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11-Year-Old Transgender Girl: This Is the Speech Obama Should Have Given at the Inauguration

January 24, 2013 at 11:39am

In reply to itsme123.

Well, since you’d like more info, it’s like this:

1st: I have reached a ripe old age (well past getting Social Security) and the information I’ve seen indicates no difference in longevity. I probably won’t live forever, but I seem to be healthy enough to do mountain hiking and fairly long runs.

2nd: I am concerned about the young age thing. I knew what I wanted as early as I can recall (maybe 4 years old). It was a little tough to bring it to reality: No one had done it before. By the time I was in my early 20s, I discovered how to do it (not available in America at the time), I had sufficient savings, and I took the plunge–and never looked back, or wanted to. Sooner would have been better, but it wasn’t possible at the time.

3rd. For a question not asked, but critical: does it work? The desire is to be and to be accepted as a member of the sex one is not physically born into. For some, that is impossible. For me everything went well (not perfectly). I’ve had an amazing and lucrative career and, as mentioned, I am one of you.

Trash us only as you would trash yourself. This wasn’t for fun or trivial. It was and is real.
11-Year-Old Transgender Girl: This Is the Speech Obama Should Have Given at the Inauguration

January 23, 2013 at 6:48pm

I’m glad to hear you folks are nicely negative. Settle back; enjoy yourself. We are among you. Some of us are you.

Tough luck for you–we are (most of us) conservatives. Funny thing about that–we believe in American (libertarian–not Republican) values.

Separate us out and your minority gets smaller still.
‘Let’s Go To Work’: Did Elizabeth Warren Call for America to Go Communist?

July 30, 2012 at 7:52pm

Well folks….

Warren is dangerous for the nation. But…listen carefully now, kids:

I’ve just returned from several weeks in China. There is a lot wrong and the communist system appears gradually to be warping into a more favorable capitalism. Barack should take a few pointers, as the US economy (as it formerly was) has obviously taught the Chinese a lot. Basically, China and the US are swapping positions in almost every way imaginable.

They aren’t there yet. Their signature cities (Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong) in their centers surpass your wildest capitalist dreams. But most have been built swiftly in just 30 years or so and their infrastructure has some obvious shortcomings. Still, incomes of the educated in those cities are higher than the US average and in some occupations higher than any comparison here.

Growth is slowing…how about 7%? Housing inflation is receding. It may stop; they can easily make a mistake.

The government allows dissent; it doesn’t want it to fester, but it is allowed. Newspapers report problems, so long as the Party central is OK. Central planning still exists, but it is increasingly in the background. Income tax is straightforward and less “progressive” than in the US. All property is private other than land (long-term lease).

Those in the countryside, away from the cities, without education are still not doing well.

But 30 more years and the US will swap spots with China. It is time we became capitalist
Harry Reid on Team USA’s Chinese-Made Olympic Uniforms: ‘Put Them in a Big Pile & Burn Them’

July 12, 2012 at 3:58pm

Good for Harry,

I didn’t know he had an ounce of patriotism in him (I know him personally).

As for the “slave labor” in China–same as the “slave labor” in our prisons. Are you going to turn in your license plate?

But this can all be made in the US, and since they are representing the US, it should be made here.

And so should Obama’s campaign bus.

Laurie
Rupert Murdoch: ‘Something Creepy, Maybe Even Evil’ About Scientology

July 1, 2012 at 7:55pm

In reply to grickm.

Good catch. My partner was a buddy of Hubbard in WWII. He said one day Ron told him that the way to get rich and avoid taxes was to invent a religion. So he did. And of course he was anointed with lots of cash.

PS–the initial books are crappy (yes, I did go through the introduction–that was when they told me to start giving them some big money to find out the real mysteries. I already knew them–tax shelter.
Experiment: Should This Lamb Live or Die a Colorful Guillotine Death? Artists Let Internet Decide

April 26, 2012 at 8:18pm

As a retired psychologist and now an artist I have always wondered about these things. We (our studio) sell beauty. We hope that others have the same reaction that we do.

But sometimes we see “artists” selling violence, stupidity, war and cacophony. Some use blood and rotted animal parts. Perhaps they are portraying something, but it is something that appeals to a disturbed mind.

Those in New York might want to make a trip to former Governor Rockefeller’s art presented (at least in the past) in the “Egg” in Albany. I can barely tolerate being in the room. Clearly Nelson Rockefeller was on the edge of insanity, but unfortunately had the money to indulge his fantasy–and to flatter the “artists” of depression and horror.

From Tucson
Experiment: Should This Lamb Live or Die a Colorful Guillotine Death? Artists Let Internet Decide

April 26, 2012 at 8:11pm

In reply to LOJ.

Nein is no–don’t kill the cute little thing.

“Ja” means I am very stupid and have a blood lust just for the hell of it. I also toss puppies from car windows.
Is This the First Man in History to Fly Like a Bird Flapping His DIY Wings?

March 20, 2012 at 8:04pm

Awww. I want to do that! Much jealousy.

Thanks for showing it!

Laurie
Sarah Palin Blasts GOP ‘Cannibals’ Using ‘Alinsky’ Tactics Against Gingrich

January 28, 2012 at 11:55am

Hey folks, like it or not:

Gingrich actually did a lot of great things while in the House.

Yes, he was royally peed on toward the end.

Now let’s get it straight: people hate change, particularly when they don’t control it. Who are the people upset with Gingrich’s candidacy?–the ones in charge. What will he do?– force them to bring down the crap that government is doing

What will that mean? A lot of politicians–particularly the big name ones (including Republicans) will be dumped. A lot of the DC workforce will need to find useful employment. A lot of big firms doing gov’t work will need to find other markets.

They will fight. They LOVE Obama, and they trust that a fine calm humanitarian man like Romney will not upset the apple cart. He might, but he probably won’t.

Gingrich will. He is guaranteed to piss off the establishment. We will all hate some of the ways he will do it. But the overall result will be smaller, less intrusive government.

Don’t shoot Palin. She recognizes a Rogue when she sees one. In this case, she is also recognizing someone who has been an amazing force SINCE leaving government. I’ve been on his mailing list for a decade and have seen an enormous number of fine ideas floated for downsizing government and getting control of it. I’ve seen a few crappy ones.

If you are better, this is your chance to run.

Otherwise listen to Palin–and think honestly about Gingrich. Don’t try to reinvent history.
Perry Repeats Opposition to US-Mexico Border Fence

September 4, 2011 at 11:50am

That’s all I need to know.

That nation that cannot be bothered to defend its borders, and that discriminates against its own citizens in favor of (let it be said: ) illegal foreigners has ceased to be a unique culture and has given up its role in history.

We in Arizona like Mexico and Mexicans. Other than those coming here legally, we like them in Mexico. We have lost jobs, but we have lost them because many of the illegals have left the state.

They have also left drop houses, dope, guns, violence and trash at our doors. We feel sorry for the citizens of Nogales, Sonora…but their problems should not be ours.

So long Gov. Perry. Don’t bother asking for my vote.

Laurie
Tucson, AZ
USA