Comments for Just Sayin' http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com . . . Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:58:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on functional illiteracy by sheriji http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/functional-illiteracy/#comment-2858 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:58:22 +0000 http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/?p=1458#comment-2858 But what I’m writing about has absolutely nothing to do with whether you can maintain interest in a book or not. I’m talking about an inability to communicate via writing. You seem to communicate well and effectively enough, but to be confused by the point of my article. Perhaps this reflects a comprehension issue, but not illiteracy.

]]> Comment on functional illiteracy by Lisa Fleming http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/functional-illiteracy/#comment-2857 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:54:07 +0000 http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/?p=1458#comment-2857 The community college I attended required an entrance exam to measure your reading abillity. If you didnt meet the minimum reading requirement you were either placed in a remedial class or instucted that you couldnt attended the college. There are some books Ive tried to read but it doesnt interest me and I cant finish it. then there are books that grab my attention, and I may read it 3 times. Does this make me a functional illterate? I dont think so. In that case the author and publisher is to blame for not making their message universal so that everyone can comprehend. My favorite John Grisham book is The Brethren. I can follow his stories and stay intrested. But when I read other novels by some authors Im lost. I interpet things different. I think functional illiterate is the new token phrase for elitist to continue on a path to superiority. Just because you didn’t make what Im reading interesting or comprehendable doesn’t mean Im a functional illerate. It just means you didn’t explain it good enough😝

]]> Comment on salt of the earth by sheriji http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/salt-of-the-earth-2/#comment-2853 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:28:47 +0000 http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/?p=6178#comment-2853 Yeah. Me, too. It just seemed to come so naturally to him, and he was always so quiet about it. He did it to be kind, not to be thanked, or even noticed.

]]> Comment on blisters and dirt by sheriji http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/blisters-and-dirt/#comment-2852 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:28:04 +0000 http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/?p=6166#comment-2852 I agree 100%.

]]> Comment on salt of the earth by ASuburbanLife http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/salt-of-the-earth-2/#comment-2850 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 05:33:13 +0000 http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/?p=6178#comment-2850 I wish I could remember to be this thoughtful. Nice story.

]]> Comment on blisters and dirt by Don T Kno http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/blisters-and-dirt/#comment-2849 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:28:35 +0000 http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/?p=6166#comment-2849 As progressives, we cannot remain silent when a president, whom we worked hard to elect and defend at every turn, betrays the very values upon which he ran five years ago.

The New York Times was right to call out the administration on this, just as others have been right to call out its egregious behavior towards what used to be the free press.

Progressives should stand with the Times on this. Otherwise, we are just rooting for the name on the jersey, and not for the values that the jersey represents.

And what leg will we stand on when a president from the other team employs the same tactics? To what surely will be even greater degrees? The have and they will again with even more ease if we let up now.

]]> Comment on blisters and dirt by sheriji http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/blisters-and-dirt/#comment-2848 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:53:08 +0000 http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/?p=6166#comment-2848 Not happy about these things, either, although I still can’t imagine that voting for Mitt would have made either one of us feel much better.

]]> Comment on blisters and dirt by Don T Kno http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/blisters-and-dirt/#comment-2847 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:41:52 +0000 http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/?p=6166#comment-2847 I for one am happy Michele Bachman did not do anything while in congress. Lately doing nothing in Washington is becoming a virtue.

Everyday it’s looking more like 1984 in DC and it now seems both parties are to blame.

If only our current president would have taken seriously all of the promises he made while he was running for office.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/opinion/president-obamas-dragnet.html?_r=0

And always claiming to not know what was going on is never a good excuse. Wish I could have my vote back.

]]> Comment on a new kind of blueberry by sheriji http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/a-new-kind-of-blueberry/#comment-2846 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:31:48 +0000 http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/?p=6181#comment-2846 I did get that. Darn raccoons.

]]> Comment on a new kind of blueberry by Quieter Elephant http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/a-new-kind-of-blueberry/#comment-2845 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:01:09 +0000 http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/?p=6181#comment-2845 Haha – I’d have no issue with naming my meal. I thought it was important that the kids really understood where their food came from. I was just annoyed that the local bandits beat me to it.

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