The Upper Mississippi River Basin:Life, Worship, Sports, Transportation, Golf, Politics and other bizarre behaviors in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. The Quincy area has a history of tolerance. We seem to suffer fools gladly.
Life took me to three foreign states last few days. They all have one thing in common: They may not have enough money to keep their battered womens' shelters open. As one who has been in the belly of the beast that is criminal justice, I can tell you we don't want to go back to the days where abused women have no options.
posted by UMRBlog @ 01:23
2 comments
Christian, Father, Husband, Brother, Uncle, Veteran, Threat Assessor, Both Illini and Hawkeye Grad, Democrat, "Sticker", Friend, Neighbor, Cub Fan, Bear Fan, Outside the box thinker, Multitasker, Golfer, Believer in Civility and Good Manners until some butt makes it impossible, Throws Right, Bats Left, Good Power, Good Arm, Good Glove, Bad Speed, Hold Doors and Chairs for women,
2 Comments:
I don't think you'll have to be depressed much longer UMR.
From the looks of Obama's budget and public statements, we are headed back to the future and LBJ's Great Society, which means all those battered ladies will have government seized McMansions to live in.
I don't know about you, but I'm beginning to get a warm, fuzzy feeling about the return of classic tax-and-spend liberalism and the social engineering it brings. The unintended consequences of Great Society policies flipped me from a liberal to a libertarian, which is why it's important for the younger generation to discover what "progressive" and liberalism really mean.
It's deja vu all over again, baby!
Historically speaking, you may have a point. Today's 12-16 year olds could make Jack Kemp look like a socialist.
Still, the Shelter thing really troubles me because it is really the banking emergency that is threatening the shutdowns. Most shelters do all right without regular government infusions but now their gifts are down and their endowments are shrunk.
I've seen too much good come out of several of these places to believe losing some of them would be acceptable.
TYFCB
Post a Comment
<< Home