An Easy, and Well-laid Plan to Raise Money!

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Saturday March 04, 2023 · 2:03 PM PST

2023/03/04 · 14:03

I have for the last month or so been giving plasma, twice a week. So I have a community project to try and get off the ground. Although not every-one will give, or can give do to their own personal health, but for those that can please do.

First find a Plasma Donation Center close to your location. Once you have located a center plan on a couple of days per week were you can spend some time donating plasma.

Plan your first trip to a center to take a bit longer than any follow-up trips due to the screening process.

After each donation of plasma, you will receive compensation for your time (most likely in the form of a prepaid credit card). This card will have these funds on it, and you could donate those funds to Daily KOS.

After each donation, you could choose to continue to give the donation to were you think it would do the most good.

As I stated it’s an easy process to give plasma, and at the same time the plasma will be used to make life saving medications for people in need of your gift.

As I stated above, I donate twice a week, and I’ll be able to earn $650.00 per 10 donations doing so. Although I can’t send that amount of money to Daily KOS, at the end of March (funds permitting) I’ll try to send something.

Time to use the RICH for all they are Worth

PapaBear

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Tuesday January 31, 2023 · 4:34 PM PST

2023/01/31 · 16:34

Have you ever seen the movie “Trading Places”? I for one love that movie, and I have an idea on how to use it and make the rich and powerful take a step back and feel our pains. In the movie, the Eddie Murphy character quotes the following “The best way to hurt a rich person, is to make them poor.” Well I don’t think we as a nation can make all of the rich in this country poor over-night, but we can make them think about it.

So here is my idea, there are 3 Holidays that consumers spend for, or travel for no matter what. They are the 1st and last “Official Week-ends of the summer, and the 4th of July. I say DON’T, make these week-ends a stay at home for family time. What I’m saying is No buying for a Bar-Bar-Que, No Buying gas, No trips to the Beach, No NOTHING, except time with your family. So, if you must shop, buy it 2 weeks before, buy gas about mid week. Don’t travel any-where, just stay home. Don’t even buy during those holiday sales. Because if we can make them think about “WHO HAS THE POWER” maybe just maybe we could get things to improve for all of us little people.

So please think about this, and start planning for it. Also if there is any-one who wants to add feed-back to this, please do.

Maybe the Grinch is right

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Friday November 25, 2022 · 12:13 PM PST

2022/11/25 · 12:13

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I have for many years believed that the “commercialization” of Christmas was a bad idea, and I’m not one to step out and go shopping during the Christmas season. In fact now that I have a copy of “The Grinch” I believe he was right with his quote “Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store, maybe Christmas means a whole lot more”. In fact my wife who is made at me, because I have copied “The Grinch” to one of our storage devices to play any time of the year on our blu-ray player. Since I believe that Christmas means a whole lot more, it would be a waste of time for me to go rushing around looking for the right gift for some-one just because everyone else mayor does.

So what does Christmas mean to me, you may ask. Well for starters it means remembering whose birth we as Christians around the world celebrate this time of the year, and the gift he gave us, it also means family. I’m also one that won’t try forcing my beliefs on others, and that Jesus wasn’t really born in December but more than 8 months earlier than the world believes. As I believe everyone, has a right to believe as they wish, but I for one would like to see people move away from the Christmas season shopping, and consider what “commercialization of Christmas” has done to the world as a whole. Of course this would push all of the buttons of conservatives to the point of trying to banned “The Grinch”, only to have them look like fools.

So, is The Grinch right?

What are your thought on the “commercialization of Christmas” and how do you celebrate the season?

A Living Wage Idea to Consider

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Monday July 25, 2022 · 1:07 PM PDT

2022/07/25 · 13:07

Has any-one thought about how to force the Living Wage issue down The Republicans throats? I have and it seems so simple to me but, I just don’t know whom to pass it on to. It works like this, make the living wage connected to any and all tax cuts, including making employers prove that their company is paying their employees enough to live on and that the employee is not required to collect any type of social services in order to live a decent life. The required proof is already submitted on a annual bases anyway, and a line can be added for the personal income tax forms to be checked, plus with all the inter-government agencies reporting to each other, no company could ever lie on this requirement.

I know that Republicans would just try to remove this law, but that is also the icing on the cake, by making the Republicans look like they are anti-worker, for which we already know they are.

Since it is the low wage paying companies that is causing most of the need for Social Service Programs, this would be a way to force these companies to either pay better wages, or contribute to the Social Safety Net with the tax monies they might have saved by paying the living wage. It becomes a win-win for Democrats in the long run.

Now I’m not the smarts guy on this site, and I may not even be right about this idea. So maybe there is some-one that could help me with this idea, or help me get it passed up the ladder to the right person. Also if I’m wrong, maybe some-one could correct me.

A Women's Right to choose

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Thursday October 15, 2020 · 8:21 PM PDT

2020/10/15 · 20:21

As we all sit here in the 21st century looking at the possibility of being pushed back into the stone-age when it comes to the rights of “Women”, and her body. This does sadden me as a man. because I believe that women should be able to control their bodies one way or another. Ladies please learn the following name “Lorena Bobbitt”, that’s right ladies if men want to control your bodies, I say FIGHT BACK. That’s right ladies protect yourselves, even to the point cutting his thing off (sorry guys).

Let me make this point clear until “Men” know women will fight back they will continue to try and control women, but once women start and continue to fight back (even with violence), men will be the pigs they are. I’m saying this to all woman, and when I call men “PIGS”, I’m including myself in the group,even though I’ve been married for 25+ years, and would never treat a woman with disrespect. So can we all just face fact, that it is Republican Men who again and again disrespect women across this country, and for us that say nothing we are no better off than the man who continues to disrespect women. So as a man, I’m saying this load and clear ladies “SHARPEN THE CLEVER”, because at some point it will be the only thing these “PIGS” will understand.

Are we headed for this?

PapaBear

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Wednesday November 21, 2018 · 2:18 PM PST

2018/11/21 · 14:18

With all the things that Trump has pulled during his time in office, are we headed for this? Weird Al may have wrote the song many years ago as a joke, but with Trump in office, I fear we may be getting to a point were Trump just does not care about anything except POWER...

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Do you want to END GREED

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Sunday November 18, 2018 · 11:50 AM PST

2018/11/18 · 11:50

I have an idea. I want to start a SILENT BOYCOTT of WANTS! I’m not asking people to stop buying things that are basic Needs, but to fore-go getting things that are Wants.

Now lets me break this down a bit, Needs are things you need to survive (Food, Shelter, Clothing, & Transportation) in life, but wants are things that you really don’t need to survive. I’ll also be asking you to look first at small businesses for getting your needs taken care of during this Boycott.

So here are some examples of a want vs a need: Best-Buy is having a big sale on TV’s, but the one I have is working great, going out and getting a new TV is just a want, because you really don’t need it. OR My TV just went out (thank my lucky stars, I hate watching TV), and a small electronic store is having a sale on TV’s (not as great as Best-Buy), but my family likes watching DVD’s, so this would be a need.

So the idea behind this is to make Needs more important then wants, and choose how you spend your money, and who should benefit from your spending. I’m at a point were I have to ask myself each time I go to the store and see something “is this item a need or want”, if it’s a need then I’ll check to see if it’s something that will some how benefit me for buying it, otherwise it’s a want, and I always have to ask “Why do I want this, and how does it benefit me.” Well don’t think I’m asking people to give up wants altogether, just try to buy them from a small business were possible. When going out for dinner, choose a small family restaurant instead of a place like The Olive Garden, simple thing like that. I guess this would be about taking care of Main Street vs taking care of Corporations.

Well every-bodies Wants are different, while our needs are so alike.

List of basic NEEDS:

1) Food

2) Shelter (includes basic utility needs)

3) Clothing

4) Transportation

List of WANTS:

1) A new IPhone, when the one you have is last years model.

2) A new car, but again you just bought one 3 years ago.

If you have any ideas on how to get this going or comments, please share them.

Voting Rights and Campaign Finance Reform

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Wednesday December 17, 2014 · 5:45 PM PST

2014/12/17 · 17:45

I believe that Voting Rights and Campaign Finance Reform can be achieved though hard work, and a combination of ideas. I have a hard time putting my ideas down in writing, and sometimes get long winded, but I have been thinking about these things for a long time now, so I had to write them in this diary, and do hope people will read them, and make recommendations and suggestions on how to achieve and improve these ideas.

I have broken them down into sections so they don't all run together.

Voting Rights

Many ways have been invented to remove the right to vote from the American people, now I want to weigh in on this and suggest a way to fix it at the state level across this Nation.

1.    Computerize all VITAL RECORDS for the purpose of creating a VOTER Data-base that only tracks birth-date, age, address(es) and date of Death. This will allow us to keep voter rolls out of the hands of would-be suppressors.

2.    Grandfather in all persons born before records were kept on a computer or mass-data storage device (microfiche, tape-drives, or paper-records), this would all persons the right to vote.

3.    Computerize all vital records that are not currently available on a computer data-base, but were kept on the above mentioned storage devices.

4.    Allow only the Vital Records Data-base to remove deceased voters from the voter rolls, assuring that no-one can have access to remove a voter from the rolls, by allowing the data-base to search the vital records and matching only names based on birth-date, age and last known address will assure that voters that are deceased will be removed from the rolls upon their death, and not before. Also adding the ability to cross reference the Social Security Death Index.

5.    Make the registration process easier than it currently is, by allowing the data-base to automatically registrar all 18 year old based on age and date of birth from the vital records data-base. Now most will ask about those that were born in one state, but live in another, I say as long as all states have the computerized data-base, these computers can talk to each other, allowing the data-bases to communicate with each other, is something that will happen soon any-way.

6.    Don’t forget about the homeless voter, well, I haven’t, make it so they can use the address of the local shelter.

This will allow all Citizens of this nation to be tracked, you say, but it happens now, wither you like it or not, we are tracked via the Tax System, our Social Security Number, Court Records, and Credit Records. We are being tracked everyday of our lives and we don’t complain about that, so why, if there was an easy way to make it easier to vote would you care about being tracked for that purpose?

PapaBear

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Saturday September 06, 2014 · 3:50 PM PDT

2014/09/06 · 15:50

I've watched this set of videos, and thought to ask if any one else has seen them. This is exciting information, and would like to get involved also. Below are the videos from You-tube, and since I don't know how to post each video into a post, I just posted the links.

Local Communities Dismantling Corporate Rule, part 1

Local Communities Dismantling Corporate Rule, part 2

Local Communities Dismantling Corporate Rule, part 3

This Kid Made an App That Exposes Sellout Politicians

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Friday July 11, 2014 · 7:50 PM PDT

2014/07/11 · 19:50

I'm going to make this short, and sweet like my wife. The Linked story should be shared as much as we can get it out there.

This Kid Made an App That Exposes Sellout Politicians

Help Needed

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Thursday April 03, 2014 · 5:22 PM PDT

2014/04/03 · 17:22

I'm disable and unable to work at this point, back in 2001 I was working and my wife decided to go to school, well to make this short and sweet, while in school my wife was approached about serving on some school committee, but she refused, and that's were the school decided she could no longer attend the school. well to make matters worse, her grand-mother passed away, and she was having a hard time with the passing. So the school asked my wife to take a 1 month break, and she could return after the break, but when she tried to return, they refused to re-admit her, and stuck her holding the bag for the loan, well we started paying the loan before I became disable, and she could not find work. Now years later she is still looking for work, but since the student loan wasn't paid, she has that on her credit record. My wife is now working with the state department of rehab, and has been deemed disabled by them, but the loan company will not forward the forms to help have the loan forgiven.

Please help steer me in the right direction, and find the forms on-line so I can have her take them to her doctor...

What is a "TRUE CHRISTIAN"

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Monday February 10, 2014 · 1:46 PM PST

2014/02/10 · 13:46

I know many here don't believe in the "Christian" way, but lets explore what it means to be a "True Christian" if we may. True Christians believe in all of the teachings of Jesus, and not just the ones that suit them.

A "True Christian" believes in all of the teachings of Jesus Christ including all of those that spoke on his behave (before his birth, and those that have spoken after his death) these teaching include the 5 beatitudes given by Jesus during his time on the earth. So what are those teachings, and do the current class of Christians follow them? With a resounding "NO", I would have to say, but I'm not trying to judge any one in this matter, because that is something that is covered in the beatitudes that Jesus spoke of himself. Things that the current crop of "Republican Christians" have failed to do, is first not to judge others, and so in my opinion they are only "Christians In Name Only", because they do not follow all the laws of "GOD" and we should be willing to use this against them.

You ask how do we use this against them? Well it's simple really, we start pointing it out to them, and show them the true meaning of being a Christian, with-out ever having to believe in Christ. Even a non-believer can act as a Christian with-out trying to, because it is human nature to be kind to others, and just because you don't claim to be a believer, many non-believers act more like True Christians while claiming to be those very same non-believers. The teachings of Christ are more in line with the way "progressives treat others than it is in the way the current crop of "C I N O" are treating others. Even Paul Ryan who claims to be a catholic, but has it in for the poor among us. I'm sorry to say but Paul Ryan is a "C I N O" and he knows it, but do you think he cares?

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