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Pretzel_Warrior

(8,361 posts)
1. I love these on their own merits
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 12:40 AM
Jan 2014

But I love them even more knowing how much the sour puss crybabies hate it.

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
2. Thank you, sheshe.
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 12:49 AM
Jan 2014

I understand President Obama has indicated plans to use every bit of executive power the office affords to do something for the longterm unemployed.

You might be interested in the new handyman who came highly recommended by someone I've learned to trust; he's been looking over several jobs at the house that must wait until the weather eases up a bit. Meanwhile his wife came along to visit with me at a time when I was, let's say, feeling rather down. She sat with me 7 hours one day; we talked about a lot of personal things, both of us, though not politics directly because I usually try to avoid that in RedNeckLand unless necessary. A lot of these nut jobs are just getting way too dangerous, so I generally use the newspaper to pass the word.

Anyway, she's good at saying things w/o actually saying them, too. That plus both of them saw the Obama pictures in the living room, along with LFR's donkey painting, and didn't storm out in a hypocritical snit speaks volumes to me. I know how these people are here in general, and many if not most wouldn't spit on me if I were on fire. The husband works at a seasonal contracting job but gets thrown on unemployment and his own devices in between. The wife has some severe medical problems, and of course until ACA they seldom if ever had health coverage. Now they do and are so very grateful. I feel I might've met a couple new friends with compatible hearts. You know I'm going to love anyone who appreciates President Obama.

sheshe2

(87,272 posts)
3. Thank you for sharing your story.
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 01:04 AM
Jan 2014

Telling is it not. Do you feel it, do you see it? Indeed you do, times they are a changing.



Yes, I did read that the President is going to use executive powers to help the unemployed. It is changing Irish~

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
6. I can't be sure what their politics were in times past; possibly GOP considering this is such a
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 07:25 AM
Jan 2014

blood-red area. But I do sense a little thawing in the general political atmosphere, and I thoroughly celebrate the slightest hint.

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
7. You know it's unlike me to spend such a single long stretch talking with anyone, much less
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 07:41 AM
Jan 2014

a person I just met. But that lady has been through the mill really worse than I have, and there's a certain special level of understanding from such people. I'm often in awe of how some manage to remain good souls when they've been through such trials by fire. I know my own experiences have let me off far easier than many.

And for better or worse, I pretty much stuck to things that are public knowledge already because they happened here. Whether I was holding back about the past to protect myself or spare my company or a combination of both, it was still very healing to have someone around who had no ax to grind with me and who has been through a lot more herself. January is my worst month every year, March is hers. She's a bit reclusive too, except for family, so neither of us is likely to become one of my most dreaded conditions, 'underfoot'.

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
8. Yes it is, and I won't shed a tear for them either.
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 07:45 AM
Jan 2014

Though I do try to keep that smirk off my face, only because it might disaffect a potential voter. So I try to go for the serene Buddha look.

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