Without the money, he’d be a third rate car salesman at a small town Toyota dealership.

hahah! Good for you!

That’s a fair assessment. There’s plenty of blame to go around. It just wasn’t the fault of the service people on the ground.

He has to have family keeping him in that job. He is the dumbest person alive.

No one is saying this. She’s grieving and likely not thinking entirely straight, honestly. He took advantage of her in a bad moment to cover himself in fake glory.

And by the way, if you look at the faces of his children/relatives, they are smirking while she weeps. You know her? You might want to show her this shot.

Yeah, the faces of those military leaders were highly pissed off.

Yes. This is my theory. They don’t seem to understand this is all real. It’s kind of weird, really. It’s like “It’s time for the turnaround moment we see in the movies!” Except ... we’re not in the movies.

Chris from the Fix is easily the stupidest person I have ever seen in the press, and I cannot help but question his employment. He has to have family connections.

As for the rest, they are cynical, craven idiots who believe they are living on a television show where these things get solved in 30 minutes. They have…

haha. I’m borrowing that.

In a ridiculous turn of events, Micheal Moore is touting this theory already. It’s the evil banks and so a conspiracy.

My eyes rolled so far back in my head I saw last Thursday.

Exactly. It’s ridiculous. I had a workplace that was very mean about me leaving to go deal with sick child. I was like, “Yeah, she comes first. I mean, come on.”

Oh my god. Yes. This. It just seemed like unrelated bullshit, strung together as word salad.

ha! Exactly.

Beyond the part about being a feminist all the time, I feel no connection to any of this. I’m not even sure where she’s coming from or what she means. It feels both pointless and performative. You either work, daily, to end your own oppression, or you don’t.

I feel like power is still something women are not…

Yes, and this continues to occur. As a single mom holding down two jobs right now, I can’t make it to all the functions either, and it kills me. But, the moms at the school definitely judge it. Moms who ‘don’t’ (really can’t, but what the hell) participate are seen as less loving or responsible for their children.…

When I had to think hard about “Do we have enough food to get through the week?” That was the moment.

Or maybe they all wanted more money! At the same time!

They aren’t here to serve and represent you. They are here to serve and represent ALL OF US. And our job is to do the same for each other.

You mean you’re here to serve you, at the expense of everyone else.

That’s what you mean, so just say it.

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