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Give us some millions

court_n2000 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:42:20 -0600

Yeah right? You think they could, oh I don't know, spare a few hundred K out of the millions they make. Heck even a few thousand would help.... geeze!

Executive Salaries

AllisonWonder — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:40:14 -0600

I've often wondered when we'll see a story about a multi-millionaire executive taking a pay-cut to save jobs or benefits for the little guy... nothing so far.

Allison Wonder

http://adventuresinhomeeconomics.wordpress.com

It started earlier in my house!

phdinparenting — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:08:44 -0600

Thanks for your comment. That is a really great point. I see it already in our 20 month old daughter who wants everything that her older brother has. It is so extreme that I hardly know what to buy her for Christmas and birthdays because I don't want to buy duplicates of things we already have (she can just play with her brothers' stuff, he is good about sharing) and she doesn't want things that we buy for her that are not his!

PhD in Parenting - http://phdinparenting.wordpress.com

A Healthy Dose of Sarcasm

BookLady Alison — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:44:33 -0600

That's how I solved the problem with the effects of advertising when my kids were little. I just told them, "Hey! It's the job of a business to sell stuff. They tell you about the stuff on adverts, which makes you want it." Result: "No-one will tell me what I want!" said my kids.

As said kids got older we began to examine in more detail how adverts are constructed. Look at adverts for products that are aimed at 6 year olds and you'll notice that the advert shows an 8 year old playing with the toy. As soon as I pointed this out to my kids they would laugh and say that no 8 year old would really play with the item in question. I realized this after I went to a class on authoring children's books. Children want to read books about children who are a couple of years older than them. Children want to learn from older kids. Is it the object in the advert your child wants, or is it to be like the older child they see there on the screen? Ask them that question. If they say they want to be like the child you could always suggest that you ask a child you know who is a couple of years older what their favorite thing to play with at that age was, what toy or item they have used over and over. I do however suspect that wanting to be like the older child only starts around age 6.

Then as kids get older you can introduce them to logical fallacies, like Bandwagon and Snob Appeal. Heck, by the time you do all this you might as well homeschool them and keep them away from all the peer stuff in the first place :-)

BookLady Alison

Homeschooler's Guide to the Galaxy - conversation for parents who believe in learning.
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So he put his foot in his mouth...

Lisse — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:04:27 -0600

As someone who has studied both the theory of Multiple Intelligences and differentiated instruction, I have often thought that if Summers had said something like "the way we teach science is not reaching women..." there would have been a lot less flack. Of course, that idea is not without its own controversy, but that is how I took what he was trying to get across.

Fixing this economy is far more important than political correctness at the moment. There are plenty of other opportunities that Obama will have to demonstrate his support for women.

-Lisse

@ Home in the World

Grateful

Maria Niles — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:57:45 -0600

Thanks for noticing :)

I'm feeling grateful today for the feeling I have about my country. And the crying, cheering diversity of faces in the celebratory crowds leave hopeful for our future.

Thanks for your comment and hooray to you!

You were right!

writethejourney — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:30:56 -0600

So glad it turned out as you predicted--and in a landslide!

Hooray! And take a deep breath of relief today. I am.

That can be a tough thing to

Lisse — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:48:11 -0600

That can be a tough thing to accomplish in politics, where party loyalty is often regarded as the greatest virtue and self-serving ambition is exceedingly common,

Jane Swift oughta know about this. In the name of party loyalty, she stepped aside to let the self-serving ambition of Mitt Romney run for governor instead of her.

Too bad, I had hoped to support her run back then. I was sorry to hear Swift defending Sarah Palin's politics earlier in this race. The bitter divisiveness Palin has sown hardly puts country first.

-Lisse

@ Home in the World

Yes, 26 years in

Brellyk — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:55:48 -0600

Yes, 26 years in the Senate.... compared to Obama's 2 years? Hands down, McCain has more experience to be President. Where was Obama 3 years ago? Not in the Senate!

Kelly Curran

http://jenellesjourney.blogspot.com

Putting Country First...

Houseonahill — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:54:01 -0600

Houseonahill

www.Houseonahillorg.blogspot.com

would mean being a maverick for justice. Calling a collegue "That One" on national television during a presidential debate and suggesting that being a Muslim in America is somehow scary, or "risky" ALL while claiming to put your country first, really suggests putting Party first.

A McCain/Palin presidency will do nothing for women, workers, men of color, non-Christians, and our global community connections. That leaves who?

So then that brings about my final remark, define "country"??

~ House

Thanks for sharing!

kylinsmom — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:58:13 -0600

It's refreshing to hear support of McCain coming from other woman-owned businesses. I think that you've nailed it with your post -- $250,000 in profit is not an insane amount of money for a small business to earn, especially in rural America where family farms are on the decline. Thanks for helping to encourage free market advantages by giving the facts about McCain's plans!

Linsey

Sad to see

Maria Niles — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:29:01 -0600

That someone who was elected to represent people of every political persuasion would imply that voters who support a different candidate than she are not putting their country first.

I'm putting my country first by voting. Period.

From your lips...

Maria Niles — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:21:45 -0600

Voter suppression efforts are the thing that worry me the most. I certainly hope that you are right and efforts underway fail.

And, how exciting to be with your family and to witness your daughter's enthusiasm. Though it's become a bit of a cliche, children really are the future and they give me such hope especially with this election.

Voting by fax

Maria Niles — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:19:10 -0600

You are overseas - is that right, Judith? How fascinating that you can vote by fax. And, I wish 100% of those eligible would make the effort you've made to exercise your right. Thank you.

Great news!

Maria Niles — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:16:49 -0600

Thanks for helping make sure that the limb I went out on won't crash underneath me :)