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Re: Obama Weekly Address: Republicans Want to Gut Education Spending | Video | RealClearPolitics

teamrn — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 15:50:17 -0000

The devil is in the details! They (Republicans) don't want less educated children any more than the Democratic party wants 'smart' children. The two aren't mutually exclusive.

Re: The Next Time a Republican Brings Up the Need for “Small Government” — Show Them This

teamrn — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:55:33 -0000

Chuck Reed- do you really believe that we have a government that is by and for the people? Where have you been the past 10-20 years?

Re: The Next Time a Republican Brings Up the Need for “Small Government” — Show Them This

teamrn — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:52:48 -0000

Chuck (Reed), did you read the post below by Charles Vincent? More than one grain of truth.

Re: The Next Time a Republican Brings Up the Need for “Small Government” — Show Them This

teamrn — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:51:24 -0000

You bet we should have let GM fail. It wasn't doing it's work efficiently, operating las smooth as it could. You say tens of thousands of Americans lost their jobs. What about the millions of Americans still unemployed. To them 10,000 is a drop in the bucket. If you have a business and begn to fail, you'd hope that maybe your family and friends would do what THEY CAN to prevent your demise. But is that what you expect from your government. Does the gravy train EVER stop?

Re: The Next Time a Republican Brings Up the Need for “Small Government” — Show Them This

teamrn — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:47:41 -0000

Arthor, I agree. BIGNESS invites mistakes which give rise to other mistakes and trickle down. Small, and sleek comes to mind, be it liberal or conservative.

Re: The Next Time a Republican Brings Up the Need for “Small Government” — Show Them This

teamrn — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:45:33 -0000

If you read previous posts, for sure you'd have a few thoughts on them. Since you didn't write them, I doubt that you really did and had me marked for some other reason and your criticism of Patryck is baseless.

I'm not so sure that you're WILLING to consider looking at things a different way. Isn't it easier to stay with the norms and mores that we know?

Re: The Next Time a Republican Brings Up the Need for “Small Government” — Show Them This

teamrn — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:42:39 -0000

It really doesn't matter WHO caused the government to get larger or what forces led to it's enlargement. I disagree that it was the rich. I believe that over the nearly 230 years, so many social programs have been added, that we need, some that IMHO we don't need.

However, that is besides the point. The government reached a certain size and the finger pointing of who caused the problem is TOTALLY AND UTTERLY useless. We learn from history and move on.

What forest am I not seeing through the trees? What forest am I refusing to see through the trees? You think I'm impressed by the famed moniker? Think again.

Re: The Next Time a Republican Brings Up the Need for “Small Government” — Show Them This

teamrn — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:32:36 -0000

The private sector does nothing but redistribute wealth upwards? Think seriously again, real hard. Think about the roof you had put on your house, the staff at the nearby hospital who cared for you when you were sick, the person who does your taxes, your banker, your dentist. Are they redistributing the wealth upwards or are they providing gods and services, needed goods and services. Heck, the kennel I take my dog employes nearly 40 people and they're not sending money to Washington. Please don't dishonor these hard working Americans by calling THEM thick, just because they believe in an honest day's pay for an honest day's work. and didn't always chose the union life because of what unions often represent. Not all are represented by unions, but they DO WANT TO WORK and if self-employed, want to put money back into their businesses. Some of the above employees are public sector employees but the majority are not..

Re: Exposing the Conservative Lie About Taxes and Job Creation

teamrn — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 19:45:41 -0000

No doubt in my mind that job are being added, no doubt in anyone's mind. It's also true that we continue to create/add jobs.. How robust are those those job growth numbers at 212,000 be? Divide that by 50 (states) and you come to 4240 jobs per state and SUDDENLY that figure doesn't seem nearly as impressive.

"Yet we continue to create more and more jobs" That's a fact that can't be refuted until you realize that the jobs created are from job-sharing, cutting down the workforce to part-time positions (instead of one FTE, why not 2 20 hour positions? That way, we'll get the work done, but won't have to pay benefits.

Those are also jobs that are given to the 25 year old for much less pay than the 50 year old commands because he's got 4 children. Not because he's more qualified. What about the experience that the 50 year old brings to the market. I guess President Obama represents the party of cheap labor and age discrimination?

I ask any of you; have you ever gotten a job from a poor man? Tax that wealthy man who does provide the jobs enough and he'll depart for friendlier shores and he won't be providing ANY jobs except to the citizens of New Dehli!

Even if the wealthy business owner doesn't put the money he makes back into the business, he'll buy more goods and services, yachts, cars and keep the wervice provider, yacht-maker or car-maker and dealership in business. But with taxes raised, he won't have that option, Sure, he'll learn to live without the LEAR jet, but the maker of the LEAR jet will have one less customer and a lot of one less customers results in less job growth.

Re: With One Speech, Jeb Bush Just Destroyed Any Chance He Had at the GOP Nomination in 2016

teamrn — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:51:32 -0000

Is there some reason that the liberal progressive blog "Forward Progressive" ALWAYS sees and feels the need to print articles about conservatives and the GOP? WHY not fix and comment and discuss issues of their own ideology? Conservatives are grown ups and can take good care of themselves without the continuous snide, inaccurate attacks by "Forward Progressives"

Re: While You Were Focused on the NSA, House Republicans Voted To Keep GITMO Open

teamrn — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:50:14 -0000

Thank you, Guest. Thank you for bing one of the more reasonable people here!

Re: While You Were Focused on the NSA, House Republicans Voted To Keep GITMO Open

teamrn — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:46:10 -0000

"Also, what stopped you from going further with your division: The economy has only added .0006 jobs / person / month this year."

That little scintilla of .0006 jobs/person/month this year wasn't my point. What stopped me was that I hadn't ready any further in the author's article at that time to answer the question and to realize that the basis for his 'well-balanced' argument was full of holes that could pass for swiss cheese.

But, I needn't go further. I've read more venom and more hate in the comments on this forum that show me that Dems have no desire to DISCUSS an issue; just to show how WRONG they feel the Republican is. They won't say WHY, though.

Re: While You Were Focused on the NSA, House Republicans Voted To Keep GITMO Open

teamrn — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:39:22 -0000

Number 1. I don't have predcious republicans,

Number 2. I'm NOT your honey

Number 3. What have my rights as a female (WHATEVER THOSE MIGHT BE), got to do with the topic being discussed? I wasn't aware of rights differences between men and women; gender differences, yes. But what rights are dfferent betwen the sexes.

No. 4 I think your real question of what jobs bills has the House submitted to the Senate got lost in the hatred of you post, but in No. 5, I'll answre that.

No fewer than 25, probably closer to 30+ jobs bills have been passed by the House and sent to the Senate; and just a handful have been signed into law. That kind of tells you where the bottle neck lies. With Harry Reid.

Harry Reid has tabled the others because taking about on them would require Senators to take positions on unpopular issues and then EXPLAINING to their constituents WHY they voted conservatively. (There are some conservative leaning democraticSenators).

This is an election year and Harry Reid is trying to keep his Senate majority and he puts that need over the needs of the country-so he's been sitting on jobs bills.

Re: While You Were Focused on the NSA, House Republicans Voted To Keep GITMO Open

teamrn — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:55:36 -0000

Oh, I know that it's always been 'done that way,' saying that only 'x' $% of population is unemployed is disingenuous at best. Unemployment figures are used erroneously.

Re: While You Were Focused on the NSA, House Republicans Voted To Keep GITMO Open

teamrn — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 09:06:27 -0000

"Don’t tell me our economy isn’t rapidly improving when almost 200,000 jobs being created isn’t a main headline of every major news channel on television."

Priceless! First off, how did 175,000 become 'ALMOST 200,000? 175K is 175K, a 'fer cry from 200,000.

2d. 176,000 sound nice until you start doing the math, involving, 946K dividing that by 5 months/dividing that by the number of states, and all of a sudden a paltry 3784 isn't looking too good.

3rd. That's not a report of those who have given up, those who are off the radar screen and still looking and those who are no longer eligible for unemployment benefits. Once you're no longer receiving unemployment benefits, the stats don't count you as unemployed.

And what does any of this have to do with laws being passed in the House? When the news media gets off it's partisan ass, it will cover NEWS, real news, and this, my friend isn't REAL NEWS.

We need more like 250-300,000 jobs a MONTH created. So why does our POTUS have such low expectations of 100,000 jobs created per month? "If you aim at NOTHING, you'll hit it EVERY TIME!"

Re: Obama: Screw National Security, I Have an Election to Win

teamrn — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:56:13 -0000

I could be for that, but there have to be charges and people with empowered to INSTITUTE those charges.

Re: Obama: Screw National Security, I Have an Election to Win

teamrn — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:54:36 -0000

Mary, how will he declare a national emergency, and become the first dictator-IF HE'S NOT IN POWER?

Re: Obama: Screw National Security, I Have an Election to Win

teamrn — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:48:57 -0000

Simple, what DID he have, if not 4 years as President-which we call a TERM?

Re: Obama: Screw National Security, I Have an Election to Win

teamrn — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:46:30 -0000

he didn't HAVE a first term? What do you consider what he had? Did he and Michelle have a second honeymoon?

Re: AMA: Cuts to physicians who treat Medicare patients hurt jobs, patient access and Medicare modernization

teamrn — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 19:09:49 -0000

When I was a practicing nurse, physicians were reimbursed by the federal government for services provided to Medicare patients at a rate of SIXTY-SEVEN CENTS for each dollar. Your skilled tradesman quotes an hourly rate and you take it or leave it. Would you think of paying your attorney less than his hourly rate? Firefighters, nurses and teachers each save, make or shape lives, but physicians are in a unique position to direct the care of those lives.

There is much to medical practice that is not seen by the eye (the costs of running an office,for example) or the cost of professional liability insurance. Before we require that physicians take a greater pay cut and possibly leave the profession or 'take' fewer Medicare patients, we ought to take a hard look at this scenario. This is rationing of care, which is NOT America. Americans deserve better.

Re: The Nursing Profession: Absolutely Nuts Or Totally Unique?

teamrn — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:16:47 -0000

Whoa, Nellie! There's another route to becoming registered to practice nursing (RN). These programs are accelerated programs and are open to students who already have degrees in biology or another related field like: psych or sociology.

So when you go to an accelerated program, you spend 12 months focusing on nursing courses and clinicals, graduating with your BSN. Then you can sit for your boards. Not for the light of heart; but if you can see the light at the end of the tunnel BEFORE you enter it, there's motivation!!

Re: The Nursing Profession: Absolutely Nuts Or Totally Unique?

teamrn — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:54:14 -0000

Oh, but there's one more way, one more route to obtaining that license. The 12 month accelerated BSN degree program is for adults with a degree in a field related to nursing (like psych, biology, sociology). For 12 months, your focus is only on nursing courses (because you've already complete prereqs (English, chemistry, algebra, etc) and gun it to graduation.

This is one more route open to obtaining a BSN; and then you can sit for the state boards.

Re: The Nursing Profession: Absolutely Nuts Or Totally Unique?

teamrn — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:48:23 -0000

Another route; there are accelerated programs. With a Bachelors degree in a related field, for example: psych, biology or science, you can concentrate on nursing courses only, and get a BSN in 12 months. That's putting it into high gear, but is one more route on the circuitous highway where you can then take boards to become an RN.