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No, they are in red districts and they know that if they vote for it, they're the ones who will pay the price in 2010. Pelosi is safe, they're not, which is why Rahm is trying to get the far left to stop targeting them.
"He says very simply to extend Medicare to everyone."
Yes Lets extend a program going broke to everyone. I can see why he is your hero.
Afghanistan: 60% of women married as children, often at age 9 or 10
"The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with 'Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death)." — Bukhari 7.62.88
Howard Dean Reveals BO's Plan To Deceive The Public And Pass Public Option In 'Reconciliation'
What a shock. Thuggy deceiving the people.
'Death Panels' Just A Rumor? Go Ask Ezekiel
Even in Mass they are fed up
Is he your hero too?
College Credit for Pushing Obama's Agenda
So tell me again drones why we should support Thuggy Care?
Axelrod's profits: Uh, who's on the take from the drug lobby again?!?!
Obama Reaches Out to Pakistan's Radical Islamist Parties, Including One That Helped Give Birth to Taliban…..
So whose side is he on again?
Most ethical congress evah!!!!
Video – Rep. Massa: What Grassley said the other day was an act of treason
Same jerkoff that will vote the way he wants no matter the concerns of his constituents because he knows better than the peasants.
Hey Thuggy supports offshore drilling
Just not for American companies, not on American lands and not for the American people. But hey, you will be paying for it.
This will explain it my little drone.
The irony of "reconciliation"
This was suppose to be a transparent administration, wasnt it Dodger?
You really are a drone arent you Dodger? You like it when politicians talk down to you and show contempt for you? I know this is a new concept for you but you do know, they work for us, not the other way around, right?
"Does a representative reflect the will of his constituents if that will goes against his conscience?"
What part of representative do you not understand?
"Elric do you suffer from amnesia? You posted that video on another thread …. and I answered you there."
Nope. Just want to emphasize that their intention is to eventually go to a single payer system where you have no choice. Thought you were pro-choice Dodger.
"Actually, I doubt Barney would talk down to me since I am much smarter than a dining room table."
You give yourself too much credit. And thats exactly why he wouldnt talk down to you. You are a drone and dont question these people at all.
"I'm no constitutional scholar but I'd wager the constitution gives wide latitude for the government to protect the well-being of its people."
LOL When you find it, let us know.
Axelrod profiting from ObamaCare already?
posted at 11:36 am on August 19, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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Who says the Obama White House hates profiteers? It just depends on who gets the profit, it seems. Bloomberg reports that the White House has hired a couple of ad firms to push its message on ObamaCare, and just by sheer coincidence, one of them owes Barack Obama's adviser David Axelrod a whole lot of money. They also employ his son:
Most ethical politburo evah!!! Of course drones like Dodger dont care.
Dems Cheered Blocking Social Security Reform in 2006– Now It Could Face Default Within 2 Years (Video)
Like I said drone, doesnt matter how I or Gorilla feels.
White House Organizes Obamacare Rally in Jackson, MI– Bus in SEIU Members From 146 Miles Away
Astroturf Alert–
Organizing for America, which is the successor organization to Obama for America, held a pro-Obamacare rally last week in front of U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer's district office in Jackson, Michigan.
The Obama Administration and their SEIU supporters bussed in protesters from as far away as Muskegon and Detroit.
Was Curator on the bus?????
"Read the Constitution carefully. The authority is not there."
He knows it as much as Thuggy, which isnt much.
Dear President Obama,
We would like to respectfully request a meeting with you to discuss the impact of the very important healthcare reform legislation and how it will impact the African-American community and other at-risk groups. Many leaders have come to Washington, DC this week in bipartisan support for "Define the Dream" healthcare discussions in the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in search of The Beloved Community.
Mr. President, in the Beloved Community envisioned by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., equal justice means that young people in the womb are not terminated and the elderly in ill health are not denied care because of their age.
We are concerned that your current healthcare plan will not serve the needs of those who are most at risk.
The African American community is severely disproportionately affected by abortion, which would not only be expanded under current healthcare proposals, but also be paid for by taxpayers. Planned Parenthood's informational branch, The Alan Guttmacher Institute, reports that 37% of all abortions are performed on black women[1], even though blacks constitute roughly 13% of the U.S. population. Abortion has claimed the lives of about one-third of the black community.
If healthcare reform passes, we have no doubt the number of African American women having abortions will sky rocket. The healthcare bill text needs to clearly exclude abortion from any taxpayer-subsidized or government-mandated benefits. Abortion is not health care.
People with disabilities, terminal illnesses, and the elderly, all who need special and expensive care, are also at risk of losing accessibly to doctors and having care denied or delayed. There are 49.7 million citizens who live with disabilities. We are concerned that patient care would be made based primarily on cost and that people with disabilities or special health needs will be put on waiting lists, or worse yet, denied potentially life-saving procedures outright. We want to make sure that these citizens will not be delayed or denied healthcare.
"when the little men from Venus land here next year, will they be covered under Obama's plan?"
All illegal aliens will be covered.
"It was ungodly to promote lies and propaganda for your political agenda."
That sounds like Thuggy and his politburo.
"If his constituents have been mislead into believing untrue statements and outright lies about legislation that would instead improve their standard of living and reduce health care cost by getting big insurance out of their pocket books."
LOL So how is this monstrosity going to be paid for? And how do we know that this isnt a Trojan horse for a single payer system when even Thuggy is on record wanting to go in that direction?
"So what if it is? Anthony Weiner rocks!"
If you want the government to run your healthcare, move to Cuba. I want options and I am happy with mine. I dont need you or the government screwing me over. And you didnt answer on how the government is going to pay for this monstrosity. Do you know, does anyone know?
Open letter to President Obama: Keep government out of health-care decisions
Open Letter to President Obama:
Our daughter has hydrocephalus and this chronic and incurable condition has required 58 surgeries and numerous tests and hospitalizations through out her 22 years. I can speak to the current controversy over "health care reform" with our long experience with American health care and insurance.
I believe our current health care system, even while riddled with imperfections and purposeful corruption (mostly done by the government), is the absolute best in the world. I would not trade one second of our experience for any other alternative system here, or anywhere else on the planet. And I'd pay again every cent of the hundreds of thousands of dollars we (and our insurance company, a private company we contracted with by choice) paid to keep our daughter alive. No one ever questioned our choice to do everything possible to save our daughter. We did not have to answer to any bureaucrat why she was less valuable or viable than any other child or debate the merits or costs of countless surgeries for a condition that would certainly require more. When she needed care, she got it immediately, without applying to an office for approval. When we ran out of insurance (at surgery 37), we fought for another way and got it through a group healthcare plan for our business. Which had the advantage of giving our 15 employees health care too…there are silver linings even in the worse situations. We gave up many things for the rest of our family and our future to ensure her health care. But, really, we would do it all again.
Caring for a chronically ill loved one is expensive, complicated, and life-altering. It takes compromise, hard work, and diligence. Sickness and the dispersal of treatment are not "fair" things. Life isn't "fair", Mr. Obama, contrary to your rhetoric encouraging that your plan will be "fair". "Free" health care for all is not a right or is it realistic. Sorry. Someone had to tell you. Someone will always get a little more and someone will always get a little less. I've seen a child die covered by the best insurance his wealthy parents could buy. I also have seen the sick child of an illegal immigrant be cured by a multi-thousand dollar (tax paid) treatment and go back to his country, 2 weeks later. Neither one of those situations is "fair". Each health situation is unique and specific to the patient and family. Implementing an outrageously expensive, intrusive, and socialized (please don't deny this…it is what it is and it's plain to see) government program will not make life or health care "fair"
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There is never really an answer with Dodger. We are talking about a guy who has a man crush on a Weiner.
You have a man crush on him too Dodger?
And Curator thinks these people are honest.
Not going to be enough Curator, not nearly enough. Especially with all this other crap Thuggy has thrown and thrown our way. And of course what ever the estimate the cost is, it will be at least 5 times more. Cars for clunkers should give you a clue on how unreliable these morons are. But the real morons are those who have faith in these morons.
No Father in the Home — Obama's Story
By Kevin Jackson
As I have documented in my book The BIG Black Lie, there are certain parallels between my life and the life of Barack Obama. Like Obama, I wasn't raised by my biological father. Both our mothers remarried when we were young, and for a short time we were raised by our stepfathers. Finally upon the death of our mothers we would both eventually be raised by our grandparents.
Obama had Dreams from my Father, a man with whom he spent his first two years of life. In his book, Obama paid tribute to the man who abandoned him and his mother, and appears to have vivid memories of his father through stories told of the man by his mother and her parents. Really?
Can anybody here believe that a Harvard educated man can't grasp the simple concept of Medicare growing broke, with it nine times more expensive than originally estimated, then wanting to expand it some more, not see why I think Liberalism a mental disease?
This would be an exercise in humor if the calamity that followed only affected those living in Oz.
I can't think of a better example explaining why I think liberals so shallow, so superficial, than this journalist explains. And now we've elected one of the brain dead clan at the most inopportune time. :evil:
It really is a disease of the mind. How else can you explain wanting to expand something that is unsustainable?
"The proliferation of Obama's gaffes and non sequiturs on health care has exceeded the allowable limit. He has failed repeatedly to explain how the government will provide more (health care) for less (money). He has failed to explain why increased demand for medical services without a concomitant increase in supply won't lead to rationing by government bureaucrats as opposed to the market. And he has failed to explain why a Medicare-like model is desirable when Medicare itself is going broke."
Tex, my favorite paragraph from your link.
If Obama can explain away that paragraph, the Rabbit will support the President on health care.
I don't think people should bring guns to a town hall meeting.
I own a gun to go deer hunting and to smoke some fool who treads on my family. Oh yeah, sometimes I go to the range for fun.
There are plenty of your liberal friends who object to what I just wrote.
So quit acting like there isn't loons in your own party. You've been doing nothing but citing individuals for the last month as some banal form of defending health care. You lack even the remotest amount of intellectual depth. You bore me.
Why don't you get off youtube and address the this:
"The proliferation of Obama's gaffes and non sequiturs on health care has exceeded the allowable limit. He has failed repeatedly to explain how the government will provide more (health care) for less (money). He has failed to explain why increased demand for medical services without a concomitant increase in supply won't lead to rationing by government bureaucrats as opposed to the market. And he has failed to explain why a Medicare-like model is desirable when Medicare itself is going broke."
"Could someone explain to me why the folks who advocate for gun owners all seem to be roly-poly small dicked guys who probably had the crap beat out of them in high school?"
Wow, seems your man crush extends to gaging the penis size of men. You are getting weirder by the day Dodger.
"By your reasoning we should go ahead and have government run all the other insurance industries as well. And why stop there?"
Dodger doesnt want to stop there. He supports marxism/fascism.
"To me this is a form of intimidation and this is extreme behavior."
Like busing in union thugs?
I guess we only make it a big deal when white people carry guns who dont support Thuggy.
Remember the good ol days when the left protests towards Bush were civil? Neither do I.
And I can see why Dodger LOVES PMSNBC, talk about shady deception. They conceal the race of the guy with the AR-15 so they can play the race card.
Great news: Cash for Clunkers might be out of money again already
But hey lets let these morons run health care. Only a total moron would trust these guys with their health care.
Greenpeace: Yeah, we misled, but we needed the emotionalism!
Phelim McAleer, the co-director of Not Evil, Just Wrong, catches the BBC in an act of journalism when interviewing Greenpeace leader Gerd Leipold. The activist organization insisted in a July 15th press release that all of the Arctic ice would disappear by 2030, a claim which reporter Stephen Sackur finds ridiculous — and for good reason. Watch Leipold backpedal in this 98-second clip from the interview (full interview here):
But hey, lets cripple our economy over "emotionalism"
If my kid or wife was on the Lockerbie flight, I would become famous today…
I see you still want to talk about the meaningless crap when it comes to the health care debate. I'll post it again just to be annoying.
Suck my quip:
"The proliferation of Obama's gaffes and non sequiturs on health care has exceeded the allowable limit. He has failed repeatedly to explain how the government will provide more (health care) for less (money). He has failed to explain why increased demand for medical services without a concomitant increase in supply won't lead to rationing by government bureaucrats as opposed to the market. And he has failed to explain why a Medicare-like model is desirable when Medicare itself is going broke."
This is why you are an utter fucking fool. And why I can't stand you. I knew you hadn't read the paragraph. It makes me sick Rutherford doesn't have the guts to call you out.
Why do you come here? To hear yourself speak? To get kudos from Rutherford?
As I've said before, you don't have the integrity to read anything intellectual that doesn't fit in with your sheltered and pathetic spoon fed life.
Do you think I'm posting some "gotcha" paragraph? That I'm playing checkmate in your little political science experiment you play on your Daddy's computer?
My fucking questions are valid. I'm posting the very crux of the problem with this health care bill. It is mind boggling to me people like you ignore these questions wholesale.
Do you think I don't want people to have health insurance? Unlike your sheltered ass, I went without health benefits for 8 years. I am literally still paying out of pocket for an ambulance ride.
By the way, Elric reads what people write. You don't do that. You're an internet troll of the worst kind. It just so happens your a troll on Rutherford's "team."
Keep posting cable news shows uploaded to youtube about individuals at town halls and remain completely ignorant to what this debate is really about.
You have proven yourself utterly oblivious.
Here here DR…
How's this for irony, Obama is complaining about misinformation while he does a radio show with a fake conservative, under the guise that he's addressing conservative talk radio. If he really wanted to address the conservative audience of talk radio, he'd go on Rush… but that wouldn't be easy, or intellectually honest…
Seriously Rutherford, you can't lambaste Elric if your going to let this uninformed idiot spew her garbage.
This chick just name calls and posts youtube videos of weirdos.
"The proliferation of Obama's gaffes and non sequiturs on health care has exceeded the allowable limit. He has failed repeatedly to explain how the government will provide more (health care) for less (money). He has failed to explain why increased demand for medical services without a concomitant increase in supply won't lead to rationing by government bureaucrats as opposed to the market. And he has failed to explain why a Medicare-like model is desirable when Medicare itself is going broke."
In other news:
The Dead Rabbit is proud to say that he has raised 2,500 dollars for breast cancer. My softball team is hosting a charity tournament Saturday. This took much more organization then you would think.
"I've watched Michael Smerconish and the man is a conservative."
Sure he is. You dont even know what the term means. Anyone willing to listen to a marxist thug isnt a conservative.
WSJ: VA pushes vets to consider death as an alternative to treatment
posted at 11:36 am on August 20, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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The ObamaCare bill may not contain "death panels," but even Charles Lane and Eugene Robinson at the Washington Post wonder why the bill incentivizes end-of-life consultations with the elderly and ill as part of its cost-containment strategy. Maybe Lane and Robinson should take a look at the VA, where the Obama administration and former General Eric Shinseki have reinstated a program called "Your Life, Your Choices." The Wall Street Journal reports that this program amounts to a high-pressure sales pitch for refusal of treatment for veterans:
I guess death panels arent just for thuggy Care
What Obama wouldn't fund with $2B in loan guarantees
posted at 4:45 pm on August 20, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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Earlier this week, we found out what kind of energy production Barack Obama likes to support when he offered $2 billion in loans and guarantees to Brazilian oil producer Petrobras to drill off Brazil's shores — while supporting a moratorium on offshore drilling in the US. Coincidentally, Obama had the opportunity to offer the exact same amount of money to an American company for energy production just three weeks earlier. Did they get the cash for their zero-emission energy industry venture? Apparently, George Soros didn't invest in USEC:
Gee Dodger, and you wonder why I think thuggy hates this country and wants to destroy it.
And you the posts Dodger wont touch that I bring up? Thuggy banning drilling here but will use tax payer dollars to fund it for his socialist buddy in Brazil; wont touch it. Thuggy crapping on the Vets with death life panels; wont touch it; Cash for Clunkers an absolute failure; wont touch it; race baiting on PMSNBC; wont touch it; Thuggy busing in union thugs; wont touch it. Axelrod already making a profit from ThuggyCare; wont touch it. On and on. Well at least Dodger established when Thuggy's mom died. Now that's "important". Though he never did explain why Thuggy felt compelled to write a favorable book on his father who left his sorry ass when he was 2 instead of the people that actually raised the ungrateful bastard.
Obama to Planned Parenthood in 2007: "Reproductive care" is at the center of my health-care plan
posted at 6:27 pm on August 20, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Yet another case of our savior being unable to get his story straight. Via Ace, here he is yesterday pandering to religious leaders. Mind you, even the Associated Press grudgingly admitted two weeks ago that the current House bill would use tax money for abortions.
In a late Wednesday conference call with several left-wing faith groups that supported his presidential bid, President Barack Obama claimed it is a "fabrication" and "distraction" to say abortion funding is included in the health care reform plans pending in Congress.
He said it is false to suggest that the government-run health care plan he favors would result in "government funding of abortions," and that this is "untrue."
And here he is two years ago using dainty abortion euphemisms to promise a group that already gets $350 million in taxpayer money each year that the cash will keep flowing under ObamaCare, per our little "partnership" agreement with God. Does this guy really not understand why so many people are suspicious of his intentions with health-care reform? He's following the same shady pattern here as he did with the public option and single-payer: He tells the country one thing, then video of his ideological allies contradicting him starts to come out, then inevitably some older video of Obama himself contradicting his current position emerges. Given his hardline support for abortion and the sort of barely coded promise to his base that you see below, why would anyone trust him not to use ObamaCare to start paying for it? (Besides Doug Kmiec, I mean.) And given the inertia towards waste and bankruptcy in any government program, why would anyone trust ObamaCare to work at all? Fun fact: Increasingly, they don't.
Well except Dodger, he has a man crush on Thuggy
Without any exaggeration, if it wasn't for the 2nd amendment, I wouldn't exist.
My Grand pappy had to kill a person. He owned a bar connected to a party store (liquor store to you non Michganders) that was stuck up. On one occasion he had to kill a man wanted for gunning down another business owner. My Dad was working at the store while this happened. We have no doubt this dude would have killed my Dad and Grandpa.
I remember taking solace in the fact my Grandpa was armed and not afraid to kill a motherfucker when I was young. This reality was known throughout the neighborhood and probably stopped others from violent attacks.
Flash forward to 1997 and the Rabbit found himself living in an apartment in in a very shitty neighborhood. My snub nose 38 special my Dad loaned me allowed me to actually sleep. Living by yourself is creepy as it is. Hearing crime take place every night is downright horrifying.
The worst part of that apartment was taking a shower. If one of the crackheads came in, I was trapped. No window, no exit. I would take that revolver in the bathroom every time. In fact, the gun is what got me through that year without losing my mind.
"Actually, I find the entire exchange between you and Sensico a bit confusing since I thought your original assault was aimed at the YouTube vids that I had posted last night. I thought your fight was with me, not her."-rutherford
Look man, all of us post those explosive links where we use some odd ball to completely stereotype the "other side". And, of course, other times we are plain and simple pissed off.
Yet, there are moments where ideas are exchanged around here. Take you, Rutherford. You opened my eyes to the harm drug advertisements do and made me think long and hard about insurance companies unfairly dropping coverage.
Sensico does no thinking. She rarely reads what anyone here posts. She merely echoes bumper stickers. I have never once seen her counter someones point using her own logic or inductive reasoning. She does nothing but stereotype the "other side" ad fucking nuaseum.
Should she be banned? Hell no. But for you to call out Elric on a daily basis and not admonish her is total garbage.
Again, hate on Elric all you want, the dude at least reads people's arguments.
Do you give sensico a pass becuase she is young? A fellow liberal? Black?
Which brings me to another point. Conservative battle it out. You guys never do. You seem to either gang up like mindless piranhas or are go cowardly mute when you disagree with your brethren. I've seen this at work and on college campuses.
Come one Rutherford, that clip was laughable. Am I supposed to be impressed that "other" segments on MSNBC didn't purposely fool the viewer?
A political slant is one thing. But damn, for that 4 minutes, MSNBC was pulling a fast one on a level Fox News would never dare. That was premeditated and reprehensible.
"Rabbit, you almost had me until you dropped that stinkbomb."-Rutherford
I don't think I made myself too clear on that one. I mean regular folk. Just look at this place. Every conservative in this place has had a disagreement on steroids. Not you guys. Someone drops something moronic and not a peep from you guys.
As for sensico, we've been discussing health care for two weeks. Can you tell me sensico's position on why the health care plan will work?
She has done nothing and I mean nothing, but provide slanderous ad hominem attacks in the following order:
1. The protesters are fake (beginning of week 1)
2. The protesters do exist, are crazed and violent but not representative of the country. (end of week 1)
3. The protesters do in fact exist, are in fact representative of a good chunk of America but that's becuase a good chunk of America are crazy old people. (week 2)
The key here is it's always about the protesters.
Sure, she did have that one cryptic post where she talked about how she isn't a "giver" and then said the health care bill is good becuase health care in general is good and stuff.
So I ask you again, what is sensico's argument for why the health care bill will work?
"There is no sensible reason to bring a gun to a political rally, particularly outside a venue where the President is speaking."-R
If only you stopped with that comment. Instead, you mocked the notion of self defense. Very annoying considering you have always lived in an area where you have convinced yourself it to be a local where self defense isn't an issue. Not to mention the that scrap of paper called the Constitution.
Plus, hunting is one of the most peaceful things a man can do. You should try it.
Yeah, until Obama starts WW3 and methodically exterminates 6 million Jews and 3 Million Polish, I won't call him Hitler.
Franco, maybe. But not Hitler. :)
As for my question on why Rutherford consistently gives sensico a pass, I also mentioned her youth and her gender. So, I would appreciate a little attention to detail and to be given my due and proper for playing the sexism and ageism card too.
Doesn't make sense?
A week ago you were talking about the "astro turf". We were told the protesters were bussed in and professionals.
Then you began give up on the notion of astro turf and concentrated on youtube clips of weirdos. I will call it your
"mob" phase.
Lastly, you seemed to give up on the crazed mob theory and went with the paranoia of the elderly and, strangely enough, you went on to tie their grand children in. I can find you the posts if you want.
Conservatives, for the most part, eschew intellectualism and this is good for them. They decide what they want or do not want and they line up and get it done. Liberals think too damn much.
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Can you believe this shit Rabbit & Co. that the "R" is laying on us? If that doesn't characterize the "lib" group think, nothing can.
The Rutherford ilk have been reading and listening their MSM horseshit for so long, they have actually convinced themselves of their "intellectual" superiority.
So Rutherford, like they once said. "Where's the beef?"
The Mensa Progressive Party has had about eight months now to try and make things right, or at the very least begin to correct the previous mistakes. After their dismal performance, they have now had to resort in no particular order to charges of: (1) racism, (2) Bush's fault, (3) stupidity of American public, or (4) Republican firewall. Guess they forgot they control it all now and the results speak for themselves. America is beginning the slow revolt to kicking their worthless Marxist superiority to the street. And I'm thoroughly watching them fail.
It is patently obvious that the 'brilliant' Obama is clueless about how to manage much of anything but give cue card speeches in front of Greek columns, envisioning himself as some divine being. Finally, folks are starting to catch on that not only is the man and his brood of toadies clueless, phonies,deceitful, dishonest stooges who deal in nothing but strife, but dangerous to the very existence of our country.
At least 75% of citizens now are beginning to grasp what most of have known all along – Libs can't find their ass with both hands. "R", you keep convincing yourself run with the superior pack, though. It humors me. :smile:
And the fact every poll as shown a majority of Americans supportive of the protesters?
Gad, most of us here… AND
And I'm thoroughly enjoying watching them fail.
"Guess they forgot they control it all now and the results speak for themselves" -Tex
So fricking true, man.
The health bill speaks for itself. Rutherford tells me I'm supposed to accept that 1000 pages of nonsensical garbage is just the way it's supposed to be.
Well not anymore.
The bill is written in fricking Klingon!
I can get, although vehemently disagree with, Rutherford's stance on a public option, government health care etc.
What blows me away is how he can defend the bill itself.
Even if I believed in Obama's talking points, I'd be against this bill!
Just look at the the thing!!!
And we're the idiots?
Unbelievable. Obama is now talking about moving Gitmo to Michigan.
600 hardcore Al Queda terrorists led by Osama Bin Laden for the sake of a measly 1200 hundred jobs., moost of which would be Federal.
For fuck sakes, why in the hell is not Gitmo good for Gitmo.
If they move them here, they should release one at a time on Ted Nugent's hunting grounds and let us hunters track them down.
Personally, I would like to use my bow.
Bush was right. You're either with us or against us.Lets put sanctions on Scotland. Did you see the Libyans tonight? Partying in the streets as their hero comes home.
Fuck Scotland and their Rangers.
Go Celtic!
I agree with everything BiW said, although I have to admit, I strangely picture him being a Vulcan. Which is cool. Very logical.
2 Star Trek references by me in one night. That is not cool.
I didn't know their were black Vulcans. That kind of bugs me. From an Anthropological point of view, it makes no sense. What are the odds that a Vulcan species from another world would have races that took on the exact same characteristics as branches of humanity here on Earth?
uh..i need to get to bed.
Here here BiW, said very eloquently.
Having been the victim of a home invasion, which occurred in a gun hating state, I didn't have any protection beyond a baseball bat. I don't know about you, but walking on two robbers (I'll leave their ethnic identity out to prevent racist labels) with nothing but a stick is somewhat unnerving. Luckily for me, multiple trips into warzones has removed my fear of doing stupid things.
Of course, if I had been allowed to have my gun, these guys would not have gotten away (I can only run so far bar foot swinging a bat… ;)) . Now some might lamment the loss of life, which isn't necessarily the only outcome- there is something sobering about hearing a 12 gauge pump in the darkness. Point being, as the Founders pointed out, there is a reason for the right to bear arms.
Now that I live somewhere else where I not only have my guns but I have the right (and exercise it) to carry concealed. There have been several studies that have shown that not only does violent crime go down in concealed carry states, but that the claim by the left of increased gun violence is false. Florida is a great example of this.
As BiW basically said, there is absolutely nothing wrong with exercising a Constitutional right, the fault came in that it provided a red herring for the left to ignore the atrocity that is Obamacare. Oh by the way, the Secret Service said that the Pres was never in danger and that they weren't concerned.
Remember when this was a capital offense during the Bush administration. I mean, the argument of the left was that Iraq was about Haliburton. So what does Obamacare mean?
Firms with Obama ties profit from health push
Since the facts don't work, Obama is now looking towards God to justify his Obamacare plan. Tell me R, doesn't this bother you just a little bit?
"Anyone unwilling to listen is an ignoramus regardless of political persuasion."
Really? Perhaps we should have "listened" to the Nazis then.
"Bush was right. You're either with us or against us.Lets put sanctions on Scotland. Did you see the Libyans tonight? Partying in the streets as their hero comes home."
He was correct on that. Gives you a real picture into that world I have posted about time and time again.
"Since the facts don't work, Obama is now looking towards God to justify his Obamacare plan. Tell me R, doesn't this bother you just a little bit?"
Doesnt that crack you up Gorilla? A Godless man playing the religious card to justify enslaving a nation.
Obama 1995: In hard economic times, politicians tend to look for racial scapegoats
posted at 9:45 pm on August 20, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Yeah, good point. Isn't it depressing when politicians try to demagogue what's essentially an economic issue? I can just picture the heads nodding at MSNBC. I'll say this for you, champ: You've got a lot of nerve.
Watch to the end for some sweet, sweet bonus material on Rev. Wright, whose more radical tendencies The One naturally never ever had an inkling of.
I would think my friend Rutherford would be ashamed of many of the pols leading his party. Forgetting his lovefest with Obama, how can anybody of sound mind think Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer or Harry Reid worthy of anything more than lithium.
Rutherford is always ragging about Sarah Palin and how dumb she is, yet true idiots like Pelosi get a free pass for their stupidity from the "R". And Nancy Pelosi is as dumb and crooked as it gets Rutherford.
And I find it hard to believe that even you Rutherford could like some pompous ass like Barbara Boxer. She's not only incredibly rude and self-serving, but equally incompetent as attested by California's cataclysmic fall from grace.
If you can't bring yourself to admit that much, why should I believe you are really interested in finding common ground good for both our families?
You forget, he is a drone. Come on, look at his last thread. He has a man crush on Weiner. He laps up all the BS that they say and do. He even thinks Barney Frank is an ok guy. He doesnt even get concerned when the Black Caucus calls out Boxer for being a racist. I am sorry to say Tex, not will persuade Dodger to see the light. He is a drone to the end.
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The ACLU and defense attorneys for detainees at Guantanamo Bay surveilled and took pictures of CIA agents and then showed the photos to terrorists at Gitmo. The Department of Justice has begun an investigation into the exposure of American agents, the Washington Post reports, in some cases in front of their homes. It underscores once again the stupidity of involving the civil court system in the handling of unlawful combatants in wartime:
Another example of the leftist/islamic alliance
Ahhh Thuggy the post racial uniting president.
Houston, Texas: One LaRaza guy gets arrested after shoving an ObamaCare opponent. Towards the end of the video LaRaza members begin screaming, "we're going to take over America and we're going to give you the boot." When asked who "you" is, they said "you white people"….
Those barbarous scum celebrating a dude who blew up a plane of school girls.
What a great culture.
I would say that I am shocked but its typical behavior for that "culture"
Can someone give me a good reason why Fox News feels the need to play the 911 call of a murdered toddler? I just can't stand hearing that crap. Maybe because I have a baby due any day now, but I become much more sensitive to these kind of stories. I couldn't sleep after hearing that story about the dumbass and his giant pet python eating his baby. Fox played that call as well. Fricking disturbing.
Because people love that kind of crap. Thats why reality TV is so popular. Not that I like that kind of stuff. Never watched a reality tv show before and never will.
I stand corrected. 229 members of Al Queda might be moved to my home state. Not sure why I said 600. That's a hardcore 229 though. Curator, your more then welcome to take them off our hands. You can have the jobs.
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More Czars than Cabinet posts.
"I dont see the big deal beside only opposing this because of political reasons"
You think we would be ok with this if Juan McVain won? Are you that stupid?
You only want them out of Cuba for political reasons.
I want them to rot outside of the continental United States.
But, your all about image. The fact they are in Michigan makes you feel better for some reason. What's the point of moving Gitmo and still having Gitmo.?
What's that senscio? Oh…do you want trials? Maybe we will hold trials in Macomb County so they can walk free in your parent's swanky hood.
"But it is obvious that Elric must fear dark skinned men. "
Really? Back that up jackass. And for the record, islam isnt a race. The latest jihadist leader busted was a home grown white guy. God you are so friggin stupid.
What are the odds 2 alien species could breed together?
"It's written all over your negrophobic, xenophobic and islamophobic posts."
Negrophobic? LOL You libs make up words everyday. Now try actually quote me on something; especially "negrophobic" :-)
"Who said listening was the same as agreeing?"
Why the hell would you even want to listen to what Nazis have to say?
"what are the odds that a species from another world would resemble every aspect of humans except having pointy ears and turned up eyebrows?"
good point
"Putting aside the fact that I don't find her the least bit offensive"
I hate when you turn into lair Rutherford in the comments section.
Yeah, she's a real cool person. Would be a ton of fun to work with or hang out with.
That was crap of epic proportions the way she treated that military guy.
She's a total fucktard.
"Though it was very important that it be closed because of all the horrible things that happened."
Like what?
Yeah, I think she must be confusing Abu Graib with Gitmo or something.
And her "the FBI will follow them" reassurance is just laughable. Swear to God, the girl is clueless.
She probably is oblivious to the carnage Al Queda created only two days ago in Baghdad. I guess the FBI wasn't following those ones.
Gawd Rutherford – your selective mindset and double standards are the thing of legend. You do make a good lib.
The entire godforsaken state of the rot called California is Democratic and has been for some time. Awnald is worthless indeed. But he's about as much a Republican as I am a homosexual, married to a leftist Kennedy shill nonetheless.
I predict most of your Democratically controlled states will resemble California about two years from now – chaos with no cash in the bank.
As far as you believing Boxer "bedable", I believe she would be old enough to be classified GILF and your standards of tapping even lower than mine. I didn't think that possible, but like Bill Clinton, your libido maybe the one thing I most admire. :wink:
"Now maybe it just got lost in the xenophobic, islamophobic mix but it zipped right past me."
Now how am I "xenophobic" and "islamophobic"?
And remember, a phobia is an irrational fear.
So you google those terms yet?
"With that said, I live for those few moments when Curator stops by to drop a liberal atomic bomb. Always makes my day. In fact, it's funny"
You think its funny when people cal other people racists without any shred of evidence?
And like usual Curator couldnt back up his bs.
"Now how am I "xenophobic" and "islamophobic"?
And remember, a phobia is an irrational fear." -elric
lol….that cracked me up.
Got to give elric credit, he is consistent.
"if that makes you feel any better…"
It would make me feel better if you could actually give examples instead of just hurling out words that you dont even understand.
"lol….that cracked me up.
Got to give elric credit, he is consistent."
Thanks DR. You know how drones are. I have to remind them of the actual terminology that they use. Otherwise we will be going in circles all night long. That is if Dodger even attempts to back up the label he placed on me.
Now Tex, everything is relative. At my age she's a MILF
No. This is another classic example of everything "relative" in a lib's world. Boxer is still a GILF – there is no relativism as your age doesn't change a thing as Boxer still an old hag; but in your case, a GILF. For me, Boxer is a GILSF.
I'll give you a hint. It's in the 'caudal' area of the anatomy and has something to do with sticking a part of my anatomy through her auditory meatus. It is obvious I've had to return to medical school and that I still think Babs Boxer's Gross Anatomy gross? :wink:
"R", I ought to be embarrassed but I'm too tired to be.
Want to read something funny? I don't know why I typed caudal – as in tail. I meant to type cranial as in head, or more specifically "SKULL".
Sorry, I've had a very long week.
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A year ago today, the Valley FM news/talk station reported on air and on its Web site that then-Gov. Janet Napolitano signed emergency legislation requiring that tolls be collected on all Valley freeways to help solve Arizona's multi-billion dollar budget shortfall.
The April Fools' Day hoax didn't go over very well with the Governor's Office.
This morning, KTAR had this gem of a news story: All the time Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has been spending lobbying in Washington, D.C., had finally paid off.
"The federal government had allocated $275 million in stimulus money for the purchase of 350 speed cameras to be put up in the Phoenix area," according to the April 1 story.
"The funds are a major victory for the mayor who has built what he called the Phoenix Stimulus Strike Team," the faux story continued.
"The group's effort to bring national dollars to Arizona has been well known, but the mayor's plan to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on speed cameras was not."
Councilman Claude Mattox and U.S. Rep. John Shadegg were in on the prank, providing radio interviews about the camera plan to give the story a bit of credibility.
"It's an annual affair and we're always in the middle of it," said Gordon spokesman Scott Phelps, who added that the mayor would have particiapted if he had not actually been in Washington lobbying for real stimulus cash.
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The 840 Series is Samsung's new approach to the ever exciting Solid State Drives market. In last year success, Samsung was able to release their 830 at a very competitive cost without compromising the performance or reliability by utilizing all home-grown components. They make their controller, write code and implement their own NAND memory cells.
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As opposed to MLC NAND where it stores two bits of data per cell, the TLC only holds a single bit on each allocated chip. As the result, the 840 has a higher latency, slower write speed and a shorter lifespan.
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In a similar phase of how the 4th Gen of OCZ Agility and Vertex do to their previous siblings, the 840 is not a total break-through or major upgrade to the 830 in term of performance or reliability.
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Lastly, the regular 840 is blessed with 3-year warranty while the Pro edition is backed by 5-year warranty. Now we wait for the answers from other manufacturers, what say them ?
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They don't have a try-in, because their other teeth are in the way.
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A Better Denture is at 800 S. Nova Road, Suite L, Holly Hill. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday. The phone number is (386) 265-5975.
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uncaringbear said...
I wish they would introduce a holiday like this for fishing. Imagine being able to level up fishing to 350 as easily as cooking!
I'm sure there are many people who praise the convenience this provides for levelling cooking, but there are also plenty of people who complained last year.
As someone who took time to collect recipes from vendors as I was levelling my main (and subsequently level up my cooking), I do think this is a bit of a cop-out. As someone who is now working on alts, I think this is really nice. I've intentionally been waiting to level my highest alt's cooking skills because I knew this holiday was coming up.
Although levelling fishing is a long, slow grind, I think I would have more of a problem with it being made easier. Cooking, with few trivial exceptions, only benefits yourself. Although you are generally left alone while fishing, there are certain notable exceptions where fishing is somewhat competitive, primarily the 2 weekly fishing competitions. It doesn't seem right that someone who levelled their fishing effortlessly through a holiday would be able to compete for the same fishing resources.
That said, the fishing daily in Cataclysm is going to make it considerably easier and more profitable to raise your fishing level, so at least you have that to look forward to.
Isn't it great that you can get 350 skill in something that was expensive and / or challenging now with zero determination. Characters shoulkd just be pre-made with 350 cooking skill really. Logically they should have a Bandages Holiday and Fishing Holiday and later they can have a Leatherworking Holiday that saves you farming anything at all, especially Rugged Leather!
I'd say that this was inpossible, except I just saw someone click a vendor and get a Dredsteed whereas I remember something like this being needed: 3 x Black Dragonscales, 2 x Elixirs of Shadow Power, 6 x Large Brilliant Shards, 25 x Dark Iron Ore, 1 x Arcanite Bar, 1 Shadowy Potion, Xorothian Stardust, J'eevee's Jar, Black Lodestone, Xorothian Glyphs, 5 man attempts in Scholomance and a massive event in Dire Maul.
Yes it was hard and a pain in the ass. Yes, it wasn't a faceroll and it made WoW memorable and cool. And yes, giving away 350 cooking is pathetic.
Drakkenfyre said...
Giving away 350 Cooking isn't pathetic. Do you know how many people don't even have Cooking because they don't want to level it? At least this gives them an incentive, and afterwards they can keep leveling it.
Do you know how many people have leveled it already on another character, and don't want to start all over again? It makes it nice making it easy, and not another thing you have to grind out on another character.
uncaringbear said...
I've leveled cooking to max on seven of my eight 80's the old fashioned way. Last year was the first time I benefited from the Pilgrim holiday, and as an altaholic, I was grateful for the opportunity to save a bit of time. Truth be told, maxing out cooking isn't really that hard or time consuming.
Fishing is a different story, and I've only been able to get max fishing on 5 toons. It's just long, tedious and mind numbingly boring to level. Yes, I know fishing skill isn't really a big deal now, but for a lot of people, it's the principle of getting to max level, and when you have to do it for the umpteenth time, it starts to wear on you.
Oh no..I criticized the idea that Easy was Good and got downrated. That always happens in WoW insider of course. Says it all, doesn't it. What people do on alts is not the point. The concept is...A main can walk up and get 350 cooking, certainly 280 cooking, with almost no effort. It is weak to devalue skills by giving them away and I don't see how the fact that 'My alt got them omg cool, it's easy now!' makes this idea any less true. I have many alts as well, hell, i've got every BOA there is, even the Ring, and I think it's a faceroll to stand at an NPC and be given Cooking for nothing.
Of course this aspect of WoW is easy, i just spent a minute pressing two buttons and got a 251 epic from a holiday boss for nothing...And yes, granting Cooking to any old person for nothing is feeble as well. The fact is, people will always want stuff that is given for free and don't care if it devalues the game. it's like how one of my alts could get a full set of pvp-pve-crafted epics the first day at 80 - which obviously devalues the idea of Epic. And yes, i remember when a Dreadsteed was awesome. Don't be depressed if people downrate any criticism of their nice easy 'skills' it's just how the game's gone: everyone is a God and they don't like it if you suggest they aren't.
Artificial said...
@kingerz: I doubt anyone downrated you for criticizing the idea that easy is good. What they're downrating you for is the ridiculously absurd statement you made that cooking "was expensive and / or challenging". It has never been either, and making it easy to achieve quickly during a holiday is just a nice little benefit. It does not devalue something that was once valuable or difficult. It's cooking for crying out loud. It's always been a trivial skill that requires nothing more than cooking up a few easy to obtain ingredients before a fire. You can't trivialize something if it's already trivial to begin with.
You sound like you're taking it way too seriously. And your general tone was insulting (it's kinda hard to throw around words like "pathetic" without being so). The criticism you claim you were making is something most of us would agree with you on, but as is usually the case, people are *not* generally downvoted for what they say, they're downvoted for the way they say it. And in this case, for the fact that it doesn't really apply in this case.


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Though diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, you won't have symptoms from early kidney disease. But simple tests can check how your kidneys are working and detect early disease linked to diabetes. Treating kidney disease early can make a huge difference. Drugs, changes in your diet, and good control of your blood sugar (glucose) levels and blood pressure can slow down or prevent kidney damage.
The key is to get diagnosed early and start treatment right away, says Robert Stanton, MD, chief of nephrology at the Joslin Diabetes Center Clinic. If you have diabetes, here's what you need to know.
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Your kidneys filter your blood. They get rid of wastes in your body through urine, while the cleaned blood is sent back into your body.
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High blood glucose levels may not be the only diabetes-linked cause of damage to kidney cells. "Kidney damage in type 1 diabetes is largely the result of high glucose," says Janet B. McGill, MD. She's an endocrinologist and professor of medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. "But in type 2, it could have many causes. There may be an interaction between high blood glucose, high blood pressure, inflammation, age, and genetics."
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If you are at risk for kidney damage, you should have these three tests, experts say.
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- Urine tests for protein, creatinine, and albumin. Tiny amounts of protein begin to leak into your urine when kidney damage begins. Your doctor can do a test to check for protein in your urine. In the past, you might have had to collect your urine for 24 hours for this, Stanton says, but now it just takes one sample.
- Estimating Glomerular filtration rate (eGFR or GFR). This test helps show how well your kidneys filter your blood. "I think every patient should know his GFR," Stanton says.
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Greek Pasta with Seared Tuna
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 447
- Calories from fat: 29%
- Fat: 14.2g
- Saturated fat: 3.9g
- Monounsaturated fat: 7.2g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.7g
- Protein: 27.5g
- Carbohydrate: 53.1g
- Fiber: 3.8g
- Cholesterol: 29mg
- Iron: 4.3mg
- Sodium: 559mg
- Calcium: 179mg
- 1 (6-ounce) tuna steak (about 3/4 inch thick)
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Cooking spray
- 2 cups chopped tomato (about 1 large tomato)
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1/2 cup drained canned artichoke hearts, coarsely chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped pitted kalamata olives
- 1 tablespoon capers
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 3 cups hot cooked linguine (about 6 ounces uncooked pasta)
- 6 tablespoons (about 1 1/2 ounces) grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
- Heat a small nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle tuna with pepper. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add tuna to pan, and cook 3 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness. Keep warm.
- Combine tomato and next 7 ingredients (through juice) in a large bowl. Add pasta; toss to combine. Arrange about 1 1/3 cups pasta mixture on each of 3 plates. Flake fish with a fork; divide evenly over pasta. Sprinkle each serving with 2 tablespoons cheese.
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- Sunday Night Laughs @Givology at 7:30p @AIapalucci, @EJthecomic, @nickvatterott, @Chloe_Hilliard & more. Tix at bit.ly/1wmVf5h Sep 12
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