Always Outspoken

10/31/2023

****TIAPP**** (This is a political post)

When you have a group of arrogant individuals, who think they know better than anyone else in the house, you have chaos.

Arrogant Republicans = Chaos in the House

04/24/2023

Ballet and physics

04/22/2023

Stay positive!

04/20/2023

Adopting life lessons from the population who inhabited this land before our Fore Fathers.

Admitting that there is a large population that will never be housed in America's traditional dream.

Accept and acknowledge what is happening now.

Homelessness cannot be "fixed" in 21st century ideals.

Switch the focus.

04/02/2023

04/01/2023

What do Suburban Woman, Stormy Daniels and the Funky Divas have in common...

03/31/2023

06/29/2022

Isn't it about time we do a mental health check of the proposed commander-in-chief before s/he's elected?

What I heard yesterday from Cassidy Hutchinson, the former president has a pretty clear personality disorder!

Any LCSW, psychiatrist or psychologist reading this care to check in?

06/28/2022

Cassidy Hutchinson, you are a brave Patriot and I applaud you.

03/02/2022

Traveling opens your eyes and your mind, to so much.

Fashion sense, or not. Prejudices are so regional. Religion... Is religion.

Returning from a trip to Florida and North Carolina. So completely different from my northern California existence.

I felt fancy with my manicured nails...

Travel is important. Demographics are important. Seeing and experiencing life and other places with an open mind is so enlightening, and humbling.

01/05/2022

The American Dream has become the Everyday Nightmare for so many.

When our country was founded, and freedom and liberty were pronounced; competition and innovation was on an entirely different scale.

With the smartest and sometimes luckiest has come great fortune, security and stability.

For those who are dealing with deficits, being raised in an atmosphere of "No", alternative lifestyles and addictions become prevalent.

In my business ideal with people with deficits. I was raised in a household of "No".

I speak from experience and with compassion, when I say our homeless situation isn't going away anytime soon.

We need to get to the root cause, begin to address it, and with compassion and specific firm goals, start to turn this around.

The Blame Game is getting us nowhere. Saying every homeless person is an addict and just wants to be high or drunk is a weak excuse.

What can we do as a society, as a people to start to turn this?

What would your requirements be in order to not look away, but look at the problem and offer empowering help. Not enabling, empowering with positive change set as the goal.

I am most interested in your thoughts.

I believe the most pressing issue/problem is safe clean affordable housing. Taking into consideration anyone who is on SSI receives less than $1,000 a month to exist on.

Please note that the social security administration has strenuously employed continuing disability reviews wherein benefits are ceased and individuals need to prove that they are still disabled.

SSI is no longer the giveaway program that so many people believe it to be.

In your home area what is the average price of a one bedroom apartment in a safe neighborhood?

01/05/2022

The arena for most of my thoughts, epiphanies and inspirations.

09/18/2021

This is awesome! There is hope and here is an example of success! Granted, the product lends itself to the ability to share at this level... BUT STILL! Thanks to Kimberly Montgomery for the find.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dan-price-gravity-payments-ceo-70000-employee-minimum-wage/?ftag=CNM-16-10abd6g

In 2015, CEO Dan Price​ raised the salary of everyone at his Seattle-based credit card processing company Gravity Payments to at least $70,000 a year.

09/10/2021

If I channel my inner Al Gore regarding Global Warming (An Inconvenient Truth), by changing the phrasing to Climate Change (see reference below)...then apply that logic to the current situation in Texas, let's consider the following change:

"A Woman's Right to Choose" becomes "Anti-Welfare Fiscal Responsibility" AWFR.

Unless and until, every single man takes responsibility (and is able to do so) to financially, physically and emotionally contribute to every child he brings into this world, women are faced with a very difficult challenge and decision.

Another mouth to feed, if you will.

The decision to abort is rarely taken lightly. But, we still live in a man's world.

Change the phrasing. Eliminate "A Woman's Right"..., it's just conjures too much....just too much. Substitute "Fiscal" in the phrasing and folks will wake up and pay attention.

You cannot be Pro-Life and Anti-Welfare at the same time.

09/10/2021

Climate change includes both global warming driven by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous periods of climatic change, since the mid-20th century humans have had an unprecedented impact on Earth's climat...

09/10/2021

Texas.... OMG Texas...

08/23/2021

*This post has been edited. The 1st version was dictated so punctuation etc. has been corrected.

Europe, August 2021.

What an eye opening experience. I knew I would come back a changed person, that was part of the goal.

And it is not lost on me, that the trip I took was one of privilege. A river cruise down the Danube River visiting five countries.

Whenever you take a cruise, you're treated like royalty... Not your everyday experience. But what we saw and what we experienced really made me wonder how about my home country, USA, and what the hell we're doing.

I may be saw a dozen homeless people. Overall, the population was stressless. I did not see a competitive environment. It was not a lot of "new" buildings etc. other than fashions that were off the charts gorgeous. Food was consistently fantastic, very few overweight people, almost zero advertising, I really feel like my political views have shifted.

A bit about my travel mates. Seven people total, two married couples (on the right side of the aisle). My mate also on the right side of the aisle, myself decidedly left and one 24-year-old daughter obviously, clearly left side thinking.

One of my travelmates had a medical issue come up and after several days it was clear she needed some medical attention. She did not go to a doctor. She walked into a pharmacy / apothecary; explained her situation and received prescription grade medication to help her situation. In and out in 10 minutes.

In America, she would still be waiting for a doctor's appointment. Extremely inefficient. If America operated like that we would collapse as the democracy that we know. The difference between the haves and the have-nots would be slashed.

I think Bernie Sanders is a visionary. But if in fact we took care of ourselves, "cradle to grave" as socialism is declared to be, we would no longer be America as we know it.

We create industry, and pollution, and jobs for people which are not necessarily good and kind.

I am not a child of privilege. I am a child of "the dangled carrot".

I have always felt pressured to do my best and accomplish as much as I could, but with others expectations of me woven in, and with that weaving came blockage. "Don't do that do this".

One of my companions, Michael, who put this whole thing together, was raised similarly to me. Dysfunctional family, rural upbringing, saw and wanted more, got the hell out. The difference between Michael and I he didn't let other people stop him I did.

Michael is now in an industry of privilege. He has done well, and I am so proud of him. He has opened my eyes and expanded my world. And now, I'm wondering what I'm going to do with that world.

I would not trade this experience for anything! I've always wanted to go to Europe. Never had any thought of going to the places we went, and wouldn't change it for the world. I knew I would come back a new woman and it changed woman, and I feel that. What develops from here remains to be seen. Thank you Jeff for the opportunity.

06/08/2021

Show your double vaccinated status! Order a hat and let the world know. :-)

11/09/2020

Reposting from a like-minded high school friend..

I'm proud to say I belong to the party who got the first black man elected to the highest office in this land. That same party just put the first woman, who's also black, as Vice President of our great nation! And 4 years ago, this same party ran the first woman to become President. She won the popular vote by 3 million but lost being elected account of an antiquated electoral college system. Now tell me which party represents "THE PEOPLE" of this country? Hint: If you said the GOP, you just lost this quiz.

11/04/2020

Watching the voting returns on CBS News. Major Garrett nailed the overall attitude of Trump, "He believes strength over empathy."

It all makes sense now.

10/18/2020

So, as it turns out, my Match and I are registered politically opposite.

This makes for very interesting conversations at this time.

09/22/2020

With the death of the incomparable Ruth Bader Ginsberg, we now face the uncomfortable reality of a replacement.

If said replacement is Catholic, we have another issue at hand.

Until we understand fully, the reasons why men father children and then leave without accepting the mandatory love and financial responsibility, you simply and conscientiously cannot be pro-life and anti-welfare.

The scales continue to tip in favor of men financially.

Helen Gurley Brown was wrong. Most women cannot "Have it All". And if you have 1/4 or less of the requisite tools, you are screwed again.

05/05/2020

Weeks into the Covid-19 pandemic, life as we knew it, is changing.

If you do not have one, and can afford it, get a scanner. Even if you do not have a "working printer"(i.e. you are out of ink...which is ridiculously expensive!) a scanner most effectively photocopies paperwork in a way that is most easily read by your receiving party.



Here's a quick look at a Google inquiry:

https://www.google.com/search?q=least+expensive+scanner&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS844US844&oq=least+expensive+scanner&aqs=chrome..69i57.5469j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

03/21/2020

For this moment in time the Rat Race has halted.

There is nothing you're missing out on.

We are all doing the exact same thing, getting to know ourselves again.

No social pressures, lots of downtime..lots of "Me" time, or "Us" time if you share a roof with others.

It's quiet... everywhere.

There are no mass shootings or bombings...for now.

Remarkably, the omnipresent tension in my neck and shoulders has melted away. That alone is amazing!

Lots of naps and a forced period of Stay Home.

Ok...that's the upside as I see it. Standby for the "I'm so bored!" post which undoubtedly will hit next.

02/28/2020

Your voice counts TODAY!

11/17/2019

This is a forward share from Marc Moretti, specifically regarding The homeless situation in Chico California.

"... I’ve suggested in the past to use closed military bases which are complete community spaces. There is housing classrooms hospitals and retail. Residents can be safe. Everything from rehab and medication, counseling, job training to housing. Retail food and necessities. Some residents can work in the stores, do maintenance and related jobs. The place would have security and residents would not be allowed to leave without passes. Mentally disturbed people would be monitored and medicine would be readily available. Students of related fields could pay back loans by working a few days a month."

08/15/2019

What would you do if you met someone, had dealings with someone, who you considered to be a danger to themselves or others?

Literally, daily shootings...how can we each be a part of the solution?

Put yourself in the position of knowing this person, being fearful of what they could do to others, AND consider your own fear if they learn you have reported them....

08/12/2019

I'm going to save y'all some time and wondering regarding this Jeffrey Epstein death.

Having known both felons and ex-felons, I have it on good authority...child molesters are not tolerated, but rather, they are "taken-out" by the population.

Honor among thieves.

The FBI can go home and save us all some dough.

03/12/2019

Ugh

The opioid crisis is bigger than Purdue Pharma.