"Overall, 53 percent of Americans say gay marriage should be legal, hitting a high mark in support while showing a dramatic turnaround from just six years ago, when just 36 percent thought it should be legal. Thirty-nine percent, a new low, say gay marriage should be illegal." http://goo.gl/iG3Be
And seniors are benefiting: "coverage of the “doughnut hole” in prescription drug plans saved 5 million seniors and disabled people $3.2 billion." http://goo.gl/oCtw8 The GOP would rather all seniors give back that $3.2 billion, because it might affect a big pharma ceo's bonus. You know, job creators and all that.
I can hardly wait to hear what republicans in the house have to say about reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. Will they do the right thing? Or will they continue to argue that LGBT, native american, and immigrant women are okay to beat?
Where in the constitution is it written laws can only be passed if at least one republican votes for it? Funny, I thought 60 senators might be enough.
Since the approval ratings for Democrats in congress is higher than Republican approval ratings, what does that say about real Americans' opinions of Republicans?
Of course you have an objective, non-partisan source for your CBO statement.
If you ignore the requirement health insurance companies spend 80% of premiums on actual health care, you may be on to something. Also too ignore the $1.3 billion insurance companies are rebating businesses and individuals in over collected premiums. Why, even Faux News is reporting it: http://goo.gl/Q45YJ
"she should have brought the information to the forefront sooner." That's the entire problem right there - withholding relevant but inconvenient information. Show her the door.
"A statistical analysis of 36 years of monthly, inflation-adjusted gasoline prices and U.S. domestic oil production by The Associated Press shows no statistical correlation between how much oil comes out of U.S. wells and the price at the pump." http://goo.gl/pxdSd Also, for each penny rise in the price of a gallon of gas, big oil rakes in another $200 million in profits per quarter.
It's a great way to create fact free partisan witch hunts against state agencies whose purpose you don't agree with. And will this new government expansion be exempt from freedom of information requests so the governor can hide information not in his pre-determined conclusions?
"Blaming George W. Bush is wearing thin." No, more like GOP evading responsibility is wearing thin. Asleep at the terrorist prevention switch, 2 useless wars, 2 rounds of irresponsible tax giveaways to the rich, a huge new entitlement giveaway to big pharma, bailouts of Wall St, near record gas prices...... "Congress alone controls the money" The president alone controls the veto pen. How many spending bills did Dubya veto?
Like this one? "Republican candidates’ focus on contraception is out of sync with the U.S. public. Seventy-seven percent of poll respondents say birth control shouldn’t be a topic of the political debate" http://goo.gl/Msog1
Or these? "RCP Average 3/4 - 3/13 -- Obama 48.1 Romney 44.3"
"RCP Average 3/4 - 3/13 -- Obama 49.7 Santorum 42.4" http://goo.gl/Bkh2J
"force Catholic adoption agencies to place children in same-sex homes" Nobody is forcing them to do anything. If they don't want to place an adoptee in a same sex home, they don't have to! Just quit milking all those secular dollars from the taxpayers, that's all.
"Nearly two-thirds of Americans favor President Barack Obama's policy requiring birth control coverage for female employees, including clear majorities of Roman Catholic, Protestant evangelical and independent voters, a poll showed on Thursday." http://goo.gl/XcO9C
"Those are individual states that if contested should be settled on a state level." What, are they exempt from the constitution? States can force unconstitutional mandates, and that's constitutional, but when the feds exempt religious organizations from paying for contraceptives, that's unconstitutional? And why don't you just go ahead and say it? "just have to have rampant sex" is all about the sluts, right?
You are absolutely right! "They are simply refusing to pay for it on the basis of religious freedom as outlined in the first ammendment." And they are specifically exempted from paying for it! And your "logical constitutional argument" is an hilarious farce since 28 states already require those who cover other prescription drugs to also cover contraceptives. Pretty cut and dry...
Churches are specifically exempted from paying for contraception. And the first amendment works both ways - "the faithful and their church and creator" have no constitutional right to impose their special brand of "morality" on those who do not share their beliefs.
You're absolutely right, it's not about birth control. It's all about a bunch of doughy old white men and church sanctioned pedophile apologists in funny hats trying to impose their "morality" in the most intrusive manner imaginable - by interfering in the very private relationship of a woman and her medical care provider.
Every few weeks we get to read one of Ms. Graham's hate filled rants. I think they've evolved (evolution!) into satirical self parody of a stereotypical narrow minded bible thumping evangelical bigot who believes spewing forth generous portions of hate proves her worth in the eyes of her gay obsessed Jesus.
Marriage is a civil contract - absolutely no church required! Another constitutional scholar. "If a law passes permitting gay marriage, it will be in conflict with those people whose religion prohibits gay marriage." Not if they don't get gay married!
Quick, who said this? "The full consequences of a default -- or even the serious prospect of default -- by the United States are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate. Denigration of the full faith and credit of the United States would have substantial effects on the domestic financial markets and the value of the dollar." Ronnie Raygun, as he tripled the national debt.
And, who said this? "[The] debt explosion has resulted not from big spending by the Democrats, but instead the Republican Party's embrace, about three decades ago, of the insidious doctrine that deficits don't matter if they result from tax cuts." David Stockman, Raygun's OMB Director.
"Those favoring gay marriage keep bugging voters over and over again until they get what they want." The nerve of some people, wanting to be treated equally.
Raising the estate tax exemption from a paltry million to five million benefits the 400 or 500 poor heirs who did not earn a single penny of their inheritance. Where are your priorities, man? And when you average it all out it looks like everybody gets a tax cut.
I bet Obama had CMP put a smart meter right outside John's bunker, next to the windmill. Now all he can pick up with his foil hat are some strange Kenyan ramblings about islam and communism and fascism read by Reverend Wright.
Every school should bring dodge ball back into the classroom. Teachers would probably wear better shoes for traction, and the kids would get to run around a little and play with a ball. There should also be varsity lawn dart teams.
It's a matter of priorities. The Chucks think it's more important to disenfranchise hundreds, or perhaps thousands of legal Maine voters because there may have been a questionable vote out of the millions cast over the past twenty years or so.
"It’s difficult to understand why Congress would do this. Is it a back-door tax cut for people who cheat on their taxes? Is Congress being lobbied by corporations and individuals trying to avoid audits?" Not so difficult, is it?
If you think you know somebody well enough to lend them your car, you ought to know them well enough to know why they don't have or drive their own car.
"vilifying this remarkable woman." The only thing remarkable about her is her ability to talk people into eating deep fried bacon on a donut covered with lard infused sausage gravy with a quart of mayonnaise to wash it all down, with a drawn butter chaser is nothing compared to announcing to the world your own cooking is poison, but you can now buy the brand of insulin she's paid to endorse.
Our GOP controlled legislature and rocket surgeon Governor can't be distracted by restricting voting rights with legislation and campaigns financed by out state corporate interests. Their laser-like focus has been on job creation. Why, just look at all the bills they passed to encourage job growth. There's ........ And there's ...... Wait, none? Nevermind.
Although rarely mentioned, the major purpose of Keystone is to make it easier for Canada to export oil onto the world market. There is unused capacity in the Midwest pipelines, and there the only viable customer is the USA. But, if you pump all that "oil" down to the Gulf it makes it much easier for the Chinese to buy it.
"we should be ashamed" Some in power have no shame. You see, tax cuts for those that don't need them are much more important than the welfare of those who, after a lifetime of productivity, may no longer be able to take care of themselves.
Please, by all means, do the math. When Dubya took office: 56.4%, and when he left: 84.2%. And of the total $14.3 trillion debt? $13.3 trillion happened from Reagan to Obama. And who is responsible? 72% happened under GOP administrations, about 28% under dems.
They lost $50 million in two weeks? Seems to be a GOP standard operating procedure. Get rid of the experienced, competent administrators and replace them with know nothing cronies. When their complete incompetence becomes apparent, blame it on the system and the people in need.
"Tea Party rallies are Sunday afternoon picnics." I agree! Throw in plenty of Medicare scooters, assault weapons, a token minority here and there, plenty of Hitler references, maybe a few tribal chief images, Americans for Prosperity, the Koch brothers, and misspelled words from a dictionary only a true Teahadist could understand, and they're almost alike! USA! USA! USA!
GOP controlled House, not the Senate: "The House Armed Services Committee's version of the defense authorization bill would force the Pentagon to allow GE to keep developing and testing the second engine" Why? Boehner's district. "The Senate version of the FY12 defense bill did not include any similar provision."
When was the last time BIW was completely shut down? No Navy work, no employees, lights out?
Went right over your head, didn't it? "You can't and you don't create long term employment by spending more at the federal level." Since military spending is federal, does military spending create or save jobs? (crickets)
And that joint strike fighter engine? "both President Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates have said they do not want work to continue on the alternate engine that GE and Rolls Royce have been developing. The Pentagon has issued a stop work order for the GE engine and officially stopped payment." http://goo.gl/9Y1n9
"You can't and you don't create long term employment by spending more at the federal level." Remember that when the gop starts whining about defense cuts costing the USA jobs. Federal spending does not create (or save) jobs!
And, if "He is choking the private sector with his current policies", maybe he should start choking the whole country. Corporations are just sitting on record amounts of cash they are not investing due to lack of demand.
The only thing that has ever proven to work in all situations every time is tax cuts for people and corporations who don't need them. And, there is even a direct correlation between eliminating the estate tax and curing athlete's foot!
1. Tax cuts for the best off...
2. ????
3. Profit!
"Maine’s system is currently vulnerable and rife with problems." Except for the fact they can't find anything wrong. "One ineligible vote is one too many." So we'll cancel out a hundred to prevent the one ineligible vote WE CAN'T FIND!
"but if you love your community, why would you avoid registration for two years" So, the new law is a "love your community" test? Is that an unwritten requirement to vote?
Fiction: "In 2009, a nation cried “no” to a “stimulus” and watched as politics caused unemployment to skyrocket" Fact: Job loss in month before stimulus: 841,000.
Fact: "According to the multiple highly-regarded, non-partisan economic research firms, President Obama's economic stimulus package, which will likely ultimately cost around $862 billion, has in its first year saved or created at least 1.6 million jobs." http://goo.gl/WF6XG
And "right to work"? :"Wages in right-to-work states are 3.2% lower than those in non-RTW states" "the average full-time, full-year worker in an RTW state makes about $1,500 less annually than a similar worker in a non-RTW state."
"it is happening all over the country?" Well, if it's happening every where, you ought to be able to supply gazillions of examples with sources, right? Not a single one?
When was the last time your mom let you get away with the old "everybody else does it" defense? "Forty-one other states have similar laws." "...restrictive registration law that is in place in so many other states." As Maine voters, we should aspire to be average? Is that what dirigo means? Here's a silly question, why does the Maine GOP want to discourage voting?
That's a joke, right? "So Soros funded Tides, which funded Adbusters, which designed a poster. So Occupy Wall Street is a Soros plot, right? Well, one problem with this idea is that Soros never heard of Adbusters." "The real story here isn’t the backing of one person but the way online fundraising has allowed Occupy Wall Street to attract shocking amounts of cash. Kickstarter, which allows people to request donations for projects they are starting, raised $75,000 for Occupy Wall Street’s newspaper, Occupy Wall Street Journal. Almost all of it came from individuals pledging less than $85 a piece." "No doubt the success and persistence of Occupy Wall Street will eventually attract some big donors. But so far it appears there is no shadowy financier committing class-treason by financing Occupy Wall Street." http://goo.gl/KkWs8
There are some very important contrasts between the Tea Party protests and the OWS protests. The Tea Clown protests featured misspelled signs, pictures of Obama with either a Hitler style mustache or African tribal wear, gazillions of obese white people on scooters screaming "keep your gubmint hands off my medicare", assault weapons, and financing by the Koch brothers. On the other hand, the OWS protests started small and went global based on a popular message, and they can actually think and spell.
"The law is a first step in ensuring against fraudulent voters." Of which there are none. Also too, leaving the lights on protects against the boogeyman.
"The only jobs government can create are in government." Are you trying to tell us all of the construction workers fixing the roads this summer are government employees? If not, who is paying for the road work?
"AUGUSTA — A coalition group hoping to restore Election Day voter registration says many of top conservative officials employed the very practice they support abolishing.
Voting records reveal Gov. Paul LePage, at least two state senators and seven state representatives have at one time registered to vote on Election Day or during the two business days preceding it. That practice is banned under the new law they all supported." http://goo.gl/GS7NG
We should all thank God for the first amendment. Some of the most heinous crimes against humanity were perpetrated by those acting in accordance with their religious beliefs.
"According to data provided by the Department of Homeland Security, the number of illegal immigrants "removed" rose about 6 percent -- from 369,221 to 392,862 -- between the end of September 2008 (four months before Obama took office) and the end of September 2010. But a much larger percentage of those deported were convicted criminals. In 2008, 31 percent were criminals; but by 2010, the percentage jumped to 50 percent."
"In the first two years under Obama, the data suggest a policy shift toward prioritizing the deportation of convicted criminals. And Obama is correct that there has been a 70 percent increase. We rate his statement True."
Read that last sentence, Reggie. That's why you won't hear it on Fox.
"Why should we not protect our voting privileges as vigorously and as zealously as we would any other constitutionally protected right?" Exactly. Why do some want to discourage voting by eliminating convenient registration? And make up your mind. Is it "voting privileges" or a "protected right"?
"A common-sense solution" requires a problem first there Chuckie. No problem - no solution. Maybe it's just me, but isn't there a much larger potential for fraud when the head of the Maine GOP routinely returns stacks of absentee ballots?
"Jimmy Carter and the Democrat Party.
Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65,
began to receive Social Security payments! The
Democratic Party gave these payments to them,
even though they never paid a dime into it!"
"Neither immigrants nor anyone else is able to collect Social Security benefits without someone paying Social Security payroll taxes into the system." http://goo.gl/dRS39
"That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed
as income."
"The taxation of Social Security began in 1984 following passage of a set of Amendments in 1983, which were signed into law by President Reagan in April 1983." http://goo.gl/dRS39
"3.) That the money the participants elected to put
into the Program would be deductible from
their income for tax purposes each year,
No longer tax deductible"
"There was never any provision of law making the Social Security taxes paid by employees deductible for income tax purposes. In fact, the 1935 law expressly forbid this idea, in Section 803 of Title VIII." http://goo.gl/dRS39
Well then, here's a couple of false assertions: "Social Security (FICA) Program" implies SS and FICA are one and the same. Uh, no. SS is part of FICA, but not the whole thing. Or how 'bout this one: "Now 7.65% on the first $90,000". Uh, wrong again. Currently 4.2% on the first $106,800, http://goo.gl/NJt2r (WARNING! Link to actual FACT!)
"U.S. exports of motor gasoline (including finished motor gasoline and motor gasoline blending components) hit a record level in November 2010 of 457 thousand barrels per day. The last time gasoline exports exceeded 400 thousand barrels per day was April 1945 when they were 419 thousand barrels per day." http://goo.gl/jvKtY
You're not proposing a jobs plan. All you're doing is parroting rabid right wing talking points. If tax cuts for the people and corporations who don't need them were the answer, the Bush tax cuts would have generated more than enough new jobs. But, just the opposite has happened. Corporations are sitting on record amounts of cash right now, so how is giving them more going to work? And, repatriation of foreign profits has been proven to actually cut jobs. Also too, did you know domestic drilling and production are at the highest levels in more than 10 years? So much so that the refineries are exporting more and more American produced gasoline?
"WASHINGTON (AP) — Military prosecutors re-filed terrorism and murder charges Wednesday against the suspected mastermind of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, making it the first case to move forward since President Obama ordered military trials to resume at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. They also requested the death penalty in the case." http://goo.gl/5XY2h
Let's see the 2001 recession started in March, who was pres? Unanswered attack on twin towers? Another good one! "NEW YORK CNN A judge Thursday sentenced the man convicted of masterminding the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and an airplane bombing in 1994 to life in prison without parole. The judge further recommended that he spend the sentence in solitary confinement." http://goo.gl/4EfNb And..."After three days of deliberation in November, a federal jury convicted Yousef and Eyad Ismoil on murder and conspiracy charges for their roles in a plot by Islamic extremists to topple the trade centers two 110story towers to punish the United States for its support of Israel.Ismoil was accused of driving a truck with a 1,200pound bomb into the World Trade Centers parking garage, where it was detonated on February 26, 1993. Hes scheduled to be sentenced next month.Four other men have already been convicted in the case, each receiving a sentence of 240 years in prison." http://goo.gl/rNAok So, during the Clinton admin, the mastermind and crew were caught, convicted, and sentenced? How'd Dubya handle bin Laden?
Keep dreaming, David. Republican senators set new world records for filibusters and obstruction. And where have I heard the term "boy" used in reference to a black man before?
Not only is Exxon raking in record profits, they's eliminated more than 11,000 jobs over the past 10 years. Also too, domestic drilling and production is the highest it has been in more than 10 years. So high, in fact, the refineries are exporting gasoline. You know what that means? Give big oil even more tax incentives to eliminate jobs, raise gas prices, and ship gasoline to everybody else!
“Everybody here has a vote,” Hoffa said Monday. “If we go back and we keep the eye on the prize. Let’s take these sons of bitches out and give America back to America where we belong.” It's easy to get all riled up when quotes are cut off or taken out of context. For example, "I have a camera. I want to shoot congress." Throw out the camera part, voila! Low info right wing outrage!
The real GOP thinking on voting:
"Registering them to vote is like handing out burglary tools to criminals."
"Encouraging those who burden society to participate in elections isn't about helping the poor." http://goo.gl/4LyMT
Driving is a privilege, voting is a RIGHT. Since there are few or no known cases of same-day registrant vote fraud, the only possible explanation for limiting registration is to limit and erode the rights of legally entitled voters exercising their right to vote because some may not like the way they vote. Or, another possible explanation is the GOP is so afraid of rumors, innuendo, and something they cannot prove exists that they can each be found looking in the closet, checking under the bed, and sleeping with the lights on because the "same-day" boogie man is out to get them.
And how many of these evil out of state students are indirectly providing his bread and butter by living in rental housing in Farmington? Landlords are going to need to repair their properties at some point.
"committed what appeared to be fraudulent acts." ????? What "fraudulent acts"? By all means, please explain. The only fraud committed was the fraud that entered the office looking for benefits, of which he was denied!
First, which God are you talking about? And before we let him back in the country, I want to see his birth certificate, and the legal justification for allowing him (her?) into the USA.
Call the clownishly edited video exactly what it is: a ransom note. Carving up 49 minutes of video into 2 minutes is on par with tearing pages out of a magazine, cutting them into individual words, and creating a ransom note. And, for hilarity, the MHPC is using the video to raise money!
Call the S&P downgrade exactly what it is - the Tea Party downgrade: "because the majority of Republicans in Congress continue to resist any measure that would raise revenues." http://goo.gl/OLKYI
I think it's a matter of properly training your employees. Arm them with the exchange rate and a calculator. It's also a matter of customer service. How many businesses in Old Orchard beach do you think turn away Canadian customers who wish to pay with Canadian currency? So, you made your point - you got to keep your ice cream, and the customer got to keep their money and spend it somewhere else. How smart is that?
So, all those banks and mortgage companies were forced by the government to lend to scary brown people they knew couldn't pay them back, and that ruined the economy? They couldn't say "no"? Good one! Betcha got lotsa of proof, too. Of course you're aware the CRA did NOT apply to most subprime lenders? And that S&P rated the subprime mortgage backed securities as solid gold AAA, right?
All the video really shows is the complete failure of the Lepage administration in its ability to hire and train qualified employees. Oh, and the hilarious buffoonery of the MHPC. Did the clown get away with anything? No. Just making himself look like the jackass he is.
I must've missed the part where anybody claimed the savings or the inheritance tax break would only occur next year. Must've been a simple miscalculation.
Oh my, those poor gazillionaires with their "very little incomes"! All those gazillionaires just woke up one morning, and there was gazillions in their bank accounts! Defying the laws of nature and society, they just woke up rich! Just like Mary and Joseph - boom there it is!
"If the taxes are raised on business the added cost is passed on to the consumer." If taxes are lowered on business, why aren't the savings passed on to consumers - note the airlines.
The GOP wants to protect Delta from a recent NLRB ruling: they want to rig union elections. They want to count non-votes as no votes. If you don't show up to vote on union election day, your vote is counted as an automatic no. How is that reasonable or fair?
Also, the airlines are pocketing close to $30 million a day in taxes the FAA cannot collect. The GOP talking point that if you lower taxes on corporations they'll pass the savings on to consumers has been completely and totally shredded. Airlines simply raised their rates.
And, how about those 70,000 workers put out of work?
"anyone legally qualified may vote where they intend to reside." If I intend to live somewhere a little warmer when I retire, can I go ahead and start voting there now?
Tell us exactly how you determine intent, Charlie. And is there a time limit or requirement on residency somewhere? If a student says "I intend to live here for the next 9 months," is that okay? Can they then "vote where they live"?
The facts are of the $14.3 trillion deficit, GOOP administrations are responsible for 71%.
And how does a "balanced" budget amendment work when Canada invades the USA and we are constitutionally prevented from borrowing enough money to defend ourselves?
Write this down people. Here we have irrefutable proof of the real GOP agenda - suppress the legitimate votes of certain groups of people known to vote for your opposition. And this is gold: "College towns are ripe for pushing the Democratic liberal agenda." Could it be the more intelligent, better educated crowd see right through the GOP bs?
So, the greasy Webster republicans are proud of the fact they are actively discouraging and preventing legally entitled voters from voting? Could their hatred of democracy be any more evident?
So, from the time Dubya was sworn in in 2001, to the time Obama was sworn in, fewer nonfarm jobs? Boy, if that isn't a strong validation of GOP economic policies, what is? Maybe Dubya shoulda cut taxes!
They call it argumentum ad ignorantiam, meaning argument from ignorance, and is nothing more than an attempt to shift the burden of proof. You cannot prove a negative.
Webster is doing nothing but writing checks he can't cash. Bring it on Charlie! There must be hundreds, even thousands of arrests and convictions for voter fraud, right? Busloads of them?
"The more people who vote, the more representative the government will be"
Exactly. Except there are some (Webster) who would rather not have certain segments of the population vote. If you know your time in power is going to be very short lived, you try to change the rules in your favor.
When Obama starts prancing around in a flight suit, or breaking sticks on his bought-for-photo-ops ranch, you may have a point. Dubya took 77 vacations at his ranch while in office, 69 days in the first year alone.
"Man and women were made to reproduce. You can’t take two women and make a kid. You can’t take two men and make kid." So, any married couples who do not, or cannot, reproduce? All those marriages don't count? And where do test tube babies figure into all this?
Can you tell me which union it was that told Detroit to start selling junk people did not want to buy? What? It was management? Guess we better give them some tax cuts, that'll teach 'em.
Conservative statement: "It is not a matter of ignoring human needs but rather of trying to restore human dignity". Real world translation: "We're going to take away your food, shelter, and healthcare, but we're only doing it for your own good, because we really care!"
Did you actually write that with a straight face, Thomas? In most instances, democrats are better at playing by the rules. So, let's rig the game in our favor while we can? Seriously? And those thousands of college students from the scary place "away", you must be able to find a whole bunch of cases where they voted here and at home, right? Not a single one? Do you check under your bed before you turn off the lights?
"government cannot create jobs in the private sector" Just look around at all the road construction. Who is paying for it? Government. Who is doing the work? Private sector. How many of those private sector jobs would not exist without the government paying for them?
And here's the real money shot: Charlie Webster, Chairman Maine GOP: "If you want to get really honest, this is about how the Democrats have managed to steal elections from Maine people," Webster said in an interview Thursday. "Many of us believe that the Democrats intentionally steal elections." Intentionally steal elections by legally voting? Really? It's stealing to NOT vote for a GOP teahadist?
Tradition requires he spend at least 487 days at Camp David, and maybe another 490 days clearing brush at his made for tv ranch. He should have spent 5 months of his first year "presidentin' and deciderin'" at his ranch breaking sticks.
ACORN, seriously? Please provide links to all of those cases of vote fraud ACORN perpetrated. Can't find any? Didn't think so. Those who oppose letting all legal voters vote are a fraud.
"God-designed family" That's a good one! Didn't God create homosexuals and same sex families? How many homosexuals does God have to create before you accept that maybe he (she) wants them around?
It's easy! If everybody (but the bad guys) has a gun, there will be no more gun violence. Hooray! Oh, and make sure you look under your bed before turning off the lights.
"the waivers allow states to implement policies that differ from ACA requirements if they do not increase the federal deficit; provide coverage to at least as many residents as the ACA would cover; and the coverage is at least as comprehensive and affordable as the coverage offered through health insurance exchanges." http://goo.gl/DhoI0
"As of Jan. 26, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has provided annual limit waivers to 733 organizations covering almost 2.3 million employees under Sec. 2711 of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). In December, slightly more than 200 plans had received waivers. According to HHS, limited benefit plans, or “mini-med” plans are often the only type of insurance offered to some workers. In 2014, the ACA will end mini-med plans when Americans will have better access to affordable, comprehensive health insurance plans that cannot use high deductibles or annual benefits limits." http://goo.gl/K2ILA
Why is the GOP so afraid of legal voters casting legal votes? Why make things so much more difficult? Do they feel the need to rig the system in order to maintain power?
"The oil producers would have to compete price wise to sell their precious oil." Okay, in the supply and demand equation, what's to stop the oil companies from cutting back on the supply a bit to increase prices? Maybe they'll call it "refinery maintenance" or "pipeline maintenance", and the price will rise to what the market will bear. And, please explain why American oil would not be sold to the highest bidder on the world market at world market prices? Also, what's to stop OPEC from opening the spigot enough to make their oil more attractive than our oil, driving American producers out of business? Supply and demand?
"If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and in our comforts, in our labor and in our amusements." Do away with the Bush tax cuts - problem solved.
What makes you think an American oil company is going to sell American oil to Americans at a price below the world oil market price? Ignorance? What about the free market forces farces?
"Competition in the market" is hilarious, especially with the anti trust exemptions. The only competition we'll see is who can offer the most expensive policy with the least coverage.
I think Oakes' comment has the opposite effect. When I read someone was a walk on, i think of a talented person who perhaps was not scouted or recruited and through their own determination and hard work made the starting lineup. I think it should be a source of pride.
"I told them that it's time that both the House and the Senate and the administration focus on the task at hand, and that's pension reform, health care reform, regulatory reform, energy reform and lowering the tax on Maine people." Uh, what's missing? Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!
So, they want to let high school kids work longer hours at less pay? And that supposedly benefits the kids? Really? How many of these kids will work just shy of six months at a job before being replaced by the next "trainee"? Or, how about the 18-20 year olds trying to get out of their parents' house? Do you work them six months and replace them? What happens when they turn 21? Replace them? And if they're already 21, will they be able to land that golden minimum wage job? Or, how about you work a kid for almost six months, lay them off for a week or two, and call them back to begin their "training" again for another six months. And when they turn 21, you turn them loose.
It's called shared suffering. You cut the estate tax for 500 or 600 families, then pay for it by cutting teacher and public employee benefits. The thousands must suffer so the few hundred can feel a little better after they die.
Not all parents have their kids' best interests in mind. Some are just a little to full of "faith". If you deny a kid in need birth control, they won't have sex. Much like leaving your umbrella at home prevents rain.
"GWB tax cuts got things moving again." That's a laugher. Clinton=23.9 million jobs. Dubya=4.5 million. And, since we've enjoyed the tax cuts for the rich for nearly ten years now, how has that job creation been going?
"If there's one thing that Republican politicians agree on, it's that slashing taxes brings the government more money." "If there's one thing that economists agree on, it's that these claims are false." http://goo.gl/U828Y
"ncreasing taxes actually reduces government revenue" Explain the Clinton years. Raised taxes, 23 million new jobs created, projected budget surpluses...
Wheat, really? How much wheat does the US import to meet needs? How much does the US export? And do you honestly think Exxon or BP or Shell or any of the others are going to sell American oil on the American market for less than they can get on the world market?
You, of course, are aware that any additional oil extracted will be sold on the world market at world prices, right? How much do you think will go to China or India?
And this: "A few environmentalists have shut down any future production in the U.S. with their cries of destroying the environment.
"Many have paid in less than $80,000 yet will be paid out millions under their retirement plan. Common sense will tell you that this cannot continue." Pay in $80k, take out millions? Common sense will tell you you're being lied to.
United States Constitution, article VI, paragraph 2: "This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding."
Any additional oil found & extracted in the USA goes on the world market at world market prices, and there probably isn't enough to influence world oil prices significantly.
"It seems to me that protecting Title X funding for family planning and federal funding for Planned Parenthood is the logical choice from every side of the issue, economic or humanitarian." Very true, but we're dealing with people who have a genetic aversion to reason and logic (and women).
"Why do we want to prevent voting?" Because if you can make it harder to vote for the people who don't agree with your ideology, you can "claim" to have won fair and square.
" Maine can make the same choice and enjoy the same “economies of scale” as Ohio." Because the population and population density of each state is so similar, right?
Wow, are you okay? Did you sprain something with your literary gymnastics: "it's time for America to say that unions need to go, and for the American people to come together as one". Isn't that kinda like saying "we should stop uniting so we can unite!"
Abortion is a very difficult and private decision between a woman and her health care provider. MYOB. If you do not approve of abortion Mr. Beaudoin, don't have one.
"To summarize, our study shows that Wisconsin public employees earn 4.8% less in total compensation per hour than comparable full-time employees in Wisconsin’s private sector." http://goo.gl/Ux1vK
What's your hangup with property taxpayers vs. non property taxpayers? How would you make it fair? Property taxpayers should each get 2 votes? Maybe 3? Don't all those "many generational welfare families, many unemployable people and a large number of new Mainers" (oh no! they don't look like me!) indirectly pay property taxes? "The chamber looks to increase tax revenues" yeah, right. Whose taxes do they want to go up?
From the CBO:"The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the staff of the Joint
Committee on Taxation (JCT) have estimated the direct spending and
revenue effects of H.R. 2, the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law
Act, as passed by the House of Representatives on January 19, 2011. That
act would repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA,
Public Law 111-148) and the provisions of the Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152) that are related to health care.
Both of those laws were enacted in March 2010."
"CBO and JCT estimate that, on balance, the direct spending and revenue
effects of enacting H.R. 2 would cause a net increase in federal budget
deficits of $210 billion over the 2012-2021 period (see Table 1).
By
comparison, last March CBO and JCT estimated that enacting PPACA and
the health-related provisions of the Reconciliation Act would reduce federal
deficits by $124 billion over the 2010-2019 period." http://goo.gl/TRrpw
"Since January of 1948, Democrats have occupied the White House for a total of 313 months (out of a possible 745).
The average monthly national unemployment rate during those 313 months? 5.29%.
The Republicans, on the other hand, have occupied the White House for a total of 432 months since January of 1948 (out of a total of 745).
The average monthly national unemployment rate during those 432 months? 5.93%.
So, according to the data from BLS.gov, the national unemployment rate has been, on average, 0.64% higher when a Republican has been occupying the White House." http://goo.gl/at4xf
And the highest rate since 1948? 10.8% under Raygun.
It's funny the clowns running around screaming "freedom" and "less government" are pretty much the same pious pontificating jackasses that want to control a woman's very private and personal right to determine her own future.
"the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles deficit report" There is no such thing. The Simpson Bowles catfood commission failed miserably and did not produce an approved report.
"The bill is designed to “fix” a supposed problem of voter fraud in Maine, a problem that simply doesn't exist" No voter fraud in Maine, so let's just make it harder for people to vote! Yay democracy!
"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding." How are you going to get around that?
It makes sense. If you're not legally allowed to hunt in your home state, why should Maine allow you to hunt here? But I don't agree with this: "providing landowners with financial reimbursement to repair damages caused by lawful and unlawful recreational users." Tax dollars? No. Police your own property and hold those who do the damage responsible.
"On their first try, Senators easily approved on Wednesday an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill to repeal the onerous 1099 provision included in the healthcare act. " http://goo.gl/CLv6D The House is expected to follow.
And if Obama produces his birth certificate it will only prove the conspiracy is more far reaching than even you could imagine. The official one he has produced? Conspiracy!
It took a little time to build the interstate highway system, too. If we all thought like the editorial board, we'd still be traveling wagon paths coast to coast.
"The layoff or retirement of tens of thousands of government employees could infuse large numbers of educated, motivated individuals into the national human resource backlog." Does that translate to "let's fire them all so they can look for work?" Seriously? Is there a shortage of educated people looking for work? And if we fire all of the "educated, motivated individuals" from government positions, does that leave the government with only illiterate, unmotivated employees? Up is down? And hoe does this work: "reduce spending in order to spur economic development"? By spending less, we're actually spending more! Black is white!
Raised taxes in 11 times, including the largest tax increase in history at the time. Nearly tripled the national debt, was never able to control the deficit. After Reagan's 1981 tax cut, unemployment soared to 10.8%. Size of the federal government exploded: he bailed out Social Security by raising taxes, and created the Dept. of Veterans Affairs which now has 300,000 employees. Reagan gave amnesty to 3 million undocumented immigrants. Reagan illegally sent weapons to Iran. Reagan helped create the Taliban and Osama bin Laden by training and arming the Islamist mujahadin in Afghanistan.
"They have nothing to do but be concerned about whoopie pies and switchblade knives." I'd like to add cheating waitstaff out of their tips, rolling back environmental protections, denying healthcare to those in need, breathing while brown laws, etc. When are they going to do something about jobs?
Isn't that socialism? Taking the tips from the people who earn them, then distributing the $$ to the people that didn't? Or, is it just another way for the restaurant owner to cheat the servers out of their earnings?
" it's time you accepted the results of the recent election." Oh, we accept the results, but winning a majority in the house does not make republiclowns the controlling party. What a bout the senate and the White House. Accept that! And please, try to keep your thoughts straight when you rant. Repealing the health care act, and "retain the good, while removing the bad" are opposing views. Also, did you know in a recent poll only 18% supported repeal? Better dust off your sign that says"keep your government hands off my Medicare."
"LePage attended "most, if not all" of the MLK breakfasts held at the center in the past eight years" Well, there you go. Food was involved, and it doesn't look like he turns down many meals.
"dumping LURC outright without a solid replacement plan would be foolhardy and shortsighted", unless, of course, your plan is to put the fox in charge.
If you have no intention of implementing the health care law, send the $23 million back. And then cough up some more tax money to join the suit in progress, genius.
Teaparty senate candidate Sharron Angle:"I hope that's not where we're going, but, you know, if this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies and saying my goodness what can we do to turn this country around?"
Conservative radio host Joyce Kaufman: “And I don’t care how this gets painted by the mainstream media. I don’t care if this shows up on YouTube, because I am convinced that the most important thing the founding fathers did to ensure me my First Amendment rights was they gave me a Second Amendment. And if ballots don’t work, bullets will. I’ve never in my life thought that the day would come where I would tell individual citizens that you are responsible for being the militia that the founding fathers designed – they were very specific. You need to be prepared to fight tyranny: whether it comes from outside or it comes from inside."
Death panels! "PHOENIX -- A second person denied transplant coverage by Arizona under a state budget cut has died, with this death "most likely" resulting from the coverage reduction, a hospital spokeswoman said Wednesday." http://goo.gl/baVWS
It only took one day to lose the teabaggers: "I actually don’t think it would be possible to fall from grace any faster than this,” Mark Meckler, with the Tea Party Patriots.
This is part of what the CBO sent to Boehner today concerning the republiclown theatrics of repealing the healthcare bill. Here's what repeal of Obamacare means:
“Under H.R. 2, about 32 million fewer nonelderly people would have health insurance in 2019, leaving a total of about 54 million nonelderly people uninsured."
“Consequently, over the 2012–2021 period, the effect of H.R. 2 on federal deficits as a result of changes in direct spending and revenues is likely to be an increase in the vicinity of $230 billion."
Individuals would pay more for health insurance.
Average health care benefits would be worse.
Premiums for employer-sponsored insurance would increase.
Pay attention, Mike. Watch the cancellations on channel 6 sometime - there are a lot of private businesses that close for snow days. Oh, and does every private business require their employees to work seven days a week? My calendar says January 1 happened on a Saturday this year. Bet a lot of people get nearly every Saturday off.
" but the wealthy are the ones who can create jobs by expanding their companies" Okay then smarty pants, the ultrarich have enjoyed the tax cuts for nearly ten years, and just how many jobs did they create? In America, not China?
Of course he doesn't care about these comments, but you would think he'd at least wait to be sworn in before telling all the Maine citizens to go to hell.
Not only are we footing the bill for Lepage's daughter's salary, we're going to pay her rent and living expenses, and put up his mother in law, too: "LePage and his wife, Ann, will move into the seven-bedroom governor's mansion on Jan. 2, three days before the inauguration.
Joining them will be their 22-year-old daughter, Lauren; Ann's mother, Rita DeRosby; and their Jack Russell mixed-breed dog, Baxter." http://goo.gl/pkPLX
Are you suggesting nepotism may have come into play? Aren't $41k entry level positions just falling off trees in Maine? Does she even have to show up for "work", or can she just phone it in?
"They will make major cuts into programs that will be affecting the poorest of Maine citizens — the elderly, children and those who are disabled." It's so much easier to pick on those least able to defend themselves!
The "death panels" are already happening - courtesy of the GOP. Sick people in need of transplants in Arizona have had the transplants approved, only to have Brewer cut the funding for them and rescind the approval. Death by GOP budget cut!
Hard to believe there are people as ignorant, cold, and heartless as George. Do you really think foster families are just milking the system? What do you suggest happens to the abandoned kids? Deport them because they're not self sufficient?
I wonder if being a GOP stooge had anything to do with it. Since 2003, the judge has earned $103,000 from GOP Consulting firm Campaign Solutions, Inc. Campaign Solutions works for Boehner, Bachman, McCain, and a whole bunch of other republiclowns. http://goo.gl/cMAt7
It doesn't say he lives with his mommy, but it does say his mommy owns the house. How much rent does he pay to his mommy with his occasional freelance whackery?
We must continue to punish & ostracize the kids who came into this country through no choice of their own, worked their way through high school, and either want to serve the only country they've ever really known in the military, or continue their educations to become more productive members of society. By willfully accompanying their parents in crossing the border, these toddlers are the scariest felons ever, and they must forever be blamed for the sins of their parents.
I so desperately need your approval! Maybe the lack of connection has something to do with viewing things through your conserva-blinders. What the GOP does to one program, causing the almost certain deaths of those least able to help themselves, they will certainly apply to similar programs. Won't be long until the GOP starts pulling the plug on Granny in order to finance tax cuts for those who don't need them.
"Congress's regulatory authority over intrastate activities that are not themselves part of interstate commerce (including activities that have a substantial effect on interstate commerce) derives from the Necessary and Proper Clause. Congress may regulate noneconomic intrastate activities only where the failure to do so 'could ... undercut' its regulation of interstate commerce." From your typical liberal, Justice Antonin Scalia.
"As Marc Lacey reported in The Times this week, Francisco had been prepped for surgery after a friend whose wife was dying asked that he be given her liver.
“It was good news when we heard the liver matched,” Flor said. “The doctor said: ‘Everything’s going well. We’re going to proceed with the surgery.’ ”
But Francisco, who has hepatitis C, had lost his health insurance when he had to stop working and had gotten coverage under the state Medicaid program. And Gov. Jan Brewer had signed a law eliminating Medicaid coverage of certain kinds of transplants as a cost-cutting measure. Flor said the next words she got from the doctor were: “You need to bring $200,000 as a deposit for the hospital.”
Francisco was summarily discharged. The Arizona state government, which is totally controlled by Republicans, got between him and his doctor." http://goo.gl/AkkzC
In Arizona, it's death by budget cut. Transplant patients who had their transplants approved, are being notified they're no longer eligible for life saving transplants due to budget cuts. Death by GOP!
So, if maybe he had a little more melanin and a truck full of bombs and a koran when he reached the border crossing, all he had to do was say "oops!" and we should just turn him away? Brilliant! Oh, and were you aware deportations are at their highest level, ever?
Millionaires deserve their average $103,000 annual tax cut so they can keep creating those massive amounts of jobs the Bush tax cuts generated in China, and they don't need to be offset. But the guy that lost his job through no fault of his own that relies on his average $290 a week unemployment check to help feed and house his family, well he's just a deadbeat. You have to keep punishing the most vulnerable in order for the ultra rich to prosper.
I may be wrong here, but aren't representatives elected for two year terms? And when does that term end? And why are so many teahadists enamored with the thoughts of things going down their "throughts"?
"Filing suit now would be pointless political theater and a waste of time and money." No kidding.... but with republiclowns in charge, who cares about wasting time and money?
Not only do the Maine GOP Teahadists condone stealing millions from the poor, they actively encourage and reward it. "Daddy, I want to be speaker of the Maine house when I grow up!" "Well, son, first you need to steal millions from the state."
Perhaps reading comprehension is not your strong suit. I posted a direct reply to the laughably, and now proven, false statement "How about the fact that ALL terrorist attacks against Americans on American soil, on American Aircraft, Military Bases, American Ships military and commercial have been committed by foreigners". Pay attention.
Clowns like Kyl are pulling one line from the non-binding preamble and twisting it into an up is down argument to try to make the case the USA will not be allowed to develop missile defenses. The Secretary of Defense stated straight out the New Start treaty will impose “no limits on us.” In the meantime, while the GOP twiddles around clutching their pearls and smelling salts, US inspectors are no longer watching the Russian arsenal, and countries like Iran and N Korea are not deterred in their nuclear (nu-ku-ler) ambitions.
"How about the fact that ALL terrorist attacks against Americans on American soil, on American Aircraft, Military Bases, American Ships military and commercial have been committed by foreigners," Wasn't McVeigh American? So, what do you know about facts?
"WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans want the Congress to keep the new health care law or actually expand it, despite Republican claims that they have a mandate from the people to kill it, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll." http://goo.gl/8idBX
"In 1993, at the height of President Bill Clinton's health care reform initiative, Sen. John Chafee, R-R.I., along with 19 other Republicans and two Democrats, put forth a bill which was considered the major GOP proposal. One of the co-sponsors was then-Sen. Dave Durenberger, R-Minn. The bill, just like the Democratic version, never passed. But in a sense, it's been revived this year.
In fact, the key provisions in the Chafee bill may seem familiar, as they bear a strong resemblance to those in the current Democratic Senate bill, and now in President Barack Obama's proposal. A mandate that individuals buy insurance, subsidies for the poor to buy insurance and the requirement that insurers offer a standard benefits package and refrain from discriminating based on pre-existing conditions were all in the 1993 GOP bill." http://goo.gl/aosyF
This is what the GOP really wants: "In Arizona, 98 low-income patients approved for organ transplants have been told they are no longer getting them because of state budget cuts.
The patients receive medical coverage through the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), the state's version of Medicaid. While it may be common for private insurance companies or government agencies to change eligibility requirements for medical procedures ahead of time, medical ethicists say authorizing a procedure and then reversing that decision is unheard of.
"To basically renege on what you promised was [going to] be a chance at life is a very, very bitter indictment of the ethics of the Legislature," says Arthur Caplan, head of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Caplan calls the reversal "awful" behavior because Arizona is going back on a covenant it made with its patients, and because these are patients for whom time is critical — patients who spent months, some years, thinking they were covered."
To blame the exodus of manufacturing jobs on democrats is a little bit silly. If it was limited to Maine, you might have a point. But it isn't, and you don't. Take a look at manufacturing in the rest of the country.
"GOP Stands by its Man" They're not just "standing by their man", they are actively rewarding a known cheat and fraud with the leadership position. Is that the GOP/teabaggers value system in action?
Kind of makes going after welfare fraud a little tricky. How can you claim to want to reform the system when one of your leaders is one the biggest frauds there is?
Should he even be allowed to handle prescriptions? "AUGUSTA — A month before Republicans unofficially elected state Rep. Robert Nutting, R-Oakland, to be the next speaker of the House, a state agency disciplined the pharmacist for giving a customer the wrong medication."
I remember it clearly - a few years ago when Woodcock got his clock cleaned at the polls, every single republican stood up and said "Baldacci won fair and square. Let's support him!" Wait, what?
How come the Heritage Policy Center doesn't mention that the ultra rich top 1% are now raking in about 25% of all taxable income, giving themselves 10% raises over the last ten or twelve years, while the middle class is losing ground? Income disparity is where it was in the 1920's. Isn't the other side of this silly argument the private sector is paying the fat cats more and more, and paying the people that do the actual work less and less? You know what would solve that? Massive tax cuts for the people that don't need them so they can ship more private sector jobs abroad.
Since Obama became president, 98% of Americans received a tax cut, but they won't tell you that on Faux News. USA was losing an average of 318,000 private sector jobs a month in Dubya's last year. In 2010, there have been an average of 98,000 private sector jobs added. But they won't tell you that on Faux News. Dubya's final budget had a $1.42 trillion deficit. Obama's first had a $1.29 trillion deficit. And the markets? Since Dubya's last day in office, the Dow is up more than 40%, NASDAQ up 75%, S&P up 47%. So, the markets took off, there was a more than 400,000 swing in private sector job growth, nearly all Americans got a tax cut, and the deficit has been reduced. Haven't they mentioned that on Faux?
And now they want to double down on the exact same policies that created the worst recession since the depression. Are you aware they're already promising to add another trillion to the national debt over the next ten years?
Think of it this way: if you put 100 people in a gym, and 62 say "not this doofus", and the other 38 say "he's our hero", that constitutes an overwhelming republican mandate.
Where have all the voter fraud stooges gone? Now they're all suddenly silent? Haven't there already been numerous reports of these so called phantom voters? Not a single one? Wait, what?
We all know no republican president has ever spent any taxpayer money traveling overseas, or even hijacked a Navy ship to prance around in a flight suit for a photo op. And this so called stimulus Obama released? Can you tell me which law or executive order he signed that forced the Fed to buy back bonds? Didn't think so...
What about the rights of the land owners? "lose control of the beautiful mountains" - go buy some then. "Hunters may lose their hunting rights" to hunt on other people's property? That's a right?
What was the average private sector job growth the last year of Dubya's Republican administration? Lost 317,000 a month. During 2010? Added 96,000 a month. (You mean we've been adding jobs?) Deficit in Dubya's last budget? $1.42 trillion. Obama's first? $1.29 trillion. (You mean Obama has already cut the deficit?) How have the markets performed since Dubya's last day? Dow up 40%, S&P up 47%, NASDAQ up 74%. But that's reality, you won't hear it on Faux.
Lepage wants to do away with the minimum wage so he can get rid of those greedy $7.50 an hour workers and replace them with people he could legally pay maybe $4 or $5 an hour, and have the taxpayers pick up even more of their needs. Genius!
This just shows we need to deregulate the drug industry so they can make more money. And pass tort reform so sick people can't sue when the bad drugs they're sold make 'em sicker or dead.
What a laugher! The GOP is going after "outside" influence? Hey, how 'bout the millions Murdoch/Fox has pumped into the RGA? Shouldn't that disqualify Lepage?
Isn't 20% of the 30% that are undecided something like 6%? So, if you add the 6% to the 12% Moody is polling at, doesn't that only come up to something like 18%? How does 18% beat 31%?
So wrong on so many counts: Maine is 11th in Federal aid, Wyoming (1) and Alaska (2) are both solidly red states. Maine is 30th in per capita income, not 50th. http://bit.ly/cCCXGN If you would rather be last, then by all means vote for Lepage for lotsa minimum wage/no benefit Marden's jobs.
Are you suggesting we need a telemarketing huckster as congressman? Seriously? Boy, if Billy Mays was still alive, would you endorse him for president? Can they really be trusted?
If you think that's bad, carefully consider who you vote for this election: "Republican proposals to overhaul Social Security would substantially reduce future benefits for people now entering the workforce, according to a new analysis from Social Security Administration’s chief actuary." And "A worker born in 1985 whose earnings averaged $43,000 would receive 17% less at retirement than current law promises, as a result of Mr. Ryan’s proposal to change the inflation index. His proposed increase in the retirement age would reduce benefits by another 8%, according to the actuary’s analysis." All from the Murdoch Street Journal: http://bit.ly/9Wp7Or
We should give all the people on food stamps tax cuts! After all, tax cuts cure everything, even in those hard to reach places. They must be out of work because they want to be just look in the paper, bazillions of good paying jobs! Oh, and Gingrich? Really? The disgraced serial adulterer?
You mean Lepage would put short term political gain ahead of the long term needs of his constituents, just like Christie? Would he also blow $400 million in education funding, just like Christie?
Democrats want to provide a $250 Social Security bonus to seniors: http://goo.gl/VDrk
And the recently passed health care reform bill includes a 50% discount on name brand meds when seniors reach the "donut hole" starting in 2011: http://goo.gl/JBMt
Republicans want to privatize Social Security, and created the Part D "donut hole".
"How strange to defend a baby in the womb and then demand cash if she wants her heart defect fixed." It's called personal responsibility, ya commie leftist hippie. If the baby girl arrives without a job or health insurance, you think I should chip in for her care? No! I want my tax cuts! She needs to pull herself up by her bootstraps, and get with the program.
Faking paperwork, foreclosing on houses they don't hold the lien to, falsifying affidavits - just par for the course. We should all feel sorry for the banksters who rushed to securitize garbage loans. If you're a homeowner and there's a paperwork mixup, well, you better pack your bags, ya deadbeat! But if you're a bankster and you commit fraud on an unimaginable scale, well, we should all feel sorry for you.
American elections are now global. After the Citizens United decision, foreign corporations, even those controlled by foreign governments, are now free to donate as much as they want to the US Chamber of Commerce, who then uses those foreign funds to purchase attack ads. Now, if you have enough money, no matter where you live in the world, you're free to buy an American election.
The Maine Poll, conducted for MaineToday Media by Critical Insights, had 30 percent of likely voters supporting Mitchell, compared to LePage at 29 percent.
Your mindless rants obliterated absolutely nothing. Legislation does not become law until the president signs it! Just ask him, Dubya was the "decider". And this is silly :"The President does not nor does he have the authority to authorize or establish spending." Again, even budgets do not become law until the president signs them!
Aren't a lot of home schooled kids taught that man and dinosaur walked the earth at the same time, and Jesus would throw a mean t-rex barbecue every now and then?
I think it has to do with a total disregard for the rules of the road. I mean he's a big time congress critter wannabe - can't be bothered with the rules the little people have to follow.
"September’s rise in private new jobs is the ninth consecutive month of positive change. Since February, the for-profit realm of the economy has minted almost 900,000 new jobs." http://goo.gl/R4Wo
Since republiclowns have used the filibuster threat on nearly every bill in the senate, you need 60 votes to get anything through. Look it up candice - unprecedented obstructionism from the party of no.
You can pay a lawyer to do just about anything, but that doesn't mean you're right. Geez, even World Nut Daily posted a copy of his birth certificate for a time. http://bit.ly/9vKeqj
"Tax cuts and less regulation does create jobs" Okay, then it should be easy for you to provide some solid information. Got any links to legitimate sources? Maybe you should switch to decaffeinated tea.
Tax cuts do NOT create jobs in America, they just make it easier for the well off to invest in overseas jobs. Look at Dubya's two massive tax cuts for the wealthy. How was his job creation record? His last month in office, what did we lose ? 800,000 jobs?
LEPAGE: "I don’t know if you know this, but the State of Maine is the only state in the United States of America that charges sales tax on bull semen. You hear that? Bull semen."
If your son-in-law did not receive the original signed and certified copy from the day he was born, not one of those useless but universally accepted "official" state certified copies, he must be a communist muslim looking to impregnate your daughter with the next generation of food stamp getting terrorists. Hooray!
Look at the Oxford educated she-witch in Delaware who would've joined the Hare Krishnas if they allowed eating meat. Did you know she has the top secret plans China is using to take over the USA? Or that there are mice running around with fully functioning human brains?
Wow! You mean we can actually lock up terrorists on American soil? I figured maybe we'd have to come up with some shady stories and go blow some other country up first.
Okay, facts only, how has the national debt grown under republican administrations? Reagan nearly tripled it, Dubya doubled it, Clinton's contribution was....
Rather than railing against a possible "illegal" getting a little healthcare, where is your outrage at the giant agricultural subsidies paid to multinational corporations?
Can you name just twenty of the "hundreds of new bureaucratic agencies"? No? Didn't think so, but you just know they exist because that's what Gretchen told you?
Voice of the people? Isn't that election day? Didn't Michaud walk away with the last election? And he's going to walk away with the next one, too. That is the voice of the people.
The Tea Party is not full of mouth breathing, toothless, obese, gravy-stained knuckle dragging racists. There is a rumor going around that one of their members actually spoke to a black guy, and another actually ate some vegetables picked by a Latino, and one even figured out (through pictures) how to do single digit addition on a Chinese made calculator. See? They're all inclusive!
The GOP wants to take away Social Security as we know it. They want to privatize it, and shovel all of your contributions to the same Wall Street wizards that nearly destroyed the world economy.
Calling members of the Tea Party teabaggers started with the baggers themselves: "The first big day for this movement was Tax Day, April 15. And organizers had a gimmick. They asked people to send a tea bag to the Oval Office. One of the exhortations was “Tea Bag the Fools in D.C.” A protester was spotted with a sign saying, “Tea Bag the Liberal Dems Before They Tea Bag You.” So, conservatives started it: started with this terminology." http://goo.gl/vnlp It's hardly the fault of responsible Americans that the teabaggers aren't that smart, and coined their own phrase. Does make for some good comedy, though.
"governmental legislators and administrators think that they can continue their reckless spending and simply hike our taxes" Ask yourself, which party is hiking your taxes.
You only need to ask yourself which party was in the White House the last time the budget was any where near balanced. It certainly wasn't republican. And the coming tax increases? Purely republican.
You nailed it! Look at all the classifieds in the paper - a gazillion jobs and no applicants! All those people on unemployment? They chose to lose their jobs! And the people that are working? They're getting more overtime than they ever dreamed possible! Quitting your job is the path to unemployment $$$! Wait, what? You can't get unemployment if you quit? Okay, nevermind...
Since current benefits are paid with current contributions, Social Security can't go broke. The money you are paying in now is not yours - it goes to your parents or grandparents. All the fear mongering about Social Security is just a GOP wet dream.
Fox would never report that income disparity is as high as it was back in the 20's - that would involve putting actual objective facts into the mouths of their spokesmodels - which they would never do, of course. The well off keep getting ahead, but the middle class is not benefiting from hard work and increased productivity. Redistribution of income to the top.
Here's your redistribution of wealth: "The top-earning 20 percent of Americans — those making more than $100,000 each year — received 49.4 percent of all income generated in the U.S., compared with the 3.4 percent earned by those below the poverty line, according to newly released census figures. That ratio of 14.5-to-1 was an increase from 13.6 in 2008 and nearly double a low of 7.69 in 1968." http://yhoo.it/b7k7n8
All of our educators should be part time and earn "Marden's" wages and benefits. Just think of how many qualified, capable new teachers there would be! Maybe give 'em 30 students instead of 22 or 23, there are plenty of chairs. And why can't the teachers supply all the pens and paper? And by the way, it's not OUR fault you can't pay off your $30,000 in student loans on eight bucks an hour.
"Welfare enrollment has increased 70 percent since 2003." Geez, I wonder which party was running the economy then. Maybe the government should have cut taxes on capital gains and dividends for the well off so there would be about a gazillion new jobs created by the "trickle on" theory. Then welfare need would decrease, right? Wait, what?
Since they've enjoyed the colossal Bush tax cuts for about ten years now, where are all the jobs they created? I mean American jobs, not jobs in China. Massive tax cuts = worst job creation record since WWII.
"How is the CEO so indispensable that he needs to be compensated $1.9 million?" Because he can discharge 35 or so middle class employees with families and mortgages, accept a big raise, and not even blink an eye! And, it's not about delivering quality health care at all - it's all about the greed of top management.
The Dream Act allows children of undocumented immigrants to attend college or join the military. They must have entered the USA prior to turning 16, be here 5 years, graduate (or GED) from US high school or accepted to college, and be of good moral character. I can't find anywhere in the bill where it says all "illegals" will get a "taxpayer funded college education". Besides, thinkingmanspecialinterest commonsense, how is denying a kid a path to citizenship either through the military or higher education going to help anything except your xenophobia?
What part of "claiming homestead exemptions in two states is wrong' that you don't understand? What part of Florida launching an investigation do you not understand?
They were passed through budget reconciliation - doesn't matter what the Democrats did or didn't do. The Republicans own the tax increases. So yes, I guess I should've titled my previous post duh... http://goo.gl/KJJK
It's a pity, but if the Republicans succeed in raising his taxes on gains and dividends, he may actually have to go on food stamps to get the cheese to go with his whine.
Hilary lived in New York long enough to meet their requirements, how is that scandalous? Lepage's wife claims residency in two states at the same time in order to shave a few thousand off their kids' tuition bills, and lies about the homestead exemptions. And we've all seen the legal certification of Obama's birth, but watch out for the fluoride in the water!
Yes, it was Clinton, and we're all very embarrassed there were 23 million jobs created during his administration, and a budget surplus Dubya quickly turned into record deficits.
Assuming liability and simply becoming somebody's legal rep are two different things. Sure, you can write checks in their name, but who is ultimately responsible for making sure the property tax bill gets paid? The homeowner, duh. "Having property held in such a manner does not change homestead exemption since the property status generally does not change" - so, if Mrs. Lepage was the legal rep, and the property status didn't change, how can she claim someone else's homestead exemption? "presume to be fact with any of the LePage children attending colleges or universities in Florida" you mean they didn't attend FSU? Lepage lied about that, too? Keep trying, but remember the rule of holes.
Funny how this purely Republican tax hike is playing out. McConnell says we can pay for the $4 trillion in lost revenues over the next decade with $300 billion in spending cuts. Genius! Or that the Republicans raising taxes on the rich is somehow going to stop them from creating more jobs, even though they've enjoyed the tax cuts for about ten years and haven't created any American jobs.
The 55 jobs created in LA, are those new or saved government employee's jobs? How much of that money do you think was spent for services contracted out (hint, private employment)? And where do you get your numbers from? Mattel?
Of course not. Now McConnell thinks we can keep tax cuts for the rich at a cost of $4trillion over the next decade, and pay for it with $300 billion in spending cuts. That's your GOP math right there.
Lepage is doing just fine trashing himself by wallowing in his wingnut welfare - homestead exemptions, in state tuition in another state, pays no property taxes in Maine, and he pouts like a six year old when caught. How much is it costing honest taxpayers to foot this clown's bill?
"Independent candidate Eliot Cutler dismissed LePage's plan as "little more than bullet points, slogans and sound bites."" True, but he can do PowerPoint miming!
He's a typical GOP crook: "And the candidate is now acknowledging that two of his children did qualify for in-state tuition, at a considerable savings, at Florida State University. FSU has a number of resident tuition requirements -- including proof of receiving a Florida homestead exemption benefit." http://goo.gl/radu
"That would make approximately 70 percent of Americans "un-American.": just the ones saying "couldn't we just look the other way on the constitution, just this once, and tell them not to build it?"
Insanity would be returning to rule by whackadoodle ideology - after all, the current recession is a direct result of republican economic ideology. And we should go back? Talk about insanity... "Why is he suing the state of Arizona for enforcing federal laws": because it's not up to Arizona to decide which federal laws they want to enforce. Prosecute Acorn for what? Registering low income voters? And the new Black Panthers? Both of them? Seriously? I heard Obama wants to unionize Acorn, hire Muslims and Mexicans, and send them door to door to take away white people's guns!
"our businesses might have a chance to start investing in their own growth" What have they been doing with the tax cuts all these years? Now they might have a "chance" to start investing? Uh, okay.... So they start investing, building more capacity to make stuff people aren't buying. The problem is not that they don't have enough capacity to meet demand, the problem is there isn't enough demand to use the existing capacity. And remember, it is the Republicans who wrote, passed, and signed the law to "expire" the tax cuts.
"BRUSSELS – Hundreds of sex abuse victims have come forward in Belgium with harrowing accounts of molestation by Catholic clergy that reportedly led to at least 13 suicides and affected children as young as two, a special commission said Friday." http://yhoo.it/d3L133
Members of Congress are not preparing to vote on a massive tax increase. In fact, the republicans wrote the law on Dubya's massive tax cuts financed by China that automatically raises everybody's taxes. It's a huge Republican tax hike! And... Obama has a plan to reduce taxes on small businesses, but the Repubs are fighting it all the way.
All this hyped up anti-mosque, burn the koran bs. is turning into another great recruiting tool for the Taliban. Remind me again, who cares about the troops?
You know what's funny? Some people actually believe Fox News, the GOP propaganda network. Isn't the Fox News audience the lowest intelligence audience on the planet? Even lower than the Girls Gone Wild 3 a.m. infomercial audience?
Are you that guy at Walmart blocking the aisles with your mart cart, with a donut in one hand and your gut spilling out of your pizza stained purple sweat pants, oxygen tank in the basket, buying Ben & Jerry's and a carton of Marlboros?
We're all doomed to live under Sharia law! For God's sake, there's a MOSQUE IN THE PENTAGON! And they attacked the Pentagon on 9/11! AND THERE"S A MOSQUE IN THE PENTAGON! Probably paid for with YOUR TAX DOLLARS!
The only thing that will create new jobs is giving more tax cuts to the rich. With the extra money from tax cuts they can invest more and more overseas and create jobs in China.
Huge difference between Media Matters and Flocks - Media Matters tends to dwell in reality and facts and cites their sources, Flocks just makes sh*t up.
When was the last time "AOL, Motorola, Apple, City Bank and likes" started up their own propaganda network and ginned up fake controversies with their spokesmodels to stir up the misinformed ignorant masses who willing believe?
The first amendment is a "a travesty of all that is decent in this country." Because allowing a religious organization to build a community center on private property is not what America stands for! We should put EVERY construction project in every town in America up for a vote because "The proposed mosque is opposed by a huge majority of Americans and it should be." USA! USA! USA!
He owns the second largest voting block of Newscorp stock, but that's peanuts? How many billions is 7%? AND - he gives quite a bit of money to Feisal Abdul Rauf, the scary Imam behind the Cordoba House - one of his biggest financial supporters. I guess the only difference is one is a terrorist organization, and the other wants to build a Muslim community center on private property.
"Commands to kill, to commit ethnic cleansing, to institutionalize segregation, to hate and fear other races and religions . . . all are in the Bible, and occur with a far greater frequency than in the Koran. " http://bit.ly/dhCH6l
Don't set your sights too high, Gil. We should give up the whole freedom of religion thing so we can be more like Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Afghanistan, right?
It's hatred fueled by fear generated by the no ideas, no policies, no sense GOP aided by their propaganda network, and the no-brains clowns that dutifully tune in daily and believe the lies.
What do we need a clean environment for? It's only dirt and trees and water, right? Let's just let the businesses regulate themselves. Maybe we could add a few more species of fish to the "don't eat" list, maybe a little more mercury in the food chain? Vote LePage to turn Maine into a business friendly cesspool.
Make up your minds. "Now the Obama administration has taken federal interference in our lives, and the lives of our children, to an entirely new level." So, Maine didn't get the money, and that is interfering in our lives how? "What's more frightening, however, is the widespread acceptance that the federal government has the authority to blackmail us into action with our own tax money." And how is offering incentives to get the cash blackmail? Maybe you think they should've just started writing checks with no strings attached?
Yes, meteorologists study weather in the short term, but climatologists study the long term. Can't get your climates change denial from a meteorologist.
We could start here: "(CNN) -- A federal judge on Thursday ruled that the U.S. government's domestic eavesdropping program is unconstitutional and ordered it ended immediately." 8/17/06 http://bit.ly/2b8Zo3
Of course you'd be happy to share your reliable sources on anything Obama has done that has been found unconstitutional, right? Or would you like some cheese with that?
From AP yesterday: "Republicans have proposed at least 42 Constitutional amendments in the current Congress, including one that has gained favor recently to eliminate the automatic grant of citizenship to anyone born in the United States." http://tinyurl.com/29ue8x7
Did you know Faux News is a terrorist organization? Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, a Saudi, is the second largest stockholder in Faux News and one of the biggest supporters of the Cordoba House.
Social Security COLA increases are automatic: "By law, Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits increase automatically each year if there is an increase in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), from the third quarter of the last year to the corresponding period of the current year. This year there was no increase in the CPI-W from the third quarter of 2008 to the third quarter of 2009." Didn't Glenn tell you that?
"politicial hack-a-rama cohorts" are the majority, and people will keep voting for them. I guess that means the minority are what "politicial hack-a-rama cohorts" scrape off their shoes.
Albert, are all Muslims our enemies? If not, what's the stick for? I thought it was a few Al Qaeda extremists. And just how does denigrating all Muslims help win the hearts and minds of Afghanis?
The National Day of Prayer is NOT exclusively the christian National Day of Prayer, it was designated for ALL religions, even them scary muslins: " In 1988, the law was amended so that the National Day of Prayer would be held on the first Thursday of May. Two stated intentions of the National Day of Prayer were that it would be a day when adherents of all great religions could unite in prayer". And the churches have to sue because they do not actually support their local governments by paying taxes.
If I use the twisted logic that all Muslims are terrorists and they shouldn't be allowed to build a community center near ground zero, it seems reasonable to assume all Catholic priests are pedophiles and there shouldn't be Catholic churches anywhere near a playground. Or is there different logic at work?
Aside from the issues of segregating special needs kids from from the rest of the school age population, introducing the private profit motive (guaranteed results?) probably won't turn out well: "how many special-needs students would need to continue in the program?" As many as they need to protect their profits or the CEO's bonus. And, paying for sports, music, art, etc. by cutting money intended for the most vulnerable? Seriously?
Part of the gap is due to more of private sector compensation going to the few at the top. The CEOs can get their sympathetic boards to give them massive new compensation packages and golden parachutes (HP ceo resigns, gets $28m), but the guys that actually do the work get nothing. Are there any federal employees making 400 or 500 times the wages of the lesser paid?
Religious freedom only applies to non-brown Christians, like the founding fathers originally intended. You can practice any religion you want, as long as it's Christianity.
The bill has been up for consideration for 9 years, and garnered 255 votes in the house. Know why it didn't pass? Cynical republiclowns wanted to attach a totally unrelated immigration bill to it. So, just who is playing politics with the 9/11 responders' lives?
So, if all the right handed people put together and pass a proposition that all left handed people can't drive cars, because driving is a privilege not a right, that would be constitutionally okay because the majority voted it okay? Isn't that exactly what you're saying?
The judge was first nominated by Reagan. Does that make the hero of conservatives, Ronnie Raygun, a liberal? Also, where in the constitution does it say the majority gets to run roughshod all over the minority? I thought it said something about equality.
Liberty and equality, what concepts! Perhaps the judge should have performed the Alito-Thomas-Roberts double twisting gainer with a Scalia dismount to come up with a non-constitutional but conservative (activist judge) opinion.
President Obama hosted a pickup basketball game yesterday with some of the biggest names to have played the game: Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Bill Russell, LeBron James and Dwayne Wade. Afterwards they dined on shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico. You know who else played basketball? The Chinese, that's who!
I agree a piece of paper does not confer intelligence, and I think you may have misinterpreted my comment. It was in reply to thinkingman's comment about how he's oh so smart, but couldn't spell graduation.
Notice any problem here? "only one of us gradated from high school and college, so yes we do know who the stupid one is" And what was that about stones?
And just how do you know she was not paying attention, and did not see him? Do you have adequate proof? Maybe when she made the decision to pull out he was far enough away to give her time, had he been going a reasonable speed.
This kinda rules out the entire Catholic church: "demonizing opponents (characterizing the opposition as evil). That person also refuses to make untrue statements, to value honesty, truth and civility,"
"receive retirement benefits that they did not pay for" The retirement benefits are part of their compensation, so they most certainly did pay for them.
Funny how the conservaclowns are in denial about Dubya, the worst president in modern history. Massive deficits, huge (useless) tax cuts for the rich, start a couple of wars, leave the economy on the brink of another depression, failure at job creation, etc... He was successful at one thing, though, exposing the conservative ideology for the massive fraud and failure that it is.
So, for very selfish reasons you don't want the youngsters in your family making their own way in the world? I think kids should be free to make their own decisions and get out and explore the world. You only get one chance.
Just goes to show you what happens when republiclowns are allowed to run the country - lack of effective regulation and an economy swirling the drain. Thanks Dubya!
Your idea is to build and invest in more capacity, even though there is excess capacity right now? Give businesses tax cuts to hire people to stand around? Brilliant! If the unemployed keep receiving benefits, they spend right away, creating demand. Increased demand means increased production. Increased production means more people hired.
You think maybe they might pay sales taxes? How about when they register a car? Or maybe even when they put gas in that car? Nobody ever asked me for my SS card at the gas pump.
So, the local farmers are offering nutritious food to those in need, and you want to be first in line to take it away? Put down the Cheetos and the Mountain Dew and pay attention.
So, what you're saying is if they had a little more melanin, spoke spanish, and ran a taco stand it would be okay to ship them out? Are you aware deportations are much higher than they ever were under Dubya?
It is cheaper to lock'em up than to fry'em: "it is cheaper to imprison killers for life than to execute them, according to a series of recent surveys. Tens of millions of dollars cheaper, politicians are learning, during a tumbling recession when nearly every state faces job cuts and massive deficits" AP article on MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29552692/
Article says within 200 feet of their home. And who cares if the landowner ever goes there - it's still their land to do with as they see fit. Get your own land, freeloader.
After eight years of massive failure of conservative ideology, and the foul aftertaste of the most incompetent president the country has ever seen, it's nice to have the adults back in charge to restore "a country of integrity, dignity and self-worth".
"near constant filibustering of the minority party" Says it all - new world records for obstruction!. Snowe and Collins want to score cheap political points on the backs of the unemployed, teachers, police, firefighters, etc...
Do you have any realistic sources? Obama took no PAC money, and corporations can't donate to campaigns. If a part time BP convenience store employee contributed $5 to Obama's presidential campaign, does that mean Obama is on the hook to BP (and personally caused the spill)?
Why does the Sun Journal feel they need to protect LePage from the electorate? Aren't all of his views relevant, even the "wedgie" issues? What did Jesus name his dinosaur?
I guess republicans have a difficult time with the English language. Either that or they have a hard time with honesty. To scare people off just call it "102 new taxes" rather than what it really is. And Tom, are you aware that deportations are higher than they ever were with the previous administration? Or that 95% of Americans had their taxes cut? Are you one of them teahadists?
The original Medicare prescription plan was a massive government give away and huge entitlement spending expansion orchestrated by the republicans in order to buy off the big drug companies. The recently passed health care overhaul will close the hole.
So, by setting aside money to pay legitmate claims, they won't be able to pay legitimate claims? Or we need to protect their profit - the hell with all the people and businesses destroyed by the spill?
How is it the state's fault you aren't paying enough to provide for you kids? So, you think the state's taxpayers should be feeding and housing your kids? Time to grow up.
That's because it's conservaclown ideology of allowing industry to regulate itself that created the mess, and to say otherwise would mean admitting complete failure. Bribes? Hardly. BP agreed to the escrow fund - they could have said "no".
You're right, his ability to crack backs was not affected. His ability to do it legally was. All he had to do was support his children. Since he chose not to, and knew the consequences, he deserved to lose his license. And, I bet if you did a little research you'll find he's not the only deadbeat dad to lose his professional license for being a poor excuse for a father.
Some of those "unelected government officials" are scientists. Science should not be held hostage by elected officials. That's common sense, not complicated.
Perhaps a little off topic, but one Elaine rants about frequently: "(CNN) -- A nearly 25-year study concluded that children raised in lesbian households were psychologically well-adjusted and had fewer behavioral problems than their peers." http://bit.ly/cy8xha
Yes, please pay attention. The only people talking about the fairness doctrine are the tinfoil hat crowd, and Limp Rushbo. There is no legislation or FCC rule to reinstate the fairness doctrine. So why are you wetting your pants over it?
There is no effort to regulate internet content, in fact the opposite is true. Although Comcast would have you believe otherwise. And the Fairness Doctrine? Another right wing conspiracy theory right up there with fluoridated water.
I agree. Check out the Texas Textbook Massacre - who needs truth when you can just rewrite history in order to indoctrinate the innocent into the world of whack?
Where exactly does it say more guns made less crime? Or you just makin' sh*t up? Using your reasoning, I could say more unemployment means less crime. Unemployment is up, crime is down!!! LOL! LOL!
Where does your funding come from? Is it from government grants? Don't you think it's just a bit hypocritical to rail against welfare assistance out of one side of your mouth while the other side is pleading for more assistance to pay your salary? Especially when you admit you've failed at bringing decent jobs to Maine?
From the Wall St Journal: "So far in 2010, the oil and gas industries have contributed $12.8 million to all candidates, with 71% of that money going to Republicans. During the 2008 election cycle, 77% of the industry’s $35.6 million in contributions went to Republicans, and in the 2008 presidential contest, Republican candidate Sen. John McCain received more than twice as much money from the oil and gas industries as Obama: McCain collected $2.4 million; Obama, $898,000.
This is a decades-long trend, the center says: Since 1990, oil and gas companies have donated $238.7 million to candidates and parties, with 75% of the money going to Republicans."
She also failed to mention that Obama has taken in about $800 million for his campaigns, and BP employees gave a grand total of $77,000, or less than 1/10th of 1%. She also failed to mention it is illegal for corporations to contribute directly to a candidate. But, hey, let her stew in her own whack world.
So, what you're saying is the Federal government should bail out BP? Privatize the profits, let the public assume the risks? Isn't that what they call "wingnut welfare"?
And now we learn BP had a key role in the Valdez disaster: "Yet the leader of botched containment efforts in the critical hours after the tanker ran aground wasn't Exxon Mobil Corp. It was BP PLC, the same firm now fighting to plug the Gulf leak." http://goo.gl/totp
You must have missed the Supreme Court decision that said the EPA had to do something about greenhouse gases. It happened during Dubya's administration, but he punted.
Maybe you missed this part: "The four Democratic candidates for governor will host public parties at downtown L-A restaurants Friday night, beginning at 8 p.m."
Ultimately the Supreme Court decides if something is or is not constitutional. If you're not proposing usurping the power of the Judicial Branch, who would you have decide constitutional issues? Who draws up your little litmus test?
Here's a real brain teaser for you, stinkingman: what is the meals and lodging tax rate in NH? Here's a hint - 9%. Now, is that more or less than Maine? Yeah, that's the ticket!
How about the part where they say freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion? It's freedom of religion only if you're a christian, then you're free to force your religion on everybody else.
It was the anti science MMS under the Bush admin, you know-sex and drugs and oil-that fell down on the job: "The federal Minerals Management Service gave permission to BP and dozens of other oil companies to drill in the Gulf of Mexico without first getting required permits from another agency that assesses threats to endangered species — and despite strong warnings from that agency about the impact the drilling was likely to have on the gulf." http://goo.gl/VgU2
They've gone complete teabagger! Nothing but a bunch of immature hoodlums. They even vandalized a Portland school during their "convention": "When Clifford returned to school on Monday, he found that a favorite poster about the U.S. labor movement had been taken and replaced with a bumper sticker that read, "Working People Vote Republican."
Later, Clifford learned that his classroom had been searched. Republicans who had attended the convention called Principal Mike McCarthy to complain about "anti-American" things they saw there, including a closed box containing copies of the U.S. Constitution that were published by the American Civil Liberties Union." http://goo.gl/YeiG
Reasonable cause has nothing to do with the Arizona "breathing while brown" law, especially with the clause that law enforcement officers can be sued for not checking somebody's papers. Consider the fact a few of the major cities in Arizona have filed suit against the state to prevent the law from taking effect.
Now that the Maine GOP has gone full blown teabagger, I can't wait until they publish and parade around with their new party platform. It will be the best thing that ever happened to Maine Democrats, and guarantee the GOP will stay in a shriveling, shrinking minority for generations to come. Hooray!
Check the Google - D'Aleo is a pseudo-scientific crackpot. And the CRU data? "Reports by the House of Commons' Science and Technology Select Committee and an independent Science Assessment Panel commissioned by the UEA concluded that there was no evidence of malpractice on the part of the CRU" and " The scientific consensus that "global warming is happening and that it is induced by human activity" was determined to not be challenged by the emails and there was "no evidence of any deliberate scientific malpractice in any of the work of the Climatic Research Unit." http://goo.gl/mndE
I thought taxpayers paid for public school buses to go to public schools. Using your logic, any senior citizen who pays their property taxes ought to be able to ride the school bus to the mall.
If the DNC had its own Michael Steele there would be hilarity all around. If there is no balance in a story, should the reporter just make it up like Faux News?
At least you know where your money is going when you donate to Preble Street. Chip in to the Catholic church and your money may be going to support shuffling naughty priests around or paying lawyers and settlements.
Nothing but a bunch of sore losers, still sore over their loserness. Majorities of Americans elected Democrats to the majorities in both houses of congress, and elected a Democratic president by a big majority. And now the same congress and president are doing what the majority of real Americans elected them to do. How is that totalitarian or unconstitutional? And why are the inhabitants of Planet Wingnuttia so obsessed with things going down their throats?
So, you must have been a miserable failure in 6th grade if you can't even understand bills don't become laws without the President's signature, or a veto override, ya teatard.
Here's your tea bagger leader: "Dale Robertson, a Tea Party activist who operates TeaParty.org, is getting stung for an old photo — taken at the Feb. 27, 2009 Tea Party in Houston — in which he holds a sign reading “Congress = Slaveowner, Taxpayer = Niggar.”" But, they're not a hate group!
Do you have an example of anything unconstitutional? Not a "they're gonna do this, they're gonna do that", something that has actually happened and been found unconstitutional? Didn't think so. And if hating the working people of America means giving 95% of them tax cuts, I say bring on the hate! The overall tax burden is at its lowest in more than 60 years, but trying to get a teatard to believe it without a video is futile. And only 18% of Americans support the teabaggers.
Dale Robertson, a Tea Party activist who operates TeaParty.org, is getting stung for an old photo — taken at the Feb. 27, 2009 Tea Party in Houston — in which he holds a sign reading “Congress = Slaveowner, Taxpayer = Niggar.”
The 16,500 "agents" are actually the death panels the pants wetters are so afraid of, and the consultations are where you say your last goodbyes to grandma.
You must be talking about the tax loophole that was closed. For every dollar AT&T spent to cover retiree prescription costs Uncle Sam kicked in 28 cents. So, even though AT&T is really only spending 72 cents, they were writing off the entire dollar. Why should they be allowed to write off the 28 cents the government kicked in?
There is a choice - either buy insurance or pay the tax. Nobody is forcing you to buy anything. Also, the Commerce Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause have been used together in decisions quite frequently.
But still can't disclose your real name? How do we even know you're a man? We already know you're not a thinker. Speaking as Gizmo is courageous? Do you have those curly straws sticking out of your purple felt tall hat? And flowers that squirt? Really? And Lil was my 14 year old dog's name, coward.
Congress has the authority to levy taxes, and there is nothing in the law forcing you to buy insurance. The individual mandate was written as taxation on uninsured individuals, and the Supreme Court has consistently upheld Congress' broad authority to levy taxes. Also see the Necessary and Proper Clause. And there is no constitutional right to not have insurance, see auto insurance. Can you legally drive around without car insurance, and who do you buy it from?
I can see it now. The GOP is going to run on supporting pre-existing conditions denials, rescissions, and taking away healthcare from kids and seniors! That way they can get to the 2/3 majorities they'll need to override a presidential veto. Hooray!
They also came up with something called elections for the non-violent changing of the government. Seems to me the President and Congress were elected by majorities.
Another lie. From Politifact: "Members of Congress are offered insurance through their employer, which in this case is the federal government. They can purchase it through the Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan, which is offered to all federal employees. (We've written about this plan previously.) Under the plan, federal workers — and members of Congress — can choose from a variety of insurance plans just as people would in the new health care exchange.
There's nothing in the health care bills that exempts Congress from the same requirements as regular citizens."
According to the Gallup Daily Tracking poll, he's doing alright. 51% approve, 44% disapprove. http://bit.ly/lS4ZF And pollster.com has him at 51.4% and 42.2%.
Democrats won solid majorities in both the house and the senate. Obama ran on health care reform and was elected with a solid majority. The major HCR bill passed the senate with 60 votes. Sounds to me like they're doing exactly what the majority elected them to do.
Who was it that was photographed prancing around kissing and hold hands with the Saudi? And who was it threw up on the Japanese Prime Minister? Ah, the good ole days....when the laughs were much easier.
"The Republicans have offered, and continue to offer, remedies which are voted down without good reason." The republicans and their remedies are not wanted by the majority of Mainers. Sounds like reason enough they can't win elections.
"The country is supposed to be run "by the people,"" - that's what elections are for! And your side got whooped, badly. Health care reform was a major part of Obama's campaign.
You mean the plan that reduces the deficit by $130 billion the first decade, and more than a trillion the second? And provides an additional 32 million with health care?
Jesus was like the biggest socialist ever. I don't remember reading anywhere he walked around preaching "I got mine, get your own." And what about that whole camel and eye of the needle thing?
"The Catholic Church has long promoted social and economic justice", yeah right....
"The priest at the center of a German sex-abuse scandal that has embroiled Pope Benedict XVI was suspended Monday, more than 30 years after the church first heard allegations that he had molested children."
"Benedict not only served as the archbishop of the diocese where the priest worked, but also later as the cardinal in charge of reviewing sexual abuse cases for the Vatican.
“If you get divorced and remarry you can’t take communion, but someone convicted of molesting children can hold mass for the rest of his life,” Ms. Wankerl said."
Maybe he should've charged Iran a bit more for the weapons? Or maybe leave Iraq on the known terrorist countries list, and charge them more for weapons, too?
So, what you're saying is Ronnie was so afraid of those mean democrats he didn't dare use the veto pen? And, using your reasoning, the Reagan tax cuts weren't his at all because the democrats were in charge and got whatever they wanted. So, the democrats are responsible for the Reagan tax cuts? Can't have it both ways...
The GOP "plan" would leave even more people uninsured: "But the CBO analysis also concluded that under the GOP plan, 52 million nonelderly Americans would have no insurance in 2019 -- even more than the 50 million in 2010. By comparison, the House Democratic bill would reduce the number of nonelderly Americans without coverage to around 18 million over the next decade." http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/05/nation/na-health-gop5
How many currently uninsured Americans will gain coverage under the Republican plan? (Democrat's plan: 30+ million, Repubs: ??) How much will the Republican plan reduce the deficit over the next 10 years? (Democrat's plan: about $120 billion, Repubs: ??, CBO numbers, please) There are over 100 republican amendments in the plan passed by the Senate. Tax cuts, tort reform, and deregulation are not viable plans.
""Every citizen has a right to keep and bear arms and this right shall never be questioned." Even a fifth-grader can interpret that." Including felons? Aren't felons citizens? You mean that right is not absolute? When will you graduate fifth grade? Also, what does political subdivision of the State mean? Doesn't mean the State itself.
GE & Caterpillar led much of the opposition to the "buy American" clause in the ARRA stimulus proposed by Democrats. A certain failed Republican presidential aspirant (loser) offered an amendment to strip all "buy American" provisions from the bill. In fact, many republicans clutched their pearls and screamed "capitalism" and "free markets!" and "protectionism". The final version ended up respecting international trade agreements.
Against what? Some unseen imaginary bogeyman? What are the chances you're going to be involved in some made-for-tv gun battle? Maybe the other guy is a little quicker on the draw. Personally I feel sorry for people who live in such fear the only way they can function is by carrying some imaginary masculinity.
I'm not running around wetting my pants in fear of some NRA (or other) whackjob who thinks he's incomplete without his handgun. Are you so afraid of the world the only way you can make it through your devestatingly dangerous day is to be armed?
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence,promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." Helping your citizens remain healthy sounds like it fits under "promote the general welfare", or are you reading a different constitution?
Just how paranoid or deficient does a person have to be in order to need a dose of artificial testosterone in the form of a handgun when ordering a cup of coffee? (Or visiting Acadia?) Aren't the odds of perishing in a car crash higher than being a victim of gun violence? If so, how come you're still driving?
Now I know you've lost touch with reality. Bush created 48 million jobs within months? But first he lost 50 million? What's the population of the USA, 300 million? Note the 01 recession officially started on Dubya's watch, and the current recession started in Dec 07.
Somehow it's Obama's fault Bush signed tax cut laws (through reconciliation) with sunset provisions? Oh, okay. If tax cuts worked, wouldn't the Bush tax cuts have lead to a thriving, growing economy? Guess not. And the AMT? Has congress ever failed to patch it? And here's a real mind bender for you - paying no income tax does not equate to paying no taxes at all.
Who said this: "We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada," she said. "And I think now, isn't that ironic." Why, it was Sarah Palin, you betcha, also! http://bit.ly/9yRdFd
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." As close to a guarantee you'll see.
Can you even come up with something factual? Explain to us who was president when the Wall Street meltdown began, and when the mortgage meltdown began.
How 'bout that Commerce Clause? Kinda blows your whole 10th Amendment argument away. But here's a hypothetical - if health care reform is unconstitutional due to the 10th, how can tort reform in any federal law be constitutional?
been pranicing around Acadia ("I have also carried my weapon into Acadia National Park."), your claims of being a law abiding citizen seem a little flimsy.
So, for $3300 per person, everybody in France is covered by a combination of public and private insurance and has quality care? And in the USA, $6400 per person leaves nearly 50 million without coverage and no care?
So, what we should all do is just wait another 75-100 years until we know for sure and it's too late to do anything about it? What will your grandkids (assuming you're allowed to reproduce) think of that?
more people oppose the current health care plans because they feel the plans aren't ambitious enough than think the plans go to far. http://bit.ly/5tNrLS
I'll bet there is more than one definition of "member". And she actually states she joined the "movement". Bet there's more than one definition for that, too.
Just because you haven't heard an alternative definition deosn't mean there isn't one. When they truck millions of teabags to DC, or prance around with teabag earrings or teabags dangling from their hats - the definition certainly fits - and it's well earned.
If we use Mary Jane's reasoning we could surmise there is no constitutional right to flush toilets, therefore they are unconstitutional. Our founding fathers spelled out everything we need nearly 240 years ago.
Some people just can't understand this: "Every kilowatt hour of wind power replaces one from fossil fuels, making our air cleaner." So, let's wait and let our kids do it?
The only way we're all going to be safe is when everybody is armed everywhere they go, cons, kids, and crackpots included. No exceptions! Acadia is one of the most dangerous places in Maine.
Reconciliation? Oh my, no! The repuliclowns will get all fainty and wet their pants! Again. Never mind they have a history of using reconciliation far more than the Democrats. But they don't even need reconciliation - the Senate passed health care reform with 60 votes.
"republicans can't block any legislation in Washington", oh, okay. Never heard of cloture? "cost control which will mean rationing", insurance companies ration care now, and if you can't pay you're rationed out. "How come we can auto insurance from any company we want but not health insurance?" Antitrust exemption. "nameless, faceless bureaucrat", how many Anthem or Aetna CEOs do you pal around with?
"we have to "pay good people" such high salaries in order to keep them" Just ask any one of the fat cats - they are irreplaceable - the entire system would come to a halt of they don't get their way.
"Let's put some Republican stuff in the bill." There are something like 190 Republican amendments in the bill. Ignore tort reform - states that tried it have not seen any cost containment. And ignore the whole Republican version of selling across state lines thing, too. Nothing but a race to the bottom like the credit card industry.
So, using your reasoning, a person who works in a factory their entire life should be covered when they come down with repetitive motion ailment after they retire? Oh, okay....
We must be careful not to offend the delicate sensitivities of the CEOs (and compensation managers) or they will simply hold their breath until they turn blue. After all, if you ask them, they are irreplaceable and must be paid what their egos demand or they will take their toys and go home.
Hmmm..... compensation manager..... doubled the ceo's salary, how many nurses and housekeepers had their salaries doubled? Get rid of the fat cats and hire a whole bunch of good surgeons!
The funniest part of the Obama/Republiclown Q & A was that Faux News had to cut away at least 20 minutes before it was over to try to salvage what little self respect the Republiclowns had.
The Brown victory reflects Coakley's inability to campaign. You may have missed the CBO report that said health care reform would reduce the deficit; guess Faux didn't mention it. National security - how many terrorists have been convicted through military tribunals? And through the criminal justice system? And why do right wingers get all fainty and wet their pants at the thought of a trial? And what does Ft Hood have to do with Fruit of the Looms? Again you must have missed the part where the undies bomber has been singing like a bird, no Faux mention? Put down the bottle, Clyde, and turn off Clusterfox, and start paying attention.
And how about when they decide to park outside liquor stores, strip clubs, methadone clinics, etc... What becomes of that information? As long as you're not breaking any laws, whose business is it? Or how about the abusive husband who wants to know where his wife is every minute? He has a buddy that can get him that info, then beat up the guy that happened to be parked next to her?
Haiti already has some of the most restrictive adoption laws. Are you talking about the whackety whacks trying to "steal" the children and bring them to Jesus?
Yeah, if you skip over the anthrax attacks, the shoe bomber, 9/11, etc... Not to mention every single terrorist released that has rejoined the fight was released on Bush's watch.
Legislation for automatic social security cost of living adjustments based on the consumer price index was passed by congress more than 35 years ago. Under this formula, social security recipients got 5.8% raises a year ago, the most in more than 25 years. Automatic congressional pay raise legislation was passed more than 20 years ago. Congress voted not to accept the automatic increase in 2010. Seems your first point is a little out of date. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
News flash Cal - Weinstein is not trained in climatology. Find one, just one that's all, respected climatologist with peer reviewed work who agrees. "The EPA on Monday gave the president a new way to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions when the agency determined that scientific evidence clearly shows they are endangering Americans' health. That means the EPA could regulate those gases without the approval of the U.S. Congress." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091209/ap_on_sc/climate ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
So, no sources, just pulling numbers out of your butt?
"Months after the Paris Agreement, which marked the official end of the Vietnam War, the United States, under the leadership of President Richard Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs Henry Kissinger, steps up its bombing of Cambodia—contradicting earlier claims that the rationale for bombing Cambodia had been to protect American lives in Vietnam. During the months of March, April and May, the tonnage of bombs dropped on Cambodia is more than twice that of the entire previous year. The bombing stops in August under pressure from Congress. The total number of civilians killed since the bombing began in 1969 is estimated to be 600,000." http://tinyurl.com/yhpjrgp ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dubya has an MBA - that worked out quite well! Since 1959, the average private sector job growth under four-year Democratic administrations is 11.7%. Under Republican administrations, it's 5.4%. In other words, during the four years of a Democratic administration, private sector job creation has, on average, grown more than twice as quickly as it has under Republican administrations. bls.gov ______________________
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Got you covered, gil, here you go: "CBO now estimates that in the third quarter of calendar
year 2009, ARRA’s policies raised real GDP by between
1.2 percent and 3.2 percent, lowered the unemployment
rate by between 0.3 and 0.9 percentage points, and
increased the number of people employed by between
600,000 and 1.6 million compared with what those values
would have been otherwise." http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/106xx/doc10682/11-30-ARRA.pdf ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Let me get this straight. The left has thousands of scientists whose consensus opinion is global warming is real. Conservaclowns have Limp Rushbo. Good luck with that. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Why would it take a piece of paper from the church you want to distance yourselves from to allow you to be happy?" I assume you're talking about marriage licenses, which no church has the authority to issue. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Why not read the facts for yourselves?" You're confusing articles of faith with facts. Fact: you don't need a church to get married. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Oh sure, everybody's all for freedom and less government control, but when it comes to a woman's constitutional right to choose they're all for government intrusion on a private decision between a woman and her health care provider. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"net reduction in federal deficits of $130 billion over the 2010-19 period" http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/107xx/doc10731/Reid_letter_11_18_09.pdf Please enlighten us as to how you know more about it than the Congressional Budget Office. During the second decade of the bill, cost savings are estimated at a whopping $650 billion. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
You see resistance from republicans because that's all they know. For an example, ask the republicans why they opposed the Franken rape amendment. ______________________
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"DOES ANYONE REALLY THINK IT WILL BE SO?" Yes. There is a clause in the senate bill that makes congress get their insurance through the same exchanges the public can use. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Wartime debt is normally a temporary problem and has not historically damaged a country's ability to grow." Aren't we in two wars right now? And how have they been paid for? ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"By contrast, there is no question about the legitimacy of U.S. federal courts to incapacitate terrorists. Many of Holder's critics appear to have forgotten that the Bush administration used civilian courts to put away dozens of terrorists, including "shoe bomber" Richard Reid; al-Qaeda agent Jose Padilla; "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh; the Lackawanna Six; and Zacarias Moussaoui, who was prosecuted for the same conspiracy for which Mohammed is likely to be charged. Many of these terrorists are locked in a supermax prison in Colorado, never to be seen again." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/19/AR200911... ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
So, the vaccine manfacturers made plenty - more than enough - and that evil Obama is sending it oversees and vaccinating terrorists and 'foreign nationals' while 'real merkins' are going without? Oh, okay. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wasn't "enemy combatants" Bush-speak for evading obligations under the Geneva Convention and that torture agreement Reagan signed? ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"utter failure of the Obama administration to propely acquire for and distribute to American Citizens" You cannot acquire and distribute what has not been manufactured. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Funny how conservatives get all woozy and wet their pants at the thought of the American legal system doing its job. Why do you hate America? "Where's Obama? In Japan. On purpose." Yes, on purpose. I think Air Force One probably uses gps. "the one-world government treaty", not until after the dollar is replaced! "I'm almost maniacal." You've passed that point. Now, back to your bunker and watch out for the black helicopters. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
October 15, 2009 The standard monthly premium for Medicare will not increase next year, the federal government has announced.
Premiums for Part B coverage, which pays for physician and outpatient care, some home health services and medical equipment, will remain $96.40 a month for the third year in a row, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said. Medicare insures the nation's elderly and disabled.
This premium cannot increase for most Seniors, by law, if there is no increase in the COLA.
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The conservaclown idea of tort reform has absolutley no basis in reality - it's another one of those myths - like Reagan was fiscally responsible. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Why do all the supposedly tough guy conservaclowns wet their pants at the thought of the judicial system working as it was designed? ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Seems you're confusing the annual flu vaccine with the H1N1 vaccine. The administration's biggest mistake was taking private business (vaccine manufacturers) at their word. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Collins lead the charge to strip almost $900 million for pandemic preparedness from the stimulus bill this spring. Hypocrite much, Sue? ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
You're just tired of the truth. Obama inherited the worst recession since the Great Depression. That's certainly not nonsense, it's a fact! ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Your timeline seems to be off a bit. Who was pres when the Wall St bailouts started? "Under Bush, stimulis money was sent to consumers to spend or save." And that really nipped the recession right in the bud, didn't it? ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Why doesn't someone with intelligence see what President Barack Obama is doing to our country?" That rules out teabaggers and republicans. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Elected officials need to remember that they are working for the people who voted them into office." That's right! And the dems were voted in by solid majorities. And did you hear? Obama is going to unionize ACORN and have them go door to door to collect all the guns from white people and give them to the illegals! ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Only on Planet Wingnuttia do two predominantly local elections carry more weight than the 2 congressional elections held the some day. The democrat resoundingly whipped the teabagger in NY 23, a seat held by repubs for more than 120 years, and another dem was elected in California, increasing the democratic house majority by 2. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
If only 8 or 9 million qualify for the public option, how does that force private insurance out of business? Seems Faux News is doing a good job of keeping the teabaggers uniformed. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Republicans won the last round of elections? How about that NY-23? Or the California special election? Wow, the repubs picked up 2 governors, who, by the way, have no vote on health care, cap and trade, etc... Dems pick up to congressmen who CAN! But, as always, that's good news for republicans! ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
And the pope, a former Hitler youth, lifts the excommunication on bishops like this:" Richard Williamson, a British bishop, was shown in a Swedish state TV interview this week saying that historical evidence "is hugely against 6 million Jews having been deliberately gassed."
Williamson has said that only 200,000-300,000 Jews died during World War II and that gas chambers were a fiction. He has also endorsed the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a notorious anti-Semitic forgery used since the late 19th century to fuel anti-Jewish violence." http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643736866&pagename=JPost%... ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
You forgot the part about the hospital offering to do the surgery if they came up with a $75,000 down payment. But, they didn't have a spare $75,000 laying around, therefore she died because not only did Cigna deny the claim, they didn't have the $75,000 for the down payment. You should read a little more, you know, "the whole story". ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Are you saying he should buy a "made for tv" ranch somewhere, put on his cowboy boots and a cowboy hat, clear a little brush, choke on a pretzel, and tell the world he's the annointed leader? ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"According to CBO and JCT’s assessment, enacting H.R. 3962 would result in a net reduction in federal budget deficits of $104 billion over the 2010–2019 period." http://cboblog.cbo.gov/?p=403 ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Maybe you missed this part:"The Republicans have had their lapses, too, but most of them did the responsible thing and stepped down." ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Paranoia? Yes. Where is the legislation? Note that the Senate voted to repeal the DC handgun ban in March of this year. Sounds like expanding gun rights, not taking them away. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Show us all where you come up with such paranoia! First & second amendments, show us all the legislation passed the limits your speech or takes away your firearm. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Now, if you could only find a respected scientist who published a peer reviewed study debunking climate change, you'd be all set. Sorry, but there is not a single one out there. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Geez, cal. You sure took a roundabout way of saying the government should provide vouchers so everybody can send their kids to learn the hate, intolerance, and bigotry taught in Catholic schools. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
We have to make things easy for conservaclowns like you, because you lack the mental capacity to keep up. Maybe we should post everything in pictures, just for you! ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"As far as the law is concerned, it doesn't matter if you get married in a church by a minister, or on the sidewalk by a justice of the peace, marriage is marriage." Bingo!
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The American Psychological Association (APA) launched an investigation into (Dr Paul) Cameron after receiving complaints about his work from members .An APA spokesperson told The Boston Globe in 2005, "We are concerned about Dr. Cameron because we do believe that his methodology is weak." ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Everything she posts is a flat out lie drawn from some whacked out faux researcher in Colorado. The lead researcher was thrown out of his professional society for just making things up and calling it research. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – The United States is the most admired country globally thanks largely to the star power of President Barack Obama and his administration, according to a new poll. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091005/lf_nm_life/us_usa_status ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
If ratings are how you judge the accuracy of your news, American Idol must be the bestest news, evah! You've been brainwashed by Rupert! ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Voter fraud or voter registration fraud? Thinking people can tell the difference. Since Acorn is an organization that has no vote, kinda ignorant to claim voter fraud, but you bought it. And if you know Van Jones was convicted of something and spent time in jail, what was he convicted of and where did he do his time? You know what Jones is guilty of? Forming the organization responsible for getting more than 70 advertisers to bail on Beck. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"I did plenty of research on Van." (watched Glenn) ACORN (bab's new 'n' word) - never charged with voter fraud, but that's real life not beck-believe. "I don't think we're talking about democracy here." You mean they weren't elected by a majority of real Americans? "Are you getting the picture yet?" Absolutely, nutjob. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
You need to change the battery in your calculator, or at least buy one that can do simple addition and subtraction, not some "conservacalc". What was the national debt when Dumbya left office? And now? How is that triple? ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, "has proposed forcing abortions and putting sterilants in the drinking water to control population." Beck, 7/22/09 show. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
The City of New York investigated 7 gun shows in 3 states involving buys from 47 gun sellers using hidden cameras.
The investigation videos showed that 35 out of 47 sellers approached by undercover investigators at these gun shows sold guns illegally. http://www.gunshowundercover.org/
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A State Department spokesperson, commenting on the Obama's Nobel:
"Certainly from our standpoint, this gives us a sense of momentum -- when the United States has accolades tossed its way, rather than shoes." ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
From the DNC: "The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists — the Taliban and Hamas this morning — in criticizing the President for receiving the Nobel Peace prize. Republicans cheered when America failed to land the Olympics and now they are criticizing the President of the United States for receiving the Nobel Peace prize — an award he did not seek but that is nonetheless an honor in which every American can take great pride — unless of course you are the Republican Party. The 2009 version of the Republican Party has no boundaries, has no shame and has proved that they will put politics above patriotism at every turn. It’s no wonder only 20 percent of Americans admit to being Republicans anymore – it’s an embarrassing label to claim."
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"Universal health care is an example of basic compassion for others, Puhalo said. And he believes that same-sex marriage is an issue of democratic rights for citizens, not an issue for religious groups." I think I just heard a bunch of those tiny wingnut heads pop. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
I think Letterman should call O'Reilly and ask him about falafels and loofahs and phone sex and sexual harassment type stuff. Or maybe he should call Ensign's parents, ask them to write check. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"They are the paid political programming for a party, and occasionally a couple of news stories break out in the midst of 23 hours and 45 minutes of political rantings and opinion," said one senior administration official. "Everything about it is one-sided political opinion directed at a base. Period." ______________________
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Reuters: "A new U.S. government study on Tuesday adds to a growing list of experts concluding that climate legislation moving through Congress would have only a modest impact on consumers, adding around $100 to household costs in 2020." ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
It's some kind of twisted logic. To show someone the goodness of your love, you need to berate and belittle them and their wants and needs. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
And now there is a conservative outfit that's going to re-translate the bible and leave out any references to what they believe is liberal. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"which necessarily includes sexual acts, or it's not marriage " I believe that's out of Sunday school, Mrs "not from the church" McG. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
How does this fit in with the "loving motivation of all Catholics"? NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Supreme Court refused on Monday to block the release of documents generated by lawsuits against priests in Connecticut for alleged sexual abuse.
The justices turned down a request by the Roman Catholic diocese in Bridgeport, Conn.
Several newspapers are seeking the release of more than 12,000 pages from 23 lawsuits against six priests.
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They're asking for marriage recognition, not recognition of their sexual union. Marriage is a civil contract which requires no church input. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"You cannot change or ignore the Bible just to suit your own sexual preferences." Not everybody lives by the bible, and the constitution says I can ignore it if I want.
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What you fail to mention, cal, is the USA has been looking for places for the Uighurs since 2003, long before liberals took over. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"a 2003 study found Fox viewers more likely to be misinformed than those who get their news elsewhere." I would like to add drooling to the knuckle-dragger description of the lowest common denominator Faux News devotee. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
I agree it would make sense to recognize the cheerleaders, and I understand the hard work and dedication. Perhaps when schools announce teams, they could also announce who'll be cheering for that team. But on an ongoing basis, how do you recognize cheerleading? What was the score Friday night? ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
The whole Olympics thing is hilarious. Only on Planet Wingnuttia would cheering against the USA be grounds for celebration. Priceless. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
God vs. Thor in a ppv steel cage match. And they could have Jesus ride around on his dinosaur (Dino) to get the crowd wound up. Hooray! ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Glenn Beck told Katie Couric he would have voted for Hillary Clinton over McCain/Palin in 2008. "I can’t believe I’m saying this, I think I would have much preferred her as president and may have voted for her against John McCain," he said. "How about this? I think John McCain would have been worse for the country than Barack Obama. How’s that?" ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"I have yet to figure out how allowing anyone other than a man and a woman to marry will negatively affect me, my spouse, my family, my community or my world. " Nobody has been able to figure that one out, but they sure make up a lot of stuff to prey on the fears of the haters. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Yes, we have sex ed in Maine. But where does the curriculum provide for teaching kids to become homosexuals? I didn't know you could "teach" someone to become homosexual. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
What about the whole freedom of religion thing, cal? The real danger to America is the Beck/McVeigh wing of the republican party. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
You can rank the National Review right up there with World Nut Daily and Faux News - ZERO credibility. But they're good at recruiting the tinfoil hat crowd. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Let's ask the elders just how much they hate their single-payer government run health insurance. "But I say your afraid to because of the answers you will get." ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Correction tron, it's a highly dubious rightwing organization. Make up the results first, pick the votes that fit those results, then weight the results to fit the predetermined results. Absolutely no credibility. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
According to Glenn Beck (and some university he can't seem to remember) there were about eleventy gazillion teabaggers there. Hooray! But Beck himself couldn't be bothered with showing up. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Boy, that's some twisted logic there. Basically, what you're trying to do is combine two unrelated laws (state learning results, same sex marriage) into one extreme boogeyman outcome. And comparing education laws in Massachusetts to Maine education laws is also misleading. How come the haters can only come up with lies, distortions, hate, and fear to mislead voters? And Mass. has allowed same sex marriage the longest, and has the lowest divorce rate in the country. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Are you talking about the big pharma written, republican passed medicare prescription drug bill that specifically says the government can't negotiate discounts? ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Department of Education says that Maine standards are different from those in Massachusetts and that there are no mentions of marriage – heterosexual or homosexual – in Maine Learning Results.
"A change in the definition of marriage in Maine changes nothing in terms of what schools can and must teach," said the department's spokesman, David Connerty-Marin. "There is nothing in there whatsoever that deals with marriage." http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=285255&ac=PHnws ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
That State of the Union address, was that the one where he told everybody Saddam was buying uranium from Africa? That went over well. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Here's some from the Murdoch Wall St Journal: "Odds are that you've never heard of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, but it plays a central role within the executive branch in vetting regulatory proposals. Mr. Sunstein brings important qualifications to that role, and Mr. Obama has made a savvy choice in putting him there." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123154849171169957.html
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"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
McChrystal's report says they need 500,000 troops and five years. There's about 92,000 in the Afghan National Army. Where should the other 400,000 come from? ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Here's what Forbes has to say about Sunstein: "an intellectual heavyweight who is a progressive but no ideologue", "a new approach to cost-benefit analysis and regulation that is thoughtful, pragmatic and fair", "cost-benefit analysis is not an intellectual exercise but a means to deliver greater benefits for the American public at lower costs", "Those in the progressive community hoping for a wilting lily will also be sorely disappointed." http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/12/cass-sunstein-regulation-czar-opinions-...
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"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
You still getting your made up stats from the hate group? The one where the researcher was thrown out of his professional organization? ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
If said all of that without breaking out in laughter, and shed a few tears, you may be a good candidate for Beck's sidekick. USA! USA! USA! ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sorry to burst your bubble, from the WSJ:"NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- In what is shaping up to be one of the more effective boycott campaigns in years, advertisers are abandoning the "Glenn Beck" show on Fox News." And then there's this: "advertisers on Beck’s program per week was at its highest at approximately $1,060,000, for the week ending August 2, 2009. ColorOfChange.org launched their campaign at the end of that week and since then, 62 advertisers have distanced themselves from Beck. Data collected for the week ending September 6, 2009 shows Beck’s estimated ad revenue at $492,000, equal to a loss of $568,000. .." But that's reality. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
It's written right into the law that churches won't be forced to perform same sex weddings. So, explain to me how someone can be "dragged into court for refusing to submit to marrying homo's." Here's a real brain teaser for you - where do marriage licenses come from? ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Seems pretty sound to base missile defense on systems that work against threats that are known. If Russia started loading up Cuba with "defensive" missiles and radar, would you be singing the same tune? And Dubya's system has never worked. We would be better off using sharks with lazer beams. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
In Iowa the Des Moines Register did a poll asking if same sex marriage has had any effect on people. 92% said no. Massachusetts has allowed same sex marriage the longest, and has the lowest divorce rate in the country. It appears same sex marriage may actually strengthen hetero marriage. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
This is what he wants to do: he wants the emergency room to ask for papers when sick or injured people with enhanced melanin come in. No papers? No treatment. Simple as that. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
It's shameful that the wealthiest nation can allow 45,000 people per year to die because they don't have access to health care when they need it. It's time to put people over profits. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
The right has always been full of whack jobs. They're just more prominent now because all of the moderates have left the party, and you have a "news" network getting them all worked up. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
So, Reagan was president for twenty years? Reagan gets credit for Clinton's economic record? Even those 23.5 million jobs? Never mind those voodoo economics books, wow, those conservative history books sure know how to make sh*t up! And some of the more gullible (or gilable?) actually believe it. The increase in national debt at the end of Clinton's second term (or Reagan's fifth) was a negative .2%. Negative. That's right, negative! How about change in debt as a percentage of GDP? Reagan up 11.3% and 9.2%. Clinton down .6% and 8.2%. So, with Reagan, as gdp grew, the national debt grew even faster. The way I see it, it took a Clinton to make up for the Reagan/Bush I disasters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_by_U.S._presidential_terms Here's a real brain teaser for you: who was the first president to fire their counter-terrorism expert, ignore the daily briefing that said the bad guys were going to hijack planes and fly them into buildings while breaking sticks on his made for t.v. ranch? ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jealous of Coulter? Hardly. Her adam's apple gives her/it away. But keep dreaming Gil, someday you may find a woman who'll tolerate you. Right now, though, your on your own. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Instead, Congress must fix what's broken"... exactly! And the private insurance market is broken. When the incentive is profits over people, somebody has their values mixed up. We need a strong public option. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"those of us "republiclowns" were aware of ACORN before this last election"... doesn't that then make the R's that shoveled them cash complicit in their crimes? ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Until Ann Coulter presents her "female certificate", I'm going to have to believe she was born something not quite human, or female. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Would that be the same Reagan who doubled the national debt? The same Clinton that left office with projected surpluses? The same Clinton admin who tried and convicted the blind sheik? How was Dubya on terrorism, should we ask the 3000+ who died on 9/11? ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"All they have to do is repent"... can't they live their lives the way they want, then just before lights out, repent? Or is there a time limit or something? ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
According to the Congressional Record, Dubya gave ACORN more than $13 million during his administration - even when both houses of congress were dominated by republiclowns. Republicans are only screaming about ACORN now because their guy got creamed last November. ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
What could go wrong? Look at the last 8 years. And watch out for the fluoride in the water, and the black helicopters, and the death panels, and the birth certificate, and ... ______________________
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
#7. Just make sh*t up and hope it sticks, right Rich? From a guy who gives us this :"I'm sure I'm not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, "Hey, I think she just winked at me." ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
So, your son is all indoctrinated now? "Saying parents are incapable of teaching the agenda is odd." Which agenda? The communist manifesto? You should also note that Bush and Reagan both gave political speeches to the kids, Obama said stay in school and work hard. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"A new survey commissioned by the AARP conducted by Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates asks respondents to what degree they support or oppose "[s]tarting a new federal health insurance plan, All: 79 percent favor/18 percent oppose,
Democrats: 89 percent favor/8 percent oppose,
Republicans: 61 percent favor/33 percent oppose,
Independents: 80 percent favor/16 percent oppose." Or try this:http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=5ba17aa2-f1b9-4445-a6b8-62b9d1ba8693 ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
If the father didn't approve, and they have joint custody, then yes, there was something very wrong with her education. Freedom of religion can also mean freedom from religion. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Check out Reagan's speech from November 14, 1988. He preached tax cuts to the school kids. How many wingers got the vapors then? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"Millions have lost their jobs and insurance coverage because of BHO"... simple question Barb, when did the recession start? And why weren't you in DC teabagging? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Can't even keep your own fantasies straight, can you. The Bush tax cuts increased revenues, but he also doubled the national debt? If that's true, never, ever let a conservative near the national budget again. If Joe shows up at Walmart, will you be wearing your vest? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Good for the father! Stay involved in her life and don't let the mother turn her into another barely functioning whackety-whack! ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Why are some who hide behind christianity so hung up on controlling what other people do in the privacy of their own homes? And preserve hetero marriage? Look at Mass., they've had same sex marriage the longest and have the lowest divorce rate in the country. Could it be that recognizing same sex marriage also preserves hetero marriages? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"hanging all this debt around the necks of our grandchildren".... Was the zoo closed when when tax cuts for the rich were passed using reconciliation? Twice? How about the massive giveaway to big pharma for a drug plan written by big pharma, forced through by the zoo with no intention of paying for it? Double the national debt? Start a couple of wars, fail, pass them on to your successor? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Bush inherited projected budget surpluses then turned around and doubled the national debt. You need to get your history from reliable sources, not your little conservaclown fantasies. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Where was your fauxtrage when Dubya hired his crony czars? From 2001 to 2009 he had more czars than Obama. And we're all well aware Dubya was asleep at the wheel, at least when he wasn't playing rancher for tv. And why are conservatives so obsessed with what other people do in the privacy of their own homes? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Poor Wiiliam, so much hate bottled up in one person. "big money (which is fine) arriving from outside Maine", 99% of the hate filled coffers of the anti same sex marriage cabal comes from outside of Maine. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
I was hoping he'd use his hypnotic powers and one of those spinning black and white things and use phrases like "you are now powerless under my control" to indoctrinate all the kids with such subversively socialist ideas like "work hard", "stay in school", "set goals", and the always evil "pay attention," "listen to your parents," and "every single one of you has something to offer." So, unless you tell your kids the exact opposite, you're a commie socialistic fascist with Marxism in your blood who pals around with terrorist death panels. Lead the way momof4! ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
The insurance companies are nothing more than parasites, and add little to no value to the entire health care system. Imagine if all of the health insurance spending actually went to health care rather than useless insurance companies. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Geez, Barb, who told you the secret code? Making sure people can see a doctor when they need to without going bankrupt is an evil plot to rule the world. If we eliminate welfare, there will be no more poor people! Hooray!. If we eliminate umbrellas, there will be no more rain! Hooray! ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
You're outraged at what your primary charges (though reimbursement is probably considerably less), but apparently not outraged enough to change. You're outraged at government run insurance, but not outraged enough to change. Thank you for warning everybody, and be sure to pass that on to the 47 million people without insurance who have not experienced such outrage. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
But "death panels" makes a much better bumper sticker than "end of life counseling" or "living wills". Some people can only understand the bumper sticker ideology. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
There are no proposals to overturn the conscience clause when it comes to abortion, and the Hyde amendment will still prohibit federal funding of abortions. And wasn't Jesus all about helping the poor and the sick? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
It's funny how conservaclowns can get all fauxtraged over a "wise latina" comment, and turn it into "she's a racist liberal activist judge and a member of a hispanic terrorist organization", but when a right wing whackjob is exposed as a bigoted, intolerant misogynistic thumper from the galaxy Wingnuttia we should believe he's "professional and not overtly ideological." And damn them liberal universities for turning out well educated people who want politicians who "want to run on a pro-fornication platform". And Cal, "she felt pressured to repeat her professors' beliefs instead of stating her own". So she had to give the answers the teacher was looking for? How liberal! Wonder what would happen in math class if she answered 2+2=Reagan. Conservaclowns would start screaming "death panels" and "birth certificates" and "socialism" and "Nazi". ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Nobody has noticed, because there is no basis in reality. The one who lost his finger lost it throwing a punch. And then he used his Medicare to get treatment. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Please point me to where I wrote anything like that. Besides, universal coverage would solve that. Evidently you're for universal coverage. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
The biggest defrauders of Medicare/Medicaid are the health care providers. The biggest fraud ever, Rick Scott, runs Conservatives For Patients' Rights. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
I imagine most of "those who live off the taxpayers dime" are covered by Medicare or Medicaid, so the doctors and hospitals are getting paid - nothing left for them to "pass that cost onto us". ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
How many primary care doctors are going to take you right in on a Saturday? "It was a Saturday in Millinocket when I cut the edge of my hand on some flashing." I think most doctors would say when you need stitches, get the stitches. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
What would you suggest the legislature do, mail the rebates first? On the bigger picture, if you can come up with credible sources with credible projections, I'll believe it. Right now, "because I said so" isn't good enough. The MRS has more experience with tax collection and projections than either you or me. They may not be perfect, but when they say Mainers will pay $57,000,000 less overall in taxes, I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. And republicans watching out for "the ones who can least afford it"? Yeah, right. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Stimulus is working, Wall St Journal, today: "Economists say the money out the door -- combined with the expectation of additional funds flowing soon -- is fueling growth above where it would have been without any government action.
Many forecasters say stimulus spending is adding two to three percentage points to economic growth in the second and third quarters, when measured at an annual rate. The impact in the second quarter, calculated by analyzing how the extra funds flowing into the economy boost consumption, investment and spending, helped slow the rate of decline and will lay the groundwork for positive growth in the third quarter -- something that seemed almost implausible just a few months ago. Some economists say the 1% contraction in the second quarter would have been far worse, possibly as much as 3.2%, if not for the stimulus.
For the third quarter, economists at Goldman Sachs & Co. predict the U.S. economy will grow by 3.3%. "Without that extra stimulus, we would be somewhere around zero," said Jan Hatzius, chief U.S. economist for Goldman." ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"half the people who don't have to file a tax return now won't file a tax return to get the rebate". How is that the Dems' fault? I thought the repubs were all about personal responsibility. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
That's a good one. Americans need to subsidize the health care systems in Europe? Our military needs to be ready and able to defend England or France from invasion so they can have universal health care? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Here's what she wrote: "The homestead exemption will not exceed $10,000 if this crappy bill passes. Period." Doesn't agree with you're saying. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
What happened to the $57 million the MRS said would be shifted to out of staters? The same $57 million Mainers won't have to pay? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Since one third of the stimulus was tax cuts that took effect right away, and the other two thirds will be spent over the next couple of years, are you saying tax cuts have absolutely no stimulus effect? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
So, when the institution of hetero marriage ends in divorce, what should we do with the kids? Is it better they be raised by a single parent, or by 2 loving adults who happen to be the same sex? And through all of the debate over this issue, there has not been a single, credible assertion made that hetero marriages will suffer because same sex partners married. Another point, if society sets the rules for marriage, cannot society also change those rules? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Cheney said, "The documents released Monday clearly demonstrate that the individuals subjected to Enhanced Interrogation Techniques provided the bulk of intelligence we gained about al-Qaida." Way to parse your words, Dick. The one thing they did not say is that torture works. And Cal, when were the Geneva conventions passed? Or what was that torture thing Reagan signed? They sure don't sound like "new" laws to me. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
For all those with good jobs and believe their coverage is good, the American Journal of Medicine: "62.1% of all bankruptcies in 2007 were medical; 92% of these medical debtors had medical debts over $5000, or 10% of pretax family income. Most medical debtors were well educated, owned homes, and had middle-class occupations. Three quarters had health insurance." ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Another form of rationing happens to small businesses and their employees and families. If you run a small business with 75 or fewer employees, and one of them comes down with an illness that's expensive to treat, at renewal time your premiums will be raised through the roof. You will either be forced to pay the huge increase, or drop the insurance altogether (which is the insurer's real goal). You see, they don't want to insure you if you're actually going to need it. Less than 20 years ago insurance companies paid out 95% of the premiums they took in. Now it's down to about 80%, and some of the biggest insurers want to lower that to 65%. Aren't the payout percentages better in Vegas? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"Government involvement in anything increases costs and decreases services." A fine example would be the public water supply systems. We should all water our gardens and flush our toilets with Aquafina. Maybe all fire departments should be privatized, and they could ask for your credit card before they put out your house with Poland Spring (or Sam's Choice for trailers). ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
I think most people can see the difference between God telling Bush "God would tell me, 'George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan'. And I did, and then God would tell me, 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq . . .' And I did", and Obama's "core moral and ethical obligation that we look out for one another". ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
She did nail it. She got all the right wing talking points down, and did it probably with a straight face. Too bad she has such a tenuous grip on reality. Maybe she could get some of that rationed mental health care. What causes seemingly rational people to believe the most batsh*t insane right wing talking points? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
What do you call it when the insurance company tells you which doctors you can see, and which treatments they'll cover, who and how much they'll pay? Sounds like rationing to me. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
All you need to do is look at who shows up for each party's public events, and who minorities are voting for. Which party's officials send out Whitehouse watermelon patch emails? Which party's elected officials talk about the next 'great white hope', 'Obama tags', etc...? And how about Beck, Limbaugh, Ingraham, Coulter, Savage, etc...? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Just curious, Cal, if the "pesky and bipartisan Congressional Budget Office" was projecting surpluses at the end of the previous democratic administration, who is the idiot that gave huge tax cuts to the rich through budget reconciliation (the nukular option!) and sent the country back to deficitville? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
With a federal law mandating all people purchase insurance from the private sector, what's to stop them from doubling your rates every 6 months, and denying all of your claims? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Just curious, how many liberals demand loyalty oaths from attendees? How many liberals prescreen the attendees AND the questions? How many liberals have attendees detained or arrested or denied entrance for driving a car with a republican bumper sticker? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"According to Maine Revenue Services, a source both Trahan and Piotti say is accurate, about 87 percent of Mainers will pay less in state taxes under than new rules than the old ones. The new tax structure is revenue neutral, which means the state will still collect the same overall amount of taxes as before. But an estimated $55 million of the burden is expected to be paid by tourists and when the economy rebounds, that amount is expected to grow." If 87% of Mainers will pay less in state taxes, isn't that a tax cut? Why do republicans want to raise taxes for 87% of Mainers? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"How stupid do they think we are?" Stupid enough to believe in "death panels", "death books", tax cuts cure everything, Sarah Palin makes you tingle when she winks, republicans are fiscally responsible, birth certificate forgeries, Acorn's coming to get your guns, terrorist fist jabs, Glen Beck, Faux News, etc... ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
You forgot about the whole "pals around with terrorists" and death panels and birth certificate thing. And now he wants to privatize the health industry? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
First, you have to find republican ideas before you can steal them. Throughout history people have been seeking the elusive republican idea. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Health care reform was a major part of the platform they ran on, and what they were elected to do. The majority voted for it. Got a problem with that? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Who would've thought trillions in tax cuts for the rich and starting a couple of wars without any idea of how to pay for them would would lead to near economic ruin? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"Look at the disaster in Canadian healthcare. I've heard Congressmen talking about how it takes 17 weeks for blood tests!" Why not ask Canadians with real Canadian health care experience? Fortunately, Gallup did the work for us: "One-fourth of American respondents are either "very" or "somewhat" satisfied with "the availability of affordable healthcare in the nation," (6% very satisfied and 19% somewhat satisfied). This level of satisfaction is significantly lower than in Canada, where 57% are satisfied with the availability of affordable healthcare, including 16% who are very satisfied......... It is a testament to national health systems that people in Canada and Great Britain are significantly more satisfied with availability of affordable healthcare than their American counterparts are."______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"the pharmaceutical companies are in bed with Obama"? That's a good one! Who pushed through Medicare Part D that made it illegal for the gubmint to negotiate drug prices? You know, the last guy that was president (where's his birth certificate?). The one that threw open the gubmint check book to big pharma and said "we'll pay whatever you want, and more!" ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Wow, you found a quote from more than a year before Obama took office. Now that the actual plan has been put forward, "The Environmental Protection Agency estimates the average cost per household to be between $98 and $140 per year, based on the Democratic cap-and-trade bill working its way through the House." Some "through the roof"! Do some research. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Looks like you got nothing, again. How about answering some of your own questions - enlighten us. You can even use Faux News and World Nut Daily, if you'd like. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Back in the early 90's the health insurers paid out 95% of the premiums collected in claims. That's down to about 80% now, and the biggest insurers have set a target of 65% to keep the stockholders happy. They are in the business of collecting premiums and denying claims. Makes you wonder, other than making the management fat and happy, just what exactly do private insurers add to the whole health care system? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
The responsible thing to do would have been to take the entire month of August off, ignore some daily briefings about terrorists and such, and have a few brush clearing photo ops on his made for tv ranch. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
If you want honest answers, start with honest questions. Where/when did the president say our energy bills were going through the roof? Tax reform bill? How about the income tax cuts? Same sex marriage? When did Mainers vote on it? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
There are already "cost controls" and rationing of health care. Right now, the multi-gazillionaire health insurance CEOs get to decide whether you live or die. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"That 28,000 children under 12 months die each year" The whole "culture of life" thing doesn't apply once you leave the womb. Once born, you better get a job with benefits, or you're on your own. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
If you believe in the "death panels" and "government takeover", you're really not interested in reform. You've been duped by the right. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Not sure where you were last November, but real Americans voted and real Americans were elected. The "people's majority" spoke loud and clear. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Barney Frank said it best, "On what planet do you spend most of your time?" She should have answered, "Outer Wingnuttia." The whackiest of the far right whackety whacks just can't seem to deal with reality. Civil discussion or debate is not in their dna. Bet not a single one of them can produce a REAL birth certificate! ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
How many of the anti same sex marriage organizations from out of state call Mainers and announce they're homophobes "from away"? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
A few noisy brain dead right wing automatons represent a populist uprising? Do you mean the ones carrying signs with swastikas? Or the occasional Obama with a Hitler moustache? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Here'es the Bork source: "Judge Robert Bork, a prominent and unabashed judicial conservative whose nomination to the Supreme Court was rejected by the Senate, is seeking $1,000,000 in compensatory damages, plus punitive damages, in a personal injury lawsuit against the Yale Club of New York City." "Judge Bork has been a leading proponent of tort reform--laws restricting the right of injured persons from obtaining full and fair compensation for their injuries from juries." http://www.illinoiscarandtruckaccidentlawyerblog.com/2007/06/add_robert_... ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Here are a few: George W Bush, John Stossel, Robert Bork, Rick Santorum, Aetna, Anheuser Busch, Eli Lilly, Ford, Exxon, Enterprise, GEICO, Honeywell, etc... http://www.kraftlaw.com/Articles/Hypocrites.htm ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
What is wrong with knowing about what you're buying BEFORE you buy it? Maybe people who want to know will just stop buying from businesses that don't want to tell. (Wolverines = Red Dawn). ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
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"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
So, what you're promoting is the idea that if your doctor maims or kills you through ineptness, you should just give up any thoughts of recourse? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
States that have capped noneconomic damages aren't seeing any savings. "Tort reform has been championed as a way to reduce health care costs for consumers. But this analysis of health insurance premiums several years after states have enacted tort reform reveals families and individuals have not realized any savings, thus raising the question of why consumers should trade off legal rights without economic gain." http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=36768
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"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Truth is malpractice insurance claims and premiums amount to less than 2% of health care spending. Premiums are rising due to preventable errors - doctors making mistakes - not some increase in lawsuits. (http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/180/7/E4) Dad - try to get your chemo, insulin, dialysis, etc at the emergency room.______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
You know what's really scary? All that remains of the republican party are the whackiest of the whackety whacks. Not born in America? Pull the plug on grandma? Keep your government hands off my medicare? Seriously? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Earnings are down, but profits are up. Aetna showed a 1% increase in profits in the 1st quarter. Cigna's 2nd quarter profits rose to $435 million from $272 million a year ago. UnitedHealth Group Inc. said its second-quarter profit more than doubled compared to the same quarter last year. And WellPoint Inc (Anthem) posted higher-than-expected quarterly profit. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
You should call the WHO and tell them they got it all wrong. You had a reasonable experience at the Norway hospital, so there can't be Americans without access to affordable, appropriate medical care. Case closed! ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Since you're such a beacon of virtue, you went to a private college, right? Because public colleges are gubmint supported and run. And, of course, you had no gubmint subsidized student loans or Pell grants, right? Because if you did, you'd be one of "those who sit on their duffs and hold out their hands for government aid". ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Cal, the health insurance companies have been assigning value to human life since they were created: "Ya know, Granny's bill is gettin' a little too high and we don't feel like writin' any more checks". Or are you talking about the new commie death panels in the new secret FEMA concentration camps? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
The only thing we can say with absolute certainty is that Dubya had the veto pen and didn't use it. Whether the veto would have been overridden or not is irrelevant since there was no veto to override. But go ahead, keep making stuff up. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Republicans are not interested in (or capable of) governing in the interest of the American people, just their cronies. Look at the last administration. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Now, since the program was cancelled, it must mean Congress is even MORE in touch with the people they are representing. Bet you won't here that on Clusterfox. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
I guess I missed something. Just curious, who was president when Wall St and AIG started the bailout ball rolling? Turned projected surpluses into record deficits as far as the eye can see? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
You mean when Sarah says they're coming for Trig that on top of using her family for cheap political gain she may be just makin' things up? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Newsflash Richard: we do NOT have the best health care system in the world. On average we spend twice as much per person as any other country and come in at #37, according to the WHO. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"The SEC failed at it's job to keep businesses legal" I guess that just reinforces the idea that when you let corporations run wild they can't be trusted to do the right thing. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
And forty one of them were committed by upstanding citizens with clean criminal records and all the permits and guns they wanted. All the victims were reaching in their pockets for something. Must've been a dozen or so just fishing in their pockets for their credit cards at the gas station, but they didn't look like real Americans, they looked like Acorns. Look at the fine upstanding law abiding citizen that walked into the aerobics class, shut off the lights, and started blasting away. Now if all them women were packin', somebody might've picked him off in the dark. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Maybe we should all have gun turrets and missile launchers on our cars and trucks, just in case somebody violates our right of way. I know I'd feel safer. It's really too bad people in Jay feel so distrustful of their fellow man that they need their security blankets just to go outside. Maybe the commies will have bigger guns. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"The Medicare system is going broke due to fraud," Who do you think is defrauding Medicare? Why, it's the for profit health care system, obviously. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"Now he wants to fund a universal health insurance system, which, by the way, would not include our elected officials, who will continue to be covered by their existing coverage." That's right, they already get government run health care. If it's good enough for Congress and the Pres, it's good enough for most Americans. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"The major reason we rate so low in that rating is because the government is not in control of our health care." Maybe they can cure your foot in mouth disease! "The fact is we do." Got an objective, legitimate source for your assertion? Course not, but Beck says it's true, so it must be!. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
According to your reasoning all laws are "failed laws" because they don't stop with 100% certainty the crimes defined in them. If that were the case, we wouldn't even need law enforcement or prisons. We could simply pass a law and criminal behavior would magically stop. Since drunk driving laws are failures, and registering private gun sales are Hitler's directives, maybe we should arm all the drunk drivers. Would you feel safer? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
So, on top of killing granny, they're going to gouge everybody for $2000 just because they didn't take the government option? Got any non-drooling sources, comrade? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
We should "Schiavo" everybody! Unbearable pain? No hope for recovery? Vegetative state? You must live! No insurance? That's the exception, hurry up and die. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
I guess that's why they call it "dog whistle" racism because you seem to be the only one who hears "the racism every time he speaks" ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"a decent, honest, person with family values running for President" Ensign? Vitter? Foley? Sanford? How 'bout the whole C Street family? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
When your trailer is burning down, remember NOT to call big brother to hose it down. And you better stay off the roads, dang big brother built 'em! ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Identification as a republican is at an all time low, and Obama's job approval is still in the upper 50's. But keep trying, Rich. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
In America, the shareholders and CEOs are far more important than the patients, especially those with needs but not means. We must protect the profits at all costs! Let's protect them from accountability by eliminating lawsuits over harming or ending a patient's life through incompetence. I mean c'mon, it's only one patient who didn't even have the sense to not get sick. And if we extend patent protections to 20 years the drug companies will no longer have to pay generic drug manufacturers to NOT make drugs. And when the twenty years is up, just change the name for another 20 year monopoly! Pure profit! Let's do away with state laws requiring certain conditions to be covered by insurance so we can buy useless policies from the state with the least regulation. Who will win the insurance company race to the bottom? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
And how is your government run socialized health care working out? 75 and healthy, on Medicare about 10 years now? Guess they must be doing something right, even though your birth certificate doesn't say your entitled to it. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
There is absolutely nothing in any of the bills that REQUIRE anybody to plan to die. However, if you consult with your dr. about a living will, it would be covered (but not required), even if you're twenty. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Pure brilliance! "If there was a cap on compensation from stupid law suits." You support compensating people for stupid lawsuits? I think most judges throw out the stupid ones, but giving more people the incentive to file stupid lawsuits? Brilliant! ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Don't forget all the people who play by all of the rules and do everything right. They work hard, pay their bills on time, and have decent health insurance. Then they come down with cancer, and the insurance company cuts off their coverage because they failed to mention they had a pimple when they were 14. Or consider the diabetic who goes in for surgery and they take off the wrong leg. That person should have no recourse? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
I bet if it had been a black cop with a bunch of his buddies dragging a feeble old white man out of his own house, gil would be singing a different song. And the Coulter quote is great. It implies the republicans are even more ridiculous since they haven't been winning too many elections lately. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Since a third of the stimulus was tax cuts, and you claim the stimulus isn't working, you must now concede tax cuts are stimulating.______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
As it stands right now, there is an unnamed insurance company bureaucrat driven by shareholder fantasies making your health care choices. Raise premiums and reduce payouts at the expense of the ill. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Apparently you haven't read it either. But you have all the answers Hannity and Beck gave you. Glad you're in the shrinking minority, and the adults are in charge. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Health care costs are hurting the economy: "excess growth in health care costs has adverse effects on employment, output and value added to GDP in the U.S." http://www.randcompare.org/publications/summary/health_care_cost_growth_... In your infinite wisdom gil, what did the tax cuts accomplish? Higher deficits and no job growth. But that's reality, not some ideological rant. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Citing statistics from Faux News is one sure way of telling everybody you're a fringe right wing whack job. And, if you could, please show me where Obama said "I'm going to nationalize health care" without using Faux News. And that budget he signed was leftover work from the Bush admin, but don't let facts get in the way. Turn off the Beck and Hannity and pay attention to reality. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"Proponents of homosexual marriage overlook, ignore, dismiss and ridicule any evidence that exposes the damage their agenda produces." Evidence? Where's the evidence? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"Most Americans profess a belief in God (83%), and 82% are affiliated with a religious tradition. Scientists are different. Just a third (33%) say they believe in God, while 18% say they believe in a universal spirit or higher power and 41% say they don’t believe in either." http://people-press.org/report/?pageid=1549 ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Here's some food for thought: "Most scientists identify as Democrats (55%), while 32% identify as independents and just 6% say they are Republicans. When the leanings of independents are considered, fully 81% identify as Democrats or lean to the Democratic Party, compared with 12% who either identify as Republicans or lean toward the GOP." PEW Research: http://people-press.org/report/?pageid=1549 ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Using your repuliclown calculator, I guess we can say all presidents have been financially brilliant! None of them quadrupled the debt in a year, although both Dubya and Reagan doubled the national debt in their terms. Nationalize banks? When did the bailout ball start rolling, who got the $$$, and who was pres? Can you spell AIG? When did the recession start? Keep trying though Gil, you're absolutely hilarious, ya birther you! ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"President Obama inherited a big mess from the most incompetent administration ever. " Exactly - undeniable history. When did this economic mess begin? Dec 07? Bring on your ideological arguments, conservaclowns, and your relevance to mainstream America will continue to dwindle. Down to about 23% now, aren't you? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
What she wrote is based on Glenn Beck rants and beliefs, not objective reality. No wonder the right wing keeps falling farther and farther behind. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Greetings from outer wingnuttia! I'm not sure, but you may have missed one or two paranoid right wing talking points. Maybe you're not watching enough Beck or Faux News. Now, go hide in your bunker. I hear Acorn is coming to get your guns! ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
You seem to leave out that health care is already rationed by the gazillionaire insurance CEOs. And how 'bout that policy of recission? Ya know, you get sick and the insurance company decides to cut you off before paying for any treatment. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Perhaps he should produce the show himself and sell it into syndication.______________________ "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"FairPoint, for all its flaws, remains willing to do this important work." Willing and able are two completely different things. So far, they've been nothing but a failure. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
I agree, v, Bush didn't do anything, except start the bailout ball rolling. When did the recession start, 12/07? When did dubya slink out of Washington? And wasn't the national debt around $5.6 trillion when Bush was inaugurated? And wasn't it around $10.8 trillion when he left? Now that's some fiscal responsibility! ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
I think republicans created the current "one party" system by being too whacked out to get elected. And the ideology of the last 8 years didn't help. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
We must protect the private insurance companies at all costs and their near monopolies. Where would we be without gazillionaire ceos making your health care choices for us? And like gil says, if you get sick, just hurry up and die already. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
I guess the real solution for you, scotty-o is to get a better job and quit whining, and you will be happy your pay was cut only 10%. Now put your name tag back on, the fries are done. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
If you're going to compare Honduras to Iran I have a question, Cal, how soon before Honduras has the bomb? And, if you're all for military strikes on North Korea, how will you deal with the obliteration of South Korea and the response of the Chinese in the aftermath? ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
When only about 23% or 24% are willing to call themselves republicans, there is a problem. I, for one, don't think all republicans are as bat s**t insane as the few setting the planet wingnuttia agenda and parading around in the national media. There must be some common ground, but when the best they can come up with is "oh noes! socialism!" and teabagging, the road back to the mainstream is going to be a long, steep, and never ending one. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Wow, there are actually same sex pairings in nature? Guess that argument is gone, dang. Now all I can do is run around and whack my bible.______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
This really is a strange recession. Right up until Jan 20, 2009 the federal budget was balanced, there was still money in the checking account, not a single American was on unemployment (or hungry), two wars on cruise control (mission accomplished, liberators!), everyday was sunny and 72 degrees, and if you got a headache or upset stomach, the emergency room welcomed you with open arms, Anthem sent you a check, and your boss said "go ahead, take the rest of the month off, with pay!" Last November (not) real Americans voted in this islamo-commie-fascist not even American born gun grabbing tax raisin' boy king aided by Wright and Ayers who secretly ran unionized Acorn from the sub-prime mortgage command center in Blagojevich's basement (with an assist from Ahmadinejab!). Now just look what the boy king has done - he used his amazing ninja inspired Obama-fu to retroactively start this bad economy in Dec 07, it rains nearly every day, and he used his secret powers of time travel to move the place of his birth from some grass hut in Kenya (or Mars) to a fancy pants elitist hospital in Hawaii (with arugula and dijon mustard!). Let's not forget he even made Sarah Palin (also, too!) quit her job so she could keep an eagle eye on Putin's head from the abstinence outpost (with meth!). Oh, how I long for the days when a real American fat rich old white guy could solve all our problems with pat on the back and a stern "get a job"! Sniif, sniff, also! ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Is that what they're telling you over at Faux News, barb? Nobody in Washington seems to be talking about single payer. And watch out for those black helicopters.______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
So, bulky, enlighten me on valid statistical sampling methods. Should it include 50% republiclowns (even though less than 24% are willing to be associated with the GOOP)?______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
In a NY Times/CBS poll 2 weeks ago, 57% said they are willing to pay higher taxes so all Americans could have health insurance, and 72% favor having a gov't plan to compete with private insurers. ______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
The Catholic church can't find the money to pay experienced teachers, but they can afford to fund their continued intolerance and defend their pedophiles?
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"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Maybe Les will do to Maine what he did to American Skiing Company. Where are they now? And still, only the conservaclowns call Obama the messiah.
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"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
I agree, Leonard. Nobody can deny that his music was unique and influential. But, even by goofy celebrity standards, he was waaaaaaaay out there. The self proclaimed 'king of pop'.
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"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Never mind her solid record on the court of appeals, she's only getting the job because she's a latina?
"members of La Raza were gathering in large numbers in some of the nation's major cities to wave Mexican flags in noisy demonstrations". OH NO! Noisy people that don't look like me!
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"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
So, using gil's logic, St Patrick's day is NOT an Irish holiday, it's just some random day in March. Same with Cinco de Mayo, it's just May 5th. Brilliance.
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"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
"It is the religious aspect that makes it a marriage." LFMAO. Government issues marriage licenses, not churches.
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"Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities." Ayn Rand
Catch up, Cal. All those Iranian diplomats have been disinvited to 4th of July celebrations. But this: "President Obama is right to be cautious. This revolution, like the previous one in 1979 that brought the religious fanatics to power, must ultimately be won or lost by the Iranians themselves" you got 100% right.
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"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
Recent Comments
huh?
So, it all boils down to a choice between 200 acres of "low income house filled by somalians", or 200 acres of golf with a hotel? Okay....
tide has turned
"Overall, 53 percent of Americans say gay marriage should be legal, hitting a high mark in support while showing a dramatic turnaround from just six years ago, when just 36 percent thought it should be legal. Thirty-nine percent, a new low, say gay marriage should be illegal." http://goo.gl/iG3Be
no
Actually, he hit his thumb, again.
it's all they have
"Is GOP trying to sabotage economy to hurt Obama?" Yes. It's all about power for power's sake.
seniors
And seniors are benefiting: "coverage of the “doughnut hole” in prescription drug plans saved 5 million seniors and disabled people $3.2 billion." http://goo.gl/oCtw8 The GOP would rather all seniors give back that $3.2 billion, because it might affect a big pharma ceo's bonus. You know, job creators and all that.
bidding
If the military can use competitive bidding, why can't Medicare? Maybe we won't see so many scooter ads on tv anymore.
wow!
Wow, who was president when the steep incline happened? Okay, but he bears no responsibility?
VAWA
I can hardly wait to hear what republicans in the house have to say about reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. Will they do the right thing? Or will they continue to argue that LGBT, native american, and immigrant women are okay to beat?
that's a good one!
Where in the constitution is it written laws can only be passed if at least one republican votes for it? Funny, I thought 60 senators might be enough.
Since the approval ratings for Democrats in congress is higher than Republican approval ratings, what does that say about real Americans' opinions of Republicans?
Of course you have an objective, non-partisan source for your CBO statement.
raising prices?
If you ignore the requirement health insurance companies spend 80% of premiums on actual health care, you may be on to something. Also too ignore the $1.3 billion insurance companies are rebating businesses and individuals in over collected premiums. Why, even Faux News is reporting it: http://goo.gl/Q45YJ
problem
"she should have brought the information to the forefront sooner." That's the entire problem right there - withholding relevant but inconvenient information. Show her the door.
pay attention, Lenny
"A statistical analysis of 36 years of monthly, inflation-adjusted gasoline prices and U.S. domestic oil production by The Associated Press shows no statistical correlation between how much oil comes out of U.S. wells and the price at the pump." http://goo.gl/pxdSd Also, for each penny rise in the price of a gallon of gas, big oil rakes in another $200 million in profits per quarter.
partisan
It's a great way to create fact free partisan witch hunts against state agencies whose purpose you don't agree with. And will this new government expansion be exempt from freedom of information requests so the governor can hide information not in his pre-determined conclusions?
seriously?
"Blaming George W. Bush is wearing thin." No, more like GOP evading responsibility is wearing thin. Asleep at the terrorist prevention switch, 2 useless wars, 2 rounds of irresponsible tax giveaways to the rich, a huge new entitlement giveaway to big pharma, bailouts of Wall St, near record gas prices...... "Congress alone controls the money" The president alone controls the veto pen. How many spending bills did Dubya veto?
polls
Like this one? "Republican candidates’ focus on contraception is out of sync with the U.S. public. Seventy-seven percent of poll respondents say birth control shouldn’t be a topic of the political debate" http://goo.gl/Msog1
Or these? "RCP Average 3/4 - 3/13 -- Obama 48.1 Romney 44.3"
"RCP Average 3/4 - 3/13 -- Obama 49.7 Santorum 42.4" http://goo.gl/Bkh2J
No sources, Mike?
GOP
It's a direct result of failed gop economic policies of concentrating more and more wealth into fewer hands.
it's easy
The solution is very easy - have the churches put the money where their mouth is and stop accepting government money.
really?
"throw off the shackles of the Nanny State" See, all we have to do is deny the less fortunate health care, and the economy will take right off!
1. Deny health care
2. ??
3. Profit!
hah!
Kudos for the chuckle of the day! Everything is unconstitutional all the time.
force?
"force Catholic adoption agencies to place children in same-sex homes" Nobody is forcing them to do anything. If they don't want to place an adoptee in a same sex home, they don't have to! Just quit milking all those secular dollars from the taxpayers, that's all.
no worries
"Nearly two-thirds of Americans favor President Barack Obama's policy requiring birth control coverage for female employees, including clear majorities of Roman Catholic, Protestant evangelical and independent voters, a poll showed on Thursday." http://goo.gl/XcO9C
logic?
"Those are individual states that if contested should be settled on a state level." What, are they exempt from the constitution? States can force unconstitutional mandates, and that's constitutional, but when the feds exempt religious organizations from paying for contraceptives, that's unconstitutional? And why don't you just go ahead and say it? "just have to have rampant sex" is all about the sluts, right?
you're right!
You are absolutely right! "They are simply refusing to pay for it on the basis of religious freedom as outlined in the first ammendment." And they are specifically exempted from paying for it! And your "logical constitutional argument" is an hilarious farce since 28 states already require those who cover other prescription drugs to also cover contraceptives. Pretty cut and dry...
very wrong
Churches are specifically exempted from paying for contraception. And the first amendment works both ways - "the faithful and their church and creator" have no constitutional right to impose their special brand of "morality" on those who do not share their beliefs.
you're right
You're absolutely right, it's not about birth control. It's all about a bunch of doughy old white men and church sanctioned pedophile apologists in funny hats trying to impose their "morality" in the most intrusive manner imaginable - by interfering in the very private relationship of a woman and her medical care provider.
why not?
"why should homosexuals get the benefits that straight people receive?" Why not?
another route
"What genius came up with that?" Probably the same one that realizes nobody is forced to take the turnpike. There are plenty of other routes.
still?
I'm wondering if they can even count that high.
irony?
"Irony?"
"Or just plain arrogance."
How about neither? The whole episode reinforces the fact that eliminating same day registration had nothing to do with protecting votes.
really?
"The Government should not be involved whatsoever." But a bunch of wrinkly old men in funny hats should be?
good for a laugh, Bill
"Marxist, a statist, a socialist and a communist" You forgot to weave in Kenyan and Islamic "other" who learned his evil ways from Lucifer himself!
good for a laugh
Every few weeks we get to read one of Ms. Graham's hate filled rants. I think they've evolved (evolution!) into satirical self parody of a stereotypical narrow minded bible thumping evangelical bigot who believes spewing forth generous portions of hate proves her worth in the eyes of her gay obsessed Jesus.
http://images.dailydawdle.com
http://images.dailydawdle.com/jesus-dinosaur1.jpg
Holder
So, Holder should be held responsible for a program that began with Operation Wide Receiver in 2006?
except...
Marriage is a civil contract - absolutely no church required! Another constitutional scholar. "If a law passes permitting gay marriage, it will be in conflict with those people whose religion prohibits gay marriage." Not if they don't get gay married!
debt
Quick, who said this? "The full consequences of a default -- or even the serious prospect of default -- by the United States are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate. Denigration of the full faith and credit of the United States would have substantial effects on the domestic financial markets and the value of the dollar." Ronnie Raygun, as he tripled the national debt.
And, who said this? "[The] debt explosion has resulted not from big spending by the Democrats, but instead the Republican Party's embrace, about three decades ago, of the insidious doctrine that deficits don't matter if they result from tax cuts." David Stockman, Raygun's OMB Director.
The nerve!
"Those favoring gay marriage keep bugging voters over and over again until they get what they want." The nerve of some people, wanting to be treated equally.
estate tax
Raising the estate tax exemption from a paltry million to five million benefits the 400 or 500 poor heirs who did not earn a single penny of their inheritance. Where are your priorities, man? And when you average it all out it looks like everybody gets a tax cut.
poor John
I bet Obama had CMP put a smart meter right outside John's bunker, next to the windmill. Now all he can pick up with his foil hat are some strange Kenyan ramblings about islam and communism and fascism read by Reverend Wright.
problem solved!
Every school should bring dodge ball back into the classroom. Teachers would probably wear better shoes for traction, and the kids would get to run around a little and play with a ball. There should also be varsity lawn dart teams.
Beck
Glenn Beck is his idol, what do you expect?
true?
So it is true, then. You can judge a book by its cover?
priorities
It's a matter of priorities. The Chucks think it's more important to disenfranchise hundreds, or perhaps thousands of legal Maine voters because there may have been a questionable vote out of the millions cast over the past twenty years or so.
homes
Maybe he could revive his wrestling character "Leaping LePage" and stage some matches at senior citizen homes. "I'll rassle ya fer yer Maine Care!"
yeah
"It’s difficult to understand why Congress would do this. Is it a back-door tax cut for people who cheat on their taxes? Is Congress being lobbied by corporations and individuals trying to avoid audits?" Not so difficult, is it?
huh?
So, nose jewelry and baggies mean they are able bodied adults just looking for a free ride? There couldn't be any other reason, right?
know him
If you think you know somebody well enough to lend them your car, you ought to know them well enough to know why they don't have or drive their own car.
vilify?
"vilifying this remarkable woman." The only thing remarkable about her is her ability to talk people into eating deep fried bacon on a donut covered with lard infused sausage gravy with a quart of mayonnaise to wash it all down, with a drawn butter chaser is nothing compared to announcing to the world your own cooking is poison, but you can now buy the brand of insulin she's paid to endorse.
okay
Your tin foil hat is too tight.
founders
How do we know the founding fathers meant guns? The constitution doesn't say guns. Maybe they meant dull rusty butter knives.
MHPC
Let's see your donor list, complete with donor names, dates, and amounts for the last ten years. Any from out of state interests?
constitution?
Another constitutional scholar, sure are a lot of them. Tell me, how many times is the word gun used in the constitution?
voter fraud
How come most of the voter fraud you hear about comes from the GOP? Like this: http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120112/NEWS0605/701129979
focus
Our GOP controlled legislature and rocket surgeon Governor can't be distracted by restricting voting rights with legislation and campaigns financed by out state corporate interests. Their laser-like focus has been on job creation. Why, just look at all the bills they passed to encourage job growth. There's ........ And there's ...... Wait, none? Nevermind.
pipes
Oh, and the pipes they're stockpiling in the Dakotas? NOT made in the USA.
world markets
Although rarely mentioned, the major purpose of Keystone is to make it easier for Canada to export oil onto the world market. There is unused capacity in the Midwest pipelines, and there the only viable customer is the USA. But, if you pump all that "oil" down to the Gulf it makes it much easier for the Chinese to buy it.
no shame
"we should be ashamed" Some in power have no shame. You see, tax cuts for those that don't need them are much more important than the welfare of those who, after a lifetime of productivity, may no longer be able to take care of themselves.
seriously?
"20,000 well-paying manufacturing jobs" in India or China where they're making the pipes?
huh?
LePage? Adult? Surely you jest.
me too!
"I miss George Bush." Comedy is just not the same without him.
Merry X-Mas!
So, the rocket surgeon house republicans voted to give 160 million Americans a tax hike for X-mas. Anybody surprised?
Oh
Oh, and if you do get sick, just slink off into a corner somewhere so we don't have to look at you.
don't get sick
Real, hardworking, god fearing Americans don't get sick! It's only the lazy lay-abouts that do.
priorities
We know Lepage's priorities - $200 million in tax cuts for those who don't need them, and $220 million in medicare cuts for the helpless.
source
Yes, Wikipedia, from the CBO. Trumps your lack of a source.
http://goo.gl/NQYw
http://goo.gl/NQYw
math
Please, by all means, do the math. When Dubya took office: 56.4%, and when he left: 84.2%. And of the total $14.3 trillion debt? $13.3 trillion happened from Reagan to Obama. And who is responsible? 72% happened under GOP administrations, about 28% under dems.
reality
Got anything from planet earth, or the reality based community?
care
Be a little more careful in who you rent to in the first place.
pattern
They lost $50 million in two weeks? Seems to be a GOP standard operating procedure. Get rid of the experienced, competent administrators and replace them with know nothing cronies. When their complete incompetence becomes apparent, blame it on the system and the people in need.
just one?
http://goo.gl/UMNqt
http://goo.gl/I4Akw
http://goo.gl/i9om4
http://goo.gl/Pb9Kd
Many, many more available.
Hah!
"Tea Party rallies are Sunday afternoon picnics." I agree! Throw in plenty of Medicare scooters, assault weapons, a token minority here and there, plenty of Hitler references, maybe a few tribal chief images, Americans for Prosperity, the Koch brothers, and misspelled words from a dictionary only a true Teahadist could understand, and they're almost alike! USA! USA! USA!
GOP controlled House, not the
GOP controlled House, not the Senate: "The House Armed Services Committee's version of the defense authorization bill would force the Pentagon to allow GE to keep developing and testing the second engine" Why? Boehner's district. "The Senate version of the FY12 defense bill did not include any similar provision."
When was the last time BIW was completely shut down? No Navy work, no employees, lights out?
pay attention
Went right over your head, didn't it? "You can't and you don't create long term employment by spending more at the federal level." Since military spending is federal, does military spending create or save jobs? (crickets)
And that joint strike fighter engine? "both President Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates have said they do not want work to continue on the alternate engine that GE and Rolls Royce have been developing. The Pentagon has issued a stop work order for the GE engine and officially stopped payment." http://goo.gl/9Y1n9
yeah right
"You can't and you don't create long term employment by spending more at the federal level." Remember that when the gop starts whining about defense cuts costing the USA jobs. Federal spending does not create (or save) jobs!
And, if "He is choking the private sector with his current policies", maybe he should start choking the whole country. Corporations are just sitting on record amounts of cash they are not investing due to lack of demand.
The only thing that has ever proven to work in all situations every time is tax cuts for people and corporations who don't need them. And, there is even a direct correlation between eliminating the estate tax and curing athlete's foot!
1. Tax cuts for the best off...
2. ????
3. Profit!
exports
Who would've thought that casinos are just another way to export Mainer's earnings out of state?
yeah right
"Maine’s system is currently vulnerable and rife with problems." Except for the fact they can't find anything wrong. "One ineligible vote is one too many." So we'll cancel out a hundred to prevent the one ineligible vote WE CAN'T FIND!
stop talking foolishness
"but if you love your community, why would you avoid registration for two years" So, the new law is a "love your community" test? Is that an unwritten requirement to vote?
Fiction: "In 2009, a nation cried “no” to a “stimulus” and watched as politics caused unemployment to skyrocket" Fact: Job loss in month before stimulus: 841,000.
Fact: "According to the multiple highly-regarded, non-partisan economic research firms, President Obama's economic stimulus package, which will likely ultimately cost around $862 billion, has in its first year saved or created at least 1.6 million jobs." http://goo.gl/WF6XG
And "right to work"? :"Wages in right-to-work states are 3.2% lower than those in non-RTW states" "the average full-time, full-year worker in an RTW state makes about $1,500 less annually than a similar worker in a non-RTW state."
no evidence
You have no sources or evidence, yet you're just sure there's a lot of fraud going on. Oh, okay.
sources
"it is happening all over the country?" Well, if it's happening every where, you ought to be able to supply gazillions of examples with sources, right? Not a single one?
silly defense
When was the last time your mom let you get away with the old "everybody else does it" defense? "Forty-one other states have similar laws." "...restrictive registration law that is in place in so many other states." As Maine voters, we should aspire to be average? Is that what dirigo means? Here's a silly question, why does the Maine GOP want to discourage voting?
ROTFLMAO
And you have what source?
Soros?
That's a joke, right? "So Soros funded Tides, which funded Adbusters, which designed a poster. So Occupy Wall Street is a Soros plot, right? Well, one problem with this idea is that Soros never heard of Adbusters." "The real story here isn’t the backing of one person but the way online fundraising has allowed Occupy Wall Street to attract shocking amounts of cash. Kickstarter, which allows people to request donations for projects they are starting, raised $75,000 for Occupy Wall Street’s newspaper, Occupy Wall Street Journal. Almost all of it came from individuals pledging less than $85 a piece." "No doubt the success and persistence of Occupy Wall Street will eventually attract some big donors. But so far it appears there is no shadowy financier committing class-treason by financing Occupy Wall Street." http://goo.gl/KkWs8
MHPC?
Do you really believe anything the Maine Heritage Policy Center puts out?
contrasts
There are some very important contrasts between the Tea Party protests and the OWS protests. The Tea Clown protests featured misspelled signs, pictures of Obama with either a Hitler style mustache or African tribal wear, gazillions of obese white people on scooters screaming "keep your gubmint hands off my medicare", assault weapons, and financing by the Koch brothers. On the other hand, the OWS protests started small and went global based on a popular message, and they can actually think and spell.
okay
"The law is a first step in ensuring against fraudulent voters." Of which there are none. Also too, leaving the lights on protects against the boogeyman.
yeah right
"The only jobs government can create are in government." Are you trying to tell us all of the construction workers fixing the roads this summer are government employees? If not, who is paying for the road work?
Yeah! Like these guys:
"AUGUSTA — A coalition group hoping to restore Election Day voter registration says many of top conservative officials employed the very practice they support abolishing.
Voting records reveal Gov. Paul LePage, at least two state senators and seven state representatives have at one time registered to vote on Election Day or during the two business days preceding it. That practice is banned under the new law they all supported." http://goo.gl/GS7NG
Thank God
We should all thank God for the first amendment. Some of the most heinous crimes against humanity were perpetrated by those acting in accordance with their religious beliefs.
Politifact:
"According to data provided by the Department of Homeland Security, the number of illegal immigrants "removed" rose about 6 percent -- from 369,221 to 392,862 -- between the end of September 2008 (four months before Obama took office) and the end of September 2010. But a much larger percentage of those deported were convicted criminals. In 2008, 31 percent were criminals; but by 2010, the percentage jumped to 50 percent."
"In the first two years under Obama, the data suggest a policy shift toward prioritizing the deportation of convicted criminals. And Obama is correct that there has been a 70 percent increase. We rate his statement True."
Read that last sentence, Reggie. That's why you won't hear it on Fox.
http://goo.gl/W8HJA
says it all:
"I hear from Fox News (and only Fox News)"
"According to Fox News"
"Also according to Fox News"
There really isn't any need to say more, except "poor, poor Reggie."
Didn't Fox tell you deportations are at record levels?
Exactly!
Maybe they can find where it says "lethal injection" in the constitution.
recant
You mean like all but two witnesses recanted their testimony, and one of the two who did not was the alternative suspect?
common sense rebuttal
"Why should we not protect our voting privileges as vigorously and as zealously as we would any other constitutionally protected right?" Exactly. Why do some want to discourage voting by eliminating convenient registration? And make up your mind. Is it "voting privileges" or a "protected right"?
clown
"A common-sense solution" requires a problem first there Chuckie. No problem - no solution. Maybe it's just me, but isn't there a much larger potential for fraud when the head of the Maine GOP routinely returns stacks of absentee ballots?
Solyndra?
Do you mean the Solyndra loan the Bush admin began pushing in 2007?
and my favorite...
"Jimmy Carter and the Democrat Party.
Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65,
began to receive Social Security payments! The
Democratic Party gave these payments to them,
even though they never paid a dime into it!"
"Neither immigrants nor anyone else is able to collect Social Security benefits without someone paying Social Security payroll taxes into the system." http://goo.gl/dRS39
even more?
"That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed
as income."
"The taxation of Social Security began in 1984 following passage of a set of Amendments in 1983, which were signed into law by President Reagan in April 1983." http://goo.gl/dRS39
more...
"3.) That the money the participants elected to put
into the Program would be deductible from
their income for tax purposes each year,
No longer tax deductible"
"There was never any provision of law making the Social Security taxes paid by employees deductible for income tax purposes. In fact, the 1935 law expressly forbid this idea, in Section 803 of Title VIII." http://goo.gl/dRS39
false assertions
Well then, here's a couple of false assertions: "Social Security (FICA) Program" implies SS and FICA are one and the same. Uh, no. SS is part of FICA, but not the whole thing. Or how 'bout this one: "Now 7.65% on the first $90,000". Uh, wrong again. Currently 4.2% on the first $106,800, http://goo.gl/NJt2r (WARNING! Link to actual FACT!)
okay
Well then I say social security is about to triple everybody's benefits and allow retirement at 35. Prove me wrong.
sources?
What, not even one source for your assertions?
here's more...
http://goo.gl/qoLIr
here you go...
"U.S. exports of motor gasoline (including finished motor gasoline and motor gasoline blending components) hit a record level in November 2010 of 457 thousand barrels per day. The last time gasoline exports exceeded 400 thousand barrels per day was April 1945 when they were 419 thousand barrels per day."
http://goo.gl/jvKtY
reality
You're not proposing a jobs plan. All you're doing is parroting rabid right wing talking points. If tax cuts for the people and corporations who don't need them were the answer, the Bush tax cuts would have generated more than enough new jobs. But, just the opposite has happened. Corporations are sitting on record amounts of cash right now, so how is giving them more going to work? And, repatriation of foreign profits has been proven to actually cut jobs. Also too, did you know domestic drilling and production are at the highest levels in more than 10 years? So much so that the refineries are exporting more and more American produced gasoline?
Cole? Dubya did what?
"WASHINGTON (AP) — Military prosecutors re-filed terrorism and murder charges Wednesday against the suspected mastermind of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, making it the first case to move forward since President Obama ordered military trials to resume at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. They also requested the death penalty in the case." http://goo.gl/5XY2h
report it?
Why would I report such a thing? If you think it's okay to refer to a black man as "boy", have at it.
Hah! Good one!
Let's see the 2001 recession started in March, who was pres? Unanswered attack on twin towers? Another good one! "NEW YORK CNN A judge Thursday sentenced the man convicted of masterminding the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and an airplane bombing in 1994 to life in prison without parole. The judge further recommended that he spend the sentence in solitary confinement." http://goo.gl/4EfNb And..."After three days of deliberation in November, a federal jury convicted Yousef and Eyad Ismoil on murder and conspiracy charges for their roles in a plot by Islamic extremists to topple the trade centers two 110story towers to punish the United States for its support of Israel.Ismoil was accused of driving a truck with a 1,200pound bomb into the World Trade Centers parking garage, where it was detonated on February 26, 1993. Hes scheduled to be sentenced next month.Four other men have already been convicted in the case, each receiving a sentence of 240 years in prison." http://goo.gl/rNAok So, during the Clinton admin, the mastermind and crew were caught, convicted, and sentenced? How'd Dubya handle bin Laden?
um...
Um, David? Clinton left office before September 2001. But nice try.
senate
Keep dreaming, David. Republican senators set new world records for filibusters and obstruction. And where have I heard the term "boy" used in reference to a black man before?
jobs
Not only is Exxon raking in record profits, they's eliminated more than 11,000 jobs over the past 10 years. Also too, domestic drilling and production is the highest it has been in more than 10 years. So high, in fact, the refineries are exporting gasoline. You know what that means? Give big oil even more tax incentives to eliminate jobs, raise gas prices, and ship gasoline to everybody else!
the whole quote
“Everybody here has a vote,” Hoffa said Monday. “If we go back and we keep the eye on the prize. Let’s take these sons of bitches out and give America back to America where we belong.” It's easy to get all riled up when quotes are cut off or taken out of context. For example, "I have a camera. I want to shoot congress." Throw out the camera part, voila! Low info right wing outrage!
spilled the beans
The real GOP thinking on voting:
"Registering them to vote is like handing out burglary tools to criminals."
"Encouraging those who burden society to participate in elections isn't about helping the poor."
http://goo.gl/4LyMT
so wrong, Doris
Driving is a privilege, voting is a RIGHT. Since there are few or no known cases of same-day registrant vote fraud, the only possible explanation for limiting registration is to limit and erode the rights of legally entitled voters exercising their right to vote because some may not like the way they vote. Or, another possible explanation is the GOP is so afraid of rumors, innuendo, and something they cannot prove exists that they can each be found looking in the closet, checking under the bed, and sleeping with the lights on because the "same-day" boogie man is out to get them.
proof?
If MHPC/O'Keefe came out with a video showing Bill Gates applying for Maine Care, would that be proof the wealthy are milking the system?
maybe
or maybe the 61% who voted against LePage?
and...
And how many of these evil out of state students are indirectly providing his bread and butter by living in rental housing in Farmington? Landlords are going to need to repair their properties at some point.
fraud? where?
"committed what appeared to be fraudulent acts." ????? What "fraudulent acts"? By all means, please explain. The only fraud committed was the fraud that entered the office looking for benefits, of which he was denied!
Which God?
First, which God are you talking about? And before we let him back in the country, I want to see his birth certificate, and the legal justification for allowing him (her?) into the USA.
Straight from S&P
"because the majority of Republicans in Congress continue to resist any measure that would raise revenues." http://goo.gl/OLKYI
fine
Fine, William. Take your ball and go home.
ransom
Call the clownishly edited video exactly what it is: a ransom note. Carving up 49 minutes of video into 2 minutes is on par with tearing pages out of a magazine, cutting them into individual words, and creating a ransom note. And, for hilarity, the MHPC is using the video to raise money!
Tea Party downgrade
Call the S&P downgrade exactly what it is - the Tea Party downgrade: "because the majority of Republicans in Congress continue to resist any measure that would raise revenues." http://goo.gl/OLKYI
really?
The world needs more mental giants like the solid "C" students George W Bush and Rick Perry? Or even Sarah Palin with her 5 or 6 colleges?
training
I think it's a matter of properly training your employees. Arm them with the exchange rate and a calculator. It's also a matter of customer service. How many businesses in Old Orchard beach do you think turn away Canadian customers who wish to pay with Canadian currency? So, you made your point - you got to keep your ice cream, and the customer got to keep their money and spend it somewhere else. How smart is that?
really?
So, all those banks and mortgage companies were forced by the government to lend to scary brown people they knew couldn't pay them back, and that ruined the economy? They couldn't say "no"? Good one! Betcha got lotsa of proof, too. Of course you're aware the CRA did NOT apply to most subprime lenders? And that S&P rated the subprime mortgage backed securities as solid gold AAA, right?
LePage:
"LePage, who took responsibility for the department's lack of "customer service," stressed that the DHHS employee was relatively new to the job."
2 minutes?
All the video really shows is the complete failure of the Lepage administration in its ability to hire and train qualified employees. Oh, and the hilarious buffoonery of the MHPC. Did the clown get away with anything? No. Just making himself look like the jackass he is.
wrong
Uh, Judy? TARP was 100% Bush's baby.
tea
Thanks, tea toddlers!
why not?
"Nutting said he had not asked Wintle to resign." Get busy.
Raygun
Ronnie Raygun raised the debt limit 18 times! In fact, the limit was doubled. Now that's fiscal conservatism!
There you go again
I must've missed the part where anybody claimed the savings or the inheritance tax break would only occur next year. Must've been a simple miscalculation.
silly
Oh my, those poor gazillionaires with their "very little incomes"! All those gazillionaires just woke up one morning, and there was gazillions in their bank accounts! Defying the laws of nature and society, they just woke up rich! Just like Mary and Joseph - boom there it is!
tax cuts
"If the taxes are raised on business the added cost is passed on to the consumer." If taxes are lowered on business, why aren't the savings passed on to consumers - note the airlines.
wise?
"wise Republicans" don't exist.
there's more...
The GOP wants to protect Delta from a recent NLRB ruling: they want to rig union elections. They want to count non-votes as no votes. If you don't show up to vote on union election day, your vote is counted as an automatic no. How is that reasonable or fair?
Also, the airlines are pocketing close to $30 million a day in taxes the FAA cannot collect. The GOP talking point that if you lower taxes on corporations they'll pass the savings on to consumers has been completely and totally shredded. Airlines simply raised their rates.
And, how about those 70,000 workers put out of work?
intent?
"anyone legally qualified may vote where they intend to reside." If I intend to live somewhere a little warmer when I retire, can I go ahead and start voting there now?
intent?
Tell us exactly how you determine intent, Charlie. And is there a time limit or requirement on residency somewhere? If a student says "I intend to live here for the next 9 months," is that okay? Can they then "vote where they live"?
seriously?
The facts are of the $14.3 trillion deficit, GOOP administrations are responsible for 71%.
And how does a "balanced" budget amendment work when Canada invades the USA and we are constitutionally prevented from borrowing enough money to defend ourselves?
Thanks, Walter!
Write this down people. Here we have irrefutable proof of the real GOP agenda - suppress the legitimate votes of certain groups of people known to vote for your opposition. And this is gold: "College towns are ripe for pushing the Democratic liberal agenda." Could it be the more intelligent, better educated crowd see right through the GOP bs?
taxes
Paying taxes is a requirement to vote? Since when?
proud?
So, the greasy Webster republicans are proud of the fact they are actively discouraging and preventing legally entitled voters from voting? Could their hatred of democracy be any more evident?
boob
What a boob. How long do you have to live in Maine in order to pay in state tuition? How long do you have to live in Maine to register to vote?
good data
So, from the time Dubya was sworn in in 2001, to the time Obama was sworn in, fewer nonfarm jobs? Boy, if that isn't a strong validation of GOP economic policies, what is? Maybe Dubya shoulda cut taxes!
limit
How many times did the debt limit get raised during Dubya's admin? Were you whining then?
Faux News
I guess you'd have to watch something other than FNC to see the reports about the corrupt, criminal, no credibility Murdoch organization.
lack of evidence is evidence?
They call it argumentum ad ignorantiam, meaning argument from ignorance, and is nothing more than an attempt to shift the burden of proof. You cannot prove a negative.
proof
Webster is doing nothing but writing checks he can't cash. Bring it on Charlie! There must be hundreds, even thousands of arrests and convictions for voter fraud, right? Busloads of them?
support
So, the Christian Civic League supports the bullying and terrorizing of gays. How christian is that?
"The more people who vote,
"The more people who vote, the more representative the government will be"
Exactly. Except there are some (Webster) who would rather not have certain segments of the population vote. If you know your time in power is going to be very short lived, you try to change the rules in your favor.
no it won't
It should only take long enough to put the fork down and ease away from the table.
clown
Webster is a clown! Where is your proof? Not just unfounded allegations, but real, verifiable proof?
flight deck
When Obama starts prancing around in a flight suit, or breaking sticks on his bought-for-photo-ops ranch, you may have a point. Dubya took 77 vacations at his ranch while in office, 69 days in the first year alone.
Terrorists
"national security at risk" You mean the terrorists will win?
that's right
Marriage is a CIVIL contract, no religion needed.
rich
"Man and women were made to reproduce. You can’t take two women and make a kid. You can’t take two men and make kid." So, any married couples who do not, or cannot, reproduce? All those marriages don't count? And where do test tube babies figure into all this?
yay!
Constituents cheer as lawmakers can't mess up more while they're out! Hooray!
management
Actually, it was management that came up with the concept of planned obsolescence. And the union workers built exactly what management told them to.
unions
Can you tell me which union it was that told Detroit to start selling junk people did not want to buy? What? It was management? Guess we better give them some tax cuts, that'll teach 'em.
people's veto
Campaign to overturn voter disenfranchisement perpetrated by Webster and the Maine GOP is here: http://protectmainevotes.com/
translation
Conservative statement: "It is not a matter of ignoring human needs but rather of trying to restore human dignity". Real world translation: "We're going to take away your food, shelter, and healthcare, but we're only doing it for your own good, because we really care!"
straight face?
Did you actually write that with a straight face, Thomas? In most instances, democrats are better at playing by the rules. So, let's rig the game in our favor while we can? Seriously? And those thousands of college students from the scary place "away", you must be able to find a whole bunch of cases where they voted here and at home, right? Not a single one? Do you check under your bed before you turn off the lights?
fool
"Emails could be detrimental, and therefore are not worth the risk." It's not the emails, it's what YOU put in them.
win
In the NY League: Equality 1, Bigotry 0
movie
Also, watch the documentary "Tapped".
wow
There is no lower form of life than somebody who would harm an 81 year old woman.
bailout
Isn't buying the dump a government bailout of private industry? A government takeover of corporate liabilities?
yeah right
"government cannot create jobs in the private sector" Just look around at all the road construction. Who is paying for it? Government. Who is doing the work? Private sector. How many of those private sector jobs would not exist without the government paying for them?
can't be trusted
"I’m huge on transparency and doing what is right," Poliquin said. Except when I have something to hide.
"We’re not trying to keep our investment activity from the general public," he (Sawyer) said. Except when we want to keep it from the public.
"My concern was, how do we know everything is on the up and up?" Priest said. It's not, that's why they want to keep it secret.
"The market went down very hard and those funds also went down very hard," Sawyer said. But, what the hell, it's other people's money.
examples
Why, you must have dozens, or even hundreds, possibly thousands of examples, right? No? None?
money shot
And here's the real money shot: Charlie Webster, Chairman Maine GOP: "If you want to get really honest, this is about how the Democrats have managed to steal elections from Maine people," Webster said in an interview Thursday. "Many of us believe that the Democrats intentionally steal elections." Intentionally steal elections by legally voting? Really? It's stealing to NOT vote for a GOP teahadist?
tradition
Tradition requires he spend at least 487 days at Camp David, and maybe another 490 days clearing brush at his made for tv ranch. He should have spent 5 months of his first year "presidentin' and deciderin'" at his ranch breaking sticks.
proof
I saw it, so it should be very EASY for you to dish up some real proof white voters were prevented from voting. Have at it!
proof
Got proof any white voter was stopped from voting? Didn't think so.
Really?
ACORN, seriously? Please provide links to all of those cases of vote fraud ACORN perpetrated. Can't find any? Didn't think so. Those who oppose letting all legal voters vote are a fraud.
Raygun
As far as I know, Ronnie Raygun was the only US president to triple the national debt. I know Dubya doubled it.
anti-trust
Until the anti-trust exemptions for insurance companies is gone, there can't be any "free market" in health insurance.
ideas
When your ideas are poop, you have to rig the voting system in your favor.
yeah right
"God-designed family" That's a good one! Didn't God create homosexuals and same sex families? How many homosexuals does God have to create before you accept that maybe he (she) wants them around?
it's easy
It's easy! If everybody (but the bad guys) has a gun, there will be no more gun violence. Hooray! Oh, and make sure you look under your bed before turning off the lights.
waivers
"the waivers allow states to implement policies that differ from ACA requirements if they do not increase the federal deficit; provide coverage to at least as many residents as the ACA would cover; and the coverage is at least as comprehensive and affordable as the coverage offered through health insurance exchanges." http://goo.gl/DhoI0
"As of Jan. 26, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has provided annual limit waivers to 733 organizations covering almost 2.3 million employees under Sec. 2711 of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). In December, slightly more than 200 plans had received waivers. According to HHS, limited benefit plans, or “mini-med” plans are often the only type of insurance offered to some workers. In 2014, the ACA will end mini-med plans when Americans will have better access to affordable, comprehensive health insurance plans that cannot use high deductibles or annual benefits limits." http://goo.gl/K2ILA
waivers
The waivers are NOT permanent. Can anyone say duh?
GOP
Why is the GOP so afraid of legal voters casting legal votes? Why make things so much more difficult? Do they feel the need to rig the system in order to maintain power?
it's obvious
We should encourage the insurance companies to sell us whatever policies they want that doesn't cover anything. Hooray free markets!
pay
"Whatever happened to, if you want something, you pay; if you don't want something, you don't pay."
Want the old meters, pay up.
okay
"The oil producers would have to compete price wise to sell their precious oil." Okay, in the supply and demand equation, what's to stop the oil companies from cutting back on the supply a bit to increase prices? Maybe they'll call it "refinery maintenance" or "pipeline maintenance", and the price will rise to what the market will bear. And, please explain why American oil would not be sold to the highest bidder on the world market at world market prices? Also, what's to stop OPEC from opening the spigot enough to make their oil more attractive than our oil, driving American producers out of business? Supply and demand?
it's easy
If you want the more expensive option, then pay for it. Why should I have to subsidize your electric bill?
taxes
"If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and in our comforts, in our labor and in our amusements." Do away with the Bush tax cuts - problem solved.
really
Boy, the GOP sure is full of some real crackpots.
Seriously?
What makes you think an American oil company is going to sell American oil to Americans at a price below the world oil market price? Ignorance? What about the free market forces farces?
3 of 10?
Wow, 3 out of 10 approve? Sounds like a mandate to me.
jobs
Are these clowns ever going to get around to doing something about jobs?
cranky
You could either watch Faux News, or you could watch the truth.
well known
It is a well known fact, the truth has a liberal bias.
stones
So, who had the stones to finally take him out?
okay
Okay, but is medication constitutional?
their role
Please explain the role of the Supreme Court. Don't they ultimately decide what is and is not constitutional? Or is it just up to anybody?
but no decisions
And those Supreme Court decisions backing up your claims? They exist, don't they?
laugher
"disregard to the dictates of the Constitution"
Of course you can cite the Supreme Court decisions backing up your position, right? Just one?
live
And you don't even live in Rangeley? Maybe the full time residents have different ideas.
campaign
That's so when he runs for his Heritage platform, Koch funded reelection he can deny doing anything wrong.
a farce
"Competition in the market" is hilarious, especially with the anti trust exemptions. The only competition we'll see is who can offer the most expensive policy with the least coverage.
motive
We already know his motive - a cheap sub-class of labor ripe for exploitation.
opposite
I think Oakes' comment has the opposite effect. When I read someone was a walk on, i think of a talented person who perhaps was not scouted or recruited and through their own determination and hard work made the starting lineup. I think it should be a source of pride.
most Mainers
Could most Mainers mean the more than 60% that voted against LePage?
news today
Obama inherited an economy shedding about 800,000 jobs a month, and there were 230,000 private sector jobs created last month. And LePage? (crickets)
yeah right
And what has he done to create more jobs? Unicorns and fairy dust?
okay
"I told them that it's time that both the House and the Senate and the administration focus on the task at hand, and that's pension reform, health care reform, regulatory reform, energy reform and lowering the tax on Maine people." Uh, what's missing? Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!
sweatshop
So, they want to let high school kids work longer hours at less pay? And that supposedly benefits the kids? Really? How many of these kids will work just shy of six months at a job before being replaced by the next "trainee"? Or, how about the 18-20 year olds trying to get out of their parents' house? Do you work them six months and replace them? What happens when they turn 21? Replace them? And if they're already 21, will they be able to land that golden minimum wage job? Or, how about you work a kid for almost six months, lay them off for a week or two, and call them back to begin their "training" again for another six months. And when they turn 21, you turn them loose.
tax cuts
We must make teachers and other public employees suffer so we can cut estate taxes for 500 or 600 families. That's how it works.
shared suffering
It's called shared suffering. You cut the estate tax for 500 or 600 families, then pay for it by cutting teacher and public employee benefits. The thousands must suffer so the few hundred can feel a little better after they die.
lies
Not a single bank was forced to lend money to those they knew could not pay it back.
umbrellas
Not all parents have their kids' best interests in mind. Some are just a little to full of "faith". If you deny a kid in need birth control, they won't have sex. Much like leaving your umbrella at home prevents rain.
laugher
"GWB tax cuts got things moving again." That's a laugher. Clinton=23.9 million jobs. Dubya=4.5 million. And, since we've enjoyed the tax cuts for the rich for nearly ten years now, how has that job creation been going?
"If there's one thing that Republican politicians agree on, it's that slashing taxes brings the government more money." "If there's one thing that economists agree on, it's that these claims are false." http://goo.gl/U828Y
not a fact
"ncreasing taxes actually reduces government revenue" Explain the Clinton years. Raised taxes, 23 million new jobs created, projected budget surpluses...
first beer?
I remember my first...
yes
"Could it be that they want to prevent some people from voting?" Bingo.
wow
The B in BP stands for British? Wow, whooda thunk it. Do they drill in the US anywhere?
wheat?
Wheat, really? How much wheat does the US import to meet needs? How much does the US export? And do you honestly think Exxon or BP or Shell or any of the others are going to sell American oil on the American market for less than they can get on the world market?
markets
You, of course, are aware that any additional oil extracted will be sold on the world market at world prices, right? How much do you think will go to China or India?
And this: "A few environmentalists have shut down any future production in the U.S. with their cries of destroying the environment.
I don’t believe them."
Uh, the Gulf? BP? Were you sleeping?
1st amendment
Just because somebody has something to say that you don't like doesn't mean they don't have a right to say it.
"Many have paid in less than
"Many have paid in less than $80,000 yet will be paid out millions under their retirement plan. Common sense will tell you that this cannot continue." Pay in $80k, take out millions? Common sense will tell you you're being lied to.
Heritage
MHPC is not a credible source.
Supremacy Clause
United States Constitution, article VI, paragraph 2: "This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding."
seriously?
This is not a constitutional issue, it's a mental health issue.
market
Any additional oil found & extracted in the USA goes on the world market at world market prices, and there probably isn't enough to influence world oil prices significantly.
logic
"It seems to me that protecting Title X funding for family planning and federal funding for Planned Parenthood is the logical choice from every side of the issue, economic or humanitarian." Very true, but we're dealing with people who have a genetic aversion to reason and logic (and women).
BP
Let's have BP drill in Reggie's back yard.
why?
"Why do we want to prevent voting?" Because if you can make it harder to vote for the people who don't agree with your ideology, you can "claim" to have won fair and square.
yeah right
" Maine can make the same choice and enjoy the same “economies of scale” as Ohio." Because the population and population density of each state is so similar, right?
Clinton
In fact, the Clinton administration laid waste to the whole theory.
theory
The Laffer Curve is nothing more than an economic theory. It has not been proven.
source?
"higher income taxes lead to lower government revenue."
gop
GOP says "We need to solve a problem that does not exist by making it harder for people to vote."
huh?
Wow, are you okay? Did you sprain something with your literary gymnastics: "it's time for America to say that unions need to go, and for the American people to come together as one". Isn't that kinda like saying "we should stop uniting so we can unite!"
philosophy
So, that's Lepage's job creating philosophy? We'll do all we can, just don't ask for money?
free market
Wasn't it the invisible hand of free market forces that nearly destroyed the economy a couple of years ago?
we know
We already know what he's going to do - big tax cuts for the well off, massive social safety net cuts for the least able to defend themselves.
So?
Isn't that what Lepage wants to do with state employees?
brains?
She probably wrote her LTE while watching Glenn Beck.
riddle me this
How many hurt kids on Maine Care will it take to eat up the estimated additional taxes collected? What's an eye worth? Couple of fingers?
profit?
How does a non-profit organization make a profit?
private
Abortion is a very difficult and private decision between a woman and her health care provider. MYOB. If you do not approve of abortion Mr. Beaudoin, don't have one.
Wisconsin
"To summarize, our study shows that Wisconsin public employees earn 4.8% less in total compensation per hour than comparable full-time employees in Wisconsin’s private sector."
http://goo.gl/Ux1vK
or..
or was it an office full of highly paid lobbyists from
PortlandHeritage Crackpot Institute?okay...
What's your hangup with property taxpayers vs. non property taxpayers? How would you make it fair? Property taxpayers should each get 2 votes? Maybe 3? Don't all those "many generational welfare families, many unemployable people and a large number of new Mainers" (oh no! they don't look like me!) indirectly pay property taxes? "The chamber looks to increase tax revenues" yeah, right. Whose taxes do they want to go up?
deficit
From the CBO:"The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the staff of the Joint
Committee on Taxation (JCT) have estimated the direct spending and
revenue effects of H.R. 2, the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law
Act, as passed by the House of Representatives on January 19, 2011. That
act would repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA,
Public Law 111-148) and the provisions of the Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152) that are related to health care.
Both of those laws were enacted in March 2010."
"CBO and JCT estimate that, on balance, the direct spending and revenue
effects of enacting H.R. 2 would cause a net increase in federal budget
deficits of $210 billion over the 2012-2021 period (see Table 1).
By
comparison, last March CBO and JCT estimated that enacting PPACA and
the health-related provisions of the Reconciliation Act would reduce federal
deficits by $124 billion over the 2010-2019 period."
http://goo.gl/TRrpw
So, about that deficit.....
hah!
Don't hold your breath.
scam
I'm not sure he fell for the scam - nowhere did he say he tried to cash the bogus checks.
"Since January of 1948,
"Since January of 1948, Democrats have occupied the White House for a total of 313 months (out of a possible 745).
The average monthly national unemployment rate during those 313 months? 5.29%.
The Republicans, on the other hand, have occupied the White House for a total of 432 months since January of 1948 (out of a total of 745).
The average monthly national unemployment rate during those 432 months? 5.93%.
So, according to the data from BLS.gov, the national unemployment rate has been, on average, 0.64% higher when a Republican has been occupying the White House." http://goo.gl/at4xf
And the highest rate since 1948? 10.8% under Raygun.
Raygun
The unemployment rate under Reagan went from 7.6% to 9.7-9.8% and remained at that level for two years.
freedom
It's funny the clowns running around screaming "freedom" and "less government" are pretty much the same pious pontificating jackasses that want to control a woman's very private and personal right to determine her own future.
makin' it up
You mean he's just makin' stuff up? No surprise.
report
"the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles deficit report" There is no such thing. The Simpson Bowles catfood commission failed miserably and did not produce an approved report.
suppress the vote!
"The bill is designed to “fix” a supposed problem of voter fraud in Maine, a problem that simply doesn't exist" No voter fraud in Maine, so let's just make it harder for people to vote! Yay democracy!
Supremacy Clause
"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding." How are you going to get around that?
okay
Yeah, like that's going to go anywhere. Constitution?
in it for the money
Most slaughterhouses probably do not operate for free. Of course they're in it for the money!
agree
It makes sense. If you're not legally allowed to hunt in your home state, why should Maine allow you to hunt here? But I don't agree with this: "providing landowners with financial reimbursement to repair damages caused by lawful and unlawful recreational users." Tax dollars? No. Police your own property and hold those who do the damage responsible.
jobs
There were more new private sector jobs created in 2010 than during the entire Bush administration.
enforcement
Why are republicans in the House proposing $600 million in cuts to border security and immigration enforcement?
Reagan
Reagan was tough on undocumented immigrants. He gave amnesty to only 3 million of them.
Waivers
Those "733 politically favored organizations"? Waivers are for one year and can be renewed, but they all expire in 2014.
50 jobs?
So, if we can generate 50 jobs by allowing the sale of fireworks, why don't we go bigger and allow the sale of dynamite? 100 jobs? 1000?
Well, there goes that
"On their first try, Senators easily approved on Wednesday an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill to repeal the onerous 1099 provision included in the healthcare act. " http://goo.gl/CLv6D The House is expected to follow.
that's right
Maybe they'll have time to work up new health care proposals after all of the job creation legislation they've worked on this congress (none).
amnesty
Didn't Ronnie Raygun give amnesty to more than 3 million undocumented immigrants?
right...
And if Obama produces his birth certificate it will only prove the conspiracy is more far reaching than even you could imagine. The official one he has produced? Conspiracy!
math
Fuzzy math? No kidding!
highways
It took a little time to build the interstate highway system, too. If we all thought like the editorial board, we'd still be traveling wagon paths coast to coast.
seriously?
"The layoff or retirement of tens of thousands of government employees could infuse large numbers of educated, motivated individuals into the national human resource backlog." Does that translate to "let's fire them all so they can look for work?" Seriously? Is there a shortage of educated people looking for work? And if we fire all of the "educated, motivated individuals" from government positions, does that leave the government with only illiterate, unmotivated employees? Up is down? And hoe does this work: "reduce spending in order to spur economic development"? By spending less, we're actually spending more! Black is white!
LePage
Okay, when will LePage do something useful?
Reagan is a myth
Raised taxes in 11 times, including the largest tax increase in history at the time.
Nearly tripled the national debt, was never able to control the deficit.
After Reagan's 1981 tax cut, unemployment soared to 10.8%.
Size of the federal government exploded: he bailed out Social Security by raising taxes, and created the Dept. of Veterans Affairs which now has 300,000 employees.
Reagan gave amnesty to 3 million undocumented immigrants.
Reagan illegally sent weapons to Iran.
Reagan helped create the Taliban and Osama bin Laden by training and arming the Islamist mujahadin in Afghanistan.
jobs?
And jobs? What has he done?
gop
Which party proposed this absurdity?
oh, there's more...
"They have nothing to do but be concerned about whoopie pies and switchblade knives." I'd like to add cheating waitstaff out of their tips, rolling back environmental protections, denying healthcare to those in need, breathing while brown laws, etc. When are they going to do something about jobs?
socialism
Isn't that socialism? Taking the tips from the people who earn them, then distributing the $$ to the people that didn't? Or, is it just another way for the restaurant owner to cheat the servers out of their earnings?
check
Gail, did you receive the $250 check sent to seniors to help cover drug costs? If so, did you cash it? Or send it back?
waivers
The waivers are not permanent - they're only good for one year. Even if extended they all expire in 2014.
pay attention
" it's time you accepted the results of the recent election." Oh, we accept the results, but winning a majority in the house does not make republiclowns the controlling party. What a bout the senate and the White House. Accept that! And please, try to keep your thoughts straight when you rant. Repealing the health care act, and "retain the good, while removing the bad" are opposing views. Also, did you know in a recent poll only 18% supported repeal? Better dust off your sign that says"keep your government hands off my Medicare."
drive through
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troll?
You mean, ahem, you found another troll?
legal
It's not even legal. Anybody surprised?
2nd person denied Arizona transplant coverage dies
"A second transplant candidate denied coverage because of state budget cuts has died, and hospital officials say the cutbacks "likely" were to blame."
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/01/05/20110105arizona-second...
prices
So, prices would not go up anyway, regardless of the health care act?
Arizona
If you're an Arizona republican, you're automatically on the death panels. People in need are dying because of gop budget cuts.
more customers
With 30 million more new potential customers, "coverage will go down and providers will become scarce?" Oh, okay.
huh?
"You know this isn't Communist China." Except when it comes to using somebody else's private property (the road)?
oh, okay
Right. Except for that whole interstate commerce part.
fat
Next, these geniuses should target the fat people who still eat!
crickets
I hear crickets.
poor Sarah
Didn't you know Sarah was the 21st victim of the Tucson shooting?
18%
No support for full repeal, only 18% of the American public favor outright repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
http://nydn.us/hLLhSR
food
"LePage attended "most, if not all" of the MLK breakfasts held at the center in the past eight years" Well, there you go. Food was involved, and it doesn't look like he turns down many meals.
defense
"My son happens to be black" Ah, yes. The ole "I know a black guy" defense. Well played, Guvna.
special interests
Unless you're an old doughy white guy, you're a special interest.
unless...
"dumping LURC outright without a solid replacement plan would be foolhardy and shortsighted", unless, of course, your plan is to put the fox in charge.
MCLU
"The new governor brings reality to a system to protect the Maine taxpayers." Doubtful. The MCLU works to protect ALL Maine citizens.
bridge
Yeah, want to buy a bridge?
control the message
Is firm control over the message (propaganda) a communist principle?
$23 mil
If you have no intention of implementing the health care law, send the $23 million back. And then cough up some more tax money to join the suit in progress, genius.
WND
What's next, World Nut Daily?
more
Teaparty senate candidate Sharron Angle:"I hope that's not where we're going, but, you know, if this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies and saying my goodness what can we do to turn this country around?"
oh, okay
Conservative radio host Joyce Kaufman: “And I don’t care how this gets painted by the mainstream media. I don’t care if this shows up on YouTube, because I am convinced that the most important thing the founding fathers did to ensure me my First Amendment rights was they gave me a Second Amendment. And if ballots don’t work, bullets will. I’ve never in my life thought that the day would come where I would tell individual citizens that you are responsible for being the militia that the founding fathers designed – they were very specific. You need to be prepared to fight tyranny: whether it comes from outside or it comes from inside."
more Palin
Not only that - she's removed her "don't retreat, reload" tweet.
Palin
Palin can see the ramifications - she's already removed the image from her site.
republican healthcare
Death panels! "PHOENIX -- A second person denied transplant coverage by Arizona under a state budget cut has died, with this death "most likely" resulting from the coverage reduction, a hospital spokeswoman said Wednesday." http://goo.gl/baVWS
new world record
It only took one day to lose the teabaggers: "I actually don’t think it would be possible to fall from grace any faster than this,” Mark Meckler, with the Tea Party Patriots.
what repeal means
This is part of what the CBO sent to Boehner today concerning the republiclown theatrics of repealing the healthcare bill. Here's what repeal of Obamacare means:
From the CBO: http://goo.gl/IuB4j
Moe?
So, Moe is going to watch his brother Curly get sworn in. What about Larry?
I raised my hand
Pay attention, Mike. Watch the cancellations on channel 6 sometime - there are a lot of private businesses that close for snow days. Oh, and does every private business require their employees to work seven days a week? My calendar says January 1 happened on a Saturday this year. Bet a lot of people get nearly every Saturday off.
yeah, right
" but the wealthy are the ones who can create jobs by expanding their companies" Okay then smarty pants, the ultrarich have enjoyed the tax cuts for nearly ten years, and just how many jobs did they create? In America, not China?
comments
Of course he doesn't care about these comments, but you would think he'd at least wait to be sworn in before telling all the Maine citizens to go to hell.
not only that...
Not only are we footing the bill for Lepage's daughter's salary, we're going to pay her rent and living expenses, and put up his mother in law, too: "LePage and his wife, Ann, will move into the seven-bedroom governor's mansion on Jan. 2, three days before the inauguration.
Joining them will be their 22-year-old daughter, Lauren; Ann's mother, Rita DeRosby; and their Jack Russell mixed-breed dog, Baxter." http://goo.gl/pkPLX
nepotism?
Are you suggesting nepotism may have come into play? Aren't $41k entry level positions just falling off trees in Maine? Does she even have to show up for "work", or can she just phone it in?
Like Ben?
You mean like Ben, below?
aware
"those who just don't care what happens on- or off-line." Or, how 'bout those not ashamed to identify with their beliefs?
no tea
Keep the teahadists away from the children.
leadership
Weren't they just firing of checks to some clown in the GOP leadership?
grow up
Oh grow up, gilligan, and use your big boy words.
slow readers
Since it was signed in April, I guess there aren't enough pictures in it for the slow readers of the GOP leadership.
silly
"We are going to be laughed at by the Iranians, Koreans, Taliban and Al Queida." Aw, does that hurt your widdle fee-fees?
it's gone
DADT repealed, 65-31 in Senate.
yeah
Just as soon as you sign up, I bet
agreed
"And that is not grounds for discrimination."
okay...
9/11 caused tax cuts? Oh, okay...
bullies
"They will make major cuts into programs that will be affecting the poorest of Maine citizens — the elderly, children and those who are disabled." It's so much easier to pick on those least able to defend themselves!
yeah right
Clinton's tax rates and 23 million jobs created, Dubya's tax cuts and a whopping million jobs created in 8 years. Well, there goes that point.
death panels
The "death panels" are already happening - courtesy of the GOP. Sick people in need of transplants in Arizona have had the transplants approved, only to have Brewer cut the funding for them and rescind the approval. Death by GOP budget cut!
ignorant
Hard to believe there are people as ignorant, cold, and heartless as George. Do you really think foster families are just milking the system? What do you suggest happens to the abandoned kids? Deport them because they're not self sufficient?
unbiased
I wonder if being a GOP stooge had anything to do with it. Since 2003, the judge has earned $103,000 from GOP Consulting firm Campaign Solutions, Inc. Campaign Solutions works for Boehner, Bachman, McCain, and a whole bunch of other republiclowns. http://goo.gl/cMAt7
okay...
It doesn't say he lives with his mommy, but it does say his mommy owns the house. How much rent does he pay to his mommy with his occasional freelance whackery?
hahahahaha
Lives with his mommy? Doesn't really have a job? Does he have a Rascal?
exactly
Paris Hilton worked hard to be born into the right family, and deserves every penny of the $100k tax break she'll get.
wrong
It was originally proposed by Orrin Hatch in 2001.
sins of the parents
We must continue to punish & ostracize the kids who came into this country through no choice of their own, worked their way through high school, and either want to serve the only country they've ever really known in the military, or continue their educations to become more productive members of society. By willfully accompanying their parents in crossing the border, these toddlers are the scariest felons ever, and they must forever be blamed for the sins of their parents.
he had to
He had to revise his comment (after the fact), because it exposed him to the world for the boob that he is.
Thanks, Gilligan!
I so desperately need your approval! Maybe the lack of connection has something to do with viewing things through your conserva-blinders. What the GOP does to one program, causing the almost certain deaths of those least able to help themselves, they will certainly apply to similar programs. Won't be long until the GOP starts pulling the plug on Granny in order to finance tax cuts for those who don't need them.
Scalia
"Congress's regulatory authority over intrastate activities that are not themselves part of interstate commerce (including activities that have a substantial effect on interstate commerce) derives from the Necessary and Proper Clause. Congress may regulate noneconomic intrastate activities only where the failure to do so 'could ... undercut' its regulation of interstate commerce." From your typical liberal, Justice Antonin Scalia.
word games
So, health care has nothing to do with "general welfare"? Let's play a little word game. How many times does the constitution use the word "gun"?
different program, so what?
It's a perfect illustration of the GOP's ideology taking the lives of people in need.
okay...
Obama controls the republican governor of Arizona? And their republican legislature? Oh, okay...
a little more...
"As Marc Lacey reported in The Times this week, Francisco had been prepped for surgery after a friend whose wife was dying asked that he be given her liver.
“It was good news when we heard the liver matched,” Flor said. “The doctor said: ‘Everything’s going well. We’re going to proceed with the surgery.’ ”
But Francisco, who has hepatitis C, had lost his health insurance when he had to stop working and had gotten coverage under the state Medicaid program. And Gov. Jan Brewer had signed a law eliminating Medicaid coverage of certain kinds of transplants as a cost-cutting measure. Flor said the next words she got from the doctor were: “You need to bring $200,000 as a deposit for the hospital.”
Francisco was summarily discharged. The Arizona state government, which is totally controlled by Republicans, got between him and his doctor."
http://goo.gl/AkkzC
plenty
Here's one: http://goo.gl/WZbp1
And there are plenty more.
GOP death panels
In Arizona, it's death by budget cut. Transplant patients who had their transplants approved, are being notified they're no longer eligible for life saving transplants due to budget cuts. Death by GOP!
yeah right
So, if maybe he had a little more melanin and a truck full of bombs and a koran when he reached the border crossing, all he had to do was say "oops!" and we should just turn him away? Brilliant! Oh, and were you aware deportations are at their highest level, ever?
agreed!
We must protect the manufacturers' ability to poison our children!
of what?
Majority of what? The house? Big deal.
oh, that's an easy one!
Millionaires deserve their average $103,000 annual tax cut so they can keep creating those massive amounts of jobs the Bush tax cuts generated in China, and they don't need to be offset. But the guy that lost his job through no fault of his own that relies on his average $290 a week unemployment check to help feed and house his family, well he's just a deadbeat. You have to keep punishing the most vulnerable in order for the ultra rich to prosper.
term
I may be wrong here, but aren't representatives elected for two year terms? And when does that term end? And why are so many teahadists enamored with the thoughts of things going down their "throughts"?
oh, okay
"according to a recent Chris Wallace show" Really? Faux News? Insert eye roll here.
duh
"Filing suit now would be pointless political theater and a waste of time and money." No kidding.... but with republiclowns in charge, who cares about wasting time and money?
shhhh!
Don't tell her they put fluoride in the water in some places, for mind control!
nut job
Only a nut job could even attempt to defend Nutting.
reward
Not only do the Maine GOP Teahadists condone stealing millions from the poor, they actively encourage and reward it. "Daddy, I want to be speaker of the Maine house when I grow up!" "Well, son, first you need to steal millions from the state."
ignorant
Better than Faux News inspired ignorant red neck hate speech.
comprehension
Perhaps reading comprehension is not your strong suit. I posted a direct reply to the laughably, and now proven, false statement "How about the fact that ALL terrorist attacks against Americans on American soil, on American Aircraft, Military Bases, American Ships military and commercial have been committed by foreigners". Pay attention.
pure politics
Clowns like Kyl are pulling one line from the non-binding preamble and twisting it into an up is down argument to try to make the case the USA will not be allowed to develop missile defenses. The Secretary of Defense stated straight out the New Start treaty will impose “no limits on us.” In the meantime, while the GOP twiddles around clutching their pearls and smelling salts, US inspectors are no longer watching the Russian arsenal, and countries like Iran and N Korea are not deterred in their nuclear (nu-ku-ler) ambitions.
McVeigh
"How about the fact that ALL terrorist attacks against Americans on American soil, on American Aircraft, Military Bases, American Ships military and commercial have been committed by foreigners," Wasn't McVeigh American? So, what do you know about facts?
news
"WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans want the Congress to keep the new health care law or actually expand it, despite Republican claims that they have a mandate from the people to kill it, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll." http://goo.gl/8idBX
gop plan
"In 1993, at the height of President Bill Clinton's health care reform initiative, Sen. John Chafee, R-R.I., along with 19 other Republicans and two Democrats, put forth a bill which was considered the major GOP proposal. One of the co-sponsors was then-Sen. Dave Durenberger, R-Minn. The bill, just like the Democratic version, never passed. But in a sense, it's been revived this year.
In fact, the key provisions in the Chafee bill may seem familiar, as they bear a strong resemblance to those in the current Democratic Senate bill, and now in President Barack Obama's proposal. A mandate that individuals buy insurance, subsidies for the poor to buy insurance and the requirement that insurers offer a standard benefits package and refrain from discriminating based on pre-existing conditions were all in the 1993 GOP bill." http://goo.gl/aosyF
exactly
Tax cuts for those who don't need them are the best remedy for any ailment - even the common cold.
dumb
Almost the dumbest thing ever written. Did it say in the rules just keep markin' em up until you get the price you want?
leadership, GOP style
“overcharged MaineCare 100 percent of the time ...” He's a crook, plain and simple.
The GOP Death Panels
This is what the GOP really wants: "In Arizona, 98 low-income patients approved for organ transplants have been told they are no longer getting them because of state budget cuts.
The patients receive medical coverage through the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), the state's version of Medicaid. While it may be common for private insurance companies or government agencies to change eligibility requirements for medical procedures ahead of time, medical ethicists say authorizing a procedure and then reversing that decision is unheard of.
"To basically renege on what you promised was [going to] be a chance at life is a very, very bitter indictment of the ethics of the Legislature," says Arthur Caplan, head of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Caplan calls the reversal "awful" behavior because Arizona is going back on a covenant it made with its patients, and because these are patients for whom time is critical — patients who spent months, some years, thinking they were covered."
So, the GOP really is for "hurry up and die." http://goo.gl/T7DlY
silly
To blame the exodus of manufacturing jobs on democrats is a little bit silly. If it was limited to Maine, you might have a point. But it isn't, and you don't. Take a look at manufacturing in the rest of the country.
Chertoff
And the former head of homeland security is now lobbying for the scanner producer. Think maybe that has anything to do with it?
title
"GOP Stands by its Man" They're not just "standing by their man", they are actively rewarding a known cheat and fraud with the leadership position. Is that the GOP/teabaggers value system in action?
fraud
Kind of makes going after welfare fraud a little tricky. How can you claim to want to reform the system when one of your leaders is one the biggest frauds there is?
and...
Should he even be allowed to handle prescriptions? "AUGUSTA — A month before Republicans unofficially elected state Rep. Robert Nutting, R-Oakland, to be the next speaker of the House, a state agency disciplined the pharmacist for giving a customer the wrong medication."
and you?
"When an honest company, an honest business, an honest individual" true, but what about you?
back it up
"welfare and disability enrollment has increased at a greater extent than the general population increases over the same time period" Got sources?
memory
I remember it clearly - a few years ago when Woodcock got his clock cleaned at the polls, every single republican stood up and said "Baldacci won fair and square. Let's support him!" Wait, what?
ultra rich
How come the Heritage Policy Center doesn't mention that the ultra rich top 1% are now raking in about 25% of all taxable income, giving themselves 10% raises over the last ten or twelve years, while the middle class is losing ground? Income disparity is where it was in the 1920's. Isn't the other side of this silly argument the private sector is paying the fat cats more and more, and paying the people that do the actual work less and less? You know what would solve that? Massive tax cuts for the people that don't need them so they can ship more private sector jobs abroad.
let's see...
Since Obama became president, 98% of Americans received a tax cut, but they won't tell you that on Faux News. USA was losing an average of 318,000 private sector jobs a month in Dubya's last year. In 2010, there have been an average of 98,000 private sector jobs added. But they won't tell you that on Faux News. Dubya's final budget had a $1.42 trillion deficit. Obama's first had a $1.29 trillion deficit. And the markets? Since Dubya's last day in office, the Dow is up more than 40%, NASDAQ up 75%, S&P up 47%. So, the markets took off, there was a more than 400,000 swing in private sector job growth, nearly all Americans got a tax cut, and the deficit has been reduced. Haven't they mentioned that on Faux?
veto
The mayor of San Francisco vetoed the law, and you call yourself a news organization?
uh..
Go directly west from any point in Maine and let us know when you hit Mass.
Okay...
Wow, your brilliance on full display! Thank you oh wise Gilligan. Couldn't refute my point?
really?
"allow the consumer to pick and choose what they want covered" because every consumer already knows what's going to ail them in the future. Brilliant!
veto
" The Congress afterall votes every spending measure", true, but the president either signs or vetoes the laws. It's his decision.
and...
And now they want to double down on the exact same policies that created the worst recession since the depression. Are you aware they're already promising to add another trillion to the national debt over the next ten years?
100 people
Think of it this way: if you put 100 people in a gym, and 62 say "not this doofus", and the other 38 say "he's our hero", that constitutes an overwhelming republican mandate.
Really?
That's the best you can come up with? The bailouts are Barney Frank's fault because he's gay? Now that's a mature outlook on things!
and...
And the republiclowns now want to add to the deficit at least another $840 billion over the next ten years.
right
The voters of Maine will have two years to see what incompetent drones we
keep electingelected.reports
Where have all the voter fraud stooges gone? Now they're all suddenly silent? Haven't there already been numerous reports of these so called phantom voters? Not a single one? Wait, what?
new policy
We all know no republican president has ever spent any taxpayer money traveling overseas, or even hijacked a Navy ship to prance around in a flight suit for a photo op. And this so called stimulus Obama released? Can you tell me which law or executive order he signed that forced the Fed to buy back bonds? Didn't think so...
rights
What about the rights of the land owners? "lose control of the beautiful mountains" - go buy some then. "Hunters may lose their hunting rights" to hunt on other people's property? That's a right?
really?
Just wait til they outsource deer tagging to India, then the businesses will really flock to Maine!
no warming
There is no warming, it's all just a liberal plot, damn the science.
huh?
"he has proven that HE could BEAT Mr. Michaud" By getting his butt kicked? Oh, okay...
law
Can you point me to the specific law Congress passed to tell the Fed to take action? Or did the Fed do it independently?
ask yourself...
What was the average private sector job growth the last year of Dubya's Republican administration? Lost 317,000 a month. During 2010? Added 96,000 a month. (You mean we've been adding jobs?) Deficit in Dubya's last budget? $1.42 trillion. Obama's first? $1.29 trillion. (You mean Obama has already cut the deficit?) How have the markets performed since Dubya's last day? Dow up 40%, S&P up 47%, NASDAQ up 74%. But that's reality, you won't hear it on Faux.
I knew it!
"dinosaur footprints interwoven with human footprints" Jesus DID have a pet dinosaur!
diagnosis
And how do you know what you're shopping for if you haven't been to a doctor for a diagnosis?
that's equal?
A car you can replace, your health? Not so...
hire
It appears the person doing the hiring is not too smart - hiring people only worth half of what he pays them.
minimum wage
Lepage wants to do away with the minimum wage so he can get rid of those greedy $7.50 an hour workers and replace them with people he could legally pay maybe $4 or $5 an hour, and have the taxpayers pick up even more of their needs. Genius!
or...
Or the anonymous and foreign contributions the US Chamber is pumping into republiclown ads.
taxes
Oh, and cut their taxes so they can producer more bad drugs overseas.
deregulate
This just shows we need to deregulate the drug industry so they can make more money. And pass tort reform so sick people can't sue when the bad drugs they're sold make 'em sicker or dead.
laugher
What a laugher! The GOP is going after "outside" influence? Hey, how 'bout the millions Murdoch/Fox has pumped into the RGA? Shouldn't that disqualify Lepage?
seriously?
Isn't 20% of the 30% that are undecided something like 6%? So, if you add the 6% to the 12% Moody is polling at, doesn't that only come up to something like 18%? How does 18% beat 31%?
antitrust
How about repealing the federal antitrust laws for health insurers? If you want free market competition, make them compete.
wrong
So wrong on so many counts: Maine is 11th in Federal aid, Wyoming (1) and Alaska (2) are both solidly red states. Maine is 30th in per capita income, not 50th. http://bit.ly/cCCXGN If you would rather be last, then by all means vote for Lepage for lotsa minimum wage/no benefit Marden's jobs.
seriously?
Are you suggesting we need a telemarketing huckster as congressman? Seriously? Boy, if Billy Mays was still alive, would you endorse him for president? Can they really be trusted?
mba
Wasn't the last administration run by an MBA? How'd that work out?
you think that's bad.....
If you think that's bad, carefully consider who you vote for this election: "Republican proposals to overhaul Social Security would substantially reduce future benefits for people now entering the workforce, according to a new analysis from Social Security Administration’s chief actuary." And "A worker born in 1985 whose earnings averaged $43,000 would receive 17% less at retirement than current law promises, as a result of Mr. Ryan’s proposal to change the inflation index. His proposed increase in the retirement age would reduce benefits by another 8%, according to the actuary’s analysis." All from the Murdoch Street Journal: http://bit.ly/9Wp7Or
tax cuts
We should give all the people on food stamps tax cuts! After all, tax cuts cure everything, even in those hard to reach places. They must be out of work because they want to be just look in the paper, bazillions of good paying jobs! Oh, and Gingrich? Really? The disgraced serial adulterer?
huh?
How can the landowner hold his own land hostage?
agreed
"This society needs to respect women", and respect their ability to reach their own decisions!
duh
It's not up to Obama, duh.
38th
Using 2008 data, we're 38th in the world (even lower than Cuba) for life expectancy at birth: http://goo.gl/z0pC
political gain
You mean Lepage would put short term political gain ahead of the long term needs of his constituents, just like Christie? Would he also blow $400 million in education funding, just like Christie?
bonus
Democrats want to provide a $250 Social Security bonus to seniors: http://goo.gl/VDrk
And the recently passed health care reform bill includes a 50% discount on name brand meds when seniors reach the "donut hole" starting in 2011: http://goo.gl/JBMt
Republicans want to privatize Social Security, and created the Part D "donut hole".
really?
Wow, Forbes? Really? Who is the editor and publisher of Forbes?
not strange at all
"How strange to defend a baby in the womb and then demand cash if she wants her heart defect fixed." It's called personal responsibility, ya commie leftist hippie. If the baby girl arrives without a job or health insurance, you think I should chip in for her care? No! I want my tax cuts! She needs to pull herself up by her bootstraps, and get with the program.
lied?
Say it ain't so! The Maine Republiclown Party lied? Isn't that like saying the sun comes up in the morning?
crooks
Faking paperwork, foreclosing on houses they don't hold the lien to, falsifying affidavits - just par for the course. We should all feel sorry for the banksters who rushed to securitize garbage loans. If you're a homeowner and there's a paperwork mixup, well, you better pack your bags, ya deadbeat! But if you're a bankster and you commit fraud on an unimaginable scale, well, we should all feel sorry for you.
oh, okay....
So, what you're saying is the president doe NOT sign bills into law? And what constitution does that appear in?
autos
If the GOP had their way there wouldn't be an American auto industry.
Fox
Murdoch, backed by his Saudi investors, bought the Republican Governors Association.
doesn't understand
She just doesn't understand that the President is the leader, and makes the decisions whether legislation becomes law or not.
global
American elections are now global. After the Citizens United decision, foreign corporations, even those controlled by foreign governments, are now free to donate as much as they want to the US Chamber of Commerce, who then uses those foreign funds to purchase attack ads. Now, if you have enough money, no matter where you live in the world, you're free to buy an American election.
republican
Nixon was also a republican.
No he's not
The Maine Poll, conducted for MaineToday Media by Critical Insights, had 30 percent of likely voters supporting Mitchell, compared to LePage at 29 percent.
http://www.kjonline.com/news/maine-governors-race-poll-libby-mitchell-pa...
bork yourself
What do you call it when you bork yourself, Lepage?
past tense
Past tense?
my dog
My deceased golden retriever, lil. But haha, I get it. Do you ever get a lil?
a bit much
You're right, it was probably a bit much.
private sector
Now that's just plain silly. Government is not standing in the way of the private sector creating jobs. Lack of demand is.
taxes
Can you tell me what the personal income tax rates were in the 50's? Income disparity?
extracurricular
His extracurricular activities helped create budget surpluses and 23 million jobs! Maybe with two Monicas there would have been 46 million new jobs.
produced
Here ya go: http://goo.gl/TDh4
Official birth certificate!
obliterates nothing
Your mindless rants obliterated absolutely nothing. Legislation does not become law until the president signs it! Just ask him, Dubya was the "decider". And this is silly :"The President does not nor does he have the authority to authorize or establish spending." Again, even budgets do not become law until the president signs them!
dinosaurs
Aren't a lot of home schooled kids taught that man and dinosaur walked the earth at the same time, and Jesus would throw a mean t-rex barbecue every now and then?
rules
I think it has to do with a total disregard for the rules of the road. I mean he's a big time congress critter wannabe - can't be bothered with the rules the little people have to follow.
okay...
How about one instance where anything Obama has done has been found unconstitutional? Just one...
Maine GOP
The Maine republican platform is a good exercise in comedy.
veto
They can pass whatever legislation they want, but it doesn't become law until the president signs it, idiot.
unemployment
And unemployment is 9.6% not 10.1%. Her math is a little whacky, too.
try this
"September’s rise in private new jobs is the ninth consecutive month of positive change. Since February, the for-profit realm of the economy has minted almost 900,000 new jobs."
http://goo.gl/R4Wo
read it and weep
http://bit.ly/9YoGs0
no, she doesn't
Since republiclowns have used the filibuster threat on nearly every bill in the senate, you need 60 votes to get anything through. Look it up candice - unprecedented obstructionism from the party of no.
lawyers
You can pay a lawyer to do just about anything, but that doesn't mean you're right. Geez, even World Nut Daily posted a copy of his birth certificate for a time. http://bit.ly/9vKeqj
okay
If you ignore the 600,000 private sector jobs created in the first 6 months of this year, I guess you're right.
veto
So, the president has no control over what congress does? Even Dubya? Veto?
yeah
Yeah, except for that budget surplus and the 23 million jobs created during his administration, he dint do nuffin.
back it up
"Tax cuts and less regulation does create jobs" Okay, then it should be easy for you to provide some solid information. Got any links to legitimate sources? Maybe you should switch to decaffeinated tea.
bs
Tax cuts do NOT create jobs in America, they just make it easier for the well off to invest in overseas jobs. Look at Dubya's two massive tax cuts for the wealthy. How was his job creation record? His last month in office, what did we lose ? 800,000 jobs?
right
You got that right.
uh...
Dubya's veto pen? Duh...
a fiscal what?
LEPAGE: "I don’t know if you know this, but the State of Maine is the only state in the United States of America that charges sales tax on bull semen. You hear that? Bull semen."
skip it
Let's just skip that whole part about Dubya being the "decider" with the veto pen...
certificate
If your son-in-law did not receive the original signed and certified copy from the day he was born, not one of those useless but universally accepted "official" state certified copies, he must be a communist muslim looking to impregnate your daughter with the next generation of food stamp getting terrorists. Hooray!
they are nuts
Look at the Oxford educated she-witch in Delaware who would've joined the Hare Krishnas if they allowed eating meat. Did you know she has the top secret plans China is using to take over the USA? Or that there are mice running around with fully functioning human brains?
oh, okay...
"the government out of their lives", except when it comes to private acts between consenting adults, or a woman's right to determine her own future.
party of no
Look at the number of filibuster threats - the GOP has set new world records.
YESSSSS!
Come back to reality.
Dubya
Dubya had a Repuliclown House for 6 years, and a Republiclown Senate for 4.
no to long ago
We're still trying to dig the country out of that disaster.
math
Did you know with republican math you can pay for $4 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy with $300 billion in spending cuts?
MBA
Didn't we just have some MBA in charge of something, and it turned into one of the biggest disasters in history?
wow
Wow! You mean we can actually lock up terrorists on American soil? I figured maybe we'd have to come up with some shady stories and go blow some other country up first.
nothin'
When you got nuthin', resort to SHOUTING.
Okay
Okay, so what happened after Raygun?
legal?
So, it IS legal to claim homestead exemptions in different states at the same time? Really?
so what?
Doesn't matter how many she has, you'd be whining anyway.
my mistake
My mistake, no name... what does that make the other 99% of the republican party?
oxymoron
The term "fiscal conservative" fits the classic definition of oxymoron.
GOP
What does that make the entire republican party then?
okay
Okay, facts only, how has the national debt grown under republican administrations? Reagan nearly tripled it, Dubya doubled it, Clinton's contribution was....
subsidies
Rather than railing against a possible "illegal" getting a little healthcare, where is your outrage at the giant agricultural subsidies paid to multinational corporations?
duh
She needs them, duh.
nice try
Commissions and councils and committees - but no agencies?
sick people
As an American taxpayer, I demand all our fruits and vegetables be picked only by sick foreigners.
oh, okay...
Can you name just twenty of the "hundreds of new bureaucratic agencies"? No? Didn't think so, but you just know they exist because that's what Gretchen told you?
voice of the people?
Voice of the people? Isn't that election day? Didn't Michaud walk away with the last election? And he's going to walk away with the next one, too. That is the voice of the people.
what it means
It means that after Obama unionizes all the "illegals", he's going to send them door to door to collect all the white folks' guns.
not racists
The Tea Party is not full of mouth breathing, toothless, obese, gravy-stained knuckle dragging racists. There is a rumor going around that one of their members actually spoke to a black guy, and another actually ate some vegetables picked by a Latino, and one even figured out (through pictures) how to do single digit addition on a Chinese made calculator. See? They're all inclusive!
dirty trick
The real dirty trick is Lepage himself.
privatize
The GOP wants to take away Social Security as we know it. They want to privatize it, and shovel all of your contributions to the same Wall Street wizards that nearly destroyed the world economy.
benefits
Social Security has enough to pay all promised benefits through 2039. After that? 80% of benefits. Hardly "going broke".
tea party
Calling members of the Tea Party teabaggers started with the baggers themselves: "The first big day for this movement was Tax Day, April 15. And organizers had a gimmick. They asked people to send a tea bag to the Oval Office. One of the exhortations was “Tea Bag the Fools in D.C.” A protester was spotted with a sign saying, “Tea Bag the Liberal Dems Before They Tea Bag You.” So, conservatives started it: started with this terminology." http://goo.gl/vnlp It's hardly the fault of responsible Americans that the teabaggers aren't that smart, and coined their own phrase. Does make for some good comedy, though.
tide has turned
So, as Maine voters learn more about Lepage, his numbers are dropping like a rock. Wasn't he up just a couple of weeks ago?
huh?
How many Marden's have less than three people working at a time?
point
"governmental legislators and administrators think that they can continue their reckless spending and simply hike our taxes" Ask yourself, which party is hiking your taxes.
MBA
We had an MBA in the White House for eight years, and look where it got us.
last time
You only need to ask yourself which party was in the White House the last time the budget was any where near balanced. It certainly wasn't republican. And the coming tax increases? Purely republican.
tax cuts
The tax cuts have been in effect for about 10 years now, how many jobs have they created? What? Worst recession in decades?
you're right!
You nailed it! Look at all the classifieds in the paper - a gazillion jobs and no applicants! All those people on unemployment? They chose to lose their jobs! And the people that are working? They're getting more overtime than they ever dreamed possible! Quitting your job is the path to unemployment $$$! Wait, what? You can't get unemployment if you quit? Okay, nevermind...
reality
Since current benefits are paid with current contributions, Social Security can't go broke. The money you are paying in now is not yours - it goes to your parents or grandparents. All the fear mongering about Social Security is just a GOP wet dream.
right...
Fox would never report that income disparity is as high as it was back in the 20's - that would involve putting actual objective facts into the mouths of their spokesmodels - which they would never do, of course. The well off keep getting ahead, but the middle class is not benefiting from hard work and increased productivity. Redistribution of income to the top.
redistribution of wealth
Here's your redistribution of wealth: "The top-earning 20 percent of Americans — those making more than $100,000 each year — received 49.4 percent of all income generated in the U.S., compared with the 3.4 percent earned by those below the poverty line, according to newly released census figures. That ratio of 14.5-to-1 was an increase from 13.6 in 2008 and nearly double a low of 7.69 in 1968." http://yhoo.it/b7k7n8
ideology
If the GOP ideology hadn't destroyed the economy, there wouldn't be as much need for help as there is.
Lepage
Lepage can't manage his own finances, and we're supposed to believe that as "mayor" of Waterville he has all the answers for Lewiston?
Genesis
Then we should be safe fromall the Talibangelicals and there insistense on teaching creationism...
maybe..
Maybe mentioning "Paul Lepage" and "cheating the system" in the same sentence has something to do with it.
pay
All of our educators should be part time and earn "Marden's" wages and benefits. Just think of how many qualified, capable new teachers there would be! Maybe give 'em 30 students instead of 22 or 23, there are plenty of chairs. And why can't the teachers supply all the pens and paper? And by the way, it's not OUR fault you can't pay off your $30,000 in student loans on eight bucks an hour.
right
" I could hold a cup of coffee and lean on a shovel for $80,000 a year." Go ahead and prove it, but you may have to turn in your name tag and mop.
Okay...
"Welfare enrollment has increased 70 percent since 2003." Geez, I wonder which party was running the economy then. Maybe the government should have cut taxes on capital gains and dividends for the well off so there would be about a gazillion new jobs created by the "trickle on" theory. Then welfare need would decrease, right? Wait, what?
wrong
To think that
IslamChristianity doesn't promote killing of theinfidelnon-virgin bride is both incorrect, and dangerous.dinosaur
No, he rode his dinosaur everywhere.
Lepage
No, he could take a page from the Lepage playbook and lie about where he owns property - then pay no property taxes in Maine.
lie
He could just flat out lie about it.
yeah, right
Since they've enjoyed the colossal Bush tax cuts for about ten years now, where are all the jobs they created? I mean American jobs, not jobs in China. Massive tax cuts = worst job creation record since WWII.
common
Seems to be a common character trait of the teabag set - all hat, no cattle.
correction...
"It's my country and state" Uh, no, it's our country and state. And the people running things were elected by majorities. How's that tea?
here's how...
"How is the CEO so indispensable that he needs to be compensated $1.9 million?" Because he can discharge 35 or so middle class employees with families and mortgages, accept a big raise, and not even blink an eye! And, it's not about delivering quality health care at all - it's all about the greed of top management.
cowardly
Nothing short of vindictive and cowardly to continue to punish the kids for their parents' "crimes".
response
The proper Republican response is to blame the sick people.
Dream Act
The Dream Act allows children of undocumented immigrants to attend college or join the military. They must have entered the USA prior to turning 16, be here 5 years, graduate (or GED) from US high school or accepted to college, and be of good moral character. I can't find anywhere in the bill where it says all "illegals" will get a "taxpayer funded college education". Besides,
thinkingmanspecialinterestcommonsense, how is denying a kid a path to citizenship either through the military or higher education going to help anything except your xenophobia?wrong
What part of "claiming homestead exemptions in two states is wrong' that you don't understand? What part of Florida launching an investigation do you not understand?
reconciliation
They were passed through budget reconciliation - doesn't matter what the Democrats did or didn't do. The Republicans own the tax increases. So yes, I guess I should've titled my previous post duh... http://goo.gl/KJJK
uh...
Who wrote, passed, and signed the tax cut laws with the sunset provision?
pity
It's a pity, but if the Republicans succeed in raising his taxes on gains and dividends, he may actually have to go on food stamps to get the cheese to go with his whine.
church
If we make every follower of Islam publicly decry terrorism, isn't it then fair to make every Catholic publicly state they are against pedophilia?
Chalke
Didn't Chalke just get a nice fat raise a few months ago? One gets a raise, 35 get the boot? Oh, okay...
irony
Oh, the irony! Commonsense? Insert eye roll here...
Clinton
Hilary lived in New York long enough to meet their requirements, how is that scandalous? Lepage's wife claims residency in two states at the same time in order to shave a few thousand off their kids' tuition bills, and lies about the homestead exemptions. And we've all seen the legal certification of Obama's birth, but watch out for the fluoride in the water!
yes
Yes, it was Clinton, and we're all very embarrassed there were 23 million jobs created during his administration, and a budget surplus Dubya quickly turned into record deficits.
troops
Why do Republicans hate the troops?
names
The names are easy to find. Unless, of course, you think you've outsmarted the monitor and don't have the stones to be responsible for your posts.
liability
Assuming liability and simply becoming somebody's legal rep are two different things. Sure, you can write checks in their name, but who is ultimately responsible for making sure the property tax bill gets paid? The homeowner, duh. "Having property held in such a manner does not change homestead exemption since the property status generally does not change" - so, if Mrs. Lepage was the legal rep, and the property status didn't change, how can she claim someone else's homestead exemption? "presume to be fact with any of the LePage children attending colleges or universities in Florida" you mean they didn't attend FSU? Lepage lied about that, too? Keep trying, but remember the rule of holes.
profile
He (it?) fits the profile of some other poster - cowardly, childish, and he has the Palinesque word salad down pretty good.
geniuses
Funny how this purely Republican tax hike is playing out. McConnell says we can pay for the $4 trillion in lost revenues over the next decade with $300 billion in spending cuts. Genius! Or that the Republicans raising taxes on the rich is somehow going to stop them from creating more jobs, even though they've enjoyed the tax cuts for about ten years and haven't created any American jobs.
Oh, okay rob
How does one just "assume" somebody else's property tax liability? Could the old bird be hiding assets from the state of Florida?
LA
The 55 jobs created in LA, are those new or saved government employee's jobs? How much of that money do you think was spent for services contracted out (hint, private employment)? And where do you get your numbers from? Mattel?
geez...
Next thing you know there will be a Republican running for a federal office who thinks there are mice running a round with human brains!
no..
Of course not. Now McConnell thinks we can keep tax cuts for the rich at a cost of $4trillion over the next decade, and pay for it with $300 billion in spending cuts. That's your GOP math right there.
and...
and some people are born Fox News fools, right Boob?
trash
Lepage is doing just fine trashing himself by wallowing in his wingnut welfare - homestead exemptions, in state tuition in another state, pays no property taxes in Maine, and he pouts like a six year old when caught. How much is it costing honest taxpayers to foot this clown's bill?
NJ
Just like Christie in NJ, a clerical error that cost NJ $400 million...
talking points
He's nothing but talking points, no substance.
cry
Looks kinda like he's ready to cry, take his ball and go home.
power point
"Independent candidate Eliot Cutler dismissed LePage's plan as "little more than bullet points, slogans and sound bites."" True, but he can do PowerPoint miming!
typical crook
He's a typical GOP crook: "And the candidate is now acknowledging that two of his children did qualify for in-state tuition, at a considerable savings, at Florida State University. FSU has a number of resident tuition requirements -- including proof of receiving a Florida homestead exemption benefit." http://goo.gl/radu
wow
Now that's some linguistic jiu jitsu - Beck, honor, and truth all in one sentence!
rent
People can still take their rent money and buy lottery tickets or play bingo.
agreed
"That would make approximately 70 percent of Americans "un-American.": just the ones saying "couldn't we just look the other way on the constitution, just this once, and tell them not to build it?"
insanity
Insanity would be returning to rule by whackadoodle ideology - after all, the current recession is a direct result of republican economic ideology. And we should go back? Talk about insanity... "Why is he suing the state of Arizona for enforcing federal laws": because it's not up to Arizona to decide which federal laws they want to enforce. Prosecute Acorn for what? Registering low income voters? And the new Black Panthers? Both of them? Seriously? I heard Obama wants to unionize Acorn, hire Muslims and Mexicans, and send them door to door to take away white people's guns!
capacity
"our businesses might have a chance to start investing in their own growth" What have they been doing with the tax cuts all these years? Now they might have a "chance" to start investing? Uh, okay.... So they start investing, building more capacity to make stuff people aren't buying. The problem is not that they don't have enough capacity to meet demand, the problem is there isn't enough demand to use the existing capacity. And remember, it is the Republicans who wrote, passed, and signed the law to "expire" the tax cuts.
and Chritianity teaches...
"BRUSSELS – Hundreds of sex abuse victims have come forward in Belgium with harrowing accounts of molestation by Catholic clergy that reportedly led to at least 13 suicides and affected children as young as two, a special commission said Friday." http://yhoo.it/d3L133
no...
Members of Congress are not preparing to vote on a massive tax increase. In fact, the republicans wrote the law on Dubya's massive tax cuts financed by China that automatically raises everybody's taxes. It's a huge Republican tax hike! And... Obama has a plan to reduce taxes on small businesses, but the Repubs are fighting it all the way.
neither is Fox
Neither is Fox
Pentagon
Including the mosque in the Pentagon?
recruiting
All this hyped up anti-mosque, burn the koran bs. is turning into another great recruiting tool for the Taliban. Remind me again, who cares about the troops?
questions
2 simple questions - when did the recession start? And how many jobs were lost in Dubya's last month in office?
hilarity
You know what's funny? Some people actually believe Fox News, the GOP propaganda network. Isn't the Fox News audience the lowest intelligence audience on the planet? Even lower than the Girls Gone Wild 3 a.m. infomercial audience?
diapers
Now put something over by the swimming area so dirty diapers quit showing up in the bushes.
start
He's having a hard time with the start dates...
duh....
Who signed the 2001 and 2003 tax cut laws? Duh.....
That's right!
Republicans wrote and passed the law to "expire" the tax cuts, and Bush signed it. The tax increase on Jan 1 is Republican!
t bills
Nothin' but t-bills in there.
Spiritual adultery?
Isn't that when skyrockets go off for both at the same time?
?
Are you that guy at Walmart blocking the aisles with your mart cart, with a donut in one hand and your gut spilling out of your pizza stained purple sweat pants, oxygen tank in the basket, buying Ben & Jerry's and a carton of Marlboros?
tax cuts
No mention of borrowing money from China to finance Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy?
Yes, it does...
All hat, no cattle.
tax cuts
No mention of borrowing money from China to finance Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy?
Pentagon
We're all doomed to live under Sharia law! For God's sake, there's a MOSQUE IN THE PENTAGON! And they attacked the Pentagon on 9/11! AND THERE"S A MOSQUE IN THE PENTAGON! Probably paid for with YOUR TAX DOLLARS!
jobs
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2722/4066256647_35f027dc7f.jpg
exemptions
Yes, there are religious exemptions.
tax cuts
The only thing that will create new jobs is giving more tax cuts to the rich. With the extra money from tax cuts they can invest more and more overseas and create jobs in China.
difference
Huge difference between Media Matters and Flocks - Media Matters tends to dwell in reality and facts and cites their sources, Flocks just makes sh*t up.
controversies
When was the last time "AOL, Motorola, Apple, City Bank and likes" started up their own propaganda network and ginned up fake controversies with their spokesmodels to stir up the misinformed ignorant masses who willing believe?
First Amendment
The first amendment is a "a travesty of all that is decent in this country." Because allowing a religious organization to build a community center on private property is not what America stands for! We should put EVERY construction project in every town in America up for a vote because "The proposed mosque is opposed by a huge majority of Americans and it should be." USA! USA! USA!
"small 7%"?
He owns the second largest voting block of Newscorp stock, but that's peanuts? How many billions is 7%? AND - he gives quite a bit of money to Feisal Abdul Rauf, the scary Imam behind the Cordoba House - one of his biggest financial supporters. I guess the only difference is one is a terrorist organization, and the other wants to build a Muslim community center on private property.
funny
Whether tron is deaf in one ear or not is irrelevant. But, you somehow think a hearing disability is funny? Stay classy.
flight suit
Maybe he should've pranced around the flight deck in his flight suit?
and?
So, another politician with an (R) next to his name is just making sh*t up about spending? And that's news?
raisins
It takes a pair the size of raisins to post without a name.
freedom of religion
Freedom of religion for all Americans, as long as they're Christian?
Murdoch
You mean like Rupert giving a million to the republican governors?
Psalm 137 9
"How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones
against the rock." Smashing babies against rocks? Oh, okay.
bible
"Commands to kill, to commit ethnic cleansing, to institutionalize segregation, to hate and fear other races and religions . . . all are in the Bible, and occur with a far greater frequency than in the Koran. " http://bit.ly/dhCH6l
sources
Funny thing about most Faux News viewers is they aren't smart enough to know they're being lied to.
Of course -
Just like the Phelps brigade. All baptists are now terrorists.
comparisons
Don't set your sights too high, Gil. We should give up the whole freedom of religion thing so we can be more like Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Afghanistan, right?
hatred
It's hatred fueled by fear generated by the no ideas, no policies, no sense GOP aided by their propaganda network, and the no-brains clowns that dutifully tune in daily and believe the lies.
clean
What do we need a clean environment for? It's only dirt and trees and water, right? Let's just let the businesses regulate themselves. Maybe we could add a few more species of fish to the "don't eat" list, maybe a little more mercury in the food chain? Vote LePage to turn Maine into a business friendly cesspool.
Huh?
Make up your minds. "Now the Obama administration has taken federal interference in our lives, and the lives of our children, to an entirely new level." So, Maine didn't get the money, and that is interfering in our lives how? "What's more frightening, however, is the widespread acceptance that the federal government has the authority to blackmail us into action with our own tax money." And how is offering incentives to get the cash blackmail? Maybe you think they should've just started writing checks with no strings attached?
yes
Yes, meteorologists study weather in the short term, but climatologists study the long term. Can't get your climates change denial from a meteorologist.
except
Except it would be unfair to conservatives, since all they ever get on their tests is drool.
surpluses
So, if 2010 is the first year of running a deficit, what happens with the surpluses collected over at least the past 25 years?
tax
If you don't want to pay the cigarette tax, don't buy cigarettes. That'll show 'em.
or...
Or "promote the general welfare"
foreign
The decision also threw wide open the ability of foreign corporations to influence American elections.
Here you go
We could start here: "(CNN) -- A federal judge on Thursday ruled that the U.S. government's domestic eavesdropping program is unconstitutional and ordered it ended immediately." 8/17/06
http://bit.ly/2b8Zo3
sources
Of course you'd be happy to share your reliable sources on anything Obama has done that has been found unconstitutional, right? Or would you like some cheese with that?
amendments
From AP yesterday: "Republicans have proposed at least 42 Constitutional amendments in the current Congress, including one that has gained favor recently to eliminate the automatic grant of citizenship to anyone born in the United States." http://tinyurl.com/29ue8x7
Fox News
Did you know Faux News is a terrorist organization? Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, a Saudi, is the second largest stockholder in Faux News and one of the biggest supporters of the Cordoba House.
cards
How 'bout a spirited game of crazy eights? Old maid?
Huh?
Social Security COLA increases are automatic: "By law, Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits increase automatically each year if there is an increase in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), from the third quarter of the last year to the corresponding period of the current year. This year there was no increase in the CPI-W from the third quarter of 2008 to the third quarter of 2009." Didn't Glenn tell you that?
majority
"politicial hack-a-rama cohorts" are the majority, and people will keep voting for them. I guess that means the minority are what "politicial hack-a-rama cohorts" scrape off their shoes.
enemies?
Albert, are all Muslims our enemies? If not, what's the stick for? I thought it was a few Al Qaeda extremists. And just how does denigrating all Muslims help win the hearts and minds of Afghanis?
Congress
I thought only Congress could declare war.
National Day of Prayer
The National Day of Prayer is NOT exclusively the christian National Day of Prayer, it was designated for ALL religions, even them scary muslins: " In 1988, the law was amended so that the National Day of Prayer would be held on the first Thursday of May. Two stated intentions of the National Day of Prayer were that it would be a day when adherents of all great religions could unite in prayer". And the churches have to sue because they do not actually support their local governments by paying taxes.
avoidable
An AVOIDABLE accident. Drunk driving is no accident.
Fox
You mean like Faux News, whose biggest shareholder outside of the Murdoch family is a Saudi?
hardly
If I use the twisted logic that all Muslims are terrorists and they shouldn't be allowed to build a community center near ground zero, it seems reasonable to assume all Catholic priests are pedophiles and there shouldn't be Catholic churches anywhere near a playground. Or is there different logic at work?
church
Do we allow Catholic churches near playgrounds?
segregation
Aside from the issues of segregating special needs kids from from the rest of the school age population, introducing the private profit motive (guaranteed results?) probably won't turn out well: "how many special-needs students would need to continue in the program?" As many as they need to protect their profits or the CEO's bonus. And, paying for sports, music, art, etc. by cutting money intended for the most vulnerable? Seriously?
and...
You forgot he's a Kenyan Muslim Nazi!!!!
private sector
Part of the gap is due to more of private sector compensation going to the few at the top. The CEOs can get their sympathetic boards to give them massive new compensation packages and golden parachutes (HP ceo resigns, gets $28m), but the guys that actually do the work get nothing. Are there any federal employees making 400 or 500 times the wages of the lesser paid?
Christians
Religious freedom only applies to non-brown Christians, like the founding fathers originally intended. You can practice any religion you want, as long as it's Christianity.
9 years
The bill has been up for consideration for 9 years, and garnered 255 votes in the house. Know why it didn't pass? Cynical republiclowns wanted to attach a totally unrelated immigration bill to it. So, just who is playing politics with the 9/11 responders' lives?
Okay
So, if all the right handed people put together and pass a proposition that all left handed people can't drive cars, because driving is a privilege not a right, that would be constitutionally okay because the majority voted it okay? Isn't that exactly what you're saying?
Reagan
The judge was first nominated by Reagan. Does that make the hero of conservatives, Ronnie Raygun, a liberal? Also, where in the constitution does it say the majority gets to run roughshod all over the minority? I thought it said something about equality.
Constitution
Liberty and equality, what concepts! Perhaps the judge should have performed the Alito-Thomas-Roberts double twisting gainer with a Scalia dismount to come up with a non-constitutional but conservative (activist judge) opinion.
Theocracy
Thank God we don't live in a theocracy, and the constitution is not a chapter in the bible.
tax
How about we just tax all the people that resell the State's water at an astronomical profit?
not arguing
I'm not arguing, just wondering how the self proclaimed smartest guy on this site could be so wrong and not see it.
sure?
And you're standing by that?
huh?
What's an aquafer?
huh?
You mean if we allow gay marriage, the terrorists win?
Dubya
No, he wants to be just like Dubya.
quality of life
Many people just don't want to hear loud bikes, and the noise lowers nearly everybody's quality of life. Why wait until the world is perfect to act?
16
16. Profit!
Sunday
Especially on a Sunday! What a slacker.
But...
But he's got all the Faux News talking points down...
double triple
Doubled revenues? Okay... Tripled the deficit, yes.
And not only that.....
President Obama hosted a pickup basketball game yesterday with some of the biggest names to have played the game: Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Bill Russell, LeBron James and Dwayne Wade. Afterwards they dined on shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico. You know who else played basketball? The Chinese, that's who!
Wow
Wow, the whack is strong with this one. Must be the fluoride in the water.
constitution
Well, how 'bout that! A judge actually adhering to the constitution, protecting a minority.
ship
How much water do you ship around the world?
water
How much do they pay for the water?
deportations
Of course you're aware deportations are at their highest level ever, at least 10% higher than Dubya. So, how is that pandering to illegals?
ooooh, scary brown people
"Children of illegals born here should not automatically be citizens." What should they be? Natural born felons? What a clown.
rants
And your juvenile rants against tron add what?
I agree
I agree a piece of paper does not confer intelligence, and I think you may have misinterpreted my comment. It was in reply to thinkingman's comment about how he's oh so smart, but couldn't spell graduation.
problem
Notice any problem here? "only one of us gradated from high school and college, so yes we do know who the stupid one is" And what was that about stones?
confirmed
She's been confirmed, take that!
generalizations
Saying all Muslims are scary terrorists is like saying all Germans are Nazis, like you did.
uh...
The constitution?
paying attention
And just how do you know she was not paying attention, and did not see him? Do you have adequate proof? Maybe when she made the decision to pull out he was far enough away to give her time, had he been going a reasonable speed.
No Catholics
This kinda rules out the entire Catholic church: "demonizing opponents (characterizing the opposition as evil). That person also refuses to make untrue statements, to value honesty, truth and civility,"
Rasmussen
Rasmussen IS a republican polling firm.
not paid for?
"receive retirement benefits that they did not pay for" The retirement benefits are part of their compensation, so they most certainly did pay for them.
denial
Funny how the conservaclowns are in denial about Dubya, the worst president in modern history. Massive deficits, huge (useless) tax cuts for the rich, start a couple of wars, leave the economy on the brink of another depression, failure at job creation, etc... He was successful at one thing, though, exposing the conservative ideology for the massive fraud and failure that it is.
Also...
We should never hire police officers who have never robbed, raped, or murdered. And we should not have any firefighters who haven't torched something.
weak
Just shows how weak the conservative ideology is in Maine if they can't even beat 39%!
contributions
Corporations can't donate to candidates.
okay
So, for very selfish reasons you don't want the youngsters in your family making their own way in the world? I think kids should be free to make their own decisions and get out and explore the world. You only get one chance.
ideology
Just goes to show you what happens when republiclowns are allowed to run the country - lack of effective regulation and an economy swirling the drain. Thanks Dubya!
funny
The Bloomberg poll this month shows onyl 37% want it repealed. 61% want to leave it as is, or wait and see how it works.
build more capacity
Your idea is to build and invest in more capacity, even though there is excess capacity right now? Give businesses tax cuts to hire people to stand around? Brilliant! If the unemployed keep receiving benefits, they spend right away, creating demand. Increased demand means increased production. Increased production means more people hired.
other taxes
You think maybe they might pay sales taxes? How about when they register a car? Or maybe even when they put gas in that car? Nobody ever asked me for my SS card at the gas pump.
duh
So, the local farmers are offering nutritious food to those in need, and you want to be first in line to take it away? Put down the Cheetos and the Mountain Dew and pay attention.
pay for it
What programs would you cut to pay for the tax cuts? Or extending the Bush tax cuts?
silly heathen
God invented fire so Jesus could have a dinosaur barbecue.
Okay
So, what you're saying is if they had a little more melanin, spoke spanish, and ran a taco stand it would be okay to ship them out? Are you aware deportations are much higher than they ever were under Dubya?
visas
Without valid visas, doesn't that make them illegal?
over your head
Apparently the goals of the UN treaty are way over your head.
And...
And all of those problems you mentioned can be solved with tax cuts for the rich, hooray!
rights
I guess if you're against children's rights you must support buying and selling kids, child pornography, child prostitution, etc...
tax cuts
Are you also aware that according to CBO the soaring deficits are due to the Bush tax cuts?
duh
You mean he had the power way back when the war started? Geez, he's good!
uh, duh
Dude, are they like the same thing or something?
time to go
Time for Hooch to join Jack in the afterlife.
yeah...
Who is proposing the government take over payday lenders?
Huh?
I guess I don't understand how placing a cap on interest that predatory lenders can charge turns into "replacing private debt with public deficits."
you're right
It is cheaper to lock'em up than to fry'em: "it is cheaper to imprison killers for life than to execute them, according to a series of recent surveys. Tens of millions of dollars cheaper, politicians are learning, during a tumbling recession when nearly every state faces job cuts and massive deficits" AP article on MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29552692/
within 200 feet
Article says within 200 feet of their home. And who cares if the landowner ever goes there - it's still their land to do with as they see fit. Get your own land, freeloader.
property
Yes, they don't want dirtbags tearing up their property, having fun at other people's expense.
parents
And when parents don't care? Should we leave it up to the whack-a-doodle right wing clowns and their "abstinence only" failure?
warming
When it snows the deniers say there is no global warming. What do they say when there's a blistering heat wave?
change
After eight years of massive failure of conservative ideology, and the foul aftertaste of the most incompetent president the country has ever seen, it's nice to have the adults back in charge to restore "a country of integrity, dignity and self-worth".
Duh
Filibuster, duh.
teabaggers
Griff Jenkins of Faux News used the term on the air a few years ago, and it stuck. Would you prefer teahadists?
Correction
Governor OF all the people, governor FOR the teabaggers. Way too much nuttery.
Party of no
"near constant filibustering of the minority party" Says it all - new world records for obstruction!. Snowe and Collins want to score cheap political points on the backs of the unemployed, teachers, police, firefighters, etc...
recession
When did this recession start? Bam.
Double duh!
So, you could be at least $5000/yr richer living in Hew Hampshire? And you're still here?
McD's?
Maybe they'll move you all the way up to drive-thru! Hooray!
war
Afghanistan is a war that was started and then ignored for years by the biggest boob of a president this country has ever seen.
tea party
Tea party Charlie has a nice ring to it.
sources
Do you have even one single legitimate source for your assertions? Of course not, there aren't any.
sources?
Do you have any realistic sources? Obama took no PAC money, and corporations can't donate to campaigns. If a part time BP convenience store employee contributed $5 to Obama's presidential campaign, does that mean Obama is on the hook to BP (and personally caused the spill)?
huh?
Oh, grow up.
wedgie
Why does the Sun Journal feel they need to protect LePage from the electorate? Aren't all of his views relevant, even the "wedgie" issues? What did Jesus name his dinosaur?
102 new taxes?
I guess republicans have a difficult time with the English language. Either that or they have a hard time with honesty. To scare people off just call it "102 new taxes" rather than what it really is. And Tom, are you aware that deportations are higher than they ever were with the previous administration? Or that 95% of Americans had their taxes cut? Are you one of them teahadists?
give away
The original Medicare prescription plan was a massive government give away and huge entitlement spending expansion orchestrated by the republicans in order to buy off the big drug companies. The recently passed health care overhaul will close the hole.
shares
BP's shares went up after the announcement. Isn't that good for 401ks?
Huh?
So, by setting aside money to pay legitmate claims, they won't be able to pay legitimate claims? Or we need to protect their profit - the hell with all the people and businesses destroyed by the spill?
Hah
How is it the state's fault you aren't paying enough to provide for you kids? So, you think the state's taxpayers should be feeding and housing your kids? Time to grow up.
ideology
That's because it's conservaclown ideology of allowing industry to regulate itself that created the mess, and to say otherwise would mean admitting complete failure. Bribes? Hardly. BP agreed to the escrow fund - they could have said "no".
full of?
Somebody sure is full of something.
you're right
You're right, his ability to crack backs was not affected. His ability to do it legally was. All he had to do was support his children. Since he chose not to, and knew the consequences, he deserved to lose his license. And, I bet if you did a little research you'll find he's not the only deadbeat dad to lose his professional license for being a poor excuse for a father.
complicated issue?
Some of those "unelected government officials" are scientists. Science should not be held hostage by elected officials. That's common sense, not complicated.
Okay then
Let's just count the last Republiclown president against the dems. Still doesn't look very good.
debt
Quadrupled what debt? Sources, please.
and
There is not one single example of a bank being forced to lend to somebody they knew wouldn't pay them back. They could, and did, say no.
1990
You mean the 1990 Oil Pollution Act? Oh, those pesky facts.
off topic
Perhaps a little off topic, but one Elaine rants about frequently: "(CNN) -- A nearly 25-year study concluded that children raised in lesbian households were psychologically well-adjusted and had fewer behavioral problems than their peers." http://bit.ly/cy8xha
and?
Yes, please pay attention. The only people talking about the fairness doctrine are the tinfoil hat crowd, and Limp Rushbo. There is no legislation or FCC rule to reinstate the fairness doctrine. So why are you wetting your pants over it?
fairness
There is no effort to regulate internet content, in fact the opposite is true. Although Comcast would have you believe otherwise. And the Fairness Doctrine? Another right wing conspiracy theory right up there with fluoridated water.
Oh, okay
I thought everybody who was supported by the state was making too much. Yet you think you deserve more? Insert eye roll here.
businessman
Wasn't the last president an MBA/businessman? Look where that got us.
amendment
A constitutional amendment requiring a super majority to raise or lower taxes? Seriously? Look what it did to California.
Agree
I agree. Check out the Texas Textbook Massacre - who needs truth when you can just rewrite history in order to indoctrinate the innocent into the world of whack?
Olympics
When Maine borrows a gazillion dollars to host the Olympics, then maybe your Greece analogy would work.
deportations
Deportations are up about 35% over the Bush admin.
handouts
They were probably just looking for handouts, again.
wait, what?
Where exactly does it say more guns made less crime? Or you just makin' sh*t up? Using your reasoning, I could say more unemployment means less crime. Unemployment is up, crime is down!!! LOL! LOL!
schools
How many schools did they vandalize like the teatards?
oh, okay...
30% of Mainers pay NO tax? That's a good one! No sales tax, no payroll taxes, no property taxes......
vote
Maybe New Englanders choose to vote for candidates who reflect their own values, and the goopers can't hoodwink enough voters to win elections.
funding
Where does your funding come from? Is it from government grants? Don't you think it's just a bit hypocritical to rail against welfare assistance out of one side of your mouth while the other side is pleading for more assistance to pay your salary? Especially when you admit you've failed at bringing decent jobs to Maine?
Government
And there are those that believe the government should be making all decisions concerning women's bodies and their reproductive destinies.
responsibility
Way to assume responsibility, you'll go far in life.
students?
When you say students, do you really mean daddy big bucks writes a check for his irresponsible kid? Is that in the handbook?
disconnect with reality
From the Wall St Journal: "So far in 2010, the oil and gas industries have contributed $12.8 million to all candidates, with 71% of that money going to Republicans. During the 2008 election cycle, 77% of the industry’s $35.6 million in contributions went to Republicans, and in the 2008 presidential contest, Republican candidate Sen. John McCain received more than twice as much money from the oil and gas industries as Obama: McCain collected $2.4 million; Obama, $898,000.
This is a decades-long trend, the center says: Since 1990, oil and gas companies have donated $238.7 million to candidates and parties, with 75% of the money going to Republicans."
http://bit.ly/bB26ao
that's right!
Because without pictures, republicans wouldn't have been able to read it in the first place.
Yeah
The xenophobic, christian, far right whack job society that opposed the Civil Rights Act and sees commies around every corner?
Love it.
Them apples is just fine.
Also
Also, who signs the budget into law?
GM
GM went through bankruptcy.
Massive fail
She also failed to mention that Obama has taken in about $800 million for his campaigns, and BP employees gave a grand total of $77,000, or less than 1/10th of 1%. She also failed to mention it is illegal for corporations to contribute directly to a candidate. But, hey, let her stew in her own whack world.
BP bailout
So, what you're saying is the Federal government should bail out BP? Privatize the profits, let the public assume the risks? Isn't that what they call "wingnut welfare"?
BP Valdez
And now we learn BP had a key role in the Valdez disaster: "Yet the leader of botched containment efforts in the critical hours after the tanker ran aground wasn't Exxon Mobil Corp. It was BP PLC, the same firm now fighting to plug the Gulf leak." http://goo.gl/totp
News
Gee, I wonder where Marcel gets his news? Could it be from the GOP propaganda outfit?
Supreme Court
You must have missed the Supreme Court decision that said the EPA had to do something about greenhouse gases. It happened during Dubya's administration, but he punted.
W Va
How about all those mountaintops in W Virginia they blast away and dump into streams and valleys? Are CO2 scrubbers going to save them?
missed something
Maybe you missed this part: "The four Democratic candidates for governor will host public parties at downtown L-A restaurants Friday night, beginning at 8 p.m."
Canadian
Does being Canadian get him out of paying any local taxes? Property? Sales tax? Payroll taxes? Are all of his employees Canadian?
Spill
Drill, baby, drill!Spill, baby, spill!What are you implying?
They just come here to drive around between Walmarts, drunk, smoking their Marlboros?
free?
Is the Colisee free?
Xmas/New Years
The week of Xmas/New Years is one of the biggest ski weeks the entire season. And don't forget about the leaf peepers.
Supreme court
Ultimately the Supreme Court decides if something is or is not constitutional. If you're not proposing usurping the power of the Judicial Branch, who would you have decide constitutional issues? Who draws up your little litmus test?
new term
I think they prefer to be called teatards now.
No dispute
Why would anybody want to dispute such a precious document? Like I said, please run with it.
I'm serious
I'm serious, run with it. Let your freak flag fly.
platform
Guess they forgot about fluoride in the water.
Platform
The GOP platform is not bad, it's absolutely hilarious! Run with it, please!
No sources?
Can't name any legitimate sources. No surprise there.
no line now
There is no line now. How can they take away something you're not getting in the first place. The mortgage interest deduction is federal.
which line
Which line on your Maine 1040 do you enter your Maine mortgage interest deduction?
making it up
Just making stuff up again, or do you have any sources?
duh
Here's a real brain teaser for you, stinkingman: what is the meals and lodging tax rate in NH? Here's a hint - 9%. Now, is that more or less than Maine? Yeah, that's the ticket!
get your money back
Husson did you a huge disservice. I suggest asking for a refund. Are you saying there is some special class of citizen that does not pay sales tax?
up is down
When you shift $55 million in income tax on Mainers to sales tax on out of staters, that's just about the biggest tax increase ever!
slight miscalculation?
I don't think it was a slight miscalculation, it was a deliberate misrepresentation of the truth.
difference
V says average, you say median. There is a difference, go figure!
can't read, either
Second grade is a little too generous. Where exactly did you make his point that taxes were going up?
Or...
Or one of the most pro separation of church and state.
research
They do it all the time - do a little research: http://www.aclufightsforchristians.com/
religion
How about the part where they say freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion? It's freedom of religion only if you're a christian, then you're free to force your religion on everybody else.
No problem here
I, for one, have absolutely no problem with the new Maine GOP platform. Have at it! We all need more comedic relief.
It was Dubya
It was the anti science MMS under the Bush admin, you know-sex and drugs and oil-that fell down on the job: "The federal Minerals Management Service gave permission to BP and dozens of other oil companies to drill in the Gulf of Mexico without first getting required permits from another agency that assesses threats to endangered species — and despite strong warnings from that agency about the impact the drilling was likely to have on the gulf." http://goo.gl/VgU2
Teabaggers
They've gone complete teabagger! Nothing but a bunch of immature hoodlums. They even vandalized a Portland school during their "convention": "When Clifford returned to school on Monday, he found that a favorite poster about the U.S. labor movement had been taken and replaced with a bumper sticker that read, "Working People Vote Republican."
Later, Clifford learned that his classroom had been searched. Republicans who had attended the convention called Principal Mike McCarthy to complain about "anti-American" things they saw there, including a closed box containing copies of the U.S. Constitution that were published by the American Civil Liberties Union." http://goo.gl/YeiG
Leonard
You forgot Larry Craig, GOP senator and airport restrooms.
reasonable cause
Reasonable cause has nothing to do with the Arizona "breathing while brown" law, especially with the clause that law enforcement officers can be sued for not checking somebody's papers. Consider the fact a few of the major cities in Arizona have filed suit against the state to prevent the law from taking effect.
Maine GOP
Now that the Maine GOP has gone full blown teabagger, I can't wait until they publish and parade around with their new party platform. It will be the best thing that ever happened to Maine Democrats, and guarantee the GOP will stay in a shriveling, shrinking minority for generations to come. Hooray!
pay day lenders?
Is Snowe out to protect the pay day lenders? " exempt certain small businesses from being regulated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau"
Crackpot
Check the Google - D'Aleo is a pseudo-scientific crackpot. And the CRU data? "Reports by the House of Commons' Science and Technology Select Committee and an independent Science Assessment Panel commissioned by the UEA concluded that there was no evidence of malpractice on the part of the CRU" and " The scientific consensus that "global warming is happening and that it is induced by human activity" was determined to not be challenged by the emails and there was "no evidence of any deliberate scientific malpractice in any of the work of the Climatic Research Unit." http://goo.gl/mndE
Foreign entities?
Do you mean like the Saudi Prince who is major shareholder in News Corp and brags about manipulating Faux News coverage?
Logic
I thought taxpayers paid for public school buses to go to public schools. Using your logic, any senior citizen who pays their property taxes ought to be able to ride the school bus to the mall.
Not common sense
Taxpayers should not have their tax dollars used to support Catholic education.
Safer?
If you ignore 9/11 and the anthrax attacks, Dubya did a heck of a job.
DNC
If the DNC had its own Michael Steele there would be hilarity all around. If there is no balance in a story, should the reporter just make it up like Faux News?
And...
Keep your government hands off my Medicare and Social Security!
Sad
The sad part of this letter is he probably believes it. Gee, wonder where he gets his news? ACORN caused the financial meltdown, seriously?
Who determines
Should we leave it up to you to come up with the "proper" dress code?
agree
I agree. There's prepared, and there's going off the deep end.
Huh?
Liquidation is liquidation - means the firm no longer exists. How're they going to pay bonuses on that?
porn
And they spent all their time surfing porn on Dubya's watch.
Where to give
At least you know where your money is going when you donate to Preble Street. Chip in to the Catholic church and your money may be going to support shuffling naughty priests around or paying lawyers and settlements.
Report
And the DHS report Napolitano reads from was commissioned by Dubya.
Sore losers
Nothing but a bunch of sore losers, still sore over their loserness. Majorities of Americans elected Democrats to the majorities in both houses of congress, and elected a Democratic president by a big majority. And now the same congress and president are doing what the majority of real Americans elected them to do. How is that totalitarian or unconstitutional? And why are the inhabitants of Planet Wingnuttia so obsessed with things going down their throats?
Huh?
Detroit MICHIGAN.
?
Maybe not...
Alaska
Or Alaska! They're as socialistic as it gets, taxing them oil companies for removing their oil. Why didn't the Wasilla Gorilla put a stop to it?
See ya.
The state should just give away assets? That sounds rather socialistic/communist to me.
water
How much do they pay for the water?
same program
This is pretty much the same program for low income people that Verizon ran for years before Fairpoint came in. Where was all your faux outrage then?
Bigotry?
"All bigotry — racist, anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim etc. — is based on ignorance. " How about sexual orientation and opposition to same sex marriage?
seminary
Should've trained in another profession.
So, you failed?
So, you must have been a miserable failure in 6th grade if you can't even understand bills don't become laws without the President's signature, or a veto override, ya teatard.
veto
You're assuming the president has no veto power. Lame.
Tea Party
Here's your tea bagger leader: "Dale Robertson, a Tea Party activist who operates TeaParty.org, is getting stung for an old photo — taken at the Feb. 27, 2009 Tea Party in Houston — in which he holds a sign reading “Congress = Slaveowner, Taxpayer = Niggar.”" But, they're not a hate group!
http://goo.gl/QIUZ
Constitution?
Do you have an example of anything unconstitutional? Not a "they're gonna do this, they're gonna do that", something that has actually happened and been found unconstitutional? Didn't think so. And if hating the working people of America means giving 95% of them tax cuts, I say bring on the hate! The overall tax burden is at its lowest in more than 60 years, but trying to get a teatard to believe it without a video is futile. And only 18% of Americans support the teabaggers.
Whoa!
So much teabaggery in one place cannot be good for the time space continuum!
Polls?
What were Dubya's numbers when he left?
here you go
Dale Robertson, a Tea Party activist who operates TeaParty.org, is getting stung for an old photo — taken at the Feb. 27, 2009 Tea Party in Houston — in which he holds a sign reading “Congress = Slaveowner, Taxpayer = Niggar.”
http://washingtonindependent.com/73036/n-word-sign-dogs-would-be-tea-par...
Scared
Why are so many people afraid to visit without a handgun?
History
The country now is a product of everything that's happened in the past. To
ignore Dubya's legacysuggest otherwise is really dumb.rot
And the rot goes all the way to the pope.
16,500
The 16,500 "agents" are actually the death panels the pants wetters are so afraid of, and the consultations are where you say your last goodbyes to grandma.
donated
John, do you think maybe the shoes were also donated?
NSA
You mean like the recent ruling that Dubya's wiretapping program was unconstitutional?
Unless
Unless you're in need of treatment for a chronic illness and have no insurance.
AT&T?
You must be talking about the tax loophole that was closed. For every dollar AT&T spent to cover retiree prescription costs Uncle Sam kicked in 28 cents. So, even though AT&T is really only spending 72 cents, they were writing off the entire dollar. Why should they be allowed to write off the 28 cents the government kicked in?
Choice
There is a choice - either buy insurance or pay the tax. Nobody is forcing you to buy anything. Also, the Commerce Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause have been used together in decisions quite frequently.
Still hiding
But still can't disclose your real name? How do we even know you're a man? We already know you're not a thinker. Speaking as Gizmo is courageous? Do you have those curly straws sticking out of your purple felt tall hat? And flowers that squirt? Really? And Lil was my 14 year old dog's name, coward.
Taxation
Congress has the authority to levy taxes, and there is nothing in the law forcing you to buy insurance. The individual mandate was written as taxation on uninsured individuals, and the Supreme Court has consistently upheld Congress' broad authority to levy taxes. Also see the Necessary and Proper Clause. And there is no constitutional right to not have insurance, see auto insurance. Can you legally drive around without car insurance, and who do you buy it from?
Good one
That's rich, coming from some coward who won't even release his own name...
Yes!
I can see it now. The GOP is going to run on supporting pre-existing conditions denials, rescissions, and taking away healthcare from kids and seniors! That way they can get to the 2/3 majorities they'll need to override a presidential veto. Hooray!
Except...
Except Obama's numbers have been rising.
Elections
They also came up with something called elections for the non-violent changing of the government. Seems to me the President and Congress were elected by majorities.
False
Another lie. From Politifact: "Members of Congress are offered insurance through their employer, which in this case is the federal government. They can purchase it through the Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan, which is offered to all federal employees. (We've written about this plan previously.) Under the plan, federal workers — and members of Congress — can choose from a variety of insurance plans just as people would in the new health care exchange.
There's nothing in the health care bills that exempts Congress from the same requirements as regular citizens."
http://bit.ly/azrQ8
Not bad...
According to the Gallup Daily Tracking poll, he's doing alright. 51% approve, 44% disapprove. http://bit.ly/lS4ZF And pollster.com has him at 51.4% and 42.2%.
representative government
Democrats won solid majorities in both the house and the senate. Obama ran on health care reform and was elected with a solid majority. The major HCR bill passed the senate with 60 votes. Sounds to me like they're doing exactly what the majority elected them to do.
“creative but not well-founded.”
They're trying to earn their Teabagger credentials.
Choir
I think they did a little more to the boys choir than just slapping, unless that's what you're calling it now.
New poll
USA Today/Gallup Poll today: 49% in favor, 40% opposed.
Biden
Like the VP said to Obama, "This is a big f**king deal."
Pity
Actually, no. I feel sorry for the guy. Glenn Beck? Really?
Nursing home
So, an accountant at a nursing home? Wonder how much Medicare they rake in to pay his salary. Isn't that living off the government?
McCain?
Nice to hear from President McCain. Can't wait until he signs the bill into law!
Yes
Yes, that whole "hope and change" thing is working out very nicely, thank you.
Popcorn
With so many teabagger heads exploding it kinda sounds like popcorn.
Margin of error
4% margin of error means it's a toss up,
no namehidingman.Bushes
Who was it that was photographed prancing around kissing and hold hands with the Saudi? And who was it threw up on the Japanese Prime Minister? Ah, the good ole days....when the laughs were much easier.
Approval
Check Obama's approval in a few days after the Dems pass the health care bill tonight.
Good Reason
"The Republicans have offered, and continue to offer, remedies which are voted down without good reason." The republicans and their remedies are not wanted by the majority of Mainers. Sounds like reason enough they can't win elections.
By the People?
"The country is supposed to be run "by the people,"" - that's what elections are for! And your side got whooped, badly. Health care reform was a major part of Obama's campaign.
Okay...
"I wonder about the mental state of some folks here in Maine." Mirror, mirror?
Of course
Of course I'd fire the garage owner by taking my business elsewhere.
Healthcare
You mean the plan that reduces the deficit by $130 billion the first decade, and more than a trillion the second? And provides an additional 32 million with health care?
Socialist
Jesus was like the biggest socialist ever. I don't remember reading anywhere he walked around preaching "I got mine, get your own." And what about that whole camel and eye of the needle thing?
lie
Until you start using your real name, Gizmo, everything you post is a cowardly lie.
Vote?
Isn't registering and voting constitutional?
Like what?
He has a wife and she has a job? His wife's employer provides more generous benefits? Boy, you really got him there...
Norm
Oh Norm, you ole teabagger you.... Got any sources, other than GlennBeckistan?
Oh, okay...
"The Catholic Church has long promoted social and economic justice", yeah right....
"The priest at the center of a German sex-abuse scandal that has embroiled Pope Benedict XVI was suspended Monday, more than 30 years after the church first heard allegations that he had molested children."
"Benedict not only served as the archbishop of the diocese where the priest worked, but also later as the cardinal in charge of reviewing sexual abuse cases for the Vatican.
“If you get divorced and remarry you can’t take communion, but someone convicted of molesting children can hold mass for the rest of his life,” Ms. Wankerl said."
http://nyti.ms/apun2w
executive order
Unless Reagan pushed through tax cuts using an executive order, then the dems were also responsible for the tax cuts. Can't have it both ways.
Iran
Maybe he should've charged Iran a bit more for the weapons? Or maybe leave Iraq on the known terrorist countries list, and charge them more for weapons, too?
Veto
So, what you're saying is Ronnie was so afraid of those mean democrats he didn't dare use the veto pen? And, using your reasoning, the Reagan tax cuts weren't his at all because the democrats were in charge and got whatever they wanted. So, the democrats are responsible for the Reagan tax cuts? Can't have it both ways...
ratings
Ratings determine facts - just ask the pirate.
Financial ruin
Republican presidencies have put the country on the path to financial ruin, starting with "triple the debt" Reagan.
Fact:
The GOP "plan" would leave even more people uninsured: "But the CBO analysis also concluded that under the GOP plan, 52 million nonelderly Americans would have no insurance in 2019 -- even more than the 50 million in 2010. By comparison, the House Democratic bill would reduce the number of nonelderly Americans without coverage to around 18 million over the next decade." http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/05/nation/na-health-gop5
2 questions:
How many currently uninsured Americans will gain coverage under the Republican plan? (Democrat's plan: 30+ million, Repubs: ??) How much will the Republican plan reduce the deficit over the next 10 years? (Democrat's plan: about $120 billion, Repubs: ??, CBO numbers, please) There are over 100 republican amendments in the plan passed by the Senate. Tax cuts, tort reform, and deregulation are not viable plans.
Riddle me this:
""Every citizen has a right to keep and bear arms and this right shall never be questioned." Even a fifth-grader can interpret that." Including felons? Aren't felons citizens? You mean that right is not absolute? When will you graduate fifth grade? Also, what does political subdivision of the State mean? Doesn't mean the State itself.
Free markets
So, now you oppose free markets and capitalism?
GE & Caterpillar
GE & Caterpillar led much of the opposition to the "buy American" clause in the ARRA stimulus proposed by Democrats. A certain failed Republican presidential aspirant (loser) offered an amendment to strip all "buy American" provisions from the bill. In fact, many republicans clutched their pearls and screamed "capitalism" and "free markets!" and "protectionism". The final version ended up respecting international trade agreements.
Everybody?
Do they offer chemo and dialysis in the emergency room? How about insulin?
Self defense?
Against what? Some unseen imaginary bogeyman? What are the chances you're going to be involved in some made-for-tv gun battle? Maybe the other guy is a little quicker on the draw. Personally I feel sorry for people who live in such fear the only way they can function is by carrying some imaginary masculinity.
Okay
I'm not running around wetting my pants in fear of some NRA (or other) whackjob who thinks he's incomplete without his handgun. Are you so afraid of the world the only way you can make it through your devestatingly dangerous day is to be armed?
Constitution
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." Helping your citizens remain healthy sounds like it fits under "promote the general welfare", or are you reading a different constitution?
Paranoia
Just how paranoid or deficient does a person have to be in order to need a dose of artificial testosterone in the form of a handgun when ordering a cup of coffee? (Or visiting Acadia?) Aren't the odds of perishing in a car crash higher than being a victim of gun violence? If so, how come you're still driving?
Bad attitude
"Do those who have coverage have no empathy for the millions of Americans who do not?" You are correct, sir.
By tripling
the national debt? Okay...
Reagan was a disaster
You're saying Reagan was a fiscal disaster?
Okay
Now I know you've lost touch with reality. Bush created 48 million jobs within months? But first he lost 50 million? What's the population of the USA, 300 million? Note the 01 recession officially started on Dubya's watch, and the current recession started in Dec 07.
Later than what?
The Medical Care Act was passed in 1966. Just how old is she?
Yes, go back.
What did Ronnie's tax cuts do to the national debt? Didn't he just about triple the national debt?
Tax cuts
Somehow it's Obama's fault Bush signed tax cut laws (through reconciliation) with sunset provisions? Oh, okay. If tax cuts worked, wouldn't the Bush tax cuts have lead to a thriving, growing economy? Guess not. And the AMT? Has congress ever failed to patch it? And here's a real mind bender for you - paying no income tax does not equate to paying no taxes at all.
Socilaized medicine is evil, also.
Who said this: "We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada," she said. "And I think now, isn't that ironic." Why, it was Sarah Palin, you betcha, also! http://bit.ly/9yRdFd
ARRA tax cuts
Of course you're aware the ARRA was one third tax cuts.
How about the preamble:
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." As close to a guarantee you'll see.
Remind us of what?
Can you even come up with something factual? Explain to us who was president when the Wall Street meltdown began, and when the mortgage meltdown began.
2 things wrong.
First, how can you assume your check would be welcome anywhere? You should have asked. Second, the owner sounds like slime - tacking on a secret fee.
Pander
The best vote panderers are the ones who don't appear to be pandering for votes. He got yours, didn't he?
10th Amendment
How 'bout that Commerce Clause? Kinda blows your whole 10th Amendment argument away. But here's a hypothetical - if health care reform is unconstitutional due to the 10th, how can tort reform in any federal law be constitutional?
If you've already
been pranicing around Acadia ("I have also carried my weapon into Acadia National Park."), your claims of being a law abiding citizen seem a little flimsy.
There is no such thing
as a "responsible Republican government", and the majority of voters in Maine recognize that every election.
Trust?
We should trust the insurance company bureaucrats whose bonuses depend on denying you health care?
Colors
What about the license plate? Do the colors clash with your bike?
No competition.
There is no competition now. How can Obama eliminate something that does not exist?
Thank you. No link?
So, for $3300 per person, everybody in France is covered by a combination of public and private insurance and has quality care? And in the USA, $6400 per person leaves nearly 50 million without coverage and no care?
You're kidding.
Just making sh*t up again? Cite some sources. http://bit.ly/qOFtA
Prices, please.
What do you clowns charge for a Tylenol?
Wait?
So, what we should all do is just wait another 75-100 years until we know for sure and it's too late to do anything about it? What will your grandkids (assuming you're allowed to reproduce) think of that?
Rule of holes -
Put down the shovel. Which law says the government is going to run healthcare? Aren't there still insurance companies?
CBO - cluelessman
Try the CBO report - lower deficits with health care reform. But you won't hear that from Glenn.
Like the prior 8 years?
We're doomed.
Interestingly enough -
more people oppose the current health care plans because they feel the plans aren't ambitious enough than think the plans go to far. http://bit.ly/5tNrLS
Who's the lucky guy?
"Women who have never paid a penny into the system are having babies, some with different men." but most with one guy? Who's the guy?
He's jealous!
The Gizmo Gadget gets more time with his significant other than he does.
Somehow it's funny disabled
Somehow it's funny disabled people rely on Mainecare?
"levied only on the final
"levied only on the final sale of newly produced goods or services" sounds like another way of saying "massive corporate tax cuts."
At least the mountain still
At least the mountain still stands with wind power - can't say that about coal mining.
I'll bet there is more than
I'll bet there is more than one definition of "member". And she actually states she joined the "movement". Bet there's more than one definition for that, too.
Just because you haven't
Just because you haven't heard an alternative definition deosn't mean there isn't one. When they truck millions of teabags to DC, or prance around with teabag earrings or teabags dangling from their hats - the definition certainly fits - and it's well earned.
If we use Mary Jane's
If we use Mary Jane's reasoning we could surmise there is no constitutional right to flush toilets, therefore they are unconstitutional. Our founding fathers spelled out everything we need nearly 240 years ago.
Some people just can't
Some people just can't understand this: "Every kilowatt hour of wind power replaces one from fossil fuels, making our air cleaner." So, let's wait and let our kids do it?
The only way we're all going
The only way we're all going to be safe is when everybody is armed everywhere they go, cons, kids, and crackpots included. No exceptions! Acadia is one of the most dangerous places in Maine.
Teabagger! Way too much
Teabagger! Way too much Cryin' Glenn, Mary Jane. Change the channel or pick up a different newspaper.
Reconciliation? Oh my, no!
Reconciliation? Oh my, no! The repuliclowns will get all fainty and wet their pants! Again. Never mind they have a history of using reconciliation far more than the Democrats. But they don't even need reconciliation - the Senate passed health care reform with 60 votes.
"republicans can't block any
"republicans can't block any legislation in Washington", oh, okay. Never heard of cloture? "cost control which will mean rationing", insurance companies ration care now, and if you can't pay you're rationed out. "How come we can auto insurance from any company we want but not health insurance?" Antitrust exemption. "nameless, faceless bureaucrat", how many Anthem or Aetna CEOs do you pal around with?
Sounds like Megabucks.
Sounds like Megabucks.
They have to pay the
They have to pay the executives who drove the company into bankruptcy even more in order to retain their immense talents.
Who bailed out Wall Street?
Who bailed out Wall Street?
"we have to "pay good people"
"we have to "pay good people" such high salaries in order to keep them" Just ask any one of the fat cats - they are irreplaceable - the entire system would come to a halt of they don't get their way.
1. ARRA
1. ARRA
Somebody needs to remind
Somebody needs to remind Olympia that COBRA was passed using reconciliation.
"Let's put some Republican
"Let's put some Republican stuff in the bill." There are something like 190 Republican amendments in the bill. Ignore tort reform - states that tried it have not seen any cost containment. And ignore the whole Republican version of selling across state lines thing, too. Nothing but a race to the bottom like the credit card industry.
I agree, awfully long winded
I agree, awfully long winded for somebody with nothing of substance to say.
So, using your reasoning, a
So, using your reasoning, a person who works in a factory their entire life should be covered when they come down with repetitive motion ailment after they retire? Oh, okay....
I guess it's not Clusterfox,
I guess it's not Clusterfox, either. Try this: http://bit.ly/dbPtpx
You can either have fair and
You can either have fair and balanced infotainment, or real news, but not both.
We must be careful not to
We must be careful not to offend the delicate sensitivities of the CEOs (and compensation managers) or they will simply hold their breath until they turn blue. After all, if you ask them, they are irreplaceable and must be paid what their egos demand or they will take their toys and go home.
There are an awful lot of
There are an awful lot of straight people that believe in equal rights for all. Sorry your "bible" doesn't.
Hmmm..... compensation
Hmmm..... compensation manager..... doubled the ceo's salary, how many nurses and housekeepers had their salaries doubled? Get rid of the fat cats and hire a whole bunch of good surgeons!
What a laugher! Go into any
What a laugher! Go into any hospital and tell them you want what the Canadian Premier got. Do you really think it's available to all Americans?
And let's not forget who
And let's not forget who started the Wall Street bailouts, and that clown that suspended his campaign to rescue us all.
Who invalidated the data? Was
Who invalidated the data? Was it Glenn or Sean?
Write it on your hand, Sarah,
Write it on your hand, Sarah, "2012", also, too!
The funniest part of the
The funniest part of the Obama/Republiclown Q & A was that Faux News had to cut away at least 20 minutes before it was over to try to salvage what little self respect the Republiclowns had.
The Brown victory reflects
The Brown victory reflects Coakley's inability to campaign. You may have missed the CBO report that said health care reform would reduce the deficit; guess Faux didn't mention it. National security - how many terrorists have been convicted through military tribunals? And through the criminal justice system? And why do right wingers get all fainty and wet their pants at the thought of a trial? And what does Ft Hood have to do with Fruit of the Looms? Again you must have missed the part where the undies bomber has been singing like a bird, no Faux mention? Put down the bottle, Clyde, and turn off Clusterfox, and start paying attention.
"I believe that is not who
"I believe that is not who they are." Ask them what they believe. You owe them your gratitude.
And how about when they
And how about when they decide to park outside liquor stores, strip clubs, methadone clinics, etc... What becomes of that information? As long as you're not breaking any laws, whose business is it? Or how about the abusive husband who wants to know where his wife is every minute? He has a buddy that can get him that info, then beat up the guy that happened to be parked next to her?
Then you won't mind if they
Then you won't mind if they start peeking in your windows, will you? After all, you've got nothing to hide, right?
Like your social security
Like your social security number?
They need
They need help!
http://nyti.ms/dzITiM
Haiti already has some of the
Haiti already has some of the most restrictive adoption laws. Are you talking about the whackety whacks trying to "steal" the children and bring them to Jesus?
No, it was all Monica's
No, it was all Monica's fault!
Oh no! ACORN! And those
Oh no! ACORN! And those potholes in Maine? Obama did it!
Yeah, if you skip over the
Yeah, if you skip over the anthrax attacks, the shoe bomber, 9/11, etc... Not to mention every single terrorist released that has rejoined the fight was released on Bush's watch.
And what was the national
And what was the national debt when Ronnie Raygun took office? And when he left? He tripled it!
It's so much easier to fish
It's so much easier to fish around in their wallets and purses when they're gassed.
Yes, Obama laid the smackdown
Yes, Obama laid the smackdown on the republiclowns, and Faux News was the first to cry "uncle"!
Legislation for automatic
Legislation for automatic social security cost of living adjustments based on the consumer price index was passed by congress more than 35 years ago. Under this formula, social security recipients got 5.8% raises a year ago, the most in more than 25 years. Automatic congressional pay raise legislation was passed more than 20 years ago. Congress voted not to accept the automatic increase in 2010. Seems your first point is a little out of date.
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Congress critters will not
Congress critters will not be getting the automatic pay raise in January 2010, courtesy of Pelosi and Reid.
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News flash Cal - Weinstein
News flash Cal - Weinstein is not trained in climatology. Find one, just one that's all, respected climatologist with peer reviewed work who agrees. "The EPA on Monday gave the president a new way to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions when the agency determined that scientific evidence clearly shows they are endangering Americans' health. That means the EPA could regulate those gases without the approval of the U.S. Congress." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091209/ap_on_sc/climate
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Do they like to see our
Do they like to see our president kissing and prancing around holding hands with the Saudis?
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I'll bet there's a clause in
I'll bet there's a clause in there that says he agreed to abide by the association's decisions.
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Being a vet and medal of
Being a vet and medal of honor recipient is beside the point. There is a homeowner's association contract he agreed to follow.
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And your unsourced
And your unsourced assertions are based on what?
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Gil? Truth? Ha! That's a
Gil? Truth? Ha! That's a good one.
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So, no sources, just pulling
So, no sources, just pulling numbers out of your butt?
"Months after the Paris Agreement, which marked the official end of the Vietnam War, the United States, under the leadership of President Richard Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs Henry Kissinger, steps up its bombing of Cambodia—contradicting earlier claims that the rationale for bombing Cambodia had been to protect American lives in Vietnam. During the months of March, April and May, the tonnage of bombs dropped on Cambodia is more than twice that of the entire previous year. The bombing stops in August under pressure from Congress. The total number of civilians killed since the bombing began in 1969 is estimated to be 600,000." http://tinyurl.com/yhpjrgp
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The almighty? You mean
The almighty? You mean Dubya? How long did it take him to send troops when McKiernan asked for them?
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Dubya has an MBA - that
Dubya has an MBA - that worked out quite well! Since 1959, the average private sector job growth under four-year Democratic administrations is 11.7%. Under Republican administrations, it's 5.4%. In other words, during the four years of a Democratic administration, private sector job creation has, on average, grown more than twice as quickly as it has under Republican administrations. bls.gov
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But, but, but, Faux
But, but, but, Faux News!
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When was the last time they
When was the last time they closed all the banks, stores, schools, and post offices for Laylat al-Qadr?
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NH charges 8% tax on meals
NH charges 8% tax on meals and lodging.
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I think he believes the only
I think he believes the only "true" religion is christianity.
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Got you covered, gil, here
Got you covered, gil, here you go: "CBO now estimates that in the third quarter of calendar
year 2009, ARRA’s policies raised real GDP by between
1.2 percent and 3.2 percent, lowered the unemployment
rate by between 0.3 and 0.9 percentage points, and
increased the number of people employed by between
600,000 and 1.6 million compared with what those values
would have been otherwise." http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/106xx/doc10682/11-30-ARRA.pdf
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First? Hardly. Nixon/Bob
First? Hardly. Nixon/Bob Greene. Dubya/NBC/MSNBC.
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Cal, one word:
Cal, one word: reconciliation.
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Maybe you should stock up on
Maybe you should stock up on smelling salts. Your Faux News induced hysteria will soon lead to fainting and drooling.
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Citing an editorial as
Citing an editorial as proof? Oh, okay. You win, now go dig another ditch.
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Let me get this straight.
Let me get this straight. The left has thousands of scientists whose consensus opinion is global warming is real. Conservaclowns have Limp Rushbo. Good luck with that.
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Quadrupled the debt? That's
Quadrupled the debt? That's a good one! Now get out your big boy calculator and figure it out.
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I think they spell it
I think they spell it c-h-i-c-k-e-n-h-a-w-k.
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"Why would it take a piece
"Why would it take a piece of paper from the church you want to distance yourselves from to allow you to be happy?" I assume you're talking about marriage licenses, which no church has the authority to issue.
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"Bush adminstration could've
"Bush adminstration could've captured terrorist Osama Bin Laden in December 2001: Senate report"
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/11/29/2009-11-29_team_w_let_osama_e...
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"Why not read the facts for
"Why not read the facts for yourselves?" You're confusing articles of faith with facts. Fact: you don't need a church to get married.
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"Stop watching Fox News."
"Stop watching Fox News." Stop watching only Faux News.
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Switch Catholic with Muslim,
Switch Catholic with Muslim, and you have a point.
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And what about
And what about Viagra?
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They build nothing but
They build nothing but trash. And Rick would be nowhere without Ron.
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Oh sure, everybody's all for
Oh sure, everybody's all for freedom and less government control, but when it comes to a woman's constitutional right to choose they're all for government intrusion on a private decision between a woman and her health care provider.
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"those of us who are
"those of us who are concerned" Save your concern, many don't want it.
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Whales are not fish, but
Whales are not fish, but that's okay.
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You also forgot drive-thru
You also forgot drive-thru abortion clinics.
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Would you feel better if he
Would you feel better if he kissed him, then ran around holding his hand?
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All that from a guy who
All that from a guy who "sits up a little straighter" and get sparkles in his eyes when Sarah winks at him?
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"net reduction in federal
"net reduction in federal deficits of $130 billion over the 2010-19 period" http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/107xx/doc10731/Reid_letter_11_18_09.pdf Please enlighten us as to how you know more about it than the Congressional Budget Office. During the second decade of the bill, cost savings are estimated at a whopping $650 billion.
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"too lazy to research" says
"too lazy to research" says the kettle. Both house and senate bills reduce the deficit as the CBO states.
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You see resistance from
You see resistance from republicans because that's all they know. For an example, ask the republicans why they opposed the Franken rape amendment.
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"DOES ANYONE REALLY THINK IT
"DOES ANYONE REALLY THINK IT WILL BE SO?" Yes. There is a clause in the senate bill that makes congress get their insurance through the same exchanges the public can use.
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Go read it:
Go read it: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3590/text?version=ocas
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The Afghan war could've been
The Afghan war could've been over a long time ago if somebody hadn't dropped the ball.
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Wasn't Jesus all about
Wasn't Jesus all about helping the disadvantaged?
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"Wartime debt is normally a
"Wartime debt is normally a temporary problem and has not historically damaged a country's ability to grow." Aren't we in two wars right now? And how have they been paid for?
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"By contrast, there is no
"By contrast, there is no question about the legitimacy of U.S. federal courts to incapacitate terrorists. Many of Holder's critics appear to have forgotten that the Bush administration used civilian courts to put away dozens of terrorists, including "shoe bomber" Richard Reid; al-Qaeda agent Jose Padilla; "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh; the Lackawanna Six; and Zacarias Moussaoui, who was prosecuted for the same conspiracy for which Mohammed is likely to be charged. Many of these terrorists are locked in a supermax prison in Colorado, never to be seen again." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/19/AR200911...
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There is one more defendant,
There is one more defendant, Mohammed Kamin. There was a hearing yesterday at Guantanamo.
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Reality check - they are NOT
Reality check - they are NOT prisoners of war, remember? Cause you can't torture prisoners of war, that would be a war crime.
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So, the vaccine manfacturers
So, the vaccine manfacturers made plenty - more than enough - and that evil Obama is sending it oversees and vaccinating terrorists and 'foreign nationals' while 'real merkins' are going without? Oh, okay.
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"Bush, Cheney, Halliburton,"
"Bush, Cheney, Halliburton," if they didn't do anything wrong, they have nothing to hide, right?
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Wasn't "enemy combatants"
Wasn't "enemy combatants" Bush-speak for evading obligations under the Geneva Convention and that torture agreement Reagan signed?
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"utter failure of the Obama
"utter failure of the Obama administration to propely acquire for and distribute to American Citizens" You cannot acquire and distribute what has not been manufactured.
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Funny how conservatives get
Funny how conservatives get all woozy and wet their pants at the thought of the American legal system doing its job. Why do you hate America? "Where's Obama? In Japan. On purpose." Yes, on purpose. I think Air Force One probably uses gps. "the one-world government treaty", not until after the dollar is replaced! "I'm almost maniacal." You've passed that point. Now, back to your bunker and watch out for the black helicopters.
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October 15, 2009 The
October 15, 2009 The standard monthly premium for Medicare will not increase next year, the federal government has announced.
Premiums for Part B coverage, which pays for physician and outpatient care, some home health services and medical equipment, will remain $96.40 a month for the third year in a row, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said. Medicare insures the nation's elderly and disabled.
This premium cannot increase for most Seniors, by law, if there is no increase in the COLA.
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There's no need for the govt
There's no need for the govt to ration the H1N1 vaccine, the private industry manufacturers have that covered.
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The conservaclown idea of
The conservaclown idea of tort reform has absolutley no basis in reality - it's another one of those myths - like Reagan was fiscally responsible.
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Why do all the supposedly
Why do all the supposedly tough guy conservaclowns wet their pants at the thought of the judicial system working as it was designed?
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Not for
Not for long...
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Seems you're confusing the
Seems you're confusing the annual flu vaccine with the H1N1 vaccine. The administration's biggest mistake was taking private business (vaccine manufacturers) at their word.
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Collins lead the charge to
Collins lead the charge to strip almost $900 million for pandemic preparedness from the stimulus bill this spring. Hypocrite much, Sue?
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If you have VA benefits,
If you have VA benefits, don't taxpayers foot the bill for that?
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Way too much World Nut
Way too much World Nut Daily.
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We must protect private
We must protect private insurers, and keep profit before people!
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Pay attention Doc, the
Pay attention Doc, the majority is in power. And you're stuck on the birth certificate thing? Call Orly!
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The majority of Americans
The majority of Americans favor the public option.
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You're just tired of the
You're just tired of the truth. Obama inherited the worst recession since the Great Depression. That's certainly not nonsense, it's a fact!
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Your timeline seems to be
Your timeline seems to be off a bit. Who was pres when the Wall St bailouts started? "Under Bush, stimulis money was sent to consumers to spend or save." And that really nipped the recession right in the bud, didn't it?
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This recession started in
This recession started in December 2007, and Bush was an MBA. How'd that work out?
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"Why doesn't someone with
"Why doesn't someone with intelligence see what President Barack Obama is doing to our country?" That rules out teabaggers and republicans.
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"Elected officials need to
"Elected officials need to remember that they are working for the people who voted them into office." That's right! And the dems were voted in by solid majorities. And did you hear? Obama is going to unionize ACORN and have them go door to door to collect all the guns from white people and give them to the illegals!
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Only on Planet Wingnuttia do
Only on Planet Wingnuttia do two predominantly local elections carry more weight than the 2 congressional elections held the some day. The democrat resoundingly whipped the teabagger in NY 23, a seat held by repubs for more than 120 years, and another dem was elected in California, increasing the democratic house majority by 2.
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If only 8 or 9 million
If only 8 or 9 million qualify for the public option, how does that force private insurance out of business? Seems Faux News is doing a good job of keeping the teabaggers uniformed.
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That's why your side
That's why your side lost.
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No Child Left
No Child Left Behind
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Anybody can swing a mop, and
Anybody can swing a mop, and when you slow down there'll be somebody there to replace you.
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Republicans won the last
Republicans won the last round of elections? How about that NY-23? Or the California special election? Wow, the repubs picked up 2 governors, who, by the way, have no vote on health care, cap and trade, etc... Dems pick up to congressmen who CAN! But, as always, that's good news for republicans!
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And the pope, a former
And the pope, a former Hitler youth, lifts the excommunication on bishops like this:" Richard Williamson, a British bishop, was shown in a Swedish state TV interview this week saying that historical evidence "is hugely against 6 million Jews having been deliberately gassed."
Williamson has said that only 200,000-300,000 Jews died during World War II and that gas chambers were a fiction. He has also endorsed the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a notorious anti-Semitic forgery used since the late 19th century to fuel anti-Jewish violence." http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643736866&pagename=JPost%...
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You forgot the part about
You forgot the part about the hospital offering to do the surgery if they came up with a $75,000 down payment. But, they didn't have a spare $75,000 laying around, therefore she died because not only did Cigna deny the claim, they didn't have the $75,000 for the down payment. You should read a little more, you know, "the whole story".
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So, now you're all for
So, now you're all for rationing care?
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Are you saying he should buy
Are you saying he should buy a "made for tv" ranch somewhere, put on his cowboy boots and a cowboy hat, clear a little brush, choke on a pretzel, and tell the world he's the annointed leader?
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Nataline
Nataline Sarkisyan
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"anyone who can afford to do
"anyone who can afford to do so" That's one serious qualifier there. Maybe access is a problem?
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"According to CBO and
"According to CBO and JCT’s assessment, enacting H.R. 3962 would result in a net reduction in federal budget deficits of $104 billion over the 2010–2019 period." http://cboblog.cbo.gov/?p=403
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Pay attention Jerry and Deb
Pay attention Jerry and Deb - the plans are paid for!
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Faux News viewers are too
Faux News viewers are too stupid to realize they're being lied to.
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You first in
You first in line?
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Maybe you missed this
Maybe you missed this part:"The Republicans have had their lapses, too, but most of them did the responsible thing and stepped down."
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Paranoia? Yes. Where is the
Paranoia? Yes. Where is the legislation? Note that the Senate voted to repeal the DC handgun ban in March of this year. Sounds like expanding gun rights, not taking them away.
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Enzi, Vitter, Sanford? When
Enzi, Vitter, Sanford? When did they all step down?
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Show us all where you come
Show us all where you come up with such paranoia! First & second amendments, show us all the legislation passed the limits your speech or takes away your firearm.
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Your joking, right?
Your joking, right? Privatize medicare?
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McCain quotes Mao
McCain quotes Mao frequently. If you voted for him, you must be a commie-pinko.
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Newsmax, seriously? And not
Newsmax, seriously? And not a sinlge one of them has put out a peer reviewed study! So chew on that.
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When was it BCBS was given
When was it BCBS was given permission to change from a non profit to a for profit?
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Wasn't the last pres an
Wasn't the last pres an mba?
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Now, if you could only find
Now, if you could only find a respected scientist who published a peer reviewed study debunking climate change, you'd be all set. Sorry, but there is not a single one out there.
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You didn't hear it? About a
You didn't hear it? About a gazillion teabagger heads exploded!
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Got anything to back it up?
Got anything to back it up? Or just the standard Faux News talking points?
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That's right. From 3 or 4
That's right. From 3 or 4 out of state donors.
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People spoke last
People spoke last November,and your side got its ass kicked.
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There is also no empirical
There is also no empirical proof god exists.
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Geez, cal. You sure took a
Geez, cal. You sure took a roundabout way of saying the government should provide vouchers so everybody can send their kids to learn the hate, intolerance, and bigotry taught in Catholic schools.
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To show their true colors,
To show their true colors, the Catholic church is associating with a known hate group called Mass Resistance.
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Not all worship the same, or
Not all worship the same, or any, god. You stick to yours, others can have their own, or none.
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Were you aware biological
Were you aware biological parents don't necessarily have to be married to reproduce?
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You mean people didn't get
You mean people didn't get married until there was a Jesus?
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So, the newspapers should
So, the newspapers should weed ou tall issues you don't approve of? That's their job?
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The same, but different? How
The same, but different? How is that equal?
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TABOR worked so well in
TABOR worked so well in Colorado they suspended it.
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We have to make things easy
We have to make things easy for conservaclowns like you, because you lack the mental capacity to keep up. Maybe we should post everything in pictures, just for you!
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20 years old, 2:30 in the
20 years old, 2:30 in the a.m., drove into the lake. Alcohol?
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Not since Murdoch bought
Not since Murdoch bought it.
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"Do unto others ..." then
"Do unto others ..." then you need to stay out of other's business.
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Marriage licenses are issued
Marriage licenses are issued by civil authorities.
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Maybe you could put in for
Maybe you could put in for greeter instead of mopper.
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With all his money, poor
With all his money, poor little Limp Rushbo can't even buy a football team. Boo freakin' hoo.
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Maybe we should all pretend
Maybe we should all pretend algebra doesn't exist either, you know, "for the kids."
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Maybe you can show them the
Maybe you can show them the ropes?
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"As far as the law is
"As far as the law is concerned, it doesn't matter if you get married in a church by a minister, or on the sidewalk by a justice of the peace, marriage is marriage." Bingo!
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"Honest and intelligent"
"Honest and intelligent" leaves you out.
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The American Psychological
The American Psychological Association (APA) launched an investigation into (Dr Paul) Cameron after receiving complaints about his work from members .An APA spokesperson told The Boston Globe in 2005, "We are concerned about Dr. Cameron because we do believe that his methodology is weak."
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Everything she posts is a
Everything she posts is a flat out lie drawn from some whacked out faux researcher in Colorado. The lead researcher was thrown out of his professional society for just making things up and calling it research.
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And
And nuts.
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lowest common
lowest common denominator
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"I call it propaganda." The
"I call it propaganda." The reality based community calls it Faux News.
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Keep fighting for what's
Keep fighting for what's right.
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Too late for that. Where do
Too late for that. Where do marriage licenses come from?
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You think Uncles Sam should
You think Uncles Sam should just write you a check for whatever insurance you want? No strings?
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The conservaclowns can't
The conservaclowns can't find the truth.
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And another wingnut head
And another wingnut head explodes!
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What was Van Jones convicted
What was Van Jones convicted of?
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Where did Bush leave
Where did Bush leave it?
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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) –
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – The United States is the most admired country globally thanks largely to the star power of President Barack Obama and his administration, according to a new poll. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091005/lf_nm_life/us_usa_status
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And with the Dow at or near
And with the Dow at or near 10,000, Cavuto calls it the Bush recovery.
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McCain frequently quotes
McCain frequently quotes Mao, boy are we lucky he wasn't elected!
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McCain quotes Mao
McCain quotes Mao frequently, so if you voted for him you're a commie.
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Because both of the fair and
Because both of the fair and balanced networks would pound the snot outta Faux, which is not fair or balanced.
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If ratings are how you judge
If ratings are how you judge the accuracy of your news, American Idol must be the bestest news, evah! You've been brainwashed by Rupert!
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God? Buddha?
God? Buddha? Allah?
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I guess we should be glad
I guess we should be glad that marriage licenses are issued by civil authorities.
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He was one of the
He was one of the greats.
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"That's why a peace prize is
"That's why a peace prize is meaningless." Yeah, but it sure is fun watching all the wingnuts heads explode.
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Voter fraud or voter
Voter fraud or voter registration fraud? Thinking people can tell the difference. Since Acorn is an organization that has no vote, kinda ignorant to claim voter fraud, but you bought it. And if you know Van Jones was convicted of something and spent time in jail, what was he convicted of and where did he do his time? You know what Jones is guilty of? Forming the organization responsible for getting more than 70 advertisers to bail on Beck.
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"I did plenty of research on
"I did plenty of research on Van." (watched Glenn) ACORN (bab's new 'n' word) - never charged with voter fraud, but that's real life not beck-believe. "I don't think we're talking about democracy here." You mean they weren't elected by a majority of real Americans? "Are you getting the picture yet?" Absolutely, nutjob.
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Who was president when the
Who was president when the bailouts started?
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You need to change the
You need to change the battery in your calculator, or at least buy one that can do simple addition and subtraction, not some "conservacalc". What was the national debt when Dumbya left office? And now? How is that triple?
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John Holdren, director of
John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, "has proposed forcing abortions and putting sterilants in the drinking water to control population." Beck, 7/22/09 show.
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Bruce & Nancy, Beck said
Bruce & Nancy, Beck said FEMA was building concentration camps. Can you tell me where the nearest is located?
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We need a strong public
We need a strong public option.
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Islamocommunofascism is
Islamocommunofascism is expensive! Heritage would never just make sh*t up to scare people, would they?
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TABOR was so flawed and
TABOR was so flawed and harmful in Colorado, they voted to suspend it.
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Morels delicious tasting
Morels delicious tasting mushroom and a joy to find. Good for you!
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You mean like state aid to
You mean like state aid to public schools?
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The City of New York
The City of New York investigated 7 gun shows in 3 states involving buys from 47 gun sellers using hidden cameras.
The investigation videos showed that 35 out of 47 sellers approached by undercover investigators at these gun shows sold guns illegally.
http://www.gunshowundercover.org/
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A State Department
A State Department spokesperson, commenting on the Obama's Nobel:
"Certainly from our standpoint, this gives us a sense of momentum -- when the United States has accolades tossed its way, rather than shoes."
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To the wingnuts, ACORN is
To the wingnuts, ACORN is the new "n" word.
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Impeached for what? Because
Impeached for what? Because the teabaggers heads all exploded today?
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I didn't realize the
I didn't realize the National Gay Lobby was pleading pverty and closing churches.
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From the DNC: "The
From the DNC: "The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists — the Taliban and Hamas this morning — in criticizing the President for receiving the Nobel Peace prize. Republicans cheered when America failed to land the Olympics and now they are criticizing the President of the United States for receiving the Nobel Peace prize — an award he did not seek but that is nonetheless an honor in which every American can take great pride — unless of course you are the Republican Party. The 2009 version of the Republican Party has no boundaries, has no shame and has proved that they will put politics above patriotism at every turn. It’s no wonder only 20 percent of Americans admit to being Republicans anymore – it’s an embarrassing label to claim."
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"See ya at Walmart on the
"See ya at Walmart on the the first of the month." Keep repeating "welcome to wal mart" and one day you'll get it right.
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Take that,
Take that, wingnuts.
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"Universal health care is an
"Universal health care is an example of basic compassion for others, Puhalo said. And he believes that same-sex marriage is an issue of democratic rights for citizens, not an issue for religious groups." I think I just heard a bunch of those tiny wingnut heads pop.
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Like it or not, freedom of
Like it or not, freedom of religion can also mean freedom from religion. Iran runs a theocracy, maybe that's where you belong.
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All
All lies.
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Good letter, good
Good letter, good sentiment.
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Oh,
Oh, okay.
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I wonder when Beck will show
I wonder when Beck will show us where all the FEMA concentration camps are.
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I think Letterman should
I think Letterman should call O'Reilly and ask him about falafels and loofahs and phone sex and sexual harassment type stuff. Or maybe he should call Ensign's parents, ask them to write check.
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Office of Safe and Drug-Free
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools director Kevin Jennings
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Jennings_____________________
Jennings
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If ratings are how you judge
If ratings are how you judge accuracy, American Idol is the bestest news ever!
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Faux News IS a news system
Faux News IS a news system straight out of the USSR.
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"They are the paid political
"They are the paid political programming for a party, and occasionally a couple of news stories break out in the midst of 23 hours and 45 minutes of political rantings and opinion," said one senior administration official. "Everything about it is one-sided political opinion directed at a base. Period."
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Fair and Balanced? Hah!
Fair and Balanced? Hah! That's like starting a conversation with "now I'm not going to lie to you..."
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Reuters: "A new U.S.
Reuters: "A new U.S. government study on Tuesday adds to a growing list of experts concluding that climate legislation moving through Congress would have only a modest impact on consumers, adding around $100 to household costs in 2020."
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The vote was 219 - 212.
The vote was 219 - 212. Maybe you're calculator is broke?
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It's some kind of twisted
It's some kind of twisted logic. To show someone the goodness of your love, you need to berate and belittle them and their wants and needs.
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And you have scientific
And you have scientific proof?
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Still lame
Still lame nonetheless.
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And now there is a
And now there is a conservative outfit that's going to re-translate the bible and leave out any references to what they believe is liberal.
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Gay marriage has NEVER been
Gay marriage has NEVER been voted on in Maine before. And the latest polling shows No on 1 ahead 50% to 41%.
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43.9 Percent of Texas’s
43.9 Percent of Texas’s Non-Elderly Residents Were Uninsured for One Month or More in 2007-2008 http://www.familiesusa.org/resources/newsroom/press-releases/2009-press-...
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"which necessarily includes
"which necessarily includes sexual acts, or it's not marriage " I believe that's out of Sunday school, Mrs "not from the church" McG.
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Just who's definition of
Just who's definition of "truth and reality" are you talking about here?
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You need to come up with
You need to come up with some scientifically accepted, relevant sources.
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How does this fit in with
How does this fit in with the "loving motivation of all Catholics"? NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Supreme Court refused on Monday to block the release of documents generated by lawsuits against priests in Connecticut for alleged sexual abuse.
The justices turned down a request by the Roman Catholic diocese in Bridgeport, Conn.
Several newspapers are seeking the release of more than 12,000 pages from 23 lawsuits against six priests.
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They're asking for marriage
They're asking for marriage recognition, not recognition of their sexual union. Marriage is a civil contract which requires no church input.
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So called "christians" need
So called "christians" need to get their own houses in order. Whatever happened to the golden rule?
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"You cannot change or ignore
"You cannot change or ignore the Bible just to suit your own sexual preferences." Not everybody lives by the bible, and the constitution says I can ignore it if I want.
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"Persons with same-sex
"Persons with same-sex attraction deserve better." Exactly! Now, mind your own business.
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65% of Americas do favor a
65% of Americas do favor a government administered health care plan like Medicare that would compete with private insurance companies. http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2009/09/25/us/politics/25pollgrx.html
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"Finally, it is clear that
"Finally, it is clear that Mainers overwhelmingly support a government sponsored non-profit health insurance option, 63 to 27 percent." http://www.democracycorps.com/strategy/2009/09/olympia-snowe-the-politic...
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The people paying attention
The people paying attention would easily dispute your so called "facts", 77% support for a public option: http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=5ba17aa2-f1b9-4445-a6b...
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Ensign? Coburn? Foley?
Ensign? Coburn? Foley? Vitter? Craig? Sanford? Gingrich?
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Get your hate straight - the
Get your hate straight - the boy was 16, the age of consent.
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What you fail to mention,
What you fail to mention, cal, is the USA has been looking for places for the Uighurs since 2003, long before liberals took over.
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"a 2003 study found Fox
"a 2003 study found Fox viewers more likely to be misinformed than those who get their news elsewhere." I would like to add drooling to the knuckle-dragger description of the lowest common denominator Faux News devotee.
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The only thing to fear is
The only thing to fear is the fearers themselves.
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I agree it would make sense
I agree it would make sense to recognize the cheerleaders, and I understand the hard work and dedication. Perhaps when schools announce teams, they could also announce who'll be cheering for that team. But on an ongoing basis, how do you recognize cheerleading? What was the score Friday night?
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"People need to get out of
"People need to get out of the panic mode" says the man in panic mode.
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Abramoff.
Abramoff. Call.
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Scooter?_____________________
Scooter?
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Maybe you spell Chicago
Maybe you spell Chicago differently than the rest of us. I thought they were voting on cities.
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I agree, but it is
I agree, but it is heartening to see the side of love and acceptance ahead of the side of hate and intolerance.
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Latest poll shows No on 1
Latest poll shows No on 1 leading 50% to 41%.
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Apparently you missed the
Apparently you missed the part where he had a private meeting aboard Air Force One with McChrystal to discuss Afghanistan.
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The whole Olympics thing is
The whole Olympics thing is hilarious. Only on Planet Wingnuttia would cheering against the USA be grounds for celebration. Priceless.
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God vs. Thor in a ppv steel
God vs. Thor in a ppv steel cage match. And they could have Jesus ride around on his dinosaur (Dino) to get the crowd wound up. Hooray!
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"Being married would not
"Being married would not improve their lives" There may be a little disagreement there, Bert, how many have you asked?
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Glenn Beck told Katie Couric
Glenn Beck told Katie Couric he would have voted for Hillary Clinton over McCain/Palin in 2008. "I can’t believe I’m saying this, I think I would have much preferred her as president and may have voted for her against John McCain," he said. "How about this? I think John McCain would have been worse for the country than Barack Obama. How’s that?"
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Vancouver lost a billion
Vancouver lost a billion dollars on the Olympics.
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A little sunlight can take
A little sunlight can take care of the cockroaches.
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Marriage is a civil
Marriage is a civil contract.
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Wing nut? Can't get much
Wing nut? Can't get much lower than that.
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You are the only one with a
You are the only one with a preoccupation with incest.
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Exactly!_____________________
Exactly!
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Marriage is a civil
Marriage is a civil law.
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I assume that would be
I assume that would be "straight".
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Many of us do not see this
Many of us do not see this issue as a theocratic thumper issue. Marriage licenses are issued by civil authorities.
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Why are you watching your
Why are you watching your neighbors? Can't they expect a little privacy?
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Careful what you ask for -
Careful what you ask for - latest polling shows No on 1 ahead 50% to 41%.
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Wow, the non-gay people are
Wow, the non-gay people are amazing. They predicted the future. Tell me, oh wise Pauline, what are Saturday's lotto numbers?
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"I have yet to figure out
"I have yet to figure out how allowing anyone other than a man and a woman to marry will negatively affect me, my spouse, my family, my community or my world. " Nobody has been able to figure that one out, but they sure make up a lot of stuff to prey on the fears of the haters.
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Where is all of this so
Where is all of this so called "evidence of carnage?"
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And seriously consider
And seriously consider counseling.
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You sure are hung up on the
You sure are hung up on the whole incest thing. Makes me wonder...
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Yes, we have sex ed in
Yes, we have sex ed in Maine. But where does the curriculum provide for teaching kids to become homosexuals? I didn't know you could "teach" someone to become homosexual.
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HERE is a FACT: none of this
HERE is a FACT: none of this is required of patients.
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What about the whole freedom
What about the whole freedom of religion thing, cal? The real danger to America is the Beck/McVeigh wing of the republican party.
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You can rank the National
You can rank the National Review right up there with World Nut Daily and Faux News - ZERO credibility. But they're good at recruiting the tinfoil hat crowd.
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It was also Obama who was
It was also Obama who was elected by a solid majority of real Americans. Deal with it.
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The latest Democracy Corps
The latest Democracy Corps poll shows No on 1 leading 50% to 41%.
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Clusterfox is fair and
Clusterfox is fair and balanced, they even say so themselves.
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Let's ask the elders just
Let's ask the elders just how much they hate their single-payer government run health insurance. "But I say your afraid to because of the answers you will get."
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I'm not
I'm not surprized.
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The Jesus I learned about
The Jesus I learned about was all about helping the poor and the sick. Do they still teach that in a catholic church?
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How many times did the
How many times did the repubs use reconciliation during the Bush admin?
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Correction tron, it's a
Correction tron, it's a highly dubious rightwing organization. Make up the results first, pick the votes that fit those results, then weight the results to fit the predetermined results. Absolutely no credibility.
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TABOR in Colorado has been
TABOR in Colorado has been an absolute disaster.
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She likes her
She likes her brother.
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You're thinking rationally?
You're thinking rationally? Seriously? You might see about having your dosage changed.
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Keep worrying about your own
Keep worrying about your own soul, and leave the rest of us alone.
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Where can I read that
Where can I read that "natural" law?
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Yes, Reagan had the troops
Yes, Reagan had the troops turn their tails and run, but he sure made up for it in Grenada.
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Blue dogs are not moderate
Blue dogs are not moderate dems, they're conservaclowns in disguise.
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If you're going to put lies
If you're going to put lies out there, how about backing up your statement?
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Not in a "pg" rated forum.
Not in a "pg" rated forum. Just for fun, look it up yourself.
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"lack of progress on
"lack of progress on anything meaningful in Washington." Can you identify the party of "no"?
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If you're catholic, and can
If you're catholic, and can chip in enough to their legal defense fund, you, too, can buy an annulment.
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According to Glenn Beck (and
According to Glenn Beck (and some university he can't seem to remember) there were about eleventy gazillion teabaggers there. Hooray! But Beck himself couldn't be bothered with showing up.
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Boy, that's some twisted
Boy, that's some twisted logic there. Basically, what you're trying to do is combine two unrelated laws (state learning results, same sex marriage) into one extreme boogeyman outcome. And comparing education laws in Massachusetts to Maine education laws is also misleading. How come the haters can only come up with lies, distortions, hate, and fear to mislead voters? And Mass. has allowed same sex marriage the longest, and has the lowest divorce rate in the country.
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Marriage is not part of the
Marriage is not part of the state's learning results, and there is no intention to change that.
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Are you talking about the
Are you talking about the big pharma written, republican passed medicare prescription drug bill that specifically says the government can't negotiate discounts?
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Guess that means charity
Guess that means charity auctions are out.
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Department of Education says
Department of Education says that Maine standards are different from those in Massachusetts and that there are no mentions of marriage – heterosexual or homosexual – in Maine Learning Results.
"A change in the definition of marriage in Maine changes nothing in terms of what schools can and must teach," said the department's spokesman, David Connerty-Marin. "There is nothing in there whatsoever that deals with marriage." http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=285255&ac=PHnws
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That State of the Union
That State of the Union address, was that the one where he told everybody Saddam was buying uranium from Africa? That went over well.
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Coming from a true believer
Coming from a true believer of World Nut Daily, consider it a compliment, dr.
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Here's some from the Murdoch
Here's some from the Murdoch Wall St Journal: "Odds are that you've never heard of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, but it plays a central role within the executive branch in vetting regulatory proposals. Mr. Sunstein brings important qualifications to that role, and Mr. Obama has made a savvy choice in putting him there." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123154849171169957.html
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McChrystal's report says
McChrystal's report says they need 500,000 troops and five years. There's about 92,000 in the Afghan National Army. Where should the other 400,000 come from?
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Here's what Forbes has to
Here's what Forbes has to say about Sunstein: "an intellectual heavyweight who is a progressive but no ideologue", "a new approach to cost-benefit analysis and regulation that is thoughtful, pragmatic and fair", "cost-benefit analysis is not an intellectual exercise but a means to deliver greater benefits for the American public at lower costs", "Those in the progressive community hoping for a wilting lily will also be sorely disappointed." http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/12/cass-sunstein-regulation-czar-opinions-...
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Bachman? We love Michelle
Bachman? We love Michelle Bachman. Please make her the national spokesperson for the republican party. Palin/Bachman 2012!
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I don't remember an entire
I don't remember an entire infotainment network devoted to bad mouthing Dubya.
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Matthew 7:12 So in
Matthew 7:12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
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Home school them. Teach 'em
Home school them. Teach 'em all the hate you want.
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If same sex marriage is
If same sex marriage is allowed, would you prefer the kids be lied to?
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You still getting your made
You still getting your made up stats from the hate group? The one where the researcher was thrown out of his professional organization?
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Bomd the sh*t out of 'em,
Bomd the sh*t out of 'em, then swagger around an aircraft carrier deck! That'll teach 'em! USA! USA! USA! You're a boob, Cal.
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Probably make him the czar
Probably make him the czar of Maine, also!
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Speaking of flags, one of
Speaking of flags, one of the spokesmodels on Faux News has started referring to the "stars & stripes" as the "stars & bars".
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If said all of that without
If said all of that without breaking out in laughter, and shed a few tears, you may be a good candidate for Beck's sidekick. USA! USA! USA!
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Your ability to cite
Your ability to cite statistics from right wing hate groups is astounding!
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"We are not tolerant of
"We are not tolerant of other such destructive habits." Obesity? Time to put down the fork and back away from the buffet.
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Sorry to burst your bubble,
Sorry to burst your bubble, from the WSJ:"NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- In what is shaping up to be one of the more effective boycott campaigns in years, advertisers are abandoning the "Glenn Beck" show on Fox News." And then there's this: "advertisers on Beck’s program per week was at its highest at approximately $1,060,000, for the week ending August 2, 2009. ColorOfChange.org launched their campaign at the end of that week and since then, 62 advertisers have distanced themselves from Beck. Data collected for the week ending September 6, 2009 shows Beck’s estimated ad revenue at $492,000, equal to a loss of $568,000. .." But that's reality.
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They wanted to get that
They wanted to get that "Jerry Springer" feeling the right lives by.
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It's written right into the
It's written right into the law that churches won't be forced to perform same sex weddings. So, explain to me how someone can be "dragged into court for refusing to submit to marrying homo's." Here's a real brain teaser for you - where do marriage licenses come from?
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Seems pretty sound to base
Seems pretty sound to base missile defense on systems that work against threats that are known. If Russia started loading up Cuba with "defensive" missiles and radar, would you be singing the same tune? And Dubya's system has never worked. We would be better off using sharks with lazer beams.
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Every single person who
Every single person who showed up in DC was played for a fool by Glenn Beck. He couldn't be bothered to show up.
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Try again. How many did
Try again. How many did Dubya appoint?
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You debunked your whole
You debunked your whole rant: "that can afford it " That's where the system is broken.
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When you combine a right
When you combine a right wing propaganda "news" network with their low intelligence audience, what do you expect?
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Maybe not, but they were all
Maybe not, but they were all republicans, and that's even worse.
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In Iowa the Des Moines
In Iowa the Des Moines Register did a poll asking if same sex marriage has had any effect on people. 92% said no. Massachusetts has allowed same sex marriage the longest, and has the lowest divorce rate in the country. It appears same sex marriage may actually strengthen hetero marriage.
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This is what he wants to do:
This is what he wants to do: he wants the emergency room to ask for papers when sick or injured people with enhanced melanin come in. No papers? No treatment. Simple as that.
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If you want to know what
If you want to know what Obama's "czars" are up to, ask one of the 47 Dubya had.
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It's shameful that the
It's shameful that the wealthiest nation can allow 45,000 people per year to die because they don't have access to health care when they need it. It's time to put people over profits.
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The right has always been
The right has always been full of whack jobs. They're just more prominent now because all of the moderates have left the party, and you have a "news" network getting them all worked up.
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Sorry Cal, you clowns OWN
Sorry Cal, you clowns OWN Glenn Beck.
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Real, objective truth? Or
Real, objective truth? Or the catholicized version?
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Yeah! And I wish Bush didn't
Yeah! And I wish Bush didn't give them all that money! $13 million, down the drain.
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So, Reagan was president for
So, Reagan was president for twenty years? Reagan gets credit for Clinton's economic record? Even those 23.5 million jobs? Never mind those voodoo economics books, wow, those conservative history books sure know how to make sh*t up! And some of the more gullible (or gilable?) actually believe it. The increase in national debt at the end of Clinton's second term (or Reagan's fifth) was a negative .2%. Negative. That's right, negative! How about change in debt as a percentage of GDP? Reagan up 11.3% and 9.2%. Clinton down .6% and 8.2%. So, with Reagan, as gdp grew, the national debt grew even faster. The way I see it, it took a Clinton to make up for the Reagan/Bush I disasters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_by_U.S._presidential_terms Here's a real brain teaser for you: who was the first president to fire their counter-terrorism expert, ignore the daily briefing that said the bad guys were going to hijack planes and fly them into buildings while breaking sticks on his made for t.v. ranch?
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Jealous of Coulter? Hardly.
Jealous of Coulter? Hardly. Her adam's apple gives her/it away. But keep dreaming Gil, someday you may find a woman who'll tolerate you. Right now, though, your on your own.
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"Instead, Congress must fix
"Instead, Congress must fix what's broken"... exactly! And the private insurance market is broken. When the incentive is profits over people, somebody has their values mixed up. We need a strong public option.
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"those of us "republiclowns"
"those of us "republiclowns" were aware of ACORN before this last election"... doesn't that then make the R's that shoveled them cash complicit in their crimes?
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Until Ann Coulter presents
Until Ann Coulter presents her "female certificate", I'm going to have to believe she was born something not quite human, or female.
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Would that be the same
Would that be the same Reagan who doubled the national debt? The same Clinton that left office with projected surpluses? The same Clinton admin who tried and convicted the blind sheik? How was Dubya on terrorism, should we ask the 3000+ who died on 9/11?
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"All they have to do is
"All they have to do is repent"... can't they live their lives the way they want, then just before lights out, repent? Or is there a time limit or something?
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Either way the vote goes,
Either way the vote goes, you're wrong to think it ends in November.
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According to the
According to the Congressional Record, Dubya gave ACORN more than $13 million during his administration - even when both houses of congress were dominated by republiclowns. Republicans are only screaming about ACORN now because their guy got creamed last November.
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The bigots and intolerant
The bigots and intolerant are easily swayed by half truths and outright lies.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
What party is lead by Limp
What party is lead by Limp Rushbo?
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
What could go wrong? Look at
What could go wrong? Look at the last 8 years. And watch out for the fluoride in the water, and the black helicopters, and the death panels, and the birth certificate, and ...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
I'm thinking Iran would be a
I'm thinking Iran would be a good place...
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#7. Just make sh*t up and
#7. Just make sh*t up and hope it sticks, right Rich? From a guy who gives us this :"I'm sure I'm not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, "Hey, I think she just winked at me."
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Winston Churchill
Little double standard there
Little double standard there Collins? Where was all the outrage during the clown prince Dubya's administration? He had more czars: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_czars_of_the_Obama_administration
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So, your son is all
So, your son is all indoctrinated now? "Saying parents are incapable of teaching the agenda is odd." Which agenda? The communist manifesto? You should also note that Bush and Reagan both gave political speeches to the kids, Obama said stay in school and work hard.
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"A new survey commissioned
"A new survey commissioned by the AARP conducted by Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates asks respondents to what degree they support or oppose "[s]tarting a new federal health insurance plan, All: 79 percent favor/18 percent oppose,
Democrats: 89 percent favor/8 percent oppose,
Republicans: 61 percent favor/33 percent oppose,
Independents: 80 percent favor/16 percent oppose." Or try this:http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=5ba17aa2-f1b9-4445-a6b8-62b9d1ba8693
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If the father didn't
If the father didn't approve, and they have joint custody, then yes, there was something very wrong with her education. Freedom of religion can also mean freedom from religion.
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Winston Churchill
Check out Reagan's speech
Check out Reagan's speech from November 14, 1988. He preached tax cuts to the school kids. How many wingers got the vapors then?
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Winston Churchill
"Millions have lost their
"Millions have lost their jobs and insurance coverage because of BHO"... simple question Barb, when did the recession start? And why weren't you in DC teabagging?
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Winston Churchill
Can't even keep your own
Can't even keep your own fantasies straight, can you. The Bush tax cuts increased revenues, but he also doubled the national debt? If that's true, never, ever let a conservative near the national budget again. If Joe shows up at Walmart, will you be wearing your vest?
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Winston Churchill
Good for the father! Stay
Good for the father! Stay involved in her life and don't let the mother turn her into another barely functioning whackety-whack!
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Winston Churchill
Why are some who hide behind
Why are some who hide behind christianity so hung up on controlling what other people do in the privacy of their own homes? And preserve hetero marriage? Look at Mass., they've had same sex marriage the longest and have the lowest divorce rate in the country. Could it be that recognizing same sex marriage also preserves hetero marriages?
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"hanging all this debt
"hanging all this debt around the necks of our grandchildren".... Was the zoo closed when when tax cuts for the rich were passed using reconciliation? Twice? How about the massive giveaway to big pharma for a drug plan written by big pharma, forced through by the zoo with no intention of paying for it? Double the national debt? Start a couple of wars, fail, pass them on to your successor?
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Winston Churchill
Bush inherited projected
Bush inherited projected budget surpluses then turned around and doubled the national debt. You need to get your history from reliable sources, not your little conservaclown fantasies.
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Winston Churchill
Where was your fauxtrage
Where was your fauxtrage when Dubya hired his crony czars? From 2001 to 2009 he had more czars than Obama. And we're all well aware Dubya was asleep at the wheel, at least when he wasn't playing rancher for tv. And why are conservatives so obsessed with what other people do in the privacy of their own homes?
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Poor Wiiliam, so much hate
Poor Wiiliam, so much hate bottled up in one person. "big money (which is fine) arriving from outside Maine", 99% of the hate filled coffers of the anti same sex marriage cabal comes from outside of Maine.
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How does Matthew 7:12 fit in
How does Matthew 7:12 fit in with all the intolerance?
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And people wonder why
And people wonder why catholic churches are closing left and right...
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You mean it's only fake news
You mean it's only fake news from 11pm to 5 pm? Just 18 hours a day of "fair and balanced"?
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You're better off trying to
You're better off trying to reason with a rock than a birther.
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Geez, what if they were to
Geez, what if they were to suggest to the kids "eat your vegetables and stand up straight?" Socialism!
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Winston Churchill
I was hoping he'd use his
I was hoping he'd use his hypnotic powers and one of those spinning black and white things and use phrases like "you are now powerless under my control" to indoctrinate all the kids with such subversively socialist ideas like "work hard", "stay in school", "set goals", and the always evil "pay attention," "listen to your parents," and "every single one of you has something to offer." So, unless you tell your kids the exact opposite, you're a commie socialistic fascist with Marxism in your blood who pals around with terrorist death panels. Lead the way momof4!
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Winston Churchill
The insurance companies are
The insurance companies are nothing more than parasites, and add little to no value to the entire health care system. Imagine if all of the health insurance spending actually went to health care rather than useless insurance companies.
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Don't forget the "fear"
Don't forget the "fear" card. Socialism! Death panels! Pull the plug on grandma!
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Fixing health care and the
Fixing health care and the economy are not mutually exclusive.
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Geez, Barb, who told you
Geez, Barb, who told you the secret code? Making sure people can see a doctor when they need to without going bankrupt is an evil plot to rule the world. If we eliminate welfare, there will be no more poor people! Hooray!. If we eliminate umbrellas, there will be no more rain! Hooray!
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You're outraged at what your
You're outraged at what your primary charges (though reimbursement is probably considerably less), but apparently not outraged enough to change. You're outraged at government run insurance, but not outraged enough to change. Thank you for warning everybody, and be sure to pass that on to the 47 million people without insurance who have not experienced such outrage.
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Winston Churchill
Without health, food, water,
Without health, food, water, and shelter can be out of reach. Health is the first basic human need.
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But "death panels" makes a
But "death panels" makes a much better bumper sticker than "end of life counseling" or "living wills". Some people can only understand the bumper sticker ideology.
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Winston Churchill
How many people even know
How many people even know whether their current private health insurance funds abortions?
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There are no proposals to
There are no proposals to overturn the conscience clause when it comes to abortion, and the Hyde amendment will still prohibit federal funding of abortions. And wasn't Jesus all about helping the poor and the sick?
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It was his Katrina
It was his Katrina moment.
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It's funny how
It's funny how conservaclowns can get all fauxtraged over a "wise latina" comment, and turn it into "she's a racist liberal activist judge and a member of a hispanic terrorist organization", but when a right wing whackjob is exposed as a bigoted, intolerant misogynistic thumper from the galaxy Wingnuttia we should believe he's "professional and not overtly ideological." And damn them liberal universities for turning out well educated people who want politicians who "want to run on a pro-fornication platform". And Cal, "she felt pressured to repeat her professors' beliefs instead of stating her own". So she had to give the answers the teacher was looking for? How liberal! Wonder what would happen in math class if she answered 2+2=Reagan. Conservaclowns would start screaming "death panels" and "birth certificates" and "socialism" and "Nazi".
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Nobody has noticed, because
Nobody has noticed, because there is no basis in reality. The one who lost his finger lost it throwing a punch. And then he used his Medicare to get treatment.
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"150 million people will be
"150 million people will be forced into the government plan" Where'd you get that? Glen Beck? CBO says more like 8 million.
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Please point me to where I
Please point me to where I wrote anything like that. Besides, universal coverage would solve that. Evidently you're for universal coverage.
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The biggest defrauders of
The biggest defrauders of Medicare/Medicaid are the health care providers. The biggest fraud ever, Rick Scott, runs Conservatives For Patients' Rights.
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I imagine most of "those who
I imagine most of "those who live off the taxpayers dime" are covered by Medicare or Medicaid, so the doctors and hospitals are getting paid - nothing left for them to "pass that cost onto us".
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And there is nothing in any
And there is nothing in any of the proposals that would nullify the Hyde Amendment.
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Winston Churchill
How many primary care
How many primary care doctors are going to take you right in on a Saturday? "It was a Saturday in Millinocket when I cut the edge of my hand on some flashing." I think most doctors would say when you need stitches, get the stitches.
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Winston Churchill
Exactly how is same sex
Exactly how is same sex marriage a threat to hetero marriage?
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There is nothing in any of
There is nothing in any of the proposals out there that will do away with the Hyde amendment.
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What would you suggest the
What would you suggest the legislature do, mail the rebates first? On the bigger picture, if you can come up with credible sources with credible projections, I'll believe it. Right now, "because I said so" isn't good enough. The MRS has more experience with tax collection and projections than either you or me. They may not be perfect, but when they say Mainers will pay $57,000,000 less overall in taxes, I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. And republicans watching out for "the ones who can least afford it"? Yeah, right.
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Winston Churchill
Ask her how it is that they
Ask her how it is that they live longer and fewer of their babies die.
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Stimulus is working, Wall St
Stimulus is working, Wall St Journal, today: "Economists say the money out the door -- combined with the expectation of additional funds flowing soon -- is fueling growth above where it would have been without any government action.
Many forecasters say stimulus spending is adding two to three percentage points to economic growth in the second and third quarters, when measured at an annual rate. The impact in the second quarter, calculated by analyzing how the extra funds flowing into the economy boost consumption, investment and spending, helped slow the rate of decline and will lay the groundwork for positive growth in the third quarter -- something that seemed almost implausible just a few months ago. Some economists say the 1% contraction in the second quarter would have been far worse, possibly as much as 3.2%, if not for the stimulus.
For the third quarter, economists at Goldman Sachs & Co. predict the U.S. economy will grow by 3.3%. "Without that extra stimulus, we would be somewhere around zero," said Jan Hatzius, chief U.S. economist for Goldman."
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"half the people who don't
"half the people who don't have to file a tax return now won't file a tax return to get the rebate". How is that the Dems' fault? I thought the repubs were all about personal responsibility.
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Just curious, what makes you
Just curious, what makes you think you know what "better reflects American values and traditions"?
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That's a good one. Americans
That's a good one. Americans need to subsidize the health care systems in Europe? Our military needs to be ready and able to defend England or France from invasion so they can have universal health care?
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Winston Churchill
When anybody uses
When anybody uses "Reaganomic reasoning", we're all doomed.
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Everybody else was talking
Everybody else was talking about LD1495, including the letter writer. How does repealing 1495 affect the homestead credit?
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Here's what she wrote: "The
Here's what she wrote: "The homestead exemption will not exceed $10,000 if this crappy bill passes. Period." Doesn't agree with you're saying.
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V, when somebody says "trust
V, when somebody says "trust me it's true", what's your first thought?
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When Gardiner replaces the
When Gardiner replaces the Maine legislature and starts writing the state laws, I'll take a whole dozen!
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I didn't know Gardiner took
I didn't know Gardiner took over the state. Is there a recall petition? Read the bill: http://janus.state.me.us/legis/ros/lom/LOM124th/124R1/PUBLIC382.asp
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They're going to unionize
They're going to unionize ACORN and have them collect all the guns to give to the illegal immigrants.
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mo4: "Because I said
mo4: "Because I said so!"
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Alternative reality? Opinion
Alternative reality? Opinion masquerading as fact?
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What happened to the $57
What happened to the $57 million the MRS said would be shifted to out of staters? The same $57 million Mainers won't have to pay?
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Except for this: "No, this
Except for this: "No, this does not match the worst abuses of the Bush era."
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They are loving it - torture
They are loving it - torture by Americans has turned into al Qaeda's greatest recruiting tool.
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Since one third of the
Since one third of the stimulus was tax cuts that took effect right away, and the other two thirds will be spent over the next couple of years, are you saying tax cuts have absolutely no stimulus effect?
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So, what you're saying is
So, what you're saying is anybody who gets sick did so of their own free will? Uh, okay.
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So, when the institution of
So, when the institution of hetero marriage ends in divorce, what should we do with the kids? Is it better they be raised by a single parent, or by 2 loving adults who happen to be the same sex? And through all of the debate over this issue, there has not been a single, credible assertion made that hetero marriages will suffer because same sex partners married. Another point, if society sets the rules for marriage, cannot society also change those rules?
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Cheney said, "The documents
Cheney said, "The documents released Monday clearly demonstrate that the individuals subjected to Enhanced Interrogation Techniques provided the bulk of intelligence we gained about al-Qaida." Way to parse your words, Dick. The one thing they did not say is that torture works. And Cal, when were the Geneva conventions passed? Or what was that torture thing Reagan signed? They sure don't sound like "new" laws to me.
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For all those with good jobs
For all those with good jobs and believe their coverage is good, the American Journal of Medicine: "62.1% of all bankruptcies in 2007 were medical; 92% of these medical debtors had medical debts over $5000, or 10% of pretax family income. Most medical debtors were well educated, owned homes, and had middle-class occupations. Three quarters had health insurance."
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Another form of rationing
Another form of rationing happens to small businesses and their employees and families. If you run a small business with 75 or fewer employees, and one of them comes down with an illness that's expensive to treat, at renewal time your premiums will be raised through the roof. You will either be forced to pay the huge increase, or drop the insurance altogether (which is the insurer's real goal). You see, they don't want to insure you if you're actually going to need it. Less than 20 years ago insurance companies paid out 95% of the premiums they took in. Now it's down to about 80%, and some of the biggest insurers want to lower that to 65%. Aren't the payout percentages better in Vegas?
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It's time to bypass the
It's time to bypass the Finance Committee.
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Birth certificates, death
Birth certificates, death panels, tenth amendment - there is no intelligence there.
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Sounds like you want to be
Sounds like you want to be the death panel of one.
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If so, wouldn't Medicare
If so, wouldn't Medicare have been abolished long ago?
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"Government involvement in
"Government involvement in anything increases costs and decreases services." A fine example would be the public water supply systems. We should all water our gardens and flush our toilets with Aquafina. Maybe all fire departments should be privatized, and they could ask for your credit card before they put out your house with Poland Spring (or Sam's Choice for trailers).
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I think most people can see
I think most people can see the difference between God telling Bush "God would tell me, 'George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan'. And I did, and then God would tell me, 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq . . .' And I did", and Obama's "core moral and ethical obligation that we look out for one another". ______________________
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She did nail it. She got all
She did nail it. She got all the right wing talking points down, and did it probably with a straight face. Too bad she has such a tenuous grip on reality. Maybe she could get some of that rationed mental health care. What causes seemingly rational people to believe the most batsh*t insane right wing talking points?
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What do you call it when the
What do you call it when the insurance company tells you which doctors you can see, and which treatments they'll cover, who and how much they'll pay? Sounds like rationing to me.
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Winston Churchill
Stay
Stay classy.
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You forgot Jack Abramoff and
You forgot Jack Abramoff and all the congress critters and Bush officials he bought.
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"darkest Africa of 100 years
"darkest Africa of 100 years ago" That's not racist, at all.
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All you need to do is look
All you need to do is look at who shows up for each party's public events, and who minorities are voting for. Which party's officials send out Whitehouse watermelon patch emails? Which party's elected officials talk about the next 'great white hope', 'Obama tags', etc...? And how about Beck, Limbaugh, Ingraham, Coulter, Savage, etc...?
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Just curious, Cal, if the
Just curious, Cal, if the "pesky and bipartisan Congressional Budget Office" was projecting surpluses at the end of the previous democratic administration, who is the idiot that gave huge tax cuts to the rich through budget reconciliation (the nukular option!) and sent the country back to deficitville?
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With a federal law mandating
With a federal law mandating all people purchase insurance from the private sector, what's to stop them from doubling your rates every 6 months, and denying all of your claims?
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These flyover things aren't
These flyover things aren't such a good idea. Remember Bush/Katrina?
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Just curious, how many
Just curious, how many liberals demand loyalty oaths from attendees? How many liberals prescreen the attendees AND the questions? How many liberals have attendees detained or arrested or denied entrance for driving a car with a republican bumper sticker?
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"According to Maine Revenue
"According to Maine Revenue Services, a source both Trahan and Piotti say is accurate, about 87 percent of Mainers will pay less in state taxes under than new rules than the old ones. The new tax structure is revenue neutral, which means the state will still collect the same overall amount of taxes as before. But an estimated $55 million of the burden is expected to be paid by tourists and when the economy rebounds, that amount is expected to grow." If 87% of Mainers will pay less in state taxes, isn't that a tax cut? Why do republicans want to raise taxes for 87% of Mainers?
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Winston Churchill
"How stupid do they think we
"How stupid do they think we are?" Stupid enough to believe in "death panels", "death books", tax cuts cure everything, Sarah Palin makes you tingle when she winks, republicans are fiscally responsible, birth certificate forgeries, Acorn's coming to get your guns, terrorist fist jabs, Glen Beck, Faux News, etc...
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Very good letter. "With a
Very good letter. "With a public plan, health care would be about people, not profits." The way it should be.
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You forgot about the whole
You forgot about the whole "pals around with terrorists" and death panels and birth certificate thing. And now he wants to privatize the health industry?
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First, you have to find
First, you have to find republican ideas before you can steal them. Throughout history people have been seeking the elusive republican idea.
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You're right, Rich. You
You're right, Rich. You cornered the market on stupid.
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Can you say
Can you say "veto"?
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Health care reform was a
Health care reform was a major part of the platform they ran on, and what they were elected to do. The majority voted for it. Got a problem with that?
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Who would've thought
Who would've thought trillions in tax cuts for the rich and starting a couple of wars without any idea of how to pay for them would would lead to near economic ruin?
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"Look at the disaster in
"Look at the disaster in Canadian healthcare. I've heard Congressmen talking about how it takes 17 weeks for blood tests!" Why not ask Canadians with real Canadian health care experience? Fortunately, Gallup did the work for us: "One-fourth of American respondents are either "very" or "somewhat" satisfied with "the availability of affordable healthcare in the nation," (6% very satisfied and 19% somewhat satisfied). This level of satisfaction is significantly lower than in Canada, where 57% are satisfied with the availability of affordable healthcare, including 16% who are very satisfied......... It is a testament to national health systems that people in Canada and Great Britain are significantly more satisfied with availability of affordable healthcare than their American counterparts are."______________________
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"but keep the government out
"but keep the government out of private lives and choices!" So, you ARE pro choice then, right?
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Sorry Publik, but you forgot
Sorry Publik, but you forgot the "just go to the emergency room" health plan.
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"the pharmaceutical
"the pharmaceutical companies are in bed with Obama"? That's a good one! Who pushed through Medicare Part D that made it illegal for the gubmint to negotiate drug prices? You know, the last guy that was president (where's his birth certificate?). The one that threw open the gubmint check book to big pharma and said "we'll pay whatever you want, and more!"
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What do you do if your jet
What do you do if your jet ski has a pre-existing condition?
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Wow, you found a quote from
Wow, you found a quote from more than a year before Obama took office. Now that the actual plan has been put forward, "The Environmental Protection Agency estimates the average cost per household to be between $98 and $140 per year, based on the Democratic cap-and-trade bill working its way through the House." Some "through the roof"! Do some research.
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Looks like you got nothing,
Looks like you got nothing, again. How about answering some of your own questions - enlighten us. You can even use Faux News and World Nut Daily, if you'd like.
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"This has failed in all
"This has failed in all countries that have it." Care to back that up?
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Back in the early 90's the
Back in the early 90's the health insurers paid out 95% of the premiums collected in claims. That's down to about 80% now, and the biggest insurers have set a target of 65% to keep the stockholders happy. They are in the business of collecting premiums and denying claims. Makes you wonder, other than making the management fat and happy, just what exactly do private insurers add to the whole health care system?
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The responsible thing to do
The responsible thing to do would have been to take the entire month of August off, ignore some daily briefings about terrorists and such, and have a few brush clearing photo ops on his made for tv ranch.
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You read the house plan and
You read the house plan and it said death panel? Have problems with the truth?
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If you want honest answers,
If you want honest answers, start with honest questions. Where/when did the president say our energy bills were going through the roof? Tax reform bill? How about the income tax cuts? Same sex marriage? When did Mainers vote on it?
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There are already "cost
There are already "cost controls" and rationing of health care. Right now, the multi-gazillionaire health insurance CEOs get to decide whether you live or die.
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"That 28,000 children under
"That 28,000 children under 12 months die each year" The whole "culture of life" thing doesn't apply once you leave the womb. Once born, you better get a job with benefits, or you're on your own.
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If you believe in the "death
If you believe in the "death panels" and "government takeover", you're really not interested in reform. You've been duped by the right.
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If the "low lifes" don't
If the "low lifes" don't hold town halls, the terrorists will win!
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Not sure where you were last
Not sure where you were last November, but real Americans voted and real Americans were elected. The "people's majority" spoke loud and clear.
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Barney Frank said it best,
Barney Frank said it best, "On what planet do you spend most of your time?" She should have answered, "Outer Wingnuttia." The whackiest of the far right whackety whacks just can't seem to deal with reality. Civil discussion or debate is not in their dna. Bet not a single one of them can produce a REAL birth certificate!
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Hitler? One can only ask,
Hitler? One can only ask, "On what planet do you spend most of your time?"
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Nobody had to advocate for
Nobody had to advocate for Dubya's failure, he had that one covered, and was amazingly good at it.
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Marriage.____________________
Marriage.
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How many of the anti same
How many of the anti same sex marriage organizations from out of state call Mainers and announce they're homophobes "from away"?
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A few noisy brain dead right
A few noisy brain dead right wing automatons represent a populist uprising? Do you mean the ones carrying signs with swastikas? Or the occasional Obama with a Hitler moustache?
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Here'es the Bork source:
Here'es the Bork source: "Judge Robert Bork, a prominent and unabashed judicial conservative whose nomination to the Supreme Court was rejected by the Senate, is seeking $1,000,000 in compensatory damages, plus punitive damages, in a personal injury lawsuit against the Yale Club of New York City." "Judge Bork has been a leading proponent of tort reform--laws restricting the right of injured persons from obtaining full and fair compensation for their injuries from juries." http://www.illinoiscarandtruckaccidentlawyerblog.com/2007/06/add_robert_...
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Here are a few: George W
Here are a few: George W Bush, John Stossel, Robert Bork, Rick Santorum, Aetna, Anheuser Busch, Eli Lilly, Ford, Exxon, Enterprise, GEICO, Honeywell, etc... http://www.kraftlaw.com/Articles/Hypocrites.htm
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What is wrong with knowing
What is wrong with knowing about what you're buying BEFORE you buy it? Maybe people who want to know will just stop buying from businesses that don't want to tell. (Wolverines = Red Dawn).
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"We the people of the United
"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
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Maybe they should move to
Maybe they should move to Switzerland where they hide all their untaxed money.
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Truth is the ones railing
Truth is the ones railing for tort reform are the first ones in line to sue. Principles only go so far.
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So, what you're promoting is
So, what you're promoting is the idea that if your doctor maims or kills you through ineptness, you should just give up any thoughts of recourse?
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States that have capped
States that have capped noneconomic damages aren't seeing any savings. "Tort reform has been championed as a way to reduce health care costs for consumers. But this analysis of health insurance premiums several years after states have enacted tort reform reveals families and individuals have not realized any savings, thus raising the question of why consumers should trade off legal rights without economic gain." http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=36768
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Exactly! Heaven forbid
Exactly! Heaven forbid consumers get the info they need to make an informed decision. Wolverines!
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Winston Churchill
Truth is malpractice
Truth is malpractice insurance claims and premiums amount to less than 2% of health care spending. Premiums are rising due to preventable errors - doctors making mistakes - not some increase in lawsuits. (http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/180/7/E4) Dad - try to get your chemo, insulin, dialysis, etc at the emergency room.______________________
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We should ask for more input
We should ask for more input from the birthers? And input from the "death panelists"? Or the anti-intellectualists?
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Who came up with "death
Who came up with "death panels"?
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Never been an issue? Paying
Never been an issue? Paying for healthcare? Good one! And what is looses?
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You know what's really
You know what's really scary? All that remains of the republican party are the whackiest of the whackety whacks. Not born in America? Pull the plug on grandma? Keep your government hands off my medicare? Seriously?
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Winston Churchill
Earnings are down, but
Earnings are down, but profits are up. Aetna showed a 1% increase in profits in the 1st quarter. Cigna's 2nd quarter profits rose to $435 million from $272 million a year ago. UnitedHealth Group Inc. said its second-quarter profit more than doubled compared to the same quarter last year. And WellPoint Inc (Anthem) posted higher-than-expected quarterly profit.
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It's like driving cross
It's like driving cross country to protest highways.
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You should call the WHO and
You should call the WHO and tell them they got it all wrong. You had a reasonable experience at the Norway hospital, so there can't be Americans without access to affordable, appropriate medical care. Case closed!
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Like I said, principles only
Like I said, principles only go so far. Hypocrite much?
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Of course you won't be
Of course you won't be signing up for Medicare in 4 years, right? Or do your principles only go so far?
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Since you're such a beacon
Since you're such a beacon of virtue, you went to a private college, right? Because public colleges are gubmint supported and run. And, of course, you had no gubmint subsidized student loans or Pell grants, right? Because if you did, you'd be one of "those who sit on their duffs and hold out their hands for government aid".
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Seriously, World Nut Daily?
Seriously, World Nut Daily?
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I vote for
I vote for KAOS.
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Winston Churchill
Cal, the health insurance
Cal, the health insurance companies have been assigning value to human life since they were created: "Ya know, Granny's bill is gettin' a little too high and we don't feel like writin' any more checks". Or are you talking about the new commie death panels in the new secret FEMA concentration camps?
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And some have chosen to
And some have chosen to become completely detached from reality.
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Enlighten us. What happened
Enlighten us. What happened to the U6 rate? Up? Down?
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I notice he left out the
I notice he left out the part about Pentagon people using the aircraft, too.
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The only thing we can say
The only thing we can say with absolute certainty is that Dubya had the veto pen and didn't use it. Whether the veto would have been overridden or not is irrelevant since there was no veto to override. But go ahead, keep making stuff up.
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Please don't trouble him
Please don't trouble him with facts. They just get in the way.
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Winston Churchill
Republicans are not
Republicans are not interested in (or capable of) governing in the interest of the American people, just their cronies. Look at the last administration.
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No, but some people have
No, but some people have special powers.
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Might've been the same guy
Might've been the same guy that inherited a massive recession that started in Dec 07.
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Now, since the program was
Now, since the program was cancelled, it must mean Congress is even MORE in touch with the people they are representing. Bet you won't here that on Clusterfox.
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Winston Churchill
And here come the black
And here come the black helicopters......______________________
Winston Churchill
Why would any of them want
Why would any of them want to put up with whackjob birthers & deathers screaming keep your government hands off my medicare?
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Winston Churchill
I guess I missed something.
I guess I missed something. Just curious, who was president when Wall St and AIG started the bailout ball rolling? Turned projected surpluses into record deficits as far as the eye can see?
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Winston Churchill
Because they weren't on the
Because they weren't on the officially pre-screened guest list with their pre-screened questions.
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You mean when Sarah says
You mean when Sarah says they're coming for Trig that on top of using her family for cheap political gain she may be just makin' things up?
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V- he still thinks the
V- he still thinks the Kenyan birth certificate is authentic. That's where he's coming from.
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Well then, explain infant
Well then, explain infant mortality.
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Yeah! And keep your gubmint
Yeah! And keep your gubmint hands off my medicare!
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Newsflash Richard: we do NOT
Newsflash Richard: we do NOT have the best health care system in the world. On average we spend twice as much per person as any other country and come in at #37, according to the WHO.
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When did you read
When did you read it?
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Don't they already have
Don't they already have government run health care?
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I agree - jay is a nice town
I agree - jay is a nice town (but yes, ripe at times). No disrespect intended.
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Winston Churchill
"The SEC failed at it's job
"The SEC failed at it's job to keep businesses legal" I guess that just reinforces the idea that when you let corporations run wild they can't be trusted to do the right thing.
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Winston Churchill
And forty one of them were
And forty one of them were committed by upstanding citizens with clean criminal records and all the permits and guns they wanted. All the victims were reaching in their pockets for something. Must've been a dozen or so just fishing in their pockets for their credit cards at the gas station, but they didn't look like real Americans, they looked like Acorns. Look at the fine upstanding law abiding citizen that walked into the aerobics class, shut off the lights, and started blasting away. Now if all them women were packin', somebody might've picked him off in the dark.
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Winston Churchill
Overall, the bill shifts $57
Overall, the bill shifts $57 million of taxes to tourists from Mainers, and that's not a good thing?
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Winston Churchill
Maybe we should all have gun
Maybe we should all have gun turrets and missile launchers on our cars and trucks, just in case somebody violates our right of way. I know I'd feel safer. It's really too bad people in Jay feel so distrustful of their fellow man that they need their security blankets just to go outside. Maybe the commies will have bigger guns.
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Winston Churchill
"Corporations have the best
"Corporations have the best interests of the American people at heart." Insert eyeroll here. ______________________
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"The Medicare system is
"The Medicare system is going broke due to fraud," Who do you think is defrauding Medicare? Why, it's the for profit health care system, obviously.
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Winston Churchill
"Now he wants to fund a
"Now he wants to fund a universal health insurance system, which, by the way, would not include our elected officials, who will continue to be covered by their existing coverage." That's right, they already get government run health care. If it's good enough for Congress and the Pres, it's good enough for most Americans.
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Winston Churchill
"The major reason we rate so
"The major reason we rate so low in that rating is because the government is not in control of our health care." Maybe they can cure your foot in mouth disease! "The fact is we do." Got an objective, legitimate source for your assertion? Course not, but Beck says it's true, so it must be!.
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Winston Churchill
According to your reasoning
According to your reasoning all laws are "failed laws" because they don't stop with 100% certainty the crimes defined in them. If that were the case, we wouldn't even need law enforcement or prisons. We could simply pass a law and criminal behavior would magically stop. Since drunk driving laws are failures, and registering private gun sales are Hitler's directives, maybe we should arm all the drunk drivers. Would you feel safer?
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Winston Churchill
Put down the teabags, nobody
Put down the teabags, nobody is talking about "free" health care for everyone.
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Winston Churchill
So, on top of killing
So, on top of killing granny, they're going to gouge everybody for $2000 just because they didn't take the government option? Got any non-drooling sources, comrade?
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Winston Churchill
Unless, of course, you have
Unless, of course, you have a chronic health issue. Can you go to the emergency room for insulin or chemo?______________________
Winston Churchill
We should "Schiavo"
We should "Schiavo" everybody! Unbearable pain? No hope for recovery? Vegetative state? You must live! No insurance? That's the exception, hurry up and die.
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Winston Churchill
"Why can't the people in
"Why can't the people in Augusta realize that?" Uh, it's not true? Got any legitimate sources? ______________________
Winston Churchill
When did Tina, I mean
When did Tina, I mean Sarah?
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Winston Churchill
Must be something only the
Must be something only the white people can hear, because none of the are racist.
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Winston Churchill
I guess that's why they call
I guess that's why they call it "dog whistle" racism because you seem to be the only one who hears "the racism every time he speaks"
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Winston Churchill
"a decent, honest, person
"a decent, honest, person with family values running for President" Ensign? Vitter? Foley? Sanford? How 'bout the whole C Street family?
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Winston Churchill
I agree with armorin, please
I agree with armorin, please keep Sarah front and center. She's the Iquitarod winner! Wink, wink, also!
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Winston Churchill
If his approval has never
If his approval has never gone below 50%, how can he have a negative rating? Go ahead, explain it to me.
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Winston Churchill
When your trailer is burning
When your trailer is burning down, remember NOT to call big brother to hose it down. And you better stay off the roads, dang big brother built 'em!
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Winston Churchill
Identification as a
Identification as a republican is at an all time low, and Obama's job approval is still in the upper 50's. But keep trying, Rich.
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Winston Churchill
Even if that were true,
Even if that were true, couldn't you just say "I want to live"?
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Winston Churchill
Are they government
Are they government run?
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Winston Churchill
"the specter of a party
"the specter of a party rendered ridiculous — and irrelevant" Exactly! The GOP today.
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Winston Churchill
In America, the shareholders
In America, the shareholders and CEOs are far more important than the patients, especially those with needs but not means. We must protect the profits at all costs! Let's protect them from accountability by eliminating lawsuits over harming or ending a patient's life through incompetence. I mean c'mon, it's only one patient who didn't even have the sense to not get sick. And if we extend patent protections to 20 years the drug companies will no longer have to pay generic drug manufacturers to NOT make drugs. And when the twenty years is up, just change the name for another 20 year monopoly! Pure profit! Let's do away with state laws requiring certain conditions to be covered by insurance so we can buy useless policies from the state with the least regulation. Who will win the insurance company race to the bottom? ______________________
Winston Churchill
And how is your government
And how is your government run socialized health care working out? 75 and healthy, on Medicare about 10 years now? Guess they must be doing something right, even though your birth certificate doesn't say your entitled to it.
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Winston Churchill
There is absolutely nothing
There is absolutely nothing in any of the bills that REQUIRE anybody to plan to die. However, if you consult with your dr. about a living will, it would be covered (but not required), even if you're twenty.
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Winston Churchill
And she better show us her
And she better show us her real birth certificate, right?
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Winston Churchill
I guess it depends on what
I guess it depends on what you're definition of frivolous is. The truly frivolous suits never even make it to trial.
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Winston Churchill
Nataline
Nataline Sarkisyan
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Winston Churchill
Prager, really? Why not Beck
Prager, really? Why not Beck or Savage? Looks like you've completed your own assignment.
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Winston Churchill
How will they be exempt?
How will they be exempt? They get their coverage through their employer, right?
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Winston Churchill
Of course that means you're
Of course that means you're going to turn down Medicare if you make it that long, right?
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Winston Churchill
Geez, I know! Encouraging
Geez, I know! Encouraging seniors to fill out living wills can only lead to euthanasia!
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Winston Churchill
Pure brilliance! "If there
Pure brilliance! "If there was a cap on compensation from stupid law suits." You support compensating people for stupid lawsuits? I think most judges throw out the stupid ones, but giving more people the incentive to file stupid lawsuits? Brilliant!
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Winston Churchill
Don't forget all the people
Don't forget all the people who play by all of the rules and do everything right. They work hard, pay their bills on time, and have decent health insurance. Then they come down with cancer, and the insurance company cuts off their coverage because they failed to mention they had a pimple when they were 14. Or consider the diabetic who goes in for surgery and they take off the wrong leg. That person should have no recourse?
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Winston Churchill
I bet if it had been a black
I bet if it had been a black cop with a bunch of his buddies dragging a feeble old white man out of his own house, gil would be singing a different song. And the Coulter quote is great. It implies the republicans are even more ridiculous since they haven't been winning too many elections lately.
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Winston Churchill
Since a third of the
Since a third of the stimulus was tax cuts, and you claim the stimulus isn't working, you must now concede tax cuts are stimulating.______________________
Winston Churchill
Agreed. Health care should
Agreed. Health care should be a right, not a privilege.
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Winston Churchill
As it stands right now,
As it stands right now, there is an unnamed insurance company bureaucrat driven by shareholder fantasies making your health care choices. Raise premiums and reduce payouts at the expense of the ill.
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Winston Churchill
Apparently you haven't read
Apparently you haven't read it either. But you have all the answers Hannity and Beck gave you. Glad you're in the shrinking minority, and the adults are in charge.
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Winston Churchill
Health care costs are
Health care costs are hurting the economy: "excess growth in health care costs has adverse effects on employment, output and value added to GDP in the U.S." http://www.randcompare.org/publications/summary/health_care_cost_growth_... In your infinite wisdom gil, what did the tax cuts accomplish? Higher deficits and no job growth. But that's reality, not some ideological rant.
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Winston Churchill
Teabags! Teabags! Wink,
Teabags! Teabags! Wink, also!
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Winston Churchill
Citing statistics from Faux
Citing statistics from Faux News is one sure way of telling everybody you're a fringe right wing whack job. And, if you could, please show me where Obama said "I'm going to nationalize health care" without using Faux News. And that budget he signed was leftover work from the Bush admin, but don't let facts get in the way. Turn off the Beck and Hannity and pay attention to reality.
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Winston Churchill
"Proponents of homosexual
"Proponents of homosexual marriage overlook, ignore, dismiss and ridicule any evidence that exposes the damage their agenda produces." Evidence? Where's the evidence?
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Winston Churchill
Ignorance knows no
Ignorance knows no bounds.______________________
Winston Churchill
"It deeply violates the law
"It deeply violates the law of God" So? This is a secular nation.
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Winston Churchill
"Most Americans profess a
"Most Americans profess a belief in God (83%), and 82% are affiliated with a religious tradition. Scientists are different. Just a third (33%) say they believe in God, while 18% say they believe in a universal spirit or higher power and 41% say they don’t believe in either." http://people-press.org/report/?pageid=1549
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Winston Churchill
Here's some food for
Here's some food for thought: "Most scientists identify as Democrats (55%), while 32% identify as independents and just 6% say they are Republicans. When the leanings of independents are considered, fully 81% identify as Democrats or lean to the Democratic Party, compared with 12% who either identify as Republicans or lean toward the GOP." PEW Research: http://people-press.org/report/?pageid=1549
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Winston Churchill
Using your repuliclown
Using your repuliclown calculator, I guess we can say all presidents have been financially brilliant! None of them quadrupled the debt in a year, although both Dubya and Reagan doubled the national debt in their terms. Nationalize banks? When did the bailout ball start rolling, who got the $$$, and who was pres? Can you spell AIG? When did the recession start? Keep trying though Gil, you're absolutely hilarious, ya birther you!
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Winston Churchill
"President Obama inherited a
"President Obama inherited a big mess from the most incompetent administration ever. " Exactly - undeniable history. When did this economic mess begin? Dec 07? Bring on your ideological arguments, conservaclowns, and your relevance to mainstream America will continue to dwindle. Down to about 23% now, aren't you?
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Winston Churchill
Publik- I think the tag
Publik- I think the tag thing has to do with replying to comments. Might be a Sun Journal programming issue.
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Winston Churchill
What she wrote is based on
What she wrote is based on Glenn Beck rants and beliefs, not objective reality. No wonder the right wing keeps falling farther and farther behind.
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Winston Churchill
Almost forgot. Go Sarah!
Almost forgot. Go Sarah! Palin/Bachman 2012!
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Winston Churchill
Greetings from outer
Greetings from outer wingnuttia! I'm not sure, but you may have missed one or two paranoid right wing talking points. Maybe you're not watching enough Beck or Faux News. Now, go hide in your bunker. I hear Acorn is coming to get your guns!
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Winston Churchill
You seem to leave out that
You seem to leave out that health care is already rationed by the gazillionaire insurance CEOs. And how 'bout that policy of recission? Ya know, you get sick and the insurance company decides to cut you off before paying for any treatment.
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Winston Churchill
Perhaps he should produce
Perhaps he should produce the show himself and sell it into syndication.______________________
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."
Winston Churchill
"FairPoint, for all its
"FairPoint, for all its flaws, remains willing to do this important work." Willing and able are two completely different things. So far, they've been nothing but a failure.
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Winston Churchill
I agree, v, Bush didn't do
I agree, v, Bush didn't do anything, except start the bailout ball rolling. When did the recession start, 12/07? When did dubya slink out of Washington? And wasn't the national debt around $5.6 trillion when Bush was inaugurated? And wasn't it around $10.8 trillion when he left? Now that's some fiscal responsibility!
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Winston Churchill
I think republicans created
I think republicans created the current "one party" system by being too whacked out to get elected. And the ideology of the last 8 years didn't help.
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Winston Churchill
Yeah! And he's unionizing
Yeah! And he's unionizing Acorn to come and get your guns! Teabags! Who was pres when the recession started?
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Winston Churchill
We must protect the private
We must protect the private insurance companies at all costs and their near monopolies. Where would we be without gazillionaire ceos making your health care choices for us? And like gil says, if you get sick, just hurry up and die already.
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Winston Churchill
He's on the Wood to Energy
He's on the Wood to Energy task force, and importing European pellet stoves at the same time? Sounds like a politician.______________________
Winston Churchill
I guess the real solution
I guess the real solution for you, scotty-o is to get a better job and quit whining, and you will be happy your pay was cut only 10%. Now put your name tag back on, the fries are done.
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Winston Churchill
If you're going to compare
If you're going to compare Honduras to Iran I have a question, Cal, how soon before Honduras has the bomb? And, if you're all for military strikes on North Korea, how will you deal with the obliteration of South Korea and the response of the Chinese in the aftermath?
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Winston Churchill
When only about 23% or 24%
When only about 23% or 24% are willing to call themselves republicans, there is a problem. I, for one, don't think all republicans are as bat s**t insane as the few setting the planet wingnuttia agenda and parading around in the national media. There must be some common ground, but when the best they can come up with is "oh noes! socialism!" and teabagging, the road back to the mainstream is going to be a long, steep, and never ending one.
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Winston Churchill
There must be some level
There must be some level headed, reasonable republicans out there somewhere. Will one please step forward?
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Winston Churchill
I agree, Mr. Gilliland.
I agree, Mr. Gilliland.
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Winston Churchill
I agree with gil. Christian
I agree with gil. Christian nut-jobbery is about the same as islamo-whackism.______________________
Winston Churchill
Wow, there are actually same
Wow, there are actually same sex pairings in nature? Guess that argument is gone, dang. Now all I can do is run around and whack my bible.______________________
Winston Churchill
This really is a strange
This really is a strange recession. Right up until Jan 20, 2009 the federal budget was balanced, there was still money in the checking account, not a single American was on unemployment (or hungry), two wars on cruise control (mission accomplished, liberators!), everyday was sunny and 72 degrees, and if you got a headache or upset stomach, the emergency room welcomed you with open arms, Anthem sent you a check, and your boss said "go ahead, take the rest of the month off, with pay!" Last November (not) real Americans voted in this islamo-commie-fascist not even American born gun grabbing tax raisin' boy king aided by Wright and Ayers who secretly ran unionized Acorn from the sub-prime mortgage command center in Blagojevich's basement (with an assist from Ahmadinejab!). Now just look what the boy king has done - he used his amazing ninja inspired Obama-fu to retroactively start this bad economy in Dec 07, it rains nearly every day, and he used his secret powers of time travel to move the place of his birth from some grass hut in Kenya (or Mars) to a fancy pants elitist hospital in Hawaii (with arugula and dijon mustard!). Let's not forget he even made Sarah Palin (also, too!) quit her job so she could keep an eagle eye on Putin's head from the abstinence outpost (with meth!). Oh, how I long for the days when a real American fat rich old white guy could solve all our problems with pat on the back and a stern "get a job"! Sniif, sniff, also!
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Winston Churchill
Somehow it doesn't surprise
Somehow it doesn't surprise me that barb visits pervert sites. Maybe she's just doing a little "research"?
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Winston Churchill
Is that what they're telling
Is that what they're telling you over at Faux News, barb? Nobody in Washington seems to be talking about single payer. And watch out for those black helicopters.______________________
Winston Churchill
Cranky - remind gil how our
Cranky - remind gil how our beloved MBA president did the last 8 years.
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Winston Churchill
Guess that went right over
Guess that went right over your head, since you think 48% is a majority.______________________
Winston Churchill
So, bulky, enlighten me on
So, bulky, enlighten me on valid statistical sampling methods. Should it include 50% republiclowns (even though less than 24% are willing to be associated with the GOOP)?______________________
Winston Churchill
In a NY Times/CBS poll 2
In a NY Times/CBS poll 2 weeks ago, 57% said they are willing to pay higher taxes so all Americans could have health insurance, and 72% favor having a gov't plan to compete with private insurers. ______________________
Winston Churchill
The Catholic church can't
The Catholic church can't find the money to pay experienced teachers, but they can afford to fund their continued intolerance and defend their pedophiles?
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Winston Churchill
And he won't even show us
And he won't even show us his birth certificate, right gil?
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Winston Churchill
Bit off more than you could
Bit off more than you could chew, right FairPoint? Can't say nobody saw that coming.
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Winston Churchill
Maybe Les will do to Maine
Maybe Les will do to Maine what he did to American Skiing Company. Where are they now? And still, only the conservaclowns call Obama the messiah.
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Winston Churchill
Geez, we should just let all
Geez, we should just let all of the illegal immigrant convicts out of jail. That'll teach 'em!
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Winston Churchill
I agree, Leonard. Nobody can
I agree, Leonard. Nobody can deny that his music was unique and influential. But, even by goofy celebrity standards, he was waaaaaaaay out there. The self proclaimed 'king of pop'.
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Winston Churchill
How about the lodging tax?
How about the lodging tax? Who pays most of that?
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Winston Churchill
Never mind her solid record
Never mind her solid record on the court of appeals, she's only getting the job because she's a latina?
"members of La Raza were gathering in large numbers in some of the nation's major cities to wave Mexican flags in noisy demonstrations". OH NO! Noisy people that don't look like me!
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Winston Churchill
So, using gil's logic, St
So, using gil's logic, St Patrick's day is NOT an Irish holiday, it's just some random day in March. Same with Cinco de Mayo, it's just May 5th. Brilliance.
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Winston Churchill
You just can't pray the gay
You just can't pray the gay away.
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Winston Churchill
"It is the religious aspect
"It is the religious aspect that makes it a marriage." LFMAO. Government issues marriage licenses, not churches.
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She can write whatever she
She can write whatever she wants. But, so can I.
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Ayn Rand
Catch up, Cal. All those
Catch up, Cal. All those Iranian diplomats have been disinvited to 4th of July celebrations. But this: "President Obama is right to be cautious. This revolution, like the previous one in 1979 that brought the religious fanatics to power, must ultimately be won or lost by the Iranians themselves" you got 100% right.
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Winston Churchill
Yes, please leave the
Yes, please leave the judging to God, Ms. Roy.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
It appears Mr Dumaont
It appears Mr Dumaont prefers a christian theocracy.
Sounds like someone is
Sounds like someone is trying to relive their own graduation. Times change.
You fail to take into
You fail to take into account that care is already rationed by mutli-gazillionaire insurance company executives.
He was the "self proclaimed"
He was the "self proclaimed" king of pop.
Here's my comment - the new
Here's my comment - the new site stinks!