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My Quick Reaction To Palin's Speech
Not sure if I'll say more later. I won't be surprised if the speech is rated average, or even widely panned in the media as less than expected. As long as I read off their page, it didn't stand-out. However, Palin did a solid speech for the venue. If there's an issue, it's that the venue was hyped by the media.
I have to be careful how I frame this, given some conversations going back a ways before this speech, when it first began to be talked about. In essence, if and when she announces, you'll know it and it won't be at the Tea Party event in Iowa. It wasn't meant negatively toward the venue, but it did demonstrate to me that the Palin camp viewed this speech as less significant than it was being portrayed.
But that's not meant to be a complete pass, or an excuse. One can't be responsible for what the media does, but one does have to be mindful of it. If someone is running for President, it's simply not enough to say, the media did this, or the media did that. You either don't say anything at all, or you deal with it. If one can't manage around the media, one won't manage around Washington very well. That's just a fact.
What Palin did do was use the phrase "my plan," as I texted to a friend at the time. She also laid the groundwork for a genuine conservative campaign plank quite apart from a more establishment Republican like Perry. Based on what I saw today, I'm not prepared to fork up the $100 for charity it's going to cost me if she doesn't run. If anything, I may be feeling a bit more comfortable with the bet.
Finally, Palin needs to lose the notion that she can continue to not control venues for her speeches after this weekend. I cringed with Mr. Iowa Tea Party, or whomever, invoked the Civil War as the North representing Big Government and the South conservatism. Not only is it historically inaccurate, it's Paulian nut job land that ultimately sounds rather ugly and Palin would be wise to avoid the risk of being linked to it in the future, however inadvertantly.
Lets face it… Palin is a tease. I bet Barack misses the days when he could call a press conference and announce no news.
People are getting sick of games. That goes for Sarah or Obama, we have had too much of it from this administration and are just plain fed up with GAMES. She really needs to declare herself one way or the other.
Palin has been running for some time now and her supporters know this. The only ones tired of the GAMES are those who do not support her.
This speech was not about her candidacy, it was about the Tea Party and she spoke about their values. Fire and brimstone will come when the speech is about her.
You think Sarah Palin is a tease? What about that George Pataki? I wish he'd tell us if he's going to run or not!
Sarah Palin was great today. Her speech definitely sounded like a campaign speech to me. I, too, noticed how she framed "her plan" and what "she" would do. RUN, SARAH, RUN!
She said in her speech "here is what I will do.." not what I would do. Then she laid out her plan. That was a good and sober speech, with real solutions. She has a record that shows if she says it, she will do it.
For 30 years the oil company held progress in Alaska captive with the contract that was given to them, the political will to get them to honor the contract was just not there. Then along came Sarah Palin, long story short, she solved the problem, got business going, and threw the corrupt Republican bastards in jail!
While other politicians have a record of saying the right things, she has a record of taking on the huge problems and solve them.
She is so not endorsing Perry. Code words: "crony capitalists". She has a huge problem with them, and many are saying Perry is one of dem crony capitalists.
In the meantime, let the whiners do what they do best. Palin will get in at the right time. If you refuse to vote for someone just because she did not get in the race 14 months before the election, then you were never serious anyway.
To the teasers list, I would add:
Rudy Giuliani
John Bolton
Teasers all!
But where are Pataki's, Giuliani's, and Bolton's plans?
She sure sounded Presidential to me. I believe she said awhile back that if she ran, she would run an unconventional campaign. I don't recall her exact quote. She is doing things in her own way and in her own time. She doesn't care about conventional wisdom or "the way it's always been done".
I find it amusing that it's mainly people who don't support her that are the ones who complain that she's a "tease" who is "stringing people along". I don't feel that way at all. She's definitely my first choice as a candidate, and I'll be disappointed if she doesn't run. But I also realize that she has her own ideas about campaign strategy, and I'm not privy to them. So I'll just have to wait and see, along with everybody else.
Some things that stood out to me in Palin's speech. She really went after the many years of crony capitalism that has gone on in Washington. Does she not realize that she accepted the VP slot on Jogn Crony McCain's campaign. Then she went out in 2010 and endorsed his re-election campaign vary happily and strongly. Was that part of the payback scheme that she railed against today? When she warned to watch what donors supported the GOP candidates campigns, as that is who they will have to pay back. Again, why didn't she have a problem with those donors who were paying for her and McCain's campaign that she was very much a part of.
Rolling my eyes at the hype.
Sandy, look at her own record, it backs up her words. She went after crony capitalism in her own state when she had the power.
Regarding McCain, she was his VP, it was his campaign, she did not have a say so in the matter, as we all know by now. Her only "crime" was saying yes to the call to serve her country.
Endorsing his re-election was the right thing to do. I was also upset with her about that at the beginning. Looking back now, it was the right thing to do. She was very vocal about her respect for him and his sacrifice during the war on our behalf, many would have had a problem if she had thrown him under the bus because of the aforementioned. Whatever she did regarding McCain, she would have been criticized. So she prayed about it and did what she thought to be the right thing.
One thing her detractors would have loved to say, "Sarah threw a prisoner of war and the man who gave her the opportunity of a lifetime under the bus!" Oh man, we would never have heard the end of that!
Ronald Reagan didn't declare his candidacy until November 13, 1979.
Did all the Dems & GOP candidates coordinate the use of "she's a tease?" I haven't heard that term used as much as back decades ago when girls fluffed the hs boys but wouldn't finish the job. Is that where all the posters whining about Palin being a tease are at? Or are they a bunch a toddlers whining because momma won't tell them yes or no – but says later. Crap people – if you can't wait until she decides – go throw your support behind a declared candidate but stop the bit*hing.
My thoughts on event:
– I would rather spend my time with this hometown (Tea Party) talent show than on any high production value propaganda.
– It was a lively show, and Americans trying to do the right thing and practicing capitalism is my idea of heaven.
My thoughts on location:
– Anniversary of her GOP VP speech. A true hometown girl. Can you name any anniversary, personal or political, John Kerry would spend in a field in Iowa? Pelosi?
My thoughts on speech:
– America is not for sale (get lost you crony capitalists)
– "Entitlement reform is our duty"
– America did not leave their Servant's Heart on Normandy Beach
– ETHICAL OIL PROSPERITY FOR AMERICA (love you Canada and domestic resources)
– Govt jobs are just titles and Americans don't do titled monarchy
– "Born the Heirs Of Freedom"
– Can be trusted with America's cultural inheritance
My thoughts on crowd:
– You just know that each one of these attendees has called their congress critter or local political party in the last five years and when pressed for their business name were given the bush off for being working class (9 to 5 indeed)
– America Workin' 9 to 5 in Jesus' name
– What the MSM will fail to see, but is so plainly obvious, these people are not star struck but sympatico so no need to do anything but show love
My thoughts on GOP field:
– She was handed a baby!!!!!!!!!! A true political rally and not a RINO red cent
"Some things that stood out to me in Palin's speech…"
Sandy, given your opinion of Sen. McCain, surely the term "hobbit" stood out in Gov. Palin's speech, yes?
I think the speech was quite strong. You hit the nail on the head though, Palin has to control the venue. Dan that is what exactly what I thought when the Comedian was on. The speech was only overhyped because Karl Rove and Dick Morris. Palin's Pac did a nice job trying to downplay it. The speech showed one thing and that is Sarah Palin is alive and Well and has our attention.
What Palin was careful to do was to lay out a conservative/tea party platform that no one can, other than the Paultards, can flank her on the right.
This is actually Nixonian, only the Libtards in the media and the GOP Establishment don't get it. Mittens believes that you must capture the center to capture the GOP nomination. Nothing could be further from the truth.
To capture the GOP nomination, one must win the Conservatives, and Palin has to establish that he conservative authenticity trumps Governor Perry's. To do so she has to begin to have the conversation with the Base about Reaganism, authenticity, and why things didn't change during Bushtardia, and why things won't change if Perry is returned to Washington as Bush III.
Palin has to throw down the gauntlet to GOP voters and demand of them if they are really about Reaganism or not; if it's all about sending Cronytards back in place of Obama's Cronytards On Steroids, then there is no real change, it's all just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
That's what Palin will argue to the GOP rank and file primary voters. After the twelve years of Bush and Obama, I think it can be a winning argument.
Via 'Rico seems Ace(I'm still banned) thought the speech Candidate boilerplate, unworthy of the hype. But I see by the comments it hit a rather different chord.
Rick had better crush Mittens by Sept. 22, he'll need to be undistracted. Bachmann will help him now and hamstring him later.
When will Palin tell us her plan? Does she have one? O dopey me, of course she has a plan. It must be Top Secret.
Am growing tired of her manipulative moves. Standard stump speeches. Boring. Where is the Palin that motivated me during her run with juan? Stand up like a man and bitch slap these rubes.
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) said if the 2012 presidential election was held today, President Barack Obama wouldn't win Virginia, a state he carried in 2008.
Speaking on local Washington radio station WTOP Friday, Connolly said, "In my opinion, no, today he would not win the state."
But, with more than a year before Election Day, Connolly said Obama still has time to regain the momentum he had in the last election.
Time…??? Yes. He has time. But he will use it to his disadvantage. Hubris is a powerful cement, and it will keep him stuck on stupid.
"She is not capable of raising anywhere near the amount of money necessary for a serious presidential campaign," said the strategist, who like several others interviewed spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid damaging professional relationships. "Maybe a couple million. Not $50 million."
Whoever said that is a real idiot. Palin could raise that in very short order.
Time…??? Yes. He has time. But he will use it to his disadvantage. Hubris is a powerful cement, and it will keep him stuck on stupid
Obama's finished. His big government socialist credentials are too well established. Business people are not going to be taken in again and invest in his dream. He has fundamentally transformed the economy. It won't recover while he's in power.
Just how disconnected with reality is the Collective? How delusional, really?
Try this…
On the jobs front, as Matt Yglesias points out, things are going exactly according to Republican plan, insofar as massive public-sector layoffs every single month are helping to depress overall jobs numbers. These layoffs are of course the direct result of budget cuts—reductions in federal aid to states in various programs that have come under the knife since the spring. The deals Obama has made with the Republicans have therefore contributed to the jobs crisis. The Republicans of course know this and surely have a chuckle about it in private. Obama makes videos bragging about the single biggest budget cut in history.
The poor idiot who wrote that 'graph depends on Matt Yglesias for economic savvy…!?!?! That's just sad.
Real unemployment…factoring in the people who have left the job market…is more like 11-12%. And it damned sure is not the result of some VRWC. It is pure cause-effect from BIG GOVERNMENT fascist economics and the Collectivist war on choice and modernity.
"Stand up like a man and bitch slap these rubes."
You mean like a girl. I like how all us arm-chair COS wannabes think we can do better than Rove and Rahm. Be patient, watched pot.
I agree with you about the venue. She could use an advance team.
The speech was amazing and her interaction with the crowd was great.
The most important quote from her speech:
"Folks, you know that it's not enough to just change up the uniform," Palin said. "If we don't change the team and the game plan we won't save our country."
So far, the GOP front runners, Rombama and Perrybush, only change the uniform but the globalist one-world-without-borders plan remains the same.
It is always fun when Filly talks nuts like this.
'Course, he has called Palin a "squish" long before now, too.
Question: is this scenario and more absurd than this: "Perry Used Jet of Donor Who Faces SEC Probe"? You might think it was big news. The headline was featured on a big-time internet news aggregator and linked to a story in The Wall Street Journal. Is there a story here? Rick Perry flew on a private jet of a wealthy Republican donor who hopes that Perry wins: that's the real tort here. What difference does it make that the donor is "under investigation for possible securities fraud by Texas regulators and the Securities and Exchange Commission"? What bearing does that have on Governor Perry's trip? No, the real story in this non-story is contained between commas: "Mr. Perry, who has emerged in just weeks as the new front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, . . ." In brief, it's Open Season on Perry, and if reporters can't find anything substantive to pin on him guilt by association will do in a pinch.
–Roger Kimball
Perhaps a good question is why the Texas donor is under investigation, and whether we should draw ANY implication from an "investigation" by the Obama DOJ? After all, Gibson Guitar is under active prosecution, while Black Panthers who default are exonerated of all wrong-doing.
Think, people.
Palin's comments on "crony capitalism" took me back to a post I read about 2 years ago on some forgotten site by some forgotten Progressive …
"Can't we all agree that it's about dividing up the spoils ?"
The answer is "NO!"
She will not get the nominee in 2012. I prefer Gov. Rick Perry of Texas as the Republican candidate better than Romney, Bachmann, and Palin.
Breaking news: She is running!
This blog post is super juicy. It looks like they are going to start fighting back. It's about time somebody took on these counter-productive ignoramuses!
If FreedomWorks gets their way, President Obama is going to get re-elected… Can't we all just allow the candidates speak and let people decide for themselves!
A number of the GOP insiders have said she doesn't have the retail political skills that are needed. She sure showed her lack of retail politicking skills after her speech, didn't she.
She spent more time in the crowd than she did on the stage and it wasn't just handshaking of people with anonymous faces. She engaged each and everyone who got within range of her which was most everyone who made the effort to meet her. She asked them their names, where they were from, and what they did for a living. Nope, she can't do retail politicking worth a lick./
For 30 years the oil company held progress in Alaska captive with the contract that was given to them, the political will to get them to honor the contract was just not there. Then along came Sarah Palin, long story short, she solved the problem, got business going, and threw the corrupt Republican bastards in jail!
Obama is still suffering from the Speech Illusion, the idea that he can come down from the mountain, read from a Teleprompter, cast a magic spell with his words and climb back up the mountain, while we scurry around and do what he proclaimed.
The days of spinning illusions in a Greek temple in a football stadium are done. The One is dancing on the edge of one term.
The White House team is flailing — reacting, regrouping, retrenching. It's repugnant.
After pushing and shoving and caving to get on TV, the president's advisers immediately began warning that the long-yearned-for jobs speech wasn't going to be that awe-inspiring.
Wow. Dowd turns out to be a racist.
Bad Luck Barry could do one simple thing that would begin a genuine expansion overnight…
The dems are going to throw clinton and richardson into the primary. Ofungus is dying a slow death.
What's the REAL unemployment rate…???
Well, a LOT higher than 9.1%. And…
Obama made it worse.
Iron stomach … Dan. I had it live, at open, and was filled with revulsion (just like whenever Chucklehead's golden glowing aura, fills up the screen). Couldn't watch more an a single second.
Ooond no peeps, this ain' a slam at YOU [for your choice (get over that fookin elmo already … OK)].
We don't need another politician. We need a leader. A public servant. Obviously that lets out beeg hat (with however many cattle?). Sarah's campaign ship h a s sailed. I could care less if she enters. My disappointment in her … profound. Each day she exposes her style (as it were). Her lack of substance.
F*ck style over substance. Not again. Not now. Not ever again (say it with me …. NEVER AGAIN).
Elmo – I'm curious – if you don't think Palin is a leader vice a politician, who do you see fitting that role?
Only a few hundred surly geriatric losers showed up in a soggy field to hear the Arctic Grifter babble. Her brand is tarnished even among the Children of the Corn.
Undefeated and unelectable.
"Finally, Palin needs to lose the notion that she can continue to not control venues for her speeches after this weekend. I cringed with Mr. Iowa Tea Party, or whomever, invoked the Civil War as the North representing Big Government and the South conservatism. Not only is it historically inaccurate, it's Paulian nut job land that ultimately sounds rather ugly and Palin would be wise to avoid the risk of being linked to it in the future, however inadvertantly."
Of course you cringed. You can't have the rubes honestly expressing what Teahdism is all about, can you? Teahadism sounds ugly, because it IS ugly. "Controlling venues" in Teahadi means pre-screening questions so that the speaker / candidate / whomever gets to just repeat, unquestioned, the same meaningless platitudes.
Just ask Teahdi hero, Steve Chabot http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110902/NEWS0108/109040308/Chabot-camera-seizure-irks-right-and-left?odyssey=tab|mostpopular|text|FRONTPAGE
The ugly day I forecast for markets a week ago Friday following Bennie's nothing happenin' speech concludes tomorrow. Asia and Europe down big, Dr. Doom gives world recession > 60% chance, Arab Spring now post-Ramadan Salafist Fall.
Urkel's nothing talk-down-to-slacker-Amerikkka will lead to an overnight dive in job performance. Yeah, like there's room for one.
He will never see 40% approval again and Donk voter turnout Nov. 2012 will be 67% in Blue States.
Well, I've learned something new from these folks: Up until now, I've thought that running a strong presidential campaign is a sign that one can probably govern fairly well too. But there appears to be little correlation between the two.
One wonders if there is concern now in the party's higher echelons about the White House's methods. Of course there must be. But what, for example, do seasoned Democratic senators say to one another when they chat in private? What about the party's big money people? All of them must be dismayed. But which of them can reach Obama? Who can pierce the armor of his inner circle and tell him he needs to start doing business in a different way in a hurry?
This week has the feel of one that might become retrospectively pivotal. If indeed we are standing there watching as President Perry is sworn in two Januarys from now, and we're forced to ponder the what ifs, space will be reserved on that list for a week in which the administration made a boneheaded political mistake, presided over a jobs announcement with zero growth, and turned on a key constituency group.
–The Daily Beast
Heh, heh, heh…
After Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. called for a "war" against Republicans and tea partiers on Monday, one tea party group is calling for the union leader to resign.
"Calls to violence can never be acceptable in this civil society," the Rockford, Illinois tea party group said in a statement. "Hoffa's remarks were made in an introduction to Obama speaking to Auto Workers and Unions in Detroit and this sort of angry, hateful, call to violence should be repudiated by the President with a call from the President to ask Hoffa to resign his very public position of influence."
While warming up a Labor Day crowed in Detroit before a speech by President Obama, Hoffa Jr. said unions need to pick a fight with tea partiers and congressional Republicans.
"President Obama, this is your army," Hoffa Jr. declared. "We are ready to march. Let's take these sons of bitches out and take America back to where America we belong."
The Rockford tea party called Hoffa's comments "incendiary and dangerous."
"If even one member of the Tea Party is harmed by anyone after Hoffa's call to violence, then Hoffa should be held accountable by the Justice System and Charged appropriately," the group said.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/09/05/tea-party-group-to-hoffa-resign/#ixzz1X7Mw21Fs
Bad Luck Barry was heard to suck his teeth in repudiation of Hoofa. Collectivists love big talk…
No one, not even the president's defenders, expect his coming jobs speech to mean anything. When the president spoke during a recent market swoon, the market dropped another 100 points. Democrats may soon have to confront an uncomfortable truth, and ask whether Obama is a suitable choice at the top of the ticket in 2012. They may then have to ask themselves if there's any way they can push him off the top of the ticket.
That these questions have not yet been asked in any serious way shows how weak the Democratic Party is as a political organization. Yet this political weakness is not inevitable, it can be changed through courage and collective action by a few party insiders smart and principled enough to understand the value of a public debate, and by activists who are courageous enough to face the real legacy of the Obama years.
Obama has ruined the Democratic Party.
The goal is to break the back of the ecclesial/academic/media/bureaucratic monopoly that killed John F. Kennedy and has been sucking power into the federal system ever since. Sarah Palin is the only religious/moral/political personality of national and international prominence who embodies that goal.
It's been a couple or three days since you posted. Get out of the fetal position and man up.
I want to hear more of your insight.
Navdu?ilo pa me je, nadle?nega dlakocepca, da je slovenska razli?ica na tvoji povezavi vsaj lepo prevedena. Angle?ka za poro?evalca ponuja "Rapporteur" kar je kve?jemu version franglaise.
Since 1951 Denmark has added 4000 jobs in the private sector. In the public sector its added 683000 jobs. The public sector has only added jobs- no loss of jobs!! 13-1 private to public employees in 1951. Today 2.3 private to public. The trend is untenable and needs to be reversed. Ofungus has went down the wrong road and will be leaving after 1 term.
To all you union punks out there- Bring it on- Lets get this rodeo going.
Well Jane, why should I bore anyone … really? I encourage everyone to spend the large amount of time and energy (nothing's free). To sort out the dross. Separate duh Wheaties, from the flakes (oh elmo, you're blowing my mind). I'm not selling anything. I'm not buying anything.
We are at the precipice. Of disaster. Plain. Simple. Like the world has NEVER seen before. I mean ever.
I have no patience for disingenuousness. And that'd be what Palin's now practicing. Well, at least for those open, those willing … to see reality? She has destroyed her own stock. By her own hand/volition. All by herself. Putting personal interest, and political interest. Over national interest.
Amazing really. The ease, the speed, the lack of compunction (in so doing). To me (omg!), simply is not Presidential. And the longer she takes this journey? The farther afield she will be. It's a disconnect I cannot abide. Nor ever.
We fulfill our own destiny. Save this country. Or it dies. Before our very eyes. Which … has nothing to do with mere politics.
A moment in history, filled with import unimaginable. I believe I can trust Herman Cain (whatever my thoughts on his potential to do the job? Not sure, but then I've never met the man). And yes, I can trust Bachmann (and believe she is in fact, THE best candidate … by a country mile). The rest? Trust? You must be joking.
blah blah blah (yada yada) … (cover of/Billy Joel/a matter of trust)
A German company has been in talks to take over NHS hospitals, the first tangible evidence that foreign multinationals will be able to run state-owned acute services, a market worth £8bn, the Guardian can reveal.
On the eve of the last Commons vote on the government's bill before it heads to the Lords this week, freedom of information requests reveal a series of meetings focused on "potential opportunities in London" between officials from the Department of Health, the NHS, the management consultant McKinsey and one of the largest German private hospital chains, Helios.
Once EU competition law applies to the health service there would be no barrier to handing over the running of NHS hospitals to non-British firms. Helios has a record of turning around failing hospitals, largely by cutting staff or wage levels. Local politicians have accused it of being motivated more by revenues than by patient care.
–The Guardian
Hmmm… So that state-run thingy seems to be collapsing in England.
Obama's job approval rating has sunk to a low of 44 percent, a 3-point drop since July. His handling of the economy stands at a low of 37 percent. And only 19 percent believe the country is headed in the right direction, the lowest mark for this president.
Perhaps most ominously for Obama, a majority of poll takers — 54 percent — think he's facing a longer-term setback from which he's unlikely to recover. Back in January, just 39 percent agreed with that assessment.
Indeed, that 54 percent is virtually identical to George W. Bush's score on the same question in the Nov. 2005 NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, which was released just months after Bush's widely criticized handling of Hurricane Katrina.
Growing recognition that…
Obama made it worse.
So Urkel's 'plan' is being fleshed out, extend unemployement benefits, invest in infrastructure and hand money to Blue States to fund social mandates. New ideas will be carted out over the fall as they occur in the stream of unconsciousness.
Romney's record of job creation in MA 1.5%, national average 5.5%. Job creation in private equity career?
Perry misses first debrief in SC due to fire so Mother B. gets to talk abolishing Carter created Dept. of Education.
Huntsman's perma-bull friendly package includes 0% Capital Gains–like homeowners will have any–along with removing all deductions. Hopefully 8% minimum personal tax will include some of the blessed lower 50% of the population.
Dow down 220 at open.
What I say now, I say as a proud former union member and the wife, daughter, and sister of union members. So, as a former card-carrying IBEW sister married to a proud former Laborers, IBEW, and later USW member, please hear me out. What I have to say is for the hard working, patriotic, selfless union brothers and sisters in Michigan and throughout our country: Please don't be taken in by union bosses' thuggery like Jim Hoffa represented yesterday. Union bosses like this do not have your best interests at heart. What they care about is their own power and re-electing their friend Barack Obama so he will take care of them to the detriment of everyone else.
To the same degree Americans are concerned about irresponsible, greedy corporate execs who got cushy bonuses from taxpayer-funded bailouts, we should also be concerned about greedy union bosses who are willing to tank our economy just to protect their own power. As union history shows, power and greed corrupt. Just because you claim to represent union members doesn't mean you are on the side of the angels. The greed of too many of these union bosses has all but destroyed the labor movement in this country, helped chase away our jobs, and is killing the American dream.
To see where this leads, look at what's happening to the working class in our industrialized cities. These cities are going to hell in a hand basket thanks to corruption, crony capitalism, and the union bosses' greed. The union bosses derive their power from your union dues and their promise to deliver your votes to whichever politician they're in bed with. They get their power from you, and yet their actions ultimately hurt you. They're chasing American industry offshore by making outrageous, economically illogical demands that they know will never work. And now that they've chased jobs out of union states, they're trying to chase them out of right-to-work states like South Carolina, so eventually the jobs will leave America altogether. But these union bosses will still figure out a way to keep their gig, and so will their politically aligned corporate friends. As long as these big corporations have a good crony capitalist in the White House, they can rely on DC to bail them out until the whole system goes bankrupt, which, I am afraid, is not very far off. When big government, big business, and big union bosses collude together, they get government to maximize their own interests against those of the rest of the country.
Read the whole thing.
Talk about bending the curve…!!!
On this labor day, a story in the British Telegraph sheds new light on the respect for working people held by the thankfully no longer existing German Democratic Republic, or DDR, the Stalinist state in East Germany that fell with the collapse of Communism. In theory, of course, the socialist states, or "really existing socialism," as the "People's Democracies" were referred to, expressed the interests of the world's working class, that was busy building socialism. As we all know, had the late Communist leader Erich Honaker not ordered construction of the Berlin wall, three-quarters of the population would have voted with their feet and fled to West Berlin.
One of the ways the East German regime maintained its power was with lucrative contracts with Western capitalist firms that obviously welcomed a regime whose work force was forbidden to strike, and that could be guaranteed to produce at the lowest wages possible and with no leverage to use in bargaining with their employer—the East German state. But the news story released today makes the usual arrangement seem benign.
It appears that the Swedish retail firm Ikea, that thousands of Americans go to in malls throughout our country to purchase cheap and poorly made but sometimes workable furniture, had a very special arrangement with the Stasi, East German's notorious secret police. Ikea actually used political prisoners as slave labor to make its furniture, in particular, sofas manufactured in one plant that was conveniently situated next to a prison!
Funny how the Collective…in its various guises…always works in the same ways, and to the same ends.
Poorer populations, police-state impositions, and much, much more death and misery.
See Waggs. See Waggs laugh. See Waggs play. See Waggs have fun. See Waggs.
(Python/Monty/Spam … 2:14)
A study by McKinsey suggests that clean energy may produce jobs for highly skilled engineers, but it will not produce many jobs for U.S. manufacturing workers. Gordon Hughes, formerly of the World Bank and now an economist at the University of Edinburgh, surveyed the landscape and concluded: "There are no sound economic arguments to support an assertion that green energy policies will increase the total level of employment in the medium or longer term when we hold macroeconomic conditions constant."
All of this is not to say that the government shouldn't be doing what it can to promote clean energy. It is to say that the government isn't very good when it tries to directly create private-sector jobs.
In 2009, Josh Lerner of Harvard Business School published a useful book called "Boulevard of Broken Dreams." He found that for each instance in which the government has successfully promoted entrepreneurial activity, there is a pile of instances in which it failed.
Lerner details case after case where public investments produced little or nothing. But he also makes an important distinction between government efforts to set the table for entrepreneurial activity and government efforts to create jobs directly. Setting the table means building an underlying context for innovation: funding academic research, establishing clear laws, improving immigration policies, building infrastructure and keeping capital gains tax rates low.
–David Brooks "conservative" NYT
East German central planning won't work here any better than it did there.
Wow … impressive … really.
A decision made by Gov. Pat Quinn may leave thousands of state workers without a job by the end of the week.
The cuts are coming in the face of a budget deficit that doesn't leave enough money to pay the workers, the governor says. Quinn also plans to close a prison, juvenile detention center and homes for the mentally ill.
If no cuts are made, several agencies will run out of money by spring, Quinn says.
"We can't spend money we don't have," Quinn said Tuesday.
Quinn Passes Buck on Raise Cuts for Workers
The state's largest government employee union, AFSCME, promises to sue if the layoffs are made, much like they did over blocked pay raises.
And just like the pay raise situation, Quinn says these layoffs aren't his fault.
Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Quinn-to-Lay-off-Thousands-129290828.html#ixzz1XBxMMMrw
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(CNSNews.com) – The percentage of American adults who lack health insurance coverage has not only increased during the presidency of Barack Obama, but it has continued to increase since Obama signed his signature piece of legislation last year mandating that by 2014 every American carry health insurance, according to a Gallup survey released today.
Obama made it worse.
That deb wasernameschlitz is a dynamite speaker for the dems. Deranged,delusional and dumb. She looked as bad as don hoffa.
Where is Bachmann, Romney, Perry etc. on this? Waiting for Sarah to take the lead again? Heck, Perry even refused to comment on Hoffa.
Where were they during the Tucson massacre when we were blamed for that violence. Sarah Palin is a fearless leader, never afraid to fight back against the vicious left.
This one decided to make some money out of it! More of the "please give me money, Pelosi is out to get me!" Michael Savage has her number!
Perhaps if the "teaparty leader" stood up for the teapartiers during Tucson (she was silent), they would have been more willing to support her financially now that "her campaign" is under attack, and she would not have to use incidents like this to beg for money.
I like Bachmann well enough, and on her occasional errors I'm willing (as I am to some degree with Perry) to cut her slack. But I'm kinda amazed at your willingness to declare Palin toast.
She chose not to use the strategy that many of her detractors wanted her to use, and their response is 'oh, well, she's dead now.'
Still got an awful lot of mojo.
One might suspect you're mad just cause she's better at the game than her opponents. Right now, she's on track to do the superexcellence of strategy according to Sun Tzu, to win against an enemy with out fighting them.
And this could be really helpful to her. She beats Bachmann and Perry and Romney without hardly saying much mean….makes it a lot easier for them, and their supporters to get behind her when the time comes.
Thing is, Elmo. I don't know if I'm reading the tea leaves right. But you're really convinced you are.
Hats off to Dana Loesch, Mike Flynn and Andrew Brietbart for going to the home of media matters and getting the IRS 990 disclosure form. Keep it up. Being a barbaric terroist hostage taking hobbit easily allows me to be a Proud SOB. I think we all need to take over our own state houses. Yes, Throw the bums out.
You're misreading me Tenn (no big). It isn't about strategy, nope (she can employ whichever she so chooses?). It's about integrity. If you're unable to see the measure I've put forth?
Angry? That's pointless. Support whomsoever, and strongly [it ain't about my candidate's dad can whup your candidate's dad (as it were … in gestalt)].
In the "grasshopper" strategy … you see light, sparkles, and pretty things. Music lilting on a breeze (we're saved, halleluyah!). I see someone not worthy of my vote (but if hell freezes over, and she gets the nod. Goes without saying, she has it. But never my trust, or support. Ever).
We can do better. Sarah isn't it. She may once have been (in many's minds). But I'm not willing to "settle". Sorry. I believe many are projecting, onto her, something that is no longer there.
I'm not putting forth any future scenarios. Or dissecting strategy (beyond my ken). Let alone reading leaves uh tea (y'all knock yourselves out).
We can do better. We must. The future demands nothing less. Honestly, this leap into the void is dangerous. And for me, is excruciating to watch (many rushing lemminglike into it). Troubling even … disturbing.
The White House is ours. Let's make it home. No squishes. No (creme filled) puffed pastries. No bouffant. No rodeo cowboy wannabe's. No backstabbers. No clowns.
titanium … or nothing
The world IS about to explode. Kaboom! I want the best. And I believe we can have it. In times of peril. In time of war. Great war.
Tick … tock. Tick tock. Six minutes to midnight?
Must be a Braille clock? More like two …
100%, sicko.


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Apr 2, 2013
A few issues
I coveted this blanket for years before I finally decided to buy it. We use it on top of our bed, like a light coverlet. There are a few issues with quality that I wish I had seen mentioned before, so I decided to write them here for future buyers. First, the linen top is attached to the [admitedly super soft] flannel underside via pinstitches that are placed certain distances apart. In the first blanket we ordered, the top piece did not line up with the bottom piece, so every location of a stitch created a 1"-1.25" "bump" in the blanket. No matter what we tried, we could not get the blanket to lay even remotely flat, so we returned it for another. We still have this same problem with the second, but it is less pronounced (though stil noticeable).
Second, this blanket shrinks a signficant amount when laundered according to the instructions. The Queen size used to fit our Queen mattress perfectly, but when washed in cool water and dried on tumble dry low, it shrank close to 2.5" on every end (so 5" lengthwise and 5" across). Now, the ends hang over the bed, but don't even reach the bottom of the mattress (so our sheets are visible).
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Local non-profit groups raise much needed funds in the food booth area. This year's lineup of food is very tempting so plan to eat at the Art & Wind Festival.
Tri-Tip Sandwich - St. Raymond's Knights of Columbus
Hot Dogs – San Ramon Historic Foundation
Hamburgers/Cheeseburgers – Bay City Church
BBQ Beef Sandwich, Macaroni and Cheese – San Ramon Arts Foundation
Sausage Sandwiches (Polish & Hot Link) – San Ramon Senior Foundation
Gyros & Baklava – Greek Orthodox Church Dance Group
Pulled Pork Sandwich & Grilled Corn-on-the-Cob - Dougherty Valley/San Ramon Rotary
Peach Cobbler Ala Mode - Diablo Black Men's Group
Slushies & Iced Coffee – Church of the Valley
Beer & Wine – San Ramon Rotary
Kettle Corn – St. Joan of Arc Knights of Columbus
Sno Cones- Canyon Creek Church
Nachos – Cal High Men's Volleyball
Corn Dogs – Job's Daughters
Jamba Juice – Boy Scout Troop 834
Beer & Wine – San Ramon Rotary
Chinese Food – Cal High Interact Club
Sno Cones – Canyon Creek Church
Kettle Corn - St. Joan of Arc Knights of Columbus
Pizza – Boy Scout Troop 203
Jamba Juice – Boy Scout Troop 834
Krispy Kreme Donuts & Donut Sundaes – Boy Scout Troop 803
Beer & Wine – Soroptimist Club
Margaritas – San Ramon Valley Rotary
Cotton Candy – Cub Scout Pack 1776


text: Just wondering if Am Staff dogs always look a bit stiff in their getting up and walking. We just acquired one and we really like him. He's only about 1 year old and can play like one but mostly he likes to nap so I'm surprised by all the 'long walk' talks. Maybe it's living out in a country setting with other dogs that he is getting enough run around time. The main thing I'm wondering about is the stiffness in his walk just when he just gets up from laying around a bit. It seems more than it should be.


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Naruto has surpassed 1st hokage?...who wud win...?
naruto would look at last manga thats evidence enough
my thread is better but oh well, facepalm 4 you what kinda stupid matchup is that one?
Originally Posted by rinnekugan
my thread is better but oh well, facepalm 4 you what kinda stupid matchup is that one?
Stop fxcking man! stfu
Seeing as the first hokage can control tailed beasts, and uses mokuton jutsu that is actually enhanced by naruto being on the battlefield. I'll take the first hokage.
It's just not a match up that works in naruto's favor.
Naruto would win with his epic Talk no Jutsu
1st hokage over naruto anyday
I know most people would say naruto and I myself thought the first would win but after looking at naruto's power I would have to say naruto. But not because of this new power he has. If naruto even tried to use the nine tails power it would be put to an end because the first controlled the nine tails. But naruto in sage mode I would have to say would beat the first in a short match up however the longer the fight the lower his chances get.
lol you gotta remember he was a hokage for a reason
First hokage Naruto has almost no experience. And the first could stop naruto from getting any help from the 9 tails.
It would be a close battle but .......Naruto would own first hokage..
1st Hokage wins this match his Mokuton would be too much for Naruto and he could just restrain him.
1st Hokage would win, Naruto's yang chakra would help the trees become bigger and possibly even stronger which would aid the 1st
naruto wins
1st Hokage for sure, even if Naruto uses Sage Mode.
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I coppi di Matilda
- Address:
647 East 11th St.
New York, NY 10009Neighborhood:
East Village
- Cuisine:
ItalianPrice: $30 and under
I coppi di Matilda
- Dining Style: Casual Dining
- Website: http://www.icoppidimatilda.com/
- Phone: (212) 777-3355
- Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Saturday & Sunday: 11:30AM - 3:30PM
Dinenr: Sunday - Thursday: 5:30PM - 11:00PM
Friday & Saturday: 5:30PM - 11:30PM
- Payment Options: AMEX,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Italian, Mexican
- Executive Chef: Maristella Innocenti & Esteban Molina
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Bar Dining, Delivery, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Takeout, Weekend Brunch
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A word from I coppi di Matilda
We bring to New York Tusc-Mex cuisine, a combination of Tuscan and Mexican home cooking. These two cuisines complement each other in an exciting new blend. Our menu offers a rich variety of choices, from standards such as pasta and quesadillas to the chefs' fusion creations that introduce new herbs and condiments to each tradition.Continued
At I coppi di Matilda's, expect to find the friendly atmosphere of a Tuscan "trattoria" or a Mexican "restaurante familiar", in a playful but stylish setting that is fully dedicated to the chefs' daughter and the blending of two cultures.
A string of words in Italian, Spanish and Matilda's parlance, envelops the dining space to celebrate what binds the creators of Matilda: the love for food, diversity and family.
At I coppi di Matilda's, expect to find the friendly atmosphere of a Tuscan "trattoria" or a Mexican "restaurante familiar", in a playful but stylish setting that is fully dedicated to the chefs' daughter and the blending of two cultures.
A string of words in Italian, Spanish and Matilda's parlance, envelops the dining space to celebrate what binds the creators of Matilda: the love for food, diversity and family.
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I coppi di Matilda reviews from OpenTable diners
8 reviews since July 29, 2014
- Food4.3Service3.9
- Ambiance4.1Noise LevelModerate
neighborhood gem (7)great for outdoor dining (2)romantic (2)good for groups (2)kid-friendly (1)fit for foodies (1)great for brunch (1)Show More
- OpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 11/21/2014Really enjoyed dinner at Matilda's - there were 6 of us celebrating 2 birthdays. Food was wonderful and so was the staff. Definitely will go back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great combination on menuGOODSTUFFVIPDined on 9/28/2014The menu has great choices, they mix Italian and Mexican foods very creatively. The food was fresh and very well presented. The prices for drinks were very reasonable and good wine choices. I enjoyed the fish tacos and the pasta dishes. This is not like the old I coppi but a wonderful surprise new version.Special Features:
- The following 133 reviews are from the I coppi di Matilda reviews archive.
- Great Italian/Mex Fusion PlaceManhattaniteVIPDined on 7/15/2014The food was delicious. We both ordered the ribs which were served with mash potatoes. The meat just "melted off" the bone. The orange hibiscus sorbet was also great. Our waitress was kind and attentive. We recommend this place highly. It is worth the "trek" to the far-east village.Special Features:
- It was badOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 5/5/2014The service was horrible. And the food was mediocre at best.Special Features:
- What a dayluv1022Dined on 5/5/2014Firstly it was cinco de mayo, I thought the mexican side of the restaurant would come out, however no drink specials. There was one waitress working the whole restaurant and boy was she testy. Would not let me use my scoutmob coupon even though there were no specials. The food the was fair; my friend got a paninni and there was a whole cube of garlic and an inch and a half red hot pepper, her mouth was on fire! So I thought the safest bet was was the churro- worst choice ever!! They tasted like Chinese noodles, there was hardly any cinnamon sugar and the chocolate it was paired with was too strong and over powering with mexican flare. Overall an Epic Fail of a cinco de mayo dinner. I hope their Italian food is better.
- Inventive menu, great executionPalefire71VIPDined on 4/27/2014Everyone in our party loved their meals, which were generally Italian-Mex fusion, leaning a bit more to the Italian side. The huitlacoche ravioli were original and delicious. Attentive service and a great vibe.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good fresh foodRobbie13Dined on 4/13/2014I like this place. My only complaint was the French toast for brunch was extremely small. It was delicious though.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The restaurant and the showOliviaVIPDined on 2/22/2014The restaurant and the show are both fantastic! Service was great and you never felt rushed. Liked the mix of mexican and italian food and liked the fact that they were very good at guiding about coeliac safe food. Will recommend to others, thank you.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- East Village GemOpenTable Diner Since 2007VIPDined on 2/15/2014I have been here several times and the food and service are always excellent. The owner, Esteban, is warm and welcoming. Fresh food mixing the Italian and Mexican cultures (for example, rosemary steak tacos with arugula). On my most recent visit, I really enjoyed the passion fruit margarita, using fresh fruit puree.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Delicious and fun!ChiceatDined on 12/14/2013I had an amazing jalepeño margarita, some delicious bistec tacos and some polenta with creme fresca. All was delicious and our waitress was super nice and accommodating. I would go again just to sit at the bar (which is dimly lit with tiles all over the place)Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Nice restaurant ...OpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 12/7/2013Its a nice restaurant for a small group. Its very intimate so the atmosphere is what won me over here. What did not win me over was the food. I had the lasagne and it basically burnt the top of my mouth and was overall subpar. Not sure if I would even remember to recommend but the atmosphere was nice for dinner.Special Features:
- meh!IZ817VIPDined on 8/28/2013unappealing on almost all levels. the place is a mess! food is blah -we had the guac, the lamb tacos, the spaghetti and the lasagna.
- Neighborhood gemTea141414VIPDined on 8/9/2013Mexican and Italian fusion....wasn't sure what to expect but everything was amazing . I loved the pork tacos, the salmon, the goat cheese raviolis, the red wine, the chocolate dessert with Carmel icecream. The service was excellent and owner is very accommodating and friendly.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great ambience, small portionsKevoDined on 8/6/2013This is a great little place with awesome happy hour deals and yummy drinks. The food is good but portions pretty small. I'll be back for the brunch.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Offbeat and fun!JaneDosDined on 7/24/2013I went to Matilda with a group of five and we really liked the unique menu and fun drinks. The waiter was attentive and open to being creative with us on drink choices. Music playing in the backdrop was retro Euro-80s which we enjoyed (a little Echo and the Bunnymen anyone?). Prices are reasonable. I will go again!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Food was excellent and differentJeffDined on 7/11/2013This was recommended as a "hip" spot, which it wasn't, and it was really light on AC on a very hot day - but the Mexican Tuscan food was very good and well presented.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Amazing FusionKristaDined on 6/29/2013Each meal had a way of incorporating italian and mexican food and it was all crazy delicious.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Thought this was a great combinatioOpenTable Diner Since 2008VIPDined on 3/30/2013Thought this was a great combination of mexican and Italian. Service was really nice and very accommodating. My only critique was that I thought the food was going to be really spicy (for the items flagged with 3 faces) but didn't find it spicy at all. Think when go back will ask them to really kick it up a notch. Will return as thought atmosphere and food was great.
- We always enjoy dining atGemmaDined on 3/23/2013We always enjoy dining at Matilda's. Very friendly owners make yhou feel like welcome guests.Special Features:
- The food is great. They doOpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 3/22/2013The food is great. They do a great job balancing Mexican and Italian flavors to create new and interesting dishes. The drinks were very good also and one of my friends copied down a drink recipe because he really wanted to be able to make the delicious drink again at home. The owners are very involved and very friendly. One of the owners was our waiter and the service was very good. The drinks are comparable to many other similar place, but the food prices are pretty low so it's definitely a good deal. I was here with a group of 7 people and they had no problems accommodating a somewhat large group. This was my third visit and I would definitely go back.Special Features:
- The food was okay. The serviceOpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 3/16/2013The food was okay. The service was a bit inconsistent. There were two large parties dinning while we were and it was unbelievably loud. This was exacerbated by the loud music. It was almost impossible to hear my dinning companions. Overall, probably wouldn't go back unless someone else selected it.Special Features:
- Pre-Valentines DinnerOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 2/10/2013We went on a Sunday so it was very quiet which was great. We purchased a Gilt City Deal for a Pre-Valentines day dinner. We had a bottle of white wine which was good - im just a fan of wine in general :) For an appetizer we had the guacamole which was good with chips and awkward bread. For dinner I had the sirloin which was not amazing but the potatoes were good. The special of the day pasta was AMAZING - my date had it and it was fantastic. I love that some of the food has a kick to it. For desert, I had a warm chocolate cake with gelato. The cake was ok - not rich enough for my liking but the gelato was fantastic and the presentation was good. Service was great and friendly. Definitely a cool vibe in the place. Would definitely go again.Special Features:
- Food was not bad.. Music wasOpenTable Diner Since 2012VIPDined on 1/19/2013Food was not bad.. Music was kinda weird at the beginning but it gets better through the night. Service was okay.
- The place and service wasFinally21Dined on 1/18/2013The place and service was great but, the food wasn't very good. I had the short ribs and my siter had the pollo tecato and they weren't good but, her friend had the fajita and they were delicious. This lady, who i think was the owner/manager was really friendly and nice and honestly asked us about the food and she acknowledged our concerns!Special Features:
- Great spot for Birthday dinner!OpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 1/12/2013Had my birthday dinner with a small group there. We had a great time! The waitstaff was really nice and attentive, the music was fun but not too loud, and the food was really interesting and delicious! It was worth it to go so far over to the east side because everything was so good. And the prices made it a good place to go and share a bunch of things. The margaritas were also very delicious!Special Features:
- This place has a really niceOpenTable Diner Since 2008VIPDined on 1/12/2013This place has a really nice feel and good food. Enough said.Special Features:
- it was a quiet monday, butOpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 1/7/2013it was a quiet monday, but the service was great. guacamole was wonderful.Special Features:
- I loved this restaurant!!OpenTable Diner Since 2006VIPDined on 12/20/2012I loved this restaurant!! The food was very good and the service was extraordinary. They also have really good happy hour deals. I wish it wasn't on Avenue C, but I will make the extra journey to go back because the food really was that good. I recommend the braised pork and peaches tacos for an appetizer, they are out of this world!Special Features:
- The braised short ribs andOpenTable Diner Since 2005VIPDined on 12/18/2012The braised short ribs and goat cheese ravioli were fantastic. Would definitely return!Special Features:
- While I would recommend MatildaOpenTable Diner Since 2008VIPDined on 12/1/2012While I would recommend Matilda for the food (great mix of tuscan/mexican food - especially the basil guacomole and goat cheese ravioli) I would not recommend them for their service. Once our inital order was taken it was nearly impossible to get our waiter's attention. It seems that this must be a restaurant for regulars because the waiter seemed to be friends with every other table. Maybe they already have all the clientele they need and are not interested in new customers. They certainly will not be making a regular out of me.
- The portions were a bit smallOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 11/30/2012The portions were a bit small for the price (which ranges from about $12 to $24), but the great quality made up for it. Next time I'd probably pick a bit more budget-friendly location. I felt like I should have gotten double the amount of food I did in a $16 entree. Definitely worth a visit though.Special Features:
- Unique food, inviting atmosphereOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 11/14/2012It's a bit off the beaten path, but worth the trek out to Avenue C. Matilda offers a unique blend of Mexican and Italian flavors, which work surprisingly well together. I'd never have thought to put basil in my guacamole, or to top my goat cheese ravioli in mushroom sauce with pico de gallo. But it works!Special Features:
- Yummy food and decent service.OpenTable Diner Since 2009VIPDined on 10/17/2012Yummy food and decent service. I went about a year ago and the food was better then, but this time it was still good.Special Features:
- Fransisco was attentive andOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 10/13/2012Fransisco was attentive and a great source of info!1 Ask for him when u go. The tacos were delish, and the dessert -churros good- but a little dry. Hope to go back soon- romantic atmosphere- close and secluded ;)Special Features:
- A-Ma-Zing!OpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 9/19/2012I took my partner here for an intimate going away dinner. One, the place was just to ourselves, so that's always an added perk & also to know that you'll get individual service and quality food. After a couple hours searching a place that was open a little later, with a great ambiance and vegan/vegetarian options, I ran across Matilda. Even though not as convenient to get to as other places, this restaurant is well worth any travel! The menu was impressive, our server was out of this world & the food was delishious! Highly recommended as a place to share great food/drink with a loved one. I'll DEFINATELY be back!Special Features:
- The Italian/Mexican cuisineOpenTable Diner Since 2004Dined on 9/14/2012The Italian/Mexican cuisine here is inspired and delicious! The menu is so varied and interesting, everyone will find something great, even in a large group. The management and wait staff are warm and welcoming, making everything extra special. Their love of food and hospitality really shines through, so one has an eating experience you can usually only find in a family trattoria in a small town; take a vacation on the LES!Special Features:
- Lots of kids running aroundOpenTable Diner Since 2006Dined on 9/5/2012Lots of kids running around (strangely) and there was a screamer
- Mexican-Italian fusion mayPuffDined on 8/28/2012Mexican-Italian fusion may not sound great, but it was amazing. Will definitely go back to Matilda!Special Features:
- I saw the restaurant on GiltOpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 8/12/2012I saw the restaurant on Gilt City and it looked interesting. I made reservations for brunch and had a very pleasant experience. The food was interesting combining both Mexican and Italian flavors but was not very high-end. I would like to see a broader menu, especially if I was to go for dinner. I recommend for brunch or lunch. The spaghetti carbonara with chorizo is amazing. I could eat it regularly.Special Features:
- Bougth one of those dealsOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 8/9/2012Bougth one of those deals for this restaurant which got me one appetizer, two entrees, 1 dessert and a bottle of wine for $57. We started with the guacamole and chips which was standard and a blue cheese salad with pancetta. I should have known that the blue cheese would have been too overpowering for me so shame on me for ordering that. My girlfriend had the salmon which she liked and I had the braised short-ribs which, while tender and smothered in sauce lacked flavor. We declined dessert as we were both full. All in all, we had a good experience though I'm not sure I would trek all the way to Avenue C again for, what I think of as, average fare.


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Kenco names Coakley to post
Kenco, a Chattanooga-based provider of integrated logistics solutions, real estate services, and material handling equipment, has named Sean Coakley as senior vice president of sales and marketing.
Coakley will set strategic direction for sales and marketing activities for all of the Kenco operating companies.
"Sean's experience in the industry is a valuable asset to the Kenco team," said Andy Smith, Kenco's chief operating officer. "He shares the sensibility of Kenco's culture and he is ideally suited to further the 'best practices' that are a hallmark of Kenco."
Previously, Coakley was with Ryder Supply Chain Solutions for 10 years where he held positions of increasing responsibility within the sales and operations departments.
His education includes a bachelor's degree in political economics in 1995 from Michigan State University and a master's degree in international administration in 1997 from Central Michigan University.
Shared Health names Corry
Shared Health Inc., a provider of health information technology solutions based in Chattanooga, has selection David B. Corry as its regional sales executive.
Most recently, Corry served as a sales manager at Healthcare Management Systems Inc.
Hedge Burt, vice president of sales for Shared Health, the company is "pleased to welcome him to the Shared Health team, and we look forward to the contributions he will make."
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Gr1mra1n Jailbreak iOS 6.0, 6.0.1 is Fake, Since the release of the iPhone 5 and iOS 6, a lot of jailbreak lovers have been hanging on for a jailbreak but there has been not much good news from the Jailbreaking community.
Just last week, one main figure of the Jailbreaking-developers, Joshua Hill(@p0sixninja), tweeted that the chances of the iPhone 5 jailbreak were "grim" though promising that he is working on something bigger.
Today, he tweeted "#gr1mra1n" without any reference and many people of the Apple community loved to believe that it was the name of a new exploit he had found. But apparently, that is not the case.
@MuscleNerd (another notable Jailbreak Dev) has just tweeted that @p0sixninja might be pulling a troll on us,
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Danke schön to all of you who entered your beautiful dog pictures in our i Love German Shepherds photo contest.
It wasn't easy for our contest judge, German Shepherd Rescue of Orange County (GSROC) Director Maria Dales, to make her final decisions. "Boy, this really was very tough," she said. "They all have so much character."
After careful consideration of all the wunderbar photos, Dales selected a first- and second-place winner.
- 1st Place: Titan
"This photo was a runaway winner," Dale said. "It is not only artistic and well balanced, it conveys a sense of unabashed joy. Titan reminds us all to relax and enjoy life's simple pleasures, like running in the sprinklers on a beautiful sunny day. I love how he's leaning into the spray with the famous shepherd 'flat face' of contentment!"
Titan, a purebred sable, "absolutely loves the water – we can't keep him out of it," write his dog parents, Richard and Annette Knipfing. "From the first day we saw him – a 10-week-old puppy, sitting in his water dish. He has been trouble with a capital 'T' his entire life, but we wouldn't trade him for the world!"
- 2nd Place: Cinnamon
"The black-and-white composition is very striking and conveys a lot of character," Dales said. "I love how this clever girl has made herself a pillow out of the throw rug – that's talent!"
"Cinnamon was a blessing in disguise for our family," writes her dog mom, Gina Gervais. Her daughter was extremely afraid of dogs, while her son had been asking for a dog.
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"Cinnamon's eyes convey how safe and content she feels in her forever home," Dales noted.
- Honorable Mention: Sky
Based on your "Likes" in our i Love German Shepherds Facebook photo album, the winner of our honorable mention prize for the fan favorite is Sky, a 5-year-old German Shepherd-Husky mix.
Sky's photo was submitted by his dog aunt, Janine Brink, who writes that he's "a real mama's boy and gets exactly what he wants. He is like a child to my sister, and they love him very much."
Titan and Cinnamon will each receive i Love Dogs Reishi with Green Tea plus a coupon good for a 50-percent discount on their pet parents' next purchase of i Love Dogs vitamins and supplements. Sky will receive an i Love Dogs bag filled with goodies.
Kudos to our judge, Maria Dales, and all the great work done by GSROC, including helping nurse starved Courage back to health, and saving Sasha from euthanization and reuniting her with her family.
"German Shepherd Rescue of Orange County is an all-volunteer, 501c3 organization dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and re-homing shepherds that have fallen on hard times," Dales said. "Approximately 50 percent of our dogs come directly from owners who can no longer care for them, with the other 50 percent rescued from public shelters. We regard ourselves as ambassadors for the dogs that come into our safety net, and our focus is on finding quality homes for our orphans. Above all, we believe that making the right match between adopter and canine is essential to a successful and permanent placement."
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Every generation has their two wheel hero, but if you could see one of the past greats brough back to mix it with the racers of today, who would it be?
Barry Sheene, maybe to bring some rock'n'roll back to the GP paddock? Marco Simoncelli, being the irk of the factory bikes once again?
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A man after my own heart jimmuck,but I believe george rode the shuttleworth snap.And don't forget he won the grand national that year as well,what a star.......Mike the Bike Hailwood was the man,read his biography he could ride anything.
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leading this poll. Says everything anyone ever needs to know about MCN readers.
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Aye lad I am ... Them Rainbows are fine machine .. But not a good as my shuttleworth snap... With it's steering rudder...
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I think Fogarty was one of the most exciting British riders to watch from the armchair.
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There's only one rider... Steve Hislop... Nuff said.
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I wrote a nice letter when my wife got a ticket, politely requesting that they waive it on account of her good record (no infringements ever).
They wrote back expressing the seriousness of being careful to not go even a couple of km/h over the limit, but they did waive the fine. The TIN still went on her record, as did the demerit points, but it didn't cost anything.
So give it a go, if it is a minor thing, and your record is good, you'll probably be fine.
was the fine unfairly issued? why do you think it should be waived?
What are the circumstances of how you got it? if you're in a meter too long, no. If you're in a loading zone, disabled zone etc without a permit, no. If a no parking sign was 300 metres up the road and faded… well maybe.
You could of course accept you were pinged for something you did wrong. accidentally or otherwise.
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Was it a fine issued by a parking inspector or a police officer? If it's a parking officer you can plead your good history in a letter and they may let you off – but this only works once. Has worked for me.
If it's a fine issued by the police there is no equiv. to SDRO in the ACT and the fine goes back to the issuing officer to decide the outcome. Just be sure you don't write 'dispute' anywhere in the letter or it automatically goes to court to be decided by a magistrate.
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Was it a fine issued by a parking inspector or a police officer? If it's a parking officer you can plead your good history in a letter and they may let you off – but this only works once. Has worked for me.
If it's a fine issued by the police there is no equiv. to SDRO in the ACT and the fine goes back to the issuing officer to decide the outcome. Just be sure you don't write 'dispute' anywhere in the letter or it automatically goes to court to be decided by a magistrate.
Unless of course u want to be heard in court ……….. bearing in mind that if the matter is taken to court and you lose, it will then show up in your crim record, whereas a infringement doesn't. Depends on how strongly you feel about it.
Jono, you rather obviously omit the details of the fine. For all we know you could have been doing 30km/h over the limit in a school zone.
There is to my knowledge no such provision in the ACT that triggers automatic leniency if you have a clear record. You can request an appeal be heard by the RTA, or you can appeal the infringement in the Magistrates Court. If you appeal in the court, they will hit you up for some major penalties if you loose… and it would be well deserved too.
Yes they can dismiss the fine and not lose points, I wrote a letter years ago to the Police Commissioner, regarding a fine. On the day it was operation PR day, meaning they let you off with a warning, I did do the one wrong thing, got let off on that, then they told me an untruth, which I knew was wrong about changing a licence within a week from another state, of course I knew this was just so wrong, the norm is three months, and I decided to write a letter, I had proof to back this up.
I did not have to pay the fine or lose points, because of my excellent driving record, that was in Sydney.
What type of Fine
I cleared 12 parking fines and 2 speeding in 10 years by writing appropriate letters…..ACT is not that bad it depends on the circumstance and your debate and the actual TRUTH AND EVIDENCE! Mine have been cleared not by "nice" guys or a process but by honest mistakes with personnel.
On call occasions fortunately was a simply nice placed letter to the RTA.
I appealled a speeding fine based on the fact that I have an un-blemished driving record and a series of technical issues in regard to the layout of the signage and streets, and had a responce last week in which the fine and all demerit points and court orders have been withdrawn. I have appealled before on an amber traffic light fine that I got for failing to stop in pooring rain, and that too was withdrawn, but a nice little clause at the end of the withdrawal letter said s.th to the effect ", however the Police would wish to remind you that you must obey the road rules…..". My latest withdrawal letter from the Traffic Police did not state this, so I presume they simpified with my arguement, and my good driving record. If you think you have been injusticed, then appeal that too, it may well help your case, as it probably did mine.
a few months ago, i recieved a traffic camera fine (doing 70 in a 60 zone), and went online to find out the way to appeal the fine ( this is my first ever offence in 15 years driving).
I hunted around the AFP website, trying to find a bit of info. Not easy
Had trouble with the online form, so in the end i emailed them to enquire where to find the info, and giving the details as to why i was appealing the fine (I thought I would just give it a try, not really expecting to be succecssful). Not long afterwards, I received a reply saying i had been successful. I think you only get the one chance to do this, still lost points, but didnt have to pay the fine, so was pleased with that).
Good luck
I know of two people who have done this who both had good records. The second person did once in the ACT and the 2nd time while in VIC because a friend told him VIC can't see ACT records. I don't know what they can and can't see but I know he got off two tickets, once in the ACT and another in VIC within a year.


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