tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102575523598688275.post7496628873371518709..comments2023-10-15T00:58:16.048-07:00Comments on Sarcastic Sam: A Place Called Hope Samuel_Clemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10186197312073797483noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102575523598688275.post-39243702623943275552012-11-12T14:07:22.608-08:002012-11-12T14:07:22.608-08:00BINGO! 100% true and what people need to hear.
Ja...BINGO! 100% true and what people need to hear.<br /><br />Jay HolmesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102575523598688275.post-74715107760325554262012-11-04T16:32:21.107-08:002012-11-04T16:32:21.107-08:00Massive amounts of ignorance and naivety involved ...Massive amounts of ignorance and naivety involved in that collection.<br /><br />Someone aware of reality would point out the fact that other people can, and do, stop you from proceeding forth- and there's nothing you can do about it.<br /><br />I know, because I have been through it. I have made no mistakes. I have been the best. Worked the most. <br /><br />And I have been penalized for it. I have had any possible solutions removed by others. I have had any hint of power to overcome said issues- which the above claim you can magically overcome through clicking of ones' heels and a magic wish- removed by individuals or society.<br /><br />Life is not black and white. The greatest man or woman can fall to the point that help is MANDATORY. <br /><br />The reason so many of you disagree is it hasn't happened to you, therefore it simply can't happen. Well it does, and it does by the millions.<br /><br />So quit judging those who need aid. After all TRULY American people are those who WANT to help their fellow countrymen... not see them as "lazy" (lie) "moochers" (lie). <br /><br />Educate yourselves to reality. Not YOUR reality. Everyone's. Perhaps then you will find compassion and some measure of intellect and wisdom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102575523598688275.post-20433956914088944382012-09-30T09:17:03.669-07:002012-09-30T09:17:03.669-07:00Poverty pimps, what a perfect description. I'...Poverty pimps, what a perfect description. I've been knocked down a few times, got back up, dusted myself off, and took my life back. My destiny is my own. So is my happiness. I expect nothing from anyone especially government. <br /><br />Good rant Sammy, good rant.cathy joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02829421153829081513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102575523598688275.post-36785011829806376522012-09-18T02:53:35.224-07:002012-09-18T02:53:35.224-07:00Applause Applause! My wise furry friend. My nest...Applause Applause! My wise furry friend. My nest is of my own making I have chosen every twig and twine. It is my chosen bed to sleep in.Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523641788550681228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102575523598688275.post-10699769283587843402012-09-17T05:23:49.276-07:002012-09-17T05:23:49.276-07:00Well, we certainly agree that happiness comes from...Well, we certainly agree that happiness comes from within. However, while the idea of "work hard and you'll make it" is appealing and has some truth to it, the game is so far rigged against folks like me and many, many others that it's pretty close to a fairy tale. And not a Disney one, but rather a Grimm tale. <br /><br />Excuse my bitterness, but I worked hard and did what I was supposed to do and I've gotten bunk for it. I graduated with honors from high school and graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelors of Science in Biology and Business. It isn't worth the paper it's printed on. I've sent out about sixty job applications and resumes since May to every posting I've been remotely qualified for, and I've found nothing. <br /><br />Tell me, how am I supposed to work if no one will hire me? "Move", you might say. I have responsibilities here, and besides that financially I couldn't swing it. "Start your own business" you might say. Again, it'd be nice but no money to do so and I can't get a loan. I have too many qualifications to get entry level work, and not enough experience to get jobs I'm qualified for. Now, getting fired from my first job is my responsibility (although there were some shady dealings, it was mostly my fault), but you would not believe how much that is counting against me. Five years of work counts for nothing when you were fired, apparently. <br /><br />It's a nasty catch-22, and I resent it when I sit here and read people who look down on me as lazy, who say I just need to "work harder" and I'll be okay. Not when the game is rigged. If I CAN find a job, I'll be working well below what I ought to be making for a good long time. As George Carlin famously said (it's true now, but maybe not forty some years ago): "It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it". Andrewhttp://authorandrewkincaid.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102575523598688275.post-28649849307547741362012-09-16T20:28:41.146-07:002012-09-16T20:28:41.146-07:00AMEN!!!AMEN!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102575523598688275.post-10945205285313384792012-09-11T21:21:29.103-07:002012-09-11T21:21:29.103-07:00You are absolutely right. We are responsible for o...You are absolutely right. We are responsible for our own happiness. We are not Victims. No one said we are.<br /><br />The problem comes when bank execs take risks with FDIC insured funds, lose everything, then leave with a multi million dollar severance.<br />Why is that okay?<br />When someone messes up, they get fired. Period.<br />You brought the company down? Sorry, you're not entitled to severence.<br />The economy collapsed. The jobs went away.<br />The housing market fell, the banks forclosed.<br />Instead of the banks refinancing homes, they forclosed.<br />Seems to me, it'd be better to adjust the mortgage for a few years until things got better. But no, banks would rather have empty houses dragging neighborhoods down, and increasing crime.<br />No Sam, we are not victims.<br />Except those Tax Paying Americans who are forbidden the right to marry. Those are the same Tax Paying Americans who only recently were given the right to serve openly in the military. These Tax Paying Americans who choose to risk their lives for our freedom, in spite of how they are treated by their own country.<br />These are the same Tax Paying Americans who, in the 21st century, can still be legally fired from their jobs and evicted from their homes simply for who they are.<br />These are the same Tax Paying Americans who were ignored by Two American Presidents in the 1980s, as a virus tore through their community.<br />It is still socially acceptable in this country to discriminate against these Tax Paying Americans.<br />But still, we soldier on.<br />We soldier on because we are not victims.<br />To say we are victims would mean we have given up. And I, for one, will never give up until EVERY Tax Paying American has the same rights, not just the same responsabilities.ADignorantiumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641502491942357532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102575523598688275.post-13656879732506653482012-09-09T14:49:58.592-07:002012-09-09T14:49:58.592-07:00I agree with the general tenor of your rant, &...I agree with the general tenor of your rant, & as one who has had the good fortune to personally attempt the self determination of my own future & circumstance. In success & in less favourable circumstances, I would proffer the following comments:- <br />Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to get up & face another day.<br />Sadly self belief & motivation is not an inner resource given equally to us all.<br />Sometimes it behoves us to stop look around an nurture / encourage those who have self doubt.<br />WE are all the sum total of our individual experiences often running very different races through this life....<br />Finally Sammy you have succeed once again in bringing reality to the fore in your delightful way.SueTandThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082175894148133805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102575523598688275.post-10064544460188765722012-09-08T09:40:16.484-07:002012-09-08T09:40:16.484-07:00YES! Well said, my ferret friend. We are who we de...YES! Well said, my ferret friend. We are who we decide to be, but we have to take the responsibility for who we are before we can be anything. Thank you for your wise rant.Piper Bayardhttp://piperbayard.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com