Displaying 151 To 180 Of 889 Comments WATCH LIVE: Mubarak Resigns! Egyptians Celebrate! …… and that (Bush threatened with arrest in Switzerland – which he wasn’t) is a subject that has the rw blogosphere at their most righteously indignant!! » Posted By Mightywoof On February 11, 2011 @ 9:59 am From what I read a few days ago on Frum – the right is worried that Egypt will turn into some form of Islamic government and leave Israel very vulnerable. If you couple that with whatisname’s ranting about a Caliphate and a lot of what I suspect is the equivalent of rw glue-sniffing then you can – maybe – just a weeny little bit – understand what’s going through their admittedly tiny brains ……. it doesn’t make it any less entertaining though!! » Posted By Mightywoof On February 11, 2011 @ 9:21 am I agree with your assessment PW » Posted By Mightywoof On February 11, 2011 @ 8:44 am Hi invient and welcome! I think that what your S of T said is at the root of the rot in Western democracies …. the twin responsibility of fostering/regulating a good and fair business environment along with a free and fair environment in which citizens can live has been forgotten by all the nattering nabobs – democracy has been shunted aside in favor of the monied class. I hope it isn’t because of corruption but I suspect it is – along with a huge helping of total cluelessness by our political leaders 🙄 » Posted By Mightywoof On February 11, 2011 @ 8:43 am Hi CLady! I despise sales taxes of any kind and, true to my socialist heart, I would love to see them consigned to the dustbin of history and progressive income taxes returned. Howsomever ……. I wasn’t too sure about the Sales Taxes bring used to fund health care up here so I went looking. While not an authoritative source ( http://www.canadian-healthcare.org/page8.html – I don’t have much time this morning – maybe David P can add further to this?) the health care plans in each Province are funded primarily from both Federal and Provincial individual and corporate income taxes although in some Provinces a portion is also funded thorough sales taxes. Ontario, where I am, at one time also charged an income-dependant health surtax at the time you do your tax forms to supplement the funding – I can’t recall if they still do. A bit of a dog’s breakfast and it’s constantly under attack from both the funding end (costs must be contained) and what is actually covered – but we still get excellent health care imo with no upfront cost to the patient …… and I don’t fall for the meme that our health care is free – we simply spread the risk and don’t charge individual premiums for our government insurance (at least not here in Ontario). Regressive sales taxes are a whole ‘nother conversation!! » Posted By Mightywoof On February 14, 2011 @ 6:37 am Wow BDM – 23? And I was feeling cocky ‘cos Kitty reached 20. People are so damned cruel to animals – if I got hold of someone who threw an animal out the window I just wouldn’t be responsible for my actions! ‘They’ always say you choose a dog but a cat chooses you – how true that is. I’m so glad you had Abby – there really is something special about a cat (from someone who disliked cats until 1990!!) – when you are chosen by a cat you feel like you just got elected to be queen!! » Posted By Mightywoof On February 11, 2011 @ 6:29 am It is the equivalent of taking off the first knucle of your hand and – I don’t care who I offend – it’s an evil practice 👿 ….. I’m sorry Maggie can’t climb trees although, with my experience with Kitty, she may have found that once she’d done it she wasn’t all that interested in doing it again! I had a small ornamental tree in my garden and Kitty had no interest in climbing it – one day I put her on the lowest branch and she just sat there looking at me with a ‘why the heck did you do that’ look on her face. I found with Kitty that following her around with a water spray bottle cured her pretty quickly of trying to destroy furniture – that, and a scratch pad! I don’t know why people mutilate their cat. I never could cure her of jumping up on tables – my Woofter could never understand why I was so upset when he jumped up on the table to sit next to Kitty 🙄 » Posted By Mightywoof On February 11, 2011 @ 6:21 am My Woofter is a rescue dog and I agree with you – it’s the way to go!! I’ve always been a dog person from a family that have always been dog people but one day in September 1990 – an election year when enumerators were still going door to door to put your name on the voters roll – I opened the door to two enumerators and behind them was the most adorable kitten I have ever seen in my life. The enumerators said she must be lost as she’d been following them for blocks mewing piteously. So I made one of my better decisions and picked her up and brought her indoors …….. I had no idea what to do with her, having never been near a cat before, and I was sharing my life with 2 rambunctious but wonderful beagles who were very interested in this new furball. On closer inspection I found said kitten was covered in fleas – eeeeek. One panic call and visit to the vet for food and advice later and I had a cat in the house. What a creature she was – she ruled the house and the beagles quickly learned that she was a She Who Must Be Obeyed – she was never declawed and many the time I could hear her and Barney Beagle racing up and down the stairs chasing each other until Barney yelped and I knew she’d ended the game with a swat at his nose (claws extended). We lost my beloved Kitty Kat last year at the age of 20 years, 5 months and 1 day – I mourn her still. No point to this story really – just that I understand how Dog people have their hearts melted by a Kat!! [img]http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/mightywoof/Animals/IMG_0091-1-1.jpg[/img] » Posted By Mightywoof On February 11, 2011 @ 5:56 am Outstanding WTS! Like Kalima, my heart was in my mouth reading of Rosie’s adventure and I had started to grieve at the point when you had to go home sans Rosie – the fear that I’m sure we all feel when it comes to our furry friends, “where are they, I can’t see them, oh no I’ve lost him/her”, was making my heart race. I have vowed that once my Woofter crosses the rainbow bridge (what an awful euphemism that is) I will not let another fur baby steal my heart – the joy of sharing their lives is wonderful but the pain of their loss is becoming more than I can bear; but I have to tell you that your Tale of Rosie has me curious as a ferret over what it would be like to live with one. I love your love for her and I’m so glad she pulled you back from the brink of your ‘black dog’. Thank you for sharing Rosie with us. » Posted By Mightywoof On February 11, 2011 @ 4:44 am Doing Business – The Right Way (Part 2) I have every intention of following your series pw!! SI has obviously evolved beyond my experience with it back in ’88 but I well remember being managed by folks who either told me every step of everything I had to do even though I’d been doing it for a while and already knew this stuff and by folks who just gave me a job I’d never done before and left me to sink or swim ……. both situations left me PO’d and demoralized. Some managers intuitively know how to do SI – my second manager in Canada, a woman from Quebec, was like this – when I first joined her department she taught me eveything I needed to know and, when I thirsted for more, she taught me more ……. BUT – she then left me alone to do my job, she’d stop by to chat and, if I had a problem or needed to vent, her door was always open. When SI was formally adopted by the bank it felt so right because I’d already experienced it » Posted By Mightywoof On February 11, 2011 @ 6:11 am So there I was searching around the web for this management theory I mentioned – a difficult task when you cannot remember the name of the person whose theory it was (and I’ve been trying to remember his name for years) – when, in a blinding flash it leapt into my mind (thank goodness – I’ve been having CRAFT moments for years!!) …….. it was Ken Blanchard and his theory works Situational Leadership for Organizational Development » Posted By Mightywoof On February 11, 2011 @ 5:42 am I like how your mind thinks PW!! I’ve been ‘retired’ since ’88 but back in the day, when I worked for a large bank, most of what you’ve talked about so far was common knowledge and in practice – it makes me wonder why this knowledge appears to have been lost….. but I’ve never seen it put so clearly and succinctly before and applied to small/medium businesses. Congrats on a great series – I’m looking forward to the rest. The bank I worked at put a management strategy in place in the early to mid 80’s that was, imo, totally brilliant. It addressed the problem of over-/under-management and categorized the management style to be used with the skill/knowledge level of the employee. It was based on a system being marketed by an American and for the life of me I can’t remember his name – Ken something. If I can find it searching online I’ll let you know although I realise that personnel management is not your ‘thing’ – who knows, it may inspire someone in here to tackle the problem from another pov! Anyhoo – it significantly bit into the morale problem at the bank!! Once again – thanks for writing this PW!! » Posted By Mightywoof On February 11, 2011 @ 5:20 am Tips For Newcomers (and Regulars Alike) Cool Cher – thanks!! I’ve been around for a while and I’m still trying to figure stuff out so I appreciate having it all in one place. » Posted By Mightywoof On February 9, 2011 @ 5:44 pm Doing Business – The Right Way I look forward to reading the rest of your series PW – people are very visual creatures and your idea of pasting a pic of one’s dream on the wall is brilliant!! At the risk of being trite – it is so easy to not see the forest for the trees. I have friends who are self-employed in the IT industry and they’re struggling – not necessarily because of major mistakes on their part but because the industry sucks right now. I hope to glean some pearls of wisdom from you to pass on to them! » Posted By Mightywoof On February 9, 2011 @ 5:09 am Gifford’s rehab and the plight of others without access to her level of care I’ve read the article Abby – I don’t have time now but I’ll be back!! » Posted By Mightywoof On February 8, 2011 @ 10:46 am American Exceptionalism, American Nightmare I would expect no less from you Khirad 🙂 » Posted By Mightywoof On February 9, 2011 @ 5:12 am Thanks for explaining what American Exceptionalism originally meant, Marion – it’s good to know that it once had a meaning that would be acceptable to anybody outside American borders ……. but, and it’s a big but – all words and phrases change over time and it’s a wonder of the English language (regardless of which accent it’s pronounced in) that such changes happen and keep the language a living language. I hold no especial esteem for Kim Campbell but today’s meaning of American Exceptionalism, as I have read on rw blogs, is exactly that which you, rightfully, deplore and the attitude – more than the words – get’s up this Canadian’s nose. In the original sense of the phrase, you are exactly spot on as to Huffington and others like her not being exactly what the American Dream is all about » Posted By Mightywoof On February 8, 2011 @ 9:32 am Oh …….. you’re supposed to read those manuals 😯 » Posted By Mightywoof On February 9, 2011 @ 12:43 pm 😆 I’m glad to see you here Plato – I followed your comments over on the dark side and greatly enjoyed them » Posted By Mightywoof On February 9, 2011 @ 7:02 am You’d be surprised how many times KoD had to tell folks how to read it properly 😆 » Posted By Mightywoof On February 9, 2011 @ 6:35 am I’ve never joined HuffPo although I have been reading over there for a couple of years. I was there this morning looking at the comments on one of Ms. HuffPo’s pieces when I saw a post by Kitten of DOOM – does anybody know this poster? Is it one of you? …….. anyways, I thought it was hilarious – Friends at Huffpo are like family to me (sometimes more so). – Huffington Post was at a crossroads and needed to expand. Hint: It’s a coded piece 😆 » Posted By Mightywoof On February 9, 2011 @ 5:48 am 😆 Ferra » Posted By Mightywoof On February 10, 2011 @ 9:04 am I found Langston Hughes poems on the Poet Hunter and I intend working my way through every single one!! I chuckled at ‘Enemy’ » Posted By Mightywoof On February 10, 2011 @ 8:49 am You have robbed me of words and left me bereft of speech – anything I say would be tarnishing the heartfelt words you have written I’ve never read Langston Hughes and my education has been sorely lacking – for such a few lines that’s one powerful poem! Thanks » Posted By Mightywoof On February 10, 2011 @ 7:28 am I have to say I’m glad I live where I do where there are limits in what can be said in the name of free speech. Speech is not free when it’s used to wrap visible groups in invisible chains – it comes at a very high cost and one that most civilized societies are not prepared to pay. To say that is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen is the biggest understatement of my life » Posted By Mightywoof On February 10, 2011 @ 7:24 am Me too!! Every time I read a comment I find the Recent Comments has galloped ahead and left me behind 🙄 ….. and there are so many new articles being written that it’ll take me a month of Sundays to catch up (this is a good thing!!) » Posted By Mightywoof On February 9, 2011 @ 6:29 pm I’m so glad you posted the link to your article HH – when folks started talking about Hume I thought of it and how moved I was when I first read it » Posted By Mightywoof On February 9, 2011 @ 5:33 pm This site uses Gravatars, which are avatarsimages you assign through Gravatar’s website to your email address. All websites that support Gravatars will display the same image for you. To select an image for yourself, go to http://en.gravatar.com/site/signup and register the same email address you used here when you signed up. After responding to a confirmation email from Gravatar, you can select an image from your computer or the internet to assign to your email address and that image will appear here with your user name (and on any other Gravatar-friendly sites you visit). » Posted By Mightywoof On February 8, 2011 @ 1:10 pm Oh but Bito – your fellow citizens might actually have to brace themselves to pay more taxes 😆 …….. but that’s cheaper than health insurance premiums so maybe one day they’ll see the light – ya think 🙂 » Posted By Mightywoof On February 8, 2011 @ 8:51 am Oh Bito – you’ve been running around for the last 24 hours like a flea in a fit and the least we all can do is to step in and try to lighten your load a tad!! I hope you’re rested up after your busy day yesterday, loins all girded and ready for the next influx 😆 If I step on any toes, be gentle and just smack me on the head with a wet lettuce leaf! » Posted By Mightywoof On February 8, 2011 @ 8:21 amComments Posted By Mightywoof
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