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Comment on US Automakers Disgust Me by Daniel

danielfarrell76@gmail.com — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:19:15 -0500

I actually don’t blame the unions… I’m not sure why. They organized and fought for their share of the profits when things were good. Good for them. I know the current labor contracts make it tough on the automakers to be flexible… but that is the price you pay for getting so large in the first place.

I can see two reasonable solutions… the first being to allow bankruptcy to force a drastic restructuring and the second being to give them a smaller bailout with the condition of splitting the company into smaller pieces. I’m sure some of those smaller companies would be able to survive(maybe even thrive?) as they will be able to be much more flexible. Of course that does mean a number(most?) of them would fail really quickly, which is good because many of their lines of cars are crap.

Comment on US Automakers Disgust Me by Tim Baer

danielfarrell76@gmail.com — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:37:10 -0500

http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/11/attention_american_auto_makers.html

That sums it all up.

Comment on US Automakers Disgust Me by Tim Baer

danielfarrell76@gmail.com — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:01:09 -0500

It’s insane, Daniel. The “bailout” won’t even bail them out of the debt they have racked up. These companies need to shrink to begin to become profitable again.

Don’t forget to blame the unions too.

Comment on Who I am voting for on Tuesday by Existential Punk

danielfarrell76@gmail.com — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:56:13 -0500

Voted pretty much the same way, except my district for school board i voted fo my nextdoor neighbor, Adria Scoot, who won. Also, My Rep was b/w Hartke & Cantor, and i voted for Hartke because i could not vote for Cantor. i did not follow the mayorial race at all but asked Rock his opinion.

Comment on My Friends by Existential Punk

alicia@farrells.org — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:33:59 -0500

No worries, Alicia. Take your time, but i do hope to hear from you before the end of this year! LOL!!!!

Comment on Fear by Existential Punk

alicia@farrells.org — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:32:59 -0500

Alicia, i love you. i am so glad you are in the place to get help and hopefully you will have a great experience. The past couple of years i have been in therapy grieving over the loss of my health. It has helped immensely. My therapist never once told me there are greater problems in the world than mine. A godd therapist would not do that. BUT, i did have the same fear the first time i met with him. You are not alone and everyone’s experience is different. We should never compare ourselves to others. We are uniquely made and how we each deal with the ups and downs in life is different for everybody. There is no right or wrong way. My therapist developed brain and lung cancer and is no longer practicing as of this last July. i am happy to have a break but am open to trying someone else in the future if i need it, and i am sure i will at some point.

Adele

Comment on Fear by Sil

alicia@farrells.org — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:26:30 -0500

Hello Alicia,
A link to your blog arrived in my mail because I have a Google alert for the word ‘pilgrimage’. I felt like a voyeur clicking on the link but you see, even your name intrigued me. That is the name I have chosen for the main protagonist in my first novel that I am painfully writing - so we do have a few things in common.
Perhaps you need to go on a nice long walk - a journey of the soul. There is a place on a 1000 year old trail in Spain (you could learn to speak Spanish!) where you can leave a pebble from home. You must carry this pebble from home and rub all your cares, sorrows and disappointments into it whilst you are walking. When you get to the Cruz de Ferro in the Irago Mountains, you leave the pebble on a huge cairn at the base of the cross.
You are not alone,
Big hug,
Sil

Comment on Fear by keila

alicia@farrells.org — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:02:43 -0500

hey, maybe we can introduce our voices to each other and they can then bug the crap out of each other instead of us!
alicia, you are incredibly brave. you are incredibly creative. you are incredibly kind and fun-loving… even when you don’t feel like it.
you deserve this- keep going after it! (oh- and tell that voice to shut up- you know where its coming from)

Comment on Election Day BONUS! by jennifer

alicia@farrells.org — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:27:36 -0500

What?! I’m so bummed I’m not in America! If only they sent me an “I’ve Voted” sticker when I sent in my absentee ballot, I’d be heading to my local Starbucks right now!

Comment on Who I am voting for on Tuesday by john m

danielfarrell76@gmail.com — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:47:57 -0500

I think, as Christians, that not voting might be preferable.

As a non Christian whose image of Christians was much tarnished by the political Christianity of the 1980s/1990s, I would urge not that you stop voting but that any of the involved religious groups refrain from tying themselves to one party or especially one issue. I also urge you to look at local politics as a way of getting out from under the negativity and conflict of national party politics.

If you are supporting candidates that are working towards positive, attainable local changes, then your vote and support can make a huge difference. Look at Daniel’s interest and enthusiasm for a school board election! This is beyond politics and will have a real impact on his neighborhood and community.