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My Thoughts About Harrison Butker's Commencement Speech
Graduation season is in full bloom. To those who have or about to graduate and start the next chapter in life, I hope you have a long and successful life and career. Your hard work has paid off in an enormous way. Go out there and pursue your dreams and never let anyone or anything stand in your way of excellence. Set your own expectations rather than living up to the ones your parents set for you. So here's to you, Class of 2024!
Mark Wesley PritchardPublished a day ago in The SwampWhy Britain needs to retain its constitutional monarchy.
Why Britain needs to retain its constitutional monarchy. The British royal family under attack because it matters. In an ever-changing world, we all need some bedrock to stabilise ourselves, we need some form of baseline, a belief or feeling that we can use to compare all else against. We all unconsciously view everything, and form every opinion, by comparison to the baseline. It is almost always unconscious, but our unconsciousness is condition by experience, training, and conditioning. Sometimes there remains an “intuitive” understanding, one not based on actual remembered experience but from some much deeper understanding.
Peter RosePublished 3 days ago in The SwampTwitter's Permenant Ban
See Affiliate Link Note at end of article Introduction It has been twenty months since Twitter/X permanently banned my account, and I'm still disappointed by the decision. I send an appeal about every four months just to see if they will reconsider. I think I will need to send a written letter to Elon Musk (and Linda Yaccarino, X Corp's CEO) as there doesn't appear to be an escalation process. Is the permanent ban part of the former "Stay Woke" or "Psychological Safety" culture Elon Musk references in the book by Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk? It is a great book if you need something to read.
Stephen LeglerPublished 6 days ago in The SwampCouncil House Gardens.
I live in a council house We have a chain-link fence down one side of our garden and a bought fence on a wall on the other side.
Carol TownendPublished 7 days ago in The SwampInclusion and Value Matters Most
Introduction It has been four years since I made my original post, Inclusion and Value Matters Most. Have we made any progress that we can be proud of as a civilization?
Stephen LeglerPublished 9 days ago in The SwampLet's hate again
"She’s cool, but I can’t like her, cos maybe some of her ancestors have slayed some of mine at some point. ” That were the words of a little boy on the wedding reception of a cosine of my wife. The boy was also a relative of hers.
Bozhan BozhkovPublished 11 days ago in The Swamp- Top Story - May 2024
We Are Not Lazy Because We Are On Benefits
My life has not been easy. I struggled at school with bullying and school work with very little support available to me, and that continued into adulthood, where it interfered with my mental health, and my ability to find work.
Carol TownendPublished 12 days ago in The Swamp The Elasticity of Opinions
Debates and disagreements on all things political, religious, economic, racial and social are very much a part of human life. As people, we are all so vastly different with unique lived experience, upbringings, viewpoints, and biases. If we operate in a world where we express ourselves and our thoughts and beliefs honestly with others, especially others who are in fact so different from us, debate is only natural. I have learned so, so much from talking about important subjects from debating with other people.
angela hepworthPublished 13 days ago in The SwampWhy am I a Republican?
I am a Republican for number of reasons number one is Cuba the Republican party know exactly what the Cuban people are going through under the regime. The Democrat party or the socialist party or the liberal party or let’s get honest with ourselves the communist party, which is what they are. The American communist party was always in love with the castro regime. There was a time in my life. If you were to tell me that I would be in the Republican party I would’ve left in your face. Thank God, common sense prevailed within me.
Rikki la rougePublished 13 days ago in The SwampMay The Fourth Be With You! And May The Empire Crumble Into Dust!
I Love Star Wars So very, very much. It's one of those where, no matter what they add to it, whether I like it or not, all these things add something indescribably important to it. The second prequel movie was my very first Star Wars film, so no matter what issues you can bring up with the prequels, I'll fight to the end for them. I didn't watch all the animated shows they added to the canon, but I know how much richness they added to the lore, and appreciated them for it.
Delise FantomePublished 15 days ago in The SwampShould the U.S. Pay Reparations to Black Americans?
I know that most people are already fixed in their position for or against reparations, and many will prematurely close out this article as soon as it looks like the conclusion being reached doesn’t agree with their own. However, there are many factors being considered below and the argument is a winding one. Ultimately, any that are entirely for or entirely against are likely to disagree in part with the final conclusion reached.
Martin VidalPublished 18 days ago in The SwampSelective Development: The Ruthless Cost of Progress on Indigenous Groups
It was February 2023, over a year ago as of writing, when we visited an indigenous community in Tanay, Rizal, to conduct an investigative report, shedding light on both the construction of the Kaliwa Dam and the plight of the Dumagat-Remontado tribe, who faced severe repercussions because of this mega-dam project.
James E. AnduyanPublished 24 days ago in The Swamp