Comments on: Flexible Lives http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:49:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Ben http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-261666 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:41:57 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-261666 <strong>Ben</strong> Is there really any information about property research that is nonessential? Ben

Is there really any information about property research that is nonessential?

]]> by: Lynne http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-138337 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:53:52 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-138337 Oh, Bonnie, you made me laugh over the past! I recall wondering why tv people slept in twin beds because, in my experience, only children did that. All the adults in my life had big beds. I asked my mother, but she really had no comment! Oh, Bonnie, you made me laugh over the past! I recall wondering why tv people slept in twin beds because, in my experience, only children did that. All the adults in my life had big beds. I asked my mother, but she really had no comment!

]]> by: Bonnie http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-138287 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:32:34 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-138287 When I was a little girl watching Ozzie and Harriet, Leave It to Beaver, and I Love Lucy, I always wondered why my Mom and Dad were so weird and abnormal because they slept in a double bed not twin beds. I think there are many men out there who thank the women's movement because they were given the opportunity to be real fathers and families became real families. When I was a little girl watching Ozzie and Harriet, Leave It to Beaver, and I Love Lucy, I always wondered why my Mom and Dad were so weird and abnormal because they slept in a double bed not twin beds.

I think there are many men out there who thank the women’s movement because they were given the opportunity to be real fathers and families became real families.

]]> by: marijam http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-137970 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:21:38 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-137970 … Over the past 35 years, the massive changes in the U.S. economy have largely condemned American workers to lives of economic insecurity. No longer can the worker count on a steady job for a single employer who provides a paycheck and health and retirement benefits, too. Over the past three decades, workers’ individual annual income fluctuations have consistently increased, while their aggregate income has stagnated. In the brave new economy of outsourced jobs and short-term gigs and on-again, off-again health coverage, American workers cannot rationally plan their economic futures. And with each passing year, as their level of economic security declines, so does their entry into marriage. Sometime during the Reagan Recession, President Reagan made a flip remark about laid-off factory workers. In effect, he said they could “vote with their feet” and move to some other part of the country to find better jobs. He was, of course, oblivious to what “voting with their feet” would do to families and communities. This is my life story. Thank you so much for posting this. I cannot live in my home state, in my dream home, because there are no jobs at a reasonable wage for someone with my skills. … Over the past 35 years, the massive changes in the U.S. economy have largely condemned American workers to lives of economic insecurity. No longer can the worker count on a steady job for a single employer who provides a paycheck and health and retirement benefits, too. Over the past three decades, workers’ individual annual income fluctuations have consistently increased, while their aggregate income has stagnated. In the brave new economy of outsourced jobs and short-term gigs and on-again, off-again health coverage, American workers cannot rationally plan their economic futures. And with each passing year, as their level of economic security declines, so does their entry into marriage.
Sometime during the Reagan Recession, President Reagan made a flip remark about laid-off factory workers. In effect, he said they could “vote with their feet” and move to some other part of the country to find better jobs. He was, of course, oblivious to what “voting with their feet” would do to families and communities.

This is my life story. Thank you so much for posting this. I cannot live in my home state, in my dream home, because there are no jobs at a reasonable wage for someone with my skills.

]]> by: Lynne http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-137939 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:07:25 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-137939 I'm glad you are bringing this up again, Barbara, for all our short memories. I'd like to add that, prior to the Industrial Revolution, every member of the rural family worked to produce income for the family, just as soon as physically able. Women worked alongside men in agricultural communities. Few "stayed home" unless unable to do work outside at all. You can see this in communities today that remain tied to traditional ways. I’m glad you are bringing this up again, Barbara, for all our short memories. I’d like to add that, prior to the Industrial Revolution, every member of the rural family worked to produce income for the family, just as soon as physically able. Women worked alongside men in agricultural communities. Few “stayed home” unless unable to do work outside at all. You can see this in communities today that remain tied to traditional ways.

]]> by: erinyes http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-137117 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:17:17 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-137117 Here's an interesting little something I read last week, written by a man in Cape Coral FL.(The News Press, Ft Meyers FL) [ RIGHT now and right Liberals oppose war because being liberal frees them from traditional responsibilities and constraints.It makes them and their ideas more important so they can say and do what they want and be envied for their free lifestyle. This is called Humanism. It's only real law is "What's right, right-now is what's right. History and precedent disapprove of "hooking up" but right now it's all right. Eons look unfavorably on slipping a hook into a young woman's body to kill her baby but Humanism says it's all right, right-now. The same goes for men having intercourse with each other but right now, that's all right now too. What Humanism says is that history is wrong. The problem is that right now may not be all there is for everyone.Liberals ignore the judgement possibility by advancing sexual immorality and the killing of babies. Small wonder non-violent Muslims really believe we're the big Satan. But denying the judgement possibility doesn't make it go away. Thinking about it, like right now, brings on a fear that must be repressed by hanging onto the make believe world of right-now. So don't rock the boat with talk of war because war would bring on sacrifice and rationality. It would threaten the do-as-you-please world. The lessons of history and the awful, awful wory about punishment would rush back. Liberals oppose the war because it would question their immoral behavior. David Huck Cape Coral ] Can anyone explain what the hell he is talking about?I swear I copied this word for word . The nut makes it sound like "liberals" have hobbies like killing babies of young women and having dude on dude sex for entertainment.Who is spreading this garbage?The fundy preachers or right wing nut radio jockies? Here’s an interesting little something I read last week, written by a man in Cape Coral FL.(The News Press, Ft Meyers FL)

[ RIGHT now and right
Liberals oppose war because being liberal frees them from traditional responsibilities and constraints.It makes them and their ideas more important so they can say and do what they want and be envied for their free lifestyle. This is called Humanism. It’s only real law is “What’s right, right-now is what’s right.

History and precedent disapprove of “hooking up” but right now it’s all right.

Eons look unfavorably on slipping a hook into a young woman’s body to kill her baby but Humanism says it’s all right, right-now. The same goes for men having intercourse with each other but right now, that’s all right now too. What Humanism says is that history is wrong.

The problem is that right now may not be all there is for everyone.Liberals ignore the judgement possibility by advancing sexual immorality and the killing of babies. Small wonder non-violent Muslims really believe we’re the big Satan.

But denying the judgement possibility doesn’t make it go away.

Thinking about it, like right now, brings on a fear that must be repressed by hanging onto the make believe world of right-now.
So don’t rock the boat with talk of war because war would bring on sacrifice and rationality. It would threaten the do-as-you-please world.

The lessons of history and the awful, awful wory about punishment would rush back. Liberals oppose the war because it would question their immoral behavior.
David Huck
Cape Coral ]

Can anyone explain what the hell he is talking about?I swear I copied this word for word .
The nut makes it sound like “liberals” have hobbies like killing babies of young women and having dude on dude sex for entertainment.Who is spreading this garbage?The fundy preachers or right wing nut radio jockies?

]]> by: maha http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-137059 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:50:21 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-137059 <i>I tend to discount much of anything published in the Washington Post.</i>\\ So the Brookings Institution is wrong because their study was explained in the Washington Post? Critical analysis is not one of your stronger skills, huh? <i>what is the relevance of whether or not they are married? </i> If we're talking about social and family stability it's actually quite relevant. I tend to discount much of anything published in the Washington Post.\\

So the Brookings Institution is wrong because their study was explained in the Washington Post? Critical analysis is not one of your stronger skills, huh?

what is the relevance of whether or not they are married?

If we’re talking about social and family stability it’s actually quite relevant.

]]> by: raj http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-137038 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:42:26 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-137038 Maha, thanks for the pointer, but I tend to discount much of anything published in the Washington Post. The point, which should have been evident, is that the percentage of marriage age people in Massachusetts that are married is higher than in TX, yet the divorce rate in MA is lower. That juxtaposition should be of interest when one considers which region of the country has "family values." Aside from that, the article in the Post refers to the percentage of couples with children who are married, which is pretty much an irrelevant statistic. As long as the couple is in a committed relationship and stay together while raising the children, what is the relevance of whether or not they are married? Maha, thanks for the pointer, but I tend to discount much of anything published in the Washington Post.

The point, which should have been evident, is that the percentage of marriage age people in Massachusetts that are married is higher than in TX, yet the divorce rate in MA is lower. That juxtaposition should be of interest when one considers which region of the country has “family values.”

Aside from that, the article in the Post refers to the percentage of couples with children who are married, which is pretty much an irrelevant statistic. As long as the couple is in a committed relationship and stay together while raising the children, what is the relevance of whether or not they are married?

]]> by: maha http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-137006 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:31:20 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-137006 raj -- Pay attention; the problem is marriage rates, not divorce rates. (and if people aren't getting married to begin with, it stands to reason they aren't getting divorced as much, either). See the original Blaine Harden article for details: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/03/AR2007030300841.html raj — Pay attention; the problem is marriage rates, not divorce rates. (and if people aren’t getting married to begin with, it stands to reason they aren’t getting divorced as much, either).

See the original Blaine Harden article for details:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/03/AR2007030300841.html

]]> by: erinyes http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-137004 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:31:18 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/07/flexible-lives/#comment-137004 Great post, it pretty much sums up the situation. The right will not learn until the market crashes.( which they will blame on the left) The majority of right wingers in Florida are the 60 somethings who have retired from the north east or midwest. They had a comfy middle class to upper middle class life, invested wisely, and have a solid pension. If I'm reading the "tea leaves" correctly, there will be a lot of pissed off 60 somethings very soon. The middle class is under a terrible strain. Here in Florida, property and property insurance have grown dramatically. Wages have not . Affordable housing that was destroyed by recent hurricanes has not been rebuilt. As a result, the people that work in the service industry are being bussed long distances to places like Naples and the Florida Keys which are now millionare enclaves. When I was a kid in the 60's, if you knew someone that ran around talking about the end of the earth, calling politicians faggots on television, or advocating the bombing of other countries or killing liberals "just in case", they would be thought crazy.This is the reality today. The right has lost it's mind, and they are blaming the left. Great post, it pretty much sums up the situation.
The right will not learn until the market crashes.( which they will blame on the left) The majority of right wingers in Florida are the 60 somethings who have retired from the north east or midwest. They had a comfy middle class to upper middle class life, invested wisely, and have a solid pension.
If I’m reading the “tea leaves” correctly, there will be a lot of pissed off 60 somethings very soon.
The middle class is under a terrible strain. Here in Florida, property and property insurance have grown dramatically.
Wages have not . Affordable housing that was destroyed by recent hurricanes has not been rebuilt. As a result, the people that work in the service industry are being bussed long distances to places like Naples and the Florida Keys which are now millionare enclaves.
When I was a kid in the 60’s, if you knew someone that ran around talking about the end of the earth, calling politicians faggots on television, or advocating the bombing of other countries or killing liberals “just in case”, they would be thought crazy.This is the reality today. The right has lost it’s mind, and they are blaming the left.

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