With New Year, a chance to dump ‘negative waves’
In cultures around the world, the arrival of a new year means more than the mere changing of the calendar. It is a time of cleansing and renewal, an opportunity to set past disappointments aside and to look ahead with optimism.
But let’s be honest: These are not the easiest of times in which to set aside fear in favor of optimism.
The financial meltdown of four or five years ago lingers like a hangover from a holiday party that went on much too long. The economy continues its slow recovery; Georgia’s unemployment rate last month was 8.5 percent, down a full percentage point from a year earlier and down almost two full percentage points from 2010. But it is sign of diminished expectations when a statewide jobless rate of 8.5 percent is considered evidence of progress.
And as too many of our fellow Americans know, those cold, impersonal numbers hide deep personal pain, loss and frustration. The American dream and its inherent promise that hard work will be rewarded no longer seem plausible for many, particularly the young. Only the foolish would try to deny that profound, unsettling changes are under way, and for one of the few times in our nation’s history, parents have cause to wonder whether their children and grandchildren will live in a world of reduced opportunity.
On the other hand, anger and disappointment can become self-fulfilling prophecies if indulged too long, and a backward-looking fixation on what used to be will blind you to what can be. That is as true for nations as it is for individuals. Previous generations of Americans faced times much more challenging than these and overcame them, and there is no reason to believe that we are not their legitimate and equally capable heirs.
At the moment, though, such context seems in short supply. In a new Washington Post/ABC News poll, just 40 percent of Americans describe themselves as hopeful about the course of world events in the coming year, while 56 percent described themselves as fearful. Unfortunately, a good part of that dismal showing can be explained as the aftermath of a deeply divisive, hard-fought election campaign that both political parties treated as a life-and-death struggle.
According to the Post poll, just 18 percent of Republicans report that they are hopeful about the course of world events in 2013, compared to 38 percent of independents and 61 percent of Democrats; 72 percent of Republicans describe themselves as fearful about what the next year will bring.
In the political world, such numbers have a way of compounding themselves. As Ronald Reagan knew better than anyone, and as the Democrats learned from Reagan the hard way, a party animated by the belief that this is a country in decline will find it difficult to rally others to its cause, creating a spiral that is hard to reverse.
It’s also important to remember that people of all political persuasions tend to exaggerate the importance of government and who runs it. Except in times of war, and at moments of economic crisis such as that of 2008-2009, government actually plays a relatively small role in the course of human events. At times we like to believe otherwise; we like to believe that acting through government, we exert direct control our own fate, but most of the that time, that simply isn’t true.
Faith in ourselves, each other and our country — or the lack of it — is far more important.
– Jay Bookman
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Fred ™
January 1st, 2013
2:44 pm
8nzj;)
here goes…..
Fred ™
January 1st, 2013
2:44 pm
8NZJ;)
Let’s try caps
Fred ™
January 1st, 2013
2:46 pm
Not all codes work here Tax…….
I use this guide:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Smilies
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 1st, 2013
2:46 pm
8&nzj;)
It’s just easier to make a space between the 8 and parenthesis symbol 8 ) then you can avoid the cool emoticon.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 1st, 2013
2:47 pm
Hmmmm, didn’t seem to work.
Brosephus™
January 1st, 2013
2:48 pm
Kamchak
I hope you don’t pass gas in pure cotton drawers after dinner. You’re likely to cause Smoky the Bear to cry if you do.
On a serious note, is that one of those peppers you have to wear gloves when handling?
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
January 1st, 2013
2:48 pm
Cut and paste:
8&nzj;)
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 1st, 2013
2:49 pm
On a serious note, is that one of those peppers you have to wear gloves when handling?
Abso-freakin’-lutely.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
January 1st, 2013
2:50 pm
Yep – Scotch bonnets are the REAL hot peppers. Jalepnos are sissies who cry to their mamas.
Scotch bonnets are prevalent in lots of caribbean cooking.
TaxPayer
January 1st, 2013
2:50 pm
Fred,
Sorry Fred, I keep typing it wrong for some reason. Probably two many negative vibes from the cons. How about 8‍) instead.
getalife
January 1st, 2013
2:50 pm
8&nzj
Fred ™
January 1st, 2013
2:52 pm
8zwj;)
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 1st, 2013
2:52 pm
8)
Fred ™
January 1st, 2013
2:53 pm
LOL tax, what are you trying to make?
Fred ™
January 1st, 2013
2:54 pm
Yep – Scotch bonnets are the REAL hot peppers. Jalepnos are sissies who cry to their mamas.
Scotch bonnets are prevalent in lots of caribbean cooking.
Look at you girl. You DO know about cooking. You just haven’t been properly motivated……..
Brosephus™
January 1st, 2013
3:02 pm
Kam
I thought so. I tried some hot sauce made with ghost chili peppers, and I think those things were the solid fuel in the shuttle booster rockets.
getalife
January 1st, 2013
3:02 pm
[>: (
Fred ™
January 1st, 2013
3:03 pm
>:(
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 1st, 2013
3:06 pm
SoCo/Bro
Those ghost chilies are even hotter than scotch bonnets. I read about something even hotter than those ghost peppers, but I cant remember what they were called.
Joe Hussein Mama
January 1st, 2013
3:08 pm
K. Chak — ” I read about something even hotter than those ghost peppers, but I cant remember what they were called.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfuric_acid
Joe Hussein Mama
January 1st, 2013
3:11 pm
K’Chak, I think you speak of the Trinidad Scorpion, though I understand you can’t really find them for sale outside of their native territory.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 1st, 2013
3:15 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfuric_acid
Heh, heh, heh, but no.
The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion.
It logs in at more than 1.2 million Scoville units
getalife
January 1st, 2013
3:15 pm
:wall:
Brosephus™
January 1st, 2013
3:17 pm
Kamchak
I can’t remember the name, but I think they have mentioned it on the food network before. I’m always watching Heat Seekers when I can catch it on tv.
GaDawg
January 1st, 2013
3:18 pm
Liberals, I see there are plenty on this blog, they like to pat themselves on the back about how smart they are while waiting on some form of monthly Government handout, works only as long as there are enought idiots to believe in the Government shell game.
Joe Hussein Mama
January 1st, 2013
3:18 pm
K’Chak — “It logs in at more than 1.2 million Scoville units”
Keep those damn things AWAY from me.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 1st, 2013
3:18 pm
Joe Hussein Mama
As I recall, rainfall or lack thereof reportedly boosted the heat of the scorpions.
Brosephus™
January 1st, 2013
3:18 pm
JIM @ 3:08
Joe Hussein Mama
January 1st, 2013
3:19 pm
GaDawg — “while waiting on some form of monthly Government”
PROGRAM ERROR
Windows For Telepaths has encountered a General Mindreading Fault
(A)bort
(R)etry
(I)gnore?
Joe Hussein Mama
January 1st, 2013
3:22 pm
K’Chak — “As I recall, rainfall or lack thereof reportedly boosted the heat of the scorpions.”
I heard about them from an old college friend; he loves to garden and especially loves HOT peppers.
I have seen that man crunch up a freshly-picked Scotch Bonnet and barely break a sweat. I think he’s long since burned away his throat and stomach lining.
Brosephus™
January 1st, 2013
3:30 pm
Liberals, I see there are plenty on this blog, they like to pat themselves on the back about how smart they are
Well, people like you make it easy for others to see themselves as smart. With supreme powers of observation like yours, I don’t think there are many other people who would be able to see there are many liberals here.
TaxPayer
January 1st, 2013
3:31 pm
Poor Boehner. He just cannot get his House cons to do anything right. Perhaps a good
would do him good.
TaxPayer
January 1st, 2013
3:34 pm
Scorpions! Those things can hurt.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 1st, 2013
3:49 pm
what a defensive game GA and Neb are playing.
WTF
Kam
you use that many Scotch Bonnets on your jerked chicken Morgan Fairchild ain’t gonna come near it
barking frog
January 1st, 2013
3:54 pm
Towncrier
Our assets are infinite due to the phrase ‘In God We Trust’ and the paper
it is printed on. Which of your economists have created a balance sheet
with a valuation of the property owned by the US including the Moon and
Mars or the printing press owned by the US Treasury?
barking frog
January 1st, 2013
3:57 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 1st, 2013
3:57 pm
Common Sense isn’t very Common
Morgan already called and cancelled on me.
I’ll just have to make do with Lais Ribeiro and Suelyn Medeiros.
Woe is me!
indigo
January 1st, 2013
4:05 pm
GaDawg – 3:18
Please list the kinds of “monthly Govt. handouts” you’re talking about.
getalife
January 1st, 2013
4:11 pm
“House majority leader opposes fiscal cliff deal” cnn
The crybaby will need the dems.
TaxPayer
January 1st, 2013
4:24 pm
“I’ll give you tax cuts for everyone making less than one million,” said Boehner to his cons.
“Hell NO,” exclaimed the House cons.
“Well I’ll give you tax cuts for everyone making less than $450,000,” offered President Obama.
“Hello NO,” exclaimed the House cons.
“Okay. We’ll give you tax cuts for everyone making less than $250,000,” said the Democrats.
“That’s more like it,” replied the House cons.
Meanwhile Donald Trump was heard commenting that Republicans sure do know how to negotiate for the best deal. Or something like that.
Jackie
January 1st, 2013
4:25 pm
Speaker Boehner (R-OH) will not even allow a vote on the Senate passed fiscal cliff rescue.
Chunichi
January 1st, 2013
4:32 pm
“Speaker Boehner (R-OH) will not even allow a vote on the Senate passed fiscal cliff rescue.”
I suspect one big objection is the deferral of spending cuts (sequester) for two months…or forever. He’s right to balk at the deal…it was cobbled together by a Dem majority Senate and the Prez is already taking victory laps.
Joe Hussein Mama
January 1st, 2013
4:34 pm
Jackie — “Speaker Boehner (R-OH) will not even allow a vote on the Senate passed fiscal cliff rescue.”
Well, from where I’m standing, they have until about sunup on Thursday morning, or else Congress has to start over from scratch.
The members of the 113th Congress are to be sworn in and seated on Thursday, and all unfinished business of the 112th goes right in the trash can at that point.
josef
January 1st, 2013
4:36 pm
Folks seem to be in a pretty good mood today. I guess the resolutions are holding pretty well for day one.
Peppers? You folks are wimps!
FRED
Mississippi State, eh? Heh, heh. Great Granny MJ and her buddy John B. Stone might be grinning a bit on your take!
josef
January 1st, 2013
4:39 pm
FRED
Oops…not John B…John Marshall Stone…
TaxPayer
January 1st, 2013
4:43 pm
I’m hoping that the House cons elect Cantor or Ryan as their new speaker. That would make for some good entertainment. Then again, we’ve already seen poor old Ryan get his arse whooped royally by Obama and Biden so maybe it would be better to let him sit (I mean stand
) this one out.
TBS
January 1st, 2013
4:44 pm
GO SEC…
NW did save face for the Big 10…. Congrats to them
Jackie
January 1st, 2013
4:52 pm
@Joe
The new Congress will be sworn in on 1/3/2013, requiring new legislative debate on the bill.
From my understanding, the clock runs out at 11:59 pm on 1/2/2013.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
January 1st, 2013
4:55 pm
Best games South Carolina and GEorgia
I’m STILL surprised that Georgia won! That’s what? THe first bowl win in 5 years?
Congrats DemDawgs!!! It’s about time!
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think
January 1st, 2013
4:55 pm
G’ Afternoon folks. I’ve been watching the progress (?) on the Senate bill all afternoon..Seems like Eric Cantor wants to amend it. That ought to kill it outright. What part of the House Of REPRESENTATIVES doesn’t he get? Could it be “representative”? The idiot of idiots.
The only thing keeping me from being too hot under the collar about this is the pain killer I’ve been taking. God the House GOP’s are a bunch of dufus ideologues!
Jackie
January 1st, 2013
4:56 pm
@Chuchini
It appears that you are taking the position that the morals and ethics of the House Repubs are more profound than that of the American public?
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 1st, 2013
4:57 pm
Corbin
hope you are back on your feet and kicking ass soon
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think
January 1st, 2013
4:58 pm
DDR,
The Georgia game WAS good indeed, but the Nebraska QB looked like a seventh grader to me.
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think
January 1st, 2013
5:01 pm
Common,
Thanks, but I’ll just settle for the “back on your feet” bit. For me the time for kicking ass is long gone…thankfully…
getalife
January 1st, 2013
5:01 pm
Corbin,
I had a bottle of 100 Percocets.
Joe Hussein Mama
January 1st, 2013
5:04 pm
Jackie — “The new Congress will be sworn in on 1/3/2013, requiring new legislative debate on the bill.”
I *believe* that the bill will have to be resubmitted since an entirely new Congress is to be seated.
“From my understanding, the clock runs out at 11:59 pm on 1/2/2013.”
True, but leaders do sometimes ’suspend the clock’ at times such as this. If it seems that a breakthrough is possible, whoever’s in charge of the House at that time could order the clock to be suspended and debate could then proceed. That said, the swearing-in and seating of the new Congress is still going to happen on Thursday, so that tactic could only squeeze out a few hours’ more debate, if that.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
January 1st, 2013
5:05 pm
Corbin — i’m glad you’re o.k. after your surgery!! Please don’t take any pain pills with any beer or booze — we want you to be lucid – the only drunk and unintelligible ramblers on the blogs are the Conned!
YEP that game was great!! The South Carolina game was a bit better but for Georgia to actually WIN a bowl game at the start of the new year, may be a sign!
moonbat betty
January 1st, 2013
5:08 pm
“I’m STILL surprised that Georgia won! That’s what? THe first bowl win in 5 years?”
Geez. Debs wrong. AGAIN
http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl_history_georgia.html
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
January 1st, 2013
5:08 pm
Rose bowl is getting ready to start — not really interested in it.
Why would Wisconsin bring back Rodriguez? He hasn’t coached in a decade. Makes no sense to me….
moonbat betty
January 1st, 2013
5:08 pm
Debs, if you ever need a bookie, let me know.
Brosephus™
January 1st, 2013
5:12 pm
I think the GOP should recess the House. If they want spending cuts, they don’t have to lift a finger to get what they want.
getalife
January 1st, 2013
5:15 pm
Not sure why they changed coaches and it is weird.
Beautiful country and weather.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
January 1st, 2013
5:15 pm
Ha ha very funny moonbat!!
Happy New Year you old meanie!
Joe Hussein Mama
January 1st, 2013
5:15 pm
Brosephus — “I think the GOP should recess the House. If they want spending cuts, they don’t have to lift a finger to get what they want.”
Co-sign.
The cuts are already built in if no agreement happens. They were designed to be painful to both sides, thereby giving both sides a reason to come to a *different* agreement before time ran out, but if no alternative agreement is reached, we’re still going to get cuts.
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think
January 1st, 2013
5:15 pm
Getalife,
Yeah, I have those too, but when they wen in to repair the meniscus, the doctor said he found the surrounding bone eat up with arthritis, so he scraped the bones…I don’t know if you have ever had bones scraped ,but they hurt like blue Hades afterward. The meds really don’t help much, other than to take the edge off….and I’ve got to go to work tomorrow because of another management crisis, so I ought to be real fun to be around too…
Jackie
January 1st, 2013
5:16 pm
The House Repubs keep telling their supporters they are acting on “principal;” what would be good to know is, what “principal(s)” that are underlying their decision.
It is reported that 40 Repubs are the most adamant in their rejection of the Senate bill. Speaker Boehener has shown less than courage in refusing to bring the bill to the House floor for a vote.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
January 1st, 2013
5:16 pm
I think the GOP should recess the House. If they want spending cuts, they don’t have to lift a finger to get what they want.
Word — I didn’t think of that. Why don’t they just go home to their families and stop posturing before the television cameras. They’re getting their wish — they should be happy.
Tundra Dude
January 1st, 2013
5:17 pm
Why would Wisconsin bring back Rodriguez? He hasn’t coached in a decade. Makes no sense to me….
It’s not Rod ,it’s Alvarez, the AD, just filling in for this one game.
moonbat betty
January 1st, 2013
5:18 pm
Happy New Year, Debbie.
I like your enthusiasm for the game.
Even if you do hate UGA…
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think
January 1st, 2013
5:21 pm
Jackie,
If they are using the word “principal;” then they must be talking about ol’ Grover because Principal is a person. They should be talking about Principle…but like I said…they are idiots!
Tundra Dude
January 1st, 2013
5:21 pm
Not sure why they changed coaches and it is weird
The coach left for Arkansas
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 1st, 2013
5:23 pm
Seems that a few of the GOP are well into Custer’s last stand but Custer is remembered more fondly (well at least by some).
TBS
January 1st, 2013
5:24 pm
Moonbat
Happy New Year and Go DAWGS!!!!!
The hatas will surely be cheering against the SEC…… the rest of the way
Wilbur
January 1st, 2013
5:24 pm
You might wander over to the Victor Hill story and read the overtly racist and hate filled rants there. It’s pretty amazing what passes for Ok in progressive world.
getalife
January 1st, 2013
5:24 pm
Corbin,
Ouch, going to work is not a good idea.
You don’t sleep well on opiates.
getalife
January 1st, 2013
5:26 pm
Thanks Tundra Dude.
Brosephus™
January 1st, 2013
5:26 pm
JHM
The problem is that they want specific cuts in specific programs. They’re so hellbent on ideological actions that they can’t even see they already have what they supposedly want. If I were in DC, I would call them on that on national tv. I would detail every single cut and ask them why they are trying to undo legislation that already does what they want to achieve.
Jackie
January 1st, 2013
5:26 pm
@Corbin
Notice that I put the words “principle” in quotes. Without the words being quoted, there is no way to establish a definitive meaning about ANYTHING the House Repubs say.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
January 1st, 2013
5:29 pm
Georgia’s Bowl Record, (last 2 years):
2010 Liberty UCF 6-10 L
2011 Outback Michigan State (3 OT) 30-33 L
Florida’s Bowl Record:
2010 Outback Penn State 37-24 W
2011 Gator Ohio State 24-17 W
These wins were when Florida had a big upset with a change in coaches. Compared to Georgia who has had the same coach for the past decade
Let’s see about some other SEC teams:
MS State:
2010 Gator Michigan 52-14 W
2011 Music City Wake Forest 23-17 W
Do you see the theme I’m going for here Bets?
moonbat betty
January 1st, 2013
5:32 pm
Happy New Year, TBS.
Let the haters keep hatin and roll Tide roll.
TBS
January 1st, 2013
5:32 pm
DDR @ 5:16
Republicans are losing the PR battle…. Bad and they know it. Lindsey Graham said on Sunday that Obama had won.
They have no choice but to play this thing out
Not saying Obama and Democrats are not doing their fair share of crap, but they are beating down Republicans from a PR perspective.
moonbat betty
January 1st, 2013
5:34 pm
Debs. 38-0.
That ring a bell?
Joe Hussein Mama
January 1st, 2013
5:35 pm
Brosephus — “If I were in DC, I would call them on that on national tv. I would detail every single cut and ask them why they are trying to undo legislation that already does what they want to achieve.”
I like that idea a lot, but surely we agree that Congressional Republicans have lately demonstrated themselves to be largely without shame, without conscience and without memories longer than five seconds.
TBS
January 1st, 2013
5:35 pm
DDR
GA has 26 Bowl wins
Only 5 teams have more.
Just saying
Not a huge CMR fan but let’s speak the whole truth if we are going to knock them
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think
January 1st, 2013
5:35 pm
Jackie,
I get your point and I agree…The House Republicans, as I see it, are a good reason to supply free birth control… then maybe there would be less retarded elephants around the place
pogo
January 1st, 2013
5:37 pm
This is from todays NYT’s.
“Whom should we blame for this? Again, we should not blame Obama and Boehner. In their different ways, they and a number of other people in the Congress are trying to find a politically palatable way to deal with these hard issues. They got what conditions allowed.
Ultimately, we should blame the American voters. The average Medicare couple pays $109,000 into the program and gets $343,000 in benefits out, according to the Urban Institute. This is $234,000 in free money. Many voters have decided they like spending a lot on themselves and pushing costs onto their children and grandchildren. They have decided they like borrowing up to $1 trillion a year for tax credits, disability payments, defense contracts and the rest. They have found that the original Keynesian rationale for these deficits provides a perfect cover for permanent deficit-living. They have made it clear that they will destroy any politician who tries to stop them from cost-shifting in this way.
Most members of Congress are responding efficiently to the popular will. A large number of reactionary Democrats reject any measure to touch Medicare or other entitlement programs. A large number of impotent Republicans talk about reducing the debt, but are incapable of forging a deal that balances tax increases with spending cuts.
The events of the past few weeks demonstrate that these political pressures overwhelm the few realists looking for a more ambitious bargain. The country either doesn’t know or doesn’t care about the burdens we are placing on our children. No coalition of leaders has successfully confronted the voters, and made them heedful of the ruin they are bringing upon the nation.
The American people are to blame for what we are doing to this country. The politicians such as Obama are just a symptom of our own greed and self-servance. We have become a nation of people who don’t care where the money comes from, as long as we get it. What is dispiccable is that Obama has created an entire career playing upon racial and economic division and by cowtowing to the unions and the entitlement loving public who don’t care what happens to this country just as long as they get theirs. Obama doesn’t care about this nations children. If he did, he would do something about our deficit and he would make the tough decison no matter what it does to him politically. He cried about the shootings in Conneticut but yet he is OK with saddling tomorrow childred with trillions of dollars of debt which they will never be able to get out from under. And he does this just to keep his party and his socialist agenda intact. Really sad.
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think
January 1st, 2013
5:38 pm
TBS
January 1st, 2013
5:32 pm
But if the idiots would just sign the Senate Bill, they could always say they voted for a tax reduction and not a hike, since the hike started today…There is their principle and their banner to wave…
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think
January 1st, 2013
5:39 pm
Pogo,
You’re a hoot, bless your heart…
Joe Hussein Mama
January 1st, 2013
5:40 pm
ogop — “A large number of impotent Republicans”
Sounds good. Tell me more.
getalife
January 1st, 2013
5:40 pm
pogo,
Your ODS is off the charts.
Are you going to make it?
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
January 1st, 2013
5:41 pm
And moonbat I don’t hate the DemDawgs — I just “dislike” those rabid, obnoxious DemDawg fans! Except for you and TBS and a few others — the vast majority are digustingly obnoxious — i frequent a lot of sports blogs too, and besides OSU, and BAMMAS, DemDawgs are some of the most ridiculous fans i’ve ever seen!
==========================
Jackie: The House Repubs keep telling their supporters they are acting on “principal;” what would be good to know is, what “principal(s)” that are underlying their decision.
Hiya Jackie! Happy New Year! The Conned eat up everything they are told — long starving mutts, its sad really. I understand supporting your party; BUT blind loyalty is not patriotic or sensible.
TBS
January 1st, 2013
5:42 pm
So how many Repubs are taking these benies, vote Repub and like you put the blame on the Dems?
Thought you guys were about self reliance and responsibility.
Don’t seniors overall vote slightly to the right?
Jackie
January 1st, 2013
5:45 pm
@pogo
It is truly sad that you see President Obama using racial and economic differences to make political points with “unions and the entitlement loving public who don’t care what happens to this country just as long as they get theirs.”
Further, you accuse him of being a socialist. It is readily apparent that you do not understand the differences between socialism, democracy or communism; it is apparent that you do not understand how your own democratic republic works in arriving a decisions coming from the Legislative branch of our government.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
January 1st, 2013
5:47 pm
Debs. 38-0. That ring a bell?
That hurt betts that really, really hurt! God will get you for that Betty — God does not like DemDawgs fans!
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 1st, 2013
5:48 pm
The average Medicare couple pays $109,000 into the program and gets $343,000 in benefits out, according to the Urban Institute. This is $234,000 in free money
Rather misleading. I have paid for over 40 years. So now with inflation adjusted dollars and interest on my “investment” how much of the “free money” isn’t really free.
Brosephus™
January 1st, 2013
5:50 pm
DDR @ 5:16
I’ve thought this way since they screwed up the original deadline. America needs a good, solid dose of the repercussions of continuously re-electing the same jackasses and expecting different results. This whole problem isn’t because of the failings of the DC bunch. This problem is because too many people vote party over substance. We should reap the entirety of what we’ve sown.
Brosephus™
January 1st, 2013
5:53 pm
JHM @ 5:35
In total agreement!
Jackie
January 1st, 2013
5:53 pm
@Brosephus
Profound conclusion; the politicians are not the problem, it is a problem of an uninformed electorate.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
January 1st, 2013
5:53 pm
TBS: DDR
GA has 26 Bowl wins
Only 5 teams have more.
Just saying
Not a huge CMR fan but let’s speak the whole truth if we are going to knock them
TBS — Did the Debs prick a nerve?!? Cool! I”ve got to use that chart on the ESPN blogs when those obnoxious DemDawgs come in crowing!!
Thanks!
moonbat betty
January 1st, 2013
5:55 pm
lol Debbie.
Every team has their share of rabid obnoxious fans
You just happen to be in the heart of dem dawns country