OMG! Liberals LMAO I'm Cryin' Here!

Oh gawd, I don't know if I can handle this much stupidity before breakfast. LMAO And I think she's actually effin' serious. ha ha ha

SEATTLE (AP) -- Decades ago, poor children became known as "disadvantaged" to soften the stigma of poverty. Then they were "at-risk." Now, a Washington lawmaker wants to replace those euphemisms with a new one, "at hope."

Democratic State Sen. Rosa Franklin says negative labels are hurting kids' chances for success and she's not a bit concerned that people will be confused by her proposed rewrite of the 54 places in state law where words like "at risk" and "disadvantaged" are used.

The bill has gotten a warm welcome among fellow lawmakers, state officials and advocacy groups.

Actually, this may even work to the Right's advantage. What the hell are you complaining about, just look at all that hope you're entitled to. ha ha

Comments

[NeoconBlonde]

I always thought that there was a difference between the use of those terms: Disadvantaged meant poor, but "at risk" meant likely to get swept up in crime, drugs, or abuse. Not all disadvantaged children are at risk. While single parent families are twice as likely to be low income as single parent families, the determinative factor for child success seems to be living in a two parent household. Fatherlessness is causally related to increased abuse, early sexual activity, crime, substance abuse, lack of educational success, and emotional and behavioral problems in children. The National Fatherhood Initiative has put together some great research on the topic.

By lumping not at risk poor children in the group with at risk children and giving them some meaningless and inaccurate euphemism like "at hope" in our statutes prevents the interpreter of the statutes from knowing exactly what type of children we intend to help and prevents people from properly doing their job. This is much like the Sotomayor use of the inaccurate term "undocumented immigrant" to replace the use of more specific immigration terms of art that are subjectively interpreted as offensive.

[NeoconBlonde]

That sentence was supposed to read, "While single parent families are twice as likely to be low income as two parent families..."

I hit that publish button a little too soon.

[Bob Sykes]

Back in the day, a famous liberal commentator (whose name I forget, so much for fame) called the backward countries of the world "unfulfilled" for the same reason.

It was funny then, too.

[Paul A'Barge]

"http://www.blackpast.org/files/blackpast_images/franklin_rosa.jpg"
Heeeereeee's Rosa!!!

[MarkJ]

"In a related story, Rosa Franklin suggested that gang members now be called 'justice-challenged activists.' She also recommended that their murder victims henceforth be identified as 'people with minimal carbon footprints'".

[mark l.]

"hope"

the word has been around forever. leave it dems to wrap themselves in the word, while simultaneously inventing a newer way to turn it into a synonym for failure. I'll never hear/use the word again without thinking about the miserable failures of obama.

[Lily]

I'm with Mark. The word "hope" will never be the same again for me. I cringe whenever I see or hear it. It makes me think people are trying to manipulate me - fool me.

[Brian Macker]

"At hope" means being in danger of being screwed over by Obama's socialist economic policies. The entire populous of Venezuela is "at hope" relative to Chavez.

[hitnrun]

While George Carlin had a shtick about euphemisms in general, his most incredulous gawk was reserved for abuses of language so egregious that they were literally terms that were used to denote their opposite.

Being a liberal himself, it's perhaps a bit of mercy that he didn't live to see this coined.

[JohnL]

Can't we just give them each a Nobel Peace Prize?

[TTTCOTTH]

Dan

You failed to mention the cost of doing this change is about 200K. Since Washington State has money to burn, no big deal. Hope and change babay!

[Dark jethro]

There is already a term for children without fathers - it starts with a b.

[Punkindrublic]

Didn't think anyone could make this crap up; thankfully she's out in Washington (don't you voters EVER clean house?!?)

"at hope" sounds a bit like they're just shy of...well, "hope"; go ahead and push 'em over the edge. We'll see how "hope" works out once they've arrived at "hope". It's a bit like a $1.00 plain-jane PowerBall ticket....I "hope" I win. Hope is nothing; hope is LAZY, hope is jibber-jabber BS.

[No One Important]

So Jay Leno's show is "at hope"?

[Stephen]

I think the loftiest way to tell 'em;
Our nicest sentiments on the softest vellum

- The Mayor, The Pied Piper of Hamelin

[Clay]

Just waiting for the Ministry of Hope...

[Clay]

Orwell wrote in "1984":

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

In this era of Big Brotha, add one more to the list:

HOPE IS DESPAIR

[Rob Crawford]

Changing a word is easier than actually doing something, plus she gets to strike a pose about "caring".

Not caring enough to make sure those kids get a decent education or that there are jobs available for them later in life, but "caring" just the same.

[Paul]

"At Hope"? I think the Democrats are stuck on stupid over this.

Why?

Cause in a way the 'stigma' of poverty should compel the person to get out of poverty.

The more you soften the terms the less they are motivated to try to get out of it.

We don't need to be coddled, we need to be motivated, challenged, and inspired.

[Good Lt.]

>how Orwellian. And how convenient in a time of government growing more and more massive, with state ownership of many industries and a lot of people losing their jobs. You can't say that's bad.The word "bad" has negative connotations. It's ungood.

I hereby declare the word "bad" to be changed to a more positive "ungood." It shall henceforth be illegal to refer to things as "bad."

Why do you wingnuts hate hope and children?

[James]

Over and above being mind-numbingly stupid, if it does go through, it will eventually gain the connotations of the terms it replaces. Such is the way of many euphemisms.

[Vita]

It seems to me, between this, and the WH saying that Obama's first year has "strengthened America" that Democrats really think all they have to do is SAY something, and it is reality.

[Idawizard]

OMG. That twit is obviously "Special."

[MikeC]

Romans 8: 24-25
Hebrews 11: 1

"Hope that is seen is not hope" - looks like Obambi is going to have to think up another word. I have a few suggestions. :-)

[SenatorMark4]

At hope. That's where I'm at, too! I'm hoping the feds realize that printing money is ungood. That our "redistributed income" gets put to some un-use. And that, finally, we'll have some un-transparency and get IRS Form 1099-GOV for all those un-receivers of our redistributed income. I'm really Really REALLY hopeful. Not.

[John Gardner]

I think they should be known as "Endeavorers" (as in "Endeavoring to Persevere" ...

[miriam]

I don't think "ungood" is a proper substitute for "bad." How about "misunderstood."

[Diggs]

"At risk" = "at hope"? So when we heard Obama proclaim "hope and change", he meant "risk and change"?
I wish someone had mentioned this about fifteen frickin months ago.

[Mr. Biswas]

Go ahead, let them make the change. Then, when the first lawsuit arises that requires a court to interpret the meaning of the words "at hope" for the purposes of arriving at a decision in the case, the judges will be totally flummoxed and throw the law out as legally vague. The meaning of the word "poor" is clear to jurists. Even "disadvantaged" and "at risk" have reasonably clear meanings with regard to legislative intent. But "at hope"? Even within the context of legislative intent, who can fathom the meaning of "at hope." Laws that are poorly worded deserve to be overturned by the courts.

[jgreene]

Who elected this woman?

[DudeG]

And the Final Jeopardy Answer is...

What happens if you mix George Orwell with a little bit of John Lennon and the Yoko Years and a heap of Barney the dinosaur?

[The Underground Conservative]

We should start calling liberals "reality challenged persons."

[Shane]

Here is the real problem. We in WA are having an incredible budget crisis in which there is a threat of cutting public safety, yet they can afford (the estimates are into 6 digits) to change the wording in all public documents. Im "at rage"

[The Juice]

I went to law school in Seattle, and while there with my student practice license, I represented statutorily defined "at-risk youth." The last thing those kids needed were more dishonest platitudes. They needed a clear and unvarnished truth about their situation and the potential consequences.

This isn't just asinine PC taken reducto ad absurdem. It's harmful. It will undermine the programs that DO exist because street hardened kids won't take anything seriously when it's this stupidly labeled. In the end, like most soft-headed liberal policy ideas, it will do tremendous damage to all those kids the empty skulled hippies claim to care so damn much about.

[I need the spit back]

Spit into one hand, and hope into the other. What do you have more of?

[bandit]

Hope implies you're not taking responsibility for yourself. What a great message.

[Barry Soetoro (D-King Of The World!)]

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