Lots of action at City Hall last night, but I’ve got some editing to do. Meanwhile discuss whatever.
Open Thread Wednesday
by turfgrrl
February 27th, 2008 · 37 Comments
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I received this from a friend this morning and I’d like to share it with you all.
Jay says it all below –
I hope you will all read to the end. Jay Leno puts it into perspective and makes us think about the pathetic negativity. That’s right, Jay Leno!!
Jay Leno wrote this; it’s the Jay Leno we don’t often see….“The other day I was reading Newsweek magazine and came across some poll data I found rather hard to believe. It must be true, given the source, right?
The Newsweek poll alleges that 67 percent of Americans are unhappy with the direction the country is headed, and 69 percent of the country is unhappy with the performance of the President. In essence, 2/3’s of the citizenry just ain’t happy and want a change.So being the knuckle dragger I am, I started thinking, ”What are we so unhappy about?”
Is it that we have electricity and running water 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?Is our unhappiness the result of having air conditioning in the summer and heating in the winter?
Could it be that 95.4 percent of these unhappy folks have a job?
Maybe it is the ability to walk into a grocery store at any time, and see more food in moments than Darfur has seen in the last year?
Maybe it is the ability to drive from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean without having to present identification papers as we move through each state?
Or possibly the hundreds of clean and safe motels we would find along the way that can provide temporary shelter?
I guess having thousands of restaurants with varying cuisine from around the world is just not good enough.
Or could it be that when we wreck our car, emergency workers show up and provides services to help all, and even send a helicopter to take you to the hospital.
Perhaps you are one of the 70 percent of Americans who own a home. You may be upset with knowing that in the unfortunate case of a fire, a group of trained firefighters will appear in moments and use top notch equipment to extinguish the flames thus saving you, your family and your belongings.
Or if, while at home watching one of your many flat screen TVs, a burglar or prowler intrudes, an officer equipped with a gun and a bullet-proof vest will come to defend you and your family against attack or loss.
This all in the backdrop of a neighborhood free of bombs or militias raping and pillaging the residents. Neighborhoods where 90 percent of teenagers own cell phones and computers.
How about the complete religious, social and political freedoms we enjoy that are the envy of everyone in the world?
Maybe that is what has 67 percent of you folks unhappy.
Fact is, we are the largest group of ungrateful, spoiled brats the world has ever seen. No wonder the world loves the US. , yet has a great disdain for its citizens . They see us for what we are. The most blessed people in the world who do nothing but complain about what we don’t have , and what we hate about the country instead of thanking the good Lord we live here.
I know, I know. What about the President who took us into war and has no plan to get us out? The President who has a measly 31 percent approval rating? Is this the same President who guided the nation in the dark days after 9/11? The President that cut taxes to bring an economy out of recession? Could this be the same guy who has been called every name in the book for succeeding in keeping all the spoiled ungrateful brats safe from terrorist attacks?
The Commander-In Chief of an all-volunteer army that is out there defending you and me? Did you hear how bad the President is on the news or talk show? Did this news affect you so much, make you so unhappy you couldn’t take a look around for yourself and see all the good things and be glad?
Think about it…are you upset at the President because he actually caused you personal pain OR is it because the “Media” told you he was failing to kiss your sorry ungrateful behind every day.
Make no mistake about it. The troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have volunteered to serve, and in many cases may have died for your freedom. There is currently no draft in this country. They didn’t have to go.
They are able to refuse to go and end up with either a ”general” discharge, an ”other than honorable” discharge or, worst case scenario, a ”dishonorable” discharge after a few days in the brig.
So why then the flat-out discontentment in the minds of 69 percent of Americans? Say what you want, but I blame it on the media. If it bleeds, it leads; and they specialize in bad news. Everybody will watch a car crash with blood and guts. How many will watch kids selling lemonade at the corner? The media knows this and media outlets are for-profit corporations. They offer what sells, and when criticized, try to defend their actions by “justifying” them in one way or another. Just ask why they tried to allow a murderer like O.J. Simpson to write a book about “how he didn’t kill his wife, but if he did he would have done it this way”…Insane!
Stop buying the negativism you are fed everyday by the media. Shut off the TV, burn Newsweek, and use the New York Times for the bottom of your bird cage. Then start being grateful for all we have as a country. There is exponentially more good than bad.
We are among the most blessed people on Earth, and should thank God several times a day, or at least be thankful and appreciative.
“With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, “Are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?”
Jay Leno 2007
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Amen brother.
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Ditto!
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where you can still legally discharge a firerm by waters edge during low tide in some areas of the city maybe the council should look into some basic problems the police are having.To respond to a problem is not like preventing a response at all is more the thought process in most cities now.
D.C. police and city officials want to stiffen the penalties for offenders who use BB, pellet and air guns as weapons.
Such “guns look very real, the weight is real, they have removable clips,” Metropolitan Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey said. “If an individual uses them to commit a crime, they should be treated as if they are using a real gun.”
Under current law, if an offender discharges a BB, pellet or toy gun in the District while committing a crime, that person is charged only with the crime committed. If a person discharges a firearm during a crime, he or she also is charged with a weapons violation.
I’m sure it will be a subject soon where guns are a problem in Norwalk as least for the residents maybe we can see some direction by our council on all firearms no matter what size .
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Cafero seeks to study flooding he needs two lawn chairs and a cooler for himself and Dick.
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Hunters have never been a problem though. I doubt any innocent person has been robbed while the hunters are nearby.
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one was funny one was sad
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According to the State Department:
Despite widespread popular belief, U.S. military installations abroad and U.S. diplomatic or consular facilities are not part of the United States within the meaning of the 14th Amendment. A child born on the premises of such a facility is not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and does not acquire U.S. citizenship by reason of birth.
John McCain was born on a military base in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936. Like all military parents stationed abroad, McCain’s parents had to file a lot of paperwork to obtain his citizenship. He is not a “natural born citizen”.
How can he run for President, a position Constitutionally open to only natural born citizens of the United States?!?
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Is this a “miracle” that Mike Huckabee knew about all along? If so, he’s truly brilliant for letting all the other “serious” contenders drop out so he can just waltz to the nomination after McCain is declared ineligible!
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Praise Jesus - we’ll be saved from that liberal McCain!!!
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McCain a liberal??? then what in the name of Jesus would you call Barak HUSSEIN Obama???
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Vote for Huckabee - he’s a conservative Falwell type of Republican!
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#12: “Vote for Huckabee - he’s a conservative Falwell type of Republican!”
Alas, Rev. Falwell isn’t around to defend himself from this remark.
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Great news 34,400 square feet is selling in downtown sono all that is needed is a buyer.What potential what a plus for all of us.This will turn the city around .
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Wilton Surgery Center sold for 7.4 million dollars Stamford Hospital makes a great companion in the medical community. Too bad Norwalk never had a chance to be a partner with Stamford they hold cutting edge talent on heart and cardio care.
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Here is an invitation to the meeting tomorrow for all Norwalk Democrats:
A meeting will be held on Saturday March 1, 2008 at 11:00 am at the Jim Himes for Congress Headquarters at 25 Van Zant Street, East Norwalk, CT with Gale Wall. Gale’s name will be put into nomination for the Chairman of the Norwalk Democratic Town Committee next month.
Best regards
Bobby Burgess -
Sat morning taylor farm two huey helicopters are landing and taking off with troops going to Niantic a great way to start your day once at 8 am and at 9 according to the newspapers.
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This sat at Nathan Hale the Norwalk stamp club is having their annual show, 10 to 4 a chidrens beginner booth is there to help new comers to the
collecting world of stamps. displays and local artists are scheduled to be there. -
where is taylor farm?
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I think it the one by Calf pasture beach where the balloons were last year.
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Here is an invitation to the meeting today for all Norwalk Democrats:
A meeting will be held on Saturday March 1, 2008 at 11:00 am at the Jim Himes for Congress Headquarters at 25 Van Zant Street, East Norwalk, CT with Gale Wall. Gale’s name will be put into nomination for the Chairman of the Norwalk Democratic Town Committee next month.
Best regards
Bobby Burgess -
the meeting is over. republican gail wall is the next democratic town chair. look out for the ragin’ cajun’
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three cheers for the democratic party to pick a republican to lead their party. gail wall will be a great republican leader.
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Good riddance. Wall was never a Republican and is an improvement of Galen Wells.
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Gail Wall was a leader in the Norwalk GOP until recently and I saw her at the meeting as late as April of last year. GLad to see the GOP has also taken over the dem party.
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She was never a leader in the GOP.
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Gail Wall was and is a good Republican. I was recently at a GOP local meeting sitting next to her and Anne Jackson. They most definitely were members and leaders of the local Republican Party. I am sorry to see Gail Wall leave the Republican Party to lead the local Democratic Party. She held fundraisers for several prominent Republicans at her house including Mr. Hempstead with whom she is very close. I think your info is off Norwalker. Gail is a good Republican and hopefully she will get the local dems to see the ideological light of the right.
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Wall has never been involved with the Republicans. Someone is playing games here.
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Gail Wall and Ann Jackson have attended numerous Norwalk GOP meetings. They were not in the leadership. Good riddance of the raging cagin.
