Tuesday, November 22, 2005
A small note, Thursday is thanksgiving. In my life, there is a lot I'm thankful for, but there were 5 pages of sheriff sales in the local paper here this week. It isn't possible that all of these families are some how slackers as some would have us believe, or that the economy is just peachy. Please, give a thought to them this Thursday. Thanks much. s.
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Pittsburgh is one of three cities -- the others were Toledo, Ohio and Cleveland--to see foreclosure rates in the first quarter creep up compared with the year-earlier period. The average national foreclosure rate fell to 0.38% in the first quarter from 0.47% a year earlier.
I can not find any more recent quarterly data.
it is still sad and something that should not be happening in our wonderful country, anywhere, not even one city. i'm not blaming any one party, any one person. i've mentioned before, i vote across party lines for the person i feel is the best at that time. i would actually register independent if i could vote in the primaries, but i couldn't as an independent. blame gets us no where fast. it wastes energy and time when we could be getting things done. i've always been a fan of honest debating of issues without the clever little "one upsmanship" sound bites for the news channels and such. yelling only makes the other guy tune you out. there's a big difference between a spirited debated and a mean spirited one.
i just know we could all do better by our fellow citizens. that's not being a "pollyanna" that's just faith in our country and ourselves.
I guess I am not sure what your response is about. I guess I would disagree with the general idea that politics is crudder now than ever. Lincoln was called "the ape baboon of the prairie" Old editorial cartoons were never flattering, and intended to insult.(olde tyme picture) Heck, watch any of HBO's Rome? Lots of nasty graphitti.
yeah, sad, i know that nasty politics and dirty tricks have been going on forever it seems. i just get tired sometimes trying to figure out what is really going on. i thought perhaps you thought that i was blaming just the republicans for forclosures and such. i'm not, tho i don't like a lot of what seems to be going on in their party. i remember when the mills closed and people lost their homes and the domestic abuse rate went way up and families split. those that could, retrained, those that couldn't, for various reasons were lost along the way. those 5 pages just really bothered me more than i thought. maybe i'm getting old (well, older , ha!) thank you for answering my posts. you seem a well read and thoughtful person. i am mostly a poet, but this is my blog, not a website devoted only to my craft. it's a reflection of my life and myself( oh god!) so politics naturally comes into play. thanks again, i welcome the talks.
It seems as though amos the pokercat has answered his own assertion. The link to Lincoln may have pointed to his imperfections but it also highlights the ongoing fascination with a great orator and a figure who strode across his time. I can't see W holding any great impression on the group mind for longer than a Carter or Ford.
There's no upside to the ledger:
his speeches are only memorable for their mangled syntax and disordered thinking; his response to disasters is abysmal; his war is poorly conceived and lacking in the usual impetus for such serious undertaking; he has no financial acumen whatsoever; he is deeply divisive; he has produced nothing of worth and would be a cipher outside of his (contentious) rise to the Presidency.
hi, good to hear from you! yes, i think, unless something amazingly good or bad happens (more than what already has)this president will rank alongside ford for being memorable, unless in time, they find scandalous things that can be proven without a doubt.carter has proven himself to be so much more effective after he left office. i truly admire him.
Yes, I always thought Carter was a good man and it used to rankle that his presidency was so ill thought of but I think he had a problem of appearing too indecisive in times of crisis..
Like, for example, if he had been President on 9/11 he might have just sat there in the classroom for what seemed like an eternity after the planes hit. Or with Hurricane Katrina, it might have taken him a week before he even visited the devastation. Whereas Bush...
D'OH!!
(and, no, I don't expect to see ol' George on the roof building houses for the poor after he leaves office)
oh i'd pay heavy money to see W actually building homes for the poor! all i've EVER seen him do in the way of manual labor is cut down some brush on his "ranch" while the cameras captured it.
p.s. that's not a slam at any political party, that's an obsevation about one man.
Yes it's contingent on the GOP choosing someone with integrity and intelligence for the highest office in the land.
I'd expect Colin Powell or Condoleeza Rice to possess considerably more acumen. They'd have to to have risen as far as they have.
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