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Monday, September 21, 2009
Audacity Of The Unaware
Barack Obama, through his spokesman, claimed that he was unaware of the tax day tea parties. Granted, the main stream media has done a good job in suppressing any sort of coverage ahead of time (and the little coverage they did provide was derisive at best). but how out of touch is the Community Organizer in Chief, really?
This much.
- He was unaware that he was attending a church (for 20 years) with a racist pastor who hates America ..
- He was unaware that he was family friends with, and started his political career in the living room of, a domestic terrorist.
- He was unaware that he had invested in two speculative companies backed by some of his top donors right after taking office in 2005.
- He was unaware that his own aunt was living in the US illegally.
- He was unaware that his own brother lives on pennies a day in a hut in Kenya .
- He was unaware of the AIG bonuses that he and his administration approved and signed into a bill.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of Commerce was under investigation in a bribery scandal.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services was a tax cheat.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of the Treasury was a tax cheat.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be the U.S. Trade Representative was a tax cheat.
- He was unaware that the woman he nominated to be his Chief Performance Officer was a tax cheat.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be #2 at the Environmental Protection Agency was under investigation for mismanaging $25 million in EPA grants.
For the love of man, there are people in comas that are more aware of world affairs than this smooth talking, village idiot.
Tony Passaro
Bel Air Tea Party
This much.
- He was unaware that he was attending a church (for 20 years) with a racist pastor who hates America ..
- He was unaware that he was family friends with, and started his political career in the living room of, a domestic terrorist.
- He was unaware that he had invested in two speculative companies backed by some of his top donors right after taking office in 2005.
- He was unaware that his own aunt was living in the US illegally.
- He was unaware that his own brother lives on pennies a day in a hut in Kenya .
- He was unaware of the AIG bonuses that he and his administration approved and signed into a bill.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of Commerce was under investigation in a bribery scandal.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services was a tax cheat.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of the Treasury was a tax cheat.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be the U.S. Trade Representative was a tax cheat.
- He was unaware that the woman he nominated to be his Chief Performance Officer was a tax cheat.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be #2 at the Environmental Protection Agency was under investigation for mismanaging $25 million in EPA grants.
For the love of man, there are people in comas that are more aware of world affairs than this smooth talking, village idiot.
Tony Passaro
Bel Air Tea Party
Desperately Seeking A Healthcare Bill
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Speeding Over the Cliff
It is quite amazing to watch Obama invoke God, call a joint session of Congress, go tit-for-tat with the town-hall movement, and reprogram daily the presidential message over the healthcare initiative — all in the midst of a recession. The problem is that right now 85% are not upset with their healthcare coverage, and feel that modifications, not a trillion-dollar reinvention, can address the uninsured, while 100% are paranoid about the economy, mega-deficits, and a shot dollar.
Cannot some staffer take the president aside and simply say, "If you just cool it for a bit, and curb lunatic new spending, the economy will go into its natural cycle of recovery, and you can take credit early next year for the rebound, then find some bipartisan project, and hope and change your way back up"?
The parallels to Clinton 1993–1994 are eerie. He misinterpreted unhappiness over a recession, a Bush aloofness and broken pledge on taxes, and the siphoning of votes by Ross Perot into some sort of hard-left mandate that included, inter alia, nationalized healthcare. Then came the 1994 push-back. But Clinton and his advisors were astute enough to reinvent themselves in the late autumn 1994, and by 1997 he was reelected, taking credit for a surging economy and enjoying 60%+ ratings.
Illegals and Health Insurance — Not So Simple . . .
In all the controversy about the proposed new health plan and its extension to illegal aliens, one question is never raised: Why haven't illegal aliens, many of them employed, young, and healthy, simply bought private catastrophic plans — and are they presently really uninsured?
The presumption is that poverty precludes purchase of a plan. But $50 billion in remittances go to Latin America and Mexico, at least at the peak in 2007. In my hometown, cell phones and nice cars are evident at the emergency-room environs, as I can attest from a few visits for a broken arm among other things.
In other words, the choice not to buy hospitalization insurance in many cases is one of discretionary spending: Someone decides to buy a cell phone, or send $400 a month back to Mexico rather than buy into something like a catastrophic plan from Kaiser for $300 a month, because 1) he is young and relatively healthy; 2) there is usually a federal or rural state health clinic around that gives free routine care (many here in the central valley), or an emergency room that offers free emergency and catastrophic care; 3) a decision is made to save money from buying such insurance in order to divert it to relatives in Mexico on the expectation that others in the United States (many of them lower-middle class taxpayers) will make up the difference and subsidize free healthcare for illegal aliens if the need arises.
Before we get into an acrimonious debate over the ethics of extending healthcare to a new constituency, we should understand that the ethical question cuts both ways, and that millions illegally here have already made a deliberate decision to subsidize millions in Latin America and Mexico (to the great relief of their governments) on the presumption that they in turn will be subsidized by millions of taxpayers here. I am not sure it is such a moral thing for an elderly person to worry about Medicare cutbacks so that funds could be diverted to extend healthcare coverage to younger illegal aliens, so that they in turn can continue to send billions home. Even stranger, to a large extent that is already happening: We talk about the "uninsured," but almost daily in Central California, a car accident or an act of violence or a work-related injury sends a Mexican national without documentation to the emergency room — and hundreds of thousands of dollars of necessary, but free, catastrophic care to be picked up by the taxpayer.
Obama Could Learn from Bush
There are eerie similarities between Obama’s present crusade to alter healthcare and Bush’s 2005 effort to change Social Security through the introduction of private accounts. Just as Joe Wilson heckled Obama, so too Democrats booed Bush during his 2005 “State of the Union” address. Bush felt his re-election would translate into grassroots support for Social Security reform. But the problem then was that most Americans were more or less happy with the system, and did not believe that those over 55 were fully exempt from the proposed changes, or that private investments were superior to government-guaranteed returns. They knew there were problems with Social Security’s actuarial tables, but felt that modification, rather than wholesale reinvention, was the proper cure.
The Bush effort failed, and Obama should learn from it: He should remember that most Americans like their health-insurance coverage precisely because it gives them access to the best care in the world (especially when it comes to treatment for cancer and heart problems) and can be improved to extend coverage to the uninsured without radical reinvention.
Most likely, even as he continues to spout hope-and-change, this-is-our-moment rhetoric, Obama will discover the parameters of governance that all presidents — even the most messianic — must operate within.
Obama's Mad Dash Continues
Obama's problem is more fundamental than his health-care mess. He campaigned on a no more red state/blue state, white/black, rich/poor polarity, and offered a sort of transcendence that was used to make up for his prior dubious relationships with the likes of Reverend Wright and Bill Ayers.
When governing, his supporters liked to think that he would have to rein in extremists like Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid to gravitate to the center and work in "bipartisan fashion." But that was never in the cards. The problem is that beneath Obama's hope-and-change veneer, his past legislative and vocal record (cf. his Senate partisanship, his statements in his memoirs, his spread-the-wealth, clingers, typical-white-person gaffes, his talk of single-payer healthcare and reparations, etc) were hard left, left even of Pelosi and Reid. The Van Jones appointment was logical, not an aberration. So to save his presidency, since the hope-and-change hocus-pocus has become old and trite, Obama would have to become an un-Obama, and do a 1995 Clinton switcheroo.
We have elected the most left-wing president in our history, apparently to many an unappreciated fact given the Bush unpopularity, the wars, the so-so McCain candidacy, and the September 2008 meltdown, but one that now, through a variety of minor and major incidents (from the apologies abroad and the cap-and-trade zealotry to the Gates incident to Van Jones), is being revealed to the American people — and they are not comfortable with it.
His supporters can charge "racism" or go back to the "this is our moment" tropes, or try to reexamine the crazies more carefully before appointing them, but the problem remains that the Obama worldview, one that he embraced at an early age and deliberately sought to enhance through his education and work in Chicago, is simply not one that most Americans feel comfortable with.
So we are in a race — will a majority of the American people wake up from their past anger at Bush and subsequent hypnotism by Obama before he pushes through and institutionalizes an agenda to the left of what we see in Europe?
The coming months should be interesting.
Source
NRO’s The Corner
Speeding Over the Cliff
It is quite amazing to watch Obama invoke God, call a joint session of Congress, go tit-for-tat with the town-hall movement, and reprogram daily the presidential message over the healthcare initiative — all in the midst of a recession. The problem is that right now 85% are not upset with their healthcare coverage, and feel that modifications, not a trillion-dollar reinvention, can address the uninsured, while 100% are paranoid about the economy, mega-deficits, and a shot dollar.
Cannot some staffer take the president aside and simply say, "If you just cool it for a bit, and curb lunatic new spending, the economy will go into its natural cycle of recovery, and you can take credit early next year for the rebound, then find some bipartisan project, and hope and change your way back up"?
The parallels to Clinton 1993–1994 are eerie. He misinterpreted unhappiness over a recession, a Bush aloofness and broken pledge on taxes, and the siphoning of votes by Ross Perot into some sort of hard-left mandate that included, inter alia, nationalized healthcare. Then came the 1994 push-back. But Clinton and his advisors were astute enough to reinvent themselves in the late autumn 1994, and by 1997 he was reelected, taking credit for a surging economy and enjoying 60%+ ratings.
Illegals and Health Insurance — Not So Simple . . .
In all the controversy about the proposed new health plan and its extension to illegal aliens, one question is never raised: Why haven't illegal aliens, many of them employed, young, and healthy, simply bought private catastrophic plans — and are they presently really uninsured?
The presumption is that poverty precludes purchase of a plan. But $50 billion in remittances go to Latin America and Mexico, at least at the peak in 2007. In my hometown, cell phones and nice cars are evident at the emergency-room environs, as I can attest from a few visits for a broken arm among other things.
In other words, the choice not to buy hospitalization insurance in many cases is one of discretionary spending: Someone decides to buy a cell phone, or send $400 a month back to Mexico rather than buy into something like a catastrophic plan from Kaiser for $300 a month, because 1) he is young and relatively healthy; 2) there is usually a federal or rural state health clinic around that gives free routine care (many here in the central valley), or an emergency room that offers free emergency and catastrophic care; 3) a decision is made to save money from buying such insurance in order to divert it to relatives in Mexico on the expectation that others in the United States (many of them lower-middle class taxpayers) will make up the difference and subsidize free healthcare for illegal aliens if the need arises.
Before we get into an acrimonious debate over the ethics of extending healthcare to a new constituency, we should understand that the ethical question cuts both ways, and that millions illegally here have already made a deliberate decision to subsidize millions in Latin America and Mexico (to the great relief of their governments) on the presumption that they in turn will be subsidized by millions of taxpayers here. I am not sure it is such a moral thing for an elderly person to worry about Medicare cutbacks so that funds could be diverted to extend healthcare coverage to younger illegal aliens, so that they in turn can continue to send billions home. Even stranger, to a large extent that is already happening: We talk about the "uninsured," but almost daily in Central California, a car accident or an act of violence or a work-related injury sends a Mexican national without documentation to the emergency room — and hundreds of thousands of dollars of necessary, but free, catastrophic care to be picked up by the taxpayer.
Obama Could Learn from Bush
There are eerie similarities between Obama’s present crusade to alter healthcare and Bush’s 2005 effort to change Social Security through the introduction of private accounts. Just as Joe Wilson heckled Obama, so too Democrats booed Bush during his 2005 “State of the Union” address. Bush felt his re-election would translate into grassroots support for Social Security reform. But the problem then was that most Americans were more or less happy with the system, and did not believe that those over 55 were fully exempt from the proposed changes, or that private investments were superior to government-guaranteed returns. They knew there were problems with Social Security’s actuarial tables, but felt that modification, rather than wholesale reinvention, was the proper cure.
The Bush effort failed, and Obama should learn from it: He should remember that most Americans like their health-insurance coverage precisely because it gives them access to the best care in the world (especially when it comes to treatment for cancer and heart problems) and can be improved to extend coverage to the uninsured without radical reinvention.
Most likely, even as he continues to spout hope-and-change, this-is-our-moment rhetoric, Obama will discover the parameters of governance that all presidents — even the most messianic — must operate within.
Obama's Mad Dash Continues
Obama's problem is more fundamental than his health-care mess. He campaigned on a no more red state/blue state, white/black, rich/poor polarity, and offered a sort of transcendence that was used to make up for his prior dubious relationships with the likes of Reverend Wright and Bill Ayers.
When governing, his supporters liked to think that he would have to rein in extremists like Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid to gravitate to the center and work in "bipartisan fashion." But that was never in the cards. The problem is that beneath Obama's hope-and-change veneer, his past legislative and vocal record (cf. his Senate partisanship, his statements in his memoirs, his spread-the-wealth, clingers, typical-white-person gaffes, his talk of single-payer healthcare and reparations, etc) were hard left, left even of Pelosi and Reid. The Van Jones appointment was logical, not an aberration. So to save his presidency, since the hope-and-change hocus-pocus has become old and trite, Obama would have to become an un-Obama, and do a 1995 Clinton switcheroo.
We have elected the most left-wing president in our history, apparently to many an unappreciated fact given the Bush unpopularity, the wars, the so-so McCain candidacy, and the September 2008 meltdown, but one that now, through a variety of minor and major incidents (from the apologies abroad and the cap-and-trade zealotry to the Gates incident to Van Jones), is being revealed to the American people — and they are not comfortable with it.
His supporters can charge "racism" or go back to the "this is our moment" tropes, or try to reexamine the crazies more carefully before appointing them, but the problem remains that the Obama worldview, one that he embraced at an early age and deliberately sought to enhance through his education and work in Chicago, is simply not one that most Americans feel comfortable with.
So we are in a race — will a majority of the American people wake up from their past anger at Bush and subsequent hypnotism by Obama before he pushes through and institutionalizes an agenda to the left of what we see in Europe?
The coming months should be interesting.
Source
PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER
Paranoid personality disorder is a condition characterized by excessive distrust and suspiciousness of others. This disorder is found in from 0.5% to 2.5% of the general population. However, I believe it is more prevalent in politicians.
People with this disorder generally are combative and suspicious in nature and may elicit a hostile response in others. They often become involved in legal disputes. They may exhibit thinly hidden, unrealistic grandiose fantasies, are often attuned to issues of power and rank. They need to have a high degree of control over those around them. They are often rigid, critical of others and have great difficulty accepting criticism themselves.
More severely affected individuals with this disorder may form tightly knit cults or groups with others who share their paranoid beliefs. History is filled with individuals who achieved the pinnacles of power with this disorder. We now witness the Democrat cult vying with the Republican cult for power. The time has arrived when a group of citizens will toss all of the paranoid personality cults into the trash bin.
Joel Brandes
People with this disorder generally are combative and suspicious in nature and may elicit a hostile response in others. They often become involved in legal disputes. They may exhibit thinly hidden, unrealistic grandiose fantasies, are often attuned to issues of power and rank. They need to have a high degree of control over those around them. They are often rigid, critical of others and have great difficulty accepting criticism themselves.
More severely affected individuals with this disorder may form tightly knit cults or groups with others who share their paranoid beliefs. History is filled with individuals who achieved the pinnacles of power with this disorder. We now witness the Democrat cult vying with the Republican cult for power. The time has arrived when a group of citizens will toss all of the paranoid personality cults into the trash bin.
Joel Brandes
Subject Beats Wife And Her Current Boyfriend With Bat In Burglary
Location: Residence along the unit block of West Main Street, Christiana, Delaware, New Castle County
Date and Time: Sunday, September 20, 2009, at 3:30 a.m.
Suspect(s): Anthony Dorio, 47, of Old Harmony Road, Newark, Delaware
Resume: At approximately 3:30 a.m. this morning Troopers were called to a home along West Main Street, in the town of Christiana, for a reported domestic assault.
This investigation revealed Anthony Dorio, 47, of Old Harmony Road and his wife, a 39-year-old female, had been separated for several months. A bit after 3 a.m., Dorio responded to the West Main Street address which is where his wife and her current boyfriend, a 27-year-old male, were staying.
Dorio broke into the home and proceeded to a first floor bedroom where his wife and the boyfriend were sleeping. He was armed with an aluminum bat, and as the boyfriend was sleeping, began to strike him in the head. The wife woke up and started to scream. She was then stuck in the arm a single time with the bat.
A 37-year-old male, also living in the home was asleep in another bedroom and heard the commotion. He walked into the adjacent bedroom to see what was going on. As he walked in, Dorio turned his attention on him and began to strike this subject several times in the head with the bat. Dorio then fled the residence.
All three victims were transported to Christiana Hospital where they were treated for their injuries. The two male victims were the most seriously hurt with injuries to their heads and upper bodies. The female suffered an injury to her arm.
A computer check revealed a Protection from Abuse Order was issued on August 28th for Dorio to stay away from his wife.
About an hour after the attack, Troopers located Dorio at a family member’s home in Elsmere. He was taken into custody without incident and transported back to Troop 2 for processing. He was formally charged with the following felony offenses: Assault 1st, two counts of Assault 2nd, three counts of Possession of a Deadly Weapon during the Commission of a Felony, Violation of a Protection from Abuse Order and Burglary.
Date and Time: Sunday, September 20, 2009, at 3:30 a.m.
Suspect(s): Anthony Dorio, 47, of Old Harmony Road, Newark, Delaware
Resume: At approximately 3:30 a.m. this morning Troopers were called to a home along West Main Street, in the town of Christiana, for a reported domestic assault.
This investigation revealed Anthony Dorio, 47, of Old Harmony Road and his wife, a 39-year-old female, had been separated for several months. A bit after 3 a.m., Dorio responded to the West Main Street address which is where his wife and her current boyfriend, a 27-year-old male, were staying.
Dorio broke into the home and proceeded to a first floor bedroom where his wife and the boyfriend were sleeping. He was armed with an aluminum bat, and as the boyfriend was sleeping, began to strike him in the head. The wife woke up and started to scream. She was then stuck in the arm a single time with the bat.
A 37-year-old male, also living in the home was asleep in another bedroom and heard the commotion. He walked into the adjacent bedroom to see what was going on. As he walked in, Dorio turned his attention on him and began to strike this subject several times in the head with the bat. Dorio then fled the residence.
All three victims were transported to Christiana Hospital where they were treated for their injuries. The two male victims were the most seriously hurt with injuries to their heads and upper bodies. The female suffered an injury to her arm.
A computer check revealed a Protection from Abuse Order was issued on August 28th for Dorio to stay away from his wife.
About an hour after the attack, Troopers located Dorio at a family member’s home in Elsmere. He was taken into custody without incident and transported back to Troop 2 for processing. He was formally charged with the following felony offenses: Assault 1st, two counts of Assault 2nd, three counts of Possession of a Deadly Weapon during the Commission of a Felony, Violation of a Protection from Abuse Order and Burglary.
His & Her Diary Entries
HER DIARY:
Tonight, I thought my husband was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a bar to have a drink. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I thought he was upset at20the fact that I was a bit late, but he made no comment on it.
Conversation wasn't flowing, so I suggested that we go somewhere quiet so we could talk. He agreed, but he didn't say much. I asked him what was wrong; he said, 'Nothing.' I asked him if it was my fault that he was upset. He said he wasn't upset, that it had nothing to do with me, and not to worry about it..
On the way home, I told him that I loved him. He smiled slightly, and kept driving. I can't explain his behavior. I don't know why but he didn't say, 'I love you, too.'
When we got home, I felt as if I had lost him completely, as if he wanted nothing to do with me anymore. He just sat there quietly, and watched TV. He continued
to seem distant and absent.Finally, with silence all around us, I decided to go to bed. About 15 minutes later, he came to bed. To my surprise, he responded to
my caress, and we made love. But I still felt that he was distracted, and his thoughts were somewhere else. He fell asleep - I cried. I don't know what to do.
I'm almost sure that his thoughts are with someone else. My life is a disaster.
HIS DIARY:
Harley wouldn't start today - - - I can't figure it out, but at least I
got laid
Tonight, I thought my husband was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a bar to have a drink. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I thought he was upset at20the fact that I was a bit late, but he made no comment on it.
Conversation wasn't flowing, so I suggested that we go somewhere quiet so we could talk. He agreed, but he didn't say much. I asked him what was wrong; he said, 'Nothing.' I asked him if it was my fault that he was upset. He said he wasn't upset, that it had nothing to do with me, and not to worry about it..
On the way home, I told him that I loved him. He smiled slightly, and kept driving. I can't explain his behavior. I don't know why but he didn't say, 'I love you, too.'
When we got home, I felt as if I had lost him completely, as if he wanted nothing to do with me anymore. He just sat there quietly, and watched TV. He continued
to seem distant and absent.Finally, with silence all around us, I decided to go to bed. About 15 minutes later, he came to bed. To my surprise, he responded to
my caress, and we made love. But I still felt that he was distracted, and his thoughts were somewhere else. He fell asleep - I cried. I don't know what to do.
I'm almost sure that his thoughts are with someone else. My life is a disaster.
HIS DIARY:
Harley wouldn't start today - - - I can't figure it out, but at least I
got laid
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Radar on Route 50
Joe is on his way to the Western Shore this morning. He called in with a Smokey report. He said, "there are police everywhere and they are running radar".
Be careful leaving the shore, not only is traffic bad, the State of Maryland needs money. This being next to the last big weekend of the summer, they are out to get what they can, of course they would like everyone to drive safely and buckle up.
Have a safe ride, wherever you go.
Be careful leaving the shore, not only is traffic bad, the State of Maryland needs money. This being next to the last big weekend of the summer, they are out to get what they can, of course they would like everyone to drive safely and buckle up.
Have a safe ride, wherever you go.
MEDICINE-MIXING ALERT
Most people know not to mix certain medicines without consulting their doctors.
However, some medicines cannot be mixed with certain foods or beverages . . .
And certainly most of us know not to mix certain medicines with alcohol....
Although, some people think that mixing alcohol and medicine is harmless.
As a public service the AMA and Health Canada have recently published a new warning being distributed via pamphlets in pharmacies across the U.S. And Canada.
Attached is the cover jacket of one such pamphlet:
However, some medicines cannot be mixed with certain foods or beverages . . .
And certainly most of us know not to mix certain medicines with alcohol....
Although, some people think that mixing alcohol and medicine is harmless.
As a public service the AMA and Health Canada have recently published a new warning being distributed via pamphlets in pharmacies across the U.S. And Canada.
Attached is the cover jacket of one such pamphlet:
75 Percent of Oklahoma High School Students Can't Name The First President Of The U.S.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students can name the first President of the United States, according to a survey released today.
The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.
Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group wanted to find out how much civic knowledge Oklahoma high school students know.
The Oklahoma City-based think tank enlisted national research firm, Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.
"They're questions taken from the actual exam that you have to take to become a U.S. citizen," Dutcher said.
A thousand students were given 10 questions drawn from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services item bank. Candidates for U.S. citizenship must answer six questions correctly in order to become citizens.
About 92 percent of the people who take the citizenship test pass on their first try, according to immigration service data. However, Oklahoma students did not fare as well. Only about 3 percent of the students surveyed would have passed the citizenship test.
Dutcher said this is not just a problem in Oklahoma. He said Arizona had similar results, which left him concerned for the entire country.
"Jefferson later said that a nation can't expect to be ignorant and free," Dutcher said. "It points to a real serious problem. We're not going to remain ignorant and free."
Question
% of StudentsWho Answered Correctly
What is the supreme law of the land? 28%
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? 26
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? 27
How many justices are there on the Supreme Court? 10
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 14
What ocean is on the east coast of the United States? 61
What are the two major political parities in the United States? 43
We elect a U.S. senator for how many years?
11
Who was the first President of the United States? 23
Who is in charge of the executive branch? 29
See the answers to the test
More: Read the Full Report from OCPA
The City Of Fruitland Newsletter
NEWSLETTER
September 18, 2009
CITY HALL
The Fruitland City Council Audit Committee comprised of Treasurer Gloria Ortiz, Councilman Ray Carey, Deputy Treasurer Polly Caton and City Manager John McDonnell will meet on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 to discuss ways and items to cut from our budget. This meeting is necessary because of the over $260,000 in cuts from the State of Maryland.
RECREATION COMMISSION
The Recreation Commission meeting this week was cancelled. Some members of the Board attended the funeral of former Councilman J.R. Rains.
FRUITLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
The Fruitland Economic Development Commission met in session on Tuesday, September 15, 2009, although not having a quorum there was some information discussed, however, not acted upon.
POLICE
Officers met with residents of the Church Street, N. Dulany Ave and Poplar Street neighborhoods to discuss quality of life issues and concerns. These meetings will be held quarterly with area residents to formulate strategies for dealing with crime and other issues in the community. All residents are welcome to attend.
Cpl. Shockley will undergo surgery next week. We wish him a speedy recovery.
PUBLIC WORKS
Field service staff repaired five defective meter service lines beneath the city streets this week. Locations were: 109 S. Camden Ave., 205 S. Camden Ave., 115 Staton St., 120 Ridgefield Lane and 211 Williams Ave. All of these services have been in use for 31 years.
Upgrade of the Hunt Club-Meadowbrook sewage lift station proceeds on schedule with delivery of a replacement pump within the next two weeks.
OTHER
Birthday wishes are extended to Investigator Mark Stevenson on September 25th. May you have many more.
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On this day in 1973, future President Jimmy Carter files a report with the National Investigators Committee on Aerial Phenomena, claiming he had seen a UFO.
During his Presidential run in 1976, Carter was forthcoming that he had seen a UFO. He described waiting outside for a Lion’s Club meeting to start. He and 10 – 12 other witnesses experienced the sighting.
September 18, 2009
CITY HALL
The Fruitland City Council Audit Committee comprised of Treasurer Gloria Ortiz, Councilman Ray Carey, Deputy Treasurer Polly Caton and City Manager John McDonnell will meet on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 to discuss ways and items to cut from our budget. This meeting is necessary because of the over $260,000 in cuts from the State of Maryland.
RECREATION COMMISSION
The Recreation Commission meeting this week was cancelled. Some members of the Board attended the funeral of former Councilman J.R. Rains.
FRUITLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
The Fruitland Economic Development Commission met in session on Tuesday, September 15, 2009, although not having a quorum there was some information discussed, however, not acted upon.
POLICE
Officers met with residents of the Church Street, N. Dulany Ave and Poplar Street neighborhoods to discuss quality of life issues and concerns. These meetings will be held quarterly with area residents to formulate strategies for dealing with crime and other issues in the community. All residents are welcome to attend.
Cpl. Shockley will undergo surgery next week. We wish him a speedy recovery.
PUBLIC WORKS
Field service staff repaired five defective meter service lines beneath the city streets this week. Locations were: 109 S. Camden Ave., 205 S. Camden Ave., 115 Staton St., 120 Ridgefield Lane and 211 Williams Ave. All of these services have been in use for 31 years.
Upgrade of the Hunt Club-Meadowbrook sewage lift station proceeds on schedule with delivery of a replacement pump within the next two weeks.
OTHER
Birthday wishes are extended to Investigator Mark Stevenson on September 25th. May you have many more.
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On this day in 1973, future President Jimmy Carter files a report with the National Investigators Committee on Aerial Phenomena, claiming he had seen a UFO.
During his Presidential run in 1976, Carter was forthcoming that he had seen a UFO. He described waiting outside for a Lion’s Club meeting to start. He and 10 – 12 other witnesses experienced the sighting.
Editors Note:
The Town of Delmar was founded this week 150 Years Ago
Senior Health Care
The YouTube links below are Part 1 and 2 of a tape made by a Texan. He and his wife made the tape from their ranch in south-central Texas. At their own expense, they made 1000 copies and sent one to every single congressman and senator and some media outlets. Let's hope that each and every one of them watched and LISTENED!!!
Public Health Care Option
What advocates for a public health care option either don't know or won't reveal, is that, on a per patient basis, the administrative cost for, government run Medicare, is much higher than private insurance. Medicare premiums are collected by the IRS and that cost is not charged to Medicare. Medicare pays no taxes. Private companies pay a state tax averaging 2% (as high as 4% in some states). The private companies also pay income tax on their profits. In spite of this private insurance companies have a lower administrative cost, which could be even lower, with some regulation.
While most people, instinctively, understand government is extremely inefficient, it appears many politicians do not. Medicare has virtually no competition unless you count Medicaid as a competitor. It is near impossible to discover administrative costs for Medicaid as each state is probably different. Should an enlightened congress make it possible to purchase health care insurance, across state lines, the competition would likely lower prices on private insurance.
It would, therefore be reasonable to assume that if the government wishes to use taxpayer money to insure some number of people, it would best not be done by a governmental agency. We are told there is a great deal of fraud and waste in Medicare and Medicaid. We are further informed, that the government can eliminate this to pay for half of the cost of a heath care program. No one is standing in their way from doing this now. Government is simply using this as an excuse to cut care for the elderly.
By going to Google, one can find all the information required to make an informed decision. This begs a two part question, Why can't the congress or the media learn to Google?
Joel Brandes
While most people, instinctively, understand government is extremely inefficient, it appears many politicians do not. Medicare has virtually no competition unless you count Medicaid as a competitor. It is near impossible to discover administrative costs for Medicaid as each state is probably different. Should an enlightened congress make it possible to purchase health care insurance, across state lines, the competition would likely lower prices on private insurance.
It would, therefore be reasonable to assume that if the government wishes to use taxpayer money to insure some number of people, it would best not be done by a governmental agency. We are told there is a great deal of fraud and waste in Medicare and Medicaid. We are further informed, that the government can eliminate this to pay for half of the cost of a heath care program. No one is standing in their way from doing this now. Government is simply using this as an excuse to cut care for the elderly.
By going to Google, one can find all the information required to make an informed decision. This begs a two part question, Why can't the congress or the media learn to Google?
Joel Brandes
Senate Votes To Keep Spending Millions On Stimulus Signs
Ever since the “American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009″ kicked in, it was obvious that a major part of the stimulus would be paying people to design, manufacture and put up signs alerting taxpayers where their “stimulus” money was going. You’d have to spend a fortune on an investigation to find a better example of a self-perpetuating sinkhole — and then spend even more money on signs announcing the findings of your investigation — to top this.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, and many others, want to keep spending millions on the stimulus signs because to stop doing so would be to deprive us lowly taxpayers the honor of seeing where our money is being spent (we know it when we see it, Babs, no sign necessary) — and one of those areas is the signs themselves:
GO HERE to read more.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, and many others, want to keep spending millions on the stimulus signs because to stop doing so would be to deprive us lowly taxpayers the honor of seeing where our money is being spent (we know it when we see it, Babs, no sign necessary) — and one of those areas is the signs themselves:
GO HERE to read more.
A Poor Analogy
Obama says his public option will not harm private healthcare. As his analogy, he points to state universities and private universities. He says both kinds of schools coexist well together. Using state and private universities as an analogy is absurd.
With regards to state universities, the government provides funding to support them. If Obama wants to apply this relationship to the health profession, he should start funding doctors’ offices and hospitals so that they can afford to see all of the uninsured for free. Instead, Obama wants to provide both with higher taxes and lower fees. His approach is clearly counterintuitive. Why does Obama despise hard working Americans?
Next time Obama uses universities as his example of how his public plan will coexist with private healthcare, you might suggest that the imbecile feeding his teleprompter should repeat junior high school.
With regards to state universities, the government provides funding to support them. If Obama wants to apply this relationship to the health profession, he should start funding doctors’ offices and hospitals so that they can afford to see all of the uninsured for free. Instead, Obama wants to provide both with higher taxes and lower fees. His approach is clearly counterintuitive. Why does Obama despise hard working Americans?
Next time Obama uses universities as his example of how his public plan will coexist with private healthcare, you might suggest that the imbecile feeding his teleprompter should repeat junior high school.
Salisbury News Delivers The Best Photos Of Delmarva Bike Week Winter Place Park
When I return on Monday we'll deliver a series of photos from Bike Week. In the mean time I thought I'd deliver one of the cooler shots from Bike Week at Winter Place Park. Click on the image to enlarge it. Oh, mind you, this was shot early on Saturday. As time went on the crowd was just unbelievable and much bigger than any other crowd in the past. Oh, for those of you who were worried about me as some pansy once again threatened me to watch my back this year, (again) at Bike Week. I was there in plain view Thursday, Friday and Saturday and received nothing but welcoming hand shakes and kind remarks, AGAIN.
I Need A Favor From All Of You
Today I am taking a personal day away from just about everything, especially this Blog. My Mother has taken ill and has been admitted to a Hospital on the Western Shore. I won't get into the details but so far things don't look very good. This is a very special woman who has seen some very difficult times, yet has always been a strong and stable woman who has never let anything stop her from reaching her goals and I'm confident she'll see her way through this difficult time as well.
That being said, I will not be around the Blog at all today. I'm actually asking two things of you. If you choose to make comments today, please understand that they will not be attended to until perhaps Monday morning. The second favor I'm asking is, take a day off from commenting so when I return I'm not overwhelmed. I could use the break and quite frankly my mind is elsewhere right now, where it belongs during these times.
Thanks for understanding and I hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday. My Mother's name is Mary and your prayers would be greatly appreciated. There will be Posts pre-scheduled to go up until 9:00 AM this morning, every 5 minutes, as usual. Thanks for understanding and working with me.
That being said, I will not be around the Blog at all today. I'm actually asking two things of you. If you choose to make comments today, please understand that they will not be attended to until perhaps Monday morning. The second favor I'm asking is, take a day off from commenting so when I return I'm not overwhelmed. I could use the break and quite frankly my mind is elsewhere right now, where it belongs during these times.
Thanks for understanding and I hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday. My Mother's name is Mary and your prayers would be greatly appreciated. There will be Posts pre-scheduled to go up until 9:00 AM this morning, every 5 minutes, as usual. Thanks for understanding and working with me.
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