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[quote user="Marvin Foster"] Being a veteran, I feel that no one should be Commander-in-Chief of our military unless he/she has served in the military. If you aren’t willing to serve, you shouldn’t be allowed to lead. Of course I realize this disqualifies every president since Bush...
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[quote user="Dan Radmacher"] How is the recession affecting you or your community now, and how do you fear it will affect you in the future? [/quote] In the community I see more concern than I do effect. Personally, we're not affected, yet. The future will be otherwise. Part of our income...
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[quote user="Joe Merola"]The arts have a huge positive effect in education and in helping all of us to know who we are. We find more about the power of the arts in medicine, mental health and a host of other things just about every day.[/quote] Well-said, Joe. Sadly, these are the kinds of...
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How is the recession affecting me? So far, not very much. I recently retired, have never been a gambler (i.e., I have shunned the stock market in favor of "bondage"), and am now a benefactor of the social security system, that most wonderful legacy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal...
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[quote user="Harlan Miller"] Even more distressing are the severe cuts in state-funded support positions in public education across the Commonwealth. Thousands of custodians, cafeteria workers, etc. will lose their jobs, and many of them are among the most economically vulnerable Virginians...
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[quote user="robinhinrichs"]I understand that their collapse may cause even greater hardship and difficulties, but I think the ultimate goal should be a remaking of our economy and way of thinking.[/quote] Hey, Robin -- I'm conflicted on this kind of thing, as well. I was particularly confounded...
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Sean, Thanks for your kind words. What's notable to me is that this seems to be a thread through many of the posts here. Lots of folks seem to be recognizing that we've been on a bit of a binge for quite some time -- buying and consuming far beyond our means. Maybe the recession will be our purgative...
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Michael, you wrote: What these forces will bring in our community is yet to be seen, but -- against all odds -- I'm hopeful. I believe that it's at least possible that as our collective need grows, so too will our compassion. I'd like to believe that we can all learn to think less about ourselves...
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[quote user="Barbara Southard"]. I would hope that Obama would use his talent as a charismatic leader to help Americans pull together, sacrifice, and work hard to get back to basics and back on track to being a model for other countries, a conservation-conscious, industrious, and creative force...
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My resolution for 2009 is to think of myself less and think of others more as they deal with the recession differently than I. In celebrating the New Year with my best friend Kerriann, her husband Kent and their family in NY; I being single, see the recession in a different way. As I mused about the...