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Posted By Radiofreeeuropa 3 months, 1 week ago in NewsThe "Bush Legacy Bus", an enormous bio-fuel-powered mobile museum is set to tour the country for the next several months and showcase an exhibit on the missteps and abuses of the Bush administration.
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Radiofreeeuropa3 months, 1 week ago
Bush has been the vessel of a failed series of ideologies and agendas that won't fade quietly into the annals of history even if the vessel itself does. Americans should indeed review and regret the last 7 1/2 years as no other period in our brief history. Bush will be gone soon, but his puppeteers have simply inserted their hands into the backsides of new willing marionettes. The brainwashed few cheerleaders who still sing his praises will find a new bag to hold their defecation. I see this is bio-diesel powered, but as a monument to the Cheney-Bush energy policy, it should instead consume mass quantities of oil and gas while leaking and emitting noxious fumes, perhaps the untreated sewerage line should dangle behind and spew it's contents on America's scenic byways and Mainstreets!
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Endoscopy3 months, 1 week ago
Liberals make him seem right all the time. All they can do is whine. The Democrats took congress and they now have an approval rating half as big as Bush. What an accomplishment.
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CaptainLucid3 months, 1 week ago
Congress will almost always have a worse rating than even the worst president. First the republicans will hate it because it is controlled by dems. And then a lot of dems will not like the fact that the republicans are doing their best to grind everything to a stop except more war spending or less rights for people. Congress gets hit from both sides.
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UnusualSuspect3 months, 1 week ago
That's one bus I don't want to miss...getting my ticket early...LOL...
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wtagg3 months, 1 week ago
One thing to consider is that nearly half of those in congress are republicans and have an approval rating of half of the president.
If 80% of the citizenry are whining, isn't that a sign? It may indicate that approximately 60% of those that voted for the president are whiners and are liberals, using your analysis.
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dunkirk3 months, 1 week ago
Uhh Ohhhhh did you know tho that when compared Congressional Dems have a higher rating then Congressional Repubs? WOW I didnt think you did. Funny ow when the reverse was true you always seemed to mention that. ROFLMAO. Reality must suck for you guys.
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UnusualSuspect3 months, 1 week ago
Endo...
The accomplishments will come when the Congress and the President are of the same party...which will be Democratic come january 20...
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MRCOFFEECAKE3 months, 1 week ago
Endo: Can you avoid your A-D-D symptoms for once and stick to the SUBJECT??
The SUBJECT is LOUSY President.
Unless you're saying his first 6 years were effective under a REPUBLICAN MAJORITY?
Come on, you're wasting space here!
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FSU92grad3 months, 1 week ago
Mr. bundt cake,
Please explain exactly how Bush was lousy other than immigration, which I agree, and his frivelous spending...
Please try to refrain from using the same tiresome cliche soundbites that you and CNN seem to use everyday in these threads...
I'd say preventing another terrorist attack while under the Bush adminstration is clearly a win for the President and the Republican Party...I mean, you libs maintain that 9/11 happened under Bush's watch and that Bush alone was responsible for leading us into an "unnecessary war", as you call it, despite liberal Democraps voting to send our troops over there as well...You're arguement is "Well Bush is President and he alone has to take responsiblity despite all these other democrap Senators voting the same...They're not President, HE is !"
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FSU92grad3 months, 1 week ago
That's your arguement so following the same logic then, Bush alone (military)is responsible for protecting us from another terrorist attack...Can't have your cake and eat it too...If you're going to blame him for the bad, then you need to blame him alone for the good...
But of course you won't, because you and other libs are the spin-meister's of the universe...
Al Franken would be proud...
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HannibalBarca3 months, 1 week ago
What good, if Mexican drug cartels can cross your border to do vilence, how is that keeping you safe
And the fact that terrorist haven't is not due to your Pres. but due to the fact they have you where they want to fight you, on their home front where they will try to bleed you dry.
Last week 10,000 more marines are slated for Afgan, only your military has to wait till they can be released from Iraq.
Other failings? from 2000-06 Reps ruled all and look at the treatment of your vets, some estimate there are 150,000 homeless vets.
Education, some reports show that only 70% of Caucasians in their grad year will pass and the number drops to 50-60% for other ethnic groups.
IOU's to China now at 1.6 trill.
Falling dollar as the world sees what you don't, your leader is leading you down a garden path but nothing is getting planted.
Oil prices which have quadrupled under his watch.
Get real will you.
Stop with the party line and start using your head more than just to keep your ears apart.
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FSU92grad3 months, 1 week ago
HB,
"And the fact that terrorist haven't is not due to your Pres. but due to the fact they have you where they want to fight you, on their home front where they will try to bleed you dry."
"Doesn't matter..If you are going to blame Bush for sending our troops over and doctoring evidence, even though Pelosi, Reid, The Clintons believed that Saddam needed to to be disarmed, than technically no attacks on American soild also fell under this president whether you like it or not...The other crap you're shovelin is just fluff...
"Oil prices which have quadrupled under his watch. "
Oh, is that Bushes fault too ? Making a profit is a bad thing now in this country? Next thing you're going to tell me is Hurrican Katrina was his fault and oh, BTW, the bridge that collapsed in Minnesota this past year was his fault because he wasn't there to personally monitor and assess the situation...LMAO !!!
You're gonna blame him for the sky being blue too, HB ?
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FSU92grad3 months, 1 week ago
HB,
Here's an idea how about have the Federal Government remove the 18.4% tax on a gallon of gas for a few months to get Americans relief ? You know the very thing McCain is proposing but your precious Democraps have "poo-pooed"?
How about stop whining about the 8% profit from each gallon of gas and look at the REAL culprits making 18.4% and for what ? Do you think that money actually goes to anything ? Yea...Right in the politicians pockets...Let's really look at who's being greedy here HB...YOU'RE the one that needs to pull his head out of his orafice...not me..
"Education, some reports show that only 70% of Caucasians in their grad year will pass and the number drops to 50-60% for other ethnic groups"
How is this Bush's fault? Wha- Is he suppose to show up at each of these kid's houses and make sure they do their homework ? LMAO ! How about let's look at the real problem? Parents ? Hmmm ?
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FSU92grad3 months, 1 week ago
How about deadbeat parents or broken homes where single moms and dads are having to work thus no time to spend with kids or encourage them to excel in school or education or simply parents just not giving a damn about their kids and their education....How about we start looking at the REAL problem...Kids having kids...Media teaching "Do what feels good to you and oh yea, here's a condom just in case..." instead of preaching abstinence or waiting...You libs have created this monster and you've made you're bed, so lie in it...
Quit trying to find a "whipping post" or person to blame for your Democraps inept policies and liberal thinking that has literally caused these problems in the first place....
And I got news for ya, Osama isn't going to help these problems or any government officials, We the PEOPLE are going to have to fix it...
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Tangent0013 months, 1 week ago
"How about we start looking at the REAL problem...Kids having kids.. Media teaching "Do what feels good to you and oh yea, here's a condom just in case..." instead of preaching abstinence or waiting."
Actually, the teen pregnancy rate has been steadily declining for the past couple of decades, as has the abortion rate. During this time, sex education has overall become more and more 'liberal'. Several studies have shown abstinence-only education actually INCREASES the rate of pregnancy and STDs. The more comprehensive and frank the programs, the better the results (less harmful outcomes and even a slightly longer wait before choosing to become sexually active).
BTW, I'm not expecting Osama to fix anything. He's in Pakistan, remember?
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ybdogsct3 months, 1 week ago
FSU:
"Here's an idea how about have the Federal Government remove the 18.4% tax on a gallon of gas for a few months to get Americans relief ?"
1) The gas tax is 18.4 cents, not 18.4%.
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/con...
"Included in John McCain's proposal were a summer gas-tax holiday that would suspend the 18.4¢ federal gas tax and 24.4¢ diesel tax."
2) Most economists (including several Nobel Laureates) agree that a gas tax holiday would be an ineffective short-term fix, as the savings would be so small to the average consumer that it would be hardly noticeable. In fact, lowering the price would only increase demand, which would cause an upward readjustment in the price of gas.
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FSU92grad3 months, 1 week ago
Funny,
The Dems proposed the same thing back in '06...
It must have been a good idea then, but now that McCain is requesting the same thing, it's bad, bad idea...
Cause it's a Republican recommending it...That's why...
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Democrats_to_...
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Radiofreeeuropa3 months, 1 week ago
Although with the battering the majority of people have taken economically since the Bush debacle began, you would think it would be tempting to take any bone thrown in their general direction, but it seems most Americans understand very well that this symbolic measure solves nothing, increases debt which is already catastrophic and insults their intelligence.
Let's see, when faced with massive debt you should
A. decrease revenue
B. attempt to decrease the debt
Which one is the correct answer?
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Tangent0013 months, 1 week ago
"The Dems proposed the same thing back in '06..."
And many Dems were against it back then too as just another 'band-aid' approach. It would have been a slight relief at the long-term expense of national infrastructure.
If you recall, Hillary(D) was also in favor of the tax holiday, she just wanted to pay for it through other means (I think it was an oil company tax hike, like THAT would pass!). A bad idea is a bad idea, regardless of from whom it comes.
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ybdogsct3 months, 1 week ago
FSU:
" The Dems proposed the same thing back in '06. Cause it's a Republican recommending it..."
1) Your intense partisanship is preventing you from thinking clearly. This is NOT a Democrat vs. Republican issue. In fact, Hillary Clinton proposed the same gas tax holiday that John McCain did. This is a question of short-term and long-term effectiveness, NOT party politics.
2) Many Democrats in 2006 opposed it as many oppose the gas tax holiday today.
3) If you had read your own article (and it's clear that you did not), you would have noticed a PROFOUND difference between the legislation Democrats proposed in 2006 and the one McCain is proposing today. In 2006, Democrats proposed compensating for the tax revenue by lifting tax breaks to oil companies. McCain has NO PLAN for how to compensate for lost revenue in light of record budget deficits and 2 wars that need to be funded.
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ybdogsct3 months, 1 week ago
Even your own precious DICK CHENEY flatly rejected John McCain's gas tax holiday gimmick.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/03/cheney...
"Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday rejected a suspension of the federal gasoline tax as proposed by his party's presumptive presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain. Cheney said it would offer little help to consumers coping with gas prices around $4 a gallon.
The vice president's critique went further than President Bush's own comments on the idea, which appears dead anyway.
'I think it's a false notion, in the sense that you're not going to have much of an impact, given the size of the gasoline tax on the total cost of the gallon of gas," Cheney said. 'You might buy a little bit of relief there, but it's minimal.'"
You know McCain's idea is DEAD IN THE WATER when he can't even get the support of VP Dick Cheney.
LOL.
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ybdogsct3 months, 1 week ago
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/...
"Economists are 'as close to unanimous as you can get' in viewing the proposal as a 'horrible idea,' said Joseph J. Doyle Jr., a MIT economist. Economists have ridiculed the plan for a moratorium on the 18.4-cents-per-gallon tax.
Philip K. Verleger Jr., a Colorado economist called suspension of the gas tax 'a hideously bad idea' that would let refinery owners keep some or all of the savings. 'My guess is 80% or 90% of the revenue loss for the government would go into the pockets of the oil industry -- and not trickle down to consumers,' he said. 'This is true pandering to voters without any consideration of the long-term interests of the country.'
Suspension of the federal tax would save motorists only 10 to 15 cents per gallon. The savings, however, would be 'lost in the usual ebb and flow of prices,' so an average motorist would reap perhaps $20 over the entire summer."
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HannibalBarca3 months, 1 week ago
And as for all your spouting of economics, there is no quick cure; more drilling won't solve it, tax breaks or incentives will do little, alternative energy will be costly as all new technologies are, but all this crap happened under his watch, so accept the blame as it is both Reps and Dems that have got USA there.
You are proposing band-aids when a tourniquet is needed
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FSU92grad3 months, 1 week ago
HB,
Gotta do something...We keep farting around and doing nothing which is what we're doing, the price of gas will hit 10 bucks before you know it...We need a "band-aid" to buy us some time to get and produce alternative energy sources so we can stop relying on foreign oil so much...But some relief is STILL better than none ! 18.4 cents on a gallon is a lot of savings regardless of what ybdekdfkdkdkdkskslakds is suggesting...Drilling here in America is tapping into our own energy sources and the point is not to keep relying on oil or coal, but give us some friggin' relief for crying out loud...You libs keep quoting sources and reports from economist and gas experts from liberal soures suggesting none of these things will work, but just as in Global warming, I can find just as many reports and economist saying that it WILL work and it will provide us with relief, so in essence we are habing this one big giant peeing contest and nothing is getting down...
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Tangent0013 months, 1 week ago
Agreed, let's do something. The quickest thing to try is cracking down on speculators! Many economists are saying wild unregulated speculation is responsible for AT LEAST 1/3 of the current price of a barrel of oil.
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ybdogsct3 months, 1 week ago
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/30/expert...
"'What would happen more likely than not, gas taxes would be cut, but pump prices wouldn't go down, service stations would just continue charging what they are charging,' says Jerry Taylor, a fellow for the Cato Institute who called McCain's proposal a 'holiday from reality.'
'I think it is close to political pandering,' said Max Schulz, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. 'It is bad policy and political gimmickry. If you want to deliver relief to folks you have to do more than just this little holiday from the gas tax. You have to address what is driving the price of crude oil, even problems with the weak dollar. You aren't going to win any points doing that, however.'"
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ybdogsct3 months, 1 week ago
From your own precious Fox News:
http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/gas-tax-holida...
"The epitaph for the so-called gas tax holiday might well be that politicians frequently underestimate the intelligence of the voters they hope to woo.
Sen. John McCain's proposal to eliminate the 18.4 cent per gallon federal tax from Memorial Day to Labor Day seemed an obvious winner. But the response, rather than the visceral, knee-jerk support the politicians undoubtedly hoped for, was muted at best.
'People aren't as stupid as politicians think. Even the most unworldly person knows that the price of oil is the result of global markets, and that reducing the price a few cents a gallon via the gas tax is not going to change those dynamics,' said Anne Mathias, director of policy research at the Stanford Group. 'I think most people saw this as politically expedient and I think it's an example of unsuccessful pandering.'
(continued)
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ybdogsct3 months, 1 week ago
(continued from Fox News article above)
"More than one economist suggested that eliminating the 18.4 cents per gallon federal gas tax, even temporarily, could ultimately lead to higher prices by encouraging more people to drive. More driving would increase demand for gasoline and force the price upward."
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ybdogsct3 months, 1 week ago
I couldn't agree with you more, Radiofreeeuropa.
And the signficant difference between the Democrats' proposed gas tax holiday of 2006 and McCain's gas tax holiday of today, which FSU continues to ignore, is that Democrats HAD A PLAN for compensating for the lost gas tax revenue.
According to FSU's own article, "Democrats say the money will be made up by cutting six billion dollars in tax breaks to oil firms."
McCain, on the other hand, has NO PLANS for making up the lost revenue, which is disturbing in light of Bush's RECORD budget deficits and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that McCain favors funding.
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Tangent0013 months, 1 week ago
Here's a better idea: Have oil speculators pony up at least a 50% margin for their gambling, instead of 5%.
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HannibalBarca3 months, 1 week ago
...The other crap you're shovelin is just fluff...
Well it seems that anything that happened with clint's watch is his fault according to you.
And your answers???? bridges collapsing? Well how about spending money on the infrastructure.
Katrina and the sky being blue ????ROTFLMFAO and you say you are a grad of some sort and come up with that grade 3 points
Education...."We will leave no childrens behind" was his comment wasn't it ?
Safe from terrorist I explained but you call fluff, WOW to think your Pres policies stops one kind of criminal but can't stop another....LMAO
And when a Pres and a VP are oil people and you see the oil profits break records each year, if you read PNAC and see what is happening and you still are in the dark, well you obviously bought your education credentials.
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Radiofreeeuropa3 months, 1 week ago
My recollection of the government response to Katrina was that reporters and crews were able to get in but Govt. agencies could not. Hmmm.
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MRCOFFEECAKE3 months, 1 week ago
Disarming Saddam is not the same as spending .07 on every tax dollar to rebuild Iraq. Any decently fiscal responsible leader would know how to remove him and not cost us $2trillion with the meter still running..
Obviously, when having to decide between the lives of hard working Americans and oil company profits you have chosen your side. So, why do we even bother to get any compassion and expectations of leadership from you? You're on the wrong side!
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Radiofreeeuropa3 months, 1 week ago
FSU-I think the Bush administration has been quite successful in achieving its political objectives, which makes it a disaster for everyone else. The incompetence and failures (to humanity, not their immediate benefactors or political agenda) include
1. a troubling pattern that characterizes the Bush/Cheney Administration's approach to almost all issues. In almost every single policy area, the Administration's consistent goal has been to eliminate any constraints on their exercise of raw power, whether by law, regulation, alliance or treaty and in the process they have in each case caused America to be seen by the other nations of the world as showing disdain for the international community. In each case they devise their policies with as much secrecy as possible and in close cooperation with the most powerful special interests that have a monetary stake in what happens. In each case the public interest is not only ignored but actively undermined.
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Radiofreeeuropa3 months, 1 week ago
Umm I seem to remember his efforts were condemned as wagging the dog by the republican congress obsessed with more important matters like BJs. Not that I think Clinton was all that, the country at least prospered and his accomplishments were actually numerous. He tamed the Debt. a task deemed impossible previously. Giving credit where it is due.
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splitrch3 months, 1 week ago
from now on I will think of you and refer to you as "Gator Bait"
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MRCOFFEECAKE3 months, 1 week ago
The falling dollar, larger government, high gas prices, rising food costs, outsourcing, poor education, failing infrastructure, a bursting prison system with record high violent crime, poor medical and financial support for veterans, terrible hurricane relief..This, and the unprecedented parade of former cabinet members and high ranking military who left in disgust is what I'll remember him for. Need more??
Good things??
Oh yeah, he's prevented more high tech master plots from groups Arabs who were buying plane tickets and planned on flying themselves into buildings..Oh yeah, and I haven't had herpes for 7 years!
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Radiofreeeuropa3 months, 1 week ago
Bush prevented the Herpes! Yea!!!!
No Lithuanian midgets with swollen ankles have taken refuge in the dumpster at the corner store since the man took office either. Now that's a success. I'm sure it's why he broke the ABM treaty proving to the world our word was worth about as much as stock in Dubya's defunct Oil company he ran into the ground. (Couldn't find no oil in Texas, nope, better git me a baseball team with taxpayer money and trade Sosa! Yup.
But it was worth it to prevent those easter bunnies er Lithuanian midgets from gettin' us!
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MRCOFFEECAKE3 months, 1 week ago
Yeah..and no one is hungry anymore..they are now merely "nutritionally challenged"..
No more dirty drinking water..
There have been 14 lowering of the quality standards for
how clean the drinking water is..Whaaallllah!! It's now clean!
Unemployment too high?? No problem. Anyone NOT COLLECTING AN UNEMPLOYMENT CHECK (EVEN AFTER THEIR BENEFITS RUN OUT) is not considered unemployed, cause they MUST have a job!
This is a Marie Antoinette Administration.
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Radiofreeeuropa3 months, 1 week ago
Yes those homeless people are merely domestically challenged.
And the beatings will continue until moral improves.
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SonOfTheMask3 months, 1 week ago
Hey, RFE, interesting submission. I guess it's kind of funny. Since the motif seems to be "backsides", I thought I'd ask you if you thought it was funny as Bill Clinton saying that Barack Obama is going to have to kiss his a$$ before Bill will support his presidential campaign?
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Radiofreeeuropa3 months, 1 week ago
I have not heard that, perhaps you have mistaken me for a Clinton guy. I have no particular fondness for either Clinton, but I'd take 'em over Bush. I don't think that negates the Bush failures and incompetence in any sense.
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SonOfTheMask3 months, 1 week ago
I was asking if you thought if was funny. That seems to be the prevalent theme of the thread, making jokes and so forth. Now you want to be serious? After voting for a comment that says on Sundays Republicans like to have "family values" circle jerks and then remove their heads from orifices? Or maybe you thought that comment and some other ones on here were serious?
It was reported that Bill Clinton made that comment to friends in the wake of Hillary's defeat by Obama. It seemed in keeping with the whole "backside" them you had going there.
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dunkirk3 months, 1 week ago
Why FSU looking at my rear, and you righties claiming to be for "family" values.
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HannibalBarca3 months, 1 week ago
Well if you call that a beating, I can now see how you can say you are winning in Iraq.
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dunkirk3 months, 1 week ago
Well thats good to know, it seems we're on the same page then. ROFLMAO.
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Radiofreeeuropa3 months, 1 week ago
So 80% of Americans are leftists and whacky? Not buying it.
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Radiofreeeuropa3 months, 1 week ago
Gee, It didn't sound much like a joke SOTM, If he said that I bet it was because he was upset, not because he was trying to be humorous. So no I don't find it particularly humorous. Though the backside theme was a connection, it didn't make me laugh the way the comment I gave a pos to did.
I'm more a Marx Bros, 3 stooges, Monty Python guy though. Now they were darned funny!!! Comedy is hard though, it's not easy to pull it off well.
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Radiofreeeuropa3 months, 1 week ago
SOTM, I do think the comment was meant to be humorous. Someone is the butt of any joke, When Groucho said "leave and never darken my towels again..." someone was the butt of the joke. This is nature of humor, for the record I try my best to be civil in all threads with everyone, if I've done otherwise I apologize. (I am far from perfect) Humor either makes you laugh or not, I laughed.
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SonOfTheMask3 months, 1 week ago
I like all those comedy acts you mentioned, they're all great. I didn't say Clinton's comment was a joke, I asked if you thought it was funny. I guess you don't and that's fine. I guess in addition to those fine comedy acts you mentioned, your humor encompasses comments such as the one you rated favorably. To each their own.
I'll keep it in mind if we ever get back to discussing "blind voting" and the proper "rules" to engage in debate and discourse, and topics of that nature.
Thanks, RFE.
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Radiofreeeuropa3 months, 1 week ago
Agree or not, if you or anyone else on Propeller were personally mentioned as the butt of that joke, I would say that it crossed the line . Public figures and ideologies are in my opinion prime targets to be poked fun at or even insulted, not individual propeller members. That is my belief anyway.
Blind Voting is when someone asks you to vote for an article and you do without actually reading it. I'm not sure how that applies here. Have a good one, or perhaps a cold one SOTM.
:)
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SonOfTheMask3 months, 1 week ago
The reference to blind voting relates back to the time period when there was much tut-tutting about proper Propeller behavior and how to interact with your fellow members. If the sauce is good for the goose, it's good for the gander.
I'll go find a cold one. That usually improves my disposition if not my composition. ;)
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DropkickaLib3 months, 1 week ago
The Bash Bush Bus...the greatest self-indulgent Lib waste of money and carbon credits every!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Klarissa3 months, 1 week ago
Congressional Job Approval
Polling Data
Poll Date Approve Disapprove Spread
RCP Average 06/06 - 06/18 18.5 73.5 -55.0
AP-Ipsos 06/12 - 06/16 23 72 -49.0
FOX News 06/17 - 06/18 19 69 -50.0
Gallup 06/09 - 06/12 19 74 -55.0
NBC/WSJ 06/06 - 06/09 13 79 -66.0
so disapproval of congress is higher than Bush
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Klarissa3 months, 1 week ago
in case you can't read it - disapprovals are:
18.5
23
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so much for the Democrat congress
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UnusualSuspect3 months, 1 week ago
Klarissa...
If you look at the polls for Congress before the 06 elections, when it was still a Republican-controlled Congress, you'll see it still had a relatively low approval rate.
But, once Obama is in office, I'm sure that approval rating will go up...not dramatically, of course, but it will go higher...
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FSU92grad3 months, 1 week ago
Problem is he's not going to be in office, so there may still be gridlock there...
McCain may be able to pull them together, however, based on him being more "middle of the road" regarding certain policies
We'll see. I'm not sure I really give a crap what Congress serves up to McCain, but if we can throw them a bone here and there, maybe we can get things moving....I'm hoping McCain will end up being more conservative and adhering to his constituents, rather than buckling and giving in to liberal poisons that don't make a lick of sense...
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UnusualSuspect3 months, 1 week ago
Doesn't matter who's elected...Congress will continue to move at its snail pace, except for the gas, energy and housing issues. We might actually see some quick action there. But, the faster you move, the more likely mistakes are made...
As far as McCain adhering to his more conservative constituents, I doubt he will, just like I don't expect Obama to stay as liberal as he's been. Middle of the road, otherwise know as "blah" will continue as usual...
We've had 8 years of slow-moving conservatism...let's have some slow-to-moderate moving liberalism for a change...
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ybdogsct3 months, 1 week ago
KLARISSA:
"so much for the Democrat congress"
http://www.gallup.com/poll/28201/Congress-Job-A...
"According to a Gallup Poll, the job approval of Congressional Democrats is 14 POINTS HIGHER than that of Congressional Republicans."
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/...
"Democrats retain a solid lead over Republicans on the Generic Congressional Ballot. Separate Rasmussen Report reveals that the number of voters who consider themselves Democrats is at a record high in 2008. Other survey data shows that Democrats are trusted more than Republicans on key electoral issues tracked by Rasmussen Reports."
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/...
"Voters trust Democrats more than Republicans on all ten key issues tracked by Rasmussen Reports."
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ybdogsct3 months, 1 week ago
It's laughable that neocons continue to parade Congress' low approval ratings ignoring the fact that a little less than half of the members in Congress are REPUBLICANS and that Congress' low approval ratings are partially attributed to the fact that Democrat-sponsored legislation has been obstructed and vetoed by Republican congressmen and Bush. Ironically, this has become the rallying cry for the neocons in an attempt to excuse a presidential administration that is woefully short on accomplishments of its own to boast.
Furthermore, there is a fundamental difference between the job approval rating of an individual (like Bush) and that of an institution (like Congress) some simpletons simply can't distinguish. Bush's INDIVIDUAL job approval rating reflects DIRECTLY on the public's perception of his job performance.
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ybdogsct3 months, 1 week ago
However, Congress' COLLECTIVE "job approval rating" is more of a reflection of the public's disdain for the institution of Congress (and its current impotence in standing up to the White House). That is why almost all members of Congress poll higher INDIVIDUALLY than Congress as an institution polls COLLECTIVELY.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BUSH_CON...
"But unlike the president, Congress usually has low approval ratings no matter which party is in control, and poor poll numbers have not always meant the majority party suffered on Election Day. Voters usually show more disdain for Congress as an institution than for their own representative - whom they pick. A majority in a CNN-Opinion Research Corp. survey in late June said Democratic control of Congress was good for the country."
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