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Today's Quote March 13/10
"Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve."
Edward Albee
NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE
This morning , on MSNBC , I heard a very clear explanation of the machinations and back flips being contemplated by the "most honest and open congress in history " , to defy the majority , and pass Obama Care. Democrat spokesperson Lawrence O'Donnell made clear that , what Pelosi and Reid are attempting , has never been done before.
Never before has Congress abandoned a bill in the middle of conference , and switched to reconciliation to try to ram it through . Never before has a Congress attempted to amend a law that does not actually exist.
If this take over of health care was good for the American people ,would this "open and honest " group of legislators need these weasel tactics to cram it down our throats ?
P. S. In February we experienced the largest monthly deficit in history . ( This might be a good time to cut back on our spending )
SOS
March 13/10
Check to see if the world is ending!!
I never, ever, thought this day would come. I actually agree with gobsmacked on something.
Social security is in trouble because we pay out a huge amount for non social security reasons.
If we dropped everybody who had a fart caught crossways and just used it for what it was originally intended - retirement - we would be fine. But nope, we pay each and every one who has some kind of ailment that they think they should be reimbursed for.
Bard
March 13/10
Dick Durbin Contradicts Obama on Premiums if ObamaCare Passes
Even Dick Durbin calls Obama a liar on his claim that ObamaCare will reduce insurance premiums and he knows a hell of a lot more about the particulars of the issue than we do. It stands to simple reason that adding millions more people and requiring companies to cover pre-existing conditions will not reduce costs but escalate them.
Check out the short video in the link below and learn the truth.
Doc Bill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSjsshfN1MQ
March 13/10
Nancy Pelosi
I watched this woman on Charlie Rose the other night and it only took about five minutes to see why people hate her so much. If Quazimento had a younger sister it would be her.
March 13/10
The dream of wind power is a nightmare
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/
2009/04/08/wind-power-is-a-complete-disaster.aspx#ixzz0hoYhsrBS
March 13/10
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
A man was just waking up from anesthesia after surgery, and his wife was sitting by his side. His eyes fluttered open and he said, "You're beautiful." Then he fell asleep again. His wife had never heard him say that before, so she stayed by his side. A few minutes later his eyes fluttered open and he said, "You're cute." The wife was disappointed because instead of "beautiful," it was now "cute." She asked, "What happened to beautiful?" The man replied, "The drugs are wearing off."
March 13/10
Today's Quote March 12/10
"Everybody should have an equal chance --
but they shouldn't have a flying start."
Harold Wilson
To the Editor
As a former member of the Fort Ontario Guard, I would like to emphasize the importance of FortOntario’s role in the history of the United States. From 1755 to the end of the Second World War, the fort defended the mouth of the Oswego River and its access to Lake Ontario and beyond.
The British in 1755, realized the strategic location off the bluff on the northeast corner of the Oswego River, they wanted to control and deny the water routes to their rival, France. In 1756, Fort Ontario served as battleground between the two Titans, Britain and France, during their quest for control of North America. The French won the battle and destroyed the Fort Ontario in August, 1756. The British returned in 1759 and constructed a much larger garrison to control this vital area.
Twenty years later, during the American Revolution, the British used the fort as a base for the Iroquois Nation to raid American settlements. In 1778, the Americans burned the fort in an effort to prevent additional raids into the Mohawk Valley. The British returned in 1782 and rebuilt Fort Ontario again, it remained in their possession until 1796, even though there was aborted attempt by American forces in 1783 to destroy the fort once again, the so called last action of the Revolutionary War.
In 1814, during the War of 1812, the British destroyed Fort Ontario in a attempt to help prevent the flow of supplies to nearby American bases on Lake Ontario. The fort remained dormant until the present structure was started in 1839, to answer British threats from Canada.
During the Civil War, the Fort Ontario was used as a training facility for units joining the Army of the Potomac, but during the early part of 1862 the British threat increased from Canada. There was a real fear by the Lincoln Administration that it Britain sided with the Confederacy, she would invade the northern border states. Fort Ontario quickly regained its attention as a bastion of defense for the United States. A year later, during the New York Draft Riots, important records were secured in Fort Ontario until order was restored in New York City.
After the Civil War, Fort Ontario continued to be an active military post that actually increased in size in the years before World War I. It continued to base Army troops until the end of World War II and housed Jewish refugees from Europe.
What these politicians do not realize is that there Fort Ontario played a long role in the history of the United States, Are we going to allow a pen from Governor Paterson to erase Fort Ontario? A sad affair, after considering the blood that was spilled on the site. I ask you to join myself and others not to let the fort fall in the hands of budget cuts from Albany. My fear is that if Fort Ontario is closed it will never be re-opened and that all the progress in the restoration will be lost, as well as some of your tax dollars that helped pay for the improvements.
David D’Arcy
Savannah, Georgia
March 12/10
The American Form of Government
For those of you who slept through the explanation of our government in Social Studies class, or had a progressive teacher who didn't know what kind of government we have, check out the video in the link below and learn the truth. By the way, we are not a democracy, we are a Republic. That is a very important difference. Educate yourself by watching the video.
Doc Bill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXTiMLSYXF0
March 12/10
Low-tax Texas beats big-government California
Texas is far ahead of California and is thriving while California is going through it's death throws. California's government has controlled far too much while Texas has let the people alone and the wisdom of that is proved by their respective economic situations.
Check out the article in the link below and learn the truth. Doc Bill
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Low-tax-Texas-beats-
big-government-California-86681467.html
March 12/10
Cutting cost
The school board's next field trip is going to be to India, to study ways to cut transportation cost so the administration can justify a pay increase and hire a few more family members.
Remember they do it for the kids.
March 12/10
School closing
People are so desperate to have a school close that they aren't stopping to ask questions. The current plan hinges on a four classroom addition to the middle school that will cost millions of dollars. Those classrooms were needed at the time the capital project was created because of the students being housed in the portables. Now, there are approximately 20 kids in the portables and if the enrollment continues to decline, by next year there will be no kids in the portables. Why do we need a multi-million dollar addition? Why do we need to spend millions to repurpose Leighton school for the ed center staff? It will take years to recover those costs. They may have you believe that there will be substantial lay-offs, but I won't be fooled. And no, I am not a Leighton parent. Just a skeptical tax-payer.
March 12/10
Time For Talking is Over It's Time To Vote...Just like Climate Science !
Stop questioning !
The President is back doing the one thing he does well . He is back on the campaign trail .He's in campaign mode , orating in front of a backdrop of cheering sycophants , mostly government union members (the only group prospering in this pre socialist climate) .
In the Presidential campaign he seemed to promise all things to all people . Now we see that most people want none of what he is pushing , and that he will defy the will of the majority to gain more Federal control of banking , finance , industry , medicine , media, even your fishing pole !
DON'T BE FOOLED AGAIN !
March 12/10
"Kansas City, Mo. Closing 29 OUT OF 61 Schools"
'KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City School Superintendent John Covington says the decision to close almost half the district's schools was difficult and painful but "unquestionably the right thing to do."
The Kansas City school board voted 5-4 Wednesday night to close 29 of the district's 61 schools in an effort to stave off bankruptcy. The schools will close at the end of the school year.'
March 12/10
READ MORE...........
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_closing_schools
March 12/10
re Biology Class
"... 'Name seven advantages of Mother's Milk,..."
It makes great cheese. gobsmacked
March 12/10
Is that Fromunda cheese?
re Nice try
"... "Government-run health care" is Medicare and Medicaid. They both like Social Security are unfunded liabilities & wrought with fraud. Not to mention more and more doctors won't accept either one. Gee, where can I sign up?!?!?!" (But, you are unsigned here)
It is difficult to address some of these unsigned posts because one never knows if it is an old familiar nut not worth fooling with, or a brand new one. You can get an idea of the confusion it causes when recently someone decided doc. Bill and I were one and the same. And we both sign off on posts. So; unknown poster hiding in the internet ethers, you might want to know more about your subject before wasting our time with your emotional rants, rather than fact. Social Security is [and has been] funded and would be in great shape today if the payments had been dedicated and not just dumped into the general fund for your roads and schools for your children and buses to get them there and breakfasts for when they do get there and children born to illegal aliens, etc. Hell, SS is probably helping to fund Medicare when you think about it, but I guess you didn't. gobsmacked
March 12/10
This fact will probably be denied by our lefty teachers but have a look anyway.
http://biggovernment.com/vderugy/2010/03/10/who-is-the-stimulus-money-stimulating-teachers/
March 12/10
Wow 48% graduating. Go here for an update on the school firings.
Could we be headed this way?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/03/09/rhode.island.school.battle/index.html?hpt=T2
March 12/10
So much for the lefty unemployment rate of 9.7
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/10/states-report-higher-
unemployment-january/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_
campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Text+-+Politics%29
March 12/10
Executive principal position to be cut at Liverpool High School |
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/executive_principal_position_t.html
March 12/10
School Budget
As a taxpayer in the city of Oswego School District I am all for closing a school. I just am not sure it should be Leighton. It is the last school that was built. Why are we not thinking about an older school that maybe doesn't have a lot of parking, or has issues like mold in the basement. I here students complain some of the schools are cold in the winter.
If the Administrators move into Leighton I am sure they will want to remodel first. How much will that cost? How much will it cost to add on to the Middle school to accommodate the 6th graders?
Why are we not thinking about down sizing of the Administration to save some money? They do not work with the children and I do think our Administration is top heavy. Also I have heard we have many teachers that could retire but only 3 have signed up. Why don't we offer them an incentive to retire and not hire them back as substitutes. Also, when the new contracts come up not pay medical for the rest of their lives. At $96.50 (Medicare premium) per retired person over 65 we probably could save a bundle. How about renting out space that we have left over in school buildings to BOCES etc..
If we hired new teachers their salaries would not be as high as the ones we have. Also, if our teachers were not hired back as subs we wouldn't be paying as much for subs. Has any of the above been discussed?
March 12/10
Wee Bit Of Catholic Humor:
A married Irishman went into the confessional and said to his priest,
"I almost had an affair with another woman."
The priest said, "What do you mean, almost?"
The Irishman said, "Well, we got undressed and rubbed together, but then I stopped."
The priest said, "Rubbing together is the same as putting it in.
You're not to see that woman again.
For your penance, say five Hail Mary's and put $50 in the poor box."
The Irishman left the confessional, said his prayers, and then walked over to the poor box .
He paused for a moment and then started to leave.
The priest, who was watching, quickly ran over to him saying, "I saw that.
You didn't put any money in the poor box!"
The Irishman replied, "Yeah, but I rubbed the $50 on the box, and according to you, that's the same as putting it in!"
March 12/10
Today's Quote March 11/10
“Our sheriff is the lowest paid in the 62 counties in our state.
What we’re paying out of our pockets for the sheriff is 63.7 cents (per capita).
Now the other counties they pay about $14 per person out of pocket.” Myron Pringle
( from Ponzi’s lips to Myron’s ear)
SPECIAL ANNOUNCMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF MAYOR BATEMAN
The mayor wants all city residents to know the winter parking ban has been lifted, at least until it snows again. All city rules, regulations, and laws regarding parking, zoning, noise and everything else will be ignored just as in previous years.
Randi has also warned members of his extended family that get out of jail free cards for sexual abuse and other crimes against children may be somewhat difficult to obtain in light of the up coming election season.
March 11/10
Nice try
"Obstructionism" Replies to any elected official locally, state wide or nationally. Funny, nothing gets done unless at the middle class expense.
"Tyranny" is found when the righs of the American people are removed by either Republicans or Democrats, which has been going on for a very long time now.
"Terrorism" refers to acts of political violence committed by the elected officials against We the People.
"Bipartisanship" is a silly buzz-word used by both sides to make the people think they are actually doing something after they are elected into office.
"Big government" can solve all of our problems after they create the problems to begin with.....jokes on us.
"Treason" refers to George W Bush, sending us into an illegal war after 9/11, an event that has been covered up. And treason refers to Obama, keeping us in an illegal war. Treason is allowing the Federal Reserve to fleece the nation. Treason is not hearing the truth from ANY media on TV, even FOX.
"Patriotism" refers the few out there who actually KNOW what is in the Constitution and how thoses elected are ignoring it.
"Fiscal responsibility" is how you and I are supposed to live but the government has no such restraints.
"Government-run health care" is Medicare and Medicaid. They both like Social Security are unfunded liabilities & wrought with fraud. Not to mention more and more doctors won't accept either one. Gee, where can I sign up?!?!?!
March 11/10
RE: "Remember don't sign any petitions, let a school close, let administrators get cut-all they do is waste our money that we're paying for our kids NOT THEM!"
When they finally end up closing a school get a number check on how many teachers and aides actually end up losing jobs. I'm betting some shady cover-ups will surface as you know our teachers are too precious to allow them the same predicaments the rest of us have to pay. This union has become far too strong and far too left these are the same people who are directing our young.
March 11/10
Hey lefty! Why would the Department of Education need shot guns?
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=
cb68cf9f3fa2fe18a83d1c3dee0039b2&tab=core&_cview=0
March 11/10
re:Biology Class
Students in an advanced Biology class were taking their mid-term exam. The last question was, 'Name seven advantages of Mother's Milk, worth 70 points or none at all. One student, in particular, was hard put to think of seven advantages.
'Funny and accurate!!'
March 11/10
Air Force One Air Force One crashed in the middle of rural America.
Panic stricken, the local sheriff mobilized and descended on the farm in force. When they got there, the disaster was clear. The aircraft was totally destroyed with only a burned hulk left smoldering in a tree line that bordered a farm. The sheriff and his men entered the smoking mess but could find no remains of anyone, including the President.They spotted a lone farmer plowing a field not too far away as if nothing at all happened. They hurried over to the man's tractor."Hank," the sheriff yelled, panting and out of breath. "Did you see this terrible accident happen?""Yep. Sure did." The farmer mumbled unconcernedly, cutting off his motor. "Do you realize that is the airplane of the President of the United States?""Yep.""Were there any survivors?" "Nope.They's all kilt straight out" the farmer answered. "I done buried them all myself. Took me most of the morning..""President Obama is dead?" the sheriff shouted."Well," the farmer grumbled, restarting his tractor. "He kept a-saying he wasn't ... but you know what a liar he is."
March 11/10
TO Web Master--
Loved Wednesday's quote and the Johnny Cash song--THANKS!
March 11/10
SCHOOL CONFERENCES?
So, the Superindentent of schools, Crist, Kathy Chamberlain and another school district employee went on a four day conference to Texas? Are you kidding me? When we are in the midst of this economic problem, they take off for one of those ridiculous conferences? Let’s face facts - - any type of “conference” in this day of instant communication is a joke. It is just an excuse to get away and have a little vacation at taxpayer’s expense. You want to learn something from the people who are putting on the conference? Then use in-house teleconferencing. Read their literature. Listen to a lecture on tape. There are so many ways in which we are able to communicate and learn things today without ever having to leave our homes, much less travel thousands of miles away, where it will be necessary to spend our hard earned money on motel rooms, meals, transportation, tips, etc. etc. For what? They obviously have not learned anything from those conferences to improve the school system here, or we wouldn’t be in the mess we are in! The next time they want to get away for a few days, let them pay for it out of their own pockets! By the way, have you ever noticed these so-called ‘conferences” that are held in the winter months are never held in the northern states? No, they take place in the sunny south somewhere, like Texas, where our “public servants” can get in some R & R while pretending to work on our behalf. Bunch of bloodsuckers. Start sharpening your axes and do some cutting of jobs and schools, and quit squandering our money on these stupid trips.
March 11/10
Here's a thought Mr. Dun$moor:
Here's a thought for you Mr. (spend happy) Dun$moor: How about we redistrict students AND pass on tax savings to the community IF more revenue is forthcoming from the nuke plants. Why is it this district ALWAYS has to spend money instead of thinking about the taxpayerst? No it's not about the students, it's simply about feeding the OCTA monster.
Mr. (OCTA) DeCastro wants the status quo to keep his daughter, the teacher, happy.
Mr. Madden wants the status quo so OCTA will support him come election time.
Community unemployment is over 10%.
Graduation rate is 70%.
Yes Mr. Dun$moor, Mr. (OCTA) DeCastro and Mr. Madden, let's keep the status quo.
Afterall, it's working so well come graduation time and the community certainly can afford it (well, at least those that are lucky to still have jobs).
March 11/10
Syracuse budget shortfall could doom stimulus money for new police officers |
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/post_171.html
March 11/10
That is the typical Dumbsmoor mentality. Don’t be surprised if he tries to balance the budget with Lotto tickets or by placing bets in Vegas.
School Security
I would like to start with comments concerning the girls caught shoplifting in Orlando. Why did you feel it necessary to ruin the enjoyment of your fellow students? Yes one of these girls was the girl that caused trouble on the NYC trip last year, so why did the school allow her to attend another trip? Why did the school expel the five girls, which for most kids is a present not a deterrent. I do not want to have to pay for tutors to go to their houses and neither should any of you tax payers. This is a joke. These girls should be made to stay at school in a private room with school work sent down from all of their classes. They should be denied activities which the students following the rules are entitled to, such a the prom. Do not give them the freedom of enjoying their time at home. It is time for the administration to take a look at how they handle these and other disruptive students. The school is full of students that want to learn and are tired of losing out to the select few that are constantly creating extreme problems. My kids are involved in many school activities because they deserve it by attending school everyday and doing the very best they can in their classes. Those of you with kids like mine need to speak up and let the administration know we are done putting up with the behavior of students like those 5 girls. As far as the man that is head of school security he should be fired. When his daughter was caught trying to obtain an illegal document in NYC he interrogated all the students from the trip, without parental
consent and he was not employed by the school at the time. He and his daughter have caused enough trouble. How can he ever control the students if he can not control his daughter?
March 11/10
Today's Quote March 10/10
"There comes a point in your life when you realize:
Who matters,
Who never did,
Who won't anymore...
And who always will.
So, don't worry about people from your past,
there's a reason why they didn't make it to your future".
(author unknown)
Oswego City Consent order
I see that the Mayor has the consent order with the DEC on the agenda for meeting on tonight. I think it was listed at $85 MILLION DOLLARS !! What does that translate to for us the taxpayers of this fair city ? I just recently bought a house in the city and now I am concerned about how much my city taxes are going to go up. Has anyone seen any sort of numbers yet ? They talked about spreading the project over 12 years but nothing every gets cheaper so I have to believe the $85 million dollar number will be higher as the year go along.
March 10/10
The city also has something like a 20-30 Mil debt coming due on the High Dam. Unless you have enough of a fortune for your children’s grandchildren it would probably be smart to think about moving.
Oswego County Today» Oswego » Local School Officials Say ‘Let The Public Speak’
http://oswegocountytoday.com/?p=33245
March 10/10
School Security
The head of school security must make 50k a year. His teacher wife probably another 50k at least. With that kind of income how does the bank end up with your house? Is there a snow storm that did not show up on the live doppler radar? Maybe if the daughter robbed banks instead of souvinere shops they could own a home again.
March 10/10
The conservative political dictionary
"Obstructionism" only refers to Democratic minorities opposing Republican proposals.
"Tyranny" is found when an elected Democratic majority passes legislation that Republicans don't like.
"Reconciliation" describes a Senate process that Republicans are allowed to use to overcome Democratic "obstructionism."
"Terrorism" refers to acts of political violence committed by people who aren't white guys.
"Bipartisanship" is found when Democrats agree to pass Republican legislation.
"Big government" describes a dangerous phenomenon to be avoided, except in cases relating to reproductive rights or gays.
"Treason" refers to Democrats criticizing a Republican administration during a war.
"Patriotism" refers to Republicans criticizing a Democratic administration during a war.
"Fiscal responsibility" is a national priority related to keeping our deficit in check, which only applies when Republicans are in the minority.
"Government-run health care" doesn't refer to popular government-run health care programs like Medicare.
"The heartland" is the most wonderful place in America , even if no conservative pundit would be caught dead living there.
March 10/10
School District budget
My son told me today that his class field trip was cancelled due to the school district having not money to fund a bus. Interesting considering Bill Crist, Cathy Chamberlain, and another unknown administrator went to Texas last week for a 4 day conference...hmmm I'm curious who funded that bill. Fellow taxpayers I think our kids lost out yet again!
Remember don't sign any petitions, let a school close, let administrators get cut-all they do is waste our money that we're paying for our kids NOT THEM!
March 10/10
Gas seen hitting $3 a gallon this spring
http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/03/08/981495/gas-seen-hitting-3-a-gallon-this.html
March 10/10
Pauldine Sexual Abuse Case
Judge Metcalf has ruled that a recording of a telephone conversation Tony Pauldine and his alleged victim will be allowed as evidence in court. Pauldine is a good friend and employer of convicted level 2 sex offender John Gosek. Only days before his arrest last year, Pauldine’s son was married to mayor Bateman’s niece.
March 10/10
This is QUEEN PELOSI'S NEW JET!!! And the Democrats talk about Sarah's dresses???
Queen Pelosi wasn't happy with the small USAF C-20B jet, Gulfstream III that comes with the Speaker's job ... OH NO! Queen Pelosi was aggravated that this little jet had to stop to refuel, so she ordered a Big Fat, 200-seat, USAF C-32, Boeing 757 jet that could get her back to California without stopping! I understand that a former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, flew commercial most of the time. Many, many legislators walked by and grinned with glee as Joe informed everyone of what Queen Nancy's Big Fat Jet costs us, the hard working American tax payers, literally thousands of gallons of fuel every week. Since she only works 3 days a week, this gas guzzling jet gets fueled and she flies home to California every Friday and returns every Monday, at a cost to the taxpayers (YOU and ME are those taxpayers!) of about $60,000, one way! As Joe put it ...."Unfortunately we have to pay to bring her back on Monday night and that costs us another $60,000!" Taxpayers, that is $480,000 per month and that is an annual cost to us of $5,760,000!!! No wonder she complains about the cost of this war ... it might cramp her style and she is styling on my back and yours. I think of the military families in this country doing without and this woman, who heads up the most corrupt Congress in the history of our country, keeps fueling that jet while doing nothing. Queen Pelosi wants you and me to conserve our carbon footprint. She wants us to buy smaller cars and Obama wants us to get a bicycle pump and air up our tires. Who do these people think they are???
Their motto is ... Don't do as I do ... JUST DO AS I SAY! This is outrageous, forward it to all those on your email list! Keep in mind the figures above do NOT include the cost of plane or crew ... just the fuel!!! One has to wonder what the total package costs us? And on top of that ... now she wants to tax our IRA's & 401K's!
March 10/10
Driving distance from DC to LA is 2711.
The Gulfstream III is capable of carrying 8 passengers, a crew of three and baggage almost 3,700 nautical miles. So either someone is pulling your pud or they are stopping for something besides fuel.
FRAN HOEFFER
So many teachers, their families, students, etc. can’t for the life of them figure out how Fran Hoeffer managed to get elected to the Oswego school board, again, after all the controversy when he was in before. Why can’t they see that the majority of citizens here feel he is their only hope of learning the truth from a board that seems to forget who it is supposed to be representing. What is the saying? - - “PERCEPTION IS REALITY”. Even if it may not be true all the time, if the taxpayers perceive that things are being kept from them, that is what they will believe. It is the board’s job to assure everyone that things are not taking place behind closed doors that involve their money! Every single thing that is discussed by that board, with the only exception being personnel matters, should be presented as an open book! Sometimes the present board seems to have a ‘us or them’ mentality, forgetting just what their roles are. Hoeffer does go overboard sometimes, but he is only filling a need that we taxpayers have to know the truth of what is going on. He will keep getting support from the community until they feel they are not being lied to, or taken advantage of. What are we to do when we see a board unwilling or unable to take the steps needed to pare down our over-bloated school system here in Oswego? If they do what is needed, we will give Hoeffer the boot. Until then, we will have his back.
March 10/10
Gosick Working for TP Again
Heard recently that Johnnyboy is back working for TP. Don't let your daughters go strolling down that way on W. 1st. Street.
March 10/10
State says less than half of Syracuse students graduate :
http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=427334
March 10/10
Give Me A Break!
Did the person who posted the link to the propaganda against unions, and the teachers' union to be exact, bother to read any of the comments posted by the readers of yet another right-wing Fox News webpage? First of all they can barely spell or put a sentence together. They talk of anyone holding an opinion contrary to theirs as being the "enemy," such as the President of the United States. Really? They are brainwashed into believing that if you are not with them then your are a communist. They talk of "suppressing" unions or outright making them illegal. Is this the definition of conservative freedom, agree with us or we will legislate you away? Please stop with these ridiculous links to nonsense that you proclaim as the truth. I don't need to be told how to live my life by the self-righteous who will force me to behave as they insist I should, or else. Go away conservatives, or better yet, live your own life and leave the rest of us alone. That is how this country was meant to be. You right-wing crazies haven't the slightest idea what freedom is about, unless of course it means forcing everyone to behave like you want them to. In that case and that case alone can the word freedom and conservative be mentioned in the same sentence.
March 10/10
Biology Class
Students in an advanced Biology class were taking their mid-term exam. The last question was, 'Name seven advantages of Mother's Milk, worth 70 points or none at all. One student, in particular, was hard put to think of seven advantages.
He wrote:
1. ) It is perfect formula for the child.
2.) It provides immunity against several diseases.
3.) It is always the right temperature.
4.) It is inexpensive.
5.) It bonds the child to mother, and vice versa.
6.) It is always available as needed.
And then, the student was stuck. Finally, in desperation, just before the bell indicating the end of the test rang, he wrote...
7.) It comes in cute containers.
March 10/10
Today's Quote March 9/10
"We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions
that we loathe."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Oswego High School Security Chief
The man who is supposed to be in charge of security at the Oswego High School has been pointing the finger at other students. By claiming there were a group of boys who were stealing just as much as the girls he is trying to shift the blame and somehow justify the conduct of his daughter and four other girls who were caught shoplifting on the recent senior trip to Disney World. Now he is going around trying to threaten parents who were supervising students on the trip. This same man came to the district after leaving a state job he held for over ten years and left. Did the district ever check to see why he left that job? Wasn't his daughter one of the kids that got in trouble last year on a trip to NYC?
March 9/10
GO GET HIM, FRAN!
Congratulations to OUR Fran Hoeffer! For going after EASTWOOD again. You proved he was wrong again! THANK YOU FRAN. I only wish I could have seen the look on his face, when you walked in.
So glad the little Natzi is gone.
March 9/10
School Board
It's been years since we have had a honest, ethical, working for the taxpayer school board. It's always what they can get salary wise for the teachers and their to big administration. Will it ever change? It will only change if you get out there and vote for new blood that isn't in cahoots with the ones on the board and administration now!!
Don't vote for former teachers, their spouses, relatives, friends, etc.
Let's:
1. Close a school
2. Cut the administration down
3. Stop spending money we don't have
4. Vote for Honest, Ethical, and People who will work for the taxpayers.
Oswego at one time was known for it's schools district, it's not that way anymore-- there is to much corruption and waste.
March 9/10
'The Cartel': The True Nature of Teacher Unions
The subject says it all.
http://www.thefoxnation.com/teacher-unions/2010/03/05/cartel-true-nature-teacher-unions
March 9/10
The Corrosive Effects of Illegal Immigration
A good read.
http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/dpatton/2010/dp_03081.shtml
March 9/10
Landlord, former politician, on Cell Phone while driving
Last week while walking down Bridge St., I saw a landlord who owns rentals in the city, driving his truck talking on his cell phone. He stopped on Bridge St. to one of the rentals he owns there. Now I believe it is against the law to use your cell phone in the manner that he was while driving. This man has shown us over and over again that he thinks nothing about breaking the law. He did it not to long ago when he son was involved in an accident. He then decided to run for another political position in an area that wasn't his home turf.
He's arrogant, a law breaker, and just looking for attention.
Remember this when he decides to run for an office against, he would fit right in with our school board.
March 9/10
Today's Quote March 8/10
“May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not.”
Millard Fillmore
Taxation of soda and candy
NYS once again is looking for money. We aren't taxed enough every which way to live here, now they have the obesity/diabetes campaign. Here is my "spin" on how things should be,...
How about FEDERALLY we take off the table use of food stamp cards to be used for soda,candy,chips,etc. Let people that can afford these treats be able to buy them on the dime they have surely earned. And these people that can afford them most likely have insurance that they pay through their respective companies. SO diabetes and over weight issues are dealt with privately thru their own Doctors that they pay for.
Get it? What we pay for in taxes to support others should be stricter in policies. Granted, you need help,,fine,,great! You are allowed to use the help to buy healthy food.
What ever happened to baking cookies? or cakes? Don't stand in a line to use a foodstamp card to buy crap, then pay for your lottery tickets,cigs, and beer in cash!
signed,
a disgruntled tax payer
Academy Award Winners
The Iraq War drama "The Hurt Locker" has won best picture and five other prizes at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow.
Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood's top prize for filmmakers.
Among those Bigelow and "The Hurt Locker" beat are ex-husband James Cameron and his sci-fi spectacle "Avatar." Bigelow and Cameron were married from 1989-91.
List of winners at the 82th Academy Awards:
Motion Picture: "The Hurt Locker."
Actor: Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart."
Actress: Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side."
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds."
Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire."
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker."
Foreign Film: "El Secreto de Sus Ojos," Argentina.
Adapted Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher, "Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' by Sapphire."
Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, "The Hurt Locker."
Animated Feature Film: "Up."
Art Direction: "Avatar."
Cinematography: "Avatar."
Sound Mixing: "The Hurt Locker."
Sound Editing: "The Hurt Locker."
Original Score: "Up," Michael Giacchino.
Original Song: "The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart," Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett.
Costume: "The Young Victoria."
Documentary Feature: "The Cove."
Documentary (short subject): "Music by Prudence."
Film Editing: "The Hurt Locker."
Makeup: "Star Trek."
Animated Short Film: "Logorama."
Live Action Short Film: "The New Tenants."
Visual Effects: "Avatar."
For Sale:"Goldstar" med. size white microwave in VERY good working cond. Has turntable & can cook or re-heat 2 things @ a time. I'm selling it due to, it took up to much space on my small counter- i went to a smaller sz one...Only interested parties email me @ Lemonscent759@gmail.com
I'm including a pic. of it, & have had it in storage rm....As you can see it has a touchpad....Bakes, cooks, defrosts,etc.....Asking $30.00 or the best offer.....
Here's an idea...
Remember when Hannity and Combes had a talk show together on Fox??? One was a bleeding heart liberal and the other a neocon pretending to be a republican???? Doc Bill & Michael Collins, you two should get your own show and drown each other in your bullshit...hahaha
New York State raids 'dedicated' account for road work, leaving little money for repairs |
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/new_york_state_raids_dedicated.html
New York endures gambling slump
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/new_york_endures_gambling_slum.html
school petition
Are you people kidding me! A petition not to close a school. Get a life and forget it. In these days and times things like this need to happen! Apparently those of you supporting this are independently rich, well hand your money over to the school district and this doesn't have to happen. Otherwise find some place to stove your petitions.
Mittens "magic underwear" Romnius field house
Regarding Massachusetts HC plan. I will assume you're someone who did the research but were to tired to type all the info out for everyone. Mitt Romney is responsible for the "Unviersal Healthcare" in Mass. The current state run HC is Mittens plan. Now, if you were genuine and did not want to mislead anyone on the LION you would of added this: the reason Mass. has the highest premiums is because there is no cost/price control on the insurance companies. Yes, Mitt implimented a Universal HC plan without any cost regulation on the insurance companies. So it's a mix of public option and capitalism. Obamas plan is very similiar to Romneys BUT more conservative and includes cost control on the insurance companies. Obamas plan is very similiar, almost verbatim to the HC plan Bob Dole once proposed, which had much support from Republicans at the time. I am sure you new this and were going to post this at a later date. Right? I have much much more in the war chest about the similarities of Mittens plan to the Universal HC plan being proposed. Mittens favors governmental control, mandates, etc. Even Scott Brown voted for Mittens plan. Google it, but I'm sure you already new this. Right? The problem with Mitt us he's a major flip flopper ans has not learned or care about how to lie about his record. I pray it's him or Palin or both who wins the nomination!! Remember when Romney became a Liberal and supported abortion, back in 197....I mean 198....woops, just a few years ago so he could win the Mass. Govenors race. Hahaha
Mittens
Sorry for the length but it shows Mitts hypocracy on his Government run plan in Mass. and the plan being proposed by the Dems.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney insisted on Sunday that the health care reform plan he implemented in Massachusetts had no similarity to the one President Obama is championing, in part because Romney's was state-based and Obama's is a national overhaul.
The logic was a bit tortured. Romney, appearing on "Fox News Sunday," defended the universal health care system he put into place as governor as the "ultimate conservative plan," the "ultimate pro-life effort" and one that is "working well." But the Massachusetts Republican seemed incredulous that Obama would think of doing similar reform on the federal level.
"This is a federalist nation. States should be able to solve their own problems," he said.
Romney refused to acknowledge that his plan was similar to Obama's. Though, as host Chris Wallace point out, on many key measures -- an individual and employer mandate, subsidies for those who would have trouble buying insurance, and minimum standards for coverage -- the two plans converged. The likely 2012 presidential candidate pointed out that the president's plan included cuts to Medicare and additional taxes. But both of those measures are designed, in part, to provide funds to keep per capita spending down -- something that the Massachusetts plan failed to do. Finally, Romney touted the fact that his plan included "no controls over insurance premiums, price controls," which provides some explanation for why premiums in the Bay State are the highest in the nation.
"It is the difference between a racehorse and a donkey if you will. They both have four legs," Romney said. "But one works pretty well and the other is not working and would not work at all."
The most curious Romney charge, in the end, was the attack on Obama for trying to do a national health care overhaul as opposed to letting state governments take the lead. The "big difference" the former governor said is "a state plan versus a federal plan."
Beyond the most obvious counterpoint -- that the president, who heads the federal not state government, was pushing a plan that resembled Romney's -- was the fact (pointed out by Wallace) that Massachusetts itself was heavily dependent on federal funding to implement Romney's reform.
"The federal dollars we received were federal dollars that we were entitled to through a program called DSH - the disproportionate shared program," Romney explained. "Federal funds had been applied to Massachusetts just like to the states for the care of the uninsured."
UPDATE: DNC Press Secretary points out that Romney, during his Fox News Sunday appearance, praised the idea of an individual mandate -- which the president has included in his approach and congressional Republicans have suggested are unconstitutional.
"We know that expanding the risk pool will lower costs, but it certainly speaks to the bipartisan nature of the President's plan that Governor Romney calls the idea of an individual mandate the "ultimate conservative plan," Sevugan emails.
Today's Quote March 7/10
Michelangelo "The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark."
re Baby shot in chest over global warming fears
Just as I always suspected; Guns don't kill people, global warming does. gobamacked
March 7/10
911 calls -- Published Mar. 6, 2010 | Recordnet.com - Stockton Ca. Fire Dept. vs. Oswegos over worked, traumatized, underpaid, should be grateful for their job fire department
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100306/A_NEWS0201/3060328/-1/A_NEWS02
March 7/10
Census and help
The purpose of the census is to get a head count of the people, so there is correct representation and appropriate services available for the population. We don't need assistance with the census, unless someone cannot count the people in their home. Anything else is unconstitutional.
What to do? Unless a census taker can show me a constitutional requirement, the only information I plan to give are the number and names of the people in my household. The census taker might say, “It’s the law.” Thomas Jefferson said, “Whensoever the General Government (Washington) assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.”
People quit feeding on the BS fed to you by our government!!!!
March 7/10
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Unemployment Benefits Part 3
Five states, Alaska, Minnesota, Texas, Louisiana & Mississippi refused federal funding from the TARP / Stimulus programs to extend unemployment benefits. People in these states saw their unemployment run out after 26 weeks.
All five states had Republican governors, Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlinty, Rick Perry, Bobby Jindal & Haley Barbour.
The Republican Party.....The Party of NO.
Michael Collins.
March 7/10
Let's see if I have this straight?
Well, you don’t. Unemployment is paid by your employer and is not and has never been deducted from your paycheck.
March 7/10
Oswego County school board petitions set to be circulated | syracuse.com
http://blog.syracuse.com/neighbors/2010/03/oswego_county_
school_board_petitions_set_to_be_circulated.html
March 7/10
Unemployment Benefits
I know that someone will most likely take issue with my post that the individual employee pays into the unemployment insurance fund, declaring that it is the employer that in fact pays a payroll tax on behalf of the employee, and miss the point entirely that I was trying to make. Now I know this is true but if an employer was not required to pay this tax then there is little doubt that wages would be higher, as market forces dictate compensation levels for each unit of productivity. I readily accept a lower wage in order to be covered in case of a sudden job loss. This scenario is the equivalent of the employee paying the tax, as everyone knows that taxes are passed down to the consumer, or in this case the employee. I apologize for the redundancy to those who have an understanding of economics and that understood the context of my previous post.
March 7/10
Byrd compared 2005 'nuclear option' strategy to Nazi tactics
Well, I guess you really have a bug up your butt about this point. Your differentiation between the "nuclear option" and "reconciliation" is still nothing more than minutia and of no real consequence. I read the NYT's explanation which is where I assume you got your information but it makes no difference in the end. If the liberal/progressives pass ObamaCare through reconciliation they will have effectively changed the Senate rules and thus utilized the "nuclear option." The end result will be the same, the (nuclear) devastation of our health care industry.
That great racist Senator Robert Byrd, Grand Kleagle of the KKK, referred to the Republican plan to use 51 votes to override an unprecedented democrat filibuster of judicial appointments in 2005 as the "nuclear option." Now this bum has been in the Senate for a century or longer and I suppose he knows what's what. Beyond that, I say again, your claim is a distinction without a difference which will result in the same damage to the country. Therefore, continue with your disagreement all you want but it means nothing to me nor anyone else who cares about what is going on in Congress. Belaboring this point does nothing more than distract from the real issue, the take over of our health care system by the government in violation of the Constitution and in detriment to the country's economy which the l/ps are already destroying with their massive spending.
Check out the article in the link below and learn the truth.
Doc Bill
http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/watercooler/2010/mar/03/
video-byrd-compared-2005-nuclear-option-strategy-n/
March 7/10
Ted Kennedy on HMOs: Then and Now
Here's a bit of a history lesson for you. Ted Kennedy was very instrumental in the formation of HMO's in 1973 and was quite vociferous in his support of them five years later in 1978. However, 23 years later in 2001, he was singing a different tune. This time he was complaining about HMO abuses. Now he was going to use his significant influence to end the abuse by HMO's which he himself has created. But, he conveniently forgot to mention that the abuses he was complaining about in 2001 he created in 1973. That's typical liberal/progressive strategy. Make a big show about solving some problem, design your solution so that it doesn't really solve anything but rather sets the stage for more problems, then you can come back in and be the savior again with more useless solutions that create more problems. IT'S CALL JOB SECURITY! If you analyze any l/p program that purports to solve a problem you will find that, over the long term, they create more and greater problems than they appear to solve in the first place. Unfortunately, they get away with this fraud over and over because the media does not do it's job by exposing the culpability of the l/ps in the beginning. This allows the l/ps to plan on the people not remembering who caused the problems in the first place. This is what happened with our mortgage meltdown as I proved in several posts.Check out the article in the link below and learn the truth about how Kennedy lied and hid the truth of his involvement in the disaster of HMO's. Also, think about how the same type of disaster will follow any l/p health care legislation they pass. Unfortunately, the disaster will take far less than the
nearly 30 years to show itself than happened with HMO's
Doc Bill
http://www.forhealthfreedom.org/Publications/Choice/ThenAndNow.html
March 7/10
Re: Time Flies When You're Having Fun
"Since then I have heard nothing from M. Collins so I have again made my point. See, I told you so!"
Doc Bill I'm glad you made your point. That seems to be important to you.
Thanks for entertaining me during the long winter months.
Michael Collins.
March 7/10
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RE: Oswego Corruption
Here are some places you should send your complaints.
Do not waste your time with the county DAs office.
Office of the State Comptroller
Division of Investigations
59 Maiden Lane
30th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10038
212-383- 2502
Office of the State Comptroller
Division of Investigations
110 State StreetAlbany, N.Y. 12236-0001
New York State Office of the Attorney General
Public Integrity Unit
120 Broadway, 22nd Floor
New York, N.Y. 10271
United States Justice Department
Organized Crime & Racketeering
James Handley Federal Building
Syracuse, N.Y. 13261
Federal Bureau of Investigation
James Handley Federal Building
Syracuse, N.Y. 13261
New York State Police
1220 Washington Avenue
Building 22
Albany, NY 12226-2252 New York State Police
Fulton, NY
6 East 12th Street,
Fulton, NY 13069
315-593-6194
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