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Tuesday Open Thread

by: Colorado Pols

Tue Aug 31, 2010 at 06:48:44 AM MDT


"When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say."

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Anybody seen that Poll Bennet promised to release last Wednesday?
Are they having some trouble putting together something that shows them in the lead?
Any reason why they said they would release it and did not, other than there was no poll?
The people want to know.

We already know Bennet bought his win - that ability to raise more money is part of why many in our party love him. -DavidThi808
Michael Bennet - ineffective, dishonest and immoral - Democrat for US Senate  


someone here yesterday said they saw it.
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44-40, favoring Bennet.
What ?  Don't U trust them ?
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I asked them to attach it as a reply. They did not.
Do you think there was a poll showing Bennet up?  

We already know Bennet bought his win - that ability to raise more money is part of why many in our party love him. -DavidThi808
Michael Bennet - ineffective, dishonest and immoral - Democrat for US Senate  


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Maybe it was a poll of financial supporters that showed him 4 up
Say any word on whether Bennet has been able to raise enough cash to payoff that no interest loan that helped him limp past Romanoff in the primary?

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I thnk they would have attached it.
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I see below that MADCO is pulling a GHW Bush: "poll ?  what poll ?  I already answered that."
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and I asked you for your poll H-Man
Nothing but crickets...

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jp - what poll are you talking about?


We already know Bennet bought his win - that ability to raise more money is part of why many in our party love him. -DavidThi808
Michael Bennet - ineffective, dishonest and immoral - Democrat for US Senate  


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JP
I posted a response on the thread.
Sorry for the delay.  I forgot.

We already know Bennet bought his win - that ability to raise more money is part of why many in our party love him. -DavidThi808
Michael Bennet - ineffective, dishonest and immoral - Democrat for US Senate  


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Internal poll
Far better than Rasmussen. Your guy said that Bennet would consistently lose the primary.

judge elected officials by their actions, not by their rhetoric

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Bennet and his 527s dumped $5 million to beat Romanoff
Now Bennets "Chuck Schumer" 527 is saturating the airwaves with mean spirited, nasty, false, misleading,and negative campaign ads ... Hickenlooper can't watch 10p news because Bennet's making him take so many showers.

Just imagine the freaking water bill he'll get!


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Who were Bennet's 527s?
Which ads did they run?

I must have missed them.

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno


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The only ads I saw in the primary were Bennet backed
I don't think you could have seen one, to my knowledge they didn't exist.

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Then how do you explain this?
Bennet and his 527s dumped $5 million to beat Romanoff

MSU?

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno


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WTH are you talking about?
You've posted this multiple  times - what are you talking about?

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Last Wednesday in the Washington Post after the 49-40 Buck is ahead poll came out
Bennet said they had a poll which they would release later that day showing them up 44-40.  A few weeks earlier Norton told the Washington Post that they had a poll that had Norton up by 5 points that was also not released.
I don't think either ever had such a poll, but if you say in print you are going to release it, I want to see it.
Some have postulated that it may be taking their pollster more time than they thought to get it out.

We already know Bennet bought his win - that ability to raise more money is part of why many in our party love him. -DavidThi808
Michael Bennet - ineffective, dishonest and immoral - Democrat for US Senate  


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Never mind. I understand why it's so hard.
http://voices.washingtonpost.c...

In a Reuters/Ipsos poll, Buck led Bennet 49 percent to 40 percent among likely voters, with 10 percent undecided. (Democrats insisted that the poll's partisan breakdown -- 48 percent Republican, 40 percent Democrat and 8 percent unaffiliated -- vastly underplays the size of the independent vote in the state.)

Bennet's campaign will release numbers of its own today showing the incumbent at 44 percent to Buck's 40 percent. That poll was in the field from Aug. 16-20 and conducted by Bennet campaign pollster Paul Harstad.

What was your question again?


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Seen the poll?


We already know Bennet bought his win - that ability to raise more money is part of why many in our party love him. -DavidThi808
Michael Bennet - ineffective, dishonest and immoral - Democrat for US Senate  


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I haven'r seen any of the polls described in this article nor
other recent articles.

You are referring to the actual poll done by Ipsos, Harstad, PPP, Rassmussen, etc, right?

Not this time.

Last winter I did read some of the actual polls because I wanted to see how the methodologies and questions differed.  But since the methodologies and actual questions are not usually available, I stopped looking.

And while I'm no pro, I thought it was more typical for campaigns to do a release of internal numbers rather tan actually publish their internal polling.  

Anyhoo- I don't care about the polls from pollsters who neither understand Colorado (8% U?) nor publish their actual questions and methods.

And I think most Colorado voters don't care that much about anything political until after next week.  

But ballots are in the mail in about 5 weeks, so we're really in the home stretch now.


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I've seen your skewed polls
from RASMUSSEN before in the primary.

there was about an 11 point swing for Bennet from your guy in the primary

Michael told us a week in advance he was quite confident. I wasn't sure until PPP came out the day before.

Rasmussen is just a Republican cheerleader.


judge elected officials by their actions, not by their rhetoric


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Ray - let me help you, Rasmussen did not poll for the primaries, their polling was R vs. D, not R vs R or D vs D.


We already know Bennet bought his win - that ability to raise more money is part of why many in our party love him. -DavidThi808
Michael Bennet - ineffective, dishonest and immoral - Democrat for US Senate  


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Hey, wait a minute...
Weren't you the one theorizing that all those U's were going to vote this year? ANd vote big?

Or was that Charley Miller or bjw? I'm getting all you mathletes mixed up.  

8%?  Ipsos polls 20% more R's than D;s, and only 8% U's?  In Colorado?  ANd anyone cares about their results? ok.  Your guy is a lock- your work is done.


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Sec........
MADCO: "I was referring only to the increase in the VUF, for both."

Actually, those numbers are huge as many have pointed out. A trend I predict will increase.

quote of the day...(The cutting Senior's Social Security, over-stressing small business, and ignoring the public outcry moment.)

"Whatever insults my State insults me."
Preston Brooks

Charley Miller

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Good morning!
Do you ever sleep, H? Something tells me the next ten weeks are going to be intense on Pols.

Mike Coffman represents the best interest of Aurorans like: Michael Vick represents the best interests of dogs and Tom Tancredo represents the best interests of immigrants.  

Nancy - this stuff gets me going in the morning.


We already know Bennet bought his win - that ability to raise more money is part of why many in our party love him. -DavidThi808
Michael Bennet - ineffective, dishonest and immoral - Democrat for US Senate  


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Bennet calls the stimulus ineffective, immoral
Ok, this is interesting. Both because Bennet voted for it and because the stimulus worked. From National Review they quote Senator Bennet as saying:

And then, the piece of it that the President, we own, I own, was the recovery package last year which was roughly $760 billion. All that adds up to $12 trillion, and we've got to address it. It's immoral to leave this to our children
...
"We have managed to acquire $13 trillion of debt on our balance sheet. In my view we have nothing to show for it."

If you read what he said carefully he's talking primarily about Bush's drunken orgy of borrowing & spending. But he is including the deficit spending & stimulus bill under Obama too.

What's really bad news here is if Bennet is taking this tack it means that Congress is definitely not going to do any more spending to fix the economy and we're very likely looking at our own lost decade coming.

Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!


David: the numbers show there will be no more stimulus
Bennet is getting killed by those that think fiscal matters are most important 76-14 in the polling.
The problem with Bennet the stimulus is bad and does not work approach, of course, is that he voted for it.  It is hard to run from your own record.
The problem with the stimulus worked let's get deeper in debt is the public does not believe it worked.  The expectations which the White House created of max 8% unemployment if you don't pass the stimulus seems like a good deal today.

We already know Bennet bought his win - that ability to raise more money is part of why many in our party love him. -DavidThi808
Michael Bennet - ineffective, dishonest and immoral - Democrat for US Senate  


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Folks don't see how the stimulus helped them.
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When government contracts are to be funded with stimulus money, that fact is plastered all over the solicitation.  Signs at every paving project have a big ARRA logo.  But folks don't translate that into any direct personal benefit.
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SIGH...The Party in power ignores the media that puts them there..
...I could write a script tomorrow that would highlight why stimulus spending is good.

While it's hard to show why a new bridge over I25 is good, it's damn easy to show why keeping teachers on the job is. Or cops on the street that would've been laid off. Or building extra capacity at the VA Clinic in the Springs. Or vet homeless shelters in Denver.

"The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten." Calvin Coolidge


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Wouldn't a new bridge over I25 count as homeless shelter?
Or am I getting that measure mixed up with Reagan's defining ketchup as a vegetable?

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Dan the problem is sustainable private sector job growth
New and increased taxes and fees further hurt


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Sustainability in private sector;
a very important driver of the economy, agreed. While the stimulus money may not have helped the private sector as much as we would have liked, the current ballot initiatives, 60, 61, and 101, have decreased private sector investment in this state.

If you support those initiatives, which I believe you do, you are supporting reduced business investment in Colorado. I've spoken to some metro area chambers of commerce and they claim businesses have said they will not bring money to Colorado while the fate of these initiatives are up in the air.

The fact that 60, 61, and 101 are on the ballot has reduced private sector sustainability in Colorado. Imagine if they pass Libby. Where will your sustainability be when there is no business willing to come to a broken state?


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Sorry these ballot measures aren't on anyones radar yet
Wait for the media spun "debate" to start in early October. Granted, everyone here has made their decision, but there are 1.5 million others that have yet to hear the "NO" campaigns message.

Now back to you unsustainable big government growth policies (bailouts to Obamacare to Dirty Dozen) that have delivered a double dip recession ... just what was your point as to how your policies of diverting cash from the private sector and increasing private sector investment risk and business operations costs help the private sector create sustainable growth?


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Hmmmm,
The ballot measures are on millions of people's radar.

Your big government double dip recession will be doubled again if these ballot measures pass, Libertad. While you may not like Obama and the stimulus, I challenge you to show me how passing 60, 61, or 101 will influence the federal government or the deficit at all.

They will harm the private sector you care so much about, however. That is the point, which you are missing.


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I've promoted the "NO" campaign here on CPols
I have even cited and provided the link to contribute to the "NO" effort.

So again I say ... back to your unsustainable big government growth policies (bailouts to Obamacare to Dirty Dozen) that have delivered a double dip recession.

Just what was your point as to how your policies of diverting cash from the private sector and increasing private sector investment risk and business operations costs help the private sector create sustainable growth?

Explain, because I've been listening for 2 years and I still don't get how your economic model grows jobs.


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You're abusing the bold text there, Lib.
It makes your posts almost unreadable.

"Thank you for putting your rank political motives on display." - ArapaGOP

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To Libertad,
apologies if you are against the three ballot measures. I assumed you would be a proponent and that was wrong.

As to the larger discussion on big government, Obamacare and the stimulus - I leave that debate to minds with more patience than my own.


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and it is all based on the rhetorical hammering on the right
that we're leaving this legacy for our grandchildren. If we don't fix our present mess, we'll be leaving much worse than debt for them, like an economy with no good jobs, no good income, no good standard of living.

Keep hyping this Federal debt problem out of proportion and watch what happens. We'll knock the third leg our from under our economy and move from the Great Recession to the Great Depression II.

Consumer spending is way down and personal savings are up (sounds good on paper, but is depressing our 70% consumer driven economy). Business spending is down and businesses are sitting on truly massive amounts of cash they refuse to invest in the economy. State government coffers are bare and they have already cut spending to the bone.

The only thing propping up the economy right now is Federal stimulus spending (that means deficit spending...). For Bennet to repeat the Republican mantra now makes me even more sure I was correct in supporting Romanoff because Andrew clearly understood the ramifications of this kind of rhetoric and what the policy implications were to the health of our economy.

Bennet needs to talk about jobs, jobs and jobs. That is what people are really concerned about, not the deficit. To use a theme on the other side comparing national macro-economic trends to home economics- people without food on the table aren't so much worried about whether they can send their kids to college ten or fifteen years down the road. They are worried about whether they can feed their kids tonight.


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Very well said
The only way out of this mess is to stimulate the economy back to full employment so we then get a level of tax revenue that can pay off the debt.

Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!

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I'm with both of you.
It's really very simple - when people are unemployed or underemployed (as many of us are), you simply can't spend as much as you used to.  Until Bennet and others understand this core issue, we're in trouble.  

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YOU can't spend as much... but you're not the government!
IF you have some spare time available, use it to review economics. See link to Krugman below, who will point you in the right direction (he mentions Paul Samuelson's "core" textbook).

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What in my comment is contrary to what Krugman is saying?
I agree with Krugman.  And by the way, I had some economics classes while working on my master's degree.  Not an expert, but I am not struggling to understand the current recession.

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Apologies if I misunderstood...
When I read, "when people are unemployed...you simply can't spend as much..." and "until Bennet and others understand this core issue...," I interpreted that to mean, in effect, "in tough times, we have to tighten our belts," i.e. not spend as much. Clearly that applies to individuals and families...but NOT to the government. Just the opposite.

Honestly, I don't really know what Michael Bennet does or does not understand. Within a month of being appointed to the Senate to represent a state that had just voted for Barack Obama, he joined the Senate Blue Dogs in demanding a smaller stimulus package than the one proposed by the president. That was what turned me off him in the first place. Now, I get the sense that he is trying to sound like a Republican while running on the Democratic ticket, not unlike Betsy Markey.

I would greatly prefer candidates who made the case: when ordinary people have had to curtail spending because they don't have the income to support demand, only the government is in a position to replace that lost demand by financing capital projects at very low interest rates--projects that are both needed in their own right and that will help stimulate economic activity in the short term, and those loans will seem relatively a lot smaller in the future when compared to a larger economy. (I might go so far as to argue that financing educational operations is a form of capital investment.) This is sound fundamental economics and it represents the position of the Democratic administration.

I'm mightily uncomfortable with candidates who conclude, "Hey, if I wanna get elected in Colorado, I'd better try to sound sorta like a Republican," rather than who try to make the Democratic case to the electorate.

Sorry if I misunderstood your remark about having to spend less in hard times, and my sympathy if you're facing that situation.


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The downfall of the Dems almost always is
that they are not good at "making their case" to the electorate, i.e. have not yet - after years of having this pointed out to them - figured out messaging.


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realist - the flaw in your argument is it assumes that you know more than who you are talking to . . .
and that if they disagree with you it is because they don't understand what you said.  Leave open the possibility that the person who disagrees with you is just as bright as you are and may in fact be correct.  Sometimes it is not the messaging.  Sometimes it is the policy.  Sometimes you are correct. Sometimes they are.

We already know Bennet bought his win - that ability to raise more money is part of why many in our party love him. -DavidThi808
Michael Bennet - ineffective, dishonest and immoral - Democrat for US Senate  


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I disagree.
Campaigning is rarely about policy. It is much more often about the kind of "messaging" realist speaks of. The GOP has been making a dirty word of "liberal" for 30 years - not much policy discussion in that tactic. And remember those Bush speeches where he stood in front of a backdrop with things like "Securing America's Future" printed over and over? The speeches might have addressed policy but they were counting on the message of those backdrops to be the thing most people remembered.

"Thank you for putting your rank political motives on display." - ArapaGOP

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Who wants to read Money & Banking 101...
...when they could read Winnie the Pooh-Pooh's version of economics: "And then Christopher Robin went to Eeyore, his Central Donkey, who told him he had to sleep outside for a week and leave Winnie behind if he wanted to eat dinner...."

Among the many disservices perpetuated over and over, by both professional and amateur journos, is reducing the science of economics to the simplistic notion that the national economy is just like household economies, only bigger. This is frequently done by using the word "grandchildren" in these discussions, as in the phrase "leaving the national debt to our grandchildren," as if T-bills were like--indeed, an extension of-- the family credit-card balance and implying that cute little 5-year-olds will be lining up to hand over their milk money to the T-Bill Collector in the school lunchroom just 'cause Grandpa couldn't resist that shiny new mass-transit rail line, greedy old man that he is (was).

No room to recite the basics of Money & Banking 101, here, but suffice it to say that's not how the economy works, as explained 70 years ago by John Maynard Keynes. Servicing the national debt years hence on a much bigger economic base will feel like servicing World War II-era bills felt in the 1970s--remember how awful that felt? You don't? Well....

Meantime, what the fabled grandchildren WILL feel, if we let it happen, is the result of a decade (or more) of economic doldrums brought on by failure to exercise the basic principles of the aforementioned Keynes.

Krugman has a brief take on the current craze to forget basics of economics here: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.c...  


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Keynes is dead.
His philosophies were a pack of lies. And the this has (finally) been proven by experiment in America.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

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Larry and Moe were up early
Curly just rolled out of bed I guess.

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

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I'm a night owl.


"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

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We already know you're an ignoramus.
Really, no need to provide additional proof day after day, thanks anyway.

There was an interesting piece, somewhere, the other day about the new Memory of electronics, to the effect that emails, blog postings, etc. last, more or less, forever, and thus have the potential to come back to haunt and embarrass the writer in the future. ("Wow, I sounded ignorant then, didn't I?") Worth thinking about in your case, if thinking is on your schedule this year.


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In the face of all evidence, fact, and reason,
Keynesians cling to their fantasies to the bitter end. Sad.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

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Kind of like Bible Thumpers who cling to a literal
view of Creation,
In the face of all evidence, fact, and reason,

  Sometimes even to the point of claiming that Neanderthal Man was a hoax.

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Have you learned nothing Voyageur?
Evolution is not a testable hypothesis. It is a belief, just like creation.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

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Jeremiah was a bullfrog
Neanderthal Man was a hoax

That evolution is not testable does not make it only a belief "just like creation". Creation is only a word, with nothing but a book that has been rewritten numerous times to support it. Evolution is supported by thousands of facts, fossils and observations.

Your lack of intelligence, insight and critical thinking is supported by the state and proven by your satements.


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Gray, did Jeremiah, like other bullfrogs,
evolve from other amphibians or was he created by G-d on what must have been a busy 5th day?
It must have been busy, She obviously went with a committee recommendation in creating the Platypus.

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Because, unlike us, she was working 6 days
so day 6 was the loafing day before the weekend

Just think, we are messing with god's plan when we go to a 4 day work week

that question about the origin of Cain's wife I remember getting in trouble for asking when I was about 6. I remember we were looking at one of those Biblical maps and I was looking and looking for ....


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The Mrs. Cain line
is actually from Clarence Darrow's searing cross examination of BJWilson...uhh, William Jennings Bryan...in the Scopes Monkey Trial.

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How old is the Earth, BJ?


Its just like Further, but with tax cuts! - Fidel's Dirt Nap

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Not even close
Creationism, in its various forms, including "Intelligent Design" is an expression of religious belief.  No more, no less.  There is not an idiota of evidence for it, once you exclude Bible verses.
 Thump your Bible all you want, Beej.  It will never be science.

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idiota
actually a brilliant typo there V! (or wasn't it a typo...)

:)


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twas a typo but a divinely inspired one;-)
es la verdad!

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I never said the Bible was science.
You guys need to quit MSU.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

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You claim that the book of Genesis is an accurate scientific account
of the creation of life on earth as well as the heavens.
  Why bother to make stuff up when you have fundies around?
  And when are you going to answer me where Mrs. Cain came from?  If God Created Adam and Eve and they had two sons, one of whom killed the other, where did the murdering son, the progenitor of the rest of the human race, find a wife?    

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I do not.
I claim it is an accurate account, not a scientific one. Maybe God created her. Ask a theologian.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

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I am asking a theologian!
bj, warrior of God, slayer of the evil-lution dragon and believer in the photon theory of light but not in the theory of carbon 14 dating that proves life on earth is about half a billion years old.
   Besides, real theologians believe in evolution, while merely arguing that life was inspired and shaped by God -- including that soul thing.  Real theologians, like the Jesuits,  leave the details of creation to real scientists -- like Charles Darwin -- to figure out.  

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Liberal theologians, yes.
If I were to take their interpretation I would have no need for the Bible, as they believe it a bunch of man made stuff that doesn't have any bearing on my life whatsoever.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

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If you think Jesuits are liberal, you've never met a Jesuit.
And, actually, I suspect you never have met a Jesuit.  
   In contrast, show me one truly respected theologian who pushes the six-day creation theory.  You mean "preachers" when you say "theologians" and it's not the same.
   And G-d help you if you ever read the gnostic gospels or Hyamm Maccoby's classic Revolution in Judaea.
   

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Yes, I have met a Jesuit.
I knew some in high school. Again with the six day thing. For the sixth time, I. do. not. believe. in. six. literal. days. of. creation.
William Lane Craig is a good resource, here is a particularly pertinent article:

http://www.reasonablefaith.org...

Yes it's ok to say "God", and no the gnostic gospels or whatever other crap you're peddling was not divinely inspired.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle


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Well, that's true, because None of the Bible was divinely inspired.
gnostic gospels or whatever other crap you're peddling was not divinely inspired.

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ps, if you ever want to read a real theologian
try Elaine Pagels "The gnostic gospels."  It will teach you a lot about the early Christians.

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Protestant, Catholic or Orthodox canon
Which one(s) BJ, is/are inspired and which ones are 'crap'?


"There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity

"I'm Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name," Willard Mitt Romney demonstrating 'policy flexibility.'  


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And you do cling zealously to a six day creation
though you fudge by calling each day a period of time, not necessarily 24 hours.   But there is no way in BJworld that the sun could have been created in the first block of time, thereby providing that light that you have so much trouble explaining without a sun.
  Scientific creationists actually don't have to cling to Genesis, but that's the whole point of their little exercise in intellectual fraud, after all.  Scratch a creationist and you'll find a fundamentalist, six-day-world man.  actually, if you want to make each period of time about two billion years, you'd be in the ballpark for the age of the universe.  The earth is about 4.5 billion years.  BJworld is 10,000 years old (giving a bit of leeway to bishop usher, are way) -- the age of life -- plus an apparently undetermined length for the first four days before life was created.  

[ Parent ]
If God can create stars,
he can create light independent of them.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

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But why, pray tell, would She bother?
Wouldn't it be more logical to believe that G-d created the stars, etc. in the first phase, popularly known as the Big Bang, and that the account of Genesis isn't meant to be taken literally?  It's either a literal Genesis or a very disorganized G-d.  The latter would appear to be a contradiction in terms, unless you worship the Great Whatever.

[ Parent ]
What exactly is your problem with saying the word "God"?
Christians and atheists alike say the word. Actually, even if you did go by the big bang it's much more likely that some light was emitted first before the creation of the stars.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

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Actually V'ger, radiocarbon dating doesn't go back that far.
Half-life of 14C is only 5730 years

It's good for dating stuff as old as the great flood, maybe up to 10x older (~60,000 years).

U-Pb and Rb-Sr are much better ways to date REALLY OLD rocks (half life of 238U is 4.47 billion years; 87Rb is 48.8 b.y.); K-Ar is useful for ages in between (40K has a half life of 1.25 b.y.)

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno


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PS
tell me again the scientific evidence that the sun was created on the fourth day even though light, somehow, was created on the first.  I assume you have scientific proof that light doesn't come from stars?

[ Parent ]
Light is photons and wavelengths.
No reason it couldn't have existed before stars. Maybe it came from God himself.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Student of History. Mathematician.
Unicorn lover AND physicist.  

"There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity

"I'm Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name," Willard Mitt Romney demonstrating 'policy flexibility.'  


[ Parent ]
Philosopher, actually.
But there is a good degree of overlap between applied math and physics.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

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And Neanderthal man was a hoax!


[ Parent ]
You hadn't told me yet
what distinguishes a "certificate of live birth" from a "birth certificate."

"Thank you for putting your rank political motives on display." - ArapaGOP

[ Parent ]
More info on the long form birth certificate, I believe.


"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
What's a "long form" birth certificate?
Mine is just a small piece of paper with my footprint on it.

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

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I don't know; don't care really.
I'm not a birther; that's what I've heard them say though.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Handwritten and signed by hospital personal on site too


[ Parent ]
Do you have yours?
Because I can't find mine.  I'll need to order one from the State of New Jersey and I'll get one that looks exactly like Obama's.

The ones I ordered from the State of Colorado to get my kids into little league look exactly the same too.

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno


[ Parent ]
no, Friedman is the one who is dead!
And our current economic catastrophe shout put to rest all supply-side economic rhetoric. But you guys never learn and are willing to sink our economy to prove that point.

[ Parent ]
LOL
How exactly does a failed stimulus put to rest good sound supply-side theory?

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
You're right BJ
Apples and oranges.  Supply-side theory failed the entire economy.  More than once.

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

[ Parent ]
Um, no.
Supply-side theory saved the economy. See Reagan, Ronald. The greatest period of economic growth in our country's history was ushered in by his presidency.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Your extensive studies of history
Obviously omitted the Reagan Recession.

Are you sure you were home schooled and not just breast fed all those years?

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno


[ Parent ]
Jeremiah was a bullfrog
and even David Stockman now admits that supply side and trickle down was a failure.

Neanderthal Man was a hoax


[ Parent ]
Trickle Down Theory of Reaganomics
Was that why everyone felt pissed on?

Charley Miller

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[ Parent ]
Who's David Stockman, Jeremiah?
The only thing we should all be able to agree on now is that stimulus = failure.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

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David Stockman was Reagan's budget chief during his first term.
That makes him the guy most responsible for putting supply-side theories into practice. That makes him an expert on supply-side economics, and a most able judge of whether they worked or not.

"Thank you for putting your rank political motives on display." - ArapaGOP

[ Parent ]
You didn't really expect the beej
to know who David Stockman was, did you? He's displayed such a stunning ignorance about everything else involving Republican budgetary magic.

[ Parent ]
Neither beej nor I brought up Stockman.
He wanted to know who he is, so I'm letting him know. I imagine Stockman's pretty esoteric a figure to know if a) you haven't studied economics or read a detailed history of the era; or b) don't remember the Reagan years because you were too young.

"Thank you for putting your rank political motives on display." - ArapaGOP

[ Parent ]
Who do VooDoo?
our resident Neanderthal

"There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity

"I'm Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name," Willard Mitt Romney demonstrating 'policy flexibility.'  


[ Parent ]
Stupid really hurts
Sayeth The Beej:
His philosophies were a pack of lies. And the this has (finally) been proven by experiment in America.

Excuse me? Where are the controls for this "experiment?" How can anything about economics be proven if the "experiments" lack controls?

Or, are the criteria for what comprises an experiment more rigorous when you are uncomfortable with the implications of an actual scientific theory? But you are willing to relax your standards when you want to make a point about a most dismal "science?"

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." --ChuckieD, 1871


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Therefore shouldn't pollsters
blame Bennet's ineffective and immoral bailout and Obamacare votes squarely on the Tea Party.

Seems to many that Bennet is trying to reach out to the Tea Party, thank God they know its more of a reach around --- typical prep schooler!


[ Parent ]
Which bailout was that, Libby?
The one that passed in 2008?

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

[ Parent ]
Facts Ralphie....expect them to be ignored.


Exercise your right to peaceably assemble and reclaim the commons. Stop the militarization of America.

[ Parent ]
"Reality does have a liberal Bias"
so conservatives and republicans make up their own.

"Fake but accurate!" ~GOPwarrior "infrastructure,whatever that is." ~bjwilson83 "You leftist DICK!" ~ Laughing Boy
See you at the polls you dumb bastard.~Libertad  


[ Parent ]
By the way Froward
Love your  Beej quote.  You really can't make this stuff up.  Doesn't say much for our education system though, does it?  

[ Parent ]
as ardent as Beej is... I swear he was home schooled in some RW bunker.
As he refuses to accept as fact, verified news and history. Then claims to be a "free thinker."

the type of Free Thinker he is, is to freely accept RW imaginations. Then makes up his own conclusions.

sad really.


"Fake but accurate!" ~GOPwarrior "infrastructure,whatever that is." ~bjwilson83 "You leftist DICK!" ~ Laughing Boy
See you at the polls you dumb bastard.~Libertad  


[ Parent ]
That's great praise coming from you Fro.
And to add insult to injury, yes I was home schooled in elementary school, and I'm smarter for it. It's the reason I got ahead, did well in high school, got a full scholarship to college, and entered college with 50 credits.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Jeremiah was a bullfrog
and smarter than you

I think you should call Ralphie SIR


[ Parent ]
My father was SIR
No need to make me any older than I already am.

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

[ Parent ]
Well, we have to come up with a salutation
that reflects the honor BJ ought to demonstrate for you to try to keep you from turning him in to CSY for violations of their TOS.
As well as something that he can use to demonstrate that your knowledge of letters and numbers is far superior.

I'm also kind of sick of "sir"


[ Parent ]
Next time I forget my username/password
I'll re-register as Sir Shirley.

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

[ Parent ]
Since I have no idea what CSY is, Jeremiah,
I'm fairly certain I've never posted there.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Jeremiah was a bullfrog
but he doesn't have to take your class at CSYouniversity

[ Parent ]
Bailouts, TARP, ARRA, Obamacare and the rest of your misguided mess have fried the circuitry
Lets face it, the fact is that most of the time government policies created to address said lilberal agenda item have the negative and unintended consequences of creating more problems in addition to creating a government spending need. This diverts private capital.

At two years into the worst recession since the Carter debacle, businesses (employers) are screaming at Democrats to reverse their failed policy agenda of excessive taxing, massive spending, new program creation and job killing regulatory management.

First, over the last year as presented by employer Steve Wynn, President Obama and the Congressional Democrats have got it wrong on a massive scale. He's asked you to please stop, breath and think before you act next.

Second, as the Wall Street Journal stated, "Verizon Communications Inc. Chief Executive Ivan Seidenberg, current head of one of the nation's most influential business groups [The Business Roundtable], slammed the Obama administration for decisions he said 'create an increasingly hostile environment for investment and job creation...'".

To give you knuckleheads some perspective, Seidenberg's association directly represents 10% of the nations wage earners. His association members depend on another 60% of us wage earners as small and medium sized vendors and customers... that's more or less the entire private sector when you factor in the unemployed who used to be workers, suppliers and customers.

American citizens deserve the best from our government managers (aka political leaders) including a basic principle of delivering policies that enable free-market prosperity.

We are about individual liberty and limited government - have been for centuries - its what made us great.

Yet today, President Obama and the Democrats have expanded big government multiple factors beyond where Bush and the Congressional Democrats took government's role.

Continuing to double down and subsidize bad management decisions through taxpayer funded bailout programs, government takeovers of industry, warped incentive schemes, government dependent investment controls and increased regulations only hike the cost of producing goods on the back of the consumer; the majorities failed policies have proven unsustainable and a catalyst for a horrible national and global nightmare.

President Obama and the Congressional Democrats results are clear: record deficits, an unsustainable national debt, massive unemployment, a growing poverty class and barriers to sustainable private capital investment.

These results have brought a fearful outcome ... a dramatically lowered American and world standard of living for many future generations.


[ Parent ]
TARP?
Bush's bill?

You just can't get your dates straight, can you?

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno


[ Parent ]
The Democrats in Congress ran that bill


[ Parent ]
Right.
That's why Bush vetoed... wait a minute.

"Thank you for putting your rank political motives on display." - ArapaGOP

[ Parent ]
Who was the president that pushed TARP?


"There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity

"I'm Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name," Willard Mitt Romney demonstrating 'policy flexibility.'  


[ Parent ]
that's below the belt


[ Parent ]
That's par for the course with Lib. N/T


"Thank you for putting your rank political motives on display." - ArapaGOP

[ Parent ]
good one!
"below the belt"

snicker, snicker...


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I was going to read that, David.
Until I saw you were quoting the National Review. I'd sooner trust the National Enquirer. Let me know when it is in a trusted source, and I will check it out.

BTW -- Bennet is saying the national debt is immoral, not the Stimulus. He thought the Stimulus was necessary. Is that too complex for you, David?

Mike Coffman represents the best interest of Aurorans like: Michael Vick represents the best interests of dogs and Tom Tancredo represents the best interests of immigrants.  


[ Parent ]
Got it - stimulus good, deficit bad
Silly me, I thought the stimulus increased the deficit.

Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!

[ Parent ]
Actually, I believe the stimulus reduced the deficit
If the economy is way, way, down, then revenue falls into the toilet.  The stimulus may have been inadequate but it prevented employment from reaching the 30-40 percent range that the flat earthers, Beck et all, yearn for.

[ Parent ]
Blogging with the medical maryjane license can be dangerous
Buckle up, grab a can of Dew before you type anymore.

[ Parent ]
You can hear the audio clip here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

He seems pretty steadfast in his claims that our debt is too high and that something needs to be done. He puts some of the blame on the wars and tax cuts, but he also takes some of the blame with the stimulus bill. He also claims that we've seen nothing from it.

If I'm Buck, I jump all over this quote. Although it paints Bennet as a fiscal conservative, which is what I'm sure he is going for, now Buck can say that Bennet has no idea what he is doing, that he spent a lot of money that, in Bennet's own words, didn't work, and now the children have to pay for it.


[ Parent ]
JW - if you were Buck and he was winning with people that think fiscal matters are very important
76 to 14% how would you play it.  

I think something like:

Michael Bennet has voted for every stimulus bill which has been passed since he has been in the Senate.  Billion dollars of debt to be paid by our grandchildren. You know what we have to show for it? (bennet audio - billions in debt nothing to show for it).

Now Michael Bennet says the stimulus plan he voted for failed and not paying for it was immoral. (audio)
That's right Bennet admits he was immoral.

It is time we send someone back to Washington who will not spend our grandchildren's inheritance. Someone who is a real western grassroots leader. It is time for Ken Buck in the US Senate.

We already know Bennet bought his win - that ability to raise more money is part of why many in our party love him. -DavidThi808
Michael Bennet - ineffective, dishonest and immoral - Democrat for US Senate  


[ Parent ]
C'mon- you can make up better lies than that.

Voice over: Do you think Bennet is a devil worshipping murder?
Audio of Bennet saying yes.

Now Michael Bennet wants you to believe he is a good person.
Audio of Bennet: It's crazy.


[ Parent ]
It's your Action McNews Network!
This just in: Muslims are scary!



"The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten." Calvin Coolidge


That sums up the right wing, doesn't it?


"Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth." Paul Krugman, 9/2010

[ Parent ]
Well nobody has to bother watching Fox today
or any other day, do they.  It's all right there.  Thanks Dan.

[ Parent ]
substitute the gold commercial
for one about erectile disfuntion and it would no longer be parody.  Scary.

Don't believe everything you think.

[ Parent ]
Is today the day
that BJ wises up and starts calling Ralphie SIR?

I was never knighted.


Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

[ Parent ]
Can we call Ralphie Sir Shirley?


[ Parent ]
Better than calling me what some people do.


Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

[ Parent ]
Ralphie seems kind of sirley today n/t


Don't believe everything you think.

[ Parent ]
Obviously the Beejster never studied Lincoln (today's quote.)


"Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth." Paul Krugman, 9/2010

and Beej seemingly never studied evolution or science or biology or ...


[ Parent ]
And collective sticking of our heads in the sand
leads to 3000 Americans dead on 9/11, people being shot and killed along the border where violent drug gangs run rampant, and other nasty surprises.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
So you admit
that if the Bush administration hadn't stuck its head so firmly in the sand,  refusing to pay any attention to the memo warning that an attack of that nature was planned after having dismissed and ridiculed all the Clinton administration figures who tried so desperately to update and warn them to be vigilant,  laughing at them as having their hair on fire and basically telling them to shut up about it already, 9/11  probably never would have happened. Good for you Beej!

[ Parent ]
But at least he didn't engage in fear mongering.
?

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Oh I see
better to let a few thousand die than let anyone worry their pretty little heads. Interesting position. But still, I'm gratified that you don't deny it was the Bush administration's fault for burying its head in the sand.  You just give them niceness points for not paying any mind to unpleasant scary stuff.  I guess that still counts as a step in the right direction.  Glad you agree that the Bush administration just sat back and let a devastating, preventable attack on the US happen even if you think it was out of a good natured desire not to scare anyone.  Thumbs up for you Beej!

[ Parent ]
I was being sarcastic.
As the post below by the Twit illustrates.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
And you thought I wasn't?
And your mom lets you cross the street all by yourself?  I'll be driving extra carefully, Beej, just in case.  

[ Parent ]
Fear-mongering


"There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity

"I'm Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name," Willard Mitt Romney demonstrating 'policy flexibility.'  


[ Parent ]
The difference is
the terrorist attacks were real.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Jeremiah was a bullfrog
Neanderthal Man was a hoax

Where will you get $100? Save $10/wk and you'll have it by the election


[ Parent ]
BJ is scared of the Big Bad Wolf
probably wet his PJs watching that one.

"There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity

"I'm Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name," Willard Mitt Romney demonstrating 'policy flexibility.'  


[ Parent ]
If by "Big Bad Wolf",
you mean "Radical Islamic Terroists", then yes, I fear for my nation. And I'm tired of appeasers like you who'd rather stick their head in the sand and pretend like there's nothing wrong until they're living under Sharia Law and executed for their liberal beliefs.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Great! I'll be by with an Army enlistment application!
If your so tired of the Big Bad Terrorists coming to git you, let me take you down to the nearest Army recruiting station and have you sign up for RIP.


"The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten." Calvin Coolidge

[ Parent ]
In case you missed it,
the Iraq War just ended today. I can't remember if you said, did you actually serve in the military?

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
So, it's all over?
Things are so calm in AFPAK that we can fold up the GP mediums and get on the next ATA flight from Bagram AFB?

Either the big bad Islamofacists scare the piss out of you, or they don't.

And, yes, I did serve. 11B, 25M and 46R.

"The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten." Calvin Coolidge


[ Parent ]
@ SSG Dan - Omg! You are Joker.
Though I don't know about that illustrator stuff.

[ Parent ]
The quote that seems most appropriate is...
"I wouldn't shit you. You're my favorite turd! "

I would like to point out the progession of the MOS's. I did my hard time in the field, and found jobs that I THOUGHT were going to keep me further and further indoors.

"The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten." Calvin Coolidge


[ Parent ]
Well, I was thinking of a different one...
"Helll , I like you. You can come over to my house and...."

[ Parent ]
WTF?
Who collectively stuck our heads in the sand prior to 9/11?  Clinton and his national security transition team tried to beat it in to the Bush Administration's head multiple times that al-Qaeda was a threat of major proportions.  Dick Cheney and friends decided they didn't need to meet about it until August.  That's sticking your head in the sand.


"We're below sharks and contract killers." -- Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), speaking on Congress's 9% approval rating

[ Parent ]
PR - You are not really defending we willie clinton and his it's time to shoot off some missles
aimed at a pharma plant because I need to answer some questions about Monica, anti-terrorism record, are you?
We sure were on top of things back then, huh?
Yeah, those were the good old days.

We already know Bennet bought his win - that ability to raise more money is part of why many in our party love him. -DavidThi808
Michael Bennet - ineffective, dishonest and immoral - Democrat for US Senate  


[ Parent ]
Naw, Beej, that's all a natural part of the End of Days.
Yeesh, boy, didn't you read revelation.  There's more to the Bible than Genesis, you know.

[ Parent ]
End Times
It's not a science fiction novel.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
End of Days, Numb Nuts!
What, you don't even watch Tina Fey?

[ Parent ]
Only when she's imitating Palin.
Or I least, I used to when I had a T.V. I do more productive things these days, like blogging on the internet. /sarcasm

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
I'll give you a point for self-deprecating humor, bj
I don't know if this global warming Whozee-whatzit is real or just a natural part of the end of days. Tina Fey/Sarah Palin


[ Parent ]
Oh lol.
Shows how much she knows about Revelations. (Tina Fey, that is.) :)

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Actually, Beej
In Judaism the term "End of Days" is taken from the Tanakh, Numbers 24:4, as a reference to the Messianic era and the Jewish belief in the coming of Mashiach and the World to Come.


[ Parent ]
Ok...
Palin is Jewish?

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Palin is as Jewish as gefilte pork!


[ Parent ]
$25


Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

[ Parent ]
to the campaign, bets are separate


[ Parent ]
It's not a bet
There's a $25 fine assessed whenever anyone cites a Rasmussen poll here.

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

[ Parent ]
After the campaign
We're going to take the money and buy Libby and BJ each one of these.

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

[ Parent ]
The Libby and BJ Big Wheel Challenge
From Union Station to Starbucks, 16th Mall
Last one to Starbucks buys the xxxxxxxxxxx.

Charley Miller

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charleymiller2010


[ Parent ]
Since it isn't, in fact, possible
to buy a clue, good alternative.

[ Parent ]
I'll deck it out with huge American and Don't Tread on Me flags
and parade it around the capital when we sweep the election.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Don't forget to pay me the $100 when Tin Foil Danny Maes
loses.  That comes before you get your Big Wheel.

[ Parent ]
I thought I was taking you out to dinner.
Or, more accurately, you were taking me out to dinner.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
The bet is a C-note
I was taking pity on you when I asked if you were married and thought, if you were, we could take our wives out, with the loser paying.  But you are spouseless, so that's out.  Maybe you can get Pat Strykker to go out with you.   In that case, she pays and the C-note covers the tip...

[ Parent ]
C-note?
Is that supposed to mean $100? It'd be cheaper for you probably to take me and someone else to dinner (at least you get a meal out of it), but if you'd rather pay me the $100 that's fine too.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Cnote is a century note ($100)
But you only collect if Tin Foil Danny Maes or Terrible Tom the Tank win.  Even H-man knows the odds are against that.
  The age of miracles may not be over, but Maes as Governor would be the Age of Absurdity.

[ Parent ]
So if Maes wins, will you believe in the literal God of the Bible?


"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Jeremiah was a bullfrog
so was Neanderthal man

b4 god created the sun light came from swamp gas


[ Parent ]
No, but if Maes wins
I will believe in a literal anti-Christ!

[ Parent ]
Pshaw.
He's already in office. :P

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
actually, she resigned in mid-term...;-)


[ Parent ]
Century note?
I always thought it was a affectation of the Roman numeral C.

Probably the same thing, eh?  


[ Parent ]
But then he'd have to sit there with you
And hope that nobody recognizes him.

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

[ Parent ]
Maybe I should hire security.
I'll tell them to look out for you.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Still a heck of a lot of undecides.
Hickenlooper doesn't seem to be faring too well - looks like he might drop below 40%. Tancredo's unfavorables are over 50%! He does have a prayer of winning this race; hopefully he sees the light soon and drops out. At that point I'd bet Maes would be up over Hickenlooper.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
...and only 14% of Dems are undecided,
as opposed to 20% of Republicans and Indpendents. Once people coalesce around Maes or Tancred (most likely Maes), the Looper is toast.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Another way to look at it is
That the crazy doesn't even appeal to 1 out of 5 Goopers.  They might vote Tanc, they might be like many moderate Republicans and vote Hick.  A few might vote Maes.


"There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity

"I'm Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name," Willard Mitt Romney demonstrating 'policy flexibility.'  


[ Parent ]
Or, from the same poll

Seventy-five percent (75%) of Hickenlooper supporters are certain they will vote for him and sure they won't change their mind. Just 54% of Maes supporters are that certain.  

It's a 3-way. 33%+1 is a victory.


[ Parent ]
Exactly.
Maes supporters aren't certain because of Tancredo, but they'll rally to him in the end. The Looper has nowhere to go but down.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Jeremiah was a bullfrog
Neanderthal Man was a hoax

[ Parent ]
And Gray in the mountains
was getting a bit gray in the hair.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
I like your new screen name
better than Gray in the mountains. It's more descriptive of your personality - croaking all over my posts.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Aim high little one
Could be like Carville and Matalin!

"There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity

"I'm Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name," Willard Mitt Romney demonstrating 'policy flexibility.'  


[ Parent ]
"Maes supporters aren't certain..."
you got that part right.
But it's because they don't know him.

If TT drops (don't bet the farm) when those undecided and unfaithful R's find out how .... qualified Maes is, they'll stay home or vote Hick.


[ Parent ]
New - hot of the press - Rasmussen poll
Hick 36%  Maes 34%  Tank 14%

http://www.rasmussenreports.co...


If you're not upset, you haven't been paying attention.  Mike Littwin


$25


Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

[ Parent ]
Charge it....
:)

If you're not upset, you haven't been paying attention.  Mike Littwin

[ Parent ]
Can you really fine her
When the link she cited does not work?

[ Parent ]
Sorry
Not sure what happened.  Hope the fines are interest free - it could take a while.  :)

If you're not upset, you haven't been paying attention.  Mike Littwin

[ Parent ]
Boyles this morning was hot and bothered thinking
if maes or tan-bigot dropped out, then the Gov race would be in the bag for republicans.

completely skipping over Rasmussen's 10-15 point bias to the right.

"Fake but accurate!" ~GOPwarrior "infrastructure,whatever that is." ~bjwilson83 "You leftist DICK!" ~ Laughing Boy
See you at the polls you dumb bastard.~Libertad  


[ Parent ]
Correction...
Hick 36
Maes 24
Tank 14

http://www.rasmussenreports.co...

"But when I see a 9-11 victim family on television, or whatever, I'm just like, 'Oh, shut up!' I'm so sick of them because they're always complaining."  Glenn Beck  


[ Parent ]
$25


Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

[ Parent ]
rounding error


Don't believe everything you think.

[ Parent ]
Someone please explain why Hick is only polling a 36%?
Either there's something wrong with those numbers or a large and legitimate gap exists in support for the Democrat candidate.

[ Parent ]
agree 36%
Cough....shower's washed some points away?

Charley Miller

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charleymiller2010


[ Parent ]
Pretty Damn Funny
but maybe a little too subtle for BJ and H-man's possy.



Mike Coffman represents the best interest of Aurorans like: Michael Vick represents the best interests of dogs and Tom Tancredo represents the best interests of immigrants.  


so much for having a "world class city"... LOL
BJob, h-man, Libertard, Maes and Buck believe this as gospel. never-mind scientific and reality based fact.

"Fake but accurate!" ~GOPwarrior "infrastructure,whatever that is." ~bjwilson83 "You leftist DICK!" ~ Laughing Boy
See you at the polls you dumb bastard.~Libertad  


[ Parent ]
Fro - the 20% undecideds in the Gov race . . .
Ya think they are deciding between Hick and somebody?
This is real bad for Hick, he can't get above 40.

We already know Bennet bought his win - that ability to raise more money is part of why many in our party love him. -DavidThi808
Michael Bennet - ineffective, dishonest and immoral - Democrat for US Senate  


[ Parent ]
"can't get above 40" = in a Rasmussen poll
I was polled by Rasmussen just the other day.

the questions were biased. One had a difficult time responding favorably for Hick and Bennet. even so by claiming to be republican, I was allowed to continue with the rest of the questions.

my statistics teacher had a saying at the top of the semester. "there are lies, Damn lies and statistics. I will teach you to sort through it all"  

"Fake but accurate!" ~GOPwarrior "infrastructure,whatever that is." ~bjwilson83 "You leftist DICK!" ~ Laughing Boy
See you at the polls you dumb bastard.~Libertad  


[ Parent ]
No to worry
It's a 3-way. 33%+1 is a victory.

fromt he same Ras poll

Seventy-five percent (75%) of Hickenlooper supporters are certain they will vote for him and sure they won't change their mind. Just 54% of Maes supporters are that certain.  


[ Parent ]
Madco - not really
That only works if all three get 33%.
If Tank gets 20% and Hick gets 34% Guess who wins?  Maes with 46%

We already know Bennet bought his win - that ability to raise more money is part of why many in our party love him. -DavidThi808
Michael Bennet - ineffective, dishonest and immoral - Democrat for US Senate  


[ Parent ]
Ok- so what I should have said ...
the lowest winning tally is 33% +1

But still- the R's will clearly win, because their two totals added together are more than Hick's.


[ Parent ]
Your man is at 24 points
and you're claiming victory?  How about we bet $100 on the race I get hick.  You get Maes and Tank.  Your superior and leader in all thinks, BJWilson, took that bet!  Surely, you must follow his lead?

[ Parent ]
Make him bet an exacta
Maes and Tanc have to come in one-two and he has to pick the correct order.

Or he can box it for half the payoff.

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno


[ Parent ]
Oh, I'll give em even Money.


[ Parent ]
don't call libby libertard
that's on the list of banned insults, like N----r and Evolutionist.

[ Parent ]
It should be banned as it insults a group of people
but not the 'Tad

[ Parent ]
I used to piss libby off by calling him "libertine."
But bandying the word "retarded" about is hurtful to developmentally disabled people, like George W. Bush.  Even the Association for Retarded Children changed its name to ARC and discourages use of the word.  Call him Liberturd if you must.  Otherwise, you demean yourself much more than you demean Libertad.  

[ Parent ]
Already been shared.
Several times. I glad you're bringing awareness to this issue. The Ghost confirms that Dan was right:

http://www.denverpost.com/reco...

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle


[ Parent ]
It's a 'op-ed'
If you look it up, what that means, you might figure something out; but since you have demonstrated no ability to distinguish 'fact' from 'opinion' I will not hold my breath.

The comments below the opinion piece really show that people are ready to get behind the crazy.



"There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity

"I'm Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name," Willard Mitt Romney demonstrating 'policy flexibility.'  


[ Parent ]
So now you and Maes support forced contraception?
A better way to bring about sustainability would be to check the high birth rates in developing countries.

From op-ed linked above.

Its just like Further, but with tax cuts! - Fidel's Dirt Nap


[ Parent ]
Op-eds are no-no's (as far as making a case goes)
because they have no standards to meet. Just some schlub with an opinion.

They're okay to cite when you say "So and so at the Ghost (or whatever news outlet) thinks...." but they'll never be admissible as evidence of anything other than the author's take.

"Thank you for putting your rank political motives on display." - ArapaGOP


[ Parent ]
Just saying,
Maes isn't the crazy out-of-touch conspiracy theorist you make him out to be.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Maybe. Maybe not.
But he is a crazy out-of-touch conspiracy theorist

[ Parent ]
Yes he is.
Just because one person agrees with you doesn't change that.
After all, the Flat Earth Society still exists.

Its just like Further, but with tax cuts! - Fidel's Dirt Nap

[ Parent ]
A respected journalist agrees with him.
And so does half of Colorado.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Slightly more than half of GOP primary voters, perhaps
but you're the 'mathematician.'  

"There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity

"I'm Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name," Willard Mitt Romney demonstrating 'policy flexibility.'  


[ Parent ]
Well, do a poll if you really want to know.
I'd bet that a lot of independents agree with him too.

"...energy shouldn't be in the market." - Aristotle

[ Parent ]
Wrong again
Look at the op-ed you linked. It's a guest commentary. That means an extended letter to the editor, in this case from a "resident of Denver". No more. No "respected journalist", just someone expressing an opinion.

Why are you lying?  

Its just like Further, but with tax cuts! - Fidel's Dirt Nap


[ Parent ]
Student of History, Mathematician
Unicorn lover  

"There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity

"I'm Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name," Willard Mitt Romney demonstrating 'policy flexibility.'  


[ Parent ]
isn't "respected journalist" an oxymoron?
like "scientific creationism."

[ Parent ]
Half of Colorado?
I don't think that poll was about Denver's bike-sharing program. But you can correct me if I'm wrong.

"Thank you for putting your rank political motives on display." - ArapaGOP

[ Parent ]
25 comments on the article BJ recommends
none are in agreement


[ Parent ]
Picked up a book on the history of UN Posters...
..and I've emailed my rep at both Primal and Champion Systems about doing a production run of UN Bicycle Jerseys.

Designing it now as we speak - how can I work in the Commie Red Bicycles placed around our fair city by those nefarious anti-small business city employees?

"The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten." Calvin Coolidge


[ Parent ]
In the epaulets. Make them little red bikes.
With curvy steel curb crushing cruiser frames and big fat tires.

[ Parent ]
The Mosque issue as seen by Orrin Hatch
Well it is an open thread and I thought this was very encouraging.  Nice to see another GOP pol who won't go along with every hate and fear campaign.

Orrin Hatch has joined the ranks of the defenders of the American way on the question of Mosques. He supports the right to build it a few blocks from ground zero.  He recognizes questions of sensitivity but goes on to say that even taking that into consideration:

There's a question of whether it's too close to the 9/11 area, but it's a few blocks away, it isn't right there. Frankly, there are a lot of people who feel, including the mayor of New York, that they should have every right to do it, and that New Yorkers should support them...And there's a huge, I think, lack of support throughout the country for Islam to build that mosque there, but that should not make a difference if they decide to do it. I'd be the first to stand up for their rights.

For more
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

Yes, righties, it's at liberal HuffPost but direct quotes are direct quotes and you can see that  none of it is taken out of context to mean something it doesn't.


But Hatch isn't a TRUE Christian, is he?
TRUE Christians would never support a mosque on hallowed ground, would they?
And did you ever notice the similarity between "Mormon" and "Muslim"?
Both start with M and have six letters.
It makes one wonder, doesn't it?

Its just like Further, but with tax cuts! - Fidel's Dirt Nap

[ Parent ]
Silly me!
I cans see the Beck white board now.

[ Parent ]
I think as a Mormon
Hatch understands what it feels like to belong to an out-group.

If only the rest of his party and the movement which supports them in the "take our country back!" movement could understand that feeling.

A woman's health decisions are a private matter between her priest and her husband.


[ Parent ]
Uh...
Isn't Beck a Mormon?

[ Parent ]
Drop the second "m"
And you've got it for sure.

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

[ Parent ]
He hinted at it in an interview...
...but he's never come out and hollered it at the top of his lungs.

Every religion has it's crazies...why discriminate?

"The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten." Calvin Coolidge


[ Parent ]
Uh, he's done a bit more than hinting, Dan.
He created and produced a DVD, "An Unlikely Mormon: The Conversion Story of Glenn Beck."

"I wouldn't characterize caloric intake as "professional development." c rork

[ Parent ]
He's a convert....
so likely not as sensitive to the "out group" experience having been part of the "in group" previously.

"But when I see a 9-11 victim family on television, or whatever, I'm just like, 'Oh, shut up!' I'm so sick of them because they're always complaining."  Glenn Beck  

[ Parent ]
So what?
You expect anything that even vaguely makes sense on his white board?  

[ Parent ]
Hey LB
Whether Beck is or isn't one kind of Christian or another, r whether one cares to argue about Mormon vs Moron, I hope you'll read this brilliant piece by Hitchens, always worth reading for his flawless and elegant writing, agree or disagree.

Excerpts from Christopher Hitchens piece on the Beck Rally Phenomenon

One crucial element of the American subconscious is about to become salient and explicit and highly volatile. It is the realization that white America is within thinkable distance of a moment when it will no longer be the majority. This awareness already exists in places like New York and Texas and California, and there have even been projections of the time(s) at which it will occur and when different nonwhite populations will collectively outnumber the former white majority. But it also exerts a strong subliminal effect in states like Alaska that have an overwhelming white preponderance.

and for local interest

The Washington Post quoted Linda Adams, a Beck supporter from Colorado, who said, "We want our country to get back to its original roots," adding that "her ancestors were on the Mayflower and fought in the American Revolution." She was also upset that some schools no longer require students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Well, the U.S. population is simply not going to be replenished by Puritan pilgrims from England, and the original Pledge of Allegiance was fine with most people as a statement of national unity, until its "original intent" was compromised by a late insertion of the words "under God" in the McCarthyite 1950s. But one still sees what she means and can feel sympathy with the pulse of nostalgia.

also this

In a rather curious and confused way, some white people are starting almost to think like a minority, even like a persecuted one. What does it take to believe that Christianity is an endangered religion in America or that the name of Jesus is insufficiently spoken or appreciated? Who wakes up believing that there is no appreciation for our veterans and our armed forces and that without a noisy speech from Sarah Palin, their sacrifice would be scorned? It's not unfair to say that such grievances are purely and simply imaginary, which in turn leads one to ask what the real ones can be. The clue, surely, is furnished by the remainder of the speeches, which deny racial feeling so monotonously and vehemently as to draw attention.

For the whole terrific piece:
http://www.slate.com/id/2265515/



[ Parent ]
nice catch.
How come we didn't elect you FPE last time around?

[ Parent ]
she'll get my vote next time


[ Parent ]
Thanks but
A) I don't even post diaries and B) it would mean learning more tech stuff which I'm too lazy to do even to the extent of posting diaries.  Nobody knows how unqualified I am  better than I do!

[ Parent ]
Because Soros told you to vote for me and CT, Madco!
What, you didn't get the Memo?

[ Parent ]
Oh, I got it. ANd I obey my overlord.


[ Parent ]
Becasue you elected me
live and learn

"There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity

"I'm Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name," Willard Mitt Romney demonstrating 'policy flexibility.'  


[ Parent ]
I know, I know elections have consequences.


[ Parent ]
At least YOU were elected...


Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

[ Parent ]
Right.
I read the piece actually already.  As much as I like Hitchens, he has a huge anti-Christian jones, it's a grain of salt thing for me.

I'm a Christian, but only to me and my family.  It's not part of my deal to let anyone else even know about my faith, so I don't really identify with the tone of that gathering.  Plus I think Beck's a tool, but I do disagree with attempts to paint the whole gathering as a Klan rally.


[ Parent ]
Not so much
"anti-Christian" as just well-spoken/written atheist.

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." --ChuckieD, 1871

[ Parent ]
Perhaps.
But I agree 100% with you about his prose.  It's just really enjoyable to read.

[ Parent ]
And I agree with Hitchens that
the idea that there is a need for Christians to reclaim anything or that they are in the slightest danger or oppressed in any way in the most Christian church going country in the world is absurd. You certainly don't have to be an atheist or anti-Christian to see that.  You simply have to be possessed of normal or near normal range intelligence and a modest level of accurate apprehension of reality.

And you are absolutely right that Hitchens can be quite hostile to the religious. It's because he sees religion as foolish and doesn't suffer fools gladly. It's nice to see a conservative who won't knuckle under to the religious right even though I rarely agree with his views on policy nor would I describe myself as an atheist.  It seems to me that atheism requires a level of faith in the unprovable and rather rigorous devotion akin to that demanded by organized religions.  


[ Parent ]
Trust me, it doesn't.
It seems to me that atheism requires a level of faith in the unprovable and rather rigorous devotion akin to that demanded by organized religions.

It just boils down to a matter of what you believe or don't believe in.  

"I wouldn't characterize caloric intake as "professional development." c rork


[ Parent ]
Are you saying your
a lazy atheist, Middle?  My favorite kind.  I think Hitchen's brand involves a degree of rigor.

[ Parent ]
Oops I made my least favorite mistake
that would be you're a lazy atheist, you lazy atheist.  I also hate the there, their, they're mistakes but I'm a lousy typist and a lazy spell checker as well as having a few lazy beliefs that make me not quite a dedicated atheist.

Confession.  I believe that infinity is the central mystery and accounts for why science can't come up with a unified theory of everything no matter how close it gets and why religion can't come up with the single definitive spiritual instruction book for cracking the meaning of life. But that doesn't make it all a waste of time.  With no destination, no beginning, no end we'd best all make the most of the journey. Nothing wrong with great journeys, learning, experiencing, loving and being all we can.  


[ Parent ]
One reason I coined the term 'apathist'
I don't care and it doesn't matter  

[ Parent ]
Ah but I bet you do!
Admire your commitment to apathy, though.

[ Parent ]
Hmmmmmm.....
I wonder if Pols will front page and shriek about the new Kaiser Foundation poll like they did a past one...

Probably not.

A new poll  shows that public support for health care reform dropped sharply in August - a dagger in Democrats' hopes that their landmark legislation will help them in November's midterm.

The Kaiser Health Tracking Poll has support for the bill dropping 7 percentage points in August - down to 43 percent - while opposition rose 10 points to 45 percent. That's the weakest showing since May - and a far cry from the bump proponents had hoped to see as some of the law's more consumer-friendly provisions kick in.




Maybe because of this...
About one-third of voters said support for the health reform law would make it more likely that they'd vote for a candidate. But one-third said it would make it less likely and another third said it wouldn't make much of a difference. Those figures haven't changed much since the law passed.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/s...

Its just like Further, but with tax cuts! - Fidel's Dirt Nap


[ Parent ]
Obamacare coupled with 10%+ Unemployment
give millions of citizens a reason to vote so they might Restore Honor



[ Parent ]
President Obama meets with injured troops at Fort Bliss
instead of using them as props for a speech:

"It also means that as we transition in Iraq, that the one thing I will insist upon for however long I remain President of the United States is that we serve you and your families as well as you served us.

"So we spent a lot of time over the last couple of years making sure that we're increasing our support of veterans:  that we are making sure that our wounded warriors are cared for; that some of the signature injuries of our war, like post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, that we are devoting special services there; that we've got a post-9/11 GI bill that ensures that you and your family members are able to come back and fully contribute and participate in our economy; that our veterans are constantly getting the care and honor that they have earned."

Restore THAT 'tad...and for Beej, those are Army soldiers eating chow hall food with the President.

"The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten." Calvin Coolidge


[ Parent ]
Millions now? And I though Bachmann was a loon.


"There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity

"I'm Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name," Willard Mitt Romney demonstrating 'policy flexibility.'  


[ Parent ]
By actual count, 18 billion people attended the beckathon


[ Parent ]
plus another 547,943,210,167 who watched every second on TV
By the way, I didn't watch the broadcast, but I did wonder whether Rev. Beckster asked viewers to put their hands on their TVs and pray with him?  Anyone out there in Polsorado who got healed on Saturday?

Don't believe everything you think.

[ Parent ]
Silly me
I actually believed Palin and Beck when they claimed the "Restoring Honor" rally was "non-political."

Thanks for exposing that lie.

"Why not do the right thing for the American people, even though it's not exactly what we want." - Speaker Boehner


[ Parent ]
wow
nothing to loose

Just finished my Tancredo interview
It was really interesting, he's much more than the one dimensional person painted here. And a couple of interesting tidbits :)

Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!

I'll wait to read your piece
Tanc is a Statesman, a red blooded American kid from North Denver.




[ Parent ]
Good thing that Denver let in Italians...
....before some racist like Tancerdo decided to try and keep them out:



"The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten." Calvin Coolidge


[ Parent ]
uhh, David, ahmejinedad is more than one-dimensional
that's not always the best test.

[ Parent ]
He painted himself into that particular corner
He, more than anyone else, is responsible for making himself into the single-issue candidate he is.

"Why not do the right thing for the American people, even though it's not exactly what we want." - Speaker Boehner

[ Parent ]
I totally agree
That's why it was surprising. I like interviews where it's a lot different than expected - it means I can paint a fuller picture of the candidate than what most people have.

Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!

[ Parent ]
NAACP on Glenn Beck's rally for Honor
Franz Kebreau, national director of the National Association for the Advancement of Conservative People of All Colors (NAACPC), told CNSNews.com that a counter-rally led by Rev. Al Sharpton, also on Saturday in Washington, D.C., was really a disservice to the slain civil rights leader.

"[Beck] is actually extending the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., which is fantastic," Kebreau said. "You know, Al Sharpton should be here. This is where he should be. We're trying to create a unifying effect, and create a unity.

"We would love for him [Sharpton] to be here because we're honoring Martin Luther King Jr.," said Kebreau. "We're honoring Frederick Douglass. We're honoring the idea of looking at people based on the content of their character, and not the color of their skin."

cnsnews.com


All you need to know about Bretibart's favorite network...
is right here:

"CNSNews.com is an alternative to the liberal media."

Are you sure they didn't lift out the quotes they wanted, and posted a story that makes it appear a certain way?

"The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten." Calvin Coolidge


[ Parent ]
Ha!
That's National Association for the Advancement of Conservative People of All Colors (NAACPC), not NAACP.

What a maroon!



Its just like Further, but with tax cuts! - Fidel's Dirt Nap


[ Parent ]
Clearly those obviously deceptive names
are not obviously deceptive to fools.  In the words of W: Mission Accomplished!

"There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity

"I'm Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name," Willard Mitt Romney demonstrating 'policy flexibility.'  


[ Parent ]
"NAACPC"
The NAACP should sue them for trademark infringement.

"Why not do the right thing for the American people, even though it's not exactly what we want." - Speaker Boehner

[ Parent ]
"Franz"
African-American?  

"Why not do the right thing for the American people, even though it's not exactly what we want." - Speaker Boehner

[ Parent ]
Two and a half blocks, hundreds of miles
It really doesn't matter, does it, when hate is a tool to rally the fearful and angry and return a failed party to power.

NYC, Tennessee, California, and now western NY.

The reality of what spreading hate as a populist tool accomplishes.

For shame, all in the name of political expediency.  

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/...

CAIR said the teenagers were charged with disrupting religious services at a Town of Carlton mosque after they allegedly honked their car horns and yelled obscenities during one prayer service, and fired a weapon outside of another. A member of the mosque was reportedly injured when he was allegedly struck by one of the vehicles. One teenager was charged with criminal possession of a weapon. Two younger teenagers may also face charges.

 

"There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity

"I'm Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name," Willard Mitt Romney demonstrating 'policy flexibility.'  


Another incumbent bites the dust
http://politicalticker.blogs.c...

Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!

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