National vs. local politics apparently is a meme on pcom.
I apparently irritated the new owners with expressed concerns over a draft Executive Order that was leaked that promises, in the words of gizmodo - a tech site, not a political site - that the proposal would give the administration in power under these kinds of rules the ability to censor, with a political slant, all posts on the internet. The trick is that it redefines what is meant by the legal immunity offered sites called section
This blog post is comes from a discussion on Micky D's workers striving for $15/hr. I suggested that if they got that wage, the end result would be the creation of robotic fast food processes and the elimination of many of the low wage jobs that industry has.
That notion drew some conversation and I did a data dump on the real scope of issue.
http://paulding.com/forum/index.php?app=blog&module=post§ion=post&do=showform&id1=303871&id2=3835010&btapp=forums#
The plain fact is that trump won using the rules - the rigged rules which are rigged in favor of rural states and voters - and he is our president.
What we need to do is give the guy a chance as he likely is not as bad as his VP.
Indeed, I have to give trump kudoos on his choice of VP because Pence, while he has some Washington experience, is among the most regressive and intolerant of the Republicans. Hell, he was headed for near certain defeat in his quest for re-election in Indiana be
Ask a scientist — or anyone, really — about the birth of the universe, and they’ll probably tell you it started with the Big Bang.
What nobody knows, though, is what caused that explosion. Some suspect the Big Bang was actually a massive star going supernova, but again, no one knows what exactly causes those stars to ignite, either.
That might have just changed, though, thanks to a University of Central Florida research team that says it discovered the conditions necessary for a Big Ba
Tuesday night, after two weeks off, I happened to Catch Jon Stewart's return to the Daily Show comedy news.
He opened with the funniest, hardest hitting, self-deprecating video editorial in my memory. My jaw was agape.
Here it is in three installments. Watch one, watch the second and watch the third and you'll know how silly the polarizing language used by today's 'dividers' is ...
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CLEAN Future Act would slash emissions, create national energy standard
by Joe Bebon
Leaders from the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce introduced the Climate Leadership and Environmental Act
Below is the opening page of the Center for Sustainable Journalism's Conference page announcing the conference set for September 25th. If you check the lineup of people on panels and speaking, you'll see that I'm on a panel.
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If you want a discount ($10 off) the conference fee, use the promotional code "Hughes" and you'll get a break.
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We all know that politics is more than theater ... it is often a magic show in the context of now you see it, now you don't.
The GOP position is that rates are fine where they are; we can deal with the loopholes and while we might claw back some from loopholes for this 'deal' we are experts in manufacturing loopholes ... some that can be very, very specific ... and these loopholes can be hidden as amendments in legislation of all kinds.
We all know that politics is not a game that is pl
To set this topic up:
Rockysmom then said:
That would be Romney's living room Low.
I would assume, lowrider, that if you heard say, Newt, say that he was for a law that created vouchers and required individuals to purchase health insurance - i.e. the individual mandate that is at the core of obamacare - you would realize that obamacare is an idea that was lifted from the 1994 Heritage Foundation plan offered as an alternative to Hillarycare back then.
I know y
The GOP is saying, we won't force a shutdown if the Dems in the Senate go along with us and delay/defund/kill Obamacare. In their minds, they are making a totally reasonable request.
Why is this a loosing position.
Because their solution to the conflict - shut down the government - is so "we're going to take our ball and go home" a response.
Bottom line, the budget and spending authorizations are like the whole game. That they lost the legislative effort that the Democrats have
In the following piece I conjure the idea that the way to fund mental health care might be to impose an excise tax on the purchase of or distribution of graphically violent content such as TV shows, movies and video games based on the degree of violence depicted in the content.
The biggest problem may be the constitutionality of taxing something so intertwined with speech. However, one quick thought is that the tax may solve this, at least in the context of movies, is a tax on the sale of t
When first presented with the idea, I was just about where you are SG. I was curious and skeptical ... and then I saw the world press take notice. Why would they care?
I did a little more research on the airline industry - not enough to make me an expert on airlines - but enough to note there are some less than obvious opportunities when it comes to enhancing competition. The airline carriers are pulling back, limiting service to smaller cities and eliminating in some others. Air transporta
You are absolutely right that a gun is just a tool but what you're missing is that a gun can be more than just a tool.
Think about tools for a minute and then think about Andy Rooney, late of 60 Minutes fame and his ancient typewriter that he used to write his witty editorials. He could have had the newest laptop with the fanciest word processing program but he held to his manual Royal typewriter circa 1945. Dare I say he loved it.
Think about the kid who drives up in a new high-output
First, I will close this topic. Why?
Because it is a no-win for pcom or for local businesses.
We have developed rules regarding all this and those rules seek to balance the issues presented.
Let me address the points where there is obviously some misunderstanding.
We protect the advertising posts of business members. If a business member come in and offers, say, a lunch special for $4.99, their topic making that offer is protected. In other words, another member will be r
Wild and crazy revelation. I had written this short about a fellow I met in Watonga Oklahoma - Ernie Hoberecht - and I apparently initially misspelled the name back in 2003. Oh well, I have the feeling that those UPI underlings would find that not only funny, but fitting given the ego that was Hoberecht.
So you'll understand better, here is the link to him in google search.
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Source: Is Paulding.com the first to do the TV thing?
The group is called NO LABELS
One of the leaders of it is Mark McKinnon - a Republican - who has been counseling those in congress to compromise. He's been counseling them to stay in Washington so they can get to know other MOC's (Members of Congress). Oh, and they have a program designed to make Congress work.
The first thing on the agenda is a provision that says, No budget, no pay. Congress has to pass a budget before they get paid.
There are a ton of other basically common se
A little known fact about the Romney name.
It would appear that his Great, Great grandaddy coined the name from his association with the Republican party when Utah was trying to get statehood. He was a leader in the Mormon church but more importantly, he was dyslexic. Yes, he was Dyslexic. He was also from the southeastern part of Europe where the names are particularly hard to spell and pronounce. He found it necessary to change his name like many millions of others from that region wh
What? Twenty bucks? That might buy you and me a couple of latte's at Starbucks but it is hardly enough of an investment to justify divulging potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on proprietary market research into the public domain.
Its use and utility was the driving force and information that put a signature on a contract for a forty-year lease that pays the taxpayer for the use of the facility.
You do remember that they are paying the county/AA funds in this transact
Yes, I bet you're patting yourself on the back on that one too, Whitey. It inspired me to make a joke.
Here's why doing anything new in Paulding is tough. A new person in the county comes in to buy cola at a fair. Yep, they're willing to give us $5.00 for a .50 cent can of Coca-cola. Its a hot day and they figure that it is worth it. They pull out a $10 bill and pass it to the guy and then hold their hand out for change ... The old guy, we'll call him Whitey for grins, stares at the
