Thu Jul 29 07:03:11 2010 - [Outside of DFD, it is called "work"] By: Dodge St. |
Just up from the secretary's house.
Big Iron, I "work" for a living. |
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Wed Jul 28 19:31:17 2010 - [Keep DFD most expensive FD in USA] By: Jimmy |
Sometimes in life, I bet that many wonder if their time should have been up. Near death experiences, serving in a war, or just having bad luck like a safe falling 10 stories on one’s head. I was almost not here today to write this letter, yet maybe luck, tax payers’ dollars or God’s had a hand in my life being saved.
When my family was living in Chicago back in the 1990s, we had a quick moving fire move through out tenement building. The firemen using state of the art air tanks and cameras were able to save my sister and I. I passed out from the smoke, as did my sister. The rest of my family died in that fire and I still wish the extra minute the firemen said was there to save the rest. Minutes matter in saving a life or just battling a fire from my understanding.
The Duluth Fire Department is security in my mind, knowing how each minute matters and they are there 24/7. I just hope they don’t need to hear the screams of people dying like some did in Chicago back in 1996.
God Bless
STARFIRE: Jimmy, you're in luck and have come to the right place. We have here in Duluth the most expensive fire department in the entire USA. No need to worry, just make sure those that actually pay taxes in Duluth, keep paying to keep DFD the most expensive fire department in the country. Just out of curiosity, what brought you to Duluth, the vibrant job market that the DFL has created or just the thought that Duluth has such a oversized, overpaid, and over corrupt FD? It seems Duluth has been seeing a lot of folks from Chicago heading to Duluth and I have always wondered what the draw is and where all these newcomers found work to bring themselves here.
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Wed Jul 28 17:31:21 2010 - [DFDer at #6 hiding Mitsubishi in shame?] By: Zra |
| What's going on with the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution? Is it still parked behind #6 out in Lakeside? I drove by earlier this week and did not see it. Maybe it's being parked in the hall? Embarrassment perhaps? Hiding it in shame from the public? |
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Wed Jul 28 16:37:21 2010 - [No wonders the old lady left you] By: Cynic |
| Can't stay away for five minutes eh Big Iron/Saginaw J/John W of Saginaw/Drz/huh? etc etc.. What a looser. 20 some days off and they are spent keeping track of some DCB blog in PoDunk mn. BTW at least the handles I use for you have been used by you. I have not used a single one of the handles you mentioned. No wonders your old lady left you. |
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Wed Jul 28 11:20:49 2010 - [Let's please not talk about DFD screwing] By: Big Iron |
| Please refresh my memory, Dodge St. What do you do for a living? |
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Wed Jul 28 11:16:52 2010 - [Republicans in town Friday for tax talk] By: Dave |
Republican candidates will be in town on Friday for a Tax Talk.
Info can be found here: http://www.emmerforgovernor.com/news/2010/07/tom-emmer-to-talk-taxes-at-friday-rallies.html |
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Wed Jul 28 11:09:55 2010 - [Keep the money coming to DFD, please!] By: Big Iron |
LOL!...Right on time. Right on schedule. There he/she is again! The ALWAYS availabe Cynic, jthyme, Teri, Barney!!...Priceless.
What happened to *DICK*? No response? Yeah, I'm shocked.
Just 20 miles up from Dodge St. The whining has been going on for 34 months now, Dodge St. What have you accomplished? Nothing-nada-zip-zero. I strongly suspect that's par for the course for you with anything. |
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Wed Jul 28 10:48:41 2010 - [DFDer can't handle the truth of DFD hose] By: RUSTY AKA DFD RUBE |
| DODGE ST: YOUR FACTS ARE WRONG CONCERNING LAKESIDE FIRE. GET THE RUN NUMBERS CORRECT. YOU ARE WAY OFF... |
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Wed Jul 28 10:28:45 2010 - [Healthy choices at the polls] By: Cynic |
| If you don't want the "Wide Load" as the possible governor vote for Entenza in the primary and then switch your vote in the general election if you wish. |
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Wed Jul 28 07:36:53 2010 - [Why pay DFD for this FLEECING?] By: Dodge St |
Just up from the secretary's house.
Lakeside firehall has responded to 4 emergencies this month, still a couple of days to go though. 2 emergencies were over at the "deeps". We pay these fleecers 24/7 to sleep, watch movies, cook dinners, wash trucks etc on the taxpayers dime.
Responding to 4 emergencies in a month's time is ludacrist and a waste of taxpayer money. We've lost our library, full-time rec staff at Portman, playgrounds in dissrray, yet we pay the fleecers to wear their blue pants and shirts with "Duluth Fire" on the back and walk around town like they are heros. Bullshit enough is enough |
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Tue Jul 27 20:42:31 2010 - [DFDer talkin' smack about DPD] By: rusty aka DFD Rube |
Pretty sure the so called 82g plus bens would equal the amount DPD and hermantown PD is getting..Plus the grab ass they are playing at both police departments..darn they did us one better.
STARFIRE: DFD Rube, seems like you have a hard on for the DPD. What's up with that? Couldn't pass the test and had to settle for 1st Chair flute at DFD? Those guys are out there putting their lives on the line while you and Big Iron shuffle around the bunks at DFD or wash you F350, blog at DCB, grill on mom and pops dime, or run to Subway killing time on the taxpayer's dime. Rube, who got the bill for the gal who got hurt on the pole, DFD PAC or taxpayers? My guess is the same people who are forced to pay for DFD supporting their favorite charity. |
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Tue Jul 27 20:16:12 2010 - [Keep DFD most expensive FD in USA] By: Class C |
| Right as usual rusty. The professional firefighters know beter than the ticket miesters. |
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Tue Jul 27 19:47:43 2010 - [Can't wait for the rest of the story] By: History Buff |
I knew I had seen the name Symens before. Déjà vu Can't wait for the rest of the story.
2003
THREE WOMEN ACCUSE COP OF SEXUAL CRIMES
A woman accused Duluth Police officer Dean Allen Symens of touching her inappropriately in the spring of 1999. In February 2000, another woman accused officer Symens of unwanted sexual touching. According to the complaint officer Symens ran his left hand from the woman's knee up the inside of her thigh, stopping on her genital area briefly, then running his hand back down the woman's leg. Symens then asked the woman "what are you doing tonight?''. The only punishment that officer Symens got was a written reprimand.
Then in 2003, officer Symens was placed on administrative leave after a third woman filed a complaint against him. Symens was charged with first-degree burglary, fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct - engaging in sexual contact with another person using force or coercion, fifth-degree sexual conduct - engaging in nonconsensual sexual contact and misconduct of a public officer. Officer Symens refused to be interviewed by police.
The victim testified that she awoke to find that officer Symens had illegally entered her apartment. The victim then testified that ``He grabbed me... He grabbed my arms first. He lifted me off the ground. He grabbed me around my butt and lower back. My feet were off the ground. I told him to put me down. He started kissing my chest. I told him to stop ... He said he couldn't help himself." The victim also testified that Symens had groped her while she was a 16-year-old high school student.
Symens' slick Minneapolis attorney was successful in convincing a jury that Symens was innocent of the charges and the officer was aquitted in 2003. This was despite a witness who testified as to hearing the victim scream and then seen her run out of the apartment wearing only a blanket, followed by officer Symens. The jury was not allowed to hear about the other two women who complained about officer Symens sexually touching them.
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Tue Jul 27 19:41:06 2010 - [Hermantown police chief resigns] By: Cops Gone Wild II |
Hermantown police chief resigns
Hermantown police Chief Mike Anderson has resigned, according to Mayor Wayne Boucher. (Photo: 1997 file / News Tribune)
By: Christa Lawler , Duluth News Tribune
Hermantown police Chief Mike Anderson has resigned, according to Mayor Wayne Boucher.
City Administrator John Mulder said Anderson had been under investigation.
Anderson had been with the police department for 14 years and served as chief for about 2½ years. He resigned last week.
Mulder wouldn’t say what Anderson was being investigated for, but said the investigation would not be completed now that Anderson has resigned.
Anderson will not be employed by the Hermantown Police Department in any capacity, Mulder said.
An interim police chief will be named while the city looks for a replacement.
Boucher said he couldn’t comment further under attorney advisement. |
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Tue Jul 27 18:20:00 2010 - [Keep DFD hosing mom & pop to death] By: rusty aka DFD Rube |
Tough day to be a cop in the northland. But I'm sure we could talk about girls and poles instead....
STARFIRE: DFD Rube, isn't $82,000 plus benefits enough for you to be an employee at DFD? No education required and yet you still cry? What gives? It appears to me that DPD addresses situations which arise instead of covering up things like another department in the city. Rube, I'll give you one try as to which department that is. Rube, which DFL Elitist are you pulling for, mult-millionaire silver spooner Dayton or multi-millionaire transient Entenza? One thing that should be clear to anybody who can count to 10 and knows their ABCs is that the DFL is clearly the party of those who literally buy their seats instead of actually getting elected. But you already know that as your DFD PAC buys politicians at each and every election anyway. "DFD, buys those who promise to help line the DFDers pockets." |
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Tue Jul 27 17:23:59 2010 - [Complaint under investigation] By: Cops gone wild |
DATE: 07/27/2010
NATURE OF INCIDENT: Officer Investigation
CASE NO.:
INCIDENT DATE :07/27/2010
INCIDENT TIME: 4:15 pm
INCIDENT LOCATION:
SUBJECT: Complaint Against Officer Under Investigation
BY: Officer Brad Wick, Information Coordinator
Duluth Police Officer Dean Symens is the subject of two complaints. The complaints are under investigation at this time. The city is prohibited by Minnesota law from releasing any further information about these complaints or the active investigation |
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Tue Jul 27 15:02:09 2010 - [Big Iron-Queer eye for the straight guy ] By: Cynic |
| I see you couldn't quit thinking about me Big Iron/Saginaw J/John W of Saginaw/DRZ/huh? etc etc. One looser to another eh? |
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Tue Jul 27 14:29:47 2010 - [The FACTS speak for themselves] By: Oberstar has to go |
The working people of NE MN have been getting lied to by the Oberstar regime for over 3 decades. Oberstar is all about big corporate money and personal reward. The unions are only used for the campaign machine and the union dues paid by those too ignorant to know the truth. Don't beleive it? READ ON BUT THE TRUTH WILL HURT.
Has any of this ever been in the local media?
They seem to have forgotten about the $550,000,000 in stock options he helped his friend, former NWA CEO, fellow democrat, Al Checci, get after the state was conned into giving NWA all that taxpayer money.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Checchi
Act III, 1989-1998: A couple of California financiers, Gary Wilson and Al Checchi, led an investor group in a debt-heavy $3.65 billion buyout of Northwest. Checchi and Wilson managed to lose tons of money as high oil prices sparked by the first Gulf War drained their finances. The Legislature helped Northwest avoid bankruptcy with a crucial $838 million loan in 1991. Employees agreed to pay concession, and the airline turned around. NWA went public in 1994 and Al and Gary got richer. In 1998, the pilots struck for two weeks, grounding the airline.
http://www.startribune.com/business/17693794.html?page=2&c=y
(FORTUNE Magazine) – From afar, it looks like the perfect transatlantic marriage, a soaringly successful union that's the envy of an entire industry. Acting in seamless harmony, Northwest and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines trade packed planeloads of high-paying customers between Northwest strongholds like Detroit and KLM's base in Amsterdam. The golden routes provide just a glint of the partnership's rewards. After nearly going bankrupt in 1992, Northwest staged a stunning revival that vastly enriched owners from both nations. U.S. investors Gary Wilson and Al Checchi, who own 20% of the company, have made nearly $1 BILLION on an initial investment of $40 million. KLM, which controls 19.3% of Northwest, saw its $400 million stake swell to $1.6 billion, half the Dutch airline's market value. To celebrate their oneness in the public eye, the two proud carriers have merged their logos into a single red-and-blue seal emblazoned on everything from cocktail napkins to 747s.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/06/24/213761/index.htm
1994 APRIL: Northwest Airlines renegotiates the agreement with Governor Arne Carlson, U.S. Representative James Oberstar and other government officials. The airline announces scaled-back plans to build an aircraft maintenance base in Duluth and a reservations center in Hibbing; an engine repair facility would not be built. The two facilities would employ up to 954 by the year 2002.
1994 AUGUST: Northwest Airlines stock rises 50% in value.
1995 JANUARY: Northwest Airlines posts record earnings of $295 million in 1994 after five years of losses.
1995 SUMMER: Construction begins on the aircraft maintenance base in Duluth and the reservations center in Chisholm.
1996 JANUARY: NWA reports record earnings for 1995.
1996 APRIL: The Chisholm reservations center opens.
1996 OCTOBER: The Duluth aircraft maintenance base opens. Northwest promises the base will employ at least 350 by the year 2000.
1997 JANUARY: NWA reports record earnings for 1996.
1997 DECEMBER: Northwest decides to send its jet engines to a French overhaul facility. This decision permanently cancels a 1991 agreement the airline had negotiated with Minnesota state officials to build an engine overhaul facility in Hibbing. The original agreement unraveled in 1992 during Northwest's financial difficulties.
1997 DECEMBER 18: Northwest retires a 1992 $45 million loan from MAC with a $39 million check.
2005 SEPTEMBER 14: Northwest Airlines voluntarily files for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
2005 TO 2007: Northwest faces a variety of difficulties: filing for bankruptcy, debt restructuring, layoffs, a series of strikes, and labor negotiations. A Star Tribune article from January 16, 2007 states that Northwest still owes $262 million on the $270 million it borrowed from the Metropolitan Airports Commission in 1991.
2007 JANUARY: Northwest Airlines comes to an agreement with Mesaba Airlines' parent company to acquire the regional airline.
2007 MAY: The Metropolitan Airports Commission Board gives final approval to a $239 million aid deal to Northwest Airlines.
http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/issues/nwa.asp
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Tue Jul 27 13:38:09 2010 - [DFDer should thank his proctologist] By: Dennis Miller |
| Big Iron congrats on your proctologist finding your head today! |
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Tue Jul 27 13:16:20 2010 - [Oberstar-from Chisholm to DFL Elitist] By: Dave |
Remember, Jimmy O, is working for you!!!!!
House Passes Bill to Keep Big Corporations Out of U.S. Elections
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Washington, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed legislation that will rein in the influence of special interest groups and big corporations over the election process. The bipartisan DISCLOSE Act reverses a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that gives big corporations the right to contribute directly to candidates and buy political advertising. It also requires groups who are formed to campaign against candidates and issues to fully disclose who their donors are.
“The American people have the right to know who is flooding the airwaves with political attack ads during a campaign,” said Congressman Jim Oberstar.
The DISCLOSE Act requires corporations, organizations, and special interest groups to clearly label the ads they purchase, just like a candidate for office does. It will stop Wall Street, Big Oil, and U.S. corporations controlled by foreign – or even hostile – governments from secretly manipulating elections by funneling money to fly-by-night front groups that run last minute attack ads and other anonymous election advertisements.
“Without this protection a company like BP could campaign against members of Congress for ensuring they clean up the spill in the Gulf,” said Oberstar.
CEOs will need to identify themselves in their advertisements, and corporations and organizations will be required to disclose their political expenditures. The bill also prohibits entities that receive taxpayer money – such as large government contractors and corporations receiving TARP funds – from turning around and spending that money to influence elections.
“This is common sense election reform and I’m sorry to see that only two Republicans joined with us to pass this bill,” said Oberstar. “Clean, transparent elections benefit all Americans - this shouldn’t be a partisan issue.”
The DISCLOSE Act has strong support from the campaign finance reform community and has been endorsed by Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, Public Citizen, Campaign Legal Center, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), and Democracy 21, among many other organizations.
http://oberstar.house.gov/index.asp?Type=B_PR&SEC={9B136DC2-A28B-4B03-993C-84EFD9D1BB24=&DE={F38B8A5B-9C86-45E5-93B1-AA044BE53882=
This news coming out, with the recent news, that Target, gave money to Tom Emmer's campaign. But sadly, Jimmy O, won't mention how much money he probably got from NWA, or Amtrak, or how much Obama got from BP and big oil |
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Tue Jul 27 12:21:08 2010 - [Keep DFD most expensive FD in USA] By: Big Iron |
| FIVE posts in the last TWELVE days equals "day after day minute after minute", in poor Cynic's book? Ohhhhhhhh, you crack me up, oldtimer! If it helps you get through your empty days, you may continue with the obsessions. At least I know I'm doing my part to help out the senior shut-ins................Earth to Marge...Earth to Marge. What the hell was that????????? |
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Tue Jul 27 12:08:47 2010 - [Anybody would be better than Oberstar!] By: Ted J |
I don't think it's real change going from one union hack-Oberstar to another-Cravaack. They're both going to put unions number one.
I've never had a job with a pension. We need representatives that will look out for the people not there special interest unions.
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Tue Jul 27 11:18:13 2010 - [For Real Change, vote Cravaack] By: Barb J |
Ted J,
Good post. It's nice to see this Cravaack will represent not just union members like Oberstar does. The 8th district needs to be represented by a person that reaches out to all people. My husband is a union member and has no choice where his dues are spent on politics. We want change. Also, I'm pro-choice and Oberstar is a liar. We will both be voting for Cravaack.
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Tue Jul 27 10:33:02 2010 - [Another genius in DFL Duluth?] By: Black Beard |
Who's the genius that scheduled the tall ships to have their big entrance on Thursday at 2:00 in the afternoon?
You know, right at the time of day when most people are working!!
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Mon Jul 26 17:40:28 2010 - [Cravaack would represent all, not some] By: Ted J |
I was really excited about Chip Cravaack until today when I read this on his website:
Republican With Union Ties:
Cravaack said he knows in the 8th District “that by having the ‘R’ after your name, some people, union people, won’t give me the time of day. But I have a strong union background. I was the pilots union representative. I can relate to the challenges of unions. I understand their concerns,” he said.
Cravaack pointed to his own personal job battle.
"I was in the pilots union for 17 years. I was part of a lot of economic distress. I was laid off for two years. My pension was frozen and I lost 10 years of seniority after the merger (with Delta Airlines)."
http://chipcravaack.com/2010/07/daunting-electoral-task/
Any thoughts?
I've been looking into George Burton. He could be a good choice.
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Mon Jul 26 12:47:46 2010 - [Special Interests back DFL all the way!] By: Dolla Bill |
Public employee unions shun diversity
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A Freedom Foundation of Minnesota review of recently filed campaign finance reports finds that public employee unions in Minnesota have already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in the 2010 election cycle to support a diverse group of candidates: suburban Democrats, rural Democrats, Twin Cities Democrats, and Iron Range Democrats.
Since the beginning of 2009, the state’s largest public employee unions – Education Minnesota, AFSCME Minnesota Council 5, and MAPE – have spent a combined $740,000 on contributions to legislative and gubernatorial candidates, political parties and other committees, and independent expenditures.
In the past 18 months, Education Minnesota, the teachers’ union that represents 70,000 educators across the state, has shelled out approximately $384,000 in direct political spending. More than 99% of that money went to support the Democratic candidates, the DFL party, and liberal campaign committees. Less than one percent, just $3,200, was given to Republican candidates and committees.
During that same time period, the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE), which represents over 12,000 state employees, has made $144,450 in itemized contributions to candidates and political parties. Well over 99%, or $144,200, was given to Democratic candidates and DFL party units. Just one contribution, totaling $250, was made to a Republican candidate.
And finally, AFSCME Council 5, the Minnesota branch of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, has given approximately $214,000 to candidates, party committees, and other political committees so far this election cycle. About $20,000 was contributed to candidates for non-partisan local offices. Of the remaining money, 100% of it went to DFL party committees, DFL candidates, or liberal political groups like Progressive Majority and Working America.
It’s important to note that public employees are forced to pay dues to these unions. Even those who opt out of the union are forced to pay so-called “fair share” fees to the union. And it’s hard to believe that rank-and-file union members are as loyal to a single political party as their leadership is, given that exit polls in presidential races consistently find union support for Democrats to be between 50 and 60%.
Public employee unions are free, of course, to support any candidates and political causes they wish. However, perhaps it’s time to call these unions what they are: partisans with a narrow agenda.
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Mon Jul 26 10:26:15 2010 - [A Democrat that speaks the truth!] By: Joel Syphilis |
Oh my, a democrat that speaks the truth! Could it be the Dems have been wrong all this time?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703724104575379630952309408.html |
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Sun Jul 25 20:00:02 2010 - [Wide Load told to shut the YAP?] By: Cyberslut Watch |
It's been quiet on the "C" front. Anyone know whats going on? On vacation in Europe? Following the Tour in France? Spending time in wine country?
92) Zorro
91) Benjamin D ("C" loves guys like Ben Dover http://content.libida.com/gay-porn-and-women-who-love-it. )
90) Heavy Lady (Perhaps a 3 way with M.A. Kelliher? "If you neo-con men have never been intimate with a "large" lady, try it sometime and you'll like it." )
89) Inspector Clouseau (the commie minion is desperate, she is real desperate, what a loon)
88) Susan B. Anthony (heads or tails? )
87) Slapstick
86) Bob H
85) 818
84) Norma
83) Gladys Kravitz
82) Big Iron Seems Like an Obsessive Compulsive Busybody (yeah look whos talkin sweetheart)
81) Al Gore (LOL!!)
80) Bob (Battery Operated Boyfriend), giving new meaning to "BUZZZZZ" on areavoices.com)
79) George Crabbe
78)DCBisfullofhypocrites
77)DCBTonyISaHypocriteJackass
76) Katie
75)Smooth Well Oiled Machine
74) Hermione Granger
73) Big Iron ( "It" Impersonating Big Iron)
72) DRZ
71)Not Usually A Danny Fan
70) C'estMoi ("It's me", where have we seen that handle before, LOL!) (Elle est une slut de cyber)
69)MyRealNameIsntAgnes
68)Agnes
67) Tony Ramone Sr.
66) DCBersSuckEggs (I'm surprised you would have knowledge of sucking)
65) go figure
64) Jesus Christ (what?)
63)Fact Checker (more Saul Alinsky spin)
62)Chuckles
61) Stan
60) Eve Ebby (on 1/26/2010 10:09 AM on Areavoices.com/buzz "C" giving it to Guest Blogger Russ Stewart)
59) BigIronDoesn'tLetTheFactsGetInHisWay ( "C" has irrational hatred for men, and the truth)
58) Joan (Philly, Amtrak, firebombs)
57) Keyser Soze (Danny G love fest)
56) Marie (area voices buzz)
55) Agres Carmody (also a Carmody Fan)
54) The "Real" Tony R (you wish)
53) I Support Train Travel (livin' off a trust fund, travlin' the world, hell I would support train travel too)
52) I've Actually Ridden Trains (Train à Grande Vitesse en Francais, oui?)
51) Ardys
50) Queen of the Blogosphere (queen my ass)
49) Kiss of Death (Muff lost the election, poor thing)
48) DCB-Tony R (top or bottom?)
47) Coyote Ugly (if the shoe fits...)
46) Tony R on 1/22/2010 9:57 AM ("C" Giving it to Guest Blogger: Todd "bankster" Fedora, Part II Comments. Areavoices.com/buzz)
45) DCBersHaveAngerMgmtIssues
44) Publius (public, pubic, whatever)
43) Only One W Brains on DCB These Days
42) DCBers Are Morons (yeah whatever sweetheart)
41) Concerned Constituent (only concerned about her neo-Stalinist agenda)
40)Fed up with Negative Duluth environment (well if you don't like it here in Duluth, pack your carpet bag and go!)
39)PS (perhaps she forgot the M, as in PMS?)
38)Let's not assume anymore
37)Fact or Fiction (DCB = Fact, Progressive Action = Fiction)
36) Disgusted
35) Friend
34) Ernest Simpson
33)It's Me
32)Vested Duluthian (vested in lies and smears)
31)2nd district voter (hey thats near UMD)
30)Claire (*duh*!)
29)EMCR Damn It (Saul Alisky tactic)
28)C Queen of the Blogosphere (if this in not proof of narccisstic personality disorder, I dont know what is)
27)Dulusion (Delusion + Claire in Duluth = Dulusion)
26)Subdude (subliminal submarine sexual pseudonym)
25)Marie K (another female handle)
24)CK (C DELETED)
23)Carrboro C (Carrboro: city infiltrated, infected and damaged beyond repair by "C". Duluth is now on the *progressives* take over agenda)
22)Caulk (sounds like cock LOL!)
21)Me Again (yes we know)
20)It is I (yes we know)
19)Suzanne (one of her "feminist" handles)
18)Shakespeare (must read alot to come up with a handle like this)
17)IKMN (I know my name. Yes "C" , we also KYRN)
16)Exercising my constitutional rights
15)Tony R
14)Anthony
13)Duluth Voter (UMD neighborhood)
12)Tony Ramone Sr. (yup, penis envy)
11)Carmody Fan ( "C" has a big time hard-on for Danny. She's obsessed with his pod casts)
10)Stalker Watcher
9)A Friend
8)Sherlock Holmes (no shit Sherlock, this handle is used by "C")
7)Moron Watcher (must have lingered in front of the bathroom mirror to come up with this one)
6)Danny Sucks (like Danny has never heard this before)
5)Danny is Stupid (envious of his creative podcast)
4)FaceBooker (many friends including numerous east coast elitists)
3)Psychiatrist (should consult with one ASAP, narrcistic personality disorder is getting out of hand)
2)Just Saying (and saying, and saying...)
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Sun Jul 25 19:53:39 2010 - [From one union puke to another] By: screwed by scum |
Where did Kerry learn to do this? Maybe our very own union leader K. L. Kemp gave him some advice as to how to avoid local and state sales taxes. Parasites one and all!
http://bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1269698 |
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Sat Jul 24 21:56:54 2010 - [DFD Blowhard likes mowing the ditches] By: Marge E |
Maybe BIG iron can only post here part of the day. Someone living in Saginaw, (who sounds like BIG iron to me) spends a large part of the day mowing the ditch and swampland bordering his property in Saginaw.
Sure it looks neat and tidy, but what about feeding homeless people or housing homeless families rather than mowing the ditch to the extent of your property line?
Swamp land isn't worth much and the governemnt road workers are paid to mow ditches.....and i won't mention the ones taking naps while working these 'jobs' in outlying areas.
STARFIRE: Marge E, Blowhard is an understatement when describing this particular DFDer. |
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Sat Jul 24 18:43:54 2010 - [Even $82,000/year can't buy happiness] By: Cynic |
| Like you said "obsessions are not healthy", Saginaw J/John W of Saginaw/DRZ/Big Iron/huh? etc etc. Really get some professional help or you will see an early grave and never see those "Golden Years" I am now experiencing. One looser to another take the advice. Why would you want to spend your 20 some days off on this blog day after day minute after minute? Why? |
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Sat Jul 24 13:04:18 2010 - [Usual DFL response to avoid answering] By: Big Iron |
Just 20 miles up from Dodge St. Well, since it's raining, taking a break inside for a change. AS USUAL, a non-response from Cynic/jthyme/Teri/Barney. Your 15 minutes as this week's attention whore are up. I'm sure there's another DCB'r from PoDunk waiting their turn...........I suggest you go back and re-read the thousands of anti DFD/public employee posts, *DICK*. When you determine who's condesending, please re-post your question and I will be more than happy to answer.
MODERATOR: Big Iron, seeking accountability is not necessary "anti DFD/public employee posts". If you didn't feel so guilty inside for hosing mom and pop, the subject wouldn't bother you so much. Conscience getting to you? |
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Sat Jul 24 10:58:12 2010 - [DFL Duluth thinks we cannot downsize] By: Cynic |
| Did I see that right on the news where one Calif town fired all or most of their public employee and life goes on. According to DFL Duluth we would all die in 24 hours were this to happen here. However, I do realize the media tends to sensationalize and there is probably more to the story but it does raise an option for other financially strapped cities to at least look at. Don't hear much more about the Calif city that filed bankruptcy. |
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Sat Jul 24 10:46:56 2010 - [And round and round Big Iron goes.....] By: Cynic |
| and round and round you go Big Iron/Saginaw J/John W of Saginaw/DRZ/huh? etc etc Talk about a parrot. Like I said one looser to another. |
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Fri Jul 23 21:41:58 2010 - [Is doing nothing considered labor at DFD] By: Dodge St. |
Just up from the secretary's house.
I was thinking about this question today, Can members of the Duluth Fire Department honestly celebrate "Labor Day"? |
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Fri Jul 23 17:18:44 2010 - [If only he could find us on a map] By: Jason |
Does anyone know where I can submit a video to, for America's Funniest Videos? This is a great one. This dolt represents us, if he could find us on a map.
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/ID/229053&start=23331&end=23444 |
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Fri Jul 23 16:58:51 2010 - [Are these "locals" job security for DFD?] By: Dick |
| Big Iron why do you and your DFDers keep supporting the politicians who keep importing crime by the "locals" who move into Duluth like the examples in my post today. Are these "locals" job security for the DFD? Please explain Big Iron without any condesending remarks. Thanks. |
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Fri Jul 23 13:32:55 2010 - [Do as I say, not as I do........] By: Big Iron |
| All you do here is parrot and throw out the same old claims over and over and over again, Cynic. Obsessions are not healthy. You need a new schtick. |
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Fri Jul 23 10:04:49 2010 - [A member of DFL Duluth's Progressives?] By: Dick |
Another outstanding Duluthian accused of a crime. Did these guys attend Woodland?
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/174445/ |
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Thu Jul 22 23:36:28 2010 - [Thanks PoDunkers for having this blog] By: Cynic |
Well this is called the Duluth Citizens Blog and I am a citizen of Duluth so why wouldn't I post here. What is strange is your obsession with this blog in Podunk Mn as you call it. Especially since you are not even a citizen of Duluth. Why are you constantly obsessed with what one or two people have to say here, AKA below? Why would you even care? I will be here as long as I reside in Duluth and as long as the Duluth Citizens Blog is here an if they choose to post my words. Thanks PoDunkers for having this blog.
Sag J/John W of Sag/DRZ/Big Iron/huh etc etc said: "This is a tiny message board in PoDunk, MN. Why are you so constantly obsessed with what 1 or 2 people have to say?? Why would you even care?" |
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Thu Jul 22 18:07:03 2010 - [Congress-11% approval and stinking] By: Oberstar has to go |
http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/07/22/congress-reputation-goes-from-bad-to-worse.html
11% approval rating and stinking! |
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Thu Jul 22 17:50:31 2010 - [We can only hope Oberstar goes] By: Anxious Voter |
I see the Democrats are scrapping their "cap and trade" legislation. Must be close to election. My prediction is Cravaack beats Oberstar but a recount with our socialist secretary of state will hand the election back to Oberstar.
In the Star and Tribb polling Cravaack is beating Oberstar by 3 percentage points. Thats huge. Oberstar has been a rubber stamp for Obama and other liberals. He must go and appears he's on his way. |
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Thu Jul 22 17:34:56 2010 - [Obama & Co. ruining this country] By: Jeff K. |
This community organizing president and his liberal democrat friends are destroying this country and what she stands for. Midterms can't come soon enough. Vote every liberal democrat out of office as well as the rhinos
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Thu Jul 22 16:51:55 2010 - [Ne$$ always looks out for himself first] By: Pitt Street Panther |
Tony,
Ness knows who he works for and who butters his buns. This is the only way you get elected in DFL Duluth. Ness is only looking out for number 1, not the common person who is stuck with paying the bill for all those special union folk. Is this really a surprise to anyone?
MODERATOR: Pitt Street, you are so very correct. The only time that Ne$$ thinks about the taxpayer is when he is looking to find more money. He never forgets about the taxpayer when he needs a street light fee or a new tax or some other lame fee to help out those who bought and paid for him. |
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Thu Jul 22 15:45:44 2010 - [NE$$, owned & operated by the UNIONS!] By: Tony R |
Check out the beautiful picture of the mayor with a great big smile on the latest on the Duluth News Tabloid's
A political slipperiNE$$ view: When push comes to shove you know where NE$$ stands.
http://duluthnewstabloid.blogspot.com
Ciao!
The " REAL" Tony Ramone
ramoneanthony@gmail.com
http://www.duluthcitizensblog.com
http://duluthnewstabloid.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/people/Tony_Ramone/1497522456
http://www.youtube.com/DCBtony
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Thu Jul 22 07:31:11 2010 - [Why work when you can get it for free?] By: American Taxpayer |
Lets see. 99 weeks of unemployment benefits at an average of $335.00 equals $33,165.
Divide $33,165 by 19 (total number of months for the benefit) and it equals $1,746. So $1,746 average monthly payments to the unemployed.
Add in other government assistance such as: housing assistanced and in Douglas Co. the average person receiving housing assistance gets $307.00 per month.
Add in food stamp assistance which depends on the number of family members. Average assistance is $265.00 per month.
When added up the total assistance per month is $2,318
Yes that's right. The AVERAGE monthly assistance received is $2,318 per month.
So for the year the unemployed individual would receive $27,816 combined. I am a full-time employee at a small business in Superior WI and work 40 hrs per week and have been there over 11 years. I made $34,000 last year.
And people wonder where is the incentive to work!!
SOCIALISM at it's best |
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Wed Jul 21 23:43:20 2010 - [How Democrats control your money] By: Wayto Go |
What Congress Bought Itself With Your $1 Billion
http://www.aolnews.com/house-money/article/the-other-congressional-spending-how-the-house-spent-1-billion-on-itself/19522761
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Wed Jul 21 23:19:38 2010 - [DCB, Big Iron's Home page] By: Big Iron |
| "I see you quickly answer anytime anyone on here calls." Like YOU on my last post 2 1/2 DAYS ago, Cynic? LOL! This is a tiny message board in PoDunk, MN. Why are you so constantly obsessed with what 1 or 2 people have to say?? Why would you even care? You have said previously that you were 60+ years old. Just take it easy, man. Don't take things so seriously. Sit back and ENJOY the golden years. |
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Wed Jul 21 21:15:29 2010 - [Deese has as much experience as Ne$$] By: mp |
This might be of interest to now closed Duluth/Superior auto dealers.
Here is the Inspector General for TARP, Trouble Asset Relief Program report on the GM/Chrysler bailout and dealership closing. His view it cost a lot of money and lost jobs.
http://www.sigtarp.gov/reports/audit/2010/Factors%20Affecting%20the%20Decisions%20of%20General%20Motors%20and%20Chrysler%20to%20Reduce%20Their%20Dealership%20Networks%207_19_2010.pdf
And here is a NY Times newpaper article on Mr. Brian Deese, Obama auto dealer closing planner.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/business/01deese.html?_r=1
The 31-Year-Old in Charge of Dismantling G.M.
WASHINGTON — It is not every 31-year-old who, in a first government job, finds himself dismantling General Motors and rewriting the rules of American capitalism.
But that, in short, is the job description for Brian Deese, a not-quite graduate of Yale Law School who had never set foot in an automotive assembly plant until he took on his nearly unseen role in remaking the American automotive industry...
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Wed Jul 21 14:28:30 2010 - [green space on 1st street] By: Mr. Green |
| 1st Street from 3rd ave. west to 4th ave east should be made into green space. |
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Wed Jul 21 07:05:25 2010 - [Politics make strange bedfellows] By: Charlene |
| Morning!! Maybe the council should look into Johnson's background before they allow this guy to develop more land in Duluth. Let's see, the words "slimeball, scum, and liar," are just a few adjectives I have heard to describe him. Other colorful names I cannot write on the blog. I laughed when I read what SVENDA had to say condsidering they have maligned this guy for so long. "Politics make strange bedfellows!!" |
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Tue Jul 20 22:19:39 2010 - [New terminology for foreign travelers] By: mp |
We need more displaced foreign travelers to come here. Displaced foreign travelers is the new Federal government name for illegal immigrants.
http://yubanet.com/regional/Arrest-Made-in-US-Forest-Service-Operation-at-Illegal-Marijuana-Site.php |
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Tue Jul 20 19:49:09 2010 - [Maybe we should sell SMRA to Johnson] By: Ghost Rider |
Did that Spirit Valley Land Company get the land they wanted by SMRA? They want to compete with SMRA and hotels for food, rentals, and lodging. I know he needs that land to connect to SMRA trails. Maybe we should sell SMRA to this Johnson seeing he is moving in on the city ski hill anyhow.
I bet we could get 15 million for that ski resort as is.
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Mon Jul 19 14:42:58 2010 - [DCB, Big Iron's homepage] By: Cynic |
| Sure Big Iron/Saginaw J/John W of Saginaw/huh?/DRZ etc etc. I see you quickly answer anytime anyone on here calls. Keep checking every five minutes from the time you get up to the time you go to bed. If no one brings up DFD for a couple of days you will. Little more than and outside agitator who has no say in how Duluth is run. huh? |
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Mon Jul 19 14:31:27 2010 - [DFDer invites others to slide DFD pole] By: rusty |
Hey muffin top, you should stop down at hq and try sliding the pole. Maybe not, your front butt would just get in the way...
MODERATOR: rusty, is the pole sliding open to the general public or must a person have connections within the DFD, as with everything else DFD, to be invited. I mean, can people other than the girls who get invited over after hours try it out as well? |
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Mon Jul 19 11:35:50 2010 - [I only play on the his, hers, & our team] By: Big Iron |
Lets see, Cynic. I've had 2 posts in the last 6 days. The others? I have no idea where they came from. Perhaps the mods know. Find someone else for your obsessions. I don't play on that team....Got it?
MODERATOR: Big Iron, maybe it is time for an intervention. Problems remembering? |
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Mon Jul 19 11:32:47 2010 - [DFD should fill the boot with their BS] By: Muffin Top |
| Pro-DFD why not fill the boot with your BS. You DFDers never quit, I'll give you that. |
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Mon Jul 19 11:05:26 2010 - [DFD PAC is looking out for YOU!] By: rusty |
| Our DFD PAC is preparing to spend however much is needed on campaigns this year to make sure that DFD has all that it needs. Our particular special interest, DFD PAC, does not control nearly as much of the political process in Duluth as other special interests like AFSCME. I am sure to some that $82,000 plus benefits for each DFD salary seems like a lot of money, but when you consider the amounts many DFDers have to pay for property taxes outside of Duluth and the cost of living these days, it really isn't all that much. We are here to keep the citizens safe. How much is that worth? Getting paid to collect for our charity is our right. I am sure many others out there make a alot more than the memnbers of the DFD team. I just don't understand why all this picking on the DFD PAC. Your safety is our number one priority. |
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Mon Jul 19 10:06:36 2010 - [Doesn't make a lot of sense] By: Larry |
| It's interesting to see people up at the Air Show this weekend buying everything they see. Then, complain because of lack of work and no money but yet they can spend $9.00 on a beer. |
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Sun Jul 18 21:52:45 2010 - [DFD still most expensive FD in USA] By: Pro-DFD |
That's right Big Iron, the hero from our fire department went up in the F-16. Don't people understand they shouldn't mess with us. We even have the political clout to get one of our own up in a jet fighter.
This is a little pee-on, neo-con blog which nobody reads anyway. |
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Sat Jul 17 14:02:31 2010 - [Taxpayers need DFD doing charity work] By: rusty |
| Good to see fill the boot will happen again, this is for a great charity, no different than one you might support. The fact that it is going to happpen on duty only helps to build the bottom line for MDA. If you are not for it happening on duty, just think next time you are at a charity golf outing of similiar, probably still on the clock, enjoying the day for your good cause... |
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Sat Jul 17 12:26:58 2010 - [One looser to another] By: Cynic |
| Whattsamatta Big Iron/Saginaw J/John W of Saginaw/DRZ/huh? etc. etc. not enough hero worship around here for you? DCB owns you. You can't go five minutes without checking DCB. You think about DCB constantly from the time you get up till the time you go to bed. Didn't you say you were off for 20 days or so. Yet here you are doing the same thing I am doing. One looser to another...... ha ha ha ho ho ho ho |
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Sat Jul 17 12:14:58 2010 - [DFD needs to spread the money around] By: Cynic |
| Class C I agree we should have the DFD out collecting for one cause or another every weekend. How about it DFD'ers? Spread the money around. |
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Sat Jul 17 00:19:36 2010 - [DFD Filling the Boot training film] By: Movie in the Pork |
This should entertain all you DFLers, especially Jeffy and Carrie, with their latest Filling the Boot Training video. Big Iron is pictured here taking it to the taxpayers while Rusty is enjoying the action and waiting his turn. Do something with your teeth Rusty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gLN3QoN-q8 |
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Fri Jul 16 19:57:40 2010 - [Squeling like a pig for $20 bucks] By: Big Iron |
Nice of you to mention the Thunderbirds recognizing one of the DFD's finest, Starfire. How about, Cynic? Dodge St? altruism? Dennis Miller? Muffin Top? Annonymous? Blogster? Rekindled? Truthism? zra? Yeah right. The DCB anti everything blog team would rather shove bamboo shoots up their fingernails than offer an ounce of praise. Although, that's good for me, because I won ANOTHER 20 dollar bet off you rubes. LOL! Keep it up boys!
STARFIRE: Pig Iron, it appears rusty's main talent he acquired from watching the movie Deliverance. The only bad news for you Pig Iron is being the recipient of rusty's talent. |
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Fri Jul 16 09:27:48 2010 - [DFD Should Be Full-Time Fundraisers] By: Class C |
I support the firefighters and think they could do much more fund raising for area non-profits. There are so many needs that can use the firefighters help. For you penny pinchers, look at how much more money the DFD could raise given the chance. Support your professional firefighters as they do so much for you.
Duluth News Tribune Published July 16 2010
On-duty Duluth firefighters likely able to seek donations
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/173859/group/News/
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Fri Jul 16 09:16:23 2010 - [It's Not Grandpa's Traffic Anymore] By: Cynic |
Actually it is the power of money and no I was not surprised. Keep those union dues coming so they can be spent on other "good causes". Watch out for those drunk drivers while running around in traffic. Then there are the cell phones, texting, nose picking, and anything but driving their car. It's not grandpa's traffic anymore.
Poor DFD said: "Don't underestimate the power of our union." |
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Fri Jul 16 08:46:31 2010 - [Never Enough Taxes for the DFL] By: Bridged |
"Also, check the taxes we pay compared to what you pay. Chester Park post was right. We pay more. Period!"
Have you checked the taxes on London Road and Skyline Parkway??? |
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Fri Jul 16 08:44:58 2010 - [A Tip for Park Pointers] By: Cynic |
Geeze Park Pointers if you were like many others and myself the wage would not be $7.25 an hour even for room cleaners. Leave a tip on the dresser like we do and this $7.25 and hour is bumped up considerably. Get with it and help others make a living wage. No government assistance needed.
Park Pointers said: "How many more hotels does Duluth need? We watch these hotels go up promising jobs that pay what? Gee, sorry to voice a concern over a hotel, but these $7.25 dollar a hour jobs don't do much for the workers, yet the owners and tax base does well." |
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Fri Jul 16 06:47:06 2010 - [AFSCME, DFD own the city council] By: Pro-DFD |
I'll be helping my union brothers and sisters in raising money for MDA while on-duty this year. Yes Dodge St., You'll be paying me my full salary while I'm doing this for a good cause.
Did you dumbshits on this blog believe we wouldn't use our political clout to get this law passed allowing us to do this while on-duty. Don't underestimate the power of our union.
Just about shift change for me.... |
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Fri Jul 16 01:06:17 2010 - [rusty took "Deliverance" too seriously!] By: Dave B |
Starfire,
Which one is the bitch? Big Iron or Rusty? My guess is anyone that likes the iron is the bitch.
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Fri Jul 16 00:55:17 2010 - [Big Iron & Rusty pushing each other hard] By: Big Iron |
| STARFIRE: Big Iron, give it up buddy. You have already made the DFD the laughinstock of the USA. What else do you have to achieve? What time does the pole dancing start this Sat.? Is rusty going to play for both teams again this week? Are you his partner on the same sex team? LOL! Love ya BI!! Keep the DFD as Proud as Proud can be. |
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Fri Jul 16 00:55:17 2010 - [ DFD as Proud as Proud can be] By: Big Iron |
| STARFIRE: Big Iron, give it up buddy. You have already made the DFD the laughinstock of the USA. What else do you have to achieve? What time does the pole dancing start this Sat.? Is rusty going to play for both teams again this week? Are you his partner on the same sex team? LOL! Love ya BI!! Keep the DFD as Proud as Proud can be. |
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Fri Jul 16 00:37:54 2010 - [Draft Dodgin Toyotas] By: Dick H |
| Is that the same Toyota dealer that advertises in the Labor World written by the draft dodger Larry S? |
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Thu Jul 15 20:58:44 2010 - [Big Iron gettin tired of same old hozin'] By: Big Iron |
Hey, is my daddy on tonight?
STARFIRE: Big Iron, you got it baby! |
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Thu Jul 15 18:34:36 2010 - [No shortage of taxes in DFL Duluth] By: Park Pointers |
Park Pinters missed the point of peoples annoyance. Red below:
"Every bleeping area in Duluth, from Hunters Park, to London Road, To Skyline Parkway, to Lakeside, to Kenwood, have been over run with commercial business, welfare housing, group homes, half-way houses etc, but it's always "hands off Park Point"?
When citizens in the above mentioned area's complain, the response from the City is, tough shit folks!
Usually, not always, but usually, when Park Pointers complain, they get their way!"
How many more hotels does Duluth need? We watch these hotels go up promising jobs that pay what? Gee, sorry to voice a concern over a hotel, but these $7.25 dollar a hour jobs don't do much for the workers, yet the owners and tax base does well.
They can start popping up hotels on Superior Street from Lake Ave to 10th Ave East. Great view and nothing much for real businesses there. I don't shop in that area, because it is all garbage.
Also, check the taxes we pay compared to what you pay. Chester Park post was right. We pay more. Period!
STARFIRE: Park P, just think, now all Duluthians get to pay an inbred clan of DFDers $40 and hour each times at least what, 20 or so DFDers, which is $800 an hour to collect pennies in an attempt to give DFD a good image. Come on people, wake up!! You have got to love DFL Duluth economics! As long as the taxpayers payin', DFD will be hozin'. |
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Thu Jul 15 14:37:54 2010 - [Those who blow smoke up your ass!] By: Dennis Miller |
The Local Toyota Dealership
I stopped by the Toyota Dealership the other day for a look at the new Highlander. Just for fun, I took it out for a test drive. I wanted to sense that new "feel" before they become extinct...
The salesman (wearing an Obama "change" lapel pin) sat in the passenger seat describing the truck and all its "wonderful" options. The seats were of particular interest. He explained that they directed warm air to your butt in the winter and directed cool air to your butt in the summertime.
Feeling like messing with his mind, I mentioned that this must be a Republican truck.
Looking a bit angry, he asked why I thought it was a Republican truck.
I said that if it were a Democrat truck, the seats would blow smoke up your ass year-round.
I had to walk back to the dealership........ SOB had no sense of humor.
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Thu Jul 15 12:01:57 2010 - [Anybody Home NE MN Kool-Aid Drinkers?] By: Oberstar has to go |
Once upon a time..Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert. Congress said, "Someone may steal from it at night." So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.
Then Congress said, "How does the watchman do his job without instruction?" So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies.
Then Congress said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?" So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One to do the studies and one to write the reports.
Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get paid?" So They created the following positions, a time keeper, and a payroll officer, then hired two people.
Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable
For all of these people?" So they created an
Administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.
Then Congress said, "We have had this command in operation for one Year and we are $18,000 over budget, we must cutback overall cost." So they laid off the night watchman.
NOW slowly, let it sink in.
Quietly, we go like sheep to slaughter.
Does anybody remember the reason given for
The establishment of the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY..... During the Carter Administration?
Anybody?
Anything?
No?
Didn't think so!
Bottom line. We've spent several hundred billion dollars in support of an agency...the reason for which not one person who reads this can remember!
Ready??
It was very simple...and at the time, everybody thought it very appropriate.
The Department of Energy was instituted on
8-04-1977, TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL.
Hey, pretty efficient, huh???
AND NOW IT'S 2010 -- 33 YEARS LATER -- AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS "NECESSARY" DEPARTMENT IS AT $24.2 BILLION A YEAR. THEY HAVE 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES; AND LOOK AT THE JOB THEY HAVE DONE! THIS IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY, "WHAT WAS I THINKING?"
33 years ago 30% of our oil consumption was foreign imports. Today 70% of our oil consumption is foreign imports.
Ah,
Yes -- good ole bureaucracy.
AND, WE ARE GOING TO TURN THE BANKING SYSTEM, HEALTH CARE, AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY OVER TO THE SAME GOVERNMENT?
HELLOOO!
Anybody Home?
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