About Us
Mission Statement
Rules of Conduct
 
Name:
Pswd:
Remember Me
Register
 

Latest Entries

Actions Menu

Blog Roll

Other Links

Thursday Brief
Author: Raine    Date: 11/01/2012 13:06:36

The UAW is Filing Ethics Charges against Mitt Romney for his Auto Bailout Profiteering.
At a press conference in Toledo, Bob King, President of the United Automobile Workers, will announce that his union and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) have filed a formal complaint with the US Office of Government Ethics in Washington stating that Gov. Romney improperly hid a profit of $15.3 million to $115.0 million in Ann Romney's so-called "blind" trust.

The union chief says, "The American people have a right to know about Gov. Romney’s potential conflicts of interest, such as the profits his family made from the auto rescue,” “It’s time for Gov. Romney to disclose or divest.”
[snip]

According to ethics law expert Dan Curry who drafted the ethics complaint, Ann Romney does not have a federally-approved blind trust. An approved "blind" trust may not be used to hide a major investment which could be affected by Romney if he were to be elected President. Other groups joining the UAW and CREW include Public Citizen, the Service Employees International Union, Public Campaign, People for the American Way and The Social Equity Group.

President Obama's approved trust, for example, contains only highly-diversified mutual funds on which Presidential action can have little effect. By contrast, the auto bail-out provided a windfall of over 4,000% on one single Romney investment.

In 2009, Ann Romney partnered with her husband's key donor, billionaire Paul Singer, who secretly bought a controlling interest in Delphi Auto, the former GM auto parts division. Singer's hedge fund, Elliott Management, threatened to cut off GM's supply of steering columns unless GM and the government's TARP auto bail-out fund provided Delphi with huge payments. While the US treasury complained this was "extortion," the hedge funds received, ultimately, $12.9 billion in taxpayer subsidies.


I'll be back.
and
Raine
 

95 comments (Latest Comment: 11/01/2012 21:52:28 by Mondobubba)
   Perma Link

Share This!

Furl it!
Spurl
NewsVine
Reddit
Technorati

Add a Comment

Please login to add a comment...


Comments:

Order comments Newest to Oldest  Refresh Comments

Comment by wickedpam on 11/01/2012 13:11:39
Morning


Busy day yesterday

Comment by TriSec on 11/01/2012 13:16:10
Morning, comrades.

Thanks Raine...I feel dirty now for just having read that.

Of all the right-wing tools in the world, Romney is the right-wing tooliest.


In other news, chemo wins this round. <-- dies.

I'm on the verge of breaking out my walking stick again. Some new things are keeping me up at night - haven't been sleeping well.

Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 13:26:59
Quote by TriSec:
Morning, comrades.

Thanks Raine...I feel dirty now for just having read that.

Of all the right-wing tools in the world, Romney is the right-wing tooliest.


In other news, chemo wins this round. <-- dies.

I'm on the verge of breaking out my walking stick again. Some new things are keeping me up at night - haven't been sleeping well.



Ugh. :toss gold lame cape over Tri's shoulders, helps him to his feet:

Comment by BobR on 11/01/2012 13:29:44

Here's hoping they aren't wearing Red Sox caps when they go...

Comment by TriSec on 11/01/2012 13:34:43



That's because he's a Governor instead of a perpetual candidate...


Comment by trojanrabbit on 11/01/2012 13:35:40
Quote by BobR:

Here's hoping they aren't wearing Red Sox caps when they go...

I think wearing Patriots caps would get a bigger rise out of them...
if they were Jests fans.

Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 13:36:36
Love Ben Jealous!


Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 13:37:11
Quote by TriSec:



That's because he's a Governor instead of a perpetual candidate...
Yes.




Comment by TriSec on 11/01/2012 13:39:04
BTW, there's not a good term for this, but I suppose my *appreciation* of Governor Christie has increased exponentially over the last few days.

It might be politically expedient for 2016 for him to do the right things this week...but he's doing the right things without making political hay out of it in the short term.

You're still a right-wing tool, governor....but that doesn't matter this week. Go save your state. How can we help?


Comment by TriSec on 11/01/2012 13:52:08
Dr. Maddow just mentioned people being rescued in Hoboken with their pets..."their very large pets".

We've not had a recurrence of the "Snowball" story from Katrina.....which still makes me have a little dusky eye just thinking about it.

Fuck George Bush.

Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 13:56:50
In case you missed it, Romney Flipped flopped on FEMA -- Again?


"I believe that FEMA plays a key role in working with states and localities to prepare for and respond to natural disasters," Romney said in a statement supplied by his campaign Wednesday. "As president, I will ensure FEMA has the funding it needs to fulfill its mission, while directing maximum resources to the first responders who work tirelessly to help those in need, because states and localities are in the best position to get aid to the individuals and communities affected by natural disasters."

At a minimum, this is preferable to the candidate blowing off the question altogether. But the written statement from aides -- why Romney wouldn't say this out loud is unclear -- leaves key questions unanswered.

For example, why is it that Romney now believes FEMA should get "the funding it needs," but last year, he said "we cannot afford" to fully fund the agency? Other than the calendar, what's changed?



Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 13:58:34
Quote by TriSec:
BTW, there's not a good term for this, but I suppose my *appreciation* of Governor Christie has increased exponentially over the last few days.

It might be politically expedient for 2016 for him to do the right things this week...but he's doing the right things without making political hay out of it in the short term.

You're still a right-wing tool, governor....but that doesn't matter this week. Go save your state. How can we help?
After watching video of him, I truly believe he was concerned about his state, and Yes, I do give him credit.

That man looks devastated over what happened in New Jersey.


Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 14:17:11
Last night I wrote:
When I was growing up, I was taught to not lie.

When I did lie, my parents did not reward me. They told me my actions would have consequences.

When you go to the booth, do not reward a liar. Send a message to Mitt Romney that lies have consequences by not voting for him.

Liars should not be rewarded.
After some back and forth another friend wrote one of the most insightful, simple and precise things I have seen:
People don't vote for liars to reward them. They do it because they trust the liar more than they trust themselves.


I can't stop thinking about this statement.

Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 14:25:11
I saw something about the Romney-Delphi connection, interesting.

Comment by TriSec on 11/01/2012 14:26:08
TRMS - Romney on the Jeep plant.



Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 14:28:51
I cannot confirm the authenticity of this.

I can conform that it authentically sounds like something Chris Christie would say:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A6ny_CcCAAI5ky5.jpg


Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 14:30:28
Quote by Raine:
I cannot confirm the authenticity of this.

I can conform that it authentically sounds like something Chris Christie would say:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A6ny_CcCAAI5ky5.jpg
I have confirmed, Yes it is authentic.


Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 14:39:31
New slogan for the Romney-Ryan ticket: "Hey we make Nixon-Agnew look ethical"

Comment by wickedpam on 11/01/2012 14:44:06
I've answered a couple of robo-polls in the past few weeks - I like to mess with them a bit - last time I was a union worker/independant voter for Obama

Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 14:53:40
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Raine:
I cannot confirm the authenticity of this.

I can conform that it authentically sounds like something Chris Christie would say:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A6ny_CcCAAI5ky5.jpg
I have confirmed, Yes it is authentic.



I gotta say that his twitter feed has some humor to it. Plus his is squashing trolls.

Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 15:07:22
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Raine:
I cannot confirm the authenticity of this.

I can conform that it authentically sounds like something Chris Christie would say:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A6ny_CcCAAI5ky5.jpg
I have confirmed, Yes it is authentic.



I gotta say that his twitter feed has some humor to it. Plus his is squashing trolls.
It's a fake account.

On the other hand, I love that it exists.


Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 15:09:22
I would like to tell you that sometimes, I write epic smakdowns. This one was to a high school friend (he's married to one of my oldest and dearest friends) Do take a read?



Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 15:10:22
Road Flare Mary is even more of the hook than usual.

Comment by wickedpam on 11/01/2012 15:16:04
Quote by Raine:
I would like to tell you that sometimes, I write epic smakdowns. This one was to a high school friend (he's married to one of my oldest and dearest friends) Do take a read?




nice I had to unfriend someone cause they wouldn't stop when they were told to.

Comment by wickedpam on 11/01/2012 15:16:26
Quote by Raine:
Road Flare Mary is even more of the hook than usual.



she's nuts

Comment by wickedpam on 11/01/2012 15:18:55
Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 15:20:39
You have to email this in!

Beaver streetwalking!


Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 15:21:24
OMG, that is right up the road from us! Beavers invading Pentagon city!

Comment by BobR on 11/01/2012 15:23:16
Quote by Raine:
OMG, that is right up the road from us! Beavers invading Pentagon city!

Take me down to Pentagon City
Where the beavers are wet and the girls are pretty...
Oh won't you please take me home....

Comment by wickedpam on 11/01/2012 15:25:07
Quote by Raine:
You have to email this in!

Beaver streetwalking!



do you know the email?

Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 15:26:01
Quote by BobR:
Quote by Raine:
OMG, that is right up the road from us! Beavers invading Pentagon city!

Take me down to Pentagon City
Where the beavers are wet and the girls are pretty...
Oh won't you please take me home....
WELL DONE!


Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 15:26:48
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Raine:
You have to email this in!

Beaver streetwalking!



do you know the email?
It's at the website. I'll check.



Comment by wickedpam on 11/01/2012 15:28:18
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Raine:
You have to email this in!

Beaver streetwalking!



do you know the email?
It's at the website. I'll check.



found it


Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 15:29:33
Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 15:32:23
Quote by BobR:
Quote by Raine:
OMG, that is right up the road from us! Beavers invading Pentagon city!

Take me down to Pentagon City
Where the beavers are wet and the girls are pretty...
Oh won't you please take me home....





Comment by trojanrabbit on 11/01/2012 15:49:03
Don't know if anyone's posted this one yet.



Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 15:52:42
Comment by TriSec on 11/01/2012 15:55:55
Don't read this if you're about to go to lunch.

I can't even type anything about this.



Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 15:57:35
MALA! The beaver Stack made it!

Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 16:02:54
Quote by Mondobubba:
Damn dust


Beautiful.

Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 16:09:04
I love Bobber especially when he writes things like this:


Saying that "all politicians lie" is like saying going 56 in a 55 is the same as going 156, that slapping someone in the face is the same as beating them to a pulp, that going $10 over your limit on your credit card is the same as going $1000 over. Most rational people know better. False equivalency is a poor substitute for a rational argument.


Comment by TriSec on 11/01/2012 16:14:56
Just when you think the GOP can go no lower....
they find something else.



Comment by wickedpam on 11/01/2012 16:21:12
Quote by Raine:
MALA! The beaver Stack made it!



In the knick of time


Comment by TriSec on 11/01/2012 16:21:27
Oho....never mind Scott Brown....Romney has his fingers in the Compounding Pharmacy mess, too.


“In October 2004, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy, a state regulatory agency reporting to Gov. Romney, offered to let NECC enter into a consent agreement that would have acknowledged professional misconduct by NECC warranting disciplinary action, a public reprimand and three years probation.

But in a letter dated Nov. 11, 2004, Paul Cirel, an attorney for NECC, argued that such disciplinary action would be “potentially fatal” to NECC’s business. In a footnote, he asserted, “Once disclosed, the reprimand will surely result in investigations/inquiries/investigations in those other jurisdictions. Regardless of the derivative actions taken, the attendant legal and administrative costs will be devastating.”

The letter added that instead of having the state monitor the company, NECC would be willing to “bear the burden of cost and monitoring and reporting compliance” in exchange for a non-disciplinary resolution.

The Board of Registration subsequently dropped the reprimand. Meanwhile, in 2005, NECC was the subject of another complaint. Nevertheless, the Board of Registration went forward with a Consent Agreement that was, according to Oliver, “even more advantageous to the company than was requested by NECC.”




Comment by TriSec on 11/01/2012 16:26:38
And in other news, chemo also wins round 2 today. I am not interested in eating my apple. 1. It's going to hurt too much. 2. I just don't find it interesting today. (It's my second favorite fruit, after plums.)

That new side effect is gigantic, raging, mouth sores all over the side of my tongue. I'm lucky I can talk, nevermind eat, right now.



Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 16:41:25
Quote by TriSec:
And in other news, chemo also wins round 2 today. I am not interested in eating my apple. 1. It's going to hurt too much. 2. I just don't find it interesting today. (It's my second favorite fruit, after plums.)

That new side effect is gigantic, raging, mouth sores all over the side of my tongue. I'm lucky I can talk, nevermind eat, right now.



Comment by TriSec on 11/01/2012 16:47:47
Mitt Romney 237.6
-9.6 since Oct. 24


Barack Obama 300.4
+9.6 since Oct. 24

Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 17:08:53
Quote by TriSec:
And in other news, chemo also wins round 2 today. I am not interested in eating my apple. 1. It's going to hurt too much. 2. I just don't find it interesting today. (It's my second favorite fruit, after plums.)

That new side effect is gigantic, raging, mouth sores all over the side of my tongue. I'm lucky I can talk, nevermind eat, right now.



As weird as it may sound I do enjoy you sharing the side effects.

As Kevin Smith said in a twitter pic to a fan/follower "Cancer sucks dick!"

Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 17:21:39
God damn it America I have asked and ask you not to enter URLs into "The Google." You are doing the Internets wrong damnit stop it please, I am begging you.

Comment by TriSec on 11/01/2012 17:22:21
Quote by Mondobubba:


As weird as it may sound I do enjoy you sharing the side effects.

As Kevin Smith said in a twitter pic to a fan/follower "Cancer sucks dick!"



Four Freedoms is a Family-Friendly blog. We work our hardest to bring you life-threatening disease and it's associated despair every day!



Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 17:27:15
Quote by TriSec:
Quote by Mondobubba:


As weird as it may sound I do enjoy you sharing the side effects.

As Kevin Smith said in a twitter pic to a fan/follower "Cancer sucks dick!"



Four Freedoms is a Family-Friendly blog. We work our hardest to bring you life-threatening disease and it's associated despair every day!




I know it helps you cope with the general suck that is cancer. Your struggle with chemo's side effect remind me how lucky my mom was with hers; she was randomized into a double blind for a new type of chemo for breast cancer. The worst she had was some mild neuropathy and peeling in her feet. Oh and that mild heart attack a couple of years out, but besides that nuttin.

Yet throughout this period of your life you keep swinging, doing Scouts, working at the Bean Factory. You Sir are my hero of the moment.

Comment by TriSec on 11/01/2012 17:40:15


Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 18:00:01
David Simon on Mitt's taxes.

At points, as a function of citizenship itself, I feel obliged to contemplate something larger than myself, something that might benefit others more than me, something that might require collective sacrifice of a kind associated with great nations and great societies. And if my vote results in a higher tax rate for myself and others in my income bracket, that’s certainly understandable given the current level of societal need and the fact that American tax rates are at their lowest ebb in modern times.


Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 18:03:12
More from David Simon on Mitt Romney

This man is a lout. A shameless lout, who, among the supposed privacy of close supporters, reveals that he can conceive of no idea larger or more profound than self-interest. As he believes first and foremost in Mitt Romney and his ambitions, he can’t conceive that others can conjure anything larger than themselves or their possible personal gain. Here and now, he is laid bare by his own cynical critique of others who will not follow him in selfishness. It is not that Mr. Romney is merely unfit to serve us as president. Based on this latest revelation, it may go much deeper. If he believes what he told that group in private, he may well be unfit to serve us as a fellow citizen.


I this!

Comment by TriSec on 11/01/2012 18:37:31
Would somebody else please go to the Merriam-Webster site, type in "Lout" and tell me what google ad appears?



Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 18:39:53
Quote by TriSec:
Would somebody else please go to the Merriam-Webster site, type in "Lout" and tell me what google ad appears?




:rofl: :rofl:

I literally laughed so hard I started coughing!

Comment by trojanrabbit on 11/01/2012 18:44:09
Quote by TriSec:
Would somebody else please go to the Merriam-Webster site, type in "Lout" and tell me what google ad appears?


nothing.....


Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 18:46:21
Quote by TriSec:
Would somebody else please go to the Merriam-Webster site, type in "Lout" and tell me what google ad appears?




This has been shared with David Simon.


Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 18:47:01
Quote by trojanrabbit:
Quote by TriSec:
Would somebody else please go to the Merriam-Webster site, type in "Lout" and tell me what google ad appears?


nothing.....


Lout in Mirriam-Webster

Comment by wickedpam on 11/01/2012 18:49:22
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by trojanrabbit:
Quote by TriSec:
Would somebody else please go to the Merriam-Webster site, type in "Lout" and tell me what google ad appears?


nothing.....


Lout in Mirriam-Webster


verizon ads?


Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 18:57:07
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by trojanrabbit:
Quote by TriSec:
Would somebody else please go to the Merriam-Webster site, type in "Lout" and tell me what google ad appears?


nothing.....


Lout in Mirriam-Webster


verizon ads?



Me got add for Mitt Romney's website. I am assuming so did Tri.

Comment by trojanrabbit on 11/01/2012 18:58:24
Nothing like that for me

Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 18:58:30
Click on the link in my reply to Trojan Rabbit.

Comment by TriSec on 11/01/2012 19:09:14
I have a screen capture, but I won't be able to post it until I get home.


Comment by trojanrabbit on 11/01/2012 19:13:04
Bunch of Miriam-Webster "ads" on bottom. A video on top. Maybe it's because I'm at work....on Firefox.......dunno.

Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 19:13:08
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by trojanrabbit:
Quote by TriSec:
Would somebody else please go to the Merriam-Webster site, type in "Lout" and tell me what google ad appears?


nothing.....


Lout in Mirriam-Webster


verizon ads?
I got a Mitt ad.


Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 19:16:08
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by trojanrabbit:
Quote by TriSec:
Would somebody else please go to the Merriam-Webster site, type in "Lout" and tell me what google ad appears?


nothing.....


Lout in Mirriam-Webster


verizon ads?
I got a Mitt ad.



See my post about David Simon calling Mittens a lout. That makes it a bunch funnier


Comment by Will in Chicago on 11/01/2012 19:19:55
I got ads for several different Republicans and an ad criticizing Richard Mourdock.

I am home today, doing housework. My grand niece Emily is getting out of the hospital later today, after being hospitalized for over a month with a respiratory infection.


Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 19:28:27
Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 19:44:19


Well howdy doo! Note to Chris Matthews, Bloomberg is still not the the best mayor of NYC ever. I shall count the reasons why not at a later date. I have a headache right now.

Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 19:48:05
Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 19:49:24
Quote by Mondobubba:


Well howdy doo! Note to Chris Matthews, Bloomberg is still not the the best mayor of NYC ever. I shall count the reasons why not at a later date. I have a headache right now.
He's not the best mayor.

But when a person does the right thing...


Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 19:58:50
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:


Well howdy doo! Note to Chris Matthews, Bloomberg is still not the the best mayor of NYC ever. I shall count the reasons why not at a later date. I have a headache right now.
He's not the best mayor.

But when a person does the right thing...


Yeah I know. I jsut wanted to pass on the jaw dropping Tweety comment I heard a couple nights ago.

Comment by TriSec on 11/01/2012 20:01:21
Who could have guessed that Mother Nature would provide the October Surprise this season....



Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 20:12:41
Non Sequitor:

Dear conservatives who don't like Katrina response being compared to Sandy response: Don't refer to the Americans displaced from the Gulf Coast into your town as 'Refugees who are still here.'

I've seen statement like this a few times today and it is distasteful. It's been 7 years, they are your fellow citizens. They are not refugees.


Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 20:16:01
Quote by Raine:
Non Sequitor:

Dear conservatives who don't like Katrina response being compared to Sandy response: Don't refer to the Americans displaced from the Gulf Coast into your town as 'Refugees who are still here.'

I've seen statement like this a few times today and it is distasteful. It's been 7 years, they are your fellow citizens. They are not refugees.



I think the decoding here is "those black people who are still here."

Well there wouldn't be the comparisons if your boy, GWB hadn't fucked that up from Jump Street.

Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 20:24:00
Dear Alternet, this is why I have such issues with you:

In the years following our independence, the federal government, organized under the Articles of Confederation, had virtually no power – it couldn't raise taxes to fund federal activities and it couldn't compel the states to do anything they didn't approve.



The US didn't have a Federal government until the Constitution was ratified. This is freshman history stuff. Seriously.

Comment by TriSec on 11/01/2012 20:25:54
Quote by Mondobubba:
Dear Alternet, this is why I have such issues with you:


The didn't have a Federal government until the Constitution was ratified. This is freshman history stuff. Seriously.



Mmmm...that was the problem with the Articles of Confederation. There was no central authority, and I think the states realized that this made them vulnerable to external factors. (War, trade, and maybe even natural disasters.) Hence the Constitutional Convention to bash out a central power structure.



Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 20:27:04
Quote by TriSec:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Dear Alternet, this is why I have such issues with you:


The didn't have a Federal government until the Constitution was ratified. This is freshman history stuff. Seriously.



Mmmm...that was the problem with the Articles of Confederation. There was no central authority, and I think the states realized that this made them vulnerable to external factors. (War, trade, and maybe even natural disasters.) Hence the Constitutional Convention to bash out a central power structure.



The Blogger from Waltham wins the coveted blog bonus point for the day!

Comment by BobR on 11/01/2012 20:32:38
A little late to the party, but I got no ads at the Merriam site, possibly because I have ad-blocker installed. There WAS a video in the upper-right-hand corner, though talking about irony and the Alanis Morrisette song of the same name.

Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 20:41:17
Quote by BobR:
A little late to the party, but I got no ads at the Merriam site, possibly because I have ad-blocker installed. There WAS a video in the upper-right-hand corner, though talking about irony and the Alanis Morrisette song of the same name.



Bummer. The Romney ad right below "lout" was so appropriate to the discussion

Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 20:43:37
How can you believe in demons, but not ghosts?


In a classic example of cognitive dissidence, only 37 percent of registered voters--both Democrat and Republican--believe in ghosts, although 57 percent believe in demonic possession.


Comment by wickedpam on 11/01/2012 20:47:44
Quote by Mondobubba:
How can you believe in demons, but not ghosts?


In a classic example of cognitive dissidence, only 37 percent of registered voters--both Democrat and Republican--believe in ghosts, although 57 percent believe in demonic possession.


its a religious thing - a percentage of that 57% would probably tell you that anything paranormal is demon related


Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 20:50:20
I just wrote this with people like our Livin and my cousin (who is online for the first time since the storm) in mind:

To my (and in many cases, OUR) friends and family that are finding themselves coming back online and are for the first time seeing images of what happened:

Please go as slow as you can. Do not overwhelm yourselves. Be kind to yourself and when it is too much to see, walking away is ok. We love you and we will be there for you emotionally. (((hug)))


My cousin is going through a second shock of seeing how devastating this has been. Her recent posts are indicating that. IT could be a strange flashback or some type of identification, but I can't help but thinking about getting home the night of 9/11 and seeing those images on TV and sitting there crying in a state of total shock at what I was seeing after being in the city that day.





Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 20:51:07
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Mondobubba:
How can you believe in demons, but not ghosts?


In a classic example of cognitive dissidence, only 37 percent of registered voters--both Democrat and Republican--believe in ghosts, although 57 percent believe in demonic possession.



its a religious thing - a percentage of that 57% would probably tell you that anything paranormal is demon related


You are so much nicer than I am, Mala. I would say it is a stupid thing since ghost and demons don't exist

Comment by wickedpam on 11/01/2012 20:53:21
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Mondobubba:
How can you believe in demons, but not ghosts?


In a classic example of cognitive dissidence, only 37 percent of registered voters--both Democrat and Republican--believe in ghosts, although 57 percent believe in demonic possession.


You are so much nicer than I am, Mala. I would say it is a stupid thing since ghost and demons don't exist

its a religious thing - a percentage of that 57% would probably tell you that anything paranormal is demon related




I always leave the door open the the paranormal - you never know what's out there

Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 21:11:24
Today in history: 1896 – A picture showing the unclad (bare) breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.

Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 21:25:04
Happy 70th birthday to 1st Amendment Activist/Pornographer Larry Flint!

Comment by Raine on 11/01/2012 21:48:12
Quote by Raine:
I just wrote this with people like our Livin and my cousin (who is online for the first time since the storm) in mind:

To my (and in many cases, OUR) friends and family that are finding themselves coming back online and are for the first time seeing images of what happened:

Please go as slow as you can. Do not overwhelm yourselves. Be kind to yourself and when it is too much to see, walking away is ok. We love you and we will be there for you emotionally. (((hug)))


My cousin is going through a second shock of seeing how devastating this has been. Her recent posts are indicating that. IT could be a strange flashback or some type of identification, but I can't help but thinking about getting home the night of 9/11 and seeing those images on TV and sitting there crying in a state of total shock at what I was seeing after being in the city that day.





I don't want this to be missed. Liv is gonna need some support when he comes back online.


Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 21:50:44
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Raine:
I just wrote this with people like our Livin and my cousin (who is online for the first time since the storm) in mind:

To my (and in many cases, OUR) friends and family that are finding themselves coming back online and are for the first time seeing images of what happened:

Please go as slow as you can. Do not overwhelm yourselves. Be kind to yourself and when it is too much to see, walking away is ok. We love you and we will be there for you emotionally. (((hug)))


My cousin is going through a second shock of seeing how devastating this has been. Her recent posts are indicating that. IT could be a strange flashback or some type of identification, but I can't help but thinking about getting home the night of 9/11 and seeing those images on TV and sitting there crying in a state of total shock at what I was seeing after being in the city that day.





I don't want this to be missed. Liv is gonna need some support when he comes back online.



Oh indeed. He has been going through hell.

Comment by Mondobubba on 11/01/2012 21:52:28
Speaking of Sandy, my co-worker, Ethel is from a town on the Jersey shore. She was showing me a picture that relatives had sent her. Pretty much flattened. All the stuff right on the shore line is a tangle of debris.

Show All

Rev 3.7; Copyright � 2007-2017 by BobberBlogs�