Article History
Oregon Starts SHUTTING DOWN Small Farms “To Protect The People”
Via: Robert in Ohio • News & Politics • 7 Comments • 4 Likes • 11 months ago
“"The state of Oregon has effectively shut down small farms and market gardens on a large scale, and they're actually sending out cease-and-desist...”
The state of Oregon is shutting down family farms When I saw the headline I thought it was a satirical political article. Family farms lived on and managed by families for generations are at stake Where will the food produced by these farms replaced from, huge corporat co-ops that will charge...
Grocery Prices Have Soared. That’s Spoiling Biden’s Economic Pitch.
Via: Robert in Ohio • News & Politics • 73 Comments • 3 Likes • 11 months ago
““You’ll hear a lot of commentary that government ‘hasn’t done jack for me,’” Cotton said.”
The stock market is doing well. Inflation is high, but not as high as it has been. Gas Prices are going up, the real estate market is a bit unsteady again Unemployment is down But what about the cost of groceries, the cost of rent, the cost of day care, the cost of fuel for the car
(American Citizens Think} The World Holds the U.S. and Our Leaders in Low Esteem
Via: Robert in Ohio • News & Politics • 17 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
“In the most recent survey, fewer Americans — 42% — say the United States rates very or somewhat favorably in the eyes of the world”
The status of our country and out leaders has fallen on the world stage in recent years. The current and most recent former President are viewed as not respected by the rest of the world And those are our choices in 2024 - Shameful
10 States Americans Are Leaving and 5 States They Are Moving To
Via: Robert in Ohio • News & Politics • 43 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“"Buckle up as we hit the road to discover what’s pulling Americans in new directions!", Steve Cummings”
The changing face and make up of the individual states, portends a potential changing of the social, political and economic faces of those states. People are leaving certain states and heading to certain states for very specific reasons and those reasons are different for different states. What...
Gold Star Father Arrested for State of the Union Heckling
Via: Robert in Ohio • News & Politics • 26 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
““Abbey Gate” and “United States Marines”, Steve Nikoui”
In an amazing display of the "empathy" for families of fallen servicemen that President Biden is always talking Steve Nikoui was arrested at the State of the Union speech trying to bring national attention to the total failure of the exit from Afghanistan orchestrated by this administration. I...
Why We Are the People We Are
By: Robert in Ohio • life choices • 86 Comments • 2 Likes • last year • LOCKED
““When we are children, we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the...”
I miss the happiness, the innocence and the adventure of my childhood. I miss the America I grew up in! There is nothing political about this longing, but rather a statement on the cost of the progress, the changes to our psyche and our hearts and what we are missing out on in the 21st century....
What's in Your Backyard?
By: Robert in Ohio • life choices • 21 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
““I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to...”
The articles, discussions and blogs tend to be serious and controversial (not all thank goodness) and people always seem angry with each other. Comments and discussions lack civility and that seems to be the norm. So for a change - talk about something that makes you happy, share pictures of...
10 Major U.S. Cities on the Edge of Bankruptcy
Via: Robert in Ohio • News & Politics • 25 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“U.S. corporate bankruptcy filings touched a 13-year high in 2023, as elevated interest rates and sticky inflation hit the companies.", Reuters y...”
There seems to be at least some correlation between the cities on this list (seven of ten) facing bankruptcy concerns in that they are democratic party strongholds and sanctuary cities for the most part. Understand that correlation is not causation - it certainly gives one pause.