It been some time since I wrote a post of any length. It seems like a blog hop is an great way of doing a blog. BLOG HOP....A blog hop is an online networking event where bloggers in a similar niche write posts on a common theme and link to each other’s sites.
I decided to give FRIENDLY FEEL IN. for some reason I believe I done this before. But it been more than a decade. So here goes.
I would be willing to pay more for CREATIVE SUPPLIES.
I refuse to spend money on PORN AND POLITICS.
My finances since we paid up our rigs insurance for the next six months. is is a bit chaotic.
4. A fun fact about me is that I can find something positive, even if the day seems like crap.
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I decided to answer to question form past blog post. At this time I'm going to answer a question from, HELS , and her question is Is voting compulsory in local elections? Voting isn't compulsory any place in the United States, to the best of my knowledge. I know people who never register to vote or cast ballot. Most of them claim to be anti- government. Personally I find this being pro- government. The reason they are freely letting people rule there life. What I notice they use government program. And if their government benefits gets cut they wine the loudest. OPIOION TIME...I FIND THOSE WHO VOTE IS MORE ANTI-GOVERMENT THAN THOSE WHO VOTE. THEY'RE LETTING WHO EVERY CONTROL THERE LIFE.
Our county of Boundary county has about 8,500 register voters. And in our we had roughly 3,500 voter show up to cast a ballot. So about 28% showed up.
I don't have any issue of of register to vote, and showing identification. OPIOION TIME.... I WOULDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUE HAVING COMPULSORY VOTING, AND ALSO HAVING VOTING THOUGH OUT JAIL AND PRISON SYSTEM.
I mention about people using the government benefits. We use social security, Medicare, and heating assistant.
I'm a fan of history, of all genres of it. So last night I was looking though my dad Grandmother on his paternal side. Not going into her history much. But I looked up the town she was born VanHornville, New York. I was wondering the history of the name VanHornville. Her two siblings was born in Dowagiac, Michigan.
My Great Grandmother Isadora (Dora) is the one in dark blouse, her sister Jeannie is in light blouse, and her brother Charles in the back.
Not sure which a.i program I turn my great grandmother, and her sibling into clown.
VanHornville... The surname Van Horne is Dutch, meaning "from Hoorn" — referring to the city of Hoorn in North Holland, Netherlands, one of the great Dutch trading cities of the Golden Age. Horn in Dutch refers to a horn-shaped peninsula or cape of land. So Van Hornesville literally means "the town of the man from Hoorn, Netherlands" — a tiny New York hamlet named after a Dutch city across the Atlantic.
Dowagiac Michingan...The name Dowagiac comes from the Potawatomi Indian word Ndowagayuk, meaning "foraging ground," reflective of the area's abundant supply of wild game, fruit, vegetables, grain, and medicinal herbs.
I'm hooking up with FRIDAY FACE
Murphy and I went at lunch at senior center, and we got three bags of groceries. It helps. Did one load of wash, and general cleaning. Worked on my essay about journals. And did some creative journaling. About the youngest Granddaughter birthday party back on the 9th of May.
Looking West.
Looking East
On the way home I stop and got two photos of early afternoon sky picture. Here is the LINK
Coffee is on.
Those were good answers, all of them. I hope you have a really nice weekend!
ReplyDeleteWise words about voting, and yes, they will still line up for government benefits and no doubt scream if they are taken away, yet take no responsibility for who runs their lives.
ReplyDeleteI like your last cloud photo.
I enjoyed reading your answers. You're right, people who don't vote are letting everyone else run their lives.
ReplyDeleteToo many people just choose not to vote. And then complain about how things aren't the way they want it.
ReplyDeleteI don't know anyone who doesn't vote, but I know there are out there. Too many people like that are out there. Sadly.
ReplyDelete...if civics were taught in schools, hopefully students would understand the importance of voting and political engagement.
ReplyDeleteMy thinking is that if you give up your right to vote, you also give up your right to complain.
ReplyDeleteThank you for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. I am glad you can always see the positive. I am that way too. :)
ReplyDeleteThose are some cool blog hops you found! And I enjoyed the photos of your ancestors. The only place I know of where voting is compulsory is Australia, but I think more places should try a law like that. We don't have compulsory voting in Canada, but Canadians in jail or prison do have the right to vote -- our courts held that, under our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, imprisonment can not remove their right to do so. I think that's the correct situation to have.
ReplyDeleteI’ve always voted in every election: federal, provincial or municipal.
ReplyDeleteWise words.
ReplyDeleteLove your fill-ins! 3 groceries from senior center for free? that's very generous of them.
ReplyDeleteVery good post, Dora. I agree that if you don't vote you can't complain. I really like the family photo. I also enjoy seeing the photos east and west. Thank you for sharing with FFO and have a wonderful weekend.
ReplyDeleteVoting in Australia is compulsory, you go to the ballot place and get your name ticked off the list and they hand the papers to you, then you go to a booth and mark your choices, then you fold the paper and drop it through the slot in a box lid while someone watches. If you don't know who to vote for some people fold up the paper with no squares marked or just choose randomly the people who are in the party you wish to vote for. As long as you show up and get your name ticked off all is good. If you don't go, there is a $$$ fine but I don't know how much. Some people apply for a postal vote and I may do that when I get too old to walk to the voting place.
ReplyDeleteThose clouds look very dark and heavy.
ReplyDeleteThe sky looks great east or west.
ReplyDeleteWe are not obliged by law to vote in UK. I wish we were, though some would deliberately spoil their vote.
ReplyDeleteI would spend more on good fruits and tomatoes that taste like tomatoes, I refuse to spend money at Walmart, my desk is rather chaotic, and an interesting fact about me, I am mildly dyslexic.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful skies
ReplyDeleteYou've had a good week. And I really loved this post -- I think we are much alike, at least in how you answered your questions at the top and feelings on voting. I like your "pro-government" idea as an argument because you are exactly right -- people who don't vote are allowing government to make decisions for them (and sometimes, they are very bad decisions, or certainly detrimental to many). I'm all for showing voting ID but I think the provisions of the SAVE act could be very bad, given that you have to have your trail from your birth name -- especially for women who may have married and don't have their birth certificate or easy access to it. It's like they want to make it harder to vote and that's sad and feels wrong in every way. I wish it was a requirement -- and that there were better options (federal holiday on election day, for example, or early voting and better absentee options.) Voting should be for all.
ReplyDeleteLovely sky photos and great post info ~ Hugs ^_^
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I know a household outside Lebanon, all Trump people. She has five adult kids, all on government assistance. Several of her grandchildren have been taken by the state. Anti government, until you mention Trump, whom they adore. I met them when catching their cats, all of them having a party outside amongst their own junk, sitting on couches, watching some volunteer catch the cats they'd bred, to be fixed without lifting a finger to help and going on about Trump love. I was lifting a finger, that's for sure, a middle finger.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your thoughts on people who use assistances but say they're anti-government. I worked with several women who were Jovah Witnesses. None of them vote, but all of them were receiving food stamps and medicaid. I tried once pointing out the disconnect in their statements, but it went right over their heads. One told me she paid no attention to the government because it had nothing to do with her. Insert major eye roll here. I was told once that it's mandatory to vote in Brazil and people are finned if they don't vote. An interesting idea I think. It disgusts me at how low some of our voter turn out is. And I agree those who yell the loudest are the ones not voting.
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Nice post. Your family history is fascinating
ReplyDeleteGreat post and fill ins. It's always great to be positive.
ReplyDeleteMy dad, who grew up during the Third Reich in Germany when there were no elections for 12 years, always said, the right to vote is the duty to vote. I agree.
ReplyDeleteI did enjoy seeing your ancestors in the photographs you've shared.
ReplyDeleteHere in the UK we are not obliged by law to vote.
All the best Jan
You just have to make the best of it... what else is there to do!?
ReplyDeleteI admired your artwork. Greetings by Heidrun ❤️
I love your mountain photos!!
ReplyDeleteOklahoma has abysmal voting turnout. One thing is that they make it very hard for people of color to vote. It's a disgrace. Where I live, there are lots of polling places and no lines. In north Tulsa, where many black people live, they have very long lines and people have to wait for hours.
Going to the senior center sounds like a good idea.
ReplyDeleteWe have compulsory voting here. We have to or we get a fine.
ReplyDeleteI’m like you. If you don’t vote, and some people here will go in and just put a big on their ballots so they don’t actually vote for anyone.
They then have no right to complain about anything. The only time you really get a voice is in the ballot box.
Jumping back into a blog hop after a decade away feels like the perfect way to shake up a writing routine. Diving into family history and tracking down the origins of town names like VanHornville and Dowagiac adds such a fascinating layer of connection to the past. That point about low voter turnout really highlights the frustration of people giving up their say while still depending on the system. Ending the day with some creative journaling, grocery help, and those wide-open sky photos makes for a remarkably productive and well-balanced Friday.
ReplyDeleteStaying positive is a wonderful personality to have. Those are pretty sky photos!
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