I know this urging will convince them. They will now destroy all their nuclear and ICBM activities.
When we get that done, we can urge Iran.
Then we can urge Hillary to tell the truth.
That’s enough urging for now.
You can carry this sort of thing too far.
One of the liberal complaints against Paul Ryan is that he insists on having time for his family, but voted against a Family Leave bill. His pay will not be docked for taking time for his family. (I am not saying this in favor of the bill, just that he kind of “stepped in it” with his demands.)
KBells @8:56
No!
We can’t let idiots decide what idioms are acceptable.
“Hard worker” hasn’t and never had anything to do with slavery.
It is an idiom for someone who goes to whatever task with zeal and determination.
Slaves were never hard workers.
They worked hard. But because of the nature of the task, would not likely have been called a “hard worker”.
There is no end to political correctness and you don’t have to be bright to find something that offends you.
Karen, he is asking for “weekends” with his family and his “constituents”. He is not asking for anything most people don’t already have. He is saying I will not work all the time.
He wasn’t against family leave, which we already have, he was against expanding govt and the other nonsense that they tried to add to it. Family leave has already been the law since 93.
“Like every other member of the House GOP caucus, Ryan declined to sign on to a bill sponsored by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) guaranteeing up to seven days of paid sick leave for workers at businesses employing 15 or more workers. The paid sick days may go toward to taking care of a sick child.
Ryan also withheld support from another DeLauro bill, this one co-sponsored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D.-N.Y.), that would establish a national paid family and medical leave insurance program through an independent trust fund, funded by employers and employees, within the Social Security Administration. That bill (which would appear to eliminate the disincentive mentioned by Schaeffer) was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee, which Ryan chairs. The committee has yet to take up the measure.”
“Ryan’s office declined to provide a statement explaining why Ryan opposes paid leave. But in 2000, after the Clinton administration’s Labor Department issued a rule allowing states to use unemployment insurance to compensate parents who took unpaid leave to tend to a newborn or newly adopted child, Ryan called it a “shocking agency power grab.” The so-called Baby UI rule was later repealed by the Bush administration.
According to the Committee on House Administration’s handbook, anyone employed by a congressional office full-time for at least one year is entitled to an annual total of 12 weeks of unpaid leave for family and medical reasons under the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act. Members of Congress have the discretion to lengthen available leave time, and to offer paid leave.”
Your liberal friends are really stretching it here.
“In lieu of supporting paid leave, Ryan co-sponsored the Working Families Flexibility Act, which would give employers flexibility to substitute compensatory time off for time-and-a-half overtime pay. Family advocacy groups oppose the measure, which passed the House in 2013 with three Democratic votes but was not considered in the Senate.”
The Senate was controlled by Reid and Dems. It was Reid who wouldn’t allow the vote.
“For example, earlier this year when the White House was pushing equal pay legislation, and falsely accused Republicans of opposing equal pay. Republicans called them out, affirming our belief in equal pay for equal work and exposing them for peddling inaccurate statistics.
Not only did this expose the fact that they were misleading the American people, but it also showed that President Obama himself did not meet his own standard. On average, women in the White House made 88 cents for every dollar a man made. In other words, Democrats’ argument was not only misleading, it was hypocritical.
Similarly, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s refusal to introduce the dozens of jobs bills passed by the Republican-led House shows that job creation is not Democrats’ first priority. They only talk about job creation if they think it’s politically advantageous, but in reality the Democrat-led Senate is the biggest roadblock to job creation in Washington. Women list jobs as a top priority, and Democrats aren’t delivering. Republicans are offering real legislation that could get real results, but Democrats are dropping the ball.
However, it gets worse. Democrats are not just ignoring the bills passed by the Republican-led House. They also refuse to consider bills sponsored by Senate Republicans to help working families.
Senator Tim Scott is sponsoring the Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act, or the SKILLS Act, which would transform our broken workforce development and training system into a more responsive and efficient program to enable workers to compete in the 21st century economy. This bill already passed the House in a 215-202 vote.
Senator Susan Collins has a bill to restore the 40-hour work week with her Forty Hours Is Full Time Act. The act would repeal ObamaCare’s 30-hour workweek rule, which has cut American workers’ hours and wages. It, too, has passed the House.”
“Senator Mike Lee’s Working Families Flexibility Act would help workers handle the constant challenge of work-life balance. It would allow private-sector employers to give employees who work overtime a choice between extra pay or extra comp time. This passed House in a 223-204 vote.”
Wandering Views 
Headline in today’s Times-News
N. Korea urged to end program
I know this urging will convince them. They will now destroy all their nuclear and ICBM activities.
When we get that done, we can urge Iran.
Then we can urge Hillary to tell the truth.
That’s enough urging for now.
You can carry this sort of thing too far.
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According to MSNBC anchor Melissa Harris Perry we must all be super careful about using the term Hard Worker.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/10/27/msnbc-host-melissa-harris-perry-says-term-hard-worker-connotes-slavery/
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In 2016, “Affordable” Care Act premiums will increase 12%-13% on the average: http://acasignups.net/15/10/29/final-projection-2016-weighted-avg-rate-increases-12-13-nationally
For many, the premium jumps will be higher than 20%:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obamacare-premium-hikes-for-2016-ignore-them-at-your-own-risk/article/2566556
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One of the liberal complaints against Paul Ryan is that he insists on having time for his family, but voted against a Family Leave bill. His pay will not be docked for taking time for his family. (I am not saying this in favor of the bill, just that he kind of “stepped in it” with his demands.)
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KBells @8:56
No!
We can’t let idiots decide what idioms are acceptable.
“Hard worker” hasn’t and never had anything to do with slavery.
It is an idiom for someone who goes to whatever task with zeal and determination.
Slaves were never hard workers.
They worked hard. But because of the nature of the task, would not likely have been called a “hard worker”.
There is no end to political correctness and you don’t have to be bright to find something that offends you.
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Karen, he is asking for “weekends” with his family and his “constituents”. He is not asking for anything most people don’t already have. He is saying I will not work all the time.
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Karen,
He wasn’t against family leave, which we already have, he was against expanding govt and the other nonsense that they tried to add to it. Family leave has already been the law since 93.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/paul-ryan-family-leave-speaker-house-215034
“Like every other member of the House GOP caucus, Ryan declined to sign on to a bill sponsored by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) guaranteeing up to seven days of paid sick leave for workers at businesses employing 15 or more workers. The paid sick days may go toward to taking care of a sick child.
Ryan also withheld support from another DeLauro bill, this one co-sponsored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D.-N.Y.), that would establish a national paid family and medical leave insurance program through an independent trust fund, funded by employers and employees, within the Social Security Administration. That bill (which would appear to eliminate the disincentive mentioned by Schaeffer) was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee, which Ryan chairs. The committee has yet to take up the measure.”
“Ryan’s office declined to provide a statement explaining why Ryan opposes paid leave. But in 2000, after the Clinton administration’s Labor Department issued a rule allowing states to use unemployment insurance to compensate parents who took unpaid leave to tend to a newborn or newly adopted child, Ryan called it a “shocking agency power grab.” The so-called Baby UI rule was later repealed by the Bush administration.
According to the Committee on House Administration’s handbook, anyone employed by a congressional office full-time for at least one year is entitled to an annual total of 12 weeks of unpaid leave for family and medical reasons under the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act. Members of Congress have the discretion to lengthen available leave time, and to offer paid leave.”
Your liberal friends are really stretching it here.
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Also note from the link…..
“In lieu of supporting paid leave, Ryan co-sponsored the Working Families Flexibility Act, which would give employers flexibility to substitute compensatory time off for time-and-a-half overtime pay. Family advocacy groups oppose the measure, which passed the House in 2013 with three Democratic votes but was not considered in the Senate.”
The Senate was controlled by Reid and Dems. It was Reid who wouldn’t allow the vote.
More on that here.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/06/24/democrats_are_blocking_republican_solutions_for_women_and_working_families_123095.html
“For example, earlier this year when the White House was pushing equal pay legislation, and falsely accused Republicans of opposing equal pay. Republicans called them out, affirming our belief in equal pay for equal work and exposing them for peddling inaccurate statistics.
Not only did this expose the fact that they were misleading the American people, but it also showed that President Obama himself did not meet his own standard. On average, women in the White House made 88 cents for every dollar a man made. In other words, Democrats’ argument was not only misleading, it was hypocritical.
Similarly, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s refusal to introduce the dozens of jobs bills passed by the Republican-led House shows that job creation is not Democrats’ first priority. They only talk about job creation if they think it’s politically advantageous, but in reality the Democrat-led Senate is the biggest roadblock to job creation in Washington. Women list jobs as a top priority, and Democrats aren’t delivering. Republicans are offering real legislation that could get real results, but Democrats are dropping the ball.
However, it gets worse. Democrats are not just ignoring the bills passed by the Republican-led House. They also refuse to consider bills sponsored by Senate Republicans to help working families.
Senator Tim Scott is sponsoring the Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act, or the SKILLS Act, which would transform our broken workforce development and training system into a more responsive and efficient program to enable workers to compete in the 21st century economy. This bill already passed the House in a 215-202 vote.
Senator Susan Collins has a bill to restore the 40-hour work week with her Forty Hours Is Full Time Act. The act would repeal ObamaCare’s 30-hour workweek rule, which has cut American workers’ hours and wages. It, too, has passed the House.”
“Senator Mike Lee’s Working Families Flexibility Act would help workers handle the constant challenge of work-life balance. It would allow private-sector employers to give employees who work overtime a choice between extra pay or extra comp time. This passed House in a 223-204 vote.”
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“Your liberal friends are really stretching it here.”
Yeah, they do tend to do that.
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we’re shocked.
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So we are tougher than the Swedes and Norwegians, but much wimpier than the Japanese, Koreans and Mexicans.
http://disabilitycompendium.org/compendium-statistics/international-disability-statistics/14-2-international-disability-statistics-disability-benefit-recipients-as-percent-of-the-working-age-population-in-selected-oecd-countries
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