Posted on 10/23/2004 9:09:30 PM PDT by VPMWife78
Yes - Yes - Yes - Finally someone who can read -
I don't like what happened in Spain - where their first time voters went Socialist. Having a son who just grad. I know what is happening in our Schools. They are trying to turn them into being Socialist.
Now we read where there is a ton of first time voters registering and there is also information coming out about fraud being connected - And I was just saying I hope these first time voters weren't being told to do what the "flower children" did in the 60s - vote to disrupt the establishment. And I mentioned Spain - because that is what happened there, I believe -
Thanks for understanding what I was trying to say - that other poster just seemed to want to argue over it. I wasn't putting down any youth - just mentioning that maybe someone might have to sit them down if they had in fact been told to vote for a reason other than what a vote should be cast for -
victim mentality....
"much like what was done before by the "flower children" of the 60s "
You invoked them, most want to forget them.
Feel better "A Citizen Reporter" -
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I'm a '69 model myself, and my wife stopped working outside the home two months before our oldest son (11 1/2) was born. She, too, has a college degree, and probably could have made more money than I did at that time (I was enlisted in the Navy). But I was totally unprepared to breast-feed, so we went the route of having her stay home instead, and three more additions to the family have followed.
My mom worked during my entire childhood, and I was determined that my kids would have it differently. My wife totally agreed. In fact, that had quite a bit to do with me leaving the girl I was seeing at the time I met my wife (her ideas about career versus family didn't square with mine) and taking up with her.
Sometimes my wife gets to feeling like society demeans SAHM's, and to some extent I think that's the case. But I'm seeing more and more women make that choice, and I totally applaud it. And I also believe that as more and more moms take that on, the perception about who they are and what they do will change for the better.
What can possibly be more important than raising your own children? It really is that simple, isn't it?
And I believe that's a cycle we're going to see both continue and expand as more and more mom's take up the challenge (and I know what a challenge it is) to eschew the workplace for the home place.
As I tell my wife all the time: she has a MUCH harder job than I do!
Way to go, all you SAHM's!
I wrote this a while ago:
That's what the perception angle is all about. If you're not marching on Washington about some dumbass leftist cause, you're a slacker--to the leftist MSM.
They have done a fine job promoting themselves as what a generation ought to be.
But the perception is changing. The old media are dying, and the new media are emerging with a stronger voice, and clearer message.
While I was off work, I thought long and hard for baby (and birthday) gifts. So, I used what resources I had, and made a set of building blocks for one child, and a wood playset for another. (all trash, after a roofing project)
Those gifts were the best for the kids, and they still play with them today, so their parents tell me.
"But I was totally unprepared to breast-feed..."
LOL!!
Thanks for the chuckle. I love how you sneaked it in there. I almost missed it. :-)
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