tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post2756680282432199140..comments2024-03-26T14:30:49.660-05:00Comments on The Wifely Person Speaks: Drinking The SandThe Wifely Personhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03255569339784573469noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post-55974750424027395732016-12-22T10:23:21.223-06:002016-12-22T10:23:21.223-06:00To the author of the above comment (Beginning &quo...To the author of the above comment (Beginning "The essence of our national troubles...) - thank you. That was an excellent observation. And I agree with you. Please email me directly at thewifelyperson@gmail.com The Wifely Personhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03255569339784573469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post-84806687088815232522016-12-22T09:59:54.464-06:002016-12-22T09:59:54.464-06:00The essence of our national troubles is really qui...The essence of our national troubles is really quite simple. Some people are scared. The scared people, the ones who voted for Trump, are the ones not prepared for living globally. They're not properly educated, trained, and informed. They didn't understand it was going to be hard and they would have to change and learn new things. So, they are resorting to the authoritarian figure, the big daddy, to make everything okay for them. They are of course being led in this direction by misinformation, propaganda and outright lies. But the rub here is that they think they want less government, that government has failed them, yet they are voting for a person who says "I alone can fix it" and is setting up an authoritarian administration. Do some reading up on South African dictators (eery style similarities with Trump) and the history of the Russian Tsars (to better understand authoritarian rule and how it's coupled with religion to control the masses). Listen, this isn't something we're going to be done with in 4 years. It's likely going to take decades to pull out of this path we're headed down. The Trump type people have to educated and trained to survive and thrive in a global society. Unfortunately our new government isn't going to help with that, so it's up to us to do this on a grassroots and familial level. I'll admit, I'm still depressed by this whole outcome. I'm dreading the rape that's going to come from all the self-serving billionaires being appointed to important cabinets. But I won't succumb to the fear and the lies and I will stand strong. I will speak the truth even in the face of insult and teach my daughter that honesty and kindness matters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post-52020537879273292262016-12-22T09:33:30.247-06:002016-12-22T09:33:30.247-06:00The Electoral College was created to give plantati...The Electoral College was created to give plantation owners a greater voice in elections. The Electoral College has everything to with slavery. We now recognize slavery as the abomination that it is. And it's time to end the useless electoral college. END OF STORY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post-14975070320775310402016-12-20T15:04:27.689-06:002016-12-20T15:04:27.689-06:00Your blog states "... he did not win this ele...Your blog states "... he did not win this election..." but Trump is "POTUS-elect" because he DID win the election. No one is denying that he didn't win the popular vote -- but he did win a majority of votes in the electoral college; hence he "WON THE ELECTION" & that's all that counts. END OF STORY. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post-18841500194173094912016-12-20T09:16:47.315-06:002016-12-20T09:16:47.315-06:00He won the electoral college, and hence the presid...He won the electoral college, and hence the presidency. He did not win the popular vote which, in just about every other country in the world, would mean he did not win the election itself. The electoral college is a quirk which has, on five occasions, given the presidency to the person who lost the popular vote. So while he was elected by the electoral college, he was NOT elected by the population of these there Untied States. The Wifely Personhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03255569339784573469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post-44733698855377953372016-12-20T08:37:59.203-06:002016-12-20T08:37:59.203-06:00News flash, WP: Donald DID win the election... sa...News flash, WP: Donald DID win the election... saying that he didn't win is like saying that your team won the baseball game cause they got more hits than the other guys. <br /><br />News Flash #2: I've already made my "Cory Booker 2020" sign & it's now on my front lawn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post-9151732403792453982016-12-20T00:53:20.576-06:002016-12-20T00:53:20.576-06:00I hope you're wrong about there not being any ...I hope you're wrong about there not being any opposition. It's my hope and expectation that that's to come. What I find disappointing are some of Hillary's recent remarks about why she lost...it's the FBI director's fault; it's Putin's Russian hackers' fault...etc. Instead of defending her limitations, she and the rest of the Dems really need to examine what went wrong, take responsibility and accountability for it, and then fix it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com