"I do believe that Scranton is taxed highly, however when it comes to the education of the children and paying for activities of the children, I am all for paying taxes. I have no children but I believe that someone paid for me in the past that had no children so I am now paying back. I do believe that we need to do more for the children so that they become better citizens rather than residents at the Lackawanna County Prison."
I agree 100% with this statement. There was a time in this country not to far is the past, where only children with means or the truly orphaned and indigent were educated. The orphaned and indigent paid for their education, sadly it was not cash currency. I truly believe in the African proverb "...it takes a community to raise a child..."! If we do not invest our time and money in our youth today, the costs to all of us later, is one I personally am not willing to pay. The quote " ...an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure..." is as true today as when it was first written.
IMHO, the most valuable resource we can give our children is our time and our commitment to them. Listening is still free, and I hear our communties children crying out for attention and a sense of value. A pretty park is a God send, but when the children playing in that park do not have adquate food, shelter, education materials and positive outlets for their enegry left to their own devices, we all pay much more later.
........ Regarding DD and the admins and members, I have already stated I am not the moral compass for other adults. Do I agree with some of the tactics used, no not really. Can I understand the frustration and disgust that have lead some of those folks to where there are, you bet I can!!! One of the sad truths I have learned since moving here is a lot of people have no problem getting down and dirty and rolling around of the proverbial floor fighting.
So you don't necessarily agree with the tactics but you can understand their frustration? Is that what you just said?You don't feel you are the moral compass for adults?? I am flabbergasted! You actually want to be in charge of children and you don't know that you HAVE to be a moral compass for adults?? Let’s use your "philosophy" shall we and see how well it works out?
<Muslim> No I don't agree with the hijackers tactics but I certainly understand their frustration!
<Irish> No I don't agree with IRA's tactics, but I sure do understand their frustration.
<adult-American> No I don't agree with the weather undergrounds tactics but I understand their frustration.
<adult-American> No I don't agree with Jeremiah Wright's tactics but I understand his fruition.
<teen-American> No I don't agree with Eric Harris or Dylan Kiebold's tactics but I understand their frustration.
<adult-scrantonian> No I don't agree with DD's tactics but I understand their frustration.
<teen-scrantonian> No I don't agree with any of the tactics listed above but since I understand their frustration I approve of their intentions.....I might even try it myself when I get frustrated.
If you need someone like me to to tell you what your Mother probably already did....."Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you will become” then you are far, far from ready to hold sway over my child or anyone else's for that matter.
I suggest you get together with your friend Joey-Boy and go through all your back posts my dear and have him "edit them for clarity" ( you had better hope someone hasn't already copied them)Since you outed yourself anything you already wrote may "in the words of Jeremiah himself" come home to roost!
So you see Glenn my original assestment is spot on....She is a DD toadie and has no moral compass at all never mind "a moral compass for others"
I actually would like to see the district spend a little more money Glenn ... on the Children and implementing programs to keep them off of the streets.
I am a great supporter of technology so I would like to see the District make advancements with the latest technologies ...
Nepotism ... if Mrs. Phillips is qualified and from what I hear she is more than qualified then it would be a shame to pass her over simply because her husband is a School Director ... what I would have a problem with is if he voted on the matter. He should also be required to abstain from all votes that would give Mrs. Phillips a raise in pay, as it benefits him directly.
Curriculum needs to be updated ... text books need to be purchased more often ... these are all things that require spending ... no way around spending in a school district.
I think that IHave has made up her mind based on the questions that she feels are important to her ... I almost gave up on Mrs. Bloom ... but have decided that I need more information as to the things that I feel are important for the children of the city of Scranton. So I will see what else she has to say.
-- Edited by LusOnlyVoice on Sunday 23rd of January 2011 05:25:18 PM
__________________
I want everyone to stop and think about one thing ... Joe Pilchesky is not a lawyer ... he's just a guy playing a lawyer on the internet. Please don't trust your legal needs to this man.
I will answer questions the way I answer them. Sorry if you do not like or are not interested in all of the aspects included in my answers but they are part of MY answer. It is not to get around anything, the way I answer is two fold; to show a bit of a bio on me since I am not well known. While also showing my thought processes.
As far a being the moral compass for other adults, I stand by no! Identifying with a feeling is no where near the same as committing an illegal/ immoral/ or harmful act. One is a feeling, the other an ACTION. I can discuss MY morality and why I would not do A or B, I can show another way possibly to arrive at the same destination; but to try and be a moral "teacher" to other adults, sorry I am not qualified for that position.
For children, it is easier, I view it as participating in laying the ground work or "cement" for the development of their moral character. Simply being a good example myself by being courteous, thoughtful, patientce etc. I would be part of a "team" that would bring in professionals for this type of instruction to the children. Vastly different roles.
Knowing the current teachers contract would give me an understanding of the cooperative work agreement between the teachers of this district and the district it self. It would do no good to come up with additional instructional designs and programs if such activity is barred for some reason. It would be unwise, to make plans that would fall unto employees with out knowing what the employees obligations are.
........ Regarding DD and the admins and members, I have already stated I am not the moral compass for other adults. Do I agree with some of the tactics used, no not really. Can I understand the frustration and disgust that have lead some of those folks to where there are, you bet I can!!! One of the sad truths I have learned since moving here is a lot of people have no problem getting down and dirty and rolling around of the proverbial floor fighting.
So you don't necessarily agree with the tactics but you can understand their frustration? Is that what you just said?You don't feel you are the moral compass for adults?? I am flabbergasted! You actually want to be in charge of children and you don't know that you HAVE to be a moral compass for adults?? Let’s use your "philosophy" shall we and see how well it works out?
<Muslim> No I don't agree with the hijackers tactics but I certainly understand their frustration!
<Irish> No I don't agree with IRA's tactics, but I sure do understand their frustration.
<adult-American> No I don't agree with the weather undergrounds tactics but I understand their frustration.
<adult-American> No I don't agree with Jeremiah Wright's tactics but I understand his fruition.
<teen-American> No I don't agree with Eric Harris or Dylan Kiebold's tactics but I understand their frustration.
<adult-scrantonian> No I don't agree with DD's tactics but I understand their frustration.
<teen-scrantonian> No I don't agree with any of the tactics listed above but since I understand their frustration I approve of their intentions.....I might even try it myself when I get frustrated.
If you need someone like me to to tell you what your Mother probably already did....."Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you will become” then you are far, far from ready to hold sway over my child or anyone else's for that matter.
I suggest you get together with your friend Joey-Boy and go through all your back posts my dear and have him "edit them for clarity" ( you had better hope someone hasn't already copied them)Since you outed yourself anything you already wrote may "in the words of Jeremiah himself" come home to roost!
So you see Glenn my original assestment is spot on....She is a DD toadie and has no moral compass at all never mind "a moral compass for others"
I m a bit confused by some of what you wrote!!!!?? Since I have been posting on DD since at least 2007 God only knows some of the things I could have written. Yes, I do understand people being so frustrated they felt like throttling someone, or doing something outreagous for attention; BUT I COULD NEVER DO IT. I am only capable of controlling one person in this life, and it is myself. If my words and my deeds do not influence those around me, there is nothing more I can do. I am not here to judge, I leave that to the almighty.
Between being married to a man that became ill as a direct result of his military service and working for the federal government, I learned the hard way that moral and legal do not always equal each other.
You skirt around the issues Mrs Bloom, you hide behind the fact that you do not have a copy of the current Teachers Contract ... not good enough ... and I don't need to know all of the bio of your personal life ... I really have to wonder if you are not able to work becaue of a disability then how are you going to perform the duties of a School Director which may require you to sit for long periods of time in meetings. It is not just one monthly meeting ... it is a work session, a regular meeting ... and committee meetings for the committees that you will be assigned to. This will drastically reduce the time that you will be able to spend with your family ... how will you deal with this if elected to the office of Scranton School Director?
__________________
I want everyone to stop and think about one thing ... Joe Pilchesky is not a lawyer ... he's just a guy playing a lawyer on the internet. Please don't trust your legal needs to this man.
I m a bit confused by some of what you wrote!!!!?? Since I have been posting on DD since at least 2007 God only knows some of the things I could have written.
Let me clarify for you...Your writings will be known by more than God, I can assure you of that...I was simply suggesting you get rid of the ones which are going to cost you.
Yes, I do understand people being so frustrated they felt like throttling someone, or doing something outreagous for attention; BUT I COULD NEVER DO IT.....So if my friends do it what can I do? I mean so Joey Boy, my friend, calls a local news reporter the N-word but what can I do?? I am just one lowly little person with no voice. I couldn't possibly say anything to the big people.....but I think I could run your school district....as long as I wouldn't be called on to judge anything or anyone.....or make any hard decisions or show I have a backbone or anything like that! ................. Is that what you are saying? Lynn take some advice if you think campaigning on that wet noodle attitude will work you might want to chat with Gary Dibileo. He is non-judgmental guy too. I am only capable of controlling one person in this life, and it is myself. If my words and my deeds do not influence those around me, there is nothing more I can do. And exactly what words or deeds did you put out there to influence? What comments did you put forward when the loons were released, not to criticize a public official but to destroy them.What did you do or say while the children of public officials were dragged into the fray?
I am not here to judge, I leave that to the almighty.
What a cope out...!! You make no judgments?? Really? So anyone your children want to hang around with will be ok with you?? No Judgments? Have a daughter? Will it be ok if she brings home a 40 year old guy to date when she is 16? I mean.. really... you don't want to judge him or anything right? How about if your son decides to start hanging out with a white supremacy guy? No problems for you? We will leave all of that judgmental stuff up to the almighty... right?
Between being married to a man that became ill as a direct result of his military service and working for the federal government, I learned the hard way that moral and legal do not always equal each other.
I notice you throw out your personal problems a lot...first off... it sounds like you are looking for sympathy. Secondly it sounds like whining...My father had a military based medical problem also... want to know how I learned about it? Well it wasn’t from him...or my mother, I can tell you that. Neither of them whined about it ever, they both felt it was an honor to serve our country. Any harm they received they felt was worth the sacrifice.You sound like you have a chip on your shoulder.
So to sum all of this up......You are a past federal worker and you are collecting disability, (can I assume the disability then is being paid by my tax dollars?), you are angry with the government and unwilling to judge a person' worth (so I assume their work performance is out of bounds also? I mean you wouldn't want to judge them afterall). You post regularly on a website which engages in sexist, racist, and homophobic comments.One which encourages people to torment, not criticize, their public officials and the family members (no matter the age) of public officials. A website that is run by a man who has beaten a drunk with a tire iron while the poor man was asleep and a women who has been convicted for stealing money from her dead fathers estate, without a word of criticism from you on any of it. A person who is so silly as to believe that their past actions, words and associations will not be used to judge them. ( I actually do make judgements, every day, all day long, as do most people who are adults) Given all of that you actually think you can run a school district? I don't think so dear.
as a side note anyone want to know what the meaning of ironic is?
"...All that is needed for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing..."Edmund Burke British statesman
that is the signature line for MRS Bloom. <sigh>
-- Edited by IHavehadenoughofhaters on Sunday 23rd of January 2011 06:53:13 PM
Yes, one would. That's what my first impression was, but it turned out that the visiting judge is just an expensive hired crony easing up the workload, but nonetheless imposing the same wrath of prejudice and abuse that a local judge would have imposed.
These black robes think their shyt is ice cream, and from my experience, thus far, it is.
__________________ "Justice doesn't have to be fair, equitable or honorable - it just has to be justice"
First, let me say thank you for being a hero for American Free speech!Second...whe you open up a how to school...can I be one of your students?
__________________
"...All that is needed for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing..."Edmund Burke British statesman
Glenn Toadie she is ... I think that this post speaks for itself ... she want's to be just like him she said it herself ... I think that's really sad ... and to think she thinks he is the champion of free speech ... Glenn you know it's not true because if you do not think as he thinks and you dare to challenge the DD way of thinking then you get banned ... she wants to be just like him ... wow ... no vote from me ... and I will ask all that I know to please consider voting NO when it comes to Mrs. Bloom.
__________________
I want everyone to stop and think about one thing ... Joe Pilchesky is not a lawyer ... he's just a guy playing a lawyer on the internet. Please don't trust your legal needs to this man.
As I read this thread, I get the feeling something is going over my head.
Prof. Pilchesky should start a school of political assassins???
I foolishly thought that was what this site was.
His school for political assassins has been crying out , to us as students but we don't get the message.
The activities of the stealth, deadliest political assassin , takes place cloaked in the secrecy of and protection of the voting booth.
Prof. Pilchesky has carried the burden, has shown the way but can not pull the lever for us.
BRAVO and well said, but when I asked him about the how to school, I meant...the processes he uses, the legal brief prep. etc etc.
__________________
"...All that is needed for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing..."Edmund Burke British statesman
__________________
I want everyone to stop and think about one thing ... Joe Pilchesky is not a lawyer ... he's just a guy playing a lawyer on the internet. Please don't trust your legal needs to this man.
As anyone can see Mrs. Bloom is a toadie ... and a very recent worshiper ... as evidenced by her very own 2011 posts!
__________________
I want everyone to stop and think about one thing ... Joe Pilchesky is not a lawyer ... he's just a guy playing a lawyer on the internet. Please don't trust your legal needs to this man.
You skirt around the issues Mrs Bloom, you hide behind the fact that you do not have a copy of the current Teachers Contract ... not good enough ... and I don't need to know all of the bio of your personal life ... I really have to wonder if you are not able to work becaue of a disability then how are you going to perform the duties of a School Director which may require you to sit for long periods of time in meetings. It is not just one monthly meeting ... it is a work session, a regular meeting ... and committee meetings for the committees that you will be assigned to. This will drastically reduce the time that you will be able to spend with your family ... how will you deal with this if elected to the office of Scranton School Director?
40 hours a week or more? No, I don't think so. I am not skirting around anything, I gave a reason why I thought it would be PRUDENT to know facts before planning. Sorry if you disagree. I have a hundred ideas, the practicality of them is another issue entirely.
I m a bit confused by some of what you wrote!!!!?? Since I have been posting on DD since at least 2007 God only knows some of the things I could have written.
Let me clarify for you...Your writings will be known by more than God, I can assure you of that...I was simply suggesting you get rid of the ones which are going to cost you.
Yes, I do understand people being so frustrated they felt like throttling someone, or doing something outreagous for attention; BUT I COULD NEVER DO IT.....So if my friends do it what can I do? I mean so Joey Boy, my friend, calls a local news reporter the N-word but what can I do?? I am just one lowly little person with no voice. I couldn't possibly say anything to the big people.....but I think I could run your school district....as long as I wouldn't be called on to judge anything or anyone.....or make any hard decisions or show I have a backbone or anything like that! ................. Is that what you are saying? Lynn take some advice if you think campaigning on that wet noodle attitude will work you might want to chat with Gary Dibileo. He is non-judgmental guy too. I am only capable of controlling one person in this life, and it is myself. If my words and my deeds do not influence those around me, there is nothing more I can do. And exactly what words or deeds did you put out there to influence? What comments did you put forward when the loons were released, not to criticize a public official but to destroy them.What did you do or say while the children of public officials were dragged into the fray?
I am not here to judge, I leave that to the almighty.
What a cope out...!! You make no judgments?? Really? So anyone your children want to hang around with will be ok with you?? No Judgments? Have a daughter? Will it be ok if she brings home a 40 year old guy to date when she is 16? I mean.. really... you don't want to judge him or anything right? How about if your son decides to start hanging out with a white supremacy guy? No problems for you? We will leave all of that judgmental stuff up to the almighty... right?
Between being married to a man that became ill as a direct result of his military service and working for the federal government, I learned the hard way that moral and legal do not always equal each other.
I notice you throw out your personal problems a lot...first off... it sounds like you are looking for sympathy. Secondly it sounds like whining...My father had a military based medical problem also... want to know how I learned about it? Well it wasn’t from him...or my mother, I can tell you that. Neither of them whined about it ever, they both felt it was an honor to serve our country. Any harm they received they felt was worth the sacrifice.You sound like you have a chip on your shoulder.
So to sum all of this up......You are a past federal worker and you are collecting disability, (can I assume the disability then is being paid by my tax dollars?), you are angry with the government and unwilling to judge a person' worth (so I assume their work performance is out of bounds also? I mean you wouldn't want to judge them afterall). You post regularly on a website which engages in sexist, racist, and homophobic comments.One which encourages people to torment, not criticize, their public officials and the family members (no matter the age) of public officials. A website that is run by a man who has beaten a drunk with a tire iron while the poor man was asleep and a women who has been convicted for stealing money from her dead fathers estate, without a word of criticism from you on any of it. A person who is so silly as to believe that their past actions, words and associations will not be used to judge them. ( I actually do make judgements, every day, all day long, as do most people who are adults) Given all of that you actually think you can run a school district? I don't think so dear.
as a side note anyone want to know what the meaning of ironic is?
"...All that is needed for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing..."Edmund Burke British statesman
that is the signature line for MRS Bloom. <sigh>
-- Edited by IHavehadenoughofhaters on Sunday 23rd of January 2011 06:53:13 PM
Sorry if you interrupt my life as whiny or rife with personal problems. I don't view it that way. I sure as hell don't live as if I am a "victim" or helpless. I will not go and retract anything I have previously written. Why? So I can be like every other elected official and paint an inaccurate picture and when the real one is displayed worry about spinning it. No thank you.
You speak of me having a chip on my shoulder regarding my husbands military service and compare it with YOUR PARENTS! Well since you didn't live it and they did, and we lived it and our children didn't, I am sure their feelings will be different too. I was married to my husband during peace time service and war service. If you never knew of your fathers service connected disability I can only come to two conclusions, it did not leave him unable to work for ten years, and if it did impact him that greatly it was before you were born.
We had to live with him being LIED TO FOR 4 Years by a government that knew damn well these men and women were legitimately sick, yeah I do have a chip on my shoulder about it. Being told your are lying, faking and its all in your head, really has a negative impact on a man and by extension his family. Our government has done this after almost every war or conflict we have been in, and it is wrong. I fear they are doing this now to our Vets. Honorable service DEMANDS honorable treatment. No more, no less.
I am proud of both of our service to this nation. That does not mean I must pretend that our government is perfect and critical review improves our nation, not detract from it. That is what makes America great, a woman like me being able to safely disagree or criticize the powers that be.
You are comparing apples and oranges. Family obligations and relationships or parenting is a far cry from running around making morality judgements on other adults and assuming I know why they do what they do. Making VALUE based judgements is not the same as judging someones morals. I can value what is good instructional or character building material for children with out knowing the personal life of its creator. Evaluating one's work performance is simply that. Do they show up for work? Are they working a full day for a full days pay? Are they in compliance with the instructional and curriculum guidelines? Not hard to evaluate that, and not of it is subjective.
Regarding my disablitly payments, I do not know if they are your particilar tax dollars or mine, or my brothers, or your brothers, or my husbands. I don't think all the years I paid taxes they were sent to a special Lynn vault though. My pension payments are mine though, or do you take exception to those as well. Can I assume when you reach retirment age, you will tell Uncle Sam, no thank you, I will only take mine? I did not chose to become ill and will not apologize for it either. I informed one of my doctors on Friday, of my plans, she did not have any objections, when I discuss it with the other two doctors I will know what their professional opinion is as if I am "fit for duty".
I have been thinking about this all day. It truly gave me much food for thought and for that I thank you all. At this late hour, I sadly can admit to myself, I am not ready for this. I would like to be, I think I can do a good job, but doing at good job is not enough, I want to do an excellent job. My husband will be pleasantly relieved and I am sure fully supportive. Sorry for more personal stuff, but I am facing surgery in Feb. with another one to follow most likely in March or April. While my primary care did not see any obstacles, knowing myself and what a "baby" I can be when I feel unwell, I need to listen to myself, not my doctor. I will wait for the next election cycle...maybe then I will be better prepared physically and with a more INFORMED and well rounded platform.
Once again, thank you all for your attention and participation. I hope I can continue to participate on this forum. Yes, I do admire Mr. P and yes I am a regular contributor on his site. Yes, I did ask about being a student if he opened a how to school, I would love as a lay person to "shadow" someone while they did legal research and learn how to prepare basic legal documents. My father was a self educated person, and I find it amazing that some have the ability to teach themselves. I have always needed more formal and traditional instruction.
I am sorry to hear that you are facing medical problems and will pray that your surgery goes well.
You are welcome to contribute here anytime you want.
I would say this ... why not take a class and learn the correct way rather than take lessons from someone who is not a professional lawyer. It's just a thought, and if you did take a class it could very well lead you down the path of a future career.
Again ... just a thought!
__________________
I want everyone to stop and think about one thing ... Joe Pilchesky is not a lawyer ... he's just a guy playing a lawyer on the internet. Please don't trust your legal needs to this man.
Oh and just to let you know ... it's your ideas that I want to hear ... not every idea will come to pass ... but it will show what is in your heart for our children ... so it is your ideas that I want to hear about.
They are not campaign promises ... and make that clear ... just things that you would one day like to see happen and remember that the best campaign promise is to make the promise that you will do the best job that you can do while in office and leave it at that.
__________________
I want everyone to stop and think about one thing ... Joe Pilchesky is not a lawyer ... he's just a guy playing a lawyer on the internet. Please don't trust your legal needs to this man.
Jaded by empty promises is more like it. Candidacy for anything requires a serious commitment, and is not to be entered into lightly. You appeared to have come up short on both. I never challenged your honesty.
Perhaps the next time you decide to dramatically announce your candidacy for something on DD and other boards, you will put more thought into the toll, personal and professional, it will take on you, and it will last more than a week. Thank you for coming to the conclusion that you are not up to the challenge (for whatever reasons they may be) sooner rather than later.
Jaded by empty promises is more like it. Candidacy for anything requires a serious commitment, and is not to be entered into lightly. You appeared to have come up short on both. I never challenged your honesty.
Perhaps the next time you decide to dramatically announce your candidacy for something on DD and other boards, you will put more thought into the toll, personal and professional, it will take on you, and it will last more than a week. Thank you for coming to the conclusion that you are not up to the challenge (for whatever reasons they may be) sooner rather than later.
WOW! Dramatically announced, sorry that is your interpetion, not mine. In my mind a dramatic announcement, would be me hosting a high tea in period costume, with the whole neighborhood invited, making a grand entrance and demurely stating while I am not worthy, I shall attmept a run none the less.
Since you seem to be an expert Monday night quaterback, let me ask you one question, WHAT HAVE YOU RUN FOR? Or are you the infamous Paul that is chock full of ideas about what others should implement and ran to chase the almighty dollar at the first opporunity that arose?
In my mind a dramatic announcement, would be me hosting a high tea in period costume, with the whole neighborhood invited, making a grand entrance and demurely stating while I am not worthy, I shall attmept a run none the less.
I would gladly pay to see this. What's the asking price?
Since you seem to be an expert Monday night quaterback, let me ask you one question, WHAT HAVE YOU RUN FOR? Or are you the infamous Paul that is chock full of ideas about what others should implement and ran to chase the almighty dollar at the first opporunity that arose?
Hmmmmmm....
Paul say it ain't so.....did you (as Lynn implies) actually chose to be self-reliant and earn a living when you could have hung around living off of other peoples tax money like a certain few people we could name?? You ..you ... you evil employed person!!
WOW! Dramatically announced, sorry that is your interpetion, not mine. In my mind a dramatic announcement, would be me hosting a high tea in period costume, with the whole neighborhood invited, making a grand entrance and demurely stating while I am not worthy, I shall attmept a run none the less.
Since you seem to be an expert Monday night quaterback, let me ask you one question, WHAT HAVE YOU RUN FOR? Or are you the infamous Paul that is chock full of ideas about what others should implement and ran to chase the almighty dollar at the first opporunity that arose?
Hmmmmmm....
I have neither run for any office, nor have I chosen to announced my candidacy on three boards (that's the drama I'm referring to), only to think it over some more and conclude that it's a bad idea for me at the moment.
Look at all the attention you got, though. You don't like my interpretation? TFB.
And, no, I live in Scranton, not Reston or Pittsburgh, if that's your question.
Lynn, I have read what you've posted here and across the hall.
If I might paraphrase ... "but to try and be a moral "teacher" to other adults, sorry I am not qualified for that position. " Your ability to teach (let alone adults) is not the question. However your ability to 'direct the school system' is. Your ability to 'read' people is in question,
I would like to make a suggestion. While you are recouperating from your medical issues, why not take a few minutes (hours/days) to read topics of Doherty Deceit from it's inception. Learn from whom you are requesting tutelage. ( "Second...whe you open up a how to school...can I be one of your students?")
I'll not sing his praises for your benefit, nor will I berate him for mine. Before you jump on the pilcheski bandwagon with both feet, after his one Gatelli 'win', familiarize yourself with who he really is, who his friends are, what type of language he uses, etc.
I am certainly no pillar of the Scranton community, but I like to think of myself as a good person, a good mother, a devoted wife and even a loving step-monster to my husband's children. One thing I pride myself on is my sense of humor.
I've said it before, I would rather point my finger and laugh at most of the posters across the hall, for the nonsensical things that come pouring out through their fingertips. Lynn, you seem to have a balanced head on your shoulders, are able to look things head on, and do what needs to be done. Please don't let yourself be swallowed up in the garbage posted across the hall. Really, do yourself a favor and look at posts from pd's first years. It isn't pretty. It is however, slanderous, racist, libelous and downright ugly for the comments and stretches they've taken.
"When the going gets tough, the tough get going." Or in their case, "when the going gets tough, point an accusatory finger with your left hand and hold your right hand palm up for the hand out you think you deserve."
Good luck in your imminent race for School Director, but before you do, know thine enemy!
Since you seem to be an expert Monday night quaterback, let me ask you one question, WHAT HAVE YOU RUN FOR? Or are you the infamous Paul that is chock full of ideas about what others should implement and ran to chase the almighty dollar at the first opporunity that arose?
Hmmmmmm....
Paul say it ain't so.....did you (as Lynn implies) actually chose to be self-reliant and earn a living when you could have hung around living off of other peoples tax money like a certain few people we could name?? You ..you ... you evil employed person!!
Let me try to educate some of you folks so you might learn to use your attempts at humor correctly. Our country has two federal systems of disability. One is Social Security Disability (SSD), the other is Supplemental Security Income (SSI). SSD is based upon earnings and quaters linkied to an individuals WORK HISTORY. SSI is a federal welfare program (with a means test)that is used for the under employed or never employed that have a disabling condition that manifests itself before retirement age. Since I receive a DISABILITY PENSION, by definition I worked, and worked hard, also since I receive SSD, I not only worked but worked enough countable quaters to have be awarded payments. No shame involved.
Since those that are mocking me, have never had to come to terms with a disability let me explain something. It is the most humbling expierence a hard working honest adult can have. To have your identity linked to your profession is common, to be told you WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO DO IT AGAIN, is devastating. It took me years just to be ok with it. I do not expect strangers to be ok with it. To be honest, I really do not care what others think about it either. I probabally should but I don't. I am the only one that feels my pain and my limitations. I am the only one who feels my terror with each surgical prodedure. I am the only one who is constantly down playing my health issues so my 10 year old child is not scared. So have at it, put me down and ridicule me.
Below is my bitchy response:
Oh my...people are being mean, because I have multiple disabling conditions...oh my! I guess working for 22 years was not enough,!!!!!I should have kept working till I was 100 percent completely unable to walk, toilet myself or care for children. Never mind that for 22 years I paid into the system that pays me. I really should have keep working, till I was completely helpless so then I would be a complete burden on society and by extension my children.
Then I really could have drained even more public resources, I would have needed to be driven to all my doctor appointments, instead of having family memebers/friends do it for years. Just think of all the billing I could have added to medicare, wow...I wish I had kept working just for those "free" rides. Dangnamit, I should have kept working even longer while being disabled so I could have costly home health care to do ALL of my adl's unlike my current informal and unpaid family and friends that continue to assist me with tasks I can not perform. Silly me. I really should have kept working so strangers would not be offended that I exercised my rights to entitlements that I worked for and paid into, from my early teen years to my late 30's.
Maybe I should start carrying my medical reports, blood work slips, MRI's, x-rays etc. to justify to complete strangers that I have a disablility and and can not work at a SGA. Nah, I just remembered, this is America, and I have nothing to prove to strangers. I believe Nazi Germany had this requirement though. To far in the past, how about Serbia, Rowanda?
In my mind a dramatic announcement, would be me hosting a high tea in period costume, with the whole neighborhood invited, making a grand entrance and demurely stating while I am not worthy, I shall attmept a run none the less.
I would gladly pay to see this. What's the asking price?
GC
Hmmmmm...I will think about it for when and if I really do run!
Oh nonsense I think she should run....being a drama queen, over-reactive, argumentative, and a kiss ass to Joey Boy should go over well around town don't ya think??