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Chile's Gaby mining complex was inaugurated on Tuesday by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, who praised the 150,000 tonne-a-year project for its modernity and sustainability.
The Defense National Stockpile Center (DNSC) has reduced the minimum purchase for high-carbon ferrochromium to a bulk weight of 100 short tons from 200 tons previously.
Norsk Hydro ASA is scheduled to shut down the Søderberg potlines at its Karmøy aluminum plant in Norway at the end of the first quarter next year due to falling aluminum prices and demand. The potlines have a capacity of 120,000 tonnes annually.
Copper Resources Corp. (CRC) has stripped Central African Mining & Exploration Co. Plc (Camec)of its voting rights and rights to dividend payments after the London-based company failed to make an obligatory offer to its other main shareholder, Metorex Ltd., the company said.
The collapse of base metal prices recently has prompted Acadian Mining Corp., Halifax, Nova Scotia, to scale back lead and zinc mining operations and consider scrapping such mining altogether in favor of less volatile gold.
Molybdenum prices in the United States have hit bottom at around $10 a pound, according to several traders, but are not expected to rebound significantly, at least through the first six months of next year.
U.S. Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, has named two executives to fill openings created by the retirement of a pair of company veterans.
Copper prices teeter around the $3,100-a-tonne mark, about the marginal cost of production for some smelters, according to Barclays Capital Plc, London, renewing concerns among industry players that slumping prices might plow right through formerly reliable pricing supports.
Aluminum pricing could not continue Monday's bounce, which appears to have been short-lived, according to market observers.
Swedish zinc producer Boliden AB will cut production by a combined 60,000 tonnes per year at its Odda smelter in Norway and its Kokkola smelter in Finland, effective immediately, on low demand and market uncertainty.
Copper prices teetered around the $3,100-a-tonne mark, about the marginal cost of production for some smelters, according to Barclays Capital Plc, London, renewing concerns among industry players that slumping prices might plow right through formerly reliable pricing supports.
Another delay expected in the delivery schedule for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner would exacerbate an already extensive industry overhang of titanium.
Spot sales of ferrosilicon have come to a grinding halt in the United States as ferroalloy consumers work through existing inventories and put off placing new orders for the time being, according to traders and producers.
The Defense National Stockpile Center (DNSC) has reduced the minimum purchase of high-carbon ferrochromium to a bulk weight of 100 short tons from 200 tons previously.
Base metals rallied Monday to overcome multiyear lows on news of President-elect Barack Obama's promise to reinvigorate the U.S. economy with a massive infrastructure spending plan, though traders warned that it might be premature to expect any quick rise in physical metal demand.
Canadian merchant bank Jaguar Financial Corp., which has opposed HudBay Minerals Inc.'s intended purchase of Lundin Mining Corp. from the start, voiced a slew of new complaints on Friday.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has closed the public comment period on the merits of the US Magnesium LLC facility in Tooele County, Utah, being placed on the National Priorities List (NPL) of federal Superfund sites.
Despite recently announcing a massive debt-reduction plan for the New Year that includes the suspension of dividends and the shelving of projects—including withdrawing from its joint-venture Petaquilla copper project in Panama—Canadian miner Teck Cominco Ltd. plans to continue with the development of a number of other base metal operations throughout Canada and Chile.
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This article doesn't say much about those who, like me, are hard of hearing or entirely deaf. What about us?
I was born with congenital rubella syndrome, which left me deaf in my left ear and moderately to profoundly deaf in my right. Although I was mainstreamed and underwent extensive speech therapy to enable me to live a largely normal life, and I do wear a hearing aid in my "good" ear, I still do need to take advantage of assistance where it's available.
Mostly, this takes the form of asking people to slow down and enunciate so I can understand them more easily, and the use of visual aids where possible. For television/movies, this means closed captioning (TV) or subtitles (Blu-Ray), no going to theaters as I don't like how their "disability discrimination" helps anyone with a wheelchair/crutches any time at any theater, yet leaves me high and dry with a limited selection of showings and titles for movies. I also use closed captioning/subtitles in games -- fortunately, that's becoming more and more common.
WoW is very accessible to the deaf/HoH player, with almost all in-game dialogue printed on the screen in speech bubbles and/or in the chat box. Most cutscenes are subtitled (but not all, sadly; I remember the DK intro movie being an exception, along with a few others. Blizz needs to fix that quickly). And quest text is all written-only, so you don't need to hear to understand the plotline behind the simple "go forth and kill X of Y" and so on.
Addons that are a huge help to me are things like Deadly Boss Mods, since I can elect to have a visual warning on the screen front and center where I'll see it, and I can set the alert tone to something that I can feel if I worry I might miss the on-screen warning. (DBM authors, please, please, please give us the ability to customize the alert sounds more than we can now!) This way I don't have to try to listen for a sound cue in a boss fight that I might not notice when I'm paying attention to what others are saying on vent; I hear/talk well enough to participate in that, but I have to turn background noise down a lot to do so, so I'm not going to necessarily notice, say, Sindy yelling about our pathetic magic betraying us -- but I'm going to see that alert that popped in the middle of the screen.
NPCScan is another addon that does a good job of presenting visual cues -- it makes a noise, yes, but it also can flash the screen in a way that grabs attention even if you can't hear at all, and it displays a big box that has to be clicked away and also puts a marker on the mob you're looking for.
One thing I would like to see more of is directional indicators for where you're being attacked from, if WoW has surround sound. (Does it? I can't hear in stereo so sounds are just "there" for me with no sense of location). That would make it easier to locate the threat. Still, that's not as important as it is for first-person shooters since you just have to generally face the target and not actually aim at it.
What addons have others found that I might want to look at? Are there any other sort of events in-game that I could add visual alerts for that DBM/NPCScan aren't handling?
And finally... can we please, please, please have /flirt and /silly emotes added to speech balloons and/or the chat window? I'm constantly having to ask either others in the room or others in-game what the phrase was because I can't understand them.
SoulMasterKaze said...
Yay, another deaf player! Whilst games like Assassin's Creed are virtually unplayable due to the lack of descriptive closed captioning, the fact that virtually everything's in written text is fantastic.
Another deaf player and I play 2v2, and each have a pile of stuff on our desks to throw at each other to get their attention to quickly sign something. Things didn't go so well when I accidentally threw my mouse at her, though.
Jonisjalopy said...
"@Soul, use flash lights. Wave it over the other persons monitor area. no projectiles involved."
I was going to suggest this. We use to use this trick when I took Sign Language in High School and needed people's attention.
Laser pointers work too, and are fun to annoy the cat with!

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Kovalchuk scores 3 to lead Devils over Islanders
New Jersey Devils' Ilya Kovachuk, center, of Russia, is taken down by New York Islanders' Steve Staios, right, for a penalty as Islanders goaltender Evgeni Nabokov, left, of Kazakhstan, looks on during the second period of an NHL hockey game on Thursday, March 8, 2012, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
NEWARK, N.J. - Ilya Kovalchuk scored three goals to record his second hat trick in just over three weeks to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 5-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday night.
Patrik Elias and David Clarkson also scored and Martin Brodeur made 29 saves as the Devils earned their 38th win, matching last season's total when they missed the playoffs for the first time since 1996.
Kovalchuk's linemates, Adam Henrique and Zach Parise, each had two assists, with Parise scoring his 400th NHL point.
Defenceman Andy MacDonald scored for the Islanders, who had a two-game winning streak snapped and taking another hit to their already dim playoff hopes. Evgeni Nabokov stopped 15 shots and lost for the sixth time in 16 games (10-5-1).
The streaky Kovalchuk has a team-high 29 goals, and he appears to be on a run. He scored in an emotional win over the New York Rangers on Tuesday and has four goals in two games after going nine without one.
His final goal at 8:09 of the third period came a little more than a minute after Elias scored off a rebound to give New Jersey a 3-1 lead.
Parise found Kovalchuk between the circles, and the Russian one-timed a shot past Nabokov. He pumped his fists to celebrate as hats started fluttering to the ice.
Kovalchuk staked the Devils to a 2-0 lead with an even-strength goal at 8:07 of the first period and a power-play tally at 3:33 of the second.
Parise set up the first one with a great pass to Kovalchuk at the left side of the net. His initial shot at an open cage missed everything and hit off the end boards, but the puck bounced right back to him, and he lifted a shot over Nabokov.
Kovalchuk's second goal came 14 seconds after Islanders defenceman Steve Staios was whistled for tripping him. Defenceman Marek Zidlicky slid the puck to Kovalchuk for a shot that he ripped past a defenceless Nabokov.
The Islanders, who outshot the Devils 19-11 in the first two periods, didn't get on the board until MacDonald scored a fluke goal with 3:39 left in the second. The Islanders broke into the Devils' zone on a 3-on-2 rush, and MacDonald chased down a loose puck behind the New Jersey net. He fired a shot that hit Brodeur's right arm and went in. Brodeur immediately looked up at the rafters in disgust.
The Devils blew the game open with three goals in the third.
NOTES: Zidlicky got two points, his first since joining the Devils last month. ... The teams have split the first four games of the six-game season series. ... Devils F Alexei Ponikarovsky returned to the lineup after missing three games with an undisclosed lower body injury. ... The game was the 599th of Nabokov's career. ... MacDonald's goal snapped a 31-game goal drought.


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My favorite Christmas story is from Dragnet.
It is Christmas morning. Sergeant Friday and his partner have been called to a small church in the poor section of LA. The priest reports the baby Jesus has been stolen from the manger.
"Why would anyone steal the baby Jesus", said the Father. It is just plaster of paris and has no value. The people of this parish have very little but their faith. This morning they will find the baby Jesus missing from the manger and will be very disappointed."
As they are speaking, a sound is heard from the back of the dark church. Down the center aisle comes a clickadee click, clickadee click on the stone floor. Finally, around the first pew comes a little boy pulling a little red wagon with the baby Jesus.
Father says, "Jose why did you steal the baby Jesus?"
Jose replies, "I didn't steal the baby Jesus. I prayed to God last night. I told him if Santa brings me a wagon I will give the baby Jesus a ride on Christmas morning."
I wish I could write or do something to help those here to move beyond the pain they still feel over this recent tragedy.
As for myself and my family, it's going to be another Spartan Christmas, which has my wife a bit depressed. But I am thankful that we still have a roof and heat, and the cupboards are not bare. I am relatively healthy and have a healthy family whom I love and who loves me back. I am a rich man.
Rutherford, spend time focusing on what you have. The heart can't carry grief forever. It isn't healthy. Enjoy your beautiful family and be merry.
What was that quote about, if you could only know the other man's suffering, there would be no war? I want to add that to my quote collection. The more I think about it the more profound it seems.
Yes,Pfessor, it is a profound statement, but if one knows the other man's suffering, one can use it to make him suffer even more.
Christmas spirit can do wonderful things. For example, a German soldier sang a Christmas carol in WW1, and allied soldiers began to sing along. They decorated a Christmas tree together and also played soccer.
Longfellow was quite the poet. We learned "The Village Blacksmith" when I was in grade school, and I used to read Longfellow's "Snow-Bound" every winter, but I guess I'm getting old. It reminds me so much of growing up on the farm – moreso every year I live. I get so torn up reading it now that I can't do it any more. I read it to my kids for the last time about ten years ago.
On a lighter note, have you seen this?
Best rendition of Service's "The Cremation of Sam McGee" I have ever seen. If you've never seen or heard of it before, watch the whole thing. Surprise ending! Guarantee it's worth it.
That was a good rendition all right–too good.
A man and his daughter wrecked their truck on an icy bridge. The bridge collapsed leaving the wreckage partly on the ice with the rest on the bridge. The father lapsed in and out of consciousness,but the daughter aged 14 was fine. She was just trapped in the truck.
She had begged her father to take her with him on Christmas vacation because she had never seen snow. A highway patrolman stopped and called for backup. While we waited, he visited with the girl to ease her mind.
We didn't consider the battery ignition cable, but we should have. A fire started, but the air was so cold the patrolman's fire extinguisher failed. The couple, especially the girl twisted and turned as they attempted to free themselves. The father begged that they be shot, but that didn't happen. The patrolman held the girl's hand until it got too hot.
I will spare you the sights and sounds of a couple's being cremated alive. I was 19 and home from college. I had been taking a walk in the snow, and that evening stroll changed how I regarded life
I promised myself that I would give meaning to their lives by living well, and I kept my promise. Kerli, the Estonian singer wrote a song "My life is my own creation." It is for all of us. Our lives are works of art like paintings or dramas.
Rutherford, referring to #11, ya think?
Interesting take from a people that have already gone down this road.
Noah – superb, superb video. Thank you SO much. I am forwarding it to everybody I know.
Number 11. Yes, Rutherford, it did traumatize me.
R – If you want to freak her out, come visit me and let me tell her absolutely true ghost stories from the mountains of West Virginia, where, when it is dark, it is DARK down between those hills. Tales of catamounts and bears, tales of dark horses that stroll through people's back yards, foretelling their deaths, stories of shrieks heard echoing through the hollows and vales throughout the long winter nights. I can send that cold chill up between her shoulder-blades, believe me…
Having a ball over at Fat Grannies. I haven't been there in a while, and it's a bit of a little diversion for a few weeks. I may be starting a new practice in Kentucky shortly, and I thought I'd have a little fun 'til then. No offense, Rutherford, but Rush Limbaugh was right: liberals have NO sense of humour. They are like the Late of Rutherford's, Tex – they take themselves so seriously, I should be ashamed of myself. It's just too easy.
Rutherford – want to see what the Chinese are doing while we sit here paralyzed by our gub'ment's incompetence?
One more thing, R – and this is very OT, but very important. If you are looking for something to put your time into this coming year, consider the Innocence Project. I have recently become interested in videotaping police encounters (no, I haven't been arrested, nor have any of my kids), because of widespread police misconduct. Several states have tried to prosecute people video-ing the police doing their jobs, using antiquated eavesdropping laws. One by one, largely due to the efforts of the ACLU, these laws have been ruled unconstitutional.
Here is a nice article about such things; do not fail to watch the chilling "60 Minutes" video about how misdeeds by the Chicago police has led to the inappropriate incarceration of many, many young men. I'll be sending my end-of-the-year charitable contributions to one place only: The Innocence Project.
Rutherford admits he is still struggling with an entire class of 1st graders being sluaghtered and Poolman says R is being MANipulated.
Even a class of dead little kids is fodder for Poolman to show off how edgy and outside the box he is.
Vile fuck…….spreads filth and it's Tex you guys complain about?
The disconnect with this guy…..l know most of you put foolman on ignore. But…it's Tex Taylor who gets your panties in a bunch? Why? Because your fragile egos couldn't handle a few funny ad hominems and a guy who calls it like he sees it?
Poolman is an actual form of evil. It's not just the lies he spreads nor the fact a sizable portion of the population buys into such garbage…it's the fact that his fantasies are so outrageous that proper empathy vaporizes into his myriad of B movie inspired conspiracies.
The insanity of telling Rutherford he is manipulated……
I'd like nothing more for poolman to face the victims he trivializes and uses as a source of entertainment.
Hopefully someone would co cock him so hard that I would be able to take a nice steamy beer piss on his face without him knowing it.
Fucking despise that guy.
"When you rule by edict, you get sh*t done."
Of course, paying workers $10 a day (or less) helps, too.
Yeah, no shit. I bet its less then that. You think they are even allowed to quit? Outside of Hong Kong or Shanghai its still a nation of slaves and corrupt clans.
And damn is there a pending debt bomb ensuing there. Local government is utterly plagued with corruption and fraud. Non stop bail outs. Municipal debt is an absolute house of cards yet is the catalyst for most of the infrastructure.
China corporate debt is highest in the world.
One day China will implode.
Agree, there is something mental about poolman's reaction to the latest tragedy. His former use of LSD, maybe? The rest of us might disagree on how best to prevent future shootings, but least we react like human beings and realize an entire town has been devastated. Get thee to a mental health clinic poolman.
Rutherford, what do you have to brag about? An election win? We're bankrupt and Obama will go down in history as the one who ripped the fucking head off of a once great, but then sick, nation.
You make fun of religious faith but don't even bat an eye when guys like Thor come here and say everything will be alright because everything will be alright. Post World War 2 economic growth, the only thing that could save us now, will happen becuase Thor and your liberal buddies say it will.
Obama laid his cards down. He wants more tax dollars and more deficit spending. Nobody in the history of the world, not even the emperor Nero, has spent more.
You will be associated with the ugliest presidential legacy of all time.
Rutherford, I know if Romney had won, you would have kept plugging away here. Its who you are.
I agree, China needs us at least as much as we need them for now. They are trying to further expand their middle class to create a more self-sufficient market. They also want to become a world power.
Speaking for several others here, I take great pleasure in writing "I told you so" about Bengazi., I wrote we would not learn the truth unless Obama was impeached, not to punish him, but to get more people under oath.
Four people were blamed for the killings, and they were allegedly fired. It was a lie. As of yesterday, they were transferred or placed on administrative leave.
Now, Hilliary who should testify before Congress is incomunicado. Supposedly her flu or concussion are to blame. That is bunk. I had a concussion in an auto accident. I was unconscious for maybe ten minutes, and my brain swelled enough to make the left side of my body tingle. By this time in the cycle, I was out and walking about.
For Hilliary to have been indisposed this long, she must have really hit the floor., So once again, I told you so.
I am in a good mood., A surprise snow gave us five inches of fluff. Sking will be superb. More snow is forecast. The heavy snow band was localized and i kept active telling a friend and my wife what to expect in their travels. What a good day this has turned out to be.
"1. High speed rail in China — the result of not having a democracy. When you rule by edict, you get sh*t done. "
I told you he was pro communist. I told you!
"2. On the 60 minutes piece — you're defending the ACLU? Damn you are one complicated individual. Just when I think you've gone hardcore conservative you start advocating for due process. :-)"
Its called having integrity. I understand why this confuses you so, as you have none! Right is right, even when it is not your side representing it or saying it. Even with this simple explanation I do not expect you to even grasp a small part of what I am saying.
22. I am 110% with you PF. As I stated last thread, I would never knowingly befriend a police officer or ever let him on my property or in my home. Simply put, the power he/ has, should he not be ethical, could ruin my life forever. I cannot/will not, risk my life or that of my family should I encounter such an individual. We avoid any and all interactions with law enforcement and government agencies for this reason.
Man…cops get treated like tax collectors of biblical times around here. Who the hell would want to be one?
40 grand a year to be an outcast nobody wants to break bread with. Putting your life on the line for every domestic disturbance call. Mean while there are dudes taping them…..rough up the crazy meth head who just spit in your face and you are toast. No thanks!
Reasoned discussion? Like Giffords? Like Zimmerman? "Where is your God now Huckabee" tweets? Insisting that you want children killed if you don't agree with the mindless MSNBC propaganda lines?
Cut the crap.
No one left because they were overly invested in an Obama loss or fear a reasoned discussion with you on any topic. In fact, right on cue, you chased everyone to BiC's and Gorillas to spout off without a clue what your were talking about. Then ran away when called to task. Then come back here and talk smack about me, Tex, Gorilla and Muffy? Pretty weak.
It's a shame you feel so validated with your 2.5% Obama victory. He must be a great man and you must be right. :roll:
You really should be more careful throwing rocks in your plate glass mansion. If what you really want is a Fat Grannies dick-suck-thon atmosphere, fear not. It doesn't take much to achieve.
"What I get from you and yours is how "silly" I am to think that guns in and of themselves might be dangerous."
Point to any comment where that was said. Any. I'll wait. . .
Alfie, I find it ironic you said China wouldn't implode and then compared the "innate" Spartan Chinese backbone to two Empires who famouly imploded.
Just the gender demographics alone doom China. There are no chicks, they abort too many of them.
Are they culturally fucked up in the head? Yes. Confucian followers. Exactly why the fuckers haven't invented anything since fire crackers ( of course they weren't smart enough to weaponize the stuff).
Don't get me wrong. China is becoming a powerful rival. Their imperialism in Africa is particularly striking.
But……they got major problems just like the rest of the world.
They are still third world when it comes to corruption…not much different then India.
Soon…the rising middle class will necessitate the end of the China's greatest offering….cheap labor. It will go else where, as it already is….and Chna will find it is in the same boat as us except they are completely stifled when it comes to creativity.
Selling pirated DVD's won't cut it. Either will their one aircraft carrier.
R – much to comment on. Good discussion going, BTW.
Re: ACLU and me. My POV is VERY libertarian – fiscally conservative, socially liberal. If you have had me pegged as a hardshell conservative, you haven't been listening. I have read a lot of history, and all govts eventually tend toward totalitarianism and there is nothing that makes this one an exception. Citizens MUST do everything in their power to keep their govt in check 24/7/365 – forever. Thank God for the ACLU; what the NRA is to the Second Amendment, they are to the rest of the Bill of Rights. IMHO they walk on water.
Re: boys confessing to murder/rape they did not commit. You have NO idea what it is like to be seventeen and have five big white men in your face, scaring you until you shit your pants – and I mean that literally. You have never faced real terror, I would wager – and these kids are terrified, terrified! I wanted to cry when that one man said that they told him if he did not confess he would never see his mama again and if he did, he would sleep in his own bed that night. These boys were children – at seventeen I would've had a heart attack. They are willing to do anything to make the terror stop. Bastards. I would like to knock that goddamned bitch's teeth down her throat myself.
Re: Tex. "funny ad hominems?" Jesus, give me a break. I'll level with you: I tried to like him; I really did, but he is a charter member of that species I despise – the bully. He did it at Fat Grannies; he did it here. There are no pussies here – we can all take a hard punch, but disagree with him and he immediately drags the whole conversation into the privvy-hole. It's just nauseating. He singlehandedly kept a lot of good posters from ever de-lurking and deprived me – hell, us all – of a lot of good give-and-take. Fuck him. Sorry, but YOU are being honest, Rutherford; by God so am I. As for Muffy and the rest, they are no more disappointed by Obama's re-election than I am, and I'll wager they know a lot less about its real implications than I do. But you need to keep a civil tongue in your head and you need to honor the host/guest relationship, even if you strongly disagree with your host. It's one thing to call his idea stupid, another to call the host himself stupid. It's called being a gentleman.
Along those lines, R fights hard for what he believes, but he does not ever cross a line that others cross with HIM all the time. That I appreciate. That is called being a gentleman, too.
Re: dick-sucking atmosphere at Fat Grannies vis à vis Rutherford's. I personally think the balance here is fine – at least NOW it is. Refraining from calling someone every vile name in the book is not "sucking his dick." It's called – well, you know.
Sorry – apologise for the length.
I think Romney was an OK candidate, but he ultimately gave Americans too much credit. He thought they were adults.
Rutherford, you say he should have focused on the economy more. I think he limited too much of his focus on the economy. He assumed that Americans wanted to have a real discussion about it, and he was wrong. America isn't ready to have that discussion. Instead, he found out that Americans are petty little children who wanted to talk about his money, his horse, Big Bird, binders, Bush, etc. In fact, they want to NOT talk about the economy. Economics are scary and complicated. Better to talk about populist idiocy that rules the hourly news cycle.
Where he went wrong is by not fighting back with the same weapons that were being used against him and by speaking the truth. When his past was being attacked, he (or his surrogates) should have attacked Obama's past….like his drug addiction. Sure, we can't blame a 9 year old for eating the plate of dog put in front of him…but we can sure talk about the Choom King being so addicted to pot that he used to cut in line in the pot circle. Is that unfair?…sure. But no less unfair that the accusations of the bully Romney engaging in HS pranks that have gone on in every HS since the beginning of time.
He should have never said the 47% thing. Not because it isn't true…because it is. But because it could be used against him…which it was. It today's politics, being honest can be costly.
I think the entire party needs to get off the losing issue of abortion. But if they choose to continue that fight, the first order of business should be a line in the sand on late term/partial birth abortions. Romney should have drawn that line and then turned the "War on…" tables against democrats, and accused of them of waging a war on babies. Is that petty and unfair?…sure it is. But no less than accusing him of waging war on women, which was a sadly effective message. He should have called late term abortions "murder" and then force Obama to either speak out against it or admit that he is for it.
The same thing could have been done regarding Fast & Furious. Label it a "War on Mexicans" and pound that point home. Point out that Barack Obama's guns have killed more Mexicans than any president since James K. Polk. Go on Univision and say it. Yell it from the rooftops.
I think it was a mistake to select Ryan as a running mate. Not because he'd have made a bad VP, but he because he isn't an effective attack dog. He should have picked someone along the lines of Rudy Giuliani…who I suspect would have made mincemeat of the smiling clown Biden during the VP debate.
He also should have distanced himself from Bush. It sucks to have to be that way, but we all know that Obama has been running against Bush for years. The first thing he should have done when he laid out his plan is to highlight all the ways it was different from the Bush policies. He never did. He also should have dummied stuff down for those who don't understand economics. Simply saying "growth" would make his math work…which it would have…wasn't enough. Hell, Rutherford is fairly smart and he can't even get it.
Mitt Romney's problem was that he is a leader…not a politician. And he got beat by a politician who isn't a leader. He didn't know how to control the message and allowed his opponent too much freedom to do it.
That was well said. I agree.
Doc you totally suck R's dick. :lol: You suck rabbit's too. It's just how you operate, and it reeks of a put on. Actually you give just about everyone left here a pretty good bj now and then. Is that because they are all "gentlemen?"
Why are you so obsessed with Tex, by the way? I'm just curious. What more would you like from him than to leave? Why can't you let him go?
Rutherford, you look like an ass trying to dump people who've already dumped you.
And it has nothing to do with gloating. You've proved it here again – you presume to tell us why we lost the election when you are completely clueless yourself. There's no gain in listening to you. (Here's a hint – the answer is right here in the comments.)
Plus, you were a dick running up to and immediately following the election.
But go ahead and believe it's because we couldn't take a little gloating.
Pfessor is correct. Those manipulated confessions can occur easier then you think, R.
Shit…..can you imagine being wrongly arrested for some shit like that even now? Ever spend a day or so in the clink? Even a day fucks with your head, unless you already have an institutionalized mind. Ain't shit for them. Now imagine sitting there with no bail, innocent? No sleep. And these dudes are toying with you about letting you see your family. Throw in a lower then average IQ…..bam…forced confession.
Lol….yeah….Pfessor's southern gentleman shtick is contrived as it gets. He does blow R quite a bit. He didn't start off that way.
40, I agree Rutherford. If I were Hillary after that report, I would make myself scarce too. At the very least, testimony under oath would be a major embarrassment, and it might end her presidential aspirations.
We still don't know the role Obama and others played in creating the policy which led to this tragedy., Susan Rice allegedly was an important voice. Her letting Hillary set her up is a mystery.
Romney was deficient in many ways. For one thing, his campaign let the Democrats define him as a person. For another as Time Magazine hinted too many voters were ignorant. (Low information.)
I like Tex.
"A man can say f*ck you in a thousand ways and never utter the words "f*ck you". Then when I say the man said "f*ck you" I get asked to produce the time he ever said those words."
Yeah, that'll happen when you offer straw men.
Nobody said guns weren't dangerous — ever. You called for enactment of law without even knowing what you were asking for. You got called out and rightly so. You had nothing to back up your blame casting — and you still don't.
Like the Palin/Giffords nexus, your comments about God and Huckabee still don't connect. Just weird and disturbing that you can't focus your anger on the fucking shooter instead of your political adversaries. Of course I'm sure it' hard to focus when you've got PF pleasuring you at every opportunity. :lol:
Yeah….it is kind of odd that Rutherford thinks he can go on a rant about certain guns then silently slink away when it's obvious to everyone that he doesn't know the first thing about said guns and expect to get away with it.
Squashing freedoms should be thought out in great detail.
I get not being able to think streight after what happened. I've never been more impacted by a news story. Like you, I'm not sure where it all comes from….but I am literally grieving over it. The difference is I wanted nothing to do with the cable news wind bags, even the ones I like, and you ran to them.
"But let's not forget that part of the job of POTUS is being a politician."
That is very true.
We will never know what kind of president Mitt Romney could have been.
But we do know what kind of president Barack Obama is…and that's why I'd have rather had Romney.
"I understand that folks need to take responsibility for their actions. I understand that we need to hold folks accountable. But folks don't behave in a vacuum. We need to look at what contributed to the tragedy. Take your pick: guns, violent culture, exploitative Hollywood, poor mental health system. But I hope you're not saying "hate the shooter and leave it at that"?"
And Huckabee contributed to the tragedy how again?
(way to obfuscate)
I didn't hear what he said, but if it makes you feel better, I'm sure he's an asshole. The problem I have is why I should give a shit.
No plans to get off the Palin/Giffords thing. This is the next iteration. She was never responsible either but damn if you didn't get whipped into an irrational frenzy. You've got a knack for that.
If you want to do something, at least have it make sense.
Yeah that explains why you and Doc cant stop the "not-provoking" him after he's been gone for weeks…months…
Or why Doc doesn't get on his high horse re: Noah or anyone else. Shoot Doc invited Noah over here. Lol. Or why neither one of you can stand for rabbit or anyone to say anything that isn't UNkind about Tex without one or both of you correcting them. It's laughable.
Bully? Isn't that exactly the word they use to describe you, Doc, when you're over there at Fat Grannies having some "fun" entertaining yourself? Weren't you just here bragging about that?
Fucking hypocrites. If there are those who have a legitimate complaint about getting blindsided it sure as shit isn't either one of you two.
Muffy queried: "Bully? Isn't that exactly the word they use to describe you, Doc, when you're over there at Fat Grannies"
It is, and I set THEM straight, too, just like I am about to do to you.
The difference is that THEY, YOU, and TEX think that you can run roughshod over other people and force others to bow to your will through bullying and intimidation, and when people refuse, THEY are the "bullies." It would be funny if it weren't so pathetic – and transparent. News flash: I don't take being bullied, Little Missy – not one goddamned minute – not by any sonofobitch, man or woman. What is the most amusing is that all of you are blind to the fact that you are behaving exactly like the people you claim to oppose. As I said to Granny over at Fat Grannies, if you are allergic to irony, you are a dead woman.
re: why mention Tex's name? Because others keep bringing it up, wistfully wishing for those halcyon days of the past, and I finally had enough. As I said, I tried many, many times to have a civil discourse with the man, but that's only possible if you agree 100% with him; otherwise you are personally attacked with the vilest epithets possible. That wears thin, my dear – mighty thin – and I'm done. For my part, don't let the screen door hit you on your ample ass on your way out.
Its true, Tex has never attacked me, nor has Pfessor, but It wouldn't matter. Its not as if we all were in a bar and could do actual damage to each other.
muffy's blindsided comment rings true, but it didn't happen to me here.
Speaking of hypocrites, liberals dumped on Wayne LaPiere for advocating placing armed guards in schools. According to an Omaha radio station, Bill Clinton advocated the same thing during his administration.
Rutherford: They say a liberal is a conservative who has been arrested, and a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged. Along those lines, are you a Mike Royko fan? I think you are younger than I, so you may not remember him. I was searching for a column he wrote about the "Subway Vigilante," Bernhard Goetz. This was not too long after Royko had been mugged and nearly lost his life, and he was not too sympathetic to the "young men" Goetz shot. I think he captures the rage very well. Maybe this will give you some insight into the minds of people who want to keep firearms. (I sometimes think a lot of the attitude on the other side is fear of guns themselves. We live in Southern Virginia, and when one of my son's friends came by last week with a .45 strapped to his hip, I thought my 30 year-old stepdaughter would melt down. I've never seen anybody so agitated. Explaining to her that it is hunting season here, and you are likely to see that ANYWHERE didn't help a bit. I would love to know what it is, really deep down, that fuels the anti-gun hysteria – my word.)
Sorry to gig you again about guns – guess there goes d*ck-sucking credentials. Maybe we can agree on something later and I'll be back in graces.
"As I said to Granny over at Fat Grannies, if you are allergic to irony, you are a dead woman."
Dead man typing. :lol:
Fuck, double irony. Or is it triple?
Let's have a spelling contest. :lol:
I still struggle to sleep since it happened.
Why can't Liberals just answer the dam question? If they have half of the morality they claim to have, why is it so hard to pin them down?
Nobody stole my Christmas, Ragi.
We had a good Christmas and we are about to celebrate our son in law's birthday. A grand child is on the way,
11 inches of snow covers the ground, and it was -7 this morning.
Almost as good, as I watch us carreen to the so called cliff and watch Obama and the Democrats twist the argument and prepare for a major last minute save, I read that Californians have been buying guns and the number of people killed by guns has declined.
Do you know what this means Ragi? You and I as well as some of the others here are part of the elite. We know what is going on while the majority of simpletons in this country don't have a clue.
That is something to celebrate.
I am to the point where I say let's go off the cliff.
Let the people who elected to have a big government pay for what they want. It's the patriotic thing to do!
And how about that Executive Ordered pay raise for Congress?
Because they have worked so hard to earn it…..
My wife would agree with you Ragi. It was -7 with icy dense fog between breaks.
As thin fog crossed the rising sun, I remembered where I had seen such clouds.–On Mars. The Martian lander has been photographing Martian clouds.
I'm waiting for the show. I agree with you Huck.
Fiscal Cliff? I no longer care. Obama has the time he needs to finish the job on this country. We will become so dependent as a nation and Obamacare will be so entrenched that the damage done probably cannot be undone. My only focus is making the Tea Party a viable Conservative 3rd party, and preparing to ride out the storm when it all breaks down. Currently we can feed ourselves for 3 months. I want to triple that by years end, and have a well on my property.
Whether you agree or not, it's an interesting lesson in history. Something to think about…
In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million 'educated' people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.
So it might be said that guns don't kill people, gun control does!
Democrat Officials May Face Prison Time
For those with "other" country envy, or who trash our Constitution and Bill of Rights, consider this.
A 17-year-old Indian girl who was gang-raped committed suicide after police pressured her to drop the case and marry one of her attackers, police and a relative said on Thursday.
what's your take on the fiscal cliff, Rutherford?
Are you willing to have your taxes increased in order to help pay for the government you voted for?
Noah – I have a friend who worked in India. Her job was to educate/inform the Indians of their rights working for an American company. Part of the information was – what is sexual harassment which then led to – what is rape. Their opinions were what this country believed 50 years ago. They need to move forward in many ways.
R – Stonekettle.com has a 4 part on gun control.
A few lines from Stonekettle's 4 parter that I found very interesting.
"No moral, no message, no prophetic tract, just a simple statement of fact: for civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized……
It's far easier to make people afraid than it is to give them hope, to inspire, to lead.
The primary function of law isn't to prevent crime.
The primary function of the law is to provide society with legal recourse in the face of antisocial behavior, i.e. behavior that infringes on the rights and property of others or upon the security of the society and its people.
In the United States, an equally important function of the law is to limit the power of government, business, special interests, and the majority over individual liberty.
All of our rights, our individual liberties, come with limits.
If the laws we currently have don't work, then stop fighting us, roll up your sleeves and help us. Let's get rid of laws that don't work and make ones that do."
– Jim Wright at Stonekettle.com
Think this article speaks for itself
Sheesh…awesome logic, Rutherford. Guns remain "on the streets" in the hands of bad guys. The exact thugs the government uses against its people when it turns tyranical.
"…he thinks he can just sit in the Oval and talk shit…"
He'll be talking shit on TV tomorrow.
I just read an article saying that it isn't even Reid and McConnell that are trying to iron out a deal this weekend. They are leaving the job up to aides who are trying to negotiate via email and phone.
Yeah…..that's where we're at in this country……
How well said is this? Whittle & crew knocks it out of the park again.
Outrage, ya that about sums it up for me!!!
Sorry to harp you with this guy, but it is time we wake the fuck up and realize what is being done to us by our own government.
Obama's executive order pay raise violates the 27th Amendment.
Just an FYI guys…
"No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened."
"they will recruit common criminals as they stomp on the American populace. I never thought of that."
You never thought of it because you aren't a scholar of history.
Hawaii State Registrar Alvin Onaka Has Publicly Certified To AZ SOS Ken Bennett : Barack Obamas HI Birth Certificate Is Legally Non-Valid And The White House Image Is A Forgery.
Raji opined re: Obama as POTUS: "The fact that he is POTUS shows the mentality of this country which is swayed by the aura of celebrities not reality."
Possibly the most cogent post since I have been here – maybe even since the origin of this blog.
I've read part of "The Amateur" and also Woodward's book. Here and there, the scenery looks familiar in both. Except for the details, neither book has told me what I didn't already know.
In 2008, our Town and Country Arts organization fought an internecene war which led to a court case. I fled town so close ahead of the summons server. that our cars met on the road. The deputy didn't recognize my car.
I hid out while house sitting in Omaha for several weeks. I had a lot of time to research and find the truth about Obama and Pallin in 2008. We later won the court case, and the lawyer donated his fee.
Obama,is the mirror image of Paliln. As Ragi wrote, "mentality of this country is swayed by the aura of celebraties, not reality." Our narcissist won the public relations battle, and he is our president. Reading exposes don't change our destiny after the election.
Now, it is time to sit back and enjoy the show as ignorant people who voted for the man begin to suffer.
Rutherford, did you know another blog called Mrs.Rutherford is on line?
"Struggling to be Mary." The biography of a transsexual.
On the topic of gun control and its utter failure to reduce crime…another startling example emerges.
And just like we knew he would, Obama went on TV today blaming Republicans if a deal didn't get struck.
Nevermind that both sides have offered their own deals, while also turning down the others' deals. Only 1 side gets the blame.
And the idiot public believes that.
You know, Alfie… I am under no illusions that Republicans are blameless in all of this. It's a common "negotiating" tactic to ask for things in a deal you know the other side won't accept, and then when they don't accept it to claim that the other side doesn't want to negotiate.
I just wish the blame was even-handed. This idea that Obama gets to do whatever he wants because he won ignores that a whole lot of other people won their elections, too.
Do you guys actually think the spending cut part of the so called cliff will ever be executed? I bet it won't. There will be no spending cuts of any significance.
Kind of like TARP legislation, it's execution was totally illegal. It passes congress with language plainly stated that Nanny buys toxic assets and then sells them at an auction. Almost immediately Bush claims that TARP funds can be used any way Paulson damn well feels. In my eyes, for a period of time, Paulson was an ad hoc economic tyrant. How do we pass a law that says we are buying assets and then immediately turn around and say TARP is an ad hoc slush fund? I don't care if dumping tax payer money into banks was more efficient to offsetting bank runs…efficiency is always the appeal of tyranny.
2008 should scare the shit out of people. If the elites are in trouble, ain't nothing holding them back in terms of rule of law.
Of course there won't be significant spending cuts. They will put off making most cuts in order to strike some type of tax deal. Then when it comes time for the promise to be kept….it won't be, because "the time won't be right."
As if it ever is….
If that is the case, should be opportunity for some deals on gold, silver and dividend paying blue chippers post cliff. Let the market gag and then buy. Deficit spending and QE infinity all the way until we go over the real cliff. Plenty of time to build a hand glider. Soar like an eagle and and shit on guys like Thor who were so sure unprecedented GDP growth was going to offset the biggest government spending scheme in human history.
Land, blue chips, gold, silver.
Not so deep but, you don't have to be a CFA anymore. Its all Macro.
Good word, "meta-discussion."
Rutherford you forgot the kitchen sink. Please don't jeopardize that A- on my account.
If I haven't been insulted by Tex so that we can test my appetite for defending him, and that somehow disinclines you in taking me seriously – I'll make a deal with you. I'll stop defending the potty mouth when you stop defending the pornographer.
(Now if Tex had said that Sarah Palin can take a coke can up that chute of hers after taking on a few *gasp* black guys prior to faking her disabled son's birth – that'd be fine and dandy with you wouldn't it, Noble Knight? Especially if she would be getting a "husband-stitch" afterwards.)
You just need to feel like you're actually a protector of women. And little children. Cue the self-reflection, bub.
Re: Huckabee. Yes, yes, you're outraged over Huckabee's domestic version of Reverend Wright's "chickens coming home to roost" foreign policy sermon, and you feel like you're doing something by tweeting what a scumbag Huckabee is. Go for it. Sean Hannity would be proud of you. Hint – both sermons were delivered in an inappropriate forum. Huckabee's religious take on the evil of the day belongs in church or on TBN while Wright's politics don't exactly belong in church. But that's not what outraged you, is it?
Now about those children. Did you have any particular feelings about the president using an otherwise poignant memorial service for the victims and their families to deliver an emotionally-charged platform lecture effectively exploiting the dead, the survivors, and the mourning relatives for the purpose of stirring the juices of the anti-gun crowd to gain political advantage?
You go Muffy!
We own nearly a section of land free and clear. We have plenty of stored food and water to cope with inflation if it happens. We have some money to help our children and neighbors.
I feel as I did when things were coming to a head in the service or when someone has decided on suicide— contented and at peace.
I hope we go over the cliffm as you know, Poolman, and that many who voted for these politicians suffer for their ignorance. Some will prosper of course. They always do. Maybe enough will learn hard truths and vote our erstwhile rulers out of office. if they learn the wrong lessons, its their problem, not mine.
"Maybe enough will learn hard truths and vote our erstwhile rulers out of office."
They already blew that chance. We're screwed and so are the next 2 generations that follow us.
Celebrating the Prince of Peace in the Land of Guns
"I am sorry to offer this reality check on our much-needed march toward a bunch of well-intended, necessary — but ultimately, mostly cosmetic– changes to our gun laws. The sad facts are these: Other countries that have guns (like Canada, which has 7 million guns — mostly hunting guns — in their 12 million households) have a low murder rate. Kids in Japan watch the same violent movies and kids in Australia play the same violent video games (Grand Theft Auto was created by a British company; the UK had 58 gun murders last year in a nation of 63 million people). They simply don't kill each other at the rate that we do. Why is that? THAT is the question we should be exploring while we are banning and restricting guns: Who are we?"
Obama went as far as evoking Sandy Hook to chide Republicans to do what he says over the cliff. It was at that point I realized I needed to turn away from everything and anything resembling politics. On a side note, Rutherford didn't mention that Obama used the mudering of childeren while talking about fucking taxes….never came up in one of his cowardly tweets. Oh I forgot…he's not responsible for himself when it comes to his tweets..just off the cuff musings.
"I'll make a deal with you. I'll stop defending the potty mouth when you stop defending the pornographer."
You say "pornographer" like it's a bad thing.
"Now if Tex had said that Sarah Palin can take a coke can up that chute of hers after taking on a few *gasp* black guys prior to faking her disabled son's birth – that'd be fine and dandy with you wouldn't it, Noble Knight? Especially if she would be getting a "husband-stitch" afterwards.)"
You know about the Coke can? And here I though you didn't read anything except the bible or watch anything except Fox News. My apologies for misjudging your intellectual depth.
" just need to feel like you're actually a protector of women. And little children. Cue the self-reflection, bub."
I guess that's better than deluding yourself that you are not actively attacking women.
John Keynes and Paul Krugman are walking. Keynes says, "I'll pay you $5,000 to eat a dog turd." Krugman does it. Keynes doesn't have any evil savings and didn't think Krugman would do it: The next day he begs for the money back. Krugman says, "I'll give it back if you eat a turd." Keynes does it. Krugman says, "That was stupid: No one made money and we've both eaten crap." Keynes says: "But we boosted GDP by $10,000."
"And here I though you didn't read anything except the bible or watch anything except Fox News. My apologies for misjudging your intellectual depth."
Not a problem, pops. Weak jab to go with your weak case but points for the appeal to the non-religious crowd. Good tactic.
In addition to not reading enough of said bible, I read tons of stuff. Not so much that book you just touted though. :lol: (That didn't go over too well, did it? Not here OR at Fat Grannies.) But yeah, stuff like this –
Remind you of anything, doc? I know I know, The NYT is a left wing rag but that Journal of the American Medical Ass'n has some teeth.
Where was I? Oh yeah, reading. Currently I'm reading Rules for Radicals by the prophet Saul – the hellraiser who led us to the promised land in November. I just love him! I confess my other guilty pleasure at the moment is The Joy of Hate by Fox's own Greg Gutfeld. I can't put it down.
"I guess that's better than deluding yourself that you are not actively attacking women."
How's that?
Yikes! Just want to say this woman has worked as hard as she know how for us. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/30/hillary-clinton-blood-clot-hospital_n_2385951.html
Noah @ 141. That made my whole day.
Muff@142 opined: "that Journal of the American Medical Ass'n has some teeth."
No it doesn't. You have the same delusion that most Americans do – that the AMA represents, or even has the respect of – American physicians in general. Approximately 20% of American doctors now belong to the AMA; most of those who do are in academia and thus isolated from the day-to-day problems of medical practice in the Obama era. (Before you ask, I've done both.)
"I guess that's better than deluding yourself that you are not actively attacking women."
'How's that?'
If you have to ask, you won't win the next election, either.
…and JAMA is NOT where cutting-edge research is published – not any more. Thirty years ago maybe, but not now.
Yeah Muffy….Obama won because Pfessor and his long menopausal ol' lady think that they are hip to the views of young women.
Sorry Chieftan. Your old ass don't know which way the wind blows when it comes to infantcide. Sadly, you only have about 150 months left on this earth. So I won't be able to prove much. But I'm telling you, the wind is blowing pro life.
Well here's to hoping that doc's chicka chicka bow bow will generate enough fogged up glasses, as long as people don't click the links and wonder about doc's motives in denying the science.
"But I'm telling you, the wind is blowing pro life."
I was under the impression it was blowing the other way. Maybe the pro choice side is louder?
They are louder on a Californian college campus, yes.
Pfessor left Romeny real time on this very website during the Democratic Convention's silly war on chicks motif. He has an emotional stake in making us believe it was him, a former Obama voter mind you, that cost us the election.
Oh….I'm sorry……I don't know who Pfessor voted for. After his manifesto how Ron Paul deserves our vote, a vote Pfessor told us he was going to cast, I was chided after the election by the Doc for making any assumptions on how he voted. None of my damn business he said to me on a political blog. Took his ball and went home. So…I don't know how Pfessor voted this time around.
Rutherford, i don't own an Ipad, nor do I plan to in the near future.
The transgender thing just popped out when I read Merry. You might not have planned it, but I liked the pun.
Now, we know where Hillary is– fighting a blood clot. As I wrote before, she must have hit the floor hard, because I was functioning days after my brain swelled following a car wreck and she is still out of sight.
Given the elements of Bengazi and its prequel, Hillary wasn't working hard enough at her job, eh Newt?
Its called Mrs Rutherford's blog. She is a teacher.
"They are louder on a Californian college campus, yes."
Actually, my campus is fairly quiet regarding politics. We're pretty deep inland…not like those hippies on the coast ;)
You're probably right, doc. All gums.
Stephanie A. Devaney, PhD; Glenn E. Palomaki, PhD; Joan A. Scott, MS, CGC; Diana W. Bianchi, MD
[-] Author Affiliations
Author Affiliations: Genetics and Public Policy Center, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC (Dr Devaney and Ms Scott); Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland (Dr Devaney); Women & Infants Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (Dr Palomaki); National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics, Lutherville, Maryland (Ms Scott); and Mother Infant Research Institute at Tufts Medical Center and Division of Genetics, Floating Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Bianchi).
I lived in Humboldt for two years. Best bud on earth.
"I lived in Humboldt for two years. Best bud on earth."
Nowadays you can get stuff to rival it at the local dispensary.
I had to quit partaking in such things because it threw my blood pressure out of whack.
" It was rejected by Boehner."
Because the plan didn't have a balance of spending cuts to go with its proposed tax increases. See #124 above.
This is how Barack Obama has been "negotiating."
He thinks he gets the first $800,000,000,000 in tax revenues "for free," and has to give up "nothing" for it.
All because Boehner walked away after Reid and Obama moved the goalposts at the last minute in 2011.
The GOP could do more to find common ground. But Democrats have not been negotiating in good faith for more than a year now. They keep setting up these battles because they know they can win the messaging. And that is real good for Democrats…but not so good for America.
"seems high to me"
Click the link.
"I put $800 billion [in tax revenue] on the table. What do I get for that?"
"You get nothing," the president said. "I get that for free."
"The primary issue of the election was tax hikes on the rich, repeated over and over and over. Obama won …. the issue won, so yes .. case closed. The rich get a tax hike."
I think you are overlooking a little thing called the House of Representatives. I hear a few Republicans won their election to that body, which makes the case anything but closed. I know Obama thinks our nasty democracy is messy, but until he rewrites the constitution, the House still has some say so in this country.
"my understanding is it was two dollars of cuts for each dollar of revenue so I have no idea what you're talking about it not being balanced."
Then you misunderstood. Like I…and Obama…said. He wants the first $800billion in revenue for free.
"The debt ceiling concept is absolutely stupid. You don't buy the product and THEN debate whether or not you will pay the bill."
The purpose of the debt ceiling is similar to the purpose of a weight ceiling.
If you decide that you don't want your weight to get more than 150 lbs, what would you do when your weight hit 148 lbs? Would you raise your weight ceiling or would you go on a diet? How about if you raised it to 175lbs? Would you then go on a diet at 173? How about after raising it again to 200 lbs? Well we're at 199 lbs right now. Are we ready for a diet yet?
You can still "pay for the product." But like everyone else, when you want something you can't afford, you have to be willing to give up something else to get it.
Your latest post doesn't address the very fair question I asked you.
Are you willing to pay more in taxes in order to pay for the government you elected?
"Rabbit, I felt uneasy when I saw Obama allude to gun control in his comments to the bereathed Newtown citizens. But the more I thought about it, the more I liked it. Everyone hides behind "it's too early to talk about it" and then NOTHING gets done. He had a responsibility to tell that crowd that he would do what he could to keep another tragedy like this from happening … and whether or not you want to admit it, that is COMFORTING."
That isn't what DR is talking about.
Obama used the shooting to nag Republicans about the fiscal cliff. As someone who seems to feel so strongly about that event, you should be sickened by that.
Rutherford, your liberalism has cost my sons thousands of dollars. You blantely fuck the future over. Care to explain why your policies always have to be paid by kids who don't have a say in any of this garbage?
Is there anything worse then corny, manufactured nationalism? Lets say the British did kick the Argentines off the island. It was 1833! Nobody on the damn islands want to join you, Argentina! You can always tell defualt time in that country. British should invade the coast line facing the Falkland Islands and create a demilitarized zone the next threat.
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