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Soothsayer
February 4th, 2013
10:12 pm
Now see, this a good lesson for the rest of you. Only rich people name their kids Taggart. Or Winston. Or Bartholomew or Brock or Bryce or Burke or Cameron or Claybourne or Colby or Corbin or Dane or Dante or Dillon or Geoffery or Hamilton or Harper or Montgomery or Roosevelt or Sterling or Winslow or Winthrop.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
February 4th, 2013
10:13 pm
Sooth ……………. better takes swipes at Senator Reid instead of Del and I.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
February 4th, 2013
10:14 pm
Sooth ………………. Sooooooottthhhh …………… where are you Sooth ?
kayaker 71
February 4th, 2013
10:16 pm
Scout, 10:11,
A line has been drawn in the sand which most liberals do not understand. This should send a clear message to gun control advocates nationwide, however they do not have enough sense to realize what the majority of the people want. Most people who own guns don’t appreciate an Obama America and will not tolerate this crap. This clown has met his match.
Soothsayer
February 4th, 2013
10:18 pm
I hear a voice crying out from the wilderness, from the hinterland. It’s faint. I can barely make it out. Why, it’s Scout calling from his underground bunker. He’s holed up in his underground bunker and shouting out through the vent pipe. Scout, Scout! can you hear me? Come out and join the rest of the world. Be normal.
Dawg '88
February 4th, 2013
10:19 pm
“Defend the indefensible”?…You mean like the heinous crime of abortion (the dismemberment of a baby’s body to remove it from their mother’s.. womb…each limb is torn off one by one and the rest is vacuumed out).
You can’t defend that either…Obama, The Face of the Culture of Death..The Abortion President
Obama won’t defend the unborn from this violence…when will you?
kayaker 71
February 4th, 2013
10:22 pm
The beauty of the 2nd amendment is that it will not be need until they try to take it away.
Thomas Jefferson
Jm
February 4th, 2013
10:23 pm
Slackers…..
td
February 4th, 2013
10:24 pm
Sooth,
How do you like living on the white lib plantation? Do your lib masters ever throw you some bread crumbs or do you just do what Jesse, Al and your other civil rights overseers tell you to do as they tell you how to think?
Dixie Normous
February 4th, 2013
10:27 pm
obama is above the law and the left is ok with that too. no budget even tho the legal deadline was today. that makes 4 out of 5 years he has broken the law.
tell the truth
February 4th, 2013
10:29 pm
Dawg ‘88 I believe that the woman has the right to make that decision for herself.
tell the truth
February 4th, 2013
10:31 pm
Dixie Normous Is that worse than lying this country into two wars ??? And then excluding the costs of both wars from his budget for his 8 years. And then cutting taxes which meant we paid for the two wars on credit? Hmmmm????
bman
February 4th, 2013
10:31 pm
did sooth just suggest someone be normal?
Jackie
February 4th, 2013
10:33 pm
If the call for some level of gun control, including background checks for the purchase of guns and those with felonies and mental illness, will cause people to rise up in revolt because of their mistaken belief the 2nd Amendment is without restriction, when will the so-called conservatives rise up and take control of the nearest US military installation?
Soothsayer
February 4th, 2013
10:33 pm
The important thing is not being afraid.
Union
February 4th, 2013
10:39 pm
if a woman has a right to abort a baby.. then i should have a right to have a gun.. no?
Jackie
February 4th, 2013
10:43 pm
@Union
You have a right to own a gun if you are not a felon or mentally incompetent. A woman has a right to an abortion up to her second trimester, or, if the pregnancy puts her life at risk.
Each right is available with restrictions; no right is absolute.
td
February 4th, 2013
10:44 pm
tell the truth
February 4th, 2013
10:31 pm
Dixie Normous Is that worse than lying this country into two wars ???
Who lied? Even Colin Powell said there were NO lies or doctoring the documents. Get over that lie BS.
Mr Right, the FOXBOT
February 4th, 2013
10:45 pm
td
February 4th, 2013
9:39 pm
Majority Leader Reid (D) said there would be NO bill in the Senate to ban so called “Assault Weapons”.
Them crazy Dems!
td
February 4th, 2013
10:45 pm
Jackie
February 4th, 2013
10:33 pm
“If the call for some level of gun control, including background checks for the purchase of guns and those with felonies and mental illness, ”
Already current law. What is your complaint.
Jackie
February 4th, 2013
10:47 pm
@td
No complaint, just a restatement of facts.
Mr Right, the FOXBOT
February 4th, 2013
10:48 pm
tell the truth
February 4th, 2013
10:29 pm
Dawg ‘88 I believe that the woman has the right to make that decision for herself.
so they have the right to kill when they please!
Jackie
February 4th, 2013
10:51 pm
@td
It is well-documented that Gen. Powell publicly stated that he was misled about “facts” relating to our invasion of Iraq.
http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500164_162-577975.
td
February 4th, 2013
10:51 pm
Jackie
February 4th, 2013
10:47 pm
@td
No complaint, just a restatement of facts.
I posted before reading your post at 10:43. My apologies.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
February 4th, 2013
10:56 pm
Sooth @ 10:18
Typical response from you ………. emotion vs. reason.
Call Senator Reid ………. he’ll fill you in.
Dixie Normous
February 4th, 2013
11:20 pm
The problem with the country is simple. The sorry people that mooch off the govt are outbreeding normal people. And obama and his party are giving the lowlifes everything they want at the expense of every one else. the future is bleak.
Jackie
February 4th, 2013
11:26 pm
@Dixie
You use several pejoratives; please elaborate on what you define as “sorry people” and “lowlifes.”
Oscar
February 4th, 2013
11:27 pm
Dixie – I hear the 47 per cent is up to 48 per cent. Don’t worry. Be happy.
Dixie Normous
February 4th, 2013
11:34 pm
You use several pejoratives; please elaborate on what you define as “sorry people” and “lowlifes.”
The very large percentage of obama voters that have never paid a dime in taxes. They have never invested in this country. Instead the country keeps making bad investments in them. Only people that are or have paid taxes shoul be voting.
+Dixie – I hear the 47 per cent is up to 48 per cent. Don’t worry. Be happy
Will you pop a cork or snort a line to celebrate the demise of the country as that number gets higher and higher?
Pharoh
February 4th, 2013
11:35 pm
Little Dixie
Do you always whine so much or is it just a blog thing?
Dixie Normous
February 4th, 2013
11:39 pm
Dixie Normous Is that worse than lying this country into two wars ??? And then excluding the costs of both wars from his budget for his 8 years. And then cutting taxes which meant we paid for the two wars on credit? Hmmmm????
you are quite confused. I have not posted any support for Bush. He spent way too much. No question about that. Obama inherited a mess. But then so do firefighters. Do you see them throwing gasoline on the fires?
Dixie Normous
February 4th, 2013
11:41 pm
11:35 pm
Little Dixie
Do you always whine so much or is it just a blog thing?
you had your 8 years of whining. so it shouldnt bother you when others do it. the destruction of a once great nation by a bunch of leftwing POS liberals is good reason to whine.
Jackie
February 4th, 2013
11:43 pm
@Dixie
It is too bad that you have taken the time to look at the taxes paid by anyone in this country who has a job. I am sure you will find everyone who works pays some type of tax, be it Social Security, Payroll, Medicare, sales tax, gasoline tax, etc., etc., etc.
If you will look at your own tax structure, if you work and have a mortgage, you too are what you so aptly define as a “taker.” If you file your taxes, you use the deduction for interest. Folks that rent pay a higher rental fee to pay for the units owned by a real estate developer, who use their federal deductions for real estate taxes and interest.
What part of that do you not seem to understand?
Dixie Normous
February 4th, 2013
11:44 pm
Any liberals upset one of your leaders in the Senate, Menendez D NY was flying to the DR on his best friends plane to have sex with underaged prostitutes? BTWhis friend owes the IRS 11 million dollars. Good liberal Senator huh? lol
Pharoh
February 4th, 2013
11:45 pm
I don’t do politics. They are all crooks. I was just asking a question
Making an ass of yourself must come as easy as breathing.
But don’t let me stop you. Please continue.
Cherokee
February 4th, 2013
11:46 pm
Sorry Dixie, but contrary to what Boortz has told you, virtually everyone pays taxes.
Dixie Normous
February 4th, 2013
11:48 pm
If you will look at your own tax structure, if you work and have a mortgage, you too are what you so aptly define as a “taker.” If you file your taxes, you use the deduction for interest. Folks that rent pay a higher rental fee to pay for the units owned by a real estate developer, who use their federal deductions for real estate taxes and interest.
What part of that do you not seem to understand?
Ever heard of subsidized housing? Taxpayers pay their rent, buy them food, buy them coke, buy them Escalades, pay their cell phone bills, pay their doctor bills when they shoot each other, buy them Toys for their Tots, buy them contraceptives, abortions (which Im ok with, the more the better), etc. Anything else?
Jackie
February 4th, 2013
11:55 pm
@Dixie
It appears the time you spend watching TV takes away from your understanding of what goes on in the real world.
Subsidized housing is something that is needed in this country and it not only affects the people that have their rent, food, coke, Escalades, cell phones, doctor bills, toys for their children, contraceptives, abortions, and so on.
Now, do you take your tax deductions for your housing? If so, your tax deduction is much greater than that of any one person you deem to be a taker, given the laundry-list of things you have articulated.
Care to refute that statement?
Dixie Normous
February 5th, 2013
12:08 am
I saw Zeros photo op with the shotgun shooting skeet to demonstrate hes an avid gun rights supporter. HAHAHAHA. What a dolt. Next he will be taking birth control pills to show hes a staunch defender of womens rights. Perhaps he should instruct one of his daughters to get pregnant so he can really show hes a warrior for women. Just imagine the political ad. His own daughter gets an aborion. He is for real. We need dear leader for a third term. lolol
Dixie Normous
February 5th, 2013
12:10 am
I work so I EARN the tax credits. I pay a helluva a lot more than I get back. And with the idiot reelected it will only get worse. Thats fine tho. I may just quit and become one of you. Sit at home all day with an alcohol and drug problem LOL
Jackie
February 5th, 2013
12:23 am
@Dixie
Why don’t you quit and left your position be filled by someone else that needs the job? Then you will get to enjoy the benefits of having someone give you all those things that you perceive the 47% get for free.
Jackie
February 5th, 2013
12:28 am
@Dixie
How do you EARN tax credits?
Those are benefits given to you by the government to subsidize home ownership. Remember those you vilified about receiving subsidized housing; welcome to the same party.
Jackie
February 5th, 2013
12:29 am
@Dixie
Again, your propaganda machine is working overtime when you assume that “one of us” sits home all day with a drug and alcohol problem. Wonder how you conjured up that notion?
keith
February 5th, 2013
2:45 am
Who rescued the British Ambassador in Benghazi Libya when he was attacked? Americans did and it took 20 minutes to get there. Who rescued the American Ambassador in Benghazi Libya when he was attacked? Nobody. They tell us they just didnt have time. 20 minutes out of their day was just too much to ask.
stands for decibels
February 5th, 2013
5:58 am
The best commercial in some time @ 8:56
I’m kind of shocked at how many people loved it. I’m of farming stock and I thought it was a) embarrassing and b) laid on with a shovel.
also, Paul Harvey needs to stay dead.
Rightwinger
February 5th, 2013
6:27 am
We need to sweep this under the rug. Turn a deaf ear. This man is a Republican. We can’t find anything wrong with this. It will make the GOP look bad. Remember FOX’s favorite saying, “ANYBODY BUT HILLARY” how’s that working out for ya?
USinUK - former Girl Scout
February 5th, 2013
6:29 am
Will politicians never learn? the first rule of PR is to get out ahead of the story. If you can’t get out ahead of it, then apologize (really apologize) and fix what you’ve done wrong.
Poodle Boy
February 5th, 2013
6:31 am
Regulate Marriage not guns.
USinUK - former Girl Scout
February 5th, 2013
6:43 am
dB – 5:58 – and let’s not forget that the family farmer is rapidly becoming a thing of the past with the growth of corporate / industrial farms
http://familyfarmingahap.weebly.com/family-vs-corporate-farming.html
USinUK - former Girl Scout
February 5th, 2013
6:43 am
“Regulate Marriage not guns.”
yep, because someone could break into your house with a gay couple and take out the lot of you … not to mention, innocent bystanders.
(and marriage already IS regulated, you numpty)
Cherokee
February 5th, 2013
6:52 am
Jackie
February 5th, 2013
12:23 am
@Dixie
Why don’t you quit and left your position be filled by someone else that needs the job?
I always wonder that too. If folks living off the government have it so good – ‘Taxpayers pay their rent, buy them food, buy them coke, buy them Escalades, pay their cell phone bills, pay their doctor bills when they shoot each other, buy them Toys for their Tots, buy them contraceptives, abortions” – then why are you so dumb that you keep working?
The truth of course is that people who depend on government programs don’t do well at all – especially in Georgia – and no one does it unless they absolutely have to.
Cherokee
February 5th, 2013
6:54 am
Poodle boy why do you want to require free adult Americans to ask the government for permission to marry the person of your choice?
USinUK - former Girl Scout
February 5th, 2013
6:54 am
” then why are you so dumb that you keep working?”
because she’s so much BETTER than they are, doncha know …
go GALT!!!
Cherokee
February 5th, 2013
6:55 am
I grew up on a farm too, sfd, and of course it was over the top. But I enjoyed it anyway
Cherokee
February 5th, 2013
6:56 am
They do like to claim moral superiority don’t they….
USinUK - former Girl Scout
February 5th, 2013
7:04 am
“Poodle boy why do you want to require free adult Americans to ask the government for permission to marry the person of your choice?”
http://minnesotaforequality.com/rachel-maddow-heres-the-thing-about-rights/
Granny Godzilla
February 5th, 2013
7:33 am
Speaking of running and hiding…..
How about Karl Rove’s new PAC “Conservative Victory Project” working to purge the
Republican party of the Tea Party?
And yet Fox News, who had taken him off the air after his strange election night behavior, has rehired him through 2016?
Does Fox News support the surge to purge the GOP of it’s radical right fringe?
And
What about……Naomi?
USinUK - former Girl Scout
February 5th, 2013
7:36 am
“Does Fox News support the surge to purge the GOP of it’s radical right fringe?”
well, they did “unhire” St. Sarah of the Tundra.
stands for decibels
February 5th, 2013
7:40 am
and let’s not forget that the family farmer is rapidly becoming a thing of the past with the growth of corporate / industrial farms
and let’s not forget that virtually every pickemup truck sold in the USA (ok, I’ll guess it’s like 90%, I could be off by 5% or so) is to some a-hole who uses it to drive it to his office job every day.
I mean, lots of them are actually called upon to do actual work on occasion, but the personal vehicular overcapacity of this nation is not something I’m likely to celebrate under any circumstances, and far less so if some dead right-wing schmuck like Paul Harvey is preaching at me that I need to do so.
USinUK - former Girl Scout
February 5th, 2013
7:45 am
dB – 7:40 – TESTIFY!
Brosephus™
February 5th, 2013
7:47 am
The very large percentage of obama voters that have never paid a dime in taxes. They have never invested in this country. Instead the country keeps making bad investments in them. Only people that are or have paid taxes shoul be voting.
Wow!!! Mystery Meat #250 wants to keep millionaires, who write off their losses and zero out their tax liabilities in the process, from exercising their right to vote. Funny that these pop up conservatives bitch and complain about what libs want to do, yet they don’t even see the fact that they cheerlead for pissing on the Constitution. Such dumbassery…..
stands for decibels
February 5th, 2013
7:48 am
…and before anyone goes off on my gratuitous stereotyping @ 7.40, I don’t claim to be especially righteous myself. I could be driving something more fuel efficient than I do–it’d mean laying out some bucks to replace the ~28 mpg thing I have for (say) a 42 mpg thing, but I can’t really cost-justify it.
USinUK - former Girl Scout
February 5th, 2013
7:49 am
“They have never invested in this country. Instead the country keeps making bad investments in them”
I agree – corporations who offshore should be strung up …
Brosephus™
February 5th, 2013
7:50 am
dB @ 7:40
Just for that, I’m gonna get my suburban back up and running just to drive the kid(s) to school.
*(s) is for the idea that the doctors don’t think Mrs. Brosephus will make it through the week before the next member of the clan is brought into the world.
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think.
February 5th, 2013
7:53 am
Bro’!
Congrats!! You can never have too many tax deductions!
Granny Godzilla
February 5th, 2013
7:55 am
Oh Bro how exciting!
All my best wishes and prayers to your lovely bride.
USinUK - former Girl Scout
February 5th, 2013
7:57 am
Bro – D-Day is coming up quick, isn’t it??
stands for decibels
February 5th, 2013
7:59 am
Such dumbassery…
I guess Mitt’s 47% video[1] was a blessing and a curse. The former because it ensured that the plutocrats’ goose was cooked, electorally (let’s face facts, Obama could’ve shown up sh-tfaced and coughing from a resuscitated 2-pack-a-day habit at the last two debates and probably still managed to win). The latter, because the notion that “47% pay no taxes” is a Zombie Lie that cannot be killed, ever.
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1. Once again, thank you, James Carter IV.
godless heathen - owner of many things he does not need
February 5th, 2013
8:00 am
I could be driving something more fuel efficient than I do–it’d mean laying out some bucks to replace the ~28 mpg thing I have for (say) a 42 mpg thing, but I can’t really cost-justify it.
Good for you. More gas for us pickemup truck drivers to haul our assault rifles around with.
stands for decibels
February 5th, 2013
8:02 am
I’m gonna get my suburban back up and running
hmm…How’d that soft drink jingle go? think it was…
I’m an a-hole,
he’s an a-hole,
she’s a an a-hole
we’re an a-hole,
wouldn’t you like to be an a-hole too?
USinUK - former Girl Scout
February 5th, 2013
8:04 am
dB … hrm … I don’t think that’s how David Naughton sung it …
DownInAlbany
February 5th, 2013
8:05 am
godless heathen – owner of many things he does not need
February 5th, 2013
8:00 am
I could be driving something more fuel efficient than I do–it’d mean laying out some bucks to replace the ~28 mpg thing I have for (say) a 42 mpg thing, but I can’t really cost-justify it.
Good for you. More gas for us pickemup truck drivers to haul our assault rifles around with.
As I glance out the window of my office at my pickemup truck! You can’t expect much from folks who demean a dead man!
USinUK - former Girl Scout
February 5th, 2013
8:07 am
“You can’t expect much from folks who demean a dead man!”
dead … living … does it really make a difference?
can a cat not look at a king (then wee on his shoes?)
stands for decibels
February 5th, 2013
8:10 am
haul our assault rifles around with.
yew bungie ‘em down real good, y’hear? don’t want no dirty hippies getting their hands on ‘em should they bounce out as you’re ripping through the neighborhood speed bumps.
stands for decibels
February 5th, 2013
8:11 am
demean a dead man
Wasn’t that what John was heard saying backwards on Sgt. Pepper?
USinUK - former Girl Scout
February 5th, 2013
8:14 am
dB – he needs a cool damp cloth for his fevered brow, I tells ya!
tiredofit
February 5th, 2013
8:16 am
stands for decibels
February 5th, 2013
8:10 am
haul our assault rifles around with.
yew bungie ‘em down real good, y’hear? don’t want no dirty hippies getting their hands on ‘em should they bounce out as you’re ripping through the neighborhood speed bumps.
++
Things have changed, we use C4 with some very exotic detonators. It amazing what one can do with a little software and electronics.
stands for decibels
February 5th, 2013
8:18 am
It amazing what one can do with a little software and electronics.
tiredofit, I thought rule number one of DFH Club was “don’t talk about DFH Club.”
комисса́р (Occupation)
February 5th, 2013
8:20 am
Do zvidanyie!
Brosephus™
February 5th, 2013
8:23 am
Corbin
I was thinking that very thought when installing this year’s Turbo Tax software.
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GG
Thanks. I’ll pass along your wishes to the Mrs.
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USinner
Too quick. Due date was March 4th, but her doctor doesn’t think she’ll make it through the week. She needs to hold off at least until after Valentine’s Day so that she can finish her Med Asst program externship hours. I’ve been trying to talk to the little one about letting mommy finish on time.
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dB
That puppy has been parked for so long, I honestly don’t even know where to start. If I get it back up and running, it will likely be exclusively for distance travel with the family. I can’t afford to drive it around the city.
Thogwummpy
February 5th, 2013
8:24 am
Interesting admonishment coming from Jay. After all, the standard tactic of Leftists is that if you can’t defend an indefensible policy, then insult the challenger.
TaxPayer
February 5th, 2013
8:26 am
So many cons calling themselves “Leftists” these days.
Doggone/GA
February 5th, 2013
8:27 am
“After all, the standard tactic of Leftists is that if you can’t defend an indefensible policy, then insult the challenger.”
Got proof?
stands for decibels
February 5th, 2013
8:29 am
That puppy has been parked for so long, I honestly don’t even know where to start.
I continue to write a check or two to maintain legal status for a vehicle that sees very little use, myself, but it’s a tad smaller.
(and frankly, probably a lot nastier to the environment when operated.)
(and no, that’s not a pic of mine–mine’s a little rattier, actually.)
Brosephus™
February 5th, 2013
8:30 am
Got proof?
Do they ever have any?
USinUK - former Girl Scout
February 5th, 2013
8:31 am
“Too quick. Due date was March 4th, but her doctor doesn’t think she’ll make it through the week. She needs to hold off at least until after Valentine’s Day so that she can finish her Med Asst program externship hours. I’ve been trying to talk to the little one about letting mommy finish on time”
reminds me of my sister – my niece was a month early – my sister was in the hospital frantically grading essays while she was having contractions
wishing all three of you the BEST of luck
USinUK - former Girl Scout
February 5th, 2013
8:32 am
“if you can’t defend an indefensible policy”
um. yeah. you didn’t even both to watch the video, did you?
Cherokee
February 5th, 2013
8:33 am
congratulations, brocephus….
Brosephus™
February 5th, 2013
8:33 am
dB
We de-registered the ‘burb a few years back.
Cherokee
February 5th, 2013
8:34 am
“um. yeah. you didn’t even both to watch the video, did you?”
And as someone else said, do they ever?
Doggone/GA
February 5th, 2013
8:34 am
“Do they ever have any?”
Nope
USinUK - former Girl Scout
February 5th, 2013
8:35 am
“And as someone else said, do they ever? ”
stupid is as stupid does.
Brosephus™
February 5th, 2013
8:37 am
USinner
Thanks!!!
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Cherokee
Thank you too!!!
stands for decibels
February 5th, 2013
8:37 am
gots to bail. Might be back later if/when jay has clean sheetz.
Skip
February 5th, 2013
8:39 am
Once a car has been tagged and insured you can get a in-operative status. Sort of dormant if you will. No tag or insurance cost.
illyushin
February 5th, 2013
8:44 am
My right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness trumps your right to live in a country where any crazy fool can get a gun.
Doggone/GA
February 5th, 2013
8:48 am
Bro – tell your better half that she has my prayers for an easy delivery and a healthy baby!
Pancake
February 5th, 2013
8:52 am
500th!
williebkind
February 5th, 2013
8:55 am
“because of their mistaken belief the 2nd Amendment is without restriction”
This is liberal reading comprehension. Shall not infringe are words not in their vocabulary! And please my dear liberal friends define “ARMS”? I am eager to read that definition.
USinUK - former Girl Scout
February 5th, 2013
8:57 am
“Shall not infringe are words not in their vocabulary! ”
evidently WELL REGULATED MILITIA aren’t in yours.