NPR opens new $201,000,000 headquarters

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/nprs-new-headquarters-refuels-funding-debate/2013/06/21/bb53a64a-da00-11e2-a016-92547bf094cc_story.html

[IDBillzFan]

...the Capitol in Washington has soaring ceilings, a 24-hour “wellness” center, an employee gym and a gourmet cafe staffed by a resident chef.

 

What in the living phuckenstien???

[B-Large]

Like NPR, and I like PBS. But I have to say if I am in charge of Public Braodcast, I am designing a building to be as functionally minimalist as possible when I know it is funded partially with tax payer money. To me its the same as congress expempting themselves from participating in the ACA in their State- what, the rules on apply to everyone esle? Or, its not my money, its taxpayers, a Chef is no big deal?

 

I am !@#$ing tired of the word "wellness" at this point to... what does that word even mean anymore?

[Doc]

Like NPR, and I like PBS. But I have to say if I am in charge of Public Braodcast, I am designing a building to be as functionally minimalist as possible when I know it is funded partially with tax payer money. To me its the same as congress expempting themselves from participating in the ACA in their State- what, the rules on apply to everyone esle? Or, its not my money, its taxpayers, a Chef is no big deal?

 

I am !@#$ing tired of the word "wellness" at this point to... what does that word even mean anymore?

It means massages, aroma therapy, and other extravagances.

[B-Man]

 

 

I am !@#$ing tired of the word "wellness" at this point to... what does that word even mean anymore?

 

 

 

B..............it means keep those little donations coming in so we can continue to stay on the air................

 

 

 

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[jethro_tull]

apparantely those long winded pledge drives that interrupt my "sound opinions" show must be paying off! i'd rather listen to wink wink don't tell me.

[John Adams]

I am !@#$ing tired of the word "wellness" at this point to... what does that word even mean anymore?

 

Basically it means that if Americans got off their asses and stopped eating the foods in the center aisles of their grocery stores, we'd be healthier and have less of a healthcare problem. So it's anything that helps contribute to healthy life. And it's the only way to make us healthier. Gastric bypass is not healthcare.

 

Hopefully at some point, we let old people and fatasses die without spending bazillions of dollars on them.

[3rdnlng]

Basically it means that if Americans got off their asses and stopped eating the foods in the center aisles of their grocery stores, we'd be healthier and have less of a healthcare problem. So it's anything that helps contribute to healthy life. And it's the only way to make us healthier. Gastric bypass is not healthcare.

 

Hopefully at some point, we let old people and fatasses die without spending bazillions of dollars on them.

 

So, my elderly parents should just die because you think it might be expensive to keep them alive?

[John Adams]

http://www.washingto...94cc_story.html

 

NPR is a 179 million dollar a year business with a 200 million dollar building. Not sure that's too far out of line given their technology needs. For a 1000 person office, a cafeteria and gym are normal these days. Keeps employees more productive and at work longer. Pharma and tech companies learned this long ago. I wonder if they have on-site day care.

 

PR-wise, it's a black eye but I have no idea if 200M is excessive or not for a huge media company.

 

I don't listen to NPR a lot but sometimes do. My wife loves it.

 

So, my elderly parents should just die because you think it might be expensive to keep them alive?

 

You can have an argument with yourself, or with me. If you choose the later, you will need to listen.

 

Healthcare costs are unsustainably growing. Mostly that's because we are a bunch of fatasses. But it's also because we are so crappy at end of life care, where we, as a country, don't have the psychological bravery to decide when enough medical care is enough. Death is a part of living--spending countless tax dollars on painful and undignified end of life medical procedures is awful and disrespectful.

 

If you want to spend your money--or theirs--on your parents, that's awesome. But we spend way too much money and effort stripping elderly people of their dignity in an effort to prolong their last 6 months of life in a hospital bed. That's no way to live.

 

Don't start shouting "death panels." I don't have the solution. Just pointing out the problem. Medicare already denies healthcare and meds for a variety of things. Pointing out that we need to cut end of life care expenditures more aggressively as well.

Edited June 22, 2013 by John Adams

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NPR is a 179 million dollar a year business

 

a huge media company.

 

So NPR is a "business and media company" and not a government agency, and we should pay tax dollars to support it?

 

[1billsfan]

So NPR is a "business and media company" and not a government agency, and we should pay tax dollars to support it?

 

 

The sheer arrogance I've seen from that city this year is so disturbing. The people in Washington DC who get so lavishly paid either fully or partially by the American people seem to love rubbing the taxpayers' nose in it. That entire city is so far beyond corrupt that I'm starting to think Sarah Palin has a legitimate shot to win the presidency in 2016.

[Chef Jim]

NPR is a 179 million dollar a year business with a 200 million dollar building. Not sure that's too far out of line given their technology needs. For a 1000 person office, a cafeteria and gym are normal these days. Keeps employees more productive and at work longer. Pharma and tech companies learned this long ago. I wonder if they have on-site day care.

 

PR-wise, it's a black eye but I have no idea if 200M is excessive or not for a huge media company.

 

I don't listen to NPR a lot but sometimes do. My wife loves it.

 

 

 

You can have an argument with yourself, or with me. If you choose the later, you will need to listen.

 

Healthcare costs are unsustainably growing. Mostly that's because we are a bunch of fatasses. But it's also because we are so crappy at end of life care, where we, as a country, don't have the psychological bravery to decide when enough medical care is enough. Death is a part of living--spending countless tax dollars on painful and undignified end of life medical procedures is awful and disrespectful.

 

If you want to spend your money--or theirs--on your parents, that's awesome. But we spend way too much money and effort stripping elderly people of their dignity in an effort to prolong their last 6 months of life in a hospital bed. That's no way to live.

 

Don't start shouting "death panels." I don't have the solution. Just pointing out the problem. Medicare already denies healthcare and meds for a variety of things. Pointing out that we need to cut end of life care expenditures more aggressively as well.

 

We'll get back to you when you're on your death bed and see if you change your tune.

[Chef Jim]

So NPR is a "business and media company" and not a government agency, and we should pay tax dollars to support it?

 

 

Well that's the whole point of the poor PR of this. And in my mind it more of an accountability issue with the government. Shows to me that they just throw money at **** and have zero follow up. I would have loved to hear the government say "listen, we gave you $70 mill this year. You need to cut back on the cost of that building or you lose your funding for the next fiscal year."

[Koko78]

We'll get back to you when you're on your death bed and see if you change your tune.

 

Clearly he's going to take one for the team and just let himself or his loved ones die if he's sick and in need of expensive medical care, or his spouse, or his children, or his parents.

You know, because he's all about sacrifice for the greater good.

 

Otherwise it would be complete hypocrisy for him to be fine with other people dying to save money, but not ones he cares about.

[IDBillzFan]

Basically it means that if Americans got off their asses and stopped eating the foods in the center aisles of their grocery stores, we'd be healthier and have less of a healthcare problem. So it's anything that helps contribute to healthy life. And it's the only way to make us healthier. Gastric bypass is not healthcare.

 

Hopefully at some point, we let old people and fatasses die without spending bazillions of dollars on them.

 

Better yet, we should give them money in a lawsuit because the fatasses get their feeling hurt when someone calls them a fatass.

 

Boo-hoo.

 

A Brooklyn man has sued his former employer for firing him because of his weight, court documents show.

 

A lawsuit, filed June 19 in the Kings County Supreme Court, maintains that Jerry Greenberg, the owner of the art framing store Frame it in Brooklyn Inc., withdrew an offer of employment to Seth Bogdanove because he was too overweight.

Bogdanove worked at Frame it in Brooklyn from 1994 to 2008, according to court documents. He told ABC News that he did not want to discuss why he left the store, but emphasized that his decision had nothing to do with medical issues.

 

After he left, he took adult education classes at the School of Visual Arts and opened a digital archiving and restoration service in 2009, Bogdanove said.

 

In December 2012, Greenberg e-mailed Bogdanove and asked him to return, Bogdanove said. He added that he agreed and was set to start in January 2013.

 

But when he arrived at Frame it in Brooklyn, he said, Greenberg told him he was no longer welcome.

 

According to the court documents, Greenberg allegedly told Bogdanove, “Oh, my god, what happened to you, you got so fat!”

 

Bogdanove repeated that same allegation in an interview with ABC News. He said Greenberg handed him $5 to reimburse him for transportation costs and has not spoken to him since.

 

According to the lawsuit, Bogdanove suffers from obesity partially because of medications he has to take. He told ABC News that he had the medical conditions for seven years while he worked with Greenberg. He was obese when he left in 2008, bu subsequently put on approximately 70 pounds.

 

“I decided to sue him because he told me I was too fat to work for him and it hurt my feelings and made me feel like less of a person,” said Bogdanove.

[Koko78]

Boo-hoo.

 

Well that guy's story seems oddly one sided and utterly self-serving.

[3rdnlng]

NPR is a 179 million dollar a year business with a 200 million dollar building. Not sure that's too far out of line given their technology needs. For a 1000 person office, a cafeteria and gym are normal these days. Keeps employees more productive and at work longer. Pharma and tech companies learned this long ago. I wonder if they have on-site day care.

 

PR-wise, it's a black eye but I have no idea if 200M is excessive or not for a huge media company.

 

I don't listen to NPR a lot but sometimes do. My wife loves it.

 

 

 

You can have an argument with yourself, or with me. If you choose the later, you will need to listen.

 

Healthcare costs are unsustainably growing. Mostly that's because we are a bunch of fatasses. But it's also because we are so crappy at end of life care, where we, as a country, don't have the psychological bravery to decide when enough medical care is enough. Death is a part of living--spending countless tax dollars on painful and undignified end of life medical procedures is awful and disrespectful.

 

If you want to spend your money--or theirs--on your parents, that's awesome. But we spend way too much money and effort stripping elderly people of their dignity in an effort to prolong their last 6 months of life in a hospital bed. That's no way to live.

 

Don't start shouting "death panels." I don't have the solution. Just pointing out the problem. Medicare already denies healthcare and meds for a variety of things. Pointing out that we need to cut end of life care expenditures more aggressively as well.

 

So, are the insurance benefits that they have spent their live's paying for now "spending your money"? Both of my elderly parents have gone through operations in the last nine months and have spent considerable time in rehab facilities. It wouldn't surprise me if their combined overall bill approached a million dollars. They are now both up and about and continue to live on their own. Your over dramatization of the elderly living their last 6 months in a hospital bed is a bit off base. When it comes time for you to make that decision for yourself Adolf, I wonder if you'll think of yourself as an exception to your rule?

[DC Tom]

So, my elderly parents should just die because you think it might be expensive to keep them alive?

 

You sound like one of those !@#$s I heard arguing during the health care debate that we need socialized medicine because the "right to not die" is a fundamental one.

 

Everyone dies. Spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to keep a dying person alive for an extra week is not only wasteful but cruel.

[John Adams]

You sound like one of those !@#$s I heard arguing during the health care debate that we need socialized medicine because the "right to not die" is a fundamental one.

 

Everyone dies. Spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to keep a dying person alive for an extra week is not only wasteful but cruel.

 

Thank you.

 

To the "Get back to me on my death bed?" crowd, your attitude is the exact problem we are facing. You are going to die. Soon. When I'm 84 and need heart surgery to replace a valve, what I won't do is ask you to pay for it, OK? And frankly, I won't probably pay for it myself. I'm not going to fight for every last breath so I can lie in a hospital for the last 2 years of my life. I prefer a quality of life to a quantity of life. Americans and American doctors are so afraid of death it's pathetic. Our end-of-life care in this country is ignorant and atrocious. We see everything as a medical problem to be solved instead of looking for ways to have a slightly prolonged quality of life. Most people would rather have 18 months of sick-wasting away chemo than 2 months at home and getting about until they die.

[John Adams]

So, are the insurance benefits that they have spent their live's paying for now "spending your money"? Both of my elderly parents have gone through operations in the last nine months and have spent considerable time in rehab facilities. It wouldn't surprise me if their combined overall bill approached a million dollars. They are now both up and about and continue to live on their own. Your over dramatization of the elderly living their last 6 months in a hospital bed is a bit off base. When it comes time for you to make that decision for yourself Adolf, I wonder if you'll think of yourself as an exception to your rule?

 

No I won't.

 

Happy for your parents--I am glad that they are living an active and independent life. Even if they were not, I'd be happy for them.

 

But if you think we should continue to pay for every last medical procedure for everyone who wants it until they die, then don't B word about the medical costs of socialized medicine Comrade. Who do you think pays for all this medical coverage?

 

Vive le Parti Socialiste. Even so-called Conservatives on this board don't get it.

Edited June 22, 2013 by John Adams