tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post5354571732862478122..comments2024-02-01T20:22:59.199-05:00Comments on Random Brain Droppings: Let's Hear it for the KidsCommander Zaiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-6622210283652246062018-03-28T14:23:54.468-04:002018-03-28T14:23:54.468-04:00Truly WELL SAID !!Truly WELL SAID !!Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06102860174001915131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-18998516046945578582018-03-26T23:34:56.605-04:002018-03-26T23:34:56.605-04:00Things are so bad here that we have to rely on cor...<i>Things are so bad here that we have to rely on corporations for social change!</i><br />Harry: You've read enough of my rants to understand I am far from religious. But I still get amazed that the Catholic church has a better understanding of the dangers of climate change and science in general than the vast majority of republican politicians.<br /><br />I truly hope you're right about how red states could flip to purple. <br /><br />Pixel: Going on what both you and Harry mentioned about doubts as to whether the Stoneman kids can make a difference, like I wrote in the post I feel the same way. That being said, the crazy NRA spokeswoman is uncharacteristically defensive in her response to the March for Our Lives speeches.<br /><br />I guess it all boils down to whether these kids get out and vote not just in the midterms but in 2020 and beyond. Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-21810440344683654192018-03-25T20:51:51.581-04:002018-03-25T20:51:51.581-04:00I don't know what was different about this sho...I don't know what was different about this shooting at Stoneman Douglas, but I get the impression that with these kids, something has turned. Maybe we're on the path in the right direction. I hope!Pixel Peeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553862902461169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-28978467224673727762018-03-25T11:41:49.267-04:002018-03-25T11:41:49.267-04:00I read a story the other day about how a large ban...I read a story the other day about how a large bank (Citibank?) has implemented a policy wherein they won't do business with businesses who sell to people under 21. So it seems that, like with gay marriage a few years back, corporate America of all things ihas taken a more forward-thinking position than Washington. <br /><br />Things are so bad here that we have to rely on corporations for social change!<br /><br />My life has been spent in Texas and Nebraska, two redder-than-red states (at one point, Nebraska was the only state where W had a positive approval rating). No one ever had a shotgun in the back window when I went to school (despite what I read on facebook constantly), and no one was out hunting before school in the mornings. <br /><br />Also, I always knew more progressive-minded people. Red staters are living on borrowed time if they believe that every state isn't purple. <br /><br />I am close with 5 Fox News-style conservatives here in texas, and two of them have died in the past month. So I'm skeptical of the kids' ability to make a short-term difference, but long-term? I have some hope.Harry Hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13176265571549991218noreply@blogger.com