Comments on: Wikipedia Free Open Thread

By: Game Fan

Game Fan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:41:48 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameFan

By: Bill Simon

Bill Simon — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:00:26 +0000

Define “responsibility.”

By: B Balz

B Balz — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:07:19 +0000

Q: Uponst whom shall I whoop?
A: The political consulting industry

I hold all of y’all personally and partially responsible for the sad state of affairs in our Nation, our State, and our GOP. To candidates: You have the right and responsibility to “Just say NO” to your political operative (POLYP) when confronted with clever trickery.

Campaign funding reform, disallowing legislators to pick their voters vis a vis redistricting, and focusing campaigns on the many pressing issues are prerequisites to actual change. Instead of the ABSURD pap yammered about above.

Political consulting industry – Murky, costly, unregulated, unknown to most, and yet, a dangerous necessity to become a lawmaker.

Kingmakers, Inc. history will not treat y’all well.

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:17:42 +0000

Meaning you can probably afford to heavily fund a plan, retire at 55, and provide a monthly payout stream over the remainder of you life comparable to what a retired government worker would receive. The typical retired schoolteacher pulls $45-55k/year. I know one retired schoolteacher whose husband died, who is receiving both her and his pensions to the tune of $90+k/year.

How many private-sector employees have enough assets built up in a plan to pay out even 30k per year for the rest of their life?

By: drjay

drjay — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:01:24 +0000

meaning what?

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:03:30 +0000

But you’re a doctor, right?

By: drjay

drjay — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:59:42 +0000

dude what are you talking about–as someone who has worked in both the public and private sector–i’m going to disagree with this assertion–also gov’t pensions are not unlike the retirement one can get in the private sector with ira’s and 401ks and the like–it’s not a one or the other deal…

By: Jason Shepherd

Jason Shepherd — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:50:13 +0000

Doubtful

By: rugby

rugby — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:14:06 +0000

Might it also be that federal work has greater responsibility than state level?

By: ByteMe

ByteMe — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:49:32 +0000

head douche

Isn’t that anatomically…

Never mind.

By: Jason Shepherd

Jason Shepherd — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:08:00 +0000

However, government employee unions are pretty weak in Georgia. I have looked out what the feds pay for a lot of jobs and was shocked at the salaries. Pay was sometimes double for the same types of jobs I did when I worked for the state.

By: rugby

rugby — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:49:16 +0000

WTF?

By: Dash Riptide

Dash Riptide — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:44 +0000

I agree. Employment contracts are for suckas.

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:32:12 +0000

Nope, government workers are now comparatively far better off than 98% of their counterparts in the private sector. Maybe 20 years ago what you said was true, but thanks to government unions it’s now weighted in favor of government employment, and we can’t afford to fund your defined benefit plan pension plans any more. Come over to the social security system with the rest of us for whom you ostensibly work.

By: NonPartisanGA

NonPartisanGA — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:50:17 +0000

Harry,

People are paying taxes to pay the salaries of government workers who provide services. Apart from US Senators and Congressmen there aren’t windfall salaries in government.

Part of the reason there are government pensions is government salaries are significantly less than the private sector. If you want to reduce one benefit, will you need raise salaries.

I’ll bet you are in favor of Uncle Obama regulating salaries in the private sector. I think he should cut your compensation too.

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:02:43 +0000

Since this is an open thread here is my comment for the Fourth. Public servants, bureaucrats, and schoolteachers should have their fat government pensions converted over to social security, just like the rest of us poor people who are paying taxes to support their ilk. They are the aristocracy of the country feeding off the working class. It’s time for a tea party.

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:44:43 +0000

Since this is an open thread, here’s my comment for the Fourth. All the public servants and schoolteachers should have their fat government pensions converted over to social security, just like the rest of us poor schmucks who are paying taxes to support their ilk. They are the bs aristocracy of the country feeding off the working class, and it’s time for a tea party.

By: Tommy_a2b

Tommy_a2b — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:59:06 +0000

Since this is an open thread I recommend this clip.

Drill Baby Drill EP. 2: Reap The World Wind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1uOOujRTVg

Sanford was right. This must be a “world wind” (one of the unintentionally hilarious typos from Sanford’s sexy emails). A mistress that he totally loooves, plus all these other women he made out …

By: Tommy_a2b

Tommy_a2b — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:52:28 +0000

That’s funny!

By: Jason Shepherd

Jason Shepherd — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:34:47 +0000

Laptop powered only by treadmill is what I would need.