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Most importantly, Mr. Lauro has a national reputation as a trial lawyer; and the firm is prepared at all times to take a case to court, if necessary. Although many lawyers focus their attention on the investigative phase of a case, Mr. Lauro has had considerable success trying cases and obtaining successful results in complex securities, conspiracy, and racketeering cases. The firm has a proven trial record, but its greatest success often results from resolving matters without the need to go to court.
In 25 years of practice, Mr. Lauro has handled numerous criminal and civil cases involving healthcare fraud, securities fraud, bank fraud, defense contractor fraud, money laundering and racketeering, public corruption, anti-trust, theft of intellectual property, false claims and qui tam litigation, tax violations, breach of contract, personal injury, civil fraud, and class action litigation. Clients involved in such matters often need a lawyer to represent them in connection with the criminal as well as civil aspects of the case. The firm has the ability to do both — that is, to represent a client throughout parallel criminal and civil proceedings and try the case in both forums. The firm has offices in Florida and New York City, but has a nationwide practice.
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The Health Services and Policy Research Support Network (HSPRSN) funded this scoping literature review to determine the extent to which the HHR research literature of the last decade has addressed: 1) the impact of system and organizational-level change and innovation on HHR models related of staffing, service and practice models and deployment patterns, and 2) the extent to which these HHR impacts have, in turn, influenced the key issues of i) staff satisfaction and behavior (e.g. recruitment and retention), ii) addressing population and patient needs, and iii) achieving improved patient health outcomes.
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Optional Practical Training (OPT) Before Completion of Degree Requirements Definition: Employment related to your field of study before completion of all degree requirements. It is also referred to as Pre-completion OPT. OPT is authorized by USCIS (Citizenship and Immigration Services) through the issuance of an EAD card (Employment Authorization Document). OPT is permitted for a period of up to a maximum of twelve months per educational level (Bachelors, Masters, etc.). Pre-completion OPT can be authorized under any of the following conditions:
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Procedure: Obtaining authorization for OPT is a two-step process. Your first step in obtaining an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) is to receive a recommendation for OPT from the International Students and Scholars Office (ISSO) and then authorization for employment from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The ISSO cannot authorize OPT—only USCIS can do so by issuing you an EAD. Apply not more than 90 days prior to being enrolled for one full academic year AND not more than 90 days prior to the requested employment start date that you select Please Note: Any part-time OPT that is granted will be deducted at half the full-time rate. For example, 4 months of Part-time OPT will be counted as 2 months. You should apply for OPT as early as is permitted because approval of your application by USCIS may require 6 to 12 weeks. You may not begin employment until you have the EAD in hand and you can only work during the time period indicated on the EAD. How to Apply Step 1: Obtain the ISSO Recommendation You may apply without a job offer. The ISSO recommendation requires 10 working days and you should make every effort to apply in a timely manner
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a) Your current I-20 and all previously issued I-20's b) Passport c) I-94 card (white card usually stapled in passport or printed from the electronic I-94 web site at http:www.cbp.gov/I94 if your most recent entry was on or after May 1, 2013) d) I-765 Form e) OPT Recommendation Request Form(s) The International Students and Scholars Office staff will
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Step 3: Receiving your EAD Card in the mail: Address: The address you put on the I-765 has to be one at which you can reliably receive mail up to four months from the time you mail the application. An "undeliverable" address is the major source of problems with OPT applications.
Processing time: The USCIS can take from 6 to 12 weeks (or more) to process an EAD application. After you receive the "Notice of Action" with the 13-digit receipt number, you can check the status of your pending application online on the USCIS webpage. Contact the ISSO if your application has been pending for more than 90 days since the date of receipt on the Notice of Action. Special Considerations:
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On this week's jam-packed episode of The Broadway.com Show, our intrepid staff of reporters gives you the scoop on Jeremy Jordan's new movie gig, Charlize Theron's fancy footwork, Shia LaBeouf's Orphans shake-up and more!
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Invite participants to make a collage or a series of pictures that represents a ritual in their life—for instance, their morning routine, setting the table, or how they feed their pet.
Ask each child to choose a sheet of construction paper. Then invite them to search the printed media for pictures to cut out that relate to the ritual they want to show and then glue them, in order, on the construction paper to illustrate their ritual. When they are finished, invite participants to share their ritual with the group. Invite them to talk about the art they made, prompting with these questions:
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First pull up a photo you want to start with.
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Here I have Barbie and a twinkie. Let's add a shape.
I find the thought bubble and add that to the photo. Then resize, flip if you need to and cover the twinkie.
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Traci Barrios is an Independent Business Consultant and Educator who teaches Cross Cultural Business Management for the Graduate Business Programs. Some of her career highlights include leading culturally diverse professionals toward strategic initiatives. When asked about her teaching highlights, she responded with "I feel like each class offers a unique opportunity for me to learn something new!" She loves JBU and appreciates being in an environment where she can relate educational materials and content to real world business examples.


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I read a couple of Test posts made yesterday by gwtamara. See link below. Since it was in the testing phase yesterday, I don't know if it is up and running on all of the GW and Home Site Forums. I'll put a pic in this post to test if is available yet here at The Seed Exchange. Sue...rbb |
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The daffodil bouquet above is of daffs I picked that were not show worthy, yet still pretty enough for a nice bouquet here at home. Sue...a rather novice daffodil exhibitor |
I love daffs. They just scream Spring. I have a few that look like the ones in your bouquet. What is the yellow w/the shredded petals on the bottom left? That looks interesting. |
What is the yellow w/the shredded petals on the bottom left? It is registered as Telamonius Plenus, a historic registered in 1620. It goes by several synonyms, the most common one being Van Sion. I think of it as a daffodil having a bad hair day. Another one that reminds me of a bad hair day is Rip van Winkle a dwarf historic registered in 1884. |
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About Tips And Toes
Since its establishment in the April of 2005, with a debut branch located in Al Fardan Centre, Sharjah, Tips & Toes has rapidly expanded with a current total of 18 branches located across four emirates. As an employee focused business, Tips & Toes believes that education and training is key, with an in-house training academy launched in 2012. Sourcing industry experts from around the world, the academy fully ensures the quality and development of both the employees and the brand.
Priding itself on its warm and friendly environment, Tips & Toes strives to offer the best in customer service. As a testament to the satisfaction of its clients, Tips & Toes is exceptionally proud to win a number of coveted awards, including Ahlan's Best in Dubai (2012), along with both the What's On Dubai (2012) and Abu Dhabi Awards (2012 & 2013).
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Tips & Toes Nail Havens have proven an immense success, with a total of 12 venues now located across the UAE. With a keen focus on serving their immediate communities, each branch offers a convenient location where clients can indulge in all the essential beauty treatments, including basic nail care, nail enhancements and nail art, waxing, threading, massage and eyelash extensions. Selected nail havens offer further treats, with skincare, hair care, body treatments and LPG slimming further enhancing their menu.
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The Consumer Financial Transactions Clinic is a full-year clinic in which third-year students represent clients in civil matters related to consumer credit and homeownership. Students may also participate in advocacy projects and community education events, depending on community need.
CFT Clinic students provide direct representation to clients under the strict supervision of a faculty member who is also a licensed attorney. Students are responsible for all aspects of their clients' cases, including conducting interviews, drafting pleadings and briefs, discovery, negotiating with opposing counsel, conducting hearings or trials, and arguing motions and appeals. In larger matters, students may research novel legal theories, draft briefs and supporting materials, engage in strategy sessions with co-counsel, or pursue other aspects of case development as time permits. Students work in teams, and each team meets weekly or more with its faculty supervisor. Team members regularly consult with each other on all aspects of their cases.
In addition to providing direct representation of individual clients, CFT Clinic students may also participate in complex litigation in support of broader consumers' rights and consumer law advocacy efforts. During any given semester, this may involve collaboration with the office of the NC Attorney General, the UNC Center on Poverty, Work, and Opportunity, the NC Justice Center, the Federal Trade Commission, and other national, statewide, and grassroots partners.
Registration for the Consumer Financial Transactions Clinic is limited to third-year students. A lottery registration meeting for Externship and Clinical Programs is held approximately one month into the spring semester of your second year. Notices are posted throughout the Law School and emailed to the second-year student listserv. After the lottery registration meeting, students are given an opportunity to register for their program preferences online.
Prerequisites: None. However, students who wish to participate in the CFT Clinic are strongly encouraged to take Trial Advocacy during or prior to the Fall Semester of their third year.
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Dividers - As much as I love stickers and decoration, having the same dividers, despite however many stickers I add, can get stale. Plus, having uneven surfaces on the dividers means if you need to lean on them, it can be tricky to write on. I bought some black dividers to go with my woven fabric one and decided to keep them plain.
Planner Pages - I'm using the Arc weekly planner pages, I quite like them so far. Lots of room to write, the little note section at the bottom is quite nice, the fact they're undated so you can add whatever date you like. I'm wondering whether I prefer my own custom ones though, the week on one page meant I can fit more in (I only keep around 6 weeks worth at a time) and I like how limited the space is. Why? I have to pace my activities and not pack my days with too much for health reasons, if I only have a small amount of room, I have to keep my days compact.
Post-Its - I know it's not technically Arc related, but I switched out my usual Martha Stewart post-its for some neon coloured assorted ones. I really like the black dividers with the neon colours and against the brown and neutral tones of the Arc it completely doesn't match. And I love it. Also, is it true that Martha Stewart products are being discontinued at Staples?


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After overabusing my leopard prints I Found a pair of pretty legit snake printed pants that im kind of dying over. But wearing them to a vegan joint was a complete FAIL on my part last night. My health nut sister Jane wanted to try out RDF (Real Daily Food) and I must say….as legit as my snake printed pants were…gotta admit this vegan food was pretty legit too!
Here are Some of my Spring Must Haves all in this one look!
1. Minimalistic & basic silhouette tops – Blouse by Zara
2. Bold Printed Pants (doesn't necessarily have to be animal print! ) – Pants by Zara
3. Nude heels – BCBG Maxazria
4. A Collarless blazer – Jacket by Zara
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Sonus Expands Portfolio of SBC Solutions to Accelerate Adoption of SIP Trunking, UC
With customers in over 50 countries across the globe, IP networking solutions provider Sonus Networks is on a mission to expedite the adoption of SIP trunking and unified communications (UC). Consequently, the IP networking company late last month acquired Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (NET (News - Alert)) to expand its portfolio of Session Border Controller (SBC) solutions for enterprise customers.
It brings proven engineering resources, broader channel capability and a broad U.S. Federal Government installed base to leverage into SIP-enabled platforms, said Sonus. The combined portfolio of Sonus and NET offers enterprise customers an end-to-end SBC platform for real-time, SIP-enabled unified communications (UC) applications, said the supplier.
According to Sonus, the company's entire SBC portfolio has been Microsoft Lync certified so customers can deploy Unified Communications (News - Alert) solutions from the core to the edge of their network with confidence.
Hany Taha's blog indicates that key accomplishments due to NET acquisition are that it opens new channels and adds Federal government installed base for the company, Microsoft Lync certified SBCs are available for enterprise core and branch locations, including service provider deployments, and it brings a combined Sonus-NET product roadmap.
The blogger wrote SBC offers excellent solution for Tier 2/3 service providers and medium-to-large enterprises (250 to 10,000 concurrent sessions). Its key features include unique design with embedded transcoding/encryption processing for unbeatable real-world performance and scalability, advanced policy and routing intelligence, new IP-based multimedia services beyond VoIP , superior protection against network attacks, overload and outages while preserving stateful call handling, a proven SIP trunking solution with support for multiple SIP variants from IP-PBX (News - Alert) vendors, built-in media transcoding featuring custom-built DSP firmware.
The blog also sheds some light on new family members SBC 1000 and 2000, formerly known as NET UX 1000 and NET UX 2000, with unique features. Some of these include full SBC SIP security, demarcation, policy, and interworking functionality (including media interworking). Plus, they offer Microsoft Lync enhanced gateway/SBA (Survivable Branch Appliance) services for small to mid-size offices. And provide alternate SIP trunk(s) and/or TDM gateway for assured continuation of services. Additionally, there are analog ports for fax and low cost phones.
Sonus Networks (News - Alert) is a Platinum sponsor of ITEXPO West 2012. To be held Oct. 2-5 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, TX, ITEXPO (News - Alert) is the world's premier IP communications event. Visit Sonus Networks in booth # 901.Mykola Konrad, Director of Enterprise Product Management, and Raymond P. Dolan, President and Chief Executive Officer, will be keynote speakers at the event. For more information on IEXPO West 2012, click here.
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CCLC Clinical Experience Program
The Children's Creative Learning Center (CCLC) is a summer enrichment program that has a history of service to families throughout the greater Birmingham area in a variety of school locations for the past 40 years.
CCLC Clinical Experience Program - Teaching Opportunity:
Every summer the CCLC will offer the opportunity to teach for four-six weeks, Monday-Thursday, in an area Birmingham City School to students who have successfully completed Pedagogy I & Pedagogy II.
Teaching Requirements:
· Committed to working six weeks, Monday-Thursday from 7:30am - 12:30 pm
o Two paid work days
o Specific teaching schedule will be provided prior to planning session dates
· Strong work ethic & commitment to arrive on-time and remain until after dismissal
· Commitment to attend prior planning sessions
o Once cohort is chosen, we will have an initial meeting to determine planning dates/times
Teaching Responsibilities:
· Self-contained teacher for 12-15 students (incoming K or incoming 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grades)
· Collaboration with selected mentor teacher for lesson planning, parent communication, etc.
· Creating a classroom environment that is intentionally inviting and engaging
· Building a classroom community based on respect and valuing individual differences
· Setting a schedule that promotes a comprehensive approach to literacy and mathematics
o This would include, but is not limited to, shared reading/writing, independent reading/writing, literacy centers, small group and/or individualized instruction, number talks, exploration of math concepts through games and problem-solving situations, incorporation of social studies through literature, etc… (To, With, & By)
o Each class will be self-contained from 8:00am - 10: 45am
· Collaboration with peers to design problem-solving and inquiry based learning opportunities
· Regular and on-going communication with parents of children that have been absent
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· Opportunity to teach and make a dramatic difference for children in the Birmingham Area
· Opportunity to work alongside selected mentor teacher for lesson design, implementation, and evaluation
· Opportunity for a unique and one-of-a-kind teaching experience prior to student teaching
· Pay = $50.00 per day (additional planning time is not included)
· Fall Student Teaching: Participation in the Clinically Trained Teacher (CTT) Program
o Individualized teacher placement & direct teacher evaluations
o Internship is divided - one placement in a lower grade, one placement in an upper grade
o Small group meetings & support throughout the semester
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· Contact Jennifer Summerlin (EB 119; firstname.lastname@example.com)
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Red Sox sideline reporter Heidi Watney did her sideline reporter thing, trying some of the concession fares offered at Cleveland's Progressive Field, starting with everyone's favorite chicken and waffles.
They, as you can see below via the magic of video and the good people at Mock Session, were not to her liking. Almost tragically (awesomely?) so:


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(05-17-2011 07:29 PM)chipper4president Wrote: Thanks. Thats pretty much what I figured. Didn't really feel comfortable with the way the response was worded. Platinum Powerseller, or whatever, doesn't really hold much weight to me when my money is on the table.
(05-17-2011 07:28 PM)bigt314 Wrote: I am both a buyer and seller on Ebay. You paid for the cards and he STILL has them. In my opinion he basically says I am holding your cards hostage until you remove the dispute. I say no way, keep the dispute open til you get your cards. I would tell the seller that as well. Good Luck! BigT
(05-18-2011 05:25 AM)bonds20001 Wrote: Close dispute when you have the cards (in the condition promised)..and only then. If they come damaged..open the dispute as well.. BTW..what are you going to do about feedback here?? I would not bring that up until I had the cards, but it seems to me that he was going to hose you either way..not return e-mail or keep the cards if you close the dispute/claim.. Do not give in!!!


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I have to transplant them because the house is being sold. I never had any luck with cuttings, so I'm hoping they will survive the move? It's not very far. My mom said that they wont make it because you are supposed to do it in the spring. Is she correct? Am I dooming them? They have to move this week. They have green grapes still...will that hurt them too? I was thinking of cutting all the grapes off first to help them and trim them back to the second or third nodes. Then I thought maybe I should soak them for 6 hours in water and then replant. Does that sound like a good plan? Help please!
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Holly: This really is the wrong time to move them. I'd give them a slim chance at best. The fruit is toast. Cut them back to a few leaves and move as much rootball as possible. Then provide shade after the move. Are you sure they won't let you move them next spring? That is the right time. |
Nope, they are bulldozing the house down soon and they are right up against it. They are only like 2 feet away from the foundation. :( |
- Posted by oregonwoodsmoke 5 OR (My Page) on Sun, Aug 8, 10 at 17:43
Zone 5, they should make it OK. Cut them back hard, because you will leave a lot of root when you dig them up. Be absolutely certain that the newly dug roots do not have any opportunity to dry out at all. Go ahead and try to root the cuttings when you trim the plants back. It's not the best time of year, but you should get some to take. You only need a couple to grow. I wish I could remember where I saw it. It must have been on the garden web. Digging a trench and laying the cuttings on their sides and burying them seems to work well for rooting grapes. Try a search for "propagating grapes" I've had good luck rooting grapes by placing damp soil inside a plastic storage box, sticking the cuttings into the dirt and keeping the lid on, except to let it all air out for about 30 minutes a day. I had heat underneath, but you shouldn't need a heat mat in August. If the cuttings root, you'll have new leaves long before you have roots, so be patient. |
- Posted by desertdance So.CA LowDesert (My Page) on Mon, Aug 9, 10 at 10:16
Like others have said, it's not the best time to move them. They should be dormant. They don't like their living roots disturbed, but grapevines are tough, and I doubt that you will kill them. I have dug a little 1.5" trench, and laid cuttings down and watched them root and grow, but only with dormant cuttings. Here is what you should do with those canes you trim before moving. When you cut them back, immediately put those green softwood cuttings in water. Then cut each one into 12" pieces, and remove all the leaves except for the top leaf. Cut that leaf in half. Change the water daily, and you might be able to root all of the cuttings you just cut off. You can plant these, and some should actually grow. Just a little insurance if your other plants don't make it!! I did that last year, and out of 10, 2 grew and are very big this year! Do what everybody else said, and keep the rootballs moist. If you can, put them under shade cloth or an umbrella when you plant them, so they get established before they go dormant. Good luck!! |
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Hawaii State Farm Fair slated for this weekend at Oahu's scenic Kualoa Ranch
by: Maureen O'Connellposted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 at 12:46 PM
The 50th annual Hawaii State Farm Fair will be held this weekend at Kualoa Ranch, a 4,000-acre working cattle ranch on Oahu's northeastern shore.
We maintain that the shoreline scenery alone is worth the 45-minute car ride from Honolulu. (The views have been featured in films and TV shows ranging from Jurassic Park and 50 First Dates to both the old and new Hawaii Five-O shows.) The fair promises to better your countryside bliss with offerings such as the Ag-Tastic Expo, which will spotlight tasty island-grown produce (taro, papaya, tomatoes, cucumber, squash, eggplant, corn, long beans, etc.), coffee, herbs and even lavender.
Presented by the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation in partnership with the Hawaii 4-H Livestock Council, the fair will also include various hands-on demonstrations, horse rides, a country market and plant sale, and an abundance of creative cuisine served up by a dozen restaurants on wheels — all part of Oahu's popular Eat The Street food truck scene. The food trucks will be taking orders for everything from kiawe-smoked ahi to banana pudding with chocolate-infused whipped cream.
Fair festivities will be under way from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. tomorrow, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults and free for full-time students and kids age 12 and younger. For additional information, click here.
Founded in 1948, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation is the state's largest nonprofit general agriculture organization. For additional information about the federation, click here.
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It's a Trap!
A preview for Cosmic Conflict, a Cosmic Encounter expansion |
Cosmic Encounter | Published 23 December 2010 |
"We are approaching a weakened colony," a whirling cybernetic voice announced over the ship's rumbling engines. "There does not seem to be any resistance."
The ship increased its thrusters and advanced on the planet at full speed. Various allies answered the call, and together the fleet descended upon its prey. Meanwhile, a lone ship watched from afar. Inside the cockpit, an alien appendage hovered over a detonator. What appeared to be a smile spread across its heinous face...
In our last preview for Cosmic Conflict, we looked at Hazard cards and the despicable stench of Filth. Today we will continue dissecting the contents of this latest expansion for Cosmic Encounter by looking at the Saboteur and his devious traps.
In the warring cosmos, many seemingly docile planets might be more than dangerous you'd expect. Saboteur tokens add a whole new level of danger for potential colonizers. The backs of these tokens are identical to each other, but their fronts may or may not represent a booby trapped planet. Player's will not be able to reveal these tokens until they land on a planet. And then it might just be too late...
Any token that is revealed to be a trap will instantly wipe the planet of all its ships, sending them back to the warp.
(Saboteur tokens - left to right - Back, Decoy, and Trap)
And who wields these deceptively destructive tools of planetary sabotage?
None other than the Saboteur. This resourceful alien race works in devious subterfuge to lay waste to its enemies. By planting various decoys around the cosmos, their real traps need only be used sparingly. Fear of annihilation may work out to be more effective than annihilation itself.
Check back next time for more information on Cosmic Conflict!
Cosmic Encounter is a classic board game that puts players in charge of the fate of an alien race. Three to five players each strive to be the first to conquer five enemy colonies and establish themselves as the dominant life form in the galaxy. With over 50 alien characters to choose from, no two games are ever the same.
I would think that it is every encounter in the game because it does not specify that it is only your encounter, and the power is usable as any player.
At the start of each encounter...YOUR encounters, or ALL encounters?
Boom! Awesomeness.
Well done! Tokens will make this guy so much easier to play with, compared to the old days of Terrorist.
i saw the title and my first thought was "LOLOLOLOL"
Awesome alien, and hooray for more bits!
Love the article title. =)
Yay! I was hoping to see the Terrorist work its way into FFG's set! Excellent work, can't wait for this expansion :)


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20 He appointed His beautiful ornaments for majesty, but they made their abhorrent images from them, their detestable things. Therefore, I have made these into something filthy for them. | 20 They were proud of their beautiful jewelry and used it to make their detestable idols and vile images. Therefore I will turn these into an unclean thing for them. |
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This particular work was discussed here several weeks ago. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Curbed Flights of Fancy
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- Posted by forboystoo (My Page) on Mon, Jun 25, 12 at 19:03
Walton Ford titled Malmaison.. |
Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.artcritical.com/DavidCohen/SUN-2008/0522.htm
I tried to read the critic's article. I really did. Somewhere around "The art world that prizes these menÔŅĹs work is a self-consciously cutting edge milieu" (2nd sentence), I realized we were on different planets. |
LOL @ Beth. I think he lives on the planet Pretentious. |
- Posted by Bumblebeez (My Page) on Mon, Jun 25, 12 at 21:27
Ford is trying to convey a sense of outrage and irony, he is a young artist painting in the Audubon style presenting an underlying message. His technical skill combined with purpose makes him understandably a desired artist and to me, worth the attention. Is it sofa art, not for most people! I like the most passe of art: flowers and landscapes but I do "get" his intentions. (make lots of money. sorry!) Classic art style of an icon + environmental cause + irony = attention I would hang a piece of his art in my house and enjoy studying it. |
Audubon with a twisted sense of humor? Love it! |
- Posted by palimpsest (My Page) on Mon, Jun 25, 12 at 21:46
I like his work, and it is not really more violent than Audubon in a lot of cases. The difference is that the Audubon subjects are placed in their natural habitats but the Ford's seem to suggest absent human presence or intervention--like the birds fighting on this manicured lawn. I think that for an artist to get beyond the stage of technical skill and into the realm of "art to talk about", there has to be a strong underlying personality. There are many talented technicians out there who can make technically superior paintings but without some kind of emotional or evocative content, it may not have much else going for it. |
"I'm amazed how the feathers of the dying bird match the couch." There's a happy thought! |
- Posted by Alittleapple (My Page) on Tue, Jun 26, 12 at 10:15
Maybe it is just a joke. |
Sorry if I was misunderstood. The site I linked is a humor quip similar to that found on "Catalog Living" but using shelter magazine photos to illustrate the lives of the imaginary Martin and Gareth. (Catalog Living features the imaginary Gary and Elaine using catalog photos.) The pictured farmhouse from Architectural Digest was discussed here several weeks ago but I can't find the original posting. The link to the Architectural Digest slide show is below. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Architectural Digest Farmhouse
- Posted by forboystoo (My Page) on Tue, Jun 26, 12 at 14:41
Here... |
Here is a link that might be useful: http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/decor/msg0513060013216.html
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Point-Counterpoint: It's TPM Versus Conservative Refocus on Obamacare's "Job Creation Ability"
Published on April 25th, 2014 @ 04:27:45 pm , using 1858 words
Talking Points Memo's DYLAN SCOTT
Vs Conservative Refocus' Barry Secrest
This post from TPM really caught our eye; join us as we completely burn down this particularly silly memo from Dylan Scott:
GOPers Oughta Love Obamacare: It Likely Encourages Entrepreneurship
So, now we have Statist bureaucratic media stenographers trying to make the case for the White House's latest talking points on the "Greatness of Obamacare."
Dylan: By offering people an alternative to employer-based insurance, the law could reduce what's known as "job lock," when people stay in a job largely because it's the only way they can get health coverage -- a goal that conservatives, too, have advocated for in the past.
Conservative Refocus: Aye, God....
Dylan, when one starts a business, one in effect becomes "an employer," with all the duties and respectivities associated with that title, including the ability to procure business health insurance, just like any other employer. Dutifully noted that this fact can easily escape someone who resides firmly with the clutches of Wonderland's blithe embrace.
Dylan: The White House, in its growing effort to combat the GOP spin, forwarded that argument Thursday.
Conservative Refocus: More like the White House's ongoing effort to combat the truth, in that, the implication of the White House knowing about what's best for starting a business reads much like an arsonist knowing what's best in extinguishing structure fires.
Why would an arson care? Ditto the White House....
Dylan: "By increasing workers' mobility across jobs, secure access to health insurance helps them to find the job that is best for them," Jason Furman, chairman of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, wrote in a blog post. "Moreover, reducing job lock encourages entrepreneurship, a critical ingredient for growth and job creation."
Conservative Refocus: Well, at least the apparatchiks of Obama's Leftist council on Commie economics got the job mobility part correct, if only partially.
There is, for a certainty, far more more mobility when on has to drive to 2 or even 3 different part-time jobs during the day and night than as opposed to when one is forced to drive to only one job, during the day.
Now that is, indeed, increased mobility.
Dylan: Outside the political realm, evidence does exist that Obamacare could be a catalyst for more entrepreneurship.
Conservative Refocus: Yes, speaking once again towards the real-world realm, the evidence suggests that because many businesses will be forced out of business, due to Obamacare, the vacuum left by missing small businesses could be partially subordinated by some even smaller micro-businesses.
But, we can be of help to the TPM cause, for instance, how does micro-employment opportunities sound, eh... pretty cool and high-tech, while meaning something else, entirely, huh?
You have my permission to use that, guys.....
Dylan: Three economists released an analysis in 2011 that concluded employment-based health insurance had a negative effect on business creation.
Conservative Refocus: Yes, assuming that health insurance by employers has a negative effect on business creation, then by using equilateral reasoning--probably other employee benefits would have a negative effect on business creation also, such as employment- based pay-raises, for instance.
Ergo, the more one pays his or her employees, the less apt that employee is to create his or her own job....
Makes perfect sense in bizarro world.
So, why is the White House trying to raise the minimum wage, if employment gratuities such as health benefits and pay-raises, actually impair new business start-ups?
However, taken a step further, if job benefits have a deletorious effect on business creation, then why does not the White House eliminate all employment benefits for government workers, which, by using stated White House theory, would thereby create boundless employment opportunities in the private sector?
Dylan: Because people tended to stay in their jobs to keep their health coverage, they were less likely to leave them and start their own businesses.
Conservative Refocus: Ipso facto, job pay-raises would also tend to keep people in their existing jobs making them far less likely to start their own jobs....So, in essence then, anything which an employer might do for the benefit of the employee in order to keep that employee , is creating less opportunity for job start-ups...
Isn't this, once again, a lot like stating that "employers creating well-paying jobs actually impairs an employee's impetus to start his or her own job?" Even while we are currently hearing how not having to work for a business in order to get and keep health insurance allows someone a lot more time with their family
(Nevermind the fact of their having to live in a cardboard box, with their family, as a result because they have no job to support themselves...besides, one can tuck their children in within an armslength away rather than having to go upstairs, and cardboard is easily obtainable and recyclable! Everybody wins!)
Dyan: By reforming the individual and small-group insurance markets, Obamacare is intended to make the insurance offered there comparable to what large employers offer, giving people a legitimate alternative to employer-based coverage.
Conservative Refocus: Ah yes, and there is the crux of the thing.
Why continue to allow private businesses to help their employees and provide free benefits, when we can come up with a tremendously expensive, tax-payer funded subsidy program, which costs trillions, and which is driven by forced mandates, which allows a much more beneficient government to take business' place?
Well, my stars! Why didn't Marx think of that?...Oh, wait!
Dylan: They analyzed various scenarios to reach that conclusion: Do people who had access to insurance through their spouse create more businesses? Do people who turn 65 and enroll in Medicare found more companies than people who are a little younger than 65?
Conservative Refocus: What in the hell are these Progressives on?
Dude! People who turn 65 are mostly looking to retire after a lifetime of hard work, albeit most are not looking to go through the often heart-stopping, extraordinarily risky and stressful business of starting up a brand new enterprise.
There is no greater stress inducement that exists, while further noting that about half of all new businesses fail in the first year, or maybe you folks missed that course, in Alinsky economics 101...
[But, one must point out, has anyone noticed how these pitifully painful arguments seem to bounce all over the place, while simultaneously making little if any actual sense?]
Dylan: In both cases, they found that people without the alternatives -- those who couldn't obtain insurance through their spouse or couldn't enroll in Medicare -- were less likely to start their own business. That led to the following deduction:
Our estimates provide some evidence that "entrepreneurship lock" exists, which raises concerns that the bundling of health insurance and employment may create an inefficient level of business creation.
Conservative Refocus: Entrepreneurship lock? Seriously? Coming from the folks who bought us "You didn't build that, somebody else made that happen? Or my personal favorite "Belief in Capitalism is blind faith?"
Okay, we'll concede the point that people over 65 don't start businesses, but not because of entrepreneurship lock, you blasted fools, it's because starting a business requires enormous amounts of both risk, health, and energy, a thing which is not exactly synonymous with folks who find themselves at Medicare age.....and now, by the way, simply desire to spend more time on the shuffleboards of Florida, not that there's anything wrong with that mind you, in fact, those folks have ultimately earned their ultimate vacation.
Dylan: Not many people quit their jobs to start their own companies: about 3 percent, according to the study. But if they had that alternative means of obtaining health insurance, which Obamacare helps provide, up to 4 percent would, the report projected, which would equal a 33 percent increase in the number of people starting their own business.
Conservative Refocus: So, 3 percent of all folks start companies--and-- if they have health insurance, that number would rise to 4 percent, a 33% increase, right Dylan?
So, on that same note and using the same reasoning, if we know that Obama discontinued the private health insurance of over 5% of the population, by mandate-- And--in as much as we assume that Dylan's report numbers are a fact, it would mean that Obama actually engineered a move which, by Dylan's report numbers once again, has actually reduced job creation by over 165 percent, and by their insurance coverage having been cancelled, if we use the study numbers.
Meaning 1 percentage point in increase or decrease is equal to about 33% of job creation or reduction.
Makes perfect sense.....Obama the job-slayer.
Dylan: When asked about what those findings meant for Obamacare, Susan Gates, senior economist at RAND and one of the study's authors, told TPM that the law should lead to more people creating a business.
"Our study would suggest that if people have access to an alternative form of health insurance that is closer to what they could get from an employer," she said, "that they're going to be more likely to make that leap. They're going to be more likely leave a wage-and-salary job to start their own business."
Conservative Refocus: The major catch being that sub-standard insurance, which is defined by high-out-of-pocket co-insurance costs, soaring deductibles, and horrid network access, is not at all synonymous with any employer healthcare plan, of the present day.
So, where does that leave us tomorrow?
February 9th, 2014
Heretics of the Right: Rebuttal to "Moderately" Michael Gerson's "Listening to the Founding Fathers"
Published on February 9th, 2014 @ 03:21:54 pm , using 3010 words
Conservative Refocus
By Barry Secrest
It's happening tectonically, throughout the entire continental shelf of American politics.
The backlash towards the political left even now has reborn, as Obama has ultimately proved himself to be the long ago predicted Pied Piper of Establishment Progressives, leading to a long overdue inner-beltway exodus. Indeed, no amount of skullduggery nor media leveraging should be able to separate the Socialist- Democrat party from its grand comeuppance coming in November.
Both US healthcare and finances, by election time, will lie increasingly tangled and bloodied if not mortally wounded, within the nettlesome briars of culpable blame. Unlike in previous legislative agendas which ostensibly affected only those it sought to aid, there can be no gradual improvement in the body politic of US healthcare, especially when the poison of excessive Liberalism finds its full circulatory purchase.
Much like an executioner's cocktail of impending doom, America's healthcare can now only worsen in both severity of cost and decimation of care, and there will be no secondary avenue of blame available for the liable, at least not this time around.
Of a certainty, this time as opposed to most others, it's profoundly different due to the fact that the overarching agenda sought only to serve its own selfish ideological aims-- but even worse--by the use of an element that most Americans find sacrosanct and inalienable even unto natural law, that being eviscerated individual health plans by edict with impaired economic prosperity served as the missing but so-ordered affectation.
However, the upheaval doesn't stop there, but rather the cracks within the mantle of establishment US politics also stretch deeply if not inevitably into the foundation of the Republican cabal as well. The formerly useful idiots of a trusting voter-party have now come full-circle outstripping by leaps, if not bounds, if not even leagues, those of their own elected leadership. This phenomena can increasingly be seen in the prevailing imperious postures of both the Democrat party and its own GOP commiserators, each to its own and undeniably towards their formerly loyal opposition.
The game, as they say, is now up and the sight is not pretty at all--especially for an America now soaked within the ichor of dually elected leadership default, almost as a sacrifice to the demi-Gods of Statism. The lies of the political left's overall impetus will inevitably pound hard into its own Leftist membership, as the low-information supporters will also gain a wide array of experience into the laws of unintended voter consequence and meaningfully.
Which brings us to one of the heralds of obtusivity, demagogic pundit Michael Gerson. He, who unlike most GOP opinionists, seems rarely admired from within his own subset, but grudgingly adored by the nominally opposed mainstream media....he begins:
Gerson: A political backlash has commenced within the Republican Party against tea party and libertarian groups that have limited interest in securing Republican victories and majorities. Elected leaders, party officials and business groups have begun pushing back against self-destructive legislative strategies and unelectable primary candidates.
CR: Here, Gerson spouts nonsensical establishment Republicanisms like a Saudi gusher.
The backlash is occurring, alright, but it should be seen only as the omni-desperate ploy that it is from the party-control stalwarts from within, that being those whose consistency in failure is only rivaled by their obstinate establishment vacuousness.
The limited interest exhibited by true Conservatives, which Gerson speaks of, is but a powerful electorate symptom that the Republican Party leadership has mostly lost its way. What good is a Republican majority if it's led by Democrat-lites," Gerson? But then also, which "unelectables" does Gerson have in mind?
Might he be referring to Conservatively disavowed John McCain (for President) or might Gerson have in mind, Mitt Romney (for President), who, by the way, actually lost the 3 million Conservative votes which could have won the last major election for the GOP?
Both of those, by the way, were the moderated selections of a repetitively cannibalizing GOP leadership.
It becomes even more fascinating when any major Republican candidate loses, the establishment GOP will typically leap into action tossing the unusable candidate into a crumpled and tangled heap of losing candidates and then redesignate them as either Conservative non-electables or Tea Party Whacko-birds, even after having dutifully funded them....neat trick.
Gerson: But the GOP's political reaction often concedes a great deal of ideological ground to anti-government populism - what its advocates describe as "constitutionalism." Our national recovery, in this view, depends on returning to the severely constrained governing vision of the Founding Fathers, as embodied in the Constitution.
Many Republicans now seem to be saying: Yes, this is the conservative ideal, but it is just not practical to implement at the moment. This cedes too much. In a new essay in National Affairs, "A Conservative Vision of Government," Pete Wehner and I argue that the identification of constitutionalism with an anti-government ideology is not only politically toxic; it is historically and philosophically mistaken.
CR: Not true, once again, but this time in even bolder spades.
Gerson, it should be pointed out has never, ever, liked the Tea Party nor has he been a indefatigable fan of the US Constitution. Indeed, there are some few Liberals who would actually agree with certain aspects of the Tea Party's goals, at least more than so-called Republican-Gerson. First up, of the establishment Republican lies which are also, by the way, borrowed from the Obama regime , is the one about the Tea Party's being anti-government.
The Tea Party, and by default true Conservatism, is not at all anti-government; au contraire, the Tea Party's heroes, it can easily be pointed out, all hail from our founding governmental Fathers. Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Adams--all figure dominantly as the Tea Party's greatest heroes. Does Gerson not wonder why so many of our number show up in those oft establishment despised tri-foil hats?
So, Gerson's founding hero, in Alexander Hamilton, is an authoritarian banker incipiently opposed to libertarian Thomas Jefferson at each and every juncture...makes perfect sense in a very telling way.
Nor should it be lost on Gerson, with regard to the political Left's greatest heroes-- including "patriots" such as Chi-Comm mass-murderer Mao Tse Tung, or Marxist revolutionary Che Guevera, or even collectivist extraordinaire Saul Alinsky, for Heaven's sake.
In fact, we, of the Tea Party, love our government as founded and as America's primary foundation for success, but we also understand what happens when government becomes far too big and excessively authoritative, if not tyrannically unwieldy.
The worst of big oligarchic government, throughout human history, will use its various officialdoms as henchmen to attack the very things and the very people which tend to lend a nation its mantle of greatness. Meanwhile and as an example, let's look at the excessiveness of the NSA's domestic spying, or the President's actual bugging of the entire Associated Press building, or the attacks by those who control the IRS on those who loyally oppose such authoritarian excesses, as formerly described.
Further, let's not forget the government's takeover-by-proxy of the US healthcare system, additionally, a massive debt that threatens our economy at $17 trillion dollars, and the withering train wreck which has unfolded from there. All of the things we initially warned America about have now but largely come true, and in a scant five years while the GOP sits around navel-gazing with what is essentially a thumbs-up-its-rump approach to each of these exacerbative problems.
So, which one of us is right, Gerson, or has everything played out uncommonly well for the GOP at this point?
Gerson: It is not enough to praise America's Founders; it is necessary to listen to them. The Federalist Founders did not view government as a necessary evil. They referred to the "imbecility" of a weak federal government (in the form of the Articles of Confederation) compared to a relatively strong central government, which is what the Constitution actually created. Though they feared the concentration of too much power in one branch of government, they believed that good government was essential to promote what they called the "public good."
And they assumed that the content of the public good would shift over time. "Constitutions of civil government," argued Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. 34, "are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of these with the probable exigencies of ages. . . . Nothing, therefore, can be more fallacious than to infer the extent of any power, proper to be lodged in the national government, from an estimate of its immediate necessities. There ought to be a CAPACITY to provide for future contingencies as they may happen."
CR: As if someone in our government actually is listening to our founding fathers?
Seriously, Gerson?
"And the words fell from his pen as the manure from a horse, only the manure being of greater value since it can at least be used as nourishment for one's garden"
There can, at this point, be no active doubt, that our government has strayed obscenely, from the charters of freedom. The problem with folks like erstwhile Gerson is that sooner or later they often begin to believe that their shriveled-up-phallus of ideas will be regaled as mighty and potent, and perhaps they actually will to some, but only to those of the more diminutive subsets who can pleasurably receive and appreciate, such miniscule insertions.
Banker and Federal reserve precursor Hamilton, it should be noted, had nothing but problems with Declaration of Independence writer Thomas Jefferson, nor is Hamilton considered anywhere near the likes of the more familiar Tea Party's heroes. Ergo, since we are dragging out Founder quotations, let's try another:
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." - George Washington
Sounds far too much like the father of our nation was of the Tea Party, does it not? Further, most people don't actually think of Hamilton when they consider Founding Father heroics. So, which hero do you prefer America?
Washington or Hamilton?
Gerson: In the tradition of the Federalist Founders, Abraham Lincoln believed the federal government should be capable of adjusting to changing circumstances and active in pursuit of national purposes. In his "Fragment on Government," Lincoln described a number of matters requiring the "combined action" of government, including "public roads and highways, public schools, charities, pauperism" and "providing for the helpless young and afflicted."
Conservatives naturally want to be seen as defenders of the Constitution. But "constitutional conservatives" need to recognize what both the Federalist Founders and Lincoln actually envisioned for the republic they respectively created and preserved. Far from being constrained by the political and economic arrangements of an 18th-century coastal, agrarian republic, the Founders fully expected the United States to spread across a continent, undergo economic and social change and emerge as a global actor. And they purposely designed a constitutional system that could accommodate such ambitions.
CR: So, this time Gerson dredges up Lincoln, one of the first actual Republicans who as President also navigated and presided over this great nation through its lone Civil War--overseeing 1.5 million casualties and 620,000 deaths.
Granted, it may not be politically correct but I personally have often wondered how a President with such a horrid American death record, could somehow be seen as greatest.
Indeed, taken as a comparative measure of today's US population, that number would be over 6 million souls lost.
But Lincoln's legacy doesn't end there, for instance here are but a few grand feats of Liberty which Lincoln stunningly achieved:
- Lincoln suspended Habeus Corpus.
- Lincoln "detained" Maryland's entire legislature, thereby blocking a vote on state secession.
- Lincoln sent troops to occupy Kentucky, also in an attempt to block a vote on secession.
- Lincoln later expanded martial law to all states
- Under martial law, the President became the law, and in effect, a dictator.
- Lincoln actually sought to deport the freed black slaves out of the US and into various colonies because he did not feel they belonged to life within America.
No wonder Lincoln often surfaces as one of Obama's greatest American Heroes.....
All of the liberty eviscerating atrocities aside, could peace and an end to slavery not have been achieved, without that terrible war, or is that a question which should never perhaps be considered? Aside from that particularly heretical point, most individuals should not logically doubt that Lincoln, also, had in mind a vast array of government involvements into pretty much every activity under the sun partaken by its sovereign citizens.
Further, Gerson's assertions seem to point to a mindset that fails to consider or perhaps forgets the fact that the Constitution has been nominally relegated to executive toilet paper status and throughout the vaunted halls of government, at least at this particular point and back in the modern day.
The question it would seem, in this, the nadir of supposed enlightenment, belongs not to the Constitution's flexibility, but rather to its ultimate loss as the principle compass of the Republic's Rule of Law, or lack therein as the case may be.
Gerson: This is not to argue that the Founders would be happy with the current size and role of government. But, after protecting a variety of essential civil liberties, they placed such matters mainly in the realm of democratic self-government. They made it procedurally difficult for majorities to prevail. But they placed few limits on the public policies that durable majorities might adopt in the future - leaving "a capacity to provide for future contingencies."
CR: Did you note the strategic placement of the two "Buts" within the above paragraph?
"The Founders would not be happy with the current size and role of government "But," and "they made it procedurally difficult for majorities to prevail, But"--it would seem that the "Buts" have the floor with regard to Gerson's incipient gratuities regarding anti-Constitutional behavior.
Gerson: In our time, durable majorities have endorsed the existence of Social Security and Medicare. These roles of government were not envisioned by the Founders. But they do not violate a principle of our system nor run counter to the prescient mind-set of the Founders. People are free to argue for and against such programs. But this debate can't be trumped or short-circuited by simplistic and legalistic appeals to the Constitution as a purely limiting document.
CR: Nevermind the fact that both Social Security and Medicare now find themselves at the very heart of an increasingly extreme US unfunded liability problem. Duly noted, as well, that the rise of Medicare (and let's not forget Medicaid) has proliferated the annual increases in private premiums due to the cost-shifting of healthcare expenditures into the private sector --which is primarily due to what has become inarguably morose reimbursement ratios from the government to the actual providers.
Oh, and why do we have an unfunded liability problem? Easy: Because the government has been spending the funds which were allocated to a highly secure lockbox with a very large hole in the bottom. Indeed, "we have met the enemy and it is us," in other words.
Gerson: The broad purposes of the modern state - promoting equal opportunity, providing for the poor and elderly - are valid within our constitutional order. But these roles are often carried out in antiquated, failing systems. The conservative challenge is to accept a commitment to the public good while providing a distinctly conservative vision of effective, modest, modern government.
CR: According to whom with regard to the broad purpose of the modern state?
The Broad purpose of the modern state should be no different than when it was initially founded, however, it is certainly not as a forced charitable organization attending to the poor and the elderly, nor should it be the guarantor of an equality which can never humanely exist on this earth-- those auspices would be more in line with the broader purpose of a modern collectivist state within the throes of its ultimate demise.
Most Americans would submit that a broader purpose to the modern state should go something like the following:
"In order to form a more perfect Union the modern state should establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our descendants' Posterity"
Gerson, it would seem, has taken both his and many others' of the slightly political right into the heretical ideology of statist government as propitiated towards secular revisionism. Expounding on the ideas of Republicanism by applying the stunted lip service of complete constitutional denial will not guarantee any of Gerson's egalitarian goals.
Indeed, Gerson speaks the language of one who waits patiently by the vat as the Kool-Aid is being stirred into potency.
Gerson concludes by stating:
"A shift in mind-set is first required among conservatives: thinking of government as a precious national institution in need of care and reform. This would honor the Founders. The real Founders."
A precious national institution, like an innocent little fuzzy kitten, Gerson, seriously man?
No Republican in his right mind would view government in such a profoundly ignorant way, quite frankly. Gerson is nothing if not a heretic to his own cause, whatever on earth that might be, it should be noted at this point.
What if, just for a bit of black humor, we adjusted Gerson's assertions a tittle or so, and watch what happens:
"A shift in mind-set is first required among the establishment: thinking of the US Constitution and the citizens it serves, as a precious national institution in need of care and affirmation. This would honor the Founders. The real Founders."
Now, ladies and gentlemen, which of these paragraphs would seem more in concert with the true intent of the Founders?
You see, the Founders entire reason for establishing a just and balanced government was to take every precaution possible so as to keep the US government from becoming the very thing it has now become, and therein lies the fatal flaw with Gerson's ridiculously pitiful assertions, and certainly the greater establishment's mindset as a whole.
The greater good of government was never before, nor is it now, the ultimate goal.
December 19th, 2013
Rebuttal to Froma Harrop's "The Greatness of Obamacare": An Epic Malediction Of Ghastly Proportion
Published on December 19th, 2013 @ 12:05:53 pm , using 860 words
1. the quality of being great, distinguished, or eminent.
"Elgar's greatness as a composer"
illustriousness, high standing;
Conservative Refocus
By Barry Secrest
The story's headline popped up on my screen from a Rasmussen Polling update, which I still receive, for reasons unknown. You see, since Scott Rasmussen actually left the organization back in August, the Rasmussen updates have now become infinitely useful if not at least for brief interludes of mirthfully absurd hilarity.
For example, despite all evidence to the contrary, Rasmussen of late has continually entreated us to almost daily updates reassuring the script' apparatchikate that Obama's popularity remains safe at around a 47% approval rating. A finding that is about 10 points higher than most other polls, which currently indicate that Obama is at his absolute lowest favorability in the history of his Presidency, and largely due to the Affordable Health Act.
This, it should be surmised, might explain the particular article that left me well beyond speechless. It was the title that actually got to me: "The Greatness of Obamacare"
My cursor autonomously shot over to the hyper-link, blinking frenetically. After a brief hesitation, I decided to go in....I wasn't disappointed when I immediately noticed the bizarre but still vaguely familiar name, Froma Harrup byline....
At some point, those of us who were never infected with the self-narcotizing Obama Stupivirus, having completely overtaken certain portions of America, can begin to at least wonder if there is no known cure for the more stubbornly pervasive cases.....Take it away, Froma:
Harrop: "During the botched rollout of the Affordable Care Act, it's been hard to defend the law, much less to call it "great." But great it is -- for the American economy and for the American people, rich ones included.
The program has already succeeded in one of its key backbreaking missions: to curb the exploding costs of health care. The president's Council of Economic Advisers issued a report this month containing lots of good news on that front."
Well, at least the extraordinarily Progressive Harrop got the "backbreaking" part correct.
The law even now threatens to be the final straw which ultimately breaks the broad back of an economy which has suffered one shock after another since Obama began his "Great Society II' experiment in existential Pathos. But, don't take it from me....although my loathsome critiques over the past five years could fill volumes.
The media has, in fact, been rife for the past 12 months with news emanating solely from Obamacare's economic detritus, despite the fact that the complete centralization of US healthcare is just now oozing into motion. Below are but a few of these stories from only these past several days:
"Finally, we see the familiar curse of unintended consequences as the fantasy of better, more affordable insurance with more options runs into the reality of higher costs and fewer options. The failed exchange and the cancelled plans were just the beginning"
Californians Fearful of Obamacare's Cost, Economic Damage
"Some 1 million Californians have received cancellation notices from their insurers and will be required to purchase new policies."
10 Signs That Obamacare Is Going To Wreck The U.S. Economy
"It is hard to find the words to adequately describe how much of a disaster Obamacare is turning out to be. The debut of Healthcare.gov has been probably the worst launch of a major website in history, millions of Americans are having their current health insurance policies canceled, millions of others are seeing the size of their health insurance premiums absolutely explode, and this new law is going to result in massive numbers of jobs being lost. "
Obamacare - The Neutron Bomb That Will Decimate The US Economy
"Sickcare [Obamacare] is unsustainable for a number of interlocking reasons: defensive medicine in response to a broken malpractice system; opaque pricing; quasi-monopolies/cartels; systemic disconnect of health from food, diet and fitness; fraud and paperwork consume at least 40% of all sickcare funds..."
The actual results for our brief bit of research yielded 226 million responses, hardly any of them favorable, leading us to the singular conviction that Obamacare has, in fact, solved nothing initially, beyond severely curtailing the services we formerly, as a nation, had available.
For example, Medicare for our seniors has already been severely impacted by a loss of funding to the tune of over $ 700 Billion dollars as a direct result of Obama's 2012 edict, which authoritatively robbed funds away from Medicare and swept them into Obamacare.
Obamacare's $716 Billion in Cuts Will Drive Doctors Out of Medicare
Even more hilariously, if you can call it that, Harrop divulges her source from all of this good news as emanating from...wait for it..... "The President's Council of Economic Advisors," Yeah, like they don't have any skin in the game. The President's Council consists of exactly three academians, two of which are former "Brookings Institute" Progressives. The Brookings Institute, it should be pointed out, is a well-known Hard-Left think tank funded partially by billionaire, Left-Wing Capitalist George Soros and his Open Society Institute, who want to see America taken down hard and in the worst of all possible ways.
Further, the website "Discover the Networks" has this to say about Brookings...
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