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First off, it may be a good idea to get a reality check about Seattle, and then of course, we'll get to the good stuff. I'm a Seattle native-and it is true, Seattlites are passive. I don't think I've ever had but one close friend ever. I can say after living in crappy-because-I-can't-find-a-job California after a few years it was a lot easier to make friends there. California IS friendlier, but we're debating the good and bad of Seattle here. In Seattle, people are nice in a friendly way, though not actually willing to make friends. Seattle is not the most sociable city (maybe the weather?). It's a great place to be, though I don't recommend living here unless you're fairly well off or don't mind running into the many hipsters and young trendy couples with 2.5 kids. They are rampant in this town, especially in condo-ridden Ballard. You may find it difficult to live in Seattle 9 months out of the year if you're from a warm climate. All the stories you've heard about the rainy weather in Seattle are true and then some. The cost of living is high, and transportation is at the $2.50 per bus ride (and climbing) mark. Rent is high, though still reasonable for a large city (about $900-$1500). There is also a lot of petty crime, and rising violent crime. Traffic is getting worse, so prepare for a commute whether you're in a car or on the bus. We can't overlook the culture that Seattle has to offer, and the Emerald city offers a lot of it. Seattle has great theater and opera, and it is underappreciated. The seafood IS the best. Wild salmon makes for good eatin'. We have museums, good colleges, and some interesting neigborhoods (check out Fremont). The air quality here is good, and you don't need a car to get around. All in all, Seattle is just like a lot of other big cities; stressful, but good if you have a positive attitude and some bucks in the bank. Please do a lot of research no matter what town (or country) you end up in. Good luck!
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Relocating - 8/10/2013 Please send any information helpful in relocating to the Seattle Area. Queen Anne, or Belltown are the areas in Interested in. Thanks[read more...]
Weather - 7/19/2013 rainy[read more...]
Quality of Life in seattle - 7/10/2013 Am looking to move next year away from Chicago. Been here 12 years now, and very unhappy with Chicago, and Illinois. Many reasons for this. HOwerver, I am looking for some good information about moving to Seattle and quality of life. I am in Information Technology and am thinking I will be able to find work reasonably easily. Also have added massage therapy to my resume. I am an avid runner, scuba diver, and bicyclist. Would like to be able to pursue these activities year round and enjoy living in a city for a change. Is the cost of renting an apartment or town home in Seattle that expensive? thanks[read more...]
Seattle Living..hmmmm... - 6/1/2013 If you love the mountains, hiking..the water and THE RAIN.. Then you wanna live here. There is plenty to do if you are a "granola" and you don't mind ALWAYS being rained on.. YES, I SAID ALWAYS.. this is no joke.. it s the most annoying thing about living her.. You can't plan ANYTHING outside unless you are okay being rained on.. BBQs! NOPE.. summer is usually short lived here. I have lived her on and off for many years, I have left for many years, had to come back. I am planning my escape now.. waiting or my son to graduate highschool. This place can truly be depressing. It's like waking up with a blanket on our head and walking around. GREY< GREY< GREY! 50 shades of grey people! HOw does one survive here? You are constantly waiting for the next GREAT, sunny day! Then when it is sunny, the rusty, pastey people run out get burned up and soak up all the Vit D until the next sunny day.. It's really is not for me.. I like to wake up to the sun..it give me energy.... the rain, makes me down.. and makes you wanna just stay inside and not go anywhere. This is NOT a way to live.. IT is spendy here too.. So, YES, I am planning my escape. I have lived in Scottsdale, Santa Barbara, LA... I don' know where next. I must research. Yes, Seattle is pretty, there are nice people, but if you are constantly doging the weather, it's just no fun. ): [read more...]
economy - 4/3/2013 ok[read more...]
Contemplating moving to Seattle - 2/25/2013 I am contemplating moving to Denver or Seattle, from Alexandria, Virginia. Actually, I never really considered Seattle, until I read some of the comments. I do not really know who and what to believe i.e., there seems to be a wide range and varying degree of opinions, with respect to either location. I just wanted a honest perspective, without emotion. I will be working from home and looking to enjoy life and the surrouding area. [read more...]
I LOVE Seattle - 1/2/2013 I have to say, I am very disappointed with a lot of what I have seen on here. I moved to Seattle from Vermont, and I absolutely love it here. The temperature is a lot warmer, and it rains LESS here than it does back in Vermont. Yes, it's true that the winters tend to be cloudy, but the rain is rarely more than a drizzle and there are still at least a few sunny days a month. The summers are absolutely amazing. Warm without being too hot and nothing but sun and clear skies for three months. Seattle is definitely one of the most beautiful places I've been to. The mountains that surround the city are breathtaking and you're never more than 30 minutes from either lounging on the beach or skiing down a slope. My husband and I had originally planned on moving to Seattle just for a few years for work and then going back to Vermont. Now we're so in love with it we decided to stay and raise our family here. Don't listen to all the naysayers on this page...the truth is that the weather here isn't any worse than a lot of places, and it has so much to offer.[read more...]
The High Cost of Living in Seattle - 12/26/2012 Seattle and most of its suburbs are expensive, both in terms of the costs of housing and in the cost of government. In the latter case this is particularly true in terms of how poorly state and local government design, build and maintain the infrastructure. Top that off with a climate that can be depressingly wet and gray for a substantial part of the year, and a retiree, unless equipped with substantial retirement savings, can find it a rather limiting place to live. [read more...]
The Real Deal Seattle - 8/24/2012 I approach Seattle from the standpoint of someone who chose to move here rather than being from here. For full disclosure, I was moving back toward the neck of the woods I am from when I met my future husband and of course 13 years later, children, a pug, a home, here I am. I am a real estate broker in Seattle and often work with clients new to the area. I think I tell it like it is: the good, the not so good and all the things in between, including what you will come to appreciate and love about it over time. Is it gray outside for many months of the year, well of course it is! Is it harder to meet people here than lets say the south; you bet it is but when you do make friends, you make them for life! Are the schools surprisingly spotty...well yes and no depending on where you are. Do I know every nook and cranny, every school, basically the best of the best about what makes Seattle a wonderful place to live...I try to and I make it my business to do just that, all while doing it from the perspective of someone who the city really had to grow on to the point where I now don't know if I could live anywhere else in the United States. Surprising? Well it surprised me that's for sure! I would love to answer any and all of your questions so bring them on! [read more...]
Rain in Seattle - 7/19/2012 Note: the information shown here for Seattle is INCORRECT. It does NOT have 152 sunny days per year. It's more like 58. We have about 155 days of RAIN per year.[read more...]
Weather - 6/1/2012 Seattle has very long winters with gray and drizzly days. Summer are short and typically only arrives around July. The best months are August and September. Winter days are short. Dark at 5 p.m. Summer days are long with dusk around 9:30 p.m. Seattle has a very temperate climate. Winter's lowest temperatures while I have lived here (since 1995) are in the 20 degree Fahrenheit range. Average range of winter climate is in the 30s. Summer highs are around 75 and sometimes in the 80s. [read more...]
As of May 25, 2012, 4th Highest Gas Prices in Nati - 5/27/2012 Seattle has gotten way too expensive for the common man. Due to the state's high gas taxes Washington State now has the 4th highest gas prices in the nation and the 7th worst traffic. Costs keep going up more than salary increases. Unless you work in a high paying sector, don't come here. I'm making plans to exit.[read more...]
The Northwest's Quality of Life - 2/13/2012 The states of western Washington and Oregon are generally better than other regions of the country. However, the cost of living is higher. While there are employment opportunities in the high tech industry, good paying jobs for older workers are hard to find. Heading south to a warmer climate for half the year is appealing for those who can afford it. Auto traffic congestion can be a real inconvenience also. In time, it is hoped that the Seattle/Tacoma Area will achieve its plans for a more integrated rail system. Portland's light rail sytem is great in comparison to most cities around the country. Unfortunately,there is no long-term vision among government planners and officials. Efforts to get the public and private sectors to partner up in and build smart communities outside of Seattle and Portland have failed. And any thought of developing a West Coast High Speed Rail Corridor between Vancouver, BC and Eugene, with a future link to California is a waste of time. The conclusion of a Eugene Streetcar feasibility study concluded that the City has no vision or leadership, and that a broader economic strategy was needed to revitalize the community's business district. Like most towns, there's a barrier in getting around the good-old-boys, as well as corruption. [read more...]
living in Seattle - 2/12/2012 I have lived in Seattle most of my life. The best houses and safest place to live is Issaquah, Kirkland, Mercer Island and Bellevue. They are all suburbs of Seattle. Bellevue is more of middle class metropolitan area. Houses likely start at $450,000 Sounds like a lot of money and it is but the quality is not really there unless you live in Medina and that would mean your house is worth at least $1,000,000. Great shopping and food. Some up scale clubs if your into that. Several churches . Apartments in bellevue ate rather dated and don't have much to offer unless you live near downtown Bellevue. Kirkland is upper middle class city nice parks. Close to the city Redmond where beautiful Marimoor Park is. No real entertainment. Great place to raise children. However very limited in cultural diversity unless Asian and White is diverse enough for you. Very fewlimited apartments. Several privatechurches schools near by. Issaquah is an upper middle class city. Houses start in the high $400,000 but due to the housing market housing cost have decreased and that statement applies to all of the cities The schools curriculum is top notch for students. That is the reason why I moved here although I don't like my son's teacher. Apartments rentals start at $900.00 but can increase to as much as $2800.00. I have a 3 bedroom apt 2name bathroom and medium quality apartment and the rent is $1545.00 plus water and sewer Total expense is $1648.00. Each apt gets 1parking space and of you want a garage it will cost $150.00. Issaquah has lots of trails. It's a small suburb. Cultural diversity is limited White and Asian being the majority, a growing Indian population certainly more than Blacks which are 1% of the community. A small Hispanic community likely less than 1%. There are a few mixed race couples and children . I am mixed heritage Black and White. I have three children that look Black and 1 that looks White. My husband is White. There are a few African families maybe 3. Severe churches. No nightlife. A few pro football players but we don't them and you will know when you see them because they stand out like a sore thumb. Crime is minimal. Washington state is looking to approve gay marriage on Tuesday. I'm against it and that was the reason why I was on the website looking to move. The communities I mentioned are all the ones I would be willing to live in I failed to mention Mercer Island. This city is anthe island. It is upper class about 5miles to Seattle connected by a freeway. Houses like start at $650,000 . Schools are meet the highest of standards. Large Jewish community. The majority population os White[read more...]
Rain - 1/2/2012 Seattle is known to be a rainy place but in reality it is the gray skies that are dominate here. Rain is usually little more then drizzles, sprinkles,heavy fog, or a mist. Most people who live here don't use umbrellas. If it is raining hard enough to warrant an umbrella it is probably windy too which makes the apparatus useless. [read more...]
General Impressions - 12/17/2011 I love living in Seattle. The weather is moderate, it rarely rains more than a drizzle, and there are distinct seasons. Plenty of sports and recreation options. Good education. Diverse population. Wonderful restaurants. Wide range of employment options. Good transportation systems. Strong healthcare systems. Down sides are: culture of friendly, but cold, cynical indifference (thus it is difficult to have deep relationships); no sense of community in order to get important projects approved and started in a timely manner; strong "me-first" attitude.[read more...]
Seattle Quality of Life - 12/12/2011 Location: size of the city, views, restaurants, outdoor living - all top notch.[read more...]
What you should believe - 12/9/2011 So here you have it, I would say that Seattle is kinda rough around the edges probably due to the fact that much of it is the lifestyle the authorities make it to-be-that-way. If and when the cops have to show up to a scene they will only assume that you should be in serious need of attention just to not waster their time or the tax-payers money, Downtown is the way it is to 1)Allow liberals to rant and rave all day and some of the night, 2)Give you a sense of being in the original Old Fashioned America (If you give someone a reason to shoot, stab or mob you, or just punch you then chances are that you did deserve it), 3)The state/ Country boarders Canada so "we have to show them WHY we are different" - of coarse that can be taken anyway you want it- not trying to be sarcastic. 4)Washington is mostly conservative (but not Seattle) so that still has a bright side meaning if you are weary of using your First Amendment then maybe you can incorporate the "second-half" of the Second Amendment to some degree and make more of a point to whoever you're trying to get a message across to. So there it is folks Seattle is just a good 'ol American town that welcomes anyone who is just tough enough to stand diversity with a little drinking of finer wine and seasonal fishing. If you're not assimilated to fishing or making friends with fishermen then do yourself a favor and accept the place for what it is because frankly I don't see people interested in changing that anytime soon, not saying you can't try. If that doesn't work then I guess you can always ask ACLU to help you on your revolution - again I'm not being sarcastic but you see what I'm saying?[read more...]
Seattle Is Not Unfriendly to Newcomers, But Quite - 12/7/2011 NATIVE is not telling the whole story. We moved to Seattle from the Midwest and found Seattle to be much friendlier than our previous town. Seattleites are very polite (possibly to a fault) and engaging. Yes, the much-reported passive aggressiveness is present, but only in the same proportion, and in place of, the bigotry, racism, and xenophobia found elsewhere. If you expect to find immediate friendship in the local Starbucks you might be disappointed. But if you become involved in your local school, church, library association, volunteer group, youth sports organizations, or other positive social circle, you will be welcomed and befriended freely and warmly. Outdoor volunteer groups are especially welcoming and offer the reward of regular activities in the spectacular natural settings around Seattle. But you must leave your provincial attitudes and prejudices behind if you wish to blend in.[read more...]
My take on the whole "outsider" issue... - 10/19/2011 First off, to the idiot who just vomited acidic vitriol all over this forum, gimme a damn break. I can see where you're coming from with regards to the rich, mindless yuppies who come from far and wide to drive up our housing costs and cause an already crowded metro area to become even more crowded. However, those aren't the only people who move to this area in search of a better life with better jobs in a very, very awesome section of the PNW. There are decent, respectful folks who aren't rich who chose to move to YOUR city of all places out of all others (should make you feel a bit special, right?) and who blend in very well with the local culture. I am one of those people. I was born and raised in Oregon myself, but every time I visited the Seattle area / Western Washington, I always thought of myself living there someday, because it was like coming home. After 30 years, finally I got the chance to move up here for my career (yes, I'm a techno geek, and no I don't care what you think of me.). Let me wrap it up for ya: I just moved to Mountlake Terrace, a suburb of Seattle, last month, and I do not regret it one bit. Hate driving up here, but I love walking everywhere! You know what? I fit right in up here from day one. I don't want to ruin the Seattle area and/or culture; I've already embraced it long ago. I'm a long-time Mariners fan, have developed a strong interest in Seahawks football, have a very discerning taste when it comes to coffee, am fascinated by the sheer amount of cool things to do in the Seattle area, the local food and sense of community is awesome as well, Almost Live! cracks me up and is one of my favorite shows since moving up here (I swear I've seen it before...), the climate and rain suit me very well, being of Nordic / Scottish blood, the culture shift is almost non-existent as a native PNW man, and I understand the people who inhabit the area, especially the natives. I have a long-standing and deep respect for the very talented musicians from the area, especially when I was a teenager in the 90's. I was wearing flannel shirts and logging boots long before that stuff became a huge New York fashion trend, and stopped shortly after these east-coast condo-dwelling yuppies started wearing that stuff without any idea why. Before the forests shrunk in Oregon, my entire family worked out in the woods in some aspect or another, so we all dressed like that, more or less. I didn't realize that stuff was called the "grunge look" until the early 2000's. Look, I don't want Seattle, or its suburbs to grow any more dense than they already are, and I certainly don't want to lose the Seattle I admired as a kid. However, being antagonistic and spiteful towards outsiders doesn't solve anything. The greater Seattle area is my home now, and I'll continue to think of myself as a local. [read more...]


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Angel Food Cake Roll Recipe
There's always room for dessert-especially when it's this eye-catching frozen fare. "We like strawberry yogurt in the filling, but different flavors work well, too," suggests Joan Colbert. The make-ahead dessert is often requested at her Sigourney, Iowa home.
- 1 package (16 ounces) angel food cake mix
- 5 teaspoons confectioners' sugar
- 1 cup (8 ounces) strawberry yogurt
- 1 package (1 ounce) instant sugar-free vanilla pudding mix
- 3 drops red food coloring, optional
- 2 cups reduced-fat whipped topping
- Line a 15x10x1-in. baking pan with waxed paper. Prepare cake according to package directions.
- Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Cool for 5 minutes.
- Turn cake onto a kitchen towel dusted with confectioners' sugar. Gently peel off waxed paper. Roll up jelly-roll style in the towel, starting with a short side. Cool on a wire rack.
- In a large bowl, whisk the yogurt, pudding mix and food coloring if desired. Fold in whipped topping.
- Unroll cake; spread filling evenly over cake to within 1/2 in. of edges. Roll up. Cover and freeze. Remove from freezer 30 minutes before slicing. Yield: 10 servings.
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This is a GREAT Recipe would definitely make this again and again easy and delicious
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This is delicious and lightand very simple to make . My friends raved about it. I will definatly make this again.E. Mast
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Made this for a small group....Nothing left to take home !! I tweeked a bit...used banana cream pudding, added some cut up bananas and strawberry bits to the yougurt mix, along with an extra 4 oz of strawberry yogurt. Absolutely delicious! One note: In the future, for presentation, I would cut a thin slice off each end, to make it look even prettier. Otherwise, the filling does not butt up to the end of the cake roll, due to the way the filling is spread.
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Has Al Gore started a trend? Lately, it seems like everyone has been outlining plans for America's energy future. Al Gore recently said that Americans need to be totally carbon-free by 2018, while oil tycoon-cum-clean energy supporter T. Boone Pickens launched a campaign to make America energy independent by using wind power and natural gas.
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I wish it was possible to go to the file directly from the Auto patcher.
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Established in memory of life-long elementary classroom teacher Esther Zolt, the International Reading Association (IRA) Esther Zolt Teacher Research Grant may be given annually for an action research study. The study should be conducted by a teacher who is implementing In2Books or an e-Pals project and the Common Core State Standards with exceptional innovation and rigor, leading to the development of curious and independent learners. This grant is for US $2,500 (sponsored by Nina Zolt and Miles Gilburne).
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The NRES Department offers undergraduate degrees in natural resources that combine science and management.
Choose a Major…NRES students stimulate all their senses taking classroom knowledge outdoors.
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Free contraception for women provision of Obama health care law starts today
By tovarichpeter Follow Wed, 1 Aug 2012, 8:47am 2,268 views 35 comments
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jhall 1 10:47am Wed 1 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (4) Dislike (2) Fantastic. This will improve the lives of many women, with HIV counseling, domestic violence counseling, HPV testing, and birth control for those who choose it. This is how a civilized society cares for its citizens.
It's a good day for American women.
PockyClipsNow 2 10:49am Wed 1 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (1) Dislike Free abortions for all! (seriously this would be good!)
CaptainShuddup 3 11:40am Wed 1 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (1) Dislike (4) Fantastic. This will improve the lives of many women, with HIV counseling, domestic violence counseling, HPV testing, and birth control for those who choose it. This is how a civilized society cares for its citizens.
Um are you going to stand in the bedroom while people do the nasty and force the guy to put the raincoat back on, when he rips it off, and tells Irene "We don't need no stinking Devil Glove!"?
Are you going to give every trailer trash tart and ghetto queen a ride to the corner drug store to get contraception? Or will it require a doctors prescription?
Look the point is, birth control in this country has been practically free for decades in this country, for anyone that truly needed, or more importantly WANTED the help.
It IS how ever a crappy pot sweetener to politicize to make the AHCA seem like it's worth the price of admission.
For your average middle class healthy family, it just means $16,000 a year they are mandated to spend on a 50 cent condom.
jhall 4 3:14pm Wed 1 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (5) Dislike (1) The Affordable Health Care Act does a lot more than just provide birth control to women. Many women don't get mammograms, pap smears, early pregnancy care, etc., because they can't afford to. And many of the women who don't get that care are middle class! This isn't just an issue of income, but of health care (or lack, thereof). Many plans don't provide the services that this act insures.
Are you going to give every trailer trash tart and ghetto queen a ride to the corner drug store to get contraception? Or will it require a doctors prescription?
Your portrayal of women is appalling.
CaptainShuddup 5 6:54am Thu 2 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (2) Dislike (1) And many of the women who don't get that care are middle class!
You mean the same ones that will be paying $1400 a month, every month, for ever now? Well I said $1400 but that's right now, after a 105% increase in premium just since Obama took office, who knows what it will be by 2014.
Listen as someone that pays doctor visits, medicine and all other health related things, out of pocket, I don't think a pap smear is anywhere near $1400 or just one premium payment. If those middle class young women can't afford that, well they haven't seen nothing yet.
The new routine will be work like a dog to pay your premium and rent to Iwog. There will be no such thing as disposable income.
Peter P 6 7:53am Thu 2 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (2) Dislike (1) I strongly support contraception.
jhall 7 11:54am Thu 2 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (3) Dislike (1) I'm assuming that the $1400 you mention is the figure most often cited that families with health insurance pay annually to cover the uninsured.
If you assume that most middle-class families have health insurance, they're already paying that $1400 a month -- it's built into their premiums. So they're paying for the uninsured, but can't afford to go to the doctor every time care is needed, or must pay a co-payment for the visit, or are told that the service isn't covered at all under their plan.
Estimates are that 47 million women will benefit from the Affordable Care Act. The treatment they'll receive isn't "free" -- but 100 percent covered in their policies -- no co-pay, no refusal of treatment, no need to worry that the family can't afford the extra money for Health Care that moms and daughters need. And that includes checkups, screening for disease, counseling -- services that many women had to pay for and may have skipped.
Everyone with health insurance has seen their premiums go up. That's not going to change until we get insurance agents out of doctors' offices. Personally, I was hoping for single-payer health coverage, but that's not what passed...
And if you want to demonize anyone in the health care debate, go after the insurance companies. Their greed is what forced the government to step in with regulation.
CaptainShuddup 8 1:23pm Thu 2 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (2) Dislike (3) If you assume that most middle-class families have health insurance, they're already paying that $1400 a month -- it's built into their premiums.
Fuck never mind, you don't see any problem with your average middle class family being saddled with a $1400 a month burden, especially after we just determined, that seems to be the upper limit most can afford in Mortgage payment let a lone rent.
Then I'm obviously having this discussion with the wrong Liberal schill.
Happy Liberalling or what ever in the hell it is you Clowns do at Starbucks with your $12 coffee.
jhall 9 2:26pm Thu 2 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (3) Dislike (1) Happy Liberalling or what ever in the hell it is you Clowns do at Starbucks with your $12 coffee.
I'm off to Starbucks for my skinny cinnamon dolce latte...
zzyzzx 10 10:49am Mon 6 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (3) Dislike All other type of free crap for women comes into effect as well. Of course, insurance companies how have to charge women the same rates as men, so men are picking up the tab for this as well. It's all part of the Democrat party's war on men.
APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostikovitch 11 11:02am Mon 6 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (2) Dislike Protected Colbert was right! It's WHORE O'CLOCK in America.
All the women on the bus were sitting with their knees behind their ears and waving their tongues at me.
CaptainShuddup 12 11:41am Mon 6 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (3) Dislike (1) How come men don't get free condoms?
I want multi colors, we spend a ton of money on decorations when ever there's a party over at the Tedsters. -
APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostikovitch 13 6:00pm Mon 6 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (1) Dislike Protected Guys don't need them any more.
Exactly as the Kenyan Interloper planned.
All the white people will be pestorking themselves into a coma while islamofascists everywhere breed like rabbits to overwhelm Christendom.
PockyClipsNow 14 6:38pm Mon 6 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (1) Dislike APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich says
Guys don't need them any more.
Exactly as the Kenyan Interloper planned.
All the white people will be pestorking themselves into a coma while islamofascists everywhere breed like rabbits to overwhelm Christendom.
This must also be why he supports gay marriage. (its the best birth control evar!)
KILLERJANE 15 7:07pm Mon 6 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike Yeah birth control upside, less unwanted pregnancies. Downside, the pill etc. have adverse health effects.
APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostikovitch 16 6:17am Tue 7 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (2) Dislike Protected This must also be why he supports gay marriage. (its the best birth control evar!)
That's true but Obama's preferred white population suppression scheme is to simply break into maternity wards and eat all the white babies. While wearing a hijab. Before gay sex with islamofascists.
gr698 17 4:48pm Tue 14 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (3) Dislike The point is there are some small things in the health care that are good but making everyone pay for something that only some use when there is no benefit to the person paying, is wrong that is fascist, a true example of what fascism actually is. Women are charged more or vice versa because of what they are born with. They have different needs and therefore different costs. It is a choice that a person makes whether or not to have sex with whomever and however many times you want. The same goes for the guys, if you can't pay for your own contraception which is extremely affordable than what else do you have that you can give up to afford your contraception.
You say those who don't have health care and don't want or need it are irresponsible. What your supporting is forcing them to buy or pay tax to cover the cost of YOUR health care for your own irresponsibility. Separate but equal, you all have the equal access to buy what you can afford and if you can't, the ability to make more money to do so. Maybe you will have to work a little harder. However you are also separate in your own basic needs, because everyone is born different with different needs. It is your parents responsibility to teach you this and unfortunate that they have not. If you require something for your own physiology and expect that someone or some group of people will never use, such that guys will never need a papsmear, than you need to accept it and say hey that's life. It's unfortunate but why should a male be expected to pay for that. Likewise if you cant be responsible and go out and buy an easily affordable box of condoms than you should do what everyone else should do and either get an additional job or work harder in you current job to get a promotion or find other ways to achieve your goal without expecting it of someone else. One of the two of you who have sex should be the paying for birth control.
I'll tell you something personal to. I am a young man and I have been supporting my own father pay for his hospital out of pocket because we chose not to have insurance. This is not because its not available for his condition or we can't get coverage for it. We saw what we would have to pay per year for insurance coverage for a bunch of phantom garbage that he would never use and we went to the hospital and said we don't have insurance how much is this going to cost out of pocket. We ended up over the course of three years paying (only for the products services and care he actually used) saving 37% making payments direct to the hospital. He almost died twice because of the infections he had, they saved his life twice and he had to spend several weeks in there. All this care cutting out the middle man saved us a fortune. My dad could very well die soon and he isn't even 60 yet. I also went out and looked for a house as well so that before my dad dies he could at least have a piece of the American dream and be able to live in something we owned instead of paying rent. My dad was always foolish when it came to credit cards and such and had horrible credit. He alone was also my sole provider because my mother ran out on me when I was 2. From the day I turned 18 I got a job and I worked hard and showed leadership by teaching and training others taking responsibility for my own actions and was promoted by my female store manager because I showed that leadership and commitment to the job. I also aided others by telling those below me what they could do to move up which was what I had done to do so. Those that did listen to me helped THEMSELVES get promoted, some even above me. This was done by teamwork. I only made 30,000 a year. I also was able to get two new cars and make monthly payments on them so that we had something reliable to drive to and from work. My sister who moved in with us to help us and save herself some money is making about 12,000 per year. However I have lost that job and had to take an available full time job at a slightly lower pay. I now make enough to afford what I have and the bare essentials like food and toiletries etc. I gave up my health care insurance to help my dad and make payments to his care costs. I am healthy don't require care that often. I was paying as low as 53.00 a month or 636.00 a year. It was not feasable for me to pay that much when I got strep throat once that year along with a couple colds. I went in for strep throat payed 153.00 to urgent care and got a prescription for which I payed another 50.00. So instead of paying 636.00 For something that might happen I payed 203.00 for what actually happened. that extra $433.00 that I saved and earned I put toward my dad and a little something for myself cause I deserved it. However that's me and I realize everyone is different and unfortunately some have severe health problems and requires different care, that is why you have parents to rely on to help and guide you or the WILLING CHARITY of others, and most of all your own nature to do what YOU choose to do and the common sense to choose what is right in this free will society. I am responsible for my own actions. It is not a right of you to tell me what I need to buy or tax me for not buying something when you can go out and seek the care you need and a job to pay for it. Buy a couple birth pills that you think you need and rarely actually do and expect the cost to be laid or shared with someone else that has nothing to do with it, infringing on my rights. So now I will be required to pay for something I don't need because of someone elses irresponsibility and failure to do something simple like keeping your legs closed or fork over a couple bucks for condoms. I make exactly enough to afford what I have earned. So I have a house and a new car making payments monthly payments on them , my bare essentials and helping my father out. I will now have to go out and get insurance and pay for several provisions, things I don't want or need to use and be FORCED to afford insurance and also my dad will be forced into this and pay whatever he would have to and more when this actually takes effect in 2014? The point is any amount is to much. So you are making me lose what I have worked for in the last 7 years since turning 18 to pay for you. Even if I get it back in some kind of tax credit at the end of the year which I won't or it's made affordable when I can only just afford what I have now does not matter. I have the RIGHT to not let my RIGHTS be infringed upon by someone elses FALSE DELUSIONAL RIGHT such as having to pay others health care. Your saying to bad huh I am white and I am a man I don't deserve it. This is totally wrong and this is something that effects me personally. That is why I will not be voting for Obama this November cause although I am one and he does not need my vote to win I know there are others out there like me and I will vote to also help them. Papsmears and mammograms are plenty available and affordable right now if it costs you a little more to bad I should not have to pay for it.
gr698 18 4:49pm Tue 14 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike I resubmitted this comment as it was previously removed way to stiffle someone elses side of the story.
Cheeseus Sonofdog 19 5:07pm Tue 14 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (2) Dislike So, now that all women have contraception, they shouldn't be able to sue men for child support. An unwanted pregnancy is now their negligence, not mine.
Let females go into the free market and choose a plan that provides these benefits. If a woman is post-menopausal, and has been married for fifty years, she should be able to pick a cheaper plan that doesn't include these benefits. If another woman decides to be celibate for life, she shouldn't be forced to subsidize her cunting neighbors either.
How would these liberal women feel if they were forced to pay for male benefits? Suppose there is an ugly man who no woman wants to sleep with. Maybe we should pay to get him lapdances or a prostitute? Sex is important to the health of the mind and body, right? Sex reduces the odds of getting prostate cancer. Lets pay to get him plastic surgery. Men with short penises should get free enlargement operations.
Or, we can let each individual decide what benefits is best for them. Let them decide if it is worth it to pay more for that coverage. Similar to auto insurance. I shouldn't pay the same rate as the 22 year old dude who has a dozen speeding tickets and three dui's. I shouldn't be forced to pay for full coverage on my twenty year old piece of junk.
gr698 20 5:25pm Tue 14 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (1) Dislike That's why I said there is some good things in this law such as coverage for mammas and papsmears making it more available. But they are available now that's why you pick your own plan. Everyone should pay for the care they use when they actually need it and use it without shifting a cost to someone else through tax or mandate. Women pay different rates for different needs if it's to expensive give up another luxury to pay for it. If your plan is to expensive find another one and put in an effort to find one or quit whining. Take it up with the doctor directly and ask what goes into a papsmear that costs so much compared to a or why a mammogram cost more than a cancer test for men where you turn your head and cough. You guys just do not understand how wrong this is. As long as you have it you do not care who else you violate.
gr698 21 8:01pm Tue 14 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike Everyone with health insurance has seen their premiums go up. That's not going to change until we get insurance agents out of doctors' offices. Personally, I was hoping for single-payer health coverage, but that's not what passed...
And if you want to demonize anyone in the health care debate, go after the insurance companies. Their greed is what forced the government to step in with regulation.
Insurance companies exist because there was once a market for it. No one is to be demonized they sold a product and someone fell for it and bought it. It used to be that insurance was in case of large emergencies where you get a life threatening illness or an accident. People screamed and market forced to create policies so that they covered every little visit. This and the HMOs that create the high prices of everything. Insurance was never meant to have you pay a monthly payment and they cover everything people chose to do it and if they end up spending more money on insurance than what they actually need that's their problem. No body except hypochondriacs and the actual sick people need to go to the doctor everytime they get a scrape or a cold. If you need a mammogram or a papsmear than go once a year and use what should be your saving account to pay that small amount. Make sure you say I'm paying from my own pocket so there is no insurance involved what the actual rate of the care I received. Nine times out of ten you will end up paying less a year everytime you went, than having insurance for everything all the time. Insurance companies are always going to the money cause people buy it foolishly than buying what they need. Every paycheck you get of any amount there is no reason at all that everyone can't put away 5-10% of it into a saving account for a rainy day fund. Maybe you have to give up a small luxury to be responsible and that is on you not someone else. There is always cheaper places to live or parents, friends, family, roomates, go to the local library for internet, give full coverage car insurance, save on gas by walking once or twice a week if you can to work, buying canned food instead of fresh, give up your cable or satelite. Eat healthier or the serving size of the food you eat to avoid the health problems in the first place and quit watching your tv go out and meet the neighbors walk around the neighborhood. Avoid accidents by using what was once called common sense use a seatbelt go the speed limit and pay attention to the road your driving on not your cell phone or your coffee, so you don't hit little johnny down the road forcing him to have to go to the hospital whose parents don't have health insurance. Pay attention to your kids who are outside by themselves and then wonder why they get hurt for wondering into the street or wind up in a gang who gives them whatever self satisfaction they needed but did not get from you the parent, teach them the morals you should teach them. Be a responsible person and teach self reliance to those who can be and to help the REAL crippled people that can't, not the lazy ones who just don't want to do anything. Government is NOT responsible for your well being YOU are and the decisions YOU make that shape it. The only thing this federal government was ever meant to be responsible for is to give you freedom and protect the freedom to choose your own path and states to regulate protection laws to protect us from each other as it needs like speed limits etc. Obama and his allies are not our dad or husband responsible for giving us services or bailing out companies. They failed on there own and they need to except that they were wrong. All this inexperienced person is doing (even though his intentions are good) is ruining this republic destroying jobs by saving the limb and killing the body through its infection because his lack of interest in private business and overwhelming government growth. Growing government means higher taxes to pay those salaries putting the burden unto private sector business and workers. Government is not self sustaining cause whatever taxes a public employee pays in is a fraction they don't sustain their own income and the only way they keep a job is by taking money from private sector tax payers. Most provide awesome great services and are necessary to sustain our culture private sector is paying them, not themselves. Healthcare is not the only issue here but the entitlement of our culture that thinks government or someone else has to pay the way of someone else. Please take this to heart.
everything 22 8:19pm Tue 14 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (1) Dislike (1) Lol, birth control pills are not a contraceptive, they are a disease spreader.
That's why the package includes HPV DNA testing, STI counseling, HIV screening, birthing support, and domestic violence support. The whole package just feeds off itself.
What about men?, oh, hell who cares about the men, they can take care of themselves, and just pay for all this sexual freedom through payroll taxes, while the girls are all out screwing the smooth talking pretty boy alpha's.
What a screwed up society ..
Oh, and the diabetes, have you seen how big some of these women are getting today, holy crap!, thanks to things like feminism, women don't have to take care of themselves anymore either.
HEY YOU 23 8:21pm Tue 14 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike Oh No! Just read the word fascist, which reminds me of the health care that Republicans are getting in Congress that I help pay for & cannot acquire as these freeloaders do.
gr698 24 8:37pm Tue 14 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike You generalize republicans like you have health care. It's not just them, its everyone in government including liberals that get the same access to care its a whole issue not a part issue. If you don't like it vote all incumbents out on both sides not just one side. It's mostly career politicians who make money doing so and have never worked or at least not for a long time in the private sector. Don't just listen to the media read the laws that they are passing for yourselves and not just the portions that the media spews that are good, leaving out the downfalls.
everything 25 8:48pm Tue 14 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like (1) Dislike Lol, you can't vote them out on both sides, nobody is going to vote green party or libertarian!
gr698 26 9:32pm Tue 14 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike Oh No! Just read the word fascist, which reminds me of the health care that Republicans are getting in Congress that I help pay for & cannot acquire as these freeloaders do.
The healthcare and benefits they receive from our taxes is everyone in senate and government of that level. Liberals and conservatives whomever matters not. Its something everyone had interest in and somewhat of a consensus. I never saw anything on a ballet where I get to vote for what government benefits are in senate or house that says how much they make and what it costs the taxpayer. They vote on that stuff and make tax laws. On one hand its good cause it protects the people in power should anything happen to them until the next election. It gets them back on their feet asap so they can represent who they were voted in by, to represent. Don't take bits and pieces from something like that and throw it in as just one party that does it. This only proves that in order to win you will spread lies by omitting parts of the whole truth just to make your case. Don't try race bating in the form liberal versus conservative with me. Don't generalize me just cause I'm white and male that I hate women or anyone else. Their is people from all types sexes, races, or creeds that don't like somebody for something that does NOT mean they all feel the same way about everything. It is those who do that such as you in this instance that stereotype.
"In fascism Levels of consumption are dictated by the federal government or common state( general government) , and any excess incomes had to be surrendered as taxes or "loans." Fascism embodies both parties to the extreme. To maintain high employment and minimize popular discontent, fascist governments also undertook massive public-works projects financed by steep taxes, borrowing, and fiat money creation. While many of these projects were domestic—roads, buildings, stadiums—the largest project of all was militarism, with huge armies and arms production."http://econlib.org/library/Enc/Fascism.html
Although on the right level infrastructure is needed but not to the extreme to just create jobs when there is no need for them just to claim high employment numbers. I say again that the role of government and constitution is to protect our unalienable rights to protect our own selves and our goals of happiness without infringing on the rights or goods of another. If you choose to give everything you make to charity and live a life of poverty do not expect that someone else should have to do the same. You are you and require different needs or wants than someone else.
gr698 27 9:36pm Tue 14 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike Lol, you can't vote them out on both sides, nobody is going to vote green party or libertarian!
I said vote out the incumbents if you are in a district with conservative as incumbent and liberal if they are incumbent party matters not just get new people in there. However your right that no one will do this though they will just sit and complain but do nothing within their legal rights such as voting while they still have them.
There is no reason to resort to stealing and name calling of someone just cause they are a have and your a have not if you want something you have to right to pursue your want and your OWN happiness. Earn it through hard work and dedication if you have a great idea patent it and get investors to start up and sell it or earn and save the money to do so. George Washington Carver had so many hardships especially in that time of real racism but he did not give up. He had great ideas of how to make things better for everyone without taking from someone else. He didn't sit around and say poor me he took control of his own life despite what happened to him and made a name for himself. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carver
I use him as an individual not because he's black in general but because in lieu of all the racism he saw and experienced he sought to enhance the lives of others by teaching them how they could help themselves.
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Boca Raton, FL28 6:08am Wed 15 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike Yeah! I can't wait. Rush Limbaugh promised that once this happened, all the women in the world will start having enormous amounts of sex to make use of all the contraception they'll get for free! Supposedly, you'll be able to walk up to any woman on in a bar and she'll bang your brains out right there. And you won't even have to buy her a drink. Can't wait! Obama just got my vote!
CaptainShuddup 29 8:47am Wed 15 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike (1) So, now that all women have contraception, they shouldn't be able to sue men for child support. An unwanted pregnancy is now their negligence, not mine.
Ooooh Unintended consequences of Ass biting, I love it.
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Huntington Beach, CA30 9:34am Wed 15 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike Women's health issues affect EVERYONE! If that "trailer trash" woman decides to let Bubba go for gold one night and the trailer gets to rocking, the product of that decision could be 1) a baby, 2) an abortion, or 3) a wet spot on the sheets.
I know which one I would rather see, but opinions may vary. The health of the child-bearing portion of our population is the most critical issue to any nation, and has been since civilizations began. Power of nations has always been measured, not in soldiers, swords, or bullets, but in uteruses.
So many people get to this point in their maturity and conveniently forget that their lives were made possible by a simple woman.
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gr698 31 1:14pm Wed 15 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike Women's health issues affect EVERYONE! If that "trailer trash" woman decides to let Bubba go for gold one night and the trailer gets to rocking, the product of that decision could be 1) a baby, 2) an abortion, or 3) a wet spot on the sheets.
I know which one I would rather see, but opinions may vary. The health of the child-bearing portion of our population is the most critical issue to any nation, and has been since civilizations began. Power of nations has always been measured, not in soldiers, swords, or bullets, but in uteruses.
So many people get to this point in their maturity and conveniently forget that their lives were made possible by a simple woman.
Have you hugged your mom lately?
Who is stopping them? However why should someone else pay for it when its cheaper and more readily available at the store out of pocket? If they choose to have a baby with Bubba that must mean they are mature enough to do so right? What is wrong with the system right now where they can't pay for their own child? Without generalizing show me a specific person in specific town with specific needs, show me her insurance costs or medical cause no insurance, compared to an honest monthly budget. There is no reason they need to be digging in my pocket. When I get married that is whos health care I should have to pay for. The system we have right now is not so broken that this can't be done but when AHCA finally comes into power things are going to be worse for some and slightly better for others.
American in Japan 32 1:32am Thu 16 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike @gr698
I found good things in your long anecdote post above, and I think this would also be solved (at least to a large degree) with a single payer system, which I prefer to what "ObamaCare" ended up as.
American in Japan 33 1:36am Thu 16 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike Where was that great post Patrick had... It was about a true cash system for treatment and physicians would have to inform you of most costs up front...
gr698 34 2:19pm Thu 16 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike One of the problems is that since HMOs took place back in the 50's you will have a hard time finding any doctor that knows what the care actually costs. They need to just order the tests and if they don't know what the cost is if you ask, they have plausible deniability to say that the reason they didn't do a particular test was because the patient could not afford it. When we get to this new health commity stuff where doctors have to go through more hoops to get someone the care they need it will cause more people to go without the care they need or wait so long that their condition gets worse waiting for approval.
gr698 35 3:57pm Thu 16 Aug 2012 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike So now with this AHCA or Obamacare whatever you want to call it, is it right when I who am just able to get by with what I make. I have enough to eat a couple new cars, and a house that I pay a mortgage on and helping my father pay his cheaper hospital bills because we didn't want the more expensive insurance. I buy what I can afford and nothing more cause with my job now and all of our household income we make NOW $35,000- 38,000 a year. The household has about $50-$75 a month extra to put into savings for my own medical care, should I need it, and god forbid if I wanted to go to a movie which I never do. I may have some luxuries yes but I ACTUALLY earned them and right now am still able to afford them. When this Obamacare mandate actually comes through in 2014 not only would I have to pay a tax on health care BUT I will still have to pay a tax and pay for more care than I would actually use or someone elses care. Cause now having to pay that tax not only am I still not actually covered BUT if I need to go to the hospital for strep like I did last time(see previous quote) I still have to pay that out of pocket in addition to whatever the tax is going to be. The real sad thing is it's still going to be cheaper than actually getting insurance. So now if everything else stays the same in 2014 I will have 2 years worth of payments to make on one of my new cars the earliest of which contract is up in 2016. I got it in 2010 and by 2014 I will have made four years worth of payments with two left. If Obamacare stays in effect I would have to give up this or something else THAT I WORKED FOR to pay for someone elses healthcare or "free" birth control or mammograms cause they were born into a body that needs particular care or is to lazy to shop around or give up the unhealthy junk food that causes them to have health problems in the first place? Is this "fair" is this the the american dream? I have to much and have to give it back just to pay for someone else who isn't responsible? No one is denied care in the emergency room and it makes me wonder how many illegal immigrants go in and use it. What do we have an estimated 11 million unreported illegal immigrants in this country I don't remember. I have nothing against them but the problem remains that many show up and get care then skip out asap or have a fake id so when they get billed it's a fake address. I know alot of them don't even file a tax return so not only are they getting the care they still do not have to pay for it. I didn't choose where I was born and neither did they but we all have what we have and it's the way it is. Then ARIZONA passes a state law to help protect the states citizens and interests so that they check id's of whom they believe are illegal immigrants. They get crap from the federal government saying there is already a federal law to protect you but yet they don't enforce it. Illegal immigrants also are not supposed to be able to collect welfare but they do. Because of this country and its past we have to be worried about discrimination but are blind to real discrimination and how much we are being taken advantage of. You can get into this country legally but you might have to wait or put in a little more effort. I know I got off on another tangent but if anyone truly believes that these are all separate issues they are only fooling themselves. If you want to help someone out so much then do it you pay for it. When it comes time to put up or shut up the ones who sream the loudest don't. The reason you only see movie stars going to third world countries is because many of them already have millions and get more than 2 or 3 weeks of vacation time from their job. If there was a charity to donate to that taught a country how to feed themselves or work instead of just showing up and giving them food I would spend my $50 extra a month and donate to that. That to me would be preferable instead of just blind charity where we give them food and they do nothing but wait for the next time they come. It's sickening that this new healthcare law is what it is and an attack on my personal freedom to penalize me for someone elses fake "right" or false entitlement. If it was a personal expense that forced me to give up a car or something I earned than I say to bad for me, but it's not, it's me having to give up something I earned to give it to someone else in some way with no benefit to myself. American dream? How about all the businesses that are going to be effected and how much are prices going to have to rise to cover that or jobs cut to have that money to spend on everyone elses healthcare that works there. Obama doesn't know what he doing, or worse yet he does and is doing it on purpose. Still American dream? No its not.
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