{"id":3165,"date":"2014-05-04T14:25:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T21:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=3165"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:37:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:37:22","slug":"my-first-thoughts-on-buzzfeeds-paul-ryans-inner-city-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/my-first-thoughts-on-buzzfeeds-paul-ryans-inner-city-education\/","title":{"rendered":"My first thoughts on Buzzfeed’s “Paul Ryan’s Inner City Education”"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I read this =>http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/mckaycoppins\/paul-ryans-inner-city-education<\/a><= on Buzzfeed. It’s a good article, a tad sycophantic, and I want to believe that Paul Ryan has taken this opportunity in his life to become a better person. I want to believe that he’s turned a corner, and at some point in his future he will realize that stepping on the poor to get ahead does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven, but more likely to the Fall of Mankind.<\/p>\n

I want to believe in the goodness of humanity and that someone like Paul Ryan could become a better person, and through him, the GOP might actually wake up and realize their rhetoric is just that. 10% to charity is not an excuse to make a tax right-off, and that’s supposed to be 10% of everything<\/i>. So if a business is now being counted as an individual, shouldn’t that individual<\/i> give 10% too, as well as taking care of their workers? (Remember, a happy healthy worker is a worker that doesn’t come after you when the revolution rises.)<\/p>\n

But whatever.<\/p>\n

My problem with Paul Ryan is that every time I see him I hear the soundtrack from The Omen<\/i> playing in the background. I mean, didn’t Damien turn out to be a politician? I’m not calling Paul Ryan the Antichrist (don’t put words in my mouth!) but I am highly suspicious of his motivations and I find him an untrustworthy individual.<\/p>\n

So kudos, Paul, on becoming a better person. But if it turns out you’re becoming a “better person” in the hopes of running for President, does that really mean you’re a better person? Or are you just a wolf putting on a sheep’s coat and expecting the baffled sheeple to accept your guidance (as you pick off a stray or two here and there)? <\/p>\n

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And in other news, Seattle is raising the minimum wage to $15. That’s a difference from Wisconsin’s (and Texas’) $7.25, and no one’s talking about Georgia and Wyoming’s $5.15.<\/p>\n

Still, the amount people are paid should be calculated by the relative poverty of an area and the cost of living. Though it’s kind of an outrage that a matinee movie ticket costs more than a person makes in an hour. Add in popcorn and a couple of kids’ tickets and a trip to the cinema could be a person’s whole day’s wage. Wow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, I read this =>http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/mckaycoppins\/paul-ryans-inner-city-education<= on Buzzfeed. It’s a good article, a tad sycophantic, and I want to believe that Paul Ryan has taken this opportunity in his life to become a better person. I want to believe that he’s turned a corner, and at some point in his future he will realize that stepping…<\/p>\n Read More<\/span> My first thoughts on Buzzfeed’s “Paul Ryan’s Inner City Education”<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[571,734],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-3165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-around-the-internet","tag-politics","tag-trust-issues"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-P3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7024,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/weapons-movie-spoilers\/","url_meta":{"origin":3165,"position":0},"title":"Weapons movie, spoilers","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"October 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I finally saw \"Weapons,\" and it's a good horror movie. 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