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State and local governments keep borrowing money, and people are starting to wake up to what that means. Go by streetcar -- while you can.
State and local governments keep borrowing money, and people are starting to wake up to what that means. Go by streetcar -- while you can.
Check kiting on a grand scale. Is Portland too big to fail?
I think states and big cities are starting to see themselves like big banks... "we're too big to fail so bail us out or we'll take you down with us!"
I await the Photoshopped image of the laser laboratory scene from the film Goldfinger where Gert Frobe's character haughtily laughs:
"No, Mr. Municipal Bonds, I expect you to die!"
...And the federal deficit is out of control, and we owe $900 billion to the Chinese, and we send $28 billion a day overseas to import oil. (See T. Friedman column today in NY Times). The current US debt to GDP ratio is reported to be comparable to that of countries like Portugal. Yet the report of the bipartisan commission on the national debt has already been fractured along far left and right polar lines. So few of our elected officials in Washington seem to have the mettle to face, let alone speak to, the depth of these problems. Instead they are, for the most part, bitter and paralyzed, (while our media is fixated,) over whether to let the Bush tax cuts expire for couples with annual income over $250k.
So our states will start to fail one by one, and (unlike for AIG and Morgan Stanley) there may not be enough capital or credit faith in our Federal treasury to do anything meaningful about it. And then, I fear, we'll start to resemble our old nemesis, the dreaded Soviet Union, with extensive social entitlement programs, a bristling, bloated and far too expensive military, and a shrinking economic base that can't support either.
Does anyone really see a workable way out of this mess that doesn't involve a catastrophic meltdown which might make the current recession look like the good old days.
Is debt swamping the name of the game?
and for whose benefit and for what purpose?
or is it something that just happened across the board here?
"You aint seen nothing yet"
Al Jolson, sort of, chanelling through any muni bond analyst.
The whole thing is nothing but illusion anyway.
Our paper money has been without value for quite a long time now.
How long can the power brokers continue to keep the illusion alive?
There is one upside, the rich are richer than anytime in all of human history, so there are winners in all this mess.
The masses may have to perish, but we have seen that before haven't we?
Mario Savio's quote:There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!
In my opinion, we need to stop taking for granted that somehow the pendulum will swing back to where it was, or that other people will take care of the situation. We the people need to get engaged on matters. We cannot depend on our elected officials to do the right thing here for our public interests.
Example of people engaged:
The Lents people who stopped the stadium and stopped the loss of their URA money for it and loss of park space for it.
The St. Johns community who years ago stopped 75 huge Douglas Firs and Cedars at Pier Park from being cut by our own City under Vera Katz and Park's Commissioner, Charlie Hales - even though the tree's already had red x's on them.
Now,The Clackamas and Milwaukie petition on the light rail matter.
I am sure there are other examples of what can happen when people become engaged. Do not feel powerless to act here.
There'll be a wholesale political housecleaning if/when that happens in Portland/Oregon. When tough decisions need to be made, we won't close down schools, end bus service, double property taxes, or even stop urban renewal spending, we'll renegotiate PERS and police/fire pensions in bankruptcy. They're both our Achilles heel and our panacea. Public employees and the police and fire people have a lot to lose by supporting our spendthrift pols.
the federal deficit is out of control,
This is fundamentally a revenue problem; it can't be cured by cutting spending. Federal tax revenues have declined sharply because of tax rate reductions under George Bush and because of high unemployment since 2007. (The Bush tax cuts if renewed or extended, taken all together, will "cost" an estimated $3 trillion for the next ten years, $700 billion of which represent tax savings for those who have incomes over $250,000.) Looking forward, health care spending will produce massive additional budget deficits if historical trends are not changed.
we owe $900 billion to the Chinese
People seem to believe we need China to buy and hold our debt in order to finance our budget deficits. We don't. China's debt results from our buying Chinese goods in amounts that exceed our sales to China. It's a trade deficit, in other words, the cumulative effect of which is that China holds dollars or dollar debt instruments. China could dispose of these, but that would depress the value of the dollar, making Chinese goods more expensive for us and therefore depressing the Chinese economy.
Our paper money has been without value for quite a long time now.
This is the gold bug's view — that money or currency has value only if it can be exchanged for something with "intrinsic" value. It is no longer conventionally accepted. Our currency — any currency — has value based on the issuing country's capacity to produce and sell goods and services. Once we reach the limits of that capacity, more money in the system only pushes prices up. But until that point, more money is a solution more than it is a problem. Because we print our own currency, we can't go broke. The states, on the other hand, are more like Greece and Portugal. They can't (except for stopgaps like California's "scrip") make their own currency, so they're limited by their capacity to borrow. Once it's tapped out, they're done. This is worth remembering as we watch states spend borrowed money, driving up their interest costs, and lay people off and cut projects, depressing the private sector as their revenues fall. This is a potential death spiral, and not just for the Arizona transplant candidates who have been crossed off the list of the living for budget reasons.
Does anyone really see a workable way out of this mess that doesn't involve a catastrophic meltdown which might make the current recession look like the good old days.
The economic solution is not difficult, just as it is not difficult in Europe. More public sector spending for us, and more deleveraging in Europe through elimination of public sector debt would do the trick. Austerity now is counterproductive. Deficits balloon, but the time to address them is when the respective economies are growing. In Europe, lending banks will get stiffed, but isn't that what they charge interest for?
The problems aren't economic, they're political. You have a so-called bipartisan commission ranting about our federal deficit when the real problems are in the state and local governments and in the private sector, and the real, immediate, and urgent solution involves a bigger deficit. The commission and the government are proposing and implementing programs, like the federal salary freeze, that are counterproductive and whose most redeeming feature is that they are just window-dressing, not big enough to cause real trouble.
If these were just economic problems, there would be reason to be optimistic. But they're political, and thus in the hands of people who have political agendas and ideologies that will make solutions difficult and risk the kind of outcome that Drew fears.
"has value based on the issuing country's capacity to produce and sell goods and services."
The value is based upon other's willingness to accept that currency in exchange for goods.
Switzerland has one of the strongest currecnies in the world along with Australia right now. I don't think I'd call either a manufacturing power-house, just a safer haven.
"This is fundamentally a revenue problem; it can't be cured by cutting spending."
BS - When every upside in revenue gets spent and then some, you're on a hamster wheel. You need to implement some sort of spending controls or any plan is doomed.
I mean Bush had revenues actually increasing then he decided to have govt pick up liability for prescription drugs. Nice intent, but it sure didn't help the deficit since it is one of the larger entitlements not.
Yes, willingness to accept money is the other side of the coin, so to speak. It is influenced by one's expectations about what the money will buy, which is why capacity matters, along with expected inflation.
There is nothing objectionable about controlling spending, except for possible adverse effects on federal revenhe. What I am saying is that if you look at the sources of deficit increase, starting in 2008, revenue decline is the big factor.
A revenue problem?
Is that what the city has?
The State?
It's mission creeping bloated government at every level trying to be too many things to too many people.
Including helping us eat the right portions.
"What I am saying is that if you look at the sources of deficit increase, starting in 2008, revenue decline is the big factor."
Now we're talking chicken-n-egg. Spending in terms of stimulus money (>$1T of which OR got about $2B and promptly spent it) and entitlement growth (unemp benes, prescription drugs, PERS plans, etc.) are spending.
These programs all have good intentions, but we are getting to the point of picking whose oxen will be gored.
Be careful (not to be abducted on the street and tortured to death incommunicado and ignominiously -- for dissent) not to spread Truth because it might panic the public! Like we used to say when we got the herd corraled and in the midst of loading the cattle truck about to drive them one-way to the slaughter house, "hope nothin' spooks 'em now."
Listen folks: The crash and devestation was pre-planned and is engineered. Repeat: The 'free market' (fiction) 'capitalist system' (fascism) is NOT going to 'bounce back' and is NOT going to save us because the capitalists rigged it NOT to.
It went like this: Get the oil. Worldwise Big Oil men realized, about 1970-75, that planetary oil supply was depleting to zero in about one lifetime from then. (Nothing arguable today about that fact; the point is simply that they had advance warning and a head start to make their maneuvers.) In essence, the motive for them staging Nine-Eleven Op was, and is, to go get control of the last oil reserves. And keep taxpayers docile (with TV news lies and broadcast propaganda) while their taxes fund the military invasions of oil conquest. After the oil is obtained, then the problem looks like this, to them: There is only so much oil left, they control it, and divided by the number of people on Earth the oil per person is less than the amount the US lifestyle grew up by, and runs on. Two possibilities then: Either each person has to reduce use and live with less (than US lifestyle to which they had become accustomed), OR reduce world population ... by about half. Globally powerful Big Oil men decided Option 2 for me and you. So: Get the oil. Them murder half of humankind. Result: powerful Big Oil men stay in power. Me and you stay dead.
And when the Big Plan became public knowledge, (as now), public sheep bleat, "oh, no, we don't believe it; the seers are wearing pointy tinfoil hats; broadcasting LIARS say everything's okay, (as long as Muslims are murdered first), and broadcasting LIARS wouldn't lie to us ... hey, what game is on TV tonight?"
Camden City Council approves massive layoffs, By Matt Katz, Phila.Inquirer Staff Writer, Fri, Dec. 3, 2010
Camden City Council voted unanimously Thursday to begin handing out layoff notices to municipal employees even as union leaders and city officials restarted negotiations in an attempt to save some of the 383 threatened jobs.
After emotional and angry pleas from residents, business owners, firefighters, police officers and government workers, Council voted, 5-0, to eliminate nearly half the Police Department and almost a third of the Fire Department.
"We'll start buying weapons, because I don't see any choice," said Carmello Villegas, 65, owner of Villegas Laundromat in East Camden for three decades. "We're going to have to defend ourselves. We're going to have to defend our families. I really don't know what else to do."
Two of Villegas' sons and one daughter are Camden police officers; another of his children is a firefighter. Family connections in Camden's workforce are not uncommon, and employees told Council that the loss of jobs would put many at risk of homelessness.
"Jan. 18 will be the worst day in Camden since the 1971 riots," said Karl Walko, president of the Council 10 union representing nonuniformed employees. "It's essentially the end of government as we know it, and for many people in the city, it's the end of hope."
Walko said 40 percent of the police dispatch unit would be dismissed along with 42 percent of the clerical staff in the courts. He said 25 of the city's 40 laborers would be let go, a loss he said could paralyze the city in a snowstorm.
Council President Frank Moran asked for concessions from the police and fire unions while putting the blame on Gov. Christie.
"We didn't put a price tag on public safety," Moran said. "Unfortunately, the governor of the State of New Jersey put [on] that price tag on public safety," Moran said. "Unfortunately, the governor of the State of New Jersey put [on] that price tag."
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For fawning press, Gov. Christie's $400 million blunder gets flushed down the memory hole, by Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America, December 01, 2010
It's awfully friendly the way reporters look away from a telling example of how Christie actually governs and instead focuses its attention on the YouTube clips Christie's flacks post online showing the governor yelling at people at town hall forums.This is sort of a lot of words for one small example. A long way from Oregon. Far short of Bush's 5-trillion dollar deficit surge, (after Clinton, before Obama). Suppose that 5 trillion was Treasury Notes at 5 percent per year. (Or make up your own math to do.) My figuring shows $50 billion every 52 weeks, or say a billion a week.
Nothing like style over substance, right?
If you live in New Jersey, you might recall that in August the state was shocked to discover it had narrowly missed out on $400 million worth of desperately needed education aid from the federal government because New Jersey's application for the grant was flawed. In other words, a clerical error cost state schools $400 million dollars.
But if you live outside the New Jersey area, that's probably news to most people. Why? Because as the national press continues its voluntary/obedient role in hyping Republican Christie (apparently any governor now with a 51 percent approval rating is to be hailed as being "popular), the press has flushed the embarrassing $400 million episode down the memory hole.
In fact, in the last week, both New York and Newsweek printed up obligatory Christie's-a-star profiles and both managed to avoid mentioning how the governor's blunder cost the cash-strapped state $400 million in education aid.
What a coincidence.
And oh yeah, guess what else the press, led by New York and Newsweek, flushes down the Christie memory hole?
A) While serving as a U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, Christie often overspent on his travel expenses (i.e. fancy hotels) and left the DOJ holding the tab.
B) The self-styled, small-government conservative earlier this year announced a massive state-run take-over plan that would have the New Jersey government virtually running Atlantic City, in charge of everything from the casinos to the police and garbage pickup.
C) Christie's New Jersey still hasn't paid back the federal government the nearly $300 million it owes after the governor pulled the plug on building a new rail tunnel to New York City.
In another accounting, $1,150 Billion gone into Iraq/Afghan 'patriotic terror-prevention war' in the last 350 weeks, (7 years times 50 wks/yr), figures out to be $3 Billion a week. (Most 'war' accountants say $1,150 Billion is low-ball, actual Treasury drain is double that, or more ... who knows? the figures are Top Secret, for 'national security.')
And another 'little' example, a dot that connects, somehow, when we think about it together: Saudi Arabia and other Middle East 'sovereigns' are holding more US debt, (IOU's and Treasury Notes), than China holds.
And the Middle East is NOT manufacturing 'goods' of Wal-Mart in 'trade' for the debt. Rather, taxpayer money went, and goes, out the automobile exhaust -- gigaTons of CO2 -- into the atmosphere and destablizing global climate balance into climate chaos ... but that's another story.
There is so much to think about that one person or group can not do all the thinking -- we all have to think about it.
stimulus money (>$1T . . . .)
I'm glad to have a conversation about cause and effect, but it should be factual. That number isn't. Actual stimulus spending authorized was much less than half of that, with a big part of the authorized stimulus being tax cuts.
Does anyone really see a workable way out of this mess that doesn't involve a catastrophic meltdown which might make the current recession look like the good old days.
No, prepare accordingly.
This is fundamentally a revenue problem; it can't be cured by cutting spending.
We can't tax our way out of this. Fedgov's biggest expenditures in 2010: Social Security 20%; Medicare 13%; Defense 19%; Welfare, unemployment other entitlements 16%; Medicaid 8%
This is unsustainable. Sorry but it is the truth.
"That number isn't."
I'm including things like banks bailouts and GM handouts.
However, you need to implement some sort of spending control. Just to use OR, we've had several opps to save or make a rainy day fund for reference:
2007 - 20% increase in revenue - Gone into general funds
Tobacco settlement - ABout $700M - GOne into general funds
Stimulus - About $1.8B - Gone into general funds.
This is the way pols see life. If you get a dollar, you spend since you may not see it tomorrow - Which is not prudent.
I'm angry tonight, so sorry.
Angry that people are gullible for false and/or misleading information, and that gullibility in the minority few is deadweight enough to sink us all.
Such as on the Social Security & Medicare 'thing.' Those are separate, 'earmarked,' DEDICATED taxes. Those are NOT in the 'General Fund.' Those are NOT 'public money.' Congress has NO discretion in WHAT to spend those revenues on - Congress can NOT take Soc.Sec. withholdings and spend it on a bomb for the Pentagon, or chalkboards for Education, or farm subsidies for Agriculture, or park ranger stations for Interior, NO. Soc.Sec. money goes to Soc.Sec.Admin ONLY. NO discretion. Medicare taxes goes to Medicare ONLY. NO discretion.
Soc.Sec. & Medicare are NOT part of 'The Budget' (of Congressional Appropriations). Fed taxes supplies Congress about 1.0 Trillion to 'play with' this year. 'Defense' (includes freaking Homeland Security), plus interest on The Debt gets about 1.0 Trillion of that, (i.e., ALL of it). The other Dept's (Educ., Agri., Interior, Justice, State, everything gets another 1.0 Trillion, which Congress does NOT have from taxes, so they 'charge it.' That's the deficit. this year.
Also 1.0 Trillion Medicare revenues is collected - that goes to Medicare. ONLY. And it is not enough to pay total claims filed by hospitals, doctors, pharma, and medical-associated insurance claims. Since hospitals, doctors, et al. have inflated their prices so unreasonably freaking much, because, after all, the Gov't always pays the claims. Any 'shortage' of collections against claims is another amount on the 'charge card,' tacked onto the deficit.
Similar with Soc.Sec. About 1.5 Trillion in Soc.Sec. withholdings (7%, say, of employee gross, and then employer matches it, so employer sees employee pay as 107% of the amount employee sees it as), is collected this year. and less than 1.5 Trillion is spent, (and that 'overage' of collections against benefits paid out, is 'played' in funny and fraudulent accounting 'games').
To review: Fed.Taxes 1. Trillion. That's ALL Congress can spend -- 'Budget' this.
1. Trillion Medicare taxes collected. No Congressional discretion to spend it.
1.5 Trillion Soc.Sec. taxes collected. No Congressional discretion to spend it.
Total 3.5 Trillion flows to Wash.DC, and they call that 'lump sum' the 'Budget' BUT IT IS NOT what Congress can Budget.
And people's eyes glaze over, people don't know the difference between a Trillion and a Billion nevermind where it goes, and Congress gets more and more derelict and corrupt and mashes all the money together with the INTENTION of confusing as many people as much as possible. Blurring distinctions, shuffling Budget 'line items,' razz-a-ma-tazz pea under the moving walnut shells.
Okay, okay, Guilty guilty, I 'rounded off' my numbers extremely, but they're not false numbers and the proportionality is about right 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.5 (taxes - medic - soc.sec.). The chart is for only Fed taxes - what Congress can spend however it likes. (So: Medicare & Soc. Sec. NOT shown in chart, as it shouldn't be.) The whole pie shows spending about 1.4 - 1.6 Trillion this year, and 'Defense' is half of the pie, about .75 Trillion, ( = 750 Billion), purportedly, but the Actuals exceeds 1.0 Trillion; for 'Defense and Nat'l Security' things (example: CIA Intel.Community = .1 Trillion not shown in pie).
But Fed Tax Revenues is only about 1 Trillion (1000 Billion -- figure 100,000,000 workers taxed $10,000 each [25% of avg. $40,000 wages] = 1000 ooo,ooo,ooo = 1000 billion). So the pie is 'spending' 1.5 Trillion, the IRS is collecting 1.0 Trillion to put in the pie, the 'shortage' difference is this year's deficit, say .5 Trillion. Remove 'Defense' and there could be a .25 Trillion (250 Billion) 'surplus' - or how about a 25% 'refund' of your Fed Taxes? Take the Big Things out first.
'Defense Nationalism' is over half of what Congress chooses to spend, over half of 1.5 T$. Say, 60%. But if Med.& Soc.Sec. amounts are tacked on -- which Congress has NO spending choice about -- then a combined 'Total Budget' number like 4.0 T$ is 'puffed up' and, against that, the paltry .8 T$ for 'Defense' is a measly 'reasonable' one-fifth or 20%.
Defense Nationalism spending is NOT reasonable. Mainly because it does NOT 'defend' us against anything. There are NO terrorists coming after us; the 'terrorism troops' is a TOTAL FICTIONAL bogeyman to make up an 'enemy' then we need to be 'defended against.'
That's why reporters can not go into the 'battle zone.' Because then they'd see there is NO 'al quaida' there.
The Pentagoners have hired a few mercenaries to shoot at US troops and blow up stuff around the place, think: Blackwater. So our tax money for 'Defense' pays for the 'eneby' and pays for 'defense' against the 'enemy' too -- we buy a Black Army and we buy a Red Army and they 'war game' each other and they are both 'on the same side,' or both their 'breads' are buttered on the same side and US taxpayers is the 'butter'.
All of which has NOTHING to do with Social Security or Medicare numbers.
This phony-baloney 'Commission' to 'reduce' the deficit -- Alan Simpson: croak, already -- says to 'raise the Soc.Sec. retirement age. Bulls**t. Simply remove the withholding cap, which is what?, Jack, at about $100,000 now? Or $120,000? Those of us who do not earn over $100,000(?) mostly don't know that there is NO Soc.Sec. withholding above that amount. Someone 'earning' 1 million bucks a year does NOT pay 7% Soc.Sec. on the 'last' $900,000 of it.
Remove the cap. Make someone earning 1 million bucks pay 7% into Soc.Sec. revenues all the way up their gross 'earnings.'
Remove the cap and {presto!} Social Security becomes solvent. Surplus revenues every year at least until 2070. Even if the retirement age is lowered, back down to 65, or even 62, say, like it is now in civilized (European) countries.
And -- on another matter -- the Feds need revenue to 'reduce the deficit' or, better yet, balance the budget? Do DeFazio's idea: a half-a-percent (0.5% or .005 tax rate) 'sales tax' on Stock Market transactions. Actually, it's a 'buyer tax' -- if you buy $100,000 worth of Stocks, add $500 more as a tax on your purchase. If you sell the Stocks 10 minutes later at the same price you paid for them, you 'lost' 500 bucks in 'the market.'
It is NOT like Congresscritters DON'T know about this stuff. When the Economy crashes or melts down it is because they intended to crash it.
It's not like they CAN'T do these accounting things, it is that they WON'T on PURPOSE!
Blowing Billions on War While American Workers Go Under, by Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe, Common Dreams .org, December 5, 2010
When asked by USA Today's pollsters last week, sixty-eight percent of Americans said we worry that the cost of the Afghanistan War hurts our ability to fix problems here in the U.S. This week, we learned just how right we were about that. Friday's terrible jobs report shows that a crushing 9.8 percent of us are unemployed. And, millions of us are about to lose our lifeline because Congress refuses to extend unemployment insurance benefits. We're spending $2 billion per week -- per week! -- in Afghanistan while millions of people face going hungry during the holidays.There is NOT any "supposed to think" about it. KNOW this: the senators, representatives, and president ARE KILLING us ON PURPOSE! THEY get the money, with their hand in the war 'money pit.' WE get dead, with our bodies in the 'war.'
Do our elected officials not get it? We're drowning out here, and the administration is throwing money that could put Americans back to work at a failed war on the other side of the planet. In fact, that's where the president was when the jobs report came out this morning -- in Afghanistan, talking about "progress" again.
What are the 2 million people who are about to lose their unemployment insurance benefits supposed to think when they hear senators yelling about the cost of keeping them from going hungry, while at the same time those senators shove enough money to keep the benefits going into that money pit of a war?
Like Jack says, "tick, tick, tick ...."
Life is passing.
While gullible goofballs waste time talking about 'cutting expenses' 5 or 10 million dollars, here or there, "but NEVER cut the military." I call Bulls**t. I say ABOLISH the MILITARY. It's glory days and it's honorable time is past ... and take the airport crotch molesters out with it.
"but NEVER cut the military."
OK, cut the military, heck, cut anything - Sacred cow or not. I didn't think OR had that much military spending.
Military spending has been grwoing about as fast as anything else and it's always been about 50% regardless of party in power, so please cut away.
You can continue the diatribe now.
There is no doubt the Pentagon has massive waste, fraud and abuse.
It has to be at least proportionate to their share of the budget.
But they also are subject to the same problem as every other part of government.
A massive dysfunctional government cannot fix itself.
Can anyone provide an example when it has occured?
It doesn't matter what the topic. When it gets this big and out of control there is no legislation possible that provides the kind of reform needed.
When Tenskwatawa gets angry, I scroll even faster than usual. That big fat "X" in the pie chart (in a blog comment) is hilarious, bro.
A massive dysfunctional government cannot fix itself.
I think you can argue that Clinton's tax increases in 1993 helped fix the problem at the time. This was the age of Ross Perot and the giant sucking sound of the federal deficit. Clinton raised taxes (responsibly in my opinion, although I suspect yours will differ), and the timing was perfect. Republicans argued that the increases would result in a major recession, hurting everyone in the process. The opposite occurred, and we had one of the largest expansions in American history. By 1998, the country had surpluses well into the future, and started decreasing the national debt. There were even economists at the time expressing concerns about bringing down the debt too quickly and the macroeconomic impact that might have.
So long as the Republicans care about nothing except making Obama a one term president, so long as the Democrats have no spine and refuse to get a pair, so long as we continue to think that their is a free lunch and so long as the only answers we get to our fiscal problems are either 1) Cut taxes or 2) tax the rich we will continue to wallow in the mess we are in. There is no political courage to speak the truth: we all need to work together and sacrifice. Not just expect the other guy to do it. Incease taxes for all, cut spending across the board and think in terms of dollars not votes.
"A massive dysfunctional government cannot fix itself.
I think you can argue that Clinton's tax increases in 1993 helped fix the problem at the time."
Yeah and I could argue that the contract with America did the same.
But you provide no definition for "helped fix", what else did, or what the "problem" was or what the "fix" was.
Without that it's just empty rhetoric to make those claims.
The tech boom, dot com bubble and false earnings reportings fed the phony economy of the 90s and government grew more out of control than ever as Republicans abandoned their fiscal conservatism.
Like I said before, if you can't apply any remedy to a local or state level how is it ever going to happen on a grand scal nationally? c


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When you think about it, having to pay more for your vehicle and driver's licence isn't completely outrageous.
Star editorial: A 'licence' to spend money
When you think about it, having to pay more for your vehicle and driver's licence isn't completely outrageous. Vehicle renewals haven't gone up since 2004, which is an eternity for this tax-and-spend provincial government. And the increase for your driver's licence — going from $75 to $80 on Sunday — means one fewer latte in your life.
But for most people, it's the phoney explanation that irritates them the most. That, and the fact it's not a one-time thing. By 2015, the vehicle portion will have gone up 32 per cent (from $82 to $108) and by 2016 the increase will funnel another $365 million of taxpayers' hard-earned money into government coffers.
Transportation Minister Glen Murray had this to say: "Making sure our roads, highways and bridges remain in good repair is critical to Ontario's economy. These moderate fee changes will help recover the cost of providing the quality services Ontarians expect and help maintain the province's highway infrastructure for years to come."
To which the average Ontarian likely thought: But isn't that what the gasoline tax is for? To repair roads and bridges and support public transit?
And haven't the Liberals already raked in millions of extra dollars for roads, thanks to the HST, which opened the door for them to disingenuously double tax the gas we buy?
Based on past practice, it's hard to believe the government will use the money as intended. The gas tax money collected has not, as promised, gone into a dedicated fund for road work and infrastructure.
Much of it has been thrown into the general revenue bin, and who knows how it's been used. (Given the number of billion-dollar scandals and double-digit public sector wage hikes under this government, one can only imagine.)
Elliott Silverstein, government relations manager for CAA South Central Ontario, doesn't seem to have a beef with the increase — if it's used the way it's supposed to be used.
"CAA has continuously called on the government to put these revenues into a separate fund for transportation," he said. "If there are going to be increases it certainly is our hope that the government will allocate these increases back into road infrastructure to ensure Ontario's roads stay safe."
There's not a voter out there who would disagree with him. Of course this money has to be strictly allocated and monitored. The question is, who is going to do it?
We clearly can't rely on the Liberals to handle our money responsibly. Nor can we be sure they won't try to earmark the lion's share of the renewal fees for the GTA, or attempt to revisit the idea of road tolls.
A minority government gives the opposition leverage, and the two other leaders better use it. From a social perspective, this is right up NDP Leader Andrea Horwath's alley. From a fiscally conservative point of view, Tim Hudak should be weighing in.
It's interesting that Ottawa sends federal gas tax revenues straight to municipalities under an arrangement with the Association of Ontario Municipalities.
In just four years, from 2010 to 2014, the total transferred will be $2.987 billion.
Taxpayers should be asking: Why does the province only give two cents per litre to municipalities to fund public transit, and why aren't all 444 Ontario municipalities benefiting from those revenues? That's where the money raised from these new licensing fees should go.


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Humble Nindie: A Nintendo Humble Bundle
UPDATE: New indie games have been included to this bundle with Sportsball (WiiU), Gunman Clive (3DS) and Bit.Trip (WiiU). Currently the average price is sitting below the $10 mark, so just spend the $10 and you will get all of these games for your Nintendo 3DS and WiiU.
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While Humble Bundle has been primarily a PC deal where gamers can spend an amount that they feel adequate and receive a bundle of games. Of course there are other tiers of donations you can make that will get you a bit more than if you donated less. I say donate, because all proceeds go to a charity, and often a charity of your choice.
The Humble Nindie Bundle will garner those who donate a few digital indie titles on both the Nintendo 3DS and the Wii U.
The standard donation lineup currently offers Guacamelee (Wii U), Woah Dave! (3DS) and Mighty Switch Force (3DS).
If you donate $10 or more you will get Stealth Inc 2 (Wii U) as well as SteamWorld Dig (Wii U and 3DS).
A third tier will also be available if you donate more than the average donation amount which will get you The Fall (WIi U), OlliOlli (Wii U and 3DS) and Moon Chronicles (3DS)
There also is the availability for more games coming to this bundle with the website stating:
More games coming soon!
More games will be added to this bundle next Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. Pacific!
If you pay more than the average at your time of purchase, you'll automatically unlock even more games when they arrive! Keep checking the site and prepare to be surprised and delighted!
So if you are looking for a pretty sweet deal to add to your Nintendo lineup, be sure to snag this bundle up while it lasts!
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"Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves."
2 Corinthians 13:5a, NIV
This year the Lent begins on this 18th February, the Ash Wednesday! The six weeks before Easter is called the "Lenten Season". It is a time to focus on the suffering, death and resurrection of our Saviour – Jesus Christ.
If you want to be a person of great faith with a great dream and a great life work, you do the very things that David did to defeat the giants of delay, discouragement, disapproval, and doubt.
The word "lent" means "lengthen" and stands for that time in spring when the days grow longer.
The original period of Lent was 40 hours. In the early 3rd century, Lent was lengthened to 6 days. About 800 AD it was changed to 40 days. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, 40 days before Easter. Sundays are not included in those 40 days. Those 40 days correspond with Christ's 40 days in the wilderness.
Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, is celebrated in many parts of the world with feasting. The French call it "Mardi Gras". The Germans call it "Fausching". The feasting comes from the custom of using up household fats prior to the 40 days of Lenten fasting, when no fat is used. Shrove Tuesday takes it's name from "shriving" or forgiving sins. The word "carnival", in relation to Mardi Gras means "good-bye to meat".
In early England, women of the parish traditionally spent Holy Week scrubbing the church, so it would sparkle for the Festival of Easter.
The Lenten season is intentionally set aside for examination, instruction, repentance and prayer. This season is one of preparation for all the people of God.
"For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For each one shall bear his own load." Galatians 6:3-5
In the Lenten season, self-examination is crucial. An individual's response to the call for purposeful reflection on one's need for God is an important factor in choosing a discipline with which to actively observe Lent. For some, fasting is a means of self-examination and denial; yet, fasting is not an appropriate discipline for all people.
The purpose of a Lenten discipline is to strip away those things which clutter one's life or impede one from being in relationship with God. It is also a time for people to experience and reflect on the sufferings of Jesus, in light of personal sin and unrighteousness.
"Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls." Hebrews 12:1-3
During Lent many people give extra time to personal and public prayer. The traditional symbol for these forms of Lenten prayer is the pretzel.
In the fifth century, Christians were known to make dough of flour, salt and water, which they shaped into the form of two crossed arms to remind themselves to pray. The pretzel was only eaten during the season of Lent, as a reminder to pray.
"If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14
As Christ fasted and prayed in the desert for forty days, we try to be mindful of Christ for the standards by which we live our lives, with goals of self-giving and suffering love.
With such high goals, any programmatic response may seem to fall short, yet an attempt to incorporate prayer, meditation, and useful action in the path of Christ into our lives, is invaluable.
"Then He said to them all, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me." Luke 9:23
"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I." Isaiah 58:6-9
"To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." Colossians 1:27
by "My Manna", 16 February 2015
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Camping Tenuta Primero
This spaciously laid out campsite is just 50 metres from the beach and a 10 minute drive from the seaside resort of Grado and its historical centre. It's the perfect spot for a family camping holiday, filled with sun, sea and beaches.
Why camping Tenuta Primero ?
- Camping Tenuta Primero is right by the beach. The water is shallow and pleasantly warm here. So perfect for small children. Fancy swimming in the sea? Then jump into the water from the pier. When you're back on dry land, take a refreshing shower and then relax in the sunshine.
- Get your chilled drinks and ice creams from the Kite bar on the beach. It's open every day. Feel like some water sports, like pedaloing, surfing, kitesurfing or sailing? Sign up for activities at the beach sports club next to the kite bar. Hopefully your kids will still have some energy left over for the entertainment at the mini and junior clubs.
- The blue flag beach of Grado is just a 10 minute drive away. This means clean beaches with all the required facilities, such as toilets and restaurants.
- Talking of restaurants. Try the one at the campsite. It's superb! Great fresh fish. Tasty pizzas, a special kids menu and a gorgeous view of the sea from the terrace. For a quick snack or chicken or fish take away head for the pool bar or rotisserie.
- The swimming pools are pretty as a picture. Smaller kids splash about in the 2 smaller ones, while teens jump into the large pool. And you? Well you're in the jacuzzi of course!
- The campsite is big. It's a good idea to bring your bikes or hire them at the campsite. That way you can discover the surrounding countryside at your own pace. Tip: buy some fresh bread and fruit from the campsite shop and stop for a picnic.
Tip from the specialist:
"Spacious campsite 50 metres from the beach and a 10 minute drive from the historical town of Grado.Trieste and Venice are close by. The perfect spot for a sun, sea and beach holiday with the kids."
The surrounding area of Tenuta Primero
The campsite is fantastic and both young and old have endless fun by the sea. But there's plenty more to do in the area. Visit the cities of Grado, Trieste and Venice. Or explore the beautiful surrounding countryside.
Some tips for your holiday at Tenuta Primero in Grado
- The place to visit in the area is Grado. Enjoy a pleasant day by the sea. Then stroll around the old part of town, through narrow lanes and past public squares and quaint little shops. End the day with a walk along the modern promenade and a well-deserved meal by the harbour.
- Hire an electric boat by Tenuta Primero and ride along the Adriatic coast to Trieste or even Venice. First you blow away the cobwebs and then you're ready to explore the city.
- You can really pamper yourself in Grado. In the spa with heated sea water, a Finnish sauna and Turkish steam bath. If you're on holiday with the kids, go to the Grado thermal waterpark. The kids can whizz down waterslides, while you relax in a massage bath.
- Visit Trieste, the capital of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. Rumoured to have the best coffee and cappuccino in Italy. Stroll along the beautiful promenade, past the statue of the 2 pretty maidens and the San Spiridione church. Tip: take the tram from Piazza Oberdan to the village of Opicina, close to the Slovenian border.
- Enjoy a gondola ride through the streets of Venice. Take that perfect holiday snap on the San Marco square. Venice is just 90 minutes from camping Tenuta Primero!
- Tour the lagoon and nature reserves near Grado. By boat or by bike.
Activities & pools
- 1 outdoor pool (from 28/04/2018 until 21/09/2018 (incl.)) 8 x 15 m, depth: 1,5 m
- 2 children's pools
- 1st swimming pool (from 28/04/2018 until 21/09/2018 (incl.)) 64 sqm
- 2nd swimming pool (from 28/04/2018 until 21/09/2018 (incl.)) 20 sqm
- swimming cap mandatory
- swimming shorts allowed
Extra water fun
- 2 whirlpools
- campsite directly next to the Adriatic Sea (with a sandy beach)
Spa and wellness
- sauna (to be paid)
- steam room (to be paid)
- massages
- hairdresser
Sports and playing
- several small playgrounds
- rental bikes (from 28/04/2018 until 21/09/2018 (incl.)) on the campsite: city bike, bicycle for children and bicycle seat for children
- basketball
- fitness room (indoor, to be paid)
- golf: 18 holes (at 0,1 km)
- mini golf
- mini football
- beach volleyball
- table tennis
- tennis: on the campsite (3 lightened outdoor courts)
- football
- volleyball
- water sports in the neighbourhood: kitesurfing, paddle surfing, wakeboarding and windsurfing
- trampoline
- animation (from 28/04/2018 until 21/09/2018 (incl.))
- animation target customer(s): toddlers and kids
- entertainment languages: English, German and Italian
Eating and drinking
- 2 restaurants: 1st restaurant (from 28/04/2018 until 21/09/2018 (incl.)), 2nd restaurant (from 28/04/2018 until 21/09/2018 (incl.))
- take-away
- bar
- pool bar
- beach bar
- ice-cream bar
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- reception: credit cards are accepted: American Express, Diners, Mastercard and Visa
- wifi: only in the central area (to be paid)
- quay/buoy for boats
- supermarket (from 28/04/2018 until 21/09/2018 (incl.))
- laundry possibilities: laundrette and dryer
- barbecue facilities: gas barbecue allowed, carbon barbecue not allowed, electric barbecue allowed
Mobile home
Specific details
- surface area of the mobile home: 32 m², excluding the terrace
- covered porch
- sun and shade
- subsoil: grass and sand
- airconditioning
- heating (only in living room)
- check in between 16:00 and 20:00 - check out between 08:00 and 10:00
- pets not allowed
- no deposit
Additional costs
- tourist tax 1,00 € per person per night
Bookable extras
- cot available locally 2,00 € per piece per night
- highchair available locally 2,00 € per piece per night
- bed linen (single bed) 10,00 € per set per time
- bed linen (double bed) 10,00 € per set per time
- towels 10,00 € per person per time
Sitting outside
- garden furniture: 4 garden seats, 2 adjustable seats and 1 garden table
- parasol
Cooking and living
- fully equiped kitchen with:
- fridge-freezer
- microwave
- kettle
- hob (4 gasrings)
- 1st bedroom with 1 double bed (1,40 x 1,90 m)
- 2nd bedroom with 2 single beds (0,80 x 1,90 m)
- possibility for 2 convertible beds (1,30 x 1,90 m) in living room
- woollen blankets and pillows are provided
Bathroom and toilet
- bathroom provided with shower and sink
- separate toilet
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General state of campsite
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Head start: Huff likes mental approach of MSU running backs
Football games are won on the field but in the case of Mississippi State's running backs, MSU run game coordinator Charles Huff believes his guys already have a head start because of what's going on inside their helmets.
"Their maturity and their mentality is starting to get right where I want it to be at the beginning of a season," Huff said. "We talked about in the summer, not only competing to be the best unit on this team, but the best unit in the country. They've really taken to that. Obviously they know everyone can't carry the ball 100 times, but they've all taken to that.
"The way they're attacking practice and the meetings has been impressive."
It's no surprise that a position coach would be praising his unit at this time of year. After all, the pads didn't even go on for a practice session until this past Wednesday. It's the time of year where everyone is optimistic.
However, there's little reason to doubt Huff's claims when it comes to MSU's running back group. It's a veteran bunch. Aeris Williams and Dontavian Lee are both seniors. Nick Gibson is a junior. Kylin Hill is the youngster of the group as a sophomore, but he had the second-most carries of any running back on the team a year ago.
"I've been blessed," Huff said. "I'm taking over a room where everybody has been in a game."
It's a group with incredible upside. Williams was a preseason All-Southeastern Conference third team selection. He became MSU's first running back 1,000-yard rusher since 2014 last year when he tallied 1,107 yards and six touchdowns.
Hill came to MSU prior to last season ranked as the nation's No. 6 running back recruit according to 247Sports. He showed flashes of his brilliance last year as he averaged 5 yards per carry and was one of the conference's best in yards after contact.
Those two guys – Williams and Hill – should see the bulk of the playing time this year. Most would call Williams the starter because of his senior status, but Huff said he doesn't go so far as to name anyone a starter.
"I think a lot of times, people get caught up in that word 'starter,' and that word usually changes people's work habits," Huff said. "To me, it's the same thing everywhere I've been. We don't have a starter. There's going to be a guy that goes out there first and there's going to be a guy that goes out there the next play. If you're in the game, you're the starter. That's kind of the mentality that I try and get those guys to take.
"The moment you name a starter, everyone behind them takes a second, third, fourth or fifth-type role. I don't want that. Because you can name a starter today, then something happens and another one is in there. We need every guy to prepare as if they're the starter and not coming out of the game."
So far, Huff is encouraged that everyone in his running back room appears to be adapting his philosophy. That seems to bode well for MSU's chances of rushing success in 2018.
In an offseason that has seen plenty of talk about new head coach Joe Moorhead's offense and his tendency to like to pass, one shouldn't underestimate the impact the running backs could, and likely will, have for the Bulldogs.
Huff doesn't believe his group is a finished product. Far from it in fact. However, he's sure liking where things currently stand.
"We've got a long way to go, don't get us wrong, but we're making strides," Huff said. "Coach Moorhead is always talking to us about making sure this day is better than yesterday. We've been stacking good days on top of each other. We've still got a lot of days to go, but we feel like we're in a really good spot."


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Seems to be the season for the flu and colds. All of us know someone who has had a bug or two this winter.
Count me in.
Out of the blue the other night my nose starting running, my head felt stuffed up and I felt like I was under water trying to hear what was going on around me.
Usually I don't do sick very well.
I have preferred to put the covers over my head, don't talk to anyone and generally feel sorry for myself.
If asked, I would grumpily reply about my condition with the end of the thirty-second discussion asking to be left alone.
However, this time it is different.
I am happy.
I feel stuffed up, my nose is leaking so I have a box of kleenex handy and I am aware of how I feel.
I noticed I felt happy today notwithstanding my condition.
What's changed, I wondered?
What has changed is my awareness of my physical, emotional and thinking self.
My meditation practice has made a huge impact on my life in the last twelve weeks I have been doing it regularly.
I have taught myself to do a body scan so I can check in and feel the painful places and just be with them rather than push them away.
I am happy because I take this day one moment at a time. No assumptions about what is next. Just be in this moment fully present.
I know I will come through these sniffles so why be my old self and go into a self-absorbed pity party. It doesn't help.
When you approach your life fully present in the moment you will be happier.
Whatever is going on in your life will pass on to the next phase.
That's how life works. It is in constant transition.
All that is asked of you and I is to learn to pay attention in the moment.
That is what provides the space for Happy to show up when things don't look or feel so good.
This is who you are.


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HEINEKEN, the UK's leading cider and beer business, is backing newly – launched lemon and lime premium cider Strongbow Citrus Edge with a £5m campaign.
The campaign breaks on April 7 and will run across traditional and digital outdoor sites and national and monthly press titles. The striking creative is designed to 'tempt in' consumers by surrounding the new product with delicious lemons and limes. Closer inspection shows that, hidden within the fruits and foliage protecting the cider, lie vicious – looking snakes.
Michael Gillane, Brand Director – Ciders at HEINEKEN said: "The snakes bring an element of mystery and provoke consumer interest and curiosity, while subtly reinforcing Strongbow Citrus Edge's proposition of "premium fruit cider refreshment with bite."
The campaign will run through a standalone execution and in conjunction with the Strongbow Dark Fruit variant – the most successful Beer Wines and Spirits launch of 2013. In the joint execution, the light and luscious world of Strongbow Citrus Edge seamlessly intertwines with the dark and thorny world depicted by Strongbow Dark Fruit.
The new work will be showcased on iconic outdoor and digital sites and Transvision screens in major London rail stations. The outdoor campaign will be supported by advertising in national press and monthly magazine titles.
Opening up the Classic Cider segment to more new drinkers and new occasions, Strongbow Citrus Edge combines a high fruit flavor with the famous refreshment qualities of the Strongbow Original brand. The product is available in a range of different pack formats including single 500ml bottles, 4 x440ml cans, 10 x440ml cans and 4x 500ml cans.


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AAB held an Iftar for their loyal customers. The ceremony marked the launch of the new Toyota Camry Hybrid electric vehicle in Qatar.
AAB Pre-Owned Vehicles Department (AAB POV) organized a function in their showroom to celebrate their 1st Quarter achievement.
The Customer Service Division of Abdullah Abdulghani & Bros. Co. W.L.L. (AAB) recently concluded the 2018 Body and Paint Technician Skills Contest.
The national dream car contest aims to develop children 's creative abilities and to motivate them to express their talent in drawing their dream car
The 34th Traffic Week, organized by the General Directorate Traffic, was held on 18/3, at Darb Al Saai. under the theme "Your life is precious".
Setting new standards for the compact sedan segment, AAB announced today the launch of the new exciting and stylish Yaris in Qatar.
Over 50 athletes from 20 countries supported by Toyota compete at the Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games
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Here is a by-no-means-complete list of the titles we hope Hillary will be releasing and releasing at least until Chris Matthews shuts his turkey gobbler:
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28 October 2014: 10:02am
Non-racialism is expensive
Apartheid colonialism ensured that it reproduces its unequal legacy into the democratic era. Our past is not equal and so, our present will also not be equal and I am willing to cast the same judgment about our future. This is reflected by the gini co-efficient in South Africa that is currently standing at 0.67, the highest in the world. In society this is reflected by the huge gap between private schools and public schools, suburbs and skwatta camps, public hospitals and private hospitals, universities in cities and universities in the former Bantustans, the list goes on and on. These gaps are not created by a democracy.
In South Africa you can exist without the government if you have money. You can send your children to the best schools in the land, take your sick parents to a private health care institute, pay a private security company to look after your house and safety. This lifestyle occurs in the metropolis (essentially the white community) where a standard of living is artificially high. This is supported by the instance of assets, number of cars per household, domestic assistants, swimming pools, security guards, huge green grass backyard, braai areas, staircases, dogs and so on.
To achieve non-racialism, it is the black people who must aspire to these standards and dilute themselves with white people. Black parents will have to pay thousands of rands and send their children to St Alban's College and Diocesan School for Girls for there to be non-racialism in those schools. Black people will have to go stay in Sandton for such an area to be considered a non-racial settlement. Essentially, where there are black people and white people together there is money involved. In other words, non-racial communities are money communities. You will never ever find non-racialism in township schools or supermarkets in rural areas. Non-racialism is financially expensive.
In search of this non-racial dream, black people wish to achieve that standard of living of the metropolis, and they want to do so very quickly and fast. They begin to adopt a culture of short-termism in their way of going about their business and material self-advancement. Their struggle towards quick and fast financial advancement gains legitimacy because it forms part of social change and non-racialism ushered in by this democracy as a prerequisite together with the opportunities it comes with in the political and public sphere. However, unlike their white colleagues, they do not have historical assets, and they have extended families to support. A salary of a white teacher will not have the same effect as a salary of a black teacher, if numbers in their families who depend on such a salary is anything to go by. As a result, black people rely on either debts and patronage to finance their dreams. After being deep inside this lifestyle to a point of no return, the black person tries to acquire these resources to maintain their artificial lifestyle either by hook or crook! Going up the ladder towards quick and fast financial accumulation occurs in a number of ways, including:
• Management positions in the public sector
• The university student leadership where benefits are attached with being an SRC member including kick backs for deals and contracts
• Accepting to front as a black face on a BEE deal for a white owned enterprise
• Trade union leadership that supervises billions of pension funds, even shop-stewards who influence service tenders of catering and cleaning etc
I do acknowledge the new generation of young black professionals and entrepreneurs who are rising up the echelons of financial advancement in a fair and square manner through their abilities, hard work and expertise even sometimes without affirmative action. In as much that is the case, they are only a few.
What I must also note is that these positions attained by black people to achieve their non-racial dream, they are fragile and insecure. They do not occupy them solely to transform society for the better to achieve the strategic vision of the nation. Rather, it is a matter and means of surviving and maintaining the climbing towards quick and fast financial advancement in order to fit in the bracket of a non-racial lifestyle.
by:Pedro Mzileni [columnist]
28 October 2014: 9:57am
Mayibuye iAfrica
We, African descendants, are pathetic. It's been over 90 days since 200 odd girls were kidnapped and they have not returned. The number of girls missing is still sketchy. It's been less than a month since the whole TB Joshua debacle and we are mum on it. Heritage Day has been labelled Braai Day. The are other injustices taking place and have been left unresolved. What do we do? We look for other things and jump onto American fads like the ALS Ice Bucket thing forgetting what is happening at home. Americans, in doing the Ice Bucket challenge, are raising awareness as to what's going in their territory. They do not care about us Africans and our African issues! The rest of the world could not be bothered either. They are too preoccupied with what is going on in their territory; anything that is happening outside is none of their business unless it has a detrimental effect on their functioning.
South Africa, we have completely lost the plot too. We hide behind the comfort of screens facing our reality through 140 characters or status updates. We challenge society by making a mockery of a few. We have become insensitive. We don't know how to relate to each others as humans. We treat each other as ploys to fulfil a void in our lives. We have turned our backs and the very same people who we expect to protect us. We are not loyal to our past, instead we ridicule it as the stupidity of our ancestors. We have become generic models mimicking the rest of the world, we rely on handouts and on others, we are not authentic to our customs, cultures and all other traits that make us African. We are by-products of globalisation. We essentially have become mini America prior to the big economic boom. We are in a rut filled with societal struggles that have become such a norm. We have accepted Heritage Day as Braai Day fuelling the corporate world. We accept corruption as being part of everyday life. We say what is a government without corruption? We accept crime as being part of the cycle of life and without it there is something lacking in the world. We are materialistic. We find comfort in material objects that bring us temporary happiness.
You question who am I to even raise such points and say such when I am a product of this and that. My dear, it is not about what made me. It is about what am I doing to ensure that the next generation does not suffer such ordeals. We need to look beyond the lines of race and gender. We need to look beyond the haves and have nots and leave a legacy behind that will benefit society as a whole.
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A lot of discussion has been happening regarding the relevancy over hosting such large scale and expensive quadrennial multi-sporting events, especially compared to smaller, more frequent multi-sporting events such as the Outgames or Sin City Shootout. No doubt I absolutely love to participate in both kinds of events but being able to participate in a large event like the Gay Games is a whole different experience for me.
The Olympic Games matter because it is one of the few times where people from all over the world can temporarily set aside their differences and participate in an athletic event that's common to all. The Gay Games is no different and the opportunity to truly be apart of a worldwide community is something that no annual or 2 year event can accomplish.
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City Council, District 2 — City of La Mirada
Andrew Sarega
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- Infrastructure improvement and repair is an ongoing...
- Safe Neighborhoods. La Mirada is one of the safest...
- La Mirada offers many advantages that attract and...
My Top 3 Priorities
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- Business
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Community Activities
Before ever settling in the beautiful city of La Mirada, my parents were forced to undergo a wild journey that led them 6,000 miles away from their homes in Romania. My father held a coveted position in Romania during the 1980s that grabbed the attention of the communist government. They sought to use him and his position to spy on foreign diplomats that came to Romania and in turn he would have been greatly rewarded. However, my father refused to work with the secret police or the communist government, which in return meant certain death for him and my mother. My father's refusal came from a deep faith in God which he had been persecuted for his entire life in Romania. Thus they were forced to flee the country on foot, crossing the Danube River in the dead of winter, through former Yugoslavia, and eventually made their way to Vienna, Austria. During communism people were not allowed to leave the country without permission and those who did faced death or worse. After nine months in the refugee camps of Vienna, they were granted political asylum and made their way to the United States of America where they eventually settled in La Mirada.
My own story began two months after my parents arrived to America. Despite working multiple jobs and eventually running his own business, my father always made time for me and my siblings. He along with my mother instilled in us the values of hard work, perseverance, and taught us to cherish the freedom we were blessed with. Growing up in La Mirada was also a blessing as the city enjoyed great schools and sports programs. I excelled in both graduating from La Mirada High School with highest honors and then pursuing a career in professional soccer after attending Biola University. During my time playing in Brazil and Romania I learned a great many things about the world outside of the United States and how truly unique and important our country is.
After an unfortunate injury I returned home and applied to become a police officer with the city of Newport Beach. I was hired on as a police officer with the city at the age of 21 and began my career in the noble professional of law enforcement. During my time with Newport Beach PD, I served in many different capacities and was even awarded a Life-Saving Award in 2012. Additionally, while working fulltime I also returned to college and obtained my B.A. in Criminal Justice from Cal State Fullerton. From there I pursued my Master of Public Administration degree at National University, obtaining that degree in March of 2015. I also served as the Vice-President of the Newport Beach Police Association. During my time on the board of directors I got to see an entirely different perspective of local government. This experience has helped me understand the needed balance that can only be achieved through sincere collaboration.
Working as a police officer and seeing the problems that plague so many cities from a firsthand perspective I decided to put my acquired knowledge in the service of my own city. In March 2013, I was elected as the youngest council member ever to serve the city of La Mirada at the age of 25. It was also then that I married my beautiful wife Susan Sarega, who to this day continues to relentlessly support me and the city of La Mirada. Since that time I have sought to help the city grow into model for all surrounding cities while maintaining the small town community atmosphere the residents love. As a councilman and representative of the city, I have served on numerous regional boards including League of California Cities, California Contract Cities Association, Gateway Cities Council of Governments, and Southern California Association of Governments. I have spent much of my own time fighting to preserve the values that La Mirada treasures on both a regional and state level. That is also my promise to the residents of La Mirada, that I will continue to fight against destructive policies from the county and state level, while also fighting to make La Mirada a better place to live.
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The video encompasses the exchanges between the La Mirada City Council with regards to the new district map proposals.
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My Top 3 Priorities
- Infrastructure improvement and repair is an ongoing endeavor that must be carried out to the highest of standards. If re-elected, I will strive to keep our focus on this ongoing need.
- Safe Neighborhoods. La Mirada is one of the safest communities in the region, and we must continue to be proactive in strengthening La Mirada's Public Safety Team, while fortifying our partnership with The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
- La Mirada offers many advantages that attract and retain businesses. I pledge to further strengthen our relationships within the business community, and will work to attract the types of businesses that La Mirada's residents want and need.
Community Activities
It has been my pleasure to call the City of La Mirada "home" for the past 37 years. My husband Jeff, a 50-year resident, and I have enjoyed raising our family here in the community that we love. My occupational background is in the field of finance; I am an Assistant Controller for an area corporation.
To give you a brief history of my record of public service and commitment to our community, I was appointed to the La Mirada City Council on July 5, 2011, and was elected to the Council on March 5, 2013. I was elected to the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District Board of Education four consecutive times, serving from 1995-2011.
Additionally, I have been active locally in youth sports leagues, serving as the Treasurer/Board Member and Coach for the La Mirada Girls Softball Association. I have also been active with the Parent Teachers Association many years, where I served in several capacities, including President of the Norwalk-La Mirada Council of PTAs.
I would like to continue serving as your La Mirada Councilwoman because I want to contribute positively and effectively to the community in which I live. I am not motivated by political aspirations or self gain. My ongoing goal is to ensure that our civic government, whose decisions directly affect each and every one of us, be conducted in an ethical, sensible, and fiscally sound manner.
With all that we currently enjoy, our city faces many critical issues. Perilous economic times, an aging infrastructure, and the need for modernization all present challenges that must be met with proven and productive leadership if we are to stay on course and plan for La Mirada's future. I have the experience and skills necessary to meet these challenges and continue working as your Councilwoman.


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University Innovation Alliance National Summit
Atlanta, GA - The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is pleased to invite you to the first national summit for Student Success Innovation and Campus Transformation.
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Coweta County, GA WebsiteHome Menu
What are the non-emergency numbers I call if I have a question for the Fire Department?
The numbers for the head-quarters station, #6 on Turkey Creek Road, are
and the fax is 770-254-3903.
What services does the Coweta County Fire Department provide?
We provide Fire, EMS, Haz-Mat, Extrication, High-angle rescue, Confined-space rescue, Fire Prevention, Smoke Detectors, Hydrant Maintenance, Vehicle Maintenance, etc.
Should I call the Fire Department if I lock my keys in the car, my cats in a tree, or I need my blood pressure checked, etc.?
You can always call the Fire Department, no matter what your problem or question is. Someone here can always help to get your question answered or your problem solved.
How can I obtain a copy of a Fire report?
Fire reports may be obtained 5 working days after the incident by calling 770-254-3900. Attention Fire Marshal Blaine Shirley email@example.com
Who do I contact for a Fire Safety class?
Assistant Chief Jimmy Gantt schedules all fire safety classes and may be reached at 770-254-3900, or firstname.lastname@example.com
Can we have our home inspected for fire hazards?
Yes. We will be happy to come out and do an inspection, as well as help you plan an exit drills, provide smoke detectors, etc .
What is the typical fire department response to an emergency call?
Medical: One engine
House Fire: Two engines, Rescue 1, One Tanker, 2 Captains Trucks and 1 Command Vehicle
Auto Accident: One engine, Rescue 1,One Captain's Truck
This is the minimal response that you can expect to receive, response may vary depending on call type, call severity, and other assets committed.
How many people work for the Coweta County Fire Department?
1 Chief, 1 Deputy Chiefs, 1 Fire Marshal, 1 Fire Inspector, 4 Assistant Chiefs, 12 Shift Captains, 1 Captain in Logistics, 1 Captain in Techonlogy services, 139 Firefighters, 1 Fleet Manager, 3 Maintenance Technician, 1 Administrative Assistant,
How can I get a smoke detector?
If you are in need of smoke detectors, CCFD will provide and install them in your home at no charge. Call our head-quarters station at 770-254-3900, or E-mail Assistant Chief Alan Smith email@example.com
How many hours do Firefighters work?
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What is Coweta County's ISO rating?
Excluding the City of Newnan, the rating is an urban class 4/9.
In 1981 our points rating was 41.82
In 2003 our points rating was 48.38 - 1.62 points from a class 5
In 2010 Our points rating was 57.25
How many miles does the Fire Department cover?
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What months do you consider "peak" fire months?
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Dec. 13.1%
Jan. 13.3%
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Mar. 9.6%
Who do I contact if I want to burn yard waste?
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Holiday shopping is almost always a headache. Every year I say that I am going to start early and every year, I don't. I think this is because the boys always change there mind about what they want. Last year, 3 days before christmas, Spencer decided he wanted something. While nodding at him, I am thinking to myself, "Really kid? I already bought it all, wrapped it all, and hid it all in places that I hope I can remember." One year I am just going to wrap some Duracell Batteries and throw them in a box. Here ya go kiddo! Merry Christmas!
My Mom is notorious for buying the toys that do not shut off. I think this is secretly payback for all of the times I misbehaved as a child. You know the toys I mean. The ones that start going off at 3 am because the dog bumped them. The ones that are loud enough to be used as a tornado siren to warm the villagers. These toys are why Mom's find a glass of wine at the end of the night. Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. Information ahs been provided by SheSpeaks and all stories and opinions are my own, as always.
How many times have you gone to a toy store, breathed a sign of relief when you finally got back in the car, only to co home and realize….. you forgot batteries. They can use the new toys without them right? It encourages the use of imagination. Right, that's it!… No?
While I want their toy batteries to last as brief as possible, I do look for the longest lasting batteries I can find for other things. After all, I don't like to get off my butt to change the channel on the TV. Do you? What do you mean that's why we had kids? I thought that was to see how long we can keep all of our hair. If you have forgotten your batteries, have no fear! You can hop on over to Walmart and pick up some Duracell batteries! Yes, I am trying to help you not leave your couch for any reason tonight. Always happy to help a fellow Mom out. read the rest of this entry »