Hi Everyone,
Lately it seems that everywhere I read, there are more and more examples of a complete lack of common sense ideas that boggles my mind. Common sense seems to be a dirty phrase more often than not. So it was when I read a recent article that fits the bill of no common sense what-so-ever.
This true story is taking place in Albany, NY. There is a Code Council that is in the process of updating New York's Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. For decades now, all gas stations have been required to have fire-suppression systems; which is a great common sense requirement. But last January, a sub-committee recommended removing that requirement. I personally would like to meet the members of this committee/council to see what real morons look like. The fire-suppression systems have proven time and time again that when there is an accident at a gas station that involves a fire, these systems are the first line of defense in helping to stop or to severely limit a small fire that may otherwise turn into a catastrophe.
The article did not make it clear if and when the full Code Council plans on taking up this idiotic proposal. The next meeting is on 12/11/13. Of course, New York's largest firefighters association raised concerns and is against not requiring the fire-suppression systems. In addition, Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, D-Utica is also urging the Code Council to keep the mandate. My question is what in the world is this Council thinking? Reversing this mandate is one of the most stupidest things that I have heard about in a long time. What good can come from not having this mandate? Absolutely nothing at all!!!
Hopefully common sense will prevail and the fire-suppression systems will remain a mandate for all gas stations in New York State. Enough said!
Til next week.
Peter
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Another Unbelieveable Story
Hi Everyone,
We are all so painfully aware of what happens during this time of year. Election time that is. Politicians can be so ruthless to get elected. But so are some of the people who believe in their candidate. Campaigns these days seem to get nastier with each passing year, with no end in sight. The following is a true story of what just happened across the river from where we live....
I read in my Friday's Gannet paper that "a stack of mailers, all anonymous, attacked one particular candidate in the Democratic county executive primary" in Rockland County, New York. A lot of these anonymous flyers that are sent to registered voters, contain either and/or: half-truths, twisted facts, (which is called spin) and even outright lies. But they continue to be sent out. It is truly a sad day when people, knowingly create and mail misleading political flyers to try to sway the voters. It is no wonder that they don't and obviously never will sign their names or name the entity that they are associated with, to these liar flyers. Unbeknownst to me, most states do have regulations that ban such anonymous politicking. But wait........ the worst part is that these liar flyers are actually legally allowed here in New York State. Yep, that's right, as of right now, there is no law in NY to stop these liar flyers! That just gets me so mad and aggravated. It is pure and simple common sense to have a law that prevents that kind of low blow and as dirty as it gets politicking.
Then there is Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski, D-New City. He will introduce legislation that would require campaign communications to disclose the ad's source; whether it's from a candidate or political committee, etc. What a novel idea and what a great common sense solution. My only question is why did it take until the year 2013 for this to start? "Paid for by" labels would inform voters where the flyer came from. That is the way to go to stop these stupid liar flyers. But......... when this comes up for a vote, it will be very interesting to see who doesn't vote for it. Time will tell!
Til next week.
Peter
We are all so painfully aware of what happens during this time of year. Election time that is. Politicians can be so ruthless to get elected. But so are some of the people who believe in their candidate. Campaigns these days seem to get nastier with each passing year, with no end in sight. The following is a true story of what just happened across the river from where we live....
I read in my Friday's Gannet paper that "a stack of mailers, all anonymous, attacked one particular candidate in the Democratic county executive primary" in Rockland County, New York. A lot of these anonymous flyers that are sent to registered voters, contain either and/or: half-truths, twisted facts, (which is called spin) and even outright lies. But they continue to be sent out. It is truly a sad day when people, knowingly create and mail misleading political flyers to try to sway the voters. It is no wonder that they don't and obviously never will sign their names or name the entity that they are associated with, to these liar flyers. Unbeknownst to me, most states do have regulations that ban such anonymous politicking. But wait........ the worst part is that these liar flyers are actually legally allowed here in New York State. Yep, that's right, as of right now, there is no law in NY to stop these liar flyers! That just gets me so mad and aggravated. It is pure and simple common sense to have a law that prevents that kind of low blow and as dirty as it gets politicking.
Then there is Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski, D-New City. He will introduce legislation that would require campaign communications to disclose the ad's source; whether it's from a candidate or political committee, etc. What a novel idea and what a great common sense solution. My only question is why did it take until the year 2013 for this to start? "Paid for by" labels would inform voters where the flyer came from. That is the way to go to stop these stupid liar flyers. But......... when this comes up for a vote, it will be very interesting to see who doesn't vote for it. Time will tell!
Til next week.
Peter
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Can Someone Explain This To Me?
Hi Everyone,
I haven't ever started my blog this way, but change is good. So I just have one question that I would like to pose to everyone today. Maybe you will know the answer, but I bet you dollars to donuts (where did that saying come from?), that no one will be able to answer this one question. Where can you buy almost anything, like what a grocery store carries, (alcohol not included) for cost?
Thought of an answer yet? I will give you a hint? Good people can't buy "whatever" at cost. Still no answer? Ok, try this hint; only bad people can buy "whatever" at cost. What kind of bad people could I possibly be talking about? Well......... in order to get this special offer, you probably won't like this, but you have to do something really bad, get caught, convicted and finally incarcerated in a New York State maximum security prison. Believe it or not, this is a very true fact. The info that I got pertained only to maximum security prisons no lower level security prison.
So how did I get this info? A while ago, we were at a party where I spoke with a guy who works in a NYS maximum security prison. I started asking him tons of questions. Why? Because: a) I don't know anyone who is incarcerated and b) since I never knew anyone who worked in one, I was intrigued about what goes on in prisons. I have to admit, I did ask a few dumb questions, from my vast wealth of prison knowledge that I learned from TV. But our conversation somehow drifted into what prisoners can buy from the commissary. I was amazed that they can buy basically anything, except of course alcohol. When I say anything, I mean even frozen chicken. That kind of shocked me since I immediately asked if they had refrigerators in their cells? They don't, but they can get ice for their coolers that are in their cells.
But the most unbelievable thing that I learned about maximum security prisons, and this is the answer to my original question, inmates can buy almost anything they want from the commissary for cost! Yes that's right, for cost! That is, they purchase the items for the same price that the prison system pays for them, with no price mark ups what so ever. Now to me, if someone is in a maximum security prison, since they had done something extremely bad, like murder, why should they get a sweet perk like this? You and I don't get to buy grocery store products at cost. The prices that the inmates pay are ridiculously low on everything. I could save a lot of money if I could shop at their commissary. This makes no sense to me at all. I read a lot about how expensive it is to house an inmate for a year, here in NYS. Well here is a news flash for the NYS prison system. Immediately stop selling what's in the commissaries at cost. The profits could help defray the cost of running the prisons. While I'm at it, why not have inmates grow their own food, milk their own cows etc., etc. Shouldn't that save the system a lot more money? Somehow, common sense is not part of the prison system, where you would think that it would be a priority in all areas.
Til next week.
Peter
I haven't ever started my blog this way, but change is good. So I just have one question that I would like to pose to everyone today. Maybe you will know the answer, but I bet you dollars to donuts (where did that saying come from?), that no one will be able to answer this one question. Where can you buy almost anything, like what a grocery store carries, (alcohol not included) for cost?
Thought of an answer yet? I will give you a hint? Good people can't buy "whatever" at cost. Still no answer? Ok, try this hint; only bad people can buy "whatever" at cost. What kind of bad people could I possibly be talking about? Well......... in order to get this special offer, you probably won't like this, but you have to do something really bad, get caught, convicted and finally incarcerated in a New York State maximum security prison. Believe it or not, this is a very true fact. The info that I got pertained only to maximum security prisons no lower level security prison.
So how did I get this info? A while ago, we were at a party where I spoke with a guy who works in a NYS maximum security prison. I started asking him tons of questions. Why? Because: a) I don't know anyone who is incarcerated and b) since I never knew anyone who worked in one, I was intrigued about what goes on in prisons. I have to admit, I did ask a few dumb questions, from my vast wealth of prison knowledge that I learned from TV. But our conversation somehow drifted into what prisoners can buy from the commissary. I was amazed that they can buy basically anything, except of course alcohol. When I say anything, I mean even frozen chicken. That kind of shocked me since I immediately asked if they had refrigerators in their cells? They don't, but they can get ice for their coolers that are in their cells.
But the most unbelievable thing that I learned about maximum security prisons, and this is the answer to my original question, inmates can buy almost anything they want from the commissary for cost! Yes that's right, for cost! That is, they purchase the items for the same price that the prison system pays for them, with no price mark ups what so ever. Now to me, if someone is in a maximum security prison, since they had done something extremely bad, like murder, why should they get a sweet perk like this? You and I don't get to buy grocery store products at cost. The prices that the inmates pay are ridiculously low on everything. I could save a lot of money if I could shop at their commissary. This makes no sense to me at all. I read a lot about how expensive it is to house an inmate for a year, here in NYS. Well here is a news flash for the NYS prison system. Immediately stop selling what's in the commissaries at cost. The profits could help defray the cost of running the prisons. While I'm at it, why not have inmates grow their own food, milk their own cows etc., etc. Shouldn't that save the system a lot more money? Somehow, common sense is not part of the prison system, where you would think that it would be a priority in all areas.
Til next week.
Peter
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Is It Spin, Misinformation or Just Plain Lies?
Hi Everyone,
Last week was the 50th anniversary of Dr. King's, "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C. His speech was an important turning point for African Americans fight for equality. I did not know until this past week that Dr. King's original, typed speech, was only to last about 5 minutes. He ad libbed the whole "dream" part of the speech which added 11 minutes to his speech. So would you think that the anniversary celebrations would be without political discord. If you thought that, you, as well as I were so very, very wrong.
How? Well, last Wednesday, on Bill O'Reilly's "No Spin", TV show, he had one of his usual rants. This time his rant was about how no Republicans or Conservatives had been invited to the anniversary celebration. O'Reilly even mentioned Bush 2.0, as an example of a Republican who was not invited to the event. The only Presidents who spoke, there were three, were Democrats. Really O'Reilly? Did you really say that? Indeed he did and he stands by his "No Spin" statement of "his" kind of facts.
Please, please always remember that every person is entitled to their own opinions, but not to their own facts. So as it turns out, these are the true facts. Bush 1.0 and Bush 2.0 were both invited to speak, but both bowed out citing health reasons. So O'Reilly got that wrong! Speaker of the House, John Boehner was also invited, but he too declined, stating that he had to speak at a Congressional event. O'Reilly wrong again! Jeb Bush and John McCain were also invited, but both declined. O'Reilly wrong again! FYI, every single member of both houses of Congress were invited to attend. So O'Reilly was really wrong about that also! Even Eric Cantor, House Majority Leader was invited, he also declined. O'Reilly wrong again! In Cantor's mindless brain, he thought that it was more important to meet with oil lobbyists on that day, instead of being part of history. Big money and big business is obviously more important to him, then some anniversary of some black guy's speech, so long ago.
So let me clear the air in which O'Reilly seamlessly muddies at every single chance he gets. Every member of the Republican Congress had been invited. But guess what? Not ONE Republican or Conservative attended Dr's King's speech anniversary. And O'Reilly was wrong each and every time! How is this possible? What's wrong with this picture at every level? Since every single Republican and Conservative were a no show, doesn't that speaks volumes of how they as a party, feels about civil rights, especially equality for African Americans? Republicans fought tooth and nail against the Civil Rights movement in the early 1960's. They were so dead set against it that one southern governor refused to desegragate the states schools and went up against the federal government. So their continued displeasure with both Dr. King and the civil rights movement are still, even to this day, is clearly evident in their not attending. They are so far on the wrong side of history that it is sad.
The bottom line is that O'Reilly is either the most stupid person on TV, which I think he is not, or he blatantly used his, "No Spin" show as a platform to spread not just misinformation and not just his type of spin, )which he constantly says he does not do), but also blatant and outright lies. How does he get away with these kinds of lies? Oh right, he works for FOX news, who wants, allows and airs any lies about anything Democratically related. Don't wait for any kind of retraction or apology from O'Reilly or FOX, because it will never materialize. The real story here is that the GOP in mass, predecided they would not attend the celebration. The real question here is why??? Isn't it time to stand by your window and scream, at the top of your lungs, that we're mad as hell and we aren't going to take this anymore.
It is high time that O'Reilly and friends get a much needed shot of common sense and stop spreading outrageous lies. There is just no way that O'Reilly didn't know the truth about the invitations. Obviously he had no story with the real facts. The real story would not have painted such a sob story regarding how the GOP was snubbed. I am scared to death wondering how many of O'Reilly's followers believed every word that he said. How unfortunate that there are so many spineless people who refuse to believe the truth and would rather believe lies from a now proven liar. He even lies every time he states that his show is a "no spin" zone. I wonder if that makes him laugh every time he says it. It does make me laugh and cry every time I hear it, though for a different reason.
Be careful who you vote for during this election season.
Til next week.
Peter
Last week was the 50th anniversary of Dr. King's, "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C. His speech was an important turning point for African Americans fight for equality. I did not know until this past week that Dr. King's original, typed speech, was only to last about 5 minutes. He ad libbed the whole "dream" part of the speech which added 11 minutes to his speech. So would you think that the anniversary celebrations would be without political discord. If you thought that, you, as well as I were so very, very wrong.
How? Well, last Wednesday, on Bill O'Reilly's "No Spin", TV show, he had one of his usual rants. This time his rant was about how no Republicans or Conservatives had been invited to the anniversary celebration. O'Reilly even mentioned Bush 2.0, as an example of a Republican who was not invited to the event. The only Presidents who spoke, there were three, were Democrats. Really O'Reilly? Did you really say that? Indeed he did and he stands by his "No Spin" statement of "his" kind of facts.
Please, please always remember that every person is entitled to their own opinions, but not to their own facts. So as it turns out, these are the true facts. Bush 1.0 and Bush 2.0 were both invited to speak, but both bowed out citing health reasons. So O'Reilly got that wrong! Speaker of the House, John Boehner was also invited, but he too declined, stating that he had to speak at a Congressional event. O'Reilly wrong again! Jeb Bush and John McCain were also invited, but both declined. O'Reilly wrong again! FYI, every single member of both houses of Congress were invited to attend. So O'Reilly was really wrong about that also! Even Eric Cantor, House Majority Leader was invited, he also declined. O'Reilly wrong again! In Cantor's mindless brain, he thought that it was more important to meet with oil lobbyists on that day, instead of being part of history. Big money and big business is obviously more important to him, then some anniversary of some black guy's speech, so long ago.
So let me clear the air in which O'Reilly seamlessly muddies at every single chance he gets. Every member of the Republican Congress had been invited. But guess what? Not ONE Republican or Conservative attended Dr's King's speech anniversary. And O'Reilly was wrong each and every time! How is this possible? What's wrong with this picture at every level? Since every single Republican and Conservative were a no show, doesn't that speaks volumes of how they as a party, feels about civil rights, especially equality for African Americans? Republicans fought tooth and nail against the Civil Rights movement in the early 1960's. They were so dead set against it that one southern governor refused to desegragate the states schools and went up against the federal government. So their continued displeasure with both Dr. King and the civil rights movement are still, even to this day, is clearly evident in their not attending. They are so far on the wrong side of history that it is sad.
The bottom line is that O'Reilly is either the most stupid person on TV, which I think he is not, or he blatantly used his, "No Spin" show as a platform to spread not just misinformation and not just his type of spin, )which he constantly says he does not do), but also blatant and outright lies. How does he get away with these kinds of lies? Oh right, he works for FOX news, who wants, allows and airs any lies about anything Democratically related. Don't wait for any kind of retraction or apology from O'Reilly or FOX, because it will never materialize. The real story here is that the GOP in mass, predecided they would not attend the celebration. The real question here is why??? Isn't it time to stand by your window and scream, at the top of your lungs, that we're mad as hell and we aren't going to take this anymore.
It is high time that O'Reilly and friends get a much needed shot of common sense and stop spreading outrageous lies. There is just no way that O'Reilly didn't know the truth about the invitations. Obviously he had no story with the real facts. The real story would not have painted such a sob story regarding how the GOP was snubbed. I am scared to death wondering how many of O'Reilly's followers believed every word that he said. How unfortunate that there are so many spineless people who refuse to believe the truth and would rather believe lies from a now proven liar. He even lies every time he states that his show is a "no spin" zone. I wonder if that makes him laugh every time he says it. It does make me laugh and cry every time I hear it, though for a different reason.
Be careful who you vote for during this election season.
Til next week.
Peter
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