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Bullshot Donating Member (807 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-04 06:25 AM
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Tom Ridge reportedly considering resigning after November 2.
Edited on Fri Jul-30-04 06:27 AM by Bullshot
On the news this morning, Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge stated that he may step down after the upcoming November elections, due to the workload of the job. Plus, he stated that he can't make it on his $175,000 a year salary with kids in college.

Boo freakin' hoo! If you can't afford college on your salary, Mr. Ridge, what about middle class families which make a fraction of what you're making, holding down two or more jobs in the process?

Out of touch bureaucrat!
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fujiyama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-04 06:26 AM
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1. That and
he knows after the convention and speech that he'll be out of a job after Jan 20th.

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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-04 06:27 AM
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2. They all better be polishing up their resumes
Regime change... I love it!
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Justice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-04 06:30 AM
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3. What Does This Say About Bush That Many of His People Plan To Leave
and are announcing plans to do so before the election?
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Enraged_Ape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-04 06:34 AM
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4. Like this fuckwit will have any choice in the matter
And what a dumbass, whining about how he can't afford college for his kids on his $175,000. Cry me a river, asswipe. Welcome to the United States. And thanks for helping John Kerry and John Edwards make their point about the inability for people to afford college in this country.
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-04 06:35 AM
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5. Better resign than getting fired, 'eh?
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-04 06:36 AM
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6. GOOD! Tom Ridge wasn't the right person fir that job anyway.
I used to live in PA. Tom Ridge doesn't have the personality or the strength to be head of HS. I remember thinking that when shrub first announced he was naming him.

As to not being able to afford college on $175,000: no wonder HS isn't funded right. Apparently it's leader doesn't know how to handle his own money, how can he be expected to handle that high department's money?
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slutticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-04 06:39 AM
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7. Maybe he's tired of peddling...
...fake terror warnings. Could that be it?
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osaMABUSh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-04 06:45 AM
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8. $175K was not enough for college? Vote Kerry then
$175K not enough and he was stupid enough to say it? What an ass.

I make 1/3 of that and somehow I will send my three kids to college.

I actually went to the same grade school as Ridge and I liked him as PA governor but he is way over his head now.
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OneTwentyoNine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-04 06:51 AM
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9. What a joke,he's gone anyway.....
Ah well,much better to resign with dignity than having Kerry toss his ass with his crayons.

David
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sbj405 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-04 06:52 AM
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10. My advice to Tommy Jr. and Lesley
GET A FRICKIN' JOB!

Or how about ROTC or a service academy?

Do people need any more proof of how out of touch this administration is?
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Literate Tar Heel Donating Member (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-04 06:53 AM
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11. too bad he doesn't make enough to get that big Bush tax cut
maybe he should vote for Kerry
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TheWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-04 06:56 AM
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12. Perhaps Tom Sees the Writing On The Wall After Last Night.
After all, after Nov.2, it's not like he'll have any choice in the matter. :)

Hope Is HERE, Tom.

You won't be for much longer.

Maybe you can Run a Bowling Alley from 1-7 in the morning, or something constructive like that.
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-04 07:03 AM
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13. Hey Tom! There's always the GI bill.
Let your kids enlist in the military and go fight for oil.

You'd have been out of the job by January anyway.
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chelsea0011 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-04 07:05 AM
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14. Tom who?
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skippysmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-04 07:25 AM
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15. Unbelieveable
I guess that explains why they think they need to give tax breaks to the wealthy.

Cry me a river, Tommy.

:nopity: :nopity: :nopity:
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gasperc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-04 07:25 AM
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16. he can split today for all I care
bye don't let the door knob whack you in the ass
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Shopaholic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-04 07:52 AM
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17. Like rats leaving a sinking ship. . . .
Edited on Fri Jul-30-04 07:52 AM by scmirage
And an extra boo-hoo for the man not being able to "make it" on a $175,000 a year salary--he ought to try living on $25,000 a year!:nopity:
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