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Posted on November 7 at 11:38 a.m.
To Mrs. Walker;
I disagree with your conclusion as to the article. The author prefaces her statement to "not have children with an old fashioned man", with this statement:
"This is anecdotal, of course, but I’ve had so many female friends complain about their husbands/partners failing to pick up a fair share of the housework and childcare. I ask, “Why won’t he do his fair share?” The typical response is, “I can’t get him to do anything so I do it myself.” Then I ask why the wife didn’t choose instead to marry a man who would do his fair share. Again, the typical response is that such men do not exist or the woman in question couldn’t wait any longer to get married since she wanted children and her biological clock was running.
The truth is until women flat out refuse to have children with old-fashioned men, these stereotypes will be perpetuated. And the worst part of that is, some women actually prefer it that way."
You give examples, including your own husband, of men willing to do their fair share. That appears to be the author's premise, rather than marry an old fashioned man, marry one willing to pick-up the slack/fair share.
You might want to read the article again, without bias.
Posted on September 23 at 12:53 p.m.
Let the kids run into the parade route to fetch that wayward flung piece of candy. Often common sense is discarded as folks get caught-up in the moment.
Posted on September 18 at 11:55 a.m.
With Detroit Diesel laying-off 50% by years end, does that not reduce their "pace-setter" total?
Posted on September 9 at 6:58 p.m.
Rep. Frank Kratovil Jr. (D-MD):
Opposes current legislation in the House, but remains open to public option. He opposes the measure currently under consideration in the House and will vote against it unless there are significant changes. Among his objections: the price, which would add $239 billion to the deficit over 10 years, according to a preliminary estimate by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. He's also concerned, he says, that the measure is too generous to the poor, at the expense of the middle class, and potentially harmful to rural areas of Maryland, like the Eastern Shore, which already have trouble attracting and keeping doctors. At the same time, Kratovil speaks with evident passion about the need for change. He said in an interview that he "absolutely" would support a more "reasonable" plan, though he acknowledges that he doesn't know how to close the cost gap. Unlike many of his fellow Blue Dogs, he's not against including a public insurance option. He said he would favor one that creates an "equal playing field" and legitimate competition with private insurance companies. "I don't follow the fear that having a public option means the beginning of a single-payer system," he said, sitting in a windowless conference room at his Salisbury district office. (Paul West, “A Blue Dog Democrat's View From The Middle,” The Baltimore Sun, 8/23/09)
Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA):
“As the Bill Stands Right Now, I Would Have to Vote ‘No.’” "As the bill stands right now, I would have to vote 'no' until we get a better handle on the costs. I am adamantly opposed to throwing more money at the current system." http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.as...
Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY):
“But I Will Not Vote For A Bill That Gets It Wrong, And If I Had To Vote Today For The Current Piece Of Legislation In Front Of Congress, I Would Not Be Able To Support It.”“U.S. Rep. Eric Massa said if he had to vote today on America's Affordable Health Care Choices Act, he would probably vote against it. ‘We all know that one in six don't have health insurance. We all know that we pay more per capita for health care than any other nation in the world. These things need to be addressed, and doing nothing, which is what so many want to do, is simply not an option,’ said Massa, D-Corning. ‘But I will not vote for a bill that gets it wrong, and if I had to vote today for the current piece of legislation in front of Congress, I would not be able to support it,’ he said Tuesday during his weekly teleconference with the media.” (Ray Finger, “Massa Wary Of Health Care Reform Bill,” Star-Gazette, 7/22/09)
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http://drudgereport.com/flashwc.htm
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Posted on September 9 at 6:40 p.m.
Hi Steve and 'enry;
Yep just a bit more than one pack of smokes, and 20 multiplied many times makes a difference for those without a $20 in their pocket.
Take the cost of a dinner for two at Montana Mikes, Carlos O'Kelleys, buy a ready to bake pizza to take home, and ear-mark the rest for the food pantry, and you have made a major difference, when multiplied 10 or 20 fold.
Posted on September 9 at 6:34 p.m.
Hi Open eyes;
It is Observer not Observation.
It makes no difference whether it is the Republicrats of Democans, until the Congress gets off the Lobbyist "hog trough", no change can happen.
The insurance companies, medical corporations, etc. hold sway. They can mandate huge government expenditures, and legislate mandatory corporate health insurance till the cows come home, but if they don't clean-up the system, the result will be restricted access, reduction in geriatrics and neo-natal, and a larger percentage of the population being penalized.
Obama is smooth and can sell freezers to the Eskimos, but if they don't clean-up their house the foundation of Obamacare is sheer corruption.
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Posted on September 9 at 3:53 p.m.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-r...
The ball is in President Obama's court to reach out to Republicans if he wants a bipartisan bill on healthcare reform, House GOP Leader John Boehner (Ohio) said Monday morning.
Boehner told reporters that the president has not invited House GOP leaders to the White House for meetings on healthcare reform since the end of April.
Earlier this year, GOP leaders sent a letter to the president in May stating that they would like to work with the administration to find "common ground" on healthcare reform.
But the administration responded with a tersely worded letter indicating that they had healthcare reform under control.
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Perhaps if the administration were truly interested in reforming the system rather than growing government more support would be forthcoming.
Start with tort reform.
Affordable health insurance availability.
Clean-out the Drug Company lobbyists from Congress.
Until the stench of corruption is removed from Washington DC, further governmental mandates are pointless, and additional burden on Joe the Plumber.
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Posted on September 9 at 3:36 p.m.
$20 x 2000 Emporians would fill a food pantry many times over, regardless of how little $20 buys, even at Walmart.
Animal Control Officer — $25 to $36,000
• Animal Shelter Manager — $30 to $42,000
• Animal Collecton Manager — $33 to $46,000
$88,000 minimum, $124,000 maximum one could anticipate three control officers, one as manager of all operations, and having the shelter open for extended hours.
Posted on August 28 at 3:55 p.m.
"Kennedycare" programs and government over-site seems to share a great deal in common with what we used to muck out of the horse-barn. Never thought to call it liberal socialism in the old days.
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Posted on November 10 at 11:48 a.m.
Well said!!!!!!!
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