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Skip to comments.Pope Benedict XVI 'is to resign'
Posted on 02/11/2013 3:11:37 AM PST by Sub-Driver
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Is this just a rumor? Good grief.
Good for him, probably thought he'd go on his own terms rather than get ill or bumped off.
Maybe he wants to spend the rest of his life out of the limelight.. with a little peace and quiet..
Little or no responsibilities.. could be wisdom..
Can this be true?
This does not bode well. Benedict was a staunch conservative....taking on the liberals in his church.
No rumour, true, has issued official statement.
Full Statement from Resigning Pope
Dear Brothers,
I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry. I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering. However, in todays world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me. For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter, entrusted to me by the Cardinals on 19 April 2005, in such a way, that as from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.
Dear Brothers, I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my defects. And now, let us entrust the Holy Church to the care of Our Supreme Pastor, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and implore his holy Mother Mary, so that she may assist the Cardinal Fathers with her maternal solicitude, in electing a new Supreme Pontiff. With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.
From the Vatican, 10 February 2013
Did Obama call him his friend?
Obama's Fault!
What does he mean by this kind of statement? Is he saying he has lost faith?
no, i think he is basically saying he is too ill to be able to hold it all together and needs to leave it to a younger man, thats all.
Staging for the ascension and revealing of the Anti-Christ in the WH
Raymond Arroyo on CNN just said no one was expecting this resignation. NBC reported that the last pope to resign was in the year 1415.
He neither said nor did he imply anything of the kind.
Please tell me this is a hoax!
I think its right of him, if he feels he will be too ill to carry out his duties, its better to hand over while he is compus mentus and not drag it on for years like john paul did. People need clear direction and he's given that.
......Oh Salvation!
No...that was not "ok".
So what does a healthy Pope do when he retires? Move to The Villages in Fla and take up golf?
He could very well be having health issues that we do not know of, who knows.
Has anyone consulted Father Guido Sarducci on this matter ?
British TV is saying the vatican has said it is because of ill health.
I wonder if he's been diagnosed with something that's going to be terminal, quickly.
Did he finally realize he's been talking to himself for Eighty years?Pope's New Book Debuts as New York Times Bestseller
My parents live in The Villages.
I do not recall one every resigning in my lifetime. It just isn't usually done. I am leaning towards a progressive disease that robs him of his mental facilities like Alzheimers. (vs a disease that he would die from within a shorter period of time like cancer).
or debilitating like alzheimers or the like meaning competency problems. He is 84. Could be anything.
Don't tell Obama that the job is open.
Wow. What must it be like to replace a resigned Holy Father? And might there be secret reasons for Der PanzerKardinal's announcement? And what exactly does one do as a "former" Pope? Do Oprah? Hang out with Lance Armstrong? Market a private-label cheese? Judge America's Got Talent?
Obama already thinks the pope reports to him.
Is he not, according to the Malachi Martin prophecy, the last Pope before the final one, Petrus Romanus?
Dam! I really was hoping the end of the world as we know it wasn't coming this year...
Yours is the first I've seen but I look for the same thing to be posted in "breaking news" at least 20 times in the next few days. "Pope to resign!"
That leaves...Petrus Romanus.
This is a shame; God help him. He will be missed...
Joseph Ratzinger to retire?
Isn't there something about the "last pope" and end times?
Tears, so many tears... we love you, Papa...
That was my first thought as soon as I heard the announcement.
First Pope to resign the office in 600 years, from what I've read.
That's the first one in anyone's lifetime. Unless you're of the MacLeod clan.
"Dam! I really was hoping the end of the world as we know it wasnt coming this year..."
If you look at it as the beginning of the new world rather than the end of the current one it isn't as frightening.
Yep...just went a googling.
So...now we wait to see if Saint Hildegard and the comet are true... http://earthsky.org/space/asteroid-2012-da14-will-pass-very-close-to-earth-in-2013
If true, that was Gregory XII who was one of three popes. He resigned essentially so there could be one pope. (so sayeth google)
"Unless you're of the MacLeod clan"
There can be only one!
Arrogance and atheism are made for each other.
Maybe he wants to make sure he gets a decent successor.
Former Popes usually join monasteries.
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More Over-Age-50 Divorces, and More to Think About for Divorcees
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Married Americans over the age of 50 are splitting up at a record pace, and that presents them with a unique number of problems and challenges.
According to a study from Bowling Green University, the divorce rate for Americans age 50 or over doubled between 1990 and 2010. In that time, one in four U.S. divorces involved Americans aged 50 or more.
Here are some more points from the study:
- The rate of divorce was 2.5 times higher for those in remarriages versus first marriages, whereas the divorce rate was lower the longer a marriage lasted.
- More than 600,000 people aged 50 and older got divorced in 2010, but little is known about the predictors and consequences of divorces that occur during middle and later life.
What can older divorcees do to minimize the financial impact of divorce on their lives, especially as they get closer to retirement?
We reached out to Howard Hook, a certified public accountant with Princeton, N.J.-based EKS Associates , for some answers.
Hook says the deck is stacked against older divorcees, for a variety of reasons:
They have no second person in the household to help in some of the planning strategies.
Hooks says: Probably the most difficult issue faced by a recently divorced person is managing their time. Whereas prior to the divorce there was some sort of division of the household chores amongst the spouses; now a recently divorced person finds themselves having to do everything themselves. Some of these, such as balancing a checkbook or saving for retirement, are items that someone may never have had to do in their lives or at least not for quite a long period of time. Having to learn or relearn a new skill set is hard enough at any age, but probably harder for someone 50-plus who does not have the time to begin with to devote to doing these things.
They are not eligible to use some of the strategies widely available to married people.
Hooks says: Certain options available to married couples are not available for recently divorced people. For example, if one spouse loses their job and the family needs health insurance, one option available to a married household where both spouses work would be for the family health insurance to be picked up by the other spouse. This is an option not available to a recently divorced person. A careful review of the health insurance options (COBRA, Medicare, private insurance) available to someone without a spouse is crucial to ensuring that cost-effective health insurance will always be available.
Disability is another area of concern. The loss of income due to one spouse's disability may not be as catastrophic for a two-income-earning married couple. For the recently divorced person, this could be devastating. In addition, the recently divorced person may need someone to care for them while disabled, which can be costly. For a married couple, the cost may be less since the nondisabled spouse may be able to take care of the disabled spouse. Privately owned disability insurance becomes more important for the recently divorced person to help mitigate this exposure.

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Spacious Loft Near Soho & Broadway
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|Bleecker St, 10012 New York, Egyesült Államok
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This beautiful Studio-Loft Apt is located in very heart the heart of New York City's amazing WEST VILLAGE in the BEST AREA in NYC!
The West Village is a very beautiful, cool residential neighborhood filled with great restaurants (Waverly Inn, Morandi, Minetta Tavern, the Spotted Pig are just a few), cafes, bakeries (Magnolia Bakery, Amy's Bread), bars, jazz clubs (Small's, the Blue Note, the Village Vanguard) and great shopping (endless!), bookstores (Three Lives), markets (Union Square greenmarket, Faicco's Pork Store, Murray's Cheese Shop, Gourmet Garage), and contemporary art galleries…
Close to ALL the major subway Stations (C,E,N,R,B,D,F,M,1,6).
Walk to amazing Soho, Chelsea, Union Square, Meatpacking District, the Highline, Washington Square Park, NYU and many more in just only few blocks away!
The apt located on Bleecker Street (between Sullivan & MacDougal Streets).
Also, the apt is located on the ground floor so no stairs climbing for you after a long day out in The City.
In addition, the apt located in the back of the building what makes it super nice and quiet which is a big big advantage in a place like NYC!
The apt is FULLY RENOVATED with (very) High Ceiling, Exposed Break Wall in the living room lounge, Queen Size bed, Leather Couch (opens-up to a Full Size Bed), big screen HD TV with over 100 cable channels, complimentary High Speed Wireless Internet, fully accessorized Kitchen with NEW appliances, full size Walk-In Closet for your private use, dressers and every other necessity you might need as Iron & Iron board, Hair Dryer, etc…
ALL NEW furniture!
You will get fresh clean linens and towels!
FREE high Speed Wireless Internet + 120 HD cable channels - Complimentary!
Optimal for families, couples or group of friends.
HázirendNON-SMOKING apt please!
NO PETS allowed!
Please keep the apt clean and organized and as you got it when you checked In.
Keep it quiet at night hours.
Treat the apt as it was yours.
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We loved our stay in New York and the apartment was great. Perfect location for us. jean was a great host and made everything easy!
We had a great stay in Jean's studio in Greenwich Village in NY! Jean was a great host, and the studio was very clean, spacious and with all the things you need for a short stay as a tourist. The neighborhood is amazing, full of life, and with good shopping and great restaurants and bars. Good communications to easily get around on Manhattan. I really recommend this studio!
Mycket nöjd med denna lägenhet. Mörkt mot bakgården, men bakgården gjorde ju att det var väldigt tyst i lgh. Att rekommendera.Närheten till alla musikställen, ett stort plus!
Jean est un propriétaire ponctuel, organisé, attentif.
Logement bien entretenu, calme, décoration discrète sans fioriture, équipement en bon état, sèche-linge apprécié.
Localisation très agréable dans un quartier humain avec épicier-traiteur à côté ouvert 24h/24.
Entrée au fond d'un couloir peu reluisant où siègent les poubelles communes, ce qui plombe un peu l'arrivée, mais le studio n'est pas un cagibi: il y a du volume et il est très clean. Les fenêtres donnent sur une cour très moche, nous avons laissé les persiennes fermées et dormi paisiblement.
Le terme "loft" fait croire à une architecture recherchée, c'est plutôt assez banal.
Le sachant, pas de déception.
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We lived 4 days in this apt and it was very nice. Nir was there on time to welcome us and to give us the keys. He tooks all the time we needed to show the apt and to answer all our questions. The location is quite perfect with a lot of restaurants, supermarket, subways and the washington square ! The apt was very clean and spacious for 3. Nir was a very vriendly host.
We enjoyed our stay !!
We took train to NYC and this apt. is a quick 10-minute cab ride from Penn Station. Jean met us right on time, showed us the apt, and got us keys. He's very accessible. This apt features a great location in the heart of the Village, with access to subway lines nearby. And it's very nice to have a separate bedroom, living room and kitchen, something you would not have in a hotel. And that hotel could easily cost you significantly more than this apartment. As my wife and I often get up and go to bed at different times, this was great. A favorite team was in the playoffs, and there's an extensive cable package on the living room TV and that came in handy. This is an excellent choice for a lower Manhattan stay.
The apartment is very pretty, absolut clean and the area around is great! Jean is easy going, he was always reachable when we needed something. Everything worked in a perfect way. I recommend Jean an his apartment to everybody who wants to spend a cool time in downtown NYC!
The apartment was quite clean and spacious for two, my daughter and I had a lovely stay. Jean met us on arrival as agreed to give a quick orientation of the flat. The flat is situated in a nice environment with many choices of restaurant to dine in. I love the Candy store just a block away from the flat. If you are a candy lover, please don't miss a visit. ( forgot the name, however the starts with an S).
Although, the bed linen do require new ones and we couldn't open the kitchen window when we decided to cook. Besides, the apartment was cosy and nice,with easy access to the metro. We enjoyed our stay.
Incredible location. Some noise from the fridge and air conditionning but none from the street. Jean is nice and the appartment was exactly like our expectation from the pictures.
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Skip to comments.Docs Told They Must Drive Health System Change (focus on "cost value" first, not the patient)
Posted on 04/13/2013 9:00:44 AM PDT by Innovative
Doctors are the only people who can drive the change in healthcare delivery that's needed to save the country from a financial crisis, a health policy expert said here.
Emanuel highlighted six elements that must underline payment and delivery reform efforts:
-- Focus on cost value
-- Focus on the patient
-- Standardize processes
"We need a big infrastructure to be able to deliver high-quality care going forward," Emanuel said.
(Excerpt) Read more at medpagetoday.com ...
So will the change thier oath? " First .... do things cheaply. "
No, this is full on real Moose poop. We don't need a big infrastucture if both the Government and the Big Employers got out of providing so-called medical insurance. If the individual states and cities want to develop programs for their poor CITIZENS (note, no illegal/undocumented trespassers need apply), that's fine with me. I wouldn't live anywhere that was giving away the farm like NYC and Chicago, etc. All of us, regardless of age, should be able to buy our own insurance that meets our needs. Costs would drop precipitously because insurance would take its rightful place as a "risk" based product. Notice how the discussion interchangeably uses the words COST and PRICE. Big difference. Hospitals have long been charging way more than they ever recover in actual payments from insurance companies. If you don't have insurance, you get charged the full price. It's really quite a racket.
But this is just the first sixth of our economy. We won't have real efficiency until housing and food and exercise (recreation) have a very large infrastructure as well. Arguably, government, transportation and education already have very large infrastrctures of their own.
Hail progress!
While talking to my dermo a couple of weeks ago, I was told that since they are being forced to upgrade/digitize just about everything there would be less hours available for actually seeing and treating patients. Appointments would be more scarce and patient time would be shorter. Sounds like a good idear to me. NOT!
In other words..."Dear Mr. Washington Health Care Bureaucrat: May I please, please, PLEASE have this operation to save my life?"
My small infrastructure local clinic and university hospital have done perfectly well for decades.
I hate these bastards and what they are doing.
The old is new: WWII Army sick call, "Here's your aspirin, next!"
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It's that "big infrastructure" that's created the mess we're in. It started with WW2 wage controls adding health insurance as an employment benefit, the 1965 Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare) supercharged it and now Obamacare has it flying into the mountain at full speed and on afterburners.
If you ever want to see a higher quality product at a lower cost, you'd need a smaller infrastructure, with less government control.
Docs should say, "There were no doctors included in the writing of the legislation, why should we push it?"
If I had to run my practice like that, there would be a lot of unhappy clients. It's not about the money you know. If you are running a bank, yes, a medical or legal practice, it's about the client with the problem.
Thomas Sowell:
"It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it."
"We need a big infrastructure to be able to deliver high-quality care going forward,"
This is such a load of crap. Hasn't ANYONE in government heard of the KISS system? Adding on to the government infrastructure every day is what's gotten us where we are today. These twits want to push us over the edge.
What would you expect from Rahm Emanuel's brother?
Too old, too sick, too bad...no treatment for you.
Not in a very long time has the medical system focused on patient first.
And that's one reason the cost of medical care has gone way out of control, much like the trend in college tuition.
Our medical system is sick. It thrives on sick people and it takes money form insurance companies and the gov't in medicare.
And that is why a destructive force can move in and take it over.
Actually, what used to be, and what was, not 'better' but complimentary, was people taking responsibility for their health.
The wise will want to do this and to help their families do so.
The AMA embraced abortion rights. It will fall as will all other systems that embrace killing innocents.
The best route is to take care of one's health, avoid the medical system have catastrophic insurance if possible and find mds that will cooperate.
They changed their oath when they embraced pro abortion.
That's just the beginning. No one's checking and reporting on the decline in med students. who would go into medicine?
No, there will be a scarcity in medical care that will bear many results.
Pshaw! At that standard, and without improving its own standard, Army medical care will be the best in the nation in short time.
Easy Kill Emmanuel. What a tool.
Yup. And the results won't be pretty. Feel bad for the youngsters as they'll never have the level of care that used to exist. They just won't know it.
If the income of doctors were doubled, the total healthcare cost would increase by less than 1%.
Those advocating the system do not intend to save money, but prefer to not provide healthcare or intentionally ignore the statistics, if not both.
The young will do very well to eat right, and manage their health. Unfortunately they're, as it is now, going to be forced to pay for those who refuse to do so.
Depends on what the meaning of "we" is .... The Machine "needs" it, we patients and taxpayers don't. Which last is irrelevant to political creatures like Dr. Emmanuel.
What, "death to Healthcare resisters!"? Is that what you're selling?
PROSECUTOR: "He failed to manage his health!"
JUDGE: "Motion for directed verdict of 'guilty' is granted. The Convict is hereby sentenced to death!"
That'll make Rahm Emmanuel smile ..... all those elderly Republicans ..... "Dead, dead, dead!!!" </ off screaming Rahm the Slayer>
Yes. It's poison, they hate it and avoid it like the plague.
That's what they want.
No. It's a nightmare science fiction deal.
People will be wise to avoid the medical system and take control of their own health.
It's going to be discouraging to have to pay for others' medical care, as Chief Justice Roberts has allowed the regime to order.
The totalitarian government will decide who is worthy of first class government "provided" healthcare and who gets the pill, ie, death panels. This was the real intent of CommieCare to begin with.
"Soylent Green is people" ..... famous old movie line.
Yeah, these guys are "scientific" .... like Dr. Mengele and Dr. Todt. They mean to get even the squeal out of their pigs, and use that for something, too.
Just stay away.
Emanuel, IIRC, is Rahm's brother.
Screw the big government solution to healthcare. We need to repeal Obamugabecare big time.
Emanuel, IIRC, is Rahm's brother.
Screw the big government solution to healthcare. We need to repeal Obamugabecare big time.
This mentally diseased libturd is advocating that physicians should take over the administration of Obamacare.
In my business I worked daily with physicians and can tell you they are, by and large, brilliant when it comes to medicine and largely ignorant when it comes to business or administration.
Which makes a lot of sense: They are doctors, not MBAs.
Emanuel, Bronson, Berwick and others are blovating from their ivory towers and haven't a clue about how to run a healthcare business. If they did, they would be.
Cost Value - Rationing. All Democrats served everyone else go to the back of the line, after the illegal immigrants.
in one large med school,
only 4 student matched to family or general practice.
it is good that the thousands of criminal
illegals were released by DHS to fill the gap. [/s]
Two words: Death Panels.
Just as well, they are mostly Liberal $hitbirds like Bambi, coming out of Liberal $hitbird schools. See what they did to Dr. Ben Carson for evidence over at John Hopkins.
True but what frustrates me is that actually many of us did not have to pay the full cost since employers provided it as a benefit of employment. That is now going away since the feds have screwed things up.
It is ludicrous for the feds to be lecturing anyone about keeping costs down when the cost of government is skyrocketing and the cost of health care and health care insurance is skyrocketing due to government interference.
Here comes "free healthcare" where the patient comes last. You're gonna love it! Thanks Barry!!!
Ultimately they need to let the patient decide what is value of cost is. The only thing doctors need to do is educate the patent on the value of each product & service vs alternatives.
Doctors may not want to be in this position. If they don't they could alternatively sell the whole package. Charge the patent a standard rates(Like their own insurance plan) and decide themselves what they need to figure out whats going on. (This may be the way to go.)
Another way is to just sell their individual service and let the patent contract with whatever else they need. In other-words the doctor acts as a consultant.
Beyond solving compact medical problems among specialist I don't see the need for doctors to collectivize, that just reduces the possibility of competition further.
Yea that seemed a bit nutty to me as well. along with the Standardized practices one.
If your going to see a doctor then he should proceed based upon symptoms. In any-event the cost of his individual services are not the driving factor in the cost of healthcare. The driving force in the cost of healthcare is everything else namely insurance Government & otherwise which removes price selection from the system.
Without price selection all aspects of the service can cost almost as much as they want and so their costs have no where to go but up as fast as they can.
You make an interesting point, though. It sounds like the lib's may already be trying to shift the load, that is, the blame to the doctors for this albatross (aka obamacare).
You summed it up perfectly! That is indeed the bottom line.
Oy! I'm afraid to look.
Docs Told They Must Drive Health System Change >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Yeah Right.
Since when do doctors want to give away all their professional freedom and billing power to a liberal fascist system of faulty health care and death panels?
Look what happened in Canada. Now doctors there are nothing but vicarious civil servants paid by the government, with salary caps and dictatorial guidelines on service, designed to minimize cost, and Canadian health care comprises 55% of the federal governments budget in Canada. This linmits even the size of the Canadian Armed forces to a paltry 100, 000 individuals, so that the nation cannot even preserve its sovereignty from the Russians in the North.
I am sure US doctors what the same/S
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Skip to comments.Federal Workers to Congress: Leave Us Out of Deficit Deal
Posted on 11/20/2012 11:25:03 PM PST by Abiotic
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Would these be the federal workers that owe billions in unpaid income taxes? Help my memory out here.
Hmmmm. I contribute 100% to my retirement fund.
Boo Frickin' Hoo
Just like the risk of a losing hand for a gambler, or a market crash for a broker, one of the hazards of a public-sector job is that you live and die by the budget. The perqs are there to make up for it; as a private-sector worker, I had nothing like the retirement plans, healthcare options, and seniority promotions that public workers get.
They won the election.
They'll get their way.
Have a nice day. :)
No doubt it's indispensible to the national weal to have all those mail order catalogues and supermarket circulars stuffing citizens' mail boxes.
It might not be the rate but the shear number of federal employees. Productivity increases would be nice and cuts in those dopey web sites advertising their greatness would help too.
They bleed the taxpayer 'til he dies of blood loss.
When they can't get any more blood from him they curse him out for being so inconsiderate of their needs.
Fed "workers" should be Top. Of. The. Cost-Saving. List.
10% across the board cuts. EVERY organization can manage through a 10% personnel cut.
Wonder how many non-defense related government positions have been cut over the past four years?
Federal workers have us on the hook for their health, pensions, and early retirements until they die. But thats not enough
The perqs are there to make up for it; as a private-sector worker, I had nothing like the retirement plans, healthcare options, and seniority promotions that public workers get.
Damn. Sorry about that. It is such a shame that life gives you choices and you seem to make the wrong ones. Was it that you could not get hired with the federal government? Sorry about that.
Let them out. Close their offices. Sell their computers and iphones. Get rid of over 50% of civilian government workers.
They usually have three things on their desks: their feet and a box of Hostess Twinkies.
Many of them are twinkies.
"Federal workers also contributed $15 billion toward the budget in 2011..."
Gov workers are NOT taxpayers.
Well said.
Would these be the federal workers that owe billions in unpaid income taxes? Help my memory out here.
Mainly it's the Federal workers that write new regulations faster than the lawyers can read them. They're also the ones that vote heavily Democrat.
Shut down the postal service and let FedEx and UPS battle over the mail.
A civil war between The Right and The Left. That's, probably, where we are all heading towards.
I don't owe any taxes and I'm a Federal worker who earns his pay. I understand the sentiments but it's disturbingly left-wing style blanket coverage in the way it gets "reported/commented on" in the comments.
They voted for him, they can have him.
Boo-hoo, blood-suckers. At least 25% of the federal workforce could be laid off and no one would know it. It is just another welfare scam, only it pays much better than the others.
Frankly, for me, it can't happen soon enough. I do not see any way we can coexist with the Left. I would prefer it be without violence, but if not, oh well.
For those who remember the old Soviet Union, it was a grim place at least for average citizens. But not so for those in government. Contrary to the official ideals of equality and a classless society that the ruling communist regime espoused, the USSR created a privileged class of party members inside government the nomenklatura.
This semipermanent bureaucracy earned higher incomes, got better health care, ate better food and had greater job security than average Russians, the much-despised proletarians. Today, our bloated government seems, in significant ways, to be creating this same dynamic.
All us private sector folks can sell our foreclosure homes and move into an apartment so the public sector can get a raise,retire at 55 with 80% of their highest salary, and move into our old homes.
"Gov workers are NOT taxpayers."
Not sure what that's supposed to mean, I'm a federal employee and I pay my taxes every year.
Everyone is on the chopping block.
You are paid with tax money.
So the fact that you pay taxes (as my wife does as a teacher), is a bit odd. Your salary, and my bride's, comes from taxes.
There was a congressmen years ago that suggested that federal salaries be adjusted to what the actual take home amount was, and then don't charge them federal income tax. Since the money spent to process the returns made it a net loss.
I think he meant that Federal workers are paid with private taxpayer dollars. Therefore, the "taxes" paid by federal employees are nothing more than returning some of the private taxpayer dollars to the government.
OK you clarified yourself. Anyone know if the EBT folks pay taxes?
Also fyi, I am on my third year of a pay freeze, no COLA, no bonus of any kind, nothing. Maybe that's the way it should be. I've been in federal service for 23 years and make around 68K. I don't think that's an outrageous annual salary do you?
FU you leeching, thieving pieces of S**T. I hope you all lose your jobs, starting with the Postal "workers."
the GS 11 and up employees are the biggest drag on the Treasury and the trend has been towards more and more higher paid goobermint workers. The Federal worker bees under GS 7 retire with very meager income. Government Elite is the problem and the ranks are growing.
Yeah, I understand, but that really can't be help can it?
Ive seen alot of frustration with regards to fed employees here on FR, some of it valid some not. I keep reading these comments on how much we make. It's not always accurate. When the media reports it the folks I work with have no idea where these salary #s come from. maybe in DC but not where I work. lol
Without seeing your qualifications and job requirements, we have no way of knowing whether your salary is outrageous or not. Also, that $68k is your salary, right? How much additional do you receive P.A. in benefits?
I would imagine my benifits are comparable to anyones.
I'm afraid i cant provide details about what I do as i'm in the DOD. I know fed workers get a bad rap here (and sometimes rightfully so) but there are many like myself who work hard for the American taxpayer you can believe that. Do we have sluggo employees? Sure do. But not all.
Also, before anyone asks, I work nights and I'm on leave for Tgiving so don't worry about why i'm on FR on WEDS morning. lol
It's likely that benefits would add another 40% to overall compensation.
FWIW, the FDIC gets it right: a small permanent staff, augmented by term employees to handle spikes in the workload. Several thousand people were hired back in 2008-2009 to handle the additional workload brought on by the financial crisis. They were hired under two year contracts, with an agency option for two additional years.
As the crisis is winding down, so is the FDIC workforce. Temporary offices in Irvine, CA and Schaumberg, IL have been closed, and the remaining work has been transferred to its regional office in Dallas. A third temporary office in Jacksonville will remain open through 1st quarter 2014.
The powers that be in DC would do well to analyze how well the system worked for the FDIC, ranked by its employees as the "Best Agency to Work For" in 2011.
I would not assume that your benefits are typical, as Federal workers receive on average far more than their private sector counterparts.
I'm sure you are a very hard worker and a good person. It's unfortunate that all Federal workers get painted with the same brush, but that's where we are due to the ridiculous growth and dominion of the Federal government over us Americans who are paying for it.
A 50% haircut of the Federal workforce would be a good start. The Postal service and Amtrak, in particular, should be liquidated, and a number of Departments eliminated entirely.
Yep, i guess that was my point all along, that happens alot on FR, it's always kinda bugged me and I've never mentioned my career status before today. As for me I am in the DoD supporting the navy Warfighter and trust me the American taxpayer is getting their $$ worth. As for my bennies, I have blue cross federal, your right i dont know exactly but i cant imagine my ins. is that much better than anyone elses. As far as leave, we do get compensated pretty well but when I retire I cannot sell back much of it. As I said I am on a 3rd year pay freeze no COLA, no bonus of any kind, I'm not complaining but if anybody thinks I'm spending three weeks a year in the Caribbean their wrong, i dont work in the GSA.lol. As for being a good person, I hope so, I am as Conservative a person as I know how to be if that means anything and I hope it does.
Hmmmm....I wonder why some of the wealthiest countries in the USA are surrounding WDC?
Most don't, beyond SS and sales tax. But I do know a few who are on EBT that are farmers and pay quite a bit in land taxes.
They are scamming the system, and I don't have a lot of respect for them.
That is fairly close to what I make as an engineer (in the Midwest, so I suspect my cost of living is cheaper than yours).
We haven't had a pay freeze in a while, but I have taken pay cuts in the past. It is part of the game, and not a fun part either.
But I am fairly confident the benefits you have are a lot better than mine. I suspect you have a pension, and I have never had that option (my wife does also, but we are planning on Illinois to go bankrupt long before she sees a dime). And the health care for government workers is usually better, though that depends.
My point is that when the hard times hit, all need to be on the chopping block. I have been through it in two companies, and it is never easy. Once I left right before the ax fell on my position (thanks to a good manager who told me what was happening six months in advance).
Thank you for making the effort.
Out of all the federal workers I know personally (including my husband), only one is a loon as far as politics goes. The loon amongst them always votes for the weirdest third-party candidate there is and won't vote for dems.
The rest of them vote for the closest thing to conservatives they can find — every election — and they refuse to join the union. The unions have lost many members over the last decade or so, and their crime bosses are desperately in search of other businesses to target, since they can no longer depend on federal employees to be loyal to them.
That's easy to say now that the feds have almost destroyed the private sector and pay their special worker bees with money stolen from others.
Who knew they would flood the country with 40 million government dependents and make a lifestyle out of handouts?
I voted for smaller gov all my life and was niave enough at one point to believe it. I even believed that takers would never outnumber the makers without a collapse. But you make a good point, we were all dummies for not getting on the freebie bandwagon a long time ago.
'Federal Workers to Congress: Leave Us Out of Deficit Deal''Federal workers' is an oxymoron. 99.986524% of them aren't worth a crap. I saw that in person when I was on site for 18 months in a Gubmint bldg we were doing HVAC mechanical upgrades on (back during Klintoon's years and *his* gubmint shutdown).
The remaining .013476% of Fed workers are those like our Mail Man who not only is a "worker" but cares about the job he does. He'll actually get out of his truck and deliver to our door anything that's large and could possibly get damaged, ruined, or bent, if he put it in our mailbox as his 'job description' requires.
We also try to tip him at Christmas if we have an extra $20 laying around. But under Barry that's getting harder to do.
As far as being on the chopping block, the fed gov does need downsizing, but with what we have in the Whitehouse I don't see that happening any time soon. I am proud and privileged to work for the American taxpayer supporting the US navy warfighter, there are many areas of fed gov that need cutting but (this may sound a little selfish) not where I work. What we do where I work is directly related to the freedom of this country, at least whatever the Whitehouse will allow.
Many of us here served a career in the military. We know the DOD. We know who does what, where and how well. We also know GS scales.
We spent an entire career serving this great nation while at the same time fighting career bureaucrats (GS) as they went about their business of finding reasons they can't do something.
The worst GS examples of this approach are found in DC, to be sure.
At any rate, bottom line, saying you are in the DOD and can't talk about what you do is not really accurate. Every DOD organization and job, with very rare and limited exceptions, even those in the "black" part of the budget, has an unclassified description—how about yours?
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Skip to comments.Anyone tried Acupuncture
Posted on 03/29/2013 8:44:43 PM PDT by averagemo
Just curious. Has anyone tried acupuncture? Any success?
I did. It didn't do nothing not even anything average, Mo!
Not on purpose.
Except leave a bunch of tiny holes all over?
It's a four thousand year old scam. I'd save your money.
She decided it was an "if you believe it will help, and you're not really all that sick" it will work. If not, just go get yourself some medical help.
I've tried it and it has helped with various things. What are you thinking of using it for?
If you are having it for any reason besides pain I have no idea.
My back is killing me!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stop needling Mo, use guys, it's a series question!
Oh No!!!!!! Not the Labrador!!!!!
I tried it for arthritis. It was some help; a masseuse who knew what she was about was considerably more help.
This is going to sound like a "Chinese Food" joke...but I went for a session when I had a really bad back. It worked for about 45 minutes.
I *do* believe there are a number of things it is very good for, but I don't know what that list of things is!
It worked for me, by some odd reason. Lower back stuff and never had any discomfort/pain for weeks. Weird.
Oh wait, that's a Beagle.......my eyes!!!!!
it helped me with some minor recurring pains. certainly not a cureall. my acupuncturist used to be a licensed social worker so seeing him for a treatment was also seeing a shrink at the same time.
Yes, but does it help with using the keyboard shift key?
I tried it as some of my circle of friends swore by it, and they are not liars like Democrats. It worked for my lower back pain. The weird part surfer dudes I hung out with when I'm at the beach knew the same acupuncturist so why not?
Seemed to help with depression - might have been placebo effect but I went in believing it wouldn't work at all. Might have been prayer - acupuncturist was a devout Christian.
Worked very well on lower back pain - muscle spasm had lasted six weeks, one treatment cured it.
Totally missed a serious medical condition but to give her credit she knew I was seeing my doctor the next day and she would have told me I should see my doctor if I hadn't been planning to.
I never used it for back pain. But it does relax you.
Now this book cured my sister's chronic back pain
It also stopped my hubby's co worker from having back surgery.
Dr Sarno's books are awesome. I had chronic back pain and could barely function. Now, 13 years later, I'm fine.
Same premise I guess. Except you are the human pincushion..
Yes, I have tried acupuncture several times. It definitely speeded up the healing process.
If you get a sexy Asian woman it will work juuuuusssst fine.
Oops, didn't mean to imply that it took 13 years to work. I've been pain-free for the last 13 years.
Healing from the wounds caused by the acu needles? Makes sense.
I've been to acupuncture numerous times for different things, most recently for a broken neck. I had success with it.
Acupuncture works. End of story. But you must have a qualified and credentialed practitioner, just like any other kind of medicine.
Ask an educated Chinese (from China, not from Chinatown in Podunk!) as I did ask an economics prof from a university in Beijing, who originally came from rural China, where such practices might be more readily accepted. He dismissed it, end of story.
Yep, and it worked very well. I had a nerve in my elbow that was really bothering me, throbbing a lot. One treatment and no other problems. The person who recommended it to me is a bodybuilder who is always hurting her back and she swears buy it. Also recommended it to my dad who had hip replacement and it helped with a lot of his pain.
Article you may like. Scientists are finding out there is a lot of science behind it.
(of course, the way it works, I can see how there can be a lot of scammers out there just jamming needles wherever giving it a bad name)
Our family also has seen success using it for pain. For one particular pain condition it worked dramatically. Other types of conditions, not necessarily/hard to tell. But for pain I'd be there at the office again in a heartbeat.
No reason why not. Traditional and nontraditional medicines still rely on one basic premise. The mind and belief of the receiver.
The mind plays a very large part in the healing process. Therefore , if one believes their chosen treatment helps, it is so. I am not being a smart-ass.
I believe that the mind works in tandem with the treatment provided. Remember the book " laughter is the best medicine"? The basic premise was, a positive outlook, not necessarily the medicine itself.
For my mom, she was not a believer in eastern methodology , she tried it to please a friend - not herself.
Homeopathy, organic food, recycling, chiropractic, psychic surgery, UFOs, and acupuncture are amusing everyday reminders that people will believe anything.
In school, I used the stealthily applied thumbtack version of acupuncture.
I can honestly report, that it did lighten my spirits and immediately improve my mood.
Acupuncture works very well on some people for some conditions. Much like any other healing art. Back pain is difficult and often complicated though. It took me 28 years to deal with mine and I can't point to any one thing of the many things I did for it as the cause of its remission.
Sounds like you have a creative definition of the burden of proof.
BTW, we went to a board certified M.D. (internist specialty) who is also a Chinese (allopathic) trained doctor (from Taiwan) and acupuncturist. We were very comfortable with this, as he can look at the disorder from both perspectives.
The Nichiren Shoshu Japanese Buddhist sect, which has plenty of adherents here in the States, claims that chanting the phrase "Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo" can bring one material rewards, such as a job, a brand new car, flat screen TV (47'' diagonal minimum!) I've had people swear to me that it works.
There is no question the "P6" point, used in acupuncture and acupressure, works effectively against nausea. This is the under-wrist point. You can either use the wrist bands they sell or just pressure with a thumb or finger. Everyone in my family has used it.
I've had acupuncture since the late 70s. For at least 20 years acupuncturists only use disposable needles. I haven't seen autoclaved needles in a long, long time.
I had acunpuncture many times over the years. Often helped, sometimes didn't, never caused any harm. Can't say the same about visiting doctors.
if you don't like needles you can try accupressure.
A Buddhist chant to get material rewards? That's too much work. I just play a country music song backwards to get everything back.
There is also Accumulation, aka shopping frenzy, which helps relieve some pains.
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We love her to pieces, and are so happy to all be home together.
And I am not pregnant anymore.
That picture of the two of you? Beautiful. Congratulations!ReplyDelete
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Congratulations--she's just precious.ReplyDelete
Janssen, you look amazing, and she's a perfect doll. And hooray for not being pregnant!ReplyDelete
Yay! She is here and now the fun can begin. Relish in the joy that is NOT being pregnant. Congrats and blessings to all. AngieReplyDelete
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Congratulations, Janssen! What beautiful pictures of the two of you!ReplyDelete
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Wow Janssen! You make having a baby look like a piece of cake! ha! You are a doll and she is so cute! Congratulations to you and Bart!ReplyDelete
Yay, congratulations! She has such scrumptious chubby cheeks, just like my babies. And you can lay on your back again! Hooray for that.ReplyDelete
oh my! her HAIR! such a lovely pair, you two!ReplyDelete
Oh! I die! How sweet are those cheeks! Wish I could come over to squish that little thing and bring you a milkshake.
Congrats!! She is beautiful. No wonder you were done being pregnant you were carrying around a full size 2 month old!!! And you look far too beautiful for just having a baby. Forgive me for my jealousy ;-)ReplyDelete
You have the most darling babies! Congratulations!ReplyDelete
So glad to hear all is well. So beautiful, both of you.ReplyDelete
Congratulations! :-)ReplyDelete
So sweet! I can't wait to hear her blog name! If you are nursing and want to obsess call me!ReplyDelete
Her hair color matches yours exactly!! I was ecstatic when I saw her on Instagram! I kept checking all day long. Congratulations family of four! You're one of the cutest families I know (well, sort of know).ReplyDelete
yay! Congrats! she is so precious. I can't wait to hear what Ella thinks about her :)ReplyDelete
Congrats - she's so adorable. Love the cheeks :) And I agree you look fabulous!ReplyDelete
Congratulations! She is gorgeous. And, having three kids of varying sizes, I'm a firm believer that babies with a little more meat on them sleep better earlier. Hope it's true for you!ReplyDelete
YAY! CONGRATS! That is so awesome and she is too lovely. I love all of her hair. My baby girl also surprised us by topping out at almost 9 pounds. Whew. I love your ending sentence. After both of my babies, once I realized I was no longer pregnant, I busted out into massive loads of tears. Yeah, I guess I don't like bring pregnant much. But who would when they have to go 42 weeks? Congrats again ~ hope the next few weeks go smoothly and you're able to rest. Look forward to seeing this little munchkin grow....ReplyDelete
How wonderful! Congratulations! So thankful she's here safe and sound. And she looks so sweet. I especially love the picture of you two sleeping. She's an awesome Christmas present! :DReplyDelete
Congratulations! You both are so beautiful!ReplyDelete
Congratulations! She is just beautiful. I hope you are recovering well--the photo of you two sleeping together is lovely.ReplyDelete
She is so very cute. Very many congratulations! I hope Ella is doing well with the changes. Hope you are doing well. I still cannot believe you had a baby that big. :)
Yay, she's here! Congratulations!!ReplyDelete
Yea! Baby! She is precious. Welcome to the world little one.ReplyDelete
You are both so perfect in these photos!!! Yay, she's here.ReplyDelete
She is beautiful and you look fantastic as well! Congratulations!!ReplyDelete
There is nothing so magical. I am so happy for you! Her little face looks so kissable. How in tarnation did you fit such a big baby in such a tiny frame? My babies were 8.14 (except the premie), but I looked it! Where did you hide her? So, so excited for your little Christmas miracle.ReplyDelete
She's beautiful! congrats all around.ReplyDelete
Congratulations!! I am so very happy for you and your family. What a wonderful day/weekend/rest of forever.
You don't have permission to look that gorgeous hours postpartum.
She is a beautiful baby, Janssen. Can't wait to hear her blog name. I love those squishy cheeks. Congrats again!
ooooh, she is so beautiful! I'm so happy for you that she's here safe & sound. And that you're not pregnant anymore. :) Happy, happy day!ReplyDelete
Hooray!!! Congratulations! You and Baby both look gorgeous. :)ReplyDelete
Congratulations! So cute. And that last line just cracked me up... you get a baby AND you don't have to be pregnant any more? Sweet. :o)ReplyDelete
You look gorgeous and your sweet girl is just as darling as can be! So happy for you!
Congratulations. I can't wait to see them grow into the best of friends as sisters.ReplyDelete
Congratulations! My goodness you look great. It took me so long to just myself into the shower, and I'm pretty sure I stayed in the hospital gown the whole time.ReplyDelete
She is so beautiful! Congrats!ReplyDelete
Such pretty pictures...I love those chubby cheeks!
And hooray for not being pregnant anymore! I distinctly remember those being the first words out of my mouth 2 1/2 years ago after I delivered B. That's the most important thing, right?!
Oh, congratulations! She's so beautiful.ReplyDelete
Congratulations Janssen, she is beautiful! I'd love to hear her name if you're planning to share. Enjoy this precious time as a new family of four. :)ReplyDelete
OMG that last picture is just PRECIOUS. Congrats to you and your family! :)ReplyDelete
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She is so so sweet. So excited I get to meet her in person soon. :)ReplyDelete
She is absolutely beautiful!! Congratulations!ReplyDelete
Congratulations! She is beautiful and probably has that fantastic baby smell. Ella must be over-the-moon with happiness.ReplyDelete
still shocked at her weight. she is SO cute. do you just want to pinch her cheeks? I'm not a cheek pincher but those look tempting!!!!
Congrats again -- I bet Ella is in heaven!
and ... holy fast labor?!ReplyDelete
She is so beautiful, Janssen!!! Congrats to you and Bart and Ella.ReplyDelete
Congratulations! She is beautiful. :)ReplyDelete
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oh my goodness! I missed this post! she's so lovely, congratulations to you and your family!ReplyDelete
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That's a big baby for such a tiny lady. Congratulations!ReplyDelete
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WONDERFUL! She is beautiful! And I know you growed her and all, but seriously how'd you get her to have the exact same hair color as you! That's awesome! She's her Mama's girl, so sweet! Way to go!!ReplyDelete
She's beautiful. Congrats to you and your family!ReplyDelete
CONGRATULATIONS! She is a doll!!! I can't wait to see more pictures :o)
And btw, you look absolutely glowing! I know part of it is pure joy shining through, but I also think you need to do a blog post on your skin care routine ;o)
Oh my gosh, look at her! Such a beautiful sweet girl! Congratulations, I'm so glad you are all home safe!ReplyDelete
She is so beautiful, Janssen. Congratulations times a million.ReplyDelete
And there's your supermodel-there's-no-way-she-just-had-a-baby hospital picture! Wow! Seriously?! That baby is DELICIOUS!ReplyDelete
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Skip to comments.New York City mayor poll: Weiner cuts into Christine Quinns lead [ NYC aka The big Weenie ]
Posted on 05/28/2013 2:27:14 PM PDT by NoLibZone
Former Rep. Anthony Weiner has slashed away at front-runner Christine Quinns lead in New York Citys Democratic mayoral primary, according to a poll released Tuesday, cutting her advantage in half in a little over a month.
Weiner, who formally entered the race last week, now draws 19 percent of the vote in the crowded primary field, according to the Marist University poll. Quinn, the city council speaker who is trying to become the citys first openly gay mayor, draws 24 percent of the vote. Quinns lead is within the polls margin of error. In April, she held an 11-point lead over Weiner, 26 percent to 15 percent.
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That's the Demon-rats. What RINO is the publicrats putting up.
The tale of the two Weiners!!!
She reminds everybody of that inflexible, loudmouth bureaucrat they had a surreal and infuriating encounter with once.
I've never been to the Big Weenie(New York).
I've been to the Big Easy(New Orleans), but don't plan on going to the
Big Weenie.
Typical Democrat politics...the frontrunners? A lesbian and an exhibitionist sex addict.
Why do we even know what these people's sex preferences are?
Quinn frightens people...BTW..has Weiner taken a position on ending stop and frisk?
I'm sure Weiner is throbbing with anticipation.
Weiner is getting ahead.
That Weiner is rising!
Hmmm....that'd be two weiners in a row as mayor of The Big [Rotten] Apple.
"... stop and frisk..."
Weiner sez "Pick me! Pick me!"
There are no good candidates being offered for the office of Mayor of New York City.
Now that we need you, Rudy Giuliani, where are you?
I don't think even the Huffington Post is particularly enthusiastic about any of the current lineup.
And maybe a couple of them belong on Riker's Island.
Is this the guy that walked into the car dealer and asked "Is this where I can buy a Hummer?"
A member of Al Qeda could win in NYC.
"Is this the guy that walked into the car dealer and asked Is this where I can buy a Hummer?"
That would be bigamy. He's already married to a Huma.
But then, bigamy would be alright with NYC voters, too.
Wow, the dim-bulb-crats have certainly discovered that there is no lower bound to disgustingness.
Of course, the RINOblicans will put up some token loser...who will of course....lose.
CW-II, it's in our future, sadly.
Unlike Bloomers. Rudy did not run for more than 2 terms prefering to obey the law. Bloomers got Quinn, as head of the city council, to throw out the term limitation law the people voted for.
But the same people who voted for term limitations voted for bloomberg for that third term. So they got what they deserved.
. Now all we need is a pedophile and a drag queen and most of the perverts will be represented.
Not surprising, considering Weiner ranks much higher on the Democrat immorality/eligibility scale.
No candidate for mayor with a (D) after his name has won in NYC since 1989.
just sayin'....
Weiner is up for one of the stiffest and hardest campaigns in recent memory. His campaign is growing and he will soon be a head. Weiner will be hard to beat. New Yorkers must be swelling with pride.
I've even read that Weiner's pulled ahead.
Lol. Okay....
He stands for the Gay community, and many in that community are standing behind him. He has consistently polled well in that community.
New York should be so embarrassed.
Hmm, pervert versus lesbian. Who am I going to choose?
Call me crazy but I kind of hope the Weiner wins.
Make him the face of the Democratic Party.
Shouldn't that be pervert versus lesbian pervert?
Weiner rising.
Is this going to be an election or a belated bris. Buddamda, zing. It's a joke.
New York politics s#ck. There's another one.
In that race the lesbians won because they were off lickety-split while the gays were still packing their s**t.
Probably either Joe Lhota or John Catsimitedes (the head honcho at Gristedes.)
Weiner pumped!
Because, believe it or not, as bad as Nanny Bloomberg is, the Democrat was even more ridiculous.
The weiner will be hard to beat...
"Theres another one."
Sir, you have a firm grasp on NYC politics.
(... sorry :-]...)
(Speaking of emoticons. We need a special Wiener emoticon.)
I have been to NY City twice... and I swear by all that I will never set foot there again. Not for love or money.
The biggest mistake Gen. George Washington made was not burning that traitorous red coat town to the ground. I guess he left that job up to us.
Absolutely Had I lived in NYC I would have written in a candidate
That guy is running again, BTW.
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