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Where did this early morning thunder storm come from? I wasn’t expecting it. Fourth of July almost here. Good time to re-read the Declaration of Independence. And Ayn Rand’s ATLAS SHRUGGED for her 1940’s premonition of what’s going on in today’s economy.
Looks like Swanson was providing cover for Madoff, he should be charged too.
“The Washington Post reported that when Walker-Lightfoot reviewed the paper documents and electronic data supplied to the SEC by Madoff, she found it full of inconsistencies, according to documents, a former SEC official and another person knowledgeable about the 2004 investigation.
The newspaper said the SEC staffer raised concerns about Madoff but, at the time, the SEC was under pressure to look for wrongdoing in the mutual fund industry. Walker-Lightfoot was told to focus on a separate probe into mutual funds, the report said.
One of Walker-Lightfoot’s supervisors on the case was Eric Swanson, an assistant director of her department, the Post reported, citing two people familiar with the investigation.
Swanson later married Madoff’s niece, and their relationship is now under review by the SEC inspector general, who is examining the agency’s handling of the Madoff case, the Post reported.
Swanson, no longer with the agency, declined to comment, the Post said
Gee, going after the Taliban where they live and after their source of funding, why didn’t the Chimp-in-Chief ever think of doing that?
“GARMSIR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Thousands of U.S. Marines stormed deep into Taliban territory in an Afghan river valley on Thursday, launching the biggest military offensive of Barack Obama’s presidency.
The Marines say Operation Khanjar, or Strike of the Sword, will be decisive and is intended to seize virtually the entire lower Helmand River valley, the heartland of the Taliban insurgency and the world’s biggest opium poppy producing region.
In swiftly seizing the valley and holding ground there, commanders hope to accomplish within hours what overstretched NATO troops had failed to achieve over several years, and help secure Afghanistan for an August 20 presidential election after years of stalemate.
So was bush fooled, or did bush just not care either way?
“WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Saddam Hussein believed Iran was a significant threat to Iraq and left open the possibility that he had weapons of mass destruction rather than appear vulnerable, according to declassified FBI documents on interrogations of the former Iraqi leader.
“Hussein believed that Iraq could not appear weak to its enemies, especially Iran,” FBI special agent George Piro wrote on notes of a conversation with Saddam in June 2004 about weapons of mass destruction.
He believed Iraq was being threatened by others in the region and must appear able to defend itself, the report said.
The FBI reports, released on Wednesday, said Saddam asserted that he was more concerned about Iran discovering Iraq’s weaknesses and vulnerabilities than the repercussions of the United States for blocking the return of UN weapons inspectors who were searching for WMD
And,
“Saddam also denied any connections to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who he called a “zealot,” and cited North Korea as his most likely ally in a crunch, according to the documents.”
But didn’t bush/cheney tell us Saddam was in cahoots with bin laden?
Saddam may have been right here:
“He also takes personal responsibility for ordering the launching of SCUD missiles against Israeli targets during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, because he blamed Israel and its influence in the United States for “all the problems of the Arabs,” the reports said
After all France has done in Iraq, they should sell them planes!
“BAGHDAD July 2 (Reuters) – European aerospace and defence group EADS (EAD.PA) aims to sell Airbus planes to Iraqi Airways and break the monopoly currently enjoyed by Boeing (BA.N) with that airline, Chief Executive Louis Gallois said on Thursday.
Gallois was in Baghdad on a visit with French Prime Minister Francois Fillon.
“They have an airline that has only Boeing planes. For me that is a provocation,” Gallois joked. “That will be a provisional situation that will not last,” he added. (Reporting by Julien Ponthus; Writing by Marcel Michelson; Editing by Greg Mahlich)
Spending on Taxpayer-Funded Trips Rises Tenfold; From Italy to the Galápagos
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124650399438184235.html
“The spending on overseas travel is up almost tenfold since 1995, and has nearly tripled since 2001, according to the Journal analysis of 60,000 travel records. Hundreds of lawmakers traveled overseas in 2008 at a cost of about $13 million. That’s a 50% jump since Democrats took control of Congress two years ago.
Lawmakers say that the trips are a good use of government funds because they allow members of Congress and their staff members to learn more about the world, inspect U.S. assets abroad and forge better working relationships with each other. The travel, for example, includes official visits to American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Some members of Congress have complained in recent months about chief executives of bailed-out banks, insurance companies and car makers who sponsored corporate trips to resorts or used corporate jets for their own travel.
Although complete travel records aren’t yet available for 2009, it appears that such costs continue to rise. The Journal analysis shows that the government has picked up the tab for travel to destinations such as Jamaica, the Virgin Islands and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.”
Our government leaders are hypocrites and criminals anymore, not worthy of our respect, especially the DimLibs.
Oh and did you notice:
“Hundreds of lawmakers traveled overseas in 2008 at a cost of about $13 million. That’s a 50% jump since Democrats took control of Congress two years ago.”
MSM pimps.
“For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post is offering lobbyists and association executives off the record, non-confrontational access to “those powerful few” — Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and the paper’s own reporters and editors.
The astonishing offer is detailed in a flier circulated Wednesday to a health-care lobbyist, who provided it to a reporter because the lobbyist said he feels it’s a conflict for the paper to charge for access to, as the flier says, its “health care reporting and editorial staff.”
The offer—which essentially turns a news organization into a facilitator for private lobbyist-official encounters—is a new sign of the lengths to which news organizations will go to find revenue at a time when most newspapers
are struggling for survival.
And it’s a turn of the times that a lobbyist is scolding The Washington Post for its ethical practices.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24441.html#ixzz0K6elBFHc&D
Check out the Moose-Dresser’s profile in “Runner’s World –
http://www.runnersworld.com/photo/sarahpalin/slide7.html
Besides the utter disregard of flag etiquette, here’s a hint as to why she might not have understood McCain’s history of broken bones and torture at the hands of the North Vietnamese.
” I used to joke around with John McCain during the campaign about coming jogging with me. And once I asked him what his favorite exercise was, and he said, ‘I go wading.’ Wading. He lives on a creek in Arizona, so he goes wading. That cracked me up.”
Monkeyhawk
Posted July 2, 2009 at 8:14 am | Permalink
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Monkeyhawk,
Your desperation is showing.
Associated Press Writer
Advertisement
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Duke University official has been arrested and charged with offering a 5-year-old boy for sex.
Frank Lombard, the school’s associate director of the Center for Health Policy, was arrested after an Internet sting, according to the FBI’s Washington field office and the city’s police department.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DUKE_OFFICIAL_CHARGED_NCOL-?SITE=WNCNTV&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
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Anybody wanna bet that the dude is gay?
Am I the only one who is tired of hearing about Michael Jackson? It’s like there’s no news. Last night, MSNBC carried 2 or more hours of Michael Jackson prattle. People lined up to say what a great guy he was. News Flash…He was a freak, a pervert, and a drug addict.
Thank God for Fox News. At least they report something besides all the hoopla about Michael Jackson.
And if I see Al Sharpton going on about what a great friend he was to Jackson, I think I’ll heave.
“XXX” –
Last night a guy said, “I’ve heard more Michael Jackson music in the last week than over the last 20 years. I hope Springsteen is next. At least I like him!”
Does anyone know anything about the Amtrak IG resignation?
Grassley asks Amtrak to respond to report describing interference with IG work
http://grassley.senate.gov/news/Article.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1502=21502
XXX – Amen! Let MTV, VHI, BET, Biography, etc, or use up Entertainment Tonight & E-Hollywood airtime to run those specials endlessly.
How low can Republicans Go? Well this low..
http://www.thedailyshow.com/
Osama Bin Laden needs to attack America.
Good God, who hires people for the CIA??? Maybe they need a better screening process.
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Monkeyhawk
Posted July 2, 2009 at 8:50 am | Permalink
“XXX” –
Last night a guy said, “I’ve heard more Michael Jackson music in the last week than over the last 20 years. I hope Springsteen is next. At least I like him!”
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The MSN still has “shivers running up the leg” for Obama. They don’t want you to think about cap and trade, National health care, tax increases, ect. that are being crammed up the wazoo.
BOHICA.
But then again, I bet you like that.
Damn, “donndublin” –
If it weren’t for non sequitors you’d have no sequitors at all.
MonkeyHawk,
And if it weren’t for insults you’d have nothing at all.
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Barnie
Posted July 2, 2009 at 9:09 am | Permalink
How low can Republicans Go? Well this low..
http://www.thedailyshow.com/
Osama Bin Laden needs to attack America.
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Barnie, You shouldn’t take Comedy Central seriously. Do you really think it’s a News source?
The video was taken out of context and edited.
No wonder the libs have a comedian as a senator.
“(Michael)Scheuer resigned (CIA) in 2004. He is currently a news analyst for CBS News and a terrorism analyst for The Jamestown Foundation’s online publication Global Terrorism Analysis.”-wiki
Is CBS Republican?
The Jamestown Foundation is a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, whose stated mission is to “inform and educate” policy makers about events and trends which it regards as being of current “strategic” importance to the United States. Its website claims that “utilizing indigenous and primary sources, Jamestown’s material is delivered without political bias, filter or agenda.”[1] The Jamestown Foundation acquires its information through official or intelligence channels.”- wiki
Is The Jamestown Foundation Republican?
“Glenn Lee Beck (born February 10, 1964) is an American radio and television host, libertarian[1] political commentator, author, and entrepreneur.” -wiki
Is Glenn Beck Republican?
http://washingtonindependent.com/49373/is-michael-scheuer-actually-urging-an-attack-on-america
“Nathaniel” whines –
“MonkeyHawk,
And if it weren’t for insults you’d have nothing at all.”
I posted a link to what probably qualifies for CONs as Moose-Dresser porn. And frankly, she looks pretty hot for a mother of five.
“donndublin” tried to turn that little media tip into a rant about… something. A “non sequitor,” and I said as much.
And now, THAT’S an insult?
You’re getting pretty prickly, so to speak.
Some say Beck is a LINO, not a true Libertarian.
Some say Beck is a LINO, not a true Libertarian.
I’d agree with that statement.
I don’t care where you pin Beck on the map of political beliefs.
I get tired of the I Love Obama show which is playing on most other channels.
Everyone needs a little roughage in their media diet. Keeps the brain from getting constipated.
“Am I the only one who is tired of hearing about Michael Jackson?”
You are not alone. I wonder if there is a “vast silent majority” of us out there?
Job market takes turn for worse
Employers cut more jobs than expected in June and unemployment rate climbed for the ninth straight month, hitting 9.5%.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The battered U.S. labor market took a step backwards last month as employers trimmed more jobs from their payrolls in June, according to a government report Thursday.
There was a net loss of 467,000 jobs in June, compared with a revised loss of 322,000 jobs in May. This was the first time in four months that the number of jobs lost rose from the prior month.
The June job losses were also far worse than the forecast of a loss of 365,000 jobs by economists surveyed by Briefing.com.
The unemployment rate rose for the ninth straight month, climbing to 9.5% from 9.4%, and hitting another 26-year high. Economists had been expecting that the unemployment rate would hit 9.6%.
Nearly 3.4 million jobs have been lost during the first half of 2009, more than the 3.1 million lost in all of 2008.
“It’s not the catastrophic numbers we saw earlier this year, but they’re still pretty damn lousy,” said Keith Hembre, chief economist with First American Funds.
The job losses don’t tell the full picture of the pain the labor market either. The average hourly work week fell to 33 hours from 33.1 hours in May, a record low in readings that go back to 1964. Average hourly wages were unchanged, so the shorter week shaved $1.85, or 0.3%, off of the average weekly paycheck.
The so-called underemployment rate, which counts those who are working part-time jobs because they couldn’t find a full-time position as well as discouraged job seekers who have stopped looking for work, rose to a record high 16.5%.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/02/news/companies/jobs_june/?postversion=2009070209
How many jobs has Obama SAVED or CREATED?
(I couldn’t find the stats at the Department of Labor.)
TIME FOR MORE STIMULOUS!
If spending more money didn’t work the first few times, just try it again.
Libs have comedian for a senator.. And the Republicans ran a movie actor, the co-star od “Bedtime for Bonzo” for President..
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTUxNjExOTA0N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTkxODgyMQ@@._V1._SX281_SY400_.jpg
At least the new senator, Al Franken, is not another lawyer! ;-)
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Monkeyhawk
Posted July 2, 2009 at 10:00 am | Permalink
“Nathaniel” whines –
“MonkeyHawk,
And if it weren’t for insults you’d have nothing at all.”
I posted a link to what probably qualifies for CONs as Moose-Dresser porn. And frankly, she looks pretty hot for a mother of five.
“donndublin” tried to turn that little media tip into a rant about… something. A “non sequitor,” and I said as much.
And now, THAT’S an insult?
You’re getting pretty prickly, so to speak.
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chimphock, You should concentrate more on your reading comprehension. My comment was in reference to Michael Jackson media coverage.
Why am I not surprised by your ignorance?
You are correct, Jim. More stimulus spending may be required to correct the worst recession since the 1930s. Many economists criticized the original bill as being too small..
“donndublin” –
As I recall, your post read:
“The MSN still has “shivers running up the leg” for Obama. They don’t want you to think about cap and trade, National health care, tax increases, ect. that are being crammed up the wazoo.
BOHICA.
But then again, I bet you like that.”
Somehow I missed the Michael Jackson reference there.
How’s That Market Doing Today?
Dow
8326
Change
-176.47 -2.08%
That is CHANGE you can Believe In!
Tough Gun Laws in Callyforkneeya
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529806,00.html?test=latestnews
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — A gunman opened fire inside a busy dental office in an apparent domestic dispute Wednesday, killing one woman dead and critically wounding three others, police said. A fourth person was grazed by a bullet.
DavidB
Posted July 2, 2009 at 10:27 am | Permalink
Libs have comedian for a senator.. And the Republicans ran a movie actor, the co-star od “Bedtime for Bonzo” for President..
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Franken tells Al Qaeda: “Mr. Bin Laden tear down this wall”.
http://animalnewyork.com/2009/06/drudge-announces-al-franken-win-with-most-flamboyant-photo-possible/
Thank Obama for keeping the bush recession from becoming the bush depression.
How are the markets year to date?
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JimJohnson
Posted July 2, 2009 at 10:25 am | Permalink
TIME FOR MORE STIMULUS!
If spending more money didn’t work the first few times, just try it again.
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This might be a good time to remind how we got into this mess in the first place. This problem was already in place when Obama was elected.
I’m glad to see Republicans finally getting “religion” when it comes to fiscal responsibility. They used to be known for that, but during the last administration, Repubs somehow lost their way.
Funny how they suddenly got responsible now that they’re out of power.
FBI Interviews: Hussein Bluffed About WMD Out of Fear of Iran
In interviews with the FBI before his death, the former Iraqi dictator said he was more afraid of Iran than the U.S. and denounced Usama bin Laden as “a zealot.”
Before he was hanged, Saddam Hussein told the FBI that he let the world believe Iraq had weapons of mass destruction because he didn’t want his greatest enemy, Iran, to discover Iraq’s weaknesses, according to newly released FBI interview notes.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/02/fbi-interviews-hussein-lied-wmd-fear-iran/?test=latestnews
Do you suppose Ahmadinejad is doing the same thing in Iran – bluffing?
Well do ya?
Will Obama ignore his bluff or call?
What if HE ignores it and HE is wrong?
“I know what you’re thinking, punk. You’re thinking, did he fire six shots or only five? Well to tell you the truth, I forgot myself in all this excitement. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and will blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself a question: do I feel lucky? Well do ya, punk?”
donndublin
Posted July 2, 2009 at 9:12 am | Permalink
chimpman, Somehow you missed this also in my 9:12 am post.
Thanks for making my point.
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Monkeyhawk
Posted July 2, 2009 at 8:50 am | Permalink
“XXX” –
Last night a guy said, “I’ve heard more Michael Jackson music in the last week than over the last 20 years. I hope Springsteen is next. At least I like him!”
Barnie wrote: “Good God, who hires people for the CIA??? Maybe they need a better screening process.”
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Great question! Answer…Bill Clinton. He hired Scheurer, who also helped author the Rendition Program for Willy. Gee…what a surprise…that little nugget never comes out on stories involving that freak…somehow, though, they have no problem making some lame leap as to how Scheurer is a rightwinger…well, you guys are nothing, if not consistent.
“How are the markets year to date?”
On 2 Jan 2009 it closed at 9034.69.
Your 9:13 am post, “donndublin” was –
(if I recall correctly)
“The MSN still has “shivers running up the leg” for Obama. They don’t want you to think about cap and trade, National health care, tax increases, ect. that are being crammed up the wazoo.
BOHICA.
But then again, I bet you like that.”
How could anyone possible miss the Michael Jackson reference?
Hud
Posted July 2, 2009 at 8:53 am | Permalink
Does anyone know anything about the Amtrak IG resignation?
Grassley asks Amtrak to respond to report describing interference with IG work
http://grassley.senate.gov/news/Article.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1502=21502
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Have you seen the actual report completed by the IG, referenced in Grassley’s request?
Sitting here in sunny Colorado it seems the people all over are asking the same question – “Where are the jobs”
Payrolls Fall More Than Forecast, Unemployment
By Shobhana Chandra
July 2 (Bloomberg) — Employers in the U.S. cut 467,000 jobs in June, the unemployment rate rose and hourly earnings stagnated, offering little evidence the Obama administration’s stimulus package is shoring up the labor market.
The payroll decline was more than forecast and followed a 322,000 drop in May, according to Labor Department figures released today in Washington. The jobless rate jumped to 9.5 percent, the highest since August 1983, from 9.4 percent.
Unemployment is projected to keep rising for the rest of the year just as the income boost from the stimulus package fades, undermining prospects for a sustained rebound in household purchases, analysts said. As companies from General Motors Corp. to Kimberly-Clark Corp. cut costs, the lack of jobs will restrain growth.
“This will be another jobless recovery,” said John Silvia, chief economist at Wachovia Corp. in Charlotte, North Carolina. “We may get positive economic growth driven largely by federal spending, but people on the street will say, ‘Where are the jobs?’”
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Where is the stimulus money, where are the jobs, what is Obama doing to solve the problems. Still blaming it on Bush. Well we should have just extended Bush’s term so he could really be responsible I guess.
Still the sheeple follow blindly behind….
HUD, I found the Amtrak Report from the IG
http://grassley.senate.gov/private/upload/06252009.pdf
Report on Matters Impairing the Effectiveness and Independence of the Office of Inspector General of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
More on the new Republican scandal:
A Duke University official has been charged in federal court with offering his 5-year-old adopted son up for sex. Frank Lombard, associate director of the Center for Health Policy, was arrested Wednesday in Raleigh, the FBI said.
Just heard details of Sanford’s book deal to be released next week, any suggestions for a creative title?
My entries are “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter”, “Restoring Family Values in America”, “God and the GOP love a repentant sinner”, “P.S. Maria, I love You”.
And even ,more Republican “family values”:
Aaron Bruns, 29, a Fox News Channel producer has been arrested on child pornography charges. Federal agents found pictures and videos on his computer of children under 10 years old being sexually abused by adult men and women.
This was not Bruns’ first encounter with child porn charges. He was previously arrested in March 1999 while at the University of Michigan. At that time investigators found more than 6,000 images on his computer of children engaged in sexual activity. Bruns dropped out of university while his case was pending and eventually pleaded guilty in July 1999 to distributing child pornography over the internet. He was sentenced to 3 years probation.
Aaron Bruns is best known for his coverage of Hillary Clinton during the Democratic primaries in 2008 where he was an imbed producer. He had been employed by the FOX channel since 2002. The day before his arrest Bruns filed a story about the farewell speeches of Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton on the senate floor. A spokesperson for FOX said: “We are aware of the arrest and he is currently suspended without pay.”
JJ,
It appears that the DemoCraps who are constantly yelling for oversight, actually hate oversight when it’s inconvenient and interrupts their good old boy network.
My bad, Dow jan 20, 7949.
Democratic Catholic leader arrested on prostitution-related charges
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14782
Dublin, Ohio, Jan 14, 2009 / 09:22 pm (CNA).-
The former director of the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives for the governor of Ohio was arrested Wednesday for his involvement in an online prostitution ring. Eric McFadden, who has also formerly served as the president of the organization Catholics for Faithful Citizenship and spokesperson for Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, will face seven prostitution-related charges tomorrow in court.
More Democratic Party Family Values
ohio 3rd CD – Democrat arrested in domestic dispute
http://wizbangpolitics.com/2006/08/15/ohio-3rd-cd-democrat-arrested-in-domestic-dispute.php
A Democratic candidate for Congress suspended her campaign Monday after she and her husband were charged with domestic violence.
Stephanie Studebaker and her husband, Sam, were arrested Sunday night after deputies responded to calls about a fight in their home, police said. Each was released on $25,000 bond.
Regular
Posted July 2, 2009 at 11:36 am | Permalink
JJ,
It appears that the DemoCraps who are constantly yelling for oversight, actually hate oversight when it’s inconvenient and interrupts their good old boy network.
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Yeah, transparency in Government.
Effin Liars.
The thing is, the administration doesn’t even pretend that it doesn’t have the media in its pocket anymore . . .
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CNSNews.com) – Following a testy exchange during Wednesday’s briefing with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas told CNSNews.com that not even Richard Nixon tried to control the press the way President Obama is trying to control the press.
“Nixon didn’t try to do that,” Thomas said. “They couldn’t control (the media). They didn’t try.
“What the hell do they think we are, puppets?” Thomas said. “They’re supposed to stay out of our business. They are our public servants. We pay them.”
Thomas said she was especially concerned about the arrangement between the Obama Administration and a writer from the liberal Huffington Post Web site. The writer was invited by the White House to President Obama’s press conference last week on the understanding that he would ask Obama a question about Iran from among questions that had been sent to him by people in Iran.
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=50445
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Now there’s change you can hope to . . . uh, hopefully . . . might change someday . . . we hope.
2 Republican child molesters and a Republican sex slaver beat a Democrat domestic dispute any day.
You and your perverted Republicans are losers Reguliar!
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Monkeyhawk
Posted July 2, 2009 at 11:20 am | Permalink
Your 9:13 am post, “donndublin” was –
(if I recall correctly)
“The MSN still has “shivers running up the leg” for Obama. They don’t want you to think about cap and trade, National health care, tax increases, ect. that are being crammed up the wazoo.
BOHICA.
But then again, I bet you like that.”
How could anyone possible miss the Michael Jackson reference?
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I didn’t have a post at 9:13. You really should scroll up and actually read the post instead of relying on your less than adequate recollections.
Not only are reading impaired but your logic is less than that of a chimp. Can’t you figure out that my comment was in reply to your comment about XXX’s comment about the media coverage of Michael Jackson.
It would be more challenging to debate a real chimpanzee.
Here is the entire post made at 9:12 post.
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donndublin
Posted July 2, 2009 at 9:12 am | Permalink
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Monkeyhawk
Posted July 2, 2009 at 8:50 am | Permalink
“XXX” –
Last night a guy said, “I’ve heard more Michael Jackson music in the last week than over the last 20 years. I hope Springsteen is next. At least I like him!”
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The MSN still has “shivers running up the leg” for Obama. They don’t want you to think about cap and trade, National health care, tax increases, ect. that are being crammed up the wazoo.
BOHICA.
But then again, I bet you like that.
satatom, even if you are shallow and dumb enough to want to get into a game of posting every example of a human failure that doesn’t involved your political affiliation, don’t you think you should post proof of the person’s political party? Otherwise folks might think you are a dishonest liberal moron.
satatom
Posted July 2, 2009 at 11:32 am | Permalink
More on the new Republican scandal:
A Duke University official has been charged in federal court with offering his 5-year-old adopted son up for sex. Frank Lombard, associate director of the Center for Health Policy, was arrested Wednesday in Raleigh, the FBI said.
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Are you trying to say that a member of the academic elite and Duke University no less is a republican. What kind of fairy tales do you read?
So, will Obama catch He11 from the press if:
1. Obama orders the invasion of Iran and finds no WMDS?
2. Obama does nothing about Iran, and Iran finds a way to deliver (likely by ship) a nuke to a major US port city?
(Naw, the press will simply: Blame Bush)
“My bad, Dow jan 20, 7949.”
Actually, it open at 8279.63 on 20 Jan; a number it is currently approaching.
Outlander are you suggesting that satatom is dishonest. Well I am saying it too. What an idiot.
DavidB’s pearls of wisdom: “You are correct, Jim. More stimulus spending may be required to correct the worst recession since the 1930s. Many economists criticized the original bill as being too small..”
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Following in the myths spelled out by the rest of your heroes (specifically that FDR got us “out of” the Depression):
In inflation adjusted $’s:
The New Deal $500B
Marshall Plan $115.3B
Louisiana Purchase $217B
All of NASA $851.2B (since inception)
Race to Moon $237B
S&L Crisis $236B
Now, in comparison…Bush spent:
$152B on the first stimulus handout last year
$300B on “Housing & Economic Recovery Act ‘08″
$200B to Fannie/Freddie
$30B to Bear Stearns
$20B to Citigroup
$540B for the Money Markets
$245B to Commercial Paper Market
$700B on TARP
Obama’s added:
$787B in 2nd stimulus
Cash For Clunkers
20% increase in largest budget ever
$5B, up to $150B to IMF
Billions to states
TRILLIONS in guarantees (GE for ex) risk’s not free!
Converted loans into equity..classic application of Saul Alinsky’s “Proxy Tactic” for controlling compaines with other people’s money.
According to your brilliant logic…man…we should be swimming in prosperity!!!!
But no…your logic is…man, if only we’d spent a little more…read up on the term “sunk cost”!
Mayor Gary Becker (DEMOCRAT) Arrested for Meeting with a 14-year Old Girl for Sex
Racine, Wisconsin Mayor Gary Becker was planning on going to the Obama inauguration party next week. But his plans have been cut short because of a little legal trouble — namely he was trying to hook up with what he believed to be a 14-year old girl that he met on the Internet.
“HUD, I found the Amtrak Report from the IG”
Hate to tell you what it smells like.
BTW, don’t forget to check the qualifications of the replacement.
Gosh, THE ONE isn’t spending money fast enough!
We need more money machines!
(Don’t forget, those late 2008 bailout expenditures were strongly supported by Obama, AND OBAMA VOTED FOR EVERY ONE OF THEM.)
If Obama had a male prostitute posing as a reporter, and heaping praise on the administration at the press briefings, Repubs wouldn’t give it a second thought.
But just let Obama invite a Huffington Post reporter that is in continuous blogging with people in Iran’s protest, and allow him to ask a question from same, of his choosing, and repubs get all huffy!
If they control the media, why’d the let Hunt ask such a stupid question?
Sunk cost? Would that be like the tril. dropped on Iraq and it’s continuing expense?
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satatom
Posted July 2, 2009 at 11:32 am | Permalink
More on the new Republican scandal:
A Duke University official has been charged in federal court with offering his 5-year-old adopted son up for sex. Frank Lombard, associate director of the Center for Health Policy, was arrested Wednesday in Raleigh, the FBI said.
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What proof do you have of a “new Republican scandal”.
The some of liberal media doesn’t want to knowledge that he’s gay.
“News agencies gagging ‘gay’ factor in boy’s rape
But coverage beyond bonkers for fake Duke lacrosse assault”
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=102740
JJ – oh, I agree he supported EVERY spending bill possible…also supports the insane rate of printing money as well (another classic Keynesian principle). Just pointing out that Bush was so hated by Dems…but the hilarious thing is…he’s just like’m when it comes to spending…Obama’s just picked up the baton and is sprinting with it!
Key point, Bush gave out loans under TARP…Obama converted a lot of that to equity (funny, don’t remember that being part of the original TARP bill either…)…but according to the spending’s the solution crowd…adding a couple more trillion in spending thru healthcare/cap & tax is just the medicine…it would be hilarious if people didn’t actually BELIEVE that crap!
And before anyone accuses me of making up the historical #’s, here’s the link:
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/big-bailouts-bigger-bucks/
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okobserver
Posted July 2, 2009 at 11:55 am | Permalink
Outlander are you suggesting that satatom is dishonest. Well I am saying it too. What an idiot.
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Actually oKob, I thought he might be a dishonest liberal moron.
But, I wanted to , in all fairness, see what he had to say. But it got awful quiet didn’t it? I’m afraid folks are gonna think the worst about dear ol’ satatom.
Phantom queries: “Sunk cost? Would that be like the tril. dropped on Iraq and it’s continuing expense?”
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Yeah, similar to the $3.6T in today’s dollars dropped by FDR/Truman on WWII, $X trillion on WWI with Wilson, Korean War: $454 billion thanks to Truman, Vietnam War: $698 billion thanks to JFK/LBJ, Kosovo/Somolia under Clinton…..all of it sunk costs…seriously, you guys need some new talking points, or just simplest ability to think before you repeat them.
Edward’s “love child” come to anyone’s mind? That sure got swept under the rug. But let’s talk about the S.C. Governor.
“Aaron Bruns is best known for his coverage of Hillary Clinton during the Democratic primaries in 2008 where he was an imbed producer.”
I really doubt that Hillary would allow a Republican in their camp.
A trillion bucks, thank a repub that you’re still speaking english in America.
Guess WW2 and Iraq are fair comparisons, Not!
Oh look, it’s satatom.
Hey satatom, you gonna get us that proof of the party affiliations for those accused criminals you claimed are Republicans?
Or just admit you lied?
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okobserver
Posted July 2, 2009 at 11:55 am | Permalink
Outlander are you suggesting that satatom is dishonest. Well I am saying it too. What an idiot.
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Why would anyone ever think that satantom is dishonest?
“Guess WW2 and Iraq are fair comparisons, Not!”
Of course they aren’t….Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, we attack Germany first, then later Japan…Al Quaida attacks NYC, we attack Afghanistan first, then Iraq…hundreds of thousands died in WWII…4K or so so far in Iraq…Truman dropped nukes killing hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians….you’re right, no comparison at all.
Seriously, you guys really honestly should actually try to use your brain bucket for more than something to put a hat on…but it was a nice attempt at deflection…especially since all of those were..whatya know…Progressive Dems…so your next talking point about how “Cons” are all warmongers is just as stupid as the rest of your drivel.
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Phantom
Posted July 2, 2009 at 12:20 pm | Permalink
A trillion bucks, thank a repub that you’re still speaking english in America.
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Phantom
Posted July 2, 2009 at 12:21 pm | Permalink
Guess WW2 and Iraq are fair comparisons, Not!
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Anyone ever notice that Phantom rarely puts more than one sentence together without stopping to think about it?
satatom
Posted July 2, 2009 at 11:32 am | Permalink
More on the new Republican scandal:
A Duke University official has been charged in federal court with offering his 5-year-old adopted son up for sex. Frank Lombard, associate director of the Center for Health Policy, was arrested Wednesday in Raleigh, the FBI said.
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An employee of a university and a homosexual and you are assuming he is a Republican?
Not exactly the constituency.
Please provide a link that includes is party affiliation.
is=his
The Phantom communicates more in one sentence, than you do in several paragraphs.
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1833 Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs
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1859 Birth – Eugene D’Harcourt composer
1860 Birth – Sir D’Arcy Thompson zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)
1860 Birth – Theodor Herzl Austria, journalist/founder (Zionist movement)
1862 Birth – Marie F M Emmanuel French composer/musicologist (Salamine)
1863 American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering for the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia 8 days later.
1863 Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville VA, wounded by his own men; South defeats North
1864 Death – Giacomo Meyerbeer composer, dies at 72
1865 President Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis
1866 Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
1869 Birth – Tyrone Power Sr London England, actor (Alexanders Ragtime Band)
1872 Birth – G G van der Hoeven Dutch editor-in-chief (NRC)
1876 Ross Barnes hit first homerun in the National League
1876 The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria.
1878 US stops minting 20¢ coin
1881 Portage La Prairie Manitoba, Canadian Pacific Railway starts building its prairie section of track; first sod turned for the CPR as a company line; first rail also laid at Fort William.
1884 Birth – Franois de Vries Dutch economist
1885 “Good Housekeeping” magazine is first published
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1885 Congo Free State established by King Leopold II of Belgium
1885 Cree and Assiniboine warriors won the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
1885 Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time.
1885 The Congo Free State is established by King Lopold II of Belgium.
1886 Birth – Gottfried Benn writer
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1887 G Rossini’s corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence
1887 Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film
1889 Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale
1889 Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, which gives Italy control over Eritrea.
1890 Birth – E[dward] E[lmer] “Doc” Smith US, sci-fi author (Triplanetary)
1890 Territory of Oklahoma created
1892 Birth – Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen [the Red Baron], German WWI ace
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1895 Birth – Peggy Bacon Ridgefield CT, author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads)
1897 Death – William Cleaver Francis Robinson composer, dies at 63
1898 Birth – Jef [Josephus C F] Last Dutch poet/politician (The Spark)
1900 Oscar II, King of Sweden, declares support for Britain at the time of the Second Boer War.
1901 Birth – Lev N Lunts Russia, writer (Outside the Law, City of Truth)
1901 Birth – Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt cricketer (England batsman 1927-37)
1901 Birth – Willi Bredel writer
1902 Birth – Brian Aherne Worcestershire England, actor (Juarez)
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1902 The first science fiction film, “A Trip To The Moon”, is released
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1905 French newspapers publish lists of Jules Vernes unpublished work
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1907 Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian Government
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1910 Birth – Laurie Nash cricketer (Tasmanian fast-bowler, 2 Tests for Australia)
1911 Birth – Lillian Rambach teacher violinist
1911 French troops occupy Fès El Bali Morocco
1912 Birth – Axel Springer German newspaper magnate
1912 Birth – Marten Toonder writer/cartoonist (Mr Bommel)
1913 Birth – Nigel Patrick London England, actor/director (Sapphire, Prize of Gold)
1914 Birth – Dennis Dyer cricketer (opened batting for South Africa vs England 1947)
1915 Australian attack on Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli
1915 Birth – Jan Hanus composer
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1916 US President Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act
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1918 Birth – Frederick Archibauld Warner diplomat
1919 Birth – Than Wyenn New York NY, actor (Pete Kelly’s Blues)
1919 Death – Gustav Landauer German socialist, dies
1919 The first US air passenger service starts
1920 Birth – Jacob Gilboa composer
1920 The first game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis
1921 Begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia
1921 Birth – Satyajit Ray Calcutta India, director (Goddess, Adversary)
1922 Birth – Abraham Rosenthal editor (New York Times)
1923 Birth – Christina Spierenburg Dutch singer
1923 Emilio Picariello and his housekeeper, Florence Lassandro, hanged for the murder of Alberta Provincial Police Constable Steve Lawson in Sept. 1922
1924 Birth – Aafje Heynis Dutch singer
1924 Birth – Theodore Bikel Austrian/US folk singer/actor (The Russians Are Coming)
1924 Netherlands refuses to recognize USSR
1925 Birth – David Ironside cricketer (South Africa swing bowler in 3 Tests vs New Zealand 1953-54)
1925 Birth – John Neville actor (Adventures of Baron Mnchausen)
1925 Birth – Roscoe Lee Browne Woodbury NJ, actor (McCoy, Saunders-Soap)
1925 Birth – Svatopluk Havelka composer
1925 Kezar Stadium in San Fransisco’s Golden Gate Park opens
1926 US military intervenes in Nicaragua
1927 International Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens
1929 Birth – Edward Levy Irving composer
1929 Birth – Luc Ferrari composer
1929 Birth – Sydney Gedye cricketer (opening batsman in four Tests for New Zealand 1964)
1930 Birth – Morris Courtright manned spaceflight pioneer and Arizona State legislator
1932 Birth – Bruce Glover Chicago IL, actor (Diamonds are Forever)
1932 Birth – Kees de Galan Dutch economist
1932 Birth – Malcolm Leyland Lipkin composer
1932 Comedian Jack Benny’s radio show airs for the first time.
1932 Jack Benny’s first radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)
1933 Birth – Bunk Gardner rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
1933 In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions
1934 Nazi-Germany begins People’s court
1935 Birth – Faisal II King of Iraq (1939-58)/son of Ghasi I
1935 Birth – Hussain ibn Talal King of Jordan (1952-99)
1935 Birth – Link Wray rocker (Link Wray & His Ray Men)
1936 “Peter & the Wolf” premieres in Moscow
1936 Birth – Michael Rabin New York NY, violinist (In Memorium)
1936 Birth – Quinn Redeker Woodstock IL, actor (Dan Raven, Young & Restless)
1937 Birth – Gisela Elsner writer
1937 Birth – Lorenzo Music Brooklyn NY, writer/actor/voice (Carlton the doorman-Rhoda, Garfield)
1937 Death – Arthur Somervell composer, dies at 73
1938 Birth – Constantine Bereng Seeiso king Moshushoe II of Lesotho
1938 Ella Fitzgerald records “A-Tisket, A-Tasket”
1940 Birth – Bryan Davis cricketer (brother of Charlie; West Indies batsman vs Australia 1965)
1940 Birth – Roger Robinson Seattle WA, actor (Warren-Friends, Newman’s Law)
1940 Birth – Sari van Heemskerck Pillis-Duvekot Dutch MP (VVD)
1941 Anti-British revolt, encouraged by Germany, takes place in Iraq.
1941 Birth – Jules Wijdenbosch premier Suriname
1941 FCC approves regular scheduled commercial TV broadcasts to begin July 1
1941 Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler’s deputy
1941 Nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists
1943 German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia
1944 Birth – F Innerhofer writer
1944 Birth – John Verity rocker (Argent)
1945 Allies occupy Wismar
1945 Berlin surrenders to Russian troops
1945 Birth – Bianca Prez Morena de Macias Jagger Nicaragua, model/Mick’s ex-wife
1945 Birth – Bob Henrit English pop drummer (Kinks-Waterloo Sunset)
1945 Birth – Goldy McJohn rocker (Steppenwolf)
1945 Birth – Randy Cain US soul singer (4 Gents/Delfonics)
1945 Birth – Robert Henrit England, rocker (Argent)
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1945 British Army enters Lubeck in the Baltic, sealing off German forces in Denmark.
1945 Death – Martin Bormann propoganda minister for Hitler, dies
1945 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina & Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen
1945 First Helicopter Rescue–Lieutenant August Kleisch, USCG, flying a HNS-1 helicopter rescued 11 Canadian airmen that were marooned in northern Labrador about 125 miles from Goose Bay
1945 German Army in Italy surrenders
1945 Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders
1945 World War II: Fall of Berlin The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building. German forces surrender in Italy. German forces surrender to the New Zealand Army in Trieste.
1945 Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste
1946 “Battle of Alcatraz” – Alcatraz Federal prison, San Francisco is taken over by six inmates following failed escape attempt
1946 Birth – Lesley Gore Tenafly NJ, singer (It’s My Party)
1946 Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die
1947 Birth – Bill Lowery (Representative-R-CA, 1981- )
1947 Birth – Jo Ann Pflug Atlanta GA, actress (MASH, Candid Camera, Rituals)
1948 Birth – Larry Gatlin Seminole TX, country singer (Gatlin Brothers-Broken Lady)
1949 Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for “Death of a Salesman”
1949 Birth – Joey Phillips percussionist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
1949 Bolivian state of siege proclaimed
1950 Birth – Lou Gramm Rochester NY, rocker (Foreigner-I Want to Know What Love Is)
1950 Dutch PM Malan recognizes South-Africa but not China People’s Republic
1950 Dutch first Chamber accept Laws on immigration
1952 Birth – Christine Baranski Buffalo NY, actress (Maryann-Cybill, Birdcage)
1952 The first scheduled jet airliner passenger service begins with a BOAC Comet which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers
1952 The world’s first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden voyage, flying from London to Johannesburg.
1953 Birth – “Keith” Jamaal Wilkes NBA forward (Golden State-Rookie of Year 1975)
1953 Feisal II installed as king of Iraq
1953 Hussein I installed as king of Jordan
1953 Hussein is crowned King of Jordan.
1954 Birth – Bulelani T Ngcuka South African attorney/leader (UDF)
1954 Death – Pauline de Cock-Manifarges singer, dies at 82
1955 Birth – Ian Callen cricketer (one Test Australia vs India 1978, six wickets)
1955 Birth – Jay Osmond rocker (Osmond Brothers)
1955 Birth – Joe Callis rocker
1955 Death – Tadeusz Jarecki composer, dies at 66
1955 India poses discrimination “onaanraakbaren” punishable
1955 Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
1956 US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus
1956 US Methodist church disallows race separation
1957 Birth – Domonic L Pudwill Gorie Lake Charles LA, USN/astronaut (STS-91)
1957 Death – Joseph McCarthy commie hunting senator (R-WI), dies at 47
1957 Death – Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern composer, dies at 53
1958 Birth – Kim Jones Sonoma CA, 5k runner
1958 Death – Alfred Weber German economist/sociologist, dies at 89
1958 Personal posting – Mark Edward Wells was born and blessed this earth
1959 Birth – Brian Tochi Los Angeles CA, actor (Dr Alan Poe-St Elsewhere, Renegades)
1959 Death – Yrl Henrik Kilpinen Finnish composer, dies at 67
1960 Birth – Ravi Ratnayeke cricketer (Sri Lankan pace bowler & opening batsman)
1960 Death – Caryl Chessman rapist executed after 12 years of appeals at 39
1960 Harry Belafonte’s 2nd Carnegie Hall performance
1960 House investigating committee, looking into payola questions
1961 Birth – Doctor Robert [Bruce R Howard] rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways)
1961 Birth – Peter Doohan Australia, tennis star
1961 Death – J C White cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for England 1921-31), dies
1962 Benfica wins 7th Europe Cup I
1962 Birth – Elizabeth Berridge Westchester NY, actress (Amadeus, Funhouse)
1962 Birth – Nancy Harvey Swift Current Sask, LPGA golfer (1995 Youngstown-11th)
1962 Canadian dollar officially pegged at US 92.5¢. Will we ever see that lofty height again?
1962 OAS strikes in Algeria
1963 Berthold Seliger launches near Cuxhaven a rocket with three stages with a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
1963 Birth – Jos van Eck Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
1963 Birth – Kenton Leonard CFL cornerback (Calgary Stampeders)
1963 Death – Jack Crawford cricketer (469 runs & 39 wickets in 12 Tests), dies
1963 Death – Tomas Vackar composer, dies at 17
1963 Death – Van Wyck Brooks US historian (Ordeal of Mark Twain), dies at 77
1963 Number one hit on UK music charts – The Beatles – From Me To You
1964 Beatles’ “Second Album” goes #1 & stays #1 for for 5 weeks
1964 Birth – Kelly Michael Gibson New Orleans LA, PGA golfer (1995 Bob Hope-7th)
1964 Death – Nancy N Witcher Astor US/Eng feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor, dies
1964 First ascent of Shishapangma the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.
1964 Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champion
1964 Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the USS Card while docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship.
1965 Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service
1966 Personal posting – Allen Oakley was born (US Navy Blue Angels 1990-1993)
1967 Birth – Kerryn McCann Australian marathoner (Olympics-96)
1968 Birth – Reggie Slack CFL quarterback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1968 Birth – Will Furrer WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals)
1968 Death – Donald L Hall airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69
1968 Israeli television begins transmitting
1969 Birth – Brian Lara cricketer (West Indies left-hand bat Smashed world records in 1994)
1969 Birth – Glen Young NFL linebacker (San Diego Chargers)
1969 British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York
1969 Death – Franz von Papen German chancellor (1932), dies at 89
1970 Birth – Vania Thomas Miss US V*rgin Islands Universe (1997)
1970 Number one hit on UK music charts – Norman Greenbaum – Spirit In The Sky
1970 Twenty-six persons were rescued by a VC-8 helicopter from a Dutch Antillean Airlines DC-9 ditched in the Caribbean.
1971 Birth – Greg Bishop NFL guard (New York Giants)
1972 Birth – Erik Maes Dutch soccer player (MVV)
1972 Birth – Jennifer Miriam Oklahoma City OK, playmate (March, 1997)
1972 Birth – Jill Savery Fort Lauderdale FL, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
1972 Birth – Peter Ogilvie Vancouver British Columbia, 100 meter sprinter (Olympics-96)
1972 Death – Hugo Hartung writer, dies at 69
1972 Death – J Edgar Hoover head of FBI (1924-72), dies at 77
1972 Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine – 126 die (Kellogg Idaho)
1972 Lieutenant General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
1973 Birth – Rich Yurkiewicz NFL/WLAF linebacker (Atlanta Falcons, Amst Admirals)
1973 Death – Alan Carney actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61
1974 Birth – Miles Joseph West Springfield MA, soccer forward (Olympics-gold-96)
1974 Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred
1975 Apple records closes down
1975 Birth – Mark Johnson Dayton OH, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1975 Birth – Murray William Burdan Wellington New Zealand, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1975 US Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation.
1975 USS Midway off-loaded at Utapao, Thailand, over 40 USAF helicopters used in South Vietnam evacuation operations
1976 Birth – Ailleen Damiles Miss Universe-Philippines/Miss Photogenic (1996)
1976 Birth – Nancy Feber Antwerp Belgium, tennis star
1977 “The King & I” opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances
1977 Birth – Amy D’Entremont Stoneham MA, figure skater (1995 New England Jr champion)
1977 Birth – Jenna Von Oy actress (Six LeMeure-Blossom)
1979 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers & Barbara Mandrell win
Dude, wtf?
1980 Death – Clarrie Grim mett cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 w ickets), dies
1980 Joseph Doherty & 3 other IRA men arrested for murder
1980 Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in Wall (Part II)” is banned in South Africa
1981 Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes
1982 Argentina’s only cruiser is sunk by a British submarine with a loss of more than 320 lives
1982 Death – Hugh Marlowe actor (Ellery Qu een, Jim Matthews-Another World), dies at 71
1982 Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Bel grano.
1983 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga CA
1984 Death – Jack Barry game show emcee (Joker’s Wild), dies at 66
1984 Death – Piet van Aken Flemish writer (Failing God, Nig gers), dies at 64
1985 Death – Hal LeRoy dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after cardiac surgery
1985 Death – Milton S Eisenhower US diplomat, dies at 85
1986 Dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II
1986 In Vancouver BC, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Expo ‘86;
1986 The 1986 World Exposition in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, opens.
1986 Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver British Columbia
1988 Jackson Pollock’s “Search” sold for $4,800,000
1988 Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump
1990 Death – David Rappaport 3′11′ actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38
1990 Death – Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev Russian cosmonaut, dies at 49
1990 Death – William Levi Dawson composer, dies at 90
1990 South Africa & African National Congress open talks to end apartheid
1991 Death – Hal Bell dies at 65
1991 Death – Leib Lensky dies at 82
1992 Death – Joey Cuevas dancer, dies at 34
1992 Death – Lee Salk baby doctor/author, dies of cardiac arrest at 65
1992 Death – Margareth Wallmann Austrian opera director, dies at 88
1992 Death – Philip Dunne screenwriter, dies of cancer at 84
1992 Death – Wilbur Mills (Representative-D-AR)/involved with Fanne Foxe, dies at 82
1992 Yugoslav Army seize Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic
1993 Death – Julio Gallo wine maker (Gallo), dies in a car accident at 82
1993 Death – Will Weng Sunday Times crossword puzzle editor (1968-78), dies at 86
1994 Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed
1994 Death – Louis Calaferte writer (Requiem of the Innocents), dies at 65
1994 Death – Wilson Charles Geoffery Baldwin hero, dies at 75
1994 Dr Kevokian found innocent on assisting suicides
1994 Michael Bolton found to have plagiarized Isley Brothers “Love is Wonderful Thing”
1995 Death – Michael Hordern actor (Fool, Green Man, Scoop), dies at 83
1995 During the Croatian War of Independence, Serb forces fire cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing 7 and wounding over 175 civilians.
1995 Serb missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six
1996 Death – Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton civil servant, dies at 97
1996 Death – Emile Habibi writer, dies at 73
1996 Death – Peter John Swales football club chairman, dies at 63
1997 Donald Trump & Marla Maples announce they are separating
1997 Mercury Mail announces its 1 millionth internet subscriber
1997 Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders
1997 The Labour Party’s Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, ending 18 years of Conservative Party rule. At 44, he is the youngest prime minister in 185 years.
1999 Panamanian election: Mireya Moscoso became the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
2000 Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the U.S. military.
2000 Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands unveiled the Man With Two Hats monument in Ottawa on May 11, 2002, and the other in Apeldoorn on May 2, 2000. Symbolically linking both Netherlands and Canada for their assistance throughout the Second World War.
2002 Marad massacre of eight Hindus near Palakkad in Kerala
2005 Airwork Flight 23 crashes after structural failure.
2005 The Pontiac Grand Am ceases production at the 100 year-old Lansing Car Assembly plant
Happy Birthday~!!!
[Gotcha}
DFB
Posted July 2, 2009 at 12:27 pm | Permalink
“Guess WW2 and Iraq are fair comparisons, Not!”
Of course they aren’t….Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, we attack Germany first, then later Japan
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Germany declared war on us.
“The Phantom” is nothing but a lickspittle who personifies cognitive dissonance.
XXX – so did Radical Islam. Hussein practiced the same lame crap A-jad does in terms of rhetoric…so what’s your point? Since A-jad declares he wants to wipe us out on a daily basis, that means we should attack Iran too?
The most violent country in Europe: Britain is also worse than South Africa and U.S.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196941/The-violent-country-Europe-Britain-worse-South-Africa-U-S.html
Maybe they should ban guns and knives.
…oh, wait…..
How many can tell me what this monument is?
WITHOUT DIGGING!!!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3389/3271156538_892aaf92a7.jpg?v=0
Heckle, define “violent” in this data… A good right cross is a violent attack.
What is the killing rate?
Gun death rates. Even knife attack deaths.
I am pretty sure that the good ole USA is a top performer in citizens killing citizens..
Satatom busy afternoon ahead. Guess you are just a spinning liberal afterall. Truths not in you. Guess you got laughed off the blog in your former nic and came back with this lame one. Same result.
“Guess you got laughed off the blog in your former nic and came back with this lame one.”
Didn’t you used have another nic, okob? Why did you change – move to Oklahoma?
DavidB
Go read the da-m-n thing yourself. That’s why I included the link.
;-)
If you look at “all Crimes”:
# 6 United Kingdom: 85.5517 per 1,000 people
#7 Montserrat: 80.3982 per 1,000 people
#8 United States: 80.0645 per 1,000 people
“Murders by all means”:
#24 United States:0.042802 per 1,000 people
#46 United Kingdom: 0.0140633 per 1,000 people
Here is a useful database on crime statistics:
http://www.nationmaster.com/cat/cri-crime
Homicide by Firearms:
#8 United States: 3.6 per 100,000 people
The UK does not even show up in the list of 32 nations
DavidB
“Homicide by Firearms:
#8 United States: 3.6 per 100,000 people
The UK does not even show up in the list of 32 nations”
And if you throw out the top five or six metro areas that traditionally rank tops in murder(and co-incidentally are run by left wing politicos) we come in about equal to Brittain on murder.
Look at the “violent crimes” number DavidB. It’s why they used the term “violent” in the title.
Wow. The Walton family of Wal-Mart fame is worth more than 100 MILLION Americans (the poorest third).
Thank God, they have their useful CON idiots to argue that they “earned every penny” of that lucky DNA . . .
Debt is capitalism’s dirty little secret
By Ben Funnell
Published: June 30 2009 19:14 | Last updated: June 30 2009 19:14
Just why is there so much debt in the Anglo-Saxon world? Bankers and regulators know well that it is in nobody’s long-term interests to have allowed borrowing to escalate to a position where the US now owes far more, as a multiple of the economy, than at the start of the Great Depression.
The answer is capitalism’s dirty little secret: excessive lending was the only way to maintain the living standards of the vast bulk of the population at a time when wealth was being concentrated in the hands of an elite.
The amount by which the elite has benefited is startling, and illustrates the problem with lightly regulated free markets: the rich get much richer while the rest do not get richer at all. According to Société Générale economists, the inflation-adjusted income of the highest-paid fifth of US earners has risen by 60 per cent since 1970, while it has fallen by more than 10 per cent for the rest. As was recently pointed out in the New York Review of Books, the Walton family, of Wal-Mart fame, is wealthier than the bottom third of the US population put together – about 100m people. These are staggering statistics, confirmed by measures such as the US and UK’s ever-rising Gini coefficients, which estimate income disparity. Another way of putting this is that the share of profits in gross domestic product is at a 100-year high, or was until very recently.
Put simply, the benefits of economic growth have gone into the pockets of plutocrats rather than the bulk of the population. So why has there been no revolution? Because there was a solution: debt. If you couldn’t earn it, you could borrow it. Cheap financing was made widely available. Financial innovations such as the asset-backed securities market aided this process, as did government-sponsored agencies such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Regulators welcomed it all while perhaps taking insufficient account of the moral hazard problem it posed: that ever-increasing leverage meant the authorities had to keep interest rates low, otherwise the debt burden would cripple consumption. This prompted more leverage, which exacerbated the problem.
A walk in any low-income area in the UK confirms this. There are BMWs in the driveways, satellite dishes on the roofs and furniture delivery vans on the streets. In both Britain and America the jobless were encouraged to buy their own homes. No one begrudges anyone else the right to own a home or buy luxury goods. The problem is that the luxuries need to be paid for out of earnings and the houses out of equity topped up with an affordable amount of debt. …………(more)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/e23c6d04-659d-11de-8e34-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fe23c6d04-659d-11de-8e34-00144feabdc0.html%3Fnclick_check%3D1&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.democraticunderground.com%2Fdiscuss%2Fduboard.php%3Faz%3Dview_all%26address%3D389×5969392&nclick_check=1
Yeah DavidB, the U.K. crams 60 million people into an area about the size of the state of Oregon.
They are probably sniffing each other’s armpits as we speak.
-The answer is capitalism’s dirty little secret: excessive lending was the only way to maintain the living standards of the vast bulk of the population at a time when wealth was being concentrated in the hands of an elite.-
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So they don’t have credit cards or home loans in China?
Sweet…..
I am sure you are right and the Brits would be much safer with a lot more firearms in the hands of honest citizens, the violent criminals certainly wouldn’t be using them.
I guess you could use “Assaults” as a catch all and indeed the US and the UK are equal. I think yer just more likely to die as a result of an ‘assault’ in the good old USA as opposed to Britain.
“Violent Crime” was not a choice in the database (but I am sure you looked at the da-m-n thing. That’s why I included the link. ;-)
If you throw out data at your own choosing.. you can come up with anything you want. (If you throw out rural areas, the USA has nearly no cows at all!)
Don’t get me wrong! I am all in favor of handing out free government-provided shotguns to everyone over 18!
Darn those left-wing politicos!
City7 Replay Schedule of July 1 Budget Hearing
Date: July 2, 2009
Televised replays of the July 1 public hearing on the proposed City of Wichita 2010 budget can be seen on City7, the Cox Communication cable channel assigned to the City of Wichita.
The schedule is as follows:
* 6 p.m. Friday, July 3
* 1 a.m. Saturday, July 4
* 10 a.m. Saturday, July 4
* 7 p.m. Sunday, July 5
* 6 p.m. Thursday, July 9
* 1 a.m. Saturday, July 11
* 10 a.m. Saturday, July 11
* 7 p.m. Sunday, July 12
armpits?
Regular, I have checked my schedule closely to see if I can catch any of the hearings…
My schedule is as follows:
* 6 p.m. Friday, July 3- still fishing
* 1 a.m. Saturday, July 4- sleeping off the sun and the beer.
* 10 a.m. Saturday, July 4- cooking bacon and eggs.
* 7 p.m. Sunday, July 5- driving home
* 6 p.m. Thursday, July 9- getting bait for Friday
* 1 a.m. Saturday, July 11- checking lines.
* 10 a.m. Saturday, July 11- bacon and eggs again.
* 7 p.m. Sunday, July 12- will probably be dead.
so please keep me posted.
Capn – “Debt is capitalism’s dirty little secret”…yeah…that’s it…because “capitalism” makes lawmakers pass laws like the “Community Reinvestment Act” – Carter’s Admin, and then steps up the game under HUD to create Fannie/Freddie with a mandate to loan no less than 45% of their portfolio to “the poor” – under Clinton…then in ‘95 Clinton issued regs to track loans by race/neighborhood, income/etc to give govt further control on their actions and which ACORN used to “protest” & threaten lawsuits to prevent new branches/mergers from occuring..then in ‘95 Treasury established the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund to further funnel more tax dollars into low income loans…and “capitalism” control’s the Fed Reserve who is granted a monopoly from the US Govt & works in tandem with the US Treasury….Bush just continued “progressive” policies (funny how you guys hate his policies, yet they’re just like yours)..yeah…that’s it…
You guys try so hard to be the teflon dons of political parties…you lay massive turds in the middle of the economy, then try to blame it on the dog. If “capitalism” weren’t run by the govt…banks wouldn’t loan to those who don’t qualify, and then wouldn’t seek ways to throw off the risk they know is bad (to Fan/Fred, mortg backed securities, CDS’s)…if govt didn’t bail them out once they did, to cover their OWN butts, the banks wouldn’t do it again, because they’d be out of business.
If you make $60,000 a year in Canada, here’s your tax take (includes that free healthcare deduction):
Salary or wages for the pay period 60,000.00
Total EI insurable earnings for the pay period 42,300.00
Taxable income 60,000.00
Cash income for the pay period 60,000.00
Federal tax deductions 16,934.29
Provincial tax deductions 10,173.25
Requested additional tax deduction 0.00
Total tax on income 27,107.54
CPP deductions 2,118.60
EI deductions 731.79
Amounts deducted at source 0.00
Total deductions on income 29,957.93
Net amount 30,042.07
Enjoy! You stupid fuq’s!
I have so far found nothing that links Frank Lombard to EITHER political party… It’s a sad, sick story…
Please note that Duke Uiv.(normally viewed as a liberal univ.) has suspended this man without pay, as soon as they learned of his arrest…
Wow, DFB.
If you could write so that somebody could understand you, you’d be dangerous.
Fortunately, that isn’t likely in the short term.
AmWay–
What’s your source for that?
CraponAmerica
Posted July 2, 2009 at 4:01 pm | Permalink
Wow, DFB.
If you could write so that somebody could understand you, you’d be dangerous.
Fortunately, that isn’t likely with the libtards on this blog….
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fixed it fer ya……
Nobody likes paying taxes and everybody wishes they paid less (except Bill Clinton)
I think more to the point is what you get in return for these taxes. The linked article is by a American who moved to the Netherlands and was shocked that his paycheck was reduced by 52% in taxes.
“It is and has long been a highly capitalistic country — the Dutch pioneered the multinational corporation and advanced the concept of shares of stock, and last year the country was the third-largest investor in U.S. businesses — and yet it has what I had been led to believe was a vast, socialistic welfare state. How can these polar-opposite value systems coexist?”
Caution ;-) this article has a lot of words in it:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/magazine/03european-t.html
Oh dear:
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) has come out in support of the military coup in Honduras, chastising President Obama in a statement for what he calls “a slap in the face to the people” of that country. DeMint argues that President Manuel Zelaya was violating the constitution and the coup was a necessary corrective.
“The people of Honduras have struggled too long to have their hard-won democracy stolen from them by a Chavez-style dictator.”
Note: both Zelaya and Chavez are elected presidents.
Scratch the Sanford book deal!
Also Thursday, a publisher announced it has terminated Sanford’s deal to write a book on fiscal conservatism. Spokesman Adrian Zackheim said the decision to drop the book titled “Within Our Means” was a mutual one between the governor and the publisher, Sentinel, a dedicated conservative imprint within Penguin Group
Wow..what a surprise…sniveling drivel from Capn when he’s called out with his lame excuse for an argument for trying to project his blessed progressive stain onto capitalism…and as usual…about as witty as it is meaningful. At least you’re consistent…when you got nothin’…go straight to weak personal attacks…you’re nothin’ if not predictable.
Darn those facts…oh well, Capn ignores them all the time and has the short term memory of a goldfish, so I’m sure Capn will be back posting the same garbage again, hoping he can slide it through as thoughtful.
“The only Democrat or Liberal I could find that I gather supports pedophilia, child rape, and child sales is Satantom.”
Ridiculous and demeaning to all men, women and citizens of this country.
NO ONE supports pedophilia, child rape or child sales.
Christ.
DFB
Posted July 2, 2009 at 5:11 pm | Permalink
Wow..what a surprise…sniveling drivel from Capn when he’s called out with his lame excuse for an argument for trying to project his blessed progressive stain onto capitalism…and as usual…about as witty as it is meaningful. At least you’re consistent…when you got nothin’…go straight to weak personal attacks…you’re nothin’ if not predictable.
Darn those facts…oh well, Capn ignores them all the time and has the short term memory of a goldfish, so I’m sure Capn will be back posting the same garbage again, hoping he can slide it through as thoughtful.
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DFB — Why dont you try to put forth some sort of argument AGAINST what CapN says, instead of a bunch of mindless drivel and nonsense attack…. Ya know, Put up an opposing concept??? Ya think you can do that???
Congress is more concerned about my health than I am, I wish they would get a real job and leave us poor peons alone. Who needs health care changes, more taxes, obesity tax, road tax, cap and trade excesses. Let me drive on the right side of the road.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul
WSClark
Posted July 2, 2009 at 5:19 pm | Permalink
“The only Democrat or Liberal I could find that I gather supports pedophilia, child rape, and child sales is Satantom.”
Ridiculous and demeaning to all men, women and citizens of this country.
NO ONE supports pedophilia, child rape or child sales.
Christ
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If only THAT were true. Has the Wichita Diocese released the names of the local pedophile priests that committed their crimes with impunity over the last 50 years?
Nope.
The coverup is on going.
The support of these pedophiles by the Wichita Catholic community continues.
Rusty Eck Stadium for example.
Kansas Newman’s Eck Hall as well. Bishop Carroll HS anyone?
“In 2008, employer-provided coverage averaged $12,680 a year for a family plan, and $4,704 for individual coverage, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s annual survey.”
How is this not, in effect, a “tax”? But 30% of this goes to the Insurance Industry.
With lower costs to employers.. perhaps wages could begin to rise . . .
2008 Tax return for Canada. Total income $56,339.99. Deduction for spit-pension amount $15,757. Net taxable income $40.582.99. Tax credits: Personal basic exemption $9,00.00, Age amount $3,917.00, Others $9,210. Total tax credits $22.538.15. Net federal tax $2,895.84, Provincial tax $1,849.78. Total payable $4,479.48. You didn’t take into consideration the standard deductables, so the net tax based on gross is under 10% …just. Believe me, I know the Canadian tax system, lived with it for a few years and did this return for a friend over Easter vacation, it includes the health care premium…but he is elderly. Where do you get this stuff anyway? I’m always amazed at your posts…
American_Way: If you had posted the important dates yesterday, you would have noted Canada celebrated her 142nd birthday, or was the cheap shot about her taxes a backhanded recognition?
Chas – I can’t even believe I’m bored enough to respond to you, but here goes…
Capn lays a weak cut & paste job out there about how “debt is capitalism’s dirty little secret”..which then goes on to describe how those greedy capitalists got rich off the poor people giving them loans they could never afford…
Nice progressive talking point. So, since you STILL have the comprehension skills of a child and can’t understand how progressive admin after progressive admin have put forth policies specifically designed to give loans to poor people who can’t afford them….let me summarize it for you in terms, even your feeble mind might grasp.
Progressive policies sucked in the early 1900’s, they sucked in the mid 1900’s, they sucked in the late 1900’s, and they blow now. So the weak attempt to paint capitalism as the devil…as all Progressives do when their policies fail…like they always do..is as lame as you are Chas and comprehending anything beyond regurgitation of a talking point.
Hey Chas..Constitutional Convention…
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Chas
Posted July 2, 2009 at 5:28 pm | Permalink
DFB — Why dont you try to put forth some sort of argument AGAINST what CapN says, instead of a bunch of mindless drivel and nonsense attack…. Ya know, Put up an opposing concept??? Ya think you can do that???
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Your absolutely right Chas…
We shall leave the mindless drivel exclusively in your domain.
Constitutional Convention! Your place or mine?
Boys boys.. working Americans have not done very well as a class the past 20 years or so.
Constitutional convention? Great! I’ll bet we’ve got the votes to repeal the 2nd Amendment!
So, DFB, you STILL fail to put forth an argument against what CapN said… and NBOW you add to your lunacy by slinging ad hominems in my direction — and for what?? Because you dont like to be challenged to put up or shut up??
I see you still want to tear the whole Constitution apart… and re-write it to suit your own needs…. WTG, and during 4th of July week, no less!!
You hang in there sunshine… Those guys in their white coats cant be too far from your place by now!!
DEJ – that’s exactly my point…you don’t have the “votes”…since you need 38 states to ratify any amendment (TX,KS,OK,WY,AR,TN,GA,WV,UT,AK,NE,AL,MS,MO,ND,SD,SC,KY..none of those are voting away gun rights). But there’s plenty of “votes” to ratify congressional/fed judge term limits, fed balanced budget, audit of fed reserve, Pres line item veto and possibly campaign finance reform (ie, you can’t donate to candidates outside your district/state (except obv for Pres)…sorry Dodd/Franken…), reinforcing the 10th, clarification on war powers (no more Viet Nams/”police actions”) and primary reform of breaking primaries down into 4 or 5 “super Tues” type regions to cut down the biggest warchest advantage of the system now. Who knows, maybe even enough to bust up the little mini-fiefdoms congress created with the current committee system, or Obama’s czar scam…
But don’t forget…you may think the 2nd’s in danger…but so is your precious Roe v Wade…
Chas – when you’re ready to debate past a jr high level..let me know. Till then, keep your chair at the kiddy’s table.
I laid out 4 or 5 specific examples of govt intervention in free markets..or “capitalism”…and since you’ve got exactly zero game to challenge a single one of them….I’ll leave the shutting up to you.
– Comm Reinvestment Act – under Carter
– Fan/Fred creation under Clinton, with mandate of 45% of loans going to low income
– ‘95 Treasury established the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund under Clinton to push more funds into low income housing loans
– Treasury playing the Keynesian game of flooding the market with cheap credit/low interest under Clinton & Bush
Capn’s article laying the housing crisis on capitalism is bunk…the govt/Treasury created, then popped the bubble and “capitalism” was its forever fall guy…as always…when lame govt policies fail.
Oh, and Chas…how many times are you going to prove how little you know about the Constitution? Now would be a good time for you shut up about that…again, instead of popping up and claiming that you suddenly came up with the ideas of line item veto & auditing the fed reserve.
DFB — According to your “wish list” your main goal in a Constitutional Convention is to totally Destroy the current document, and replace it with extremely Right Wing agenda items… As I said once before, you keep proving that you are indeed a Right Wing Extremist at heart… Those guys in white coats are getting closer to you all the time now….
“Capn’s article laying the housing crisis on capitalism is bunk…the govt/Treasury created, then popped the bubble and “capitalism” was its forever fall guy…as always…when lame govt policies fail.” [DFB]
GOOD… you are arguing back… NOw, back up your argument with citations, etc.
good night; good luck; god bless —
whatever you perceive god to be!!
blessings all!!
blessings on this great nation and
the memory of our Founders!!
so mote it be!!
Chas – good Lord!!! I don’t have the patience of Job to deal with your ADD. I’ve posted them TWICE! Try reading them ONCE then post a lame response.
Here’s your charm..the third time…
“- Comm Reinvestment Act – under Carter
- Fan/Fred creation under Clinton, with mandate of 45% of loans going to low income
- ‘95 Treasury established the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund under Clinton to push more funds into low income housing loans
- Treasury playing the Keynesian game of flooding the market with cheap credit/low interest under Clinton & Bush”
Now as for your once again, complete lack of common sense relative to your perception of my trying to “totally Destroy the current document”. Name one single thing I proposed that was “rightwing”! I know people like you struggle with this…but see…a govt powerful enough to give you everything you want, is also powerful enough to take it away….every single thing I suggested strips power from BOTH parties! I don’t want EITHER party to have unfettered powers, that keep growing with every administration, regardless of party.
And even though you seem to be incapable of grasping those simple concepts…God bless you too Chas.
Anyone noticing how ’satatom’ seems to have this really perverse obsession with child sex?
Sick, but what’s new with him.
HI ya bawks!
I was just thinking of you.
I had some difficulty counting again today. I PAID for 20 bags of soil but somehow, when I got home, I had 24! It’s your fault you know. I was thinking of you when I lost count.
Evoking Michael Jackson, BlueJay sings…
I’m bad, I’m bad, really really bad…
BFD,
I’m not too worried about Roe v. Wade; it’s based firmly on the 5th and 14th Amendments, and too many other rights depend on those for you to be able to sell repealing those.
BFD,
Oh, and by the way, before you think about trying for a Constitutional Convention, you maybe ought to remember that the most recent polls show only about a third of registered voters identifying as ‘publicans. You may get some amendments you won’t like- f’rinstance the ERA and Gay Rights and Children’s Rights and Investors Rights and Immigrants Rights and serious restrictions on the President’s authority to start wars and a right to medical care and a right to a clean, low-carbon environment and Truth in Politics and enough other liberal causes to make your eyelashes curl!
DEJ – as for “recent polls”…you mean the ones that showed that over 40% of Americans consider themselves “conservative”, while only 21% considered themselves “liberal”? Or maybe it’s the poll you guys like to reference about the “shrinking GOP”…while conveniently leaving out the part where the Libbies are dropping like rocks too…Independents/Libertarians are the ONLY growing party…
As for an agenda..my challenge is the same to you, as it was to your boy Chas…show me one single thing I suggested that was partisan. By the way there Mr reading is fundamental…I suggested clarification of Pres war powers and Chas says that must be “rightwing”….I even gave an example of travesty caused by the ambiguity of war powers, Viet Nam… You’re seriously just as bad as Chas…but at least you offered minimal substance in a reply.
Would a convention get clogged up with all kinds of liberal wishlist items…sure it would..no different than it would by rightwing wishlist items…but the fringes don’t own enough votes. Fringe issues can’t carry 38 states (not enough flaming red or blue states to push extreme issues, as I pointed out to you with your silly 2nd Amend comment). It’s obvious lefties know they can’t get the votes to get stuff done, which is why they focus so hard on getting new rights built through SCOTUS cases..so your agenda’s about as valid in a Constitutional Conv as some rightwinger claiming that the 16th will be repealed, the Fed Res will be abolished, welfare will be stamped out, nullification will be granted to all states, gold standard will be revived, etc. The more radical, the less chance of fruition, as it should be. Which is why the proposed Amendments I made…are just the ones that would probably get 38 state ratification…and congress knows it. They’d scramble to protect their toys and keep a Conv from happening, just like they did the only time one was emminent, during Prohibition, when congress scrambled and repealed Prohibition to quell the people. So, even if one didn’t happen, it just has to be close to becoming real, and the idiotic spending will suddenly find fewer supporters in congress…lot more meaningful threat than silly e-mails/phone calls to congresspersons…and they know it.
DavidB
Posted July 2, 2009 at 3:34 pm | Permalink
I am sure you are right and the Brits would be much safer with a lot more firearms in the hands of honest citizens, the violent criminals certainly wouldn’t be using them.
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You just restated the position of the Gun Control people perfectly.
All the gun control laws they push are designed to keep guns away from criminals. Law-abiding people will still be able to have guns.
sursum
Posted July 2, 2009 at 6:09 pm | Permalink
Math is difficult for you isn’t it?
* Income $60,000
* Net amount $30,042.07
* Tax Rate = 50%
BlueJay
Posted July 2, 2009 at 11:18 pm | Permalink
HI ya bawks!
I was just thinking of you.
I had some difficulty counting again today. I PAID for 20 bags of soil but somehow, when I got home, I had 24! It’s
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Not only does BJ steal money from taxpayers, he steals dirt from the local store.
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