Author: craigshields

What Kit is saying here is 100% correct. What is happening, of course, is these companies don’t pay their employees enough to be competitive, and are therefore perpetually understaffed.

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I have a great deal of respect for those who stay involved in the cause of gun reform, just as I do those who battle for quality education, universal healthcare, and climate change mitigation. And it’s because of that respect …

No, We Do Not Need To Be Resigned to Being Shot Read More »

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There is a reason I never seriously considered teaching my dog to speak English or play the violin, and it’s represented in the meme here. Seriously, speaking bull**** is this woman’s brand, like the Dallas Cowboys are “America’s Team.”  She …

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Being “woke” is another name for showing empathy towards others. As Tolstoy said, it’s an integral part of a human being.

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There are so many unlovely features of the Trump-centric GOP that it’s hard to name the most offensive one. Having said that, a solid candidate is their penchant for not paying bills. Trump has had a deuce of a time …

Trump Has a Problem Paying Debts Read More »

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There is no way to answer the question posed here.  My personal suspicion is that most of the far-right personalities in American politics are insincere, and are simply catering to a constituency full of hateful imbeciles.

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A reader asks, How can the Republicans bill themselves as the party of freedom when all they do is take things away from people? Voting, books, abortion rights, Social Security, Medicare, saying ‘gay,” teaching history. As far as I can …

Are Republicans the Party of Freedom? Read More »

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Sorry, I’m lost here. Is there a contingent of working Americans who are paying into Social Security but don’t care if they’re paid back when they retire?  Are there retirees who would like to see their incomes fall, who prefer …

To Whom Do Republicans Appeal? Read More »

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I’ve speculated previously that it’s close to impossible for an uprising of any real significance to crop up in the United States in which armed Trump supporters take to the streets and do any real damage in response to the …

How Safe Is America from a Civil War? Read More »

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The vast majority of 2GreenEnergy readers are too young to have watched The Andy Griffith Show of the 1960s. Having said that, this excerpt from one of its best episodes speaks to guns and policing.  Worth a watch. An important …

Policing in America Read More »