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As women whose ancestors have lived through the incivility of slavery, segregation, and all other forms of discrimination, racism, and sexism, as people who have historically been told to “wait” for justice, for freedom, for our turn, we consider it an insult to characterize Ms. Waters’ call for the exercise of our constitutional rights as uncivil and un-American. We call on leaders of all persuasion to practice the art of civil discourse.
Passive-aggressive behavior at it's finest and most hypocritical. The vaunted 'Blue Wave' is about to dissipate, if it hasn't already.
#7
I think Maxine should be accepted as the Democratic party's spokesman and Face.
At least until after the Mid term House and Senate elections are counted.
That plus the next Trump pick for the Supreme Court being securely in place...... the dems should be about ready to face the sink full of hot water and a razor blade on their wrists.
#9
Will Auntie Maxine show civility towards Christian? Conservatives? Trump supporters? Where was she when Hillary was spouting her scatological remarks towards the "basket of deplorables and unredeemarbles?" Will she give the boodle back that she scammed on the basis of racial huxterism?
To hear some liberals tell it, you would think that America is finished as a nation with the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. One such person tweeted: "Literally in tears. Haven’t felt this hopeless in a long time. With Justice Kennedy leaving, we now have two options as Americans: get fitted for your Nazi uniform or report directly to your death camp. How do you fight the darkness without light? My spark is going out."
California Senator Kamala Harris said that Trump’s replacement for Kennedy (whoever that will be‐unknown as of this writing) means the "destruction of the Constitution of the United States."
These sentiments are terribly wrong on so many fronts. The founders created an experiment where "we the people" would govern ourselves. But in recent decades the high court has taken upon itself more power than King George III could possibly have lusted after. In fact, the swing voter on the Supreme Court ‐ the now-retiring Anthony Kennedy ‐ often experienced such power.
But the founders clearly felt that both a monarchy and an oligarchy (the rule by a few) were tyrannical. James Madison, a key architect to the Constitution, put it this way: "The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."
However, through the years, we have experienced the Supreme Court virtually governing our lives, and we assume that’s the way it is supposed to be.
Consider what the courts, especially the Supreme Court, have ushered in during the last several decades by legislating (not adjudicating) from the bench:
#1
Supreme Court justices are a way that Presidents influence the nation far beyond their term of office. It is reasonable that the opposition treats one Presidents Court pick or picks with a wary eye. Yet Court appointments have a way of turning into something you might not expect. If Hillary had been elected I suspect she'd of picked Bill
#5
Remember what the POTUS said about Justice Kennedy on June 27 -
In 1987, President Reagan nominated him to the Court, and he was swiftly confirmed without opposition. During his tenure on the Court, he authored landmark opinions in every significant area of constitutional law, most notably on equal protection under the law, the separation of powers, and the First Amendment’s guarantees of freedom of speech and religion.
Justice Kennedy has been a tireless voice for individual rights and the Founders’ enduring vision of limited government.
Doesn't sound like he should have been the savior of the progressives.
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#6
I am sure similar laudatory utterances could be made for Ginsburg if she would simply throw in the towell.
[Wash Times] Christina Thomas says she is used to being asked the same questions over and over in each job interview ‐ questions that are usually a sign she won’t be getting a call back.
" ’What do you mean you’re a military spouse? Does that mean you’re going to leave me in a year?’ " the 35-year-old Texas native recited the dreaded queries in an interview last week, recounting her numerous attempts to find work while following her husband, Army Maj. and West Point instructor Brandon Thomas, to military assignments stretching from Georgia to Germany.
At each stop along the way, Mrs. Thomas ‐ who holds a master’s degree and has worked as a paralegal ‐ said she struggled to find a steady job.
The story is all too common for military spouses and one that major companies such as Starbucks, Amazon, Microsoft and others say they are stepping up to help change.
According to the Pentagon’s figures, the husbands and wives of military service members face a whopping 26 percent unemployment rate and a 25 percent wage gap compared with their civilian counterparts. The main reason, military and business leaders say, is how often many military families relocate, giving companies pause as they fear ‐ often rightfully ‐ that the employee will be gone within a year or two.
The Defense Department also said the issue has a national security component, as the high spouse unemployment rate "compromises the quality of life of military families and the readiness of the military force." The barriers to employment make it harder to recruit and can be especially onerous for spouses who work as teachers or in other fields that require specific licenses or certifications at the state level. Base pay for a MAJ is approaching $8,000. per month. Add another $800. to $1500. for housing allowance. Another $250. for BAS (subsistence). If he's assigned to an airborne unit, tack on another $150. per month for haz-duty. He's eligible for retirement at 50% of base pay at 20 years, 2.5% more per year beyond that and Tri-Care for life for you and him. If he precedes you in death and was smart enough to sign up for the Survivor Benefit Program (SBP), you get 50% of his retirement plus all of his Social Security.
Your 'JOB' is to support your Army husband like countless excellent Army wives throughout history. Fit in or bugger off.
That’s the problem of being married to someone in a career that requires frequent moves, whether military or civilian. Civilian companies may talk a good game about the careers of trailing spouses but, with very rare exceptions for star performers, they care about as much as the military does. Some options, if you truly need meaningful paid employment to retain your sanity and don‘t want to find a sedentary replacement spouse (because sometimes the trailing spouse is a husband, not a wife):
Get a civilian job with the Army that can be done on most bases
Sign up with a national temp agency, so that they will find you something in most of the places you move to, employers that won’t care if you are not a lifetime investment
Find a job that allows you to work from home
Accept that you got that master’s degree for your own satisfaction, not to make money
Understand that you’ll stay in one place once your major retires, at which point all your experience will allow your career to blossom, freeing him to be pickier about his post-military career. He might even choose to keep house for you for a while!
#2
Momma is the number one retention officer. Period.
On a side note - join the reserve or national guard upon separation if she wants you out. That way if thing don't work out, you can go back to active duty with the rank you departed at.
#3
Wait a minute, I thought there was a spousal preference for hiring. I find it hard to believe. In addition, I do not feel sorry for them spouses/spices, either.
#4
Being a trailing spouse,whether military or civilian, is a great deal harder than it looks, and not everyone who started out willing is able to handle it long term. Similarly, however willing the military spouse might be to get out in order to keep the family together, there will be inevitable resentment by both parties: he that he had to give up the critical job of protecting the country before he was ready, and she that however tactful he might be she feels guilty about putting her needs first and dragging him away.
Shoot, I feel guilty that Mr. Wife chose to give up doing the things that would have led to at least one more promotion after it became clear my illness was not going to be fixed any time soon; I didn’t ask him to and he didn’t mention that he’d done so until recently, but I was physically and mentally no longer capable of holding up my end. It would have been devastating for me to be the reason he stepped back from saving the world.
#5
DooDahMan, you are not in touch with the reality for military spouses. "Spousal preference" only helps if t here is an opening for which the person is otherwise totally qualified - and even then s/he is up against a lot of other military spouses for that job.
Then the member gets moved, and you do it all over again - if you're lucky.
The fact that you find that hard to believe and have no sympathy for the spouse, well ....
that just means you're right there with all the other assholes the military sacrifice to defend despite them not deserving it.
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[Wash Times] Christina Thomas says she is used to being asked the same questions over and over in each job interview ‐ questions that are usually a sign she won’t be getting a call back.
