Cyndiee, you hang in there girl, I am

• Posible new "boon" to the economy? Higher minimum wages??.....PSM - Cyndiee
  • You are forgetting...........sm - m
    • How about this...(sm) - Just the big bad
      • EXACTLY!! - Marmann
        • That's why... - mythbuster
          • If the profit factor (insurance companies)... - Marmann
    • So we offer substandard wages and attract more people to welfare???...sm - Cyndiee
      • Like I said..........sm - m
      • They want it both ways, Cyndiee. - Shirley U. Jest
        • Can't have your cake and eat it too, don't you want your husband, son, daughter...sm - Cyndiee
          • I just cannot grasp the fact that you can't buy shampoo - sm
            • I buy the cheapest stuff on the shelf.... - sm
              • And that is one of my biggest problems, unfortunately....sm - Cyndiee
                • To Cyndiee: - Marmann
                  • Thank you so much for your care! And I will be praying for you....sm - Cyndiee
            • Let me guess...(sm) - Just the big bad
              • wow, nasty this morning,,, - sm
                • It's glaringly obvious who has the attitude here...(sm) - Just the big bad
                  • thanks sweetie, i appreciate that! - nm
            • What a snooty post, no,we have PAID OFF all debt, own our home,,,,sm - Cyndiee
              • What does living in the northeast have to do with anything... - huh
                • No, do your research. In the Northeast we have some of the....sm - Cyndiee
                  • HELLO, yes, I do... - huh
                    • I would never earn a martyr badge, and again, I am not complaining...sm - Cyndiee
              • You have such a better-than-you attitude, I can't stand to read your posts anymore. - hypocritical
                • You are SO WRONG about Cyndiee - MTPockets
                  • Applauding! Great post. (nm) - Marmann
                • Did you even read the thread at all? No preaching, no judging, ....sm - Cyndiee
              • Nothing snooty my dear... - sm
                • GOT TO earn $70K?????? - judytee
                • How nice for you, but how does this apply to the political topic.....sm - Cyndiee
                • You are right...it was beyond snooty! - Shirley U. Jest
                  • Oh please, it's the truth.... - sm
                    • Not snooty..just ignorant - MTPockets
                    • You have nicely defined snooty for everyone,thanks......nm - Cyndiee
                      • Cyndiee, you hang in there girl, I am - MTfromLA
                        • Ditto! I enjoy her posts, as well. (nm) - Marmann
                        • I'm with ya, friend, thanks for posting, actually, ....sm - Cyndiee
              • Also, because we are white middle class and have a house, we are putting kids through college, ever - Cyndiee
  • It doesn't seem that you have thought - No, no, no.
    • Number one, less peole SHOULD eat at McDonalds, some of the most unhealthy eating habits...sm - Cyndiee
    • You are absolutely right! - Shirley U. Jest
      • The point was.......... sm - m
        • Can anyone say "spend your $$$ wisely?" Do you realize their profit margins over the years?.. - Cyndiee
          • Cyndiee, why can't you just say - No, no, no.
            • The price of shampoo or McDonalds WAS NOT my original post at all.....sm - Cyndiee
              • Big Macs and shampoo......sm - m
                • You know, I had forgotten about the old - MTfromLA
                • Like the commodities idea...thanks for your post!...nm - Cyndiee
              • I think you have me confused - no, no, no
                • Not THE solution, but perhaps one of many? sorry I put an idea out there for discussion, didn't - Cyndiee
    • And think of the small business owner...sm - Confetti
      • With the stimulus package there are built in tax credits for small businesses and SBA...sm - Cyndiee
        • minmum wage - sasha
          • Agree a lot; but can we consider that the President only in for a month??.....sm - Cyndiee

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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.

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!! 

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. 

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. 

DELTA DISASTER: HANG TOGETHER By JOHN PODHORETZ FOR the second time in four years, the United States has been changed utterly by a previously unthinkable event. And just as was the case after 9/11, how this nation responds to the deluge that is sweeping New Orleans away will help define the nature of its character for decades. Just as Rudy Giuliani said that the death toll from 9/11 would be more than any of us can bear, the same is already true of Katrina. Who can begin to take in the notion that in the United States in the 21st century, a storm could kill in staggering numbers? At the beginning of the 20th century, something like 8,000 people perished when Galveston, Texas — unprotected from storm swells at the time — was hit by a hurricane. But when Hurricane Andrew leveled the entire town of Homestead, Fla., 13 years ago and became the most financially deadly storm in American history, it took only 15 lives. Now we're talking about several hundred times that number in the literal swamping of one of the world's great cities. There can be no doubt that the immediate response will be one of breathtaking generosity — financial, spiritual and personal. That's what we saw in the wake of 9/11, it's what happened after the tsunami in December, and it's what we will begin to see as the next few days pass. But what we don't yet know is this: Are we going to try to look forward, to figure out how to save New Orleans and prevent another calamity of this sort there and elsewhere? Or are we going to begin finger-pointing, searching for villains among the debris? Some of that villain-hunting has already begun, in the typically vulgar, unwisely speedy efforts made by overly assured ideologues certain that they can connect a cataclysm to a pet issue — whether it be the American failure to pass the Kyoto global warming treaty or making the claim that spending on the war in Iraq squeezed out the possibility of shoring up the New Orleans levees. Here we see the stirrings of a spiritual divisiveness taking hold — in the form of a know-nothing populism that sweeps everything in its wake and brings everything into the courtroom. What happened here was a natural disaster. But there will be the temptation to turn it into a human conspiracy of greed and selfishness on the part of oil companies, concrete companies, politicians, insurers, re-insurers, goonish cops and the like. If the recriminations become the story of the next months, everybody will simply go to the usual battle stations. The tort reformers will take on the trial lawyers. The global-warming crowd will face off against American business. The politicians will scream at each other, scoff at each other, and try to find some cheap advantage that will turn the tide against one party or the other. The good that will be done —person by person, donation by donation, community by community — will be in danger of getting swamped by the bitterness and divisiveness that characterizes contemporary elite politics. Rather than finding common ground, there will be ugly partisanship and a cold standoff. The horror of a flood is literally, very nearly the oldest story in the Book. There have always been times that the water will rise higher than the walls men can build to contain it. The New Orleans system survived the battering of nature for more than 200 years — but it met its match and was overwhelmed by it. The best we can do is comfort the afflicted, mourn the lost, and try to rebuild. The worst we can do is turn on each other. So what shall it be? E-mail: podhoretz@nypost.com

offshore drilling rigs.  huh huh huh.

It happened in Aiken, South Carolina ER about a month ago, I had her name written down to try to send to Alan Colmes, but I have probably lost it, wait a minute, let me look.  Cannot find it, to the best of my recollection her first name was Chartise, or similar to that, and the only paper we have here in Aiken is the Augusta Chronicle, which is in GA. Search the obits, I wish I had time, don't wanna bitch but my plate is very full, caring for son, and dying parent. But I do care.

beautiful, beautiful reply.

something tells me we are preaching to the choir here.  See posts below.