If Tortorici is serious about cutting costs in the county, then we should start with the mileage these county legislators are getting to go to work because they're the only people in this county that get paid to go to work.
If the Falcon Lanes' bouncer was outside to flag down an officer, who was inside doing his or her job?
The Republican Party wants to know where every dollar is going, and how will we pay for the bail-out plan? Bush got every penny he wanted, and no one asked where billions have gone, and how will we pay for it.
I owe a public apology to Mike Bass. I vigorously campaigned against you and voted for Budelmann, who has nowhere near your expertise or sense of honor.
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movedsouth wrote on Mar 15, 2009 2:41 PM:
"The town I mention is slightly larger than Auburn. These theaters have developed the downtown so there are many art galleries, fine dining establishments, coffee shops, book stores and craft sales shops and a very lively night life."
I have to question the location of this town in regards it employment, and events of neighboring larger cities. Auburn is 25 miles from Syracuse, for what that's worth, and 60 miles from Rochester. Art galleries in Auburn, give me a break. And as for saying that this thinking will never move Auburn forward, it's reality.
"brew1234 wrote on Mar 15, 2009 12:28 PM:
" What is the difference if private insurance pays or government insurance pays? The soldier will not be paying out of their pocket. Just any excuse to jump on the president? "
If you get hurt on the job, your employer's insurance pays the bill. It's NOT about Obama. Walk down the street and get bitten by a dog, who's insurance pays? Insurance is a big issue, and all will not agree with different programs. "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 15, 2009 2:40 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 15, 2009 2:15 PM:
brew1234 wrote on Mar 15, 2009 12:55 PM:
brew1234 wrote on Mar 15, 2009 12:32 PM:
brew1234 wrote on Mar 15, 2009 12:28 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 15, 2009 9:32 AM:
The world is full of issues, large and small -- nothing wrong with being engaged and interested in things at all levels of life. "
scouty wrote on Mar 15, 2009 12:17 AM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 14, 2009 7:46 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 14, 2009 7:00 PM:
the bone wrote on Mar 14, 2009 4:02 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 14, 2009 12:53 PM:
carlred wrote on Mar 14, 2009 7:49 AM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 14, 2009 12:14 AM:
They should bill Haliburton for them, without question. "
movedsouth wrote on Mar 13, 2009 6:42 PM:
makeclouds wrote on Mar 13, 2009 6:17 PM:
chris van note wrote on Mar 13, 2009 6:16 PM:
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki confirmed Tuesday that the Obama administration is considering a controversial plan to make veterans pay for treatment of service-related injuries with private insurance.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/10/veterans.health.insurance/index.html
Awsome! Make vets pay but give free healthcare to the illegals...what a guy. "
anonymous wrote on Mar 13, 2009 6:08 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 13, 2009 4:45 PM:
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 13, 2009 4:14 PM:
BLD "
excnyer wrote on Mar 13, 2009 1:09 PM:
" Readers: Please comment on whether you are having trouble reading the text on our new website look. It is a slight shade of gray instead of full black. "
Yes, I am having trouble reading the text. Please change it back to black.
Thank you. "
movedsouth wrote on Mar 13, 2009 12:43 PM:
united we wish wrote on Mar 13, 2009 12:16 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 13, 2009 11:24 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 13, 2009 10:40 AM:
The current bail-out is expected to be financed in large part by China buying more USS Treasury bonds. Already they are openly and publicly nudging into telling us how to set our policy so as to protect their investments in us.
As you sow, so shall you reap -- after generations of dictating policy to other nations who owed us, now we are the ones who have to behave as some other nation would have us -- so much for "sovereignty." "
movedsouth wrote on Mar 13, 2009 9:05 AM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 13, 2009 6:55 AM:
anonymous wrote on Mar 13, 2009 2:00 AM:
" Readers: Please comment on whether you are having trouble reading the text on our new website look. It is a slight shade of gray instead of full black. "
It is a little harder to read. Why the change? "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 13, 2009 1:24 AM:
Oh.
My.
God.
This guy is like a purple locomotive screaming down a track at 1,000,000 mph toward an erupting volcano. What a total nincompoop!
I hope he stays on as chairman for about 10 years! LOL! "
hadenough wrote on Mar 12, 2009 7:55 PM:
First of all,answer my Question How can Hannity just 5 months ago go on daily and nightly saying the economy is fine and the war is going good and we are really not in a recession, Bush is doing a good job!!!Obama takes over an instantly the country is in the worst shape its ever been in and Obamas spending is going to cause a depression! GIVE ME A FREAKING BREAK!!As far as acomplishments Howard Sterns and Jerry Springer have done more and Howard is smarter than all of them.He Sees things for what they are and tells it like it is.At least O,reily once and awhile has the balls to admit when something is so blindly wrong the truth.Now you got me rambling on and I have to say it, most americans arent smart enough to see through all these so called news people, who in fact are really just political shock jocks with an agenda!! Ann Coulter ??? Creditials ?? That is one woman I would make an exception to hit !!!!! "
the bone wrote on Mar 12, 2009 6:00 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 12, 2009 3:10 PM:
What was the reason behind the change? Just curious.... "
movedsouth wrote on Mar 12, 2009 2:25 PM:
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 12, 2009 2:17 PM:
http://justgetthere.us/blog/archives/The-Obama-Deception-by-Alex-Jones.html "
Citizen_Webitor wrote on Mar 12, 2009 2:03 PM:
brew1234 wrote on Mar 12, 2009 1:56 PM:
Bush conducted his policies in secret and shut out the opposing party in important policy. He only revealed his policies after it was to late for public opinion to consider. The GOP legislators that are criticizing earmarks have jumped on the bandwagon and filled it with their own nasty pork.
You have also pointed out that liberal talk radio is not very popular and has a lack of viewers. That is because we don't form our opinions from drug addicted, bloated, spewers of hate and outright lies and deception. We decide our political opinions by what we believe is best for our nation and our fellow man and not just for our own self interest. I support my country and it's president until I have sufficient information to oppose him and I will make it known to all when I do oppose him. I will make my opinion known with my own thoughts, not by cutting and pasting anothers thoughts. "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 12, 2009 12:15 PM:
"[Obama]...he turned black to get the votes of African Americans"--you truly show yourself a "dittohead" with this re'tarded comment, david. So much so that I dont even mind not-capitalizing your name. Earn it?
Really, I'll give Obama oh....say, 8 years til I start judging him as harshly as Bush. I mean, fair is fair, right?
I hope that answers your question and you quitchyerbitchin' already. "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 12, 2009 12:11 PM:
Here's something that apparently your daddy never taught you, grasshopper; "respect" has to be E-A-R-N-E-D.
I'll tell you a secret, Chris--I myself had warmed to Bush by 2001, and even felt stirred by his WTC-rubble speech--until I learned that he was in on the deal, of course.
But Bush has E-A-R-N-E-D every OUNCE of disrespect for Bush and Cheney and "Brownie" and Rove and Gonzales and RUmsfeld--the list goes on and on.
Seriously--I would have thought you would have grasped even that basic concept?
Do you think that you can plausibly say with any integrity that you would EVER show Obama ANY respect--even the respect he has ALREADY earned?
The truth is Chris, that you wouldn't. Because you hate Liberalism more than you love your country. You've proved that over and over and over again. "
daviddelker wrote on Mar 12, 2009 11:25 AM:
chris van note wrote on Mar 12, 2009 10:04 AM:
" The Republicans basically admitted the other day that their WHOLE STRATEGY is simply to REDUCE the approval numbers for Obama and Pelosi.
Again, they have NO STRATEGY, NO ANSWERS, just NEGATIVITY. That IS their strategy. Simple. Just be negative. I think it was one Senator who said "This is not a sprint, it's a marathon", meaning that the entire strategy was a long term campaign of negativity toward Obama and his administration, for the sole purpose of shaping public opinion.
It's cynical, despicable, and anti-American. It does NOTHING to help the country.
Luckily, so far, the American public doesn't seem to be buying it. "
Karl, we are going to treat Obama with the same respect people like you treated Bush, Cheney, etc...
We will voice our opposition to the chosen one's pork-laden socialistic spending bills with the same fervor the left opposed pretty much anything and everything Bush did.
C'mon Karl, remember when dissent was patriotic? Wasn't that the left's mantra?
If it weren't for double standards, liberals wouldn't have any standards at all. "
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 12, 2009 8:41 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 12, 2009 7:23 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 12, 2009 5:15 AM:
I've said it repeatedly, but it never sinks in -- there really is no significant difference between Tweedle-Dee Democans and Tweedle-Dum Republicats -- we need to sweep away that entrenched polarization of "sides" and start over fresh because we have serious business at hand -- but people love their simple Good Guys vs Bad Guys view of the world and prefer to be distracted into wasting their energy slinging mud at each other.
As a people, we Americans are pretty well conditioned into this mode and I wouldn't hold my breath as to shaking people out of it. It's very convenient for the truly powerful because it keeps us busy and distracted so they can go about their business unhindered. "
hmmmm wrote on Mar 12, 2009 5:10 AM:
When does Obama take responsibility for our economy
Where u born yesterday?
It was nt Obama that made this mess
BUSH
And yes if our economy isnt right after 4 years the thats a BIG yes it still is Bushes fault
Before Obama even became president I told my wife whoever isthe next president is going to have there hands full for next 4 years and probably still wont be able to fix the economy
Bush and he fellow comrades made this mess and what do you think hes doing right at this moment,grinning from ear to ear cause he has no worries and he never did worry about us Americans "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 11, 2009 11:13 PM:
"...and hannity have already accomplished more than you will in your lifetime..."
Ho ho ho, he he he, ha ha ha. You sir, are a true comedian, of "Van Note" stature! LOL!
Let's get something straight, oh ewe misguided dittohead--it's EASY to get a name in radio by spewing HATE and whipping up "Liberal" (oh MY!) fear for gullible goofballs like you and CVN.
"20 years #1 top radio dog"?!? What are you, high, or drunk? LOL! RUSH HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY DISCREDITED!!!
Have you not seen and read the new Newsweek article about Rush by a NOTED CONSERVATIVE? Even the few sensible Conservatives are apparently realizing how this self-absorbed, conceited narcissist has hurt the No Party for personal cult standing.
YOU DEFAME YOURSELF BY EVEN ADMITTING THAT YOU LISTEN TO THIS MODERN-DAY DAVID DUKE! "
theking wrote on Mar 11, 2009 9:51 PM:
hadenough wrote on Mar 11, 2009 8:39 PM:
Let me help you out a little here buddy.First of all you can blame anything you want on Obama after you conservatives open your legs and pull your heads out.There isnt a person alive that can solve this crisis,if he doesnt get the help of everyone on both sides.YES he could try the BUSH,CHENEY and Rumsfeld(hitler)way and just do everything behind close doors and lie to the people,but hes smart enough to see that didnt work.I dont post in here often,because the things I read in here are a joke.Chris and Karl go back and forth spewing all there so called facts and issues,but the bottom line is they really should be putting their heads together and trying to come up with a solution.Our government runs like childish kids arguing, I didnt do it, he did it, no he started it,no he stared it.WHAT A JOKE!!! What really bothers me the most, is guys like Rush and Hannity who havent accomplished anything but sprew criticism .I say Put them both in Government positions and let Dems purposely make them fail and see how they like it. "
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 11, 2009 7:43 PM:
I want to dedicate this Primus song to him......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ0Fai6WxOo "
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 11, 2009 7:39 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 11, 2009 6:58 PM:
Again, they have NO STRATEGY, NO ANSWERS, just NEGATIVITY. That IS their strategy. Simple. Just be negative. I think it was one Senator who said "This is not a sprint, it's a marathon", meaning that the entire strategy was a long term campaign of negativity toward Obama and his administration, for the sole purpose of shaping public opinion.
It's cynical, despicable, and anti-American. It does NOTHING to help the country.
Luckily, so far, the American public doesn't seem to be buying it. "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 11, 2009 6:47 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 11, 2009 6:30 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 11, 2009 5:49 PM:
The president did not make any pledge to eliminate earmarks or reduce them. Rather, he and House Democrats announced new reforms to subject them to greater scrutiny and transparency." OK, I am not against earmarks, as I believe, unlike McCain, that they are a part of politics. My problem is that Obama should have known this in his extensive time in the Senate. He should not have campaigned against them. But then again, you say what you have to in order to get elected. "
oldtimer wrote on Mar 11, 2009 5:34 PM:
you would be called A racist!!!! "
the bone wrote on Mar 11, 2009 5:33 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 11, 2009 4:06 PM:
scouty wrote on Mar 11, 2009 4:02 PM:
the bone wrote on Mar 11, 2009 3:43 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 11, 2009 3:05 PM:
"republiscums" Learn how to spell, it's not a typo! "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 11, 2009 2:53 PM:
The first paragraphs sounds like China is interfering in our banking practices by pressuring American-owned banks to make more loans -- it doesn't say loan TO whom, but just make more loans.
The next bit is about wanting to pressure foreign (i.e. not Chinese) banks to loan more to China to help their economy -- so we are supposed to ignore the fact that there are so many defaults on loans and just keep lending more, especially sending money to help shore up the Chinese economy and the heck with our own.
Now, this sentence I don't understand: "Shanghai accounts for 61 per cent of overseas bank lending in China, the watchdog said." Does that mean that Shanghai is lending or receiving 61% of loans? I think it means they are receiving 61% of loans from overseas, but it wasn't really clear to me.
This is the fault of the reporter, and not you.
All I can say to that is -- What a lot of nerve! (China, not you) "
daviddelker wrote on Mar 11, 2009 2:37 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 11, 2009 2:33 PM:
Bloomberg
Published: February 22, 2009, 23:10
Beijing: China is prodding banks including Citigroup Inc and HSBC Holdings Plc to support the weakening economy by accelerating lending, after the threat of defaults caused them to rein in credit last month.
Foreign banks should "increase their contribution" to China's economy and lend more to small firms, the Shanghai branch of China's banking regulator said Saturday. An earlier report showed advances by foreign lenders in the city dropped in January. Shanghai accounts for 61 per cent of overseas bank lending in China, the watchdog said."
Instead of China, I should have said Chinese. It seems like some of the money is going to China. "
brew1234 wrote on Mar 11, 2009 2:30 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 11, 2009 1:34 PM:
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 11, 2009 11:57 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 11, 2009 10:46 AM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 11, 2009 10:06 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 11, 2009 8:28 AM:
the bone wrote on Mar 11, 2009 6:28 AM:
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 10, 2009 7:15 PM:
See ya on Myspace?? "
nature lover wrote on Mar 10, 2009 4:30 PM:
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 10, 2009 3:27 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 10, 2009 3:03 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 10, 2009 10:56 AM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 10, 2009 9:50 AM:
From http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/122340/will_kbr_be_held_accountable_for_u.s.
_soldier%27s_electrocution_in_iraq/
"What's it going to take for the Pentagon to revoke KBR's multi-million dollar contract in Iraq? Will it be the company's failure to ensure clean drinking water for US soldiers? Nope. How about the fact that they gave ice containing traces of putrefied remains to US soldiers? Still no. Not even the rape of former KBR employee Jamie Leigh Jones led our government to suspend KBR's contract. Indeed, accountability for the largest US military contractor in Iraq always seems just outside of our grasp.
Take the case of Sgt. Ryan Maseth, who was electrocuted while showering at the Legion Security Forces Building in Baghdad in January of 2008. All signs pointed to the fact that KBR ignored warnings about unsafe wiring. And now, CNN reports a US Army Criminal Investigations Division investigator wants the official manner of death for Sgt. Ryan Maseth to be changed from "accidental" to "negligent homicide."
This ought to do the trick, considering the CID investigator fingers KBR in the report. But no charges have been filed and the cause of death has not yet been changed officially. To top it off, the Pentagon issued KBR a "Level III Corrective Action Request" for "serious non-compliance," but didn't actually take the logical step of suspending their contract, hard to believe considering the Pentagon also found that 18 soldiers have been electrocuted for faulty wiring since 2003."
EIGHTEEN SOLDIERS, B0NER!!! "
the bone wrote on Mar 10, 2009 6:11 AM:
anonymous wrote on Mar 10, 2009 1:58 AM:
Decision to privatize home health care not easy
Monday, March 9, 2009 11:46 PM EDT
Privatization of home care services will be wrong for our community and those that now receive or may in the future need to receive our services.
As a former scheduler of home health aides, I have much concern over the availability of private aides to the upper and lower parts of Cayuga County.
Very often, the county aides serviced the rural parts of the county because the private agencies had no aide to service the area.
The county was always the backup to any private agency if their aides could not service their client and a family member was unavailable.
Mileage, gas prices and low wages did not help with retaining private aides.
The distance to travel to and from a rural area also cost the aide valuable time as it may take 30 or more minutes to get to a client.
Cayuga County Home Care Agency has helped many elderly, sick or injured people to receive care in their home rather than a nursing home, hospital or rehab. We provide good care and concern for our patients.
Think long and hard before you decide to privatize home care services. At least one public hearing should be held to allow concerned citizens and stakeholders to have their voices heard.
Patsy Gebczyk
Auburn "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 9, 2009 11:42 PM:
"" karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 9, 2009 1:45 " We should all celebrate President Pbama's overturning of Bush's life-destroying Stem Cell ban.
Obama's overturning of that ban is long overdue. It's a positive sign that this White House will not be beholden to extremist ideologies.---
Isn't Obama Christian? Great morals this man has. " "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 9, 2009 9:55 PM:
There's a guy sticking a voltmeter into the stream of running water.
The water is showing 180 volts RUNNING THROUGH THE WATER.
There's one more "non-combat" death for any soldier unlucky to stick their hands into the stream.
Courtesy of KBR, a former subsidiary of Dick Cheney's Halliburton, and the NUMBER ONE DEFENSE Contractor IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.
Scary thought, eh?
More evidence that Dick Cheney should be prosecuted for War Crimes--that of Treason, for plundering the country's treasury and giving out nepotistic, no-bid contracts to PEOPLE WHO KILL THROUGH NEGLIGENCE!!!! "
the bone wrote on Mar 9, 2009 9:33 PM:
" B0NER, don't you get it?
The embryo's are ALREADY DOOMED. They're already "going to die"!
Only a sincere ideological MORON would neglect to possibly use those DOOMED embryo's to possibly help and save OTHER lives!
Sheeesh! What is it with you religious types who think that "Life" only means "Baby"?!?! " "
scouty wrote on Mar 9, 2009 8:39 PM:
patricks metal was true "
anonymous wrote on Mar 9, 2009 6:41 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 9, 2009 6:10 PM:
The embryo's are ALREADY DOOMED. They're already "going to die"!
Only a sincere ideological MORON would neglect to possibly use those DOOMED embryo's to possibly help and save OTHER lives!
Sheeesh! What is it with you religious types who think that "Life" only means "Baby"?!?! "
the bone wrote on Mar 9, 2009 5:45 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 9, 2009 5:25 PM:
There's usually more than one way to get to an online reference! "
the bone wrote on Mar 9, 2009 4:50 PM:
" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090309/ap_on_re/rel_religious_america_1 .I cut and paste and it didnt work can you help? "
movedsouth wrote on Mar 9, 2009 4:04 PM:
by Dr. Manny Alvarez
dr_manny_blog2Over the weekend, someone asked me if President Obama’s lift of the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research could lead to higher rates of abortion. At first, I was a little stunned by the question, but I began to think about all the potential problems, and ultimately my answer was “maybe.”
The reason my answer was “maybe,” is because in an unregulated world, the possibilities of science for profit become even larger. There is a gap between the expectations of many patients and the realities of what current science can offer us.
With the world entrenched in a global economic downturn, the business of science can easily take over, sometimes outweighing the medical implications. Already, years of research ― especially with umbilical cord stem cells ― have led to significant discoveries that, although seem very impressive in the laboratory, have failed to make their practical application in clinical medicine.
I hope that President Obama doesn’t rush into fully lifting the embryonic stem-cell research federal funding ban without the proper checks and balances that are necessary to keep the ethical and protective side of science always in the forefront. "
the bone wrote on Mar 9, 2009 2:46 PM:
Obama's overturning of that ban is long overdue. It's a positive sign that this White House will not be beholden to extremist ideologies.---
Isn't Obama Christian? Great morals this man has. "
the bone wrote on Mar 9, 2009 2:43 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 9, 2009 2:24 PM:
" We should all celebrate President Pbama's " Can't see that well in the afternoon either. LOL "
movedsouth wrote on Mar 9, 2009 2:20 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 9, 2009 1:45 PM:
Obama's overturning of that ban is long overdue. It's a positive sign that this White House will not be beholden to extremist ideologies.
B0NER, waitin' for an answer on my questions, by the way. You never answered them; just kinda gave a "Republican"-style evasion.... "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 9, 2009 1:39 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 9, 2009 1:39 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 9, 2009 12:50 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 9, 2009 12:29 PM:
the bone wrote on Mar 9, 2009 12:28 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 9, 2009 12:27 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 9, 2009 11:46 AM:
Disturbing, it is, that Evangelical numbers have increased. It has already been shown that not only are they among the most easily politically manipulated, but one can feasibly lay the blame on them for the re-election of George Bush--and the subsequent collapse of America's economy and standing in the world.
Worse too, is that they tend to attract the real fundamentalist loonies--they who would eviscerate Science in the name of ideology, further weakening the schools and the nation's future.
The increase in Atheism is indeed an encouraging sign. And one thing you can bet on--in that area, the margin for error undoubtedly curves to the "+6" percentage, as many people who are without belief will not admit it for one reason or the other, due to the stigma attached to it. "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 9, 2009 10:45 AM:
The percentage of Americans with no religion has seen a large jump from 8.2% to 14.2%. Catholics still make up the largest single group, though they have dropped a hair to 25%. The only disturbing part of the survey to me is that 34% of Americans (from a variety of different religions) report themselves to be born-again or evangelical.
76% of Americans say they are Christian, down from 86% in 1990.
Most religions saw small decreases, except Muslim, which showed a tiny increase to .6% Among Christians, there has been a strong shift towards non-denominational Christianity -- from .1% to 3.5%
12% of Americans say they believe in a higher power but not a personal God, and new religious movements, like Wicca, Scientology and Santeria, are up a bit to 1.2%
Even among those who profess a religion, it plays a smaller role in their lives. 30% of Americans are not married in a religious ceremony, and 27% say they do not want a religious service when they die.
The survey had 54,461 respondents and had a margin of error of plus/minus .5% "
nature lover wrote on Mar 9, 2009 9:00 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 9, 2009 7:59 AM:
As long as all you do is "Boo" at cats, I can live with that. Mine wouldn't deign to respond, but then, two are indoors only, which surely would not bother you, and the other two spend most of their outdoor time hunting in the empty schoolyard or visiting with the elderly lady next door -- she told me she used to have cats, but can't care for them now (she is very slim and frail and on oxygen -- I believe she is 92) -- so she really enjoys having mine come for short visits, esp my orange cat -- he is very sweet and loving, and my neighbor says he is not orange, he is GOLDEN! And they are all fixed -- no spraying, no yowling, no reproducing more cats.
Sorry to hear of your dog's unhappy experience, nature. Seems like most dogs are social and like other dogs, but you find dogs who prefer to be The One and Only.
I may be in town this afternoon (we have the day off, as it is the first day of Spring Break at Ithaca College). I'm writing a lecture again this morning, but if that eBay lampshade comes in the mail by noon, I'll head to Lowe's and/or Home Depot to see what they have in the way of lamp hardware. And you know, if I go with Farmer Guy, we WILL be at the club at some point.... "
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 8, 2009 10:55 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 8, 2009 10:21 PM:
You know, I have debated with people who have had "Masters" in Theology, Apologetics, etc--and I realize how, if you've wasted your whole schooling trying to defend and prove something that cannot be proved, how you would then feel obliged to defend it and push it. To admit that God didn't exist would be an admission of the baselessness of your degree, so you're inextricably bound to it.
No matter how sound my arguments are or ever would be, you could never, would never give them credence. Seen it before; I understand. Pity.
Just one question--why would I, or anyone, "worship" such an impotent deity? "
the bone wrote on Mar 8, 2009 9:49 PM:
nature lover wrote on Mar 8, 2009 7:14 PM:
Today was a very BAD day for my little dawg as we set up a 'playdate' at a shelter in Waterloo in hopes of finding him a playmate. Well the way things went/were setup, he was sooo traumatized that we will be begging for his forgivenees for a couple days to come. The notion of being a two dawg family is off the table - at least for now..
Benny Sorrentino...yup forgot about that turd..another crime of passion. But that falls outside the 5 yr mark I think. And who is agee, refresh my memory.
You know Karl on the subject of God - I truly believe that this being America and all that if a person choses to believe in that entity and wishes to make references to said entity then that is their right. Whatever a person chooses to post as a symbol of their sincere sadness over a bad situation shouldnt be "brought out" because u do not believe in the same idea.
Tolerance...
ooh almost hit post!! hey FG..if we r home on sat the 300 wlll still be in driveway. just walk north reading signs on house and ring doorbell... "
hadenough wrote on Mar 8, 2009 7:06 PM:
It doesnt matter how far to the left or to the right you are.Untill we can get a group of people who want to work together to solve the issues it just wont get better.I cant believe anyone win any kind of intgelligence can blame Obama for anything yet.Yes you can disagree with his solutions, but the idiots who blame the market and econony on him are just plain morons and shouldnt even be able to speak or post.Lets take Hannity for instance,just 5 months ago he was denying that we were in a recession and the policies of Bush were working.Now he gets on at night and says the sky is falling and its all Obamas fault!Say what,in less than 2 months all this happened.People like him are the exact reason why were in this situation we are.ALL BLAME SHOULD BE ON PARTISAN POLITICS!!! "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 8, 2009 6:26 PM:
Thanks for sounding the clarion call on all of Bush's wasteful spending, and his utter wasting of Clinton's mutli-billion dollar surplus! Real public service ya did there, your Financialship! LOL! "
chris van note wrote on Mar 8, 2009 6:11 PM:
Don't know where to invest, since Obama was sworn in the markets have tanked.
I closed my 401 and am putting money into my house as I can write the upgrades off for tax purposes. "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 8, 2009 6:05 PM:
BOO TO CATS! by the way... "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 8, 2009 6:03 PM:
Sheesh. How about some intellectual courage? Doesn't your logical mind rebel against such patronizing, absolving nonsense?
You also forget: I USED TO believe--so those ideas are not foreign to me. I just had the courage to admit that no of it made any sense at all.
God="All powerful" (uh huh...)
"Evil"=Powerful, but allegedly not as powerful as God"
God=unable or UNWILLING to stop "Evil" from influencing some of us to "choose" evil deeds, therefore allowing one "errant sheep" to visit great sorrow, sadness, and pain to dozens of others of us affected by said deeds.
I mean, really now! It's like recognizing your own ability as a parent to see the neighborhood 12 year old bully running around with a pistol, and yet doing nothing to stop them from choosing to shoot someone eventually!
Therefore, I offer; "God"=one uncaring, cold-hearted, incompetent, or perhaps simply feckless and weak, irrelevant old bugger.
Worship at your own risk! (how silly the whole idea!) "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 8, 2009 5:34 PM:
But yes, I thought the same thing -- if their god were any use, he would have been there BEFORE the woman got shot. I absolutely believe in Free Will -- I just don't believe there is any benevolent and omnipotent being watching over any of us.
One of the reasons I reject religion is because it asks me to accept that there is some positive plan I Just don't understand which includes evil done to innocents. Understanding or no understanding, I want no part of any such "faith."
But that's me, and I no more want to force my decision about faith on others than I want theirs forced on me. Live and let live. "
the bone wrote on Mar 8, 2009 3:55 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 8, 2009 3:54 PM:
Naw, Obama's spending doesn't bother me one iota.
Here's the difference; Obama's spending is going to create jobs and help people. Bush's spending pushed Death in War funding and ideological bullship like Abstinence garbage.
Obama
s spending doesn't bother me one bit.
By the way, Chris--I need some financial advice-what's hot in investments right now, oh Wise One? "
scouty wrote on Mar 8, 2009 3:50 PM:
chris van note wrote on Mar 8, 2009 2:28 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 8, 2009 1:06 PM:
Why is it that in the case of a serious tragedy like the one that just occurred with the shootings, peole continue to make supremely illogical statements like "We must pray for them", or even worse "May God keep those kids in his loving hands"?!
Doesn't it occur to them that IF "GOD" HAD ANY POWER OR COMPASSION, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE?!?!
Seriously--I absolutely SWEAR that I'm not just pushing my own agenda here; just trying to point to the illogical, reflexive way that we deal with grief and loss.
Thoughts? "
the bone wrote on Mar 8, 2009 11:15 AM:
CayCntyLifer wrote on Mar 8, 2009 8:36 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 8, 2009 5:15 AM:
Unknown... wrote on Mar 7, 2009 8:24 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 7, 2009 7:50 PM:
scouty wrote on Mar 7, 2009 5:50 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 7, 2009 5:18 PM:
Find a way to tell me which door that is, nature, and I would be very pleased to stop in, perhaps with a nice bottle of Farmer Guy's homemade cider (the excellent rhubarb wine is down to about 1/2 glass left in a bottle in my fridge). We've been at the Utopia Club just about every Saturday morning between about 9-11 AM for the past 6 weeks -- I finally got the last of my mat boards from the Lincoln Gallery, and we'll go back to our very-early-morning trip in to Auburn again soon.
I love visiting almost as much as I love visitors, and Farmer Guy loves nothing more than sharing his homemade food and drink! "
nature lover wrote on Mar 7, 2009 5:07 PM:
If u were at the club why not walk a few steps and knock on my door FG?
Argh cant wait for this dirty time of spring to be over with..the mud, trash and dog crap all over...barf... "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 7, 2009 3:54 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 7, 2009 3:52 PM:
I just hope there are relatives to take in the kids who will help them get through this traumatic time with love and patience and stability. "
scouty wrote on Mar 7, 2009 2:55 PM:
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 7, 2009 1:00 PM:
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 7, 2009 9:41 AM:
the bone wrote on Mar 7, 2009 9:12 AM:
anonymous wrote on Mar 6, 2009 9:28 PM:
Unknown... wrote on Mar 6, 2009 8:46 PM:
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 6, 2009 8:27 PM:
Unknown... wrote on Mar 6, 2009 8:02 PM:
maggie8 wrote on Mar 6, 2009 7:38 PM:
nature lover wrote on Mar 6, 2009 7:36 PM:
nature lover wrote on Mar 6, 2009 7:34 PM:
Unknown... wrote on Mar 6, 2009 6:43 PM:
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 6, 2009 6:41 PM:
Go to Blue Cheer's website. Some old pics of Duck in local bands! "
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 6, 2009 6:30 PM:
I also have the first 4 Manowar LP's!! Great Stuff!! "
movedsouth wrote on Mar 6, 2009 6:21 PM:
" I don't like this new format. "
You're way ahead of me, I didn't realize there was a new format.
OK karl, here we go-----
"movedsouth wrote on Mar 6, 2009 11:14 AM:
" What this country is coming to is a nation that, more and more, thinks they are ENTITLED to everything. Too lazy to get off their butts and earn a living. They are letting the system take care of them, and we have been encouraging it. "
"karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 6, 2009 11:27 AM:
" B0ner, it was all over the cable news yesterday.
movedsouth, I would also like to know where you got THAT silly idea.
oh wait, I know--"Rush", right? "
karl, I'll tell you something, I formed part of my opinion from the spouse of a former employee of Social Services. Other parts from seeing welfare recipients abusing the system in grocery stores. I have seen welfare people in stores buying the best cuts of meat and other products that I would consider luxury. I do not feel that they are entitled to these on my dime. There has to be better control.
OK, now for the Social Services part. This is the situation, single mom with a teenager child. Child goes to Catholic school, mom has to drive to school.You should have no problem with this so far as long as it is a catholic school. Mom becomes pregnant. Mom contacts lawyer, working for social services, and is told that after giving birth, not to go back to work. She will be better off not working! Social services will make car payments because she has to drive child to school. SHE WAS BETTER OFF NOT WORKING. karl, even you can't say this is right. And to answer your question, as you will probably ask, NO I don't believe welfare recipients are entitled to luxuries that maybe I can afford because I have worked for over 45 years. "
Unknown... wrote on Mar 6, 2009 6:12 PM:
Unknown... wrote on Mar 6, 2009 6:06 PM:
excnyer wrote on Mar 6, 2009 5:14 PM:
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 6, 2009 5:00 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 6, 2009 4:37 PM:
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 6, 2009 4:31 PM:
For inquiring minds, my engagement announcement is going to be in Sunday's paper!! YEA!!! "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 6, 2009 4:23 PM:
Mitch McConnel, Repub, Kentucky, asked for 56 earmarks in the new budget, for $75,000,000 total---as he was railing against the very practice in the Senate debate.
Hypocrite. "
nature lover wrote on Mar 6, 2009 3:49 PM:
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 6, 2009 3:23 PM:
I like this kind of talk!!! Guess I will do an Elf tribute from my ITunes!!!!!!!!!!!!! "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 6, 2009 2:50 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 6, 2009 2:36 PM:
nature lover wrote on Mar 6, 2009 1:53 PM:
ok Karl..u got me in a local trivia argument here. Now we all know MOW has local flavor w/Joey but how many remember the band Elf - Ronny Dio who went to Black Sabbath? We will be on the hunt for that album this weekend in our vast collection. And heres my ? isnt the band HeadEast from here also? "
movedsouth wrote on Mar 6, 2009 1:24 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 6, 2009 1:14 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 6, 2009 11:27 AM:
movedsouth, I would also like to know where you got THAT silly idea.
oh wait, I know--"Rush", right? "
movedsouth wrote on Mar 6, 2009 11:14 AM:
the bone wrote on Mar 6, 2009 11:10 AM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 6, 2009 10:50 AM:
nature lover wrote on Mar 6, 2009 10:32 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 6, 2009 10:31 AM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 6, 2009 10:24 AM:
They say that there is so much drug use and obesity among today's teen that this is all that they military will take--only 25%. That's a sad statement!
On MSNBC this Saturday (Sunday?) night is a show on drug abuse and specifically the "new" heroin epidemic that's coming. They're saying that it's a new wave of addictions among kids and housewives. What the hell is this country coming to? "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 6, 2009 10:09 AM:
It's just a sincere annoyance. Don't read too much into it. "
nature lover wrote on Mar 6, 2009 10:06 AM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 6, 2009 9:52 AM:
nature lover wrote on Mar 6, 2009 9:41 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 6, 2009 9:31 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 6, 2009 9:23 AM:
I don't get quite as incensed about it, but I do agree that as a nation our retrogressive laziness (in typing as well as speaking) is slowly but surely whittling away at our ability to communicate. Use of language is sloppy, resulting in less-than-clear understanding of our meanings by those reading or listening to our words.
The loss of quality in communication is supplemented by our overall decrease in ability to concentrate or to take in and assimilate information longer or more complex than a sound byte.
The two together (sloppy communication / inability to concentrate) make us very easy to manipulate and mislead, to distract with stupid inanities (like reality TV, celebrity nonsense and yes, even football) while those who are really in power keep pushing their way ahead by further squashing the inattentive and inarticulate "sheeple." "
the bone wrote on Mar 6, 2009 8:22 AM:
daydreamer wrote on Mar 6, 2009 6:47 AM:
the bone wrote on Mar 6, 2009 6:45 AM:
anonymous wrote on Mar 6, 2009 1:24 AM:
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THIS MAY FALL UNDER THE RACIST LANGUAGE CAREGORY:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 5, 2009 10:30 AM:
" nature lover, WHAT is that you're typing? Ebonics?! "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 5, 2009 11:14 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 5, 2009 11:13 PM:
"Learning something new" is not learning something BACKWARDS; in other words, taking something and reducing it to vulgarity and profanity.
The English language is almost becoming unrecognizable, literally and phonetically.
The latest stupid "trend" is people forgetting that adverbs have "ly" at the end.
I play SERIOUS!"
No, stupid, you play "serious-LY"
Sink me. I can barely bring m'self to look upon it, much less utter such profane jabberwocky!
And don't even get me started on people who say "IN-surance"
It's "in-SURE-ance"!
You don't "IN-sure" your car, you "in-SURE" your car--with "in-SURE-ance"!
I'm done now. "
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 5, 2009 9:27 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 5, 2009 9:08 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 5, 2009 8:41 AM:
" NL, I have no idea of how you are trying to post or text. Personally I find it hard to read. But, I can easily correct that by not reading your posts. Just my opinion.
If you find that offensive, too bad. Just why was I included in the rant, I see nothing in your post about MY comment. "
perturbed wrote on Mar 5, 2009 8:18 PM:
perturbed wrote on Mar 5, 2009 8:10 PM:
nature lover wrote on Mar 5, 2009 8:08 PM:
"Ebonics?!
Please don't use that "text" garbage here. "
um lets c u use 'lmfao' alot & that is "text" garbage in the vulgar sense actually. honestly u can google these terms. IMO(in my opinion) I feel we are never too old to learn something new. And seeing as how we ARE using technology here I feel to complain is backward regarding common everyday text abbreviations. Geez u had a few months ago an archaic opinion of online banking. I dont text but live on computers and the hundreds of people I deal with on a daily business level use abbrevations to the point that I have trouble but I d/n(do not) post an ignorant comment - rather i feel it as a challenge to expand. to learn is divine and should be a lifelong venture.
w/ = with, FG is farmers gal, h/t/b = has to be..my post was in ref to anonymoose and his constant need for attention in posting full already printed articles. and to defend w/the words "obnoxious or offensive" is just plain obnoxious AND offensive in reality to me. mountain out of a molehill...enjoy your relentless same as it always is topics...spring is coming and so is my vacation yahoo... "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 5, 2009 8:01 PM:
"Treasury officials say the administration is taking extra care to vet possible appointees after embarrassing revelations about tax problems for Geithner, former Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Tom Daschle and others."
You see, Kamerad? The Party officials are making doubly sure to do what you were just blabbing about the other day--VETTING the candidates, so that dittoheads like you don;t go whining about them not catching the people with problems.
Of course, when the White House is doing exactly what you recommended, and should commend them for, you find a new aspect of it to whine about.
Because that's the tactic of the party of "No". Typical, predictable, and BOOOORING.
This is small fry.... "
theking wrote on Mar 5, 2009 7:47 PM:
Duh.. Can't you see that karl can mouth off and call people every name in the book and you cant even say the word P00p without your comments being deleted. It's obvious Karls agenda and the Citizens agenda are the same. Karl can talk a good game on the internet (who am I kidding its a terrible game) but he doesnt have the marbles to go one on one. Typical SPENDOCRAPloadofeveryoneelsesmoney. "
kingstd wrote on Mar 5, 2009 6:55 PM:
anonymous wrote on Mar 5, 2009 6:26 PM:
the bone wrote on Mar 5, 2009 8:18 AM:
" Karl, You make me laugh!! You want to call the Editor to remove someone from here because they dont agree with you or they call names. Look in the mirror you do the same thing. " "
anonymous wrote on Mar 5, 2009 6:24 PM:
1"Didn't Obama say he wouldn't support earmarks????? ---"earmarks" mean "jobs" this time around. AND--this budget has HALF A BILLION LESS than any one of Bush's budgets. Besides--Obamas first "earmark" that he got rid of himself was the huge helicopter fleet. "
anonymous wrote on Mar 5, 2009 6:22 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 5, 2009 11:05 AM:
" Dancing in the Street -- isn't that Van Halen? I gave away my Thriller album to a girlfriend who was more interested than I -- maybe I could have made a buck for it on eBay, but it made my friend so happy.... " "
anonymous wrote on Mar 5, 2009 6:21 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 5, 2009 11:04 AM:
" She's not doing it to be obnoxious or offensive, and I can usually make it out, but the abbreviations used when texting may be easier to type, but they are a lot harder to READ, esp for the many of us who don't do texting.
It's like something akin to Angmom and her all-caps. She had a reason which made sense in her context (she is slowly going blind), but has been willing to adapt here (plus we gave her tips how to increase the font size -- and I am sure it is easier to read larger fonts which retain upper and lower case than to read everything in caps at any size).
Think of it this way -- there's no rush sending in a post to Two Cents -- it's gonna be an hour or more before it gets posted anyway -- you have time to type out the whole words. esp for the folks who are not familiar with the texting abbreviations. " "
anonymous wrote on Mar 5, 2009 6:17 PM:
" THIS JUST IN!!!
MICHAEL JACKSON MAKING A COMEBACK!!!
MICHAEL JACKSON MAKING A COMEBACK!!!"
HMMM, I GUESS IF YOU ARE IN THE GROUP THAT THINKS THEY OWN THIS SITE, IT IS OK TO SHOUT AND NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING. "
the bone wrote on Mar 5, 2009 4:58 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 5, 2009 3:40 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 5, 2009 2:26 PM:
" FG, I'm no fan of lobbyists, either. But I think that Obama went the expedient route. The country is F***'ed right now, and needs action N-O-W."
"It's been more than a month since Timothy Geithner took the reins as treasury secretary, tasked with doling out stimulus dollars, saving a troubled auto industry and administering President Obama's multibillion-dollar bank bailout program.
So who's helping the secretary navigate the treacherous financial waters?
At the moment, almost no one.
Paul Volcker, head of Obama's Economic Advisory Board, has called the current situation at Treasury "shameful."
"The secretary of the Treasury is sitting there without a deputy, without any undersecretaries, without any, as far as I know, assistant secretaries responsible in substantive areas at a time of very severe crisis." Volcker told a Joint Economic Committee hearing earlier this week.
"[Geithner] shouldn't be sitting there alone," Volcker said.
AND NEEDS ACTION N-O-W! Everything you say karl is falling apart. OK, go ahead and attack me again! "
movedsouth wrote on Mar 5, 2009 1:50 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 5, 2009 1:20 PM:
LOL!
Wha'choo know about "Truth", boy?!
LMFAO!!
Aren't you that "Bushie/dittohead" guy?!
Weak, movedsouth, weak.
And to prop up dem old bones about "Socialism" again....sigh....(shakes head)
Aintcha got nuthin better, Kamerad? "
movedsouth wrote on Mar 5, 2009 1:07 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 5, 2009 1:02 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 5, 2009 12:36 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 5, 2009 12:00 PM:
Maybe if we had, I don't know--a couple billion dollar SURPLUS?--Obama might have the luxury of deeply-vetting and being selective over a period of time. But to some degree, he's got to "settle" for the best qualified Johnny-on-the-Spot in order to get things moving.
Of course, all his critics know this, but the cheap shots are all they've really got to throw at him now. "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 5, 2009 11:07 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 5, 2009 11:05 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 5, 2009 11:04 AM:
It's like something akin to Angmom and her all-caps. She had a reason which made sense in her context (she is slowly going blind), but has been willing to adapt here (plus we gave her tips how to increase the font size -- and I am sure it is easier to read larger fonts which retain upper and lower case than to read everything in caps at any size).
Think of it this way -- there's no rush sending in a post to Two Cents -- it's gonna be an hour or more before it gets posted anyway -- you have time to type out the whole words. esp for the folks who are not familiar with the texting abbreviations. "
justventing wrote on Mar 5, 2009 11:03 AM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 5, 2009 10:53 AM:
MICHAEL JACKSON MAKING A COMEBACK!!!
MICHAEL JACKSON MAKING A COMEBACK!!!
Dust off your copies of "Thriller", Queenie and movedsouth! Put on your sequined white glove! It's time to be dancin' in the street! "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 5, 2009 10:51 AM:
I guess you're trying to posit yourself as some kind of "moral watchdog" on the Presidency now? BIG LOL!!
I find it pretty ironic? Hypocritical? Silly?
Here's why it doesn't bother me, Queen.
1"Didn't Obama say he wouldn't support earmarks????? ---"earmarks" mean "jobs" this time around. AND--this budget has HALF A BILLION LESS than any one of Bush's budgets. Besides--Obamas first "earmark" that he got rid of himself was the huge helicopter fleet.
2" Didn't Obama promise not to sign anything without giving congress ample time to look it over and read it???? "---maybe? but he's also not stupid. Hw knows that the No Party is playing obstructionist games with American jobs and lives, and he's caring enough to not allow power-hungry LOSERS to hold up Change and Reform for their own agenda.
3." Didn't Obama promise no lobbyists in his cabinet??? " Yes, but with the amount of Lobbyists in Washington, this proved to be an idealistic, overly-naive statement. Here's the difference too, Queenie---when Bush filed cabinet positions, he filled important, influential posts with incompetent religious and ideological sycophants. Obama at least is filling them with qualified people. I can forgive that quite easily.
Your feigned outrage is pretty funny for a man who defended the former criminal enterprise called "The Bush Administration" LOL! "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 5, 2009 10:30 AM:
Please don't use that "text" garbage here. "
theking wrote on Mar 5, 2009 9:11 AM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 5, 2009 9:07 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 5, 2009 8:49 AM:
So, I put a note here, and dropped one to "management" as well. I know The Citizen is very concerned about not censoring people (beyond the built-in censor which won't let you write p*ssed off or p0rn), but this isn't a matter of censorship. Anyone can read Reagan's drivel in this paper -- no one is censoring it. Anyone could post a link from here to there to draw attention to it. Anyone could even quote an excerpt to make a point -- not allowing the entire article to be reposted here repeatedly would not be censorship but just enforcement of responsible and considerate behavior.
IMHO. "
movedsouth wrote on Mar 5, 2009 8:41 AM:
the bone wrote on Mar 5, 2009 8:18 AM:
nature lover wrote on Mar 5, 2009 7:56 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 5, 2009 5:02 AM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 5, 2009 12:38 AM:
chris van note wrote on Mar 4, 2009 11:04 PM:
Obama lied and the economy died. "
chris van note wrote on Mar 4, 2009 11:03 PM:
More liberal "compassion". You see it really isn't about helping anyone, its about control - plain and simple.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123604286020215187.html
Dick Durbin has a nasty surprise for two of Sasha and Malia Obama's new schoolmates. And it puts the president in an awkward position.
The children are Sarah and James Parker. Like the Obama girls, Sarah and James attend the Sidwell Friends School in our nation's capital. Unlike the Obama girls, they could not afford the school without the $7,500 voucher they receive from the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program. Unfortunately, a spending bill the Senate takes up this week includes a poison pill that would kill this program -- and with it perhaps the Parker children's hopes for a Sidwell diploma.
Known as the "Durbin language" after the Illinois Democrat who came up with it last year, the provision mandates that the scholarship program ends after the next school year unless Congress reauthorizes it and the District of Columbia approves. The beauty of this language is that it allows opponents to kill the program simply by doing nothing. Just the sort of sneaky maneuver that's so handy when you don't want inner-city moms and dads to catch on that you are cutting one of their lifelines.
That's the reality that the Parkers and 1,700 other low-income students face if Sen. Durbin and his allies get their way. And it points to perhaps the most odious of double standards in American life today: the way some of our loudest champions of public education vote to keep other people's children -- mostly inner-city blacks and Latinos -- trapped in schools where they'd never let their own kids set foot.
This double standard is largely unchallenged by either the teachers' unions or the press corps. For the teachers' unions, it's a fairly cold-blooded calculation. They're willing to look the other way at lawmakers who chose private or parochial schools for their own kids -- so long as these lawmakers vote in ways that keep the union grip on the public schools intact and an escape hatch like vouchers bolted. "
anonymous wrote on Mar 4, 2009 8:30 PM:
anonymous wrote on Mar 4, 2009 8:30 PM:
Mike Reagan: Obama's spending plan will only hurt economyBy: Mike Reagan
Friday, February 27, 2009 11:49 PM EST
The swooning media were enraptured by President Barack Obama's soaring rhetoric in Tuesday night's address to Congress despite the speech's total lack of substance. They never bothered to ask “Where's the beef?” in all those oratorical flourishes.
In this case the beef is the money it will take to pay for his grandiose plans and programs, and that money is allegedly lining the pockets of those who dare to earn $250,000 or more a year.
No matter that if you took every last cent of their earnings you would still not have enough to begin to pay for the ultra-exorbitant spending agenda he laid out in his speech. The bill for that extravagance will be paid by our children and grandchildren.
As he described it, only those in the $250,000 and above bracket will see their taxes increased. They will pay for such programs as government-run universal health care and education. The other 95 percent of the people, many of whom don't pay a penny in taxes, will get checks in the mail - rebates for taxes they don't pay.
What this means is that the top 2 percent will nearly carry the full load while the bottom 95 percent will live nearly tax free, thus guaranteeing Obama their undying support and their votes.
He is trying to maneuver that 95 percent into supporting taxing the top two percent to pay for everything they'll get.
Obama is deliberately attempting to create an economic system where more people live off the government than by their own efforts, thus creating a permanent underclass utterly dependent upon the largesse of the government and therefore ever-beholden to it.
This gigantic voting bloc can be depended upon to march obediently to the polls and vote to place the full financial burden on the top 2 percent of American wage earners.
During George Bush's administration the president allowed the war to get in his way of vetoing anything coming out of Congress no matter what it cost.
He so needed the support of Congress for the war that he allowed them to engage in an (EDITED) of unrestrained spending.
This took the traditional Republican issues of lower taxes and less government spending off the table, leaving the GOP with the stigma of fiscal irresponsibility.
That makes it difficult for the GOP to claim they are the nation's guardians of financial responsibility even when faced with an outrageous bill in the House with a price tag of $400 billion that is loaded with 9,000 earmarks. That's 3,000 more earmarks than were in the spending bill that got George Bush in trouble.
Yet President Obama, who claims to be a dedicated foe of earmarks, says he'll sign that pork-laden bill because he wants the support of Congress for all the burdens he wants to put on the backs of the top 2 percent of Americans.
In his speech the President laid the blame for the budget deficit on the past administration, blithely ignoring the fact that it was his party that controlled the Congress that rolled up that deficit since winning control of Capitol Hill in 2006. They were running the show that produced that deficit and that's where the blame lies.
From now on, the blame for huge unfunded deficits, borrowing from future generations - Sen. John McCain calls it “generational theft” - and the economy-deadening taxation of the productive sector will lie squarely on the shoulders of Barack Obama.
Mike Reagan, the elder son of the late President Ronald Reagan, is heard on radio stations nationally as part of American Family Radio. He can be contacted at reagan@caglecartoons.com "
theking wrote on Mar 4, 2009 8:19 PM:
theking wrote on Mar 4, 2009 8:18 PM:
theking wrote on Mar 4, 2009 8:17 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 4, 2009 6:57 PM:
Obama lied, hypocritical earmarking Repubs cried;
Bush lied, THOUSANDS DIED "
movedsouth wrote on Mar 4, 2009 6:41 PM:
" This just in;
If you compare Obama's current budget with Bush's last budget bill, Bush's contained a HALF A BILLION dollars MORE earmarks. " karl, as usual, you are trying to avoid the real issue. You have an ability to turn an issue into something to fit your agenda. The issue about earmarks is that Obama campaigned that he would go line by line and there would be NO EARMARKS! He is either not a man of his words or he is a lier,your choice. Bush did not lie about earmarks, we all know that's politics, but don't lie about it. HE LIED! HE LIED!!! You puppets will accept anything his administration will put out, maybe by E-mail, but that doesn't make it right. Read my lips, no earmarks. One Big Arse Mistake America! "
movedsouth wrote on Mar 4, 2009 3:20 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 4, 2009 3:05 PM:
If you compare Obama's current budget with Bush's last budget bill, Bush's contained a HALF A BILLION dollars MORE earmarks. "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 4, 2009 2:36 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Mar 4, 2009 2:34 PM:
karl, "" Again, movedsouth-8 out of the top 10 earmarkers were REPUBLICANS.
Once again you're doing that "convenient overlook" and skewed perspective for which you're famous. "
You conviently left out that Democrats were 12 out of the top 20. Cost $557M Democrats, $498 GOP.
Fact remains that Obama was for CHANGE, line by line, no earmarks! He lied! "
movedsouth wrote on Mar 4, 2009 2:16 PM:
chris van note wrote on Mar 4, 2009 1:47 PM:
" Again, movedsouth-8 out of the top 10 earmarkers were REPUBLICANS.
Once again you're doing that "convenient overlook" and skewed perspective for which you're famous. "
GOP Sen. John McCain’s amendment stripping the omni-pork package of an estimated 8,500 pet projects worth roughly $8 billion was defeated yesterday afternoon.
This site has a breakdown of all the earmarks:
http://www.taxpayer.net/index.php "
anonymous wrote on Mar 4, 2009 1:18 PM:
Jeremy Boyer: Surveys give you chance to interactBy Jeremy Boyer
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 12:13 AM EST
For a couple of years now, we've been posting an survey question at our Web site, auburnpub.com, that typically asks readers their opinion about an issue in the news. It's a popular feature that typically generates hundreds of responses of votes.
Based on a few phone calls and e-mails we received, the question we posted from late Thursday through Monday nights generated a few first-time voters. The online poll had asked people their opinion, for or against, concerning the possible privatization of the Cayuga County home health care service. (For the record, 68 percent of respondents were against privatizing as of 5 p.m. Monday - check page A2 for the final results.)
One caller was concerned that the poll was some sort of official survey, presumably from the county. She was worried that people without computers, which included herself, wouldn't have any input.
We assured the caller that the question was merely an informal question that we posted, just as all the questions are. They are not scientific by any means, but they do show an interesting snapshot of opinion. I can't say for sure whether decision-makers pay much attention to them, but my guess is that at least glance at the results of questions related to decisions they must make.
I got another e-mail from a reader who doesn't visit the Web site too often. This person was frustrated because the poll question appeared to be missing. My guess is this reader probably just needed to scroll down to the bottom of the home page because that's where the poll question is located, under the heading “The Citizen Voting Booth.” Hopefully she received my response and was able to cast her vote.
The poll question is just one of several ways we encourage readers to interact with and even add content to the news products we provide. In print, there are letters to the editor and community-submitted photos, along with birth, wedding, engagement and anniversary announcements. Online, there are story comments, the Your Photos gallery and the Two Cents forum.
The poll question is changed late Monday night and late Thursday, and we publish the results from the previous poll in the print edition on page A2, at the bottom of the box that features the current question. If you want to see the real-time survey results, just click on the “View Results” link right next to the voting tab on the Web site.
We offer questions touching mostly on local and state topics, but occasionally a national issue might appear. If you have any to suggest, feel free to send them my way.
Executive editor Jeremy Boyer's columns appear Tuesdays in The Citizen and he can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 231 or jeremy.boyer@lee.net "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 4, 2009 12:02 PM:
Once again you're doing that "convenient overlook" and skewed perspective for which you're famous. "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 4, 2009 11:31 AM:
The difference between Obama and Bush is that, while Obama INHERITED Bush's economic mess, and must spend money to get us out of it, Bush inherited CLINTON'S billion dollars surplus, and blew it on pet projects--like an illegal war.
The second thing to remember is the monumental FRAUD and WASTE of Bush's spending--Abstinence, gifts to religious organizations under the rubric of "Faith Based Initiatives", including a prison-reform program led by evangelical wingnut Chuck Colson which not only discriminated against non-Christian prisoners, but als had a HIGHER recidivism rate than regular release programs.
And don't forget that Bush's budgets conveniently and deceitfully NEVER ACCOUNTED FOR THE WAR COSTS! So when you look at Bush's "Spending", your figures--as always--are SKEWED.
Cost of the Iraq war so far, according to http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home
$601,906,764.43 and increasing every SECOND.
# $4,681 per household.
# $1,721 per person.
# $341.4 million PER DAY!.
PER DAY!!!!
(NPP does not in any manner endorse or oppose any candidates for public office. Use of the information gathered by NPP or links to NPP's website by other organizations does not imply NPP's endorsement of the views or actions of such organizations.) "
movedsouth wrote on Mar 4, 2009 11:02 AM:
A day after the Senate approved his $410 billion spending bill rife with earmarks, President Obama planned to outline Wednesday his proposal for cutting wasteful spending." Now I can see why he picked the Treasury Sec. "
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