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I'm glad to see you are a multi purpose zealot. You had me scared there for a minute, I thought you were running just to take care of your corner of the world. Don't you love this forum? Sometimes you hit "post reply" and you just know someone is gonna jump on you. Its amazing how when you write and intend one thing someone else reads it a different way. |
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| bumblethru |
| December 5, 2007, 11:16pm |
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Much gets lost in translation over the internet. It's the downside of cyberspace.  |
| Due to recent budget cuts and the rising cost of electricity, gas, and oil,
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| Michael |
| December 5, 2007, 11:55pm |
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I'm probably going to go back into lurker mode (unless I really, really have to comment on something) but I'll be posting to my blog every couple of days. Upcoming topics will probably include Leadership, Water Remediation, Planning Commission reform/abolishment, agenda for First 100 Days, Reval, and whatever else comes to mind...I like to try to mix in some personal viewpoints on just living life. In fact, the next entry will probably be about picking out a Christmas tree!
Feel free to email me...Merry Christmas, everyone! |
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| Rene |
| December 6, 2007, 12:18am |
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Michael, Please don't leave....you are too much fun. Truth be told, I tell myself I'm going into lurker mode almost everyday but then I can't resist. |
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| bumblethru |
| December 7, 2007, 12:00am |
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I converse more on this thing than I do with real live people face to face! I guess that makes me pathetic, huh?  |
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http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/288200.html
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Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely  Meaning Literal meaning. Origin This arose as a quotation by Lord Acton in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton in 1887: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." William Pitt the Younger, The Earl of Chatham and British Prime Minister from 1766 to 1778, is sometimes wrongly attributed as the source. He did say something similar though, in a speech to the UK House of Lords in 1770: "Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it"
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| Proud Rotterdam Resident
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Proud Conservative Republican
Proud Christian
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| bumblethru |
| December 8, 2007, 12:19am |
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Quoted Text
"Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it"
Perhaps this quote should be sent to the democratic dictatorship in Schenectady! They are a prime example of it! |
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| Michael |
| December 15, 2007, 7:00pm |
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Okay, it's looking like the first order of unofficial business for the new party is going to have to be opposing the pay raise.
I don't doubt my ability to help collect the necessary petition signatures. The Town Board would be wise not to doubt it either. Hopefully, for everyone's sake, they'll see the light and not pass the law. |
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| senders |
| December 16, 2007, 2:24pm |
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here here...... |
| ...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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| Michael |
| December 20, 2007, 10:15pm |
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I'm glad to see you are a multi purpose zealot.
I'm about to become a single-purpose zealot for 45 days, Rene.
Its amazing how when you write and intend one thing someone else reads it a different way.
I hope the Town Board can read correctly. |
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| Rene |
| December 21, 2007, 12:24am |
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I think you have been very clear in conveying your objectives Michael |
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| Michael |
| December 23, 2007, 1:22pm |
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Thanks, Rene. It doesn't always feel that way. For those that want to participate, the "ducks" are being lined up in preparation for pay raise opposition. Private message me on this site and I'll make sure you've got a task. First order of business will be the public hearing New Year's Day. Consider this my invitation to join me in welcoming in the New Year. |
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| Michael |
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Don't forget to vote today!
I posted my thoughts regarding today's primary on my blog http://rotterdamny.blogspot.com/
I think I'll be joining the revolution below
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/issues/ |
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I'm not ready to swing that far. I say Republicans, if you're going to vote today, we can't afford McCain to win. Vote for Romney. |
| Boycott the Daily Gazette
(all slanted, all the time)
Democrat President, Democrat Senate, Democrat House,
Democrat Governor, Democrat Senate, Democrat Assembly,
Democrat County Legislature,
REPUBLICAN'S FAULT?
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| Michael |
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What I think we need to do is get back to what is actually in some pieces of paper that most people have forgotten about. Those pieces of paper would be little things like A) The Constitution of the United States of America, B) The Declaration of Independence, and maybe some other documents that have been pushed by the wayside.
And if I may ask a question of anybody here. Has anybody ever checked to see if the Constitution has ever taken a breath? I know it sounds like an idiotic question, but there's so many people in the Democratic Party that say's the Constitution is a living, breathing document. Seems to me it's basic ideals that were put down on paper for people to follow. It was never meant to be interpreted for more than it states on the paper.
I would love to join a group that gets back to the original thoughts of these papers, maybe in a party such as it would be, maybe the Constitution Party.
Ron Paul seems to firmly and completely operate from this basis. There are a few aspects that concern me too but I have that problem with any candidate. Fiscally, he's conservative. We're gonna need that as we endure the recession. Strangely, all the candidates, even Obama, has been comparing themselves to Reagan. Take a look at Ron Paul's connection to Reagan. He probably has the strongest claim to that mantle. |
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