a non-financial transaction between the town of Paris and a private cemetery owner. So disgraceful! Ted Kurtz of the Paris Selectboard and Phil Tarr the town manager are gung-ho in giving this public land to the cemetery association, so the association can make more money in the future (they've run out of plots and without more land, they can't make future income!). Warped capitalism at it's finest! Not only are these two clowns ignoring what Alice Cromwell put in place for Paris residents before her death, but they believe it's up to the town of Paris to do all the legal work (expensive!) for the cemetery association to boot. Yesiree, if you want a piece of free public land to put up an ice cream stand so you can make future income, don't worry: you won't have to pay a dime in legal fees or for the land itself: PARIS TAX MONEY WILL PAY IT ALL FOR YOU! TAH-DAH!
Ted Kurtz said that the cemetery association needs that extra land to be able to maintain the current cemetery. Ummmmm, really? You mean to tell me it's too expensive for them to rake and run a lawnmower around each plot? A citizen pointed out that the cemetery looks terrible which means it's not being maintained NOW. What if the next dead person to be buried on public land ends up being 11 years from now? Does that mean this cemetery association won't be maintaining the grounds during that time?
What a crock of crap.
I find it also disgraceful and disgusting that the Cromwell children don't care what their mother/grandmother put into place for the residents here. They don't care what the deed says and don't care what her intention was. All they care about is helping a few people make some money.
Anyone who wants to deed land to the citizens of Paris: BEWARE! Your deed with specifications will be laughed at and not respected by those who put capitalism ahead of anything else!
By the way, the two residents who stood up last night at Paris' meeting who said Mrs. Cromwell would be fine with slicing off an acre of two so the cemetery association can make some future money: ALL HEARSAY. Her deed is her voice. You can say she would have said this or that or felt a certain way, but her only true voice in the end is the deeded land with specific instructions left to the people of Paris to use. The End.
may save the lands from the windmills, but he also said he is going to open Maine up to the strip-mining of metals! See? You've been duped by the Blaine House Monster who is destroying everything good in his path...
He also said he would like to open Maine up to strip-mining of metals and was backed up with enthusiasm by his EPA right hand woman who told the crowd that they're working on rolling back regulations to do so.
He didn't express sympathy to Rebecca Mason's father, but did however, take the time to "quell a rumor" of him driving drunk on 295. He made up an outrageous story, but then that night I got to thinking of where I did hear of a story of a LePage crashing his car on 295. I realized his son of his name, Paul LePage II did! http://www.sunjournal.com/city/story/1054815
Was he not tested for alcohol? Of course not! He's the guv'nah's son! See?
The guv'nah is drunk with power! Take away his keys!
The wingnuts of the nation hate Sesame Street, because it teaches our children basic knowledge. To them, children should be taught in religious schools funded with taxpayer money because the Red Coats of today need that money for their King's propaganda! See? It's all making sense.
but he also said right after (I was there!) this that EVERY MAINER HAS CABLE TV. Ummmmm, no. Not true. When the meeting was over and the guv'nah was leaving, I ran up to him and yelled, "Hey guv'nah! Do all Mainers have cable tv?", and he responded with a smile on his face, "No, they don't". I said, "Exactly" with a very sarcastic tone.
MPBN is needed for those who don't have cable tv. The Emergency Broadcast System is MPBN. Oh wait! The republicans don't want Americans to be protected! Too expensive! Idiots. Republicans in the state legislature not too long ago were saying that the funding the state gets for this is a money saver.
Funny how the right wingers spew complete lies without doing any research. They rely too much on Glenn Beck for their "facts".
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I work Monday-Friday and have so for 16 years. I work 52 years a week and the last full week I had off was in the summer of 2004. You?
You did not get me mad. I was as cool as a cucumber. You were the one yelling all night. I had a blast too! Was fun watching you get red-faced and that hair of yours stick up off your part in the opposite direction!
You really spin everything I say. Here's what you typed in big capital letters: "THATS ALL HE NEEDS WITH THAT LIB RAG. AND HIS WIFE IN CONGRESS".
You tell me what it means. You speak in tongues!
Speaking of George Bush....I think you should keep your big mouth shut because every time you open it an uneducated warmongering fascist gets it's wings! Ewww.
Obama is a pimple on Bush's ass? Ummmm....after Georgie left his shit-pile for the nation to fix and handle, he infected us all with gangrene. You have it all wrong, but then again, I'm not surprised. You are a Fabrication News watcher!
so you can see other's yelling? That doesn't even makes sense. In fact, all that you've said here doesn't. You can "pick on me" all you want and I will give it right back to you.
What did your time in the service teach you? That the right to free speech is the most important right we Americans (even the libs!) have? I hope so! I hope that's the one you focused on!
I hope you and your wife have long intellectual conversations tonight about how Obama's long form birth certificate is a forgery just to make you tea people crazy! That should be fun. Remember: don't let any facts come into your conversation. Wouldn't be fair to your world view!
I knew you watched Fox News! Totally shows. You're claiming I'm the one who has become unhinged, but you just proudly admitted to watching Fabrication News!
By the way, SENSE is spelled without a "c". But you knew that. You're married to a woman 10 times smarter than me that you watch Fox with!
who is 10 times smarter than me doing with a man like you? I feel bad for her. Her choice wasn't good. Anyway, tell me what the answer is then: is it his skin color or is it because the speculators were saving George Bush from a complete national meltdown? You're married to a smart woman: ask her for the answer!
Drilling? It has increased along the Gulf Coast despite all the Howie Carr supporters saying, "Oh, you just wait! The Dems will say there's more drilling going on now than there has for a long time!". Well, that is true.
Do you support building the Keystone Pipeline to help the Canadians? Why would anyone be okay with another country using our land so they and the oil speculators/companies can sell the oil overseas so we Americans can buy it back at a higher price?
I'm not on welfare. I've owned my own business for 16 years now. You? You getting that socialist Social Security check each month, commie?
You hate Michelle Obama? Why? Because she wants kids to eat better in school but you would rather pump them up with sugar so America can continue to be the fattest country on the planet? Wow. Okay. Good reason to hate someone! *rolling eyes*
thanks for proving you're a wingnut! Thank you for serving our nation. My father was an Army Sargeant during the Vietnam War and was a Union member (pulp & paper). He's my true hero! There aren't many men in his age group who can hold a candle to him. For instance, he would not be on here using caps to yell at a woman to get his points across. LOL
Talking to you and watching the koolaid run down your neck is not fun. I feel sorry for you. I don't even see a hole in your lip either! Are you watching Fox News? That could be the cause.
(you were sworn into office in January 2011), but what has happened since you took over the US House? Gas has gone up almost $1/gallon! Where's your outrage? The president can't go after the oil speculators directly, but the republican controlled House can, but they won't. They love the oil speculators and they love the profits they're making with their oil stocks.
I'm not little minded. Thanks for the opportunity to state the obvious!
What has also happened since you tea people took over? Oh that's right, almost all the bills that you've brought up have been about women's health care. How about creating some jobs? I thought you said you were the job creators so "Vote for us!" you all screamed.
The last year has been the worst on record thanks to the tea-people-know-it-alls!
but I've surmised that you don't like a smart woman in your midst. Sad. Anyway, can you answer a very basic question that has been bothering me for some time: why is it under George Bush the cost of a barrel of oil got up to $150 and the price at the pump was $4/gallon, but under Obama the price for a barrel of oil gets up to $108 and the price at the pump is quickly approaching $4/gallon? Do you think it's because the speculators don't like Obama's skin color and party affiliation? I've often wondered.
The price of food has steadily been going up and the prices that have remained somewhat stable are in boxes half their size now. Did you notice that? A box of Cheese-Its we can fit in our pockets now and it's only 50 cents more a box. What a bargin! Been going on for years, but some didn't notice because they were too busy worshiping Bush's amazing warmongering.
Chellie's husband bought a very miniscule amount of the PPH. He doesn't own it. Far from it. But hey! Why let facts get in your way!
those who go against Obama's policies are the people on the wrong side of history. They're the same people who keep making our nation go backwards. They don't care about this country. They didn't do a thing to quell the tide for 8 years under Bush and now that it's time to fix those problems, these whiny ass titty babies don't want to!
Chellie & Mike want to see America continue to grow no matter how slow it's going. Better to be going forward slowly than backwards quickly!
for the world's financial problem, but refuse to put the blame on the financial institutions/banks who took all the risk and who have created a $1.5 QUADRILLION dollar derivatives/Credit Default Swap bubble based on greedy, illegal, offshore, and immoral betting? Huh?
This is why I'm proud to be a liberal. While you are blaming Obama for the nation and the world's problems, we liberals paid attention to what was really happening and who is truly to blame!
Where am I doing some name calling? See, the difference between my side and the other side, is my side wants the majority of the people to be sound. The other side wants the top 1% to be. They're very passionate about that too!
I am an over the top liberal. Thanks for pointing that out. I wear it as a badge of honor!
when any White House can rely on the rational votes of Pingree & Michaud! :D Republican policies have and continue to hurt our country. I've watched Snowe & Collins on the floor of the Senate on C-SPAN2 and they both will wait to see how a vote is going before they cast their own. This is why many were shocked when Snowe ran down fast to vote against the Blunt Amendment. Her shackles were gone!
you speak of spend @ 80% of their time voting in lockstep with the republican agenda. Mainers who have voted for Snowe & Collins in the past because they see these two as "moderates" are the ones who focus on the 20% of their votes they like and that's what they base that label on.
Sen. Susan Collins has voted with the crazies in the Senate by supporting the Blunt Amendment. I called her Lewiston office (207-784-6969) yesterday to ask her to go on record supporting a religious employer who refuses to offer it's employees coverage for blood transfusions because that employer is morally against them. Doubt she will say a thing!
These wingnuts have wrecked our nation. I don't blame Snowe for hightailing it out of the US Congress. I would be embarrassed to be represented or lumped in with those wackos.
cares about is her husband making money and having fame. If he didn't have either of those, she would have remained down in Florida on election night in November of 2010. She only came up when she thought he had a chance to win!
when the stock market started crashing is the one who bailed the banks out by creating TARP in October 2008. During that fateful week of September 2008, a half a TRILLION dollars was taken out of the money markets (offshore? Must have been because to this day no one has been arrested for the electronic run on the banks that day!) in 90 minutes. The Federal Reserve pushed $180 BILLION dollars onto the market to stave off a total collapse. It worked temporarily, but then Bush said it was time to bail the banks out. He created a $753 BILLION dollar TARP (protects ya from the bad weather!) bailout and before he left office, he took $353 billion and gave it out to the Big Banks without strings attached. The Big Banks went wild with their new found money! In fact, after Obama won in November 2008, the Big Banks were on a high again and when Obama in early 2009 after being sworn in started adding strings to the bailout money, that's when the republicans of the nation started calling him a big meaning to the banks.
Guess how much Bush's TARP has cost Americans so far? $7 TRILLION DOLLARS. Had George Bush decided to give every single American who filed a tax return in 2007 a $50,000 check, our nation would have flourished and he would have been a hero leaving his presidency, but he didn't do that. Sad.
....the credit unions of America saw the scheme the Big Banks were creating and they did not join in! The credit unions and small local banks were the only financial institutions that remain sound to this day. Wall Street and the Big Banks created this mess along with the US Congress to show the world "how strong America is" even after an event such as 9/11 happening to us!
I was in the housing market from 2005 to 2007. I walked into a Wells Fargo office with some homes that I was interested in buying. One was an apartment building. The two women behind the desk I met with had eyes the big as saucers (their greed was seeping out!) looking at that one and said to me, "We can also give you a $120,000 construction loan in addition to buying the building!". What should have been a $125,000 mortgage had suddenly doubled before my eyes. I walked out of the office disgusted. Why? Because I couldn't afford it and because it was very apparent to me that they didn't care.
Anyway, stop blaming poor people for the Housing Bubble, when it was the banks who took all the risk!
First off, after 9/11 the state of the economy went down because the Bush Regime had everyone scared out of their wits that al-Qaeda was living in their basements.
Secondly, George Bush in 2002 created the "American Dream Downpayment Act" (Google it!) and said to the nation that we are an "ownership society". From that moment, THE BANKS TOOK ALL THE RISKS, because people were allowed to get a loan without a down payment (thanks to the Free Downpayment Act ole Georgie created!), without a credit check, and without verfiying one's income.
And it wasn't only the poor who got a loan from a bank that they couldn't afford. The middle class went ballistic buying up homes. Some were buying more than one home to flip them to make a profit! And there were some out there across the nation who REMORTGAGED their home to buy a Hummer or to update their kitchen or what have you.
The Big Banks were fine with no one paying thier mortgage, because the banks took those toxic loans and "insured" them through AIG. AIG then turned part of their comp. into a hedgefund and sold those loans offshore into more hedgefunds! A $100,000 mortgage on land that was defaulted on became $1,000,000 in value offshore in the Wall Street Housing Casino!
So, in conclusion, between Bush's laws and the banks taking all the risk, neither one of them cared if you paid your mortgage or not. They gave out loans to anyone who wanted one. And guess how much the derivatives/credit default swap bubble is worth today? $1.5 QUADRILLION.
the color red was used and not the color blue. As a lefty, I voted against the casino coming to our area. How long before the casino becomes a way for those with dirty money to launder their money through just like the Mafia would do years ago when they would set up fake pizza shops?
$25.00, because the thought of anyone having to give their car over to an oil dealer just to keep warm in Maine was awful to read about. Should not be happening in this country. Kudos to Ike Libby, though! He's a good man. We need more oil dealers like him across this state. :D
...what are the chances that Kristina & Jake were able to hold onto their cell phones or find them after the crash happened? Huh? Seriously, let's think about this for a second because we are the adults here: the car leaves the road and hits some trees with the ROOF FIRST, crumbling and crashing, and (as you saw in the picture) the vehicle ends up a total loss. Things that were in the car are now out of the car or they're inside the car and not in it's original place. Again, what are the chances anyone was able to hold onto ANYTHING during that crash? I was rear-ended this past March in Portland by a woman doing 35mph while I sat and waited for traffic to move forward after the light turned green. I can tell you: even my coffee didn't stay in the cup! Had my phone been in my hand (was in my purse) who knows where it would have ended up! Things I had in the car actually broke because of the velocity of the hit.
We don't know, but is it possible that Kristina & Jake were going for help because they didn't know where the hell their cell phones were to call for help? Could very well be. It was after midnight and I highly doubt 219 is a well traveled road that late at night.
...because she wasn't unconscious. She was in shock and her adrenaline was in high gear. Saying her injuries are not significant, but yet, she's still in the hospital with her condition listed as SERIOUS, what does that tell you? Dan, there are people who fall off cliffs on a mountain and drag themselves a mile or so to safety. Does that mean their injuries weren't significant because they were able to drag themselves for a long way in pain? Gees. A guy I knew years ago was in a rollover accident and walked 2 miles to his house with many broken ribs. He had significant injuries to his body and yet, still walked!
Are broken bones significant injuries to you or not?
for a reason, Dan. It's not like she's going out partying this weekend or something! Her injuries are significant. Gees. The State Police have stated many times that charges are coming. And they will. Be patient for crying out loud.
With rants like yours, you will have people tormenting her or physically beating her up for the rest of her life! I'm sure she knows exactly what she did and is already tormented. We don't need to add to this young girl's mental state, okay? All her choices that night were stupid. We get it. She gets it. She will pay the price at some point in the court system, but please, do not (and others too) create anger against her that puts her in harm's way, because honestly, what good will that do? She has a family who loves her. Her injuries are significant enough that she will have a long road ahead of her. If you want her to feel pain and to be reminded about what she's done, she living it right now.
Drunk people even sleep in snowbanks until a friend comes by and wakes them up! My point is: after the car stopped...Kristina & Jake walked a mile from the scene and I'm sure they didn't feel their injuries until they stopped! It's called SHOCK. The brain will literally shut off pain sensors when need be.
It's time to plunk down a mangled car from a drunk driving accident (not referring to Kristina's car....could be a car from another accident somewhere in Maine) where a person (or more than one) were killed in it and put it next to the Oxford Hills school sign out front for the high schoolers and adults to see as they go to school or drive by. Why? Because I think we all need to be reminded of what could happen if we drink and drive. As pointed out by Missy the other day: a moment of silence at the school doesn't have much impact on these kids. I agree. They need a powerful image to see for them to understand what consequences of their choices could result in!
My heart still aches for all of the families involved. I can't even begin to image your pain and suffering. :(
about this vehicle being displayed. We are talking about A vehicle that has been involved in a drunk driving accident that resulted in the death of the occupant(s).
on Monday and our local police's non-emergency lines to see if they would be willing to do this! I was raised in Cumberland and Greely High School does this: they put a mangled car from a drunk driving wreck where a person or people died in it on the front lawn of the school so the high schoolers and those passing by can see what can result in a drunk driving accident. Maybe Mothers Against Drunk Driving are the ones who put the car there? Not sure, but nonetheless, I think it's time for a reality check for our young people. :D
...to put a mangled car from a drunk driving accident on the front lawn next to the school's sign, so the high schoolers and the adults that pass by each day can be reminded what happens when someone drinks & drives or drinks & texts while driving? A powerful image....one that won't be quickly forgotten, especially if a large sign is put next to the car, "Drunk driving kills". Of course, there will always be kids (and adults) who just don't think and who make bad choices, which saddens me so.
Waking up to the news of Logan & Becca's death has haunted me all day. My heart aches for their family and friends along with Kristina and Jake's too. :(
where Phil Tarr, Paris' town manager says, "In regards to your meeting schedule and when you could act on this matter, Bob or I will be in touch with you on how best to make the transition...". Ummmmm, why is Bob now in direct talks with Tarr over the next move of the Chair position? Is it only because he's the Vice Chair or is there another meaning? I've watched Bob & Ted on the Board interact with each other and it appears these two are in cahoots with Phil again, so I'm a little taken aback that as soon as Ted announced he would step down, it was Bob who Phil chose as his direct contact.
Paris does not need any more funny business.
My vote for Chair would be for Jean Smart. She's mature, she understands the bylaws (and doesn't warp them or make them up when needed like Ted & Bob do at times!), and she would be fair to the process and to the taxpayers of Paris. She would go forward with the best intentions that have the least amount of impact on us. If getting rid of the "good old boys network" is a must now, then I believe Jean Smart would be the best choice in breaking this cycle.
Ted Kurtz treated Jean so horribly when he was Chair. To keep Ted tame, I think Jean would be the right person for the job!
The man obviously lives only by his rules and when he looks at himself in the mirror each day, he falls in love all over again.
I was there at the meeting when Lorrain abstained from voting. He had every right to not vote if he chose so. When Kurtz said to him he had to vote, myself and others came to Lorrain's defense by saying he doesn't have to. Anyway, did Kurtz ask who was opposed? Nope! Had he, then Lorrain would have raised his hand (or maybe not...his choice). See, the thing is: KURTZ DOESN'T LIKE ANYONE VOTING AGAINST HIM. He believes that if he thinks it's a good idea, then everyone does too and should show it by giving the man whatever he wants. The man appears to live in LaLa Land and I think he's becoming a little unhinged as the meetings go by because the board is not agreeing with him on every issue. Just look at his posture above in the picture! Does that look like a man who should be in charge of anything? I think he's scary acting to be honest. I don't blame the other selectmen for wanting a new chairman, because they see what happens when the wrong person has an ounce of power: that person becomes a dictator very quickly!
In conclusion: KURTZ HAS TO STEP DOWN AS CHAIR. He's not mature enough to be the chair as shown to those in attendance at the Paris Selectboard meetings for months now. He doesn't own Ryan Lorrain and someone needs to remind him that Ryan is a separate person from him!
See what having a casino is attracting to the area. I guess it's the price to pay for wanting more part-time low paying jobs for residents to NOT be able to retire from!
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...the place where the Life-Flight helicopter landed was in the Lutheran Church parking lot at the beginning of Buckfield Road in Paris.
Such a horrible accident. We're hoping Dillon and everyone involved pulls through!
Computerized slot machines...
...you know what that means: easy to program those machines to have a winner every 5,000 pulls! Suckers...
What we're witnessing is
a non-financial transaction between the town of Paris and a private cemetery owner. So disgraceful! Ted Kurtz of the Paris Selectboard and Phil Tarr the town manager are gung-ho in giving this public land to the cemetery association, so the association can make more money in the future (they've run out of plots and without more land, they can't make future income!). Warped capitalism at it's finest! Not only are these two clowns ignoring what Alice Cromwell put in place for Paris residents before her death, but they believe it's up to the town of Paris to do all the legal work (expensive!) for the cemetery association to boot. Yesiree, if you want a piece of free public land to put up an ice cream stand so you can make future income, don't worry: you won't have to pay a dime in legal fees or for the land itself: PARIS TAX MONEY WILL PAY IT ALL FOR YOU! TAH-DAH!
Ted Kurtz said that the cemetery association needs that extra land to be able to maintain the current cemetery. Ummmmm, really? You mean to tell me it's too expensive for them to rake and run a lawnmower around each plot? A citizen pointed out that the cemetery looks terrible which means it's not being maintained NOW. What if the next dead person to be buried on public land ends up being 11 years from now? Does that mean this cemetery association won't be maintaining the grounds during that time?
What a crock of crap.
I find it also disgraceful and disgusting that the Cromwell children don't care what their mother/grandmother put into place for the residents here. They don't care what the deed says and don't care what her intention was. All they care about is helping a few people make some money.
Anyone who wants to deed land to the citizens of Paris: BEWARE! Your deed with specifications will be laughed at and not respected by those who put capitalism ahead of anything else!
By the way, the two residents who stood up last night at Paris' meeting who said Mrs. Cromwell would be fine with slicing off an acre of two so the cemetery association can make some future money: ALL HEARSAY. Her deed is her voice. You can say she would have said this or that or felt a certain way, but her only true voice in the end is the deeded land with specific instructions left to the people of Paris to use. The End.
The guv'nah
may save the lands from the windmills, but he also said he is going to open Maine up to the strip-mining of metals! See? You've been duped by the Blaine House Monster who is destroying everything good in his path...
Yep, A little over a year now
LePage has been office. Think he's riding on Baldacci's policies to benefit himself?
I saw the guv'nah speak last Thursday.
He also said he would like to open Maine up to strip-mining of metals and was backed up with enthusiasm by his EPA right hand woman who told the crowd that they're working on rolling back regulations to do so.
He didn't express sympathy to Rebecca Mason's father, but did however, take the time to "quell a rumor" of him driving drunk on 295. He made up an outrageous story, but then that night I got to thinking of where I did hear of a story of a LePage crashing his car on 295. I realized his son of his name, Paul LePage II did! http://www.sunjournal.com/city/story/1054815
Was he not tested for alcohol? Of course not! He's the guv'nah's son! See?
The guv'nah is drunk with power! Take away his keys!
You need MPBN
for the educational purposes it prescribes to! Why don't you read up on it instead: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_Public_Broadcasting_Network
The wingnuts of the nation hate Sesame Street, because it teaches our children basic knowledge. To them, children should be taught in religious schools funded with taxpayer money because the Red Coats of today need that money for their King's propaganda! See? It's all making sense.
Yep, he said that
but he also said right after (I was there!) this that EVERY MAINER HAS CABLE TV. Ummmmm, no. Not true. When the meeting was over and the guv'nah was leaving, I ran up to him and yelled, "Hey guv'nah! Do all Mainers have cable tv?", and he responded with a smile on his face, "No, they don't". I said, "Exactly" with a very sarcastic tone.
MPBN is needed for those who don't have cable tv. The Emergency Broadcast System is MPBN. Oh wait! The republicans don't want Americans to be protected! Too expensive! Idiots. Republicans in the state legislature not too long ago were saying that the funding the state gets for this is a money saver.
Exactly Shane!
Funny how the right wingers spew complete lies without doing any research. They rely too much on Glenn Beck for their "facts".
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Oooooo
Channel 6 News! That's why she's smarter than me! LOL
She's better looking now?
Wow? Anything else you want to point out? How many teeth does she have?
No Billy, I won't!
You brought her into the mix, remember?
I work Monday-Friday and have so for 16 years. I work 52 years a week and the last full week I had off was in the summer of 2004. You?
You did not get me mad. I was as cool as a cucumber. You were the one yelling all night. I had a blast too! Was fun watching you get red-faced and that hair of yours stick up off your part in the opposite direction!
You wingnuts are stupid.
Hate? *rolling eyes*
You really spin everything I say. Here's what you typed in big capital letters: "THATS ALL HE NEEDS WITH THAT LIB RAG. AND HIS WIFE IN CONGRESS".
You tell me what it means. You speak in tongues!
Speaking of George Bush....I think you should keep your big mouth shut because every time you open it an uneducated warmongering fascist gets it's wings! Ewww.
Obama is a pimple on Bush's ass? Ummmm....after Georgie left his shit-pile for the nation to fix and handle, he infected us all with gangrene. You have it all wrong, but then again, I'm not surprised. You are a Fabrication News watcher!
You use caps
so you can see other's yelling? That doesn't even makes sense. In fact, all that you've said here doesn't. You can "pick on me" all you want and I will give it right back to you.
What did your time in the service teach you? That the right to free speech is the most important right we Americans (even the libs!) have? I hope so! I hope that's the one you focused on!
Well, I'm going to bed now.
I hope you and your wife have long intellectual conversations tonight about how Obama's long form birth certificate is a forgery just to make you tea people crazy! That should be fun. Remember: don't let any facts come into your conversation. Wouldn't be fair to your world view!
Nighty night.
Wow Billy Boo!
I knew you watched Fox News! Totally shows. You're claiming I'm the one who has become unhinged, but you just proudly admitted to watching Fabrication News!
By the way, SENSE is spelled without a "c". But you knew that. You're married to a woman 10 times smarter than me that you watch Fox with!
Why is a woman
who is 10 times smarter than me doing with a man like you? I feel bad for her. Her choice wasn't good. Anyway, tell me what the answer is then: is it his skin color or is it because the speculators were saving George Bush from a complete national meltdown? You're married to a smart woman: ask her for the answer!
Drilling? It has increased along the Gulf Coast despite all the Howie Carr supporters saying, "Oh, you just wait! The Dems will say there's more drilling going on now than there has for a long time!". Well, that is true.
Do you support building the Keystone Pipeline to help the Canadians? Why would anyone be okay with another country using our land so they and the oil speculators/companies can sell the oil overseas so we Americans can buy it back at a higher price?
I'm not on welfare. I've owned my own business for 16 years now. You? You getting that socialist Social Security check each month, commie?
You hate Michelle Obama? Why? Because she wants kids to eat better in school but you would rather pump them up with sugar so America can continue to be the fattest country on the planet? Wow. Okay. Good reason to hate someone! *rolling eyes*
Well,
thanks for proving you're a wingnut! Thank you for serving our nation. My father was an Army Sargeant during the Vietnam War and was a Union member (pulp & paper). He's my true hero! There aren't many men in his age group who can hold a candle to him. For instance, he would not be on here using caps to yell at a woman to get his points across. LOL
I agree.
Talking to you and watching the koolaid run down your neck is not fun. I feel sorry for you. I don't even see a hole in your lip either! Are you watching Fox News? That could be the cause.
Yep, you tea people won a year ago
(you were sworn into office in January 2011), but what has happened since you took over the US House? Gas has gone up almost $1/gallon! Where's your outrage? The president can't go after the oil speculators directly, but the republican controlled House can, but they won't. They love the oil speculators and they love the profits they're making with their oil stocks.
I'm not little minded. Thanks for the opportunity to state the obvious!
What has also happened since you tea people took over? Oh that's right, almost all the bills that you've brought up have been about women's health care. How about creating some jobs? I thought you said you were the job creators so "Vote for us!" you all screamed.
The last year has been the worst on record thanks to the tea-people-know-it-alls!
Uh ha.
When you say "libs" are you being nice and respectful?
I don't know you either
but I've surmised that you don't like a smart woman in your midst. Sad. Anyway, can you answer a very basic question that has been bothering me for some time: why is it under George Bush the cost of a barrel of oil got up to $150 and the price at the pump was $4/gallon, but under Obama the price for a barrel of oil gets up to $108 and the price at the pump is quickly approaching $4/gallon? Do you think it's because the speculators don't like Obama's skin color and party affiliation? I've often wondered.
The price of food has steadily been going up and the prices that have remained somewhat stable are in boxes half their size now. Did you notice that? A box of Cheese-Its we can fit in our pockets now and it's only 50 cents more a box. What a bargin! Been going on for years, but some didn't notice because they were too busy worshiping Bush's amazing warmongering.
Chellie's husband bought a very miniscule amount of the PPH. He doesn't own it. Far from it. But hey! Why let facts get in your way!
Ummmmm...
those who go against Obama's policies are the people on the wrong side of history. They're the same people who keep making our nation go backwards. They don't care about this country. They didn't do a thing to quell the tide for 8 years under Bush and now that it's time to fix those problems, these whiny ass titty babies don't want to!
Chellie & Mike want to see America continue to grow no matter how slow it's going. Better to be going forward slowly than backwards quickly!
So Bob, you blame Obama
for the world's financial problem, but refuse to put the blame on the financial institutions/banks who took all the risk and who have created a $1.5 QUADRILLION dollar derivatives/Credit Default Swap bubble based on greedy, illegal, offshore, and immoral betting? Huh?
This is why I'm proud to be a liberal. While you are blaming Obama for the nation and the world's problems, we liberals paid attention to what was really happening and who is truly to blame!
Name calling?
Where am I doing some name calling? See, the difference between my side and the other side, is my side wants the majority of the people to be sound. The other side wants the top 1% to be. They're very passionate about that too!
I am an over the top liberal. Thanks for pointing that out. I wear it as a badge of honor!
I love it
when any White House can rely on the rational votes of Pingree & Michaud! :D Republican policies have and continue to hurt our country. I've watched Snowe & Collins on the floor of the Senate on C-SPAN2 and they both will wait to see how a vote is going before they cast their own. This is why many were shocked when Snowe ran down fast to vote against the Blunt Amendment. Her shackles were gone!
Those "moderates"
you speak of spend @ 80% of their time voting in lockstep with the republican agenda. Mainers who have voted for Snowe & Collins in the past because they see these two as "moderates" are the ones who focus on the 20% of their votes they like and that's what they base that label on.
Meanwhile...
Sen. Susan Collins has voted with the crazies in the Senate by supporting the Blunt Amendment. I called her Lewiston office (207-784-6969) yesterday to ask her to go on record supporting a religious employer who refuses to offer it's employees coverage for blood transfusions because that employer is morally against them. Doubt she will say a thing!
These wingnuts have wrecked our nation. I don't blame Snowe for hightailing it out of the US Congress. I would be embarrassed to be represented or lumped in with those wackos.
All Ann LePage
cares about is her husband making money and having fame. If he didn't have either of those, she would have remained down in Florida on election night in November of 2010. She only came up when she thought he had a chance to win!
I feel sorry for this man.
How embarrassing for him! :(
George Bush in September 2008
when the stock market started crashing is the one who bailed the banks out by creating TARP in October 2008. During that fateful week of September 2008, a half a TRILLION dollars was taken out of the money markets (offshore? Must have been because to this day no one has been arrested for the electronic run on the banks that day!) in 90 minutes. The Federal Reserve pushed $180 BILLION dollars onto the market to stave off a total collapse. It worked temporarily, but then Bush said it was time to bail the banks out. He created a $753 BILLION dollar TARP (protects ya from the bad weather!) bailout and before he left office, he took $353 billion and gave it out to the Big Banks without strings attached. The Big Banks went wild with their new found money! In fact, after Obama won in November 2008, the Big Banks were on a high again and when Obama in early 2009 after being sworn in started adding strings to the bailout money, that's when the republicans of the nation started calling him a big meaning to the banks.
Guess how much Bush's TARP has cost Americans so far? $7 TRILLION DOLLARS. Had George Bush decided to give every single American who filed a tax return in 2007 a $50,000 check, our nation would have flourished and he would have been a hero leaving his presidency, but he didn't do that. Sad.
And by the way...
....the credit unions of America saw the scheme the Big Banks were creating and they did not join in! The credit unions and small local banks were the only financial institutions that remain sound to this day. Wall Street and the Big Banks created this mess along with the US Congress to show the world "how strong America is" even after an event such as 9/11 happening to us!
I was in the housing market from 2005 to 2007. I walked into a Wells Fargo office with some homes that I was interested in buying. One was an apartment building. The two women behind the desk I met with had eyes the big as saucers (their greed was seeping out!) looking at that one and said to me, "We can also give you a $120,000 construction loan in addition to buying the building!". What should have been a $125,000 mortgage had suddenly doubled before my eyes. I walked out of the office disgusted. Why? Because I couldn't afford it and because it was very apparent to me that they didn't care.
Anyway, stop blaming poor people for the Housing Bubble, when it was the banks who took all the risk!
As usual, Americans have no idea how our nation got in this mess
First off, after 9/11 the state of the economy went down because the Bush Regime had everyone scared out of their wits that al-Qaeda was living in their basements.
Secondly, George Bush in 2002 created the "American Dream Downpayment Act" (Google it!) and said to the nation that we are an "ownership society". From that moment, THE BANKS TOOK ALL THE RISKS, because people were allowed to get a loan without a down payment (thanks to the Free Downpayment Act ole Georgie created!), without a credit check, and without verfiying one's income.
And it wasn't only the poor who got a loan from a bank that they couldn't afford. The middle class went ballistic buying up homes. Some were buying more than one home to flip them to make a profit! And there were some out there across the nation who REMORTGAGED their home to buy a Hummer or to update their kitchen or what have you.
The Big Banks were fine with no one paying thier mortgage, because the banks took those toxic loans and "insured" them through AIG. AIG then turned part of their comp. into a hedgefund and sold those loans offshore into more hedgefunds! A $100,000 mortgage on land that was defaulted on became $1,000,000 in value offshore in the Wall Street Housing Casino!
So, in conclusion, between Bush's laws and the banks taking all the risk, neither one of them cared if you paid your mortgage or not. They gave out loans to anyone who wanted one. And guess how much the derivatives/credit default swap bubble is worth today? $1.5 QUADRILLION.
I'm so glad
the color red was used and not the color blue. As a lefty, I voted against the casino coming to our area. How long before the casino becomes a way for those with dirty money to launder their money through just like the Mafia would do years ago when they would set up fake pizza shops?
I pitched in
$25.00, because the thought of anyone having to give their car over to an oil dealer just to keep warm in Maine was awful to read about. Should not be happening in this country. Kudos to Ike Libby, though! He's a good man. We need more oil dealers like him across this state. :D
After watching many episodes
of "I Survived", I now know and understand that human spirit and adrenaline are very amazing tools! :D
Thank you Ronald!
You are so right. Situations like this take time and this one especially is not within the normal processing time frame! :D
To say something like that to the police
means she gets it. She knows what she did and is deflecting. Normal. Adults do the same thing.
True.
Not sure why I said that! Thanks for pointing it out and correcting me. :D
Also Dan...
...what are the chances that Kristina & Jake were able to hold onto their cell phones or find them after the crash happened? Huh? Seriously, let's think about this for a second because we are the adults here: the car leaves the road and hits some trees with the ROOF FIRST, crumbling and crashing, and (as you saw in the picture) the vehicle ends up a total loss. Things that were in the car are now out of the car or they're inside the car and not in it's original place. Again, what are the chances anyone was able to hold onto ANYTHING during that crash? I was rear-ended this past March in Portland by a woman doing 35mph while I sat and waited for traffic to move forward after the light turned green. I can tell you: even my coffee didn't stay in the cup! Had my phone been in my hand (was in my purse) who knows where it would have ended up! Things I had in the car actually broke because of the velocity of the hit.
We don't know, but is it possible that Kristina & Jake were going for help because they didn't know where the hell their cell phones were to call for help? Could very well be. It was after midnight and I highly doubt 219 is a well traveled road that late at night.
Yep, she walked for a mile...
...because she wasn't unconscious. She was in shock and her adrenaline was in high gear. Saying her injuries are not significant, but yet, she's still in the hospital with her condition listed as SERIOUS, what does that tell you? Dan, there are people who fall off cliffs on a mountain and drag themselves a mile or so to safety. Does that mean their injuries weren't significant because they were able to drag themselves for a long way in pain? Gees. A guy I knew years ago was in a rollover accident and walked 2 miles to his house with many broken ribs. He had significant injuries to his body and yet, still walked!
Are broken bones significant injuries to you or not?
She's still in the hospital
for a reason, Dan. It's not like she's going out partying this weekend or something! Her injuries are significant. Gees. The State Police have stated many times that charges are coming. And they will. Be patient for crying out loud.
Ummm John?
With rants like yours, you will have people tormenting her or physically beating her up for the rest of her life! I'm sure she knows exactly what she did and is already tormented. We don't need to add to this young girl's mental state, okay? All her choices that night were stupid. We get it. She gets it. She will pay the price at some point in the court system, but please, do not (and others too) create anger against her that puts her in harm's way, because honestly, what good will that do? She has a family who loves her. Her injuries are significant enough that she will have a long road ahead of her. If you want her to feel pain and to be reminded about what she's done, she living it right now.
She and Jake were drunk, remember?
Drunk people even sleep in snowbanks until a friend comes by and wakes them up! My point is: after the car stopped...Kristina & Jake walked a mile from the scene and I'm sure they didn't feel their injuries until they stopped! It's called SHOCK. The brain will literally shut off pain sensors when need be.
As I've been saying online over the last couple of days...
It's time to plunk down a mangled car from a drunk driving accident (not referring to Kristina's car....could be a car from another accident somewhere in Maine) where a person (or more than one) were killed in it and put it next to the Oxford Hills school sign out front for the high schoolers and adults to see as they go to school or drive by. Why? Because I think we all need to be reminded of what could happen if we drink and drive. As pointed out by Missy the other day: a moment of silence at the school doesn't have much impact on these kids. I agree. They need a powerful image to see for them to understand what consequences of their choices could result in!
My heart still aches for all of the families involved. I can't even begin to image your pain and suffering. :(
We're not talking specifically
about this vehicle being displayed. We are talking about A vehicle that has been involved in a drunk driving accident that resulted in the death of the occupant(s).
We as parents need to call OHCHS
on Monday and our local police's non-emergency lines to see if they would be willing to do this! I was raised in Cumberland and Greely High School does this: they put a mangled car from a drunk driving wreck where a person or people died in it on the front lawn of the school so the high schoolers and those passing by can see what can result in a drunk driving accident. Maybe Mothers Against Drunk Driving are the ones who put the car there? Not sure, but nonetheless, I think it's time for a reality check for our young people. :D
Maybe it's time for OHCHS...
...to put a mangled car from a drunk driving accident on the front lawn next to the school's sign, so the high schoolers and the adults that pass by each day can be reminded what happens when someone drinks & drives or drinks & texts while driving? A powerful image....one that won't be quickly forgotten, especially if a large sign is put next to the car, "Drunk driving kills". Of course, there will always be kids (and adults) who just don't think and who make bad choices, which saddens me so.
Waking up to the news of Logan & Becca's death has haunted me all day. My heart aches for their family and friends along with Kristina and Jake's too. :(
What is most disturbing in this article is the last paragraph
where Phil Tarr, Paris' town manager says, "In regards to your meeting schedule and when you could act on this matter, Bob or I will be in touch with you on how best to make the transition...". Ummmmm, why is Bob now in direct talks with Tarr over the next move of the Chair position? Is it only because he's the Vice Chair or is there another meaning? I've watched Bob & Ted on the Board interact with each other and it appears these two are in cahoots with Phil again, so I'm a little taken aback that as soon as Ted announced he would step down, it was Bob who Phil chose as his direct contact.
Paris does not need any more funny business.
My vote for Chair would be for Jean Smart. She's mature, she understands the bylaws (and doesn't warp them or make them up when needed like Ted & Bob do at times!), and she would be fair to the process and to the taxpayers of Paris. She would go forward with the best intentions that have the least amount of impact on us. If getting rid of the "good old boys network" is a must now, then I believe Jean Smart would be the best choice in breaking this cycle.
Ted Kurtz treated Jean so horribly when he was Chair. To keep Ted tame, I think Jean would be the right person for the job!
Jean Smart
should be the new Chair!
We're...
...relying on the Canadians again? I see a pattern here. By the way, where are Paul LePage's 17 siblings? In America or in Canada?
Will the town sell the property for top dollar...
....or will it be sold to a buddy for next to nothing?
Ted Kurtz is a right wing putz.,
The man obviously lives only by his rules and when he looks at himself in the mirror each day, he falls in love all over again.
I was there at the meeting when Lorrain abstained from voting. He had every right to not vote if he chose so. When Kurtz said to him he had to vote, myself and others came to Lorrain's defense by saying he doesn't have to. Anyway, did Kurtz ask who was opposed? Nope! Had he, then Lorrain would have raised his hand (or maybe not...his choice). See, the thing is: KURTZ DOESN'T LIKE ANYONE VOTING AGAINST HIM. He believes that if he thinks it's a good idea, then everyone does too and should show it by giving the man whatever he wants. The man appears to live in LaLa Land and I think he's becoming a little unhinged as the meetings go by because the board is not agreeing with him on every issue. Just look at his posture above in the picture! Does that look like a man who should be in charge of anything? I think he's scary acting to be honest. I don't blame the other selectmen for wanting a new chairman, because they see what happens when the wrong person has an ounce of power: that person becomes a dictator very quickly!
In conclusion: KURTZ HAS TO STEP DOWN AS CHAIR. He's not mature enough to be the chair as shown to those in attendance at the Paris Selectboard meetings for months now. He doesn't own Ryan Lorrain and someone needs to remind him that Ryan is a separate person from him!
Isn't there...
...some connection of this Strout guy to Paul LePage our governor? I had heard there was.
*sigh*
See what having a casino is attracting to the area. I guess it's the price to pay for wanting more part-time low paying jobs for residents to NOT be able to retire from!