Ericka Forman
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On the article Is Main Street Safe For Pedestrians?
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On the article Raptakis Remains Key Vote On Same Sex Marriage Bills
Ericka Forman
7:29 pm on Wednesday, March 27, 2013
ReplyI sincerely hope the senator votes in favor of this bill (38) both to get it on the floor and to pass it into law. Discrimination based on ones sexual orientation is wrong, just as much by government as by business. Marriage is about love and spending your life with the person you truly love, be they of the same or opposite sex. Stop the hate and discrimination, pass marriage equality. It is the right thing to do.
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On the announcement Food Bank Says 'Thank You' To Stop and Shop
Ericka Forman
5:34 pm on Wednesday, March 13, 2013
ReplyThank you Stop&Shop and Food Bank for your valuable work in these hard times. You have fed many hungry families.
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On the Blog Post Sequestration And Hunger
Ericka Forman
3:24 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
I don't know. I am sure there are things that can be cut. I don't quite know how the cell-phone thing works, so I can't really say if that is one of them. Everyone seems to have their own pet projects that they want to keep funded, not all of them are bad, not all are good. The Senate, Congress, and the President need to clear this up. I think that reasonable cuts and reasonable tax increases should be looked into. But, like I said, people are hurting. This is something that should be kept in sight when they do come up with something, if they ever come up with something.
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On the Blog Post Spread The Word To End The Word
Ericka Forman
11:34 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
ReplyVery insightful. I remember using the word too. It is hurtful to those with disabilities and should not be uttered. Thank you for doing the wonderful job of teaching all of your students and educating us as well.
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On the Blog Post Sequestration And Hunger
Ericka Forman
9:32 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
I am from East Greenwich, and I see plenty of good hard working people going hungry right now. The corporations and banks that run the country have seen to that. Quite a few multi-billion dollar companies receive welfare. The majority of food stamp recipients work, are disabled, or are elderly. Look at all of the folks working at Walmart and places like that. Many of them make so little that they qualify for food stamps. One in Four children benefit from food stamps. Are the children lazy bums. I don't think so. What about the elderly and disabled. Do you want granny to go hungry? Open up your eyes, this is not a republic any more, it is an oligarchy.
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On the Blog Post Sequestration And Hunger
Ericka Forman
6:10 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Reply“There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there—good for you.
"But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers that the rest of us paid to educate...Part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along.”
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On the Blog Post Sequestration And Hunger
Ericka Forman
12:11 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
ReplyWe need to keep track of who is getting harmed by this mess in Washington. People are going hungry in one of the richest countries in the world. Our neighbors and friends can not afford to feed themselves. 1 in 4 children are going hungry. Take the time to really look around and see that even in East Greenwich we have hunger.
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On the Blog Post Sequestration And Hunger
Ericka Forman
11:19 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
I don't think they can shift any of the money from one agency or program to another under the sequester. There are many corporations that benefit from federal money, but they aren't losing their funding. It is the poor, many of them children, that will loose in this situation.
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On the article RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence Issues Statement After Stabbing
Ericka Forman
7:26 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
ReplyThis is a horrible thing that happened. Many women are scared to leave an abusive relationship because of death threats and such. But this woman did leave and was killed. I would like to think that the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which passed the house today, will make a difference in cases like this. The man had domestic violence charges against him dropped in the past, maybe this will wake up the judicial system to the real threat of death that the victims in these cases face.
Ericka Forman
9:13 am on Friday, April 5, 2013
I agree with all of these suggestions. To slow people down is a very good idea. People are so impatient nowadays, the parallel parking thing is very real. Yesterday we were driving down Main and someone was beeping furiously at someone trying to park. Others drove right by people trying to cross. Part of the problem is a culture of folks who are so preoccupied with their own selves that anyone who gets in the way of what they feel is important, (whatever they are doing at the time), is deemed unworthy of a pause.