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   believecommonsense said, 5 months ago

   what the heck?

2. 

   Dale Hopson said, 5 months ago

   Mickey is 80… won’t call him young!

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   fennec said, 5 months ago

   I assume she is referring to the one million kids in CA without medical coverage?

4. 

   MurphyHerself said, 5 months ago

   What happens to the rest of us?

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   charliekane said, 5 months ago

   A Modest Proposal?

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   dtroutma said, 5 months ago

   Donna may soon find out about copyright infringement from Disney- don’t mess with the mouse.

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   wbr said, 5 months ago

   charliekane said, about 2 hours ago

   A Modest Proposal?

   good comment — though public ed persons under 35 will not get it

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   charliekane said, 5 months ago

   wbr:

   Swift recognition!

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   believecommonsense said, 5 months ago

   i’m not a public ed person under 35, Charliekane, but I need a hint … ??

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    cdward said, 5 months ago

    A Modest Proposal was a satirical essay written by Jonathan Swift in which he argued we should deal with the poor (London’s, I believe) by eating their children rather than having them hang out with their poor mothers begging all day. Do I have it right?

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    Corosive Frog said, 5 months ago

    Sooky Rottweiler says;

    Mittaines went by, Mickey? Just say the words and he’s a dead cat. ROWF!

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    charliekane said, 5 months ago

    Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”, is a satirical essay, published in 1729. It was prompted by English oppression of the Irish. Several social problems could be resolved if Irish infants could be sold to the English as a culinary “delicacy”.

    Close, cdward.

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    believecommonsense said, 5 months ago

    thanks, cdward and charliekane. The more things change, they more they stay the same, eh?

    However, I don’t think California has any choice to make some rather drastic cuts. What one would hope is the first thing would do is eliminate the scammers and those who play the system. I’m sure people will be hurt by cuts.

    With a deficit of $24 billion, nothing is going to be easy. I don’t know where the state ranks in social service type of payments, but it used to be near the top and urban legend had it that people would come here from other states for the benefits. That’s not sustainable.

    The legislators and Governor(s) have really mismanaged the state’s finances.

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    Michigander said, 5 months ago

    Disney World on the chopping block, is it?