BraVO, Cyndiee
Posted By: deenibeeni on 2009-02-01
In Reply to: If we as Christians believe we have the truth, and that following Christ is the true way......sm - Cyndiee
The rest of you Christians, listen up & learn something.
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cyndiee obviously is the ultimate judge of any post here...all bow to cyndiee...
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Cyndiee, why can't you just say
Oh, now I see. I never thought of it that way. What difference does it make about whether or not people should be eating at McDonald's??!. Let's stay on point.
For another example, if you raise the minimum wage, that shampoo that you have to put off buying (and I applaud your use of a budget - more people need to practice self-restraint) will now go up in price because the people who stock the shelves where you buy that shampoo have now had a raise and that money has to come from somewhere. The increased payroll cost will drive up prices everywhere.
I think your earlier point about cracking down on welfare fraud is a great idea and I have been saying that myself for a number of years.
To Cyndiee:
Wow! I can surely relate to you! I was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis three years ago and was hospitalized nine times for pancreatitis (caused by CF) since then. I was just discharged from my TENTH hospitalization after having a very mild stroke last week.
I am prescribed a Duragesic patch (which costs almost $700 a month), other painkillers, and an array of other medications to treat associated problems with CF. I obviously can't afford my medication. (Unlike you, though, I did apply for SSDI when I realized that I just can't produce as I used to be able to do. This is after working 40 consecutive years and paying into the system. Like most applicants, I was denied and am awaiting a hearing which probably won't happen for another year or so.) I can certainly relate to the difficulty in paying for medications, and I'm writing this post to you to inquire if you ever looked into the patient assistance programs offered by the manufacturer of the drug.
Right now, I am receiving my Duragesic and Lopid for free from the manufacturer. After my most recent hospitalization, I've also been prescribed Plavix ($160 at Walmart) and Lipitor ($130 at Walmart).
Since I've already been approved by Pfizer (their "Connection to Care" program) for the Lopid, I am also automatically eligible to receive other products they manufacture (such as Xanax and the Lipitor) for free, as well.
It is very easy to apply, and it is based upon your income. The income guidelines are very liberal, and if you don't qualify for free medication, you may very well qualify for the medication at a very reduced cost.
I found all of this on the internet by simply Googling to find the manufacturer of the drug and then seeing if they have a patient assistance program.
If it wasn't for these programs, I don't know how I would deal with my medical problems. I have lived a pretty healthy life, so I can't complain even a little at being diagnosed with this horrible disease, especially when I consider how many babies and small children struggle with CF.
As far as the stroke, I THINK I'm supposed to have a CT scan next Wednesday (the 11th), and I have an appointment with my doc on the 18th of March. (I just discovered the note about the CT scan and don't recall them talking to me about it before I was discharged, plus I had a CT scan when in the hospital, so I'm just not sure; I guess I'll have to call. Guess my brain just isn't working -- not really anything new. LOL)
Anyway, if you're having difficulty paying for your meds and don't have prescription drug insurance, PLEASE look into this option. I can't begin to express how thankful I am that they exist and that they make applying so easy.
My best wishes to you!!
Cyndiee, I think you need to read your own
post to God on the Gab board. You're not helping the division with comments like this.
They want it both ways, Cyndiee.
They don't want the lowest-paid workers to make a decent living wage, and they don't want social services to assist these people either. Their solution to the economic crisis is to have the government pay off their mortgage, so they can buy a big-screen television for their bedroom and put a new deck in the backyard. They talk about McDonald's but, in actuality, they are more like Burger King...they want it their way!
You are SO WRONG about Cyndiee
Just because you chose to accuse her of being such and such a way doesn't make it a fact.
Cyndiee is one of the most level-headed, INTELLIGENT posters on this board.
You, on the other hand, just seem to want to pick on her and call her names. She has been on this board a long, long time and some johnny-come-lately troll is not going to change who she is just by stating some misconstrued personal opinion.
You know nothing about this person you are slinging mud at.
Cyndiee, I am sorry, you are correct, we
do not know that Mr. Obama was ever addicted to the substance. He only admitted to having used it. We do not know for how long, how often, or even if maybe he still uses from time to time.
As I read back over some articles, most read as, like you say, he was young. And of course, like all of us, we do stupid things in our youth. This makes me even more angry! I was upset with the issue about Michael Phelps and this certainly doesn't help! He was chastised because he was someone special for our youth to look up to. Is this not a double standard?
Anyway, I certainly did not mean to be slanderous, nor did I mean to change the subject. I do think Rush paid his price for his addiction, as have members of my own family. He is right about 1 thing, the pubs need a candidate!
Cyndiee, please read Matthew 28:18-20
That is the Great Comission. That is the command of Jesus to ALL of his followers. The only reason I am telling you this is because you ARE a Christian (which I rejoice in, by the way).
Cyndiee, you are a very wise woman.
I have been reading your posts here and on the Faith board, and I must say that you are a breath of fresh air. My hat is off to you!
Cyndiee, you hang in there girl, I am
beginning to enjoy your posts. You are really sounding like a real AMERICAN GIRL! Pooey on this hate between the dems and pubs. I had a boss one time that I just could barely tolerate and had to sit right next to him every day. But, I respected his position of leadership. Mr. Bush is no longer our president, and I also respected his position of leadership as I do Mr. Obamas. That is not to say I agree with either of their policies or beliefs. As long as our country is divided by such bitterness and hate for each other just because one is a dem and one is a pub, we will never heal. We have to remember that we are ALL AMERICANS!
And just remember, everyone may not have been effected by this economy yet, but I truly believe they will feel it. I certainly would not be bragging about great everything is right now! I have grandchildren in college and, due to the market crash, we don't have near as much to worry about leaving to children and grandchildren!!
O.k..Cyndiee, 'grow a heart', will you?..sm
I am an Obama fan.
I'll miss you Cyndiee!
As one of the most thoughtful, intelligent, nonpartisan posters on this board. It is a shame that someone who is obviously unhappy in their own lives has decided to make your their target. Believe me, I feel for you. This happened to me a while back on a different board and it was very unpleasant.
I have enjoyed reading your posts and agree with you 99.9% of the time. You are a very warm, witty, insightful person and I will miss reading your posts.
What a shame that the darn trolls are spoiling this board for all of us. I have a feeling they are foreign MTs or management, trying to create divisions.
Take care of yourself and your family and when you feel strong enough, I look forward to seeing you back here. You will be sadly missed.
I hate to see you leave, Cyndiee. (sm)
Maybe you should just take a break instead. I left for about a month, and now that I'm back, I have a little different perspective and don't get as involved as I used to.
I have enjoyed reading your posts because you DO try to be polite and find a middle ground where people can hopefully agree and discuss, instead of bash and condemn.
Unfortunately, this board may represent a microcosm of the entire country, where people are fed up and angry and maybe a little frightened of what their futures may hold. If we met each other on the street, we'd probably be friendly; however, the internet offers an aspect of anonymity (sp?), maybe what we see are just raw, unadulterated feelings of anger -- normal feelings, but directed at the wrong people -- people who are basically just like them.
I hope you decide to return to the board, and I hope people on this board could show a little more tolerance when dealing with the people to whom they respond, because we all ARE PEOPLE, with human feelings.
I think there are some intelligent people on this board -- both Republican and Democratic -- and who knows? Maybe a little intelligent conversation could help to solve some of the terrible problems we face or at least let us know most of us are in the same boat, regardless of our political leanings.
Maybe you just need a break. I hope so, and I hope to be reading your posts again soon. Take care. 
I hate to see you leave, Cyndiee. (sm)
Maybe you should just take a break instead. I left for about a month, and now that I'm back, I have a little different perspective and don't get as involved as I used to.
I have enjoyed reading your posts because you DO try to be polite and find a middle ground where people can hopefully agree and discuss, instead of bash and condemn.
Unfortunately, this board may represent a microcosm of the entire country, where people are fed up and angry and maybe a little frightened of what their futures may hold. If we met each other on the street, we'd probably be friendly; however, the internet offers an aspect of anonymity (sp?), maybe what we see are just raw, unadulterated feelings of anger -- normal feelings, but directed at the wrong people -- people who are basically just like them.
I hope you decide to return to the board, and I hope people on this board could show a little more tolerance when dealing with the people to whom they respond, because we all ARE PEOPLE, with human feelings.
I think there are some intelligent people on this board -- both Republican and Democratic -- and who knows? Maybe a little intelligent conversation could help to solve some of the terrible problems we face or at least let us know most of us are in the same boat, regardless of our political leanings. Bashing each other on a personal level, however, will never lead to anything that's good.
Maybe you just need a break. I hope so, and I hope to be reading your posts again soon. Take care.
I enjoy reading your posts, Cyndiee (sm)
All the juvenile name calling happens when they don't have an intelligent answer to give. Those comments fail or succeed on their own merit. Usually, not much merit given to kindergarten tantrums.
Aacks Cyndiee - I guess I should have been more specific
in my message because I've read a lot of your posts and I agree with you most of the time.
There are however other people who don't watch a variety and only listen to the words of Olberman and Matthews and don't even listen to O'Reilly or Limbaugh but put them down. Those are whom I was talking about.
You have always presented yourself very well versed in a lot of different topics and sometimes I wish I could articulate myself as well.
Bravo!!!!
Your post was wonderful, articulate and right on target. 
They haven't been able to bait people on their own board recently and hurl their venom, but they need their "fix," so they come here instead and try to start trouble. I agree that you shouldn't respond to them any more. Why give them what they want?
Bravo!
Thank you for such an eloquent post.
Have you ever noticed the disconnect between those who are in favor of Bush? The richest of the rich and those who are very highly educated and then those who aren't so rich and educated, with all the rest of us in the middle. The richest of the rich don't have to worry about Roe because if it's gone, they can afford to go to another part of the world.
And our country absolutely does not deserve the autocratic theocratic government that has been forced upon us. One of the wonderful things about America is diversity of religious beliefs. What really frightens me about all this is that the war on terror is quickly becoming a "Christian versus Muslim" war. Tom Tancredo from Colorado recently suggested boming mosques. If we choose to turn this into a religious war, we are diminishing the importance of it and diminishing our country as a whole, regardless of faith, to bond together and be united against the war on terror.
As far as the shoe being on the other foot, from what I've personally witnessed by some of these people, they feel the shoe has been on the other foot for years, that they've been ignored, and now is their turn to take control. They typically blame minorities and women for taking all the "men's jobs," blame the "liberal mainstream media" for virtually everything, and are suddenly feeling empowered after they felt beaten down over past years of tolerance and reasonableness, when they couldn't impose their prejudices and anger and religion on the rest of the country. It's as if a smoldering volcano has erupted, and they are spewing out all the negative things that have been keeping inside in all these years past when fairness prevailed in this country. They don't want to be just one of many religions in this country. They want to be the only one that counts, the one that they can write laws to revolve around.
They want to end Roe. They are against any contraception products that go against "the will of God." They want to control what happens in your home, in your family, in your bedroom. They want to control what you see on television. They want to control who you love, whether or not it's legal for you to love who you love. They want to take science backwards in the name of "God" and prevent stem cell research that might save the lives of their parents, sisters, brothers, and/or children who are already here. They holler and scream at and actually kill those who respect a woman's right to choose. They put more value on a petrie dish full of inanimate cells than they do on people who are already born, but you never hear them even whimper a word of disdain when children in our country are being molested and murdered on what seems like a weekly basis during this year alone. They want to control when you're born and when and how you die.
In short, they want to control not just the lives but the very SOULS of every single person in this country, and they detest anyone who disagrees with them.
You're right: 51% is no mandate, and after the 2000 selection, there are still some who aren't sure that Bush actually won in 2004. They don't even realize that Bush is really on the side of the rich and not on their side. They continue to defend and justify every action of Bush and those in his administration, whether it's actually something that defendable or justifiable or not –- such as entering into a bogus war based on lies and/or exposing the identity of a CIA agent working on WMD (in a time of war), both done purely for personal reasons and never really caring what's best for this country.
They sqawk about a lack of morals in this country, yet they don't think it's immoral for Bush to exploit the tragedy of 9/11 in order to scare the American public into agreeing to a war that Bush came into office with the intention of waging, long before 9/11 happened. He lied to Congress, and he lied to the American people. That's about the most immoral thing I've ever seen a president do. I never thought a President could actually make Nixon look GOOD, but Bush has done that 1,000 times over.
IMHO, we're heading down a very dangerous road in this country, and I hope America wakes up before it's too late.
Bravo!
One thing that wasn't mentioned was the vile increase in gas prices, which will also result in much higher heating costs this winter for many people. That's an increased cost experienced by most Americans, which also effectively cuts their net income. The rich, who keep getting richer under Bush, will easily be able to absorb that cost. As usual, it's the poor and dwindling middle class who will suffer.
I wonder how many Bushies are now living near or at the poverty level and don't even realize it, as they continue to beat the Bush drum louder and louder.
Bravo
I do not mind in the least. I got a bit carried away, but if anyone can send me over the the top, it is Michael Moore. Sigh. lol.
Bravo! I second that!
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braVO!..............nm.
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braVO.
well said.
Bravo!
Excellent post.  I couldn't agree with you more.
I'm about to leave the computer but am glad I saw your post before I left.
I hope you have a wonderful day.
Bravo.
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Here HERE!! Bravo!
and for her fortitude in the face of screeching hysteria, every single day. Way more than I can deal with, that's for sure.
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BRAVO!
Great post!!! These are exactly the same reasons I voted for him.
When I look back on how Obama ran his campaign versus how John "Chicken-With-Its-Head-Cut-Off" McCain ran his, there was no question in my mind that if Obama can run the country only 1/100th as well as he ran his campaign, then there is great hope for this wonderful country.
Bravo
Articulate and intelligent. Something this board is sadly lacking.
Bravo! sm
 You have said everything that I have been trying to say for weeks!!! There is much, MUCH more to this than meets the eye, especially the eye of those who refuse to see what is going on.
Are you SURE you wouldn't do well as a writer?
Bravo!
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Bravo! Very well said.
I couldn't agree more, and I hope Americans can come together once again.
Bravo
& therein lies the flawed logic. If they really want to say that abortion is 100% wrong 100% of the time, then they should offer examples from the entire cross-section of humanity. Wouldn't go over nearly as well, I would imagine. The fact that they are entirely selective about their choice of what to present as justification for their belief system is the best evidence for the fact that what they are advertising is in the end Just Someone's Humble Opinion. To which I say, Thanks but No Thanks.
Bravo!
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Bravo! Bravo!!..I could not have said it better!...nm
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BRAVO!!
Great post, Cyndiee! What Bush did for 8 years did not work. Giving more and more to the rich only created a greedy (now ANGRY), very small group of people who became greedier and greedier, as they stole from those with less money than they (as evidenced by 401Ks now being "201Ks").
There was no "trickle-down" with these people, just an unsatiable appetite for more, more, more.
At least Obama is TRYING to address the problem of offshoring/outsourcing work (for example), and he acknowledges the fact that the middle class have progressively become more poor under the Bush administration, as the rich progressively became richer.
I saw on the news last night that Bernie Madoff (for example) feels he should be able to keep his plush penthouse apartment (including maids' quarters) and some of his millions because he transferred ownership of those items to his wife. (Again, check your 401Ks and tell me how warm and fuzzy that makes you feel.)
This is big-time class warfare going on in this country, where the majority of us are struggling and just the top 5% are thriving. Obama sees this. He's TRYING to fix a situation that no human being has ever encountered on this earth in history. This isn't just an "American depression;" it's global, and (again, referring back to the documentary "House of Cards"), most of it was caused by the UNITED STATES and the greed of our richest citizens. It's clear that economists can't even agree on a course to fix it, but continuing to make the rich even richer didn't work for eight years under Bush, and it won't work under Obama. So Obama is trying to do something new and "spectacular," already fully taking the blame if his plan doesn't work (something Bush never did).
I believe he is deserving of the CHANCE to make it work. The people who voted for him are willing to give him that chance. The whole country was forced to give Bush a "chance," and all we got was lies, arrogance, a bogus war, debt and the decline of this country.
Time for a new attitude and a new plan.
Please just give Obama a CHANCE!!!
Bravo!!!!
I couldn't have said it better myself. I feel exactly the same way.
Bravo Indeed!
I am very proud of what President Obama did.
The Obama bashers are really eating crow this morning. They HATE the fact that President Obama is doing GOOD for this country.
braVO!!
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Bravo!
They spout all kinds of nonsense, but when called on the carpet, the silence is deafening!
Bravo, Lurker.
Excellent post. 
Bravo, Lurker...very well said.
*China is big* and *Russia is big* is the best our esteemed leader can come up with. Yep, it's hard work being the decider. Only demonstrates (yet again) he is a spoiled, uninformed adolescent with a simplistic view of the world. I've seen 7-year-olds with better table manners and a better grasp of geography. Ironic, also, that he and his puppetmasters show such disdain for the UN and Kofi Annan and yet Bush wants Annan to *give them a call*. God help us....but it's like we've suspected and feared all along: They seem to WANT WWIII. Yet they continue to get away with all kinds of stuff because there are people still fixated on Clinton's sex life. javascript:editor_insertHTML('text',' ');
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Bravo, Amanda....
Your foresight will pay big dividends down the road. Hopefully you will have time to nurture a second language in the conversational arena as well. This ability can give you much insight into the culture that lays beyond and is brought back into your business dealings. Translation is a job skill in a of itself with which you can access a wider variety of better-paying jobs. Computer translation programs can never replace the one-on-one, face-to-face exchanges that come with direct conversation.
My sister took 4 semesters of college level Spanish and ended up with a scholarship to study in Argetina in the 1970s, where she met her first husband. One good thing can often to lead to others. She divorced years later and remarried to an Iranian. Her ability to adapt through a second and third language has enabled her to thrive in a severely depressed economy. She is living in Tehran, Iran now where she and her husband run a successful flower business, an import export business and an English and Spanish tutoring and translation service. They do substitute teaching in their "spare time!".
This second marriage also blessed her with the birth of a new son at age 45. He is 12 now and is trilingual, fluent and literate in English, Farsi and Spanish. The kid is comfortable and right at home in the US and abroad.
Keep your eye on the prize. You never know what is waiting for you just around the next corner.
Bravo to you, this needed to said on here because she
is the biggest hypocrite of all.
BRAVO, JTBB!
You have echoed my thoughts, but much more eloquently!
Well said - Bravo!!!!!! (no message)
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Bravo for her. I'd have done the same thing.
I love that, Bravo, so right on!!!.......nm
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Bravo, Lurker! Prrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Oh, Bravo for the judging and bashing
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