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From FB group Orange Talk

Halo Mike
There is a point where F.U.D. about life threatening situations transcends politics and becomes a national movement. This is what happened during the Viet Nam War era when students and many others protested. You’re too young to have first hand knowledge of that, but what you’re seeing right now is what happens when the lawmakers listen more to lobbyists than their constituents. And they will have hell to pay if something doesn’t change soon.

To paraphrase,
“Hell hath no fury compared to a nation scorned.”

Boss Tweet, are you listening?

http://news.gallup.com/poll/230174/satisfaction-direction-down-march.aspx

From FB group Orange Talk

Art Rosen said,

“The state of this group is really sad. I joined another group for a city where I have a second home. Nobody was name calling or obsessed with being a conservative or a liberal. They spoke of things that bind people together. New restaurants, where to get help, issues that effect the local community with out bringing political parties into the mix. Are these crazy battles the best use of this group? You’re never going to change each other. Calling someone stupid doesn’t make you smart, just an ass. Why not go join a political group where you can tell each other what you want to hear and use this group to help make Orange more of a community.”

My reply

“I agree.  The problems you spoke of are due to the lack of moderation.  If the moderators/admins took some action, this wouldn’t happen.  But then there is Orange Buzz, where the iron-fisted admin makes it a virtual hell.

So the result is that both that and this group have some serious disadvantages.  And it leaves the market open for someone to start a group with a moderate amount of moderation.

“Those not in the middle of the road and in the gutter.”  

– Ike”
“Virginia Jefferies Elliott

The block button works most of the time.  Many of those who get blocked are not here to contribute anything useful.

But on occasion there are those who become indispensable pains in the ass.  That’s when moderation helps.  I’ve been there, seen that, and it really does help.

Like your kid.  Do you block a kid if he or she does something unacceptable?

“Growing old is mandatory;

growing up is optional.”

There are far too many grownups who don’t act grown-up.

From FB group Orange Talk

I wish at least ten million Californians would take your advice and move to a “free” (red) state, like Texas.  That would change California’s real estate market from a seller’s market to a buyer’s market.  It would change to lower demands for all those things that are overpriced, such as gasoline.  And those “free” Texans can then have some of the problems Californians have now.

And it would get rid of a lot of whiners and blamers, leaving a more peaceful California.  👍😎

But don’t take my statements literally.  You can’t run from the problems for which you, yourself are to blame.  Sorry.

In reply to people complaining about socialism, etc., ruining the state.

I get tired of hearing all the whining on the FB group Orange Talk.  Everyone talks about isms.  Conservatism, Liberalism, Socialism, Populism, and on and on.  Everyone is chronically whining about their least favorite -ism.  They attempt to categorize every person or group into a pigeonhole, each labeled with their least favorite ism.  Then they blame the problems they perceive on this group and its ism.  This attempt at pigeonholing just isn’t as simple as they make it out to be.

The simple fact is there is no black and white point where something is an ism or not an ism.  There are an infinite number of shades of gray, and one person’s concept of what is and isn’t an ism is different than the next person’s concept.

If I had a penny for every whine about an ism that I’ve read, I’d be wealthy beyond my wildest dreams.  There are so many complainers out there who want to talk, talk, talk, and do nothing about what they whine about.  Talk is cheap.  They should put their money where their mouth is.  Disney said, “Stop talking and start doing!”  Those whiners should choose a charitable organization that promotes their viewpoint, and donate to that organization.  Then stop the whining and moaning, and say something positive is being done to solve the problem.

That’s another huge problem.  The blame game these whiners play.  You never hear one thing about what good is being done to reverse their least favorite ism.  It’s like such a thing doesn’t exist.  It looks to me like they have been exposed to a group of chronic complainers and blamers.  I think that it never crossed their mind that they may be associating with the wrong group of people.  There are some out there who think the establishment is some kind of conspiracy.  The idea is that the wealthy are in control of the government and they want to turn all of the people into Orwellian puppets that they control.  Well, have they succeeded?  It seems to me that this has always been going on, it’s nothing new.  That was one reason why the Framers split up the government into the three branches.  According to economists, the wealthy have used their influence to get favorable decisions at the expense of the other 99% of the people.  The wealthy are also good at getting the public to believe the problems they cause are due to one Ism or another.  This is just to send people off track of the real problem.

These people who play the blame game pick just one small factor out of many, and single it out, blaming it for being the root of all of the problems affecting their jaded view of the world.  They make mountains out of molehills.  This reminds me of the HUAC and McCarthy era, when the government was trying to curb freedoms given in the Bill of Rights in order to purge their perceived threat of Communism within the U.S.  This, ironically, was called McCarthyism.