tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920411020784409759.post8346481329652962213..comments2023-09-04T06:50:00.127-07:00Comments on Hang Art: London's Burning!Jerry Carlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10024087888949143035noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920411020784409759.post-28385706149956013342011-08-11T19:20:12.255-07:002011-08-11T19:20:12.255-07:00Hmm, I remember when kids were needed. They aren&...Hmm, I remember when kids were needed. They aren't today. In fact, they are in the way too often. No one wants their noise or thoughts or playing around. No basketball hoops hanging over garage doors anymore. The HOA's won't allow it. What are kids supposed to do in this world? We need to figure out how to make them feel needed and necessary again. Not by handouts of course but by giving them responsiblities when they are young and letting them know they are part of the family for the chores and the good stuff. Too often they get one or the other. They need both. It starts at home. And is it really the kids going wild all on their own? Didn't a whole bunch of parents (I think the count was 50) get into a melee over a sports decision the other day? If parents/adults can act up why not kids? We have a whole lot to get in order and it starts with how we act towards our kids, for our kids and with our kids. Reality TV shows are all about you vs. me and the winner is the what? meanest, greediest, craziest? Time to look at ourselves to see where the kids are coming from.Timareehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15769047120660859743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920411020784409759.post-34919544853134280762011-08-11T03:03:17.873-07:002011-08-11T03:03:17.873-07:00You are right in that we could be next. Chicago i...You are right in that we could be next. Chicago is already dealing with flash mob crime, the latest "fad" amongst teens here. There is a huge divide between the haves and have nots, much despair...People who have lived here and were born here can't qualify for monies to go to school and yet our governor has just signed off on some deal or other where illegals can be educated on the back of a state drowning in debt. People don't know where to turn, get slapped down at every effort to improve their lives, are desperate and afraid and know no other way to bring attention to the blight...er...plight. Violence rarely does much good, but then wars and rumors of wars...<br /><br />I'm with Barbra Joan.Autumn Leaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010044052621228719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920411020784409759.post-64850367889397770862011-08-10T22:20:54.696-07:002011-08-10T22:20:54.696-07:00we have a donation box at the visitors center and ...we have a donation box at the visitors center and it is the first thing children gravitate to..they are always trying to get the money out. It just seems like there is too much emphasis on money and not enough about the beauty of life, nature, art and music. It may sound like Pollyanna..but when we cut the arts and kids never get to see anything but their parents' mundane lives..they think there is nothing in life for them.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819844673551315071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920411020784409759.post-90480384301228642272011-08-10T09:04:19.164-07:002011-08-10T09:04:19.164-07:00StonePost we are not far behind.
An Aboriginal Eld...StonePost we are not far behind.<br />An Aboriginal Elder in the NT of Australia has changed the Welfare System for his people and it's working. No more handouts. Get a job, and a mortgage, just as we do.<br />Our money is no longer safe in the bank. Thanks to International News, I remember the people of Russia lining the streets, trying to get THEIR money; they failed miserably.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01334065619837967170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920411020784409759.post-14363968028207821862011-08-10T06:35:22.805-07:002011-08-10T06:35:22.805-07:00Thanks for the comment, Barbra! I really think we...Thanks for the comment, Barbra! I really think we are closer than you might think, at least we are smart enough to compromise and maybe find a direction. In the meantime, keep your money under your mattress!Jerry Carlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024087888949143035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920411020784409759.post-73076440370552778912011-08-10T05:15:03.510-07:002011-08-10T05:15:03.510-07:00We are next Jerry.! You surely must be seeing that...We are next Jerry.! You surely must be seeing that . I hate to be pessimistic but the sky is falling.. <br /> and we are all standing there with our arms in the air waiting for it.. You and I don't agree on any politics, but I'm the gypsy here, remember? No surprise to me .. get your heads out of the sand. Damn it !Barbra Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263982645593300365noreply@blogger.com