ReesieKitty's Comments (876)

“I think Mr's Obama looks lovely- elegant and that orange color is very flattering on her. Not crazy about Hilary- she looks sort of like an over-excited kindergarten teacher in that picture! Maybe if I saw her coat from a different angle? Jill Biden's outfit is not my favorite, but she looks very poised and gracious as always.”

“Whether or not they also had sex with her, holding her down while someone else does sounds like assault if nothing else. I might consent to have sex with one person, but if two other guys break into the room and hold me down, I would be pretty freaked out and yell STOP. No means no, ALL THE TIME, morons.”

“I doubt it- most Presidents worship personally. It has nothing to do with the Constitution. Washington was a Freemason anyway.”

“The budget for official entertaining is built into the White House budget already. The Obamas are not spending any extra taxpayer money on this at all- it is the same for EVERY President, whether you voted for him or not.

Whether or not a State Dinner is held will not make any financial difference to the country- they could not take money from the White House budget and 'give' it away if they wanted to! The last time State Dinners were officially suspended at the White House was during WW2 while DC was in an official blackout.

Read up a little and get educated about your own country's history- or just spew ignorance, like you already are.”

“We've now been advised that we just have to 'hang in there' for five or so years and our house value will come back up. We just have to do the hanging in there part, which is difficult with pay cuts and rising taxes and health insurance costs. We didn't buy our house as an 'investment property' but as a house to live in so my son could go to a decent school. I just hope our income hangs in there and bounces back up as well- otherwise we will be in huge trouble.”

“Thank you Viper- we put 20% down and our property is worth much less than our mortgage. We bought when the market was not yet flooded with properties because personally and financially it was a good time for us to do so. In the past year and a half we have experienced a loss of income, a raise in all of our taxes and our health insurance and our mortgage was bought out by Bank of America! When we started trying to renegotiate our payments, we were told that if we were in 'dire straits' it might be different, but apparently because we are just keeping our heads above water, we cannot get anyone to touch our loan or work with us on it. Meanwhile our property taxes go up as our house value goes down. We don't have other investments- our house is meant to be our long-time home and it is where we put most of our money.
So yeah, don't 'blame' us for doing what we were supposed to do. I am so sick of hearing that self-righteous crap.”

“I will greatly miss his voice! I'm glad he'll still be on Wait Wait and hopefully they will continue to have him do occasional commentary on specific issues. Truly one of the great radio voices we still have.”

“Actually I work at a independent bookstore and read a lot of YA titles. The Twilight books are so poorly written that I actually enjoyed the first movie MORE than the book- which almost never happens. I can see why the storyline appeals to mopey teen age girls, but the writing quality is just terrible. I was actually hopeful that the film franchise would save the series for me, but apparently not!”

“Martha Stewart is very talented. But I think people also need to realize that it takes an enormous team of people to do all the stuff they see on her show. Martha herself is not doing the prep work on meals or craft projects. Not to say she is not talented.

I've been cooking since I was very small and have also been to cooking school, so it is something in my 'skill set'. That said, I have never liked Martha Stewart's actual cookbooks, because I've found that the measurements in many recipes has seemed 'off' and it is difficult to reproduce them to the standard you would want.

Rachel Ray may not be as technically skilled as Martha, but I do think she is more accessible to most home cooks. For many of her fans, just getting into the kitchen and feeling like they can prepare a meal with confidence is a step that will lead to more home cooking and more complicated recipes.

I don't really watch either show. Each has information to offer. I think Martha Stewart going out of her way to knock Rachel Ray was just incredibly ungracious and unnecessary. She could easily have made a polite reply about how what Ray does just 'isn't her thing' and left it at that. As far as responses go, Rachel Ray was FAR more polite and gracious. Martha came off as bitchy and not the arbiter of social graces her image make her out to be.”

“LOL- that's a blast from the past! My brother and I LOVED 'History of the World' when we were younger- even if we didn't totally get half the jokes, lol!”

“what does that have to do with anything? And how would you know what kind of panties Katie Couric wears?”

“Ok, I would not have made Pam's choices in life and I'm glad my son won't be catching a sex tape of me on the internet- BUT, I have to give her props as a mom for not just trying to ignore the situation and for talking to her kids about it in a straightforward way.

After all, she made the tape when she was young, before having kids- and now she appears to be dealing with the consequences in a way that at least makes it as positive as possible for her kids. Parents - ALL parents- do LOTS of things before having a family that they would probably not do after having kids. This is sort of the more extreme version of finding a sexy picture of mom from her college days or trying to explain to your kids that you smoked pot but you don't want them to, or something like that.

Poor original judgment years ago- yes. Proactive, good parenting now ( making the best of it, at least) - also a yes in my book.”

“How can they be leaking!?! Didn't she just GET them? Wow... everything about this is just so sad- what a waste of talent. Her dad is supportive, I guess, but in a very strange way...”

“I don't care if she wants to pose nude or in lingerie or whatever. But- I just don't need that up close and personal a view of her hoo-ha, you know what I mean? I want to call her up and ask for the number of her waxer! You can be sexy or naked without being just tacky.”

“Um, did you actually READ the Psalm?? I think the whole part about widowing his wife and making his children fatherless pretty much says it all there, Iowafarmgirl. Anyone who legitimately just wanted to PRAY for the President's safety and guidance is most likely familiar enough with their Bible to know that is NOT the Psalm to use.”

“I agree- sensible moderate Christians do not do enough to disown these violent, crazy extremists. I am so tired of hearing " Well, we're Christian and we're not like that! It's not fair- not all Christians are like that." Moderate Christians have allowed these people to high jack their message and until they speak up loud and long and PUBLICLY DISOWN far-right fanatical extremism they are just going with the flow as far as I am concerned.”

“Fanned, SpoonlessEddie!”

“I hope the President reads this article. I couldn't agree more.”

“True- but it can be incredibly difficult to get YOUR OWN records these days! At my old doctor's office, I had to send out to their outside billing company and was told that they did not keep records past a certain amount of time. Maybe I should try the former billing company the office used to use? Could I just see my own chart and make a copy of it for myself- no sorry, against office policy. Did I mention that I was told I had to pay $35 to the billing company for each copy I wanted of MY OWN MEDICAL RECORDS?? Ridiculous!”

“Um, my case was pretty straightforward. I had the surgery on the approved and scheduled date and a week later the insurance company called and said " No wait, it isn't approved for that date after all" When I (flabbergasted) said " But it's ALREADY HAPPENED?!? I was told- "Oh, that means you had an un-approved procedure.­" then I had to duke it out for months and months until I proved that they HAD approved it. But the burden was ALL on me to prove everything- they did not have to 'prove' anything to anyone. I can't think of any excuse that would have made what they did reasonable or ok.”

“Something similar happened to me about 10 years ago. I had an approved surgery on the day that it was scheduled for. The week after, the insurance company called and told me it would have to be re-scheduled- AFTER I had the surgery. While I was recovering we started to get bills, bills, bills (including $36 for a Sharpie marker in a sterile packet used to mark my skin- talk about waste) . The insurance company tried to back out on the approval and it took over a year of gathering paperwork, backtracking phone calls and literally hundreds of hours on the phone to get them to pony up. Meanwhile I was calling the hospital, etc. every week to update them so they knew I was trying to get it taken care of and my credit didn't go down the drain. Luckily my doctor allowed me access to my own file- where he and his office had made notes including the date of the insurance company's original approval! Even then, it took months before they paid everyone. I was given a different story and run around every time I called the insurance company- CIGNA, if anyone wants to know.”

“Not only is in currently in fashion, but it looks as if it has been styled similarly to what people in that region wear. Totally appropriate and a nice nod to the country she is visiting- a little PR goodwill gesture that can't hurt.”

“Fanned, viper234! Our once-affordable mortgage is underwater, our property taxes went way way up, our health care premiums just went up by a couple hundred extra bucks a month, we have had a loss of income due to paycuts... just like lots of people, the list goes on and on.

I can't tell you how many people on these boards have said things like 'well obviously you shouldn't have bought a house' or 'you don't DESERVE a house, no one does' . Even people who bought within their means and had a down payment are IN TROUBLE NOW - the situation has changed drastically on so many levels!

It would be different if it were just one unexpected increased cost. Or even two- but after they keep piling up and piling up... sooner or later, we are just not going to have enough money to pay everything if our wages keep going down while our costs keep going up. It's that simple.”

“What a great show!”

“No, most jobs do not. If you are a waitress, work at a grocery store, fix cars... lots of jobs don't really provide any 'sick' or personal days. If you are not at work, you get nothing. I have worked many jobs where we were told to come in no matter how sick we were - or else get fired.

When someone is truly sick with a highly contagious disease, why would you WANT them at work?? I hope anyone who has to go in under those conditions makes sure to sneeze on their boss.”