what a morning !

[merrylander]

I understand that there is now a bill in the Senate to replace the national anthem with "Send in the Clowns".

[HarmanKardon]

The Tea Party freaks did a "good" job and they will try to repeat their success in the beginning of the next year, this is what I suppose.

Oh my, this is another thread that went a bit off topic. Now let us consider it this way. Late Marcel Reich-Ranicki, most famous literary critic of Germany, perhaps most respected intellectual public person in Germany apart from retired chancellor Helmut Schmidt, once said: "There are only two issues: Love and Death, nothing else." And for America I add: "And Tea Party." So it is legitimate that the TP (issue) contaminates any thread in this forum.

By the way - you may look for further informations about MRR. (This is how he was named - just MRR) An overwhelming outstanding personality. He loved the German literature. He loved the German language. He loved the German culture. He loved Germany - ALTHOUGH he was a surviver of the Warzaw Ghetto, ALTHOUGH Nazi Germany devastated his family in the concentration camps. He was the King of reconciliation, and Germany will never never forget him. Due to his great sense of humor he was almost a pop star, and most Gemans knew him, even a lot of people who do not know what a book is... He died some weeks ago aged 93.

Oh shit... even more off topic... ;-)

[donquixote99]

Never heard of him. Because he didn't write in English, and he's not in the canon of 'world literature' I studied in translation in college. Perhaps the later has changed by now, at least....

It's amazing how high and tight language barriers can be.

[donquixote99]

OK, read up a little. He was a literary critic, a public 'man of letters.' Of course no one knows him here. We don't even pay attention to people who do that in English.

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by HarmanKardon

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By the way - you may look for further informations about MRR. (This is how he was named - just MRR) An overwhelming outstanding personality. He loved the German literature. He loved the German language. He loved the German culture. He loved Germany - ALTHOUGH he was a surviver of the Warzaw Ghetto, ALTHOUGH Nazi Germany devastated his family in the concentration camps. He was the King of reconciliation, and Germany will never never forget him. Due to his great sense of humor he was almost a pop star, and most Gemans knew him, even a lot of people who do not know what a book is... He died some weeks ago aged 93.

Oh shit... even more off topic... ;-)

That level of forgiveness always surprises me.

Pete

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

That level of forgiveness always surprises me.

Pete

I read in Wikipedia he was in the Warsaw Ghetto, where he was a translator in the Judenrat. He saw and heard it all. The worst of the Germans, and the worst of the Jews too.

Later, he becomes famous as the Polish Jewish intellectual who loves German culture, and tells Germans how wonderful it is. It's easy to be a tad cynical about how popular THAT became. But he also may have been genuine, brilliant, and wonderful--exceptional qualities under any circumstances, but doubly so in his case.

[HarmanKardon]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

OK, read up a little. He was a literary critic, a public 'man of letters.' Of course no one knows him here. We don't even pay attention to people who do that in English.

I did not expect that anyone would know him in the USA. I thought it would be nice to inseminate the incestuous New World with some European culture.

MRR said that he thought every day of his long life of the time in the Warzaw Ghetto. The level of forgiveness is astonishing and made us embarrassed. (embarrassing).

[Wasillaguy]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

From the OP's link-

"The agency is expecting to provide federal exchange navigator organization grants for 264 organizations, with each organization employing an average of seven "caseworkers," or staff navigators."

So, for each organization, you've got an average of 7 people at the $20/hr level. I didn't see anything detailing the ratio of mid-level, and executive level. If this were a business endeavor, you'd likely have 40 or more caseworkers under a single mid-level manager and competition would whittle down the profit and therefore the number of fat cats at the top.

How many mid-level? How many executive level?

Also, the non-profits that have navigators and less than 50 employees will be allowed to grandfather in their existing plans with lower requirements than the ACA's minimum requirements. So, these people who will be navigating for the public often won't enjoy the same coverage (and rates) as those they're helping?

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

How many mid-level? How many executive level?

Also, the non-profits that have navigators and less than 50 employees will be allowed to grandfather in their existing plans with lower requirements than the ACA's minimum requirements. So, these people who will be navigating for the public often won't enjoy the same coverage (and rates) as those they're helping?

I am foursquare for fixing everything that can be fixed!

[icenine]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

OK, read up a little. He was a literary critic, a public 'man of letters.' Of course no one knows him here. We don't even pay attention to people who do that in English.

You sound like you went to college...did you go in Ohio? I went to Kent State.
You are right...the only people that would know about literary critics are graduate students who cannot get dates lol.