SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2025
LIKE WATER OFF A DUCK’S BACK
"Like water off a duck's back" means that something has no effect on someone, similar to how water simply rolls off a duck's feathers, implying that criticism or comments slide right past them without causing any reaction; it essentially means "having no impact."
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The past is gone - and can’t be changed, the future is unknown - all we have is the present - and like Christmas and Birthday presents, we are to enjoy them!!
There has been a lot of discussion about Project 2025. The main points are:
Secure the border, finish building the wall, and deport illegal aliens
De-weaponize the Federal Government by increasing accountability and oversight of the FBI and DOJ
Unleash American energy production to reduce energy prices
Cut the growth of government spending to reduce inflation
Make federal bureaucrats more accountable to the democratically elected President and Congress
Improve education by moving control and funding of education from DC bureaucrats directly to parents and state and local governments
Ban biological males from competing in women' s sports
(From: https://www.project2025.org/ )
There are good and maybe not so good things in Project 2025. But it has not been enacted, there will be oodles of discussions. I have transgender friends already cringing about the last point.
But, it is discussions - what makes sense for our country. I can rebel against it -but my voice is small.
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Will deporting illegal aliens help this country? On the surface this is admirable. Get rid of the freeloaders and riff raff. But that is only a discussion. I’ve read that farmers in Nebraska need help on their farms - and some of that has been done by immigrants. Housing needs built in Texas - and some of that has been done by immigrants.
Are their rift raff? Maybe - are there felons and criminals in our society? Are they all immigrants? No. I can’t tell you if some of the people I see on a regular basis are US Citizens. (My favorite convenience store has a lot of employees where English is their second language. Are they citizens? I don’t know, but I can get my gas and my coffee and they provide a service to me and many others. )
An editorial in the New York Times said, America actually needs more immigrants. For one thing, Americans are making fewer babies. Moreover, “immigrants are America’s rocket fuel, powering our nation’s unsurpassed economic and cultural achievements. The famous poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty mischaracterizes those who leave their home countries behind. They are not the tired and the poor; they are people possessed of the determination, skill and resources to seek a better life. Nobel Prizes have been awarded to 142 immigrants to the United States. Nearly half of the companies in the Fortune 500 were founded by immigrants or their children. Blue jeans, Tesla, basketball, ‘God Bless America’ — all the work of immigrants.”
'He drew a circle that shut me out-Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win:We drew a circle and took him In!'
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LOVE WINS
LOVE TRANSFORMS
Karen Anne White, January 18, 2025
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