After all the hype Kamenetz, County fail to hire one veteran

[bmore_ken]

No. I blame a lot of dumb a.. people who vote for a certain party in this State because their parents and grandparents did. It will always be 1955 to them. I know a guy who is as conservative as anyone can be on issues like abortion, affirmative action, death penalty, gun control, etc. etc. but he still votes for people like OMalley and Mikulski who vote just the opposite of his views on those issues just because they are Democrats like his parents and grandparents. Cannot make it up.

So you have a problem because these people don't vote the way you like?

[Omaha Beach]

So you have a problem because these people don't vote the way you like?

As usual you miss the point. The people I am talking about vote for candidates who do not agree with THEIR OWN position on the issues just because they are Democrats.

[Omaha Beach]

it isn't that people are dumb as much as it is that the Republican Party in this state has very few viable candidates and in some races ~ doesn't even field candidates in some races. As a disgruntled Republican myself, I will not vote for a Republican candidate that is an evangelical, a Tea Party supporter, and whose notion of social liberties belongs to the 1860s.

As Maryland voters have proved in the past, Maryland will elect Republicans if they are not portrayed as part of the extreme right. Unfortunately, intra~party fighting and Tea Party tendencies have now guaranteed that the MDGOP is going to be a non~player in statewide elections for a very long time to come. When Andy Harris is the top Republican in your state in a Democrat~planned district designed as a Repubican leper colony, and the top names in your party are then Pat McDonough and Donald Dwyer, it's going to be a VERY long stretch in the desert for Republicans in this state.

So you want a two party system in Maryland: Democrat and Democrat lite. Ehrlich was hardly a right winger. One and done.

[bmore_ken]

As usual you miss the point. The people I am talking about vote for candidates who do not agree with THEIR OWN position on the issues just because they are Democrats.

And how many people would you estimate statewide do that?

[Omaha Beach]

And how many people would you estimate statewide do that?

No dea as to the numbers. It sees to occur mostly among ethnic whites whose parents were chidren of the depression. Although that pattern was momentarily broken by Reagan.

[buzzthefuzz]

So who are you blaming for that?

I blame the public at large for their apathy in allow the system to become what it is. You may recall the percentage of citizens that voted in the city.

You may also recall that this was also the case in the county during the primary of 2010.

The numbers were too say the least, were dismal. If they want a career in public service there are other agencies where they can accomplish that. Notice is said service, not power.

Term limits are not unrepresented in our government.

[Omaha Beach]

No dea as to the numbers. It sees to occur mostly among ethnic whites whose parents were chidren of the depression. Although that pattern was momentarily broken by Reagan.

So who are you blaming for that?

Let me guess your choice: BUSH.

[ybnormal]

Capitol Hill.

[bmore_ken]

I blame the public at large for their apathy in allow the system to become what it is. You may recall the percentage of citizens that voted in the city.

No No no, I'm talking about your holiday spending complaint. Who's fault is it that not everybody blew their paychecks for Christmas?

[bmore_ken]

Let me guess your choice: BUSH.

Why would I blame Bush for holiday spending in 2012?

[bmore_ken]

Capitol Hill.

Capitol Hill is at fault because not everyone wants to blow their money during the holidays?

[buzzthefuzz]

So who are you blaming for that?

The apathetic public who displayed their disdane in the last election by one of the lowest turn-outs on record.

Public service is a vocation not a power trip. There are numerous ways to serve out of elected office.

[octoburn]

I'm not disappointed if apathetic voters do not turn out to vote. That's probably a good thing. It leaves the decision making to those who do care, even if they hold a different opinion than mine.

I am not at all certain that term limits at the local level would result in better political results. As voters, we get the chance to impose term limits at each election by voting people out. Newt Gingrich is the poster boy of those who supported term limits, and yet he has spent the past couple of decades trying to get back into office.

I am beginning to think that the best hope for Maryland is to work within the Democrat Party to push it back to center.

[bmore_ken]

The apathetic public who displayed their disdane in the last election by one of the lowest turn-outs on record.

Public service is a vocation not a power trip. There are numerous ways to serve out of elected office.

What's that got to do with holiday spending? You know, what I asked you about

[buzzthefuzz]

So who are you blaming for that?

I blame the apathetic voters for this issue. The last election for mayor showed the lowest voter turnout in decades.

If we have term limits in numerous other government positions why not all of them. There are many ways to serve the public without the fringes of power, 40 years or more.

The current condition of the country shows change is needed.

You and I may know the issues but many people vote on name recognition. Do you think DC Councilman Marion Berry is a solid choice?

[bmore_ken]

I blame the apathetic voters for this issue. The last election for mayor showed the lowest voter turnout in decades.

Why are you refusing to answer my question about the drop in holiday spending?

[baltimoreron]

Don't blame me, I voted for Bartenfelder.

[buzzthefuzz]

No No no, I'm talking about your holiday spending complaint. Who's fault is it that not everybody blew their paychecks for Christmas?

The stats on Holiday spending are dismal. For some reason so is the consumer confidence index. I guess when it comes to green everyone pays attention, especially if its coming out of their pocket.

[jessup270]

I worked for a large private employer, who made a big deal of the fact, in their hiring documents, that they did NOT discriminate against veterans.

I would think that private employers would be inclined to want to hire veterans.

[bmore_ken]

The stats on Holiday spending are dismal.

So who do you blame for that?