A Parade is a Demonstration

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Thursday July 04, 2013 · 12:37 PM PDT

2013/07/04 · 12:37

Unwittingly (a fitting state on a rare day off from work), I wandered toward the community's Fourth of July Parade. I stopped and pondered.

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Wednesday January 06, 2010 · 5:51 PM PST

2010/01/06 · 17:51

In the 2009 edition of an annual job satisfaction survey conducted for the Conference Board, only 45 percent of Americans said they were satisfied with their jobs, a considerable drop from the more than 61 percent who said they were satisfied with their jobs in 1987, the first year the survey was conducted. Only 35 percent of workers younger than 25 years old said they were satisfied with their jobs, a figure that is about 10 points less than workers in other age groups.

In 1987, 70% of workers making over $50,000 said they were satisfied with their jobs. This year, just half—50% of those making over $50,000—report satisfaction with their jobs. The survey, conducted by TNS (a large custom research company), was part of the Consumer Confidence Survey based on a representative sample of 5,000 US households.

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How satisfied are you with your job?

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How satisfied are you with your job?

Very Satisfied

54 votes

Somewhat Satisfied

25 votes

Neutral

6 votes

Somewhat Dissatisfied

22 votes

Very Dissatisfied

27 votes

Talkin' about a Re-s-olution

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Friday January 01, 2010 · 10:57 AM PST

2010/01/01 · 10:57

Friends around the New Year's Eve dinner table shrugged when I asked about New Year's resolutions. They didn't care to ask me, either. Is it supposed to be a "don't ask/don't tell" sort of thing?

The most common response to my question about New Year's resolutions is a shrug, and the next most common is to mumble something about not bothering because they "don't work". Hmmph. Well. Maybe we didn't need change as much before. Maybe you've learned something between then and now that will be the key to making that change. And, hey, no maybe about it, time has passed, and you aren't guaranteed more years and more chances. Now's the time.

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Sunday December 25, 2005 · 10:45 AM PST

2005/12/25 · 10:45

Happy Turning Point Day!

While some worry about the War on Christmas, methinks we are remiss to forget the important war that happened on Christmas (in 1776) and the Christmas Day events that were a huge turning point in the birth of our country. It's not forgotten in Philadelphia and Trenton.

Somehow over the last 3 holiday seasons, I've managed to set aside a little time to read some history. This year I read David McCullough's 1776.

Perhaps 229 years seems like a long time to some, but some issues confronting Americans were not so different. On the pages of dailykos recently we've seen the words of Thomas Paine and quotations from the Federalist Papers. Gather round to hear a story. Read More

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