CIA chief Petraeus quits over admitted affair

OK, that does it. It’s official. This week sucked.

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so Jay do you think the benghazi situation may be a little more than you thought?

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So much for setting politics aside lol

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SATAN maybe?

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O.K. popped in for a minute…..nothing here. Back to the party….

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You’re right gators — this whole thing by Patreus is just a cover up for his gay affair with Hillary Clinton (a known drag queen).

They fell in love quickly, instantly and forever when he looked into her/his eyes and saw everything he ever needed and everything he ever wanted.

With Hillary he could dress up or down (get it) to his satisifaction — no more pretending to like blue jeans!! no more pretending to like girls!! Now he was free, free to be who he really was!!!

I’m sure he didn’t mean for it to come out like this…………..but some things……..some things you just can’t stop!

You can’t stop chemistry, emotions, and a really really good conspiracy theory!

Patreus, don’t despair……….you and Hillary will always have Paris and the Moulin Rogue!

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Well, for the life of me I can’t see why a man like that would cheat on a woman as good looking as Holly Petraeus. Why, she kinda looks like a skinny version of the missus, only the missus don’t wear glasses ’cause there’s no need, since she can’t read. I reckon it takes all kind of people in this world.

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Of course, if your a President and get caught with your pants down & your cigar in a naught place, nothing happens to u!

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Jay: But I’m pretty sure that this is going to send the right down yet another rabbit hole, once again making themselves look ludicrous to the rest of the country in the process.

And here’s to four more years of that! *raises glass* Cheers!

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i dont know if he will testify if he resigns from cia is he still required to testify?hope he does would like to have this benghazi issue resolved so the politicians can stop the fiscal crisis

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Awesome DDR.

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LOL i should have specified. Awesome @ 4:10. Loved it.

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Should say – “IF” Mittens won………

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Of course there’s more to the story!!!

But those details are not appropriate for public consumption. (Unless you’re a PERV or something…. which most of those seriously buttoned-up military types are, God bless ‘em!)

Indeed, just the threat of those details is enough leverage for him to resign publicly. Not that I would **ever** repeat anything. NO, SIR! Not me.

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DDR

‘Secondly, the cons are not crazy enough to call a “special investigation into Benghazi””

May I introduce you to Congressman Issa, Director, Congressional Rabbit Holes and Publicity Whore in Chief?

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Prayers for those involved as they will undoubtedly begin the sometimes difficult journey to move forward. As he said, it was poor judgement and very dangerous in the role that he filled. His service to our nation is much appreciated.

Jay, it would have been interesting to have heard your perspective had his response been “It’s my personal life.” I vaguely remember that excuse when similar events occurred in the life of the officeholder of the job to whom “that job” reported.

-SD

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May I introduce you to Congressman Issa, Director, Congressional Rabbit Holes and Publicity Whore in Chief?

Hiya Paul!!

I don’t think even ISSA is that foolish!! I have found that alligators, rats and snakes have an enormous sense of self preservation.

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Oh and Politicians too!!

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DDR

And just what makes you think Issa belongs in the same category as alligators, rats and snakes, hmmmmm?

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DDR

I should have said “What makes you think Issa belongs in the comparatively exalted company of alligators, rats and snakes, hmmmm?”

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gogators,

You seem to be an expert on the recent tragedy in Behghazi. Of course it is disturbing when our diplomatic personnel are attacked while serving overseas. (Do we have diplomatic personnel in Branson, MO?) Would you be a dear and compare the number of diplomatic attacks/casualties during this President’s administration with the number that occurred or didn’t occur duing the last administration? You know, just so we can have some perspective about how that whole “serving in a dangerous part of the world where people hate us” thing works. Thanks!

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Tom

Such matters of personal conduct are a matter of regulation and policy for military and CIA personnel. Such does not apply to the office of the President. Nor to Congressmen.

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Ashton

Are you starting a new game of rabbit hole?

Or did you just join another blogger in doing a shot each time you hear ‘Petraeus’?

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DebbieDoRight – “Math you do as a Republican to make yourself feel better” is essentially “mathturbation.

November 9th, 2012
4:10 pm

You ain’t right on so many levels LOL

That’s why I luvs ya

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Keep Up the Good Fight!

November 9th, 2012
4:33 pm

Hmmm, Debbie has never offered me the boa. I wonder if its the caffeine in my coffee.

Enjoy, Debbie!
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You aren’t special like me Keep.

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After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair.

Awkward wording alert—- I wonder if that was just a slip of the tongue because he’s been married over 38 years.

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oops

November 9th, 2012
4:40 pm

dear lord

look at this photo of the president
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I KNEW for certain when I clicked that link i would see this……..

http://tinyurl.com/aa989jc

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There’s going to be a lot that Dems/Libs are going to be saying they didn’t see coming!.

Like that?

Do tell us the Conned Prophecies for the next 4 years…..

I imagine they read:
1. Someone in the administration will do something wrong, its Obama’s fault.
2. A private company will file for bankruptcy, its Obama’s fault
3. A natural disaster will happen, it’s Obama’s fault.

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Fred ™

November 9th, 2012
4:44 pm

oops

November 9th, 2012
4:40 pm

dear lord

look at this photo of the president
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I KNEW for certain when I clicked that link i WOULDN’T see this……..

http://tinyurl.com/aa989jc

*corrected*

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Dang Fred….. you are so photogenic in that boa.

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This is a suprise!!

However, it’s no suprise the crazed Republican conspiracy nuts came out of the woodwork In fact, this is exactly what you would expect. Also expect every right-wing lug nut in the country to immediately believe this “conspiracy”. Romney didn’t get all those looney votes for nothing.

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Fred

You look ‘Special’ in that boa

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The CIA is military?

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Endless deployments detrimental to your married life? Who could of seen that coming?

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“Paul – Thanks! So the military is held to a higher standard than our President and Congressmen? That is simply BS, if you ask me!”

The President nominates and Congress confirms top military appointments.
It is the electorate that seems to hold elected officials to a lower standard.
And yet we keep sending the rascals back again and again.

But you are correct, it is BS.

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OMG! I just realized that it was Patraeus and Dianne Sawyer. That explains the entire giddiness on election night.

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“You have not seen anything yet. Wait until the government is completely broke and the Obamanites do not get their checks.”

I am sure there are plenty of Republican welfare queens getting government checks who pulled a lever for Romney.

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RB from Gwinnett

November 9th, 2012
4:48 pm

“Leave traitor. We don’t need or want your traitorous ass. Renounce your citizeship leave and NEVER come back.”

Check out Fred biting the hand that feeds him!!! Hey Fred, you do know if all the producers leave as you’ve demanded, you might have to get your sorry but out of mommy’s basement every day and work for your own free healthcare don’t you?!!! Question for you Fred… If a $3MM/yr tax paying Romney takes you up on your demand and bids your lazy but adieu, how many section 8 family’s rent is he taking with him and who’s left holding that bag?
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my mother has been dead over 20 years RB, thanks for asking. You going to try to insult my wife and daughter next? I mean that IS what you big strong republicans do, you pick on women.

In what world do you think ANYONE “feeds” me chief? I’ve been incorporated over 20 years. I’ve been living off the gravy I earned for the last 10 and only worked when the urge hits me. I actually did some work today as a matter of fact. Man that was a rough hour……….

You sad bitter little man. you need to try to portray everyone else as “non workers” so you can feel good about yourself. I pity you, but I know it’s the way of the trailer park. You are a deluded fool lead on a string by talk radio and Fox news. You lack the ability to think for yourself so all you can offer is tired lies and baseless accusations. They don’t work. Haven’t you losers learned that yet?

Your group is getting smaller and smaller as more and more of your members and former members are waking up and seeing to their everlasting shame how stupid they were. They look at hate filled lie infested diatribes like the one you out here and grow embarrassed that they were a part of it. Do you pay for my daughter’s tuition at Woodward? Do you pay my wife’s tuition at Vanderbilt as she completes her Doctorate? Did you pay my taxes? I doubt that you could foot the bill for any two of those, much less all three. But you keep telling your lies and preaching your hate. Eventually your tiny little heart will explode from all your hate and we won’t have to listen to you any more.

May that day come soon, because frankly, I’m tired of all you hate spewing, traitorous, talk radio sock puppets spewing your treason and lies and bringing down my Country. We neither need no want you. Just go away. The day I am reduced to counting on churls such as yourself to pay my bills is the day I slit my wrists.

Have a nice day. You need money for a plane ticket? Some luggage? Help packing? A ride to the airport? Go away mad or glad, I don’t care, just go away and leave the rebuilding of our country to us REAL Americans.

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Actually, I’d kind of like to know why he DID resign. He can’t be allowed to be CIA director while keeping an extramarital affair secret. But once the cat is out of the bag, who cares? I don’t know enough what special rules apply to the CIA to know if he has violated one, or whether the affair was with a CIA officer (therefore one of his employees) or worse, a foreign national, or his wife told him she’d take him back if he’d agree to retire, see a counselor, and putter around the house where she could keep an eye on him. Or maybe it’s something else entirely and Petraeus and/or Obama would rather use the affair as an excuse for his resignation rather than going into details about whatever the other thing is. We’ll probably never know for sure.

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“I thought you served in the Military…….. well ALMOST the military, the air force, close enough……..”

Fred..don’t be dissin’ the boys in blue now.
We can drink and swear with the best of the jarheads and grunts and I’ll put my Warthog Vulcan up against an M-16 any day of the week.

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I don’t think resigning will make him change his testimony. What did I say that made you think I do?

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@Dunwoody Granny

“What did I say that made you think I do?”

Maybe it’s this sentence?

“Or maybe it’s something else entirely and Petraeus and/or Obama would rather use the affair as an excuse for his resignation rather than going into details about whatever the other thing is. We’ll probably never know for sure.”

If Petraeus is subpoenaed to testify, he will be required to give truthful testimony regardless of his employment status.

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“I have a nephew who flies a warthog. He actually got a DFC for killing a bunch of Afghani’s who were armed with rifles.”

It’s a great airplane and it takes real flying skills. Not like the robo-geeks who pilot the winged video games like the F15 and F16.

As we used to say, afterburners are for sissies.

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If he’s subpoenaed to testify about Benghazi, of course he’ll give truthful testimory about that regardless of his employment status. I wasn’t thinking of Benghazi when I suggested there might be other reasons. I was thinking more along the lines of a personality clash between Petraeus and Obama, or between Petraeus and one or another of the president’s close advisors. Or some decision Petraeus had taken at the CIA that Obama didn’t like. Or some decision Obama had taken that Petraeus didn’t like and wasn’t willing to support through the orders he gave to the CIA. Personnel issues are often a reason for someone to resign, and if you add an affair on top of it, that can be the last straw.

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Maybe now is a time for someone to bring up the kay and ike scandal. during the opening hours of the battle of the bulge, Ike was incommunicado, and later it was revealed that he was in a bunker alone with kay sumersby the dirty rat.This was a PBS report on tv.

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St Simons: I really wanted to come do that trailer hitch for you. I work for beer too………

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@Dunwoody Granny,

You think Petraeus would rather use a possible marriage ending personal indiscretion as a reason to resign rather than just simply say, “I’ve served my time and it’s time to retire”?

I think you may want to avoid walking in the shadows from now on.

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@Georgia

See my 4:42

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Unhinged Part II.

Patraeus betrayed us and cons think it is all a Benghazi conspiracy.

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“As we used to say, afterburners are for sissies.”

And as Army aviators and USAF SAR and Special Ops pilots say, “If it can’t hover, it sucks.”

Don’t ban me for that, Jay. It’s just a reference to thrust and airflow and lift of wings.

0311 5:50

“Unless you’re Bill Clinton and the other party DOES work for you then it’s o.k. to keep your job
as C.I.C.”

If you’ll read thru a few posts you’ll see why that is.

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He betrayed his wife getalife, he resigned hopefully before he potentially betrayed his country…at least I hope so…

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“If you’ll read thru a few posts you’ll see why that is.”

Nope …………… He was still subject to blackmail and He violated the regulation that every other federal manager would have been fired for. If you think you are above the law you don’t deserve to be president.

Clinton should have “resigned” in disgrace ……………. but if you are incapable of feeling disgrace you don’t.

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” I hate being a conspiracy theorist but there has to be something more to this than we’ve been told.”

Yeah, w’s intell reforms failed.

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He will end up ok.

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Got to be some way to blame it on Bush. By the way, will Baracka Claus assume responsibility for anything in his second term, or is the Bush “pass” good for eight years?

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One less gop candidate for President.scout.

The ole one two punch.

Are you okay?

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““If you’ll read thru a few posts you’ll see why that is.”

Nope …”

Typical 0133.

“Don’t confuse me with the facts. I know what I want to believe and I ain’t readin’ nuthin’ that would challenge that.”

But I am interesting in learning something.

“He violated the regulation that every other federal manager would have been fired for. ”

What regulation is that, 0311? And it the President subject to it?

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I never liked the CIA Director. He looked too military. Too formal. Too clean. He was born in the Bush years. Now, it turns out that he’s just like Pee Wee Herman? A sexual pervert who probably was having illicit sex all over the desert when we had troops in harm’s way? A cad who not only doesn’t respect his own vows, but who obviously doesn’t respect our electoral process. He withheld this resignation until after the election. That’s voter fraud. I want to know everything before I vote. Now, if he wants to give me the phone number of any older sister of his paramour, then maybe I looks the other way. Capice?

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In related news,

Lockheed’s CEO to be was asked to resign for having an affair with a subordinate just prior to becoming the CEO.

On a personal note, I went to HS and college with this guy.
He (and his brother) were the prototypical nerds and Chris was voted most likely to die a virgin.

Guess he made up for lost time.

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Perhaps we need the drones to watch government.

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Listened to NPR interview of David Brooks on this topic. I have to agree with him. I side with the French, a person’s consensual sexual activities are for the spouse and the other “person” to work out. People have sex every day, stop the silly moralistic judgments. This must be with a subordinate, or less likely someone who may compromise security, for him to resign. America lost a very good man.

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“What regulation is that, 0311? And it the President subject to it?”

If you have an affair with a subordinate employee under your direct chain of command it is a violation of the minimum standards of conduct and a firing offense. I have seen it happen and it should have.
Taking place on government property and/or on government time adds to the offense.

Clinton should have voluntarily resigned (as an elected official) but instead he put himself above all the other federal employees he supervised (the president gets a federal check just like everyone else).

The route therefore was impeachment. It failed to carry and that was also was a disgrace.

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Clinton fought back.

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Getalife 6:15

Um. Yeah duh.

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The gop groomed him for a run at President.

First they lose the election to President Obama, then lose their candidate.

Disband the gop.

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jm,

Now that mitt is gone, are you going to slobber over the the gop instead of mitt?

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Fran Townsend, who sits on a CIA intelligence committee, is reporting on CNN that the woman involved in the Petraeus affair is NOT in the Petraeus chain of command and never was, according to her sources.

The question I have is whether Petraeus is subject to military discipline and a possible reduction in retirement rank. Military officers, including generals, are subject to court martial for adultery.

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Was he really having an affair with a woman that wrote a book about him saying she had lots of inside access? A book named All In? Really???

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Did he pull a Edwards and do his biographer?

http://comedycentral.mtvnimages.com/images/shows/tds/videos/season_17/guests/paula_broadwell_v6.jpg

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RW

I bet it’d be a mood killer if she said the name of her book as a question at the wrong time.

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I consider myself of reasonable mind and fairly objective. And there is no doubt to me that this is politics at it’s worst. Even someone in his position wouldn’t have to resign for an affair – I’m pretty sure that’s been put to the test. I believe he was asked to resign. Bottom line, our ambassador and fellow Americans will never be given a thorough hearing.

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mel,

That tin foil hat looks silly.

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A book named All In? Really???

All In

That’s too funny.

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Did he pull a Edwards and do his biographer?

I would. His, not mine.

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RW-(the original)

We could shut this thread down real fast, you know that?

“The general’s here!”

“Ten-HUT”

“Salute”

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Goober

Went thru this earlier in the week.

I’M NOT OLD, DAGNABIT!!”

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Paul,

Or in his new line of work, I Spy With My Little Eye could take on a whole new meaning.

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rw, paul, you are offensive…

to that gogators guy, so good on yuz.

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Paul:

“If you want to state, as a matter of principle, that Clinton should have resigned, that’s fine.
But to state he’s subject to some regulation ‘every’ federal manager is that would result in firing is just erroneous.”

You need to work on your reading comprehension:

I said he should have “resigned” in disgrace because he was an “elected official”.

Here it is again:

“Clinton should have voluntarily resigned (as an elected official) but instead he put himself above all the other federal employees he supervised (the president gets a federal check just like everyone else).”

By not voluntarily resigning as an elected official he held himself to a standard different from everyone else.

Bottom line: Any president, officer or government manager who does not hold theirself to the same standard as their subordinates is not worthy of respect.

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The Interior Department on Friday issued a final plan to close 1.6 million acres of federal land in the West originally slated for oil shale development.

Damn straight!

That land and everything on it and under belongs to us.

As in we the people.

We’ve either flat out given away or sold at give away prices, so many assets (like the airwaves that the welfare kings like Mr. Limbaugh use for free) it is insane. I’m glad to see a backlash. FINALLY!

No more giveaways, no more handouts, no more trillion dollar subsidies.

Maybe now we can get a couple of Supreme Court Justices with functioning spines and scrotums and get that twisted POS Citizens United overturned.

Corporations are not people. And you are not my friend for saying otherwise, Mr. Romney…

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I think stands has been namejacked.

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“Bottom line: Any president, officer or government manager who does not hold theirself to the same standard as their subordinates is not worthy of respect.”

Damn straight Scout! And if I were you I’d leave this country in protest!

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What will be interesting is was the affair when he was Director of CIA or when he was still on active duty with the military.

If he was still on active duty and this was someone under his chain of command (vs. a private citizen) it’s possible he could lose a star or two in retirement.

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not namejacked, just trying to post on a tablet. a loathsome input unfriendly tablet whose keyboard interface I hate with the intensity of a thousand suns.

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Wonders if he got some pointers from the Secret Service…..curious timing tho….

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0311

That “True ………. the culture has degraded.”

Same thing the Romans said when the Christians came on the scene.

What some see as degraded, others see as progressing.”

was for you.

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And as an elected official he either has to resign or be impeached to be removed from office (even if he committed a felony).

By not resigning he voluntarily held himself to a different standard from every other federal manager.

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“What some see as degraded, others see as progressing.”

Silly you ………. then there’s no need for any kind of federal ethics regulations.

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0311

So I’m given to understand there was no regulation?

See, opinions come across better when one doesn’t attempt to support them with citations that do not exist. Then it’s just a statement of belief and that’s okay.

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Tom

He’s still a great man.

Period.

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These unqualified arbiters of morality crack me up.

Woe is us!!!

Things are better now than they have ever been.

And tomorrow is gonna be even better still.

No wonder so many people are depressed and angry on these forums.

If I was King, I would pass a 20 – 80 Edict.

In which, you nitwits in the congress only get to TALK about the problem 20% of the time.

And guess what you do the other 80%?

But the do-nothing people who elect these do-nothing “leaders” would b*tch about that, I suppose…

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RW

Thanks much for the clarification.

whew -

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“So I’m given to understand there was no regulation?”

Of course there are.

That’s why those on active duty can still be courtsmartialed for plain adultery. Petraeus ain’t off the hook yet. This may just be the beginning and could get interesting.

Not to mention federal managers who have lost their jobs (I know some) due to stupid affairs involving those under their chain of command.

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Paul

November 9th, 2012
6:50 pm

RW-(the original)

We could shut this thread down real fast, you know that?

“The general’s here!”

“Ten-HUT”

“Salute”
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Geez, I step out for a minute and the inmates just go batsht crazy.

What am I going to do with you boys? I have to go get more lamb. Don’t pee in the potted plants while I’m out please. You’ve already tossed a turd in the fish tank………. it there a full moon?

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Since there’s no music thread tonight this will have to do:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6QQGMcGfIQ

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0311 at 7:18

There are? There is? So you’re finally going to tell us “The Regulation” you alluded to in your 5:59 with “He violated the regulation that every other federal manager would have been fired for. ”

See, you keep going off on all these tangents, trying to make a case, but you never, ever address your initial contention that Clinton and all other federal managers are subject to “THE” regulation and everyone else would have been fired for what Clinton did.

You’ve backed yourself into a dead end in a rabbit hole, 0311.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngu9yhBpHCI

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0311

What was your earlier point to me about reading comprehension? You indicated a singular reg, I asked for it, now you answer with a plural? But still no specifics.

““So I’m given to understand there was no regulation?”

Of course there are. “

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“Don’t pee in the potted plants while I’m out please. ”

ooohhhh, hadn’t thought of that one.

RW – is anybody looking?

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“Snce there’s no music thread tonight ”

Didn’t look very hard, did you?

http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2012/11/09/time-to-set-politics-aside-and-rock/

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“0311
Music thread’s the one just before this thread.”

Why thank you.

Now feel free to check out the Federal Code of Regulations (known as USC5cfr) at your leisure.

I won’t do it for you.

I’ll give you a hint though …………… a sexual relationship with a subordinate under your direct chain of command is considered “quid pro quo” to be unwanted.

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7:31, the funkiest, most badass song of its kind.

What did you think, the Gen. wasn’t gonna boink a woman who was a hottie? In this day and age??!! That’s why you cons ragged on Slick Willy so much! (grin)

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Oh my gosh, I thought you Libs were the conspiracy experts–voter fraud, bigots, you know, stuff like that. But this guy resigning a week before he’s suppose to testify on Benghazi makes all the sense in the world.

Why don’t you take some of that government money and buy yourself a clue?

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0311

Another rabbit hole?

You are now contending that Monica Lewinsky was under Pres Clinton’s DIRECT chain of command? Unpaid interns working for the Chief of Staff are under the president’s DIRECT chain of command? How are you defining DIRECT chain of command? Anybody in the Executive? People he signs performance reports for? People whose time cards he signs?

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JamVet

He was in his sixties.

She was in her thirties.

Stop dreaming, you perv!!!!!

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Hell I was impeached but got to stay on as President! However I did not have sexual relations with that woman & Hillary knows it!

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Paul: Every other federal manager would have been fired

With all due respect, I read it as every _other_ federal manager.

You are trying to make biscuits out of sawdust. But I know winning a blog argument of your own creation is extremely important. Are you related to JHM or Adam?

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The legitimate question is there any linkage to Petraeus tendering his resignation today and his appointment to testify before congress next week. It has been reported that he won’t be testifying and that’s troubling.

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Sfd 7:01 very funny

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If he testifies as planned, conspiracy theorists will have no basis for their speculation. If he does not…..

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“They showed a photo of the woman who the CIA director had an affair with. Now I feel the need to resign. What a babe, what a babe…..what a babe.”

Petraeus must be a Republican.

If you doubt me, 2 words: Monica Lewinsky

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Patricia Broadwell

Is she in a Bond movie also?

Va va voom.

Petraeus is definitely a con.

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There was no controlling legal authority (as Gore was wont to say) relative to what Clinton did with Monica. Clinton was impeached and disbarred for perjury–perjury which violated Paula Jones’s equal protection under the law. The entire episode was not about sex, as Clinton apologists maintain, but about a young woman’s civil rights.

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Paul,

He’s been a man of integrity throughout his military career. The temptations of flesh is temptation everyone is vulnerable to. Lets hope he recognized that in his position he couldn’t allow himself to be vulnerable to compromise and did the honorable thing by resigning.

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Recon

That’s exactly how I see him and the situation.

I do feel badly for him and for his family. It’s truly a sad situation.

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I know that this is totally inappropriate but google Paula Broadwell and then google Holly Petraeus.

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deegee

I think after decades together some things should transcend the physical appearance. Not meant as a criticism, just an observation.

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“getalife,obama is your president,not mine or a lot of others.”

guy and his buddies are what, French? Illegal aliens?

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Paul:

EVERY other manager sounds to me to be inclusive

Every OTHER manager sounds to me to be exclusive.

So do Federal regulations allow the boss to diddle the help?

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godless,

She did not work for him.

She is a writer.

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He will go to rehab and blame the booze an

Think so? Why would our President appoint such as head of the CIA?

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If you work for the CIA or Secret Service, nothing. (Sgt Shultz voice) Nuth-ing about your personal life is secret. It will be interesting to learn the details of the good General’s behavior and “who knew and when did they know it.”

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Sorry, Frog. About Hillary no longer being a contender? Other than being old with a lot of baggage?

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Ssssssshhhhhh, be bery bery quiet…. we’re hunting for conspiracies. Don’t need no evidence. Just wild speculation.

Why yesterday the sun rose and now this resignation…. it may be aliens who control sunspots and cause climate change.

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Willie

Yes men are dumb

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I swear, this stuff just writes itself…

Paula Broadwell discusses her time spent with General David Petraeus in war-torn Afghanistan while researching her book “All In.”

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-january-25-2012/paula-broadwell

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You mean Blooper Blurdock, the same guy whose company hacked the Queen’s answering machine, is suspicious about possible CIA/Obama conspiracies? What might he do next? Order his most beloved, Fox News, to investigate?

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JamVet, you see the CEO clown that is building the largest house in the country is backing down from his little rant about firing people if Obama was reelected and is actually giving out raises. http://money.msn.com/top-stocks/post.aspx?post=28d96853-6c80-444a-9c6e-b0b52173855b

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Jamvet 9:24

yes it does

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godless heathen @ 8:15

“Paul: Every other federal manager would have been fired
With all due respect, I read it as every _other_ federal manager.
You are trying to make biscuits out of sawdust. But I know winning a blog argument of your own creation is extremely important. Are you related to JHM or Adam?”

Thank you ……….. you hit the nail on the head and (don’t waste the time but) if you went back and re-read my posts you would find I clearly identified Clinton as an “elected official” vs. a federal manager per se ………. impeachment vs. firing.

That said:

1) The President should be held to a “higher” not a lower standard.
2) He should have resigned.
3) He should have been convicted of the impeachment.

Paul can’t see the forest for the trees ……………… and yes please spend the weekend looking up that regulation. It will do you good.

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It is not about Clinton.

It is about Petraeus.

Deflectabation might make you feel better for supporting the gop but reality has a liberal bias.

Be a lib and live in the real world.

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bob,

He can’t testify if he is under FBI investigation.

I have tin foil hats for sale.

All the cons want them.

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I have tin foil hats for sale

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will they stop the voices?

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Good Fight:

Football is on you know. I don’t live on this blog.

Paul will read this later or tomorrow. He always does as he can’t stand it when I show him the fallacy of some of his moral/political positions.

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scout,

Stop that deflectabation in public.

It is about Petraeus scout.

Live in the real world scout.

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“will they stop the voices?”

No but they help tune in conspiracies

Voices and batteries are not included.

No refunds.

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Sure thing. I hear your clucking Senior Digits. How you do that and whine about Clinton, (or Obama inthe past) at the same time, I don’t know. Besides I have seen some of you posts about your wink, wink, nudge, nudge treatment of people in your custody in violation of any number of regulations. So I don’t think you have standing to whine.

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Jay, regarding your comment ‘I think a guy got caught with his pants down, and in a job that sensitive, it’s a firing/quitting offense. Pretty simple stuff, happens all the time. Haven’t you heard?’ and I’m not sure if this has been asked but do you believe Bill Clinton should have resigned? I don’t mean this as some sort of ‘gotcha’. I’m just curious.

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Bob:

I understand that Jay stated that Clinton should have resigned.

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Good fight:

There are gray areas …………. a wise man knows when not to cross the line.

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godless heaten:

“I understand that Jay stated that Clinton should have resigned.”

I believe you are correct.

However, Jay has also made this statement:

“The premise of the entire debate is false, because the attack on our consulate in Benghazi was not an act of terror.”

http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2012/10/17/on-benghazi-the-debate-and-acts-of-terror/

Go figure !

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So Kam, What does Drudge have up on it? (He appreciates your every contribution to his hit count.”

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Senior Digits, nope. You’re not that wise and they are not that gray. Good thing your rubber hose is retired.

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I don’t know why you are so angry but please leave me out of your comments.

You really don’t know how this blogging thingie works, do you?

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Kamchak, I’m used to blogging with adults. I hardly ever read Bookmans columns. I thought I’d ask him a question.

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Kamchak, I’m used to blogging with adults.

All available evidence suggests otherwise.

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Keep, more from that great article…

…Makovsky Wall Street Reputation Study of financial industry marketing execs in which 81% believe Wall Street pay will continue to batter the industry reputation.

…the Gallup survey in May that discovered that fewer than one in five Americans trusted big business nor the poll of high school students by the University of Arizona in August that found that 75% agreed with the following statement: “The stock market is rigged mostly to benefit greedy Wall Street bankers.”

But for gawdsakes, let’s not have any agitators protesting against our “monied corporations”.

I hope we shall crush in it’s birth, the aristocracy of our monied corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength; and to bid defiance to the laws of their country.” First published in Ford’s Writings of Thomas Jefferson in 1892

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I guess he should not hire any repub

He should just stick with the tax cheats.

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Some of you folks are mean and ugly. Fred “trademark” and getalife come to mind. Sorry to burst your bubbles but MONEY wins elections.

I’m not very political. I’ve noticed over the years that besides money a broad message appeals to a greater audience. Right now most people lean to the democrats. When the republicans realize that the hardcore religious right and lunatic fringe (Tea Party) hold too much sway they will change the message (appeal). Until then enjoy the triumph (sic). Remember we are all people that share this country. It would behoove all to come together as Americans. God Bless the USA. God Bless Barack Obama.

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“He should just stick with the tax cheats.”

He will not hire mitt.

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Keep 10:08

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Jm:

I hear Bill Clinton is looking for a biographer !

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He will not hire mitt.

Doesn’t have to. Already got Geithner

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Culinary Institute of America.

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I hear Bill Clinton is looking for a biographer !

Good one! (Me too.)

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I do not think it is sad. The General found love late in life[maybe].I was in the army, my career ended 2 years after I was drafted at $68.00 a month.[private] now that is sad. No long nights at the Officers Club drinking drambuie at $.15 a shot. All night in the field,no tent. I know what sad is, The General had it all, all the way to the end.

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You, not ou

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President Clinton.

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The general is a boob guy

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JamVet, let’s hope that Wall Street can be brought under control. It’s not going to be easy.

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President has been good with no affairs.

Yesterday you would have said the same about the Director of the CIA.

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Damned stupid, CIA director has an affair,damned stupid..no jay, he’s toast, very sensitive position (nod/nod,wink/wink) with potential blackmail implications that puts the country at risk…damned stupid.Can’t put this kind of stuff in a contemporary movie, no one would believe it……Damned stupid

Thinking about this election, I am delighted, perhaps this will significantly quicken the pace where ALL americans, regardless of gender, color or creed will have an equal opportunity. Think about it , no quota to fill. Advancement by ability and accomplishment, no glass ceiling… Everyone with equal opportunity, the true end of Jim Crowe…..Colleges allow equal playing ground, all SATS are evaluated on the same level, hey, Harvard requires a certain sat score, you get it or you don’t, WOW. Let’s say my child wants to go into law enforcement, everyone takes the same test vetted by officials of all sexes and races, best scores get in, no if’s and’s or Buts. Marvelous . trans genders, gays, women , men, whites, blacks, asians, native americans, you name it-all in the same pot. Pick only the best…….Yep, that’s what I’m talking about…Really only the fair way to do things. I believe that this election has moved up the timetable significantly for this type of evaluation for all jobs. Think of the NFL, they don’t give a rats azz wether your black or white or green, they just want the best player on the field for that position, that way they win and get the glory and money. The best get the best, that’s what anyone should want !!

No favoritism, just plain performance and damn the phenotype, THAT is something we should all agree on and will achieve as we go forward and yes to you on the far right and far left, this election is a strong push in that direction!

as T.R. would say EEEELIGHTED !!!!!!

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godless heathen:

It’s grounds for losing your Top Secret clearance ………… blackmail, extortion, etc.

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Good Fight !

“Keep trying to convince yourself that you are better than others…… You’re not.”

Sure I am better than others ……… and then their are some others I am not.

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“Surgegate”

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@keep up…Seen the market the last few days, it appears to be under some kind of control… But don’t be stupid, startups and cash for the recovery will require a strong Wall Street, better work with Wall Street or we will follow Japan into stagflation
( you remember Japan, 25 years ago they bought the IBM tower in Atlanta and everyone thought they would buy the entire u.s…..)

@jamvet, I will not take you at your word: something about’ chuckling’ about the consulate killings, man do you have a way, classy, time for you to dive back into that sewer…..

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Remember this?

“General Petraeus or General Betray Us?”

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Banderson:

As you know wars have been started and kingdoms lost over this very issue.

You would think men would learn but …………………….

This has been interesting but all kidding aside I hope the general is able to restore his marriage and his life. This too shall pass.

As Sgt. Hulka once wisely said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syV2LkGpQB0

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JAMVET did you actually make fun of the americans killed in Libya? Thats why no one takes each other seriously, may your soul rot in hell if you did, they were someones sons, fathers, husbands…. Doesn’t matter what party you are. They were murdered, and it could have been prevented. THIS IS TEN TIMES worse than any Watergate or Clinton Cigar girl! shame on you, I have been a Democrat for all my life, and though I would find it hard to believe Pres. Obama knew, SOMEONE did know and didn’t act and they should face the music…….

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Perhaps Petraeus fooled around and got caught with Sec. Clinton?

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Actually as you know Kamchak, I do know, ALL Federal Law Enforcement swear to uphold the Constitution, Laws and Regulations of the United States, and all lawful orders of the President and those appointed. They also pledge to never bring disgrace or dishonor upon the United States, or to whichever service they are in. Since YOU have never served, that says it all

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These FTroopers love to turn on their own and stab them in the back.

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” pledge to never bring disgrace or dishonor upon the United States”

He is resigning.

He did the right thing after he had his affair.

Perhaps it is true love like Stanford.

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Kamchak, you’ve had you’re bath for the night.. compliments of derek, arrogance leads to mistakes, Rove taught you that…

moonbat,getalife,kamchak you guys are getting giddy from lack of sleep because of all your celebrating, you guys are saying some awful stupid things-need to pack it in, rest those cerebrums, the coming months will have numerous opportunities for delicious remarks you all will be feeding us and I want to be satiated. so please get some rest… Goodnight

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Linda Brown:

You hit the nail on the head.

This is going to get very, VERY interesting.

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alex,

You are weird.

Linda,

The FBI investigating the CIA is part of the story and highly unusual.

I think his mistress’s book will make millions.

I think we will hear all the details on this one.

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Goodnight Spanky, goodnight Alfalfa, goodnight Kammie, goodnight Buckwheat, goodnight Porky !

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Geez, Andy, he resigned – he didn’t commit suicide. What makes you think he can’t be called to testify? That sounds really silly.

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Sorry I’m late to the party so if what I say has been said forgive me.

Heard on one of those talking head shows that there is an ongoing investigation of his biographer, who may or may not be the woman involved, into her maybe having access to e-mails, etc that she should not have had access to. I repeat on going, like Benghazi. Let the facts come out before the conspiracy theories begin in both instances…oops too late!

A “friend” on facebook posted something within hours that it was done because of Bengazi so he wouldn’t have to testify. I responded that his resignation shouldn’t affect whether he testifies or not if he has something worth saying! He’ll just do it as a civilian that happened to be CIA director.

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Linda Brown:
Has anyone stopped to ask how an FBI investigation would reveal such information about the head of the CIA? Or why?
That’s your story guys

That’s your opinion of “the story”.
My Inquiring Mind wants to know, why, after she’s already written her book, ( standard fluff piece)
was she snooping in his emails…..?

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Yeah Petraus needs to throw Obama under the bus.If there was any truth to your concotion of lies he would have thrown him under the bus before the election.

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Bookman often laments the partison deadlock.
He forgets when it comes to war,violence,stealing money, and/or torture……..our congress usually agrees 100%.
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In July, General David Petraeus was approved as CIA Director by both the Senate Intelligence Committee and then the full Senate, whose vote was an astounding 94-0, astounding because this is a man who was deeply implicated in war crimes, including torture.

While Petraeus’s record on backing both torture and death/terror squads in Iraq had been looked at before, literally no one brought up this record when the Obama administration’s nomination of Petraeus was being sped through the constitutional “advice and consent” process. The failure of any U.S. Senator to ask questions about Petraeus’s record on these matters demonstrates the utter bankruptcy of the two political parties, and even more, of U.S. civil society as a whole. Under the leadership of Barack Obama, torture has not only not been ended, its institutionalization has been solidified from the Bush years.
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Despite the press maintaining its propaganda front, the US Syria policy is falling apart. Hillary Clinton’s efforts to create a new Syrian opposition in Doha were a disaster — she argued for a reasonable guaranteed QOUTA OF WOMEN REVOLUTINARIES (lol) among the jihadist beards and was shown the door, women’s studies major sympatizans being relatively rare amongst the jihadists. CIA efforts to assist the insurgents have proven not only a failure, but an embarrassment, as the oft-repeated line that US aid is “falling into the wrong hands” in Syria is looking evermore threadbare — seems there are no other hands, despite US desperate efforts to create them out of whole cloth.

What is the full story behind the Patraeus mystery? I do not know. But there sure is a funny smell in the air…
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And Bookman thinks this guy has an illustative carreer.
I do agree with Bookman though…either party would want this pychpath.
He would fit right in.

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“LOOKEE LOOKEE” and A TAT looks

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Bookman delusional..as usual for a left wing dic-

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If you wouldn’t eat your dog. Why eat tukey?
Go Vegan

Brought to you by PETA

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Good Morning USA!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn-EzHbcEfU&feature=related

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The Day After The Election:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX8tL3PMj7o

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX_1B0w7Hzc&feature=endscreen

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Shame – yes. But even more strange than shame that the announcement came immediately AFTER the presidential elections. And just before he would be called to testify in the Benghazi debacle which, if I understand correctly from the news media that he will not longer be called to do. And waiting until AFTER the presidential election “out of respect for the process” – come on Jay. You can do better than that. Your liberalism is really showing with that conclusion. The proof of why and when the general made this announcement will undoubtedly come out in the future with the jobs he gets and the number of books he co-authors. But my bet is the liberal news media will not report those – considering them “non-events”.

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This coverup will be bigger than Watergate! Obama will be impeached and made a Democrat God like Clinton! Good money selling books and talking crap but Hillary will be home soon!

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Debbie, rockin’ the early mornin’ J-blog!

That’s what I’m talkin’ about, dog!

@squared trying to crunch everyone’s buzz. (Boo! Hiss!)

While looking under the sheets and pretending not to!

Get the behind me Satan!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc9o9Kl1Fko

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Good Morning Jam! Looks like today is going to be another beautiful weekend!!

I guess I’m going to have to record most of the great games today — too nice outside to stay inside!!

Go Auburn!!

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Fred – 5:32

If those “Afghani’s who were armed with rifles” had shot down your nephew and captured him alive, they probably would have tortured him to death in the most painful manner imaginable.

I’m gussing this had never crossed you mind, not even once.

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Debbie, me and my leaf blower are gonna show those leaves who’s the boss, in a bit!

Hit the roof and the gutters and then time to get cleaned up and watch my beloved Cornhuskers take on Jay’s Nittany Lions.

Last year’s game was so emotional and traumatic that it will be good to just enjoy a “regular” football game today.

And for those stiff suffering, but awesome Pa. types, “We are Penn State.”

GO BIG RED!!!

More jump up Todd music…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxJig4DKAhM&feature=related

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Someone somewhere will have to explain why the general’s confession occured after the election and not before. Bookman’s claim it was for the respect of the election process is hogwash.

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While I agree that in this sensitive position his affair disqualifies him for the job, beyond that, it’s really no one’s business. I don’t think there’s a story here.
Regarding Benghazi, if Congress calls, he’ll have to answer….unless his name is Karl Rove. Obviously, gators is hoping for something incriminating to come out of the hearings. She needs something to justify her hate and validate her ignorance.

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Happy Birthday United States Marine Corps…Born 236 years ago at Tuns Tavern in Philadelphia.

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All I can say is that if everyone were forced to resign a job because of an affair it would be hard to keep a minimum staff. More political correctness run amok…one the story is out, as it is, it is no longer a security risk.

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Bookman is nothing more than a generic liberal dic-

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Axelrod says all your secrets are belong to us–in back pocket until we need put you down.

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indigo

November 10th, 2012
8:24 am

Fred – 5:32

If those “Afghani’s who were armed with rifles” had shot down your nephew and captured him alive, they probably would have tortured him to death in the most painful manner imaginable.

I’m gussing this had never crossed you mind, not even once.
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Those afghani’s werre to busy shooting at the Spec Ops team on the ground. But might I add that you have contributed one of the silliest posts ever. Have YOU ever tried to shoot down a plane with a rifle? It’s about as possible as stopping a tank by throwing rocks at it.

Have you ever thought?

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Look at Clinton if you must and if you had impeached him, the only man in decades to have balanced a budget and many consider one of the top ten greatest presidents ever, would have been lost to history. The right actually puts in nomination everything but pedophiles to run for president and then challenge the credentials of Clinton or Kennedy. Granted the General was head of the CIA and it doesn’t bother me he has resigned from this sensitive position, but to think that this guy compromised anything is more wing nut thinking. If anything he was a nerd, who spent most of his adult life living this sainthood everyone else expects, from other people not themselves, and until he was famous never had this temptation come up. It always tickles me to see a cool guy like Obama be a great family man, while all these nerd types are like kids in a candy store. O really isn’t cool he is just about the only adult in the room so he looks cool.

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found this one interesting:

Dear Red States:

We’re ticked off at your Neanderthal attitudes and politics, so we’ve decided we’re leaving.

We in New York, Mass and CA intend to form our own country and we’re taking all the other Blue States with us.

In case you aren’t aware that includes Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Md, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Vermont, the rest of the Northeast, and DC also.

We believe this split will be beneficial to the entire nation and especially to the people of our new country called “The Enlightened States of America” (E.S.A).

To sum up briefly:

You get Texas, Oklahoma, AZ and all the slave states.

We get stem cell research, the best beaches, and we’ll take all of the creative gay people you don’t want anyway.

We get Barack and Michelle, Bill & Hillary, Andrew Cuomo, Elizabeth Warren, and Dianne Feinstein. You get Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry and Todd Akin.

We get the Statue of Liberty. You get OpryLand.

We get Apple, Intel, Microsoft and all the smart technology. You get WorldCom, the Koch Bros, and all the coal/oil pollution.

We get Harvard, Yale, Columbia, UC, Stanford and Princeton. You get Ole’ Miss.

We get Silicon Valley, NYC, San Fran, Seattle and 85 percent of America’s venture capital and best entrepreneurs.

You get Alabama and Arkansas.

We get two-thirds of all the tax revenue. You get to make the red states pay their fair share.

Our aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower than the Christian Coalition states, so we get a bunch of happy families. You get a bunch of angry single moms and deadbeat dads.

With the Blue States in hand we will have firm control of 80% of the country’s fresh water, more than 90% of the pineapple and lettuce, 92% of the nation’s fresh fruit, 95% of America’s quality wines (you can serve Ripple at your state dinners), 90% of the best cheese, 90 percent of the high tech industry, most of the US low sulfur coal, all the living redwoods, solar power, the Sequoias and condors, all the Seven Sister schools, plus Harvard, Yale, Stanford, UC, UCLA, Cal Tech and MIT.

With the Red States you will have to cope with 88% of all the obese Americans and their projected healthcare costs, 92% of all US mosquitoes, nearly 100% of the tornadoes, 90% of the hurricanes, 99% of all the Southern Baptists, virtually 100% of all televangelists, plus Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, Bob Jones University, Clemson and the University of Georgia.

We also get Hollywood and Yosemite, thank you very much. You get Appalachia…

You get the 38% of those in the Red states who believe that the world was created in 7 days and that Jonah was actually swallowed by a whale, the 62% who are pro-life for fetuses but not for the kids who are actually born or their Moms, those who believe life is sacred unless we’re discussing the death penalty or gun laws, the 44% who know that evolution is only a theory, the 53% who still believe that Saddam was part of 9/11 and had weapons of mass destruction, that Obama was born in Kenya, and the 61% of those crazy bastards who even believe they have higher morals then we do.

We’re taking all the good weed too. You can have that crap they grow in Mexico.

Sincerely,

A Citizen of the Enlightened States of America

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“President has been good with no affairs.”

VP is highly suspect

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Good Morning Fred!

Fred: Yet every week that crappy team, 5-3 now, is shown on ESPN, or ABC. Today is the FIRST day in months that there isn’t a headline (or three) about that crappy school on the ESPN college football page.

Fred, I think those appearances are contracted out moths in advance. I’m sure if any of those networks knew then what they know now, they would’ve tore out their arms before they signed that contract.

As to the Cornholers? I don’t blame them from running away to the Little eleven and leaving the Big Twelve.

Ooooo Jammy is gonna get you for that one!! Let’s hope he doesn’t see it!!

Roar DebbieDoRight Roar!!!!!!! Just for you woman

Wow, thanks Fred!! I’d forgotten about that song!! That was a great reminder. Not only are women strong, and invincible, but they were a major deterrent in those science/biology adverse repugnants getting into/staying into office!! I bet they’ll think long and hard the NEXT time they say anything against another woman OR tell us what to do with our bodies!!

Jam: Fred, talk to the hand. (As in five.)

uhOh too late fred, Jam saw your post!

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Psst…Jay….Guess you haven’t realized…an interesting thing about this “World-Wide-Web” stuff…We can actually READ and POST to your column from ANYWHERE in the world! So what makes you think Abernathy had not “left the country”?

(oh…and regarding Petreaus’ affair…must be George Bush’s fault)

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The A-10 has high mounted engines. When coming directly at an enemy, those engine intakes can certainly be penerated by AK-47 bullets.

The A-10 is best described as a “flying tank”. Many planes have sustained damage that would knock other aircraft out of the sky and still maintained their flying ability. These pictures come from one that was hit by anti-aircraft fire, which is generally more dangerous than any round from an AK-47.

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/modern/10-thunderbolt-warthog-damage-pics-462.html

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It’s all good Fred,

I could list a few dozen amazing facts about the past fifty years of college football and NU’s honored place at or near the very top. As in more wins and more national championship (Miami’s five are tied with us.) than anyone, for starters.

Five decades of excellence and dominance.

Three different dynasties.

60 wins and 3 losses in one five year stretch during the nineties!

More Academic All-Americans BY FAR than the very distant second place Notre Dame.

324 consecutive home field sell outs during those five decades of excellence.

The number one and number three greatest teams of all time. (The 1972 Trojans being number two.)

Beating No. 2 Oklahoma 35-31 on Thanksgiving Day of 1971, in the “Game of the Century.”

Your turn, Sooner baby…

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Brocephus: Cool pics. The Warthog is one bad assed plane. It’s amazing to see one in action. They turn those things in ways I didn’t think was possible. If I had one after me I’d be more interested in hiding or running than trying to shoot at it with an AK 47 lol. but don’t tell indigo that. He/she has her/his panties in a wad and just wants to argue to get some attention.

You got girl duty today?

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In the old days “J. Edgar” would have just stuck the “Petraeus File” in his office safe to be used as necessary ……………………… )

Just sayin’ …………….

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The affair was with his biographer. The investigation will center on who else she knew and what she told them. Also whether Petraeus had other inappropriate contacts.

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“Not long ago, an airliner hit some birds which knocked out all the engines and forced a landing in the East River”

Not long ago commercial airliners were not armored and battle ready airplanes. Has that changed?

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“If everybody in Washington connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.” Barry Goldwater

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indigo

November 10th, 2012
10:17 am

Fred

Not long ago, an airliner hit some birds which knocked out all the engines and forced a landing in the East River. And yet, you don’t think high veocity assault rifle bullets would have any chance against a smaller jet engine?

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You HAVE to be a Republican to be arguing this stupidly and this long ratyher than just admit you are wrong. anything is POSSIBLE silly, but still remain HIGHLY IMPROBABLE.

We weren’t taking about an avian ingestion, we are talking about the odds of shooting down a warthog with an ak47 while engaged in a fight fight with ground troops as the warthog is dropping bombs and shooting at you. Stay on the subject. A large pimple on my butt is highly likely to pop whenI sit down, but it also has no more bearing on this conversation than does an avian ingestion.

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Doggone/GA

Those birds went into the ENGINE INTAKES which are NOT armored on any jet aircraft. I can’t believe you don’t know that.

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Not long ago commercial airliners were not armored and battle ready airplanes. Has that changed?

Now, if Boeing is building a commercial bird with the same sustainability as an A-10, I would consider flying much more.

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Republican’s self-reflect by blaming Democrats.

So true! Example: Karl Rove saying that Obama won by “Suppressing Voters’ Rights!”

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OMG! Is someone on the blog reciting that “`119 NATIONAL Champ Pee Yon Ships!!!!” fallacy AGAIN? You can always tell a Bama — they can’t count, can’t do math, and only know one thing, “Roll Tide Roll”.

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Indigo

I found the photo I was looking for to answer your AK-47 question…

http://warthognews.blogspot.com/2011/06/from-archives-10-80-0258-from-172nd.html

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM — A-10 maintenance members from the 392 Air Expeditionary Wing inspect their aircraft for any additional damages after it was hit by an Iraqi missile in the right engine. The A-10 made it back to the base safely. (U. S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

Take a look at the engine photos. I’m no ballistics engineer, but I think a missile hit would carry more potential for damage than a 7.62mm round would.

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Wow I didn’t get finished with Mary’s little lamb until late last night so I didn’t get to try my stew. Just had a bowl. Man is that good. I’m going to have to get the girls to try it, they’ll love it too. I wonder why Americans don’t eat that much lamb? Other countries eat the heck out of it but we usually do beef and pork but rarely lamb……….. same with duck and goose too…….

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Denial has poisoned the GOP and threatens the rest of the country too.

Mitt Romney is already slithering into the mists of history, or at least La Jolla, gone and soon to be forgotten. A weightless figure unloved and distrusted by even his own supporters, he was always destined, win or lose, to be a transitory front man for a radical-right GOP intent on barreling full-speed down the Randian path laid out by its true 2012 standard-bearer, Paul Ryan. But as was said of another unsuccessful salesman who worked the New England territory, attention must be paid to Mitt as the door slams behind him in the aftermath of Barack Obama’s brilliant victory. Though Romney leaves no political heirs in his own party or elsewhere, he does leave a cultural legacy of sorts. He raised Truthiness to a level of chutzpah beyond Stephen Colbert’s fertile imagination, and on the grandest scale. That a presidential hopeful so cavalierly mendacious could get so close to the White House, winning some 48 percent of the popular vote, is no small accomplishment. The American weakness that Romney both apotheosized and exploited in achieving this feat—our post-fact syndrome where anyone on the public stage can make up anything and usually get away with it—won’t disappear with him. A slicker liar could have won, and still might.

http://nymag.com/news/frank-rich/gop-denial-2012-11/

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Doom

It’s going to be an interesting afternoon. This has all the makings of an upset weekend.

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Why don’t they put bars in front of the jet intakes. Any engineers out there?

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JamVet,

Even in the last 50 years I think Bama has more titles. We had AP titles in 61,64,73, 79,92,09, and 11. And we won the UPI national title in 78. UPI was of course the other of the 2 major polls at the time. In any event that’s 8 polled national titles in the last 50 years and I might be missing one since I’ve read that there are 9. The polls I don’t think started until 1936.

Now you can always have some idiot out there who may dispute that Bama has 8 or 9 polled national titles but all the idiot has to do is look it up.

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Other countries eat the heck out of it but we usually do beef and pork but rarely lamb……….. same with duck and goose too…….

I think it depends on the region that you’re in. In Louisiana they eat a lot of lamb, as well as quail, duck, fish, shrimp etc. But generally you’re correct, Americans tend to eat less lamb but more beef.

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In the general’s defense. He knew he was about to retire and didn’t know he would be offered the job of head of the CIA.
The affair stopped when he took that position.

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Or maybe it’s because the bars would just slice the birds in two and the bodies would go in anyway. Or it were a tighter screen, the goo would stay on the screen and block the air flow with the same bad result.

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met not meant

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JamVet,

As for the SEC being dirty, dirty, dirty perhaps you haven’t noticed what happened in the big 10 at Penn State or the tawdry mess at Ohio State which will be sitting home this holiday season. How Ohio State avoided even more serious penalties is still a mystery. And lets not forget Michigan when RichRod was there.

And while NU has largely maintained a clean image I think Lawrence Phillips undid a little bit of that as well as the numerous steroid allegations levied at the NU program during the Tom Osborne era. You’re not as squeaky clean as you like to think. Steroid abuse gives as much more of a cheating competitive advantage than recruiting violations can.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2002/07/23/osborne/

“At least one book on the Nebraska football program has alleged the use of the illegal performance-enhancing drugs. A shifty ex-weightlifter bound for prison back in the ’80s said he sold the drugs to many of the Cornhuskers. An All-American guard and Outland Trophy winner later admitted he used steroids at Nebraska.”

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A weightless figure unloved and distrusted by even his own supporters, he was always destined, win or lose, to be a transitory front man for a radical-right GOP intent on barreling full-speed down the Randian path laid out by its true 2012 standard-bearer, Paul

Great thoughts! (I don’t know if they’re yours or the article — haven’t clicked on the link yet).

But I think a lot of people are not paying attention to the puppet masters behind the Romneys and Ryans of the conned party.

That would be the Koch brothers. They don’t believe in the same america that the rest of us do. They believe in the feudal system of governance where the very rich lord over everyone else.

I read a biography about them — didn’t know that they’re father made his millions from dealing with the russians during the time when russia was NOT a friend; and continued to deal with them after they were an enemy. Also their father despaired the integration of public schools, (as they do), saying it was the “b@#stardization of america”. You have to wonder about growing up with that type of a person as a father who’d do and say those sort of things.

The right LOVE to talk about Obama and Rev. Wright — but nary a word about the Koch brothers and their indoctrination from their father.

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jamvet,(what a sleezy name) You are a sexual interlectual in that you are a f ing know it all. It must be nice to be that brilliant. You are truly in a class by yourself. Can’t compete with a smartass-dumbass combo like you. Happy Holidays! Go have a beer with “your” president and go shoot a game of basketball while you are there. Tell him I said hello!

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Fred you posted this yesterday:

“Your group is getting smaller and smaller as more and more of your members and former members are waking up and seeing to their everlasting shame how stupid they were. They look at hate filled lie infested diatribes like the one you out here and grow embarrassed that they were a part of it. Do you pay for my daughter’s tuition at Woodward? Do you pay my wife’s tuition at Vanderbilt as she completes her Doctorate? Did you pay my taxes? I doubt that you could foot the bill for any two of those, much less all three. But you keep telling your lies and preaching your hate. Eventually your tiny little heart will explode from all your hate and we won’t have to listen to you any more.”

First, thank you for the laughs HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.

Secondly, I hope Rent to Own lets you keep your computer a while longer. The conservatives on here need the laughs

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Eventually your tiny little heart will explode from all your hate and we won’t have to listen to you any more.”

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Pot, meet kettle. Little hate of your own spewing there.

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A serious question to the board, what does the looks of Petraeus’ spouse have to do with anything? Advancing that crap sounds petty as hell. I’d suggest that anybody doing that should be ashamed of themselves, but I’ve already come to the conclusion that shame is left on the homepage of the AJC and doesn’t make it to the blogs.

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sexual interlectual

Can someone explain what an interlectual is for me, please?

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The right LOVE to talk about Obama and Rev. Wright — but nary a word about the Koch brothers and their indoctrination from their father.

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I think it was the Kock brothers who got Rev. Wright so upset. And people like them. I can understand the Reverends feelings.

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Can someone explain what an interlectual is for me, please?

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I think Einstein was a sexy intellectual. He had some affairs also.
Try google, Maybe they can expain.

And is that a good thing or a bad thing.

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Should be “Have always told me”…………..

Sorry.

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A serious question to the board, what does the looks of Petraeus’ spouse have to do with anything?
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A serious question?

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Fred ™

November 10th, 2012
11:07 am

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Sorry didn’t mean to be pointing darts at you. Should have left the first part out and just told him he was spewing hate himself.
I didn’t go back and read your post to see what you said either.

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Seriously, how many times have you heard a guy say, “Man!! Look at the big brains on that chick!!!!?”

Why would anyone look at her brains when she has two big boobies busting out of her chest? And did you see that butt?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY84MRnxVzo

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How do you know that? And if it did stop then, than WHY would the CIA be interested in her effort to access his emails?

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It was reported in the network news last night that she stopped it when he was reported. And I don’t know if the reports are true.

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Cheesey guy, stew in your Republican hatred. It’s working our great for you! (And your president says, hi!)

The next four years can we count on you being the miserable little blogger that you have been for the last four? (Albeit, under a plethora of names. Talk about a lack of convictions in oneself!)

Wish I could say that I feel sorry for you, but in spite of the Mr. T quote, I don’t pity the fool!

Doomy, I stand corrected. Bama has more titles in that time frame.

Bu they are certainly dirty…

In August 1995, the NCAA Infractions Committee claimed four violations of NCAA rules by the Alabama football program. Alabama cornerback Antonio Langham signed with a sports agent and applied to enter the NFL draft in January 1993. Alabama’s football program was placed on probation, suffered scholarship limitations, a one year post-season ban (1995), and forfeiture of eight wins and one tie from the 9–3–1 1993 season.

In April 2003, numerous news reports claimed that recently-hired Alabama head coach Mike Price spent several hundred dollars at a strip club in Pensacola, Florida, and that a woman ordered about $1,000 of room service, charged to Price’s hotel bill, which was paid for by the University. Coach Price was dismissed before coaching a game for behavior unbecoming a representative of the University of Alabama.[68] Following a Sports Illustrated article, which elaborated on the incident, Price sued the magazine for defamation,[131][132] and sued the University, claiming wrongful termination.[133] The lawsuit against the University of Alabama was dismissed and the lawsuit against Sports Illustrated was settled out of court.[134]

It’s all good though, you pull for the Tide and I’ll pull for the Huskers!

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Karl Rove

November 10th, 2012
11:09 am

Teflon Barry may land on his feet but his cabinet is running for the exits! BENGHAZI remember that word it will come up often during this administration! I disagree with Barry H. on his replacements, I personally don’t think Rev Al Sharpton would be a good candidate to replace the General. I also don’t agree with his choices of Louis Farrakahn as Attorney General, & Oprah Winfrey to replace Hillary.
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Wow, the stupid, it burns…………. is it just me or does this post smell of hoods and white sheets?

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Petraeus will become the new Benghazi for the Uncle Sam haters…

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose
And sometimes the blues get hold of you
Just when you thought you had made it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1VvPtgTP8E

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Do those who think Clinton should have resigned for his actions think Reagan, Bush Sr and Jr were good Presidents and should be looked at that way?

Reagan: Iran Contra selling of arms to a declared enemy of the state

Bush Sr: same as above. Should he even ran for President in 88.

Bush Jr deleting of millions of emails from mainframe at time investigation was going on. Use of personal email for official government business, coincidentally, on same issue related to deleted emails.

There is plenty valid reasons to say Clinton should have resigned, if you do not think the same way based on the facts related to the other three, you are nothing more than a petty partisan hypocrite.

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