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Notes From Underfoot: Rantings of Pab Sungenis
A group of people my partner and I connect with on Facebook joined some anti-Chris-Christie groups. While we agree with the sentiment, and know that most of our friends voted correctly last November, a fair chunk of the people who are now crying were happy to push the button for Governor Kickback last November. So, today, Bryan snapped about it. http://www.facebook.com/BFIrrera?v=feed&st... re: "NEW JERSEY TEACHERS UNITED AGAINST GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE'S PAY FREEZE" and "NJ FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE AGAINST GOV CHRISTIE'S PENSION PLAN". What happened? When I was begging you to support MY MARRIAGE by voting for Corzine, you all said that Christie was better for our state's economy. Well, I guess karma is a bitch, isn't it? I couldn't have said it better. I'm so happy I "married" him while we could.
I got a robocall, claiming to be from "Albano/Milam For Assembly" (the Democrats) claiming that they and State Senator Jeff Van Drew were against gay marriage, and would vote against gay marriage if it comes before them.
Refusing to believe this, I called the local office of Van Drew for clarification. They had an answering machine taking calls:
"...if you have received a 'same sex marriage' mailer, please note that Senator Jeff Van Drew, Assemblyman Neslon Albano, and Assemblyman Matt Milam, are AGAINST gay marriage. They believe the rights of marriage only belong with a man and a woman, and will vote against a gay marriage bill if it comes before them in the Legislature."
If you don't believe me, you can hear it for yourself: (856) 696-7109
Looks like this is the first time since I was able to vote that I'm not voting for the Democrats for Assembly in my district.
Go ahead, unrec me, but if you do. please tell me why I should blindly support a party that votes against me?
More of Politicker's pro-Republican bias coming out as they try to hide the real numbers. http://www.politickernj.com/matt-friedman/... Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine leads Republican Christopher Christie 49%-39% with independent Christopher Daggett at 14% among likely voters, according to a New York Times poll released today. Without leaners, Corzine is ahead 40%-37%, with Daggett still at 14%.
Corzine's lead over Christie is within the poll's margin of error, (emphasis mine)
OSLO, Norway October 9 2009 (WTF) - In a surprise announcement, former U.S. President George W. Bush was awarded the 2009 Nobel War Prize for "advancing more than anyone else the cause of perpetual war and human misery."
The announcement was greeted with audible gasps from the audience, who were expecting the award to go to Israeli politician Avigdor Lieberman.
"Honestly," said a Lieberman staffer who asked to remain anonymous, "what has Bush done in the past year? He's been out of office for most of it! This isn't supposed to be a lifetime achievement award!"
Bush said that he was "humbled" by the announcement, and that it is a testament to the legacy he tried to build as President.
Rush Limbaugh praised the choice, saying that "it's about time that George W. Bush was recognized for all he's done for destruction and instability on the world scene."
Bush won the award every year from 2003-2008, and shared it with Osama bin Laden in 2002.
You wouldn't know this one, since the media seems to be doing their best to bury it. In my inbox this morning was the latest campaign screed from the Corzine/Weinberg campaign. One sentence interested me: With just under four weeks to go until Election Day, every single poll shows an undeniable trend: our campaign is building real momentum. Just yesterday, an independent poll found that Jon Corzine and Loretta Weinberg have taken the lead. (emphasis theirs) I wasn't too sure about this since I hadn't heard anything about it. So, I went to poltickernj.com to look for their usual big headline of poll results. (Nearly every day, Politicker has had a "Christie leads Corzine by 354%" type headline high on their page.) Today, nothing. So I dug down. In a story about inaccurate polling for third party candidates (pretty much proving that a third party candidate whose name is included in the poll becomes a surrogate for the entire field of non-affiliated candidates) I found this one sentence buried deep in the article, at the end of the second and entire third paragraph: The FDU poll has Daggett at 17%, with 38% for Corzine and 37% for Christie.
Daggett gets 4% from likely voters who picked him without his name being mentioned. In that survey, Corzine leads 44%-43%. (emphasis mine) And here is the press release of the results from Fairleigh Dickinson, to prove it: http://publicmind.fdu.edu/catchup/corzinec... So while the conservative media is doing their best to portray New Jersey as a lost cause, and Corzine as an abject failure, the truth is something else. I'll admit I had also despaired for our chances this year, but I'm feeling much better now.
A friend just posted this blog. All personal information has been redacted to protect privacy. ___ and I are fucked. Mostly me.
___ just found out that effective Jan 1, 2010 my HIV medication is no longer covered under his company's medical insurance.
Here is why this is fucking us over:
1) My current job is a mom and pop company that does NOT have insurance coverage, thus why I was on ___'
2) The State of X has ran out of money to cover government funded HIV medication for new applications and soon current people who rely on this assistance.
3) My medication each month would cost me out of pocket close to $10,000 without the insurance coverage.
Needless to say this has put a damper on ___ and I's spirits.
What to do:
1) ___ and I are going to start immediately to look for new jobs. Ones with better medical insurance.
2) When the time gets closer, take advantage of the 3 month prescription option to get at least 90 days worth of medication to allow me some little more time.
3) Worst case scenario #1: See if I qualify for medicare
4) Worst Case Scenario #2Find jobs in a new city in a new state and hope we can make it there.
4) Worst Case Scenario #3: Move back to Y, move in with my family or a friend, and pray I can get on the Government assistance program there. As ___ told me today, he did not move me to X to die.
The worst part is we have less than 90 days for us to find a solution.
Fuck. So for those of you who want no public option, and want individual mandates to reward the insurance companies who do shit like this, and want to throw people like this on the mercies of states that won't or can't fund proper medical care, let me just say "fuck you." The Baucus bill must be stopped now.
Without a Public Option, the Finance Committee bill is irreparable. Please vote to kill it in committee. If he ever responds, I'll let you know. Let's see if he's any better than the gutless wonder holding the other seat from Jersey.
http://whytheysuck.com/?p=109 ’ve written some controversial articles here in the past. Some have gotten me cheered, some have led to angry vituperation. Some have had people try to look up my home address so they could “thank” me in person.
This entry should transcend all others, although in which direction I have no idea. Only time, and restraining orders, will tell.
Let me start by saying that I am in no way diminishing the amount of human suffering caused by the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001. I lived through the day just like (nearly) everyone reading this did. I remember the shock and horror, and I grieve for the 3,000 people who died between the WTC, Pentagon, and UA93. It was a tragic and senseless day.
But really, for Christ’s sake, people, enough is ...ing enough! Much more at the link.
One annoying thing about doing "The New Adventures of Queen Victoria" is that sometimes I create really intricate, detailed stuff for the background that is going to be scaled down way too small to be read, or will be cut off by small panels. And some of those have the best jokes. I just did one of them. I needed some “Fox News” graphics for next week’s storyline, and put this together. Most of it will be cut off at the edges, or covered up by gigantic word balloons. But it was too good, and a little too close to the truth about Faux, not to share: 
http://www.thedailyjournal.com/article/200... Two pages of "Paint Me Like I Am," a nationally recognized book of teen poetry, are missing from the copy standing on Landis Intermediate School's library shelf.
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"It is quite a piece of literature," said Kohaut, who said he opted to remove the offensive poem to allow students access to the other teen works in the anthology. More at the link. You know what, idiot, just pull the book, don't vandalize it. I'm more offended by your deciding which works belong in the book and which don't than I would be if you'd just yanked the whole thing.
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To Whomever:
Enclosed please find, unopened, an unsolicited mailing from your company.
I have already informed your company that I will never again stay in any of your hotels because of your Ellicotville, NY’s hotel’s policy of forcing attendees in the breakfast room to watch The 700 Club. The managers of this hotel forcing those who choose to avail themselves of the “free” breakfast to sit through right wing religious propaganda and proselytization is, in my opinion, unforgiveable.
The refusal of either the franchisee in question, or the home company, to explain, end, or even apologize for this policy ensures that I will never allow your company to collect one more dollar from me, and will actively encourage my friends to also avoid your company.
Any further unsolicited mailings from your company may now be construed as harassment, and I will not hesitate to act accordingly should any be received. For those who are curious, Wyndham own or run Ramada, Days Inn, Super 8, Wingate, Baymont, Microtel, Hawthorn, Howard Johnson, Travelodge, and Knights Inn.
Doing an Amazon search on my name (I told them to pull my two "Queen Victoria" books back during the whole "amazon fail" thing where they were hiding gay authors) and found a book I had not expected to find when I searched for my name:  Intrigued about why a book I had nothing to do with writing would come up in a name search, I pulled it up and did the Amazon "search inside the book" thing. It landed upon Page 206:  and jumped down to the footnotes:  The cite is to an article I wrote here back in 2004, back in the days before the "blog" system here was in place, and you still had to submit articles to Skinner for consideration. You can find it here if you want. So, congratulations, DU. We got mentioned in a print book. Not much to cheer about, I admit, but every little bit helps. If you want to go to Barnes and Noble to buy the book, it's behind this link. Amazon is cheaper, if evil, at this link.
(Copy of an E-Mail sent moments ago)
My name is Paul L. Sungenis, President and CEO of 2,000 Monkeys With Typewriters, LLC. I am the author of, and 2,000 Monkeys With Typewriters, LLC is publisher of, the following books:
“We Are Not Amusing: A Collection Of The New Adventures of Queen Victoria,” (ISBN 978-0-557-03054-5)
“I Can Has Empire?: The Second Collection of The New Adventures of Queen Victoria,” (ISBN 978-1-4357-0847-1)
“Norton Hears A Who And Other Stories: The Third Collection Of The New Adventures of Queen Victoria.” (ISBN 978-0-557-03043-9)
I consider your decision this week to stop ranking the sales of books with Gay and Lesbian themes, regardless of actual content, by classifying them as “adult” to be insulting. I do not want my products associated with such senseless, bigoted, actions, nor do I wish to have a company that would treat their gay and lesbian customers (let alone content creators) in such a shabby manner incur any profit off of my creative works.
Therefore, you are instructed to immediately de-list and cease to sell the above-captioned books immediately. Until and unless Amazon reverses this insulting policy and issues a full apology, you do not have the right to sell my works.
Formal confirmation will be arriving through US Mail within the next few days. However, this revocation of the right to market will take effect immediately.
Should you need to reach me you may do so at:
Pab Sungenis
2,000 Monkeys With Typewriters, LLC
P.O. Box 543
Somers Point, NJ 08244
Thank you.
Paul L. Sungenis
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