The supreme court upheld that Obama care was constitutional. The republican party did not want this law to pass. One of the judges who voted to uphold it happened to be a republican.
What is that judge's job on the supreme court? To make rulings on the law or to do what the republican party tells him to do?
According to the republicans in office his job was to do what they wanted to, they castrated him all over the media for going against what his party wanted.
or like my original example When they basically said give is what we want on this tax law or we will vote down every single law no matter what it is.
I see this as a huge problem.
If a person is republican or democrat or a space alien, they should look at a proposed bill and use their own brain and vote yes or no on what they believe is right or wrong.
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1: Forgive yourself. Everyone makes mistakes.
2: Writing in a journal is a helpful tool in letting things go. There are often times where something happened to me during the course of the day that just sticks with me and festers. "why didn't I say this to that person" or "How dare they do this". The simple act of writing your thoughts out in a journal is very therapeutic. (and you never know if you want to write a book about yourself one day. a ongoing journal will make it easy to write)
3: Don't wait. Do you like that girl or that guy? thinking about going to collage? Want to pick up reading again? whatever it is, don't wait. Waiting usually only prolongs everything and most of the time it will never happen. How long have you been thinking of going back to school? If you started when you first thought of it would you be done by now? Since you didn't talk to that person you liked, how long has it been since you first met, has it been so long that it's just weird to be anything more then you are now? Did you ever get around to making that vacation trip? Most of the time it's not the right time for anything and if we only did things when it's the right time we would never do anything or get anything done. Don't wait, jet started today.
4: Play the game: I've always seen "brown nosers" and "fake" people in a bad lite and never liked them (think political figures who say things they don’t mean). Anyone acting in a way that is not real bothered me and I would never do that. But the simple act of maybe showing a little more interest and "playing the game" would have gone a long way and making work/life a lot better. Being true to your self is one thing. but not doing something only for the sake of
5:There are always more then one way to view something. Think about all other side and the other views to really understand something.
6: Don't settle for doing the bare minimum required, list 6 things even though you only need 5.