Some New Year’s travelin’ music from right here at home
Before the year plays out, I need to correct a major injustice. One of my favorite people working the music scene today is Atlanta’s own Francine Reed, a national treasure living right here in town. For some reason, I’ve never featured her on Friday Night Travelin’ Music, so I’m taking the opportunity to do so now. Ms. Reed often tours with Lyle Lovett and his Large Band, which backs her up here as she performs the classic “Wild women Don’t Get the Blues,” written by Ida Cox, another Georgia girl and blues queen who never got her full due.
Take the time to enjoy, and if you see Francine Reed listed as playing somewhere within reach, do yourself a favor and go.
Happy New Year, y’all!
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Common Sense isn't very Common
January 1st, 2011
8:02 pm
“diseased diversity” In what contect was it used?
LGJB if that is your PREFERRED name LOL
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 1st, 2011
8:03 pm
context geesh
josef nix
January 1st, 2011
8:04 pm
Hillbilly
In case you check in–I don’t know if you do Pandora or not, but I created a Bluegrass Gospel station and, man, whoever puts that one together knows what they’re doing!
josef nix
January 1st, 2011
8:09 pm
Common–
It was used in the context of using the call for diversity to exclude the unpopular groups from the big tent…
Think right now I’ll stick with the one I’ve been using already…pretty much everybody around here already knows I’m that Little Gay Jew Boy anyway..
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 1st, 2011
8:13 pm
Kam – the financial debacle caused a lot of people to rethink their retirements.
A friend from IBM (her husband also worked there) pretty much lost 1 mill when their 401k went down the tubes. Yhey had both been with IBM for 30 years. Now in their 50s they are having to make the adjustment to working until 67.
I know some will say SO, but IBM does have a way of working people into the ground. Most work weeks at IBM run 60+ very intense hours
Del
January 1st, 2011
8:21 pm
So far the Bowel games have turned out as I expected, except for Alabama and Michigan State. I expected the Tide to win but I thought it would be closer.
Kamchak
January 1st, 2011
8:24 pm
Common Sense isn’t very Common
Not being in the tech field myself, but I understood that prior to the 80s, Big Blue was one of the best companies to work for—a guaranteed job and great bennies.
I realize that 401k investing is one of those “your mileage may vary” kinda thing, but the only sure winners have been those that take their cut every time they make the market investment transactions.
Much hay has been made over the last thirty years or so about high interest rates during the 70s, but heck fire, I was making 5 – 5&3/4% interest on a pass-book savings account.
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 1st, 2011
8:27 pm
josef
I’m puttering around in Pandora; trying to figure it out.
Back when I was growing up and into the 70’s, banking was regulated. You had loan rates and savings interest rates that remained fairly stable. I think savings were about 5 1/4%. Then they deregulated all that and for a while, due to high inflation, it worked okay. Then things turned around. Right now a bank CD pays in the neighborhood of 1%, give or take. This trend has been going this way for quite a few years. So people who normally prefer a good safe investment, were basically forced to move to something more risky or get a rate, that was little more than putting the money in a Mason jar. This has obviously been a good thing for the financial sector but has it been a good thing for the average small inverstor? I don’t think so. Many were forced to do something they didn’t really want to do in the first place and now they’re told, “You knew the risk when you invested”. What choice did they really have?
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 1st, 2011
8:29 pm
I was speaking with my oldest friend last night (we have been friends for almost 50 years) he is a republican and he stated he longed for the days of Bill Clinton.(yes a Harvard MBA educated repub did better in the 90’s)
He has lost his business and is working as a contract employee for the first time in his life.
I guess what I am saying is that the Big Tent BS, is BS. There are straight, gay, repub, Dems, Indeps that I like and some I dislike. But to use a term like diseased? That makes me suspect the person using the term is a total moron and has no clue that all people are basically alike. good and/or bad.
Like I told a gay person that I worked with who said I didn’t like him because he was gay, Nope I don’t like you because you are a Dukshani
Dukshani are Dukshani whether they are gay or straight.
Now diversity. If I get the chance to work with a bunch of women. Thank you lord LOL
josef nix
January 1st, 2011
8:30 pm
Hillbilly
Pandora is really pretty simple once you get your “account” set up…are you completely new to it?
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 1st, 2011
8:33 pm
At the time, Hester admitted that there were about a half-dozen ethical breaches when directors should have recused themselves from voting on a loan. He also said the failed housing market left the bank and its borrowers with a number of unsold residential sites.
This is from this article, http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/archives/43001/
I wonder if anybody is investigating this to see if laws were violated? Wonder how many similar things have happened across the country?
josef nix
January 1st, 2011
8:36 pm
Common
The concept of diseased diversity was not that diversity is wrong, but that in promoting it we have allowed the bacillus of exclusion to creep in whenever the “majority” promoting diversity decide that this, that or the other identity is unacceptable…
You want to work with a bunch of women? Go into teaching! Somebody told me one time I must be having my period…no, I was having 75! Seriously, though, I would much rather work with women…with only rare exception I have gotten along well with them…
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 1st, 2011
8:38 pm
josef
I’m completely new to it but I think I’m getting the hang of it. Thanks.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 1st, 2011
8:42 pm
Kam – I enjoyed my time with IBM but the stress the employees are under is horrible. I have seen so many burnout totally from it.
They change the pension plan occasionally to benefit IBM. Every time they do that they get sued and loose so they change it going forward.
Between that and them bringing H1bs and L1 visa holders to the US, lets just say it isn’t what it once was
josef nix
January 1st, 2011
8:42 pm
Hillbilly
On the banks…how do they decide who will take over?
On Pandora…the reason I asked, if you like it, there is a limited amount of “free” time, etc, but the subscription with unlimited is just plumb cheap…don’t know what it is now, but mine is $19.95…to me it’s about the neatest thing since sliced bread!
Kamchak
January 1st, 2011
8:47 pm
Common Sense isn’t very Common
I’ve worked construction since the late 70s, and while it wasn’t as formal as H1bs and L1 visa holders, I can relate to the “being replaced by immigrants” issue.
Scout
January 1st, 2011
8:48 pm
josef:
You may not have had a problem but most women hate working for another woman.
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 1st, 2011
8:48 pm
On the banks…how do they decide who will take over?
That’s a good question and one I don’t know the answer to. I know people who have gotten hurt by these sort of things. They bought stock in these banks, yes as an investment, but also as an attempt to help their communities. Their stock is now worthless and the money gone. Just don’t seem right to me.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 1st, 2011
8:51 pm
Diversity is really allowing ALL in and letting the individuals deciding if THEY want to stay. (but not making them unwecome either)
OR I wouldn’t want to belong to a club that would have ME as a member.
josef nix
January 1st, 2011
8:51 pm
Scout
I hear that a lot. I think it may be that the little tricks that work with men don’t work with women…
josef nix
January 1st, 2011
8:55 pm
Common
The reason I was asking and the reason it caught my attention is this: as a Jew, hitched to an Indian and gay, I get the red carpet treatment among the diversity clique, but let me try and express something Southern White Male, and whoo, whee! There’s the tent flap, Pombo, and don’t let it hit you in the a33 on the way out…
josef nix
January 1st, 2011
8:57 pm
Hillbilly
Thanks. I thought it was just me. But I have the same approach that you do…I prefer to put my money where my mouth is and I am one who still is Jeffersonian enough to say that the first attention should be paid to the place you live and call home…
Del
January 1st, 2011
9:01 pm
I competed with IBM most of my career. I always emphasized competing with them because if you tried to compete against them you would lose. Competing with them, however, usually caused them to make some kind of a mistake and you could exploit it, as long as you didn’t try to go too far. The name of the game was to eat their lunch and not try to eat all three meals. Later I worked with them as a business partner and while they were a pain in the a$$ we leveraged the IBM name to our advantage.
Scout
January 1st, 2011
9:04 pm
josef:
That and the “Three V’s” :
Vicious
Venemous
Vendictive
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 1st, 2011
9:05 pm
josef
If somebody makes a bad investment, and loses, then that’s just the way it goes. Too often though, it seems to me that the game is rigged and the insiders manage to walk away whole, or nearly whole. The little guys, who are kept in the dark ’til the very end, are the ones who get hammered.
josef nix
January 1st, 2011
9:25 pm
Gotta run…g’night and the best of the New Year to one and all…
Southern Comfort
January 1st, 2011
9:27 pm
Kam
Not really like the 401k type sharing, but actual stock options in the company itself. I don’t think the unions were a major player in jobs being lost. I just think they could have tried to employ a little craftiness in negotiations in trying to keep jobs here.
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 1st, 2011
9:29 pm
“well, the rich man writes the book of laws,
the poor man must defend
but the highest laws are written
on the hearts of honest men”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRqGlxUMsjE
Del
January 1st, 2011
9:32 pm
I have a cousin who worked construction most of his career. When the hard times hit instead of whining about how a political party caused him pain he adapted, improvised and overcame by finding a market he was able to exploit. he’s now been doing quite well.
Southern Comfort
January 1st, 2011
9:32 pm
Time to hit the sack. HD, thanks for that pbs link again. This time I saved it in my favorites. I think everybody needs to read that one.
Later y’all..
Kamchak
January 1st, 2011
9:32 pm
Southern Comfort
OK, I understand how in theory that sounds reasonable, everybody working for the common good and all that, but I can’t help but think how bad a deal the UAW would have made as to stock options when GM basically trashed the old stock and re-issued a new and improved IPO.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 1st, 2011
9:55 pm
A few years ago a factory in Fall River Mass. burned. The owner who was in his 70’s at the time had to make a decision whether to retire (and take the insurance) or rebuild.
He chose to rebuild FOR THE EMPLOYEES. He paid the employees wages while rebuilding the factory.
The employees when it was safe returned to the factory and removed and repaired all the necessary equipment. The women (some wives and some employees) were there every day feeding (at their own expense) the employees repairing the equipment.
When the owner finally decided to retire. Instead of giving the company to his children (who were against the rebuilding) he chose to sell it to those loyal employees who helped rebuild it.
Loyalty once was a 2 way street between employer and employee. When did that change?
Del
January 1st, 2011
10:02 pm
It changed when it became a three way street, employer, employee and government, The governments only loyalty is to itself, getting elected/reelected is their only loyalty.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 1st, 2011
10:08 pm
Del – I understand about your cousin. But if a middle class office worker tries the same thing the chances are they will not be able to do the work,
If I physically had to work construction as a 40 hour a week job, I could not. You may say that is lazy but I know I am not. It is unfortunate that all are not capable of swinging a hammer or digging a ditch for a living.
I chose to work in the IT field because I loved the challenge of dealing with the companies on how and why to automate.
The sad thing is the IT people want to do the BEST job for the companies while the companies want the CHEAPEST way to compete with other companies
RW-(the original)
January 1st, 2011
10:27 pm
I chose to work in the IT field because I loved the challenge of dealing with the companies on how and why to automate.
CSivC,
That sounds like the IT folks were helping get rid of the other workers first.
In all seriousness though IT workers should have been some of the first to see the handwriting on the wall when they saw everything in IT becoming more idiot proof. There is a pretty big demand on the telecom side as IT and telephony merge so there are still ways to adapt and stay somewhat within your field.
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 1st, 2011
10:37 pm
For those who are into the space program and/or cool pics………
http://triggerpit.com/2010/11/22/incredible-pics-nasa-astronaut-wheelock/
Nite all.
Del
January 1st, 2011
10:39 pm
Common Sense- My cousin is in his 70’s, I’m younger and feel that for my age I’m in fairly good physical condition but if I had to climb the latter’s daily that he does, I don’t think I’d be able to. I’m from the I.T. field too, sales and marketing side. Worked many years for corporations and then took jobs with start ups for more money and more autonomy. My career strategy back then kind of backfired and I found myself seeking employment once again in corporate I.T. I discovered that I was too old even though I was only in my 40’s. I went out on my own forming my own business and did alright. I did so out of necessity and was fortunate. I fully understand that there are those who’re better than myself and through no fault of their own are having a very difficult time. My point is in many cases you need to try something even if it’s wrong and unfortunately our government (both parties) have created an environment unfavorable to individual business creativity. American companies in this so called global economy have needed to find cheaper labor and less regulation in order to survive and that has translated into lost jobs as well as lost American business leadership.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 1st, 2011
10:44 pm
RW – I always have said that I want to work myself out of a job. Meaning designing and coding bulletproof systems.
The companies now only seem to want CHEAP (temporary) systems.
In the 80s and 90 systems were designed to last indefinitely. (and the computer languages used were not just the flavor of the day).
Now the systems are expendable as if they will only be used a for a short time. I guess that goes to the corporate mindset of short term profits are better than long term stability
RW-(the original)
January 1st, 2011
10:56 pm
The companies now only seem to want CHEAP (temporary) systems.
CSivC,
Part of that is because they’ve already been burned too many times by going for the top of the line products and finding them obsolete in a fraction of the time they thought they would be useful. The same thing happens on the telco side, but the customers can still operate with the older stuff there. Right now 90% of my business is nursing along companies trying to stretch a few years out of legacy products, but they can’t really do that on the IT side.
Del
January 1st, 2011
11:09 pm
For those who’ve been in applications development for many years and find themselves in a difficult employment circumstance remember that your strength in comparison to foreign I.T. professionals is your knowledge of systems. Foreign programmers particularly Asian Indians are extremely weak in understanding business systems flow. Business analysts with systems and applications development knowledge are in demand.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 1st, 2011
11:11 pm
RW – I think it depends on the vp/director/manager as to how long the legacy systems last.
The design means the most but some want to try the new tech stuff vs what is currently working.
I have designed web interfaces for legacy systems that still retained stability. Also trained the English speaking users
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 1st, 2011
11:14 pm
Del – I agree that the demand is there But try to convince an INDIAN recruiter that you might be the better choice rather than his countryman
Del
January 1st, 2011
11:38 pm
Common Sense, it’s true that Asian Indians are really biased. I remember back in the 80’s these newly minted I.T. managers with Masters Degrees were all ga ga over the Indian software manufacturing concept. When I got into the professional services business in the 90’s and there were more jobs than professionals to fill them we recruited off shore. The Indians we brought in became personnel problems because of their caste system culture and then we discovered that because they were brought up in a heads down hard coding environment where they only coded small pieces they didn’t really understand complete business systems from an applications perspective. I guess its now Geo-Politics that have brought so many of them here and off shored I.T. jobs there.
Southern Comfort
January 2nd, 2011
9:11 am
Enter your comments here
Southern Comfort
January 2nd, 2011
9:13 am
I can’t help but think how bad a deal the UAW would have made as to stock options when GM basically trashed the old stock and re-issued a new and improved IPO.
Yeah, that would have been a bad one. If that’s part of a contract agreement, then there would need to be a clause that stipulates the workers remain investors at the same percentage with the new stock as they had with the old. It wouldn’t be a foolproof system, but I think it would be better than just letting jobs disappear forever.
TaxPayer
January 2nd, 2011
9:27 am
Well, it is a new year so it won’t be long now before the newly elected Republicans get to show us what they are going to do to make our lives less taxed. My prediction for the new year — the Republican constituency will be extremely disappointed in their newly elected ones.
TnGelding
January 2nd, 2011
9:41 am
Well, they can’t be any more disappointed thant the Dems apparently were.
But let’s look on the bright side. Maybe the two parties can work together to do what’s best for the country.
TaxPayer
January 2nd, 2011
9:50 am
Maybe the two parties can work together to do what’s best for the country.
Uh huh. Maybe we should hold our breath until they do.
Kamchak
January 2nd, 2011
9:59 am
Southern Comfort
Maybe it’s the wrong strategy in the long run, but I think it’s wise for unions to stay away from paper that can be manipulated by the company and just stick to pay and tangible benefits. My loyalty would be lost if I found out that the company was manipulating stock options in an effort to gain a monetary advantage over the union. Show me the money and health care benefits, and I will happily put in +100%.
Soothsayer
January 2nd, 2011
10:42 am
In the United States, 20% of all disposable personal income comes from the federal government, in the form of Social Security to the elderly, food stamps to the needy, unemployment benefits to those out of work, Medicare and Medicaid, and various subsidies such as housing allowances for those in foreclosure. This percentage is at least double what was in place before the 2008 depression hit.
The federal government has been financing this beneficence with equally unprecedented budget deficits, since there has been no serious attempt to raise taxes in the US since 1992. The all-in budget deficit for this year is around $2 trillion, up from $400 billion before 2008. Because of the strain this persistent, large amount of financing can cause the bond markets, the Federal Reserve has now begun to finance this debt directly, buying up to $600 billion of the debt this year in what it calls Quantitative Easing.
For Quantitative Easing to work, interest rates need to remain stable or head lower, at least in the ten year maturity where the Fed has concentrated its bond buying. Instead, from the minute the program was initiated, interest rates have headed up. Traders understand that this program is experimental and unprecedented, except when it was used in Weimar Germany with disastrous results, or more recently in the hyperinflationary economy of Zimbabwe. There is a real fear in the markets that the inflationary consequences of all of this US debt will be hyper-serious, and people are running for cover. They are rushing to buy anything tangible that could hold its value in an inflationary environment: sugar, wheat, oil, corn, cotton, gold, silver, platinum, rare metals, and copper are some examples.
Soothsayer
January 2nd, 2011
10:59 am
If you are employed on Wall Street you can go to work every day with the confidence that this economy is all about you. The Treasury, the Fed, the Administration, the Congress, the media, the economists – they are all focused on how Wall Street is doing, and the wonderful spending power that comes from a market bubble. Taxpayer money is being shoveled out every day to Wall Street for its profit, which is all that seems to count in this economy. And it is not just taxpayer money at stake – it is future tax revenues being pledged in support of the Finance Economy, to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars, amounts which even back in 2007 would have been eye-popping.
So far, all we have to show for all of this is are record-setting bonuses for Wall Street, and a Christmas splurge on the 3-C’s – Cheap Chinese Crap. And oh yes – lurking deep in the background are red flashing lights telling us that the stock market is poised, perhaps as soon as January, for another plunge down, and maybe even a second Flash Crash, since absolutely nothing has been done by the regulators to prevent Wall Street computers from once again going all to Hal on their creators.
Matti
January 2nd, 2011
11:43 am
The new normal:
http://www.bartcop.com/day-tears.jpg
Kamchak
January 2nd, 2011
11:49 am
Matti
Spot on!
Mick
January 2nd, 2011
12:20 pm
soothsayer
I got that list from yesterday in an email, I don’t know who originated it but all the points are valid….scary. I like this from wallstreet 2, NINJA – no income, no jobs, assets – the future if we don’t restart our manufacturing base. God knows we have the labor pool available..
TaxPayer
January 2nd, 2011
12:20 pm
Matti,
Those Republicans outside the window like to refer to what they are about to receive as “trickle down.” The odd thing is that they look forward to it.
TaxPayer
January 2nd, 2011
12:41 pm
Republicans promise to cut spending, roll back President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul and prevent unelected bureaucrats from expanding the government’s role in society through regulations that tell people what they must or can’t do.
Wow! The GOP is finally going to legalize gay marriage, abortions and marijuana. Then again, that’s probably not what they will do. Call it a hunch.
Soothsayer
January 2nd, 2011
12:53 pm
Hi, everybody! In today’s soundbite world, anything over 30 seconds just doesn’t get it. However, I urge you to take 5 – 10 minutes to read my post at 10:59. I think you will find it most enlightening.
Daltry
January 2nd, 2011
12:55 pm
I read your post at 10;59. I’ve gleaned more relevant and more enlightened material from decoding the random patterns of skidmarks on 3 day old BVD’s, my friend.
moron
Roger that, Pete
January 2nd, 2011
1:06 pm
Do you hear that ringing? What? I said, do you hear that ringing? Who? Never mind. I won’t be fooled again.
Paulo977
January 2nd, 2011
1:09 pm
God help us MORE in 2011…
http://www.ajc.com/news/teachers-to-be-graded-792562.html
Soothsayer
January 2nd, 2011
1:10 pm
Daltry,
Opinions are like a-holes. Everyone’s got one. Good luck for the future.
Kamchak
January 2nd, 2011
1:49 pm
I’ve gleaned more relevant and more enlightened material from decoding the random patterns of skidmarks on 3 day old BVD’s, my friend.
I’m not really surprised to find out there are those here that stare at dirty drawers. I’m just surprised that anyone would admit to it in a open forum. Just sayin’.
Soothsayer
January 2nd, 2011
2:50 pm
Kamchak: LOL. How about wearing your BVDs for three days! Talk about airing your dirty laundry.
Kamchak
January 2nd, 2011
3:01 pm
Sooth
I realize that Daltry was going for the cheap laugh, but I believe that more was revealed than intended, or in the words of the late lamented Lewis Grizzard, “Dang brother, I don’t think I’d have told that.”
Southern Comfort
January 2nd, 2011
3:12 pm
I’ve gleaned more relevant and more enlightened material from decoding the random patterns of skidmarks on 3 day old BVD’s, my friend.
I’m not really surprised to find out there are those here that stare at dirty drawers. I’m just surprised that anyone would admit to it in a open forum. Just sayin’.
Kamchak: LOL. How about wearing your BVDs for three days! Talk about airing your dirty laundry.
Don’t forget, here in GA, Deal was elected by a majority of voters who cast a vote in three separate elections. ANYTHING is possible in this state. I guess if you can read and decode sh*t, you should be able to talk it too. However, that does make me wonder if that would mean a person has sh*t for brains too?…
josef nix
January 2nd, 2011
3:20 pm
PAULO
@ 1:09
Oy, gevalt! So, you want to attract and hold onto good classroom teachers? Here’s what you do, concoct a plan to run off as many as possible…This latest has the characteristics of a Ionescu script from a Kafka novel, directed by the Three Stooges and starring the Marx Brothers…
Scout
January 2nd, 2011
3:34 pm
josef:
Headline: “Navy to Investigate Carrier Captain’s Lewd Videos”
“Videos Shown to USS Enterprise Crew Featured Women Showering Together, Gay Slurs …”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InBXu-iY7cw
josef nix
January 2nd, 2011
3:54 pm
SCOUT
Afternoon, Sir. Cute! However, laying the jokes between us on that one aside and getting a little more serious, I’ve been off on the status of Christians in Muslim countries following the attacks in Iraq and Egypt, of far more concern to me in the greater scheme of things than our domestic silliness over gays in the military…I thought you might be interested in this link…
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Pages/ChristianAttacks.htm
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 2nd, 2011
3:56 pm
The changes are spurred by the $400 million Race to the Top grant, a program introduced by the Obama administration to jump-start school reform nationwide.
Like a lot of other things in the world, it’s all about the grant money.
Scout
January 2nd, 2011
3:59 pm
josef:
I hear you.
It’s all prophesied …………. “If they hated Me, they will hate you.”
I have to go for a few hours but would like to discuss further when I get back.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 2nd, 2011
4:22 pm
Josef – Just a few more years and you can retire.
Then you will be of those greedy leeches draining the pension systems with those outrageous pensions and benefits LOL
You ready to go back to school now?
josef nix
January 2nd, 2011
4:43 pm
Hillbilly
That’s about the sum of it. Fiddling while Rome burns. Meanwhile, another crop of tomorrow’s future will suffer and we’ll continue this slide into a new Dark Ages…
Scout…
If I’m still here…
Common Sense
Well, ready or not, here I come!
everyday American
January 2nd, 2011
4:48 pm
Obama back from his vacation yet? wonder what Santa brought his kids for Christmas…..
everyday American
January 2nd, 2011
4:49 pm
oh, that’s right, they don’t cele….
Kamchak
January 2nd, 2011
4:59 pm
oh, that’s right, they don’t cele….
Really?
There seems to be evidence to contradict your supposition.
Paulo977
January 2nd, 2011
5:06 pm
Thank you josef for reflecting back to me!
Several persons I know are as dismayed as we are but unable to penetrate the various layers of stupidity and lack of knowledge and understanding about education that now ‘encase’ the system !!
josef nix
January 2nd, 2011
5:17 pm
PAULO
Which is why as soon as I hear the word “reform,” I know whoever is using it doesn’t have a clue. The whole system is so rotten that the only solution I can see is a complete dismantling of the system and start over again from scratch and focus on the teacher-student-parent compact. We can either do that in a proactive fashion, or we can dilly-dally around until it collapses. And I am not confining myself here to the public insitution, the private institution is no more sound. However, there are way too many with a stake in the system as it stands to expect the proactive. All we’ll see coming out of the Departments of and Schools of Education is more reactive horsesh*t and ruby slipper sales personnel…
everyday American
January 2nd, 2011
5:30 pm
wow, my bad, i didn’t realize a picture(and a menu) showed how and what someone celebrates…
Southern Comfort
January 2nd, 2011
5:43 pm
wow, my bad, i didn’t realize a picture(and a menu) showed how and what someone celebrates…
But, you believe unsubstantiated rumors proves what someone doesn’t celebrate.
Bill Orvis White
January 2nd, 2011
5:50 pm
Happy New Year, you naive September 10th secular-progressives. There are some traitors on the Republican side that WE THE PEOPLE in the Tea Party need to hold accountable. Some of them are leaving on their own accord, but a lot of the traitors think they can stay in the House and Senate as long as they want. Traitors are on both side of the aisle, but my point is now that the right people are in charge at least in the House, some of them are voting the wrong way. We are now seeing that in the U.S. Senate where there are eight traitors who joined along with Harry Reid: http://tinyurl.com/2adsg55
everyday American
January 2nd, 2011
5:57 pm
whoever said anything about unsubstantiated rumors?
josef nix
January 2nd, 2011
5:57 pm
Bill
Traitor? Excuse me, but are you implying that to support the right of your fellow citizens to serve in the armed forces of the country they love treason…? If so, why?
Southern Comfort
January 2nd, 2011
6:01 pm
whoever said anything about unsubstantiated rumors?
Whoever proved without a shadow of a doubt that Obama is not Christian?
Traitor????
Give me a F’N break. If anything, those 8 upheld the rights of Americans to not be discriminated against. If you’re supposed to represent the Tea Party, no wonder they’re considered fringe. If the GOP or anyone else is so damned adamant about gays not serving, then why don’t they enlist and do the jobs that the gays are already doing. If you’re not gonna put your ass on the line in the sandbox, then drink a warm cup of shut the fu*k up!!! That goes for anyone who wants to legally or illegally enact any kind of discrimination.
Kamchak
January 2nd, 2011
6:03 pm
Happy New Year, you naive September 10th secular-progressives.
And a Happy New Year to you also, sport.
Southern Comfort
January 2nd, 2011
6:09 pm
Kam
Judging by the rants on his blogsite, I don’t think that guy knows much about happy.
everyday American
January 2nd, 2011
6:10 pm
whoever proved without a shadow of a doubt that Obama is a Christian? by the way, i could care less if he were a Christian or not, just don’t lie about it… it would, however, concern me if he were a Muslim, which i read that he was at one time. can you convert from being a Muslim to a Christian? i guess you can, right? the name kinda gives it away, though, don’t ya think?
Kamchak
January 2nd, 2011
6:13 pm
Southern Comfort
I figgered as much.
When I first came here, I made the mistake of paying a visit to Swampy Dave’s site. Just trolls looking to drum up visitors.
everyday American
January 2nd, 2011
6:14 pm
i know, he is the greatest Christian American of all time. heck, he may even be the Messiah for all we know. he’s never been wrong in his life. he’s never lied, not even on some of his campaign promises. i understand Gitmo closed just last week. He’s awesome. i hope he had a wonderful vacation, as i know he needed another, and a wonderful Christmas. i’m sure he’ll talk about it…
everyday American
January 2nd, 2011
6:15 pm
what is a troll?
everyday American
January 2nd, 2011
6:22 pm
oh, Happy New Year, sport!!!
the term ’sport’..isn’t that what older folks say to young kids? ya know, talking down to them? “hey sport, how are ya?” (while rubbing their little heads) making themselves feel big or something. just wondering.
josef nix
January 2nd, 2011
6:23 pm
Bill
I assume you’re just a drive-by troll, then, and should be given that degree of credibility. Crawl back under your bridge…
Southern Comfort
January 2nd, 2011
6:24 pm
I don’t know much about HIS religion, but I do know enough about religion that one would not be a Muslim and be a 20 year member of a Christian Church. The only way to become a Muslim is to perform a Kalima, which would require him to publically recite the Shahada. If he had indeed done such a public event, there would have been witnesses who would have come forth by now. If he were indeed Muslim or formerly Muslim, there would be people from that religion showing proof. The only concrete proof of his religious affiliation is his friendship or mentorship with Rev. Wright, and we all know he’s no Muslim.
His name has more to do with him being the son of a Muslim from Kenya as opposed to his actual religion. If you’re named after your father, does that automatically mean you belong to whatever religion his name might allude to?
You conservatives really floor me with your logic sometimes. First, the guy’s a Muslim. Then, you excoriate him for being a member of Trininty. Then after all of that, you still want to think the guy’s Muslim. If you actually studied the religions and what the beliefs entail, there would be no reason to think he’s Muslim.
Dusty
January 2nd, 2011
6:25 pm
Well, HAPPY New Year. HAPPY, I say!. I know the sky is falling , henny penny, but I rather not hear about it every day. There IS good news out there. Yes, sir!
Dr. Donald Stern has researched progesterone for many years and has found that is almost always brings recovery from brain injuries. The first big research to prove it has shown fine results. More research is to be done but so far so good.
So now when you get your head bashed in a car accident or a bomb blast and get treated with progesterone within four hours, you have a great chance of a good recovery.
Thank you, Dr. Stern.(He’s right over there at Emory.) This has said to be the medical miracle of this century.
Now that is a HAPPY report, folks!!
Kamchak
January 2nd, 2011
6:25 pm
Troll
josef nix
January 2nd, 2011
6:27 pm
everyday
No, Sport is a form of address that can be either positive or negative depending on the context but in most English speaking societies is pretty much a neutral term used when the speaker wishes to address the listener in a familiar fashion. It’s sort of like the Romance “tu.” English, lacking this pronoun form, employs other methods, most generally forms of address such as this, to establish that intent…
josef nix
January 2nd, 2011
6:33 pm
Funny that the Muslim Obama would cite his Christian faith for his reason for being against “gay marriage” to get the black and latino vote in California…funny the good Muslim would invite the hate monger preacher Warren to bless his administration at his innaugural…but, then, what do I know?
TaxPayer
January 2nd, 2011
6:35 pm
If everyday americans are saddened by Obama and his actions to date, then they will really be disheartened by the actions of the Republicans once they get started doing whatever it is that they are going to be doing. Mitch will be pouting and John crying while Tom objects to the rest of the GOP’s whines about their inability to get anything done because of those mean old obstructionist Democrats. Fundraising for 2012 will get off to a great start though with the Koch brothers throwing a little party for the Supremes before they are called upon to start undoing the previous two year’s worth of legislation.
Del
January 2nd, 2011
6:38 pm
Got here to late to comment, so I won’t, other to say I hope y’all can find a way to enjoy this evening.
wet wiccan
January 2nd, 2011
6:38 pm
I’ve got a question that’s off topic (what is the topic, anyway?) Do any of you have any experience with drug Chantix for quitting smoking?
josef nix
January 2nd, 2011
6:42 pm
wiccan
Chantix is not for everybody and some of the side effects are grisly…didn’t have to use any of those things when I quit (a heart attack serves the purpose nicely!), but people I’ve talked to with experience using it do not recommend it except as a real last resort…