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Friday
March 2010
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Community Blogs
cur-mud-geon: anyone who hates hypocrisy and pretense and has the temerity to say so; anyone with the habit of pointing out unpleasant facts in an engaging and humorous manner
Eye of the Beholder...
A series of items caught my eye this morning...
Almost Anything Goes...
A posting found on Germantown Now carries the news of the annual GHS band program held on the first week-end in November. School Board member Bruce Warnimont sent an e-mail advising this is a "must see" given his past experience sitting in the audience. His particular favorite is the Friday night presentation.
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Conservative Shift Seen...
A Gallup poll released in the last few days shows self-avowed conservatives outnumbering moderates at this point. The poll found 40% of Americans calling themselves conservative, 36% calling themselves moderates and 20% calling themselves liberal.
Among Republicans, where a battle for party control has been going on for some time, 72% now call themselves conservative.
The key "independents" have shifted their position now showing that 35% call themselves conservative, up from 29% a year ago. The independents usually determine the outcomes in many election races, especially in presidential elections.
The overall number of Americans calling themselves Democrats still lead those calling themselves Republican by 45.0% to 39.5% so far as congressional races next year.
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Obama Phone...
Cell phones with free minutes are being distributed through welfare agencies to those who qualify. Wisconsin is among the states where that is happening. You can click here for more information.
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Amtrak Makes Us Proud...
Amtrak costs us taxpayers about $32 per passenger per ride in subsidies. This is, incidentally, only greater than Amtrak's own estimate by some 400%; a rounding error no doubt. Forty-one of Amtrak's forty-four routes lost money while the others broke even or made a profit.
The Sunset Limited that travels between San Antonio and Los Angeles lost $462 per passenger per ride, while the high-speed Acela Express made $41 per passenger per ride.
Amtrak apparently forgot to include little things such as wear and tear on equipment and depreciation when it developed its own report on the previous years' "success".
Can we afford more rail service?
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Jackson Leaders Keep Police Department...
Jackson will keep its police department following a vote of 5-2 last evening by the village board. The citizens spoke, and they spoke loudly.
Let this be a lesson to the few in Germantown who would consider such an action.
Free cell phones for the poor? Are you kidding me?! What a colossal waste of taxpayer money! Can anyone possibly make a remotely legitimate argument that the poor need access to cell phones at the governments expense?? When is this wasteful spending going to end? This is yet another example of what this administrations intentions are. They want control of everything & everyone!! This is also move to buy votes from the poor, underprivileged, and unemployed by providing free cell phones!. When are the citizens of the US going to open their eyes and see what Obama and his administration are about? This guy is not about the betterment of the country, he is all about “social justice”! Making amends for what he deems are wrongs. It is disgusting!
Interesting you always call for tax cuts when it's a national discussion but when it directly impacts you, you turn into a tax and spend Liberal. Welcome Al! I guess this is one of those as long the taxes go directly toward me, it's ok, type of moments.
Amtrack is only further proof that a rail system of any kind is just a money sucking black hole that is unsustainable on its own!
You don't want to touch the free cellphone discussion Common? I am suprised you cannot come up with somthing to defend you savior and his administration for this bone headed move....
I don't agree with welfare in general. I would agree with the distribution of cellular phones to citizens with special needs (handicapped) as well as injured veterans. There are special phones and systems to support such devices which are subsidized by the federal government which I fully support. Giving them to individuals who don't have a way to contact employers... I would think we could come up with a better solution.
I must have not read the same blog as Common, I don't recall seeing Al be advocating tax and spend liberal policies.
If you're referring to the fact that he'd like to see us keep the local Police department, that's a stretch to equate that to tax and spend liberalism. Public safety is an essential government role.
Tags: Potpourri : Quality of Life
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