OUR FAMILY NEVER, EVER, THOUGHT WE WOULD LISTEN TO AL JAZEERA BRINGING OUR CURRENT NEWS. NEVER IN A LIFETIME. WELL, **** HAPPENS (ONE OF OUR FAVORITE BUMPER STICKERS).
REALLY, THE ONLY NEWS YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED CAME OUT OF AL JAZEERA. A NEWS CHANNEL WE NEVER THOUGHT YOU AND MINE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED OUR BREAKING, LATEST NEWS. BUT, IT HAPPENED. MY SON TUNED IN AL JAZEERA ON THE COMPUTER AND WE ALL LISTENED TO THE LATEST AND GREATEST, ABOUT EGYPT. A REVOLUTION BEFORE OUR VERY EYES ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT AND A LACK OF FOOD. EVEN THOUGH WE HAD STUDIED THIS SUBJECT AND HEARD THE YOUTH WOULD BRING ABOUT THE REVOLUTIONS BECAUSE OF A LACK OF JOBS -- TRULY SOBERING NEWS. A REAL LIFE REVOLUTION AND "PEOPLE POWER" TO THE MAX. AL JAZEERA WAS THE ONLY TV ON THE GROUND, BRINGING YOU, AND OURS, THE LATEST, GREATEST AND CURRENT NEWS.
WAS THERE A LESSON IN IT TO ALL OF US? MAYBE. WE (OUR GENERATION) HAVE NEVER SEEN A REVOLUTION UP FRONT AND PERSONAL. WE HAVE READ WHERE THE YOUTH OF OTHER COUNTRIES, AND OURS, WILL BRING THIS "UNEMPLOYMENT, LACK OF (FOOD) WHATEVER TO THE FRONT". BUT, BY GOSH, IT HAPPENED BEFORE OUR EYES. NO JOBS, LACK OF FOOD, ETC.
BACK TO NEW ALBANY, INDIANA. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES BREAK CONCERNING THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, THE CANDIDATE WHO WILL RUN FOR MAYOR, WHICH CANDIDATE WILL RUN FOR COUNCIL, PARKING TICKETS (WHICH CAN NOT EQUAL SEWER BILL PAST DUES (WHERE BENEDETTI SWEARS IS NOT PUBLIC INFORMATION), AND PARKING TICKETS. IT IS WHAT IT IS. AND, WHAT ELSE IS NEW IN NEW ALBANY -- LACK OF ENFORCEMENT. WHAT WITH RENTALS, SEWERS, PARKING, AND CODE ENFORCEMENT (BLAH, BLAH, BLAH). NOTHING NEW EXCEPT A NEW DAY (UNFORTUNATELY FOR TAXPAYERS). OH, AND DON'T LET US FORGET THE S. ELLEN AND JONES NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOW MUCH THIS REMINDS US OF THE OTHER FIASCO WITH SAME PEOPLE IN CHARGE. ISN'T THAT A MIND BENDER?
MY ELDEST SON TAUGHT ME A LOT THIS PAST WEEK, TURNING THE COMPUTER ON AND LISTENING TO AL JAZEERA. ANY OF YOU AS TO WHAT THE U.S.A. MAY BE FACING (OR NEW ALBANY -- JOKE, JOKE)? CURIOUS TO SAY, AT THE LEAST!
BRING IT ON, BUT LET US KEEP IT CIVIL. AMEN.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
WHO IS ON FIRST? WHO IS ON SECOND? WHO IS ON THIRD?
YOU DO KNOW ENGLAND IS UPSET FREEDOM OF SPEECH FOUND OUT ABOUT THE GOINGS ON WITH HIM AND STUMLER, DON'T YOU? HOW DARE CITIZENS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY KNOW THESE THINGS! AND, WHY DID ENGLAND CRY? FOR US OR FOR HIM?
ENGLAND'S CIRCLE IS NO LONGER "TIGHT". THERE ARE TOO MANY LEAKS SEEPING OUT AND I SAY BRING THE REST OF IT OUT!
STUMLER HAS TO KEEP CARL IN HIS EMPLOYMENT (OUR EMPLOYMENT) BECAUSE WHO ELSE IS GOING TO RUN THIS CITY AND KEEP THEIR FINGERS ON THE COOKIE JAR?
THE QUOTE UNQUOTE SATIRE ON FOS SIMPLY SHOWS TO ME SOMEONE HAS TOOOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS. IS BUSINESS THAT BAD? NO GOOD WILL COME OF IT EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE TO GET THEIR ROCKS OFF.
I AM WAITING TO SEE IF JEFF GAHAN WILL TAKE THE MESS ON IN OUR ILLUSTRIOUS CITY. I FEEL THE DEMOCRATS WILL WELCOME HIM WITH OPEN ARMS.
AND, I AM CERTAINLY AWAITING FOS TO COME FORWARD WITH THE REST OF THE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM WITHIN THE HALLOWED WALLS OF THE CITY-COUNTY BUILDING. BRING IT ON. SOME SIMPLY CAN NOT STAND WE DO HAVE DECENT HARD WORKING PEOPLE WITHIN THOSE HALLS WHO DO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AND ARE REALLLYY TIRED OF THE SHENANIGANS.
GOOD JOB EVERYONE! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK(S). KEEP YOUR FAITH AND HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH.
ENGLAND'S CIRCLE IS NO LONGER "TIGHT". THERE ARE TOO MANY LEAKS SEEPING OUT AND I SAY BRING THE REST OF IT OUT!
STUMLER HAS TO KEEP CARL IN HIS EMPLOYMENT (OUR EMPLOYMENT) BECAUSE WHO ELSE IS GOING TO RUN THIS CITY AND KEEP THEIR FINGERS ON THE COOKIE JAR?
THE QUOTE UNQUOTE SATIRE ON FOS SIMPLY SHOWS TO ME SOMEONE HAS TOOOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS. IS BUSINESS THAT BAD? NO GOOD WILL COME OF IT EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE TO GET THEIR ROCKS OFF.
I AM WAITING TO SEE IF JEFF GAHAN WILL TAKE THE MESS ON IN OUR ILLUSTRIOUS CITY. I FEEL THE DEMOCRATS WILL WELCOME HIM WITH OPEN ARMS.
AND, I AM CERTAINLY AWAITING FOS TO COME FORWARD WITH THE REST OF THE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM WITHIN THE HALLOWED WALLS OF THE CITY-COUNTY BUILDING. BRING IT ON. SOME SIMPLY CAN NOT STAND WE DO HAVE DECENT HARD WORKING PEOPLE WITHIN THOSE HALLS WHO DO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AND ARE REALLLYY TIRED OF THE SHENANIGANS.
GOOD JOB EVERYONE! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK(S). KEEP YOUR FAITH AND HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH.
Monday, January 17, 2011
SAY WHAT? ! ?
First off, let me thank you for allowing me to use your Blog to reflect what our Family has been talking about since the New Year's.
There are so many rumors floating around about WHO IS ACTUALLY running for Mayor. We know England is. We know Etheridge is. We know someone by the name of Stemler or Stumler is running (sorry). We know Messer is not running. But, we hear there may be a person yet unknown to us. When is the last day for the filing?
We were talking about the "grand illusion" of the new parking garage and condos. Blah, blah, blah. I agree with the fact Bobo should own his parking lot for his condos. I do not want to be in another parking lot business with our money when the other failed so miserably. Are we still paying all the electric at the State Street Parking garage and who will show us the books and PUBLICLY state we are or have made money on this particular white elephant (except during Harvest, lol)?
I feel the articles published in the Tribune (by you know who) perpetuate the old myth about us vs. them junk. This entails the old sayings it is the County versus the City residents. The myth where County residents look down on the City residents; the Floyd County "snobs" versus City dumb butts. I have good friends in the County and good friends in the City; but I really get the impression that is the attitude one columnist in the Tribune HAS. The articles simply read this way to me (and I have excellent reading comprehension skills). If this is the attitude they possess don't you wish they would move BACK to the County and quit running the citizens down in the City with their (what I consider) a holier than thou attitude? I SURE DO. But, that is our opinion, LOL.
We are anxious to see who will run for the City Council. I know, the Tribune listed some of the ones who will run again but I think we are going to have new faces, also. It surely can't hurt.
We also feel the shortfall in the budget is a whole lot more than what "they" are telling us. Matter of fact, I know. Do you feel the current government has no clue how bad the state of the economy is, or how badly jobs are needed, or how much we want them to cut back on EVERYTHING? Where is "their" reality? I know reality sucks, but geez Louise.
As my friend who shares ownership in Buckheads said in the paper TOLLS on the bridges will kill business...and that means in New Albany, also.
We have also talked about Daniels getting some type of a "fiscally responsible" award. I don't really dislike Daniels as a person but I certainly disagree with some decisions he has made. How much outsourcing of jobs has he permitted, allowed, performed (however you wish to word it)?
This subject, outsourcing, drives me crazy. I watched corporate outsource for years until they fell on their knees and we fell on ours. Employees come in under "professional services contracts" and get no benefits, no pensions, no job stability (you are there until there is no more work). I think it has come around to bite Corporate in their behinds. We don't like the percentage the Chinese own of the USA. We don't like India taking massive amount of jobs from little ole Indiana. We don't like the fact the Germans own our water (and I know some Veterans who are livid about this subject). Let's just say use American workers and U.S. dollars to build, etc. I've never seen so much "we need foreign investments to make this project work". If you do, then don't build it. Stay at home.
Thank you again for letting me say how I feel. Some things stick in your crawl and maybe even I can do better. I can only imagine how some are going to "act" about what was stated above but I am sure they will get over it and allow others an opinion.
There are so many rumors floating around about WHO IS ACTUALLY running for Mayor. We know England is. We know Etheridge is. We know someone by the name of Stemler or Stumler is running (sorry). We know Messer is not running. But, we hear there may be a person yet unknown to us. When is the last day for the filing?
We were talking about the "grand illusion" of the new parking garage and condos. Blah, blah, blah. I agree with the fact Bobo should own his parking lot for his condos. I do not want to be in another parking lot business with our money when the other failed so miserably. Are we still paying all the electric at the State Street Parking garage and who will show us the books and PUBLICLY state we are or have made money on this particular white elephant (except during Harvest, lol)?
I feel the articles published in the Tribune (by you know who) perpetuate the old myth about us vs. them junk. This entails the old sayings it is the County versus the City residents. The myth where County residents look down on the City residents; the Floyd County "snobs" versus City dumb butts. I have good friends in the County and good friends in the City; but I really get the impression that is the attitude one columnist in the Tribune HAS. The articles simply read this way to me (and I have excellent reading comprehension skills). If this is the attitude they possess don't you wish they would move BACK to the County and quit running the citizens down in the City with their (what I consider) a holier than thou attitude? I SURE DO. But, that is our opinion, LOL.
We are anxious to see who will run for the City Council. I know, the Tribune listed some of the ones who will run again but I think we are going to have new faces, also. It surely can't hurt.
We also feel the shortfall in the budget is a whole lot more than what "they" are telling us. Matter of fact, I know. Do you feel the current government has no clue how bad the state of the economy is, or how badly jobs are needed, or how much we want them to cut back on EVERYTHING? Where is "their" reality? I know reality sucks, but geez Louise.
As my friend who shares ownership in Buckheads said in the paper TOLLS on the bridges will kill business...and that means in New Albany, also.
We have also talked about Daniels getting some type of a "fiscally responsible" award. I don't really dislike Daniels as a person but I certainly disagree with some decisions he has made. How much outsourcing of jobs has he permitted, allowed, performed (however you wish to word it)?
This subject, outsourcing, drives me crazy. I watched corporate outsource for years until they fell on their knees and we fell on ours. Employees come in under "professional services contracts" and get no benefits, no pensions, no job stability (you are there until there is no more work). I think it has come around to bite Corporate in their behinds. We don't like the percentage the Chinese own of the USA. We don't like India taking massive amount of jobs from little ole Indiana. We don't like the fact the Germans own our water (and I know some Veterans who are livid about this subject). Let's just say use American workers and U.S. dollars to build, etc. I've never seen so much "we need foreign investments to make this project work". If you do, then don't build it. Stay at home.
Thank you again for letting me say how I feel. Some things stick in your crawl and maybe even I can do better. I can only imagine how some are going to "act" about what was stated above but I am sure they will get over it and allow others an opinion.
Monday, January 3, 2011
THE START OF 2 0 1 1, AND...
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL.
WE HAVE A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND MAYBE CRINGE A LITTLE ABOUT; BUT WE'LL SEE.
CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS WILL BE A BEAR, TO SAY THE LEAST.
BUDGET WOES AND THE LACK OF UNWILLINGNESS FOR ENGLAND TO TELL THE POLICE SOMETHING HAS GOT TO GIVE IN THEIR UNION CONTRACTS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER PAIN IN OUR BEHINDS.
WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY EVERYONE HAS TO GIVE AND GIVE AND PAY AND PAY AND OUR MAYOR DOESN'T UNDERSTAND AND WON'T PUT HIS FOOT DOWN. HEY, AT LEAST PARK THE POLICE CARS AND CUT YOUR DEPUTY ASSISTANT MAYOR OUT. MAYBE YOU THINK YOU NEED HIM MAYOR, BUT I SWEAR HE IS MORE OF A LIABILITY TO YOU THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW.
EVEN PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT YOU DON'T LIKE HIM, NOR HIS POSITION, NOR HIS CREATIVE IDEAS.
IT IS WHAT IT IS AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE IMMEDIATELY. WE HAVE A FEELING YOU WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS LAST ELECTION HAPPEN LOCALLY.
FEEL FREE TO COMMENT BUT LET'S KEEP IT DECENT AND NON COMBATIVE, PLEEAASSEE. THANKS.
WE HAVE A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND MAYBE CRINGE A LITTLE ABOUT; BUT WE'LL SEE.
CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS WILL BE A BEAR, TO SAY THE LEAST.
BUDGET WOES AND THE LACK OF UNWILLINGNESS FOR ENGLAND TO TELL THE POLICE SOMETHING HAS GOT TO GIVE IN THEIR UNION CONTRACTS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER PAIN IN OUR BEHINDS.
WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY EVERYONE HAS TO GIVE AND GIVE AND PAY AND PAY AND OUR MAYOR DOESN'T UNDERSTAND AND WON'T PUT HIS FOOT DOWN. HEY, AT LEAST PARK THE POLICE CARS AND CUT YOUR DEPUTY ASSISTANT MAYOR OUT. MAYBE YOU THINK YOU NEED HIM MAYOR, BUT I SWEAR HE IS MORE OF A LIABILITY TO YOU THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW.
EVEN PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT YOU DON'T LIKE HIM, NOR HIS POSITION, NOR HIS CREATIVE IDEAS.
IT IS WHAT IT IS AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE IMMEDIATELY. WE HAVE A FEELING YOU WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS LAST ELECTION HAPPEN LOCALLY.
FEEL FREE TO COMMENT BUT LET'S KEEP IT DECENT AND NON COMBATIVE, PLEEAASSEE. THANKS.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S !!!!!!****** AND TO ALL, A GOOD NITE '10
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL.
HEY, I DON'T CARE WHAT RELIGION YOU ARE OR IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE. MERRY CHRISTMAS. TO ALL OF MY JEWISH FRIENDS ACROSS THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS, I HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD HANUKKAH.
DECEMBER 25, 2010 COINCIDES WITH WHAT ALL OF OUR CALENDARS SAY, THE DATE SINCE CHRIST. PLEASE FORGIVE ME LOCAL ATHEISTS, SERIOUSLY. THOUGH, I HAVE TO ADMIT, EVERY TIME YOU WOULD ASK ME TO PROVE TO YOU THERE IS A GOD EVERY TIME I WOULD ASK YOU TO PROVE TO ME THERE WASN'T. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT DEBATE WOULD LAST? CAN YOU IMAGINE? (GIGGLE, GIGGLE, I'm being facetious, I should say). HO! HO! MERRY CHRISTMAS! GOD BLESS US ALL.
NEXT, MORE CLOSER TO HOME DID YOU READ WHERE THE NEW ALBANY CITY'S BUDGET WILL CONTINUE TO HEMMORAGE BECAUSE THAT LITTLE OLD PAST DUE LOAN UNDER OVERTON'S ADMINISTRATION (HOW LONG) JUST WON'T GO AWAY. I HAVE TO ADMIT, I AM LAUGHING OUT LOUD. YOU MAY JUST NEED TO KNOW THE HISTORY AS TO WHY I AM LAUGHING, OUT LOUD.
DID YOU NOTICE THE LOCAL TWITTER BUZZ CONCERNING PRICE? IF THERE ARE THREE (3) PEOPLE RUNNING, INCLUDING PRICE, HE WOULD WIN. DO YOU THINK THIS FACT MAY TELL YOU SOMETHING? MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, THE NOT SO RICH; NOT IN BUSINESS; BARELY MAKING IT BY INDIVIDUALS APPROVE OF PRICE VOTING NO ON THE FINANCIAL ISSUES. SURE, YOU MAY HAVE A BUR UP YOUR HINDSIDE BECAUSE OF OTHER VOTES AND BECAUSE PRICE IS A REALLY EASY TARGET FOR THE PEN, BUT, DOESN'T REALITY USUALLY BITE? DOES THIS FACT TELL SOME HOW A CERTAIN GROUP OF VOTERS THINK? THE VOTER THINKING THIS WAY ARE PAYING THE BILLS THAT KILL, i.e., AS IN MELLANCAMP'S SONG.
THE BRIDGE TOLL OR TOLLS OR NOT IS AN ISSUE (NOT NEEDED NOW) THAT BITES YOU IN THE REAR END. AS A LABOR SUPPORTER I CRINGED WHEN THE UNION(S) NEEDING THE JOBS SEEM TO BECOME MORE OF AN ISSUE THAN THE EXTRA (AT LEAST) $60.00 PER MONTH WE ARE STARTING TO BUDGET FOR.
I HATE THE NEW BICYCLE LANES ON CHARLESTOWN ROAD. THE LANE GOES OUT CHARLESTOWN LANE SO FAR AND THEN ENDS. THE LANE COMES IN CHARLESTOWN ROAD AND THEN ENDS. THE LANES DO NOT JOIN UP NOR ARE THEY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD. ONE BICYCLE LANE ENDS IN A TURN LANE ONTO SILVER. WHO THE HEY AND WHAT THE HEY? AS OF TODAY I HAVE YET TO SEE ANYONE, ON ANY STREET, IN A BICYCLE LANE. HAVE YOU? YOU DO KNOW THEY PLAN TO PUT THEM ON SLATE RUN ROAD, DON'T YOU? FORGET TRAFFIC MAY TRAVEL TOO FAST (VIOLATION OF SPEED LIMIT) BICYCLE LANES MAY (MAY) SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN. IS IT WRONG FOR ME TO THINK WHAT THE HEY?
DID YOU SEE ROAD UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND CITY DURING OUR BAD WEATHER THE OTHER NIGHT VIA FACEBOOK? VERY INTERESTING. GO AWAY OLD MAN WEATHER. WE ARE DONE WITH YOU. EVERYONE SAID THIS WOULD BE A WARM WINTER AS OF LAST YEAR; BUT THEN SOME PEOPLE SAID I MUST NOT HAVE READ THE FARMER'S ALMANAC FOR THIS YEAR. HAD TO ADMIT NO, I HAVE NOT. DAGGONE IT.
VICIOUS LITTLE CIRCLE CONCERNING THE MONEY OWED TO FOX AND COTNER (& THE OTHER WHO'S NAME I FORGET) ABOUT THE SEWER MONEY GEORGETOWN OWED DON'T YOU THINK?
THEY SUED IN THE NAME OF THE SEWER BOARD IN ORDER TO PROVE GEORGETOWN OWED US X AMOUNT OF $$$$$ (DOLLARS) AND WON. SOMEONE (WHO?) DECLARED GEORGETOWN WOULD JUST GET OFF OF NEW ALBANY'S SEWERS (EVEN THOUGH THEY ONLY SEND LIQUIDS) AND BUILD THEIR OWN PLANT (WHICH WILL HANDLE ONLY LIQUIDS FOR THE GEORGETOWN AREA) AND IT WOULD BE IN EVERYONE'S BEST INTEREST NEW ALBANY NOT COLLECT THE OLDDDLLLDDD PAST DUE MONEY (SCREW NEW ALBANY SEWER PAYERS). YES, WE OWE THE MONEY. YES, WE SHOULD MAKE THE SEWER BOARD PAY IT.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT NEW YEAR. 2011 WILL PROBABLY CONTAIN EVEN MORE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENINGS OR EVENTS, BUT IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD.
PEACE, LOVE AND HAPPINESS TO ALL.
HEY, I DON'T CARE WHAT RELIGION YOU ARE OR IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE. MERRY CHRISTMAS. TO ALL OF MY JEWISH FRIENDS ACROSS THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS, I HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD HANUKKAH.
DECEMBER 25, 2010 COINCIDES WITH WHAT ALL OF OUR CALENDARS SAY, THE DATE SINCE CHRIST. PLEASE FORGIVE ME LOCAL ATHEISTS, SERIOUSLY. THOUGH, I HAVE TO ADMIT, EVERY TIME YOU WOULD ASK ME TO PROVE TO YOU THERE IS A GOD EVERY TIME I WOULD ASK YOU TO PROVE TO ME THERE WASN'T. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT DEBATE WOULD LAST? CAN YOU IMAGINE? (GIGGLE, GIGGLE, I'm being facetious, I should say). HO! HO! MERRY CHRISTMAS! GOD BLESS US ALL.
NEXT, MORE CLOSER TO HOME DID YOU READ WHERE THE NEW ALBANY CITY'S BUDGET WILL CONTINUE TO HEMMORAGE BECAUSE THAT LITTLE OLD PAST DUE LOAN UNDER OVERTON'S ADMINISTRATION (HOW LONG) JUST WON'T GO AWAY. I HAVE TO ADMIT, I AM LAUGHING OUT LOUD. YOU MAY JUST NEED TO KNOW THE HISTORY AS TO WHY I AM LAUGHING, OUT LOUD.
DID YOU NOTICE THE LOCAL TWITTER BUZZ CONCERNING PRICE? IF THERE ARE THREE (3) PEOPLE RUNNING, INCLUDING PRICE, HE WOULD WIN. DO YOU THINK THIS FACT MAY TELL YOU SOMETHING? MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, THE NOT SO RICH; NOT IN BUSINESS; BARELY MAKING IT BY INDIVIDUALS APPROVE OF PRICE VOTING NO ON THE FINANCIAL ISSUES. SURE, YOU MAY HAVE A BUR UP YOUR HINDSIDE BECAUSE OF OTHER VOTES AND BECAUSE PRICE IS A REALLY EASY TARGET FOR THE PEN, BUT, DOESN'T REALITY USUALLY BITE? DOES THIS FACT TELL SOME HOW A CERTAIN GROUP OF VOTERS THINK? THE VOTER THINKING THIS WAY ARE PAYING THE BILLS THAT KILL, i.e., AS IN MELLANCAMP'S SONG.
THE BRIDGE TOLL OR TOLLS OR NOT IS AN ISSUE (NOT NEEDED NOW) THAT BITES YOU IN THE REAR END. AS A LABOR SUPPORTER I CRINGED WHEN THE UNION(S) NEEDING THE JOBS SEEM TO BECOME MORE OF AN ISSUE THAN THE EXTRA (AT LEAST) $60.00 PER MONTH WE ARE STARTING TO BUDGET FOR.
I HATE THE NEW BICYCLE LANES ON CHARLESTOWN ROAD. THE LANE GOES OUT CHARLESTOWN LANE SO FAR AND THEN ENDS. THE LANE COMES IN CHARLESTOWN ROAD AND THEN ENDS. THE LANES DO NOT JOIN UP NOR ARE THEY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD. ONE BICYCLE LANE ENDS IN A TURN LANE ONTO SILVER. WHO THE HEY AND WHAT THE HEY? AS OF TODAY I HAVE YET TO SEE ANYONE, ON ANY STREET, IN A BICYCLE LANE. HAVE YOU? YOU DO KNOW THEY PLAN TO PUT THEM ON SLATE RUN ROAD, DON'T YOU? FORGET TRAFFIC MAY TRAVEL TOO FAST (VIOLATION OF SPEED LIMIT) BICYCLE LANES MAY (MAY) SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN. IS IT WRONG FOR ME TO THINK WHAT THE HEY?
DID YOU SEE ROAD UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND CITY DURING OUR BAD WEATHER THE OTHER NIGHT VIA FACEBOOK? VERY INTERESTING. GO AWAY OLD MAN WEATHER. WE ARE DONE WITH YOU. EVERYONE SAID THIS WOULD BE A WARM WINTER AS OF LAST YEAR; BUT THEN SOME PEOPLE SAID I MUST NOT HAVE READ THE FARMER'S ALMANAC FOR THIS YEAR. HAD TO ADMIT NO, I HAVE NOT. DAGGONE IT.
VICIOUS LITTLE CIRCLE CONCERNING THE MONEY OWED TO FOX AND COTNER (& THE OTHER WHO'S NAME I FORGET) ABOUT THE SEWER MONEY GEORGETOWN OWED DON'T YOU THINK?
THEY SUED IN THE NAME OF THE SEWER BOARD IN ORDER TO PROVE GEORGETOWN OWED US X AMOUNT OF $$$$$ (DOLLARS) AND WON. SOMEONE (WHO?) DECLARED GEORGETOWN WOULD JUST GET OFF OF NEW ALBANY'S SEWERS (EVEN THOUGH THEY ONLY SEND LIQUIDS) AND BUILD THEIR OWN PLANT (WHICH WILL HANDLE ONLY LIQUIDS FOR THE GEORGETOWN AREA) AND IT WOULD BE IN EVERYONE'S BEST INTEREST NEW ALBANY NOT COLLECT THE OLDDDLLLDDD PAST DUE MONEY (SCREW NEW ALBANY SEWER PAYERS). YES, WE OWE THE MONEY. YES, WE SHOULD MAKE THE SEWER BOARD PAY IT.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT NEW YEAR. 2011 WILL PROBABLY CONTAIN EVEN MORE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENINGS OR EVENTS, BUT IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD.
PEACE, LOVE AND HAPPINESS TO ALL.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE INTERNET?
THE ARTICLE YOU POSTED PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE WIKI LEAKS (ONGOING SAGA). DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE INTERNET IN GENERAL IS DOMINATING THE NEWS AND HAVE OUR FAMILY TALKING ABOUT INTERNET POWER, INTERNET ETIQUETTE, THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION, AND THE POWER OF KNOWLEDGE.
IT'S TRUE THE INTERNET HAS OPENED DOORS NO ONE EVER IMAGINED AND HAS CREATED MILLIONS OF JOBS. IT'S ALSO TRUE THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE INFORMATION POSTED THROUGHOUT THE INTERNET (WHETHER IT'S CORRECT OR NOT) HAS BECOME AN ISSUE IN AND OF ITSELF, ALONG WITH ETIQUETTE AND TEACHING OUR YOUNG ONES INTERNET ETIQUETTE.
WE AGREED SCHOOLS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO TEACH INTERNET ETIQUETTE BUT SHOULD COME DIRECTLY FROM THE PARENTS (AFTER ALL, THAT'S WHERE CHILDREN LEARN HOW TO ACT AND SPEAK). IF THE ADULTS ARE POSTING AND TALKING TRASH THEIR CHILDREN SURELY WILL. BUT, WHAT IF THE ADULTS DOING SOME OF THE POSTING, ETC., DON'T HAVE CHILDREN AND AREN'T WORRIED ABOUT THE ISSUE?
THE NOW INTERNATIONAL DEBATE AND PROTESTING AND COMPUTER HACKING RELATED TO WIKI LEAKS IS, TO US, ALMOST OVERWHELMING. WE WERE TALKING WITH NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS IN A SMALL SETTING AND A RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER WAS THE ONLY PERSON TAKING ISSUE WITH WHAT WIKI LEAKS PUBLISHED AND WHETHER THEY HAD THE RIGHT TO DO SO. THE MAJORITY, WHO UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT, FELT THIS SITE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO PRINT THE INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.
WE WERE RAISED BEING TOLD KNOWLEDGE IS POWER AND THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR IGNORANCE. AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WERE NO COMPUTERS AND THE WORLD HAS CERTAINLY LEAPED FORWARD THROUGH THE INFORMATION AGE.
ISN'T AUSTRALIA A "LIBERAL" COUNTRY? THEIR PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON THE WIKI LEAK'S SAGA IS "IT IS OUR COUNTRY'S FAULT". PERSONALLY, ALL I KNOW IS I FEEL STRANGE IN EVEN SPEAKING AND WRITING ABOUT THE SUBJECT. THEN AGAIN, WHAT DO I KNOW?
IT'S TRUE THE INTERNET HAS OPENED DOORS NO ONE EVER IMAGINED AND HAS CREATED MILLIONS OF JOBS. IT'S ALSO TRUE THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE INFORMATION POSTED THROUGHOUT THE INTERNET (WHETHER IT'S CORRECT OR NOT) HAS BECOME AN ISSUE IN AND OF ITSELF, ALONG WITH ETIQUETTE AND TEACHING OUR YOUNG ONES INTERNET ETIQUETTE.
WE AGREED SCHOOLS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO TEACH INTERNET ETIQUETTE BUT SHOULD COME DIRECTLY FROM THE PARENTS (AFTER ALL, THAT'S WHERE CHILDREN LEARN HOW TO ACT AND SPEAK). IF THE ADULTS ARE POSTING AND TALKING TRASH THEIR CHILDREN SURELY WILL. BUT, WHAT IF THE ADULTS DOING SOME OF THE POSTING, ETC., DON'T HAVE CHILDREN AND AREN'T WORRIED ABOUT THE ISSUE?
THE NOW INTERNATIONAL DEBATE AND PROTESTING AND COMPUTER HACKING RELATED TO WIKI LEAKS IS, TO US, ALMOST OVERWHELMING. WE WERE TALKING WITH NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS IN A SMALL SETTING AND A RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER WAS THE ONLY PERSON TAKING ISSUE WITH WHAT WIKI LEAKS PUBLISHED AND WHETHER THEY HAD THE RIGHT TO DO SO. THE MAJORITY, WHO UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT, FELT THIS SITE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO PRINT THE INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.
WE WERE RAISED BEING TOLD KNOWLEDGE IS POWER AND THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR IGNORANCE. AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WERE NO COMPUTERS AND THE WORLD HAS CERTAINLY LEAPED FORWARD THROUGH THE INFORMATION AGE.
ISN'T AUSTRALIA A "LIBERAL" COUNTRY? THEIR PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON THE WIKI LEAK'S SAGA IS "IT IS OUR COUNTRY'S FAULT". PERSONALLY, ALL I KNOW IS I FEEL STRANGE IN EVEN SPEAKING AND WRITING ABOUT THE SUBJECT. THEN AGAIN, WHAT DO I KNOW?
Monday, November 29, 2010
WHEW! TOO MUCH TURKEY
A GOOD THANKSGIVING WAS HAD BY ALL OF ME AND MINE THOUGH WE MAY HAVE TO ADMIT WE ATE TOO MUCH!
AND, THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED AT THE KITCHEN TABLE, WHEW! MAYBE WE SHOULD COIN IT "THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY" (credit Clint on that one).
WHERE DO WE START? SATURDAY WAS A GOOD DAY IN DOWNTOWN NEW ALBANY. A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOPPING AT STORES THEY'VE NEVER BEEN TO, A LOT OF GOOD FOOD EATEN AND A LOT OF FRIENDS OUT AND ABOUT. SOMETIMES WE WORRY ABOUT ALCOHOL SPONSORED FUNCTIONS BY THE CITY (BASED ON LAWSUITS AGAINST COMPANIES AND THEIR CHRISTMAS PARTIES), BUT HEY. WE GUESS THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM. WAIT A MINUTE - THEIR PROBLEM IS OUR PROBLEM - BUT HEY, WE CAN'T STOP THE FREE WINE AND BEER. WE SAW A VERY BAD WRECK ON SPRING RIGHT BEFORE STATE STREET AROUND 1:30 AM BUT WE CAN'T CONTRIBUTE THIS INCIDENT TO THE FESTIVITIES DOWNTOWN.
WE ARE GLAD TO SEE THEM USING THE BIG GREEN MACHINE THE CITY WORKS ON THE PARKING GARAGE WITH TO HANG CHRISTMAS LIGHTS THIS WEEKEND RATHER THAN OUR FIRE TRUCKS AND FIRE MEN. WHO EVER THOUGHT OF THAT IDEA WE GIVE A THUMBS UP TO.
GOOD ARTICLE ON THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE NUMEROUS DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS BELONG TO AND THE LEADER, VICKI. HANG IN THERE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE SEWER LINES IN THE SEJ NEIGHBORHOOD BEING "Y'D" (TIED TOGETHER) WHICH ARE AS ILLEGAL AS HEY. WE FELT THE DEVELOPER PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE PADDED HIS ESTIMATE ON THE CONTRACT TO COVER UNFORESEEN COSTS (THAT'S BUSINESS). BUT, WE DO NOT FEEL THE CITIZENS SHOULD PAY TO CORRECT THESE LINES. THE CITY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THEM AND WORK SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THEM LONG BEFORE MR. PAUL GOT IN THERE. THIS ISSUE IS EXACTLY WHY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STAYS ON NEW ALBANY'S BUTTOCKS AND WE CAN'T GET THEM OFF. WHY DIDN'T THEY GIVE MR. PAUL THE SEWER MAPS?
WE TALKED ABOUT THE WIKILEAKS WEB SIGHT. WE CHECKED THE SIGHT OUT BEFORE THEY WERE BLOCKED YESTERDAY AND READ THE NEW YORK TIMES ACCOUNTS. FASCINATING HOW TECHNOLOGY HAS OUT PACED WORLD GOVERNMENT BUT THEN TECHNOLOGY HAS OUT PACED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING, DON'T YOU THINK?
SPEAKING OF TECHNOLOGY, TODAY IS SUPPOSE TO BE CYBER MONDAY. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE SUPPOSEDLY GOING ON THE INTERNET TO BUY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. DOES THAT MEAN CORPORATE EMPLOYEES, PRIVATE BUSINESS EMPLOYEES AND GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES ARE USING "THEIR" COMPUTERS? IT BEGS THE QUESTION!
WE WILL LET YOU CARRY ON WITH THE DISCUSSIONS OF WHAT YOUR FAMILY MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT OVER THE TURKEY AND HAM.
AND, THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED AT THE KITCHEN TABLE, WHEW! MAYBE WE SHOULD COIN IT "THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY" (credit Clint on that one).
WHERE DO WE START? SATURDAY WAS A GOOD DAY IN DOWNTOWN NEW ALBANY. A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOPPING AT STORES THEY'VE NEVER BEEN TO, A LOT OF GOOD FOOD EATEN AND A LOT OF FRIENDS OUT AND ABOUT. SOMETIMES WE WORRY ABOUT ALCOHOL SPONSORED FUNCTIONS BY THE CITY (BASED ON LAWSUITS AGAINST COMPANIES AND THEIR CHRISTMAS PARTIES), BUT HEY. WE GUESS THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM. WAIT A MINUTE - THEIR PROBLEM IS OUR PROBLEM - BUT HEY, WE CAN'T STOP THE FREE WINE AND BEER. WE SAW A VERY BAD WRECK ON SPRING RIGHT BEFORE STATE STREET AROUND 1:30 AM BUT WE CAN'T CONTRIBUTE THIS INCIDENT TO THE FESTIVITIES DOWNTOWN.
WE ARE GLAD TO SEE THEM USING THE BIG GREEN MACHINE THE CITY WORKS ON THE PARKING GARAGE WITH TO HANG CHRISTMAS LIGHTS THIS WEEKEND RATHER THAN OUR FIRE TRUCKS AND FIRE MEN. WHO EVER THOUGHT OF THAT IDEA WE GIVE A THUMBS UP TO.
GOOD ARTICLE ON THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE NUMEROUS DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS BELONG TO AND THE LEADER, VICKI. HANG IN THERE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE SEWER LINES IN THE SEJ NEIGHBORHOOD BEING "Y'D" (TIED TOGETHER) WHICH ARE AS ILLEGAL AS HEY. WE FELT THE DEVELOPER PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE PADDED HIS ESTIMATE ON THE CONTRACT TO COVER UNFORESEEN COSTS (THAT'S BUSINESS). BUT, WE DO NOT FEEL THE CITIZENS SHOULD PAY TO CORRECT THESE LINES. THE CITY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THEM AND WORK SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THEM LONG BEFORE MR. PAUL GOT IN THERE. THIS ISSUE IS EXACTLY WHY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STAYS ON NEW ALBANY'S BUTTOCKS AND WE CAN'T GET THEM OFF. WHY DIDN'T THEY GIVE MR. PAUL THE SEWER MAPS?
WE TALKED ABOUT THE WIKILEAKS WEB SIGHT. WE CHECKED THE SIGHT OUT BEFORE THEY WERE BLOCKED YESTERDAY AND READ THE NEW YORK TIMES ACCOUNTS. FASCINATING HOW TECHNOLOGY HAS OUT PACED WORLD GOVERNMENT BUT THEN TECHNOLOGY HAS OUT PACED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING, DON'T YOU THINK?
SPEAKING OF TECHNOLOGY, TODAY IS SUPPOSE TO BE CYBER MONDAY. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE SUPPOSEDLY GOING ON THE INTERNET TO BUY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. DOES THAT MEAN CORPORATE EMPLOYEES, PRIVATE BUSINESS EMPLOYEES AND GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES ARE USING "THEIR" COMPUTERS? IT BEGS THE QUESTION!
WE WILL LET YOU CARRY ON WITH THE DISCUSSIONS OF WHAT YOUR FAMILY MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT OVER THE TURKEY AND HAM.
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