If you think the country will be a better place for you if those currently trying to rule this country win, you're wrong. If you think the country will be a better place for your children if those currently trying to rule this country win, you're wrong. If you think the country will be a better place for your grandchildren if those currently trying to rule this country win, you're wrong. I am sure you are wrong because everything they do is to benefit only one group, and you are probably not a part of that group, your children are losing opportunities to ever aspire to be part of that group and your grandchildren won't know that opportunities to be part of that group ever existed. It used to be that if you were an honest laborer and you worked very, very hard you had an opportunity to reach a level of great wealth. How often have you heard a very rich person say that they started from nothing? But now, they want to give those who already are rich the power to stay rich and get richer by taking opportunities away from the hard working laborer. Like by taking jobs away, and cutting pay, and asking the hard working people to pay more, and taking health care options away, and asking hard working people to pay more for less, and taking away the freedom to bargain for a decent wage and decent working conditions and basically making us all slaves. Please don't take offence to that, a slave is one forced to work for nothing and treated with disdain, and that's what we are all becoming. Now our children are even worse off because if they are lucky enough to get a job, they sure as hell won't do anything to lose that job, so they will work really, really hard for very little pay and be treated with no respect and thank someone everyday that they are working and won't think at all about the possibility of being rich. And our grandchildern will watch their parents work really, really hard for very little pay and know that they will do the same. OR THEY WILL STAND UP AND SAY NO MORE AND WISH LIKE HELL THEIR PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS HAD DONE THAT AND FIGHT LIKE HELL TO LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM WHICH WAS SNATCHED AWAY BY A GROUP OF SELF RIGHTIOUS EGOMANIACS WITH NO CONSCIENCE WHO CARED NOTHING ABOUT THIS COUNTRY BUT CARED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR WHICH THEY HAD PLENTY OF AND COULDN'T STAND THE THOUGHT OF HAVING TO GIVE ANY OF IT UP OR NOT BEING ABLE TO GRAB MORE!!! I will say one thing for those who are trying to rule this country, they are smart enough to know that what they are putting through will take years to undo, and when it is finally undone, because our grandchildren will win, they'll be dead, or dying, or too damn rich to care.
Rosemary
Friday, October 14, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Responding to responders
I really want the blog to be where a dialogue takes place, so here are my thoughts on some of the responses to my last post. First, I totally disagree that those who lean more towards the left have a "talking head" as ridiculous as Ann Coulter. I do not believe that those who speak in favor of the policies of the President, or the policies of the Democratic Party, use the vehicle of propaganda to the degree that the Republicans do, and they do not out right lie. I realize that it is the addicited viewers of Fox News, and not intelligent people, who listen to the Ann Coulters, but these people vote, so yes, this concerns me. Please don't infer that I lack intelligence because the Ann Coulters of the world frighten me. She is heard and she is believed so anyone with intelligence should be wary of her and her kind. No, I have not been in a coma since 2005. Presidents of the past have been disagreed with, they have been disliked, but they have not been as disrespected as this president has. I don't recall members of the opposing party yelling "Liar!" I don't recall watching presidential addresses and seeing members of congress working crossword puzzles or texting on their cell phones. I don't recall any member of congress stating he would not be attending an address because he was going to a Louisanna State football game. Finally, CNN is not the Fox News of the left. It is balanced reporting. Perhaps you are mixing it up with MSNBC which has reporters that dispute the lies and the rhetoric of those who are working to ensure that President Obama is a one term president. I watch it every chance I get. Go Ed!
Rosemary
Rosemary
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Hello out there, are you listening?
Hello? Are you there?
While you were sleeping...
Don't know, don't care.
No time, too busy.
What? When did that happen?
Well, what does it mean to us now?
They can't do that!
Um, they did.
Please, no matter how busy you are, no matter how tired you are, pay attention. Watch the news, read the paper. We are not being "governed" we are being led down a very ugly path. What is happening in Michigan is not a reinvention but a destruction. What is happening, or better, not happening in the nation is a controlled agenda by the republicans to oust President Obama because he is black, and the citizens of this country be damned! They are that prejudiced and that anal. I mean, look at them! Could they be any tighter? Scary when it's your way or the highway (remember a guy named Hitler?). The dominate party right now is the Republican Party, and in Michigan they are steam-rolling legislation that will create two distinct classes, the very rich and the poor. In Washington they are blocking every chance to get the country back to where it once was, productive, protective, innovative, and respected. The republican presidential candidates share a common thread, they want to control, they want power, they think they are right (and that's the scariest thing), and they do not know the reality of our world. They are rich, and if they didn't grow up rich, they have been rich for a very long time, and they truly think they are better than us. The very rich just do, it's a fact. And those that think they are superior may pretend to care, but they don't. I am tired, I am frustrated, I am depressed, I am writing my representatives and those in other districts that I have issues with, every day. I am talking about the injustices being done to the workers in this state and country, I am trying to get you, who may be sleeping, to wake up. I am really scared and if your aren't you aren't paying attention. Please start. Oh, and watch this! Tell me what you think, I really need to know.
Rosemary
While you were sleeping...
Don't know, don't care.
No time, too busy.
What? When did that happen?
Well, what does it mean to us now?
They can't do that!
Um, they did.
Please, no matter how busy you are, no matter how tired you are, pay attention. Watch the news, read the paper. We are not being "governed" we are being led down a very ugly path. What is happening in Michigan is not a reinvention but a destruction. What is happening, or better, not happening in the nation is a controlled agenda by the republicans to oust President Obama because he is black, and the citizens of this country be damned! They are that prejudiced and that anal. I mean, look at them! Could they be any tighter? Scary when it's your way or the highway (remember a guy named Hitler?). The dominate party right now is the Republican Party, and in Michigan they are steam-rolling legislation that will create two distinct classes, the very rich and the poor. In Washington they are blocking every chance to get the country back to where it once was, productive, protective, innovative, and respected. The republican presidential candidates share a common thread, they want to control, they want power, they think they are right (and that's the scariest thing), and they do not know the reality of our world. They are rich, and if they didn't grow up rich, they have been rich for a very long time, and they truly think they are better than us. The very rich just do, it's a fact. And those that think they are superior may pretend to care, but they don't. I am tired, I am frustrated, I am depressed, I am writing my representatives and those in other districts that I have issues with, every day. I am talking about the injustices being done to the workers in this state and country, I am trying to get you, who may be sleeping, to wake up. I am really scared and if your aren't you aren't paying attention. Please start. Oh, and watch this! Tell me what you think, I really need to know.
Rosemary
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Sen. Phil Pavlov has the idea that privitizing instructional services, aka, teachers for hire, is the way to go, so I wrote him.
I guess what I want to know is who will these private companies be that will contract out the instructional people who will teach Michigan's children? How will these companies get their start-up money? Who has approached you as being interested in "owning" a company that will employ teachers for hire? Will the private companies that employ the people who will be contracted out to teach in Michigan schools be accountable in any way for the progress made by the children taught by their employees? How will the new laws that have affected teacher tenure and teacher evaluations be impacted by privitization? If a teacher is hired to teach a subject at a certain grade level through a private company and a parent wants to meet after the day of pay ends, and the parents gets a bit irate because the teacher is done for the day, who will handle that issue, the school or the company that employs the teacher? Boy, with every question I ask I think of more, because this is what I do, this is what I know. You do not have a clue, and like China you are ready to turn out a faulty product to save a buck. Shame on you and your cronies who see dollar signs at every turn and the people be damned! This idea is repulsive, and damning, and if you know that you are criminal and if you don't know that you are a moran.
Rosemary
I guess what I want to know is who will these private companies be that will contract out the instructional people who will teach Michigan's children? How will these companies get their start-up money? Who has approached you as being interested in "owning" a company that will employ teachers for hire? Will the private companies that employ the people who will be contracted out to teach in Michigan schools be accountable in any way for the progress made by the children taught by their employees? How will the new laws that have affected teacher tenure and teacher evaluations be impacted by privitization? If a teacher is hired to teach a subject at a certain grade level through a private company and a parent wants to meet after the day of pay ends, and the parents gets a bit irate because the teacher is done for the day, who will handle that issue, the school or the company that employs the teacher? Boy, with every question I ask I think of more, because this is what I do, this is what I know. You do not have a clue, and like China you are ready to turn out a faulty product to save a buck. Shame on you and your cronies who see dollar signs at every turn and the people be damned! This idea is repulsive, and damning, and if you know that you are criminal and if you don't know that you are a moran.
Rosemary
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Wrote a lot tonight. READ, RESPOND
To Rep. Tom McMillin
Good Evening,
In a Free Press article today regarding the passage of SB 7 it states that you have said that this change will bring significant relief to taxpayers, possibly reaching into the hundreds of millions of dollars. You are quoted as saying, "We don't know precisely what the savings will be, but they will be large. Will you please explain to me how, as a taxpayer, I will be saving money? I am one of the public employees who have already lost wages in the form of an additional 3% tax on my earnings to pay for someone else's future benefits. I will now be paying 20% of my health care costs. I don't know as of yet what my salary will be this year as our contract is being negotiated, (dare I use that word?). I will be paying the same amount of income tax on my earnings as I did last year. I don't see where I am saving money. Private sector workers who are not losing wages to new laws, are still paying the same amount of tax on income so how does this change save them money? I fail to see the wonderment of this and so many other laws that have been passed under this administration. I have said all along, I am willing to "share" the sacrifice, but I am not willing to carry the entire burden. I am not willing to lose money, job security, and professional dignity. I am not willing to sit back and watch those much less fortunate than me be desimated. How do you sleep at night Mr. McMillin? Please do not respond with anything about how you too will pay more for health care. If you would be willing to reveal your net worth, I would be happy to reveal mine. I know you too took a pay cut, but you still have a $10,000 expense account, I do not. You also have been at your job for far fewer years than I have been at mine and have less education, yet you earn what I do. So, just tell me how I am saving money, how all the new laws will make my life better here in Michigan, how the new laws will be better for my children and grandchildren. Oh, I might mention that my son and daughter-in-law are teachers and have two small children. The hit they have taken has changed their life style, which was pretty moderate to begin with. How has your lifestyle changed? Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I await your response.
Letter to the Free Press (similar to above)
I read the article in the Free Press regarding the passage of the law that will now require Michigan public school and local government employees to pay more of the cost of their health care insurance. In this article, State Rep. Tom McMillin is said to have stated that this change will bring significant relief to taxpayers, possibly reaching into the hundreds of millions of dollars each year. He is quoted as saying, "We don't know precisely what the savings will be, but they will be large." So I wrote him and asked him to explain how, as a taxpayer, I will be saving money. I am one of the public employees who have already lost wages in the form of an additional 3% tax on my earnings to pay for someone else's future benefits. I will now be paying 20% of my health care costs. I don't know as of yet what my salary will be this year as our contract is being negotiated, (dare I use that word?). I will be paying the same amount of income tax on my earnings as I did last year. I don't see where I am saving money. Private sector workers who are not losing wages to new laws are still paying the same amount of tax on income so how does this change save them money? Then I read a letter to the editor and was chastised as a greedy teacher wanting nothing more than to continue to suck dry the public trough. Dear writer of that letter, the public did not elect this administration to decimate the middle class. Those who did vote for the governor because he stated he would "reinvent" Michigan, I am sure did not see that to mean businesses would get big tax breaks and the workers of this state would pay for that. Make no mistake, cut taxes for businesses and they will pocket the profits and no jobs will come. Make the lives of public employees and the working poor more stressful, less profitable, less secure and they won't spend a dime of their cut salaries on anything not needed. I would say the Governor is definitely reinventing Michigan so he is doing what he said he would, and we need to vote him and his cronies out before there is nothing left of Michigan to save.
To Mr. Henderson, editorial page editor of the Free Press, (damn I misspelled editorial!)
Dear Mr. Henderson,
As the editoral page editor you have a responsibility to presents facts to counter facts printed in your paper. Here is what I am asking you to do, write an article that presents the fact about ACT as a profit making enterprise. Write an article that compares the percentage of 11th grade students tested from state to state because not all states test 100% of their 11th graders as Michigan does. Write an article that explains what a subgroup is, how many students it takes to make up a subgroup and how a very large district will have many more subgroups than a very small district. Write an article that speak to the fact that the United States tests students at a far greater rate than any other country and those other countries do better on standardized tests because they do not rely on them to determine their excellence. Write an article that expains just what the ACT test was originally designed for and what is has become and why. Write an article that exposes that we are only allowed to give diplomas to students who can do a curriculum that is not necessary for all of the type of work a society needs to function and that many of these professions are trades that hands on experience is necessary for not lecture hall experience. Write an article that speaks to the cost of college that puts students into lifelong debt, but once graduated all a new graduate can find is a minimum wage job with no chance to move on up. Write an article that explains why a factory worker, good job by the way, needs a college degree at all. Write an article that explains what college or career ready means, because I think it means you show up on time or better yet, early. You work hard and don't complain. You listen, you show respect, you ask appropriate questions, appropriately, you desire to learn more and do better, you can work with others, you know when to speak up and when to shut up, and you are accountable for your actions or inactions. What test tests these skills? Write about that. I would, but I am a teacher and I just don't have the time.
(Made an error on my zip code, soooo, sent this to Mr. Henderson)
Zip is 48187 by the way, typo. Another skill those who are ready for college or a career should have, that of stepping back, reviewing and amending. Time tests do not allow for reflection, why don't you write about that.
Good Evening,
In a Free Press article today regarding the passage of SB 7 it states that you have said that this change will bring significant relief to taxpayers, possibly reaching into the hundreds of millions of dollars. You are quoted as saying, "We don't know precisely what the savings will be, but they will be large. Will you please explain to me how, as a taxpayer, I will be saving money? I am one of the public employees who have already lost wages in the form of an additional 3% tax on my earnings to pay for someone else's future benefits. I will now be paying 20% of my health care costs. I don't know as of yet what my salary will be this year as our contract is being negotiated, (dare I use that word?). I will be paying the same amount of income tax on my earnings as I did last year. I don't see where I am saving money. Private sector workers who are not losing wages to new laws, are still paying the same amount of tax on income so how does this change save them money? I fail to see the wonderment of this and so many other laws that have been passed under this administration. I have said all along, I am willing to "share" the sacrifice, but I am not willing to carry the entire burden. I am not willing to lose money, job security, and professional dignity. I am not willing to sit back and watch those much less fortunate than me be desimated. How do you sleep at night Mr. McMillin? Please do not respond with anything about how you too will pay more for health care. If you would be willing to reveal your net worth, I would be happy to reveal mine. I know you too took a pay cut, but you still have a $10,000 expense account, I do not. You also have been at your job for far fewer years than I have been at mine and have less education, yet you earn what I do. So, just tell me how I am saving money, how all the new laws will make my life better here in Michigan, how the new laws will be better for my children and grandchildren. Oh, I might mention that my son and daughter-in-law are teachers and have two small children. The hit they have taken has changed their life style, which was pretty moderate to begin with. How has your lifestyle changed? Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I await your response.
Letter to the Free Press (similar to above)
I read the article in the Free Press regarding the passage of the law that will now require Michigan public school and local government employees to pay more of the cost of their health care insurance. In this article, State Rep. Tom McMillin is said to have stated that this change will bring significant relief to taxpayers, possibly reaching into the hundreds of millions of dollars each year. He is quoted as saying, "We don't know precisely what the savings will be, but they will be large." So I wrote him and asked him to explain how, as a taxpayer, I will be saving money. I am one of the public employees who have already lost wages in the form of an additional 3% tax on my earnings to pay for someone else's future benefits. I will now be paying 20% of my health care costs. I don't know as of yet what my salary will be this year as our contract is being negotiated, (dare I use that word?). I will be paying the same amount of income tax on my earnings as I did last year. I don't see where I am saving money. Private sector workers who are not losing wages to new laws are still paying the same amount of tax on income so how does this change save them money? Then I read a letter to the editor and was chastised as a greedy teacher wanting nothing more than to continue to suck dry the public trough. Dear writer of that letter, the public did not elect this administration to decimate the middle class. Those who did vote for the governor because he stated he would "reinvent" Michigan, I am sure did not see that to mean businesses would get big tax breaks and the workers of this state would pay for that. Make no mistake, cut taxes for businesses and they will pocket the profits and no jobs will come. Make the lives of public employees and the working poor more stressful, less profitable, less secure and they won't spend a dime of their cut salaries on anything not needed. I would say the Governor is definitely reinventing Michigan so he is doing what he said he would, and we need to vote him and his cronies out before there is nothing left of Michigan to save.
To Mr. Henderson, editorial page editor of the Free Press, (damn I misspelled editorial!)
Dear Mr. Henderson,
As the editoral page editor you have a responsibility to presents facts to counter facts printed in your paper. Here is what I am asking you to do, write an article that presents the fact about ACT as a profit making enterprise. Write an article that compares the percentage of 11th grade students tested from state to state because not all states test 100% of their 11th graders as Michigan does. Write an article that explains what a subgroup is, how many students it takes to make up a subgroup and how a very large district will have many more subgroups than a very small district. Write an article that speak to the fact that the United States tests students at a far greater rate than any other country and those other countries do better on standardized tests because they do not rely on them to determine their excellence. Write an article that expains just what the ACT test was originally designed for and what is has become and why. Write an article that exposes that we are only allowed to give diplomas to students who can do a curriculum that is not necessary for all of the type of work a society needs to function and that many of these professions are trades that hands on experience is necessary for not lecture hall experience. Write an article that speaks to the cost of college that puts students into lifelong debt, but once graduated all a new graduate can find is a minimum wage job with no chance to move on up. Write an article that explains why a factory worker, good job by the way, needs a college degree at all. Write an article that explains what college or career ready means, because I think it means you show up on time or better yet, early. You work hard and don't complain. You listen, you show respect, you ask appropriate questions, appropriately, you desire to learn more and do better, you can work with others, you know when to speak up and when to shut up, and you are accountable for your actions or inactions. What test tests these skills? Write about that. I would, but I am a teacher and I just don't have the time.
(Made an error on my zip code, soooo, sent this to Mr. Henderson)
Zip is 48187 by the way, typo. Another skill those who are ready for college or a career should have, that of stepping back, reviewing and amending. Time tests do not allow for reflection, why don't you write about that.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Republican Evil
The eight republican presidential candidates who debated the other evening are all idiots. Worse, they are ugly, ugly human beings. Their level of disrespect for the office of the presidency is evident, so it is clear that they do not aspire to be leaders but to be a sort of celebrity. They are self-serving individuals who have no interest or intent on making the lives of the majority of Americans better. They are saying what ultra conservative members of our country want to hear, just to get elected, then they will fulfill an agenda that is written to benefit the richest members of society. They will sleep well at night even though their platforms disregard the needest people, even though their agendas are to wipe out an educated middle class. They have no conscience, and they feel they are the chosen, entitled ones. They have friends in high places and desire to keep them as they desire to continue to live their high life styles. The republicans in the House and Senate have one goal, to see President Obama fail, and it doesn't matter what the consequences of their actions (or in-action), are to the commoner. They want to reign, pure and simple. President Obama is a black man, and the conservative republicans can't stand that. Make no mistake, a white democratic president they would be able to handle, they can't handle that the highest office of the land is being held by a black man. They are not tolerant, they have no integrity and they are not truthful. If you don't see that you are blind. America is being destroyed, and the destroyers do not care because they have wealth enough to be on top, and believe me they do not look down.
Rosemary
Rosemary
Saturday, July 30, 2011
A letter to the Governor and my reps.
Good Evening,
So today I found out that I will pay $3558.24 this next school year towards my health benefits. I do not yet know what my salary will be, but since it is a contract year, I am expecting that there will be a significant pay cut. Please divulge for me the amount of money your health benefits will cost you, and what sort of a pay cut you are counting on taking as part of your desire to share the sacrifice. And yes Governor, I am aware that you are not taking a salary, but you are a millionaire. Perhaps you would be willing to share your wealth as part of your shared sacrifice? I will expect a speedy reply as I am sure you want to reassure me that you are indeed sharing in the sacrifice you are so ready to extract from me and my middle class cohorts.
That's what I sent. I wanted to send what I continued writing, but I figured my venting would not get me anywhere with the Gov or his buds. Wish others would listen though.
I think that it would benefit you to know that since I will be making less, I will be spending less. Since I will be spending less, businesses will be doing less business. Since businesses will be doing less business, they will not be hiring, in fact they will have to downsize. Since businesses will not be prospering there will not be a revitalization of Michigan, and more people will leave the state seeking greener pastures. There will be many people who cannot leave for better opportunities so they will remain here, poor and bitter. Michigan will become some unholy, ugly abyss that spews hate and frustration at those who brought us to this place. Do you give a shit? Oh, I forgot, you don't give a shit because you are rich, you are self rightous, and you are oblivious to those in need. You are not public servants, which you are supposed to be. You think you are the chosen ones, chosen to continue to ensure that you and your friends in high places will not fall from the pedestals you have put yourselves on. How do you sleep at night?
Rosemary
So today I found out that I will pay $3558.24 this next school year towards my health benefits. I do not yet know what my salary will be, but since it is a contract year, I am expecting that there will be a significant pay cut. Please divulge for me the amount of money your health benefits will cost you, and what sort of a pay cut you are counting on taking as part of your desire to share the sacrifice. And yes Governor, I am aware that you are not taking a salary, but you are a millionaire. Perhaps you would be willing to share your wealth as part of your shared sacrifice? I will expect a speedy reply as I am sure you want to reassure me that you are indeed sharing in the sacrifice you are so ready to extract from me and my middle class cohorts.
That's what I sent. I wanted to send what I continued writing, but I figured my venting would not get me anywhere with the Gov or his buds. Wish others would listen though.
I think that it would benefit you to know that since I will be making less, I will be spending less. Since I will be spending less, businesses will be doing less business. Since businesses will be doing less business, they will not be hiring, in fact they will have to downsize. Since businesses will not be prospering there will not be a revitalization of Michigan, and more people will leave the state seeking greener pastures. There will be many people who cannot leave for better opportunities so they will remain here, poor and bitter. Michigan will become some unholy, ugly abyss that spews hate and frustration at those who brought us to this place. Do you give a shit? Oh, I forgot, you don't give a shit because you are rich, you are self rightous, and you are oblivious to those in need. You are not public servants, which you are supposed to be. You think you are the chosen ones, chosen to continue to ensure that you and your friends in high places will not fall from the pedestals you have put yourselves on. How do you sleep at night?
Rosemary
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