Maggie's Farm

I don't support vandalizing anything, or anyone's property.  But in this case, it's hard to deny that Nancy didn't somehow get what she deserved.  Pelosi's apologist position, promotion of leftist causes, and general lack of interest in pushing back against the extremes of her own misguided ideology have repercussions, and if there is anything which is true in life, it's that leftists eat their own faster than they destroy their enemies.  

Maybe I'm jumping the gun, but 'Cancel Rent' and 'We Want Everything' (presumed to be about stimulus checks, though I think it is more than that), are not what I'd expect to see from right-wing protests.  I'm sure the media will spin it that way, somehow, because the Left is never dangerous or wrong when modern media analysis is engaged.

It's too bad she didn't see this coming.  But I did believe a Biden win would embolden the Left to become more aggressive and violent, and that still seems to be true.

I'm sorry Nancy has to learn the hard way.  Destroying property is always wrong.  But she's done her fair share of damaging property throughout her tenure...but has done it 'legally'. 

All our lives have been impacted.  All our lives have changed.  

Some more than others.  But the most annoying and problematic part is economically.  The US was a nation of small businesses.  It may be again, but not nearly to the degree we were prior to Covid.  The main outcome of the lockdowns and distancing is that larger firms have benefited.

When this started, and people commented how lockdowns would kill businesses (and, as I pointed out, hurt landlords and even renters, depending on legislation in your given state or locality), I read mocking articles, and heard statements from pundits which put forth a concept: "Isn't Capitalism about entrepreneurship, ingenuity and risk-taking?  Won't these all come back, what are you worried about?"  These were designed to taunt believers in Capitalism and push a misleading agenda of Leftist/Progressive economic thought.

I literally read all the comments, which came to 76 (not counting my own, and a few other, comments which were not specifically about work).

Everyone had very different specific circumstances and jobs, or 'jobs' as the case may be, but what interested me is that few seemed to be mentioned in a grudging or unsatisfied/disappointed manner.  My own comment to Mrs. Bulldog was that I remember my first job fondly because of the odd circumstances which led to me getting it, but also because I remember little else about that summer, and the work itself only lasted the month of August.  But we had our own room at the resort if we wanted to spend the night, and we could use the pool as long as we didn't annoy guests and were respectful. 

It was also the first summer where I really learned about music and girls, which had previously never been primary interests.  Girls and music do seem to go together pretty well.  The girls at the resort were impressed that we had money, and that we worked.  The parents still couldn't know we were interested in them, though.

Commenters mentioned roofing (something I did on a few holidays), picking fruit or vegetables (which I had to do in my mom's garden), babysitting (which I did, too), paper routes, flipping burgers, and a variety of other things which I have less experience in.

It's my view that if people let their work define them, it becomes a limiting factor.  If our work is just part of who we are, we control our outcomes.  We can choose to be what we want and who we want.  I see a lot of that in our comments.  We've all done many things and each seems to have mostly good memories of what has been done. I can only think that the young people today who complain, protest and make demands simply have not worked hard enough to know that you're happier when you produce rather than when you demand things. 

I took a survey today about working, and first jobs.  One question asked the age of your first job: 

Prior to 15
15-16
16-18
18-20
20+
I imagine most of our readers are in the prior to 15 group, but I'd figure I'd ask.  Just so you understand 'the rules' - any job counts.  My first jobs were cutting grass and babysitting when I was 13.  My first real job occurred when a friend broke his ankle and I took over washing dishes at a local resort (minimimum wage was $2.30/hour, but we got meals, too, since we worked in the kitchen).  

Once I started working, I never stopped.  I had a job every summer, sometimes during school, always on breaks or holidays (ski resorts needed lift operator assistants during these periods) afterward.  I'd sometimes offer to work off the books and under minimum wage if it meant I could get the work.  I know I got most of the tax money back since I was a student, but that never bothered me.  Money in the pocket beats waiting for it after April.