‘It’s the end of the world as we’ve known it,’ how ya feeling?

I know my friend is very VERY upset R.E.M. is disbanded.

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REM fan from way, way back…

My favorite and a good video with it…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pudOFG5X6uA

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S46OE902tM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otv6SqWJYuE&feature=related

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as I mentioned on KW’s blog, I was a casual REM fan at best, but they were the real deal from ‘82 (when I first heard a catchy Rickenbacker-driven tune called Radio Free Europe) through Monster in the mid-90’s. so tonight when I hit the pub, I’ll probably drop a few quarters (actually, my debit card) into the jukebox (actually, just a touchscreen on the wall) and spin (actually, sellect a MP3 file) from Life’s Rich Pagent, Murmur, or Automatic For the People. and given their street cred, I like the fact we won’t have to suffer through any “reunion” tours, and I doubt we’ll see them at Lakewood in 2020 playing a double bill with (what’s left of ) the Replacements, Smithereens and Oingo Boingo.

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End of the world?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwYNWYaS3bI&feature=related

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saw them at the 688 club @688 spring st back in the day…I think it was after their first album

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Why did REM have to break up and ruin a day of what could have been great music? The Trane rocked. Especially (for me anyway) in that time period when it was him and Thelonius Monk. Ah, takes me back. Seriously though, THAT was music.

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And for the end of the world with a hopeful note.

From a one-hit wonder.

Hopeful, if you think the lyrics at the end make any sense at all -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQB2-Kmiic&feature=related

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Begin the Begin is like Jack Keruoac writing lyrics for the Byrds…

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Paul,

For some reason that song has always seriously creeped me out.

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Paul great lyrics and music from a former member of the New Christy Minstrels!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cazfL4eFZg0

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out of the blue

You were in that group? Or a former member wrote it?

For all our farfarfarfarRight friends. Heaven knows they really want to sing along but are wound just a tad too tight…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jr9hPbYmBo

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No Paul….I can’t sing a lick…Barry Mcguire was in that group.

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Bosch, the Stones haven’t done too much lately either. So maybe it is just you.

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Bosch

My first was 3:58 Barry McGuire on the eve of destruction.

I was into the sci fi stuff when 2025 came out so it was right up my alley. Plus I liked the way it progressed every thousand years.

out of the blue

know what you mean about the singing thing. Have a son with an absolutely beautiful voice. He’s like “yeah, what’s the big deal?” about it.

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And just for fun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atBg9zLI2bA

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Kam – Thank you.

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josef

If that doesn’t get our Rightie friends out of their straitjacket, I don’t know what will -

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I was ten thousand miles away during the REM decade…Doing the dirty work for Banksters and Politicians.

Sounds a lot like the comments of Gen. Smedley Butler, USMC, twice awarded the Medal of Honor. In 1935, after retirement, he looked back on his military service and wrote

I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class thug for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902–1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.

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I feel fine:

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

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PAUL

Another for them…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4AoE7iKWQI&feature=related

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Disgusted

Isn’t there a song with these lyrics – “that’s just the way it is, some things just never change”?

The Military-Industrial-Complex is getting stronger every year.

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josef

Isn’t that just like’em? Complain, complain, but when it comes time to actually contribute anything….

Maybe they just aren’t the musical type.

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Oops, time to change monikers…

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End of the world? Then gaze into…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE92fD-kIs8&feature=related

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Today marked the end of a different world, (PV, USA). You won’t want to watch this unless you were an addict for at least some portion of the last four decades. **sniffle, sniff, sob!**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq-sx0dMIEM

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Who mentioned Gram Parsons….kudos Vet…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG7CQ0YugFc

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If we’re talking the great Gram, here’s Emmylou Harris’ tribute to him, especially since she was his greatest discovery.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgzlNxUF3b0

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Matti, what a hoot!

My mom started watching it back in the 1970s.

Not sure why Tom, but I always got the feeling that lots of people liked putting Sheryl Crow down. She is one of the rockinest chicks out there. And what a great cover of a great old song.

blue, back in the day, I really had no idea who he was. Or the obvious impact he had on a bunch of other artists in tow different genres.

But you know he was the real deal when he played with these guys. Here, doing a fine Dylan cover…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS6OhC-4Zyw&feature=related

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Jamvet, You heading to Waycross for the weekend?

http://www.gramparsonsguitarpull.com/

My sweetie Elizabeth Cook is appearing.

http://youtu.be/oy99vOtdb14

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blue

“wasn’t that a party?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CgcQJLsYaQ&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL8B425337352BA35B

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Jam….Not only fine, but right up there with Mr. Tabourine man…..

speaking of tambourines!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIAzQ6M2Bow

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To my lib. friends !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkcYKC8ANt8&feature=related

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midtownguy,

Um, you don’t have to be a Tech fan to know that!

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heathen, damn I wish I was. That looks like fun.

Lots of great rockers back then were into some kind of country crossover…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz5PYxEHb6o

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One of my favorites was when they asked Michael Stipe about being a total out gay rocker he said “I was never in”.

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JamVet,
When I moved to Denver in ‘73, I was told the woman to men ratio was 9 to 1. all I knew was it was a lot of…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbIOJ7GjouQ&feature=related

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FWIW Alton Brown shot the video for “The One I Love” using a steadicam.

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Pretty Persuasion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLODwr4BnSs

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Normal, nice.

Even in this little town, Eagle, that I was in, it was great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWGa9TSIcfA

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxny60ZUsnA

music to my ears anyway – is Bro around?

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Normal

Bachmann? My sentiments….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ0s00HCfRA

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heathen, too funny.

I was looking for that scene in Dumb and Dumber with the words in that title. And started listening to it and really liked it. Something about it tells me to check them out…

That Bubble Puppy was great, Normal. And I actually did remember it. (Barely.) But not the next one. (LOL at the new Sarah reference. Ditto, jo)

Hi SOUTHERN ATL. Killer choice as usual!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-R_AgxhMUg

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Hello JamVet I liked yours too…..what about a little E.W.F.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ0vNTzbwtM

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Dedicated to my granddaughter of the same name…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID1_15EK-Ck

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Josef@6:38 …yes indeed…”Classic”…..

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Think I’ll pack it in and buy a pickup

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

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late to the party, but along with R.E.M in the 80’s this was one of my favorite records
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-_G7A0RbjU&feature=related

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It seems the participation in FNM is beginning to dwindle….Not so good, in that I thought the purpose was to mend broken fences!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1z48_BrqI4

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blue, not to worry. It’s all good.

Bought Silk Degrees right after it came out and loved it.

Moonlight through the pines, no less!

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

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Did someone say the world is at its end?

Well, then it’s time for this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxQFYeS5DoI

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JamVet,

I have that Boz Scaggs on tape, I believe. But, I would like to get my hands on that turntable.

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Kind of partial to the real early REM. ‘Radio Free Europe’ and the little mini EP album with ‘Wolves Lower’. If you are a native here, you know that Album 88 from Ga State University always played the best Punk and New Wave music in the late 70s, the 80s, into the 90s. They always played REM the 52s and other Athens’ bands.

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Frank, I like that band. Very influential.

Equinox Matti, love that name. Don’t be blue…

And Brother Kam nails it with that boss Pylon.

More Athens.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm1DzJpFMps

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Well, I don’t care who saw who where and how high they were back then. And this R.E.M. don’t mean a thing to me. I was dog-tired all day from staying up late to watch that debate last night on Fox, and here’s a song dedicated to all the canadates:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-NlR54PqLw

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For those of you who have tucked yourselves in early tonight, this one is for you.

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

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matti

Yep. Brother Bruno has issues, but as of a Friday night…well, it just ain’t the same when he’s not here…

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BADA:

Where have you been ?

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BADA:

Excellent !

Just remember …………… the libs. will want to “re-distribute” your good fortune !

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Re booing at gay soldier

If CNN is to be believed, only two people at debate boo’d soldier

Then the audience in retaliation went ape sh-t on those two people

Which was all the noise and retaliation boo’s heard

Butim sure libs won’t let that get in the way of their story

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REM fan here… check

Any CSI-NY fans around here? Talk about a bone chilling ending tonight when they showed the tribute wall to 9/11 first responders. I was a part of the 2996 project on the fifth anniversary. The first name they showed on CSI tonight was Joseph Angelini Sr. and five years ago that was the man I chose to write a tribute to.

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When is Mei Lan going to appear on DWTS?

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I checked in yesterday evening and literally couldn’t think of anything to say about REM that could be remotely insightful. Still can’t really, but for the record, there was about a solid decade in which I wouldn’t even consider not buying whatever-their-new-lp-happened-to-be.

For me the string kinda ended when Berry left–they didn’t quite have the magic after that, I didn’t think, but there was still lots of worthwhile stuff, they had a hell of a ride, and Georgians should feel some pride over their accomplishments.

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sfd, as I noted on KW’s blog on similar topic; when Berry left the remaining members were still a band; just not REM.

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From Sat AJC:

“Young adults lost in recession

Those 18-34 face unemployment and underemployment in such staggering numbers that they risk falling into poverty for years.

In record numbers, they’re struggling to find work, shunning long-distance moves to live with mom and dad, delaying marriage and raising kids out of wedlock, if they’re becoming parents at all. The unemployment rate for them is the highest since World War II, and they risk living in poverty more than others — nearly 1 in 5.’

Sad, but these were the young people that bought into Hope and Change. Perhaps positive, unintended consequence are listed above. Rebirth of the nuclear family, not having children out of wedlock.

That is change I can believe in.

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Per members leaving REM:

Felt the same years ago when GENESIS came out with “Then There Were Three”…………

After Gabriel left, it wasn’t genesis anymore………..

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I didn’t loose any under W. I lost two under O.

I could care less about aggregate numbers. I care about the population of “I”.

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yum,

w lost over 15 million jobs.

Our President added 2 million jobs then your party took our economy hostage to being us back into a recession.

Our President gave up on working with the treasonous gop and now it is up to the American people to choose to move forward or go back to the fifties.

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Sometimes it’s really hard to get in a decent nap around here!

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Yep…….the one’s this admin screwed when they took over school loans and preceded to charge 6,7,8% interest………..while the fed rate was/is sitting close to 0%…………

I can put in a good word for you if you like. I don’t think it’s right for them to go and hit you with a higher rate retroactively like that.

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9 Policies Conservatives Were For Before They Were Against Them

[F]rom eschewing the “magic” of market-based solutions to opposing tax credits for businesses, we see in the conservative coalition an almost perfect ideological flexibility. The only constant is that whatever policies Democrats propose — even those conservatives previously championed — are foreign and beyond the pale.

A great article worth reading.

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Might want to put in a good word for all the current kiddies that are getting the shaft……………….and to add insult to injury, many can’t even find a job to pay back those high loans……………

Hey! If they choose to go out and borrow truckloads of money just so they can pay for a Phoenix U. degree, they shouldn’t come back whining about not getting the job they were promised to anyone other than the person that made the promise in the first place and then only if they have that promise in writing and with all the appropriate signatures. By the way, we were offered loans at 1% but we turned them down. It just doesn’t seem right to have to borrow money to get an education so we pay as we go for anything not covered by scholarships and Hope. After all, Hope is pocket change you can believe in.

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Comes now news that some truckers hauling refrigerated trailers have been shutting down the refrigeration for long periods of time to save money. Of course, whatever food is in the trailer gets hot. Bon appetit!!!

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Well, well, It looks as though that “communist, socialist activist, and un-American Sean Penn..titles he has received from our staunch right-wingers pulled some of the strings in the release of the two hikers in Iran…..

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44647434/ns/today-entertainment/

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cons can’t find a candidate to beat our President so they should give the corporate donations back and let him win by default.

I think they don’t want the White House, just like 08.

They want someone else to clean up their mess, just like Clinton cleaned up after 12 years of Reagan and Bush Sr.

If a conservative SCOTUS seat was in play in the next four years, they would fight tooth and nail for the WH in 2012.

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Tax analogy

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten
comes to 100.
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something
like this …

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay 1.
The sixth would pay 3.
The seventh would pay 7.
The eighth would pay 12.
The ninth would pay 18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay 59.

So, that’s what they decided to do.
The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the
arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve ball.
“Since you are all such good customers,” he said, “I’m going to reduce
the cost of your daily beer by 20″. Drinks for the ten men would now
cost just 80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes.
So the first four men were unaffected.
They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men?
The paying customers?
How could they divide the 20 windfall so that everyone would get his
fair share?

They realised that 20 divided by six is 3.33. But if they subtracted
that from everybody’s share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would
each end up being paid to drink his beer.

So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s
bill by a higher percentage the poorer he was, to follow the principle
of the tax system they had been using, and he proceeded to work out the
amounts he suggested that each should now pay.

And so the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% saving).
The sixth now paid 2 instead of 3 (33% saving).
The seventh now paid 5 instead of 7 (28% saving).
The eighth now paid 9 instead of 12 (25% saving).
The ninth now paid 14 instead of 18 (22% saving).
The tenth now paid 49 instead of 59 (16% saving).

Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four
continued to drink for free. But, once outside the bar, the men began
to compare their savings.
“I only got a pound out of the 20 saving,” declared the sixth man. He
pointed to the tenth man, “but he got 10!”
“Yeah, that’s right,” exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a pound
too. It’s unfair that he got ten times more benefit than me!”
“That’s true!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get 10 back, when
I got only 2? The wealthy get all the breaks!”
“Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison, “we didn’t get
anything at all. This new tax system exploits the poor!”
The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat
down and had their beers without him. But when it came time to pay the
bill, they discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money
between all of them for even half of the bill!

And that, boys and girls, journalists and government ministers, is how
our tax system works.
The people who already pay the highest taxes will naturally get the most
benefit from a tax reduction.
Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not
show up any more.
In fact, they might start drinking overseas, where the atmosphere is
somewhat friendlier.

For those who understand, no explanation is needed.
For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.

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So Sean buddies up to the elected dictator to free the dumb as dirt hikers from the thugs running Iran, and he is suddenly a hero. I’ll give him his props for helping, but still label him a smo for being buddies with the under belly of the planet………

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Here’s my advice to all Righties on this blog who are unhappy with their tax burden. MOVE TO A COUNTRY WITH LOWER TAXES. No one’s stopping you. Get on a plane tomorrow. Believe me, we won’t miss you and your constant belly-aching about it! Goodbye!

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MD…..”Suddenly he is a hero!” Now where in that article was hero mentioned? I don’t believe it was! I guess the article was a little difficult for you to understand!

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Republican Debate Audience Unsympathetic to Dying Uninsured Man Hypothesis
Even after Wolf Blitzer collapses on stage, gasping for air, begging for help, they’re unmoved!

Yes, I can believe this!

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Up yours sooth. We’ll stay and we will continue to complain. After all, we are paying for the right to complain, unlike most of burnout retirees here who do nothing but consume and consume.

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“The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat
down and had their beers without him. But when it came time to pay the
bill, they discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money
between all of them for even half of the bill!”

So, they cancelled the 2 wars the rich guy started and they didn’t have to worry about money for beers for lo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ng time!

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Me too pogo.

Up yours.

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Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten
comes to 100.
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something
like this …

If anybody other than those first four agreed to split the bill that way, then they’d be 100% Grade A jackasses for agreeing to such a dumb ass idea.

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Headline: “Inspector general: Bush-era Pentagon officials cleared of wrongdoing”

O.K. …………… now that that is done ………… back to “Solargate” !!!

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getalife:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkcYKC8ANt8 (Up Yours)

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Did someone say “dance?”

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

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Looks like Mr. Rights beer party post got a lot of play. Old one but tells an interesting story.

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Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?

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Hiya, Midori!

Since Sooth opened the door, this one’s for you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWJexBuAF60

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excellent song Kammy. Thanks

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Headline: “Obama’s Plan Won’t Propel Job Growth, Economists Say”

Now Scout where did that headline come from? Oh Fox News! and, what did that headline actually say?

“Obama’s Jobs Plan Wouldn’t Make Huge Dent in Jobless Rate, Economists Say.”

Hell Scout everyone knows it’s going to take three to five years to correct the mess that the repubclican led legislature has has created.

And, are you one of those people who lie just to create your own version of the facts?

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/24/obamas-jobs-plan-wouldnt-make-huge-dent-in-jobless-rate-economists-say/#ixzz1YuJbom55

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jm

You can have your Porsche. Gimme All-American power with either the ZR1 Corvette or SRT8 Challenger any day. I prefer that my horses have an American accent to them.

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out of the
blue
“communist, socialist activist, and un-American Sean Penn……”

whaddya know!!!Great!!

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John Stewart cracks me up!

http://www.newshounds.us/2011/09/23/here_we_go_again_oreilly_v_jon_stewart_this_time_over_tax_hikes_for_millionaires.php

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out of the blue,

That John Stewart segment was hysterical. Made me want to adopt a millionaire.

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blue,

I’m multi-tasking…got football games on the tube, too.

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Did anyone post this one for Scout last night?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if-UzXIQ5vw&ob=av2e

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB48ZvBHmxQ

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Lovely late Saturday afternoon early fall day and we have the poor souls.

A regular poster posting about the habits of other regular posters.

The joke that never grows stale.

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Save your breath guys …………. Obama is DANGEROUS !

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Getalife

Herman Cain is awesome

Own it

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“Herman Cain is awesome”

If you say so JM, I guess you have thrown your love for Mittens under the bus for someone who long ago got run over by the bus!

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That’s Bill Monroe over there on the left. Lester Flatt in the center and Earl Scruggs on the right. What a beautiful song (listen to the words). Go to church tomorrow if you got ‘em.

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Herman Cain is awesome

You still can’t post, “Perry is awesome,”so you’re working your way downward through the candidates.

By the time of the general election you’ll be firmly in the Perry camp due to your anybody but Obama mindset.

Rationalizing, not rational.

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to obama:

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

FEAR THE MITTENS!

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^^^^^^virus city^^^^^^^

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betty,

A virus is no problem for Dubya. Take a look…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhs4VCwOdCI

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Well, it’s checkout time for me. It’s not as if it’s SRO here tonight.

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thanx for that Midori, really…

and from the Ramen Noodle electorate to Obama:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emWUY8JSB7k

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Romney/Cain vs. Obama/Biden

You heard it here first .

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Yip Yip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k0i8OcJlgY

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I don’t think the President should be someone’s first-ever elected office.

I guess the last one that fits that bill was Eisenhower and we all know what an unmitigated disaster that was. Oh wait…….maybe that’s the way to go after all

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getalife:

We agree ………….. LSU !

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Well, Jay, I think we can chalk Mr. Cain’s win in Florida this evening as a new “high water mark, can’t we? (snark)

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I see the Dixie Chicks are doing a benefit concert for those that lost everything in those Texas fires proving that government is not needed, just patriotic people willing to give for a worthy cause.

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@TAXPAYER

SORRY but i rather depend on the government to help out in emergencies than depend on the kindness of strangers!

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From the ajc- been saying for years over/abusive prescription is 2-3% of healthcare costs. 50% of our leftist friends in CA are diagnosed as depressed.

Ga. doctors develop prescription drug abuse prevention program

Romney/illegal alien- wins in in 2012

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M bloomberng on meet the press

Threats to put bankers in jail and new regulations are stopping growth

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The bloat Michael Moore says that Americans should be “patriotic” and not complain about waiting for “non-life threatening” “elective” surgery under Obamacare. I guess the bloat figures he’ll just flip out the cash and he will get his care when he wants it. Meanwhile the rest of us will be waiting in the Que.. It is going to be funny though to watch all the old codger’s and emergency room hoppers who supported Obamacare having to wait for the first time in their lives. They are used to going to whichever doctor they want anytime they want. All of that is about to change and you might say that pertaining to this particular this side effect of Obamacare, I am happy to see it. They are still getting off too easy.

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If our President is so bad, why can’t you find somebody that can beat him?

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Good Little Liberal @ 8:52 am

“JAy

Cain will be the Vice President

A nightmare scenerio for Democrats.”

Exactly …………. see my 10:22pm

ROMNEY/CAIN

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Did anyone think this president would be begging for black support at this stage?

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“Anyone will beat Obama at this point”

Nobody believes this lie because you can’t find anybody to beat him.

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More lies.

You can’t find a candidate to beat him and you know it.

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Getalife who r u talking to other than yourself?

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Obama losing the Jewish vote

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Chris Matthews consensus Chris Christie not getting in

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Romney or Cain could crush Obama.

Neither Romney nor Cain will be the top name on the ballot in the general election.

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Borger: senate will pass import tariff on china that Obama will be forced to veto

I seriously doubt it…… But would be very interesting

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jm,

You are the only con that cares what the no credibility talking corporate heads on cable news says.

Give it a rest con.

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Good morning peeps.

I see the nonsense-fest rolls along here unabated.

To wit: “Obama losing the Jewish vote.”

To whom? Herman Cain? Newt Gingrich? Michele Bachmann? Rick Perry?

Your delusions are truly entertaining, jm. but not remotely based on reality.

Let’s put it this way, perhaps one of those tools will have stunning success with the MOTs and will garner 25% of the Jewish vote. (Not likely but possible.)

Wake up. We Jews don’t like hyper-intolerance, xenophobic haters and the politics of racial animosity as perfected by small-minded Republican creeps.

Selah. (Word)

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Jm:

I hear you except for one thing. Obama is our first “black” president.

That could make the difference in including Cain.

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Am vet

Romney could win a big chunk of the Jewish vote

I agree perry or a few others would have a harder time

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Debbie w-Schultz is beyond annoying

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Jm

I love the fact that she was speaking from a yacht club.

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GLL yes ironical

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Norah odonnell

Obama losing support among African Americans

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Funny line from odonnell about perry

“for a guy who runs with a gun, he can’t seem to get it out of his holster”

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GLL yes and she knows exactly what she’s doing

She’s hyper partisan and it shows in public

That’s her role, as head of the dnc but she just disgusts me

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If given the opportunity she would just talk for the whole segment uninterrupted

Apparently she can’t complete her thoughts

RE Schultz

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GLL, and there’s the rub for the cons.

Come November 2012, every Democrat out there, interested in keeping the lunatic fringe (i.e. all of the GOP candidates save Huntsman) out of the White House, is gonna show up at the polls.

And unless one of the deranged non-Mormon candidates wins the nomination in Tampa, tons of the dead red, whites only neo-cons and Teafloggers are gonna stay home.

Meaning, John McCain II is gonna get steamrolled again.

It’s that hard to stop an Uppity Muslim, Kenyan, Marxist, fascist, collectivist, anti-American, community organizing juggernaut…

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jm

The democrats have lost their base. As I said before, I’m not crazy enough to think that hard leftists will vote for Republicans, but will they get out to vote for the disater that has hurt them so much in every election since the media gave Obama the White House? I don’t think so.

Little Debbie is great for getting the 20% of the population riled up, but hard-liners don’t win elections. .

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Oh, I see that I forgot “anti-Israel” as well as anti-American, in that list of adjectives for the current CiC.

Do you folks even realize just how idiotic your posts read?

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Cons are job killers

Says the guy who can only complete one line thoughts

Not exactly the most sophisticated thinker on here…..

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And unless one of the deranged non-Mormon candidates wins the nomination in Tampa, tons of the dead red, whites only neo-cons and Teafloggers are gonna stay home.

Evangelicals have been choosing the Republican nominee for president since Nixon.

Unless and until non-evangelical Republicans publicly kick them out of the bed they have been sharing for forty years, evangelicals will continue to choose the Republican nominee.

Mittens will never be trusted by evangelicals, leaving Perry the choice by default.

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JamVet

I just don’t think the turnout will be nearly enough. Getting mass groups of people out to play a part in putting the first Black man in the White House was a give-me. Even if Obama had been a successful president, the turnout for 2012 wouldn’t have been as much, but he has been a disaster for the Black demographic.

The Democrats were able to convince the population that Bush’s policies of wire tapping and Homeland Security effected them , but we all know that it didn’t. After three years, people are terrified because neighbors are losing their homes. Jobs are gone. And (nobody talks about this) every time you guys play a youtube video of a band, or anyone sees live music whether it be on the internet or a concert stage and that guitar player takes a lead on a wonderful sounding Gibson Guitar, it is a stark reminder of how this administration has been going after real American companies.

I try to never underestimate the power of the greatest political machine ever known to man, but for the first time in my life, I’m seeing the Democrats swinging at every pitch and they keep striking out.

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Did anyone think this president would be begging for black support at this stage?

I’m guessing those who considered the current president as such a big racial divider, as some conservatives here seem to imply, would find that shocking. Personally, it doesn’t surprise me at all. Seems like most Democratic officials have to cater to the Black community at some time for their support. Obama hasn’t done that at all up until now.

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Obama orders African Americans to quit complaining and get in line. Wonder how that’s playing among Blacks.

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Bro

Why?

Faith in the intelligence of my fellow man.

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Midori,

What is your opinion?

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Brother Kam, you are absolutely correct. The pro-war, pro-death, pro-torture, pro-crime, pro-spying on American citizens, Immoral Minority “Christian” wing of the GOP calls all of the shots. (Ronnie let the charlatans and telefrauds into the inner sanctum as modern day court jesters.)

And why they are so far from the political center they can no longer see it with the Hubble telescope.

I just don’t think the turnout will be nearly enough.

Hold onto that (pipe) dream.

Just be prepared to be very, very disappointed in 14 months.

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

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my opinion is you are full of sh*t

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Jam Vet
“We Jews don’t like hyper-intolerance, xenophobic haters and the politics of racial animosity as perfected by small-minded Republican creeps”

as expressed by our Native American brothers/sisters

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

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you’re very welcome – I’ve always wanted to say that.

thanks for the opportunity, and the opening.

I really, really appreciate that.

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Bro

“Blacks voted for Obama by simply extrapolating the views of a few Black people, huh?”

I don’t think it is nearly as complicated as that. I think that most Blacks were very proud of the fact that a man that was sold to them as being a Black man was going to be the first American Black President.

I know this may be a shock to you, but White people, particularly urban Whites don’t live in a vacuum. We see the ads that say “he’s one of us”, I personally have made ads for Black politicians that say exactly that. I mean that’s not exactly saying that he also drives a Chevy.

Every Black person I knew when I was in Atlanta was more conservative than me. And every one of them supported Obama, the most liberal member of the US Senate.

If you don’t buy it, there’s nothing I can do about that, but to any reasonable onlooker of any race, the conclusions are obvious.

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I think that most Blacks were very proud of the fact that a man that was sold to them as being a Black man was going to be the first American Black President.

Most Blacks were proud of the fact that a man who is 1/2 Black was even considered a serious contender for the office. If you backtrack, you will find most of the Black community supported Hillary Clinton. When it was obvious that Obama had enough support from ALL that he could get the nomination, then the Black support began to rally around Obama.

If your premise was even remotely correct, then had Obama been Republican, he would have gotten 95% of the Black vote, which I very seriously doubt would have happened. Blacks overwhelmingly vote Democratic whether the candidate is Black, White, Christian, Jew, Disabled, or whatever other label you choose to place on them. The majority of Blacks will not support a Republican candidate in the near future, unless that candidate was Jesus himself. It has nothing to do with racial demographics and has more to do with the control apparatus of the party in general.

To quote you, “If you don’t buy it, there’s nothing I can do about that, but to any reasonable onlooker of any race, the conclusions are obvious.”

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GLL,

They’re among some other left wingers on here whose only life is hanging out on Jay’s blog tossing insults at anyone who posts conservative viewpoints. No one takes them seriously.

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Bro

“If you backtrack, you will find most of the Black community supported Hillary Clinton. ”

Not even close to true, at least during the two person battle leading up to the nomination. This illustration shows that Clinton had NO SUPPORT in that runoff: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/flash/politics/20080603_MARGINS_GRAPHIC/margins.swf

I will admit that a Black Republican against a White Democrat would not have carried 95%, but I believe that they would have carried a huge majority.

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Bro

I think that graph from the NY Times backs up my claims rather nicely.

I need to go to work. Have a good day.

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Bro

On the graph, you will need to click that right arrow twice to pull up the Black demographic.

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Bro 11:59

Putting aside the superficial absurdity of what I’m about to say

I think one might argue Clinton is more black than Obama

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getalife

Have a good day.

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Wowwwwww. Big news in Saudi Arabia

Women to be allowed to vote and run for office in 2015

Thats a big deal and a good move forward

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Midori look in the mirror

why?

is my slip showing?

much like your hood?

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GLL

There’s no explanation for your graph. If you remember, Hillary was in the race long before Obama even decided to run. Blacks did not begin to support Obama until after he won the Iowa primary. Before that point, many Blacks were skeptical that he would even get serious consideration.

I will admit that a Black Republican against a White Democrat would not have carried 95%, but I believe that they would have carried a huge majority.

I’m sure you believe in Bigfoot too. As I said earlier, that will not happen anytime soon. It’s not about race, as much as you want to make it. If you want to point to something about race and the Black vote, consider this…

Bush was invited to speak at the NAACP National Convention several times and continuously turned them down. Conservatives have shown less than desirable respect to the office of the President since Obama was inaugurated. If you want to know why I say Blacks would not give majority support to a Black Republican, it’s because Conservatives have not shown any kind of respect to Blacks in positions of authority/importance in the past decade. If you want respect, you gotta give respect. The modern Conservative lacks the ability to show a smidget of respect for anything they don’t agree with. Chew on that one for a while. It’s not about race, its all about respect. If you want me to treat you as a man, then you’ve gotta treat me as a man. Until you do that, I’m not giving you crap. That’s the mentality you’re working with.

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“I say Blacks would not give majority support to a Black Republican, it’s because Conservatives have not shown any kind of respect to Blacks in positions of authority/importance in the past decade.”

Brosephus, a recent example that refutes your statement was the recent straw vote in Florida where a considerable number of conservatives voted for Cain against Rick Perry. There are many other examples but casting all conservatives in that light is just plain false.

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Knowing that nothing comes out of corrupt congress but more corporate welfare, the tea party position on no spending ends corporate welfare.

The gop establishment does not like ending corporate welfare.

The gop civil war will explode the gop party.

Be patient Americans and grab the popcorn.

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Recon

Any examples of conservatives showing any kind of respect outside their own little bubble? Not trying to paint with too broad a brush, but the overwhelming actions of conservatives show there is the lack of respect shown towards Obama or any other Black American in any position of authority/leadership outside conservative circles. The example you give of Cain is no different than Liberals patting Obama on the back. Of course, you’re always gonna respect one of your own.

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You just keep cherry-picking your data to try to salvage some credibility, Jay. Cain WON a caucus, doubling his two closest competitors.

That’s a high water mark in the REAL world.

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Dave

Got Directv’s Sunday Ticket here. Watching EVERY game.

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True. Got a family full of Redskin fans. They don’t miss a game. I also like the fact that I can track player stats w/onscreen updates.

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg criticized the 2012 GOP presidential field for the candidates’ extreme positions on Sunday, lambasting their questioning of science and rejection of more moderate policies.

“Some of these candidates’ positions really trouble me,” Bloomberg said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “To not believe in science is just ridiculous.”

Well. They are Republicans. What do they know about things like Science or Math.

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Subject: Obama’s latest!!!

To save the
economy, on September 24, 2011, President Obama will announce that he is
ordering the Immigration Department to start deporting old people (instead of
illegals) in order to lower Social Security and Medicare costs.
Old people are
easier to catch, and will not remember how to get back
home!

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Obama’s pathetic attempt at rallying the black vote Saturday was sad to watch. He assumes that blacks aren’t sophisticated enough to see that he is trying to play them again by using race. And he has the audacity to use such terminology as “march” as if his re-election bid is some kind of modern day Campaign against oppression when in reality his administration has been oppressive and counter-productivworse the blacks situation. They are far worse off economically under his administration. Ad besides, what does Obama no about suffrage? He has been pampered his entire adult life.

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What do ya know! Bloomberg has been elected 3 times in a heavily Democrat city.

As I said, the GOP doesn’t really care about his opinion of their candidates, especially since hos comment is both stupid and false.

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poison pen

I know he eventually did, but how many times did he turn down their request? Bush accepted the NAACP’s invitation on the SIXTH time. He turned them down 5 previous times. He was halfway through his 2nd term before he accepted an invitation to speak to the largest organization of any group of Black Americans. If you’re looking to attract people to your party, you don’t dismiss them until you no longer need them.

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Dave R,
I know as a birthday present my wife got me the Direct TV NFL Sunday Ticket. I’m a Browns fan because I began my business career in Cleveland and the town is one of the best sports cities in the U.S. even though the teams haven’t been all that good they turn out anyway. Falcons first, Browns second, Green Bay third.

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“Another decisive victory away from home pushed LSU to No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time since 2007.”DMN.

Who dat wins too.

What happened to the Braves?

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Everyone here always seems to believe they know everything about….well..everything. So, what’s teh easiest software to use to build a website?

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Josef, I think the Jewish are like the rest of us at this point; we ain’t satisfied with any one them but we all know one thing for sure, Obama is a totally inept loser and we are going to chose someone.

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So we can look for a white Atlanta Mayor in the reasonably near future?

If I had a vote in the last election, I would have gone with Norwood over Reed. I don’t judge a candidate based on race. Bias and perception plays a major role in our choices. When you do absolutely nothing to break down those two, you actually play into them and give them more validity.

Recon

For the most part, there is little actual prejudice. The problem in our society is that people simply refuse to confront those things head on and eliminate the perceived biases. If you don’t actively try to knock those barriers down, you can’t move beyond them. There are indeed differences in cultures here, but the similarities far outweight the differences. People focus so much on the negative that they fail to see the positive.

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Brosephus,

As I’m certain most people know it they’ve had any pro-longed occasion to interact with people of different races it doesn’t take long before you never even think about the racial difference.

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At least that’s what they call one of the card sections there …….. “Mahogany” !

Good grief ……….. you can’t even have a birthday card section without dividing racially.

It’s not dividing. What you’re seeing is simply free market principles at work. Somebody saw a market for cards, so they provided the product for people to purchase. IF they were not needed, they would not sell and be continuously replaced. Are you suggesting that you don’t like the free market when it works as it should?

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and what happens is that as true racial issues get less and better there are those in our society who must make them look bigger and worse in order to continue their agenda !

Is that any different than the political pundits who continuously stoke partisanship to keep their pockets filling up? You’re always gonna have jackasses in society. Just because they’re acting an ass does not mean you have to join in with them.

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BROSEPHUS

I guess there shouldn’t be a section of Rosh Hashana cards, too, eh? Funny, but I’ve gotten more of these greetings from my non Jewish friends than my Jewish ones! Reckon maybe the melanin deficient might be buying those mahogany cards to send to their melanin enriched friends and family?

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If people are calling you names do you go to them and kiss their azz?

Is that not the same exact thing that Conservatives are asking Black Americans to do en masse by supporting them in elections? C’mon man, that’s not what I’m talking about, but if that’s how it is perceived, then we will never break through any barriers to end this crap.

Bush was the president to all of America, just as Obama is. I’d hold Obama to the same standards if he turned down the US Chamber of Commerce or any other conservative group in the same manner. It’s not a matter of kissing anybody’s ass. It’s a matter of fulfilling your obligations as President of the United States.

josef

Those cards are potentially the wrecking balls to break down those walls. Perceptions and pre-judgement will not allow people to let their natural curiosity take over to actually try to understand what those cards are about and what they mean.

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bman,

Ask and you shall receive – maybe. So, you want to build a web site. The easiest way is the worst way, that is, buy a template. But if you don’t mind a learning curve that will render your site something that you can truly call your own, I would suggest learning HTML 5.0 and CSS. These are languages. There is no cost involved, just time. Then get a text editor. I recommend Aptana Studio 2.0. You can download the software for FREE.

Have fun.

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Getalife, If you’re an independent then I’m Jesus Christ.

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w destroyed our country and our President saved our country.

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getalife,

As I mentioned to bman, the template route is the free and easy route. But if you’re serious, then you really want to hand code your own site.

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poison pen: Why should any President feel that they have to speak to any individual group?

A group is made up of individuals, and it is the individual groups that makes America what it is. Candidates have no problem speaking to individual groups when raising money or campaigning for votes, why should it change when one becomes President? Whether it’s Georgians, Blacks, Whites, Old, Young, Male, or Female, the President is still president to one and all. Once we get to the point where special interest groups are no longer necessary, then the president should not be required to address them.

My point is that no President should be able to spend his time dealing with friendly groups. They should all have to face their critics as well. Only then can you test the mettle of the POTUS. If we truly want someone in DC that can build a consensus, it can’t be done by addressing only those who agree with you.

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cons will not even call him their President.

They even asked for his birth certificate.

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” Totally different subject for a totally different post. If someone beats you up based upon their hatred for any particular group you belong to, then yep, it’s a hate crime.”

Nope, I don’t see it that way, there will always be people who want to do harm to other groups, for many reasons. All crimes should be treated equal, you or anyone else should not be treated any different than the person next to you.

Asking for special favors is what’s ruining our country and dividing our people. It’s ok to disagree with this as I’m sure no-one will ever agree with anything in our country anyways.

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“Getalife, Do you have a birth certificate?”

Yes.

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getalife

Print your very own Kenyan birth certificate here.

http://whitenoiseinsanity.com/2009/08/05/generate-kenyan-birth-certificate/

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BROSEPHUS

“Until you’ve actually been part of a group who have been, for lack of a better term, sh*tted on throughout history, you’ll never understand.”

And that is the point in a nutshell. I’ve been in brawls stemming from just that, and I’ve been in brawls just because I (or they) shot their mouths off. I can get just as bent out of shape when some one of my minority label folks wants to go yapping “hate crime” when, after picking the fight, get their a33es whupped and then go claiming it was anti-whatever label in origin…that’s hypocracy. If you are one of “those people,” whoever “those people” may be, then you know which is which…it’s not, as I said, that complicated.

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Blue

Hey, among my many labels, I’m also a Gulley Jumpin’ Swamp Rat…got eight sibilings, a hillside full of cuzzins and grew up frequeting juke joints…brawlin’ is second nature, a life skill, and, yes back in the day, an evening’s entertainment!

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josef

I concur. I’ve been in both situations as well. I won’t back someone making a claim on bias when there’s none present. At the same time, I’ll stand up for anybody who’s the victim of bias, regardless of who that person is.

You brought up Reginald Denney before. Those who ganged up on him deserved to have their asses whipped in the same manner. That guy did absolutely nothing to nobody, and he did not deserved to get jumped like that. That was the Webster’s definition of a hate crime as far as I’m concerned.

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Josef & Bro, If someone jumps a white person for any reason and hurts them, is that considered a love crime?

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Blue…

Well, sort of… but den dere’s dis, too…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a84va_q-cP0&feature=related

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Bro 5:16

A vote for Norwood would have been a pretty bad vote choice IMO

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Well, we don’t need no hate crimes laws. I mean, if there’s a crime just give the regular sentence.

I say this because I’m not a Rascist. I love everybody—Those People, the illegals, the Gays (well, maybe there’s one down in Buckhead I wouldn’t mind seeing in a fatal accident), the jobless, the people on welfare, etc. Us Conservative Republicans don’t hate anybody. It’s just that we love some folks more than others.

So elect us and your troubles are over. Or at least you won’t be making it too long to have any troubles. We’ll let you know how you’re going to do after we get into office.

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Blue…

Wouldn’t trade the way I was raised for the world! Not of Cajun background myself, but French as French can be in the Americas on three sides, including the Hillbilly one!

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A vote for Norwood would have been a pretty bad vote choice IMO

Everybody’s entitled to an opinion. There’s something about Reed that I don’t trust. I can’t quantify it in words, but I don’t trust him. I’m just glad I didn’t have a vote in that election.

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It looks to me like Redneck is josef’s Outer Limits show.

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Bro on policies reed gets it

Norwood frankly isn’t very bright

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Inner

To było bardzo zabawne!!!

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HEADLINE: “Freed hikers: Iran held us because we’re American”

………………… and because 99% of the people there are brainwashed nuts just a step past some of the posters here.

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Getalife: reed is a con

What a joke

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Jeff Dunham!!!! Yayyyyyy!!

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Contributions from out-of-state donors were almost 1/3 of Reed’s contributions. That is most fishy to me…

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An alternative reason would have been “Because we were just too damn stupid to understand that hiking along the Iran-Iraq border was not a good thing to be doing.”

Amen to that. What kind of sicko takes a vacation in Iraq, other than an Iraqi? And who, other than a resident, wants to be within 100 miles of the border with Iran? Those three hikers are lucky they didn’t find themselves standing atop a bus with nooses tied to their necks. Yet, somebody came up with $500,000 each for bail for the two males and previously for the female. Were the taxpayers socked for that tab?

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The hikers … But what a story to tell the grandkids, not to mention the book and movie rights…

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I doubt they are hikers but it is funny how cons fret over a million when trillions were wasted under gop power.

Start with the trillions wasted and trickle down cons.

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eyes @ 9:08

That is also true but doesn’t excuse that “culture” of idiocy.

1) People get too close to our borders? They become championed illegal immigrants with more rights than you and I have (i.e., in-state tuition).

2) People get too close to their borders? They get jailed for two years.

P.S. Hiking along the Dekalb/Gwinnett border is not smart either.

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Eyes…
Oh, they’ll get that treatment…good copy..

That boo, thing…not impressed by the candidates’ reaction, but it seems that the boing came inn large part from other members of the audience booing the booers,,,I hope that’s the case..

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I booed those that were booing those that were booing those that were booing…

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SoCo/Bro

Kinda the point in any tail chasing exercise.

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Are the kids going to get Tramp Stamps in Arabic?

More tail chasing.

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Bro 10:01 Norwood was more a pandering career politician than reed is

He has consistently worked across the aisle and made tough decisions

Norwood really will just say anything to anyone so long as she thinks it’s what they want to hear

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