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Happy summertime.
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Happy summertime.
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Praise The LORD and pass the ammunition.
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Praise The LORD and pass the ammunition.
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I got a call about 6 am – someone wants to see our unit for rent in Sweeny. Keep your fingers crossed that they rent it – we could use the money.
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I got a call about 6 am – someone wants to see our unit for rent in Sweeny. Keep your fingers crossed that they rent it – we could use the money.
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I was planning on sneaking a practice session this morning on my sax – guess that’ll have to wait.
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I was planning on sneaking a practice session this morning on my sax – guess that’ll have to wait.
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And Barf Kitty rejoices!
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And Barf Kitty rejoices!
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Good moorning, Hamsterville. What’s up with the posse of smiling nuns?
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Good moorning, Hamsterville. What’s up with the posse of smiling nuns?
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Re: Term limits discussion yesterday
Way too many mischievous lame duck terms going on at one time, all the time, for me.
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Re: Term limits discussion yesterday
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G’Morning All
Betcha didn’t know Texas was in the Revolution.
American Revolution reaches Texas
June 21, 1779On this day in 1779, Spain came to the aid of the rebelling American colonists by formally declaring war on Great Britain.The primary role played by Texas in the conflict was to supply Spanish forces mounting an assault on British territory from Louisiana. King Carlos III commissioned Bernardo de Gálvez to conduct a campaign against the British along the Mississippi River and the Gulf Coast. In order to feed his troops, Gálvez sent an emissary, Francisco García, to Texas governor Domingo Cabello y Robles requesting the delivery of Texas cattle to Spanish forces in Louisiana. Accordingly, between 1779 and 1782, 10,000 cattle were rounded up on ranches belonging to citizens and missions of Bexar and La Bahía. Rancho de la Mora was typical of these ranches, and escorts were provided from small posts like the Fuerte de Santa Cruz del Cíbolo. From Presidio La Bahía, the assembly point, Texas rancheros and their vaqueros trailed these herds to Nacogdoches, Natchitoches, and Opelousas for distribution to Gálvez’s forces. Fueled in part by Texas beef, Gálvez and his men defeated the British in battles at Manchac, Baton Rouge, Natchez, Mobile, Pensacola, and New Providence in the Bahamas. He was busy preparing for a campaign against Jamaica when peace negotiations ended the war.
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G’Morning All
Betcha didn’t know Texas was in the Revolution.American Revolution reaches Texas
June 21, 1779
On this day in 1779, Spain came to the aid of the rebelling American colonists by formally declaring war on Great Britain.The primary role played by Texas in the conflict was to supply Spanish forces mounting an assault on British territory from Louisiana. King Carlos III commissioned Bernardo de Gálvez to conduct a campaign against the British along the Mississippi River and the Gulf Coast. In order to feed his troops, Gálvez sent an emissary, Francisco García, to Texas governor Domingo Cabello y Robles requesting the delivery of Texas cattle to Spanish forces in Louisiana. Accordingly, between 1779 and 1782, 10,000 cattle were rounded up on ranches belonging to citizens and missions of Bexar and La Bahía. Rancho de la Mora was typical of these ranches, and escorts were provided from small posts like the Fuerte de Santa Cruz del Cíbolo. From Presidio La Bahía, the assembly point, Texas rancheros and their vaqueros trailed these herds to Nacogdoches, Natchitoches, and Opelousas for distribution to Gálvez’s forces. Fueled in part by Texas beef, Gálvez and his men defeated the British in battles at Manchac, Baton Rouge, Natchez, Mobile, Pensacola, and New Providence in the Bahamas. He was busy preparing for a campaign against Jamaica when peace negotiations ended the war. -
I was planning on sneaking a practice session this morning on my sax – guess that’ll have to wait.
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I was planning on sneaking a practice session this morning on my sax – guess that’ll have to wait.
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Why does Homeland Security have apparent jurisdiction over a dinosaur skeleton?
Does anything this administration does make sense?
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Why does Homeland Security have apparent jurisdiction over a dinosaur skeleton?
Does anything this administration does make sense?
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Good article from CNS News with an elcellent comment from a reader.
Obama Made Pre-Inaugural ‘Pledge’ on Stopping Guns to Mexico; Holder, Napolitano Worked Issue From First Month
By Terence P. Jeffrey
June 20, 2012President-elect Barack Obama and then-Mexican President Felipe Calderon at the Jan. 12, 2009 meeting where Obama pledged to work to stop flow of guns to Mexico. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
(CNSNews.com) – Three and a half years before he invoked executive privilege in refusing to hand over to Congress internal Justice Department documents about Operation Fast and Furious–and just eight days before his inauguration–President-elect Barack Obama met with Mexican President Calderon over lunch at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C., and “pledged” that he would take action aimed at stopping the flow of guns into that country from the United States.
Public statements from both Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano demonstrate that they were both personally working on this issue from their first month in office.
Excellent reader’s comment:
What is the difference? Roger Clemens was tried because of “supposedly” lying to Congress? Should the Attorney General and the President also be tried for lying to Congress? Does it matter who lies to Congress? Shouldn’t all who lie to Congress be tried? Maybe a consultation with former President Clinton would be in order; who didn’t know what the definition of “is” is.
President Clinton endured an Impeachment Trial because he supposedly lied to Congress. Should the Attorney General and the President also be tried for lying to Congress? What is the difference between President Clinton lying to Congress and President Obama lying to Congress? I will tell you that no one died because of President Clinton’s actions. However, many people have died in Mexico due to President Obama’s actions with “Fast & Furious” gun running operation into Mexico. The buck stops with the President. It was his agency and his people that illegally sold arms to the Mexican drug cartels. Executive privilege should not shield President Obama from the ramifications of one of “HIS” agencies selling arms to Mexican drug cartels. It appears the Executive Branch is getting involved with things illegal; illegal gun running, illegal trade between nations, and illegal immigration. This is in contrast to what the Executive Branch should be involved with; reducing the Deficit & National Debt, and improving the economy.
The Secretary of State complains about Russia selling arms to Syria. What is the difference between Russia selling arms to Syria and our own BATF selling arms to Mexico’s drug cartels? I do believe that commerce with Mexico falls under the jurisdiction of Congress; “Congress shall have Power…To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations…” (Article 1 Section 8). Therefore, Congress has a Constitution right to know about all trade between nations, including the BATF illegally selling arms to Mexico. Mexico’s drug cartels have killed far more innocent civilians that Syria’s government forces.
This is what our tax dollars are paying for. It is no wonder government spending is out of control.
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I had trouble deciding which ritual to perform to properly celebrate the solstice yesterday.
Awed by the great power of the sun, civilizations have for centuries celebrated the first day of summer otherwise known as the Summer Solstice, Midsummer (see Shakespeare), St. John’s Day, or the Wiccan Litha.
The Celts & Slavs celebrated the first day of summer with dancing & bonfires to help increase the sun’s energy. The Chinese marked the day by honoring Li, the Chinese Goddess of Light.
I ultimately concluded that they were all exercises born of silly mythologies, so I enjoyed the sunset with a Nutty Brewnette at BJs instead.
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Good article from CNS News with an elcellent comment from a reader.
Obama Made Pre-Inaugural ‘Pledge’ on Stopping Guns to Mexico; Holder, Napolitano Worked Issue From First Month
By Terence P. Jeffrey
June 20, 2012
President-elect Barack Obama and then-Mexican President Felipe Calderon at the Jan. 12, 2009 meeting where Obama pledged to work to stop flow of guns to Mexico. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
(CNSNews.com) – Three and a half years before he invoked executive privilege in refusing to hand over to Congress internal Justice Department documents about Operation Fast and Furious–and just eight days before his inauguration–President-elect Barack Obama met with Mexican President Calderon over lunch at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C., and “pledged” that he would take action aimed at stopping the flow of guns into that country from the United States.
Public statements from both Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano demonstrate that they were both personally working on this issue from their first month in office.http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-made-pre-inaugural-pledge-stopping-guns-mexico-holder-napolitano-worked-issue
Excellent reader’s comment:What is the difference? Roger Clemens was tried because of “supposedly” lying to Congress? Should the Attorney General and the President also be tried for lying to Congress? Does it matter who lies to Congress? Shouldn’t all who lie to Congress be tried? Maybe a consultation with former President Clinton would be in order; who didn’t know what the definition of “is” is.
President Clinton endured an Impeachment Trial because he supposedly lied to Congress. Should the Attorney General and the President also be tried for lying to Congress? What is the difference between President Clinton lying to Congress and President Obama lying to Congress? I will tell you that no one died because of President Clinton’s actions. However, many people have died in Mexico due to President Obama’s actions with “Fast & Furious” gun running operation into Mexico. The buck stops with the President. It was his agency and his people that illegally sold arms to the Mexican drug cartels. Executive privilege should not shield President Obama from the ramifications of one of “HIS” agencies selling arms to Mexican drug cartels. It appears the Executive Branch is getting involved with things illegal; illegal gun running, illegal trade between nations, and illegal immigration. This is in contrast to what the Executive Branch should be involved with; reducing the Deficit & National Debt, and improving the economy.
The Secretary of State complains about Russia selling arms to Syria. What is the difference between Russia selling arms to Syria and our own BATF selling arms to Mexico’s drug cartels? I do believe that commerce with Mexico falls under the jurisdiction of Congress; “Congress shall have Power…To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations…” (Article 1 Section 8). Therefore, Congress has a Constitution right to know about all trade between nations, including the BATF illegally selling arms to Mexico. Mexico’s drug cartels have killed far more innocent civilians that Syria’s government forces.
This is what our tax dollars are paying for. It is no wonder government spending is out of control. -
I had trouble deciding which ritual to perform to properly celebrate the solstice yesterday.
Awed by the great power of the sun, civilizations have for centuries celebrated the first day of summer otherwise known as the Summer Solstice, Midsummer (see Shakespeare), St. John’s Day, or the Wiccan Litha.
The Celts & Slavs celebrated the first day of summer with dancing & bonfires to help increase the sun’s energy. The Chinese marked the day by honoring Li, the Chinese Goddess of Light.I ultimately concluded that they were all exercises born of silly mythologies, so I enjoyed the sunset with a Nutty Brewnette at BJs instead.
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For the tea party, the Madison Project just handed you a list of people to absolutely beat in primaries without having to deal with the “but . . . but . . . you’ll hand the seat to a Democrat” line so many want to hurl. – Erik Erikson @ Red State
Hot off the presses!!!!
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For the tea party, the Madison Project just handed you a list of people to absolutely beat in primaries without having to deal with the “but . . . but . . . you’ll hand the seat to a Democrat” line so many want to hurl. – Erik Erikson @ Red State
Hot off the presses!!!!
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For all the doubting Thomases out there. The Stimulus did create jobs,
$9 Billion in ‘Stimulus’ for Solar, Wind Projects Made 910 Final Jobs — $9.8 Million Per Job
By Michael W. Chapman and Fred Lucas
June 20, 2012Windpower Tax Credit
(CNSNews.com) – The Obama administration distributed $9 billion in economic “stimulus” funds to solar and wind projects in 2009-11 that created, as the end result, 910 “direct” jobs — annual operation and maintenance positions — meaning that it cost about $9.8 million to establish each of those long-term jobs.
At the same time, those green energy projects also created, in the end, about 4,600 “indirect” jobs – positions indirectly supported by the annual operation and maintenance jobs — which means they cost about $1.9 million each ($9 billion divided by 4,600).
Combined (910 + 4,600 = 5,510), the direct and indirect jobs cost, on average, about $1.63 million each to produce.
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For all the doubting Thomases out there. The Stimulus did create jobs,
$9 Billion in ‘Stimulus’ for Solar, Wind Projects Made 910 Final Jobs — $9.8 Million Per Job
By Michael W. Chapman and Fred Lucas
June 20, 2012
Windpower Tax Credit
(CNSNews.com) – The Obama administration distributed $9 billion in economic “stimulus” funds to solar and wind projects in 2009-11 that created, as the end result, 910 “direct” jobs — annual operation and maintenance positions — meaning that it cost about $9.8 million to establish each of those long-term jobs.
At the same time, those green energy projects also created, in the end, about 4,600 “indirect” jobs – positions indirectly supported by the annual operation and maintenance jobs — which means they cost about $1.9 million each ($9 billion divided by 4,600).
Combined (910 + 4,600 = 5,510), the direct and indirect jobs cost, on average, about $1.63 million each to produce. -
More surprises coming…..
Fed: Slower Growth, Higher Unemployment in 2012
By Matt Cover
June 20, 2012The Fed projected that GDP growth would be between 1.9 to 2.4 percent in 2012, a downward revision from its April projection of growth between 2.4 to 2.9 percent.
Unemployment is now expected to be worse than was projected in April, with the unemployment rate for 2012 now thought to be between 8.0 to 8.2 percent, up from the 7.8 to 8.0 percent the Fed forecast in April.
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More surprises coming…..
Fed: Slower Growth, Higher Unemployment in 2012
By Matt Cover
June 20, 2012
The Fed projected that GDP growth would be between 1.9 to 2.4 percent in 2012, a downward revision from its April projection of growth between 2.4 to 2.9 percent.
Unemployment is now expected to be worse than was projected in April, with the unemployment rate for 2012 now thought to be between 8.0 to 8.2 percent, up from the 7.8 to 8.0 percent the Fed forecast in April. -
The G-20 dinner in Mexico had Obama and Putin seated at the same table.
After dinner when the toastmaster asked for a few words from the onetime communist and ruthless assassin, they both stood up and started talking.
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The G-20 dinner in Mexico had Obama and Putin seated at the same table.
After dinner when the toastmaster asked for a few words from the onetime communist and ruthless assassin, they both stood up and started talking. -
Asians became the largest U.S. immigrant group this week, passing Hispanics. They’re very successful.
Obama heard the news and said that all children who arrived from Asia through no choice of their own need to pay their fair share.
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Asians became the largest U.S. immigrant group this week, passing Hispanics. They’re very successful.
Obama heard the news and said that all children who arrived from Asia through no choice of their own need to pay their fair share. -
#15 – I see that I’m not the only one who has noticed that Pete Olson (CD 22) turned out to be a super RINO instead of a conservative as he initially represented.
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#15 – I see that I’m not the only one who has noticed that Pete Olson (CD 22) turned out to be a super RINO instead of a conservative as he initially represented.
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#15 – I see that I’m not the only one who has noticed that Pete Olson (CD 22) turned out to be a super RINO instead of a conservative as he initially represented.
I voted against him in the primary (Barbara Carlson) but apparently the unwashed masses just voted for him ’cause he’s the incumbent.
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#15 – I see that I’m not the only one who has noticed that Pete Olson (CD 22) turned out to be a super RINO instead of a conservative as he initially represented.
I voted against him in the primary (Barbara Carlson) but apparently the unwashed masses just voted for him ’cause he’s the incumbent.
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The Summer Solstice = winter is officially on the way…………….
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The Summer Solstice = winter is officially on the way…………….
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#20 EG: Don’t forget to add Culberson to that list. That particular seat was first held, I think, by George H W Bush, then Bill Archer. There really is no reason why we can’t have a fire breathing, rock-ribbed, hard-core conservative in that seat to counteract the moon-bat-schizzle crazy lunatics like Nanzi, or Sheila, or Muddy Waters, or Elijah Cummings, or John Lewis, etc, etc, etc.
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#20 EG: Don’t forget to add Culberson to that list. That particular seat was first held, I think, by George H W Bush, then Bill Archer. There really is no reason why we can’t have a fire breathing, rock-ribbed, hard-core conservative in that seat to counteract the moon-bat-schizzle crazy lunatics like Nanzi, or Sheila, or Muddy Waters, or Elijah Cummings, or John Lewis, etc, etc, etc.
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#9 Pyro
Why does Homeland Security have apparent jurisdiction over a dinosaur skeleton?
To keep China from getting PO’ed & attacking us if we don’t give ’em back their dinosaur? Just a wild guess.
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#9 Pyro
Why does Homeland Security have apparent jurisdiction over a dinosaur skeleton?
To keep China from getting PO’ed & attacking us if we don’t give ’em back their dinosaur? Just a wild guess.
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#7 Your duck reference reminds of yesterday. My Father-in-law has found a new favorite show, Duck Hunters or Duck Dynasty on A&E. He thinks it’s so funny and interesting.
He makes me laugh sometimes.
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#7 Your duck reference reminds of yesterday. My Father-in-law has found a new favorite show, Duck Hunters or Duck Dynasty on A&E. He thinks it’s so funny and interesting.
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I encourage the race hustlers to continue to do this:
The highest officer of law and order in this nation has been ridiculed, scapegoated and handled as some sort of criminal throughout this ‘investigation.’ Turning over thousands of documents and overextending himself, AG Holder was spoken to and mistreated as if he were a child, and reminded that despite his esteemed position, he can and would be profiled. AG Holder was in essence ‘stopped & frisked’ without probable cause, and after he cooperated, he was made an example of. What Issa just showed us is that no matter what our stature in this world, someone can easily try to ‘put us in our place.’ What could be more outrageous?
What a buffoon. Every day you look more like the Democrats’ Stepin Fetchit.
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I encourage the race hustlers to continue to do this:
The highest officer of law and order in this nation has been ridiculed, scapegoated and handled as some sort of criminal throughout this ‘investigation.’ Turning over thousands of documents and overextending himself, AG Holder was spoken to and mistreated as if he were a child, and reminded that despite his esteemed position, he can and would be profiled. AG Holder was in essence ‘stopped & frisked’ without probable cause, and after he cooperated, he was made an example of. What Issa just showed us is that no matter what our stature in this world, someone can easily try to ‘put us in our place.’ What could be more outrageous?
What a buffoon. Every day you look more like the Democrats’ Stepin Fetchit.
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#26 Hamous: The number of inaccurate statements overwhelmed my by the third paragraph and I had to stop reading. It is almost like a dual reality out there, one that rational people live in and the other for the likes of Al, Jesse, Nanzi, et al.
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#26 Hamous: The number of inaccurate statements overwhelmed my by the third paragraph and I had to stop reading. It is almost like a dual reality out there, one that rational people live in and the other for the likes of Al, Jesse, Nanzi, et al.
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Houston City Councilman wants to give voters a chance to do away with term limits.l
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Houston City Councilman wants to give voters a chance to do away with term limits.l
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#28 – Say WHUT????????????????????
*off with his HEAD!*
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#28 – Say WHUT????????????????????
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#31 – some lefty loon’ll buy it so they can burn it (hope NOT!)
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#31 – some lefty loon’ll buy it so they can burn it (hope NOT!)
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The outrageous behavior from Eric “the Terd” Holder just won’t stop.
HEADLINE: DOJ RELEASES MUSLIM TERRORIST; STONEWALLS INQUIRIES
Barack Obama’s Department of Justice is up to its secret ways again. Last year, six Muslims in south Florida were arrested and charged with sending tens of thousands of dollars to fund the Taliban in Afghanistan. Now, as Judicial Watch reports, the DOJ has dropped charges against one of them — but when questioned why, the DOJ has stonewalled and remained silent.How long must this schizzle go on?
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The outrageous behavior from Eric “the Terd” Holder just won’t stop.
HEADLINE: DOJ RELEASES MUSLIM TERRORIST; STONEWALLS INQUIRIES
Barack Obama’s Department of Justice is up to its secret ways again. Last year, six Muslims in south Florida were arrested and charged with sending tens of thousands of dollars to fund the Taliban in Afghanistan. Now, as Judicial Watch reports, the DOJ has dropped charges against one of them — but when questioned why, the DOJ has stonewalled and remained silent.How long must this schizzle go on?
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Roger Scruton is a serious and essential man, a philosopher and author widely respected in conservative precincts. He is one of the last surviving sane men in the British Isles.
In cooperation with the BBC, Scruton produced this show about the importance of beauty in art, architecture, our public spaces and private places.
This video is 59 minutes long, but I recommend you save it and watch it uninterrupted.
Via Gerard Vander Leun
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Roger Scruton is a serious and essential man, a philosopher and author widely respected in conservative precincts. He is one of the last surviving sane men in the British Isles.
In cooperation with the BBC, Scruton produced this show about the importance of beauty in art, architecture, our public spaces and private places.
This video is 59 minutes long, but I recommend you save it and watch it uninterrupted.
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This is hilarious.
How many thousands of books, dissertations, films, etc. have been written about Abraham Lincoln ?
You would think this legion of researchers would have found something as critical as the initial medical report on Lincoln immediately after being shot at the Ford Theater would have been turned up by now, right ?
Wrong. And where was this historical gem ? Right where it was supposed to be…
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This is hilarious.
How many thousands of books, dissertations, films, etc. have been written about Abraham Lincoln ?
You would think this legion of researchers would have found something as critical as the initial medical report on Lincoln immediately after being shot at the Ford Theater would have been turned up by now, right ?
Wrong. And where was this historical gem ? Right where it was supposed to be…
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If you go to Arby’s and steamed weiner’s are on the menu, resist the temptation to order one..
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If you go to Arby’s and steamed weiner’s are on the menu, resist the temptation to order one..
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kx59 says:
June 20, 2012 at 8:13 pm
I suspect the root of their angst resides in the fact that nobody wants it.
Comment on NakedDC’s coverage of the protest over a play absurdly and stupidly named after female genitalia. Honestly, was Eve Ensler 12 years old when she wrote that play ?
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kx59 says:
June 20, 2012 at 8:13 pm
I suspect the root of their angst resides in the fact that nobody wants it.Comment on NakedDC’s coverage of the protest over a play absurdly and stupidly named after female genitalia. Honestly, was Eve Ensler 12 years old when she wrote that play ?
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#37 Texpat:
These are probably the 72 virgins that terrorists get when they blow themselves to Kingdom Come
Funniest line this month!!! ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!
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#37 Texpat:
These are probably the 72 virgins that terrorists get when they blow themselves to Kingdom Come
Funniest line this month!!! ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!
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The real War on Women depicted in this video.
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The real War on Women depicted in this video.
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Hey, there’s a nekkid dude on my blog.
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Hey, there’s a nekkid dude on my blog.
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Still in Sweeny, using my modem at the Jack in the Box. (Getting signal at the unit is iffy at best.) I juggled phone calls and prospective tenants all morning. I literally had people being shown the unit while another was filling out an application. It was rough, juggling all the appointments and names. Some really cute kids made their appearance, one in full Spiderman regalia, complete with the over-the-head Spidey mask! Cute as the dickens, he was! Anyway, it looks like a single mom won the housing lottery, if she can come up with the rent and the deposits. She was first to get me the cash to run her background check.
It seems that there’s a dearth of rentable units in this area.
I’m waiting here for a few minutes before driving back in. I’m glad I brought my netbook with me. If she calls me back soon, I can go ahead and sign the lease and stuff before I leave.
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Still in Sweeny, using my modem at the Jack in the Box. (Getting signal at the unit is iffy at best.) I juggled phone calls and prospective tenants all morning. I literally had people being shown the unit while another was filling out an application. It was rough, juggling all the appointments and names. Some really cute kids made their appearance, one in full Spiderman regalia, complete with the over-the-head Spidey mask! Cute as the dickens, he was! Anyway, it looks like a single mom won the housing lottery, if she can come up with the rent and the deposits. She was first to get me the cash to run her background check.
It seems that there’s a dearth of rentable units in this area.
I’m waiting here for a few minutes before driving back in. I’m glad I brought my netbook with me. If she calls me back soon, I can go ahead and sign the lease and stuff before I leave. -
#40 While I will not comment on my dress code today, I can assure you that my webcam is off.
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#40 While I will not comment on my dress code today, I can assure you that my webcam is off.
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#40 Hamous
It’s just a statue.
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#40 Hamous
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Everybody have a drink on me ! The count was 7-2.
The Supreme Court today rejected, on First Amendment grounds, the idea that government-employee unions can charge non-members for political activities, even if they refund the money later.
The Court, in an opinion by Justice Samuel Alito, held that employees can be required to pay dues in exchange for the benefits they get from collective bargaining, but can’t be forced to effectively lend money to the union for political activities they disagree with. It was a blow to the Service Employees International Union, which first tried to make the case moot by offering refunds, and then argued it would be too difficult to get the assent of non-members before launching a campaign to defeat legislation it considered a threat to its existence.
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Everybody have a drink on me ! The count was 7-2.
The Supreme Court today rejected, on First Amendment grounds, the idea that government-employee unions can charge non-members for political activities, even if they refund the money later.
The Court, in an opinion by Justice Samuel Alito, held that employees can be required to pay dues in exchange for the benefits they get from collective bargaining, but can’t be forced to effectively lend money to the union for political activities they disagree with. It was a blow to the Service Employees International Union, which first tried to make the case moot by offering refunds, and then argued it would be too difficult to get the assent of non-members before launching a campaign to defeat legislation it considered a threat to its existence. -
From the radio archives: These pics are from 1971. The guys working that Saturday morning were about to open the “Red Envelope” to verify the authentication words and were ready kill the plate voltage on the transmitter when the bell rang another 10 times and the cancellation message started printing out on the clunky, noisy teletype.
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From the radio archives: These pics are from 1971. The guys working that Saturday morning were about to open the “Red Envelope” to verify the authentication words and were ready kill the plate voltage on the transmitter when the bell rang another 10 times and the cancellation message started printing out on the clunky, noisy teletype.
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If you have to work around people who talk like this, I fully understand if you maim them or humiliate them to the point they quit.
89 Business Cliches That Will Get Any MBA Promoted And Make Them Totally Useless
6. Let’s blue sky this/let’s ballpark this = Let’s shoot around a bunch of ideas since we have no clue what to do
7. I’m a bit of a visionary = I’m a bit of an egomaniac and narcissist
8. I’m a team player/we only hire team players = I hope everyone on the team thinks this is a meritocracy, even though I’m the dictator in charge
9. Let’s circle back to that/Let’s put that in the parking lot/let’s touch base on that later/let’s take this off-line = Shut up and let’s go back to what I was talking about
10. We think outside the box here/color outside the lines = We wouldn’t know about how to do something innovative if it came up to us and bit us in the behind
11. I/we/you don’t have the bandwidth = Since we cut 60% of our headcount, we’re all doing the job of 3 people, so we’re all burned out
12. This is where the rubber meets the road = Don’t screw up
13. Net net/the net of it is/when you net it out = I never studied finance or accounting but I sound like someone who can make money if I keep talking about another word for profit
14. We’ll go back and sharpen our pencils = We’ll go back and offer you the same for 20% less in hopes you’ll buy it before the end of the quarter
15. It’s like the book “Crossing the Chasm”/”Blue Ocean”/”Good To Great” / “Tipping Point” / “Outliers” = I’ve never read any of these books but I sound literate if I quote from them. And, besides, you cretins probably never read them either to call me out on it
16. Let’s right-size it = Let’s whack/fire a bunch of people
17. It’s next-gen/turn-key/plug-and-play = I want it to sound so technical that you’ll just buy it without asking me any questions
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If you have to work around people who talk like this, I fully understand if you maim them or humiliate them to the point they quit.
89 Business Cliches That Will Get Any MBA Promoted And Make Them Totally Useless
6. Let’s blue sky this/let’s ballpark this = Let’s shoot around a bunch of ideas since we have no clue what to do
7. I’m a bit of a visionary = I’m a bit of an egomaniac and narcissist
8. I’m a team player/we only hire team players = I hope everyone on the team thinks this is a meritocracy, even though I’m the dictator in charge
9. Let’s circle back to that/Let’s put that in the parking lot/let’s touch base on that later/let’s take this off-line = Shut up and let’s go back to what I was talking about
10. We think outside the box here/color outside the lines = We wouldn’t know about how to do something innovative if it came up to us and bit us in the behind
11. I/we/you don’t have the bandwidth = Since we cut 60% of our headcount, we’re all doing the job of 3 people, so we’re all burned out
12. This is where the rubber meets the road = Don’t screw up
13. Net net/the net of it is/when you net it out = I never studied finance or accounting but I sound like someone who can make money if I keep talking about another word for profit
14. We’ll go back and sharpen our pencils = We’ll go back and offer you the same for 20% less in hopes you’ll buy it before the end of the quarter
15. It’s like the book “Crossing the Chasm”/”Blue Ocean”/”Good To Great” / “Tipping Point” / “Outliers” = I’ve never read any of these books but I sound literate if I quote from them. And, besides, you cretins probably never read them either to call me out on it
16. Let’s right-size it = Let’s whack/fire a bunch of people
17. It’s next-gen/turn-key/plug-and-play = I want it to sound so technical that you’ll just buy it without asking me any questions -
One more.
MBA = Might Be an A_____e.
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#39 TP: The same thing happened in China, only to a worse degree. Now the sex imbalance is so great that millions of Chinese men have no hope of marrying a Chinese girl, of that group most will never marry. This is one of those “unintended consequences” stemming from the stupidity and crime of saying: “it’s really not a baby, it is just a mass of tissue, kind of like a tumor”. Evil fruit springing from an evil tree; thanks again feminazis for that – NOT!
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#39 TP: The same thing happened in China, only to a worse degree. Now the sex imbalance is so great that millions of Chinese men have no hope of marrying a Chinese girl, of that group most will never marry. This is one of those “unintended consequences” stemming from the stupidity and crime of saying: “it’s really not a baby, it is just a mass of tissue, kind of like a tumor”. Evil fruit springing from an evil tree; thanks again feminazis for that – NOT!
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Posted by Ted Cruz:
Would you LIKE to watch a proven conservative fighter and a timid, career politician battle it out in TOMORROW’s U.S. Senate debate at 8 PM CT?
The debate will stream online here: http://bit.ly/PCarDQ. It will also be broadcast on other stations across Texas! Check your local listing here: http://bit.ly/LIzgiL
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Posted by Ted Cruz:
Would you LIKE to watch a proven conservative fighter and a timid, career politician battle it out in TOMORROW’s U.S. Senate debate at 8 PM CT?
The debate will stream online here: http://bit.ly/PCarDQ. It will also be broadcast on other stations across Texas! Check your local listing here: http://bit.ly/LIzgiL -
Fast and Furious: The Ds want to have gun control real bad, I think we all know that. They will do what it takes, will tolerate a certain level of gun crime in order to get the people riled up enough to demand that “something be done.” The Clinton admin attempted the same thing early on with the Ruby Ridge fiasco followed by Waco. That admin refused to hammer the perps committing the gun crimes but went after the legit dealers instead. Now the JugEars admin has actually committed crimes (allowed guns to be sold to known illegals) in the hopes that the ensuing violence would cause America to demand that “something be done.”
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Fast and Furious: The Ds want to have gun control real bad, I think we all know that. They will do what it takes, will tolerate a certain level of gun crime in order to get the people riled up enough to demand that “something be done.” The Clinton admin attempted the same thing early on with the Ruby Ridge fiasco followed by Waco. That admin refused to hammer the perps committing the gun crimes but went after the legit dealers instead. Now the JugEars admin has actually committed crimes (allowed guns to be sold to known illegals) in the hopes that the ensuing violence would cause America to demand that “something be done.”
Same goal, same strategy for achieving the goal with just a slightly different execution. Interestingly enough, the commonality in both admins is Hitlery and the Chicago connection. -
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#51 Seriously?
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#51 Seriously?
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#54: Do you not recall Ruby Ridge and Waco and all the disinformation surrounding both of those incidents? Do you not recall the interview with Wayne LaPierre (could have been Chas. Heston) when they stated that this admin (Clinton) would be willing to put up with a certain level of violence to get gun control finally passed? Limbaugh spoke of it extensively at the time.
The real goal ( in the minds of the JugEars admin) of F and F was to create so much violence that the US citizen and Mexican citizens/politicians would demand a solution and that solution would be gun control/confiscation. Tracking down drug lords is nothing but a too small fig leaf.
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#54: Do you not recall Ruby Ridge and Waco and all the disinformation surrounding both of those incidents? Do you not recall the interview with Wayne LaPierre (could have been Chas. Heston) when they stated that this admin (Clinton) would be willing to put up with a certain level of violence to get gun control finally passed? Limbaugh spoke of it extensively at the time.
The real goal ( in the minds of the JugEars admin) of F and F was to create so much violence that the US citizen and Mexican citizens/politicians would demand a solution and that solution would be gun control/confiscation. Tracking down drug lords is nothing but a too small fig leaf.
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So who do the Democrats think their next “rising star” is? You’re not gonna believe this:
I went to a conference of liberal activists this week hoping to find out who the party’s activist base sees as its up-and-coming stars. But the exercise turned out to be revealing largely for how unprepared people were to answer the question. Nearly every answer I got began with a blank stare or incredulous laugh, followed by some fumbling around, followed by “Elizabeth Warren.”
Confirming the impression I’d gleaned from my conversations with activists and organizers, Warren ran away with the 2016 straw poll conducted at the Take Back the American Dream conference in Washington…
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So who do the Democrats think their next “rising star” is? You’re not gonna believe this:
I went to a conference of liberal activists this week hoping to find out who the party’s activist base sees as its up-and-coming stars. But the exercise turned out to be revealing largely for how unprepared people were to answer the question. Nearly every answer I got began with a blank stare or incredulous laugh, followed by some fumbling around, followed by “Elizabeth Warren.”
Confirming the impression I’d gleaned from my conversations with activists and organizers, Warren ran away with the 2016 straw poll conducted at the Take Back the American Dream conference in Washington… -
Ruby Ridge happened under Bush 41.
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Ruby Ridge happened under Bush 41.
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Elizabeth Warren. BWAHAHAHAHAHA! I’m already looking forward to 2016.
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Elizabeth Warren. BWAHAHAHAHAHA! I’m already looking forward to 2016.
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further to #55: Think about it for just a minute, the plan stated by this admin was to somehow track the guns once they got into Mexico and have them lead the authoritahs to the drug lords, right? They started letting the guns walk across but had no way to track the guns once they crossed the border and they continued letting guns walk even knowing how flawed the plan was. A child in elementary school would look at this plan and say there is no way it would work as would anyone else with an IQ over about 85. Seeing as how there is no one in this admin who does not have at least a bachelors degree, how is it possible that anyone even let this “plan” get off the drawing board, let alone put it into practice, unless the real goal was something completely different and the stated plan was just a cover story? When it starts to be analyzed just a little bit the cover story simply is not credible.
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further to #55: Think about it for just a minute, the plan stated by this admin was to somehow track the guns once they got into Mexico and have them lead the authoritahs to the drug lords, right? They started letting the guns walk across but had no way to track the guns once they crossed the border and they continued letting guns walk even knowing how flawed the plan was. A child in elementary school would look at this plan and say there is no way it would work as would anyone else with an IQ over about 85. Seeing as how there is no one in this admin who does not have at least a bachelors degree, how is it possible that anyone even let this “plan” get off the drawing board, let alone put it into practice, unless the real goal was something completely different and the stated plan was just a cover story? When it starts to be analyzed just a little bit the cover story simply is not credible.
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#57 That is true that RR happened under Bush 41. It is also true that the Ds had been for the previous 40 years running the House in a spectacularly corrupt fashion. Most of the career govt employees are hard core Ds and got put there by Ds. The State Dept is full of them as is the CIA and especially the ATF.
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#57 That is true that RR happened under Bush 41. It is also true that the Ds had been for the previous 40 years running the House in a spectacularly corrupt fashion. Most of the career govt employees are hard core Ds and got put there by Ds. The State Dept is full of them as is the CIA and especially the ATF.
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Over the last six years I can remember a couple of young “rising stars” for the Dems. Heath Shuler and Jim Webb. Shuler is retiring from politics after three terms in the House. Webb is one and done in the senate.
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Over the last six years I can remember a couple of young “rising stars” for the Dems. Heath Shuler and Jim Webb. Shuler is retiring from politics after three terms in the House. Webb is one and done in the senate.
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#62 Hamous
They had to get Webb out of there before he went stark-raving mad on the Senate floor and started gnawing on Harry Reid’s leg right there on C-Span.
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#62 Hamous
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#60 I usually don’t bother discussing conspiracy theories unless they include some form of extraterrestrial component. But since you’re such a nice guy…
Applying Occam’s Razor, it is far more likely that F&F, as well as it’s similar predecessor program, are just two more boneheaded policies that utterly failed in their stated goals of arresting leaders of the factions of the violent black market that this country’s boneheaded drug policies created in the first place.
Your conspiracy theory breaks down in at least a couple of places. Chiefly, If a likely and predictable outcome of such an operation is to build popular support for increased gun regulation, where is the legislation that you predict? Where is the public support for it? The F&F fiasco hasn’t swayed opinions on gun control at all.
Occam’s Razor also suggests that both sides are using F&F for their own political benefit, or as Rachel Maddow titled her 18 minute segment on the matter:What your uncle who watches Fox News all day is all worked up about.
The segment included quotes from several republican congress critters, a couple of Fox News mouthpieces, and the president of the NRA. When I saw it this morning I thought she was just trying to build another left-wing strawman.
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Oh, well, if Rachael Maddow sez it ain’t so then it’s settled science! Lesbians don’t lie.
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Oh, well, if Rachael Maddow sez it ain’t so then it’s settled science! Lesbians don’t lie.
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June 21, 2012 at 5:06 pm
#60 I usually don’t bother discussing conspiracy theories unless they include
some form of extraterrestrial componentauthoritarian dominionists bent on taking over the country and turning it into a religious state to enslave gays. But since you’re such a nice guy…Repaired it for ya.
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June 21, 2012 at 5:06 pm
#60 I usually don’t bother discussing conspiracy theories unless they includesome form of extraterrestrial componentauthoritarian dominionists bent on taking over the country and turning it into a religious state to enslave gays. But since you’re such a nice guy…Repaired it for ya.
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Here comes the next chance for SCOTUS to repair the damage that’s been done by the Democrat Party letting the extremists in thier party take over the country.
If the U.S. Supreme Court throws out President Obama’s healthcare law this month, the only other remaining major achievement from the president’s first term would be, arguably, the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
But that may be in jeopardy, too.
A Texas community bank is today filing a challenge to Dodd-Frank, arguing that aspects of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Financial Stability Oversight Council violate the U.S. Constitution’s separation of powers. Here is the press release:
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Here comes the next chance for SCOTUS to repair the damage that’s been done by the Democrat Party letting the extremists in thier party take over the country.
If the U.S. Supreme Court throws out President Obama’s healthcare law this month, the only other remaining major achievement from the president’s first term would be, arguably, the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
But that may be in jeopardy, too.
A Texas community bank is today filing a challenge to Dodd-Frank, arguing that aspects of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Financial Stability Oversight Council violate the U.S. Constitution’s separation of powers. Here is the press release: -
The F and F strategy was so hopelessly flawed from its inception there was 0 chance of it working. The reason it failed to produce the desired legislation is because the whistle got blown too early and the crime did not spike as predicted; the cover was blown too soon.
You used the word “conspiracy” which I did not use nor imply, what I was describing was a long term goal of the lefty Ds and that is gun control/confiscation. The lefty Ds have been trying gun control in one form or another since I became aware in the 1970s. There has been some success in getting GC in some localities, like DC, Chicago and a few others and predictably gun crime skyrockets in those places. In areas like Texas, after concealed carry laws were passed, gun crimes actually went down. -
The F and F strategy was so hopelessly flawed from its inception there was 0 chance of it working. The reason it failed to produce the desired legislation is because the whistle got blown too early and the crime did not spike as predicted; the cover was blown too soon.
You used the word “conspiracy” which I did not use nor imply, what I was describing was a long term goal of the lefty Ds and that is gun control/confiscation. The lefty Ds have been trying gun control in one form or another since I became aware in the 1970s. There has been some success in getting GC in some localities, like DC, Chicago and a few others and predictably gun crime skyrockets in those places. In areas like Texas, after concealed carry laws were passed, gun crimes actually went down. -
#65 Bob42
Bobby, you’ve written some ridiculous and absurd things on this blog and LST, but this is really below even your usual low threshold.
I don’t know what Bonecrusher knows or doesn’t know about the Fast & Furious project, but it is abundantly clear you are completely ignorant of even basic factual evidence. Your attempt to trivialize the scandal by invoking Rachel Maddow as a source doesn’t even reach the level of pathetic.
Fast and Furious covers a period of 2 years, involves over 140,000 documents and numerous ATF, FBI, DEA, White House and DOJ officials. It is not some politically generated lawfare scandal. People were murdered because of the actions of the players involved. Legal, law-abiding gun dealers were falsely accused and harrassed in media reports.
Now, if you insist on appearing as an insipid, jejune half-wit, then by all means wallow in your ignorance, but don’t complain you weren’t forewarned of the consequences.
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#65 Bob42
Bobby, you’ve written some ridiculous and absurd things on this blog and LST, but this is really below even your usual low threshold.
I don’t know what Bonecrusher knows or doesn’t know about the Fast & Furious project, but it is abundantly clear you are completely ignorant of even basic factual evidence. Your attempt to trivialize the scandal by invoking Rachel Maddow as a source doesn’t even reach the level of pathetic.
Fast and Furious covers a period of 2 years, involves over 140,000 documents and numerous ATF, FBI, DEA, White House and DOJ officials. It is not some politically generated lawfare scandal. People were murdered because of the actions of the players involved. Legal, law-abiding gun dealers were falsely accused and harrassed in media reports.
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#53 Sarge, from your link;
“We absolutely agree with the need to find out the truth about why Fast & Furious happened, why the tactic, again, was employed in the previous administration, in different operations and was stopped by this Attorney General, why it came about.
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#53 Sarge, from your link;
“We absolutely agree with the need to find out the truth about why Fast & Furious happened, why the tactic, again, was employed in the previous administration, in different operations and was stopped by this Attorney General, why it came about.
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#21 OletimerLin
I voted against him in the primary (Barbara Carlson) but apparently the unwashed masses just voted for him ’cause he’s the incumbent.
Yup, so did I, I donated $$ to Olson’s first run, (primary and general) but when he voted for the “Bail-Out” I sent him a letter and ‘splained to him that I’d do my best to get him fired. He sent me a long “form letter” telling me why I was stupid and he did the right thing. It’s a shame that all the Tea Partiers didn’t show up for the primary. 🙁
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#21 OletimerLin
I voted against him in the primary (Barbara Carlson) but apparently the unwashed masses just voted for him ’cause he’s the incumbent.
Yup, so did I, I donated $$ to Olson’s first run, (primary and general) but when he voted for the “Bail-Out” I sent him a letter and ‘splained to him that I’d do my best to get him fired. He sent me a long “form letter” telling me why I was stupid and he did the right thing. It’s a shame that all the Tea Partiers didn’t show up for the primary. 🙁
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Limbaugh predicted very early in this admin, that when the veil was finally lifted and We The People realized what this bunch was really up to and rightly rejected it, (which we have and are rejecting now) that they would start to get desperate and make really glaring errors. The consistent lying (NYT, Carney, and various other leftys) about how this started during the Bush admin is not fooling anyone except those who are immune to the truth and information. It is apparent to me that they are starting to panic and get desperate, the real question is: just how far up the D @$$ will the R boot be?
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Limbaugh predicted very early in this admin, that when the veil was finally lifted and We The People realized what this bunch was really up to and rightly rejected it, (which we have and are rejecting now) that they would start to get desperate and make really glaring errors. The consistent lying (NYT, Carney, and various other leftys) about how this started during the Bush admin is not fooling anyone except those who are immune to the truth and information. It is apparent to me that they are starting to panic and get desperate, the real question is: just how far up the D @$$ will the R boot be?
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#65 Bob,… you ignorant SLUT! I love you man BUTT.
Chiefly, If a likely and predictable outcome of such an operation is to build popular support for increased gun regulation, where is the legislation that you predict?
All of the Gun Stores on the Border States are now required to report multiple sales of long guns, the rest of the stores in the country don’t have to. This law was passed a while back, I don’t have a link but you can LQQk it up…..Sigh 🙁
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#65 Bob,… you ignorant SLUT! I love you man BUTT.
Chiefly, If a likely and predictable outcome of such an operation is to build popular support for increased gun regulation, where is the legislation that you predict?
All of the Gun Stores on the Border States are now required to report multiple sales of long guns, the rest of the stores in the country don’t have to. This law was passed a while back, I don’t have a link but you can LQQk it up…..Sigh 🙁
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WHOA a new $12 word! (although a wee bit redundant in subsequent juxtaposition with insipid)……………………. 🙂
hey I try to learn sumfin every day! (jejune dat is)
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WHOA a new $12 word! (although a wee bit redundant in subsequent juxtaposition with insipid)……………………. 🙂
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Texpat, I admire your vocabulary, but if you insist on appearing as hopelessly nonobjective pompous partisan windbag you should consider writing for Hot Air.
Why don’t you use your intellect and writing skill to tell everyone about the number of dead people attributed to F&F versus the total number of dead people resulting from 20+ years of the U.S. government funding and legally supplying the corrupt Mexican government with firepower to fight our war on drugs? Oh, and if you can muster the honesty, please do say whether or not you agree with the conspiracy theory that Operation F&F was intended to cause support for increased gun regulation. I dare you.
If anyone cares to review yesterday’s banter on the topic (of which I was not a player) you might notice that it supports my point that both parties are making political hay while the sun shines. Curious, and already equipped with the right-wing take on the matter, I availed myself to several other perspectives. In addition to Maddow’s straw man, I read articles at Reason.com and NRO.
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War on a plant! Giggity giggity goo! Authoritarian! Aw-riiiiight!
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War on a plant! Giggity giggity goo! Authoritarian! Aw-riiiiight!
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Intolerant authoritarian!
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Vaginaphobe!
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con·spir·a·cy [kuhn-spir-uh-see]
noun, plural con·spir·a·cies.
1. the act of conspiring.
2.an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot.
3.a combination of persons for a secret, unlawful, or evil purpose: He joined the conspiracy to overthrow the government.
4.Law . an agreement by two or more persons to commit a crime, fraud, or other wrongful act.
5.any concurrence in action; combination in bringing about a given result.F and F was a conspiracy because #4 above was the case. Laws were broken to allow guns to be illegally purchased and illegally smuggled over the border. NOT a conspiracy theory but a conspiracy fact.
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Unless you join my Cult of Coexistence you are a Christian Dominionist Nationalist Homovaginaphobe!
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Unless you join my Cult of Coexistence you are a Christian Dominionist Nationalist Homovaginaphobe!
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Tolerance in the bizarro lefty moonbatschizzle world means you must agree with me on every point otherwise you are intolerant.
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Tolerance in the bizarro lefty moonbatschizzle world means you must agree with me on every point otherwise you are intolerant.
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#80 For satire to be amusing, it helps to have at least some connection to the topic (not to mention reality.) But keep trying! You and Wagonburner came close to spoof-worthy with your totally fact lacking, bigoted stereotyping yesterday.
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#80 For satire to be amusing, it helps to have at least some connection to the topic (not to mention reality.) But keep trying! You and Wagonburner came close to spoof-worthy with your totally fact lacking, bigoted stereotyping yesterday.
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#79 Bonecrusher, your definition is accurate in terms of the crime of conspiracy, and I agree that F&F was just as illegal as selling arms to Iran. However, what you presented earlier today was a conspiracy theory, more similar to those espoused by birthers, troofers, and people who insist that the U.S. government has/had an extraterrestrial spacecraft stored at Area 51, or that the moon landing was faked.
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#79 Bonecrusher, your definition is accurate in terms of the crime of conspiracy, and I agree that F&F was just as illegal as selling arms to Iran. However, what you presented earlier today was a conspiracy theory, more similar to those espoused by birthers, troofers, and people who insist that the U.S. government has/had an extraterrestrial spacecraft stored at Area 51, or that the moon landing was faked.
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Squaaaaaaaackkkkkk! Squaaaaaaackkkkk!
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Squaaaaaaaackkkkkk! Squaaaaaaackkkkk!
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Bob; wipe your chin, your drooling moronitude (yes, I just made that word up) is becoming overwhelming.
Read carefully: Fand F was a conspiracy. One of the many motives for that conspiracy is to generate more oppressive gun control legislation which, as SuperDave has pointed out has already happened. NOt really a theory now, izzit? -
Bob; wipe your chin, your drooling moronitude (yes, I just made that word up) is becoming overwhelming.
Read carefully: Fand F was a conspiracy. One of the many motives for that conspiracy is to generate more oppressive gun control legislation which, as SuperDave has pointed out has already happened. NOt really a theory now, izzit? -
Dog jumped in my lap to watch the squawking bird, tilting his head side to side.
Or maybe he was reading some of the comments.
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Dog jumped in my lap to watch the squawking bird, tilting his head side to side.
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On another note —
I rented our unit today. Whoop!
My new neckstrap came in today, too. I was all excited, until I realized that I could adjust that sucker all they way up to choke-my-neck range, and it was still a tad too long. I shouldn’t have to lean my head down to get to my mouthpiece on my sax. I shall be reviewing my options. Either a return or a trip to my sewing machine.
And I played for an hour. My lips are feeling it, but I made it an hour and didn’t lose any air.
Unlike Bob. /blows little air kisses in Bob’s direction
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On another note —
I rented our unit today. Whoop!
My new neckstrap came in today, too. I was all excited, until I realized that I could adjust that sucker all they way up to choke-my-neck range, and it was still a tad too long. I shouldn’t have to lean my head down to get to my mouthpiece on my sax. I shall be reviewing my options. Either a return or a trip to my sewing machine.
And I played for an hour. My lips are feeling it, but I made it an hour and didn’t lose any air.
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OK, just so everyone knows that ole Dave is not full of bovine excrement;
NRA: We’ll sue over new reporting rule for multiple gun buys.The National Rifle Association is vowing to sue the Obama administration after it announced Monday that it will begin to require gun dealers in four border states to send reports to the government following multiple sales of some semi-automatic long arms.
“They don’t have the statutory authority to do it and we’ll file a lawsuit as soon as the first letters are sent” demanding the sales information from dealers, NRA legislative director Chris Cox told POLITICO on Monday afternoon.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms announced in December that it planned to implement the rule on an emergency basis beginning in January in order to reduce the flow of assault weapons across the border into Mexico. However, the Office of Management and Budget rejected the emergency “information collection” and told ATF to proceed with a full, formal process and public comment period. The final proposed rule was made public on April 29.
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OK, just so everyone knows that ole Dave is not full of bovine excrement;
NRA: We’ll sue over new reporting rule for multiple gun buys.The National Rifle Association is vowing to sue the Obama administration after it announced Monday that it will begin to require gun dealers in four border states to send reports to the government following multiple sales of some semi-automatic long arms.
“They don’t have the statutory authority to do it and we’ll file a lawsuit as soon as the first letters are sent” demanding the sales information from dealers, NRA legislative director Chris Cox told POLITICO on Monday afternoon.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms announced in December that it planned to implement the rule on an emergency basis beginning in January in order to reduce the flow of assault weapons across the border into Mexico. However, the Office of Management and Budget rejected the emergency “information collection” and told ATF to proceed with a full, formal process and public comment period. The final proposed rule was made public on April 29. -
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Sorry if this was posted already. (Looks like I missed out on a heated debate).
On Fast & Furious, “Blame Bush” is a Lie
Watch the video. This should be standard playback (at least the audio) for those who say “Fast and Furious” started under Bush.
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Sorry if this was posted already. (Looks like I missed out on a heated debate).
On Fast & Furious, “Blame Bush” is a Lie
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bob #76;
Why don’t you use your intellect and writing skill to tell everyone about the number of dead people attributed to F&F versus the total number of dead people resulting from 20+ years of the U.S. government funding and legally supplying the corrupt Mexican government with firepower to fight our war on drugs?
You mean the Mexio which has more reasonable drug laws than the US? That Mexico where large scale war of drugs is underway? ¿El mismo?
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bob #76;
Why don’t you use your intellect and writing skill to tell everyone about the number of dead people attributed to F&F versus the total number of dead people resulting from 20+ years of the U.S. government funding and legally supplying the corrupt Mexican government with firepower to fight our war on drugs?
You mean the Mexio which has more reasonable drug laws than the US? That Mexico where large scale war of drugs is underway? ¿El mismo?
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#76 Bob42
Oh, and if you can muster the honesty, please do say whether or not you agree with the conspiracy theory that Operation F&F was intended to cause support for increased gun regulation. I dare you.
You dare me ? Really, you are a clown.
There is no doubt the primary reason for the Fast & Furious clusterf**k was to try and generate public resentment against legal gun sales, particularly along border states. This is not my analysis. The facts are there for those with enough wits to comprehend them.
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You mean the Mexio which has more reasonable drug laws than the US? That Mexico where large scale war of drugs is underway? ¿El mismo?
Good LUCK with that one Darren – you just fed Bob an incredible ‘straight line’
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#92 –
You mean the Mexio which has more reasonable drug laws than the US? That Mexico where large scale war of drugs is underway? ¿El mismo?
Good LUCK with that one Darren – you just fed Bob an incredible ‘straight line’
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Hey, at least he didn’t triple dog dare you.
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Hey, at least he didn’t triple dog dare you.
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#93 Texpat
There is no doubt the primary reason for the Fast & Furious clusterf**k was to try and generate public resentment against legal gun sales, particularly along border states.
Just idle curiosity: I wonder what bobo thinks the F & F stalling/coverup/Obammy-Executive-Privilege flap has been all about?
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#93 Texpat
There is no doubt the primary reason for the Fast & Furious clusterf**k was to try and generate public resentment against legal gun sales, particularly along border states.
Just idle curiosity: I wonder what bobo thinks the F & F stalling/coverup/Obammy-Executive-Privilege flap has been all about?
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Oh GEEZ Yall are jus beggin to burn some serious bandwidth
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Oh GEEZ Yall are jus beggin to burn some serious bandwidth
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Just tell Bob it’s 4:20 somewhere and he’ll be happy.
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Just tell Bob it’s 4:20 somewhere and he’ll be happy.
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Here is my famous trademarked #99 setup…
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Here is my famous trademarked #99 setup…
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And I played for an hour. My lips are feeling it, but I made it an hour and didn’t lose any air.
You need to do some more lip-up’s tomorrow.
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And I played for an hour. My lips are feeling it, but I made it an hour and didn’t lose any air.
You need to do some more lip-up’s tomorrow.
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#80 For satire to be amusing, it helps to have at least some connection to the topic (not to mention reality.) But keep trying! You and Wagonburner came close to spoof-worthy with your totally fact lacking, bigoted stereotyping yesterday.
Now I know why yours isn’t funny – no connection to anything, let alone reality.
What did I say that was “totally fact lacking, bigoted stereotyping”. I wanna be able to repeat that.
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#80 For satire to be amusing, it helps to have at least some connection to the topic (not to mention reality.) But keep trying! You and Wagonburner came close to spoof-worthy with your totally fact lacking, bigoted stereotyping yesterday.
Now I know why yours isn’t funny – no connection to anything, let alone reality.
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#96 mh42
It was just a ruse concocted by subversive anti-authoritarian Republicans to provide the SuperButch Maddow with new material.
Honestly, Bob42 prattles on about conspiracy theorists and then it becomes, oh, reductio ad absurdum infinitum.
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#96 mh42
It was just a ruse concocted by subversive anti-authoritarian Republicans to provide the SuperButch Maddow with new material.
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Don’t the dopes even have a hint of a glimmer of a clue that the republic itself is endangered by these Chicago thugs & their “shenanigans”?
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Don’t the dopes even have a hint of a glimmer of a clue that the republic itself is endangered by these Chicago thugs & their “shenanigans”?
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Just idle curiosity: I wonder what bobo thinks the F & F stalling/coverup/Obammy-Executive-Privilege flap has been all about?
Twopardyduopolydominionistauthoritarianism
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Just idle curiosity: I wonder what bobo thinks the F & F stalling/coverup/Obammy-Executive-Privilege flap has been all about?
Twopardyduopolydominionistauthoritarianism
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#76 Bob:
Why don’t you use your intellect and writing skill to tell everyone about the number of dead people attributed to F&F versus the total number of dead people resulting from 20+ years of the U.S. government funding and legally supplying the corrupt Mexican government with firepower to fight our war on drugs?
First, it’s an irrelevant comparison.
Second, if an ally asks for assistance, why should we not supply it? Obviously, if they are asking for assistance, it’s not just “our” war, it seems to be theirs also.Oh, and if you can muster the honesty, please do say whether or not you agree with the conspiracy theory that Operation F&F was intended to cause support for increased gun regulation. I dare you.
Any coherent review of the available facts – including the fact that the ATF has already implemented said regulations – would show it to be something more than just a theory.
If anyone cares to review yesterday’s banter on the topic (of which I was not a player) you might notice that it supports my point that both parties are making political hay while the sun shines.
The Democrats, specifically Obama’s Justice Department, thought this one up all by themselves. They dug the hole that they are now desperately trying to crawl out of. Republicans are simply trying to make sure that the boil gets lanced.
Honestly Bob, you’re sounding more and more like Shamaal every day.
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Katfish #94;
Good LUCK with that one Darren – you just fed Bob an incredible ‘straight line’
Since bob once posted that Mexico’s decision to decriminalize pot possession and that their move to do so made their laws more rational than that of the US I have always thought it ironic that bob points to a country whose drug wars have killed thousands in open war as a “more rational” country than ours.
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Katfish #94;
Good LUCK with that one Darren – you just fed Bob an incredible ‘straight line’
Since bob once posted that Mexico’s decision to decriminalize pot possession and that their move to do so made their laws more rational than that of the US I have always thought it ironic that bob points to a country whose drug wars have killed thousands in open war as a “more rational” country than ours.
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fat albert #105;
First, it’s an irrelevant comparison.
It’s always an irrelevant comparison when bob brings up the war on drugs.
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fat albert #105;
First, it’s an irrelevant comparison.
It’s always an irrelevant comparison when bob brings up the war on drugs.
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Honestly Bob, you’re sounding more and more like Shamaal every day.
(BTW – that’s not a complement!
#105 FA
Frankly, Bob42 can’t hold a candle to Shamaal. Bobby is a fraud and Shamaal has never, ever misrepresented who he is or what he believes. You may reject out of hand his positions, but Shamaal is no carnival sideshow charlatan like Bobby clearly is.
Shamaal may be nuts although he’s perfectly honest about it.
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Honestly Bob, you’re sounding more and more like Shamaal every day.
(BTW – that’s not a complement!#105 FA
Frankly, Bob42 can’t hold a candle to Shamaal. Bobby is a fraud and Shamaal has never, ever misrepresented who he is or what he believes. You may reject out of hand his positions, but Shamaal is no carnival sideshow charlatan like Bobby clearly is.
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Shamaal is no carnival sideshow charlatan like Bobby clearly is.
Oh boy, I see a retraction coming on that one. 😀
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Shamaal is no carnival sideshow charlatan like Bobby clearly is.
Oh boy, I see a retraction coming on that one. 😀
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Hamous #58;
Elizabeth Warren. BWAHAHAHAHAHA! I’m already looking forward to 2016.
Why are you hatin’ on the Cherokee? 😉
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Hamous #58;
Elizabeth Warren. BWAHAHAHAHAHA! I’m already looking forward to 2016.
Why are you hatin’ on the Cherokee? 😉
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Elizabeth Warren’s cats hate you!!!
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Elizabeth Warren’s cats hate you!!!
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I just provided bob with some good satire material.
You’re welcome, bob.
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I just provided bob with some good satire material.
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Texpat #39;
It just totally broke my heart when Habiba Nosheen said that nobody went to hold that newborn baby girl. such a beautiful infant neglected.
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Texpat #39;
It just totally broke my heart when Habiba Nosheen said that nobody went to hold that newborn baby girl. such a beautiful infant neglected. -
But according to Dan Savage, an ardent Obama supporter, these gay Republicans are “f*ggots.” This morning, he tweeted, “The GOP’s house faggots grab their ankles, right on cue … Pathetic.” (See video below)
I gotta do some research n’ all to confirm this I think Dan Savage is a right winged Christian social conservative. Afterall they seek to hurt the gays physically and financially [and verbally].
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But according to Dan Savage, an ardent Obama supporter, these gay Republicans are “f*ggots.” This morning, he tweeted, “The GOP’s house faggots grab their ankles, right on cue … Pathetic.” (See video below)
I gotta do some research n’ all to confirm this I think Dan Savage is a right winged Christian social conservative. Afterall they seek to hurt the gays physically and financially [and verbally].
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#93 I appreciate your honesty, but I question your facts.
There is no doubt the primary reason for the Fast & Furious clusterf**k was to try and generate public resentment against legal gun sales, particularly along border states.
So where is the increase in public resentment that is the basis for your conspiracy theory?
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#96 Harpo
Just idle curiosity: I wonder what bobo thinks the F & F stalling/coverup/Obammy-Executive-Privilege flap has been all about?
Defeating him in November is a big part of it, as evidenced by Wednesday’s discussion being centered not on the inappropriate use of executive privilege (we agree there) but postulating various theories about how and why his use of it will be the final nail in his reelection coffin. The dems raised a similar stink over Bush’s use of EP, and for the same basic reason–political advantage.
Seriously, I get that folks here dislike Obama. But if Obama endorsed oxygen, I wouldn’t be surprised if some of you stopped breathing in protest.
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#96 Harpo
Just idle curiosity: I wonder what bobo thinks the F & F stalling/coverup/Obammy-Executive-Privilege flap has been all about?
Defeating him in November is a big part of it, as evidenced by Wednesday’s discussion being centered not on the inappropriate use of executive privilege (we agree there) but postulating various theories about how and why his use of it will be the final nail in his reelection coffin. The dems raised a similar stink over Bush’s use of EP, and for the same basic reason–political advantage.
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#101 Wagonburner, I don’t write the stuff to amuse people like you. Write some satire, get a few thousand reads, and then you might have a point. And btw, every article I’ve done was inspired by the real antics of prominent public figures.
Now I know why yours isn’t funny – no connection to anything, let alone reality.
What did I say that was “totally fact lacking, bigoted stereotyping”. I wanna be able to repeat that.
Zero facts, pure stereotyping:
Given the number of people in this country who live in their mama’s basement & smoke weed all day and the number receiving direct Federal assistance, the idea is not so easily dismissed.
Insanely parroted by the fact lacking Hamous:
Much, much less than we would spend taking care of all the jelly-headed slackers for the rest of their lives.
Willful ignorance of the close connection between the drug war, and increased use of SWAT, and deterioration of 4th Amendment rights:
Completely separate issue and has no relevance in a discussion about legalizing drugs.
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#101 Wagonburner, I don’t write the stuff to amuse people like you. Write some satire, get a few thousand reads, and then you might have a point. And btw, every article I’ve done was inspired by the real antics of prominent public figures.
Now I know why yours isn’t funny – no connection to anything, let alone reality.
What did I say that was “totally fact lacking, bigoted stereotyping”. I wanna be able to repeat that.Zero facts, pure stereotyping:
Given the number of people in this country who live in their mama’s basement & smoke weed all day and the number receiving direct Federal assistance, the idea is not so easily dismissed.
Insanely parroted by the fact lacking Hamous:
Much, much less than we would spend taking care of all the jelly-headed slackers for the rest of their lives.
Willful ignorance of the close connection between the drug war, and increased use of SWAT, and deterioration of 4th Amendment rights:
Completely separate issue and has no relevance in a discussion about legalizing drugs.
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