Who says I never let y’all have fun on the weekend?

Does this include unfunded mandates for Obamacare and proposed immigration “reform” (read amnesty) costs?

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Quite honestly, it gives me a headache just thinking about it.

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Awww Kyle, this is about as much fun as going to the dentist. Then the screechy music will start. If things get too raucous, I’ll throw some poetry together and that will run ‘most everybody off.

Anyway, have a nice weekend but don’t go to New England. Unless you like to ski and shovel, that is.

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Well, I see that the hagel nomination is going swimmingly -

“He has the votes, but not much else,” writes Ricks. “His big problem is that no one much wants him running the Pentagon. Congressional Republicans consider him a traitor. Congressional Democrats see him as anti-gay and anti-abortion, undercutting their support for him. And Northeastern Democrats (and some others) worry about his stance on Israel. Democratic support in the Senate appears more dutiful than passionate.”

So get this, the dummycrats know the guy is a disaster but can’t travel off the plantation.

Nice, always do what’s right for the country, er, I mean, party.

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http://www.gocomics.com/fminus?ref=comics#mutable_884904

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And if fiscal fun isn’t your idea of a good time this weekend, feel free to use the thread below to discuss other topics.

Thanks for the leeway, Kyle. I know that you are a bit more serious about keeping things on topic than your liberal counterpart, but you have to reward your loyal bloggers with some freedom. We had a great time last Fri night here slinging some tunes around. It’s about the only time that the Libs and Cons get along here.

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“I wonder if O’bozo plays this or something like it.”

Not as long as the printing presses work and there are willing lenders . . .

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Here is a respected article and study that points out what most conservatives have known for sometime and that is the “Community Reinvestment act” and the Dems caused the recession.

“Democrats and the media insist the Community Reinvestment Act, the anti-redlining law beefed up by President Clinton, had nothing to do with the subprime mortgage crisis and recession.

But a new study by the respected National Bureau of Economic Research finds, “Yes, it did. We find that adherence to that act led to riskier lending by banks.”

Added NBER: “There is a clear pattern of increased defaults for loans made by these banks in quarters around the (CRA) exam. Moreover, the effects are larger for loans made within CRA tracts,” or predominantly low-income and minority areas.”

Read More At IBD: http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-perspective/122012-637924-faults-community-reinvestment-act-cra-mortgage-defaults.htm#ixzz2KMDbE7Nw
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Here is a respected article and study that points out what most conservatives have known for sometime and that is the “Community Reinvestment act” and the Dems caused the recession.

Gotta throw the BS flag on that one, td. The fatal dropping of the lending standards had almost nothing to do with the CRA and had everything to do with greedy bankers and irresponsible consumers.

Sometimes you have to look past politics to see the truth.

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Here’s a left-hander who plays upside down (most left-handers reverse the strings, including McCartney). Heck of a singer and great song, too.

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

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Bruno

The Geezinslaw Brothers maybe?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbmV4TG1DHQ

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Bruno @ 7:50

As good a song as has ever been written, to me.

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Bruno

February 8th, 2013
7:38 pm

Go read the actual study my friend. It is very eye opening and not from a conservative political organization.

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It’s been out for a while, but I just started reading “The Dirt”, which is the story of Motley Crue. Even if you can’t stand their music, the book is interesting as hell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fopNdFMTK7Y

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Go read the actual study my friend. It is very eye opening and not from a conservative political organization.

I looked briefly at the “study”, and it wasn’t comprehensive in any sense of the word. In the end, the CRA based loans were just a drop in the bucket. The vast majority of the bad loans were along the lines of the scenario that HD described in his 7:39. By 2005, everyone and his brother got into the development/construction game, whether they knew what they were doing or not. Money was there for the asking, along with a cadre of dishonest appraisers who would write down whatever number you wanted.

If you want to point to bad legislation that led to the meltdown, the Phil Gramm sponsored bills which were signed into law by Bill Clinton in his last year in office were far more directly responsible.

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As recently as 2010, Jack Lew, President Obama‘s nominee to be the next secretary of the Treasury, had $56,000 invested in a CitiGroup venture capital fund based in the Cayman Islands’ notorious Ugland House, a building whose mailboxes are home to nearly 19,000 corporate entities, many of them tax shelters.

OK, so does Turbotax have an “invest my money overseas in a fake address account” function that he could have accidentally mashed? No? How about, “the money was stolen by Bush and that’s the last he saw of it?” He sent the check to the wrong address! The dog ate it. That was supposed to be for the hookers. How did it get there? They’ve been looking for it.

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Bruno – If you didn’t make the bad loans, then the CRA enforcement goons would “lower your score,” which had a serious racial inflection to it. Then, after the loans started failing, the government bought them and put up guarantees on future loans.

Who’s acting irresponsible under these conditions? Who started the free for all? Do you have any idea that the government is STILL pumping the bubble, with our children’s money, no less?

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Jesse Jackson Jr. signs plea deal, headed for prison

Jackson’s case is being handled by the US Attorney’s office in Washington DC. While no public announcement is expected today, those with knowledge of the investigation believe the loose ends now deal with Jackson’s wife, former Alderman Sandi Jackson, and whether or not she is ultimately charged.

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Like father, like son!

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“proposed immigration “reform” (read amnesty) costs?”

You realize immigration reform will pass only with Republican votes…?

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Bruno @ 8:42

It’s good if they get the money back but still, that’s the company’s money. The guys who running the show need to pay, too. Otherwise, there’s no deterrent, in my view. I’m one of those old farts who believes that deterrence and punishment come before rehabilitation. It needs to hurt, when you do wrong.

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Bruno

February 8th, 2013
8:33 pm

Let us look at the big picture for a moment. The 20% you are talking about was writing loans and making a ton of money and they had invented a way to minimize their risk. Why would not the other 80% of the industry follow the example set by the 20% that was doing it by government sanction?

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Bruno – If you heard there was gold in California……

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e36rdnO3mrM

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Bruno – That’s only the Panetta lies that we know about. What about the CIA guy that was on the ground pointing a laser at a target that was never fired upon? Either a drone or a AC130 had to be on station for someone to expose themselves like that, why didn’t it fire? Just a single ten second burst from the AC 130, not even aimed at anything, would have dispersed al qaeda like rats running from a light.

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Bruno

Funny you should mention that. Just the other day I was talking to an ex-banking employee. I was giving basically the same opinion I gave here and the banker person said, “No it was the government’s fault for relaxing the rules”. My question is, all the banker had to do was say no, if they felt a loan was too risky, correct? Let’s be real, all the people involved were riding the gravy train and thought it would never end……..but it always ends.

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Bruno

February 8th, 2013
9:03 pm

The better question is how can you blame business for taking advantage of what the government opened? Is it not true that a company is in business to maximize its return to the investors? The CRA changed the rules of the game (in the name of opening up housing to “everyone” and opened up a whole new market for banks. Yes, they found a way to minimize their risk but then when it was apparent to the government that the methods used had a high risk to the government then the Bush administration went to the Congress multiple times and told them the rules needed to be changed and the Dems (Frank and Dodd) said NO.

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Hillbilly D

February 8th, 2013
9:08 pm

I agree that it was greed but it was greed produced by the rules put in place by the Government. There was a great deal of money made by a great deal more people then just the banks during this time.

If you are laying blame on multiple sources then you must also lay blame on the peoples own greed of wanting more then they could afford and they knew it. I bought a house in the earlier 90’s. Went for a loan and was told that I could be approved for a loan that was about 10 times my annual salary at a conventional rate would be 50% of mine and my wife’s net monthly. They also told me about how I could get an interest only loan for the same house that would be about 20% of our net monthly and then could redo the loan in 7 years to a conventional when the price of the house went up.

Only a greedy person that wanted to live outside of their means would have ever taken either one of those loans and how many people did it and then just walked away from the houses after the crash?

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Dude, you’ve been eaten up by the propaganda, nobody wants the government running one up their rear ends.

If you want to keep focusing on the tip of the iceberg, have at it.

If you are laying blame on multiple sources then you must also lay blame on the peoples own greed of wanting more then they could afford and they knew it.

Why would you not include greedy, irresponsible consumers into your equation??

Anyway, this is all old news to me.

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td–Try this one out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLRp0r_l7Ug

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Mick Rogers jammin it ^^^^^^^^

I like his style, not overly busy.

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One last song from MMEB. Sorry for the poor sound quality, but the live version of “Spirits In the Night” is just too good to pass up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7wk7n0i1EM

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Hillbilly D

February 8th, 2013
9:45 pm

Never seen that one before. You could actually feel the guys emotions in his playing. Excellent.

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getalife: Tax reform is more welfare for the wealthy.
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Mind your own business. Folks who pay no taxes don’t have a say.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R8xTu68r54

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Probably nobody has ever heard this one. It’s in my old vinyl collection.

Well, if we’re going with obscure songs in our vinyl collections, I’m going to have to pull some Brian Eno out for you, HD. I think this was meant to be a love song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yai4bier1oM

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Kyle–Your blog will never be the same after tonight. Enossification is almost completed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML5t00ejTmU

Listener’s Tip: You have to play this one backwards to understand the lyrics.

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Bruno,

I gotta agree with Aesop and td on this. I understand your point that 80% of the lending institutions were not directly under CRA. Its not quite that simple.

From the book I read on the subject HUD began suing some lending institutions who weren’t meeting quotas. And there was other pressures on lenders such as the Feds disallowing expansion of new branches in a couple of cases, the threat of disallowing mergers and acquisitions, etc. And as the article points out I don’t think you had to be directly subject to CRA to be subject to govt intimidation and pressure.

When the Feds started threatening these institutions they were going to start making loans they otherwise hadn’t been making for the previous 100 years. I think it sent a shudder through the industry that cannot be underestimated.

For 100 years banks had a profitable business of making generally safe loans to credit worthy customers. Its not as if they suddenly became greedy in the past decade or so but weren’t greedy in the days of Jaye P. Morgan,Melon, and the robber barons. Something happened that changed the industry. And that something was govt pressure.

Last I think there is a whole list of culprits including individuals, the private sector, Wall St., etc who all bear responsibility.

I’m just saying though that if there was a root cause that got it all rolling it was an ever encroaching govt that began to pressure lending institutions into making loans that they had largely avoided the previous 100 years of home lending.

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I’m just saying though that if there was a root cause that got it all rolling

TD–The CRA by itself did little. It may have been the initial catalyst, but nothing bad happened from 1977 through 2003 or so.

I think you know me well enough to understand that I think the CRA is crap. I’m not defending it in the least. I’m just criticizing those who can look at a big clusterF like the banking meltdown and put the spotlight on one politically-charged component.

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Hey TD–If you get a chance, invite moonbat betty to come over here sometime. We need some new blood, and I think she’s wasting her time on the lame Bookman blog.

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Bruno,

She comes over here quite a bit doesn’t she?

I don’t do next door on a Friday night and have barely chimed in there this week. I read the first 20 comments on one thread today and it was exasperating. Just a litany of nothing more than ranting gobbledeegook. Its sad but people would rather repeatedly say stupid stuff like “the smoking gun is in the mushroom cloud” than actually have a discussion. And its the same utter nonsense day after day.

Only thing is I like Jay’s topics better usually than some of the topics Kyle covers. But Kyle has started covering more issues that interest me like economics and fiscal matters and policy.

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Oh. I forgot. I’ll tell Betty.

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Alright, TD, you got me mellowed out a bit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6W4XV8o7uw

Reminiscences gone astray
Coming back to enjoy the fray
In a tangle of night and daylight sounds. . .

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I can’t imagine how in the world King Crimson came up with this one:

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

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You, jamvet, and King Crimson

As a bit of rock trivia, it is reported that the “Red” CD by King Crimson was Kurt Cobain’s favorite, and was found in his CD player after he committed suicide.

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“Confusion will be my epitaph”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48sciFaO9B8

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For the one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95N-jOp8BYE

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Aesop – 6:28

Obama has the courage and integrity to nominate a Republican for an important cabinet post.

Do you really think Romney would have put a Democrat in his cabinet, punkie?

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Remember, if Obama wanted to change the tax structure – he would have done so. He had two years of filibuster proof congress. If he wanted to outlaw blue neckties he could have done so.

Same can be said about Republicans, but they never had all the power Obama had. We have what we have because it’s what they all want. They said a lot of bull, but in the end it’s what they want. It’s power.

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indigo: Obama has the courage and integrity to nominate a Republican who thinks just like him for an important cabinet post.
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FIFY. Not impressed.

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Aesop, Barry

You two tools have long since made it clear that, no matter what Obama does, you will trash him relentlessly.

Because of this, nothing you say here is considered of any importance.

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Poll: Twice as many voters believe the country is weaker, rather than stronger, since Obama took office. In addition, by a 52-40 percent margin voters think the worst is yet to come on the economy. And more than eight in 10 disagree with the president’s notion that the government doesn’t have a spending problem.

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“The CRA by itself did little. It may have been the initial catalyst, but nothing bad happened from 1977 through 2003 or so.”

Here’s my take on the CRA. Consider it analogous to building your house with cement that wasn’t allowed to cure properly, then adding another addition or two onto it through the years.

The foundation was never solid to begin with.

For over 30 years, bad paper has been in the system, with mortgages being bought and sold by every originating bank, that bad paper now becoming the basis for investment portfolios that should never have had mortgages in them to begin with (repeal of Glass-Steagall). Add in Fannie and Freddie buying up that bad paper, and you now get the government further involved in the mess.

It had no other direction to go but down.

Enter the greed of the investment community and the stupidity of the consumer, and you get the crash.

Many pieces contributed to this, but with a solid foundation that the CRA removed, we likely would never have gone through this.

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“nothing you say here is considered of any importance.”

Someone is speaking to the mirror this morning . . . .

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As I said, many things contributed to this debacle, including the government programs which tried to stimulate home buying and those that kept interest rates artificially lower than the market would eventually bear.

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Barry

The only thing you’re good for here is a contemptuous laugh.

Go dig a hole somewhere and just jump in.

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I played a similar budget-balancing game where the player has to decide what spending to cut. When I was done, the game told me I needed to consider lowering taxes because the folks who work for a living were paying too much.

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indigo – obozo picked the moron hagel so that when we get smoked by china, obozo can hide behind him and blame Republicans. obozo is a moral coward same as hagel and that’s why he picked a “republican.”

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As for the collapse……I was one of those buying a home during the run-up. It was NOT a difficult process. We sat down and added up our income, then we sat down and added up our expenses, then we did the math to come up with a figuree for a max mortgage payment based on those numbers.

Then we started shopping mortgage companies, and every single one of them told us we qualified for more than our max number……..we bought a house based on what we KNEW we could afford, taking into account the loans we had that were not on any books, etc.

Now, some of you want to point the finger at others for the choices made by the individuals…….which is basically nothing but excuses……..we CHOOSE everything we do, having no will power to buy what we know we can afford is a cop out and MAJOR excuse…….

NOBODY was forced to sign a contract, not a single soul in this country…….

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md – It was the banking industry’s job to verify the ability to repay the loan and even require a 20% down payment, just as they had been doing since the stone ages. Then some wormy liberal in the government said “I have an idea,” which has been the beginning of many disasters all through world history. This idea was to coerce the banking industry to stop requiring buyers to verify income, provide down payments, etc. And if the banking industry did not comply they were publicly labeled racists and denied further business opportunities.

From the consumer side you really need to do some research on the “flipping” aspect of this whole thing. People all of a sudden had access to capital that they could use to acquire several properties, improve them and then make a profit on the resale. How on earth can anyone be blamed for taking an available opportunity and profiting from it? Especially when there is a legal market for the product? Anyway, this snowballed into unrealistic pricing and the snowball came back down the hill. Many people got caught in something they intended to make a profit on or never expected to see the prices drop like they did.

You’re basically saying that people should never strive to better their situation or pass on available legal opportunities.

But anyway, what set all this in motion?

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I’m quite familiar with the flipping, and again, it was individuals making risky gambles……the problem as I see it is that these individuals were allowed to walk away and stick the rest of us with the bills.

One of the major problems I see in our society is the element of bankruptcy…..personal and business. It’s a pitiful concept based on the opposite of personal responsibility. If I had it my way, it would stay with an individual/business FOREVER…….all too often people and businesses go on after bankruptcy and actually do quite well for themselves yet rarely have to go back and make good on their debt they walked from…..that needs to be changed.

You borrow it, you pay it back…..end of story.

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Truth I’ve looked for people to take care of my
mother they are so lazy I can run Circles around
them on things to do they have to be told everything to do
can’t they just see what needs to be done!!

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Some could go to New England,spew their hot air,and help others.I suggested this,they refused,afraid he may stay.

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“As others have, Sen. Hagel has made a nice political living as a Republican trotted out by Democrats to criticize other Republicans. But this fell apart when his [Senate Armed Services Committee] hearing revealed that he’s just not very smart,” Tripplet told the Washington Free Beacon.

I didn’t think it was possible but this hagel stooge has a weaker mind than obozo.

He’s perfect for them.

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“have achieved everything without any help”

As if the gov’t is the one providing the assistance…….have to laugh at that notion. The gov’t takes it from businesses and then helps them silly, so yes, they are doing it on their own……you think it’s those that aren’t participating that are doing the helping??

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“He is competent in cleaning up w’s mess and setting a good example for future Presidents with no scandals”

And what are you drinking? According to testimony from Panetta and Dempsey the guy and his SS both disappear during the fiasco in Benghazi and some out there think there are no scandals??

The guy dropped the ball or just doesn’t care……any idea which?

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After we are attacked , real Americans unite to show patriotism and resolve.

You cons failed to be real Americans and attacked our President like romney the next day.

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Outing a CIA agent for political purpose has nothing to do with the attack in Libya.

Your name fits because you spew fairy tales.

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Unhinged fairy tale.

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Really, though, clinton was rolling over both sides of that chair she was sitting in on the goebbels broadcasting system, it looks as though the michelle obama weight loss program has worked on her too.

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It was a lib that outed her…

Robert Novak says, “What”?

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The world is crazy you have to paper Shred everything
caused all those jail birds work at the dumped their aren’t to let you burn them
Once a week then it’s all up in smoked liked it would be faster and safe from crooks

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Tax reform is the idea … that never seems to move beyond the talking stage—perhaps because half the workforce pays no federal income taxes. See my blog later today for statistics on this: http://www.pressreleasewriter.info

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cc,

What have you done to compare so I can judge you and show you no respect to be fair and balanced.

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“the truth”

rw media is not credible.

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“Everybody believes in their own facts.”

Facts don’t matter to cons.

I said show him some respect or begone.

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“translation”

Your ‘translation’ failes miserably, but the quickness with which you assign racist characteristics speaks volumes about you.

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CC – 3:33

You’re funny.

(in a pathetic and pitiful way)

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I’m just devastated that the “patriotism” card got played so early….or is it the Joker?

“Freedom Fries” say, “What?”

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we know who is hurting,we know who will hurt for 4 more years,we know Who is President.Any hurting other than your hurt will be the results of the Bush carry over.

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Looks like the lame repetitive post bunny has infiltrated the adult table. As predictable as Pavlov’s dog. Looks like a case of the bunny longing to be close to Doom…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87XQKCXfFjQ

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mC1HuUMPxk

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I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration, somehow you’re not patriotic, and we should stand up and say, “We are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration!”

I like to throw that out anytime some loon starts questioning the patriotism of the folks who think right.
Who said that….. Hillary Clinton Apr 2003.

Sorry if you have seen it posted by me before, but Hillary is right a loyal opposition is vital to America and I have the right to protest a President, who has said so much about how loathsome GWB’s administration was and then does the exact same things he criticized, often to a greater degree. What a pompous, blustering, insincere, devious, hypocritical, incompetent, and loathsome campaigner in chief we have.

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colin powell’s a lib too, by the way.

Not intended to be a factual statement.

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. . . and meanwhile, Hillary has stated:

“We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.”

“It’s time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few…… And to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity.”

“(We) …..can’t just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people.”

“We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own … in order to create this common ground.”

“I certainly think the free-market has failed.”

“I think it’s time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in (the) entire economy that they are being watched.”

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40 inches of snow, some lib probably shot his mouth off about “global warming” and got buried in it.

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Rafe, Tiberius, Aesop, CC, td

Be thankful your betters allow your drivel to be posted here.

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Indigo
I saw where this AM, you said we never post anything of significance or something close. If you feel that way, is your time so invaluable that you have nothing better to do than hang out here, reading our “insignificant” postings. I think you hang out here trying to learn from the masters, if not, you need to getalife.

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“The Republicans have always represented the job makers, the providers, the builders, the corporations, and the military: the hunters and warriors that kept America safe, strong, productive, and innovative. The Democrats have thrived on those back at the camp: the unions, government employees, the unemployed, the poor, the needy, the old, and the entitled.”

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“Evidently some of us prefer to define “patriotism” as questioning a leader that disappeared for 8 or so hours in a time of crisis and refuses to say why?”

Nine hours later, Bush finally figured out how to get into that flight suit. Mission Accomplished. What a loser.

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What’s for supper, cc? Not more squirrel, I hope. You’re such the hunter.

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There are comments that immediately reveal the paucity of reason. One of them is to use labels as substitutes for arguments. For example, by saying that Obama’s “philosophy of Marxism is destroying this country,” the author apparently thinks that by calling someone a Marxist or his philosophy Marxism is a sufficient argument. You do not have to show by evidence and logic that any particular decision or policy is wrong; you just call it Marxism, communism, socialism, fascism, or whatever comes to mind as most derogatory.

Other people make ignorant comments that have no basis in facts, but which may sound convincing to those, who are equally ignorant. For instance, suggesting that the high amount of snow in a snowstorm in New England is somehow evidence against global warming.

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Only a moron would not see that obozo is a marxist.

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Numbers…and the War on Terrorism is over and AQ is finished. HAHAHAH!!

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Rafe@6:45:

ROTFLMAO!

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CC: Thanks! Glad you enjoyed.

LP: AQ on the run that was just election talk, fooling the Obamabots, lifespan on that lie expired on election day. Same with election talk of Benghazi caused by a video, haven’t heard that since he got by the election.

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You are a funny little man get…..one that thinks the gov’t is an entity with it’s own money…..that is the part most dems have trouble with. They actually think the gov’t is a stand alone entity capable of taking care of all their whims……

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Jesse Jackson Jr. reported that he had a Bi-Polar disorder earlier this year. Now it seems like both of them are headed for the Big House, I guess they will be cellmates.

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We, the people.

We, the majority.

You are the minority and your party is lost in the wilderness without leaders.

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Now I know why md complains about credit card interest rates. He can’t afford to pay cash.

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CNN anchor Deb Feyerick asked Saturday afternoon if an approaching asteroid, which will pass by Earth on February 15, “is an example of, perhaps, global warming?”

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/#ixzz2KS67nsXs

Well, first they tell us that all the snow and ice are caused by global warming, now near misses by asteroids, what is next? Talking about lamestream media!

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From Okemah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLJZMvM2Jac

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And what “party” would that be, getalife?

You’re getting as ignorant as Indigo with your uninformed assumptions.

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CNN anchor Deb Feyerick asked Saturday afternoon if an approaching asteroid, which will pass by Earth on February 15, “is an example of, perhaps, global warming?”

She’ll probably get a pulitizer prize for that.

Now I’m off to see what color this chick’s hair is.

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Im sure no one will be surprised to learn she’s a blonde. . . .

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“You are the minority and your party is lost in the wilderness without leaders.”

Isn’t that what our misfits keep saying about Al qaeda?

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“Now I know why md complains about credit card interest rates. He can’t afford to pay cash.”

Zoom……right over your head……

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I never claimed to be a scientist (science class in school bored me to tears) but how in tarnation can something in Outer Space be affected by the weather in the atmosphere?

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test

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Nikki Haley, Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, Susana Martinez, Mia Love, Brian Sandoval, Ted Cruz, Tim Scott, Allen West, Bill Flores, Francisco “Quico” Canseco, Jaime Herrera, Jennifer Carroll, Alveda C. King, J.C. Watts, Gary Franks, Herman Cain.

The White Party!

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You can tell where these DPs slaughter their deers.Looks like a forest service clear cut.

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I never claimed to be a scientist (science class in school bored me to tears) but how in tarnation can something in Outer Space be affected by the weather in the atmosphere?

You never heard of the Butterfly Effect, HD?? You must have fallen asleep during your Chaos Theory classes.

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

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This may be a little bit dated but yikes, grrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhh -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_r_2KRUvis

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We don’t even care as restless as we are
We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts
And poured cement, lamented and assured
To the lights and towns below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eePRkP1HMYQ

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Andy Williams was never really my cup of tea but I happened to see him live about 5 years ago (when he was about 80) and he really surprised me. He had some amazing chops, even at that age.

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Last 10 threads, it’s 4495 to 2160.

Yeah but a picture of a fish once got over 2000 hits, over there.

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Yeah but a picture of a fish once got over 2000 hits, over there.

Over 2000 before Paul broke it.

The next year we did over 5000.

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These guys were a bit weird but all we?

Insert “aren’t” where I didn’t, jeez

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Bruno – Give Andy a chance!

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Back at ya, Aesop:

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

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axHtNfAcJ8o

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If that wasn’t enough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sYPGLnGDfU

I don’t wanna come back down from this cloud

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Better put two seat belts on for this one, A:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA9TVLK1vNs

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Good one @ 10:09, Kamchak.

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Rock and roll you say?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ6h0kyqSRk

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And, of course, my favorite-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7PmzdINGZk

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Time to put Bruno out of his misery, er, or something like that –

Don’t worry for Bruno. I got nothing that a hot piece of ass can’t fix.

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HD–Back at your 10:23:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inb1z-qjxIU

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In my book, Bo Diddley blazed some trails:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAGoqMZRLB4

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The rhythm and general groove of Rock Around the Clock, is the basically the same as this song……

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq86msntH6Y

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“Last 10 threads, it’s 4495 to 2160.”

Libs talk (type) a lot or, in other words, whole lot of talking and damn little productive action.

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A tribute for the Blog Band:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw1bHaUk1CM

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He’s a poet he’s a picker he’s a prophet he’s a pusher
He’s a pilgrim and a preacher and a problem when he’s stoned
He’s a walking contradiction partly truth and partly fiction
Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way back home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMVUILVM0Xw

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“Every moonbat wakes up in the morning hoping this is the day he gets to inconvenience, or hector, or lecture somebody else, preferably some “bitter clingers” who have to work for a living.” – Howie Carr of the Boston Herald

Truer words were never spoken.

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Indigo @ 8:40

More incorrect assumptions from the leg-humper who has never posted anything deemed factual in his life on this blog.

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At least indigo knows she’s a moonbat.

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Indigo, you are always free to debunk any facts or challenge any opinion I have with a counter argument.

Your problem is that you never have one.

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The third rate R. Cheney berating second rate people is pretty ironic. And if not for his staggering record of deadly incompetence would be rather funny…

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Cheney said Hagel, a former Nebraska U.S. senator, was chosen because Obama “wants to have a Republican that he can use to take the heat for what he plans to do to the Department of Defense.”

And makes obozo a moral coward. You can’t put it more succinctly than that. The dude wants to form the Department of Peace and throw all the nukes in the garbage but he knows the only people that will approve of that will be the Chinese. So then we’ll have this pos obozo “I had no idea he gave all our nukes to egypt” or “I didn’t listen to the sermons.”

FH.

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I guess Barry wants to use the money from DOD cuts to fund his “healthy Home for everyone” initiative. First they feed, provide welfare and unemployment compensation, then provide housing assistance, then insure, provide free phones and internet, and now a nice house, and we are left to wonder what wonderful thing the big government Obamanist will come up with next, now that the “basics” are covered.

I’m guessing fashion. I am sure they see the need to keep everyone up to date fashion wise, it not being fair that a child has to go to school with a pair of generic tennie runners on, while the affluent sport the latest Nike’s. If they want to make everyone alike and equal it would be cheaper to emulate the old PRC model. Give everyone a little blue coolie suit, hat, bicycle and assign us to a filing cabinet styled apartment, but hey we are America, we can do better than that. Our grandchildren can afford it.

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Looks like all the fun is being had over here.

Bruno, I’ll have to check in over here more often. Catch you on the flip side.

Indigo is always a hatin’ about something or somebody.

Gotta, hand it to her though…She is an equal opportunity offender.

Have a good day, all.

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Rafe:

“I’m guessing fashion.”

The latest Nike offering?

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In some ways Hagel typical republican.Otherwise pretty normal.

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Say what,Boy.

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Hagel said at the confirmation hearings that he didn’t see himself occupying a policy making position. Obama had already told him who makes the decisions for the Obama regime. Hagel just wants to be the gofer.

After 2008, Obama kept talking about a cabinet of equals, like Lincoln had. I guess he couldn’t find any equals, to his own imagined brilliance; so he is just giving up the pretense this time, sycophants only need apply.

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Music it is, then!

For Dave and his famous Sunspot Theory…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujTTjt5VkZM

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“Yup. Like most intellectual weaklings posing as leaders, Obozo doesn’t want anyone smarter than he in his administration.”

That explains why the average IQ of Team Obama is lower than room temperature. It is a difficult task to locate that many people who have undergone lobotomies making them only very slightly intellectually inferior to Hussein.

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When did hagel become a Republican????

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Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record:
Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance:
YES on prohibiting minors crossing state lines for abortion:
YES on defining unborn child as eligible for SCHIP:
YES on banning partial birth abortions:
YES on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions
Rated 11% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance:
YES on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business:
NO on prohibiting same-sex basic training:
NO on setting aside 10% of highway funds for minorities & women:
Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance:
NO on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation:
Supports anti-flag desecration amendment: Favors topic 4
Rated 100% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-family voting record:
Rated 0% by the AU, indicating opposition to church-state separation:
YES on killing restrictions on violent videos to minors:
NO on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes:
Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record:
YES on school vouchers in DC:
Rated 0% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes:
YES on increasing penalties for drug offenses:
Rated 78% by NTU, indicating a “Taxpayer’s Friend” on tax votes:
Rated 0% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation:
YES on raising the Death Tax exemption to $5M from $1M:
YES on limit welfare for immigrants:
YES on building a fence along the Mexican border:
YES on declaring English as the official language of the US government:
NO on favoring 1997 McCain-Feingold overhaul of campaign finance:
NO on banning campaign donations from corporations:
NO on requiring FISA court warrant to monitor US-to-foreign calls:
Our current Iraq policy is not worthy of soldiers’ sacrifice:
Iraq was a war of choice, like Vietnam:

Ignorance is not an asset…

And quit taking liberties with my name!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1c2OfAzDTI

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Oops, didn’t change my copy/paste content. Here’s the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y9W8tgXKQU

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This song reminds me of walls melting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaRmyUrEu4I

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Hagel is a vocal supporter of Global Zero, a group formed in Paris in 2008 that promotes eliminating nuclear weapons.

uh huh

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More walls melting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFrpclWP3eQ

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One of Jerry Garcia’s favorite songs, and a staple of the Jerry Garcia Band shows:

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

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CC – “I’d support…Cheney for President”

That is precisely the kind of dumbass remark I’d expect from a simple tool like you.

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How can anyone believe an assessment of another person by someone who claims that “America has come roaring back” during President Incompetent’s term of office?

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Did Dick and George ever kiss and make up.

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I see that no one has come to the defense of hagel’s intellect, I wonder why?

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Tiberius – 12:58 – “America has come roaring back”

For once I agree with you. Anyone who believes that would probably believe Russia and China really want to be best friends with the US.

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For once I agree with you. Anyone who believes that would probably believe Russia and China really want to be best friends with the US.

Damn, indie, did you get struck by lightning or something?

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You got to be a real old-timer to remember this guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F49F0nezIms

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Well, did someone mention Cheney? Yes they did and they should. Cheney has devoted most of his life working for the USA and doing it exceedingly well. Not only is he superbly intelligent and honest, he is not afraid of anyone. When he speaks, everyone listens because they know it is a truthful appraisal without political adjustments.

That is so much missed in Washington.

Cheney got it right again in the last speech I’ve seen published. He denounced the latest nominees put out for appointment to the Obama cabinet. Second rate people, he said, referring to their abilities and records.

When we look at Kerry’s high speed Purple Heart Persuasion and Medal throwing, there’s plenty of doubt about being first rate. And Hagel begins to look like a wishy washy change-my-mind sorta person. Surely there is someone around with stronger minds and experiences.

As usual, Cheney is right on mark. Truman would love him. . .

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CC you ain’t over near the hospital are you?

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You got to be a real old-timer to remember this guy.

Jeez–rub it in, will you, HD???

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Some ‘rainy’ music for y’all . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-es4Q8AJaU

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The blogs are eerily quiet because government is not screwing up like the gop.

These are good blogging times.

Even the cons are playing music instead of lying about our President.

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The blogs are eerily quiet because government is not screwing up like the gop.

You got any more of whatever you’re taking/smoking, getalife?? I figure it must require some pretty heavy drugs to think we’re somehow on the right track. But, then again, what do you care?? It’s not going to be me or you who has to pay back all of this money we’re borrowing.

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Looks as if the groundhog better at predicting weather than the ones predicting a win in Nov,2012.Rub the salt in,,,,

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The new health law rules provide leeway for insurers to charge smokers thousands of dollars more for coverage. They impose a $63 per-head fee on insurance plans – a charge that probably will be passed on to policyholders – to cushion the cost of covering people with medical problems.

Yes, good blogging times.

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Bruno:

Unfortunately we don’t get to vote!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4wVqMXcu8E is what’s coming!

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“Looks as if the groundhog is better at typing complete sentences than bluecoat is . . .”

Tiberius, you are a master of understatement!

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“I can only guess at what place in life you must be that it brings you satisfaction to gloat on a blog about who won an election”

Aww . . . quit pickin’ on getalife!

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sho enough proud of our President.

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I was thinking about traveling up to Atlanta tonight, but since my tires now have 105,000 miles on them, it might be hard to get any “Traction In The Rain”:

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

If any of you haven’t heard this David Crosby song before, it’s pretty cool ^^^^^^^^

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Dusty @ 2:13 pm

“When we look at Kerry’s high speed Purple Heart Persuasion and Medal throwing, there’s plenty of doubt about being first rate.”

Dusty,

I am used to people making all kinds of accusation and insulting remarks for political reasons. But there are some limits that decent people do not cross. That is what you have done with the statement above.

“When we look …” So you have looked, have you? And you have evidence for you insulting “doubts?” Perhaps you have also doubts about Hagel’s decorations? Have you no shame at all?

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. . . but can we stop it, Bruno?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIPan-rEQJA

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“I am used to people making all kinds of accusation and insulting remarks for political reasons. But there are some limits that decent people do not cross. That is what you have done with the statement above.”

Really, MarkV? When Kerry admitted he never threw his own medals, but rather someone else’s?

Sorry, but “Liveshot” Kerry (so nicknamed due to his ability to always get his face in front of a working camera) has done little to distinguish himself in life, save getting himself elected and marrying up.

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Kerry is Secretary of State.

What have you done cons?

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Ti–When you look at any list of typical Lib “heroes”, which usually includes people like John Kerry, George Soros, Al Gore or Barack Obama, all I see are a bunch of jackass malcontents who are more than happy to personally profit from our system, then turn around and spit on it in some arrogant, self-righteous fashion. You have to wonder what drives some of these folks…..

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Kerry is Secretary of State.

What have you done cons?

By that metric, then, I’m assuming you have nothing but praise for GWB, getalife.

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“I have nothing to say to cowards.”

Spoken (written) like a true coward!

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Now go do your homework and cool your fevered brow.

Dusty–Maybe we should give MarkV a break. It must be a lot of work to carry water for PsOS like Kerry and Gore.

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Did I say FUM? Now that’s dum dum.

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Bruno, 4:58

Nawwww, let’s keep MarkV busy. Keeps him out of trouble.

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You cons are divided, conquered and thoroughly defeated.

Americans do not believe a word you say.

Game over, you lost.

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Hagel a flip/flopper like Mittens both from same party.Praise GWB,that would be the unpardonable.Had a dog named Bruno at one time.Good dog.

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“as usual, knows nothing about which he is posting.”

Very true for you cons.

The gop establishment will crush you.

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indigo@5:01:

If you look behind the scenes at these phony “fact check” sites, you find that they are funded by organizations with political biases. You must always ask yourself. Who is writing about this so-called “truth.” Who funds the site and pays their expenses. What are the origins and history of the funders and who are they associated with. In the case of factcheck.org they receive their funding from the liberal Annenberg Foundation.

The Annenberg Foundation was originally founded by Walter J. Annenberg, a conservative who supported Ronald Reagan. However, when Walter Annenberg died, his family took over the management of the foundation and it took a turn to the far left and has ties to radical left individuals such as Bill Ayers and his friend and fellow left wing radical collegue Barack Obama. How is factcheck.org associated with these people:

To start, Ayers was the key founder of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, which was a Chicago public school reform project from 1995 to 2001. Upon its start in 1995, Obama was appointed Board Chairman and President of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. Geesh, that alone connects all three. Well, it branches out even more from there.

Ayers co-chaired the organization’s Collaborative, which set the education policies of the Challenge. Oddly enough, Obama was the one who was authorized to delegate to the Collaborative in regards to its programs and projects. In addition to that, Obama often times had to seek advice and assistance from the Ayer’s led Collaborative in regards to the programmatic aspects of grant proposals. Ayers even sat on the same board as Obama as an “ex officio member”. They both also sat together on the board of the CAC’s Governance Committee. Obama and Ayers were two parts of a group of four who were instructed to draft the bylaws that would govern the CAC. Keep in mind that the “A” in CAC is for Annenberg, the owners of FactCheck.org. The funding for Ayer’s projects and those of his cronies was approved by Board Chair, Barack Obama.

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Indigo, maybe you should pay attention and you won’t look like the idiot you are when you post. In fact, you could double your intelligence and still be an idiot.

I never said that Kerry didn’t earn his medals. There is significant enough differences in accounts to make no decision whatsoever in that regard.

My issue is with his phony, self-centered promotion of “throwing his medals” over the fence at the U.S. Capitol, when he did no such thing. He then claimed he did, then claimed he didn’t, then when exposed said he “didn’t have time to go back and get them”, so he threw someone else’s.

He rails against the rich avoiding taxes, yet moors his yacht out of state to escape paying higher state taxes, and only moves it when caught.

The guy is a phony from top to bottom, and President Incompetent just made him SoS.

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Also indigo . . .

Here’s a funny fact about FactCheck.org: Barack Obama was Chairman of The Board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge from 1995 until 2000. The Challenge had to do with reforming Chicago public schools.

But, it was funded by the same source that funds FactCheck.org: The Annenberg Foundation. If you go to FactCheck.org and look at the logo, you will see “ANNENBERG POLITICAL FACTCHECK.”

You can read all of the documentation about this connection between Obama and the Annenberg organizations on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Annenberg_Challenge

So…knowing this now…can you REALLY rely on FactCheck.org to tell you the “true” and “accurate” facts about anything regarding Obama and Joe Biden?

If you still do…I have a Chicago baseball team I’d like to sell you…just send me your credit card information and I’ll give you a certificate of ownership. I’ll also throw-in the Brooklyn Bridge in for free.

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One more G-Rated rain song for our girl, Dusty. “Laughter in the Rain” by Neil Sedaka:

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

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Dusty @ 4:50 pm

No Dusty,

I will not relax. You are trying to hide using reasoning that is fitting for Tiberius, but not for a thinking person. What Kerry did with his medals after coming back from the war has nothing to do with the fact of his war service for this country, which you have soiled by your comment. What did it mean “Purple Heart Persuasion and Medal throwing, there’s plenty of doubt about being first rate?” What was not “first rate,” in your opinion? Please explain that.

As I said before, I am used to political attacks, even those that I find outrageous. But I drew a line when people like Aesop name someone who fought and bled for this country “bandaid Kerry,” and do not hide my contempt for such cowards. You have not one that far, but perilously close.

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CC – 5:19

You could say the same thing about conservative funded groups.

It is true that unbiased, honest information is getting next to impossible to find.

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Bruno – 4:44

I could have sworn you refered to Kerry as “jackass malcontent”.

But, of course, that has nothing to do with his war record.

Right?

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Tiberius – 5:16 “earn his medals”

Oh really?

So, he actually did fight bravely and “earn his medals”?

Is the same Kerry who has done little “to distinguish himself in life”?

I know you love to split hairs.

(hint – it doesn’t actually make you any smarter)

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Kerry lost to Bush.

Just to keep the respective intellects in perspective.

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“So, he actually did fight bravely and “earn his medals”?”

Indigo, if you are going to continue to act like the idiot you are, I’m going to call you out on it.

You may not parse my statements to try to make an opposite point than what I am making.

That is the equivalent of lying to make your point. If you can’t make one without lying, I suggest Bookman’s site. You’ll fit in there really well.

Otherwise, you’ll see that I am not convinced either way that he earned his medals due to conflicting accounts of his service. I wasn’t there. Other people who were paint a different story. Given Kerry’s questionable actions since that time (also detailed above), I have enough skepticism of him to have doubts about the veracity of his accounts during Vietnam.

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We have the gop establishment led by the turtle and backed by rove unlimited bribes working with our President to get things done like the majority wants..

Where does this leave you cons?

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MarkV

You haven’t been doing your homework. If you check out Kerry’s time in Viet Nam you will find out he was there less than three months. In three months he received the Bronze Star, the silver Star and THREE purple hearts. That’s what I called “Purple Heart Persuasion”. Also, he never missed any duty from his three purple heart injuries. Injuries? Many veterans of that same conflict say that a purple heart every month is improbable at best.

Now don’t make any more accusations until you do your own research. That might make you understand why I don’t think Kerry would make a good Secretary of State.

I’ve already mentioned ‘character’ and medals which you ignored.

Your blind approval of everyone liberal is amazing. I hope you get over that ’cause NOBODY is perfect

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“Early Morning Rain” by Gordon Lightfoot:

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

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CC,

I’m not worrying about “crossing the line” here. When I’m counting calories I start worryng about “crossing the line”. Don’t want any blubber if I can help it.

Sounds like you are getting a great start on springtime. I don’t have any jasmine. Wish I did but can’t make it grow. My azaleas are still sleeping. Probably just as well.

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Getting back to some rock and roll, “Rain” by Johnny Winter:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwTRii7GG-M

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Bruno:

Enough of the rain! How about a rainbow or two? (You have to LOVE this song!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESv2aAsafbc

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Tiberius has mentioned his status away from here several times. Where have you been, Indigo?

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Enough of the rain! How about a rainbow or two? (You have to LOVE this song!)

Great pick, CC. I’m sure you’re aware that the Stones have another “rainbow” song in their repertoire called “She’s A Rainbow”. For my friend, Matz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sZLzfm0GZU

Lovers come and go, but friends are forever.

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Dusty:

Please don’t confuse indigo further. She has enough trouble with factual information as it is and I fear that heaping more upon her mght be considered inhumane! We know how libs hate the inhumane!

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“stoop to unfounded accusations about what a person, who went to defend his country in a very unpopular war, did forty years ago,”

Neither Warner nor Zumwalt witnessed Kerry firsthand. His fellow swift boat veterans did. Some paint a different picture, MarkV, so your “unfounded” claim is not only not backed up with facts, but is at least misguided.

As are your politics.

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Here’s you a rain song.

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

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“Hint: In non-orthogonal coordinate systems, perpendicular projections of a given vector onto the coordinate axes do not form “components” in the same way that parallel projections do, insofar as the perpendicular projections cannot simply be recombined to reconstitute the original vector. By employing the concept of dual basis vectors, however, finding the covariant and contravariant components of a vector becomes straightforward.”

My head hurts . . .

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Eclectic enough to think that Jim Morrison was the least important member of the Doors.

LOL–I don’t think you’re the only musician who feels that way.

And you didn’t ask but I used to play a little mandolin, before I mangled my hand.

I actually remembered you mentioning that once already, HD. Damn eidetic memory at work again.

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Bruno

Guitar and bass were what I really played. Never was that great but sure do miss it.

Most folks probably aren’t in to stuff like this but I love watching it. There’s a reason people wind up as legends; because they’re good and they know what they’re doing. It’s more complicated than most folks realize.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNGQudbM3OQ

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Bruno:

“For you, blue eyes:”

Meant to comment on this earlier! What a great song! If there is anything relative to music that Nelson hasn’t done, I somehow missed it! He is truly legendary and has written a LOT of really great music!

Also, no, I don’t play the mandolin. I’ve played around for years on a two-stack harmonica, though, just for my own amusement. Not that good with it . . .

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Have I ever claimed a detailed knowledge of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity? Do you have a detailed knowledge of every issue in math and science? What about engineering? What about history?

I’m not sure, but I do know that you’ve mouthed off several times here about how smart you and the rest of your Lib buddies are, and how uninformed Cons are. So, now it’s time to put up or shut up.

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Bruno @ 7:08 pm

You are only continuing to show your stupidity. First of all, I have never “mouthed off several times here about how smart” I am. So you are starting with a lie right there. If you want to claim that, present the evidence. And most certainly I have never claimed the type of knowledge of the topic you have suggested. Give me one good reason why I should answer you idiotic question. So you now put up or shut up.

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“And most certainly I have never claimed the type of knowledge of the topic you have suggested.”

But you did claim detailed knowledge of Kerry’s actions in Vietnam “I have done enough reading about that issue, probably much more than you”, yet can’t seem to find any facts from people who actually witnessed them to corroborate your alleged “knowledge” of same.

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Tiberius @7:26 pm

“But you did claim detailed knowledge of Kerry’s actions in Vietnam.”

Tiberius lying again. No surprise there.

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I gotta say, Kyle should be impressed with us upon his return on Monday. In addition to burying Bookman’s blog, we ran the musical gamut from Eno to Camel to songs about the rain.

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The only thing I know about drummers is:

KRUPA !!!!

h/t to the Muppets Animal . . .

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Here’s another

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/opinion/column/guest/kathleen-parker-the-ghosts-of-benghazi/article_f80d1dd8-725d-11e2-9749-001a4bcf887a.html

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_BmeBfV-O4

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“Kind of like Gore’s out-of-sight electric bills and frequent use of his private jet while simultaneously lecturing everyone else about the dangers of fossil fuels??”

Let’s not forget the irony of the tidy profit he just made selling Current TV to……..drum roll please……an entity partially funded by the oil rich State of Qatar…….

It’s estimated that he will make about $70 million, of which how much is directly related to oil???

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It all makes quite a bit of difference, though less now than it might have just before the election. Clinton’s response was so loaded with explosive potential, it’s a mystery why no one on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee attempted to provide an answer.

Most important is the possibility that those four American lives might have been saved. More prosaically, it is possible that President Barack Obama’s re-election might not have been assured had possible incompetence at the highest levels been highlighted sooner rather than … now.

HD–I have no doubt that our response, or lack thereof, was politically motivated. So close to the election, Obama most likely just wanted the whole affair to go away.

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“So close to the election, Obama most likely just wanted the whole affair to go away.”

And our non reporting media outlets responding accordingly…….

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Looks like the Grammys just got started. I read where they warned the ladies to not show too much skin this year. Whoever came up with that policy needs to be shot. My only hope for this year is that the no-talent Nicki Minaj isn’t given any air time.

Catch you guys on Monday.

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HD:

Both were good articles. I’m afraid the days of the local drugstore are numbered and they will go the way of the local hardware stores and general stores in the wake of Home Depot and Wal-Mart. I, for one, am sorry to see these changes . . .

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” In my opinion, the feeling of Obama and his appointees is that it is permissible to intentionally mislead, conceal or lie about anything and everything to the American people.”

And evidently it is true as the man was just re-elected. I’m not sure how to interpret that…are his supporters also just turning a blind eye or are they just tuned out to what is really happening around them?

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Rafe

That’s true. It reminds me of another story. I was at the doctor once and I asked him about a prescription. I told him my insurance would no longer cover it, so he says, “Well, you can get this one at Kroger or WalMart for $4. It’s the same thing”. And my question was, “If it’s the same thing, why the hell haven’t you been prescribing that one the whole time?”.

And you have a point about the local drug stores and small towns. Out where I live, some folks have to drive 15-20 miles to get to a chain store. Most of the folks who need prescriptions the most are old and don’t need to be driving much and don’t want to be driving much. At least they ought to let the local pharmacies participate in the same program as the big boys. Of course, we can guess which group has the ear of the folks who make the rules.

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” In my opinion, the feeling of Obama and his appointees is that it is permissible to intentionally mislead, conceal or lie about anything and everything to the American people.”

And evidently it is true as the man was just re-elected. I’m not sure how to interpret that…are his supporters also just turning a blind eye or are they just tuned out to what is really happening around them?

The smoking gun is the mushroom cloud.

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Kamwhack

Ruh, roh.

I believe that is a violation of rule #4.

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4. Anyone who refers to another commenter by anything other than the handle the latter uses will be subject to a ban of at least one week. This may sound like an extraordinary measure, but it is the source of many commenter fights. A shortened version of the handle may be acceptable, but only if there is no obvious intent to insult. As I will be the sole judge of that intent, I recommend you err on the side of not being too cute. The ban will also be applied to anyone who refers to commenters by previous handles they used.

Yep.

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I didn’t ask you about the rules, Kamwhack.

Doubling down on the violation.

Wanna try for three?

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Well, why we’re on the subject, I’ve been called names for weeks now on this same blog and managed not to blubber about it. But then again, I’m not a liberal.

And unlike someone on here, I don’t email Kyle multiple times a week complaining about the violations.

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Heavens forbid we should not expect any deception from our politicians.Before or after they are elected.But for party sake vote for them anyway.Ain’t no hipocrites on this site.

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So I ask again, why don’t you go back to your bubble? bookman could use the mindless hits.

Why don’t you go over there?

Oh yeah, you wore out your welcome.

As I recall you vowed to run Jay off the blogs.

How did that work out for you, again?

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468 to 360, I guess groupthink is not as popular as it once was. And don’t forget, 300 of the groupthink comments were mindless.

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“300 of the groupthink comments were mindless” as they always are . . .

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Some of us think for ourselves while others follow blindly in the foot Steppes of Bookman . . .

Dittoheads say, “What?”

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Why must we suffer the fools? Don’t they have their own playpen to soil?

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We just don’t have sand in our playpen.

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“As I recall you vowed to run Jay off the blogs.

How did that work out for you, again?”

That is hilarious

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No, the smoking gun was the non-sense about dinner and a movie……

Deflecterbation.

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The checks keep coming.

Haliburton says, “What?”

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Dusty @ 10:15 pm

Dusty,

You have piled up irrelevant accusations and verbiage to hide the substance of what was the aim of my comments. One more time, no surprise.

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Looks like Tiberius is the usual obnoxious self this morning, not to mention boringly repetitive.

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