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momtothree

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  1. I've been following this case and I really believe the issue is the video surveillance of the dwelling. The camp used by members and their wives, children, grandchildren. . . would you find this a violation of your family's privacy? I certainly do. Would you want the GC monitoring the weekend getaway you take with your spouse? I doubt it. You may not currently own land that this has an effect on, but someday you might so I would be careful in what you support.
  2. I disagree. A good way to increase land for hunting and recreation is to buy in groups. Everyone has a right to do so. You have much more buying power than one person alone. Nothing has to be shady about it. I understand and respect their reasons. They may hunt there but they also take their families there to camp. There is no reason for constant, intrusive surveillance, especially in the off season. We bought land for private use by our family for hunting and recreation. We camp there 10 months a year and hunt 2 months. It is scary to think that they can come in and start videotaping us and our children without us knowing. We follow all hunting laws, I have no concern about that. I do however value my privacy on my own private property. Example: you buy a hot tub and put it in your back yard in the country. You have no neighbors. You like to enjoy the hot tub naked. The game commission decides to start doing video surveillance without you knowing and the area includes your hot tub. Is this right? Should this be allowed?
  3. I still believe treatment should be done after age 18. I am shocked that they are moving the age up. I hope they counseling and hormones are the only thing done and surgery held until after in most cases. I'm not sure why you are against counseling, that you keep acting like it isn't real or valuable. We as Americans find our own mental health care, we aren't appointed government counselors. We are free to change counselors if we don't like who we see just like with our physician. My problem with this mid to late 20's viewpoint is that we allow marriage, voting, military service, smoking, drinking, punishments of jail time or death if found guilty, the decision to kill our baby by abortion, but now we want to say they can't make medical decisions. Double standard. Thank you for the conversation. I appreciate that you google information to help you with your viewpoint. I will continue to support the lgbtq folks I know and treat them with the same respect I do anyone else. Live and let live.
  4. Again, I believe you should have to be 18.
  5. The surgery part is just that, and the families I know thought of it as the final physical end to years of a very tough and very emotional journey. I don't mean that with disrespect. The mental, emotional and legal issues were done before the final stages of cosmetic surgery were over. Watching the legal steps was quite interesting. It is actually quite easy to change your name and gender on paper. I think that is one of the issues we see currently in sports but that's a whole other subject.
  6. We, as Americans are paying for a lot of things that should greatly concern us. But, they don't seem to concern people. Anti LGBTQ people grasp to this and forget about everything else going on in the world. That you think this is a fad is quite frankly scary. This decision is not taken lightly by the families involved. You like to say slicing and dicing and talk about money a lot. I would hope the Drs. involved do so because they want to improve the lives of these humans. But, the medical field is full of unethical things happening daily, so I'm sure it's not always the case. I can't speak for what kids are being told daily at school, as my youngest is 21 so I have no firsthand information on that subject that is less than 3 years old. I can tell you that the young people I know that walked this journey were not counseled at school. Their parents are successful career people and they are successful college graduates and their coworkers and neighbors would not know their history. As it should be. They had wonderful support through college in 2 different states, that tells me that acceptance in many parts of the US is far better than here. I see the humans that I have known for over 20 years, you see something you think is bad. I agree to disagree on this, as I can have peace in my life without controlling everyone else.
  7. Have you ever read some of the comments made about gay people at a certain bar in town? People so threatened that they won't go to the establishment that serves gays. . . That is the small mindset I am talking about. Go to a city and there are bars openly advertised for gays and no one cares. They just go to the establishments they choose to without worrying about what everyone else is doing. You can try to class it up all you want but this attitude against trans gender isn't about anything but non acceptance of something different that you don't understand. I expect better than to hear such hatred for a group of people that think differently than yourselves. So I guess we are even.
  8. extreme? or different than what you would prefer? There is a difference, especially in a small country town mindset. Areas like this are full of people that are not often open to anyone different than them.
  9. As with any cosmetic surgery, there will be places that do it with less rules and higher risk.
  10. I don't support cutting up little kids. If you notice, I said the people I know who had surgery, had to wait until they were 18, as it should be. They also had extensive counseling. I was giving real life examples because you don't have any real life interactions from what I am reading. You just don't like the "idea" of trans gender and are letting it affect your peace. I was saying that 25-30 years ago, there were no resources for the family to look at to find out what was going on with their child. They didn't promote her being male, they continued to raise her female. She told everyone to call her a male name and dressed male as soon as she could make her own choices in clothing. They did not call her said male name. My point was, with the resources available today, she might still be here. She may have had surgery to be male as an adult or discovered in the psychological evaluation that she did not wish to be male. I bet you'd be surprised at how high the suicide rates are in teens and young adults with gender related issues. I think what is dangerous is people hearing or reading something extreme and touting it as fact to the rest of the world, as you are doing with this so called issue of slicing and dicing kids. Do you know of any kids this has happened to? I'm not even sure what your last sentence means. I said I can ignore things I don't agree with and live my life in peace. I never said I ignore bad things so my life isn't complicated. Don't rewrite my words. You have an extreme attitude against trans gender. You think it is bad. You are entitled to that opinion but it's none of your business who in your neighborhood or workplace may have had gender change surgery.
  11. I truly believe this is one of those things you will never try to understand if it doesn't directly touch your life. I can tell you that I know a couple young adults who have undergone gender change surgery and they were required to wait until they were 18. They had years of therapy and psychological evaluations during the process. You don't just go in and say "I want to be a "xyz" and have surgery the next day. Sure, there are Drs. doing unethical things, but that holds in all areas of life, not just this situation. I'm not a huge supporter of this but I also knew a young female that wanted to be a male from toddler age. She ended up committing suicide in her 20's and I believe it was lack of resources to help her cope. There are a lot of things happening in the world that I don't agree with, it's best to ignore those situations and live my life in peace.
  12. This should not have been her decision. She should have been required to be in the non binary division. That is where the event holders could have stopped this situation from happening.
  13. I don't understand how this happens or how this is legal- to write a check to the United Way for a large amount as a charitable donation(according to previous article it was to avoid paying taxes) and then move it to a fund for a ball field. I never realized the United Way was for building ball fields. And now, they didn't know they had all this cash? Add to the issue of the Fire company that didn't know they were missing a lot of money. I really will think twice before giving to charity events in the future.
  14. He should not have been allowed back in the office or computer systems for this reason.
  15. I never understand how this stuff happens. There are supposed to be audits conducted, is no one doing this? I guess I'm too simple minded.
  16. We ditched the cable end but kept the comcast internet. We pay $115 but it's very fast and runs a lot of devices at once. We have 4 of us here running t.v.'s, laptops, gaming and watching streaming at once with no slow downs in speed. We paid the $300 cable bill for years and hated it and finally did away with it last fall due to no one watching it enough. I could not argue the speed of comcast internet though, so we just kept it with a speed package good enough to handle all of our devices and still save a lot of money.
  17. I thought it was going to be about a coyote hunt.
  18. I find this hard to believe. Prices are higher at the store, yes. I give you that. BUT, there are waiting lists for big ticket items. Restaurants are crowded. Hotels are crowded. Amusement parks, concerts, cruises are still sold out. People are paying big bucks for dance lessons, travel ball, sports camps, and little kids are still carrying new iphones. I think people like to complain and blame whoever is in office. Most people can adjust their spending with inflation, many choose not to. Help wanted signs all over. Those in worse shape should apply.
  19. I don't think middle class is losing. I don't believe those are homes of the middle class. The middle class has moved onto bigger and newer homes and those are rentals, elderly on limited income that didn't prepare for retirement, people of all ages who don't have any pride and lower income families. There are exceptions to each group though, for example, low income doesn't have to mean lazy slobs. New ideas: work hard, spend smart, save smart and have some pride. Have two jobs if you need to. Stop upgrading phones and electronics. Cook at home more, shop store brands. You don't need granite countertops. You don't both need new cars, have one newer car with a payment and an older one. Don't use credit cards. For the love of God start saving for retirement early, even a small amount grows in time. Don't rely on social security.
  20. Oh I would love to see this and would ask to take a picture!
  21. Agree, it doesn't indicate much, and also, everyone I know says amazon delivers to their house a few times a week. We buy almost everything online and have deliveries almost daily.
  22. I keep seeing the bear one online, it's pretty neat!
  23. CA is third highest state for cost of living. What sounds good to someone living in PA, isn't a high wage after the difference is factored in. I am always shocked at what my friends in CA pay for basic grocery items and rent/mortgage and all the more they get for the big payment.
  24. That's a whole other topic, parents having more children than they can safely/reasonably/comfortably afford. This is not the fault or responsibility of an employer or the teachers.
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