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Oil prices keep going down. Damn oil speculators!

At DailyKos people actually discuss topics instead of clogging up threads like you Rushnuts do here without a reasonable comment ever.


Snark Snark Snark. Your mantra.


One day you'll grow up.

Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2008-08-12 11:38 AM | Reply | Flag: Flag: (Choose)
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The ingratitude of some people... I just want you to know RCade, that I think you run a very good, basically fair site, and enjoy my time here. Unlike SOME people....

If Dick Nixon wasn't burning in hell right now, he would no doubt be in Beijing enjoying what he helped accomplished.

"At DailyKos people actually discuss topics instead of clogging up threads like you Rushnuts do here without a reasonable comment ever. "

Would you like some cheese with your wine!?

I hear SeanR is renting out a bedroom in his appartment. Go and join him.

EATME = AU. Both should be avoided due to their complete inablility to say anything cognizant or relevant. A lot of us are getting tired of these silly comments.

The ingratitude of some people... I just want you to know RCade, that I think you run a very good, basically fair site, and enjoy my time here. Unlike SOME people....

Posted by cookfish


Sucking up to RCADE are we?

Well, you'll get over that soon.

"A lot of us are getting tired of these silly comments."

Pot, meet kettle.

BARRY SOETORO

laotze.blogspot.com

laotze.blogspot.com

Now, there's a credible source, LOL!

Quick search of Cookfish's blog entries:

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Wow, not a single reason to vote FOR McCain.

Hmmm

in order to correct all of its flawed reporting over the years, the New York Times has agreed to merge with another more credible paper to help it move in the right direction.

www.weeklyworldnews.com

...developing...

Wow, not a single reason to vote FOR McCain.


Hmmm

Posted by AMERICANUNITY

By default is a reason...

Or how about, I don't want George Clooney setting American foreign and domestic policy... that's a pretty good fucking reason to vote for McCain.

I don't want George Clooney setting American foreign and domestic policy

Oh now it is foreign AND domestic policy. My how the lie evolves quickly.

By tomorrow it will have evovled into Clooney to be Sec of Def.

Awesome.

Much better to let foreign policy be dictated by Wikipedia.

"My how the lie evolves quickly."

Don't be too tough on ol' assface rob...he is, after all, an idiot.

Burning questions awaiting answers:
If you have sex with a prostitute against her will, is it considered rape or shoplifting?
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Can you cry under water?
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How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?
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Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?
______________________________
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Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity?
______________________________
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Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
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What disease did cured ham actually have?
______________________________
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How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?
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Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours?
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If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?
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Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV?
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Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
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Why do doctors leave the room while you change?
They're going to see you naked anyway.
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Why is "bra" singular and "panties" plural?
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Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?
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Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane ?
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If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?
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Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours?
They're both dogs!
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If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that ACME crap, why didn't he just buy dinner?
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If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
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Do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?
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Why did you just try singing the two songs above?
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Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere, but call it a hemorrhoid when it's in your ass?
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Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?

Oh now it is foreign AND domestic policy. My how the lie evolves quickly.

LMAO!!! Obama is taking Clooney's advice on Iraq, Israel, his overall image but when it comes to domestic policy Obama cuts him off...

Well he was the editor of the Harvard Law review, so clearly he would only need the star of The Peacemaker's advice on Iraq... not taxes.

Or how about, I don't want George Clooney setting American foreign and domestic policy... that's a pretty good fucking reason to vote for McCain.

Posted by Rob_The_A_Hole


I was gonna vote for obama until I heard Cookfish was gonna vote for him. Damn, now I'll have to write in homer simpson again.

Vote Quimby!

"Quick search of Cookfish's blog entries:


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Wow, not a single reason to vote FOR McCain.


Hmmm"

Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2008-08-12 12:25 PM

You just posted them; they all started with "O".

THE DEPT OF DEFENSE BRIEFED THE PRESIDENT THIS MORNING.


THEY TOLD BUSH THAT 2 BRAZILIAN SOLDIERS WERE KILLED IN IRAQ.


TO EVERYONE'S SURPRISE, ALL THE COLOR DRAINED FROM BUSH'S FACE, THEN HE COLLAPSED ONTO HIS DESK, HEAD IN HIS HANDS, VISIBLY SHAKEN, ALMOST IN TEARS.


FINALLY HE COMPOSED HIMSELF AND ASKED,"JUST HOW MANY IS A BRAZILIAN?"

Obama is taking Clooney's advice on Iraq, Israel, his overall image but when it comes to domestic policy Obama cuts him off...

Posted by Rob_The_A_Hole

Nice to know the rationale you frighty righties use build the lie with.

And here I just thought you pulled that shit out of you ass.

It has been a long time since I have seen blind irrational fear of anything.

If that were in lower case it wouldn't have been funny... but because of the capslock it gets 18 funny flags.

Nice to know the rationale you frighty righties use build the lie with.

Are you saying its a lie that Clooney and Obama have been talking about Israel and Iraq and other issues? How do you know that?

"You just posted them; they all started with "O"."

Yeah...there's a whole army of those bastards running around.

If you have sex with a prostitute against her will, is it considered rape or shoplifting? Depends on if they are having a 'flounders day sale' or not.
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Can you cry under water?

Only when a shark bites my gonads.
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How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?

I believe the rule is that you have to have broke at least 2 federal laws. Child buggery and killing innocent people get extra credit.
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Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?

Bush's economic policies
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Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity?

No silly, you'll never go to heaven. pssst!!!
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Why does a round pizza come in a square box?

Keeps it from rolling away when you sit it down.
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What disease did cured ham actually have?

Exhibitionism. Get it, ham, exhibiti... oh forget it.
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"How do you know that?"


Same way that you know that George Clooney is setting American foreign and domestic policy, fucknut.

Are you saying its a lie that Clooney and Obama have been talking about Israel and Iraq and other issues? How do you know that?

Posted by Rob_The_A_Hole

Nope. I am sure they talk about a lot of things including posture and public speaking.

But how do you know that he is advising him on domestic issues?

"It has been a long time since I have seen blind irrational fear of anything."

Really? I see it quite often.

I was worried that Lil Bush would not leave a legacy, but cronyism is it.
Posted by 726

for Lil Bush to criticize another nation for invading a sovereign nation is fucking hilarious.
Posted by 726

The drop in oil is solely because of Lil Bush's brilliant leadership in lifting the offshore drilling ban.
Posted by 726

Nah, that would have been Lil Bush with the amount of semen he has swallowed.
Posted by 726

Because Lil Bush is no conservative. Not even close.
Posted by 726

But then again we do have morons still out there thinking Lil Bush is doing a good job.
Posted by 726

Excuse me, how do you know that Clooney is SETTING domestic and foreign policy.

Therein lies the lie.

Posted by JOE

What a good little stalker you are. Run along and play.

"If that were in lower case it wouldn't have been funny... but because of the capslock it gets 18 funny flags."

Posted by Rob_The_A_Hole at 2008-08-12 12:41 PM

Rob, Lazy cut 'n paste. My bad.

BD

Thanks for playing, LIP. And just for playing, you get a year's supply of Viagra. Just don't take them all at once:
funnigurl.com

Excuse me, how do you know that Clooney is SETTING domestic and foreign policy.


Therein lies the lie.

Posted by 726

I said I don't want him setting foreign and domestic policy. Right now he is just advising him on it.

Okay, the domestic part is an assumption on my part, but why would Obama listen to his advice on foreign policy but not domestic? Further, why would Clooney give advice on foreign policy but not domestic?

Or how about, I don't want George Clooney setting American foreign and domestic policy... that's a pretty good fucking reason to vote for McCain.

Posted by Rob_The_A_Hole

That's this week's excuse? OK

The "stalker" defense to a 60-second cut and paste job. What a fucking hypocrite.

Rob, Lazy cut 'n paste. My bad.


BD

Posted by BiggieDan

I'm just fucking with you dude... I'm an asshole lol

It was pretty funny

That's this week's excuse? OK

Posted by AMERICANUNITY

AU, seriously... don't just blow it off. George Clooney is advising Barack Obama on at least foreign policy. How can you defend that?

Here ROB:

UNEASY VOTERS: The changing exurbs

Longtime Republican voters are airing new views
Robert Azmita / For The Times

"This is the first election I ever actually looked at someone else other than the Republican candidate," says one of several neighbors in this Pasco County, Fla., subdivision near Tampa. Others echo her sentiments at their casual nightly gatherings.
Many struggling families in the normally comfortable cul-de-sacs outside U.S. cities are thinking of switching parties. I don't have a single Republican friend who's voting for McCain. A couple for Barr, most for Obama.

www.latimes.com

It's gonna be a rout this year. Most moderate Republicans are sick of NeoCons and their snarky 'do nothing' governance style. It's gotten us nowhere but in a heap of trouble. Only when the GOP can return to it's roots and all the NeoCons are thrown out on their asses will it regain any semblance of attraction to a majority again.

If Dick Nixon wasn't burning in hell right now, he would no doubt be in Beijing enjoying what he helped accomplished.

Posted by member2586

The Devil is not without compassion. Nixon is in fact present. Look under every wok in China and you will see that bastard in the flames.

It's gonna be a rout this year. Most moderate Republicans are sick of NeoCons and their snarky 'do nothing' governance style. It's gotten us nowhere but in a heap of trouble. Only when the GOP can return to it's roots and all the NeoCons are thrown out on their asses will it regain any semblance of attraction to a majority again.

Posted by AMERICANUNITY

Yes Obama is probably going to win.

How is George Clooney advising him on Foreign and probably Domestic issues a good thing?

Cookfish,
I applaud your composure in the face of such bullying adversaries. Fight the good fight, and remember to never lower yourself to their level. Your courteous and well thought out replies are what keeps me comming back to this site. It surely encourages new membership!
Kudos!

726 gets owned again.

I
Okay, the domestic part is an assumption on my part, but why would Obama listen to his advice on foreign policy but not domestic? Further, why would Clooney give advice on foreign policy but not domestic?

Posted by Rob_The_A_Hole

What you call an assumption I call a lie.

Nothing in that British article ever said that Clooney would be SETTING policy, yet you magnified it to that.


726 gets owned again.

Posted by 101Chairborne

Leave your delusional fantasies out of this Charipoodle.

How is George Clooney advising him on Foreign and probably Domestic issues a good thing?

Posted by Rob_The_A_Hole

Rob really he couldn't do any worse then the last 7+ years of BS. Not saying, just saying...

Nothing in that British article ever said that Clooney would be SETTING policy, yet you magnified it to that.

Posted by 726

I don't see a problem even if George does set policy. Afterall, he has as much experience as Barry at it.

I said I don't want him setting foreign and domestic policy.

I could also say that I don't want Rob down at the schoolyard diddling 5 year olds.

Afterall, he has as much experience as Barry at it.

Posted by wisgod

That's pretty good.

He also has as much foreign policy experience as Lil Bush did when he took over. You seem to have had no problem with that.


I said I don't want him setting foreign and domestic policy.


I could also say that I don't want Rob down at the schoolyard diddling 5 year olds.


Posted by 726 at 2008-08-12 01:16 PM | Reply | Flag:

Seems 726 is staking that territory out for himself......

Rob,
Sorry, just now finally got some free time to read the link you posted.

"But Democratic Party insiders have revealed that Clooney and Obama regularly send texts and emails to each other and speak by phone at least twice a week."

Who is this person named Democratic Party Insider? Is it a she or a he? Aren't you righties always whining when the source is "unnamed"? Isn't Democratic Party Insider an unnamed source? Which makes the whole Clooney/Obama thread suspect, at the very least...unless you have something more direct?

merge with another more credible paper ......

It has all the credibility of flush rimjob, gee whiz gordon felon, Ollie "million-in-my-safe)North, Sean Insanity,and Bob(ble Head) Novacula.

Leave your delusional fantasies out of this Charipoodle.

Posted by 726 at 2008-08-12 01:13 PM | Reply

Delusional? Sorry chief, you got your ass handed to you on a silver platter. Own it.

Cookfish,
I applaud your composure in the face of such bullying adversaries. Fight the good fight, and remember to never lower yourself to their level. Your courteous and well thought out replies are what keeps me comming back to this site. It surely encourages new membership!
Kudos!

Thank you, 101. I will save this comment and use it for inspiration when I am being attacked by those who are incapable of reasonable discourse. Thank God there are people out there like you that understand that we can all be brothers, and yet still have differing opinions and viewpoints. I will gladly suffer the slings and arrows of the ignorant and indifferent if it helps to eventually bring us all together.

Haven't we reminded Frank, time after time, that he isn't funny?

It would appear that Mr. Chairborne has had a bit of a liquid lunch!

Posted by eatme

Naw-just reciprocating for the last bj he got from chairpoodle....

FrankF55 fails again.

Seems 726 is staking that territory out for himself......

Posted by ride_on

DOn't worry, I won't encroach on your territories. The bathhouses and nursing homes are all yours.


FrankF55 fails again.

Posted by JOE at 2008-08-12 01:26 PM | Reply | Flag:

Surprise...SURPRISE! (sarcasm to the infinite degree)

Delusional? Sorry chief, you got your ass handed to you on a silver platter. Own it.

Posted by 101Chairborne

Again, delusional.

"I will save this comment and use it for inspiration..."

"Inspiration" from Harebrain101.

ROTFLMAO!!!

Ignorant trolls unite!


Seems 726 is staking that territory out for himself......


Posted by ride_on


DOn't worry, I won't encroach on your territories. The bathhouses and nursing homes are all yours.

Posted by 726 at 2008-08-12 01:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

Very poor comeback, as I don't make a claim to any such territories. However, we do notice you held onto the schoolyard you referenced. SAD POS that you are.

Dave's a killer!

"I will gladly suffer the slings and arrows of the ignorant and indifferent if it helps to eventually bring us all together."


Translation: I am as gay as a three dollar bill.



Dave's a mess.

He also has as much foreign policy experience as Lil Bush did when he took over.
Posted by 726

If Barry's Daddy had been President, and not throwing his seed into a white woman, you'd have a point.

101 and Cookfish have shown they're capable of putting together complete sentences.

Their "My Fair Lady" act is pretty spot on.


"Translation: I am as gay as a three dollar bill."

It's "queer", as in "queer as a football bat".

"Gay" just doesn't work.

"Holy mother of God, it's finally happened."

"They're fucking horrible looking. What did that asshole trade for these guys; a used puck bag?"

We're not going to do the cut and paste routine again today are we?

Dave,

I thought it sounded a little off.

Thanx man

"Dave's a mess."

If, by "a mess", you mean "fabulously well to do", then, OK.

Michelle Obama would have competed, but had a previous obligation to American Tourister to re-do that luggage-throwing commercial in the cage.

I really don't think that re-posting such vulgar material gets us anywhere, though I would say that the poster of that comment probably had a good heart, and was actually concerned for Michelle Obama's whereabouts. It's a shame that you try to twist those words to make it sound like something bad to try to prove a point.
These are the types shenanigans that we are trying to stop on this website right now. I hope that you'll choose your comments more carefully in the future, or you may be labelled as a racist, which is a terrible thing to be called on this site.

The fans are standing up to them! The security guards are standing up to them! The peanut vendors are standing up to them! And by golly, if I could get down there, I'd be standing up to them!

I wish you the best of luck in your next attempt at humor, 2112.

"What are you guys doing?"

"Putting on the foil. Want some?"

"No. [ muttered under his breath ] Jesus fucking Christ, they don't leave the bench."

If Barry's Daddy had been President, and not throwing his seed into a white woman, you'd have a point.

Posted by wisgod

Are you serious?

Lil Bush was a coked addled drunk during Daddy Bush's term.

Even if he wasn't you think he was sitting in on foreign policy discussions?

Bwhaahahahahahaha

Falsifying posts is not only immoral but it's also against this site's policy. Smearing the reputation of such an esteemed poster on the Retort only goes to amplify your desperation.

I suggest you log back in to your previous handle and comose yourself. This isn't the Wild West, it's a place whose purpose will be better served via the exchange of ideas.

Good day to you sir.

Are you serious?


Posted by 726

No, I was just kidding. But it's refreshing to see one of the Chosen One's followers not go off the deep end over a comment like that.

Our President is at his best when he's picking his nose at a baseball game, or just watching the Olympics. Everything else is way over his head.

one of the Chosen One's followers

Yes I plan on voting for Obama right now. I had planned on voting for McAncient until he started kissing the ass of the lunatic right in a thinly vieled attempt to garner power. Just proves what kind of honor he has that he is willing to sell out every single thing had stood for over the past 20 years just to get elected.

I would have had more respect for McBush if he went down in flames while holding onto his ideals than what he did to get where he is today.

He fancies himself a Maverick, but all he really is doing is carrying the waterbucket for the lunatic right.

I could also say that I don't want Rob down at the schoolyard diddling 5 year olds.


Posted by 726

You can say that about anyone without having to worry about it the majority of the time... but Obama and Clooney have matching broken heart pendants around their neck and call themselves BFF.

Clooney is a movie actor... he has no expertise or experience in foreign affairs. So why is Barack Obama getting foreign policy advice from him?

What you call an assumption I call a lie.

Posted by 726

Because you can't reply in a reasonable way and that't the only thing you can think of? I suppose it works... but everyone can see what it is.

Posted by OohRah at 2008-08-12 12:34 PM


What do they ship styrofoam in?


Do you use a silencer to kill a mime?


My all time favorite...

If a turtle loses its shell, is it naked or homeless?

Name the two Drudgers in this Skittles commercial.

www.youtube.com

Cindy Sheehan has gathered the necessary signatures to run against Nancy Pelosi as an Independent.

This might even become a news item here in the next day or two.

www.wnd.com

With all of Cindy's support this ought to be a real close race. Oh, she's not running against Al Franken? Never mind.


Name the two Drudgers in this Skittles commercial.


www.youtube.com

Posted by Pirate at 2008-08-12 02:27 PM | Reply


One of them is Doc Starvis, but the other...

but Obama and Clooney have matching broken heart pendants around their neck and call themselves BFF.


Clooney is a movie actor... he has no expertise or experience in foreign affairs

LOL!

So was Fred Thompson, yet the rightys were all too willing to hand him the Presidency. Too bad he required even more naps than Bagdad John.

Oh, do you mean SENATOR fred Thomson?

but we're not all going to make millions of dollars on their deaths

Think of all the billions that Bushco cronies have made on the deaths of American GI's and you can have your share too.


Oh, do you mean SENATOR fred Thomson?

Posted by salamandagator

Yes, like SENATOR Barrack Obama.

"Yes, like SENATOR Barrack Obama."


Yea but one of them completed a term.

"Oh, do you mean SENATOR fred Thomson?"

No, we mean "I'll take the Presidential nomination if you just want to give it to me, but I don't want to work for it, and it must not interfere with either my naps or my scheduled doses of Viagra" Thompson.

Rob,


At first, I thought Cindy Sheehan was an attention whore. That changed when she stared taking Democrats to task for their support of the Iraq war. Her celebrity-status tanked but she still remained faithful to her cause. I do think she enjoyed the limelight, but I don't think adulation was her motivation.

She is dedicated to her cause. So much so that it contributed to her estrangement from her own family.

In short, she had dedicated herself to a cause she truly believes in. What is wrong with that?

So was Fred Thompson, yet the rightys were all too willing to hand him the Presidency.

He's a former senator...

What is Clooney? And why should Obama be taking his advice on important issues like Iraq and Israel?

As an actor, Thompson has appeared in a large number of movies and television shows. He has frequently portrayed governmental figures.[5] In the final months of his U.S. Senate term in 2002, Thompson joined the cast of the long-running NBC television series Law & Order, playing New York City District Attorney Arthur Branch, until the network granted his request to be released from his contract in May 2007.[6]

I take back my criticism. Obviously his frequent portrayal of government figures made him infinitely qualified to be POTUS. Even with his cushy man pillows.

No, we mean "I'll take the Presidential nomination if you just want to give it to me, but I don't want to work for it, and it must not interfere with either my naps or my scheduled doses of Viagra" Thompson.

Posted by SanAntonioRogue

No doubt he was a horrendous candidate. I didn't want him to win, but I thought he would given that before he was even in the race he was winning in the polls. He ran a horrendous campaign... most of the candidates did this year.

And why should Obama be taking his advice on important issues like Iraq and Israel?

Posted by Rob_The_A_Hole

Has Obama taken any advice and issued policy on it from Clooney?

I am sure that his chauffer has offered advice to him too. It does not mean that he follows it.


726,


Fred Thompson waned very quickly during the primaries.

Whatver right-wing man-love that existed for him was very short-lived.


Obama on the other hand....

"I take back my criticism. Obviously his frequent portrayal of government figures made him infinitely qualified to be POTUS. Even with his cushy man pillows."


I always took you for an obama supporter.

In short, she had dedicated herself to a cause she truly believes in. What is wrong with that?

Posted by JeffJ

When you put it that way, I guess not much...

I just see it as a little odd to get rich, famous, powerful because of the death of your kid... Her family completely bailing on her tells me even they don't think her motives were in the right place.

Yea but one of them completed a term.

Posted by salamandagator

Yeah and one of them quit when they found out they had to work at being a candidate.

"I just see it as a little odd to get rich, famous, powerful because of the death of your kid..."

John Walsh did it. And used the money and fame for causes he really believed in. Just like I believe Cindy is doing.

Has Obama taken any advice and issued policy on it from Clooney?


I am sure that his chauffer has offered advice to him too. It does not mean that he follows it.


Posted by 726

But they text and email each other almost every day and speak on the phone at least a couple of times a week, often more.

Yeah, sounds like Obama is just being polite and letting some crackpot talk.

I always took you for an obama supporter.

Posted by salamandagator

I just cannot stand the thought of another four years of right wing lunatics running the nation.

And that is exactly what McBush will give us.

Thank god he will fail. Again.

And one of the rode in on the palm branches supplied by his mindless followers.

I wish you the best of luck in your next attempt at humor, 2112.


Sometimes it doesn't pay to be as funny as you can be.

But they text and email each other almost every day and speak on the phone at least a couple of times a week, often more.


Yeah, sounds like Obama is just being polite and letting some crackpot talk.

Posted by Rob_The_A_Hole

I post with you crackpots almost every single day, but it does not influence my decisions.

"I just cannot stand the thought of another four years of right wing lunatics running the nation."


So instead you would like to see the process accelerated?


And one of the rode in on the palm branches supplied by his mindless followers.

Posted by salamandagator

Yeah, but we are not talking about Reagan.

Rob,


I just see it as a little odd to get rich, famous, powerful because of the death of your kid.


Understood.


However, she isn't rich or powerful. She certainly had her fame, but it was short-lived - she didn't tow the exact line that her supposed puppet-handlers wanted, so she was discarded. To her credit, she hasn't given up; which to me suggests this is about much more than fame and glory for her.

The loss of a loved one when one feels it could have been prevented can be an extremely powerful motivator. I am not clairavoyant, but I firmly believe that she feels she is doing what is right, and in the process she's demonstrating tremendous dedication and determination (how's that for alliteration?).

"The loss of a loved one when one feels it could have been prevented can be an extremely powerful motivator."

Exactly. Again, see my example of John Walsh.

"Yeah, but we are not talking about Reagan."


No, but instead evil socialist Reagan.

I'll give her credit that she seemed bipartisan in her anger...

I still laugh at how quickly she was dumped as a darling of the left...

Rogue,

I was a Sheehan-detractor at first.

When her actions demonstrated that her motivations weren't about fame and glory I came around full circle.

So instead you would like to see the process accelerated?

Posted by salamandagator

Either candidate is going to cowtow to corporate special interests. That is a given.

Both of them are going to keep shipping jobs overseas.

But one of them is going to spend this nation into bankruptcy without thinking about how to pay for it. Face the facts... neither party is going to cut spending. Neither party is going to shrink government. It will never ever happen. That is reality.

One of them wants to keep feeding the military industrial complex through needless wars.

One of them wants to keep using the military as a nation building tool for corporate america's benefit.

I still laugh at how quickly she was dumped as a darling of the left...

Posted by Rob_The_A_Hole

It is hard to stand up to the people who were supposed to be supporting you and say to them that they are equally responsible.

It would have been very easy for her to go along with the Dem agenda. I give her credit for standing her ground and holding people accountable for their actions. It is refreshing.

still laugh at how quickly she was dumped as a darling of the left...


And now she is challenging one of the most powerful people on the left - Nancy Pelosi.

She put her cause ahead of her supposedly desired fame, and she got shit-canned for it. Yet, here she is, successfully jumping through the required hoops to challenge Mrs. Speaker in an election.

It would have been very easy for her to go along with the Dem agenda. I give her credit for standing her ground and holding people accountable for their actions. It is refreshing.

Posted by 726


Yes, it is refreshing.

"When her actions demonstrated that her motivations weren't about fame and glory I came around full circle.

Posted by JeffJ"

I don't completely agree with everything she has said and done, but I do have a lot more respect for her than I do for Pelosi. And that respect grew exponentially when she publicly called what is going on in Congress "horseshit", even though that isn't exactly PC.

Yeah, I am sure that she is pissing off every single member of the Corporate Congress that supported her and then expected her to tow the party line.

Rogue,


I disagree with much of what she says.


Nevertheless, my take is that she is completely and selflessly dedicated to her cause.


Agree with her or not, it's admirable.

"But one of them is going to spend this nation into bankruptcy without thinking about how to pay for it."

Sure he knows how to pay for it, take it from the rich. After all the owners won't take it out on the consumer, really they have your best interest in mind.


Yeah, I am sure that she is pissing off every single member of the Corporate Congress that supported her and then expected her to tow the party line.

Posted by 726


Bully for her!


If nothing else it puts to bed much of the criticism she received from the right.

Sure he knows how to pay for it, take it from the rich.

Well you cannot get it from the poor. You know blood from a stone and all.

Historically tax rates are the lowest they have ever been, and in a time of "war".

"Well you cannot get it from the poor."


Take money from a bully and you think he wont go and take it from someone else?


Raising taxes raises the cost of living for everyone.

Salamandgator,

The right loves to call the GWOT the "greatest struggle since WWII" over and over and over.

Tell me, what was the top income tax rate during WWII and immediately thereafter to pay off the war bonds?

$10 billion per month.

The 7th WWII War Bond drive had a goal of $16 billion.

By the time the equipment that has been destroyed in this war is replaced and the long term medical costs of the veterans comes in the cost will very well exceed $1 trillion. TRILLION. Possible $2 trillion.

If this is such a valiant struggle, why is no one being asked to sacrifice for it? I mean other than W's golf game.

WHY DO POLICE ENFORCE LAWS THAT ARE CLEARLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL


READ HERE


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Raising taxes raises the cost of living for everyone.

Uh huh, sure it does.

Supply and demand has nothing to do with it.

Under too heavy a tax burden who will be left to sacrifice monetarily?

Under Valley's order, officers do not tolerate loitering or "hanging out." Officers can stop and investigate all foot traffic, bicycle, horseback, mo-ped, motorcycle, riding mower, golf cart or other means of transportation.


Yeah, I can see all them drug dealers riding around on their John Deere Zero Turn Mowers.

Got to love the stupidity of Arkansas.

762 , so you think the big bad corporations will just eat the profit loss?

Sal,

Was that it in the 1950's? Too heavy of a tax burden?

Who will pay the $9 Trillion in debt? Better still when SS receipts fall negative, who will make up the difference then?

When Reagan "reformed" SS in the 80's he built in a surplus. The stated goal was to provide for the baby boomers when they retire. Now that money has been pissed away in the desert by the "conservatives".

Taxes will go up. There is no other way out of it. After six years of right wing control of government, there was not cuts in government spending. The sooner the lunatic right realizes it the better off the entire nation will be.


762 , so you think the big bad corporations will just eat the profit loss?

Posted by salamandagator

If they increase prices, they will pay even MORE in taxes.

By your logic, we should have seen price decreases when Lil Bush cut taxes.

Funny how that did not happen.

"If they increase prices, they will pay even MORE in taxes."

There are two ways to increase your profit, either margins or volume. If they are unable to increase volume they must increase margins and while the will pay more in taxes they will have more profit as well.


As for the reverse working, why would you think the companies would turn down extra profits? Instead they would use that capital to grow and thus increase volume and profit.

I know....

Step 1 - Steal Underwear
Step 2 - ????
Step 3 Profit

God that's a classic.

Instead they would use that capital to grow

Posted by salamandagator

Um, yeah sure. Grow.

Okay.

Sal,

You are tap dancing around the subject.

From 2001-2007 we had a right wing governme