by | March 12, 2011 · 2:00 am

Weekend Path – March 12 and 13, 2011

By Chrissy the Hyphenated

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28 responses to “Weekend Path – March 12 and 13, 2011”

  1. Pistol Pete's avatar Pistol Pete
    March 12, 2011 at 4:36 am

    THE SATURDAY GRUDGE

    CLEARING UP TODAY’S OBAMA ENERGY LIES
    I couldn’t bear to listen to his crap.
    http://biggovernment.com/jdunetz/2011/03/11/clearing-up-todays-obama-energy-lies/

    WALKER SIGNS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BILL
    http://hotair.com/archives/2011/03/11/victory-scott-walker-signs-collective-bargaining-bill/

    FIRST LADY TO PLANT VEGETABLE GARDEN
    It’s nice to see the obama’s are not letting little things like earthquakes,the Middle East in revolt,high unemployment and soaring energy prices they can manage a little diversion.
    http://washingtonscene.thehill.com/in-the-know/36-news/8633-first-lady-to-plant-white-house-garden-next-week

    ILLINOIS’ ILLOGICAL INTERNET TAX
    I can’t believe our governor is actively driving business out of our state.
    http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/565798/201103111841/Illinois-Illogical-Internet-Tax.htm

    HUFFPO PUBLISHES BREITBART ESSAY DEFENDING NPR STING
    http://www.mediaite.com/online/huffpost-ends-its-liberal-soundtrack-publishes-andrew-breitbart-essay-defending-npr-sting/

    DEMOCRAT THUGGERY IN ITS WORST FORM
    http://spectator.org/archives/2011/03/11/democrat-thuggery-in-its-worst

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  2. DeniseVB's avatar DeniseVB
    March 12, 2011 at 10:10 am

    The NFL decertified their players’ union. Poor little millionaires 😀

    http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-nfl-labor-20110312,0,7215609.column

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  3. Auntie Lib's avatar Auntie Lib
    March 12, 2011 at 10:14 am

    Good Morning everybody! Hope you all are set to have a terrific weekend. Don’t forget Daylight Savings Time starts tomorrow – grrrr. I hate DST – especially in the Spring. Going to work in the dark is not my idea of fun. And, as I get older, it gets harder to get the ol’ body in sync with the clock. (May I have some cheese with this whine, please?)

    I’ve promised myself I will restrict the TV time this weekend – watching the news from Japan is so heartbreaking. Those poor people! Lots of extra prayers going their way.

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    • chrissythehyphenated's avatar chrissythehyphenated
      March 12, 2011 at 4:50 pm

      TY for the DST warning! Also, it’s a good time to change your smoke alarm batteries and review your wills.

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  4. FranklytheNut's avatar FranklytheNut
    March 12, 2011 at 12:23 pm

    My parents were teachers. My husband was a teacher. I spent a lot of my childhood in the teachers’ housing right on the school campus. I like teachers. I tend to sympathize with them and give them the benefit of the doubt…BUT these idiots in Wisconsin come across as so stupid, so self-absorbed, so totally clueless, so doggone unattractive, that there is not the smallest cell in my body that resonates in harmony with their caterwauling. Not a single one. Feh!

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    • DeniseVB's avatar DeniseVB
      March 12, 2011 at 12:54 pm

      Those idiots in Wisconsin are not the teachers you and I know, those are Obama’s thuglies. Mostly bussed in from other states and paid to behave badly. The media just didn’t cover it honestly 😦 Here’s a good video on public unions and why they’re bad…..

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    • bluebird of bitterness's avatar bluebird of bitterness
      March 12, 2011 at 12:57 pm

      I agree, FtN. And I have less respect for them with every passing day. One in particular (who unfortunately belongs to my church) is driving me crazy with his endless one-man war on Scott Walker, being conducted on Facebook. His rants are incoherent, riddled with errors both factual and grammatical, and downright embarrassing. I’m just glad he’s not teaching MY kid.

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      • FranklytheNut's avatar FranklytheNut
        March 12, 2011 at 2:48 pm

        I’m sure not all of them were teachers. There can’t possibly be THAT many morons in the classroom! But they were willing to have those “imported” morons be their public face, speak in their behalf, and give them visible/vocal support. I would NEVER solicit someone who was an embarrassment to me, to publicly take my side in a dispute, knowing that they would behave badly, illegally, offensively, and stupidly, while simultaneously having their behavior documented on video for the whole world to see. The teachers have tarred themselves with the brush of their supporters, and I hope people don’t forget that.

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    • chrissythehyphenated's avatar chrissythehyphenated
      March 12, 2011 at 4:49 pm

      Ditto. My family is jam packed with educators at every level – elementary through graduate school – and in a wide variety of disciplines – sports, math, science, history, computers, business. I’m talking fantastic and dedicated teachers, many who have received multiple “best teacher” awards at the local and even national level.

      But you know what? They’re enjoying comfortable retirements with health care and vacation trips. We’ll never have that. They’ve never been sued for professional malpractice. We have and even though it was a frivolous lawsuit, we still had to pay for a lawyer to argue for dismissal.

      Hubby gets paid when hubby finishes a job, then he’s out of work until he gets a new client. People often say, “Oh your house must be so beautiful”, but the fact is that we don’t because we can’t afford the kind of stuff Hubby’s clients can.

      One of my teacher relatives told me s/he feels that less than $5,000 in savings is unacceptable. Savings? Who can afford savings? Our cushion is oatmeal, potato flakes and rice we keep on hand for when the economy slows and/or a client proves to be over fussy or slow with the moolah. Things got so thin last week, Mama Buzz sent us a care package.

      But tell me … is the person who designs the buildings we all use every day, the stairs we climb, the roofs we shelter under … is that person any more or less valuable to society than a teacher or a bus driver? I don’t think so.

      Did you know that architect certification requires as much formal education as teacher certification but the exam is as tough as the lawyer’s bar exam? It’s true.

      Did you know that an architect bears LIFETIME LIABILITY for every drawing s/he stamps? We were sued by a babysitter who fell on stairs that had no railing. We were sued, because hubby designed the house. But the railing was in the plans; it was the homeowner who decided not to spend money on it. So the lawsuit was frivolous, illegal even since there was a new law in NYS at that time to protect us from such. But we still had to pay a lawyer to go to court and explain the new law to the judge and get us dismissed from the case.

      And then there were the Clients from Hell … like the M.D. who cheated us of $10,000 and a working, childless couple who stole their drawings (literally) without paying and reproduced them without permission, all the while knowing that Hubby Dearest was sole support for a sick wife and 3 minor children.

      So, when this crap happens, does HD get his full pay while he did crosswords in a rubber room? No. We borrow and eat oatmeal.

      Vacations? Hmmm. No.
      Retirement? Not ever.
      Health care? On our dime.
      Average annual salary? Less than the teachers get when they’re retired.

      Are we bitter? No. We knew this was the deal going in. Architects are the worst paid licensed workers in the country. I’m talking LESS than hair dressers. But it’s what he loves. And he wanted to work on his own, doing small jobs for middle class homeowners and small businesses.

      He worked for a big firm for some years where he had bennies, but he never saw the clients and he was always stuck doing one small part of a huge project. Like the job where all he did was doors and door hardware. Ick.

      So we went into the “office in the garage” thing with our eyes wide open. And we appreciate fully the bennies we have had. Hubby Dearest was free to chauffeur school field trips and go to games and concerts and parent-teacher meetings. He’s been able to take care of me when I’m having one of my too-awful-to-be-on-my-own days. And he takes every client from dream to housewarming, which is where the real satisfaction is for him.

      He has helped an immigrant family go from rented quarters for their home and business to owning their own property where they can live above the restaurant. It took them years, with their youngest daughter translating most of the time. But it was SO satisfying. And we felt like we were paying forward whatever might have been done for our own immigrant forebears.

      He has also helped people who were burned out of the home where they’d raised their kids. They’re back in that home, having the kids and grandkids over for holidays.

      He helped a woman whose ex was suing to have her home condemned and bulldozed. The place was unsafe … a nightmare in fact. But the ex had done all the unsafe work before he dumped his wife and moved next door!

      HD has also helped a bunch of people like me convert their homes so they can tolerate them and designed brilliant ramps and such for businesses that needed handicapped accessibility in buildings and on lots that had little space for it.

      So … no, we’re not bitter.

      But when I’m sucking down oatmeal because we’re out of money and waiting on a check … I can’t get too enthused about how the sweat of my dearest’s brow is going to provide cushy, risk-free careers with health and retirements for people who contribute no more than he does to society.

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      • FranklytheNut's avatar FranklytheNut
        March 12, 2011 at 7:27 pm

        You know what? A plague on their houses! >8-(

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      • DeniseVB's avatar DeniseVB
        March 12, 2011 at 8:05 pm

        I hear ya. Though working in the public sector will never make one a millionaire or guarantee job satisfaction, it’s a security blanket. Your husband has a gift and talent, and despite the hard times, if he’s happy at his job, he’s certainly achieved the American dream.

        My hubby’s a retired Marine, (in ’92,at age 50 after 30 years), and the retirement and bennies are quite good, but he did survive 2 tours in VN and one in Beirut to collect on them. As do police and firefighters, bless their hearts, they have far greater risk in their professions and on a daily basis. I don’t begrudge the rewards of successfully surviving til retirement.

        I don’t understand public unions though. I live in a right to work state, the public employees are protected by civil service laws, they still get health and retirement benefits, but when the state and city budgets tighten, only the best survive the cutbacks. (In union world, only the most senior keep their jobs) Nice incentive to do your best.

        Hang in there Chrissy, your hubby is the heart and soul of our country, we have your back 😀

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        • Integrity1st's avatar Integrity1st
          March 14, 2011 at 12:45 am

          Public Service doesn’t make you rich?!?!?! Clinton’s had nothing before, Obama’s are making money hand over fist, and Reid: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=d8kmj8i00&show_article=1

          Reid’s personal wealth in 2009 was estimated to be between $3.1 million and $6.7 million and was built largely on his investments in land and real estate — including several mining properties in and around Searchlight. As southern Nevada land values boomed over the past two decades, Reid’s personal wealth grew too.

          Reid purchased his condo at the Ritz-Carlton, which is now valued at $1 million, and paid $750,000 in cash for the property in 2001, according to property assessment records. As Senate majority leader, Reid’s annual income is $193,400.
          http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43989.html

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      • bluebird of bitterness's avatar bluebird of bitterness
        March 12, 2011 at 9:27 pm

        I’m married to an architect too, Chrissy. He’s been self-employed for almost 20 years — we gave up the security of a regular paycheck (small, but regular) and benefits because working to make other people rich (i.e., his bosses) was just driving him crazy. I’m not bitter over the fact that we get no benefits, no vacations, no retirement, no job security, etc. — that was the tradeoff we made, and we don’t whine about it. But we have no patience whatever with the spoiled brats rioting down in Madison because they feel entitled not only to live at our expense, but to live better than we do. Just once I’d like to see a little gratitude for all the goodies they get courtesy of the taxpayers.

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    • bluebird of bitterness's avatar bluebird of bitterness
      March 13, 2011 at 6:15 pm

      That is just plain depraved. It makes me sick that PP gets millions of dollars of taxpayer money every year. Of course they want to encourage kids to have as much sex as possible, because when the little darlings turn up pregnant, PP can kill the baby and make even more money. Taxpayer subsidies and the money they make doing abortions are their two largest sources of income.

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  7. DeniseVB's avatar DeniseVB
    March 14, 2011 at 12:02 am

    Hey facebookers, go over and *like* The Wisconsin Buycott

    http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Wisconsin-Buycott/192191130820663

    It’s being set up to counter the left’s boycott.

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