01/23/2018 1:56:39 PM PST
· 32 of 34 Peesypie
to Oldeconomybuyer
Have to admit that when she lost the nomination to Obama in 2008 I read all the articles I could find, devouring, and relishing, the massive dysfunction of the campaign of the so-called “smartest woman in the world!” Same for her second go against Trump. She just isn’t anywhere near the skilled politician her husband was. At my age, I expect I’ll have passed on before Chelsea’s run at it, thankfully. :)
My question for Waters would be no matter who is president, why wouldn’t you go. Your stunt is pretty meaningless and you look like an attention seeker.
I have a very large family, and many friends. I use Facebook to keep in touch with them, spread all across the United States, mostly. I DON’T use FB for my political news, relying on online websites and television news I trust on both sides of the issues.
I don’t believe that social media sites, Facebook, but especially Twitter, reflect the views of many people in America. Twitter, for one, seems to be a place where the perpetually outrageously outraged (!!11!) spit and fume about things of which I hear little from the IRL people with whom I interact.
Pacific Northwester here so big fan of my state’s (WA) college football teams. Partial to Georgia, but don’t really care which team wins. I just love watching football.
Unfortunately, the incompetent Goodell will be part of NFL football for years to come. Been a fan for almost 50 years, not about to stop now (I know many here aren’t fans, no disrespect to you) I just want to watch football, without politics being involved.
01/05/2018 10:57:20 PM PST
· 45 of 60 Peesypie
to Oshkalaboomboom; All
I know I say in my profile that I don’t talk politics much, and I don’t. All I want to say is that I’m very surprised that the author was given such access. It’s possible that he said he wasn’t going to use some of the things they told him, which I don’t know that those who talked to him can claim and how successful they’d be filing a lawsuit, but again, can’t believe they talked to the guy.
Very smart idea, should have been implemented the first day.
I worked in a building where sensitive records were kept and we had to have our cellphones turned off and could only use them if we were out of the building on a break. I came in from a break, thought I’d turned my cell off and locked it in a cabinet behind me. The moment my supervisor walked by my cube the cabinet “rang”. Yikes! Was lucky I didn’t lose my job but only got a written warning. Funny thing, though, was my ringtone was Big and Rich “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy”. :)