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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:14 PM Original message |
Fire department fees: An abdication of government |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. I feel very sorry for the family in Tennessee |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Clowns like Glen Beck jeered them today |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Fuck Glen Beck |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. If Glen is a clown, then we have a lot of clowns on DU. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I'm no longer shocked |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. +1 |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. +1 from me too- |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Along with various & sundry RW assholes |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. If voters choose lower taxes they choose fewer services and gov protections |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. If they choose that, then they live in a fantasy land. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. That's no excuse for letting a man's home and pets burn to a fucking crisp... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sir, Yes, Sir!! I couldn't agree more. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. A bit more than 100 years |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. Do you get it NOW, apologists? |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Do you understand that most of the people "apologizing" for it |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. That's not the point... |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. But there are consequences if those rules are ignored. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Bull fucking shit... |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. But they did it! They were showing up anyway. It wasn't working. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. 2500 people in the city, 32K in the freeloading county. 75% of the city's fire calls |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Bullshit on your money above people filth |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. not buying your drama. |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 07:29 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Nor am I... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Then they should be CONDEMNING the people who voted for it |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. But they are. I have. I've seen others as well. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. we do condemn the people who voted for & supported. that would be the county residents |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Damn Skippy. nt |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Nope |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Maybe that's it |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Having lived abroad more than once and gone back & forth, that's one of the more telling differences |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. do you understand that it was the county (pop 32K) who chose the policy, |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. The GOPers must be laughing. They love it when communities are deminished. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. I think some are going off without knowing or caring to know all the facts. n/t |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. They are trained to hate everything that is good governance or good government services. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. True story |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
28. The city didn't impose the fee. The county chose not to fund fire service & instead allow its |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. So, if you have all the equipment with you and the house is burning... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 07:21 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. yes, & the county considered that option & rejected it numerous times. |
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