Hi Wise Ones,
This blogging thing is a major part of the new age of cyberspace communication and can be challenging. However, I have no doubt that I'll eventually get the hang of it. The recent comments by Ron Gilliam and Mildred Smith were sent to me via email and I took the liberty of posting them on the blog. Ron teaches the "African-American History Class" at the Lou Walker Center for Active Seniors. Mildred is very lively participant of the class. Both are septuagenarians. (I'm just a baby, a sexagenarian.)
Ron mentioned one of the classes that I teach, "Romance from 50 to Forever". If you'd like to know more about this very popular class, see my blog "Season Senior - Love After 50".
About the President of the United States (POTUS). . . The guy just can't get a break! No matter what President Obama does, the naysayers and Monday morning quarterbacks thwart him at every turn. His own party, the Democrats have failed him since he took office. Is all this negativity because he's black or what?
Social Security and Medicare. . . Do you think the proposed changes will affect African-Americans more negatively than the rest of the seniors in the country?
Charlie Rangel. . . Now that the 80-year old has been censured by the House of Representatives, what do you think about the situation? Check out the Peter Beinart's article in the Daily Beast and Vanity Fair's article on other censured congressional representatives.
Ruth Richey sent me this email today re the tax bill.
ReplyDelete"In case you have not already read this article, I Just wanted to share these few details about the tax cuts and the POTUS with you."
'The rest of the package delivers tangible benefits to the unemployed and to lower- and middle-income taxpayers.'
'For roughly $100 billion to the rich, Obama got $197 billion in benefits he sought for the non-rich, $146 billion in business tax cuts to push job creation, plus an extension of the $280 billion middle-class tax cut. Many Democrats insist the Republicans would have eventually given in on relief for the middle class; the administration is not so sure.'
"If you want to read entire article, click"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/08/AR2010120805113.html?wpisrc=nl_pmopinions
Ruth Richey