The following correspondence originally took place upon the Facebook wall of an acquaintance, after she posted artwork from here…
Jennifer H.: A bit of both, actually, but when I start to despair of the former I can always count on latter.
“I don’t share my thoughts because I think it will change the minds of people who think differently. I share my thoughts to show the people who already think like me that they’re not alone.”
Nora R.: Amen.
Rayn: Selah!
I originally posted the following statement onto my Facebook wall…
The pronouns are speaking illegibly…
Their statements confound, and give pause.
The following correspondence originally took place upon the Facebook wall of family, after they posted artwork being shared the page, “Young Americans for Liberty“…
Genaire:
“WELFARE: When you love strangers so much that you’re willing to have government steal money from another stranger to help them out.”
Rayn: WELFARE: When you love *CORPORATISM* so much that you’re willing to have the government steal money from the entire population to line the pockets of billionaire CEOs.
According to the CATO Institute, the U.S. federal government spent almost $97 billion of our tax dollars on corporate welfare during fiscal year 2012:
https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/corporate-welfare-federal-budget
The most regular recipients of corporate welfare include BOEING, XEROX, IBM, MOTOROLA, DOW CHEMICAL, GENERAL ELECTRIC, APPLE, McDONALD’S, and WALMART:
https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/corporate-welfare-state-how-federal-government-subsidizes-us-businesses
Apple, Walmart, McDonald’s: They All Stiff Their Workers as They Get Subsidized by Taxpayers:
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18113-apple-walmart-mcdonald-s-they-all-stiff-their-workers-as-they-get-subsidized-by-taxpayers
The following correspondence originally took place here, upon the Facebook page, “Get Involved, You Live Here“…
Get Involved, You Live Here:
“Stop watching!”
Rayn: Unplug the Signal!
Bob K.: television is crapping on my brain right now .
Lisa N.: Hahaha. True true true.
Jose A.: Vidiots become shit for brains! Or is it the shit for brains that become Vidiots?
Kaley W.: Ryan G.
Casey T.: HA!
Dean M.: True !
Peter L.: The TV itself is just a piece of technology that enables us to easily see moving images made by others. Its the one-way communicating channels that many people use the TV for that is the problem 😉
The following correspondence originally took place upon the Facebook wall of an acquaintance, after my friend, Claudia C., shared a captioned photo from here…
Claudia C.: I think you may find this hilarious, Mark!
Unfortunate jewellery display of the day.
[via Mark Holland]
Mark J.: Yeah pretty funny
Jonas A.: haha…a wut ring?!?! LOL!
Mark J.: I think maybe the dickhole was photoshopped.
Claudia C.: I don’t know lol! It looks real to me hahaha!
