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Barack Obama’s next international challenge will be the Flying Chinese Militia.
(Discovered at Photo Polygon.)
573 comments
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Leonidas Hoplite Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:14:15am |
Practicing for the next diving competition? Who's got the steroids?
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CyanSnowHawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:15:09am |
Their arts programs must be impressive if they could get that many "Super" Conductors together at the same time. Magnetizing the mats underneath them was a fantastic practical joke.
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Defector01 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:15:13am |
The hopping Palestinian Security guards have some new competition
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lawhawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:15:35am |
Hoping to change the Earth's orbit to avoid the colossus known as Porkfest, the Chinese government ordered the military to jump in unison. /
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albusteve Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:15:40am |
maybe they are levitating motionless...think about that!
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x-wing Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:15:52am |
re: #6 Leonidas Hoplite
Practicing for the next diving competition? Who's got the steroids?
We swear...they are all 14 or younger ;>}
/
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vapig Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:16:02am |
Looks like I'm having technical difficulties today! So I'll just spell it out.
I've already joined the Tea Party and I've requested the day off from work!
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FrogMarch Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:16:02am |
That first guy looks like he's terrified out of his mind.
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:16:04am |
They look cold. Does the Snuggie come in cammo?
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:16:52am |
I'd like to see a burning-hoop jump competition between these guys and the Palestinian Authority rookie cops!
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FurryOldGuyJeans Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:17:35am |
re: #2 taxfreekiller
Pissed off enough yet.
[Link: www.taxdayteaparty.com...]
I haven't even started getting pissed at the STOTUS.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:17:42am |
The Chinese Olympic team looked younger.
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ilzito guacamolito Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:17:46am |
They are on maneuvers with Pelosi's flying monkeys.
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vapig Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:17:57am |
For some reason this reminds me of the "Firery Hoop Jump."
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:18:27am |
But they are amateurs.
Where are the flaming hoops?
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:18:32am |
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lawhawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:18:53am |
You - yes you... 3rd row and 4th back. You're fired. /don trump
The Chinese try to recreate the Matrix in one camera take.
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cartoonboy Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:19:20am |
now I know were that turd on my roof came from.
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:19:31am |
Looks like low budget parachute training.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:20:19am |
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:20:40am |
I can't figure it out. How are they doing that?
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turn Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:21:33am |
Looks like that guy in the foreground is going to squeak out a fart or something, quite an expression on his face.
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Kragar Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:21:39am |
Former US President Jimmy Carter departs following a visit to the West Wing of the White House in Washington March 18
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Emerald Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:21:42am |
Anyone's Russian up to translating the caption?
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Opinionated Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:21:45am |
"Good" terrorists may not be so good after all:
Fatah: We Do Not Recognize Israel
[Link: www.frontpagemag.com...]
But that's no reason to stop supporting, funding, training and arming them.
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ilzito guacamolito Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:22:14am |
re: #11 lawhawk
Hoping to change the Earth's orbit to avoid the colossus known as Porkfest, the Chinese government ordered the military to jump in unison. /
hope AND change
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lawhawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:22:30am |
And here I thought this was going to be picture of the day (bat clinging to shuttle tank during liftoff).
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Unakite Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:22:51am |
Looks like Chinese ingenuity beat us to anti gravity.
/
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CyanSnowHawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:22:52am |
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:23:01am |
The F-22 after Obama's budget cuts...
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:23:41am |
Crouching Tiger, Hovering Militia
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realwest Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:23:50am |
re: #34 MandyManners
LOL! Great one Mandy!
They are obviously in Airborne training and have all been told to jump and practice their landings!
Course, I don't know how they'll react when they actually, you know, parachute out of an aircraft and there are no mats to help break their landing!
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Unakite Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:24:00am |
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Kragar Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:24:14am |
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bulwrk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:24:15am |
The dude in the middle failed to launch, I guess its pretty universal there always has to be some idiot who can't be on the same page as everybody else.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:24:45am |
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:24:57am |
OK final push. Only 6 more needed.
OT: For those Lizards that don't know/have not updinged.
It is littleoldlady's Birthday. Please go HERE and upding. Lets get her to 100.
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Opinionated Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:25:01am |
Flying Chinese Militia.
The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Militia
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jorline Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:25:40am |
Training for the 2012 Chinese Olympic Skydiving Team...Birth Certificates please.
This is obviously an Innocent picture...non-military.
//
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:26:03am |
re: #49 realwest
LOL! Great one Mandy!
They are obviously in Airborne training and have all been told to jump and practice their landings!
Course, I don't know how they'll react when they actually, you know, parachute out of an aircraft and there are no mats to help break their landing!
A paratrooper on his first jump was given the following instructions: Jump from the plane and yell "Airborne!" Count to three and your chute will open.
If main shoot doesn't open, pull the reserve ripcord. When you get down on the ground, a truck will pick you up and take you back to the base.
The paratrooper jumped and yelled, "Airborne!" He counted to three and nothing happened.
He then frantically pulled the reserve cord. Nothing happened.
Then the paratrooper said to himself, "Damn, with my luck the truck won't be there to pick me up either!"
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Rednek Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:26:18am |
This sounds like the beginning of a monster movie.
Discovery's Surprise: Did Bat Hitch a Ride to Space?
Flying Rodent Was Seen Clinging to Discovery's Fuel Tank During LiftoffThe bat, seen clinging to the external fuel tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery before its launch on Sunday, apparently clung for dear life to the side of the tank as the spaceship lifted off.
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Chicago Blonde Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:26:39am |
Shhhh! Guys, these our the secret weapon Joe the Biden came up with.
We're gonna feed 'em four sacks of sliders each and fly them over Bin Laden's hidey hole.
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CyanSnowHawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:27:21am |
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:27:40am |
Parachutists terms
1. Aerodynamic Decelerator . . . . . . . A Properly Deployed Parachute
2. Aerodynamic Accelerator . . . . . . . A Screw-up
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:27:45am |
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realwest Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:27:52am |
re: #45 Dustyvet
That'd be a lot funnier if it wasn't so close to the truth.
"Air supremacy? Who needs air supremacy in a war?" Commander-in-Chief Obama, discussing his well informed military opinions.
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soxfan4life Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:28:02am |
re: #6 Leonidas Hoplite
Practicing for the next diving competition? Who's got the steroids?
Check the Yankee clubhouse.//
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Chicago Blonde Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:28:32am |
re: #58 buzzsawmonkey
Is that from "Versus"? I LOVE that movie.
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ilzito guacamolito Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:28:34am |
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Rednek Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:28:42am |
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razorbacker Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:28:54am |
Ohhhh Noesssss!
Forget the F-22. Forget the F-35. Dismantle the Air Force entirely!
While we're fiddleing around with such yesterday's-news as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, those crafty Chinese have stolen a Long March and jumped right into Manned Aerial Nonvehicles!
Doomed. We're DOOOOOOOMMMMMMED I tell you!
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Chicago Blonde Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:29:49am |
Or maybe they're just levitating because they're so happy with all the money they saved with Geico.
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Lizard by the Bay Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:29:55am |
Rocky's Flying Squirrel Brigade is ready at a moment's notice.
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realwest Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:29:58am |
re: #66 Erik The Red
Hey Erik - can ya figure out a way to upding twice?! LOL!
I love littleoldlady, but I'm getting suspicious of you and her world renowned fruit cups!
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:30:21am |
Nancy Pelosi should take a flying lesson from these communists, and stop using the US military transports, for her community organizing kleptocrat activities across the country.
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tackle Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:31:02am |
re: #37 Emerald
Anyone's Russian up to translating the caption?
All I can get is "typical military police training".
Hey, maybe there's an opening at the State Department, translating the word "reset".
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Lizard by the Bay Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:31:50am |
Everyone must read this spin-off and ding it up! This needs to be seen/heard to be believed.
(No, it's not my spinoff.)
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irongrampa Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:31:53am |
Good visual depiction of Obama's administration "hitting the ground running".
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doppelganglander Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:32:18am |
That Slip 'n Slide would work a lot better with water.
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redstateredneck Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:32:34am |
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jcm Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:32:35am |
re: #41 lawhawk
And here I thought this was going to be picture of the day (bat clinging to shuttle tank during liftoff).
SOMEBODY CALL PETA!
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:32:48am |
re: #76 realwest
Hey Erik - can ya figure out a way to upding twice?! LOL!
I love littleoldlady, but I'm getting suspicious of you and her world renowned fruit cups!
No I can't otherwise she would be on 200 by now. I am a LNDTer most of the time and she is a sweetie. The least I could do for her Birthday. Blue and myself said we would get her a great present.
Only 4 more Lizards.
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:33:34am |
YOUR FAMILY MIGHT BE TOO HOOAH IF,
* Your wife's two favorite shades of lipstick are light green and loam.
* You go to a barbecue and insist that your family feed in a tactical chow line at five meter intervals
* Before you hit the road on vacation you conduct rehearsals, back briefs, PCI, and cover your convoy checklist.
* Your children clear their hand receipt and housing before they go to college.
* Your wife has more jumps than most LTs in the company.
* Your kids call the yard their MWR area.
* You require your mechanic to replace the sandbags in your floorboard as a part of a tune-up.
* Your station wagon is equipped with blackout lights, OVE, OVM, and has to be properly dispatched.
* Your kids call their mother "Household 6."
* Your kids volunteer to pull air guard on the school bus.
* Your doorbell sounds off with the current challenge and password.
* Your house has sector sketches posted by every window.
* You give the command "Fix Bayonets" at Thanksgiving Dinner.
* Your kids show their meal cards at the kitchen door, except the oldest, who is on separate rations.
* You make your daughter sign out on pass on Prom Night.
* Your kindergartner calls recess "smoke break."
* Your wife calls foreplay "prepping the objective."
* Your wife conducts an AAR after sex.
* Your wife "takes a knee" in the checkout line at the Food Lion.
* You do your "back to school" shopping at the U.S. Cavalry store.
* Your kids call the tooth fairy "Slicky Boy."
* Your son fails the third grade but tells everyone he was a "phase three recycle."
* Your kids salute their grandparents.
* Your wife's "high-n-tight" is more squared away than your commander's.
* Your kids get a LES for their allowance.
* Your grandmother won "All American Week" and "Best Ranger."
* All your kids have names that start with AR, FM, TM, or DA Form.
* Your pick-up has your name stenciled on the windshield.
* Your kids are hand-receipt holders.
* Your older kids call the youngest one "Cherry."
* Your kids recite their ABCs phonetically.
* Your wife keeps Mermites in the China cabinet.
* You call your in-laws the "Slice Elements."
* Your dog's name is "Ranger."
* All your possessions are military issue.
* Your kids call their sandbox "NTC or CMTC"
* You have pull-up bars outside the kitchen door.
* Your daughter's first haircut was a flattop.
* Your kids pull fireguard.
* Your newborn's first words were "all OK Jumpmaster."
* The only channels you get are CNN, and ESPN.
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:34:08am |
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Chicago Blonde Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:34:10am |
re: #77 buzzsawmonkey
*blush* Ok, thanks.
If you don't mind subtitles and enjoy sick humor, Versus is pretty funny.
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Dianna Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:34:41am |
re: #37 Emerald
Anyone's Russian up to translating the caption?
Evidently not - I was standing in the lobby yesterday, listening to a man speaking Russian, and didn't understand one word.
The other day, Killgore Trout threw me a simple Latin phrase and I couldn't figure it out.
I think I've lost my last marble, at least on the language front.
Sorry.
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redstateredneck Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:35:16am |
re: #87 Erik The Red
No I can't otherwise she would be on 200 by now. I am a LNDTer most of the time and she is a sweetie. The least I could do for her Birthday. Blue and myself said we would get her a great present.
Only 4 more Lizards.
Just don't go and tell her it's a ding for each year. Fruitcup up the side of the head might ensue.
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Fluffy Bunny Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:35:51am |
Synchronized aerobatics...twice as cool without the planes!
I hear it's being considered by the Olympic Committee/
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Steve Rogers Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:36:14am |
They're not flying. They are jumping for joy at Obama being the President of the United States.
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That's Mr. President to you Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:36:30am |
While I dine on Kobe Beef and Arugula salad with pine nuts on AF1 on my way to drop in on my bud Jay, let me point out something in this photo of the People's Liberation Army.
Notice that none of those fists are clenched?
Smart Diplomacy is clearly working.
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doppelganglander Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:36:35am |
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:37:03am |
re: #93 redstateredneck
Just don't go and tell her it's a ding for each year. Fruitcup up the side of the head might ensue.
ROTFLMAO. I was saving that chrip for tomorrows LNDT.
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:39:51am |
Liddy has asked those who received $100,000.00 or more in retention bonuses to give them back to the company.
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Pullus Iulius Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:39:52am |
I've seen it in the movies. These Chinese guys fly even better in slow motion. But what they're saying never matches the way their mouths move. That's the mysterious orient for you, I guess.
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jorline Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:40:07am |
re: #85 redstateredneck
Turduckens?
That only happens when one of these guys crawls inside another ones ass and the process is repeated a third time...would be interesting to watch a Chinese Turducken Mandarin Style.
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:40:56am |
re: #101 Erik The Red
100.
HAPPY BIRTDAY littleoldlady. :)
Well done Lizards. I will now STFU. My task is done for tonight. Thank you.
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Lizard by the Bay Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:41:16am |
If these flying guys ever make it stateside, we're doomed without Jack Burton.
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MikeAlv77 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:42:16am |
re: #106 Lizard by the Bay
If these flying guys ever make it stateside, we're doomed without Jack Burton.
Except in this case it will be Big Trouble with Big China
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JohnnyReb Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:43:47am |
re: #109 brookly red
hurmph, is there a shot of the landing?
I didn't get a huuuurrrmph outta that guy!
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CyanSnowHawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:43:57am |
re: #102 MandyManners
Liddy has asked those who received $100,000.00 or more in retention bonuses to give them back to the company.
How many are going to lawyer up and say, come and take it?
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redstateredneck Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:44:07am |
re: #104 jorline
That only happens when one of these guys crawls inside another ones ass and the process is repeated a third time...would be interesting to watch a Chinese Turducken Mandarin Style.
Turducken tastes like something crawled up the ass of something else. Me no like it.
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jordash1212 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:45:04am |
What's that guy in the middle doing? It looks like he got cold feet.
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J.S. Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:45:24am |
re: #112 CyanSnowHawk
It's a completely voluntary matter -- some have already complied (some have, according to Liddy, returned not just half, but 100 percent of their bonuses.)
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Lizard by the Bay Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:46:26am |
"So, uh, Egg. What is this, exactly?"
"Huuuuge Buzz."
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jorline Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:47:00am |
re: #113 redstateredneck
Turducken tastes like something crawled up the ass of something else. Me no like it.
I served one several years back to friends and family at Thanksgiving...didn't go over to well...lol
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A Man for all Seasons Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:47:17am |
Well they finally invented a method to fly that is safe from stinger missles.
Now for the Stealth upgrade....
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lawhawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:47:23am |
That must be the photo of Sen. Specter asking GOPers stand by him during his troubling positions on the economy. Apparently Specter is considering running on the independent ticket if the GOP doesn't support him in the primaries.
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yma o hyd Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:47:42am |
re: #105 Erik The Red
Well done Lizards. I will now STFU. My task is done for tonight. Thank you.
Ye're a true gent, giving that nice birthday present to littleoldlady!
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:47:52am |
re: #122 HoosierHoops
Well they finally invented a method to fly that is safe from stinger missles.
Now for the Stealth upgrade....
Hooah (hoo ah) adj., adv., n., v., conj., interj., excla. [Orig. unknown] Slang. 1. Referring to or meaning anything and everything except "no". 2. What to say when at a loss for words. 3.a. Good copy. b. Roger. c. Solid copy. d. Good. e. Great. f. Message received. g. Understood. h. Acknowledged. 4.a. Glad to meet you. b. Welcome. 5. "All right!" 6.a. I don't know the answer, but I'll check on it. b. I haven't the foggiest idea. 7. I am not listening. 8. "That is enough of your drivel; sit down!" 9. Yes. 10. "You've got to be kidding me!" 11. Thank you. 12. Go to the next slide. 13. You've taken the correct action. 14. I don't know what that means, but I'm too embarrassed to ask for clarification. 15. Squared away (He's pretty hooah.) 16. Amen!
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Desert Dog Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:47:56am |
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formercorpsman Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:48:26am |
re: #123 lawhawk
That confirms he is actually concerned for his seat.
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:48:40am |
re: #102 MandyManners
Liddy has asked those who received $100,000.00 or more in retention bonuses to give HALF back to the company.
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Kragar Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:48:45am |
Well, its the Pelvic thrust, which truly drives them insane.
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joncelli Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:48:49am |
re: #123 lawhawk
Christ, just retire already, Arlen. Make room for somebody else.
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CyanSnowHawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:48:58am |
re: #115 J.S.
It's a completely voluntary matter -- some have already complied (some have, according to Liddy, returned not just half, but 100 percent of their bonuses.)
Can you hear the sound of golden parachutes being deployed across the country yet?
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:49:01am |
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jorline Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:49:42am |
re: #122 HoosierHoops
Well they finally invented a method to fly that is safe from stinger missles.
Now for the Stealth upgrade....
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Lizard by the Bay Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:50:25am |
re: #131 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
"I don't really like men who fly."
"I didn't make them for you!"
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SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:50:29am |
Europe,Europe,Europe, when will you learn ?
Pro-Palestinian Supporters Enter French Supermarket And Remove Israeli Goods From Shelves.
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JohnnyReb Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:51:49am |
re: #129 formercorpsman
That confirms he is actually concerned for his seat.
Dodd is in the same boat here in CT. Polls already have ex-Rep Simmons(R) up by 2 points. Dodd is sweating bullets about 2010.
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Desert Dog Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:51:57am |
re: #137 SasquatchOnSteroids
Europe,Europe,Europe, when will you learn ?
Pro-Palestinian Supporters Enter French Supermarket And Remove Israeli Goods From Shelves.
Let's see them take all of the Palestinian goods from the shelves....oh wait, the Palis don't produce anything, nevermind.....
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J.S. Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:52:03am |
re: #133 CyanSnowHawk
I think this is on a global scale here (more rumors here that the global economy is tanking faster and further than originally expected...) A lot of the AIG bailout money also went to non-American banks (European ones, Bank of Montreal in Canada, etc.)
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:52:20am |
Here's a pic
[Link: pics.livejournal.com...]
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CyanSnowHawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:52:32am |
re: #138 JohnnyReb
Dodd is in the same boat here in CT. Polls already have ex-Rep Simmons(R) up by 2 points. Dodd is sweating bullets about 2010.
His stimulus amendment should be enough to sink him in a campaign.
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Lizard by the Bay Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:52:38am |
re: #139 Desert Dog
Let's see them take all of the Palestinian goods from the shelves....oh wait, the Palis don't produce anything, nevermind.....
They produce one thing in abundance... more Palestinians.
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A Man for all Seasons Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:53:32am |
Buzzsaw: Didn't you do a parody of that song 'It's raining men' once?
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:53:40am |
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Raven1 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:54:07am |
Those of you pink ladies have tried my patience, give up the signs or be forcibly removed! Chairman Liddy to the code pinkos just now.
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Pullus Iulius Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:54:26am |
Czechs realize that current US leadership has a spine of linguine and a head full of marshmallow fluff: Czechs halt US missile treaties.
/And maybe they know a communist when they see one.
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brookly red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:54:30am |
re: #139 Desert Dog
Let's see them take all of the Palestinian goods from the shelves....oh wait, the Palis don't produce anything, nevermind.....
Well, yes they do... & if you happen to find one on your supermarket shelve do not, repeat NOT touch it.
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:54:31am |
PINKOS given ultimatum or risk getting kicked out of Congressional hearing room! Chairman threatens Code Pink idiots wearing AIG letters on their pink T shirts.
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A Man for all Seasons Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:54:55am |
re: #135 jorline
No youtube at work..I'll be checking it out tonight...
I had a wonderful Salad for work..Now I want to sleep..How are you?
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CyanSnowHawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:55:03am |
re: #145 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
That's the Rhino enclosure at the San Diego Zoo, if I am not mistaken.
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redstateredneck Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:55:10am |
re: #119 jorline
I served one several years back to friends and family at Thanksgiving...didn't go over to well...lol
Turd yucken if you ask me. But then, I don't like duck!
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Thor-Zone Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:55:15am |
Once each day Charles provides the opportunity for all of us to laugh a little. Thank you Charles!
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Lizard by the Bay Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:56:11am |
re: #149 alegrias
PINKOS given ultimatum or risk getting kicked out of Congressional hearing room! Chairman threatens Code Pink idiots wearing AIG letters on their pink T shirts.
Funny. The pinkos thought it was their government now. They can't believe that even the Dems they helped elect now think they're useless annoyances.
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JohnnyReb Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:56:30am |
re: #142 CyanSnowHawk
His stimulus amendment should be enough to sink him in a campaign.
He is still sinking like a rock from that Countrywide thing. He still has not come clean from that. I suspect in 2010 CT will have at least one Repub senator.
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:57:05am |
re: #154 Lizard by the Bay
Funny. The pinkos thought it was their government now. They can't believe that even the Dems they helped elect now think they're useless annoyances.
Next to the definition of "useful idiots" in the dictionary is a photograph of them.
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ilzito guacamolito Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:57:09am |
re: #143 Lizard by the Bay
They produce one thing in abundance... more Palestinians.
And plenty of human-caused disaster causers.
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Raven1 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:57:16am |
Barney Frank keeps mentioning retaining bonersus.
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:57:27am |
Gee - Look who's face is plastered at the website of the Office of Management and Budget.
[Link: www.whitehouse.gov...]
Odd.
/ That one's for you Avanti - when are you going to concede that your sainted one Obama is a cad?
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:57:28am |
Barney Frank asking AIG's federally-mandated guardian, Mr. Liddy, stupid questions and pretending to find the "real killer", like OJ.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:58:05am |
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CyanSnowHawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:58:07am |
re: #158 Raven1
Barney Frank keeps mentioning retaining bonersus.
He should seek medical attention for that. They say it on all the commercials for ED products.
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:58:16am |
re: #147 Pullus Iulius
Czechs realize that current US leadership has a spine of linguine and a head full of marshmallow fluff: Czechs halt US missile treaties.
/And maybe they know a communist when they see one.
We don't need allies like that!
We need Syria and Iran on our side!
/
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:58:37am |
re: #158 Raven1
Barney Frank keeps mentioning retaining bonersus.
I can't understand what the asshat is saying. TAKE the cottonwool out of your mouth. ASSHOLE
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:58:47am |
re: #151 CyanSnowHawk
That's the Rhino enclosure at the San Diego Zoo, if I am not mistaken.
They're already here! ! ! !
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IslandLibertarian Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:58:53am |
Barack Obama’s next international challenge will be the Flying Chinese Militia.
This is not something to laugh at. These guys are tough as nails, have no regard for human life and number in the millions.
Remember what Morrison said:
"You've got the guns, but we've got the numbers."
(yeah, I know the double meaning)
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jorline Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:59:16am |
Screw these UN-Holes!
White House objects to UN calling US 'deadbeat'
The White House objected Thursday to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's description of the United States as a "deadbeat" donor to the world body.
Ban used the phrase Wednesday during a private meeting with lawmakers at the Capitol, one day after he met with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office.
The United States pays 22 percent of the organization's nearly $5 billion operating budget but is perennially late paying its dues.
U.N. Official Accuses U.S. of Demonizing Ahmadinejad
"I don't think anyone can doubt that in our part of the world ... (President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad has been demonized," he said. "The United States has been in the business of the demonization of people forever and the canonization of the worst of dictators."
Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, a Roman Catholic priest from Nicaragua with openly leftist views, also reiterated that the more he thinks about the conditions that Israel imposes on the Palestinians, the more he tends "to think about apartheid."
Miguel must be on Jimmy Carter's email list.
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:59:17am |
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SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:59:41am |
re: #164 Erik The Red
I can't understand what the asshat is saying. TAKE the cottonwool out of your mouth. ASSHOLE
Sounds like an old lady with her teeth still in the jar.
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:59:44am |
re: #159 karmic_inquisitor
Gee - Look who's face is plastered at the website of the Office of Management and Budget.
[Link: www.whitehouse.gov...]
Odd.
/ That one's for you Avanti - when are you going to concede that your sainted one Obama is a cad?
pimf - "whose"
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Mar 18, 2009 10:59:57am |
re: #162 CyanSnowHawk
He should seek medical attention for that. They say it on all the commercials for ED products.
He is a raging dick, that's for sure.
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jcm Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:00:35am |
re: #139 Desert Dog
Let's see them take all of the Palestinian goods from the shelves....oh wait, the Palis don't produce anything, nevermind.....
You racist ignorant buffoon!
The noble Palestinian People oppression by the illegitimate Zionist State produce rockets, suicide bombers, and cute characters which are horribly massacred by the Zionists!
Don't you know anything?
/ISM moonbat.......
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:00:55am |
re: #155 JohnnyReb
He is still sinking like a rock from that Countrywide thing. He still has not come clean from that. I suspect in 2010 CT will have at least one Repub senator.
Will Massachusetts get rid of that fatuous fucker Frank?
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:01:06am |
Great, now we'll have to put all of AIG's employees in the federal witness protection program.
Barney Frank encouraged these businesses to make loans to people who couldn't pay, and now tells them to man up when their lives are threatened.
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:01:15am |
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Chicago Blonde Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:01:25am |
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:02:40am |
re: #177 alegrias
Great, now we'll have to put all of AIG's employees in the federal witness protection program.
Barney Frank encouraged these businesses to make loans to people who couldn't pay, and now tells them to man up when their lives are threatened.
Barney Frank will take care of the AIG execs right after he gets that wascally wabbit.
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Raven1 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:02:53am |
re: #176 MandyManners
Will Massachusetts get rid of that fatuous fucker Frank?
There's a new frank at Fenway Park. If you don't like it,you can shove it up your a$$.
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:02:57am |
re: #171 SasquatchOnSteroids
Sounds like an old lady with her teeth still in the jar.
* * * *
Barney Frank's sister Anne ___________ sounds the same as Barney. She supported Hillary I think, and is a longtime Democrat powerhouse.
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Chicago Blonde Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:02:57am |
re: #176 MandyManners
Actually Mandy gave us a new "shortcut" - now we can call him F3.
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:03:21am |
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:03:27am |
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CyanSnowHawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:04:12am |
re: #180 Iron Fist
Good luck with that. Specter is nothing but an oxygen-thief, anyway. If he wants to leave the party, we'll just have to try and get over our hurt feelings. It's not like he voted with us or something.
Such a cool name though. It's a pity that he didn't take to wearing long flowing robes and carrying a Persian cat around while advancing a conservative agenda using a soft voice that just had to be obeyed.
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:04:50am |
re: #184 Chicago Blonde
Actually Mandy gave us a new "shortcut" - now we can call him F3.
Or F3. Or F cube.
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avanti Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:04:59am |
re: #159 karmic_inquisitor
Gee - Look who's face is plastered at the website of the Office of Management and Budget.
[Link: www.whitehouse.gov...]
Odd.
/ That one's for you Avanti - when are you going to concede that your sainted one Obama is a cad?
You lost me, it's Peter Orszag and Obama or is it a different picture ?
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jorline Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:06:32am |
re: #184 Chicago Blonde
Actually Mandy gave us a new "shortcut" - now we can call him F3.
If he's stealth and you can't seem to get rid of him...CTL/ALT Delete the MF...lol
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Thor-Zone Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:06:51am |
re: #176 MandyManners
Will Massachusetts get rid of that fatuous fucker Frank?
Mandy...You gotta be kidding.....Its Massachusetts.....Barney Frank is in there until he dies.
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:07:20am |
re: #187 buzzsawmonkey
Almost certainly not; he's powerful now.
So's Dodd but, his numbers are going down.
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joncelli Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:07:31am |
re: #189 CyanSnowHawk
Such a cool name though. It's a pity that he didn't take to wearing long flowing robes and carrying a Persian cat around while advancing a conservative agenda using a soft voice that just had to be obeyed.
"Meeester Bond, once again you frustrate my plans."
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:07:39am |
This poor Liddy getting grilled by Congress right now, was appointed to clean up AIG a couple months ago, and sounds like a decent smart man doing an impossible task.
It would be cool if Liddy told Congress they started this mess, enacting permissive financial requirements beginning with Carter and on through the years.
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JohnnyReb Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:07:40am |
re: #166 IslandLibertarian
Barack Obama’s next international challenge will be the Flying Chinese Militia.
This is not something to laugh at. These guys are tough as nails, have no regard for human life and number in the millions.
Remember what Morrison said:
"You've got the guns, but we've got the numbers."
(yeah, I know the double meaning)
The Germans found that out in WWII when they invaded Russia. As Stalin said: "Quantity has a quality all it's own".
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:07:50am |
re: #193 Thor-Zone
Mandy...You gotta be kidding.....Its Massachusetts.....Barney Frank is in there until he dies.
I don't know what I was thinking.
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Lincolntf Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:08:31am |
re: #193 Thor-Zone
Yeah, he's got a lock on both the Soccer Moms and the Hot Bottom Dads. He can't lose.
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Chicago Blonde Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:08:50am |
re: #198 MandyManners
I don't know what I was thinking.
You were being rational. Doesn't work there apparently.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:08:58am |
re: #168 buzzsawmonkey
I assume these are those pesky French youths we hear about occasionally.
Yes, that it was even permitted is stupefying.
Don't know what they were whistling, I'm sure it wasn't anything positive.
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Thor-Zone Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:09:13am |
re: #186 karmic_inquisitor
I would vote for Vanessa Redgrave's excrement before voting for Obama.
Having a lump of crap hold the office of POTUS for 4 years would do less damage to the country than Obama has done in his first 50 days.
The big O sure has spent the bucks in the last 2 months. We will have no money when 4 years is up.
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Emperor Norton Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:09:55am |
These Chinese soldiers are simply demonstrating Mao's Great Leap Forward.
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realwest Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:10:14am |
Well it's been grand you all, but I gotta go now! Hope you all have a great day and that I get the chance to see you all down the road.
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:10:49am |
re: #205 realwest
Well it's been grand you all, but I gotta go now! Hope you all have a great day and that I get the chance to see you all down the road.
* *
Yes Sir, Real!
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redstateredneck Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:11:18am |
re: #183 alegrias
* * * *
Barney Frank's sister Anne ___________ sounds the same as Barney. She supported Hillary I think, and is a longtime Democrat powerhouse.
Her name was Anne Frank?
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Killer Tomato Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:11:20am |
re: #176 MandyManners
Will Massachusetts get rid of that fatuous fucker Frank?
Get rid of him? He's not finished yet!
East Bridgewater (Massachusetts) Savings Bank.
Bad or delinquent loans?
Zero.
Foreclosures?
None.
Money set aside in 2008 for anticipated loan losses?
Nothing.
The bank even squeaked out a profit of $87,000. And its Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio was 31.6 percent, or more than three times higher than many community banks in Massachusetts.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. recently slapped East Bridgewater Savings with a rare “needs to improve” rating after evaluating the bank under the Community Reinvestment Act.
So thanks to Barney, this bank that needs no bailout is now getting pushed to make some of the same kinds of loans that got us in the meltdown in the first place.
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godfrey Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:11:46am |
Roxana Siberi, a US citizen and journalist, is still being held in Iran without charges filed. Why? Initial reports indicated that she’d been arrested for buying a bottle of wine.
Send the following message to Iran@un.int (a handy address to have):
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
c/o Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United NationsDear Mr. President,
We, the friends and colleagues of freelance journalist Roxana Saberi, express our deep concern about her arrest and detention. Saberi, a U.S. citizen who has lived in Iran for six years, has been held without charge since the end of January.
We urge you to immediately investigate the details of her case and call on you to use all measures afforded you as president to ensure that Saberi has access to an attorney and receives due process.
We ask that the charges against her are made public. If no charges are filed, we urge you to ensure that she is released immediately.
Sincerely,
Thanks. Her father says the days ahead are critical.
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Buck Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:11:59am |
OT: "Kindle and Kindle 2 electronic-book readers infringe on patents held by Discovery"
Discovery Communications is suing Amazon.com over its Kindle and Kindle 2 electronic-book readers because it says the devices infringe on patents held by Discovery founder John Hendricks that are related to the delivery of digital content. "The Kindle and Kindle 2 are important and popular content-delivery systems," said Discovery general counsel Joseph LaSala Jr. "We believe they infringe [upon] our intellectual-property rights and that we are entitled to fair compensation."
| 213 |
Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:12:56am |
Anyone know what is the record for + dings on a comment is?
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:13:06am |
Gary Ackerman the dem congressman from NY thinks the AIG bonuses are the only problem in America, the thing causing America the most pain right now!
Umm, no! Being led by Marxists is my worst pain right now.
And Ackerman is promising AIG worse pain than waterboarding if they don't give back the bonuses right now. What a totalitarian!
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calcajun Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:13:56am |
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Ojoe Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:14:15am |
re: #214 buzzsawmonkey
No computers were harmed in the making of Chicken Run, either.
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jorline Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:14:20am |
Coming to your neighborhood soon with money and cigarettes.
ACORN to Play Role in 2010 Census
How many live in your home...Que?
OK, you're answer is 15...next question.
Get out those erasers and redraw the lines.
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Desert Dog Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:15:04am |
re: #174 jcm
You racist ignorant buffoon!
The noble Palestinian People oppression by the illegitimate Zionist State produce rockets, suicide bombers, and cute characters which are horribly massacred by the Zionists!
Don't you know anything?
/ISM moonbat.......
Sorry, I will fall under a bulldozer to make amends
| 221 |
avanti Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:15:28am |
This will drive the code pink types nuts, expanding the strikes in Pakistan :
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jorline Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:16:07am |
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:17:14am |
re: #191 avanti
You lost me, it's Peter Orszag and Obama or is it a different picture ?
Last night you posted that Obama was not behind the "Make The Wounded Pay Plan" but that the Office of Management and Budget was behind it.
Well the OMB is part of the White House, and the two guys in the picture set budget policy.
No escape - Obama is pushing the plan.
Reprehensible and indefensible.
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Lizard by the Bay Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:17:31am |
re: #213 Erik The Red
Anyone know what is the record for + dings on a comment is?
Positive or negative? I remember a -116 once. Couldn't remember when or who, though.
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Conservative in Liberal Hands Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:18:21am |
"Barack Obama’s next international challenge will be the Flying Chinese Militia."
And these are the ones to do it...
Gary Knell, president and CEO of Sesame Workshop and Sesame Street's Elmo and Rosita, speaks with Elmo and Rosita during the screening of "Coming Home: Military Families Cope with Change," a Sesame Street special, at the Pentagon, March 18, 2009. Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit educational organization, has spent the past two years creating materials to help military families with young children cope with deployments, homecomings and changes. DoD photo by Cherie Cullen
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subsailor68 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:18:29am |
Well isn't this precious:
Fannie plans bonuses of up to $611K for 4 execs
Also says Freddie has a similar plan.
Hey Barney - nice job there you buffoon.
| 228 |
Killian Bundy Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:18:54am |
So, these assclowns on the TV asking questions are supposed to be some kind of banking committee?
/shouldn't they know something about banking?
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UncleRancher Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:19:04am |
Speaking of "photos of the day", I do not recall ANY coverage of the gift from the People of Russia to the USA of the Teardrop Monument.
Did the most competent news organizations of the world miss this one, or did I just miss the coverage?
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:19:10am |
re: #225 Lizard by the Bay
Positive or negative? I remember a -116 once. Couldn't remember when or who, though.
+ive. lol has 112. Wonder if that is a record?
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:19:43am |
re: #218 jorline
Coming to your neighborhood soon with money and cigarettes.
ACORN to Play Role in 2010 Census
How many live in your home...Que?
OK, you're answer is 15...next question.Get out those erasers and redraw the lines.
* * * *
Also, instate tuition vouchers, or hell, free college degrees. Si Se Puede con Pelosi & Obama.
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Dianna Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:19:51am |
re: #227 subsailor68
Well isn't this precious:
Fannie plans bonuses of up to $611K for 4 execs
Also says Freddie has a similar plan.
Hey Barney - nice job there you buffoon.
That's why our attention is being directed to AIG!
| 233 |
brookly red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:20:35am |
re: #228 Killian Bundy
So, these assclowns on the TV asking questions are supposed to be some kind of banking committee?
/shouldn't they know something about banking?
/ they know that it is bad, what else do they need to know. (spit)
| 234 |
Chicago Blonde Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:20:57am |
re: #229 UncleRancher
I didn't hear about it either.
| 235 |
scuba mom Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:21:02am |
sounds like the "palestinian" national anthem to me...
[Link: www.nationalanthems.us...]
had to download it to hear but.....
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Dianna Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:21:02am |
re: #228 Killian Bundy
So, these assclowns on the TV asking questions are supposed to be some kind of banking committee?
/shouldn't they know something about banking?
No. They're elected representatives. Their jobs consist of posturing and playing gotcha games.
Actually knowing anything is the job of the staff.
| 237 |
gmsc Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:21:47am |
re: #211 Buck
OT: "Kindle and Kindle 2 electronic-book readers infringe on patents held by Discovery"
The owner of the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and TLC said the e-books copyright protection technology used by Amazon had been developed by John Hendricks, its founder, as part of his work in the 1990s on the delivery of digital content.
They're using unauthorized copyrighted copyright protection?
| 239 |
subsailor68 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:21:56am |
re: #232 Dianna
That's why our attention is being directed to AIG!
Hmm...good point. Wonder if all those folks out there watching Liddy of AIG will ever figure out that it was Fannie and Freddie who actually started all this b.s.?
| 240 |
jorline Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:22:17am |
re: #231 alegrias
* * * *
Also, instate tuition vouchers, or hell, free college degrees. Si Se Puede con Pelosi & Obama.
Eso es muy bueno...gracias!
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avanti Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:22:40am |
re: #224 karmic_inquisitor
Last night you posted that Obama was not behind the "Make The Wounded Pay Plan" but that the Office of Management and Budget was behind it.
Well the OMB is part of the White House, and the two guys in the picture set budget policy.
No escape - Obama is pushing the plan.
Reprehensible and indefensible.
If you had followed my comments from the start CBO came up with the plan, OMB is considering it, and BHO will reject it, probably tomorrow. If not, you'll be rid of me.
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:23:35am |
BTW-
Even though the Democrats in Congress -
(1) voted themselves pay raises while the economy collapsed,
(2) have set themselves up with huge donation streams from Wall Street
(3) have actually placed into law measures to protect AIG bonuses
(4) receive all sorts of pork and perks, including cushy loan deals like the one Chris Dodd created with Countrywide, and
(5) architected the financial collapse of mortgages through the Community Reinvestment Act and foiled reform at FNMA
We must remember that, so far, none of them have been caught sending lurid messages to same sex congressional aides nor have any gotten caught in any airport bathroom sex stings.
So they, the Democrats, are clearly not guilty of any "culture of corruption" that the eeeeevil Republicans are.
The country is in the best of hands.
/
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Chicago Blonde Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:23:44am |
| 246 |
Big Steve Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:23:45am |
I see even Maureen Dowd is making fun of the teleprompter....No Boiled Carrots
| 247 |
alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:23:50am |
re: #240 jorline
Eso es muy bueno...gracias!
* * *
It's all free in America--including the fertility treatments--out of your pocket!
| 248 |
MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:23:58am |
Most people's eyes are not on ACORN or the census or GIVE, FCBBHO's mandatory service plan. What about taking the guns away from the pilots?
What else are most not heeding during this week?
| 249 |
MikeAlv77 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:24:07am |
re: #238 Rednek
The sad part is the quote in the article that casually says that muslims are allowed up to 4 wives.. (except good old Mo who could have as many as he wanted...)
| 251 |
jorline Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:24:14am |
| 252 |
Chicago Blonde Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:24:41am |
re: #238 Rednek
That's heart-breaking. Poor woman goes through all that and then gets to be a second wife.
| 253 |
A Man for all Seasons Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:25:33am |
re: #245 Chicago Blonde
When I click on it, I see me some soldiers! :)
It's my kid and his best friend in the Marines taking a break kicking butt in Fallujah last year.
| 254 |
yma o hyd Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:26:23am |
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Desert Dog Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:26:32am |
re: #238 Rednek
She was raped as punishment by one tribe because someone in her tribe had an affair with someone in the other tribe and there was some kind of molestation involved in there someone. But, someone else came along and married her, even though he is already married.
Whew, I see a script in that scenario....perhaps a new Pakistani Soap Opera: As The Turban Turns? All of My Children (and Wives)?
| 256 |
Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:26:38am |
| 257 |
Chicago Blonde Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:26:39am |
re: #253 HoosierHoops
You can tell your son and his friend that a Lizard in Chicago says thank you.
| 259 |
Killian Bundy Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:26:47am |
Wow, companies pay employee bonuses, who knew?
/apparently capitalism is a criminal offense now
| 261 |
Killer Tomato Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:27:15am |
I hope they bring Fava Beans and a nice Chianti...
President Barack Obama's supporters will knock on doors this week to build public support for his record $3.55 trillion budget, in the first test of a grassroots group built from his army of campaign volunteers.
In an e-mail message on Monday, a former Obama campaign official asked volunteers to gather signatures from neighbors who support the budget and to tell their congressional representatives to pass it.
| 262 |
Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:27:56am |
re: #258 buzzsawmonkey
I got 112 for the first posting of "A Modern Liberal Democrat."
Link please I would love to read it.
| 263 |
CyanSnowHawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:27:59am |
re: #259 Killian Bundy
Wow, companies pay employee bonuses, who knew?
/apparently capitalism is a criminal offense now
It's going that way. Expect to see the Equalization of Opportunity Act any day now.
| 264 |
ilzito guacamolito Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:28:07am |
re: #234 Chicago Blonde
I didn't hear about it either.
I'm in Jersey and I didn't hear about. Then again our 'newspaper' is the Star-Ledger, therefore, I refuse to buy it.
BTW, nice avatar. It is very Georgia O'Keefesque.
| 265 |
karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:28:08am |
re: #242 avanti
If you had followed my comments from the start CBO came up with the plan, OMB is considering it, and BHO will reject it, probably tomorrow. If not, you'll be rid of me.
I don't want to be rid of you.
i want you to admit that this man is a cretin.
I was lectured by Democrats for 8 years about how Bush and Republicans could never admit a wrong, even though we did and still do.
But Obamatons are truly pathetic. This should be a litmus issue for you. this should have you enraged.
And if you bothered to read the whole thread (as I have) you would find multiple links demonstrating that, as of 2 dyas ago, Obama was supporting the plan. Explicitly.
Again - indefensible.
So don't go when he goes through with this. Simply admit that Obama is wrong. Morally wrong. How on earth can any veteran support having the wounded pay for their own treatment? Unconscionable.
| 266 |
Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:28:20am |
re: #174 jcm
You racist ignorant buffoon!
The noble Palestinian People oppression by the illegitimate Zionist State produce rockets, suicide bombers, and cute characters which are horribly massacred by the Zionists!
Don't you know anything?
/ISM moonbat.......
Yes, of course they had to destroy those greenhouses! The Zionists poisoned everything with Jew cooties!
/Egyptian cleric
| 267 |
Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:28:32am |
the Flying Chinese Militia
Hurry up, don't be slow
Ready, set, here we go
Wen, Li, Ming and Hong...
Tinkerbell, come on!
Hurry up and follow me 'cause soon I will be gone
I'm flyyyyyinnnnng
-Peter Tai-Pan
| 268 |
Dreader1962 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:28:53am |
This reminds me of reading a drill sergeant's counseling statement to a recruit complaining of his 'bad altitude'.
| 270 |
A Man for all Seasons Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:29:08am |
re: #256 Erik The Red
Clear your cache.
I prefer to spent cache.. :)
Hi Erik! How was your St. Paddy's day?
| 271 |
Kragar Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:29:29am |
re: #261 Killer Tomato
I hope they bring Fava Beans and a nice Chianti...
Any Obamaton showing up at my place is gonna be in for a really nasty time
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lobo91 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:29:31am |
re: #242 avanti
If you had followed my comments from the start CBO came up with the plan, OMB is considering it, and BHO will reject it, probably tomorrow. If not, you'll be rid of me.
And why didn't he reject it when the head of the American Legion brought it up during their face-to-face meeting on Monday, instead of telling him that he and the heads of the other veterans' groups needed to come up with an alternative plan?
Or are you claiming that the head of the American Legion lied about what was said during the meeting?
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:29:57am |
MANUFACTURED OUTRAGE
So now it appears that President Obama knew all about those AIG bonuses - in time to do something about them.
[Link: www.nypost.com...]
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:30:07am |
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Chicago Blonde Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:30:22am |
re: #264 ilzito guacamolito
Thank you! I've always loved O'Keefe's work.
What I dream of is a large print of Boticelli's Birth of Venus, but I've accepted how screwy and out-of-place it would work in our casual, "blue jeans" house. :)
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ilzito guacamolito Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:30:30am |
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:30:43am |
re: #258 buzzsawmonkey
I got 112 for the first posting of "A Modern Liberal Democrat."
We were all just humoring you.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:30:47am |
U.S. Muslim Coalition Considers Suspending Relations With FBI
A coalition* of major national Islamic organizations today announced that it is considering suspending outreach relations with the FBI, citing recent incidents in which American mosques and Muslim groups have been targeted.
....
The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) wrote in a recent statement, headlined "FBI Losing Partnership with American Muslim Community" - "Trust is the cornerstone of any partnership between law enforcement and communities. It can only be established and maintained through clear and open communication. Without this, trust is eroded and suspicions arise on all sides. This clearly does not serve anyone's interests... It is now up to the FBI and law enforcement agencies to re-engage with the Muslim American community, and re-build trust and respect."
Bwahahhahaaa!
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CyanSnowHawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:31:39am |
re: #269 buzzsawmonkey
I am the very model of a Modern Liberal Democrat.
OMG, that should be in a Lizard Hall of Fame.
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Chicago Blonde Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:31:44am |
re: #274 Erik The Red
I remember that.
I don't know how. But I do
The same way you remember a painful medical procedure - she was so bloody annoying.
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Killian Bundy Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:32:12am |
Geez, this guy's running AIG for no money as a favor to the government.
/he should just stand up, give these assclowns a hearty [expletive deleted] off, and walk out
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debutaunt Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:32:31am |
re: #123 lawhawk
That must be the photo of Sen. Specter asking GOPers stand by him during his troubling positions on the economy. Apparently Specter is considering running on the independent ticket if the GOP doesn't support him in the primaries.
The Respecticle of himself Party?
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:33:01am |
re: #269 buzzsawmonkey
I am the very model of a Modern Liberal Democrat.
Would be 113 if I could up ding it. Nice.
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Lizard by the Bay Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:33:41am |
re: #280 CyanSnowHawk
OMG, that should be in a Lizard Hall of Fame.
It's a shame it's closed to further updinging.
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gmsc Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:33:45am |
re: #282 Killian Bundy
Geez, this guy's running AIG for no money as a favor to the government.
/he should just stand up, give these assclowns a hearty [expletive deleted] off, and walk out
He should shrug?
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ilzito guacamolito Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:34:26am |
re: #275 Chicago Blonde
Thank you! I've always loved O'Keefe's work.
What I dream of is a large print of Boticelli's Birth of Venus, but I've accepted how screwy and out-of-place it would work in our casual, "blue jeans" house. :)
So it is O'Keefe? I have never seen that one if it is.
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Eowyn2 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:34:34am |
re: #213 Erik The Red
Anyone know what is the record for + dings on a comment is?
No but it probably belongs to Buzzsawmonkey.
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jcm Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:34:52am |
re: #273 Dustyvet
MANUFACTURED OUTRAGE
So now it appears that President Obama knew all about those AIG bonuses - in time to do something about them.
[Link: www.nypost.com...]
AIG.....
Alinsky rule #12.
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:34:53am |
re: #270 HoosierHoops
I prefer to spent cache.. :)
Hi Erik! How was your St. Paddy's day?
Very quite. Spent at home. I love my booze but can't party to hard because of my business:( I hope I can fix that when I get back to the US.
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redstateredneck Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:34:57am |
re: #274 Erik The Red
I remember that.
I don't know how. But I do
That's right. I knew it was a crazy bitch.
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FrogMarch Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:34:57am |
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:34:59am |
These democrats want heads to roll--but won't address it was DEMS who forced businesses to make bad decisions.
And who invented credit debt swaps and other weird financial products?re: #282 Killian Bundy
Geez, this guy's running AIG for no money as a favor to the government.
/he should just stand up, give these assclowns a hearty [expletive deleted] off, and walk out
* * * *
He worked for Allstate & came out of retirement to do this task the government asked him to do, for free!
He should give these inquisitors who have dirty hands, the finger!
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UberInfidel67 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:35:21am |
re: #117 avanti Ya know, I usually sit here and shake my head when you try to engage in an honest debate and someone disses you or calls you names. But after that little bit of dickfuckery....I am considering changing my position.
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Bubblehead II Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:35:32am |
re: #274 Erik The Red
Because is was one hell of a ding fest that night. :-)
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Lizard by the Bay Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:36:17am |
re: #290 Buck
Isn't it a bit backwards for the government to get a petition going?
?
Our President is a "community organizer". They live as perpetual underdogs and victims of white government. Obama is still so deeply entrenched in this mindset, no one can tell him that he actually is "The Man" now.
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:36:21am |
re: #279 buzzsawmonkey
Well, it worked.
Like I always say, if you can't appreciate good humor, try Mr. Frosty.
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Dianna Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:36:28am |
re: #239 subsailor68
Hmm...good point. Wonder if all those folks out there watching Liddy of AIG will ever figure out that it was Fannie and Freddie who actually started all this b.s.?
No.
Fannie and Freddie are government, and they're friendly! It's even worse, of course: Fannie and Freddie didn't start it, government started us down this course.
Particularly the House Banking Committee - and some of its current members! - bear a great deal of the responsibility.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:36:31am |
OT - (I guess), but I just got here and I have been a little busy lately, and have not been on LGF as much.
Looking over some of the recent threads, and listening to what I have on the news etc. can anyone here tell me that we are not operating in the mode of a PLUTOCRACY?
I have been ranting this for MONTHS, and every time that some new piece of bullshit hits the news, it only further proves my point.
I won't even go into what I think about the solutions.
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Diamond Bullet Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:37:07am |
re: #278 Killgore Trout
U.S. Muslim Coalition Considers Suspending Relations With FBI
Bwahahhahaaa!
The FBI probably won't even notice the difference between their "cooperation" and when they "suspend relations".
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avanti Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:37:09am |
re: #272 lobo91
And why didn't he reject it when the head of the American Legion brought it up during their face-to-face meeting on Monday, instead of telling him that he and the heads of the other veterans' groups needed to come up with an alternative plan?
Or are you claiming that the head of the American Legion lied about what was said during the meeting?
Well, if he ever had the idea that he'd consider such a lame idea, it's long gone, it even got John Stewart attention.
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:37:17am |
re: #295 Erik The Red
Very
quite. Spent at home. I love my booze but can't party to hard because of my business:( I hope I can fix that when I get back to the US.
QUIET.
PIMF
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subsailor68 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:37:17am |
Well here's at least a little bit of good news:
DOD: Upon Further Review, Spent Military Brass Will Be Sold
A lizard (sorry can't remember who) posted a link the other day to a piece about the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) and the decision to mutilate small arms cartridge brass, rather than sell it (as they had done in the past).
The link above indicates that they've "re-thought" the policy, and used brass may once again be sold.
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:37:27am |
Video: Jon Stewart rips Obama on wounded-vet policy
STEWART: You know the veterans? The men and women who risk their lives defending our country? They’re about yay tall, wear green… sometimes tan. They’re this brave. Well, when they get injured, you know who foots the bill? You. The taxpayer. It’s incredibly… fair.
That’s why it struck me as a little odd when I read that one of the money saving proposals from the Obama administration was to remove veterans with private insurance plans from the V.A. rolls. So I guess what the government is saying is that if you still need a little rehab after you got that leg blown off in Iraq, the government will cover you! Unless your wife as a little COBRA left over from her substitute teaching gig. In that case, you’re going to have to go with her and the whole deductible thing. Unless, of course, your spouse is in Congress, and then you can get their sweet, sweet government plan.
I’ve got some other ideas they might want to try out to save a little money in the military. How about sponsored commendations? For your service, I offer you the Frito Lay Medal of Honor. Here’s another one… how about actual Navy seals? [A picture is shown of a Sea World seal with a sailor hat on.] People would totally pay to see that! Or how about the Arlington National Cemetery and Water Park?
WHAT THE F*&K ARE YOU GUYS THINKING!? Veterans having to use their private insurance to pay for their combat related injuries? THAT CAN’T BE RIGHT.
[Link: hotair.com...]
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brookly red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:37:47am |
re: #301 Lizard by the Bay
Our President is a "community organizer". They live as perpetual underdogs and victims of white government. Obama is still so deeply entrenched in this mindset, no one can tell him that he actually is "The Man" now.
Brilliant.
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CyanSnowHawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:38:32am |
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Conservative in Liberal Hands Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:38:36am |
re: #304 Walter L. Newton
Glad to hear that you've been busy - profitably so, I hope!
I think it's a matter of "elected for life" - at least on the part of both the Congress and Senate. Question... how do we throw out the bums?
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Ben Hur Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:38:57am |
This picture is waaay more disturbing.
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Killer Tomato Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:39:11am |
re: #290 Buck
Isn't it a bit backwards for the government to get a petition going?
?
I don't know if you watched the video, but the explanation was that there's so much entrenched opposition in DC, a message needs to be sent that 'we' support Obama's budget....
Frankly, I find the continual collection of names, addresses and emails to be more than a little creepy... bordering on alarming.
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:39:32am |
re: #308 subsailor68
Well here's at least a little bit of good news:
DOD: Upon Further Review, Spent Military Brass Will Be Sold
So how much will an exhausted Lieutenant Colonel go for, anyway?
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Dreader1962 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:40:33am |
re: #89 Dustyvet
QUOTE
* Your newborn's first words were "all OK Jumpmaster."
Of course, in my unit every now and then we would yell 'All OK dumb bastard!'
We were pretty informal...
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ilzito guacamolito Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:40:38am |
I love it that Rush is referring to the one as TOTUS now.
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:41:06am |
re: #316 Killer Tomato
I don't know if you watched the video, but the explanation was that there's so much entrenched opposition in DC, a message needs to be sent that 'we' support Obama's budget....
Frankly, I find the continual collection of names, addresses and emails to be more than a little creepy... bordering on alarming.
* * * *
Making "enemies lists" is what they do. And they said Nixon was paranoid. At least he wasn't totally totalitarian like the current administration.
Gulags next.
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gmsc Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:41:14am |
re: #309 Dustyvet
Video: Jon Stewart rips Obama on wounded-vet policy
Careful, Jon. If the government pays for vets' medical care, they might have more of their own money to put into that evil long-term investing stuff.
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CyanSnowHawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:41:19am |
re: #317 Occasional Reader
So how much will an exhausted Lieutenant Colonel go for, anyway?
Ooo! Ooo! I want to get a used Major General to sing some Gilbert and Sullivan.
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A Man for all Seasons Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:41:19am |
re: #307 Erik The Red
QUIET.
PIMF
LOL
We went to a friends at 4pm and had a BBQ and a great time..I had to work today..So I was a pretty good boy last night...
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redstateredneck Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:41:28am |
re: #316 Killer Tomato
I don't know if you watched the video, but the explanation was that there's so much entrenched opposition in DC, a message needs to be sent that 'we' support Obama's budget....
Frankly, I find the continual collection of names, addresses and emails to be more than a little creepy... bordering on alarming.
I find the continued use of the Obama campaign seal more than a little creepy...bordering on alarming, also.
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Lizard by the Bay Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:41:31am |
re: #319 ilzito guacamolito
I love it that Rush is referring to the one as TOTUS now.
I'm not listening right now, but I assume it means Teleprompter of the United States?
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subsailor68 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:42:04am |
re: #317 Occasional Reader
So how much will an exhausted Lieutenant Colonel go for, anyway?
LOL! Three-fiddie.
(Channeling South Park)
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:42:16am |
re: #314 Ben Hur
This picture is waaay more disturbing.
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
Is he so uncoordinated that he missed his own nose?
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ilzito guacamolito Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:42:20am |
re: #325 Lizard by the Bay
I'm not listening right now, but I assume it means Teleprompter of the United States?
You are correct, LbtB.
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Lizard by the Bay Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:42:22am |
re: #324 redstateredneck
I find the continued use of the Obama campaign seal more than a little creepy...bordering on alarming, also.
Wait till you see our new flag, with all 57 stars.
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Ben Hur Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:42:58am |
Missouri Officials Target Rightwingers & Pro-Lifers For Terrorism
Missouri police officers were given instructions to target Christians, pro-lifers, Ron Paulians, pro-Gun activists, etc. as potential terrorists.
Timothy Birdnow at The American Thinker reported on this disturbing offical police document:
The Missouri Information Analysis Center (a division of the state police) has compiled an enemies list of warning signs for state police officers, signs that are supposed to help them determine potential terrorists. Such signs include Ron Paul bumper stickers, or "Right to Carry" handgun stickers (I have to wonder: does it include Support Your Local Police stickers, too?) and our friendly state troopers are warned to proceed with extreme caution against such radicals.Don`t believe me? See for yourself. (pdf)
Who is being targeted in this report? The state police are warned that Christians, "sovereign citizens", those opposed to abortion, tax revisionists, and anti-illegal immigrant advocates are potential would-be terrorists.
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scuba mom Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:43:01am |
re: #325 Lizard by the Bay
Yesterday, or the day before, he offered to debate the teleprompter
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CyanSnowHawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:43:08am |
re: #328 Alouette
Is he so uncoordinated that he missed his own nose?
He forgot that you only need to do that when leaving by the chimney.
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SummerSong Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:43:09am |
Committee member: "If AIG had not received the bail-out money, would these executives still have received these bonuses?"
Liddy: "Probably not"
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:43:19am |
re: #272 lobo91
And why didn't he reject it when the head of the American Legion brought it up during their face-to-face meeting on Monday, instead of telling him that he and the heads of the other veterans' groups needed to come up with an alternative plan?
Or are you claiming that the head of the American Legion lied about what was said during the meeting?
While he can't bring himself to say "yes" Avanti can't bring himself to in any way criticize Obama on anything but a cosmetic basis.
Obamaton in existential crisis means denial mode takes over and flimsy excuses are offered. And if you refuse the flimsy excuse, you are dismissed as being stupid - Obama's "great intelligence" gives them power to dismiss all of his critics.
Obama has formed an army of mind-slave-sociopaths.
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Chicago Blonde Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:43:43am |
re: #292 ilzito guacamolito
I don't think so - I think it's someone like me who wishes they COULD paint like her. :)
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mamashawna Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:44:18am |
OT: Don't know if anyone posted this yet, but the markets just went crazy with the announcement by the fed. Hubby and I just sat and watched the markets go crazy on his computer (he trades commodities) he couldn’t believe the move and thought something was wrong, until I read the screen on CNBC that said ‘Fed to buy another 700 Billion in Mortgage backed securities’...I turned around and said ‘there you go...buying bonds, gotta print $$$, I bet gold is headed back up too....sure enough it was (has been down all morning, and is now up), inflation here we come. All this happened in the space of five minutes. The bond futures June contract just jumped $6k!
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CharlieBravo Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:44:45am |
What, nobody watches Chinese martial arts movies anymore? These guys are just trying out for a small role in one. But maybe not... China is increasing defense spending while the US is decreasing. Ain't change grand?
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:44:53am |
re: #333 CyanSnowHawk
He forgot that you only need to do that when leaving by the chimney.
Heh.
And remember, kids, the poem is called "A Visit From St. Nicholas", NOT "'Twas The Night Before Christmas".
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:44:57am |
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SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:44:58am |
re: #325 Lizard by the Bay
I'm not listening right now, but I assume it means Teleprompter of the United States?
Why don't they just let Max Headroom do the damn speeches.
It would be less annoying.
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Desert Dog Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:45:00am |
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brookly red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:45:30am |
re: #326 buzzsawmonkey
He may be "The Man," but he has yet to start acting like one.
/he is acting like a man, and that man is Mussolini.
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lawhawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:45:33am |
re: #317 Occasional Reader
So how much will an exhausted Lieutenant Colonel go for, anyway?
Perhaps a little bit more than a cabin boy, but not as much as a Teleprompter.
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Chicago Blonde Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:45:49am |
re: #331 Ben Hur
Yes, I heard Rush talking about that. If you have a bumper sticker for a 3rd party you get the hairy eyeball too.
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mamashawna Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:45:53am |
re: #344 Desert Dog
Can you say MASSIVE INFLATION? Gold has moved over $45 in the last 30 minutes...thats freakin scary...
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Lizard by the Bay Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:45:56am |
re: #336 Occasional Reader
Um, not cool, IMHO.
It's the end-result of every Plutocracy in history, OR. I'm not advocating revolution, I'm just seeing the posibility become more real than I ever expected in my lifetime.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:46:13am |
re: #319 ilzito guacamolito
I love it that Rush is referring to the one as TOTUS now.
Did that phrase first appear on LGF?
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:46:44am |
Some woman was just questioning Liddy and she appeared to not have the foggiest notion about the meaning of the word "contract".
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:47:05am |
re: #332 scuba mom
Yesterday, or the day before, he offered to debate the teleprompter
The Teleprompter would beat the socks off him.
/S
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LGoPs Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:48:06am |
Barack Obama’s next international challenge will be the Flying Chinese Militia.
I want to see the 'after' picture which shows all these clowns with broken noses.
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scuba mom Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:48:24am |
re: #352 Dustyvet
rush was offering to debate the teleprompter since obama wouldn't debate him-funny either way
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:49:10am |
Dem demagogue berating Liddy about bonuses while (NEA) teachers are getting pink slips?
Can you ever fire a union teacher, after all the money they gave to Obama's campaign?
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Killian Bundy Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:49:18am |
OH NOES, CALIFORNIA TEACHERS AREN'T GETTING BONUSES! THE HORROR!
/THE POSTURING DUMBASSESNESS OF THESE ASSCLOWNS IS BEYOND STAGGERING!
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ilzito guacamolito Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:50:01am |
re: #350 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Did that phrase first appear on LGF?
Probably. It is so funny to hear it uttered, though, and uttered repeatedly in place of POTUS, the Messiah and every other term Rush has used for the Excrement in Chief.
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Chicago Blonde Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:50:06am |
re: #354 LGoPs
I want to see the 'after' picture which shows all these clowns with broken noses.
Crouching Tiger, Deviated Septum?
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gmsc Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:50:43am |
re: #352 Dustyvet
The Teleprompter would beat the socks off him.
/S
I can see the debate now:
Teleprompter: "Good evening, I'm the presidential teleprompter."
0bama: "And I'm Ron Burgundy?"
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:50:51am |
These assholes don't care about whatever Liddy says. They just wanna' yakyakyak.
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ilzito guacamolito Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:51:23am |
re: #362 MandyManners
These assholes don't care about whatever Liddy says. They just wanna' yakyakyak.
I wanna yak too.
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avanti Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:51:58am |
re: #265 karmic_inquisitor
I don't want to be rid of you.
i want you to admit that this man is a cretin.
So don't go when he goes through with this. Simply admit that Obama is wrong. Morally wrong. How on earth can any veteran support having the wounded pay for their own treatment? Unconscionable.
I'll meet you half way, if he pushes the plan as suggested, I'll agree that he's dead wrong and leave anyway, having lost what little faith I had in politicians. But no one ever suggested vets pay for their own treatment. Trying to suggest that private insurance could or would pay, is silly enough. I opposed a similar plan submitted several times since the Clinton administration, just as I do this one.
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Desert Dog Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:52:36am |
re: #358 buzzsawmonkey
"That there is Boss Keane's ditch. I told him that's your dirt in it."
It's not robbing Peter to pay Paul...Peter and Paul are robbing each other to pay each other....
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:52:43am |
My blood is still boiling over "Make the wounded pay".
And I won't ever give Obama the benefit of any doubt simply because he considered it. He is a pathetic dirt bag scum unworthy of the attentiona and adulation that this country has given him.
he is a self consumed megalomaniac who has no capacity whatsoever to sympathize with a wounded vet or (even worse) that vet's family, simply because he considers those people on the "wrong side".
Would Obama cut off treatment to Illegal Aliens at government hospitals? Would he ever state that he is considering it? No - they are "victims" whereas soldiers are "killers."
We have a Marxist in the White House.
I gotta go do something else or I will explode.
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:52:58am |
re: #355 scuba mom
rush was offering to debate the teleprompter since obama wouldn't debate him-funny either way
Whoops sorry....
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joncelli Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:53:19am |
re: #338 mamashawna
Good for the market now, bad for us down the road. Remember when the MSM criticized the inflation and unemployment numbers under Bush?
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Diamond Bullet Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:54:20am |
Yep, the Fed is going to print off another $1 trillion. It's inflationilicious. At this point I can only assume that Obama is trying to recreate the plot of the Simpsons episode where a single $1 trillion bill ultimately gets stolen by Castro.
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
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Killian Bundy Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:55:13am |
It's been well over an hour know and these freaks still don't know what the difference between a retention and a performance bonus.
/NEWS FLASH, AIG didn't run up a $2 trillion deficit in less than two months
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JohnnyReb Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:55:22am |
re: #364 avanti
I'll meet you half way, if he pushes the plan as suggested, I'll agree that he's dead wrong and leave anyway, having lost what little faith I had in politicians. But no one ever suggested vets pay for their own treatment. Trying to suggest that private insurance could or would pay, is silly enough. I opposed a similar plan submitted several times since the Clinton administration, just as I do this one.
Face it, the plan was discussed in his office, so it became his plan, period. Thats how it works when you are president. He did not back off when confronted by the Commander of the American Legion, so he owns it, 100%.
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Kragar Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:55:27am |
re: #361 gmsc
I can see the debate now:
Teleprompter: "Good evening, I'm the presidential teleprompter."
0bama: "And I'm Ron Burgundy?"
Biden: "And I'm Brick Tamland"
Geitner: "and I'm Champ Kind, Whammie!"
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Bubblehead II Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:56:23am |
re: #361 gmsc
I can see the debate now:
Teleprompter: "Good evening, I'm the presidential teleprompter."
0bama:
"And I'm Ron Burgundy?""Good evening, I'm the presidential teleprompter." uh, uh, uh I mean and I am the President of the United States.
FTFY
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avanti Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:56:26am |
re: #335 karmic_inquisitor
While he can't bring himself to say "yes" Avanti can't bring himself to in any way criticize Obama on anything but a cosmetic basis.
Obamaton in existential crisis means denial mode takes over and flimsy excuses are offered. And if you refuse the flimsy excuse, you are dismissed as being stupid - Obama's "great intelligence" gives them power to dismiss all of his critics.
Obama has formed an army of mind-slave-sociopaths.
When did I accuse anyone of lying ? He said he thought BHO was going ahead with the plan, I say he is not. It's a difference of opinion and we'll know who's right in a day or two.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:57:09am |
Our whole government is self-destructing. The problem is, there is nothing we can do about it, it's way out of our control.
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CanadianBush Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:57:24am |
(yawn) Photoshopped. The Chinese Flying Militia has only three flying cadres. And you can see clearly in the background one of them was having trouble achieving lift-off.
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:57:45am |
re: #370 Diamond Bullet
Yep, the Fed is going to print off another $1 trillion. It's inflationilicious. At this point I can only assume that Obama is trying to recreate the plot of the Simpsons episode where a single $1 trillion bill ultimately gets stolen by Castro.
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
* * * *
Obama's intent on bringing back Carter's misery index, including 20% mortgage interest rates.
Obama asked former Pres. Carter, "How'm I doing?" today, when Jimmah visited the White House.
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:58:10am |
re: #351 MandyManners
Some woman was just questioning Liddy and she appeared to not have the foggiest notion about the meaning of the word "contract".
"Contracts" are for dead white slaveowners and the like. The really important thing is social justice.
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avanti Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:58:29am |
re: #338 mamashawna
OT: Don't know if anyone posted this yet, but the markets just went crazy with the announcement by the fed. Hubby and I just sat and watched the markets go crazy on his computer (he trades commodities) he couldn’t believe the move and thought something was wrong, until I read the screen on CNBC that said ‘Fed to buy another 700 Billion in Mortgage backed securities’...I turned around and said ‘there you go...buying bonds, gotta print $$$, I bet gold is headed back up too....sure enough it was (has been down all morning, and is now up), inflation here we come. All this happened in the space of five minutes. The bond futures June contract just jumped $6k!
I wondered why the market was going nuts all of a sudden. I'm glad I stayed in a few more days.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:58:52am |
re: #375 avanti
When did I accuse anyone of lying ? He said he thought BHO was going ahead with the plan, I say he is not. It's a difference of opinion and we'll know who's right in a day or two.
You said that yesterday. How many "day or two" is going to go by before we have some movement on this?
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yma o hyd Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:58:54am |
re: #344 Desert Dog
Ut oh!
That, iirc, is also called 'quantitative easing' - the Bank of England did something similar earlier this month.
Its a very posh exp;lanation - or in the case of the Fed, a very veiled one, for printing more money ...
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:59:42am |
Now this wind back accuses AIG's appointed curator of running the TITANIC and reserving the lifeboats for the officers!
Never waste a good Titanic crisis.
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jorline Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:59:45am |
Senate confirms former Dallas mayor as trade chief.
The Senate voted 92-5 to confirm Kirk as U.S. trade representative, setting aside a tax problem revealed after he was nominated and concerns raised by some Republicans that the Obama administration was putting the country on a path to protectionism.
Ron Kirk data.
Links take you to Hillary for President, Lieberman for President and Obama for America.
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VioletTiger Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:59:54am |
I wonder how many tries it took them to get this right? i wouldn't want to be the guy that messed it up after 3247 tries.
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avanti Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:00:40pm |
re: #381 Walter L. Newton
You said that yesterday. How many "day or two" is going to go by before we have some movement on this?
It could be today, but more likely tomorrow. The WH chief of staff is meeting with the Vets again.
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Eowyn2 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:00:52pm |
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:00:57pm |
re: #382 yma o hyd
That, iirc, is also called 'quantitative easing'
It's got a nice ring to it, sort of like "escort service".
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:01:01pm |
re: #380 avanti
I wondered why the market was going nuts all of a sudden. I'm glad I stayed in a few more days.
Figures, you're glad the government made another stupid move so you could benefit off of it.
Selfish son-of-a-bitch.
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:01:04pm |
re: #364 avanti
I'll meet you half way, if he pushes the plan as suggested, I'll agree that he's dead wrong and leave anyway, having lost what little faith I had in politicians. But no one ever suggested vets pay for their own treatment. Trying to suggest that private insurance could or would pay, is silly enough. I opposed a similar plan submitted several times since the Clinton administration, just as I do this one.
Dude - do you think "private insurance" is free? Oh yeah - you are a Democrat who has gotten government paychecks all of your life - so you think "yes".
Well it isn't.
And the premiums are not tax deductable.
So the soldier does pay.
And when you are a soldier who has to buy war wound insurance, you can imagine what the premium will be.
I regularly visit with recovering Marines at Balboa Hospital. Some of these guys look like their skulls were passed through a meat grinder. Few visit them out of revulsion. Imagine being 20, looking at the rest of your life, wondering if you can ever work, and finding out that the VA is going to start trying to find a private insurer (maybe you mom and dad's if they declared you a dependent on their tax retun) to pin the costs on.
Imagine then contemplating how you are going to have to negotiate with that insurer over what is the appropriate level of physical therapy that you are allowed under that policy.
imagine having to sell your one possession - a shity car you bought after basic but before you were shipped out - to pay the deductible for that treatment. And imagine then realizing that you need to find money to pay next year's deductible.
Obama has no life experience or work experience that makes him in any way capable of empathising with that situation.
He is wholly unqualified to be the President. Yet he is because gullible people like you voted for him.
I fear for those Marines. I really do.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:01:11pm |
re: #374 Bubblehead II
I can see the debate now:
Teleprompter: "Good evening, I'm the presidential teleprompter."
0bama:
"And I'm Ron Burgundy?""Good evening, I'm the presidential teleprompter." uh, uh, uh I mean and I amthe President of the United Stateslost...
FTFY
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:01:12pm |
Good, Liddy tells his inquisitor he's taking offense, because Liddy was not even there at AIG when these bonus contracts were written in 2007.
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:01:22pm |
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VioletTiger Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:02:17pm |
Fox news article on the home school issue we discussed a few days back:
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:02:34pm |
re: #379 Occasional Reader
"Contracts" are for dead white slaveowners and the like. The really important thing is social justice.
When she fell out of the Stupid-Tree, she hit every branch on the way down.
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:02:49pm |
re: #387 avanti
It could be today, but more likely tomorrow. The WH chief of staff is meeting with the Vets again.
If Obama were taking a similar amount of time to mull over a plan to lower the unemployment rate by re-introducing slavery, would be similarly blasé?
"Hey, now, it's not his plan, he's just considering it, that's all."
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Diamond Bullet Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:02:52pm |
re: #378 alegrias
* * * *
Obama's intent on bringing back Carter's misery index, including 20% mortgage interest rates.Obama asked former Pres. Carter, "How'm I doing?" today, when Jimmah visited the White House.
If Carter said "You're doing great!" I hope Obama had the historical awareness to begin drinking heavily. But I won't hold my breath.
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Eowyn2 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:03:34pm |
re: #308 subsailor68
Well here's at least a little bit of good news:
DOD: Upon Further Review, Spent Military Brass Will Be Sold
A lizard (sorry can't remember who) posted a link the other day to a piece about the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) and the decision to mutilate small arms cartridge brass, rather than sell it (as they had done in the past).
The link above indicates that they've "re-thought" the policy, and used brass may once again be sold.
Murtha's already been bought.
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gmsc Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:04:07pm |
re: #386 buzzsawmonkey
In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die."--Rudyard Kipling, The Gods of the Copybook Headings
Read the whole thing.
Excerpted from "Francisco's Money Speech":
"Then you will see the rise of the men of the double standard--the men who live by force, yet count on those who live by trade to create the value of their looted money--the men who are the hitchhikers of virtue. In a moral society, these are the criminals, and the statutes are written to protect you against them. But when a society establishes criminals-by-right and looters-by-law--men who use force to seize the wealth of disarmed victims--then money becomes its creators' avenger. Such looters believe it safe to rob defenseless men, once they've passed a law to disarm them. But their loot becomes the magnet for other looters, who get it from them as they got it. Then the race goes, not to the ablest at production, but to those most ruthless at brutality. When force is the standard, the murderer wins over the pickpocket. And then that society vanishes, in a spread of ruins and slaughter.
"Do you wish to know whether that day is coming? Watch money. Money is the barometer of a society's virtue. When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion--when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing--when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors--when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you--when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice--you may know that your society is doomed. Money is so noble a medium that is does not compete with guns and it does not make terms with brutality. It will not permit a country to survive as half-property, half-loot.
"Whenever destroyers appear among men, they start by destroying money, for money is men's protection and the base of a moral existence. Destroyers seize gold and leave to its owners a counterfeit pile of paper. This kills all objective standards and delivers men into the arbitrary power of an arbitrary setter of values. Gold was an objective value, an equivalent of wealth produced. Paper is a mortgage on wealth that does not exist, backed by a gun aimed at those who are expected to produce it. Paper is a check drawn by legal looters upon an account which is not theirs: upon the virtue of the victims. Watch for the day when it bounces, marked, 'Account overdrawn.'
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, 'Who is destroying the world? You are.
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:04:50pm |
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:05:01pm |
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:05:36pm |
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avanti Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:05:54pm |
re: #392 karmic_inquisitor
Dude - do you think "private insurance" is free? Oh yeah - you are a Democrat who has gotten government paychecks all of your life - so you think "yes".
Well it isn't.
And that's one reason I think it's a lame idea. going no where in spite of the waste of bandwidth discussing it. BTW, the only government checks I get are my Navy retirement and social security checks.
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:06:07pm |
re: #405 Iron Fist
Revolutionary Social Justice? Are we re-doing the French Revolution, the Russian Revolution, or Cambodia? The French have wine, the Russians vodka, but I don't have a clue what to drink with a Cambodian Revolution...
Fermented fish heads and rice?
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:06:27pm |
re: #391 Walter L. Newton
Figures, you're glad the government made another stupid move so you could benefit off of it.
Selfish son-of-a-bitch.
He is on my total GAZE. Other wise I would have climbed in already.
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yma o hyd Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:06:30pm |
re: #390 Occasional Reader
It's got a nice ring to it, sort of like "escort service".
Yeah - sounds so much less frightening than 'staving off recession'.
Thing is - comong over the horizon, for us Brits, is that lovely thing called 'stagflation', where the economy stagnates, while inflation rockets.
We had that, in the 1970s. Was under a Labour government, naturally.
Guess who had to clean up the mess?
Maggie.
Guess it'll be Maggie's children who'll have to do it again, this time round.
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Kragar Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:06:32pm |
re: #405 Iron Fist
Revolutionary Social Justice? Are we re-doing the French Revolution, the Russian Revolution, or Cambodia? The French have wine, the Russians vodka, but I don't have a clue what to drink with a Cambodian Revolution...
Closest thing I could think of would be Soju
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Ben Hur Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:06:42pm |
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:06:48pm |
re: #407 avanti
And that's one reason I think it's a lame idea. going no where in spite of the waste of bandwidth discussing it. BTW, the only government checks I get are my Navy retirement and social security checks.
THAT'S NOT THE FUCKING POINT!
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:07:16pm |
re: #405 Iron Fist
but I don't have a clue what to drink with a Cambodian Revolution...
Maybe Killian's Red could come out with a special seasonal beer called "The Killian Fields"?
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Neutral President Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:07:26pm |
re: #361 gmsc
I can see the debate now:
Teleprompter: "Good evening, I'm the presidential teleprompter."
0bama: "And I'm Ron Burgundy?"
I'm just waiting for a disgruntled staffer to pull an Anchorman and put references to "Tits McGee" on it, or of course "Go Fuck Yourself America" at the end of a speech.
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Chicago Blonde Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:08:17pm |
re: #413 Ben Hur
Don't get me started.
And on that note, I need to hop of again. Bye everyone, and have a great day.
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:08:18pm |
re: #407 avanti
And that's one reason I think it's a lame idea. going no where in spite of the waste of bandwidth discussing it. BTW, the only government checks I get are my Navy retirement and social security checks.
And I got government checks when I served.
But this is not a waste of bandwidth.
it reveals the nature of the man at the helm.
You should be fearful for your less fortunate brothers in arms. Even if this "goes no where" you now know the caliber of the man who entertained the idea.
BBL
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golly Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:08:25pm |
This photo reminds me of my favorite Chinese firework, "Monkeys Invade the Heavenly Palace". I kid you not, it was a rocket.
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:08:47pm |
re: #392 karmic_inquisitor
Dude - do you think "private insurance" is free? Oh yeah - you are a Democrat who has gotten government paychecks all of your life - so you think "yes".
Well it isn't.
And the premiums are not tax deductable.
So the soldier does pay.
And when you are a soldier who has to buy war wound insurance, you can imagine what the premium will be.
I regularly visit with recovering Marines at Balboa Hospital. Some of these guys look like their skulls were passed through a meat grinder. Few visit them out of revulsion. Imagine being 20, looking at the rest of your life, wondering if you can ever work, and finding out that the VA is going to start trying to find a private insurer (maybe you mom and dad's if they declared you a dependent on their tax retun) to pin the costs on.
Imagine then contemplating how you are going to have to negotiate with that insurer over what is the appropriate level of physical therapy that you are allowed under that policy.
imagine having to sell your one possession - a shity car you bought after basic but before you were shipped out - to pay the deductible for that treatment. And imagine then realizing that you need to find money to pay next year's deductible.
Obama has no life experience or work experience that makes him in any way capable of empathising with that situation.
He is wholly unqualified to be the President. Yet he is because gullible people like you voted for him.
I fear for those Marines. I really do.
Well said. Now STFU Avanti or refute this.
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yma o hyd Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:08:52pm |
re: #392 karmic_inquisitor
{karmic_inquisitor}
Heartfelt thanks for what you do!
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SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:08:54pm |
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ilzito guacamolito Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:09:17pm |
re: #395 MandyManners
Thanks for the musical interlude. It had me bopping in my seat. I always liked Talk Talk. The band, not the shit coming out of DC.
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:09:40pm |
re: #415 Occasional Reader
Maybe Killian's Red could come out with a special seasonal beer called "The Killian Fields"?
* * * *
Kerry & Fonda's Killian Fields Bloody Red Beer.
Remember they (actually Ted Turner said this on O'Reilly), he had no real memory of the killing fields and gulags. Genocide cause by democrats' cowardice wasn't newsworthy to him.
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brookly red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:09:49pm |
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:10:18pm |
re: #421 Iron Fist
I'm almost afraid to ask, but what is Soju?
The beginning of a Khmer ethnic joke?
"So, ju, Catholic, and Episcopalian walk into bar..."
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scuba mom Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:10:26pm |
re: #407 avanti
so, about those navy retirement checks-they're next
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:10:31pm |
re: #417 Iron Fist
Fish heads, fish heads
Rolly-polly fish heads...
WMG has yanked the audio on youtube.
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Lizard by the Bay Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:10:33pm |
re: #398 Occasional Reader
If Obama were taking a similar amount of time to mull over a plan to lower the unemployment rate by re-introducing slavery, would be similarly blasé?
Ever noticed how pro-illegal-immigration supporters use the same arguments against a secure border that pro-slavery proponents used against emancipation? "We depend on their (virtually) free labor! Our economy will not survive! The slaves undocumented workers are better off now than they would be under your plan!" etc...
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avanti Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:10:53pm |
re: #398 Occasional Reader
If Obama were taking a similar amount of time to mull over a plan to lower the unemployment rate by re-introducing slavery, would be similarly blasé?
"Hey, now, it's not his plan, he's just considering it, that's all."
The budget is due next month, the WH has scheduled meeting with the Vets all week to get their input on the various ideas before making a decision. I think the last one is today or tomorrow.
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:11:23pm |
re: #425 ilzito guacamolito
Thanks for the musical interlude. It had me bopping in my seat. I always liked Talk Talk. The band, not the shit coming out of DC.
You're welcome.
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Bubblehead II Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:11:36pm |
re: #404 Erik The Red
If I remember correctly, Charles shut off the rating system after a set period of time. What that time frame is, is unknown to me. You would have to ask Charles.
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bulwrk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:11:49pm |
re: #422 Erik The Red
I am really starting to believe its a sneaky backhanded way to damage military recruitment.
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golly Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:11:51pm |
re: #421 Iron Fist
I'm almost afraid to ask, but what is Soju?
Korean vodka made from a variety of things. Nuetral spirits watered down so that it won't kill you too soon. Good stuff to wash down Kimchee with.
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Kragar Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:11:58pm |
re: #421 Iron Fist
I'm almost afraid to ask, but what is Soju?
Korean booze, closest thing to Cambodia I could think of.
Most brands of modern soju are made in South Korea. Though traditionally made from rice, most major brands supplement or even replace the rice with other starches such as potato, wheat, barley, sweet potato, or tapioca (called dangmil in Korean). Soju is clear in color and typically varies in alcohol content from about 20% to about 45% alcohol by volume (ABV), with 20% ABV being most common. Its taste is comparable to vodka, though often slightly sweeter because of the sugars added in the manufacturing process.
We were warned not to drink it when I was in Korea since the locals would cut it with wood alcohol and you could go blind drinking the stuff.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:12:24pm |
re: #433 avanti
Hey jerk, I just want to make sure you see this...
re: #380 avanti
I wondered why the market was going nuts all of a sudden. I'm glad I stayed in a few more days.
Figures, you're glad the government made another stupid move so you could benefit off of it.
Selfish son-of-a-bitch.
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redstateredneck Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:12:33pm |
re: #392 karmic_inquisitor
I just happened to think....don't all (all I've ever seen, at any rate) health insurance policies EXCLUDE injuries sustained during acts of war? Oh wait...no prob. That's just a contract between you and the insurance company.
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:12:53pm |
re: #433 avanti
The budget is due next month, the WH has scheduled meeting with the Vets all week to get their input on the various ideas before making a decision. I think the last one is today or tomorrow.
THAT'S NOT THE FUCKING POINT!
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Eowyn2 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:13:03pm |
re: #364 avanti
I'll meet you half way, if he pushes the plan as suggested, I'll agree that he's dead wrong and leave anyway, having lost what little faith I had in politicians. But no one ever suggested vets pay for their own treatment. Trying to suggest that private insurance could or would pay, is silly enough. I opposed a similar plan submitted several times since the Clinton administration, just as I do this one.
Private insurance (Blue Cross, Blue Shield, AIG, Aflac.........) cost both employees and employers. When insurance is 'paid for' by the company, that is approx $500. per month per full time employ depending on the employee's age and health record and size of the company. Since I work for a small business with under 50 employees, with health, drug, and dental benefits, 500 per month per employee is just slightly off (it was 489 last time I looked) So take 500/month and multiply it by 25 and the company is paying $12,500 into HEALTH insurance. 12,500/month = $150,000 per year.
thats 150,000 that comes out of the company coffers and not into the employees' immediate hands.
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:13:11pm |
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brookly red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:13:13pm |
re: #421 Iron Fist
I'm almost afraid to ask, but what is Soju?
But seriously, it's rice alcohol w/sugar... runs about 40 proof.
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LGoPs Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:13:17pm |
re: #331 Ben Hur
Missouri Officials Target Rightwingers & Pro-Lifers For Terrorism
Missouri police officers were given instructions to target Christians, pro-lifers, Ron Paulians, pro-Gun activists, etc. as potential terrorists.
Timothy Birdnow at The American Thinker reported on this disturbing offical police document:Who is being targeted in this report? The state police are warned that Christians, "sovereign citizens", those opposed to abortion, tax revisionists, and anti-illegal immigrant advocates are potential would-be terrorists.
The only thing I can think (other than thoughts that would get me deleted) is that I hope that we can still rely on the basic decency and common sense of the police, who no doubt carry some of those same beliefs.
If they've bought into this bullshit then we are in even deeper trouble.
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:14:23pm |
re: #443 MandyManners
THAT'S NOT THE FUCKING POINT!
2M. He will never get the point, even if it is rammed up his liberal ass.
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JimmyTheClaw Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:14:42pm |
Your cell phone is in your pocket.
He clutches the cross hanging on his chain next to his dog tags.
[]
You talk trash about your 'buddies' that aren't with you.
He knows he may not see some of his buddies again.
[]
You walk down the beach, staring at all the pretty girls.
He patrols the streets, searching for insurgents and terrorists.
[]
You complain about how hot it is
He wears his heavy gear, not daring to take off his helmet to wipe his brow.
[]
You go out to lunch, and complain because the restaurant got your order wrong.
He doesn't get to eat today.
[]
Your maid makes your bed and washes your clothes.
He wears the same things for weeks, but makes sure his weapons are clean.
[]
You go to the mall and get your hair redone.
He doesn't have time to brush his teeth today.
[]
You're angry because your class ran 5 minutes over.
He's told he will be held over an extra 2 months.
[]
You call your girlfriend and set a date for tonight.
He waits for the mail to see if there is a letter from home.
[]
You hug and kiss your girlfriend, like you do everyday.
He holds his letter close and smells his love's perfume.
[]
You roll your eyes as a baby cries.
He gets a letter with pictures of his new child, and wonders if they'll ever meet.
[]
You criticize your government, and say that war never solves anything.
He sees the innocent tortured and killed by their own people and remembers why he is fighting.
[]
You hear the jokes about the war, and make fun of men like him.
He hears the gunfire, bombs and screams of the wounded.
[]
You see only what the media wants you to see..
He sees the broken bodies lying around him.
[]
You are asked to go to the store by your parents. You don't.
He does exactly what he is told even if it puts his life in danger.
[]
You stay at home and watch TV.
He takes whatever time he is given to call, write home, sleep, and eat.
[]
You crawl into your soft bed, with down pillows, and get comfortable.
He tries to sleep but gets woken by mortars and helicopters all night long.
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avanti Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:14:45pm |
re: #391 Walter L. Newton
Figures, you're glad the government made another stupid move so you could benefit off of it.
Selfish son-of-a-bitch.
I'm glad the government might be turning the economy around. If the market goes up, consumer confidence goes up, folks spend money, pay more taxes, and off we go.
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:15:03pm |
re: #438 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
We were warned not to drink it when I was in Korea since the locals would cut it with wood alcohol and you could go blind drinking the stuff.
Reminds me of that time the Soviet Air Force commissioned a study to see if their ground crews were in danger of becoming addicts from drinking MiG-25 brake fluid.
Fortunately, the study found that they could stop any time they wanted.
/rimshot
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Eowyn2 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:15:05pm |
re: #404 Erik The Red
Don't know why but it will not let me ding:(
Have you tried a little blue pill?
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:15:33pm |
re: #448 LGoPs
The only thing I can think (other than thoughts that would get me deleted) is that I hope that we can still rely on the basic decency and common sense of the police, who no doubt carry some of those same beliefs.
If they've bought into this bullshit then we are in even deeper trouble.
That's the same state that had sheriffs part of the FCBBHO Truth Squads ready to jump on citizens who questioned FCBBHO before the election.
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Cygnus Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:15:35pm |
What does a trillion dollars really look like? Click on this!
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LGoPs Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:15:42pm |
re: #398 Occasional Reader
If Obama were taking a similar amount of time to mull over a plan to lower the unemployment rate by re-introducing slavery, would be similarly blasé?
"Hey, now, it's not his plan, he's just considering it, that's all."
I think a better comparison, made by a lizard somewhere up-thread, is if Obama was considering eliminating medical benefits for illegal aliens.
That thought would never even enter his head....let alone be mulled over.
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Rednek Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:15:42pm |
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:15:54pm |
re: #454 Ben Hur
Ahhhh.....Why not say Obama?
Why dilute?
And hold 0bama accountable for something?! Never!
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JimmyTheClaw Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:16:11pm |
Dear President Obama,
Thank you for helping my neighbors with their mortgage payments. You know the one's down the street who in the good times refinanced their house several times and bought SUV's, ATV's, RV"s, a pool, a big screen, two Wave Runners and a Harley. But I was wondering, since I am paying my mortgage and theirs, could you arrange for me to borrow the Harley now and then?
Richard Ford
Queen Creek AZ
P.S. They also need help with their credit cards, when do you want me to start making those payments?
P.P.S. I almost forgot - they didn't file their income tax return this year. Should I go ahead and file for them or will you be appointing them to cabinet posts?
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Eowyn2 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:16:26pm |
re: #438 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
We were warned not to drink it when I was in Korea since the locals would cut it with wood alcohol and you could go blind drinking the stuff.
strain it through white bread?
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redstateredneck Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:17:05pm |
re: #444 Eowyn2
Private insurance (Blue Cross, Blue Shield, AIG, Aflac.........) cost both employees and employers. When insurance is 'paid for' by the company, that is approx $500. per month per full time employ depending on the employee's age and health record and size of the company. Since I work for a small business with under 50 employees, with health, drug, and dental benefits, 500 per month per employee is just slightly off (it was 489 last time I looked) So take 500/month and multiply it by 25 and the company is paying $12,500 into HEALTH insurance. 12,500/month = $150,000 per year.
thats 150,000 that comes out of the company coffers and not into the employees' immediate hands.
Just ask anyone who has exercised their right to continuation coverage via COBRA. Costs way more than they thought.
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JimmyTheClaw Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:17:05pm |
AN IRISH BLONDE IN A CASINO
An attractive blonde from Cork, Ireland arrived at the casino. She
seemed a little intoxicated and bet twenty-thousand Euros on a
single roll of the dice.
She said, 'I hope you don't mind, but I feel much luckier when I'm
completely nude'.
With that, she stripped from the neck down, rolled the dice and with
an Irish brogue yelled, 'Come on, baby, Mama needs new clothes!'
As the dice came to a stop, she jumped up and down and
squealed...'YES! YES! I WON, I WON!'
She hugged each of the dealers and then picked up her winnings and
her clothes and quickly departed.
The dealers stared at each other dumbfounded. Finally, one of them
asked, 'What did she roll?'
The other answered, 'I don't know - I thought you were watching.'
MORAL OF THE STORY -
Not all Irish are drunks,
not all blondes are dumb,
but all men...are men.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:17:12pm |
re: #451 avanti
I'm glad the government might be turning the economy around. If the market goes up, consumer confidence goes up, folks spend money, pay more taxes, and off we go.
The government is not turning the economy around, they are turning the economy into a socialist model, which I know is ok with you, since you have been on the public dole MOST OF YOUR LIFE.
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brookly red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:17:23pm |
re: #448 LGoPs
The only thing I can think (other than thoughts that would get me deleted) is that I hope that we can still rely on the basic decency and common sense of the police, who no doubt carry some of those same beliefs.
If they've bought into this bullshit then we are in even deeper trouble.
If you recall it was Missouri that threatned to prosecute anti-O speech during the election... didn't have legs.
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Maximu§ Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:17:38pm |
re: #447 brookly red
But seriously, it's rice alcohol w/sugar... runs about 40 proof.
Aiieeee Carumba!
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yma o hyd Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:17:50pm |
re: #451 avanti
I'm glad the government might be turning the economy around. If the market goes up, consumer confidence goes up, folks spend money, pay more taxes, and off we go.
Ever heard of inflation?
Ever heard of rising interest rates?
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LGoPs Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:18:19pm |
re: #455 MandyManners
That's the same state that had sheriffs part of the FCBBHO Truth Squads ready to jump on citizens who questioned FCBBHO before the election.
I do remember that. WTF is wrong with Missouri? I thought their motto "Show Me" was evidence of a certain air of skepticism. Certainly would indicate that they might be inclined to at least smell the fucking kool-aid before they drank it. Unfortunately, these examples indicate otherwise.
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formercorpsman Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:18:22pm |
re: #460 JimmyTheClaw
If you are looking to maintain your anonymity, if that is your real name, you might have just erred in posting that.
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:19:02pm |
re: #470 LGoPs
I do remember that. WTF is wrong with Missouri? I thought their motto "Show Me" was evidence of a certain air of skepticism. Certainly would indicate that they might be inclined to at least smell the fucking kool-aid before they drank it. Unfortunately, these examples indicate otherwise.
What is it about law enforcement getting involved in this shit?
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CyanSnowHawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:21:12pm |
re: #436 bulwrk
I am really starting to believe its a sneaky backhanded way to damage military recruitment.
They can't think that far ahead. Remember, this is the administration that couldn't see bonuses being paid in March when they signed the stimulus bill that explicitly protected those bonuses in Feb.
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:21:21pm |
re: #451 avanti
I'm glad the government might be turning the economy around. If the market goes up, consumer confidence goes up, folks spend money, pay more taxes, and off we go.
* * *
That is the best scenario, may it happen no matter how the government interferes.
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Ben Hur Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:21:26pm |
re: #468 ploome hineni
See this comment?:
POSTED Mar 18, 2009
alex: "Martinmm J smith, are you on drugs? calling Obama a fascist ideologue, while your comrades in arm are calling him at the same time. Can one be at once socialist and fascist? only in your deranged mind."
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:21:33pm |
re: #470 LGoPs
WTF is wrong with Missouri? I thought their motto "Show Me" was evidence of a certain air of skepticism.
I always assumed it meant they were a bunch of perverts!
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Opinionated Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:21:39pm |
Fed to Buy $1 Trillion in Securities to Aid Economy
The Fed dramatically increased the amount of money it will create out of thin air to thaw frozen credit markets.
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
Are we headed toward Zimbabwe type inflation?
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LGoPs Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:21:41pm |
re: #473 MandyManners
What is it about law enforcement getting involved in this shit?
It's scary if they are buying into it because they are the enforcement arm of the government. Rahm Emanuel won't be coming personally to my house to take my shit. It'll be the police........
I hope this is only reflective of the career bureaucrats and elected officials in LE and not indicative of the rank and file.
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:21:48pm |
re: #465 Walter L. Newton
The government is not turning the economy around, they are turning the economy into a socialist model, which I know is ok with you, since you have been on the public dole MOST OF YOUR LIFE.
If Avanti had not served and done his time(thank you Avanti) he would be so done here already. It can't be much longer tho.
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UFO TOFU Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:21:52pm |
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formercorpsman Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:22:29pm |
If anyone is interested, Vapig posted a pretty interesting spin-off link regarding some legislation that was introduced.
I took the time to actually dig up some info on the proposal, and I'll be damned if there is not some truth to it.
Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009
Unreal.
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ilzito guacamolito Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:22:31pm |
re: #444 Eowyn2
Private insurance (Blue Cross, Blue Shield, AIG, Aflac.........) cost both employees and employers. When insurance is 'paid for' by the company, that is approx $500. per month per full time employ depending on the employee's age and health record and size of the company. Since I work for a small business with under 50 employees, with health, drug, and dental benefits, 500 per month per employee is just slightly off (it was 489 last time I looked) So take 500/month and multiply it by 25 and the company is paying $12,500 into HEALTH insurance. 12,500/month = $150,000 per year.
thats 150,000 that comes out of the company coffers and not into the employees' immediate hands.
So many employees don't even stop to think that the $6K spent on health care is technically income in addition to their regular pay. It is like those that don't stop to think about how high taxes are thanks to withholding.
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Cygnus Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:23:11pm |
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JimmyTheClaw Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:23:25pm |
re: #471 formercorpsman
If you are looking to maintain your anonymity, if that is your real name, you might have just erred in posting that.
nope its a made up one in the joke that was emailed me
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:23:54pm |
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J.S. Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:23:57pm |
re: #465 Walter L. Newton
Very early on (in the Congressional hearing with Liddy) there was a congressman (I didn't catch the name) who said that what we're seeing is when politics gets mixed up in the economy...so that what's occurring (really, really ugly) is politicized "economics" at play...who gets paid, who doesn't get paid, all determined according to government largess...not economics. (it's the antithesis of capitalism -- rewards only go to the politically savvy.)
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Eowyn2 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:24:08pm |
re: #463 redstateredneck
Just ask anyone who has exercised their right to continuation coverage via COBRA. Costs way more than they thought.
damn, i was trying to remember COBRA name and couldn't come up with it. I'd work for a couple thou less a year if it came with a cobra plan like my dad's was. 80/20 with a 500.00 FAMILY deductible (and how fast was that family deductible used up with 8 kids?)
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avanti Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:24:33pm |
re: #465 Walter L. Newton
The government is not turning the economy around, they are turning the economy into a socialist model, which I know is ok with you, since you have been on the public dole MOST OF YOUR LIFE.
I have no idea where you got that. I worked from the age of 14-18, served in the Navy from 18 to 38, ran my own business for over 20 years, then retired on my Navy and SS dole.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:24:54pm |
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:25:04pm |
re: #483 Erik The Red
If Avanti had not served and done his time(thank you Avanti) he would be so done here already. It can't be much longer tho.
I have no problem with him being in the Navy and getting a paycheck and retirement that was and is paid for by the public.
But I don't have to like or agree with the selfish asshole that he has become.
I know a hell of a lot of Vets who do not look at the world like he does, and they are true patriots.
'nuff said...
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bulwrk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:25:06pm |
re: #477 CyanSnowHawk
They can't think that far ahead. Remember, this is the administration that couldn't see bonuses being paid in March when they signed the stimulus bill that explicitly protected those bonuses in Feb.
The left has been contemplating ways to destroy the military for a long long time.
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jcm Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:25:08pm |
re: #451 avanti
I'm glad the government might be turning the economy around. If the market goes up, consumer confidence goes up, folks spend money, pay more taxes, and off we go.
Have taken any economics courses? Have you read any economics books?
Have studied anything by Smith, Mises, Laffer or other non-Keynesian economists?
Nothing, Nothing Obama is doing or has proposed has every worked or can work.
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Ben Hur Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:25:26pm |
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Lizard by the Bay Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:25:26pm |
re: #331 Ben Hur
We're all being made "enemies of the state" in our own country. Obama and his ilk aren't content with winning elections. Elections are the "system". They're here to tear down the system. They came to fight a revolution for Obama's sake, and it's just not a revolution unless your enemies are lined up against a wall.
Why do you think Obama is sending his brown shirts door-to-door, making lists of who is a supporter, and more importantly, who isn't?
It only gets much scarier from here.
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:25:41pm |
re: #468 ploome hineni
Obama rewarded some asshole democrat from Alaska, a Mr. Elton, with a big plum job here in Washington, for drumming up the fake allegations against Sarah Palin--that she had her former brother in law the wife abuser fired for personal vendetta, instead of on grounds of performance.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:26:03pm |
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lawhawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:26:23pm |
re: #451 avanti
I'm glad the government might be turning the economy around. If the market goes up, consumer confidence goes up, folks spend money, pay more taxes, and off we go.
The economy might be taking off on its own without any government action in fits and starts. The DJIA has been bouncing all over the place and it might be in the midst of a bear market rally that doesn't signify any signficant changes to the economy. There are a few things that show that Obama's economic policies are independent of reality though: housing starts are independent of anything Obama has done.
It's a function of pent up demand for housing in some areas of the country (the real estate mess is highly specific to certain parts of the country - concentrated in four states CA, NV, FL, and AZ and only certain counties therein). It's a function of the Fed keeping interest rates insanely low to prime the economy and get money out there.
So are the unemployment figures that came in better than expected. The porkfest has barely been implemented and has done absolutely nothing to produce a single job (just ask Catepillar that laid off 2,000+ jobs).
Companies are still laying people off, but some might be reconsidering because the local situation or sector has improved somewhat.
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UFO TOFU Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:26:25pm |
re: #487 formercorpsman
I think I saw that earlier. The air Marshall's are losing their guns but he's creating a food police. Prioritize.
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redstateredneck Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:26:34pm |
re: #494 Eowyn2
damn, i was trying to remember COBRA name and couldn't come up with it. I'd work for a couple thou less a year if it came with a cobra plan like my dad's was. 80/20 with a 500.00 FAMILY deductible (and how fast was that family deductible used up with 8 kids?)
COBRA entitles you to stay on your employer's health plan for up to 18 months but you have to pay the full price. As a matter of fact, you can pay up to 102% to your previous employer. The 2% is to cover their administration costs for collecting the money.
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Ben Hur Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:26:35pm |
re: #497 Iron Fist
That's why German Fascism was called National Socialism. Because you can't be a fascist at the same time as you are a socialist.
(So do they actually let this bright boy out to walk the streets unsupervised? Sounds like an excellent way for all kinds of mischief to happen...)
National Socialism is a type of Fascism, yet is Socialism, no?
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lawhawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:27:10pm |
re: #491 buzzsawmonkey
Food is being "modernized?" Does that mean we'll get extra melamine?
Twice the carbon tax and half the taste.
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formercorpsman Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:27:20pm |
re: #490 JimmyTheClaw
Fair enough Jimmy, I have seen this happen on here before.
I won't say who, but a very honest mistake when you are trying to go too quick at times.
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albusteve Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:27:23pm |
re: #496 avanti
I have no idea where you got that. I worked from the age of 14-18, served in the Navy from 18 to 38, ran my own business for over 20 years, then retired on my Navy and SS dole.
who cares....your happy the market may rise, good for you now that you can make some money for yourself...but how do you reconcile BO and his minions gutting 30-40% of the market in the first place?....you sound like a leech
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tackle Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:27:29pm |
We could only hope :) Shep's not my favorite, but I don't think I've seen him this mad. Go get 'em boy!
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Lizard by the Bay Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:27:44pm |
Fascism is just Socialism with a front-man.
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brookly red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:27:55pm |
re: #485 Iron Fist
40 proof? That's practically water!
well it's not my favorite, but it works w/al-bap & kimchee.
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formercorpsman Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:28:08pm |
re: #491 buzzsawmonkey
Nah, they already have that covered. See they were on the ball.
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Opinionated Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:28:09pm |
Tell me this quote from the N Y times is not something you would swear was from The Onion
But in a surprise, it dramatically increased the amount of money it will create out of thin air to thaw out the still-frozen credit markets that have cramped lending to consumers and businesses alike.
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LGoPs Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:28:12pm |
re: #487 formercorpsman
If anyone is interested, Vapig posted a pretty interesting spin-off link regarding some legislation that was introduced.
I took the time to actually dig up some info on the proposal, and I'll be damned if there is not some truth to it.
Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009
Unreal.
Well come on now. Don't you know about the potential hazard from pointy bananas. They can take your eye out. And a Granny Smith, ballistically launched at 3000 fps can take your head off.
I for one, am pleased and gratified that our government is looking out for our well being. Even if they have to kill 25 million of us doing it......
/////
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redstateredneck Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:28:44pm |
re: #506 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
They're cutting his tanning subsidies?
I swear he wears man-liner, too.
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:28:58pm |
re: #482 LGoPs
It's scary if they are buying into it because they are the enforcement arm of the government. Rahm Emanuel won't be coming personally to my house to take my shit. It'll be the police........
I hope this is only reflective of the career bureaucrats and elected officials in LE and not indicative of the rank and file.
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:30:18pm |
re: #515 Lizard by the Bay
Fascism is just Socialism with a front-man.
Hayek* sets out a superb description of the complimentary nature of fascism and socialism in The Road To Serfdom (which every lizard should read).
_________________________________________________
*and I love her "snake dance" scene in From Dusk 'Till Dawn
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formercorpsman Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:31:00pm |
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:31:20pm |
re: #520 redstateredneck
I swear he wears man-liner, too.
* * *
Everyone on tv wears plenty of make up.
Shep is not just another pretty face.
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scuba mom Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:31:26pm |
re: #496 avanti
so the company you ran for 20 yrs made no profit?
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yma o hyd Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:31:42pm |
re: #500 bulwrk
The left has been contemplating ways to destroy the military for a long long time.
Indeed - and not just in the USA.
Here, the neostalinist NuLab atrocity under Gord is doing this:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1162789/ROBERT-HARDMAN-Ministers-treating-65th-anniversary-D-Day-utter-disdain.html
There will be nothing doing by this government - not even a church service. and they say the don't ahve the £500 000 pound to pay for the vets who want to go.
The French are doing more than we do!
And yes, lots of your vest will be there, and lots of canadians - but no Brits.
Oh - and the Queen? the government isn't doing anything to get her the official invitation she needs.
I think she may well do something off her own bat - she loves the vets.
Disgrace isn't even beginning to describe it.
Bu thats the LLL for you - first diss the military every which way, then destroy them every which way - and then come hwling ebcause, after all, you do need them!
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avanti Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:32:26pm |
re: #501 jcm
Have taken any economics courses? Have you read any economics books?
Have studied anything by Smith, Mises, Laffer or other non-Keynesian economists?Nothing, Nothing Obama is doing or has proposed has every worked or can work.
I'll admit I have not, but unlike some others, I hope he succeeds in turning the economy. If being happy when the market goes ups, and my IRA goes up is selfish, so be it. I never said word when some on here were almost gleeful when the market tanked, allow me to be happy if it goes up. If BHO plan does not work. or can't work, then the market will tank again.
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VioletTiger Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:33:00pm |
re: #520 redstateredneck
I swear he wears man-liner, too.
What's manliner? Eyeliner for men?
He's sort of too metro for me. I like manly men.
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formercorpsman Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:34:29pm |
I was just reading it at the Library of Congess, and when I went to change over to another link within the document, they are all blank now.
What would that be?
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Lizard by the Bay Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:35:12pm |
re: #528 avanti
I'll admit I have not, but unlike some others, I hope he succeeds in turning the economy. If being happy when the market goes ups, and my IRA goes up is selfish, so be it. I never said word when some on here were almost gleeful when the market tanked, allow me to be happy if it goes up. If BHO plan does not work. or can't work, then the market will tank again.
None of us are "gleeful" that the market is tanking. We feel vindicated, and we're pleased that others are finally noticing the writing on the walls, but vindication and increased awareness are not hapiness.
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albusteve Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:36:00pm |
re: #528 avanti
I'll admit I have not, but unlike some others, I hope he succeeds in turning the economy. If being happy when the market goes ups, and my IRA goes up is selfish, so be it. I never said word when some on here were almost gleeful when the market tanked, allow me to be happy if it goes up. If BHO plan does not work. or can't work, then the market will tank again.
this arrogant contrived downfall of the market is on your conscience if you have one....you've been hosed by BO and you don't mind...what kind of man are you?....a plaything for the socialists?
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jcm Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:36:24pm |
re: #528 avanti
I'll admit I have not, but unlike some others, I hope he succeeds in turning the economy. If being happy when the market goes ups, and my IRA goes up is selfish, so be it. I never said word when some on here were almost gleeful when the market tanked, allow me to be happy if it goes up. If BHO plan does not work. or can't work, then the market will tank again.
Do I want the President and the Country to succeed?
Absolutely.
The problem is everything Obama is proposing has been tried before and FAILED.
Obama is pointed ignoring what has been tired and what works.
Why should a support a policy that historical has failed again and again, the reason's for those failures can be documented? Why should I hope, that something that's never worked will work this time because Obama is trying it?
That would be INSANE!
Why isn't Obama trying proven tactics and strategies that are known to work every time they've been used?
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Shug Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:36:28pm |
Caption for the original pic of the thread
Cirque du soray
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redstateredneck Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:37:40pm |
re: #529 VioletTiger
What's manliner? Eyeliner for men?
He's sort of too metro for me. I like manly men.
Yep, eyeliner for men.
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lawhawk Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:38:35pm |
re: #531 formercorpsman
I was just reading it at the Library of Congess, and when I went to change over to another link within the document, they are all blank now.
What would that be?
Sandy Berger?
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albusteve Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:38:40pm |
re: #536 jcm
Do I want the President and the Country to succeed?
Absolutely.The problem is everything Obama is proposing has been tried before and FAILED.
Obama is pointed ignoring what has been tired and what works.
Why should a support a policy that historical has failed again and again, the reason's for those failures can be documented? Why should I hope, that something that's never worked will work this time because Obama is trying it?
That would be INSANE!
Why isn't Obama trying proven tactics and strategies that are known to work every time they've been used?
avanti is being used....BO has no intention of doing the responsible thing...avanti knows this or he is an utter fool, a drooler
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avanti Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:38:50pm |
re: #532 Lizard by the Bay
None of us are "gleeful" that the market is tanking. We feel vindicated, and we're pleased that others are finally noticing the writing on the walls, but vindication and increased awareness are not hapiness.
Good use of a word. I'll feel vindicated if BHO succeeds, you will if he fails, short and sweet.
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LGoPs Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:38:50pm |
re: #521 MandyManners
That's scary. Hell, I fly the Gadsden Flag (Don't Tread on Me). Does that mark me as an enemy?
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Cygnus Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:40:20pm |
re: #314 Ben Hur
This picture is waaay more disturbing.
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
He was trying to pick his nose and missed.
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Ceemack Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:41:45pm |
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese officials admitted today that their plan for eliminating space debris from low earth orbit still faces some "technical challenges."
However, officials vowed to continue working full-speed on the program, pointing out the danger that space debris poses to satellites and manned spacecraft.
Officials hope to be able to begin the program early in 2010.
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LGoPs Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:41:51pm |
re: #534 Iron Fist
That was my point. Socialism and fascism are really just different names for essentially the same political system. The same goes for Communism. The Bolsheviks called their form of Communism "Scientific Socialism". Hitler called his form of fascism "National Socialism" (to be fair, Hitler didn't even make up the term, but I can't remember the name of the guy that did). And Fascist Italy's Fascism came out of their Socialist party. They were all just different names for very similar Totalitarian ideologies. At times they were enemies (Hitler and the Nazis had an anti-Comintern pact with Italy), at other times "friends" (Molotov joked about the USSR joining the anti-Comintern Pact when the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was signed), and finally enemies again.
They all wanted to rule the World. Mussolini was probably the least odious of the lot, and it is Mussolini that Obama reminds me of. Has reminded me of since he first began exploring the run for the Presidency.
What all these systems have in common is the all powerful State, regardless of whether they were right or left leaning. It is the State that has the power to enslave and kill its citizens.
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Dianna Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:46:44pm |
re: #415 Occasional Reader
Maybe Killian's Red could come out with a special seasonal beer called "The Killian Fields"?
That's really witty, but the taste it leaves in my mouth won't let me even groan.
You don't usually mis-fire. I'm sorry I can't upding that one. Sorry. But I won't down-ding you, either.
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Kenneth Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:48:10pm |
re: #309 Dustyvet
You know Obama is in trouble when sycophants like Jon Stewart are outraged at the latest stupid idea from the Obama administration.
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tjseagrove Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:48:27pm |
"Chinese pilots practice bailout maneuvers for their next spy plane encounter. Back in Washington, the administration is taking notes for their next move..."
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Kosh's Shadow Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:49:25pm |
re: #509 redstateredneck
COBRA entitles you to stay on your employer's health plan for up to 18 months but you have to pay the full price. As a matter of fact, you can pay up to 102% to your previous employer. The 2% is to cover their administration costs for collecting the money.
Under the stimulus bill, if you were laid off sometime in September, you only have to pay 35%. The company pays the other 65%, and then gets a credit against its payroll taxes for the quarter.
Nice way to screw companies. Front the money for the government. And if the payroll taxes don't cover it, there is a way to get paid, but they haven't figured it out yet.
I don't have the link; it was in yesterday's spinoffs on destroying small business jobs.
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:50:19pm |
re: #543 LGoPs
That's scary. Hell, I fly the Gadsden Flag (Don't Tread on Me). Does that mark me as an enemy?
In Missouri it might.
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alegrias Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:50:20pm |
re: #552 Kenneth
You know Obama is in trouble when sycophants like Jon Stewart are outraged at the latest stupid idea from the Obama administration.
* * *
May their disillusioned numbers increase!
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Kragar Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:53:11pm |
re: #515 Lizard by the Bay
Fascism is just Socialism with a front-man.
Fascism is where a small cadre of party elite rule in the name of the state
Socialism is where a small cadre of party elite rule in the name of the people
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:55:11pm |
re: #528 avanti
I'll admit I have not, but unlike some others, I hope he succeeds in turning the economy. If being happy when the market goes ups, and my IRA goes up is selfish, so be it. I never said word when some on here were almost gleeful when the market tanked, allow me to be happy if it goes up. If BHO plan does not work. or can't work, then the market will tank again.
YOU FUCKING LIAR! YOU SHOW ME ONE LIZARD WHO WAS ALMOST GLEEFUL WHEN THE MARKET TANKED.
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:55:58pm |
I'm outta' here before I get really mad.
Have a pleasant afternoon, Lizards.
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brookly red Wed, Mar 18, 2009 12:57:34pm |
re: #543 LGoPs
That's scary. Hell, I fly the Gadsden Flag (Don't Tread on Me). Does that mark me as an enemy?
/If you don't have a leftover Kerry/Edwards sticker on your Volvo you might just be the enemy.
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LGoPs Wed, Mar 18, 2009 1:28:17pm |
re: #565 Iron Fist
Great analysis. As usual.
The Democrats get away with this treasonous behavior because the MFM is their wholly owned subsidiary.
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 18, 2009 1:38:36pm |
The 5 biggest myths about Obama
1. Obama is bold. Actually, he is overly cautious. It’s no coincidence the first bills he signed into law were the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and an expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, two populist favorites. Signing these bills was not an act of courage any more than attacking lobbyists or selecting Joe Biden as a running mate. In fact, Obama’s entire agenda is cautious (sometimes to a fault, in the case of his housing and banking bailouts). Are the numbers in his proposed budget eye-popping? Yes. But eye-popping budgets are well within the Democratic mainstream now.
2. Obama is a great communicator. Cut away the soaring rhetoric in his speeches, and the resulting policy statements are often vague, lawyerly and confusing. He is not plain-spoken: He parses his language so much that a casual listener will miss important caveats. That’s in part why he uses teleprompters for routine policy statements: He chooses his words carefully, relying heavily on ill-defined terms like “deficit reduction” (which means tax increases, rather than actual “savings”) and “combat troops” (as opposed to “all troops in harm’s way”).
3. Obamaland is a team of rivals. Obama earned the label “No-Drama Obama” for a reason. His closest advisers — those who actually shape his thinking, strategy and policies — are loyal and, by all accounts, like-minded. Obviously, they regularly disagree with each other, as any group of smart individuals does. But reading the (many) profiles of Obama aides written since the election, it’s striking that there are no anecdotes of serious disputes inside Obamaland. Obama does try to bring political foes into the fold when it’s convenient, but his team is primarily made up of political friends.
4. Obama is smooth. Despite being deliberate, Obama is surprisingly gaffe-prone. Reporters on my e-mail lists last year know he consistently mispronounced, misnamed or altogether forgot where he was. (In one typical gaffe in Sioux Falls, S.D., he started his speech with an enthusiastic “Thank you, Sioux City!”) His geographic gaffes are not just at routine rallies but at major events, including the Democratic National Convention and his first address to Congress. Any politician occasionally misspeaks, but the frequency of Obama’s flubs is notable.
5. Obama has a good relationship with the media. Working with the hundreds of reporters who covered the Obama campaign last year, I was struck by how many of them would quietly complain about Obama’s borderline disdain for the press. Sometimes it is readily visible — like when he scolded a reporter for asking a question during a presidential visit to the White House briefing room. Other times it’s more passive, like long gaps between press conferences, or it’s reflected in his staff’s attitude.
[Link: rpc.blogrolling.com...]
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justabill Wed, Mar 18, 2009 1:48:49pm |
re: #483 Erik The Red
If Avanti had not served and done his time(thank you Avanti) he would be so done here already. It can't be much longer tho.
Let me preface this by saying I have not read all of his posts. My question is, Is he breaking the rules? I would hate to see him banned just because of his point of view. Doesn't sit right with me...
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Emerald Wed, Mar 18, 2009 1:51:23pm |
re: #80 tackle
All I can get is "typical military police training".
Hey, maybe there's an opening at the State Department, translating the word "reset".
Thanks!
re: #92 Dianna
Evidently not - I was standing in the lobby yesterday, listening to a man speaking Russian, and didn't understand one word.
I studied French in high school, Russian and German in college and I'm lucky I recognized it as Cyrillic. I have no memory for foreign languages. I aced the classes, but once they were over it all drained away. I can remember a handful of phrases from the three languages, and none of them likely to be helpful in any situation.
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jjmckay1216 Wed, Mar 18, 2009 2:30:37pm |
re: #561 MandyManners
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Mandy please take a quick walk so u not explode.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 19, 2009 1:21:32am |
Caption this?
"Mary Poppins" auditions? Not as glamorous as you'd think.
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