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From the irrepressible http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/ –
CPT James Ambrose
Idaho Citizens’ Constitutional Militia
Dear CPT Ambrose,
Please accept my application for the sniper position you are advertising on your website. I don’t think you’ll find a better candidate for the job anywhere.
You see, I live for sniping. There is nothing I love more than taking my .50 cal Model 82A1 Barrett semi-auto slaughtermaster–I call him Chuck, after Chuck Norris–out for some prairie dog mayhem. I hate prairie dogs. They live communally, you know–like communists, God damned communist rodents. They say they live in towns, but they’re more like hamlets, God damned Vietcong hamlets. That’s what they are.
Anyway, I was telling you about my love for sniping. God, I love Chuck. Ain’t nothing better than that moment when I pull his butt hard against my shoulder, rub my finger on his trigger, slowly coaxing it back until that triumphant moment of release when the 660 grains of wadcutter ecstasy explodes out of his chamber, shoots down that 29 inches of hot hard steel and erupts out of his muzzle in a glorious eruption of masculine power. Ohhhh, God it is good. There is nothing like it. It always leaves me spent and exhausted, but with a kind of indescribable floating feeling. You know what I mean; the kind of feeling where your whole body feels as if it’s been infused with liquid joy and all you want is a cigarette and a little Barry White music in your headphones.
Chuck is always with me. I take him everywhere. A lot of the men in my own militia don’t understand that. It’s why I, a militia general, am willing to serve as a sniper under a mere captain. I prayed about it and the Lord told me you’d be more understanding.
There’s nothing wrong with a man sleeping with his rifle and doing certain things to increase that special bond between them. I mean, why should Sgt Cletis or anyone else care as long as you use a lot of gun grease and are careful about preventing anything from getting into the muzzle. You know what I mean. It’s all part of our culture.
Well, let me know when to report in. I’ve already picked up the uniform.
Heterosexually yours,
Gen. JC Christian, patriot
Classy, CONs.
Real classy.
http://www.boingboing.net/200905051404.jpg
Build A Bridge Of Love
Isn’t it crazy, we haven’t spoken in years
We were the closest friends
Where did we part, when did the love disappear
We thought it’d never end
Just a causeless separation
A turn in the road of life
But now we’re nothing more than strangers
Don’t you think that it’s time to
Let’s build a bridge of love together
One stone of hope at a time
Let’s span the sea that comes between us
So join your hand and heart with mine
The timing is right for our differences to cease
O Father make us one
Let’s join in the fight to love all humanity
Our time has just begaun
We can use these precious moments
To tear apart dividing walls
And with those stones of separation
Build a bridge for all
Every race and every nation
United and unique
We’re all just links in a chain of love
I need you, you need me
Phillips Craig & Dean
Wow! Sex affair and a follow-on felony all rolled up in one prominent democrat. Is this a two-fer?
“John Edwards is under federal investigation over $114,000 in payments to Hunter’s production company. Using money from a political action committee for personal matters is a crime. Edwards denies wrongdoing.” CNN
Sex — Get over it; if he knowingly paid his mistress out of campaign funds, we ought to at least get to see the film.
Hello?
Repeated violations of the Constitution? Abuse of executive powers?
When WILL bush and cheney be frog marched to jail where they belong?
They were faithful to their wives, though. That’s what’s really important.
“Sex — Get over it;”
Oh I don’t mind. But just yesterday Monkeyhawk was throwing out the names of repukes who broke their wedding vows of marriage.
And I would like to see the evidence too. I thought Hunter wasn’t bad looking. Even if X rated, we should be able to view the film excersizing our rights under the First Amendment.
Unless the unFairness Doctrine has been enacted and the Constitution has been “Obamanized” already.
How to befuddle a Republican, ask him if he accept basic scientific facts.
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/05/republicans_cant_even_admit_th.php
And Republicans wonder why people laugh at them and can’t take them seriously on scientific issues.
But poor ol’ John Edwards really screwed the pooch (among other things) on this one.
Rielle Hunter has been a professional s|ut for decades. Her character (heh-heh) was based on Hunter in Jay McInerney’s “Bright Lights, Big City” in the 1980s.
But to be, ahem, “fair and balanced” about stupidity –
Semi-nekkid photos of Carrie Prejean, aka Miss California, have surfaced. Miss Prejean who is a born again Christian and anti-gay marriage activist, claims the release of the photos was meant to mock her Christian faith. She called the release an attack, intolerant and offensive.
“…behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.” — Numbers 32:23 (King James Version)
rub my finger on his trigger
ecstasy explodes out of his chamber
shoots down that 29 inches of hot hard steel
erupts out of his muzzle in a glorious eruption of masculine power
your whole body feels as if it’s been infused with liquid joy
Cue voice over –
“Unable to contain the thoughts of his fantasy, monkeyhawk takes his first awkward steps out of the closet. Embrace your sexual orientation monkey. Embrace it!”
It seems that the Kansas GOP isn’t much different from their pals at the notorious AIG. Kansas has to cut its budget and state employees are looking at a 5% pay reduction, but that doesn’t mean the GOP won’t be giving itself a pay bonus.
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/may/05/some-kansas-republican-employees-getting-special-p/
That’s the fiscal conservatives for you, always looking out for their own interests and the corporations that own them.
“SolDevVB” wrestles with his morning wood –
“…Embrace your sexual orientation monkey. “
You might have noted the post that’s got you aroused was tagged as a cut-and-post.
I didn’t write it.
Hemingway did.
(Just ask “Boxlock20.”)
the post that’s got you aroused
Fishing in the wrong pond monkey. I don’t swing your way. Better luck next time.
“Semi-nekkid photos of Carrie Prejean, aka Miss California”
Monkeyhawk’s post probably reflects the values of many liberals: it is more important to him that a beauty queen is exposed – than the criminal investigations and ethics investigations congress is delaying on half a dozen democrats in our US Congress.
Priorities, right?
Maggotpunk posts:
“It seems that the Kansas GOP isn’t much different from their pals at the notorious AIG. but that doesn’t mean the GOP won’t be giving itself a pay bonus.
That’s the fiscal conservatives for you, always looking out for their own interests and the corporations that own them.”
Seems the Kansas GOP isn’t much different than the democratic controlled federal congress and president. It seems they still voted to restore the automatic pay raises. (lengthy but worthy to know which greedy senators want a raise during the recession):
Here is a list of Senators’ votes on whether or not to cancel the automatic pay increase. (The official vote record is here.) Scroll down to find your state and Senators. A “Yea” vote was a vote for continuing automatic pay increases. A “Nay” vote was for canceling automatic pay increases. Here’s how to contact them and let them know what you think.
Alabama
Nay – Sessions, Jefferson (R)
Nay – Shelby, Richard (R)
Alaska
Yea – Begich, Mark (D)
Nay – Murkowski, Lisa (R)
Arizona
Nay – Kyl, Jon (R)
Nay – McCain, John (R)
Arkansas
Yea – Pryor, Mark (D)
Nay – Lincoln, Blanche (D)
California
Yea – Boxer, Barbara (D)
Yea – Feinstein, Dianne (D)
Colorado
Yea – Bennet, Michael (D)
Yea – Udall, Mark (D)
Connecticut
Yea – Lieberman, Joseph (I)
Nay – Dodd, Christopher (D)
Delaware
Yea – Carper, Thomas (D)
Yea – Kaufman, Edward (D)
Florida
Yea – Martinez, Mel (R)
Yea – Nelson, Bill (D)
Georgia
Nay – Chambliss, Saxby (R)
Nay – Isakson, John (R)
Hawaii
Yea – Akaka, Daniel (D)
Yea – Inouye, Daniel (D)
Idaho
Nay – Crapo, Michael (R)
Nay – Risch, James (R)
Illinois
Yea – Burris, Roland (D)
Yea – Durbin, Richard (D)
Indiana
Yea – Lugar, Richard (R)
Nay – Bayh, Evan (D)
Iowa
Yea – Harkin, Thomas (D)
Nay – Grassley, Charles (R)
Kansas
Nay – Brownback, Samuel (R)
Nay – Roberts, Pat (R)
Kentucky
Nay – Bunning, Jim (R)
Nay – McConnell, Mitch (R)
Louisiana
Yea – Landrieu, Mary (D)
Nay – Vitter, David (R)
Maine
Nay – Collins, Susan (R)
Nay – Snowe, Olympia (R)
Maryland
Yea – Cardin, Benjamin (D)
Yea – Mikulski, Barbara (D)
Massachusetts
Yea – Kerry, John (D)
Not Voting – Kennedy, Edward (D)
Michigan
Yea – Levin, Carl (D)
Yea – Stabenow, Debbie Ann (D)
Minnesota
Nay – Klobuchar, Amy (D)
Mississippi
Yea – Cochran, Thad (R)
Yea – Wicker, Roger (R)
Missouri
Nay – Bond, Christopher (R)
Nay – McCaskill, Claire (D)
Montana
Yea – Baucus, Max (D)
Nay – Tester, Jon (D)
Nebraska
Nay – Nelson, Ben (D)
Not Voting – Johanns, Mike (R)
Nevada
Yea – Reid, Harry (D)
Nay – Ensign, John (R)
New Hampshire
Yea – Gregg, Judd (R)
Yea – Shaheen, Jeanne (D)
New Jersey
Yea – Lautenberg, Frank (D)
Yea – Menendez, Robert (D)
New Mexico
Yea – Bingaman, Jeff (D)
Yea – Udall, Tom (D)
New York
Yea – Gillibrand, Kirsten (D)
Yea – Schumer, Charles (D)
North Carolina
Yea – Hagan, Kay (D)
Nay – Burr, Richard (R)
North Dakota
Yea – Conrad, Kent (D)
Yea – Dorgan, Byron (D)
Ohio
Yea – Brown, Sherrod (D)
Nay – Voinovich, George (R)
Oklahoma
Nay – Coburn, Thomas (R)
Nay – Inhofe, James (R)
Oregon
Yea – Merkley, Jeff (D)
Nay – Wyden, Ron (D)
Pennsylvania
Yea – Casey, Robert (D)
Nay – Specter, Arlen (R)
Rhode Island
Yea – Reed, John (D)
Yea – Whitehouse, Sheldon (D)
South Carolina
Nay – DeMint, Jim (R)
Nay – Graham, Lindsey (R)
South Dakota
Yea – Johnson, Tim (D)
Nay – Thune, John (R)
Tennessee
Nay – Alexander, Lamar (R)
Nay – Corker, Bob (R)
Texas
Nay – Cornyn, John (R)
Nay – Hutchison, Kay (R)
Utah
Nay – Bennett, Robert (R)
Nay – Hatch, Orrin (R)
Vermont
Yea – Leahy, Patrick (D)
Yea – Sanders, Bernard (I)
Virginia
Yea – Warner, Mark (D)
Nay – Webb, Jim (D)
Washington
Yea – Cantwell, Maria (D)
Yea – Murray, Patty (D)
West Virginia
Yea – Byrd, Robert (D)
Yea – Rockefeller, John (D)
Wisconsin
Yea – Kohl, Herbert (D)
Nay – Feingold, Russell (D)
Wyoming
Nay – Barrasso, John (R)
Nay – Enzi, Michael (R)
That’s the democrats for you, always looking out for their own interests and the corporations that own them.
BlueJay
Posted May 6, 2009 at 7:11 am | Permalink
Hello?
Repeated violations of the Constitution? Abuse of executive powers?
When WILL bush and cheney be frog marched to jail where they belong?
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Well blowhard your party is in charge aren’t they? When will the charges be drawn. When will the trials begin. We know how all powerful you are. You told us yesterday. Just pull a few strings in DC and get this ball rolling.
AmWay you started awfully early making maggot eat his words. It will just be downhill from here.
Amway and okobserver, you guys clearly didn’t read the article. The subject was the Kansas GOP as those who are currently serving in Topeka. This was made clear by providing a link but I suppose reading and getting the facts was beyond your reach.
Thanks for making yourselves look foolish.
Speaking of foolish it looks the Christians have converted Obama’s mom to Christianity.
http://www.americablog.com/2009/05/abc-news-mormons-baptized-obamas.html
Sure she’s dead but that doesn’t stop the fundies from casting spells and communing with the dead.
Atheist kill babies for fun…then eat them…Homos do the same (except they kill kittens).
Ain’t it a shame? Congress just gave themselves a $4,700 pay raise at the beginning of this year.
And those poor, poor social security receipients had a freeze on their COLA and increases in medicare Part B for many retirees. Saddly, those retired Americans cannot make up the lost income.
“Kansas GOP as those who are currently serving in Topeka.”
Points still the same. You compared republicans to greedy AIG. Said they were always looking out for their own.
Democrats are no better (as I’ve shown).
Now, the feds give out bonuses to THEIR employees too. That hasn’t stopped.
How is the point the same? How many Senators of California are currently serving as representatives in the Kansas House? You just don’t know what you are talking about and you’ve made yourself look like an idiot. Try reading next time.
Greed is greed Maggotpunk. It’s not restricted to those “nasty” republicans.
I don’t see anyone in Congress working for one dollar like some of the CEO’s did. Gave themselves nice fat pay raises (as opposed to one-time bonuses which do not permanently affect HR costs).
Great example.
Looks like it was some smoke and mirrors. A shiny object for the dims to focus on…
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Source: Charges Unlikely for Lawyers Over Interrogation Memos
A person familiar with the inquiry, who spoke on condition of anonymity, says investigators recommended referring two of the three lawyers to state bar associations for possible disciplinary action.
AP
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
WASHINGTON — Justice Department officials have stopped short of recommending criminal charges against Bush administration lawyers who wrote secret memos approving harsh interrogation techniques of terror suspects.
A person familiar with the inquiry, who spoke on condition of anonymity, says investigators recommended referring two of the three lawyers to state bar associations for possible disciplinary action. The person was not authorized to discuss the inquiry.
The average amount of credit card debt in households with more than one card is now more than $8,000, according to CardWeb.com. The average American has 2.7 bank credit cards, 3.8 retail credit cards and 1.1 debit cards, for a total of 7.6 cards per cardholder, CardWeb.com said.
Last week the House overwhelmingly passed a Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights, intended to protect consumers from sharp interest rate increases, harsh penalties, short payment windows and other abusive practices. A similar measure is moving through the Senate.
This won’t help credit card holders pay off their huge debts, nor will it protect credit card owners from being stupid.
“Crown Financial Ministries’ Bentley cited Proverbs 22:7 to drive home the point: “The borrower is servant to the lender.”
“We believe excessive debt is a clear warning sign in Scripture,” he said, “that people who leverage beyond their means are in danger of being enslaved. … We think in the current environment, debt elimination is essential.” “
My question is: Who is going to protect us from Congress and the president ?
Amway, This week we received a notice from our Discover card that effective with the June billing the rate was being calculated in a different way. It ammounted to a 9.7% increase. It would go into effect for the balance owed on the card. If you didn’t accept this rate then you had to submit a written notice to that effect and you would be allowed to pay off your balance at the old rate but the card would be canceled. If you made one charge after the 15th of June this would mean you accepted the new rate.
Now this new legislation won’t affect me because I never carry a balance on my card but for the millions with large balances this will be a large payment increase when time are tough. Another not well thought out plan from the big O. This man really has a god complex. He hasn’t realized yet that he is the prez and not the king.
In 30 years of marriage we have had one late payment (got lost in the mail) and they charged us interest. We called Discover and they had an automatic forgiveness for customers in good standing.
As I understand it, this law will not protect CC owners from fines by that same CC Company. The law prevents the company from increasing rates based upon OTHER bad debt.
Rates are also higher for all of us because of defaults. So we pay for others not paying their bills. And higher consumer prices at the store.
But one thing that bothers me: Banks charge these double digit rates to borrowers, but pay me a paltry 1-3% on my various investments. They take my money and give me pennies, and then loan it out to those who live on credit for huge percentages.
The current predatory practice by Credit Card companies is something I addressed over a month ago.
What they do is lower your credit limit to just above your balance if you are within 70 percent of your previous credit limit.
What this does is allows the Credit Card companies to attach more fees, penalties and interest as you are too close to your limit, albeit it was re-established by the Credit Card Company.
okobserver
Posted May 6, 2009 at 9:48 am | Permalink
Amway, This week we received a notice from our Discover card that effective with the June billing the rate was being calculated in a different way. It ammounted to a 9.7% increase. It would go into effect for the balance owed on the card. If you didn’t accept this rate then you had to submit a written notice to that effect and you would be allowed to pay off your balance at the old rate but the card would be canceled. If you made one charge after the 15th of June this would mean you accepted the new rate.
Now this new legislation won’t affect me because I never carry a balance on my card but for the millions with large balances this will be a large payment increase when time are tough. Another not well thought out plan from the big O. This man really has a god complex. He hasn’t realized yet that he is the prez and not the king.
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This has absolutely nothing to do with “new legislation.”
I have had an account with Citi since 1988. Last October I got the same notice from them: accept the new rate or the account will be closed when the current card expires. I cancelled the account on the spot, credit report be dam*ed.
Note that last October is before the current Congress or President was even in office. Banks extending revolving consumer credit have been weeding accounts like yours and mine (the non-profitable kind) since the great mortgage-backed asset devaluation exercise of late last summer. The change in terms offered you by Discover and to me by Citi have been offered to millions of other Americans who have used credit cards to finagle 25-day loans at 0% return for the issuing bank.
Reason # 9,456,789,125,255 that the GOP is out of power: in their rush to hang something, ANYTHING, on Obama QUICKLY!! they show thinking Americans that they don’t know their rear ends from holes in the ground.
“Crown Financial Ministries’ Bentley cited Proverbs 22:7 to drive home the point: “The borrower is servant to the lender.”
“We believe excessive debt is a clear warning sign in Scripture,” he said, “that people who leverage beyond their means are in danger of being enslaved. … We think in the current environment, debt elimination is essential.” “
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What the Brit says isnt untrue… But he forgets that in that time frame(when Proverbs was written), there were rules against “usury”(using interest on loans)… And that every 50 years, there was a Year of Jubilee, when all debts are forgiven, and everybody starts over at -0-…
I wonder what would happen if we brought back the Year of Jubilee now?
And, I am curious… What does the British Crown have to do with the passage of the Credit Card holders’ Bill of Rights?? I mean, hey, England doesnt operate on the same economy as we do…
Pedant my point I was trying to make and did it poorly was that the card companies see what is coming and know they will be forced to do it the govs way so they are pushing the changes early.
Businesses that have to continuely swallow bad debt will make money one way or another. They are trying to do it on the backs of those who pay their bills.
I expect to see next that interest will be charged from the date of purchase or that there will be no days grace period.
“This has absolutely nothing to do with “new legislation.”
Here is the House version (summary) passed 30 April. The senate started work on their version this week.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-627&tab=summary
I didn’t see any big changes. For those of who use our credit cards for convenience – and not a load, I don’t see an impact. For those who use a credit card for a loan, there are some protections – but the CC Companies can still charge what most will think is “exorbitant” rates.
This bill will not make the average $8,000 in credit “go away” and double digit rates are still there.
Some CC Companies may actually cancel more cards -and disapprove “risky” borrowers as a result of this bill. Lenders will surely look harder at applicants credit history. That’s a good thing.
But it may run counter to the Treasury desire for all of us to start spending again.
Why should the gov be in the business of dictating terms to credit card companies. No one forces you to charge. No one hold a gun to your head and tells you to get that 56″ TV. Ultimately I am responsible for what I put on my credit card. The gov shouldn’t be trying to shelter me from the consequences.
okobserver
Posted May 6, 2009 at 10:26 am | Permalink
Pedant my point I was trying to make and did it poorly was that the card companies see what is coming and know they will be forced to do it the govs way so they are pushing the changes early.
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If that was your point, then you’re just digging your grave deeper.
This has nothing to do with banks reading tea leaves re:guvmint. It has to do with banks hoarding cash. Why loan money for free? ANS: don’t, and force unprofitable borrowers to accept a more profitable interest rate or give up the account. Note that this yields more free cash flow for banks.
That’s the idea, free cash flow and increased cash assets for banks.
Can’t yall just TRY to be rational?
Pukes: WE demand our government support usarious interest rates and deceptive lending practices, after all, it’s your fault if we lie to you to steal your money. You sickening fother muckers, no wonder you’re out in the cold.
okobserver, I completely agree with you in principle.
But I am taking a slightly different tack on this one, which admittedly is not in form with the principle.
The SOB’s charge people what, 19-20% at a time of low inflation. But they only pay me 1-3% on my bank savings – which they turn around and loan shark to irresponsible borrowers.
And could they make their “term” any smaller? I think they use FONT size 3.
Having read the House Bill, I don’t see anything grievious for banks (although it will cut their profits and increase their costs at a time when they are already in trouble).
Yep, this is contrary to good old fashion conservative values, but I think a lot of Americans think banks are ripping us off.
It’s my way of sticking it to the banks, despite my values. Probably wrong. But it’s me.
Plus, if this bill makes banks tighten their lending practises and they stop lending to so many irresponsible people – which affects MY rates and costs, I’ll be happier.
“deceptive lending practices”
HA-HA! Stupid people. Government will never protect them.
The best way to avoid credit card charges is to not have one. Debit cards work fine. If I don’t have the money, I don’t buy something. Works well.
Dennis
If I don’t have the money, I don’t buy something. Works well.
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Tell that to the Libs.
Here’s another of my pet peeves. Credit Card theft.
Because I live closely to a credit card analyst, I know that stolen credit cards are a huge problem. They increase our CC costs – and retailer costs (who eat the charges).
One of the first things a thief does with a stolen credit card is to attempt to buy gas. It is quick and private. No person asks for ID. If the sale is authorized – they then can go to Best Buy and make major purchases without worry.
WHY NOT REQUIRE A PIIN? HOW TOUGH WOULD THAT BE?
We use a pin for debt cards, ATM’s, and half a dozen things.
How much theft could quickly and easily be prevented if we were required to key in a simple PIIN?
(And yes, I know thieves will find a way. But this would stop lot’s if (e.g. children, family members, workers, x-boy/girlfriends, not professional thieves)
“If I don’t have the money, I don’t buy something. Works well.
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Tell that to the Libs.”
Amen!
Hopey McChange strikes again:
WASHINGTON — Although President Obama has vowed that citizens will be able to track “every dime” of the $787 billion stimulus bill, a government website dedicated to the spending won’t have details on contracts and grants until October and may not be complete until next spring — halfway through the program, administration officials said.
Ah.. for the days of Bill Clinton’s balanced federal budget…
Got a request for you fleet, can you drum up one of your lists of cos and her freakish attacks on anyone who shows her faith to be false?
In particular, where she attacks scientists for not being climate scientists. Apparently this freak doesn’t care anymore.
Looks like another fine federal program. They are going to pay farmers to not cut down their trees I’m reminded of the old CRP set aside program (when we pay farmers not to grow things).
“A greenhouse gases trading system funded with the help of then-Illinois State Sen. Barack Obama would appear to have another prominent supporter, Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who was also one of the system’s earliest clients.
Three years ago, Lugar, who grows corn, soybeans and trees on his family’s 604 acres of property in Marion County, Ind., became the first farmer in his state to sign up with the new commodity market called the Chicago Climate Exchange, which is likely to play a major role in President Obama’s $650 billion cap-and-trade initiative. In the process, Lugar became what the exchange called an offset producer, entitling him to a financial reward in return for keeping his part of his property untouched.” Foxnews
YellowdogLiberal
Posted May 6, 2009 at 11:05 am | Permalink
The best way to avoid credit card charges is to not have one. Debit cards work fine. If I don’t have the money, I don’t buy something. Works well.
Dennis
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Waaaay too obvious.
I haven’t owned a credit card in years. Don’t need one, don’t want one. The debit card works just fine.
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fleettwood
Posted May 6, 2009 at 11:15 am | Permalink
If I don’t have the money, I don’t buy something. Works well.
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Tell that to the Libs.
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The libs don’t spend their own money, they spend other people’s money.
Got a request for you fleet, can you drum up one of your lists of cos and her freakish attacks on anyone who shows her faith to be false?
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I’m on it.
donndublin,
I hate to say it, but “cons” spend other peoples money too.
We need to get to the point where we can all admit our ENTIRE government is out-of-control.
I have a need to say something. And I am only going to say it once.
I happen to know BlueJay(JR) personally.
Please notice that he isnt posting all day as is usually lied about here. I also happen to know that he owns and operates his own business.
And for that, many of you accost him DAILY, on and on and on, because YOU all say he has no job, and lives off of public funds.
THAT IS A LIE.
As every one of you knows, a person can own and operate a business, and have no employees other than themselves. There are a number of others who post here who also have their own businesses.
IF you are going to continually attack BlueJay for owning and operating his own business, then why not attack the others? I’m sure not all of them hire employees. Sol, how many employees do you have in your business? Don, how about you? How many do you employ?
And Box, how many employees do you have?
We know that okobserver says she has employees, so she is out of this question.
Now, depending on what kind of business you own and operate, without employees, we all know that different business ventures have different levels of expected income. Thus, different levels of expenses, taxes, etc.
Now, then, since NONE of you who constantly attack Blue Jay have any CLUE as to how much income he does or doesnt have… HOW can you sit here, and post all of your negativity against him, when you, in reality, know NOTHING about him?
The ONLY thing that any of you know is that he cannot afford health insurance on his son. And, I hate to tell ya, that is pretty common around these parts… Shoot, I cant afford my own health insurance, unless it is included in my particular contract du jour… And not all of my contracts include health insurance.
I have also met Blue Jay’s son. He looks to do quite fine. Well taken care of by his father. Would that more single parents did as good!!
Yet, many of you rag on and on and on about Blue Jay not taking care of his son. And a few of you even get downright disgusting and lewd about that relationship. Which is a good, typical father/son relationship. I only wish my Dad and I would have the kind of time BlueJay and his son have together. That will mean a great deal to his son, as he gets older.
So, since you dont know BlueJay, and you dont know his son,
WHY do you do nothing every day but stck a bunch of LIES on both him and his son?
How would you like it if people did that to YOU? If you think it’s funny, they you have a very weird sense of humor. Because it isnt funny. Not one bit.
What it is, in fact, is extremely contemptible.
I am not alone in saying this… I think such contemptuous behavior out of people who claim to be adults, and who claim such high value systems, should stop TODAY… or at least by the end of the week. This has gone on for WAY too long.
If you really believe in the set of values that you all claim to believe in, then you will cease such nonsense.
On the other hand, if you dont believe in the values to claim to believe in, then you will merely continue as you are doing, and everything I have just written, you will use for attacks.
I guess the ball is in your court.
We will just watch and see… As I said, I am only posting on this ONCE.
Thanks.
This might upset closet cases and topless beauty queens but gay marriage has just become legal in Maine.
http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/05/06/maine-legalizes-same-sex-marriage/
Well Chas, maybe it’s because BlueJay threatens everyone with revealing personal information or doing ‘bone digs’ on past statements. Or perhaps he lies constantly about other people and what they represent.
I remember when BlueJay came to the blog after his prolonged absence due to a lack of a computer (and one was supplied by XXX) – he came back wanting to attack constantly anyone who thought differently than he did.
He still does it.
He learns not to attack people, maybe he’ll be left alone.
But I doubt the boy will ever learn.
Chas & BlueJay,
I respect anyone who runs their own business, as I am trying to do the same. I have absolutely no problem with this.
I have ragged on BlueJay in the past about his son and livelihood and I have quit. Why? Because it doesn’t matter. I will however debate him on the issues and that does matter.
I don’t like his tactics and will counter them 10 fold if he chooses to go down certain paths. I think that is understandable given the past history here.
YHea, sure, right, Reg. Like you dont do the same things you are accusing BlueJay of doing?? (cough, cough) Riiiiiiight!!! Pot, meet Kettle!!
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Chas
Posted May 6, 2009 at 12:43 pm | Permalink
YHea, sure, right, Reg. Like you dont do the same things you are accusing BlueJay of doing?? (cough, cough) Riiiiiiight!!! Pot, meet Kettle!!
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I don’t attack, unless I am attacked.
It’s a simple concept, really it is.
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Maggotpunk
Posted May 6, 2009 at 12:33 pm | Permalink
This might upset closet cases and topless beauty queens but gay marriage has just become legal in Maine.
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But Senate Majority Leader Philip Bartlett II said the bill does not compel religious institutions to recognize gay marriage.
“We respect religious liberties. … This is long overdue,” said Bartlett, D-Gorham.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090506/ap_on_re_us/us_xgr_gay_marriage_maine;_ylt=AuaEgdWLvKt8yQrXUssNrWSs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJyN3U0dmg5BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNTA2L3VzX3hncl9nYXlfbWFycmlhZ2VfbWFpbmUEY3BvcwM3BHBvcwMxNQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNtYWluZWJlY29tZXM-
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Hats off to Maine. That’s the way every successful campaign for social justice in the US has begun, it seems — in the Northeast (Iowa is just blessed with incredibly courageous political leadership).
Not in the West or the Midwest or the South, but in the seedbed of our old Puritanical roots, New England.
“But Senate Majority Leader Philip Bartlett II said the bill does not compel religious institutions to recognize gay marriage.
“We respect religious liberties. … This is long overdue,” said Bartlett, D-Gorham.” [Pedant}
That is as it should be Pedant. There is a lot of garbage floating around the internet how this somehow means churches will be forced to do things they dont believe in. It’s just that — garbage… What Bartlett is right on the money… We have Freedom of Religion in this great Nation. And so it will always be!!
I wonder what the per 100,000 rate of Proctologists per capita there is in Maine?
I will be fasting tomorrow in support of Roxana Saberi, the American journalist being held in Iran… need all the support I can get :)
need all the support I can get :)
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Try crutches.
Starving yourself for one day won’t help her.
We have Freedom of Religion in this great Nation. And so it will always be!!
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I hope so.
I’ll join you in that, Mr. C — Call over to IMF, and see if they might send out an email, and spread the word around the City??
Ooops, Mr. C — That would be IFM, not IMF… darn typos…. :-)
Might also call the Mosque up on the north side, and the synagogues too…
Chas – While I don’t participate and refuse to take part in the attacks on JR’s personal life and circumstances (I know not of them, and they’re irrelevent anyway), and find it repugnant, I note JR does exactly that. Regularly.
While that does not excuse the actions of others, the reality is that JR in large part reaps what he sows. I suspect given his persecution complex, it fills a need in him.
Oh yea, Mr. C — you might also want to call either the Chancery office, or the Newman Center, at WSU, and maybe the Pub. Relations at Friends univ. All of them have huge email networks…
mrcontroversy
Posted May 6, 2009 at 1:01 pm | Permalink
I will be fasting tomorrow in support of Roxana Saberi, the American journalist being held in Iran… need all the support I can get :)
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While I understand the sentiment, tell me, Mr. C, what substantive effect will this possibly have? Even if we all did it – even if the entire state did it – he**, the entire nation – what substantive effect will it have?
None.
So again, while I understand the sentiment, perhaps you ought to consider saving your energies for something that actually makes a tangible difference. Symbolic gestures may make us feel better, but they accomplish nothing.
Chas,
If Bluejay can dish it out, he certainly better grow a couple and take it. Because he has attacked, berated, and made fun of many posters on the weblog. Last week, I saw a thread where someone counted 13 posts by Bluejay that were ALL attacks and had zero to do with the thread subject.
That was just one thread on one day.
Bluejay/JM/JR, has stated his goal or a goal which involves some very bad things for cons, repukes, wingnuts, religious right, etc……
He admits he qualifies for assistance for health care. From that, it is a simple matter to determine the income levels for eligibility for that program. From that, you can surmise the other entitlement programs he may/may not be partaking in.
It is an issue – because he makes it an issue.
Bluejay is a socialist, asking for more and more socialist programs. Sorry, but he is the perfect example of a beggar asking for more. That’s his right – BUT he demands and concludes that those with more OWE it to him.
A better illustration of the vast difference between far left and far right cannot be made.
His son himself, is off limits as far as I’m concerned.
All that said – If Bluejay will promise to restrict his posts just to the thread content and stop attacking, labeling, and degrading those who have opinions and beliefs contrary to his own, I will stop pestering him back.
But if you want to attack other posters and put them down for their beliefs, all is fair.
Fasting is discriminatory against insulin dependent diabetics.
GMC70
Posted May 6, 2009 at 1:24 pm
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Thank you for posting a more obvious description of my 1:02 pm post.
Some folks need an explanation, I am not that guy.
I will be fasting tomorrow in support of Roxana Saberi, the American journalist being held in Iran… need all the support I can get :)
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Oh, brother. I will be floating candles down the Cowskin creek.
Oh, brother. I will be floating candles down the Cowskin creek.
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Watch out for my feces.
Markets are liking dem sum Obama, again today.
Whatever happened to the daily ‘Markets and investor class have no confidence in Obama’ posts?
Watch out for my feces.
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Check that. I will be floating candles in my bathtub, but only because I care so dam much.
Oh, brother. I will be floating candles down the Cowskin creek.
I’ll be lighting cow farts.
Hey I feel for the woman.
Wonder why Obama doens’t do anything?
Let’s see, which will help her? Lighting cow farts, fasting, or getting the president to grow a pair and do something?
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SolDevVB
Posted May 6, 2009 at 1:34 pm | Permalink
Oh, brother. I will be floating candles down the Cowskin creek.
I’ll be lighting cow farts.
Hey I feel for the woman.
Wonder why Obama doens’t do anything?
Let’s see, which will help her? Lighting cow farts, fasting, or getting the president to grow a pair and do something?
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Pair of wut?
(blinks rapidly)
Carter was impotent in Iran too.
History repeats itself?
Pendant says:
“But Senate Majority Leader Philip Bartlett II said the bill does not compel religious institutions to recognize gay marriage.”
So? If a gay couple is filling out a tax form and list themselves as a married couple then they don’t need to go to a local church and have the tax form approved by a priest. A lot of religious businesses, or churches, if you will, have a problem accepting basic reality, telling them to notice the fact that gays are human beings capable of having committed, loving relationships will fly over their heads like the germ theory of disease.
Reason not to support partial birth abortion
(see the photo)
Aug. 19, 1999: The hand of Samuel Armas, then a 21-week-old fetus, is seen grasping the hand of Dr. Joseph Bruner.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519181,00.html
Maggotpunk,
We know gays are humans.
We know they are capable of having committed and loving relationships.
They can do that without having the state recognize such a relationship and calling it marriage.
That is what people like you seem to have a problem accepting.
And the real story behind the hand:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/thehand.asp
The doctor was just moving it out of the way.
Nathan, I’m not the one with the problem accepting people. You’re the one with the religion that says they should all be slaughtered.
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Maggotpunk
Posted May 6, 2009 at 1:50 pm | Permalink
And the real story behind the hand:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/thehand.asp
The doctor was just moving it out of the way.
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It’s not the point maggot – the child lived and is prospering in good health.
Regular, that’s the point of the surgery isn’t it?
Maggotpunk,
I see you are back to lies again.
My religion says nothing about slaughtering gays nor do Christians do such a thing.
Once again, as you posted and lied about, it is that peaceful religion of Islam which kills homosexuals.
Not Christians.
Leviticus 20:13, you should read it Nathan, your spiritual mentor Fred Phelps has it on his signs.
There is a time when I would have felt the same way, GMC, but when Ahmadinejad was asked by an Italian journalist about the fasts, he reportedly said, “I wish they would all leave us alone”.
Then I had to join in.
It’s a MrC thang. You just wouldn’t understand.
Maggotpunk,
I have read it. If you read the ENTIRE Bible you would know that we no longer follow nor are we bound to Leviticus law.
Regardless, when was the last time a gay person was killed according to this verse by a Christian?
Yeah, Phelps may put it on his signs, but when has he ever actually done it? (Nevermind the fact that he is hardly a representation of anything near mainstream Christianity)
Strike two.
Liar.
BTW, Obama has brought it up, and Ahmadinejad told ABC we need to stay out of it.
But after that, an appeals court mysteriously agreed to hear her appeal May 12.
Just doing a quick news search I brought up one from 1999.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/2388468/Double-killer-denied-appeal
But you guys don’t get to kill with abandon anymore thanks to America being a secular nation. Nice though that you get to pick and choose which one of the immutable laws you get to follow. I guess you’ll agree that morals are subjective.
Maggotpunk
Posted May 6, 2009 at 1:51 pm | Permalink
Nathan, I’m not the one with the problem accepting people.
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Uh huh….
It’s okay Anti, the golden rule is one of those pesky Leviticus commandments we don’t have to follow anymore. 19:18 for those Christians who don’t read their bible.
Maggotpunk,
You have more hate in you than all of the ‘CON’s’ that post here!
Maggot: In places where aboriton is neither a criminal or moral matter but medical, healthcare institutions or those working in them are not obliged to partake in or assist in abortions if they have any moral qualm,s for many hospitals are faith based.To facilitate the need, specific clinics exist for such procedures. As for gay marriages, no civil servant or religious persons is obliged to perform the ceremony for the same reason, but the plentitude of clergymen or civil servants who do and will, render the matter mute.
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Maggotpunk
Posted May 6, 2009 at 2:10 pm | Permalink
It’s okay Anti, the golden rule is one of those pesky Leviticus commandments we don’t have to follow anymore. 19:18 for those Christians who don’t read their bible.
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Damn, you’re dumb.
Nah, I accept you as a citizen who is entitled to civil rights, like being able to get married, not be tortured, not be wiretapped without a warrant, I just don’t like a bunch of you.
Anti, Nathan was the one who said Christians don’t need to follow the Golden Rule because it’s in Leviticus. Take your hissy fit up with him.
Maggotpunk
Posted May 6, 2009 at 2:13 pm | Permalink
Anti, Nathan was the one who said Christians don’t need to follow the Golden Rule because it’s in Leviticus.
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No he didn’t.
Damn, you’re dumb.
I think I may have to call up ole Chas and ask him to send you his helmet and bib, Maggotpunk…
not be wiretapped without a warrant
Obama fixed that yet?
Anti, let me quote Nathan for you,
“I have read it. If you read the ENTIRE Bible you would know that we no longer follow nor are we bound to Leviticus law.”
I don’t know how he can make it any more clear. Take your problem up with him.
Regular
Posted May 6, 2009 at 1:26 pm | Permalink
Fasting is discriminatory against insulin dependent diabetics.
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No siht Sherlock… It is never a good idea for an insulin dependent diabetic to take part in fasting exercises… nor would anybody want them to…
“Obama fixed that yet?”
No, that’s why we needed a liberal in the White House.
Maggotpunk,
I read Nate’s post. You must not have done the same.
I have no problem with Nate, I am not sure why you do.
So Anti, what part did I miss from,
“I have read it. If you read the ENTIRE Bible you would know that we no longer follow nor are we bound to Leviticus law.”
Was it supposed to be that Christians do follow Leviticus law?
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Chas
Posted May 6, 2009 at 2:18 pm | Permalink
Regular
Posted May 6, 2009 at 1:26 pm | Permalink
Fasting is discriminatory against insulin dependent diabetics.
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No siht Sherlock… It is never a good idea for an insulin dependent diabetic to take part in fasting exercises… nor would anybody want them to…
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Maggotpunk,
Welcome to your bedfellows…You are intellectually in the same class.
(heh heh)
Anti, only a dumbass would go fasting, or follow a guy who does so. How’s that savior of yours doing?
Ahmadinejad was asked by an Italian journalist about the fasts, he reportedly said, “I wish they would all leave us alone”.
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He sounds like a right thinking American.
Maggotpunk
Posted May 6, 2009 at 2:21 pm
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Yeah, you are dumb.
How’s that savior of yours doing?
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I believe some Romans crucified him.
At least I can read Anti.
“I believe some Romans crucified him.”
It’s okay, it was cleared by their lawyers.
I think Atheist are fond of staking folks..near as I can tell.
I think Atheist are fond of staking folks..near as I can tell.
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Oh and homos.
Well Maggot, do some home work and maybe you will be relevant.
As it is now, you are just a Kook.
At least I can read Anti.
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Sorry, I was raised by liberals…
I got a trophy for identified the letter ‘A’….
That is as far as I was allowed to go, didn’t want to make the other kids feel bad.
The Golden Rule
by Wayne Blank
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” known to some as the “golden rule,” is one of the most well-known principles of Christian Living:
“So whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them; for this is the Law and the prophets.” (Matthew 7:12 RSV)
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Maggot this is the reason an atheist shouldn’t be teaching biblical history. You probably don’t know this but Matthew is in the New Testament and therefore isn’t part of the law as printed in Leviticus. Where was our resident pastor Chas when this one slipped past.
Gee –
The CONs’ circle-jerk is in full swing today.
“We have no rights under the Patriot Act to even defend them, because the Patriot Act basically supersedes the Constitution,” she said. “It wasn’t intended to drag your barely 16-year-old, 120-pound son out in the middle of the night on a charge that we can’t even defend.”
Passed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S., the Patriot Act allows federal agents to investigate suspected cases of terrorism swiftly to better protect the country. In part, it gives the federal government more latitude to search telephone records, e-mails and other records.
“They’re saying that ‘We feel this individual is a terrorist or an enemy combatant against the United States, and we’re going to suspend all of those due process rights because this person is an enemy of the United States,” said Dan Boyce, a defense attorney and former U.S. attorney not connected to the Lundeby case.
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5049867
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Well it looks as if the big O has caught his first bad guy. We are releasing suspected terrorists caught in the act and jailing a 16 year old citizen of the US and he has no rights under our constitution.
See anything wrong with this picture. The terrorists have rights under our constitution and American citizens don’t. Only under Obama!
Monkeyhawk
Posted May 6, 2009 at 3:00 pm | Permalink
Gee –
The CONs’ circle-jerk is in full swing today.
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Monkey this is the kind of post you want me to take seriously. You are nothing but background noise on the blog. Nothing of substance just a lot of buzzing.
MrC – re: your 1:58 and 2:01
Understood, and good fasting.
Hope your fasting brings pain upon Ackminihateeverythingajad and freedom for Ms. Saberi. I’ll be thinking good thoughts about you.
Gee –
The LIBs’ circle-jerk is in full swing today.
DA.
Fasting is a common — frequently religious — symbolic act of empathy. (You know “empathy,” right? “A code word for “Judicial Activism,” according to Oren Hatch.)
You CONs’ unmitigated contempt for all things “Lib” has you chasing your partisan tails all day every day in this forum.
I propose we “Libs” start advocating the ban of late-term abortion by firing a handgun through the fetus. Just to see how the CONs respond.
Who cares if going all Dirty Harry through a pregnant woman’s gut never happens; neither do “partial-birth” abortions.
Monkeyhawk
Posted May 6, 2009 at 3:33 pm | Permalink
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That was nutty…
I propose we “Libs” start advocating the ban of late-term abortion by firing a handgun through the fetus.
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That’s funny, cause it is the same thing…you know killin’ the babies.
So I’ll chalk you up, “ANTI,” as being “Pro Late-Term Abortion with a Handgun,” right?
Welcome to the cause!
“The Republican Party is in deep trouble,” Powell told corporate security executives at a conference in Washington sponsored by Fortify Software Inc. The party must realize that the country has changed, he said. “Americans do want to pay taxes for services,” he said. “Americans are looking for more government in their life, not less.”
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Colin Powell trying to run the GOP from his post in the Obamanation.
Yep we all want more taxes and more gov.
Welcome to the cause!
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Yeah about that, I don’t support your cause.
But Monkeyhawk if you want to kill babies, that’s OK…Just don’t go trying to kill any babies I know…You may see a reversal in the situation.
Bullet through the guts – scissors through the brain stem – which one hurts the most or is the most deadly?
Not much choice there MH.
As for fasting – back in the sixties the flower children did this frequently to reconnect to the earth. You know rid the body of the toxins of the day and cleanse their bodies.
Guess MH you don’t read the right books.
“ANTI” –
You aren’t paying attention.
I, for one, am against late-term abortions using a handgun.
You, on the other hand….
You aren’t paying attention.
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No, not really.
I, for one, am against late-term abortions using a handgun.
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Well, maybe I am on your side!
“ANTI” tries –
“…Just don’t go trying to kill any babies I know.”
And you “know them in the womb,” right? Just like God.
I sincerely believe we should outlaw late-term abortions by .44 Magnum, even if it infringes on the doctor’s 2nd Amendment rights.
You? Not so much.
I, for one, am against late-term abortions using a handgun.
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Our German friends stopped using bullets, as it was too costly. I vote gas chamber.
Well it looks as if the big O has caught his first bad guy. We are releasing suspected terrorists caught in the act and jailing a 16 year old citizen of the US and he has no rights under our constitution.
See anything wrong with this picture. The terrorists have rights under our constitution and American citizens don’t. Only under Obama!
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okobserver,
What were your thoughts at the time the Patriot Act was passed in Fall of 2001? Did you pay any attention to people like the ACLU who warned that the act would give too much power to the President and the Federal Government?
Monkeyhawk
Posted May 6, 2009 at 3:47 pm | Permalink
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?Que?
Babies produce an enlargement in a woman’s below tits…so, yeah…I know they have a baby on board..
BTW, .44 Mag is a bit of overkill, fetuses are small, I think they use fishing pliers to kill them these days.
Blog monitor I said “below tits”.
I’s OK Monkeyhawk, you can laugh.
The White House plans to soon release a photo from the controversial Air Force One-style flyover of Manhattan last week, despite claiming earlier that there was no need to release any official images from the incident.
Babies produce an enlargement in a woman’s below tits
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Depending what kind of shape she’s in, that would be her waist.
I’s OK Monkeyhawk, you can laugh.
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Invisible ‘t’ in there somewhere.
“What were your thoughts at the time the Patriot Act was passed in Fall of 2001? Did you pay any attention to people like the ACLU who warned that the act would give too much power to the President and the Federal Government?”
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Daniel passing an act and using it prudently are very different than abusing it as Napolitano is doing.
Show me the arrest records under Bush using the Patriot Act. Do they include any 16 year olds.
leettwood
Posted May 6, 2009 at 4:05 pm | Permalink
The White House plans to soon release a photo from the controversial Air Force One-style flyover of Manhattan last week, despite claiming earlier that there was no need to release any official images from the incident.
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Yeah, that’s an excellent way to defuse the issue. I’m surprised they didn’t think of it sooner. (actually, they probably did)
That Obama, he ain’t too shabby for a noob, you know that?
lol
okobserver, I’ve already referenced the golden rule, it’s not my fault you can’t read it. I suppose I could quote it, but doing so would mean that I came up with it; in your mind anyway.
Protesters Blast Congress for Axing D.C. Vouchers While Sending Own Kids to Private School
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Maybe they aren’t axing them nice enough.
Maggot you referenced ‘The Golden Rule’ that was in Levticus. There ain’t no such animal. Not my fault you can’t read your own writing.
I’s OK Monkeyhawk, you can laugh.
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You’s OK with me, Anti.
Pedant one of the things that bothers me most about Obama is his attempt at keeping things private that aren’t. He will release anything which will make the Bush administration look bad but withholds those things that makes his administration look like the keystone cops.
Transparent he isn’t. He was pushed into revealing the pics or he never would have. FOX news filed under the freedom of information act to force their hand. Looks like it worked.
“ANTI” and “fleettwood” channel their inner David Duke with –
“I’s OK….”
and
“Maybe they aren’t axing them nice enough.”
Just one question:
Do you sleep on your sheets before or after you wear them to your meetings?
MH still waiting for something substantive. If you want to be considered a serious poster then you have to show a post with debatable points and not one line zingers.
Daniel passing an act and using it prudently are very different than abusing it as Napolitano is doing.
Show me the arrest records under Bush using the Patriot Act. Do they include any 16 year olds.
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The kid is accused of making a bomb threat. If he were on trial for murder, in most states, he would be tried as an adult.
You should never assume that politicians are going to use power given up willingly in a prudent manner. Just to be clear, I’m not in favor of the way this kid is being treated and I think the passage of the Patriot Act was a huge mistake.
I have a friend who is a hardcore Republican and he was unconcerned with the Patriot Act, warrant less wiretaps, the President being able to declare anyone an enemy combatant, etc… right up until the mid-term elections in 2006 and he began to see the writing on the wall that the GOP was going to lose the Whitehouse in 2008. His great fear was that Hillary was going to be elected and would have all this power at her disposal. He realized that it was too late and that we all should have been more vigilant in defending our Constitutional freedoms. You have to take the long view and realize that the party you favor won’t always be in power.
I have absolutely no sympathy for those who cheered while these freedoms were given up willingly by our representatives in Washington and cry about it now.
“ANTI” and “fleettwood” channel their inner David Duke with –
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I was imitating southern white rednecks.
I don’t think making fun of black people is helpful.
Daniel even now I think there is a place for the Patriot Act. Our intelligence organizations need this tool to find the very real terrorists among us. They arent the prolifers. They arent our returning soldiers. They arent people who are to the right of Napolitano.
We have to have sharp people in places of authority and she has proven at everyturn that she isn’t sharp.
If indeed his IP address was compromised this can be proven very quickly. By now they should know this.
Its not the act that scares me it is the people using the act that frighten me to death.
Its not the act that scares me it is the people using the act that frighten me to death.
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What enables them to use the act? The act. Why give any politician, regardless of political stripe, that kind of unchecked power? Ultimately, it will be abused.
IMO, you are way too trusting of government.
“If this be trespass, then forgive us our trespasses and join us in trespassing until the South Bend jail is filled to overflowing with witnesses to truth; filled beyond capacity; filled until we break the most onerous shackles of all — the ones that bind the heart and mind to evil and our nation to the path of its destruction,”
. . . Dr. Alan Keyes
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Pro-lifers are planning mass arrests at Obamanation’s speech at Notre Dame’s commencement on May 17 in South Bend, IN.
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Misguided children’s author Judy Blume this year advocates honoring mothers who contract the killing of their children with a Mother’s Day donation to unsafe, criminal Planned Parenthood abortion mills.
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In a short break from reporting extensively on whether Obamanation takes cheddar or Swiss on his burger, the media has decided that the USofA needs a baby-hating left-wing Hispanic woman on the Supreme Court.
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William Brian Prowant Jr., 21, of Watsontown, PA faces numerous charges, including aggravated assault on an unborn child, for beating, pushing, and choking his 36-weeks-pregnant ex-girlfriend Kelly Wolfcale.
Interview with James Kenneth Galbraith on why the economy collapsed–
Matt Renner: In an interview with Bill Moyers, bank regulation expert William K. Black did not hedge in describing the Wall Street collapse as a result of massive fraud starting in the board rooms and CEO offices of Wall Street. What is your take on this? Has the American economy fallen victim to a group of confidence men?
JKG: Bill Black is a comprehensive expert on the subject of bank fraud. He is not prone to exaggeration or polemic. He is a lawyer and criminologist who uses words with considerable precision. One of the things that Bill has noted is that as far back as 2004, the FBI warned that there was an epidemic of mortgage fraud on the way. The administration failed to do anything about it and did not give the FBI the direction and the resources required to make dealing with white-collar fraud a priority.
So, you had fraud in the origination of the mortgages, fraud in the underwriting. You also had fraud in the ratings agencies, which were operating according to a business model where they did not get paid unless they issued the favorable ratings, and they issued ratings on assets they could not examine. They examined using statistical methods and did not look at the underlying documents to asses the possibilities that the assets they were rating were rotten to the core.
But of course they were. A subprime mortgage is an intrinsically problematic instrument. It is an loan issued to people who can’t document their incomes, whose credit histories are bad, and were issued on assets whose values were systematically inflated.
MR: Do you think this fraud was a plan?
JKG: Sure it was! There was a whole class of lenders out there, many of whom were completely unregulated, the Countrywide Financials of the world, others of whom should have been regulated but were effectively desupervized, the Indymacs and the Washington Mutuals, where the business model was “push those bonuses out the door, get as many of them signed up as possible because if they pay for the first 30 days, we can sell them and pocket the fees. After that, it isn’t our responsibility.”
Systematically, in this industry, the people who previously specialized in risk management used to say, “show me the documents proving that this will be a safe mortgage,” were given instructions by top management, “get out of the way, and get these mortgages issued.” There are plenty of records showing that these lenders were told to drop the standards. That was the revenue model for the institution. You have a model which is fraud in origination, fraud in the conveyance and fraud in the rates.
Right on time,
Five O’Clock Charley“parkay!”“Deuteronomy 6:5 (Whole Chapter)
” [Matt 22:37; Mark 12:30; Luke 10:27] You shall love the LORD your God [Deut 4:29; 10:12] with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.”
Luke 10:27 (Whole Chapter)
And he answered, ” [Deut 6:5; Lev 19:18] YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”
Passage Leviticus 19:18:
18′(A)You shall not take vengeance, (B)nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but (C)you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD.
Yep, parkay, the Blog Bot… must have it set on a timer… LOL
So Capn you are finally admitting what conservatives have been saying since last year. Our senators and congressmen made a climate rich for fraud to take place.
Mortgage lenders were given instructions to ‘overlook’ the lack of documentation about income and credit ratings. The Countrywides of the industry operated under the protection of the Chris Dodds of the world. Fannie and Freddie were pronounced healthy eventhough it was apparent that they really werent.
No one party gets all of the blame but they both share in it. When we recognize the problem we can make the necessary steps to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
“If you want to be considered a serious poster …”
What? Okobserver(ksgrm), many times busted liar posted WHAT?
It’s good you hold yourself in such esteem. Everyone should have at least ONE person who takes them seriously, even if it is only their self! Yeesh!
Kind words earlier Chas, thank you. But I can take anything the cons can dish out. Beating up on a single dad trying to make his way in the world speaks volumes about them and I am not bothered by it considering the source.
Hehehe, turns out that Scalia, who has argued against privacy for individuals repeatedly, gave a little talk at Fordham U.
One of the privacy law professors there presented Scalia a dossier of all the information he and his students had gathered on Scalia, thanks to Scalia’s rulings:
“His class turned in a 15-page dossier that included not only Scalia’s home address, home phone number and home value, but his food and movie preferences, his wife’s personal e-mail address and photos of his grandchildren, reports Above the Law.”
Turns out that Scalia was hopping mad that someone would do to him what he allowed his side to do to others.
I know BlueJay too, and I can verify what Chas wrote is true.
BTW, Regular lies when he says that XXX provided BlueJay with a computer. BlueJay bought his own computer.
“Beating up on a single dad trying to make his way in the world speaks volumes about them and I am not bothered by it considering the source.”
Amen to that.
Since mercury from coal fired plants is one of the main sources of mercury toxin for the unborn child in the US, Parkay and his other “save the baby” pals must be working night and day to stop this abomination, right?
Uh, nah. Not so much . . .
‘Course every brain-damaged kid means another CONservative voter, so that tends to dampen their motivation.
Do you sleep on your sheets before or after you wear them to your meetings?
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I sleep on them before your fat a&& wife puts them on….I am that long.
Chas what is the Golden Rule? What is the pack of scriptures you just printed supposed to mean.
The Golden Rule
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” known to some as the “golden rule,” is one of the most well-known principles of Christian Living:
“So whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them; for this is the Law and the prophets.” (Matthew 7:12 RSV)
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Very simple and straight forward and not found in Leviticus.
Seriously Monkeyhawk, like a garden hose…snakey.
Capn since I am one of BJs favorite target I will make a vow to not talk about his lifestyle as long as he doesn’t get into the personal lifes of other bloggers.
I can respect anyone who works for a living. I can respect anyone who has the guts to start their own business. I can’t respect someone who tries to put down everyone who doesn’t share their ideological beliefs.
Truce for now.
as he doesn’t get into the personal lifes of other bloggers.
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If he tries again, I will be there to stop it.
Sounds like a deal Anti.
“””’BTW, Regular lies when he says that XXX provided BlueJay with a computer””””””’
Regular, I remember the post too. It would go back over one full year, and JR posted it himself thanking XXX, I believe.
Bluejay should at least tell CapnAmerica the truth on this one.
You guys gang up on Regular and have your differences – but at least admit it when you call someone a liar, when they are not. You may “have” posters on other lies – but this isn’t one of them…..
Sounds like a deal Anti.
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Well, it is what it is.
I don’t bluff.
I remember it because it was around the time I started posting here. I’m thinking summer of 2007?
2006? Shortly before Capn declared the protest and demanded the blog be monitored.
JR announced his arrival, that he had come to “save the day” (yes, like Mighty Mouse), and thanks XXX for a computer. Now that may not be the same one Bluejay uses today – but at the time it was true.
Well, I gotta go catch some bait and load a boat..have fun…
I’ll be eatin’ good come breakfast time!
I don’t intend to give any quarter (look it up) and I don’t ask for any either.
I sure as hell aint intimidated by “ANTI”.
My friend Capn America is actually partly correct. XXX did give me a computer. I then bought another one very shortly after.
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ANTI
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Well, I gotta go catch some bait and load a boat..have fun…
I’ll be eatin’ good come breakfast time!
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Don’t forget the DEET!(insect repellent)
So BJ you are saying that your are making Chas, Capn an Anti look foolish for trying to bring civility to the blog.
I just want to know the ground rules before the games start.
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Well, it is what it is.
I don’t bluff.
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Neither do I Hank.
Neither do I.
“ANTI” exposes –
“Seriously Monkeyhawk, like a garden hose…snakey.”
But not erect, apparently.
I thank Chas and Capn for their friendship and their support.
I don’t need anything of “ANTI”.
You take whatever shot at me you want okie.
And with that, my son and I need to go help the neighbor lady. It’s too nice a day for this.
Neither do I Hank.
Neither do I.
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I check in and what do I see,
I am not Hank today, BlueJay.
Monkeyhawk, your wife is still a w hore.
She doesn’t taste as good as the fish I’m about to catch!
Sleep well, bait.
Gotta go, peace out.
Show me the arrest records under Bush using the Patriot Act. Do they include any 16 year olds.
Bush wouldn’t leave any record, so you’ll have to check and see how many 16 yr. olds were swallowed up by the streets (extraordinary rendition style).
You’ll never know the extent to which bush abused the act unless we have a public trial.
Ahhh repubs, they support the patriot act,massive spending, unitarist presidency, and the appointing of idelogues to the S.C., until they don’t. And, when they don’t it’s the other sides turn
Now this is simply beautiful.
Beautiful in it’s direct simplicity and accuracy in describing the capitalistic system as apposed to…ah, more advance thinking liberal systems.
Please watch and listen….it’s short but wonderfully accurate and direct.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWsx1X8PV_A
“I am not Hank today, BlueJay.”
Yes, we can see that.
Okie, do you not remember the circumstances under which Jesus spoke what has been called “the golden rule”?
He had been asked which was the greatest law… He answered with: “You shall love the Lord your God….” AFTER which he said, “A second is like it: And you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Now, those quotes I posted earlier are the OT sources of the “golden rule” — as they would have been quoted by Jesus from the Hebrew Masoretic Text.
Dont try arguing with me on this one… please.
good night; good luck; god bless –
whatever you conceive god to be!!
blessings all!!
so mote it be!!
Now is the time to Legalize Hemp and Marijuana.
Doobie, doobie, doo, strangers in the night, exchanging glances, scooby doobie doobie doo, what were the chances, doobie, doobie, doobie, doo, something in your eyes, scooby doobie scooby doo, hsssss, hss, hss, hss, cough cough ack
DARE to say NO to your kids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbsBj8NRufw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wixlfPnxJTo&NR=1
“Daniel even now I think there is a place for the Patriot Act. Our intelligence organizations need this tool to find the very real terrorists among us.” -granny-
One of the most interesting disconnects I’ve run across is this utter support of above-the-law wiretapping rendition and torture by the same knuckleheads who have to have their guns to protect them from the black-helicopter people the government sends out to wiretap, render and torture. Is somebody out there still performing lobotomies?
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