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General Discussion / Re: Healthcare

« on: March 21, 2010, 01:37:39 PM »

The real problem that has sparked this huge debate with health care is a deeper issue that I've been seeing over the past 20 years:  No one wants to compromise right now.  Both parties have become too polarized and will not cooperate with the other.  It seems that they feel only one side is right and that the other is wrong no matter what.  Where's the sense of community these days?  Can't we all work out our differences and come together towards accomplishing a greater goal?  As a result, nothing gets done to improve anything no matter who is in charge or whoever has the majority of the votes.

Health care, education, and the economy are all important and need to be improved.  Can't the government come up with a compromised bill that will help people and be supported from both parties?  If the federal government feels they cannot come up with a solution, why not give the control to the individual states or businesses so that they can each figure out what's best for the people?  Furthermore, what does the overall majority of American citizens want?  I would really like to see all the arguing and the lack of problem-solving come to an end.  It doesn't matter whether you're a Republican, Democrat, or any other party, we're all Americans sharing the same soil, trying to live a good and decent life, working to provide better futures for ourselves and our next generations, and abiding by the same Constitution that gives us all the freedoms that we enjoy everyday.  There's a reason we call our country the United States of America.

Sorry for my soapbox rant, and I hope that I didn't offend anyone.  I'm no expert in terms of how health care should be run, but I do wish we could actually come together to work out everything.  After all, we live with a "government of the people, by the people, for the people" as spoken so well by Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address.

Agree 1000%. The protesters that oppose this bill are taking this to the extreme by going as far as shouting racial slurs and even spitting on one of black state senators I think it was the rep. for MN. These people are not making the situation any better, only worse and it's so sad that you have to sink so low as to degrade someone for doing their job just because you strongly disagree with their opinion. Noone is going to listen and pay attention to people who use taunting to get their point across it's childless and ignorant.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: March 21, 2010, 12:55:50 PM »

I don't know when this occurred, but I noticed yesterday that all the display names on the segments of my IntelliStar was simplified to "Atlanta" including the Almanac which makes absolutely no sense when the display name was previously Hartsfield-Jackson Int'l Airport where the almanac data is observed and records are kept. 

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: March 20, 2010, 08:18:46 PM »

The PM Edition Intro just played the 25th Anniversary Music!

It just played again for the 6pm hour.

That's...odd. Any video? Which anniversary music was it? The LOT8s music?

The music that plays at the beginning of this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoGRV0xfI5Q

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Local Forecast / Re: TWC Songs you've heard in other places

« on: March 20, 2010, 08:14:41 PM »

At the train station today, I heard that songs that has the clock ticking like noise in it, I don't remember the name, but I know it played back in Nov. 2006 (???) I think it's Kenny Carr or Mark Krurnowski. 

Is it EL Noche by Lynn Scott?

I looked it up and yes that's it! I remember seeing an IS clip of it from Mike.

That song is available as "Latismo" by Richard Smith. It actually played in Nov 2005.

Thanks Mike, I remember hearing that song when it played. Well at least I did get the month right.

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The Game Room / Re: "In my pants" Game

« on: March 20, 2010, 08:08:02 PM »

A lot of the video games I have uploaded since January and February should exceed the 1,000 mark before the end of this month imp. That's impressive to me since they started out slow in viewership imp.

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General Discussion / Re: Healthcare

« on: March 20, 2010, 07:05:31 PM »

I don't watch ABC News often, but I saw a report this evening about a Minnesota Doctor who doesn't require his patients to have health insurance, they just pay cash as they visit, the only exception he said was of pregnant women and people with disabilities that require more frequent visits. I brought this up because they mention in the report, what if that was the proposal of the bill, what if you weren't required to have health insurance, but still be able to afford full health coverage and not deal with additional costs. Do any of you think that would that make the bill any better or just worse or no effect at all?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: March 20, 2010, 06:01:13 PM »

The PM Edition Intro just played the 25th Anniversary Music!

It just played again for the 6pm hour.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: March 20, 2010, 04:24:28 PM »

For the first day of spring, they've put flowers up all over the studio.

They look really nice...I wish I was feeling spring right now.

I'm glad I got up and went to my TV and see what that was, from my bed it looked like the video wall had been damaged.  But then again I had just woke up so I thought I was seeing things anyway.  Your not alone Andy, I won't be seeing snow, but I'll be seeing 40's and rain returning on Monday. Today is the only day it'll be sunny and warm for a while. 

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Local Forecast / Re: TWC Songs you've heard in other places

« on: March 20, 2010, 04:16:10 PM »

At the train station today, I heard that songs that has the clock ticking like noise in it, I don't remember the name, but I know it played back in Nov. 2006 (???) I think it's Kenny Carr or Mark Krurnowski. 

Is it EL Noche by Lynn Scott?

I looked it up and yes that's it! I remember seeing an IS clip of it from Mike.

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Local Forecast / Re: TWC Songs you've heard in other places

« on: March 20, 2010, 03:12:32 PM »

At the train station today, I heard that songs that has the clock ticking like noise in it, I don't remember the name, but I know it played back in Nov. 2006 (???) I think it's Kenny Carr or Mark Krurnowski. 

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: March 20, 2010, 08:48:51 AM »

It's gonna snow here this weekend....and it's been mid/high 60s the last few days.

Yeah, same here Matt. Some first day of spring. Thunderstorms, followed by snow. I think Mother Nature needs a "season" check.

I always consider March as a month of transition as it can act like winter one day and spring the next.

That's why I like March, it's a battle between Winter and Spring. We know Spring is gonna win anyway, but it brings interesting weather. 

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General Discussion / Re: Healthcare

« on: March 19, 2010, 09:32:49 PM »

I'm not for it at all. Nobama needs to get off his lazy chair and fix our abysmal economy before worrying about things that are far less important like healthcare and education. I know lots of people who are and/or know others who are desperate for jobs right now.

I did hear he and his party were working on an education reform bill as far as the jobs situation, I can't say I don't agree, but I still think if any bill or strategy was being implemented at this very moment, progress would still be slow.

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General Discussion / Re: Healthcare

« on: March 19, 2010, 08:50:57 PM »

I'm for it, but I feel like it's being rushed. Then again I guess it wouldn't matter if it was rushed or not pretty much all the Republicans are gonna attack it down at any costs like they did before. I heard today our governor (whose republican) wrote a letter to our GA senators to vote no. Aren't they supposed to have a brain to decide if they want to vote yes or no and not be written a letter and told what their vote is gonna be? 

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General Weather Chat / Re: Winter of 2009-2010 Review

« on: March 19, 2010, 04:41:14 PM »

9/10 for me, I enjoyed all the snowstorms we saw this winter including the one we saw at the beginning of this month. Although I have to agree with you Ana about the rainfall. We saw over 9 inches in December. 

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Questions, Comments, Suggestions / Re: Weather Data

« on: March 18, 2010, 09:20:09 PM »

I agree with Jonathan, I rather we use WU obs than TWC's obs.