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01-11-2009, 11:51 AM
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"Wisdom" is never taking hungry kids to a store.
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: On a slow-sinking granite rock up north
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Fellow Mainers: Do You Feel That Maine Is Becoming A "Nanny State?"
Okay my fellow Mainers. What do you all think of the current "Nanny State" of affairs this state seems to be partaking of? Am I off the mark when I seem to see a near lunatic-paced frenzy of others telling me what's good for me and what's not?
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01-11-2009, 12:28 PM
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I'm not very good at following the rules. Some make sense. The rest...pffft.
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01-11-2009, 01:06 PM
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Real Estate Agent
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Location: Downeast, Maine
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Originally Posted by Maine Writer
I'm not very good at following the rules. Some make sense. The rest...pffft.
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I agree...a big pet peeve of mine is the inflexibility of some of the rule makers. Reminds me of the line: "Rules is rules." |
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01-11-2009, 04:59 PM
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"Becoming" a nanny state? It's been one for years now, but has definitely gotten worse under the current administration.
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01-11-2009, 05:09 PM
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~ Friends are kisses blown to us by angels. ~
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Seems to me that if "their" rules were so great and "they" had followed their own rules we would not be in this boat.
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01-11-2009, 05:12 PM
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"Wisdom" is never taking hungry kids to a store.
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: On a slow-sinking granite rock up north
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Originally Posted by Coaster
"Becoming" a nanny state? It's been one for years now, but has definitely gotten worse under the current administration.
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True, very true - it always has been one, but wow...lately it seems one gets nagged ad nauseum now. 
I think the legislature spends more time worrying about my health than my pocketbook. Yes, I'm well aware that healthcare costs a lot, but considering I rarely go to the doctor other than an occasional physical (and there are many like me) I consider it a flies directly in the face of "freedom."  |
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01-11-2009, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by juststoppinby
Seems to me that if "their" rules were so great and "they" had followed their own rules we would not be in this boat.
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The ones who make the rules are above the rules, So just be a good slave now and do what your told.
Thank you your President. |
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01-11-2009, 08:28 PM
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ready for any thing
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: some where maine
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controlled comunisum,your land aint your land,put your seat belt on,and many more.i got a paper from the town the other day.they wanted to know what i had for equipment.like tractors,backhoe,dozer.why so they can tax me for them.even my rideing lawn mower,can you immagine they want to tax me for haveing a rideing lawn mower.freedom my as#.tax happy moth#$%^&*&#@!!!.
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01-11-2009, 09:15 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: maine/alabama
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some would say it's an annoyingly progressive state. the nanny thing i'll believe when mainers have to wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle...............thoughts?
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01-11-2009, 09:30 PM
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Real Estate Agent
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Downeast, Maine
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Originally Posted by contented
some would say it's an annoyingly progressive state. the nanny thing i'll believe when mainers have to wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle...............thoughts?
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You don't HAVE to wear a PFD on a boat either unless you're under 10. (Okay you may have a point.) |
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