The ridiculous right wing quote of the day comes from Mitt Romney, who obviously realizes he’s going to have to start ranting about doom and destruction if he wants to get the Tea Party on his side.
“We are only inches away from ceasing to be a free market economy.”
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scienceisreal Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:36:17am |
So the federal government spending over 20% of GDP amounts to socialism? Well, federal government spending under Reagan was 22% of GDP.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:36:26am |
Only 9:36. If he came out now, he'd be 9 minutes early by MST.
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:38:49am |
When you can not even get good hyperbole on, your campaign is in trouble. LOL
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:40:04am |
Romney stumbles within inches of the gate. Yeowch.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:40:26am |
Is that the same free market economy where we have useless farm subsidies, force the military to buy equipment they don't want, and pay companies for the privilege of shipping their jobs overseas?
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jamesfirecat Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:40:44am |
So Dark (or any other reasonable republicans here) how many of these kind of crazy pants statements will it take before you would vote for Obama over Mittens?
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engineer cat Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:40:50am |
Romney Launches 'Respectable, Middle-Class Hate' Initiative
freepers laugh at it and chew his leg off
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:41:24am |
“We are only inches away from ceasing to be a free market economy.”
Fuck. Does that mean I can only shop at one grocery store, and only buy one brand of milk?
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McSpiff Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:42:44am |
re: #8 Slumbering Behemoth
Fuck. Does that mean I can only shop at one grocery store, and only buy one brand of milk?
Line up for boot laces!
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Kronocide Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:42:56am |
You all get dinged. I won't drop another zinger and water down all these quips.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:43:02am |
re: #8 Slumbering Behemoth
Fuck. Does that mean I can only shop at one grocery store, and only buy one brand of milk?
And the only brand of toilet paper will have big splinters in it.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:43:03am |
re: #8 Slumbering Behemoth
Fuck. Does that mean I can only shop at one grocery store, and only buy one brand of milk?
Come now, comrade. Do not be discouraged. Mother Russia China Amerika will take care of you.
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Vicious Babushka Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:43:29am |
re: #8 Slumbering Behemoth
Fuck. Does that mean I can only shop at one grocery store, and only buy one brand of milk?
You can buy milk only on Mondays and Thursdays of alternating weeks, and then only after the Party Members have already received their milk.
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Flounder Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:43:31am |
Romney was referring to the Federal Government's health care overhaul
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reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:45:02am |
re: #8 Slumbering Behemoth
Fuck. Does that mean I can only shop at one grocery store, and only buy one brand of milk?
...and only Pabst Blue Ribbon....
I'm going to kill myself!
//
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:45:45am |
re: #14 Shropshire_Slasher
Romney was referring to the Federal Government's health care overhaul
Oh ... you mean the health care overhaul that is almost exactly like the health care overhaul Romney signed into law in Massachusetts?
That health care overhaul?
Why does Mitt Romney hate Massachusetts?
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jamesfirecat Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:46:13am |
re: #14 Shropshire_Slasher
Romney was referring to the Federal Government's health care overhaul
What has the freemarket done when it comes to distributing healthcare to make me think it belongs there?
Sometimes a government takeover of a service is a good thing.
Would you want to have America be defended by free market mercenaries?
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:46:34am |
re: #16 Charles
Oh ... you mean the health care overhaul that is almost exactly like the health care overhaul Romney signed into law in Massachusetts?
That health care overhaul?
Why does Mitt Romney hate Massachusetts?
Because it's next to New Hampshire?
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:46:39am |
re: #6 jamesfirecat
So Dark (or any other reasonable republicans here) how many of these kind of crazy pants statements will it take before you would vote for Obama over Mittens?
Actually you forget the other option. Voting the rest of the ballot, and withholding your vote from those you disagree with.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:47:12am |
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:47:30am |
re: #14 Shropshire_Slasher
Romney was referring to the Federal Government's health care overhaul
You mean an "overhaul" where the government holds you down while the private insurance companies dig deeper into your wallet is "socialism"? Damn, and here I've been reading the wrong definition all these years.
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McSpiff Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:47:33am |
re: #14 Shropshire_Slasher
Romney was referring to the Federal Government's health care overhaul
Really, so all those countries with gasp Universal Healthcare don't have free market economies? Someone needs to tell the traders in London ASAP!
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jamesfirecat Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:47:56am |
re: #19 Rightwingconspirator
Actually you forget the other option. Voting the rest of the ballot, and withholding your vote from those you disagree with.
Okay fair enough.
I still consider saying "a curse on both your houses" from a reasonable Republican as opposed to holding their nose and voting Romney for President a victory of sorts though...
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:48:30am |
9:48. He's three minutes late.
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scienceisreal Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:48:35am |
re: #8 Slumbering Behemoth
Fuck. Does that mean I can only shop at one grocery store, and only buy one brand of milk?
In America's socialist nightmare, will Chryslers be our version of the Lada?
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mr.fusion Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:48:35am |
.....and did you see his Today Show interview yesterday?
"He doesn't have a foreign policy. The president has embarrassed himself there and around the world," he said. "Is Iran closer to a bomb? Yes. Is North Korea more turbulent and assertive? Yes. Does Israel feel greater peace? No ... Romney, 64, said that Obama doesn't have a foreign policy, and worse than that, he "goes around apologizing for America."
"I don't apologize for America," Romney said in the interview. "I'm proud of America."
I couldn't find the full text of his "apology tour" claim......but damn that really irks me
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Flounder Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:48:50am |
re: #16 Charles
Great point, but boy, don't shoot the messenger aye.
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McSpiff Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:49:00am |
re: #25 scienceisreal
In America's socialist nightmare, will Chryslers be our version of the Lada?
No. You can get a decade or two out of a Lada.
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:49:10am |
re: #25 scienceisreal
In America's socialist nightmare, will Chryslers be our version of the Lada?
...you mean they aren't already?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:49:23am |
re: #6 jamesfirecat
So Dark (or any other reasonable republicans here) how many of these kind of crazy pants statements will it take before you would vote for Obama over Mittens?
Barring a fucking miracle (and not the ICP kind), Obama is getting my vote. The GOP has lost their collective shit and they need to learn a painful lesson.
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mr.fusion Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:49:43am |
re: #16 Charles
Oh ... you mean the health care overhaul that is almost exactly like the health care overhaul Romney signed into law in Massachusetts?
That health care overhaul?
Why does Mitt Romney hate Massachusetts?
Chris Matthews has been making a great point on this......Mitt's only real experience is as Governor of Massachusetts....and he's doing everything he can to distance himself from that.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:50:11am |
re: #11 Charles
And the only brand of toilet paper will have big splinters in it.
Maybe the natural cedar scent will be worth it.
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Vicious Babushka Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:50:16am |
re: #29 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
...you mean they aren't already?
No, that's the Geo Prizm.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:50:37am |
Hamas says Egypt's restrictions on Rafah 'unjustified'
Salameh Baraka, director of the border crossing police force in the Gaza Strip, denounced the restrictions as unreasonable and a setback and called on the Egyptian government to reconsider its move.He said that the Egyptians have decided to limit the number of Palestinian travelers to 350-400 each day.
“The Egyptian decision came as a surprise to us,” Baraka said. “It’s completely unjustified, especially in wake of the joy on both sides of the border at the reopening of the Rafah terminal.”
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Chrysicat Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:50:40am |
re: #25 scienceisreal
In America's socialist nightmare, will Chryslers be our version of the Lada?
Well, build quality is probably about the same...maybe the Soviets were a little better at that... /
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:50:50am |
re: #32 Killgore Trout
Maybe the natural cedar scent will be worth it.
Artificially added since the paper will be made from cheap pine...
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scienceisreal Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:51:04am |
re: #28 McSpiff
No. You can get a decade or two out of a Lada.
You have a point there, while Chryslers are made of styrofoam and plastic, I'm pretty sure Ladas are made of depleted uranium.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:51:19am |
re: #32 Killgore Trout
Maybe the natural cedar scent will be worth it.
Indians in the Northwest used pounded cedar bark as diapers.
Believe me, my 5th grade mind remembered this better than anything else.
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Bulworth Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:51:39am |
re: #14 Shropshire_Slasher
Romney was referring to the Federal Government's health care overhaul
The one in which everyone gets to keep their employer-sponsored, and federally-subsidized, health insurance plans. Yes, that one.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:51:52am |
re: #37 scienceisreal
You have a point there, while Chryslers are made of styrofoam and plastic, I'm pretty sure Ladas are made of depleted uranium.
Maybe time to introduce the Adobe for real...
;)
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:52:05am |
re: #23 jamesfirecat
Okay fair enough.
I still consider saying "a curse on both your houses" from a reasonable Republican as opposed to holding their nose and voting Romney for President a victory of sorts though...
BTW I'm a right leaner but indy...
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tigger2005 Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:52:07am |
On plus side, in Communist economy is very easy to get vodka!
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:52:25am |
re: #40 oaktree
Maybe time to introduce the Adobe for real...
;)
You're a lobbyist for Big Clay, aren't you?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:52:51am |
The first casualty in the death of a free market economy?
Free, quality pr0n.
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:53:12am |
re: #44 Slumbering Behemoth
The first casualty in the death of a free market economy?
Free, quality pr0n.
NNNOOO!!!
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darthstar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:54:13am |
Ooh...Mitt said "inches"...he must have been studying the Weiner picture.
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tigger2005 Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:54:13am |
re: #44 Slumbering Behemoth
The first casualty in the death of a free market economy?
Free, quality pr0n.
Then thank God for vodka, comrade!
Whoops. Should not have said "God."
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jamesfirecat Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:54:22am |
re: #44 Slumbering Behemoth
The first casualty in the death of a free market economy?
Free, quality pr0n.
Don't worry so long as the internet is here red hand of communism shall never seize control of my.... red hand of.... other things.
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Four More Tears Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:54:31am |
Sorry to go OT, but wtf is up with Windows 8, Microsoft???
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:55:25am |
re: #47 tigger2005
Then thank God for vodka, comrade!
Whoops. Should not have said "God."
You mentioned "God"?! Comrade, you will be exiled to Wasilla for this!
//
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darthstar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:55:38am |
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recusancy Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:56:20am |
The Unbearable Cynicism of Being Mitt
Romney is not a stupid man; nor is he, as best one can tell, temperamentally an extremist. So he has to know that he’s talking total nonsense. The only major expansion of the state Obama is pursuing is a health care plan that is, ahem, essentially identical to what Romney did in Massachusetts.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:56:43am |
re: #51 darthstar
What's so exciting about three people sitting in chairs that they need ten photos of them?
That would depend entirely on which three people and what they were doing on said chairs.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:56:49am |
re: #11 Charles
And the only brand of toilet paper will have big splinters in it.
In Soviet Amerika, toilet paper tears you!
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recusancy Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:57:05am |
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engineer cat Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:57:30am |
romney's introductions apparently carefully designed to dampen the unbearable excitement
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darthstar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:57:42am |
re: #53 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
That would depend entirely on which three people and what they were doing on said chairs.
Image: d92011stevensinofskyd90204.jpg
Sitting.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:58:19am |
re: #56 engineer dog
romney's introductions apparently carefully designed to dampen the unbearable excitement
Actually, I was thinking that Ann looks good, but then, I just lost a friend who had MS and cancer.
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Four More Tears Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:58:53am |
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:59:05am |
re: #43 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
You're a lobbyist for Big Clay, aren't you?
I will neither confirm or deny that I might be invested in kaolin futures at this time.
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darthstar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:59:09am |
re: #55 recusancy
What do you mean?
7:48PM "Adding and removing programs is super easy within Windows 8."
Captivating dialog...actually...more captivating than Mitt Romney when you think about it.
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engineer cat Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:59:30am |
excellent shopping-mall-opening speech, mitt
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recusancy Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:59:38am |
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justaminute Thu, Jun 2, 2011 9:59:57am |
Now can you see why Repubs are insecure? Herman Cain and Sarah Palin are vying for second place under Mittens. That's why their saying "Look over there at Weiner. This Republican primary and the contest between the Republican nominee and Pres. Obama is going to be crazee.
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Four More Tears Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:03:02am |
re: #63 recusancy
Then you're about the only one I know with that opinion.
Fair enough. I can see that they to make it more compatible with tablets and touchscreen monitors, but it looks like something I'd hate to have on my desktop.
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Bulworth Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:04:17am |
re: #58 EmmmieG
Actually, I was thinking that Ann looks good, but then, I just lost a friend who had MS and cancer.
Ann, as in Ann Coulter?
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ProGunLiberal Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:04:56am |
I simply don't think that Mitt Romney can get the nomination.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:06:36am |
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Bulworth Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:06:52am |
re: #67 ProLifeLiberal
I simply don't think that Mitt Romney can get the nomination.
I have a hard time seeing it, too. But Daniel Larison makes a pretty good case for why it's highly likely. Also, too, the rest of the field is pretty weak.
[Link: www.amconmag.com...]
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Bulworth Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:08:09am |
re: #68 EmmmieG
Ann Romney. Who has MS.
OK, thanks. Would have been surprised if Coulter was endorsing at this stage. Or if any serious candidate would want Coulter to introduce them. But since this is today's retro GOP, anything's possible.
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Four More Tears Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:09:06am |
Cannonfire gives LGF a shoutout.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:09:40am |
re: #69 Bulworth
I have a hard time seeing it, too. But Daniel Larison makes a pretty good case for why it's highly likely. Also, too, the rest of the field is pretty weak.
[Link: www.amconmag.com...]
And note that Daniel Larison links in his sidebar to white nationalist websites.
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Chrysicat Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:10:17am |
re: #69 Bulworth
I dunno, I honestly think that Maddow had a point a couple nights ago...15% support with under-50% recognition is likely to only bode well for Cain...
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makeitstop Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:12:32am |
We are within inches of Terminal Stupid, and Mittens clearly isn't helping matters.
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Iwouldprefernotto Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:12:57am |
We are only inches away
I've had enough of the Weiner story.
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Bulworth Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:13:09am |
re: #72 Charles
And note that Daniel Larison links in his sidebar to white nationalist websites.
Hadn't realized that. A lot of his posts seem pretty reasonable.
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ProGunLiberal Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:13:11am |
re: #69 Bulworth
Thing here is, he probably can't get much of the support of Evangelicals. This will hurt, especially in the deep south.
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wrenchwench Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:13:41am |
re: #71 JasonA
Cannonfire gives LGF a shoutout.
They say:
. Little Green Footballs, of all places, discusses the logic behind the "randomly" assigned five-letter code.
Emphasis added. At least they included a link.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:13:56am |
I wish, just once, that people who cite Daniel Larison with approval would notice that he seems to be disturbingly close to open white nationalists like VDARE, Takimag and the League of the South.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:14:35am |
re: #78 wrenchwench
They say:
Emphasis added. At least they included a link.
Another leftie who's way behind the LGF curve.
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wrenchwench Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:15:27am |
re: #76 Bulworth
Hadn't realized that. A lot of his posts seem pretty reasonable.
You gotta watch that. Sounds like the inevitable serial killer comment.
He seemed like such a nice man.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:16:17am |
re: #78 wrenchwench
Haters. They only wish they understood the internets as well as our host.
/and many of the contributors here, as well
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sagehen Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:23:51am |
re: #44 Slumbering Behemoth
The first casualty in the death of a free market economy?
Free, quality pr0n.
oh, please... pr0n will be the new currency after the dollar crashes.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:31:11am |
re: #84 sagehen
oh, please... pr0n will be the new currency after the dollar crashes.
At which point it ceases being "free". My point still stands.
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Big Steve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:32:07am |
re: #32 Killgore Trout
Maybe the natural cedar scent will be worth it.
Back in 1974 I was a foreign exchange student in Leningrad (thanks to Nixon and Detent). In the water system in Leningrad there was an amoeba that caused dissentary. I was struck ill on a train ride from Leningrad to Moscow and headed to the "vania".....bathroom car. Once inside, there was simply a standpipe in the middle of the floor and that was all and when you looked into it you could see the track whizzing by underneath. Next to it was a roll of "toliet" paper that had the consistancy of that brown paper you find in school bathrooms that you was your hands with and there was honestly visible wood splinters it it. As you can tell, this was one of my lasting memories of the old Soviet Union.
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Bubblehead II Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:34:20am |
And the candidate that isn't a candidate has already started to flap her jowls.
Palin attacks Romney's record on his announcement day.
Boston (CNN) – Less than an hour before Mitt Romney was to announce his second bid for the White House in New Hampshire, Sarah Palin appeared in Romney’s hometown and set about picking apart the health care plan he supported as governor of Massachusetts, suggesting it may be a fatal flaw for his candidacy.
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Varek Raith Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:38:05am |
"Ceasing to be a free market economy"???
LOL, what shit is he smoking?
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:38:33am |
one hell of a story of bravery in Afghanistan...a young Gurkha corporal find his zone and survives....amazing
[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]
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Varek Raith Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:39:37am |
re: #14 Shropshire_Slasher
Romney was referring to the Federal Government's health care overhaul
Insurance companies have a legal monopoly.
Free market? They weren't in one to begin with.
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Winny Spencer Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:40:03am |
Will it be ascension day for Mittens?
I hope so.
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elizajane Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:40:41am |
re: #87 Bubblehead II
And the candidate that isn't a candidate has already started to flap her jowls.
You mean the candidate who, by pure coincidence, is hosting a real down-home clam bake a few miles from where poor old Mitt is calling Obama both ineffective AND the transformer of American into a socialist state?
Yet again, the Republican party engages in its current favorite activity of eating its own. Their only candidate with a viable chance in the election, and a lipstick-wearing pitt bull, unleashed by John McCain, is savaging him as he makes an idiot of himself attempting to appease the Tea Party.
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SpaceJesus Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:41:47am |
Those poor oppressed Swedes and Norwegians and Germans with their bread lines and gulags and ration cards.
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celticdragon Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:42:24am |
re: #32 Killgore Trout
Maybe the natural cedar scent will be worth it.
Make sure it doesn't smell like sage, or the police may have a batshit attack of teh stoopid...
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Varek Raith Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:43:09am |
re: #61 darthstar
7:48PM "Adding and removing programs is super easy within Windows 8."
Captivating dialog...actually...more captivating than Mitt Romney when you think about it.
Heh.
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Summer Seale Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:45:53am |
Does this mean that Yakov Smirnof will have a career again?
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Varek Raith Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:46:05am |
re: #94 celticdragon
Make sure it doesn't smell like sage, or the police may have a batshit attack of teh stoopid...
Sage?
What are they, blind???
Yep. Sage looks just like pot.
/
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:46:47am |
Just for perspective as the candidates come up in topics... Huntsman is for the individual mandate to buy insurance. I agree, given it's mandated by the state, as the Federal authority to do so is in constitutional question. They did it with the 55mph speed limit long ago they can do it like that again.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:47:41am |
re: #14 Shropshire_Slasher
Romney was referring to the Federal Government's health care overhaul
Which does not make his statement any less bullshit.
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engineer cat Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:47:44am |
had to attend a moronic business conference call during most of the romney announce - is the viddy-o posted anywheres?
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RadicalModerate Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:48:35am |
re: #49 JasonA
Sorry to go OT, but wtf is up with Windows 8, Microsoft???
It looks like Microsoft is jumping on the "Tablet-PC" UI with the Windows 8 operating system, even for the desktop environment.
Apple is starting down this path with the stages of integration between the iPad and OSX.
On the Linux side, both GNOME 3.0 and Unity are specifically designed for tablet environments, and KDE is working in the same direction with their upcoming 5.0 release.
The problem is, that people who work specifically in a desktop environment find the clutter, and general resource overhead that these little eye-candy toys generate to be completely counterproductive to productivity. Turn off all the stupid little gadgets, let me monitor running apps thru a common non-intrusive system tray, and let me customize the desktop to the way I want it to look, and I'll be happy.
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celticdragon Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:48:36am |
re: #97 Varek Raith
Sage?
What are they, blind???
Yep. Sage looks just like pot.
/
Check out the part where the DA had her arrested at work in front of her co-workers without even bothering to get the lab results back which fully vindicated her. The courts have thrown out her lawsuit on the basis of absolute prosecutorial immunity.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:48:51am |
re: #96 Summer
Does this mean that Yakov Smirnof will have a career again?
[Video]
Dear Gawd! I hadn't realized the consequences could be so dire.
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celticdragon Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:49:43am |
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:51:48am |
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Varek Raith Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:51:53am |
Gov. Christie Thinks A Family Making $6,000 A Year Is Too Rich To Qualify For Medicaid
Christie has proposed cutting Medicaid eligibility to absurdly low levels: from the current maximum income of $24,645 to $5,317 a year for a family of three. Apparently, the governor believes a family of three making $6,000 a year is simply too rich to receive Medicaid.
Yikes
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:53:06am |
re: #89 albusteve
one hell of a story of bravery in Afghanistan...a young Gurkha corporal find his zone and survives...amazing
[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]
I like Gurkhas.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:54:34am |
re: #106 Varek Raith
Gov. Christie Thinks A Family Making $6,000 A Year Is Too Rich To Qualify For Medicaid
Yikes
You see, a family of three making $6,000 a year is already getting all kinds of lucky-ducky freebies like not paying taxes.
//
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Neutral President Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:55:02am |
re: #6 jamesfirecat
So Dark (or any other reasonable republicans here) how many of these kind of crazy pants statements will it take before you would vote for Obama over Mittens?
Well since you asked. I've been planning on voting for either Obama or writing in something like Zombie Goldwater in 2012 for well over a year or two now.
Barring some miracle that is, and I don't do magical thinking.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:55:13am |
re: #100 engineer dog
had to attend a moronic business conference call during most of the romney announce - is the viddy-o posted anywheres?
There is another kind of conference call?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:55:27am |
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Vicious Babushka Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:55:48am |
re: #101 RadicalModerate
It looks like Microsoft is jumping on the "Tablet-PC" UI with the Windows 8 operating system, even for the desktop environment.
Apple is starting down this path with the stages of integration between the iPad and OSX.
On the Linux side, both GNOME 3.0 and Unity are specifically designed for tablet environments, and KDE is working in the same direction with their upcoming 5.0 release.The problem is, that people who work specifically in a desktop environment find the clutter, and general resource overhead that these little eye-candy toys generate to be completely counterproductive to productivity. Turn off all the stupid little gadgets, let me monitor running apps thru a common non-intrusive system tray, and let me customize the desktop to the way I want it to look, and I'll be happy.
I see all the commercials for the "smartphones" and the "smartpads" especially the way they like to show all the different finger flicks you have to learn in order to resize windows, open a new window, line up your windows, enlarge a photo, crop a photo. Each one is a different type of finger flick apparently, like sign language for the deaf. Finger flicks for the iPad.
I also found out from my cell phone provider, that if I get a "smartphone" at their "introductory" cheap price, they will add $30/month to my service bill.
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Varek Raith Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:55:54am |
re: #110 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
There is another kind of conference call?
Yes.
The one were you take out a gameboy and pretend to listen.
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Bubblehead II Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:56:17am |
re: #94 celticdragon
War on drugs has failed, report finds
"International efforts to crack down on drug producers and consumers and to try to reduce demand have had "devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world," the report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy said."
Not to mention wasting Billions of dollars that could have been used for Education and Rehabilitation.
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Bulworth Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:56:25am |
re: #106 Varek Raith
Gov. Christie Thinks A Family Making $6,000 A Year Is Too Rich To Qualify For Medicaid
Yikes
Fortunately, I believe the NJ is legislature is still Democratic.
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Vicious Babushka Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:56:27am |
re: #106 Varek Raith
Gov. Christie Thinks A Family Making $6,000 A Year Is Too Rich To Qualify For Medicaid
Yikes
Shit, I did not win the Power Ball again last night. :(
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Varek Raith Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:56:57am |
re: #111 Slumbering Behemoth
For a family of three?
I'm uber rich compared to 5000 dollar eligibility.
And I'm poor!
What world!
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:57:08am |
re: #106 Varek Raith
Gov. Christie Thinks A Family Making $6,000 A Year Is Too Rich To Qualify For Medicaid
Yikes
This from the guy who uses a state helicopter to go to his kid's game, then has a limo with guards drive him the 100 yards from the chopper to the field.
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SidewaysQuark Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:57:22am |
I initially liked Gov. Christie, but he seems to have been creeping toward the deep end of the pool as of late....
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Varek Raith Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:58:09am |
re: #117 Varek Raith
I'm uber rich compared to 5000 dollar eligibility.
And I'm poor!
What a world!
Even vowels are too rich for me!
/
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celticdragon Thu, Jun 2, 2011 10:59:50am |
re: #106 Varek Raith
Gov. Christie Thinks A Family Making $6,000 A Year Is Too Rich To Qualify For Medicaid
Yikes
That isn't even realistic, in a real world sense. One person working part time at minimum wage and the family lives rent free and has no food expenses? That would be the only way to qualify for medicaid??
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:01:14am |
re: #121 celticdragon
That isn't even realistic, in a real world sense. One person working part time at minimum wage and the family lives rent free and has no food expenses? That would be the only way to qualify for medicaid??
Alternatively, they could live in the middle of a lake, and eat a lump of cold poison for breakfast...
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makeitstop Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:01:34am |
re: #106 Varek Raith
Gov. Christie Thinks A Family Making $6,000 A Year Is Too Rich To Qualify For Medicaid
Yikes
According to my calculations, that would equal roughly two and a half trips to high school baseball games in the Gov-Copter®.
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:01:45am |
re: #119 SidewaysQuark
I initially liked Gov. Christie, but he seems to have been creeping toward the deep end of the pool as of late...
I've given up, and could really care less who's nominated...this folly will only lead all of us over the edge....no republican is going to lead us from the brink and the dems are frozen to inaction...concern for the GOP candidates seems so trivial to me that it's just laughable
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SidewaysQuark Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:02:12am |
re: #1 scienceisreal
So the federal government spending over 20% of GDP amounts to socialism? Well, federal government spending under Reagan was 22% of GDP.
"Socialism" and "free market capitalism" are both absolutist terms that don't really apply in any real way to any functioning economy in the real world. In my opinion, we should always be thinking in terms of where in the spectrum we lie rather than an either/or.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:02:16am |
re: #121 celticdragon
That isn't even realistic, in a real world sense. One person working part time at minimum wage and the family lives rent free and has no food expenses? That would be the only way to qualify for medicaid??
But think of the savings for the state! They could afford to give companies even more tax breaks!
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:02:34am |
re: #122 SanFranciscoZionist
Alternatively, they could live in the middle of a lake, and eat a lump of cold poison for breakfast...
Luxury!
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celticdragon Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:03:00am |
re: #118 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
This from the guy who uses a state helicopter to go to his kid's game, then has a limo with guards drive him the 100 yards from the chopper to the field.
He also looks like his fast food bill alone is more then 6,000 a year. He is trying out to be the next Grover Clevland.
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Varek Raith Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:04:41am |
6000 a year in NoVa is almost enough for 6 months of rent.
:/
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:05:05am |
re: #123 makeitstop
According to my calculations, that would equal roughly two and a half trips to high school baseball games in the Gov-Copter®.
I think that's actually a big part of the problem with some of these guys--they know they're living high on the hog, but at the same time, they think the poor live in some world where rent's sixty bucks a month, and you can get a quart of milk for a nickel. So if the poor weren't so damn EXTRAVAGANT...
What was that, 1940?
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Interesting Times Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:05:52am |
re: #128 celticdragon
He also looks like his fast food bill alone is more then 6,000 a year. He is trying out to be the next
Grover ClevlandWilliam Howard Taft.
Fixed.
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celticdragon Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:07:00am |
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Varek Raith Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:07:27am |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:07:30am |
re: #130 SanFranciscoZionist
I hear tell that some of them even have color tv sets. Color? The nerve of those people.
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Neutral President Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:07:33am |
re: #129 Varek Raith
6000 a year in NoVa is almost enough for 6 months of rent.
:/
4-6 months in SoCal. Unless you want bars on your windows and are ok with dodging bullets and having your car broken into multiple times a year.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:07:43am |
re: #131 publicityStunted
Fixed.
My husband always points out defensively that Taft was never skinny, but he only went up over 300 pounds after he became President. He hated the office, and did a lot of comfort eating.
Why my husband feels it necessary to defend Taft, I've never been clear.
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Varek Raith Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:08:38am |
re: #135 ArchangelMichael
4-6 months in SoCal. Unless you want bars on your windows and are ok with dodging bullets and having your car broken into multiple times a year.
I'm about a mile away from the worst part of town.
WHEEE!!!!
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Bulworth Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:09:35am |
re: #134 Slumbering Behemoth
I hear tell that some of them even have color tv sets. Color? The nerve of those people.
And take away their cell phones.
/snark
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:09:35am |
Mitt vows to repeal Romneycare Obamacare.
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:11:10am |
re: #139 Slumbering Behemoth
Mitt vows to repeal
RomneycareObamacare.
Mitt's another elitist tool...a forked tongued jabberwaki
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makeitstop Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:11:17am |
re: #130 SanFranciscoZionist
I think that's actually a big part of the problem with some of these guys--they know they're living high on the hog, but at the same time, they think the poor live in some world where rent's sixty bucks a month, and you can get a quart of milk for a nickel. So if the poor weren't so damn EXTRAVAGANT...
What was that, 1940?
I propose that any block-headed initiative like the one proposed by Christie should require a field test involving the person who proposes said block-headed initiative. Let them try it and then report back to us.
Call it the 'Walk 100 Yards In My Shoes' rule. /
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Varek Raith Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:11:28am |
re: #139 Slumbering Behemoth
Mitt vows to repeal
RomneycareObamacare.
Mitt vows to vote for Palin.
Or waffles.
?
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RadicalModerate Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:12:18am |
re: #112 Alouette
I see all the commercials for the "smartphones" and the "smartpads" especially the way they like to show all the different finger flicks you have to learn in order to resize windows, open a new window, line up your windows, enlarge a photo, crop a photo. Each one is a different type of finger flick apparently, like sign language for the deaf. Finger flicks for the iPad.
I also found out from my cell phone provider, that if I get a "smartphone" at their "introductory" cheap price, they will add $30/month to my service bill.
I've got no problem whatsoever for that type of environment for tablet PCs and smartphones - in a keyboard/mouseless environment, the panel-based integration is best suited there. However, the "one size fits all" direction that is being taken to force desktop users into that environment is just dumb.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:12:35am |
re: #17 jamesfirecat
What has the freemarket done when it comes to distributing healthcare to make me think it belongs there?
Sometimes a government takeover of a service is a good thing.
Would you want to have America be defended by free market mercenaries?
Well it worked out so well for Rome at the end I don't see why not.
///
(Please note that we are already using mercenaries to protect government officials in many countries, they are considerably more expensive in the short term than the Diplomatic Protection Service run by the State Department is and also considerably less professional. However they have the advantage of not being government employees and not getting federal pensions and benefits. Besides which, and probably most enlightening, they are mostly "off the books" for the State Department since their services are billed to whichever government agency requires their protection. Also it is an almost oversight free way to divert hundreds of millions in federal spending to private enterprise, the...uhh... "Free Market." )
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Slap Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:13:44am |
re: #139 Slumbering Behemoth
Hmm. Could we call it "RobamneyCare?"
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:13:59am |
re: #136 SanFranciscoZionist
My husband always points out defensively that Taft was never skinny, but he only went up over 300 pounds after he became President. He hated the office, and did a lot of comfort eating.
Why my husband feels it necessary to defend Taft, I've never been clear.
Was he ever stuck in a bathtub? Your husband, I mean.
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lawhawk Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:15:36am |
re: #106 Varek Raith
Applies only to new applicants if this gets done, and there's supposed to be a new program to cover those people (not to mention what the Obamacare federal laws would require as far as coverage). Those people under existing coverage would not have their benefits changed.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:24:49am |
re: #146 EmmmieG
Was he ever stuck in a bathtub? Your husband, I mean.
Not to the best of my knowledge, no.
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webevintage Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:38:09am |
re: #116 Alouette
Shit, I did not win the Power Ball again last night. :(
That's our new retirement plan....
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BongCrodny Thu, Jun 2, 2011 11:52:30am |
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BongCrodny Thu, Jun 2, 2011 12:03:01pm |
re: #129 Varek Raith
6000 a year in NoVa is almost enough for 6 months of rent.
:/
I was paying $1,400 per, and I wasn't even in a top-of-the-line place.
I've seen prices around the Ballston area high as $2,500 per month for a one bedroom place. Maybe not New York City prices, but certainly within "what the hell?" range.
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Bulworth Thu, Jun 2, 2011 12:34:34pm |
Romney says Obama has "failed America". Does Romney know we (finally) got Bin Laden? Just last month. Just asking.
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Ben G. Hazi Thu, Jun 2, 2011 1:41:28pm |
re: #88 Varek Raith
"Ceasing to be a free market economy"???
LOL, what shit is he smoking?
Smoking Tea(Party), apparently...
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wiffersnapper Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:46:06pm |
Looking forward to Mitt running again. Hopefully he can distance himself from the far right and won't drink the tea, which he's done a good job at so far!
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