Two Cents

Monday, June 2, 2008 10:51 AM EDT

A few years ago landscaping was put in down near Bombardier on the Arterial and it looked so nice at the time it was done. It has been several years since anyone has maintained it, and now it is all overgrown and looks terrible when you're coming into the city -- seems like such a waste.



Regarding the alternate side parking ordinance. Why doesn't Auburn just designate the narrow streets as one-way?

Has anyone noticed that the more liberal human beings are the more likely to be devoid of any sense of humor.

Scott McClellan is a worse traitor than Benedict Arnold.




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Farmers Gal wrote on Jun 5, 2008 10:44 AM:

" Now, cm, those are unfair stereotypes. I have known well-educated people with lots of common sense -- as well as those with their heads off in the clouds. I have also known not-particularly-well-educated people who were also total nincompoops in every aspect of their lives -- as well as those who really had it on the ball.

I've known incredibly well-educated and intelligent people who never finished school and/or who had terrible grades. I think super brilliant people have more trouble in schools, which teach to a low common denominator, and which have worked hard to reach slower kids (to their credit) while seriously neglecting extra-bright kids (not to their credit), who are very different from "average" students.

I consider myself a person of moderate intelligence who is good at leveraging what I have for more. That has more to do with drive than intelligence.

And I've known people with lots of degrees who weren't nearly as smart as they thought there were.

So, no fair sterotyping "educated" people as lacking in common sense. "

karl wrote on Jun 5, 2008 10:38 AM:

" OK, listen up people—this morning, an American diplomatic convoy was attacked in Zimbabwe—the American ambassador James Magee is being unlawfully detained. He has contacted CNN and said that Zimbabwe is now a “lawless country”.
Despotic ruler Mugabe is intimidating and murdering his own people, trying to fix the elections while making it look like a “democratic process” in order to dupe the West. Even Mugabe’s wife has been reported as saying that even if the opposition were to win, “they would never see the inside of the office”.
SO!---question—all you “nation builders” and proponents of that phony “we had to invade to remove that tyrant Saddam”—do we, America, now invade Zimbabwe? Even though there’s no oil to be had?
I’ll bet we don’t! Even if we wanted to, we don’t have the troops or ability to do it! One more example of how this dumb war has handicapped and hurt the US and its military! "

cm wrote on Jun 5, 2008 10:00 AM:

" FG the funny thing is the one who rebelled the most is the one with 2 kids now-different moms, which makes for interesting days.
it was the EX's kids that I watched while she worked yesterday.
I "tough loved" him once, he needed to learn the hard way. AND did!

I can handle a messy bedroom, but when bugs start arriving I tend to go nuts!
Video games are the craze, but even with my 9yr old--homework,reading, and feeding her zoo of pets comes first! They are never allowed at dinnertime!
(by the way-she just passed 3rd grade with straight A's)

Reality is with responsible kids-like him now-all your teens ideas change when you HAVE your own! All that you thought was SO important seems trivial in your 20's.--they just don't see that from 16-18, which I didn't either!

As KING stated earlier, a lot of 2 daddy's around-same with mommies, But if these young adults with kids don't face up to their responsibilities and get on the same page with raising them, there will be chaos!
I am glad my son sees that fact, and when issues arise instead of being childish, Parent to Parent meetings take place.
The well being of the child is the first priority! "

cm wrote on Jun 5, 2008 9:24 AM:

" it is also a proven fact that one is BORN with common sense!
Which I guess liberals as you state --HAVE NONE!

There are 2 sets of people:
1. common sense
2. book smart
rarely is there a combination of the two.
Book smart aids one in life by "thinking" they know it all because it was written.
Common sense people are more goal orientated. The majority are also the 1st born child. They do not need a book to get thru life, they "put words into actions".
Where as Book smarts only place actions into Big words. "

AJ wrote on Jun 5, 2008 9:00 AM:

" Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control:

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/05/9429/

So what was it again that all you RW nuts have been saying about the "temporary" occupation? "

HotLanta wrote on Jun 5, 2008 8:15 AM:

" What has happened to this town? "

Farmer's Gal wrote on Jun 5, 2008 7:50 AM:

" CM, re:grandkids. My kids are only 17 and 20 and haven't even dated yet, much less do I have grandchildren on the way, but I checked out the list you made for your son and am glad to say only the last two apply to my kids. They are lazy and spend most of their time playing computer games, watching movies or reading, but....

when I see other people's teens I am grateful. Mine don't drink or do drugs, drive cars too fast (or at all) or stay out late, run around getting girls pregnant or catching diseases, lie, cheat, or steal (unless you count dubious downloads -- endemic among teens). In fact, they don't even play loud music (much) -- and the both like the same music I listened to as a teen best (though the older one also listens to techno which can drive me buggy after a while -- too repetetive/frantic).

Things could be a whole lot worse.

There are some good rent prices out in the countryside, but there's a reason. You are miles from anything (closest gas station is about 7-8 miles; Supermarket is further) and there is almost no where you can live out here where you aren't exposed to the toxins in the fumes from the spreading of liquid manure -- it's not the "smell" that's dangerous, but that for which the smell is a marker. "

AJ wrote on Jun 4, 2008 7:17 PM:

" The religion of balance and centrism

For any political commentator perceived to be any strain of "liberal," the first requirement for being accorded Seriousness status by the political and media establishment is "balance." To be deemed a sober and responsible thinker, one must Joe-Klein-ify oneself -- show what a good, thoughtful, decent liberal you are by eagerly spending at least as much of your time praising conservatives and bashing liberals as you do anything else. That's what a reasonable, thoughtful liberal does, by definition.

The converse applies just as rigidly. If you criticize the Right too stridently, condemn the Bush faction without qualification or restraint, or fail to posit an equivalence between Right and Left, then -- regardless of the accuracy or truth of your critique -- you are automatically deemed too partisan, shrill, and, worst of all, Unserious. ....

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/03/10/centrism/index.html "

Unknown... wrote on Jun 4, 2008 7:05 PM:

" What is up with our city council?? Have they disappeared?? Seems like Palesh gets to institute all these ridiculous changes, and the council has no say. Now the 2nd Ward looks like a giant compost area thanks to our city manager. "

theking wrote on Jun 4, 2008 7:00 PM:

" GOOD POSTS CM. THE FUNNY THING IS THAT KARLA AND AJ PROBABLY THINK ITS OUR DUTY AS A COUNTRY TO PAY THEM SO WE CAN GIVE THEM OUR AID, AND PUT THEM ALL ON A BOAT AND SHIP THEM TO THE USA AND GIVE THEM HOUSES, FOOD, EDUCATION, HEALTH INSURANCE, AND SOCIAL SECURITY. "

Unknown... wrote on Jun 4, 2008 6:27 PM:

" Forget it Nature Lover, it's non-stop. "

nature lover wrote on Jun 4, 2008 6:02 PM:

" Yee-awn with the constant http links. Like anyone really looks at them. If u have something to say - SAY IT !! "

AJ wrote on Jun 4, 2008 4:48 PM:

" http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=26541 "

interested wrote on Jun 4, 2008 2:31 PM:

" I think all acts against children should be punishable to the extreme. No matter what the charge is. "

cm wrote on Jun 4, 2008 12:40 PM:

" Interested: very true fact!! sadly to say! I think it has something to do with the internet crosses state/country borders! "

interested wrote on Jun 4, 2008 12:24 PM:

" while reading different news articles I have come to the conclusion that you get less time for raping or abusing a child than you do for looking at naked pictures of a child. "

quiveringthigh wrote on Jun 4, 2008 11:51 AM:

" I heard someone stole Kurt Cobain's ashes. "

cm wrote on Jun 4, 2008 9:06 AM:

" editorial--

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jun/04/na-preachers-belong-in-politics-like-politicians-b/ "

cm wrote on Jun 4, 2008 8:19 AM:

" gonna need that milkshake tonight, I havent had one since New Years. Watching 3 kids for 7 hrs at noon, ages 3-2-1...(one being granddaughter-2)--actually I have a blast with them--but begging for kahula and calgon begins after the 3rd hour! hahaha

I dont know if anyones a grandparent-but it is the best spoiling them and sending them home!

I prewarned son, that when they are teens I have it all planned out for him for a smooth-ride thru tantrum years:
1. his paycheck is their allowance
2. no curfew
3. they come & go when they please-no questions asked
4.video games are more important than books
5.no bedroom cleaning------ever!

Everything he WANTED my grandkids should be allowed to have/to do!
(shouldve seen his face!) lol "

cm wrote on Jun 4, 2008 8:00 AM:

" AJ wrote on Jun 3, 2008 6:17 PM:

" Doin my research, cm..

http://www.anitra.net/homelessness/columns/anitra/eightmyths.html "

AJ, I meant homelessness site.One of the stats said poor give the most to charity. "

AJ wrote on Jun 4, 2008 6:53 AM:

" What homeless site are you referring to CM, since I never wrote anything specifically on that subject? "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 11:03 PM:

" AJ, thinking back on your homeless site--its is true that those with less give more!
Our girl scouts gave out 450 bags, to collect anything from toothbrushes to soap for a women & childrens shelter,in this very rich area that one of them live in. The response back was 5 bags!

In my neighborhood, mostly middle class, the postal food drive day, almost every house had a bag out! "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 10:46 PM:

" Its true brew --we have all been there, but made it a pit stop NOT a move in.
Drug-testing should be mandatory, as it is for most jobs today.

Middle class are heading to food pantries, but right now they are very low, also animal shelters are getting bombarded with left behind pets from foreclosures.

Today I bagged some things for the pantry. I seperated and bagged cookies/snacks for the homeless lunches.
Over the summer I am leading the girl scout troop making "catnip socks" and collecting food for those shelters. "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 10:11 PM:

" Top 1% do you mean Pres?
because he hasnt a clue as to whos abusing in wee Auburn or my area either..

Last week he was trying to stiffle the rich farmers, last I knew he planned to Veto but Congress planned to override.??
Havent checked into what hes doing this week.

OH, I did get responses from my senators and governor-after I sent them nasty-grams! "

brew1234 wrote on Jun 3, 2008 10:06 PM:

" Hey queenie I collected food stamps twice in my life for a few months and I have made a couple of trips to the food bank when I was in a tough spot. Usually associated with loss of job or health problem or both. I'll pass your drug test any day. You are not looking past a few cheats and loafers at the people that look for assistance and really need it. It's fools like you that put a stigma to geting help and make the poor not only feel pressure from their situation but they also have to feel shame listening to big mouths like you. I guess when you were wired up they forgot to connect your brain to your mouth. Have some compassion you ape! "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 10:02 PM:

" Is everyone on the recall email list? I recieve emails long before the recalls are on TV.

http://www.fda.gov/ "

theking wrote on Jun 3, 2008 9:50 PM:

" NO PROB CM. parents clean up their act? yeah right. if things keep going to the left your gonna have millions of kids with 2 daddys. that alone would make me drop out of school, use drugs and run away from home. so if i didnt kill myself by then i would surley be on unemployment, welfare and food stamps. why not? nothin like chillin on the stoop, kickin back, drinkin some ice cold brews, smokin some ciggs and blunts while im getting a paycheck i dont have to work for. the days of responsible parents are long gone i can see it in the schools. "

AJ wrote on Jun 3, 2008 9:16 PM:

" I'm all for cleaning up the abuses - I just think it's more important to start with the top 1%, cause that's where the real problem is. "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 9:07 PM:

" thanks for the laugh KING!
Just maybe some people would clean up their act? make something of their life and be better parents?! "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 8:54 PM:

" Aj your research is a bit outdated.
None the less-I did NOT say ALL were NOT deserving, many are in need and they should get it.
Since you researched YOU feel the SAME.

We differ on thoughts of the abusers-I say in Auburn there are more than you think.

I agree housing/rent has gone too far-where I live, you cant rent for under 650.00 for 1 bdr apt. A house with 3 bdrs would be 1500.00+ plus utilities.
Middle class cant even afford that!

In my area they are building state-funded housing but it wont be available for about 3 yrs. It will not be enough, especially after all these foreclosures.

My oldest decided to buy-he figured best to pay 1400.00 mortgage and have it to keep, then give it away to a landlord.
Son with 2 kids,750.00 for a 2bdr.plus utilities. He/she work fulltime make 3200 month, before health insurance and taxes comes out, they are struggling. But still want to buy a house, homesite should be helping them but they make too much!

I think the housing issue needs more attention than rising gas prices. "

AJ wrote on Jun 3, 2008 7:28 PM:

" An excellent piece on corporations:

http://www.ejnet.org/rachel/rehw488.htm "

theking wrote on Jun 3, 2008 7:03 PM:

" CM IF YOU RANDOMLY DRUG TESTED PEOPLE ON WELFARE AND WHO GET FOOD STAMPS WELL...........I THINK THERE WOULD BE LIKE 4 PEOPLE IN NYS WHO WOULD STILL QUALIFY. "

AJ wrote on Jun 3, 2008 6:43 PM:

" Karl, I wish I could be that optimistic, but I just don't think it will happen. Bushco are not the first American officials to engange in war crimes, and will not be the last.

I would be the happiest person alive if they would put those criminals away for good. "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 6:37 PM:

" ANGMOM3, I agree with you totally. I have been on the screaming end too.

Sometimes I think when karl talks of the POOR he means 3rd world countries, which is way different than USA POOR.

Here we have options and I dont want programs to go away--I just want them better utilized, monitored closer, truly given to those in need.

With all the cutbacks-these programs will suffer, BUT if we take out all the abusers I think MORE could benefit.

WE cant stop all the abusers because they will find a way to beat the system.
But If we started with drug testing in order to recieve=which is no different than applying for a job. That will weed some,
If we hire more workers to spot check homesite/medicade/welfare/foodstamps, that will weed out more. Which opens more funds for those that really need.

More employers are GPSing company vehicles and now company cell phones. Alot of state/city job losses will come from that, but if they arent doing their job as they are stating on paper then they need to be fired.

Another note: if you ever find a funny looking tiny object in something you have purchased--ITs a tracking device. Companies say its to follow the product, to see if truckers are keeping items at the right temperature,etc.
In truth they have a shortage problem and trying to find the cause. "

AJ wrote on Jun 3, 2008 6:17 PM:

" Doin my research, cm..

http://www.anitra.net/homelessness/columns/anitra/eightmyths.html "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 6:12 PM:

" Looking like an Obama/Hillary ticket?!

I really want to go to the jail and smack hulk hogans son in the head! "mommy I got no windows and no one to talk to for 17hrs a day!"
Put the baby in general population and show him what real jail is! errggggg! "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 6:07 PM:

" Thanks karl,but I dont like fake coffee either. A chocolate kahula milkshake and I am there! hahaha

If you have never made one--get your blender out!
Even those I dont drink much.

I think the years at Cassidys/Winners Circle did me in--shots of southern comfort followed by OV splits! "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 6:00 PM:

" Aj seriously do you think I have NOT turned my sis in???
hahaha
I have turned her into CPS more than once, medicade, food stamp, homesite, elder care, SSI, even the cops!

She was pretty (before meth took over) and a very good actress, every judge just slapped her hand!

I told you, no love lost when it comes to druggies that abuse the system and still make their kids suffer!
Family included... "

ANGMOM3 wrote on Jun 3, 2008 5:40 PM:

" I have worked with individuals that need, deserve and require services, and have also been verbally abused by those who think they are "entitled."

I have empathy and sympathy for all of us, on this planet. However it becomes rather tiring when there are those out there that could give it a try - and don't.

Look and me - I will eventually be going blind, but I love working, and wish to do it as long as I live. "

AJ wrote on Jun 3, 2008 5:29 PM:

" Here's a link for you CM. You can report all of the welfare fraud you're aware of here, starting with your sister:

http://www.ucowf.org "

karl wrote on Jun 3, 2008 5:12 PM:

" cm, no problem, I agrree with you that food stamp fraud should indeed be prosecuted. And for the record, I WOULD buy you a cappuccino! :)
AJ--great link you have posted there about Australia! Can you hear the drums of prosecution for war crimes starting to drum?!!! I think I hear a gentle-but-growing ba-boom, ba-boom! "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 4:52 PM:

" I bet ANGMOM3 you saw many with medicade come regularly for pills you knew they didnt need, but filled because they had a script.

These abusers sold their "free" pills to other abusers/or those in need. "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 4:46 PM:

" ANGMOM3
you CAN use coupons along with foodstamps!!! Many stores will also take other store coupons too. Never be afraid to ask! They want someones money.

right now our restaurants need $$--they are taking other restaurant coupons too.

I wouldnt be surprised if within a year we see restaurants take food stamps too--since now its a simple debit card. They already have the capability, they just need state licenses. "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 4:39 PM:

" I am sooooo curious--whats up with your state laws???
I am totally shocked at the HUGE marginal difference from my state!
Shaken-baby =1 yr there and no less than 10 here
sex offenders=1 yr there and no less than 20 here.

WOW! Aj get off the computer and get petitioning!!!! "

ANGMOM3 wrote on Jun 3, 2008 4:27 PM:

" I have to agree with you cm. I have observed many examples of this. Truthful question, because I honestly don't know - are Food Stamp recipients allowed to use coupons, or are they exempt from them.

I'm not being sarcastic. I just have no idea how the system works. Personally, I love coupons, when I find the ones that work for us. When there are others that work for people I know, I share.

While in college, I worked as a pharnmacy clerk. There were plenty of abuses, and sad, unfair situations then too. "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 4:05 PM:

" Yes Karl I was being sarcastic..
There is a difference between being poor and abusing the system.
We know both DO exist.

The bigger difference is poor people DONT want a hand out, they are strong-willed and full of pride.
the abusers have no pride, nor no will.

I was a cashier at Wegmans, I saw the difference everyday.
A story: an elderly lady came in every week-her shopping habits changed from the start of the month(SS check) to counting pennies for a quart of milk the end of the month. One day she was short 10 cents-I said I would cover her-NO WAY, she wouldn't have it. the end of next month I told her it was on sale(someone took the sign down) and I paid the difference.

Food stampers came in weekly too-some needy, they bought store brand, never name brands, lots of chicken, hotdogs, spaghetti in a can,and powered milk.

The abusers bought steak, shrimp, name brands, never low cost items. Unless it was the free WIC stuff.

there are big differences! "

AJ wrote on Jun 3, 2008 3:52 PM:

" http://www.consortiumnews.com/

Australia Bolts Iraq Over Bush's Lies "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 2:18 PM:

" Lighten up AJ its june-bbq/pool time days!

Hey right now I have 2 sisters that are the same age for 5 days!! "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 2:15 PM:

" Thats ok AJ
karl would talk to me-he agrees we can disagree until theres a blue moon, Curlys is off-limits to "two-cent" conversations!
But I bet I could get that beer anyways!

(I dont even like beer) "

karl wrote on Jun 3, 2008 2:13 PM:

" cm, perhaps, on its face, your last post could be viewed as humor and sarcasm--but perhaps, if that's truly the way that you caricature the Poor, and those really in need of some assistance, then your last post really illustrates the narrowness of your thinking. "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 2:10 PM:

" JLM
I could rent your house!!!! hahaha
with a sugar-daddy living upstairs! "

AJ wrote on Jun 3, 2008 2:09 PM:

" I doubt I'd talk to you in person, let alone buy you a beer cm.

And you are full of it, as usual. "

jlmorgansr wrote on Jun 3, 2008 12:39 PM:

" LMAO,,, CM Eden awaits! "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 12:27 PM:

" Brew I pay 130.00 a month for just my 9ys old health insurance, I am in the process of setting up one of those "state freeze $" college funds for her.

sometimes I think I am busting bust for nothing.
Reality is I could divorce hubby,
move back to NY,
collect support,
have homesite pay for my new house, heap pay for my electric,
wheels for moms give me a car,
pay NIL for health insurance for me & my child,
get free foodstamps,
get free college monies (me & child),
get free childcare,
convince a Dr shes hyper,get SSI check,
only work-part time to insure my 5grand federal income tax.
WHAT a life!
the added bonus would be KArl & AJ help pay for my lifestyle!!!! As they buy me a beer at Curlys!!!!!
Its tooooooo perfect!!!! lol "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 12:14 PM:

" brew I have no problem with congress getting nailed for PORKS!

In my area we have a TV station that brings out these exact issues-NIGHTLY, Any type of wasteful government spending.
But once WE know of them-other than to vote them out of office which may not come for years,sending nastygrams to other officials(hoping they disagree/their hands arent in it for a back scratch), WHAT are WE to do?

You are wrong about 1/2 of Auburns welfare recipients--trust me they EAT better than I do. "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 11:43 AM:

" Humanistic mercy??????!!!!!
Myanmar wants US to pay them money to GIVE them aid???
I hope our ships pull out of dock today taking OUR supplies with them and let the myanmar-ese genocide themselves! "

brew1234 wrote on Jun 3, 2008 11:41 AM:

" If we are against high taxes then why not go after corruption and waste in government. Like the congressman that had an interstate highway built in the middle of Hicksville where it was not needed. Little known was that a trust owned a lot of land near the new interstate and Mr congress-theif-man owned this property. He bought it for 50k and sold it for 2mil when the highway came through.
No let's leave him alone and instead take welfare from the families that are in bad circumstances and cut student loans and healthcare for children. They can just get a second or third job and fare for themselves. As the queenie said "Let them eat cake" "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 11:40 AM:

" I have compassion karl, for those that try their best and need a BIT of aid..

But NONE for the "gimmes" & the "must be nice'ers"!

ps having your coffee a bit late karl-the days almost over with! lol. "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 11:34 AM:

" does anyone ever check the unclaimed funds? I have found friends monies!

http://www.osc.state.ny.us/ouf/index.htm

https://secure.nystrs.org/unclaimedFunds/UnclaimedFundsList.aspx#NYSTRS

http://www.fms.treas.gov/faq/unclaimed.html

http://www2.fdic.gov/funds/index.asp "

quiveringthigh wrote on Jun 3, 2008 11:09 AM:

" AJ,
" Make sure and check Hamilton Ave. and Cross St. for the alternate side parking!

Maybe it's a typo. I know Auburn streets probably more than you. hmmm what HAVE I Been smoking........... "

karl wrote on Jun 3, 2008 11:03 AM:

" cm, if there's anyone who "plays the victim"'s on this site, it's YOU and your fellow "hate the nanny state"'ers Conservatives, like Chris, movedsouth, Queenie, etc--you guys are always whining and crying about some "Liberal" group or person wanting to take away a penny or two of your money to--god forbid!--feed the poor or help the unfortunate! I mean, really--YOU ARE ALWAYS THE COMPLAINERS!
Here's a clue--advocating Humanistic mercy and respect for the downtrodden and lowly amongst us is not "whining"--it's called "Compassion" YOu ought to research it!
Having spoken thus, thank you for my morning cup o'hypocrisy--gets me up and running and ready to meet the day! "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 10:15 AM:

" Aj atleast I am willing to begin a petition--beats sitting in the CPU chair doing nothing but whining or playing the victim
(POOR ME: federal & state taxes/school taxes/high gas prices/high foods costs/ china killed my dog/immigrants stole my welfare check/no money for prozac-get my gun)...
like YOU!!
Plus add: wanting monies to go to druggies on welfare/illegals/companies that move to china/africa/myanmar/thieves from Katrina/NOT move forward to OUR energy resources/animosity of USA and troops--
like YOU!!!

Just because I like ONE of Obamas ideas (versus the rest that I despise) doesn't mean I will vote for him--should he be the nominee,
I will vote for
M-i-c-k-e-y-M-o-u-s-e! QUACK "

melinda@neal.us wrote on Jun 3, 2008 8:26 AM:

" My goodness, parking seems to be "the topic" of disgust in Auburn these days.
Just as a note: ALL Texans don't agree with the judgement that just went down concerning the court ruling of those unfortunate children & their families!! I know because I live in Texas! "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 8:06 AM:

" quiver I beleive Piddly was naming 2 different streets as an example.
piddly could have gone on with VanAnden,Seymour,Pulaski,Barber,Orchard,
HECK almost EVERY street!!!! "

AJ wrote on Jun 3, 2008 8:04 AM:

" QT, you've been smoking too much of that stuff again. Where was it mentioned that Hamilton intersects with Cross Street?

Brew, good one!! lol.. Wonder what they'll pin on the "liberals" next.

CM, you sound like a duck. Can't you do any better than that? It's old, it's tiring, and it is not funny anymore. Actually, coming from you, it never really was. "

cm wrote on Jun 3, 2008 8:02 AM:

" brew politicians are just plain louses!
I think one solution to stopping some of the
"you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" aka=PORKS
are the states putting this to public vote on the Nov. ballots.
Instead of the politicians slipping them into other laws-they will be clearly SEEN and voted on!

as I have said before the only good idea Obama has -is SHOWING where the money goes! We should make ALL our officials do that! I am willing to pay extra taxes for a person to be in charge of making these budgets/final spending PUBLIC! They should be on the internet/placed 2ce a year in newspapers/in local libraries/and taught more in local schools.

As parents we need to teach our kids how to pay more attention to the happenings locally/in Washington, for it will affect them one day.

Porks/budgets/final spending ==if they are not on your ballots (Nov) we need to start petitions to get them on next years ballots! "

brew1234 wrote on Jun 3, 2008 1:05 AM:

" Liberals also tend to be perverts, pedophiles, mass murderers, cheaters and they burp in public. Is there anything else you can pin on liberals? Even if they were all these things I would trust them better than neo con right wing evangelical christians. Or the queen of dung. "

quiveringthigh wrote on Jun 2, 2008 10:32 PM:

" piddly0 wrote on Jun 2, 2008 7:56 PM:
" Make sure and check Hamilton Ave. and Cross St. for the alternate side parking! Heard there are some "violent" offenders down there....what a joke the whole thing is. They didn't even enforce it during the winter. How are they going to enforce it year round? "

Where do Hamilton and Cross street cross? "

piddly0 wrote on Jun 2, 2008 7:56 PM:

" Make sure and check Hamilton Ave. and Cross St. for the alternate side parking! Heard there are some "violent" offenders down there....what a joke the whole thing is. They didn't even enforce it during the winter. How are they going to enforce it year round? "

Unknown... wrote on Jun 2, 2008 7:48 PM:

" People that live here count down the days until the alternate side parking goes away; then some jar head comes along & shoves it back down our throats for the whole year. I wish that city manager position was elected. "

karl wrote on Jun 2, 2008 5:50 PM:

" Did any of you read this article on Canada's examination of the horrible abuse suffered by Canada's aboriginal peoples by --surprise--Cristian-run State schools?
Here's the link:
http://www2008/06/01/ap/canada/
main4142980.shtml.cbsnews.com/stories/
How horrible--and now the corrupt Texxas legislature has allowed the victims of the Mormon polygamist cults to be reunited with their pedophilic abusers as well!
Anybody see anything inconsistent here?!?! "

quiveringthigh wrote on Jun 2, 2008 5:05 PM:

" Just letting you know Bo Diddley passed away. he was 79. "

AJ wrote on Jun 2, 2008 4:30 PM:

" Let me guess - The Benedict Arnold thing is a new republican talking point.

I concur with Karl - McClellan is a real hero, although none of what he says is new - anyone paying any attention knew he was lying for them at the time. "

Farmer's Gal wrote on Jun 2, 2008 4:11 PM:

" Actually, there was a woman who wrote in a few days ago with very real downsides -- one was that she had been bed-ridden and ill, and got ticketed because she wasn't well enough to go out and move her car every day. Sh

e also noted that people who own homes which only have on-street parking cannot leave their cars at home if they go on a trip because there is no one to move the car back and forth each day -- seems rather unfair to me that just because a person doesn't have a driveway in a city they have to pay to park their car somewhere else than at home if they want to go away for a week or even a weekend.

Well, Karl, I wouldn't paint this McClellan guy quite that heroically -- I'll bet he is just as packed with political peccadilloes as the next Washington termite, but he did have courage to do the right thing this time. It took him a while, and knowing there would be possible intense repercussions, I can understand that. I don't doubt his motives are mixed -- balancing the desirable income against the nasty repercussions, with a dash of ethics mixed in uncertain amounts, he did the right thing. Maybe for SOME right reasons, maybe not, but it's done.

But I wouldn't get all hero rhetoric-y about it. A real person, with some conflicts, some good and bad in him, chose the right thing this time. That's good, that's commendable, but he's not ready for sainthood. "

Andy b wrote on Jun 2, 2008 3:15 PM:

" Since I moved here I've always wondered why this wasn't a rule already. "

Andy b wrote on Jun 2, 2008 2:53 PM:

" Unimpeded driving on city streets and the street sweepers can clean the streets. "

stevedallas wrote on Jun 2, 2008 2:40 PM:

" Whats the upside Andy? "

movedsouth wrote on Jun 2, 2008 1:33 PM:

" Scott Mclellan, disgruntled employee looking to make money on a book. "

movedsouth wrote on Jun 2, 2008 1:31 PM:

" Alternate side parking. I can just picture one side of the street being full and the trash collectors dragging containers between cars. Check your bumpers, They aren't chrome anymore. Maybe they can drive down the sidewalk for one side. "

cm wrote on Jun 2, 2008 1:05 PM:

" I think Scott McClellan & Obama were spotted having lunch with family members close by.
They were at Hoopes park-Quack quack! "

Andy b wrote on Jun 2, 2008 12:42 PM:

" I don't understand the people complaining about alternate side parking. There is no downside to it only upside. "

Andy b wrote on Jun 2, 2008 12:41 PM:

" Did anyone else go to the alternate energy/economic forum Saturday? "

karl wrote on Jun 2, 2008 12:09 PM:

" Scott McLellan--an American hero in the tradition of Benjamin Franklin, Sacco and Vanzetti, and Paul Revere.
He has performed a selfless act of extreme Courage and value to the annals of history and justice.
I would like to see a monument erected of his bust in marble on the front lawn of the White House, with a flower vase. "

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