tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15680498.post6311531453062479816..comments2024-03-06T05:16:16.411-05:00Comments on car on the hill: Smack Down, Smack BackFrances Kuffelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14928021465309402200noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15680498.post-23678482793439304502013-02-01T20:45:01.342-05:002013-02-01T20:45:01.342-05:00There is really only one question I can ask here a...There is really only one question I can ask here and that is, why are you playing cityville with people who would make a comment like that (I suppose I could ask why you are playing cityville at all but we all destress in different ways)? But my real point here is that I want you to know that your books really have helped people. I have read Passing for Thin no less than 10 times. It is the book that I turn to when my relationship with food gets out of control. Please do not let the haters get you down. (And thank you for keeping LDS issues out of the argument--as a Mormon who voted for Obama I appreciate that)Salleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15680498.post-90790931660453087192012-11-26T02:25:03.024-05:002012-11-26T02:25:03.024-05:00what is done is done.
lets now make the best out o...what is done is done.<br />lets now make the best out of it and wear your nice <a href="http://www.hatsandsuits.com" rel="nofollow">Church suit and hat</a> and go to church to praise the lord.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15680498.post-84898042041888888412012-11-09T06:40:59.208-05:002012-11-09T06:40:59.208-05:00Frances, I don't think there was ever a time w...Frances, I don't think there was ever a time when I was so concerned about the outcome of an election. I have a loved one who is self-employed. Health insurance is crucial. I was thrilled with the great news on Tuesday. As a friend of mine said, "Now we can breathe again." Hilarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15680498.post-48738911665595267252012-10-26T14:12:35.916-04:002012-10-26T14:12:35.916-04:00Hi, Boss -- I don't know if you're talking...Hi, Boss -- I don't know if you're talking about Romeny-the-Mormon or a FB acquaintance who is Mormon. I don't know if the person who flamed me Mormon but she didn't say anything religious. As for Romney, I've made a decision, based on the fact that I have many family members who are LDS who I adore, not to address that aspect of his candidacy. I'll let that matter go by saying only that Romney is a Good Company Man but I want someone who can think for him/herself (or who can think, for that matter) as my president.Frances Kuffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14928021465309402200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15680498.post-16510212288707994282012-10-25T19:29:47.038-04:002012-10-25T19:29:47.038-04:00are you talking about that mormon?are you talking about that mormon?Bosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176301892375087171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15680498.post-68061682945920316922012-10-24T10:50:54.516-04:002012-10-24T10:50:54.516-04:00Your comments are really important, Laura. I'...Your comments are really important, Laura. I'm a single person pursuing flitty stuff like writing and dogs but you're in the trenches of running a self-made business and struggling with the burden of health care.<br /><br />Thank you for such a personal and articulate response.Frances Kuffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14928021465309402200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15680498.post-14055892798583191002012-10-23T16:11:13.988-04:002012-10-23T16:11:13.988-04:00I just think America could do so much better than ...I just think America could do so much better than Romney and Obama. Sigh. I guess I'll pursue Gary Johnson or Jill Stein.Eating as a Path to Yogahttp://eatingasapathtoyoga.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15680498.post-85984209877387989832012-10-23T15:18:27.057-04:002012-10-23T15:18:27.057-04:00Glad you responded to that comment. She's com...Glad you responded to that comment. She's completely off her nut. No one can put stock in comments like that. <br /><br />I agree with you point for point on everything you wrote. And because I can't vent on FB (clients & family who are Repubs, and it's just not worth it for me to expose myself), I'm going to rant on your blog, 'k? :)<br /><br />Health care is the biggest issue for me, and it's a big issue for anyone who isn't employed with health benefits. Those people have no idea what it's like to live without benefits. God help them if they ever lose their jobs or decide to be an entrepreneur. Then they'll be screwed, like the rest of us. <br /><br />My husband & I are self employed, have been since 2007. Our health insurance costs have more than doubled in 5 years. Last year we paid a third of our income toward health insurance and medical costs. What we shelled out is what many people make in a year. 3 of us are on meds--my antidepressent isn't even covered by insurance--and my husband has chronic back pain that he is getting treatment for. But no hospitalizations or terminal disease, and we still paid that much money. God forbid one of us gets cancer or my husband has a heart attack & survives. Either will break us, for good. <br /><br />The money we spend on health care costs is money that could have gone toward retirement savings, college savings, a bigger house, newer cars, and charity. Things that drive the economy, which the Repubs are all about. <br /><br />My hope is that by 2014, health care reform will go into place and our max for premiums will be around $10k a year. I have no idea how else it will help, but I know it is our only shot at digging out of this hole we (my family) are in b/c of health care costs. If Romney is elected, it is completely possible my husband will have to give up his business that he has spent the last 20 years building--and go get a job with health benefits.<br /><br />That is SO not the American dream. <br /><br />And that's just one problem I have with Romney. His statement about putting the smack down on China on "day one" is scary as hell. Yeah, go piss off the Chinese. What a great way to start your Presidency. And his BS about GM & Detroit is nonsense. Yes, what they did to the bond holders was unprecendeted & down right theft. But no one, back in 2009, was willing to put up private capital to bail out the auto industry. In hindsight he can say they were. But it's BS. Americans have a short memory for disaster, it seems. Very few are talking about how close we were to a depression. Letting the auto companies fail could have pushed us over the edge. <br /><br />I know who I'm voting for & why. I pray (literally, am praying) that I don't have to listen to his condescending voice for 4 years. <br /><br />Ok, that's all. :)Laura Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07916626845812229646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15680498.post-59821352956450273232012-10-23T14:10:51.271-04:002012-10-23T14:10:51.271-04:00There is no amount of fact or reason that will mak...There is no amount of fact or reason that will make Romney disciples change their mind. Not when a TX preacher posts a church sign that says "Vote for the Mormon Not the Muslim" Or a guy at a Romney rally has a shirt on that says "Put the white back in the White house." The only ammunition they have is to attack you as a voter and President Obama as a person. I guess you can totally ignore a great deal when you are completely blind with hate. Let's hope there are enough reasonable people voting to make the swing and keep President Obama in. Otherwise, we are going to think the Bush years were heaven.Kathleennoreply@blogger.com