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    Posted: 01 Dec 2011 at 3:13pm
Yep. Maybe he would have them start using video conferencing like....yesterday.

It's no wonder Obama and Friends don't believe in capitalism.  The goal there is to make money...not reward failure. Or keep rewarding those who fail:

Fannie, Freddie Spend $640,000 on Conference | Compliancex

That's six hundred and forty thousand dollars...on 100 employees...for just ONE conference. 
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Posts: 22235 		  Quote Don Watkins Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 Dec 2011 at 4:09pm
Yikes. Jail is too good....
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Posts: 29281 		  Quote Karl_db Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Dec 2011 at 11:34pm
Yep. Jail is too good. I didn't read nearly all of this..just read all I could handle:
How state lawmakers pump up pensions – USATODAY.com
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Posts: 29281 		  Quote Karl_db Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Dec 2011 at 3:19am
Rick Perry ‘Retires’ Early To Collect Pension Benefits - ABC News

Perry defended his use of the system while he continues to serve as governor saying, “That’s been in place for decades and I bought my military time and then obviously the 25 years of public service time, so as you reach that age you become eligible for it, so I don’t find that to be you know out of the ordinary.”

“I think it’d be rather foolish to not access what you’ve earned,” Perry told ABC News.


He's just doing what others have done. That makes it OK.

Kinda reminds me of a clip I saw yesterday of Carney...Obama's press secretary. Some reporter (don't know) grilling him over the FLOTUS taking a separate government jet to Hawaii instead of flying as a family with her husband. 

Of course Carney kept repeating that Obama was staying late in Washington to make sure Congress got work done before the Christmas holiday vacation.

But his most often repeated defense is that this is consistent with what other first families have done for decades and decades.

(The reporter was questioning the $100,000 per hour jet for Michelle in light of the budget, the poor economy, and the president's recent cutbacks on government spending for flights and other expenditures.  Bet if it was a Republican doing that they wouldn't be defending it because that's the way it's always been done.)  Slime balls!
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Posts: 22235 		  Quote Don Watkins Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Dec 2011 at 3:26am

Man, that article is full of jaw droppers including the "consulting fee" his wife gets. If that's not political payback I don't know what is.

And $240k a year? Is he made out of gold? Certainly not his brain.
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Posts: 29281 		  Quote Karl_db Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Dec 2011 at 3:31am
Depends which brain maybe....

I missed that short blurb about the consulting fee. Just amazing...and sadly not amazing at the same time.

Was it here or elsewhere that there was quite a bit in the news recently about this early retirement scam by public employees.  School officials maybe??  Hmmm...come to think of it, seems it was a link I posted. LOL 

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Posts: 29281 		  Quote Karl_db Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Dec 2011 at 3:44am
Looks like the comics are catching up to the news: Bottomliner
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Posts: 29281 		  Quote Karl_db Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Dec 2011 at 3:19am
But I kinda have to ask "why?"...he's just following the example of members of Congress:
Expert New York Consultant Gets Prison For Inside Trades
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LOL
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Posts: 29281 		  Quote Karl_db Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Jan 2012 at 6:51am
Don't have time for the pain....nor these dingbats:

Senator warns FDA on danger of newest painkillers - Yahoo! News

What bothers me is an "in general" thing...the knee-jerk reaction of folks like Schumer(sp?) that we can't do good things....because somebody is going to abuse it. Doesn't matter what IMHO. Why not ban pain killers, cell phones, cars that go too fast, or food that makes people fat. The list is endless. It's like they blame the decent folks instead of the abusers.
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Posts: 22235 		  Quote Don Watkins Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Jan 2012 at 6:53am
I think a ban on politicians is in order. They're more dangerous than dope.
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Posts: 29281 		  Quote Karl_db Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Jan 2012 at 7:15am
That's a great idea.  If we're going to ban things that are harmful....start with politicians!!!

Schumer would be a good start. So would some Romney "surrogate" (he was called in news reports). I only read the teaser...something about voting for a candidate is more than finding somebody who agrees with your moral and political beliefs. We have to pick somebody who can be elected.

Heck...if I felt that way...I would have voted for Obama last time.  But then I would have had to cut my right hand off!
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Posts: 22235 		  Quote Don Watkins Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Jan 2012 at 7:17am

At least with dope you can make a choice to avoid it. Not so with politicians.

I didn't vote for him but I had to cut my right hand off anyway...for voting for McCain.
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Posts: 29281 		  Quote Karl_db Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Jan 2012 at 7:20am
Yeah. I voted for McCain.  No, I take that back, if it makes sense: I didn't vote for McCain...I voted for the GOP presidential candidate.  But I had to hold my nose and go to confession afterwards. 
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Posts: 15258 		  Quote Randy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jan 2012 at 2:43pm
If we're going to ban things that are harmful... I'd recommend starting with the staff of all the politicians.  I don't think the politicians can actually do anything without them.
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Posts: 29281 		  Quote Karl_db Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jan 2012 at 2:47pm
Maybe we should starting banning those who elect politicians in the first place...? HeeHee
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Posts: 11117 		  Quote Bob Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jan 2012 at 7:20am
Interesting thought - Stoessel had a segment on that particular subject the other night.  He interviewed a bunch of young people in Times Square showing a big poster photo of Romney, Paul, others.  Most didn't have a clue as their IDs.  Totally uninformed but they vote.
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Posts: 22235 		  Quote Don Watkins Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jan 2012 at 7:22am
I expect he could have found a gaggle of older people who didn't know either.
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Posts: 11117 		  Quote Bob Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jan 2012 at 7:35am
No doubt.  His main point was 'Let's stop these massive Get out the vote drives.'  Those uninformed are the ones likely to be flushed out ... the interested and informed would probably vote anyway.
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