There are a lot more people that enjoy success because of hard work than there are successful by being lazy.
With the recent cabinet appointments by President Obama of people who "neglected" to pay taxes, it makes me wonder just how many of our elected officials avoid their tax responsibility.
Close the landfill and the garbage trucks will vanish. What about "close the landfill" don't you understand?
I think it's time Mayor Quill steps down. It seems he is too close to the "den of thieves" to make an honest decision on who stole what.
If the cigarette tax was paid to the state and then promptly returned to the tribe for special programs, the problem is solved.
I would like to thank the electric company for shutting off the power on my street without warning. It was one of the coldest days of the year and I am disabled with a 4-year-old.
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Close the landfill and the garbage trucks will vanish. What about "close the landfill" don't you understand?
I think it's time Mayor Quill steps down. It seems he is too close to the "den of thieves" to make an honest decision on who stole what.
If the cigarette tax was paid to the state and then promptly returned to the tribe for special programs, the problem is solved.
I would like to thank the electric company for shutting off the power on my street without warning. It was one of the coldest days of the year and I am disabled with a 4-year-old.
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spatrx wrote on Feb 14, 2009 7:15 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Feb 12, 2009 11:09 AM:
Then you have the auto industry -- bloated, arrogant, greedy, and irresponsible, with the economy of a whole state dependent on them, they continued to play their stupid games designed to line the pockets of the top brass and let everyone else in the state pay the price.
"Paris of the West?" When was that, back in the mid-1800s??? I grew up there and never heard Detroit called that. It is one of the least cultural major cities in the United States, and is the eastern-most of major "Mid-Western" cities -- Detroit is in the Eastern Time zone, so it hasn't been "of the West" since Buffalo, NY was considered "West."
No, it has nothing to do with liberals and progressives. It has to do with race-based voting (no matter how corrupt the candidate, as long as he was black, they loved him in Detroit), greed, corruption and opportunism completely outside party lines. "
movedsouth wrote on Feb 12, 2009 9:38 AM:
chris van note wrote on Feb 12, 2009 9:06 AM:
Detroit is considered to be the most liberal city in America run by liberal "progressives".
Some of the achievements are:
A 32% High School graduation rate. (But when a philanthropist offered to spend $200 million to create 15 new charter high schools, teachers staged a walk-out. Mayor Kilpatrick spurned the offer.)
All major grocery stores have moved out of the city.
Ranked at the bottom three for growth (Michigan that is).
Michigan ranks fourth of the 50 states in declining home values.
I could go on and on.
Liberal policies have ruined a once great city that was once called the "Paris of the West" "
chris van note wrote on Feb 12, 2009 8:25 AM:
— PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA, JANUARY 9 , 2009
Oh really?
With all due respect Mr. President, that is not true.
Notwithstanding reports that all economists are now Keynesians and that we all support a big increase in the burden of government, we do not believe that more government spending is a way to improve economic performance. More government spending by Hoover and Roosevelt did not pull the United States economy out of the Great Depression in the 1930s. More government spending did not solve Japan's "lost decade" in the 1990s. As such, it is a triumph of hope over experience to believe that more government spending will help the U.S. today. To improve the economy, policy makers should focus on reforms that remove impediments to work, saving, investment and production. Lower tax rates and a reduction in the burden of government are the best ways of using fiscal policy to boost growth.
http://www.cato.org/special/stimulus09/alternate_version.html
The annointed one is taking a page out of the Goracle's play book citing nonexistent and irrelevant consensus for his socialist-policy pseudoscience. "
the bone wrote on Feb 12, 2009 6:58 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Feb 12, 2009 4:32 AM:
Well, movedsouth, I would agree that I don't want the government making the decisions on my health care, but it is no better right now with corporate interests calling the shots. I have a 5-page spreadsheet of doctors and health care professionals I saw over the course of more than 5 years, none of whom would look beyond their pre-written scripts of ailments they "could" diagnose. My spreadsheet includes what they said and put me through when my ailment wasn't on their lists. Once I had the diagnosis, none of them had treatments -- there is no drug to treat the condition. Some alternative treatments can have a positive affect, but insurance companies won't cover most things outside the mainstream, so only a few doctor's will prescribe an alternative approach. The whole heath thing, from pharmaceuticals to insurance to doctors, is a racket and our health is the cost.
I've seen it reported a couple times, Karl, that the suicide rate for military personal is much higher than ever before, even during Vietnam, when they didn't always get a very welcoming return. No matter how people here feel about the war, military persons are currently being welcomed back, so that isn't the cause.
Ironically, the two points I make here are related. Non-Addison's is often a secondary condition for people with PTSD, which is also very common among veterans. All these young people coming home from war would be helped a lot more if the medical/insurance industry would be willing to cover holistic and alternative treatments for some of their health problems, as appropriate. Not getting care, being told there's nothing they can do, or they don't know what the problem is, you'll just have to live with it -- I can see where it could help push a person along to suicide. "
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Feb 11, 2009 11:04 PM:
" Who really knows about the pharmaceutical industry.Or is it just what you read.I was in Pharmaceutical for over 30 years.Ask me and I will let you know.I am not to happy with them. "
So is it true the Pharmaceutical companies "give" doctors experimental drugs to "test" on patients? Doctors receive money for prescribing these?
My understanding is Government to Pharmaceutical to doctor to patient = $$ "
brew1234 wrote on Feb 11, 2009 9:03 PM:
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Feb 11, 2009 8:58 PM:
Logan's Run ROCKS!!! CHEESY, but Cool! "
karl the 2nd wrote on Feb 11, 2009 6:59 PM:
TWENTY FOUR!!!
Wanna explain that, Chris?
Ain't War GRAND?! "
movedsouth wrote on Feb 11, 2009 6:31 PM:
the bone wrote on Feb 11, 2009 5:58 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Feb 11, 2009 5:06 PM:
The whole lawyers, doctors, pharmaceuticals and insurance companies thing is totally out of control, and The People are paying for it -- and have been for some time. I don't have an answer, but it needs to be addressed by someone who is not in the back pocket of the pharmaceutical industry.
Farmer Guy has no insurance. Because he is a farmer, the insurance is sky-high, yet he doesn't make that kind of money. Small-time farming is the HEALTHY and environmentally good way to produce food, yet insurance is just one more way Big Business is putting healthy practices OUT OF BUSINESS.
I have decent insurance through my job, BUT I have a health condition the insurance company refuses to recognize -- non-Addison's hypoadrenia. It's no picnic, let me tell you, and I have had the diagnosis confirmed by three independently-minded health care practitioners (2 MDs and 1 holistic practioner). But, you see, there is no drug treatment -- so, pharmaceuticals can't make any money on the deal, and they drive the insurance lists of what will or won't be recognized and covered, which in turn very often drives what doctors will diagnose. I cannot tell you how many doctors I went through and how many years I suffered in the dark because of this greed-driven situation.
The problem, at its core, is the out-of-proportional influence of corporations in both cases. Take back that obscene misinterpretation of the Constitution I am always mentioning -- Santa Clara County vs. Southern Pacific Railroad -- and everything will change.
But until that unlikely day, I am willing to look at some other plan to help people get basic health care. We really should have a total overhaul of the whole system, starting with that misinterpretation, and the influence, and the greed-driven corporate and legal things -- but until then, something must be done for the interim. "
karl the 2nd wrote on Feb 11, 2009 4:17 PM:
The point of Daschle's blunt statement was to underscore the way that our Health Care costs are being driven up through the roof by the way that certain companies out there are going for the "big buck" of coming up with experimental or "new" ways to treat conditions that often appear very late in life, instead of making Health Care more affordable for MORE PEOPLE in the prime of their lives by focusing on providing affordable HC which, by its nature, is not as profitable as big, new contracts and R&D money.
THIS MAKES SENSE. The perceived "bias" against the elderly is the MOST miserably cynical way to spin it, (I'd expect that from you) but the FACT is, that right now, young people who may never even make it to a full life are being denied Health Care at a time when it might make a difference, for the sake of possibly discovering "miracle cures" for what are the natural effects of aging.
Look; I know that I have to put it in "redneck" terms, but imagine that you're emptying your bank account every month trying to "Macguyver" your old Packard up to spec as a daily runner; meanwhile, you're neglecting your '06 Honda for lack of funds. It's called "perspective", or "discretionary spending". IT MAKES SENSE. It's a move to spend MORE money making MORE people healthy, rather than trying to drive up company profits by playing some "R&D Lottery".
I WILL give you BIG "thumbs up" for the "Logan's Run" reference--one of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE movies! It's the movie I took my last name after, do you know that?
Chris, I can't help but thinking that it's a shame you didn't turn your cynical, sarcastic scalpel to George W and his policies, at a time when it might have made a difference; before we got into this mess. Before the deregulation, the illegal, wasteful war, the Torture, the ruination of America. It was YOUR pied pipers who let things get here--and now all you can do is whine and point fingers. Point them at yourself, buddy.
Now all you can do is cry and complain like the best of BETA males like me--oh, how the "mighty" have fallen! LOL! BY the way, the subtle racist comments ("Edumacation"--what the hell is THAT? Is that some sort of Conservative code word? Or just more latent racism from you?) really paint you VERY poorly. "
movedsouth wrote on Feb 11, 2009 2:45 PM:
chris van note wrote on Feb 11, 2009 2:41 PM:
Socialized medicine is coming our way if we do nothing about it...everyone over 65 get on the carosel (its a reference to the movie "Logan's Run")
The bill’s health rules will affect “every individual in the United States” (445, 454, 479). Your medical treatments will be tracked electronically by a federal system. Having electronic medical records at your fingertips, easily transferred to a hospital, is beneficial. It will help avoid duplicate tests and errors.
But the bill goes further. One new bureaucracy, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, will monitor treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective. The goal is to reduce costs and “guide” your doctor’s decisions (442, 446). These provisions in the stimulus bill are virtually identical to what Daschle prescribed in his 2008 book, “Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis.” According to Daschle, doctors have to give up autonomy and “learn to operate less like solo practitioners.”
Keeping doctors informed of the newest medical findings is important, but enforcing uniformity goes too far.
New Penalties
Hospitals and doctors that are not “meaningful users” of the new system will face penalties. “Meaningful user” isn’t defined in the bill. That will be left to the HHS secretary, who will be empowered to impose “more stringent measures of meaningful use over time” (511, 518, 540-541).
Daschle says health-care reform “will not be pain free.” Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them. That means the elderly will bear the brunt. Medicare now pays for treatments deemed safe and effective. The stimulus bill would change that and apply a cost- effectiveness standard set by the Federal Council (464).
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_mccaughey&sid=aLzfDxfbwhzs
In other words, the government will evaluate whether or not you are worth saving. If you are too old or sick, they may not treat you. It won't be up to you, your doctor or your family.
Change we can believe in I guess... "
karl the 2nd wrote on Feb 11, 2009 2:26 PM:
"WWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!"
Quit cryin, you baby. Obama IS "THE CHOSEN ONE"--by a LANDSLIDE.
Your beloved Conservative movement has been THOROUGHLY DISCREDITED AND REJECTED.
A tough pill, I know...but suck it up, buddy. Be a man about it already. "
the bone wrote on Feb 11, 2009 2:23 PM:
chris van note wrote on Feb 11, 2009 1:04 PM:
Hundreds Beaten, Whipped, Choked By Teachers, Coaches (Chicago Schools Under Obama's Ed. Sec.)
An exclusive CBS 2 investigation discovered Treveon Martin is one of at least 818 Chicago Public School students, since 2003, to allege being battered by a teacher or an aide, coach, security guard, or even a principal. In most of those cases - 568 of them - Chicago Public School investigators determined the children were telling the truth.
SNIP
The 2 Investigators found reports of students beaten with broomsticks, whipped with belts, yard sticks, struck with staplers, choked, stomped on and pushed down stairs. One substitute teacher even fractured a student's neck.
But even more alarming, in the vast majority of cases, teachers found guilty were only given a slap on the wrist.
CBS 2 informed former Chicago Public School CEO Arne Duncan of our investigative findings shortly before he was promoted to U.S. Secretary of Education.
"If someone hits a student, they are going to be fired. It's very, very simple," Duncan said.
Before heading to Washington, he vowed to take action.
"Any founded allegation where an adult is hitting a child, hitting a student - they're going to be gone," Duncan said.
But that's not what happened under Duncan's watch. Of the 568 verified cases, only 24 led to termination. Records show one teacher who quote "battered students for several years" was simply given a "warning" by the Board of Education.
http://cbs2chicago.com/investigations/Painful.Lessons.Abuse.2.931134.html
Gotta love them unions!!! "
brew1234 wrote on Feb 11, 2009 1:02 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Feb 11, 2009 10:46 AM:
My bad...decision. LOL!
Queenie--you know what they say--even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then? "
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Feb 11, 2009 8:43 AM:
movedsouth wrote on Feb 11, 2009 8:17 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Feb 11, 2009 7:50 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Feb 11, 2009 7:48 AM:
I don't judge you as a person for your lack of good grammar, though being careless enough to repeat the same mistake again even after it had already been teased says something about the person behind the words as well.
Right or wrong, the reality is, however, that people WILL judge you for how you present yourself, and if you want to be taken seriously and to have people read and respect your opinions, you should think about how that presentation appears to others.
I'm not personally better than others -- but I do have better grammar than some. My mother made sure of that. I make mistakes sometimes, or typos, or get sloppy -- I've never claimed to be perfect -- but I don't consistently write or speak in such a way that I come off sounding ignorant.
(BTW, it doesn't make me feel good to criticize others -- it makes me feel annoyed to struggle through trying to read really bad grammar; and sometimes it's so bad, it's comical and makes me laugh out loud -- which is hardly the reaction for which the writer hoped for his serious thoughts. Other times I've seen things posted here which were so bad you couldn't make out the poster's meaning).
You've made this into a much bigger deal than was ever meant, but so be it. "
the bone wrote on Feb 11, 2009 6:43 AM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Feb 11, 2009 1:43 AM:
The Repubs simply wanted to do the SAME THING that got us in this mess--more tax cuts, more hoping that the Rich would take pity on us all and generously throw us a bone.
Well guess what? A little Socialism might be just what we need then, if it means that it's going to even the playing field a little bit. Doesn't bother me ONE BIT.
Suck it up, buddy--the bill passed, you're going to pay just like everyone else, and like it. "
theking wrote on Feb 10, 2009 9:04 PM:
So when you actually look at the evidence, you don't look at, you know, Franklin Roosevelt gave some sweet little speeches and he comforted everybody. When you look at the cold hard facts of the matter, from 1933 to 1940 unemployment averaged 18%. So that means the New Deal didn't work, period. And you can scream and shout and jump up and down but, you know, facts are stubborn things. FDR tried pretty much everything that Obama's going to be trying. You know, he threw money at crazy projects, he hired people to, you know, essentially do the equivalent of digging trenches and then filling them back in again. He did all this and he did it year after year after year. And by the time you get to 1939, his treasury secretary was saying, "Well, let's see. We've spent more than we've ever spent before and yet unemployment is, well, by and large unchanged." By the late 1930s it had gone back up again. "And so all we have to show for this entire experiment is a whole lot more debt." And Japan has done the same thing in the 1990s. All they have to show for their stimulus is more debt. But somehow we're supposed to expect that this is the one time in world history that the stimulus package is going to work. CLICK HERE FOR FULL INTERVIEW.
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/196/21300/ "
nature lover wrote on Feb 10, 2009 8:28 PM:
Gator wrote on Feb 10, 2009 7:02 PM:
BLD-I did try a couple instruments when I was younger but I just didn't have the patience, maybe when I retire! There's nothing better than sitting around a fire listening to a guitar being played well.
FG-if you find some misspelled words please forgive me, recently bought a Mac and am having the darnedest time with the new key board among other things. People tell me I'll love it once I master it but...... "
oldtimer wrote on Feb 10, 2009 6:47 PM:
You know ----I had a Dream---
You know Ready for the
ride !!!!! "
anonymous wrote on Feb 10, 2009 6:22 PM:
the bone wrote on Feb 10, 2009 6:16 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Feb 10, 2009 5:42 PM:
the bone wrote on Feb 10, 2009 4:34 PM:
brew1234 wrote on Feb 10, 2009 4:13 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Feb 10, 2009 3:59 PM:
The figures that Rachael Maddow cited were from the BUREAU OF LABOR AND STATISTICS, STOOPID!
That's called the HISTORICAL RECORD!!!!
But then again--we all know that you prefer the REVISIONIST HISTORY of the LIARS in the Conservative Party, LOL!
And ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!? Posting more C-R-A-P from "The National Review Online"?!?!? (That out-of-context sound byte from Schumer?!)
Aren't YOU the guy who jumps all over anyone who you think posts something from a "liberal" website because of the perceived "bias"?!?
As far as all the figures that you cut-n-pasted so deftly there, all I can say is that one Party's "pork" is another Party's "stimulus", buddy!
SUCK IT UP! IT PASSED!!!!
YAAAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!! "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Feb 10, 2009 3:21 PM:
BTW, Farmer's Gal, not Famer gal. I rest my case. "
CayCntyLifer wrote on Feb 10, 2009 3:19 PM:
the bone wrote on Feb 10, 2009 2:57 PM:
chris van note wrote on Feb 10, 2009 2:57 PM:
Anyway, our esteemed loudmouth from NY, Chuck Shumer, had this to say today:
"And let me say this, to all of the chattering class, that so much focuses on those little, tiny — yes, porky — amendments: The American people really don’t care."
We apparently don't care that the gubment is going to waste more money on the porkulus bill than ever before in history. Yep, we be stupid.
A partial list of the pork:
•$2 billion earmark for FutureGen near zero emissions powerplant in Mattoon, IL
•$39 billion slush fund for “state fiscal stabilization” bailout
•$5.5 billion for making federal buildings “green” (including $448 million for DHS HQ)
•$200 million for workplace safety in USDA facilities
•$275 million for flood prevention
•$65 million for watershed rehabilitation
•$200 million for public computer centers at community colleges and libraries
•$650 million for the DTV transition coupon program
•$307 million for constructing NIST office buildings
•$1 billion for administrative costs and construction of NOAA office buildings
•$100 million for constructing U.S. Marshalls office buildings
•$300 million for constructing FBI office buildings
•$800 million for constructing Federal Prison System buildings and facilities
•$10 million to fight Mexican gunrunners
•$1.3 billion for NASA (including $450 million for “science” at NASA)
•$100 million to clean up sites used in early U.S. atomic energy program
•$10 million for urban canals
•$2 billion for manufacturing advanced batteries for hybrid cars
•$1.5 billion for carbon capture projects under sec. 703 of P.L. 110-140 (though section only authorizes $1 billion for five years)
•$300 million for hybrid and electric cars for federal employees
•$198 million to design and furnish the DHS headquarters
•$255 million for “priority procurements” at Coast Guard (polar ice breaker)
•$500 million for State and local fire stations
•$180 million for construction of Bureau of Land Management facilities
•$500 million for wildland fire management
•$110 million for construction for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
•$522 million for construction for the Bureau of Indian Affairs
•$650 million for abandoned mine sites
•$75 million for the Smithsonian Institution
•$1.2 billion for summer jobs for youth
•$412 million for CDC headquarters
•$500 million earmark for NIH facilities in Bethesda, MD
•$160 million for “volunteers” at the Corp. for National and Community Service
•$750 earmark for the National Computer Center in MD
•$224 million for International Boundary and Water Commission – U.S. and Mexico
•$850 million for Amtrak
•$100 million for lead paint hazard reduction
I'm not saying that getting these things done aren't noble, but they should go thru an appropriations bill, not one that is touted as "stimulus". "
movedsouth wrote on Feb 10, 2009 2:52 PM:
anonymous wrote on Feb 10, 2009 2:07 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Feb 10, 2009 1:43 PM:
excnyer wrote on Feb 10, 2009 1:24 PM:
" BLD,
Glad to hear you are so proud of your Guitar Hero exploits."
FOR YOUR INFORMATION.....BLD does NOT use Guitar Hero...he's a great bass player and is very musically talented!
What do you play...the RADIO? "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Feb 10, 2009 12:12 PM:
the bone wrote on Feb 10, 2009 11:39 AM:
movedsouth wrote on Feb 10, 2009 11:30 AM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Feb 10, 2009 10:31 AM:
Rachale Maddow had an amazing statistic last night. In 1933, employment was at 33%! By 1935, GDP EXCEEDED that of 1929---in only three short years!--AND EVERY YEAR, the GDP rose--EXCEPT FOR 1937.
What happened in 1937???
That was the ONE YEAR that Roosevelt suspended the spending programs--AS WAS SUGGESTED BY THE CONSERVATIVEs!! GDP FELL IN 1937!
So when you hear these cynical Republiscum prognosticators LYING about the parallels, now you can be informed of the Truth, and why Obama may just go down in history as "the New Roosevelt"--and the Saviour of America, indeed? "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Feb 10, 2009 10:04 AM:
Personally, I don't care for cities or crowds, so I am glad to leave and go home in the evenings. But I can see the appeal, though I will continue to shop in Auburn where the economy is more depressed and hence the prices are lower.
I know that's not very flattering, but it's my honest opinion. "
movedsouth wrote on Feb 10, 2009 9:52 AM:
nature lover wrote on Feb 10, 2009 8:37 AM:
daydreamer wrote on Feb 10, 2009 7:01 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Feb 10, 2009 5:00 AM:
anonymous wrote on Feb 10, 2009 12:17 AM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Feb 9, 2009 10:34 PM:
This stimulus bill is just he ale to wash it down--were it not for the crap stuffed down our throats fro the last eight years --WHICH YOU DEFENDED--we wouldn't need this long, cool drink of Hope!
We'll tell our kids how, JUST LIKE REAGAN DID, the Conservatives sent the country into a job-losing recession--and now, DEPRESSION,--and how, ONCE AGAIN, it was up to the LIBERALS to UNDO THE DAMAGE!!!
Bt the way, a new book is out which COMPLETELY DEBUNKS the BS MYTH of Reagan's effectiveness as mythologized by the revisionist Republicans! "
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Feb 9, 2009 9:34 PM:
" BLD - those of us with no musical talent can only perfect Guitar Hero!! I envy those of you who have learned to master a true musical instrument.
Gator,
What's stopping you from picking up an instrument and discovering it's magic?
I've been playing bass for 25 yrs and only Drums for 10 months. Everyday I play drums I learn something new. There is SO much to learn. Playing bass is cake compared to what skills a drummer posesses! "
chris van note wrote on Feb 9, 2009 9:27 PM:
Ronald Reagan said "the nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
Get ready to take a really big bit of a crap sandwich folks and have fun explaining to your grandchildren why they'll be the ones paying off this stupid, pork laden, socialist "bailout". "
Gator wrote on Feb 9, 2009 8:36 PM:
nature lover wrote on Feb 9, 2009 8:17 PM:
Gator wrote on Feb 9, 2009 8:17 PM:
cm - We haven't used our heat yet this year and the house has been down to 61. Personally I love it and am not yet ready for the hot days of summer. "
Gator wrote on Feb 9, 2009 8:12 PM:
cm wrote on Feb 9, 2009 7:58 PM:
congrats BLD on your progress, I wish my divorce was as fast as your wedding planning! "
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Feb 9, 2009 7:57 PM:
" lol I was busting yer chops BLD...plus wanted to hear something diff from the boring norm...excellent on that set date and all the work you two have done. MArch w/b here b4 u know it!! hope she likes incense... "
That's ok NL!! I know you have a good sense of humor!! Incense???? Funny you say that. She asked me what to burn about 10 minutes ago!!
Farmer's Gal wrote on Feb 9, 2009 7:26 PM:
" BLD -- is your location here, there or somewhere in between? I can't remember! Congrats on the progress and glad you are enjoying it so. That's terrific. "
I am relocating to a suburb of Cleveland! 5-5.5hrs from Auburn. Close enough for the relatives!! Missing my Grandma! "
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Feb 9, 2009 7:54 PM:
" BLD,
Glad to hear you are so proud of your Guitar Hero exploits. "
I do not do Guitar hero or anything that imitates what a musician does. I play REAL instruments. Thanks for the snide comment. I always thought you were a comedian anyways. "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Feb 9, 2009 7:26 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Feb 9, 2009 7:24 PM:
nature lover wrote on Feb 9, 2009 7:05 PM:
anonymous wrote on Feb 9, 2009 6:47 PM:
Glad to hear you are so proud of your Guitar Hero exploits. "
AJ wrote on Feb 9, 2009 5:48 PM:
What it is?
lol... "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Feb 9, 2009 3:34 PM:
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Feb 9, 2009 3:18 PM:
" congrats on the song BLD and wondering if u have learned how to sport a tux correctly? any dates yet? "
I know how to wear the Tux!!! We are planning November 14th!!! We have the church, reception hall, caterer, photographer and cake booked!!! We did this 2,888 miles away from each other. Late March, we can do it together! I am very EXCITED!!! I never thought planning a wedding would be so much fun! "
nature lover wrote on Feb 9, 2009 2:43 PM:
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Feb 9, 2009 2:07 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Feb 9, 2009 11:43 AM:
Hey man--ANYBODY can cut-n-paste editorials from the Wall ST Journal and sound informed! LOL!
"BLAME JIMMY CARTER!!!" (long sigh!) ---oh puhleeeze, Chris! In case you hadn't noticed, the economy (and the housing market) was going just swimmingly throughout the Clinton administration, but started ballooning into a bubble when Bush removed most of the regulations and overseers that could have prevented such wild spending sprees.
Blaming the poor is, well, exactly what I wold expect from a guy who, just up to a few months ago, was telling us all how strong the economy was. Hurts to admit yo were wrong, Chris, --even if you won't--doesn't it?!
Really, the ones to blame are the greedy ba$tards who tried to get rich quick, and the politicians who went along with it and facilitated it.
Ghric, let me make something clear--I think Harry Reid is a J-E-R-K. I got no use for him WHATSOEVER! I think he's slimy and corrupt. I don't agree with the Dem's pro-illegals stand AT ALL. But you seem to be so in lockstep with the neocon Pro-Labor ideology that you can't see the forest for the trees--again, you lack insight to your dubious "facts". Unlike you, I'm not going to waste time trolling the Internet to cite you "facts" to tell you what all of America already knows--that Big Business wants to bust the unions so they can further screw Americans the way they have been doing for the last eight years. They've been using illegals for years. Get real!
Insult away, neoChris. "
movedsouth wrote on Feb 9, 2009 11:36 AM:
the bone wrote on Feb 9, 2009 10:52 AM:
chris van note wrote on Feb 9, 2009 8:58 AM:
The Culprit Is All of Us
By SCOTT S. POWELL
The government's meddling got us into this mess.
Our present crisis began in the 1970s, during the Carter administration, with passage of the Community Reinvestment Act to stem bank redlining and liberalize lending in order to extend home ownership in lower-income communities. Then in the 1990s, the Department of Housing and Urban Development took a fateful step by getting the GSEs to accept subprime mortgages. With Fannie and Freddie easing credit requirements on loans they would purchase from lenders, banks could greatly increase lending to borrowers unqualified for conventional loans. In the name of extending affordable housing, this broadened the acceptability of risky loans throughout the financial system.
No Surprise
The risk lurking in the GSE portfolios was acknowledged in the Bush administration's first fiscal-year budget, released in April 2001. It stated that Fannie and Freddie were "a potential problem" because "financial trouble of a large GSE could cause strong repercussions in the financial markets, affecting federally insured entities and economic activity." Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan issued repeated warnings that the GSEs "placed the total financial system of the future at substantial risk." Such warnings went unheeded even after accounting scandals rocked Fannie and Freddie.
The poor and middle class were encouraged to live beyond their means and buy houses they couldn't afford; speculators were lured into excessive risk-taking; banks were rewarded for lowering their loan standards; and Wall Street found new windfall profits from securitizing and reselling bad loans in bulk. With the support of regulators, credit-rating agencies provided cover for the whole charade.
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chris van note wrote on Feb 9, 2009 8:24 AM:
Shutting out 84 percent of U.S. construction workers is good how?
This simply pay back to the unions for supporting democrats, plain and simple.
Some more garbage from the left:
GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions and Democrat Sen. Ben Nelson attempted several times to bring their bipartisan amendment to the floor last week. SA 239 would require local governments and businesses that receive porkulus money to use the federal E-Verify citizenship check system.
On the House side, a long term extension of the E-Verify program passed there 407-2.
But Democrat Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid refused to allow it to come to the floor.
Gee, who are the libs really looking out for? Wouldn't it be nice if illegals got part of the Porkulus pie? "
daydreamer wrote on Feb 9, 2009 7:31 AM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Feb 9, 2009 1:27 AM:
Staying up late to carry the water for the new Union-busting attempts by Repubs in the debate coming up in the government, huh?
I expected nothing less from you. You're like a train--predictable, always on time.
Increased prices man increased wages for American workers, who have been getting SHAFTED by American employers and Big Business who have been using ILLEGAL LABOR to shaft us all.
President Obama knows EXACTLY what he's doing.
That "commie" stuff was among the stoooopidest stuff I've heard you post in a while. Haven't you moved beyond that silly crap YET?! "
chris van note wrote on Feb 8, 2009 10:37 PM:
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today denounced an Executive Order signed by President Obama that repeals Executive Order 13202, that prohibited federal agencies and recipients of federal funding from requiring contractors to sign union-only project labor agreements (PLAs) as a condition of performing work on federal and federally funded construction projects.
"Today's decision to repeal Executive Order 13202 opens the door to waste and discrimination in federal and federally funded construction contracts," said ABC President and CEO Kirk Pickerel. "This action removes the safeguards that prohibited discrimination based upon union affiliation in the awarding of federal contracts.
"Construction contracts subject to union-only PLAs are designed to be awarded exclusively to unionized contractors and their all-union workforces," said Pickerel. "Absent the economic benefits of competitive bidding, union-only PLAs are known to increase construction costs between 10 percent and 20 percent and discriminate against minorities, women and qualified construction workers who have traditionally been excluded from union membership.
"Union-only PLAs drive up costs for American taxpayers while unfairly discriminating against 84 percent of U.S. construction workers who choose not to join a labor union," added Pickerel. "All taxpayers should have the opportunity to compete fairly on any project funded by the federal government."
First the Socialist Spendulus, now the freeze-out of non-union workers with regard to government contracts.
From W. Cleon Skousen's 1958 CURRENT COMMUNIST GOALS:
#36: Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
Some other points Skousen makes from the same list, see if any ring a bell with the current administration, just substitute liberal for communist:
16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policymaking positions.
27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious crutch."
29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.
32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture--education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.
40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction over nations and individuals alike. "
karl the 2nd wrote on Feb 8, 2009 8:28 PM:
With your Conservative bent, there's no way you would support Guirkiani for mayor--stop yanking my chain. "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Feb 8, 2009 8:17 PM:
Short of a plague, I don't know that there is any real cure for the mess we are making of the planet, but humans really weren't meant to live in such high concentrations -- makes people squirrely and aggressive, on the whole. My opinion, but based on behavioral studies of many years.... "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Feb 8, 2009 7:52 PM:
the bone wrote on Feb 8, 2009 4:37 PM:
brew1234 wrote on Feb 8, 2009 4:35 PM:
scouty wrote on Feb 8, 2009 3:29 PM:
scouty wrote on Feb 8, 2009 3:20 PM:
karl, i disagree, he is not a jerk, he is a BIG JERK. "
Tom wrote on Feb 8, 2009 1:39 PM:
Wouldn't the sensible thing be to make better use of the available space by restricting the usage to county residents rather than the current importing of trash from other areas?
That would drastically cut down on the truck traffic and also give locals a long term place to dispose of trash.
If people were more responsible in the amount of trash they generate, that would also solve some of the problem. "
karl the 2nd wrote on Feb 8, 2009 11:44 AM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Feb 8, 2009 11:44 AM:
WTF?!?!
Rudy Giuliani showed his true colors by wedding himself to the Bush administration. He was in power when 9/11 happened--so depending what you believe, he was either IN on Cheney's plot, or was incompetent enough not to know it was coming.
His statements during the campaigns show that he is an authoritarian personality in the mold of Cheney/Rumsfeld, and he has endorsed all the psychotic paranoia and fear mongering that the last administration typified.
New Yorkers should do EVERYTHING POSSIBLE to prevent this jerk from holding office ever again. "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Feb 8, 2009 9:55 AM:
movedsouth wrote on Feb 8, 2009 8:27 AM:
brew1234 wrote on Feb 8, 2009 2:40 AM:
brew1234 wrote on Feb 8, 2009 2:36 AM:
movedsouth wrote on Feb 7, 2009 8:08 PM:
nature lover wrote on Feb 7, 2009 7:53 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Feb 7, 2009 5:53 PM:
" blew1234, what kind of a person are you accusing me of being a dog killer? Although I have never worked for the DPW, to have you call someone a thief show what kind of integrity you have. Brew, get off your high horse and treat people as you would like to be treated. BTW, I am NOT a thief! "
brew1234 wrote on Feb 7, 2009 5:30 PM: