<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Afternoon Open Thread</title> <atom:link href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/</link> <description>A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:30:42 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1</generator> <item><title>By: srv000156</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-579220</link> <dc:creator>srv000156</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:36:54 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-579220</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;srv000162...&lt;/strong&gt;fotkividiki...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>srv000162&#8230;</strong></p><p>fotkividiki&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: African mango plus</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-555279</link> <dc:creator>African mango plus</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:29:23 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-555279</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;&quot;The software is actually for the server, not your computer. And yes, you can update your blog if you are logged in on the site. Plus, if you want to host a free one you can go to wordpress.com and they will get you set up for free.&quot;...&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;The downloaded software is only needed if you intend to host your own site. Other than that you need nothing and do the blog from anywhere.&quot;...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>&#8220;The software is actually for the server, not your computer. And yes, you can update your blog if you are logged in on the site. Plus, if you want to host a free one you can go to wordpress.com and they will get you set up for free.&#8221;&#8230;</strong></p><p>&#8220;The downloaded software is only needed if you intend to host your own site. Other than that you need nothing and do the blog from anywhere.&#8221;&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ïîãðóçêà ðàçãðóçêà</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-550136</link> <dc:creator>ïîãðóçêà ðàçãðóçêà</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 23:21:42 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-550136</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;ðàçãðóçêà âàãîíîâ...&lt;/strong&gt;gruzchiki spb...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>ðàçãðóçêà âàãîíîâ&#8230;</strong></p><p>gruzchiki spb&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: MsKitty</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-341726</link> <dc:creator>MsKitty</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:05:23 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-341726</guid> <description>Thanks!  I get so tired of waiting for some of these old school shows to come out with box sets.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks!  I get so tired of waiting for some of these old school shows to come out with box sets.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: vulcan_girl</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-341727</link> <dc:creator>vulcan_girl</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:35:48 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-341727</guid> <description>thanks!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thanks!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: MsKitty</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-240236</link> <dc:creator>MsKitty</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:05:23 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-240236</guid> <description>Thanks!  I get so tired of waiting for some of these old school shows to come out with box sets.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks!  I get so tired of waiting for some of these old school shows to come out with box sets.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: vulcan_girl</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-240214</link> <dc:creator>vulcan_girl</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:35:48 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-240214</guid> <description>thanks!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thanks!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spirit_55z</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-240034</link> <dc:creator>spirit_55z</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:03:40 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-240034</guid> <description>??</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>??</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: isonprize</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-240016</link> <dc:creator>isonprize</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:21:47 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-240016</guid> <description>I don&#039;t think it was such a good ending....</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#39;t think it was such a good ending&#8230;.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: isonprize</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-240015</link> <dc:creator>isonprize</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:21:06 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-240015</guid> <description>I know I&#039;m late on  this, but WHY would ANYONE spend $2 million on a wedding.  LAWD HA&#039; MERCY!!!!  &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;That&#039;s part of the problem right there!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know I&#39;m late on  this, but WHY would ANYONE spend $2 million on a wedding.  LAWD HA&#39; MERCY!!!!</p><p>That&#39;s part of the problem right there!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: isonprize</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-240011</link> <dc:creator>isonprize</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:14:25 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-240011</guid> <description>I&#039;m ducking out my front door &#039;cause I think the sky has certainly fallen!!! &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I AGREE WITH D!!!   WHEW!!!   Damn...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#39;m ducking out my front door &#39;cause I think the sky has certainly fallen!!!</p><p>I AGREE WITH D!!!   WHEW!!!   Damn&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: morphus</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-240005</link> <dc:creator>morphus</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:07:06 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-240005</guid> <description>Recently, I read that the salary of an average Amerrycan have been flat for more than 29 years. Therefore, I suspect that there will be little sympathy for an industry inside of a economic bubble. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reports recently revealed that insured and uninsured alike are experiencing record medical bankruptcy.  If an individual gets sick, they face finance ruin, everyone simply want the madness to stop.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.harp.org/hmoexecs.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this old HMO executive salary chart &lt;/a&gt;, the top HMO exec salary was $29,061,599. Tell me whether you think anyone will have sympathy for these guys.  With the HMO vultures out there, the doctor have been relegated to almost a glorified clerk. If the industry had regulated itself, we wouldn&#039;t be here.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recently, I read that the salary of an average Amerrycan have been flat for more than 29 years. Therefore, I suspect that there will be little sympathy for an industry inside of a economic bubble.</p><p>Reports recently revealed that insured and uninsured alike are experiencing record medical bankruptcy.  If an individual gets sick, they face finance ruin, everyone simply want the madness to stop.</p><p>Take a look at <a href="http://www.harp.org/hmoexecs.htm" rel="nofollow">this old HMO executive salary chart </a>, the top HMO exec salary was $29,061,599. Tell me whether you think anyone will have sympathy for these guys.  With the HMO vultures out there, the doctor have been relegated to almost a glorified clerk. If the industry had regulated itself, we wouldn&#39;t be here.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: whiterosebuddy</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-240003</link> <dc:creator>whiterosebuddy</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:02:33 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-240003</guid> <description>Sounds like what happened a few years back when those soldiers came home and killed their families at FortBragg...reMEMber..</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sounds like what happened a few years back when those soldiers came home and killed their families at FortBragg&#8230;reMEMber..</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: whiterosebuddy</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-240000</link> <dc:creator>whiterosebuddy</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:59:46 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-240000</guid> <description>They are not playing when it comes to protecting this President...was it a head shot..or multigunshots</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They are not playing when it comes to protecting this President&#8230;was it a head shot..or multigunshots</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: whiterosebuddy</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-239999</link> <dc:creator>whiterosebuddy</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:59:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-239999</guid> <description>Send it to Soledad.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Send it to Soledad.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Angelar</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-239995</link> <dc:creator>Angelar</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:54:11 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-239995</guid> <description>Oh gheez...I know exactly what you are saying....there is a definite cultural &quot;time zone&quot; when you travel into the deep south....&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Can&#039;t say it will change anytime soon.   Unfortunately there are too many ignorant lizard types who will continue to elect the Jeff Sessions for awhile.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I love your blue patches comment...because that really is what it is all about.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh gheez&#8230;I know exactly what you are saying&#8230;.there is a definite cultural &#8220;time zone&#8221; when you travel into the deep south&#8230;.</p><p>Can&#39;t say it will change anytime soon.   Unfortunately there are too many ignorant lizard types who will continue to elect the Jeff Sessions for awhile.</p><p>I love your blue patches comment&#8230;because that really is what it is all about.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ch555x</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-239986</link> <dc:creator>ch555x</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:40:13 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-239986</guid> <description>Makes sense.  It&#039;s a shock to the system for folks who move down this way (I&#039;m from TN) and not expect the Red State mentality.  It really depends on exactly where you go to see the obvious.  My state is a sea of red, except for blue patches representing Nashville and Memphis.  &lt;br&gt;Populated areas=not so bad; rural areas=forget it!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Here&#039;s a good story:&lt;br&gt;Several years ago, a woman was interviewed on a local affiliate here discussing business matters at an expo.  The expo was about economics and finding ways to bring businesses to our region.  I can&#039;t recall her exact quote, but she basically said what I and many others have said for a while:  this place seems to be in a time-warp or stuck in small-town mentalities.  Sort of like the land time got a head-start on, hence that Red State mentality.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Travel to smaller areas than mine and you start to wonder &quot;wtf&quot; is this place?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Makes sense.  It&#39;s a shock to the system for folks who move down this way (I&#39;m from TN) and not expect the Red State mentality.  It really depends on exactly where you go to see the obvious.  My state is a sea of red, except for blue patches representing Nashville and Memphis. <br />Populated areas=not so bad; rural areas=forget it!</p><p>Here&#39;s a good story:<br />Several years ago, a woman was interviewed on a local affiliate here discussing business matters at an expo.  The expo was about economics and finding ways to bring businesses to our region.  I can&#39;t recall her exact quote, but she basically said what I and many others have said for a while:  this place seems to be in a time-warp or stuck in small-town mentalities.  Sort of like the land time got a head-start on, hence that Red State mentality.</p><p>Travel to smaller areas than mine and you start to wonder &#8220;wtf&#8221; is this place?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ch555x</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-239972</link> <dc:creator>ch555x</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:08:37 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-239972</guid> <description>I had a feeling stuff like this would come home from Iraq/Afghanistan...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had a feeling stuff like this would come home from Iraq/Afghanistan&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ch555x</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-239970</link> <dc:creator>ch555x</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:06:48 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-239970</guid> <description>I saw that report this afternoon.  I didn&#039;t know the State Dept. &quot;contracts&quot; those cases to private groups.  The family spending $13,000 should&#039;ve just kept their money!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I saw that report this afternoon.  I didn&#39;t know the State Dept. &#8220;contracts&#8221; those cases to private groups.  The family spending $13,000 should&#39;ve just kept their money!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: D.</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-92/comment-page-1/#comment-239966</link> <dc:creator>D.</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:01:40 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13222#comment-239966</guid> <description>Very.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bad conduct discharges and dishonorable discharges are punitive. You&#039;ve got to be court-martialed for those. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On the other hand, general and other than honorable discharges aren&#039;t; you can receive those administratively (that&#039;s usually what you get when you fail a drug test).</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very.</p><p>Bad conduct discharges and dishonorable discharges are punitive. You&#39;ve got to be court-martialed for those.</p><p>On the other hand, general and other than honorable discharges aren&#39;t; you can receive those administratively (that&#39;s usually what you get when you fail a drug test).</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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