I don't believe in "public sector unions" in general, but if there was ever a case for justifying one, members of our armed services would be it.

Couldn't agree more, in fact my wife said pretty much the same thing. For me, watching her repeatedly grinding her hips & spreading her legs, was pathetic. Maybe when she was in her 20's, but I guess at 53 the joints just can't make those "sexy" movements anymore.

Not a suprise at all, we all know the majority of apple users are whimps, so shutting them down is no great feat. Now if they had tried to shut down, let's say, a Cabela's, they would have had their arses handed to them in the parking lot!

These "loan guarantees" have to stop, or at the very least have independent review & oversight by non politicians. This is nothing more than money laundering for campaign funding, and it appears that both sides are guilty of doing it.

The arrogance of our government is unreal! Having been in the insurance business for over 24 years, I've watched the developement of LTC plans by the industry since the 1st plan offered by John Hancock. In the late 90's many, many companies jumped into the LTC business, 5 years later 75% of them jumped back out when the realized they couldn't manage the risk. It's taken 20+ years to accumulate accurate actuarial information that allows carriers to manage the risk of benefits vs premiums.
The costs are huge, and for the government to believe that they could take this on, let alone manage correctly, shows me that they had no idea of what they were getting into.

I don't think there's any way that Dems can spin this as voters being fed up with "gridlock". They'll come up with some rationalization for these losses, however the writing is on the wall for all to see!

Why would he resign? Democrats have no shame, their wives/husbands will bend as much as they need to as they look to "move on" and ask people to forgive them. Just another example of the "Clinton Legacy"!

Can't wait to see what they come up with for Prostate Cancer awareness.

Prices had little to do with why they lost me. Here in the SW, unless you go there at 2am, the store is flooded with exceptionally large "families" that seem to love shopping all together. Ever try to buy a DVD when there's 3 generations, I've counted as many as 17 (kids/parents/grandparents), crowded in an isle? Not a very comfortable place to shop.

It's happening for same reason all other public employees, police, firefighters, etc. are having to slash their budgets; First & formost they have to pay for their rich benefit/pension plans for all those that are retired, secondly they have to pay for the rich benefit/pension plans for current employees. What's left over goes to pay for the services they are charged with providing in the first place, and there's less & less of those $'s available.