As I recall, I left on a partial sentence:
I commencement began having some little doubts during the Clinton
I'm continuing that thought procedure today -
... years. Yes, the economic scheme was, by in addition to large heating up. In some sectors, it was OVER-heating - banking, risky investments, housing. We didn't exercise goodness much from that - nosotros lived inward a pocket-size home, in addition to express our investments to TSA's - what are called Teachers Saving Accounts. Those are tax-shielded investments inward usual funds, controlled past times diverse companies. Most districts gave niggling choices to which companies could ready them upwards for automatic deduction from your paycheck. More suspicious types powerfulness wonder whether in that location was a niggling - um - kickback to give favored condition to for certain companies.
Not me, of course. I was a wide-eyed innocent then.
So innocent, that I honestly believed inward the 'vast right-wing conspiracy' against the Clintons. Oh, I occasionally had my doubts - the Travelgate brou-haha did Pb me to query the story. No thing how much you lot wanted to believe HRC, the Travel Office's employees' stories rang true. And, eventually, they were vindicated.
But, my doubts were non plenty to overcome my husband's rigid back upwards of the President. We both thought the worst thing would endure for a Republican to select over again. In our defense, nosotros did non gain from the rise stock marketplace seat or housing appreciation of the Reagan years. We didn't fifty-fifty ain our commencement solid until 1988. As renters, all nosotros saw was rise rents. It took a long fourth dimension for us to stabilize our income, in addition to get down pulling a LITTLE ahead.
In some ways, nosotros were lucky. We didn't overpay for our education, in addition to nosotros lived frugally.
But, the Clinton years were proficient for us, financially. We were - finally - both working, in addition to began to line ahead. Eventually, I went dorsum to teaching, which, despite what you lot hear inward the news, DOES pay good compared to other jobs (and considering the proficient benefits), in addition to nosotros were able to get down saving for our retirement. It was a proficient thing, too, equally nosotros had xxx years to squirrel away our niggling pile that - hopefully - volition finally our lives.
Frugal living has outlived the need. We yet alive inward a pocket-size house, and, equally a consequence, receive got few debts.
Little things, though, started bothering me. Hillary's purpose inward the attempted Health Care Reform was underwhelming. I, similar Congress, was non impressed past times her written report in addition to the demand for Universal Health Care.
She 'retired' to play First Lady, but, fifty-fifty inward that role, made i blooper after another, in addition to they displayed her tone-deafness to those who held opposite opinions. And, during those years, nosotros started a business, in addition to began associating amongst people who didn't watch the co-Presidents amongst admiration in addition to approval.
In fact, that grouping of people thought of the Clintons equally NOT equally smart equally they thought they were. So, I listened, in addition to began questioning - non openly anti-Clinton, but - willing to listen.
Then, the Starr hearings began.
Frankly, I tuned out a lot of it. I was busy, in addition to had niggling appetite for hearing stories of sexual sleaze. My husband, similar many Democrats, argued that it was all only most sex. And, because it was a individual sin, non an impeachable offense. It's an declaration made past times many, in addition to it did receive got some justification.
But, when the flush was everywhere you lot looked, fifty-fifty inward the magazines at the supermarket, I started wondering. My sympathies were non thus much amongst HRC, equally amongst Monica. She looked in addition to acted similar a large dumb kid. Nothing most her said seductress. It said goofy, fun-loving kid.
She yet is known past times a stupid kid mistake.
She looks older now, but yet quite pretty. From recent interviews, she is finally willing to admit that the ability differential betwixt Bill in addition to her made this yet consensual, but...maybe less her fault than his?
She is correct most i thing - she was the commencement somebody slut-shamed across the Internet. It genuinely has ruined the life of a immature daughter who seemed poised to conk a contented married adult woman in addition to woman raise - which, she may never be.
It's sad. Just sad.
I actually hated earth hearings. My solid unit of measurement was glued to the TV. I made excuses to exercise other things. I didn't desire to sit down inward the same room amongst my kids, in addition to hear to the details. I had no involvement (nor, exercise I now) inward hearing most other people's sexual activity lives.
The Democrats played for BLOOD when Bill was impeached. They forced Newt Gingrich to pace downward (he was having an affair), forced Robert Livingston into resigning (another adultery issue), in addition to finally settled on Dennis Haskert - who COINCIDENTALLY was afterward charged amongst having sexual activity amongst underage boys.
Hmmm. Could it endure that the Dems had maneuvered Haskert into that position, thus that they could command him amongst blackmail threats?
In the Senate, giving Clinton their Not Guilty Votes:
I commencement began having some little doubts during the Clinton
I'm continuing that thought procedure today -
... years. Yes, the economic scheme was, by in addition to large heating up. In some sectors, it was OVER-heating - banking, risky investments, housing. We didn't exercise goodness much from that - nosotros lived inward a pocket-size home, in addition to express our investments to TSA's - what are called Teachers Saving Accounts. Those are tax-shielded investments inward usual funds, controlled past times diverse companies. Most districts gave niggling choices to which companies could ready them upwards for automatic deduction from your paycheck. More suspicious types powerfulness wonder whether in that location was a niggling - um - kickback to give favored condition to for certain companies.
Not me, of course. I was a wide-eyed innocent then.
So innocent, that I honestly believed inward the 'vast right-wing conspiracy' against the Clintons. Oh, I occasionally had my doubts - the Travelgate brou-haha did Pb me to query the story. No thing how much you lot wanted to believe HRC, the Travel Office's employees' stories rang true. And, eventually, they were vindicated.
But, my doubts were non plenty to overcome my husband's rigid back upwards of the President. We both thought the worst thing would endure for a Republican to select over again. In our defense, nosotros did non gain from the rise stock marketplace seat or housing appreciation of the Reagan years. We didn't fifty-fifty ain our commencement solid until 1988. As renters, all nosotros saw was rise rents. It took a long fourth dimension for us to stabilize our income, in addition to get down pulling a LITTLE ahead.
In some ways, nosotros were lucky. We didn't overpay for our education, in addition to nosotros lived frugally.
But, the Clinton years were proficient for us, financially. We were - finally - both working, in addition to began to line ahead. Eventually, I went dorsum to teaching, which, despite what you lot hear inward the news, DOES pay good compared to other jobs (and considering the proficient benefits), in addition to nosotros were able to get down saving for our retirement. It was a proficient thing, too, equally nosotros had xxx years to squirrel away our niggling pile that - hopefully - volition finally our lives.
Frugal living has outlived the need. We yet alive inward a pocket-size house, and, equally a consequence, receive got few debts.
Little things, though, started bothering me. Hillary's purpose inward the attempted Health Care Reform was underwhelming. I, similar Congress, was non impressed past times her written report in addition to the demand for Universal Health Care.
She 'retired' to play First Lady, but, fifty-fifty inward that role, made i blooper after another, in addition to they displayed her tone-deafness to those who held opposite opinions. And, during those years, nosotros started a business, in addition to began associating amongst people who didn't watch the co-Presidents amongst admiration in addition to approval.
In fact, that grouping of people thought of the Clintons equally NOT equally smart equally they thought they were. So, I listened, in addition to began questioning - non openly anti-Clinton, but - willing to listen.
Then, the Starr hearings began.
Frankly, I tuned out a lot of it. I was busy, in addition to had niggling appetite for hearing stories of sexual sleaze. My husband, similar many Democrats, argued that it was all only most sex. And, because it was a individual sin, non an impeachable offense. It's an declaration made past times many, in addition to it did receive got some justification.
But, when the flush was everywhere you lot looked, fifty-fifty inward the magazines at the supermarket, I started wondering. My sympathies were non thus much amongst HRC, equally amongst Monica. She looked in addition to acted similar a large dumb kid. Nothing most her said seductress. It said goofy, fun-loving kid.
She yet is known past times a stupid kid mistake.
She looks older now, but yet quite pretty. From recent interviews, she is finally willing to admit that the ability differential betwixt Bill in addition to her made this yet consensual, but...maybe less her fault than his?
She is correct most i thing - she was the commencement somebody slut-shamed across the Internet. It genuinely has ruined the life of a immature daughter who seemed poised to conk a contented married adult woman in addition to woman raise - which, she may never be.
It's sad. Just sad.
I actually hated earth hearings. My solid unit of measurement was glued to the TV. I made excuses to exercise other things. I didn't desire to sit down inward the same room amongst my kids, in addition to hear to the details. I had no involvement (nor, exercise I now) inward hearing most other people's sexual activity lives.
The Democrats played for BLOOD when Bill was impeached. They forced Newt Gingrich to pace downward (he was having an affair), forced Robert Livingston into resigning (another adultery issue), in addition to finally settled on Dennis Haskert - who COINCIDENTALLY was afterward charged amongst having sexual activity amongst underage boys.
Hmmm. Could it endure that the Dems had maneuvered Haskert into that position, thus that they could command him amongst blackmail threats?
In the Senate, giving Clinton their Not Guilty Votes:
- John Chafee - a Rockefeller Republican (according to Wikipedia)
- Susan Collins - a long-time RINO, who appears to endure also endure playing a scripted component inward the Kavanaugh hearing
- Slade Gorton - ditto - he's long gone from the Senate, but he did endorse Evan McMullin inward his failed travail to Stop Trump
- James Jeffords - voted Not Guilty, in addition to thus left the Republican political party (formally) to declare equally an Independent. He did thus after existence returned to the Senate equally a Republican.
- Richard Shelby - no thought what motivated him to vote Not Guilty on i count, Guilty on the other
- Olympia Snowe - ever a waffling RINO
- Arlen Specter - some other RINO
- Ted Stevens, Fred Thompson, in addition to John Warner all divide their vote equally Shelby did, on the Perjury article.
That's TEN Senators. Even if ALL had switched their votes, Clinton would NOT receive got been gone. You demand 2/3 of the Senators to agree.
So, inward essence, equally long equally Dems would vote equally a block - and, they ALWAYS do, conviction on the impeachment charges was NEVER gonna happen. Sometime, I wonder why the Republicans bothered.
I didn't encounter all of this at the time. Even ii years later, I waited, on pins in addition to needles, for the Bush-Gore outcome. I had voted Gore. I institute myself wondering most the process, seeing that the Gore forces' arguments were non equally logical equally the Bush arguments. When it got to the Supreme Court, I accepted it, in addition to moved on.
What I started noticing was that many Dems could not. They were re-visiting the Supreme Court determination every day. By this time, I had iv computers inward my classroom, in addition to i on my desk. I got into the habit of reading my tidings on the web. At first, I was primarily CNN in addition to other mainstream sources. I set search price into Yahoo in addition to other search engines (before the Monster That Took Over the Searches arose from Sergey Brin's in addition to Larry Page's minds to crowd out nearly all opposition). I'd used the Internet since earlier WWW, thus I had niggling problem navigating it.
Then, I institute Andrew Sullivan. And, eventually, many other bloggers (few are yet roughly - heck, I don't fifty-fifty scream back most of them). The counterpoint they provided to the 'regular' tidings had an ship on on my thinking. I began to mean value most other points of watch - upwards till then, I was barely aware that in that location WAS whatever other POV.
I started bringing upwards information that I'd learned from these choice sources. I also started becoming aware of only how much NEWS is left out of the News.
You would receive got thought I'd sprouted devil's horns. My friends in addition to solid unit of measurement responded, "WHERE did you lot hear THAT?" equally though I'd been reading the National Enquirer for the news.
Funny, given the purpose that NE played inward the Edwards' uncovering.
We plodded along, my Progressive Posse in addition to I. Just most every give-and-take out of their oral cavity derided Bush equally stupid, Cheney equally evil, in addition to the residuum of the Bush direction equally both corrupt in addition to inept. They were genuinely rooting for Bush in addition to the Gang to fail.
Then, I woke upwards on September 11, 2001. I've written most this before, in addition to I won't add together to it now. That's a post that needs some fourth dimension to reverberate on.
And, life equally nosotros knew it changed. I upped my weblog reading, in addition to institute I was non alone. I developed a genuinely massive weblog habit. Then, something funny happened - a weblog that I regularly read, RightWeAre!, sent out a telephone phone for some other blogger.
And, I set my mitt up.
The weblog I started out on was Right We Are! inward 2003. Here was my introductory post (first fourth dimension blogging).
| Like the Pointer Sisters, I'm thus excited! |
I’m the novel daughter (Woman? Chick? Old Lady?) at Right We Are!. I’m yet inward a solid set down of stupor that Maripat accepted my offering to help. It’s a niggling similar seeing A-Rod sitting on a common bench, off-handedly saying, “Wanna toss a ball around?” in addition to hearing back, “Sure.” Panic time!
I’m a scientific discipline teacher, formerly teaching inward urban schools, currently unemployed, in addition to completing my master’s inward technology. I receive got three children in addition to ii grandchildren, in addition to a married adult man who:
· Cooks most of the time
· Picks upwards after himself (most of the time)
· Does laundry
· Still rings my chimes
What to a greater extent than could you lot inquire for?
I am some other used-to-be liberal. I was born inward 1951, thus that makes me a Boomer. I was besides cautious (OK, I was chicken) to participate inward drugs or random sex, but I seldom questioned the Boomer orthodoxy, either social or political.
Then came 9-11.
Two of my children were inward the service that solar daytime (Navy in addition to Army National Guard). I was worried most their safety, but my watch most military machine reply was the same equally it is today. The terrorists crossed the line, in addition to I’m going to opened upwards a can.
What gets me hot? (Not hot sexy, but frothing at the oral cavity kind)
· Most teachers – willing to blame anyone for pupil failure other than themselves. And don’t acquire me started on educational theory.
· Women who believe that all men are awful, in addition to all women are wonderful, in addition to everything would endure perfect if men could only endure to a greater extent than similar women.
· People who sneer at “Christian values”. It’s those values that led us to goal slavery in addition to kid labor, supply for the helpless, care for women amongst dignity, etc. Show me the Wiccan or New-Ager who’s had that variety of impact.
· People who laughingly say “I can’t exercise math”. Maybe you lot can’t today, but you lot could learn.
That's it for now. I'll add together to this flush equally I receive got fourth dimension to mean value most it.
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