tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017237750183048182.post1769371297658025444..comments2015-10-31T15:00:49.167-04:00Comments on Flamingo Feathers: I Bowled A LOT ...Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03718645722631873821noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017237750183048182.post-64765062729875859392009-04-09T11:31:00.000-04:002009-04-09T11:31:00.000-04:00Can you believe this is the first I've heard of th...Can you believe this is the first I've heard of this? We all have our days where we stick our foots in our mouth, but it still makes me sad.Lori @ Purple Snapdragonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16377467741241927547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017237750183048182.post-64034600050959852432009-03-24T19:37:00.000-04:002009-03-24T19:37:00.000-04:00I posted on this subject matter too. I am sorry t...I posted on this subject matter too. I am sorry to hear that he went for public image repair vs. being real about it. Sad. <BR/><BR/>Mary, I am stopping by because you won an award on Lisa's blog. Congratulations! Look forward to reading more of your posts.Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169351807635461550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017237750183048182.post-63904215525251385912009-03-24T14:39:00.000-04:002009-03-24T14:39:00.000-04:00My nephew is currently training in swimming right ...My nephew is currently training in swimming right now for the special olympics. Needless to say....his comment didn't go well with my family.Missiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16602020006220886071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017237750183048182.post-68636636204558388692009-03-24T12:51:00.000-04:002009-03-24T12:51:00.000-04:00Hi Kathy... Great entry... good banter going on in...Hi Kathy... Great entry... good banter going on in the comments too which helps readers understand how important this issue is... so many people do not understand until they have a special needs child or relative. I have an award for you by the way in my "Eight Cool Blogs" entry in my journal... stop by when you can to pick it up... hope you have a great week!<BR/>Lisa in KY<BR/>http://thatkentuckygirl.blogspot.com/Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170878398413791861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017237750183048182.post-22029436328416705562009-03-24T09:38:00.000-04:002009-03-24T09:38:00.000-04:00You changed my mind.......You changed my mind.......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017237750183048182.post-69932357235799052162009-03-23T13:55:00.000-04:002009-03-23T13:55:00.000-04:00Ah Mary. You see, it would be easy for me to give...Ah Mary. You see, it would be easy for me to give a pass to him. I believe we should all learn to accept that life is tough and most people don't necessarily mean to be hurtful. But. This is the President of the United States on a national broadcast. He didn't hurt an individual with his words, nor did he hurt 'just' a few -- he hurt an entire segment of the population -- by taking a step backward in the 'fight' that parents and individuals with special needs battle every day of their lives. Sometimes we forget that special need doesn't apply only to individuals with cognitive difficulties. Sometimes those very Special Olympians are folks with very sharp minds but physical difficulties. I could easily have given him a pass, but his words, the words not only we here in the US hear, are heard worldwide. I know he didn't 'mean anything' by it, but the more explanation offered, the worse it became. In my humble opinion. <BR/><BR/>I'm no expert on anything. Other than I grew up with a wonderful set of parents, one of whom was a bigot. What I learned from that one, was not to be ... a bigot.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03718645722631873821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017237750183048182.post-11320451484368626702009-03-23T10:22:00.000-04:002009-03-23T10:22:00.000-04:00I'll admit I looked at it slightly differently...I'll admit I looked at it slightly differently, partly because I thought the fact that so many liberals jumped on some many tiny really-don't-matter-bs things that an Repub said, even when some of things sounded quite accidental. I was sooooooo tired of that and don't ever want to turn into that kind of person. A person who is WAITING for someone to say something wrong so I can bitterly blast them; I've just seen liberals do that way too much and it disgusted me. <BR/><BR/>And also I cannot be a hypocrite. On AOL journals, when someone was writing about using a diet pill with terrible side affects I wrote that people just shouldn't eat a sheet cake and then they'd not have to worry about it. Now what I MEANT was why the hell would anyone want to risk all the medical problems surfacing from that pill? Just eat less!<BR/>Yeah, uhm, I REALLY hurt the feelings of the woman whose journal I wrote that on. REALLY. <BR/><BR/>I am going on & on. I will defer to you on this one because I think you have a lot more experience with this particular subject matter than I do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com