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Comments: Jack,..not trying to sway your views on it. But, let me give you some math. I'm CFO of a company that 4 years ago was paying about $480,000 per year in health benefits (that means to the insurance company). Last year it was around $900,000 and for 2010 it's going up by 11-14%..again to the insurance company. For the past two years, we absorbed the increases without charging the employees. This year we can't sustain it, so the employees are going to have more taken from their paycheck, while we choose a plan with higher deductibles and higher co-pays. I don't know why you're a cheerleader for the insurance industry, but the costs are clearly headed for a level that the working people won't be able to deal with. I'm still not trying to sway you, but just because you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't broken...even ol' McCain has said it. Your turn.
Comments: I have now posted the 19 photos I took at the party on 10-3. Be sure to click on the 1st photo (SOC Plate) to enlarge it & read what was written on the back of the plate. None of us at the party had ever seen a SOC Commemorative plate before . . . has anyone else ever seen one?? Thanks to Rosemary for sharing!!!  Go to GET-TOGETHERS 2009 to see pics!Once you click on the 1st photo to enlarge it, you can look at all the rest of the photos in the large mode by clicking on the forward arrow. Don Brunson's pics just arrived in the mail. I'll post them by tmo.
Comments: Linda P, glad you had a great trip....welcome back and happy belated birthday. Don, your grandone is a cutey! Sandra Mc, you and your family will be in our thoughts and prayers. Keep us posted. Ada, glad to hear from you. 
Comments: Thanks for the update Sam. Wondered what happened to y'all. Butterfingers, who is doing the dancing??. While I don't want this site to turn into what some of the other sites are experiencing, Richard asked, so.... Richard I don't see anything wrong with the system we have now. Everybody gets health care, even if they have to go to the emergency room and wait. I am against this because I have TOO MUCH government in my life now and I do not want more. There is no FREE anything. Somebody pays and it is most often we, the working class. This first plan is just the camel's nose under the tent. IF it passes, it will continue to grow until we have a socialist program. Canada recently bragged the wait time for a gall bladder operation had decreased from 18 to 9 months. Do you know how painful a bad gall bladder is? My DIL had one and it was taken out two weeks after the 1st visit to the doctor. Does anyone else remember Obama saying, to the effect, older people will have to learn to control pain better with improved meds instead of getting well?
Comments: Went to the Fair yesterday & had a great time! We saw & did everything & the Fried Peaches & Cream is a real Winner! Coasty Don - Sorry for putting the wrong state for where Declan lives. Don's new Grandone lives in Georgia . . . not Louisiana! Fixed it this mrng. After being out ot the ofc 3 days, busy busy . . . gotta go.
Comments: Hello all. We haven't fallen off the face of the earth. We had all new flooring installed by Empire Flooring in the house. Carpet, hard wood floors and tile. What we thought was going to be a two day job so we could go to the reunion on Saturday was finished in one 14 hour day. They started at 8:30 and finished at 10:30 that night. Did an exceptional job and looks beautiful. Hope all is well with everyone. TTFN
Comments: Don, what a beautiful grandone you have. Louisiana isn't too far to travel.
Comments: Thank you, everyone for the birthday wishes. I'm finally old enough to apply for SS.Yikes!! Saturday the 10th, we flew to Boston and then drove to Bar Harbor, Maine (final destination), drove through Acadia National Park, saw a lighthouse, a real live female moose trying to cross the road, 2 deer and some alpaca. The leaves were beautiful and the weather cold. I didn't take enough warm weather clothes and I don't believe those folks spend much money on heat. Now, I'll continue catching up on the GB. Sandra, sorry to hear about Jana having headaches. I know that Janice must be so worried. I'll say a prayer for Jana and family and her healing. Ada Ann -- good to hear from you. Is it a little colder up there than normal? In Maine, we heard folks living there saying that it had turned colder sooner than it usually does.
Comments: Bay Watch Capps, $25 bucks a pucker. Dallas Cowboy owner Jerry Jones says money makes the monkey dance. The Botox Kid is kinda cute.
Comments: Is it true Butterfingers McGee has a kissing booth at the Gay Pagent Perade and is pimping out the Kid Browning ? oH my!!!
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Comments: JD, I watched your video. I agree with him. You really can't put a queen sized sheet on a king bed....I suppose that means something. I still haven't gotten why there's all this opposition to repairing our healthcare system. It needs an overhaul. Anyone on this GB could be wiped out with a catystrophic medical bill as it's set up today. And I have yet to see where any proposal calls for giving up our freedom....that's just bumber sticker talk. I think almost every president in our lifetime has been advocating repairing healthcare in some fashion. Jack, I got pummeled by the drizzle relentlessly. A really bad hair day even for me.
Comments: JD, I watched the video of Mr. Rogers. Every word he said is true. For the life of me, I don't understand how Americans can give up their freedom so easily.
Comments: JD, I took the time to view the video and witnessed Michigan's Mr. Rogers COMPLAIN for nearly four minutes. What we need is some folks who are as articulate as him, who can present us with an improved plan. I wish he'd thrown in even ONE innovative idea of his own. We need all we can get. Time is running out if he or others have something to offer up.
Comments: Good to see you posting again, Ada Ann. Missed you brightening this place up. Richard, did you get drizzled away?? Wonder where Butterfingers is hiding. It's too wet to dig holes and too wet to play golf, recon he went to visit Farmer Roe?? It's too warm for all the bears to have gone into hibernation already. Toni, did you and Bruce play last weekend?? |
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