Libyan madman reportedly slaughtering his own people

World War III will begin in and because of the politics and unrest and oil supplies in the Middle East, but I hope I’m wrong.

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This is what the Republicans said they wanted, isn’t it. To plant the seeds of democracy in the middle east. Or was that just BushSpeak.

Let’s see what sprouts from those seeds. Meanwhile, I’m keeping an eye out for ways to reduce my use of fossil fuels even more. Solar cells to charge car batteries might be a wise investment.

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We will live in Libya and die in Libya.”

Let’s see….he’s got seven biological sons and one nephew (adopted).

Eight snipers, eight bullets. Gotta take ‘em out all at once.

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@@,

@ 4.07,

Sorry….I hit enter accidentally…trying to do two things at once…

My questions was suppose to be who should take them out? The US, the European Union, Russia?

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Cowboy:

My questions was suppose to be who should take them out?

Does it really matter? I’d go with Mossad.

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This is what is below the veneer of ‘civilization’ in so many countries. Evil. Hopefully the Libyan people and international community will set it back.
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Paul,

“This is what is below the veneer of ‘civilization’ in so many countries.”

With the increased militarization of our civilian police, it makes me wonder what lurks beneath our own surface.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military/4203345

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@@,

“Like I said….does it really matter?”

I suppose not..as long as it is not the US.

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With the increased militarization of our civilian police, it makes me wonder what lurks beneath our own surface.

Sometimes it’s not what you think it is….

http://www.odmp.org/year.php

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 28
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 7
Duty related illness: 1
Gunfire: 14
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 2
Struck by vehicle: 2

*Courtesy of the Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc.

Those statistics are for 2011. Keep in mind that today is only day #52 of the year.

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Gadhafi is an old dictator in power for many years who has a son to take over when the time is right. His actions are exactly what you would expect and what usually happens when people rise up against a tyrant. As for oil prices, they will soar regardless of whether there is actually a shortage or not because of business greed and puppet politicans.

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carlosgvv,

“As for oil prices, they will soar regardless of whether there is actually a shortage or not because of business greed and puppet politicans.”

Bingo!

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Why is it that the conservatives always want us to get into taking out leadership they dont agree with in other countries and to kill leaders. They dont want to support political discussion and negotiation with those countries, foreign aid to support the people and they dont want to pay taxes to support nation building. Why is it the US’s job to even get involved other than to condemn the actions of their leaders? Military action is not the answer to all, it is only one step, if and when appropriate,

Chickenhawks, geez.

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SoCo – That’s why the police depts of all large cities want tighter gun controls. You would think that most Americans would support their police, wouldn’t you? Here is a letter from the head of the International Assn of Police Chiefs:

Letter to House Judiciary Committee

Dear Chairman Hyde: On behalf of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, I am writing to express our strong support for two vitally important firearms related provisions that were included in S. 254, the Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Accountability Act recently approved by the United States Senate. Specifically, the IACP strongly supports provisions which would require the performance of background checks prior to the sale or transfer of weapons at gun shows, as well as extending the requirements of the Brady Act to cover juvenile acts of crime. The IACP has always viewed the Brady Act as a vital component of any comprehensive crime control effort. Since its enactment, the Brady Act has prevented more than 250,000 felons, fugitives and others prohibited from owning firearms from purchasing handguns. However, the efficacy of the Brady Act is being undermined by oversights in the law which allow those individuals prohibited from owning firearms from obtaining weapons, at events such as gun shows, without undergoing a background check. The IACP believes that it is vitally important that Congress act swiftly to close these loopholes and preserve the effectiveness of the Brady Act. In addition, the IACP believes that juveniles must be held accountable for their acts of violence. Therefore, the IACP also supports modifying the current Brady Act to permanently prohibit gun ownership by an individual, if that individual, while a juvenile, commits a crime that would have triggered a gun disability if their crime had been committed as an adult. Thank you for your attention to this matter. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 703/836-6767. Sincerely, Ronald S. Neubauer President

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jt,

“But of course we have millions of unemployed kids to help “restore order” in the ME.”

Very sad…and very true.

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Better hope Lukashenko in Belarus doesn’t experience problems with his upcoming elections. He’s saying he’ll use the military to suppress any opposition.

In response to a question about Belarus’s domestic policies, President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela said “We see here a model social state like the one we are beginning to create.”

There will be protests in Caracas tomorrow.

Venezuelan university students will hold a protest march Feb. 22 in Caracas to support hunger strikers demanding human rights improvements, Globovision reported Feb. 21. The march will begin at the Canadian Embassy and head toward the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry.

They’re piling up, these protests.

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It’s amazing how you can take the jaw dropping protests occuring all over the middle east, then turn it to be a democrat talking point on conservatism? Hello stupid.

The Lybians have balls, no other way to put it, so do the Iranians. They are rising up too, and the Iranian gov is shooting them as well.

What if it works? What if all the regimes topple? Saudi Arabia next? Hope so.

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SHOCK & AWE! SHOCK & AWE! SHOCK & AWE!

We’ll be greeted as liberators!

You go to war with the army you have.

If there’s a 1% chance that Libyans are helping al-Qaeda , we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response. It’s not about our analysis … It’s about our response.

America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.

Oh, for the good old days when deadly and incompetent chickenhawks were calling the shots…

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jewcowboy

Figured as much, after all it’s where the action is.

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Southern Comfort/ jt,

You should really see some the research Radley Balko has done on the subject. Here is his testimony before Congress.

http://reason.com/archives/2007/07/02/our-militarized-police-departm

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Jimmy62,

“Have there been calls from the right to kill Ghaddafi?”

Well @@ is calling for the assassination of his family.

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jt

Personally, I don’t give a rats ass if people smoke weed. I also think that if it were legalized, there would be a drop in violence in the US, as well as an area of economic opportunity for our country. Let’s face it, there are not many areas left where we can expand our economy to create millions of jobs.

I think, but can’t answer for every case, that when officers do wrong, they get punished. I don’t like dirty cops, and I definitely do not like to see innocent ones gunned down needlessly. I’m not going to waste time arguing with you on government issues because it’s like talking to a brick wall. Your mind is set, and nothing will change it.

You may think of your link as a counter, but I see it as more reason that we need competent legislators and less jackesses in office.

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Am I the only one who thinks Gadhafi is suffering from a venereal disease. Somethin’s been eating at his brain.

Idi Amin was afflicted. Vladimir Lenin too.

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Be careful what you wish for. To be true to our mantra we need to send covert troops to help some of the oppressed, but they’re tied up in Iraq and Afghanistan. He can’t kill everyone. He’s toast. It’s just a matter of how many innocents have to die. Is Obama the new leader of the Muslim world? Did he lay the ground for the uprisings?

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@@,

“Somethin’s been eating at his brain.”

http://health.learninginfo.org/gold-poisoning-symptoms.htm

Those darned sunglasses and epaulets…

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jimmy62, besides @@, I have seen a number of other calls from righties but 1 is all that matters. As for someone killing him, no love lost there… and I believe justified. But not the US job to do it. And if you really care about those people, is it only right to care when they are killed but starving or suffering is okay?

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Pogo,

“That is typical liberal leader hypocrisy which is “do as we say, not as WE do”.”

You have heard of something called moderation right? If they ate short ribs every night of the week, that might be an issue…but on vacation? Sheesh…you must bored.

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Cowboy:

Well @@ is calling for the assassination of his family.

Not his ENTIRE family. Just the males.

During my liberal days, I felt bad when we bombed his residence killing his baby daughter. Felt bad for the baby but not the “good” Colonel.

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Pogo, one itsy bitsy little problem with your cogent “analysis”.

The First Lady ain’t obese.

Do you even understand the definition of hypocrisy?

You need a compendium of logical fallacies to actually learn what it is that you use as arguments…

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The dish was not your normal short ribs:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/photo/Short-Ribs-Braised-in-Coffee-Ancho-Chile-Sauce-107596

…and it had healthy sides.

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Del,

“I guess because they looked so clueless and impotent during the Egyptian uprising they’re keeping a lower profile”

Just out of curiosity…why does the US have to comment on everything that happens in the world. I have a sneaking suspicion you would have a problem no matter what the President said…or didn’t say.

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And did you get a good look at the White Houses menu for their super bowl party…

Yeah, because the spread for one party = every day menu.

Teh stoopid, it burns. Oi!

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Dave R.,

“chin slinky” ?

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Pogo,

“I bet Michelle has never met a rib she didn’t love.”

According the bible…most women haven’t.

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Scruffy, less-than-full beard, jewcowboy.

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Sounds rather Herodian…

And abortion on demand doesn’t?

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(E.O.I.)

February 21st, 2011
5:12 pm

And you’d be right!?

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BTW. Libya is awful. Let’s hope the nutjob doesn’t follow through on what he says.

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I thought after Libya rid itself of WMD that the Bush administration had deemed them to be a friend of America. After all, Gadhafi is no friend of Islamic extremism.

Shoot. You ever see some of the eye candy the man has at his side?

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Dave R. @ 5.17,

Ahhh..gotcha

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Well, now we see that Pres. Bush’s plot to cause oil prices to rise to benefit all of his oil friends is coming to fruition.

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jewcowboy, I don’t I think he should say anything if he doesn’t have grasp. He may have learned his lesson during the Egyptian crises where members of his administration made numerous contradictory statements. Although, in the past our presidents as leaders of the free world have typically communicated America’s position strongly on events such as what’s now occurring in Libya, Iran and the Middle East.

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He just murdered Jewish children.

Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, [so] making peace–Ephesians 2:15

Jews and Gentiles alike.

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Tommy Maddox, 5:26

Do you know how crazy you sound? President bush’s PLOT???

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We’d rather be “friends” with ruthless dictators than support freedom and democracy?

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Southern Comfort (E.O.I.)

February 21st, 2011
5:18 pm

jt

How do you know statistics are not kept?

Let me reframe my statement. Statistics are not SHOWN to the public.

Prove me wrong…..you can’t. Moammer Gadhafi kills 200. No different than 4 in Ohio.IMHO.

Statism always ends this way.

Cannon Fodder—————————–back at you—————————-

Excellent soundtrack.
Too close to the truth to be popular………………WAR,INC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXY8GsfnzE4

I’m out to enjoy the short-lived peace.

In closing,,,,,,,,,,,,,,on President’s day, let me offer————-From Robert Higgs—————

Great Leader, who art in Washington,

Hallowed be thy name.

Thy empire come,

thy will be done,

on earth as it is in the Oval Office.

Give us this day our daily dole.

And forgive us our late tax filings,

as we forgive the IRS for refunding our overpayments without interest.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from the DEA.

For thine is the federal prison system, the FBI, the military, the CIA, the regulatory agencies, the Surveillance State, and all the rest of the tyrannical apparatus under which we groan, not to mention

the power and the glory,

for ever and ever (unless justice is done sooner).

Amen.

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It’s the commodity speculators that have to go.

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Well, I did not intentionally finish the last post at 5:30. . But posting with crazies gets harder sometimes.

JOSEF,

While agreeing that President Obama is not the veteran foreign policy man we need, I do not think he can be blamed in any way for what has hit the Middle East. I think trouble was brewing a long time and the spark from WikiLeaks started a small fire in Tunisian that got the big one going.

I don’t believe anything that President Obama could have done or said could have prevented this wide uprising. Many guessed at its approach but few were certain when it would come. .

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Del,

“in the past our presidents as leaders of the free world have typically communicated America’s position strongly on events such as what’s now occurring in Libya, Iran and the Middle East.”

How is he not doing that?

“In a written statement issued Friday, Mr. Obama offered his condolences to the families of those killed during the demonstrations, and Monday the senior administration official once again called for “the need to avoid violence against peaceful protesters,” reiterating the need to respect universal human rights, including the right to peaceful assembly.

The senior official said the administration is considering “all appropriate actions.”

I’m just making the point that when someone is critical of everything the President says and does, his credibility on the President’s job performance is a bit suspect.

Anywho…I have to walk the wieners…have a pleasant evening.

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joseph, further deterioration in the Middle East will make us all very disappointed in many ways regardless of political preference, we’ll all feel the pain. Based on that fact, I don’t wish the president ill in whatever foreign policies the administration puts forth in the Middle East, I just don’t have confidence that he’s the best for the job. Should he step up and show foreign relation skills that I don’t believe he possess, I’ll applaud and please remind me I said that should I forget.

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GELDING
“We’d rather be “friends” with ruthless dictators than support freedom and democracy?”

Yes.

Frog
“whether you like it or not, Islam, like christianity and judaism has
always been motivated by the love of money

No. People have been motivated by the love of money. Jews, Muslims, and Christians have no special propensity that direction. The homo sapiens is the aquisitive ape.

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jewcowboy, you must then find suspect the credibility of many of your fellow liberals on this blog, although I’ve never seen you mention it.

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DUSTY

Which is why I said it’s coming on his watch. I think that his foreign policy direction change emboldened the oppressed to shake of their oppressors…

DEL

I wish our President the best, but I do believe that his feel good PR gambit vis a vis the Mid East was not very well thought out in relation to the potential consequences of those, particularly the idealistic youth, who took it as a serious departure from the same old same old when it comes to implementation…

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josef, I have not seen the great houses of worship nor
the commercial enterprises directed by the other religions of the
world.

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josef, I agree. time to go pick up my daughter. later

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No, just stop supporting them.

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barking frog…
Hindu temples? Pagodas? Buddhist shrines? The earth is littered with them. The Pyramids of Tenochtilan? Right here at home, the Etowah mounds….it’s intrinsic and in almost all of them, the “house of worship” was also the center of buisness, trade and commerce, tax collection and what have you…

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“it’s intrinsic and in almost all of them, the “house of worship” was also the center of buisness, trade and commerce, tax collection and what have you”

If you want your religion to survive, you court your local government. If you want your government to survive you court the local religion. They have always been in bed together.

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Rumor has it that Rumsfeld is offering a handshaking photo-op to Walker and Gadafi.

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“Christians are not motivated by money”.

In this day and age, that is almost funny.

Many are not, but a whole boatload are. And I guess most of the TV charlatans from Creflo Dollar to Jerry Falwell never got that message.

“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” Luke 16:13

And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! Mark 10:23, 24

“Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you toward repentance?” These are the riches which brings eternal life. Romans 2:4

No kidding, mammon is big time popular these days…

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Boy, this is just the bad boy roundup today. Blood lusting Libyan dictators and blood sucking union strikers….

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Doggone,

Have you seen the HIndu temple on 29? The beautiful synagogues and Mosques in America You pick one item and make it a symbol. Narrow vision.

Barking Frog,

Faith & salvation are not found in the collection plate but help for the poor, the sick, the prisoner, the homeless, the storm ridden, the starving, the war ridden are reached with the help that comes through that collection plate. Besides extending love, Christians also do what they can in other ways. The collection plate helps do that. Prayer does the rest.

Have you ever prayed in a really tough moment? If not, you are an exception.

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LWM, even 43 years on, it is still scary crazy how nuts we went back then.

Red, white and blue blood lust. Always popular with the fringe. Who do it via vicarious methods now.

And Fodder, don’t be too hard on Dumsfeld.

It was just his way of starring in the 1980s Worldwide Apology Tour…

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What jm left out – props for getting the pronunciation correct.

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Frog

Yes. That’s what the mound building culture did…and have you seen the Hindu temple in Atlanta?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_Temple_of_Atlanta

Right up there with Ahavath Achim and Christ the King for gaudy and ostentatious (my opinion and taste…)

And a bit abroad

http://sacredsites.com/asia/burma_myanmar/rangoon.html

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What jm left out BTW, thank heavens for the Koch brothers employing thousands of Georgians and Atlantans.

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josef,

How many Hindu temples in Atlanta? Did you say the..?

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Paul, I too was wondering how that obsequious Hoosier would act around him!

http://0.tqn.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/_/1/saddam_rummy.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ZKIX0ICZo

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frog

from wikipedia…

“The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Atlanta in adjacent Lilburn, Georgia is currently the largest Hindu temple in the world outside of India. It is one of approximately 15 Hindu temples in the metro Atlanta area.”

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So much for mob rule (democracy). Long live the republic.

And yes, for those in mid-town, there is a big difference.

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PAULO

As I said further on, much of his Cairo speech dealing with our new approach to the Mid East and Islaam had to do with our encouraging those societies to see our direction under Obama to be something other than the same old, same old of supporting dictators serving our interests…

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Dems are shooting themselves in the foot. Change is actually afoot, they’re not part of it, and they don’t understand it.

Heavily Democratic states cut in half since 2008: Gallup
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Hope and Change has struck the Democratic Party in a big — and unexpected — way. Gallup analyzes its poll data from 2010 on party affiliation to look at the shift in each state, and the news is almost uniformly bad for Democrats. Almost every state has had a decrease in voter affiliation for Democrats, most of those significant, and the number of solidly-blue states has been cut in half:

Gallup’s analysis of party affiliation in the U.S. states shows a marked decline in the number of solidly Democratic states from 2008 (30) to 2010 (14). The number of politically competitive states increased over the same period, from 10 to 18, with more limited growth in the number of leaning or solidly Republican states. …

Even with Democratic Party affiliation declining during the past two years, Democratic states still outnumbered Republican states by 23 to 10 last year, and there were 14 solidly Democratic states compared with 5 solidly Republican states. …

Looking more closely at the changes in state party affiliation since 2008, only one state moved from a Democratic positioning to a Republican positioning — New Hampshire, which was solidly Democratic in 2008 but now is considered leaning Republican. Alabama, Kansas, Montana, and South Dakota moved from a competitive designation to solidly or leaning Republican status. A total of 12 states — Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin — shifted from solidly or leaning Democratic to competitive. No states have moved in a more Democratic direction since 2008. (A listing of each state’s classification for 2008, 2009, and 2010 is available on page 2 of this report.)

http://hotair.com/archives/2011/02/21/heavily-democratic-states-cut-in-half-since-2008-gallup/

Uh oh.

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“My supposition is that which prez is in the White House or which foreign policy is being used, matters little..”

Sounds like someone spent quite a bit of time out of the country and doesn’t think, as many Americans do, that everything revolves around us or is caused by us, or concerns us, or….

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Those mercenaries being sent to Libya? Unconfirmed reports say they’re Ukranian pilots flying Libyan MiGs. The source claims the Italian mafia is also assisting the regime of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and that boats operated by Italians have attacked demonstrators in Benghazi and Tripoli.

It’s in Italy’s best interest that Gadhafi remain in power. Not only are they heavily invested in Libya’s oil sector, they’re concerned about the rise of an Islamic emirate on their border.

Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Feb. 21 that he is “extremely concerned about the self-proclamation of the so-called Islamic Emirate of Benghazi,” adding that such a regime on the borders of Europe would be a serious threat.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14856872,00.html

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frog
@ 6:29

jm

Frankly, in my opinion, President Obama is too centrist for the right and left wing dogmatists…

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@@

Not to mention Libya was an Italian colony…

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I see the Libyan ambassador is begging Obama to make a statement. Now I do find it curious how sometimes Obama’s like a jack in the box making statements and sometimes he can’t be bothered to say anything, but what exactly could he say that would make any difference?

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jm 6:31 Obama may not be so far left but just not far enough right…
Romney appears to be embarking on a feel good campaign as Jay
said recently that he has the ability to engender trust and if he can
portray enough fiscal responsibility he may make a race of it.

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Sounds like the Middle East is having an “all skate” !

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PAUL

There is a lot of truth to waht you say, but let’s not lose sight of the fact that when things DO get out of hand, “they” come wanting us to intervene and straighten things out…and that’s not me being jingoistic…

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jonix 6:37 – you’re correct that he’s not popular with the far left because he hasn’t executed on his promises (Guantanamo, Iraq, etc.). But that doesn’t make him a centrist.

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Obama is too far left for America.

The only thing left about Obama is the party he represents. He is nowhere near far left. Maybe it seems that way for someone who’s sitting on the far right. However, for those in the center or moderates on either side would not see him as a far left president.

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Love me some Government. Let’s have more!!!!

Uncle Sam: Jacking up your airfare
February 21, 2011 5:00 am

It’s hard to defend all the fees that airlines charge, but it sure is easy to get mad at all the taxes the government tacks on.

By Becky Quick, contributor

Which item do you think has the most federal taxes and fees attached to it: (1) a can of Budweiser, (2) a carton of Marlboro Reds, (3) a Smith & Wesson Centennial revolver, or (4) a roundtrip airline ticket from Chicago to St. Louis?

If you guessed the beer, cigarettes, or gun, you’d be wrong. Federal taxes and fees tally up to about 5% for the beer, 18.2% for the cigarettes, and 10% for the revolver. But buying an airline ticket pushes the boundaries of government taxation, initiating a slew of taxes and fees most of us never knew existed — a passenger ticket tax, a flight segment tax, a frequent-flier tax, a cargo waybill tax, a commercial jet fuel tax, and a 9/11 fee, just to name a few. I recently found a reasonably priced fare of just $151 for that roundtrip ticket to St. Louis. But tack on the fees and taxes and the total price came to $185.80, a markup of more than 20%.

http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/02/21/uncle-sam-jacking-up-your-airfare/

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Ay yes, where’s that old adage. All those other transportation forms are subsidized, but not rail…. wait a sec….

But the bigger problem with all of these taxes is that they’re not being used for what they should be: rebuilding and shoring up our air traffic control system, which is woefully out of date. The current system has been around since the 1960s. “Your car has more navigation technology in it than most airplanes,” says Richard Anderson, the CEO of Delta Air Lines (DAL) and the new chairman of the Air Transport Association. “Everybody’s car has a GPS system, but most airlines still use altimeters and compasses.” (Lawmakers in Washington are mulling a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration that would include funding for modernization, but final passage has been plagued by, well, delays. At least the airlines know how we feel.)

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Obama went into office appealing to the left centrists. The GOP gains in the mid term elections came from their appealing to the right centrists.

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josef nix

“when things DO get out of hand, “they” come wanting us to intervene and straighten things out”

“and when we do they turn on us for interfering.”

No good deed goes unpunished.

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All those other transportation forms are subsidized, but not rail

Railroads have enjoyed government subsidies and breaks, almost since day 1. The Transcontinental Railroad wasn’t built by private capitalists trying to make a buck, it was subsidized by the Federal government, for a variety of reasons. And the railroads were given millions of acres of free land, a lot of which they sold, across the West. In some places, they got free land 10 miles either side of the track.

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PAUL

Yep. Of course, I’m a left wing isolationist!

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Walker tells NRO that Obama should butt out. “The president of the United States should worry more about balancing the federal budget, which he certainly isn’t doing right now,” he says. “Whether it’s him, or these national political leaders busing people in, we are not going to be intimidated by people from outside the state of Wisconsin.”

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehah

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Just my opinion, but Wisconsin is a distraction…

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josef 7:00

they had it covered in buffaoes that needed to be de-tongued
for eating pleasure…

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Headline: “Undercover agent slips through DFW security with gun in bra”

We don’t have rules for checking man-bras or those man-bags that those FOX guys like to carry around.

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cause at that time the land was cheeeeeeap.

When it was given to them it was cheap, it wasn’t cheap when they sold it. They made tons of money off of it.

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(Lawmakers in Washington are mulling a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration that would include funding for modernization, but final passage has been plagued by, well, delays. At least the airlines know how we feel.)

Delays my ass. Call it for what it is. Passage is delayed by the GOP cutting the budget. Airlines wanted deregulation, and so they got it. Maybe they would get subsidized if they were regulated. As the old saying goes, be careful of what you ask for because you just might get it.

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Libya is light years more important geopolitically than Afghanistan. Libs have oil, Afghans have poppies. We should redeploy our troops to Libya to support Gadhafi if his own forces can’t control the mobs. We must protect the oil. Like in Iraq.

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Hillbilly

True. But they was awfully white and down in Uncle Sam’s Oldest Colony there were about 4,000,000 andless darker hued, native born, English speakers…oh, well, I guess you would have had to have been there, eh?

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Well, let’s be honest here. If you go back far enough, the Indians were immigrants too. I’m not saying they didn’t get a (very) raw deal. But I do get tired of the “we’re all immigrants” thing….

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Undercover agent slips through DFW security with gun in bra

Care to post a link with the story? All I see is links on blogs without any story to go along with the headline.

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josef @ 7:16

Yeah, a tad two-faced on that, some of them were.

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SoCo,

Here you go

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A boy in a dress.

A transvestite.

A transexual.

What about cross-dressers?

I don’t get it….I just don’t get it.

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In fact, if the “hard choices” he likes to talk about involve compromising in any way his political prospects or spending his political popularity to achieve fiscal sanity, there’s zero evidence so far. His budget contains a few token cuts (10 percent in community development block grants, a couple billion dollars in heating-oil subsidies that will most discomfit Republican senators from New England) that allow him to claim a centrist mantle. To the extent he achieves operating balance, it’s with the usual gimmicks: a rosy economic forecast; cuts that stretch over 10 years – past even a second term – to pay for spending during the next two. A magical pot of money for transportation, with no mention of its source. His State of the Union address was a campaign speech about contrast, not cooperation: Democrats want to win the future; Republicans want to starve it.

So here’s the hope: A bipartisan group of senators, led by Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), comes up with a plausible plan for serious deficit reduction – and Obama decides that hitching his wagon to it might help him in 2012. It might not fit the definition of leadership, but it now seems like the only chance for progress in the next two years.

Obama the follower. We elected a follower to President. Laaaaame.

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Obama has redefined POTUS. The Political Prostitute of the United States of America. I look forward to that announcement at the beginning of the next State of the Union. But I feel bad for the Sargeant at Arms, having to introduce such a pathetic figure.

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What y’all talking about that lapdog, Saxby, for. Is he being called up to do his little bit for Imperial Sugar again or someone else this time.

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Paul:

josef’s gay. I’m straight.

Neither of us understand it.

The way I look at it You either IS or you ISN’T okay with who and what you are. No need to dress it up OR down.

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RW

Thanks, I had found that same one after clicking a few links from google..

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“No need to dress it up OR down

Do you ever wear trousers?

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It sure is nice to have a real president for a change instead of that Bush. I’m looking forward to voting for President Obama for a second term. I wonder if McCain will win the Republican primary again.

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The oil has not stopped flowing yet. And gas has not reached the $4 mark. Just wait. All of this unrest will give OPEC the needed excuse to squeeze gazillions of more dollars out of us for our gluttony of fossil fuels. The biggest prize in the ME is Saudi Arabia. Virtually unprotected, at the head of line for tyranny and an old family of aristocrats just waiting to be plucked out of the system. Then what happens? Oil to the highest bidder. We just have to hope that whoever takes over the govt of the oil rich countries in the ME have some compassion for the West. Does that sound like a pipe dream? Probably. Israel is a player in this game…. don’t forget Israel. Although Bozo keeps Bebe waiting while he has dinner, Bebe is not a patient man. Maybe Nostrademus was right.

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Doggone:

Do you ever wear trousers?

Can’t say that I do. Never been able to find a pair long enough.

schnirt

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Did Redneck miss getting that delivery of Boones Farm to Dusty on schedule. You know how she gets, Redneck.

Well, I don’t haul the cheap stuff–not even for Sister Dusty. We got standards. It’s got to be at least the quality of PBR to get on my truck.

So Sister Dusty gets a little cranky when she can’t find her cheap wine. How can you tell the difference? I mean, most of the time she’ll bite your head off anyway. She’s only happy when she’s gnawing a Burger King Whopper.

Have a good night everybody and don’t talk about me while I’m sleeping.

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exactly

“You have shut down the people’s government, and that’s not acceptable,” Fitzgerald said of the Democrats.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49919.html#ixzz1Ee0HLSrC

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Kayaker

Bibi and Barry have long since worked out their deal, on that you can bet your last shekel and barrel of oil…

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josef nix

Saw’em both. Prefer To Wong Foo. Just had more pizzazz. And the changing attitudes in small town America metaphor.

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Just seemed not many had much to offer on Iraq. I liked Swayze in it. Read once he said he wanted the part because of memories of kids chasing him and throwing rocks as he walked home from his mom’s dance studio.

Read an article today by a Tufts poli-sci guy regarding Friedman/Stratfor. Wasn’t all that positive. Frankly, I think the guy was ticked Friedman’s books outsell his.

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PAUL

Preferred Priscilla…it was grittier. What can I say, though, I like Angst!

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Hey Dusty just wait – someone will claim that.

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Thought about you last p.m. You know how they’re always coming down on you hereabouts for citing Stratfor? CNN had a Stratfor on as their informed source on Libya last p.m. (Lemon)

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Uh oh well, just listening to folks running down the USA and the presidents, past & present, and anybody that has worked in upper echelon government. and we do anything for oil or money and on and on…

TAXPAYER can’t you get anything straight? I love that delightful and delectable Manichevitz. Boone Farm? Not familiar with it. That stuff Redneck delivers would kill a cat quicker than anti-freeze. Or cause brain damage. For that last reason, I conclude that. many here do enjoy that ol’ RedNeck stuff he SUPPOSEDLY delivers. Actually he lives near the clubhouse on the golf course. A gated mini-mansion man of means–with pink flamingos of course… As granny says, bless his heart!!

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Tommy Maddox….go hide your head…

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It will be interesting to see how everything plays out in the ME. Ghadafi is no different than Stalin.

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Joseph,

It has to change. Things are heating up over there. What oil rich country is going to be our friend? Certainly not Egypt. Certainly not Iran. Maybe Chavez. Maybe Iraq but the dust has not settled on that yet. That leaves the Saudis and the Kuwaitis. The key thing in this that Bozo has to solve is the price of oil. That keeps him in a second term. That’s the only dog we have in this hunt. We could care less about the future of the poor people of Libya. Just keep the oil coming….. and at a good price so we get politicians re- elected. I would like to think that W had a say in what is happening in the ME. But it is too soon to say. Wonder if they threw out the Muslim brotherhood and had free elections and ….. but that is a pipe dream, n’est-ce pas?

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I can see a lot of people dying in the ME. It’s not going to be a pretty picture. I don’t think any other country will have the outcome that Egypt had. Mubarak was hard, but he was nowhere near hardcore like the other leaders over there.

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I honestly think most of the BHO loathing here is just thinly disguised self loathing.

And had I the lack of sanity to vote for George even once (much less twice), I’d probably look for every imaginable bogey man to make me feel better about that Grade A, industrial strength, major league, unrivaled f&ck up of a mistake in judgment too!

Sorry boys, as bad as Barry is, he’s not only not on the same level as George, he’s not even in the same building yet.

Quit deflecting, grow up and own it…

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It’s amazing how these paper dictators crumble in the face of public unrest. Only took 18 da in Egypt. Might take awhile longer in Yemen, Syria, Libya….. the big question is what all of this means. And they are sitting on the oil that we need to prime our economy. Maybe W was right. Maybe all it took was a spark. I’d sure to think so.

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KAYAKER

You said”I would like to think that W had a say in what is happening in the MidEast.” Like what? That Bush got rid of one of the only missing dictators in the Middle East?

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Stratfor is nothing more than strategic or geopolitical analysis. They definitely know where the players are and offer speculation as to what they may be up to.

In almost every article, they’ll refer you back to previous articles, some will take me back years. Take that year’s, this year’s and anything in between. Put them together and VOILA….connect the dots.

Major players and strategic interests. Fascinating!

Can’t call ‘em right-wing. They seem to have ZERO interest in politics per se. Like me, they probably see politics as child’s play.

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Dusty,

No, it goes a lot further than that. Bush had a vision, like it or not, that there was some hope for democracy in the ME. After reading his book, “Decisions”, he may have been right. I am not sure that his motives were as pure as they should have been in the beginning but as things evolved, it took on a different spin. And I am not so sure that that was all bad. Things get done because good men act. History will have to determine whether or not he was right but history is rearing it’s ugly head as we speak.

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Hillbilly
I would agree with you on Egypt. The military there has a pretty good reputation in the general population, Mubarak notwithstanding. They are aware that to preserve that image, it will be necessary to move toward civilian government, but with a strong military presence. Played right, it could be a win-win situation. It remains to be seen if their leadership is up to the challenge, both the military and the civillian. If they can capitalize on the good will and carpiet diem…

AmVet

This is the secularists’ moment…again, it remains to be seen if they seize it…most likely, in Tunisia, a bit more iffy in Egypt…it won’t happen in Bahrain. Yemen is, well, Yemen. Morocco, I hope, will capitalize on its moderate traditions. Libya…? Who knows…

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Taxpayer:

I couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn from 10 feet away.

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Make that John Roger Commons?

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Well, Kayaker,

One of the first things I heard about Egypt’s disruption was the thought that they too desired to be free which is one way of saying democracy. While there is hate for us in some parts of the MIddle East, I think there is still a world view that America is the bastion of freedom. Why do so many people try to get here one way or another just to enjoy the benefits of our republic?

I think we forget our own privilege of democracy by constant griping, political complaints, and downgrading our own country. Appreciation is almost invisible. The only time it is noticable is when someone sings the Star Spangled Banner at a ball game. Then they notice. On a blog? Only the negative.

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“Liberals wake up in the morning thinking it’s tomorrow. Conservatives wake up in the morning thinking it’s yesterday.” –Unmentionable

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I couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn from 10 feet away.

You should move about seven feet closer before swinging it next time.

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I bet Rambo Jimmy could clean up the middle east in no time.

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Taxpayer:

You should move about seven feet closer before swinging it next time.

Hitting a baseball? THAT, I’m good at!!!!

Better than most of the guys I know.

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SoCo

Gotcha!

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AmVet

In case you might be looking for a job.

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/dreamjob/index.jsp

I would apply but I don’t want to live in NYC and I probably couldn’t pass the background check, anyway.

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“State orders Detroit to close half its schools”

And you libs. think Wisconsin is bad? When do the mobs go to Detroit?

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/#ixzz1EeKhzBly

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Gotta run…rough week this week at work…

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josef:

You know I respect your opinions but I must jump in here. Obama is as far left as any president the United States has ever had and then take two more steps left into the “radical zone”.

His ideology is harmful to this country.

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Southern Comfort :

I hear you. I forgot you were TSA.

You know there is still a very, very major security gap at the airport …………. right ?

I just don’t want to say what it is on here.

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0311, regarding security gap…will the general public be made aware of it and more importantly will it be fixed? We’re flying out of the country in August to Southeast Asia.

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SoCo:

No thanks. Guns are too loud.

I went target shooting once. I tended to close my eyes while pulling the trigger. It was as though I wouldn’t hear it if my eyes were closed. Beats covering my ears while pulling the trigger.

(ISH)

I’m pretty hopeless when it comes to firearms.

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I’m pretty hopeless when it comes to firearms.

When it comes to barns, it’s pretty simple, point and shoot. (IW&SH)

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I could get some of those ear thingies though.

I can see it now…a burglar breaks into the house and not only am I rushing to find the gun, I’ve gotta put my ear thingies on too.

I’d probably shoot myself in the process.

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Del, thanks for the response.

I don’t see any difference.

I think there is a tiny handful that actually do abhor these men.

Most of us just b!tch about them, but that’s it. No malice.

Immediately after 9/11, I said that I was so thankful that nothing happened to the President. Even though I was no fan of his. But had they killed him, it would have been a hundred times worse for me.

And I suspect for most decent Americans.

HD @9:07,

Wow!

That would be something, huh?

Eating, drinking and sleeping baseball! (Baseball bin beddy beddy good to me!)

Maybe thirty years ago, I’d have considered it…

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Del

I’m inclined to agree with you. Obama was far left in almost all activities before he became president. Now he tries to repudiate that reputation by being moderately left. It comes across as indecisive, vacillating in the “wishy-washy”. He does not project strength or determination, something a president really needs.

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If it’s the sound that bothers you, this one would probably work for you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7chrgtPYDY

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SoCo:

A woman with a silencer!!??!!

Every man’s dream.

(ISH)

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Southern Comfort:

I meant “were” as in “now” ………….

Yep, we can’t outline it hear but it’s not good. I was part of an airport security survey team right after 9/11 before they would allow Atlanta flights into Reagan National.

That’s the first thing we brought to everyone’s attention then and it still hasn’t been corrected.

If the big one ever happens out of Atlanta and it’s for that reason I will be the first one to volunteer my testimony to a Senate subcommittee and I hope heads roll !!!

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If I was hunting barns, I might want something like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScNxzy1fRZw&feature=related

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w had nothing to do with it cons but if saddam was still there, they would probably join the protest to remove him. al marlika is not running again because of the protests.

It started with a man setting himself on fire because a government official would not let him sell his fruit to support his family. The story went viral in the ME on the internet.

Iraq was a mistake you cons will never man up and admit.

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AmVet,

George W. Bush yanked this country to its feet after 9/11. I think you remember with faint praise.

Usually you don’t remember at all. You are most specific in calling President
Bush every sorry, scummy name you can produce with every literary insult you can conjure up.

No malice? Can you really fool youself that much? It is too late, AmVet. You have spread your malice too thickly to erase it now. Mr. NiceGuy has been gone too long.

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Day after day, you come here and personally insulted a wide variety of people. Without provocation.

Try healing yourself, before playing psychologist on me Ms. Nice Gal.

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I hate Reagan National……….. That’s one airport that I won’t miss seeing anytime in the near future.

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Getalife,

If Saddam were still around he would probably be laying ‘em down with poison gas like he did with the Kurds. Or..sending them to his torture chambers.

I aven’t heard the Iraqis wishing Saddam was still alive and kickin’.. They hung him as soon as they could get their hands on him..

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Paul:

Nothing is fixed.

Can’t turn us on unless we’re off to start with.

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Sountern Comfort:

Another time about six of us were going to refuse to take an “Air Niger” from Niger to Paris after we took a look at its rusted hulk.

Then the British pilot and co-pilot came by and talked us into going. They said the airline was too cheap to have it painted but all the maintenance was done in Great Britain so we went …………………………. and held out breath.

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AmVet, 9:46

It would not take a psychologist to spot your constant carping. Even a child could do it. I only mention it when you are flinging it around. Just think. You could be a sweetheart without that. Too bad. Kinda sad….

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HD

I’m willing to wager you’d bag a 16 point barn with that puppy. I’d probably pack this one here. Something about this video just challenges me to shoot that gun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FCY3_5Bg1M

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Scout

Which approach, from the south or north? I really, really, really hate that north approach. I haven’t seen anything to match that Air Niger yet, but had a take-off from LaGuardia during a thunderstorm that would have given the Scream Machine at Six Flags a run for it’s money. That was one day that I was happy that I don’t get motion sickness.

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Hillbilly:

You may enjoy looking at these old pictures. Two hits…one to pull up the pic w/caption and another hit on the picture to enlarge.

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/results.asp?pageno=1&subject_broad_id=&subject_narrow_id=&subject_narrow=Strikes+and+lockouts&results_relevancy=&search_type=basic&sort_by=date

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Well good night to my conservative friends, @@, Dusty, 0311 ( why do you have to have so many MOS’s?) and to my liberal friends, AmVet, SoCo, Paul, H.D., josef and disgusted, the high school cheer leader whose Momma doesn’t know she’s up so late trying to impersonate a Marine. Taps

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Dusty 10:02

But of course!

I know when I’ve met my match -

http://tinyurl.com/4nraojp

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0311 @ 10:09

That’s not a handgun; it’s a very short rifle.

@@

Interesting pics.

Nite all.

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Del:

You know the first two.

The last two are federal law enforcement series.

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Nite Del….

Paul

It’s Monday, you’re Liberal on Mondays, right??

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1801

I know what you mean by being a bit hesitant about boarding a rusty airplane. After working on the Hopi Reservation at Keams Canyon, I needed a ride to Phoenix. I left on the “hospital “plane which they had for emergency trips to Phoenix and patients for major surgery. It held about a dozen patients and you could see clear through from the “windshield” to the tail parts. Not the latest thing in airplanes. One patient with an IV going was the co-pilot. A mother had a baby on a baby board. There was coughing and sniffling. The pilot said to me , “Come on, we’ve got room for one more.” . So I got on.

We took off from a dirt runway at Polaco between the mesas. The wind leg was blowing right and it was the only thing at the “airport”. Not a bad trip even with the swoops over the mountains around Phoenix. I made it happily into the airport and hopped on a shiny Delta plane for Atlanta.

Rust is a nice color but I like silver better for planes, ’specially the one I am flying on.

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Dusty:

Not me ! If I never get on another plane I’ll be happy.

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You could be a sweetheart without that.

You’re right. I’ll try harder.

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Goodnight, 1801. Getting late. Goodnight, AmVet. Pleasant dreams.

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Obama reminds me of president Carter. Carter lost Iran, but gain Egypt as an ally.

How will history judge Obama?

Why did Obama engineer a coup against Mubarak but is SILENT on Libya?
Abandoned the Green movement to Iranian thugs in June of 2009.

Ronald Reagan may not have been as smart as Obama, but he knew two things:
(a) Who are his friends, and (b) Who are his enemies.
Why has Obama forgotten?

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“large-scale violence against your own people isn’t supposed to be practical any longer”
That’s a good one, Jay. Funny how bad people will be bad people despite all the condemnation of others.

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HD, if you’re around this morning–I just heard an enlightening chat about genetically modified crops, recalled how we had discussed how Monsanto’s GMOs affected a Canadian farmer who wound up winning a lawsuit against them. Figured it might be of interest–

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2011/feb/21/dish-gmos/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=%24{feed}&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+%24{bl}+%28%24{Brian+Lehrer}%29

See also–NYTimes story on the Ag secretary’s change of policy when it comes to labeling such food products, from a few weeks back:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/business/28alfalfa.html

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State’s Ratter Sheets upstairs.

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Why don’t you take an online poll: Who’s crazier, Charlie Sheen or Moammar Gadhafi? I think Sheen will turn out to be bipolar, but Gadhafi is just plain nuts, with an overwhelming God complex.

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