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But coming to celebrate the end of Ramzan with family in about a week – ever been to a ‘Muslim’ party, Libby?
btw … I don’t hate muslim, catholics or jews. I just like to throw shit at liberal fuckers and religion is easy bait.
And I’m impressed you’ve been to Iftars! You’re welcome to ours –
hasan2008 at mac.com
love and peace
I hope this was therapeutic for you.
For the record, I blog above ground. I may have been known to finish commenting after 1 AM a few times though…
from McClatchy
What makes this even more interesting is there is talk of reducing social security because “we can’t afford it.” Yet, from CBPP – h/t DailyKOS:
I wonder where our two Senators will come down on this. As “moderates” I worry that they’ll put lower taxes for the rich ahead of reducing the deficit. I know Ken Buck puts reduced taxes on the rich before reducing the deficit.
from the WSJ
Look guys, first off you could propose nothing but eliminating taxes for people with incomes over 100 million and the Republicans will still oppose you right now. So there’s no benefit in the “appeal to Republicans” approach.
Second, speaking as a small business owner, tax cuts for small business, payroll tax cuts, etc. will make no difference in how many people we hire. What small business needs is a growing economy.
Lower taxes or more customers? I have a small business (microscopic, in fact), and I would dearly love more customers. If I don’t get more customers, my tax rate won’t much matter.
Hey, we’ve been “enjoying” big tax breaks for years now. The kind you get when you have so much less income from your business to tax! Would love a return to Clinton era taxes and Clinton era profit and income.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2…
London seems to be having some problems with its [black helicopter sponsored] bikes.
…but ‘tad, GOPWarrior and H-man are invited to read along as well. BLAM!
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE – Congress has made historic progress in the last four years expanding education and health care benefits for veterans and military families, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday.
Speaking to the American Legion national convention in Milwaukee, Pelosi made the case that the Democratic-controlled house she has led – and that is trying to hang on to power in November – has delivered for veterans and will keep doing so.
She said she took the reins as speaker in 2006 with a “to-do list” on veterans legislation, and Congress worked with the American Legion and other veterans groups to take action.
“As a result, together we made more progress over the last four years for our veterans and military families than has been made since the passage of the original GI Bill in 1944,” she said.
She said those accomplishments include the new GI Bill for those who have served on active duty since Sept. 11, 2001. The program, which promises four years worth of college benefits, has already helped more than 300,000 veterans and their family members seek college degrees, she said.
She noted that Congress extended the benefits to the children of those killed in action. She told the story of Marine Gunnery Sgt. John David Fry, who was killed by a bomb in Iraq after defusing nearly 100 others. She said his three children “will now be able to go to college because of their father’s service and sacrifice.”
http://www.fox11online.com/dpp…
( I even got it from a FOX website so you can’t claim “librul bias.”)
So, how come the (supposedly) most liberal member of Congress, and part of the evil Obama socialist agenda, was invited to speak at the NATIONAL convention of the biggest of the three Veteran Service Organizations?
Is it perhaps that Democrats have spent the last 4 years taking care of the troops and veterans, while Repubs still use them a photo props?
If the Dems were spending their own money, and not mine, I might be impressed. The current Democratic contest of how much taxpayer money can we spend before the economy tanks is over.
The economy tanked. It’s now time for the children to grow up or be replaced by grown ups.
It’s my fault that a M2 MG fell off an M113 and crushed both of my feet? I should just stop whining and pay for an Aetna healthcare policy and pay for my surgery, rehab, meds and physical therapy?
You’re right, H-Man. I was on border patrol in West Germany, on USAREUR war alert while the Wall was coming down JUST so I could get hurt and (eventually) wait 6 years to get treatment and disability payments from the guvmit.
Y’know, if Al Simpson needs someone to write some other dumbass statements, you should give him a call.
Every federal tax cut is payed for with borrowed money, yet you still support those.
What is cut is left in the hands of the people that earned it who might use it for purposes that they see fit, instead of what the government will see fit.
The money does not belong to the government. It merely stays in the hands of a productive citizen and is not taken from him under penalty of law.
tax cuts are paid for with borrowed money.
To say anything otherwise is a bald-faced lie and you know it.
when $250 billion of it was tax cuts? Is it just Republicans being dicks? Because I’ve never heard a Republican talk about the “cost” of Bush’s tax cuts, and that’s kind of incongruous unless Republicans are dicks.
that the economy tanked due to excessive government spending (it didn’t), and we should return government to the “grownups” whose belief in the “free market” (lack of oversight) was the cause.
Epic fail!
Politics, in two acts
Of course she’s going to do more ribbon cuttings, graduation speeches, etc.
You don’t see Republicans touting Bush’s presence at a convention as evidence of his pro-military record.
This isn’t extraordinary. Barbara Boxer there would have been extraordinary.
….ALL of Dubya’s appearances in from of the troops or in front of veterans were ruthlessly pimped by Repubs. That’s esp true of his last appearance at the VFW National Convention in 2008.
It was proof that the military and all veterans are all 100% Republican, and that no Dem would ever appear at such an event.
Rep Pelosi was invited by the AmLegion to appear and speak. She wasn’t booed, and she gave compelling, tangible proof that Democrats have passed significant legislation to help the Military and Veterans.
that troops were assholes. Of course they wouldn’t boo her. Is that really your proof that the troops like her?
Bush went to hundreds of those things (although in fairness he was Pres).
But it’s telling when Pelosi gets invited to one and she wants to hang her at all over it.
She came to deliver a message – after years of GOP lip-service, when the Dems took power they started passing legislation that took care of the Troops and Veterans.
Let’s contrast that with “Dr Death” Sen Bill Frist who went into a vets convention in 2001 and told vets that they would have to make sacrifices for the new tax cuts Dubya had proposed.
What’s telling is that she was INVITED to speak. After doing the DAV National Conv in Denver last year, they don’t hand those out to anyone who wants it. The Nat’l convention committee decides who they invite.
If they wanted to hear how bad Democrats are, why did they invite Rep Pelosi to talk about vets issues? Is it perhaps that Repubs have been screwing over veterans for so long that they couldn’t find anyone to talk?
that must be it.
http://www.wdsu.com/news/24854…
What more can happen to the people of the Gulf?
…it looks like that measly 6 month moratoriam WAS a good idea after all.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38…
GOP Polls: Bad News For Dems Out West
http://hotlineoncall.nationalj…
CO 03
Rep. John Salazar (D): 43%
Scott Tipton (R): 51%
CO 04
Rep. Betsey Markey (D): 39%
Cory Gardner (R): 50%
You guys are starting to sound incredibly like the great Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf.
We need a poll: do the quotes below come from Ralphie, et. al. in last few months -or the Iraqi Information Minister as US tanks were rolling into Baghdad in early 2003?
It will be worse in November. I posted the links to the Markey poll and the Coloradon story on a diary.
surprisingly, the party id toplines don’t seem that out of whack. The lib/con toplines on the other hand…interesting…
…from your own link:
“Now, before we get into each poll, it’s worth keeping in mind that this is a poll conducted for a conservative organization.”
Larry Sabato.
Shock Prediction: GOP to Take House, Maybe Senate in 2010 Election
http://politics.usnews.com/new…
But maybe you’re right. Maybe everyone is wrong. Didn’t seem that way in 2008 though. And I’m betting that most are right again this year.
He’s a rock star.
Rock on Cory !
which was the most biased poll I have ever received. Actually, all the polls I’ve got from conservative orgs have been straight forward, automated, “do you support this guy or that one” polls. Of course, liberal desperation is beginning to set in as it becomes clear that Republicans will take over congress. Let the rationalizing begin! (This is the fun part for me to watch.)
You just can’t make this stuff up.
” Born in California, Brewer is a graduate of Glendale Community College “
With an opening statement like that, no way is anyone going to ask you anything requiring thought — and — you’ve got nowhere to go but up.
Having said that, after watching that, if I’m an Arizonan I’m thinking that Basil Marceaux.com Sr. might just be my write-in.
As a GOP RightWinger, I do believe in God!
🙂
That said – when you promote racist legislation, negative energy will surround and hurt your performance
Campaigning on hatred messes up a person’s soul (my apologies for sounding so ‘new-wavey’ but it’s true)
Nonetheless – we’ll see what the ballots say in November – kudos to her opponent for hammering at the “beheading” claims which are seeming to be false?
But, while I’ve got your ear — although it’s not on topic, I guess this is an open thread, and I have been meaning to ask (but don’t want it to sound like I’m trying to be a complete jerk, because honestly I’m not) —
Now with all the above disclaimers out of the way — have you heard anything by way of a statement from a formerly courageous former President regarding the NYC community center controversy?
No salt to any wounds here, I have just been wondering.
Thanks for continuing to fight the good fight, Ali. I’m not sure how you’re able to keep a straight face the whole time.
Based on your conversation with him, I’d like to ask O’Reilly a hypothetical. I’d like to know if he believes we should investigate all religious institutions for ties to known extremist groups. I can make plausible assumptions that a white supremacy group has in some way funded a church. Should we delay all community centers and places of worship until we are able to determine from who’s hand each penny came?
I wish someone would “verify” Bill O’Reilly.
We disagree on a lot of things, including your dreams of destroying Colorado finances with the Dr. Evil initiatives. But you stood tall in defense of the freedom of religion that is the foundation stone of America and rightly denounced guilt by association.
Next time you’re in town, I’ll buy a beer or, if your religion forbids that, I’ll buy you a cup of that wonderful Arab coffee I learned jto love in Nablus.
Well done Sir. If 72 percent of a poll wants to trash the Bill of Rights, then the 28 percent of us who love this country must fight all the harder to defend our flag, our freedoms and our way of life.
We disagree on a lot of things, including your dreams of destroying Colorado finances with the Dr. Evil initiatives. But you stood tall in defense of the freedom of religion that is the foundation stone of America and rightly denounced guilt by association.
Next time you’re in town, I’ll buy a beer or, if your religion forbids that, I’ll buy you a cup of that wonderful Arab coffee I learned jto love in Nablus.
Well done Sir. If 72 percent of a poll wants to trash the Bill of Rights, then the 28 percent of us who love this country must fight all the harder to defend our flag, our freedoms and our way of life.
We disagree on a lot of things, including your dreams of destroying Colorado finances with the Dr. Evil initiatives. But you stood tall in defense of the freedom of religion that is the foundation stone of America and rightly denounced guilt by association.
Next time you’re in town, I’ll buy a beer or, if your religion forbids that, I’ll buy you a cup of that wonderful Arab coffee I learned jto love in Nablus.
Well done Sir. If 72 percent of a poll wants to trash the Bill of Rights, then the 28 percent of us who love this country must fight all the harder to defend our flag, our freedoms and our way of life.
And I will take you up on that beer/arab coffee!
Drinking-wise, the Quran says you can’t get drunk (basically) – but nothing about drinking, to my best research
That said – I don’t drink, but you can’t run for HD56 without ‘somewhat’ enjoying beer (seriously, every restaurant in HD56 has a microbrewery, and if you’re gonna run, you better damn well drink the microbrews)
I’ll let you know – thank you for your kind words!
“Verifying” Bill is very hard – and it goes very quick – my point was to hammer the Constitutional point as much as possible and I was pleased with how it went
But we already knew that.
Nice job staying strong.
501(c)3 law, or whatever governs religious charities, governs so donors must be disclosed by law. Clearly we don’t need an investigation.
Fear-mongering rules. Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.
….AMD is going to stop making laptops look like frakkin’ RACE CARS:
AMD may scrap annoying Windows notebook logo
AMD may finally end a chronic problem with logos on Windows notebooks using its hardware, the chip maker commented today. Having discovered that most buyers don’t like the stickers advertising processors, graphics and other parts, AMD hopes to now make the stickers easily removable sometime in 2011. It added to the New York Times that it was considering eliminating its share of stickers entirely, although it wouldn’t say how likely that was.
The stickers have been symbolic of one of the chronic problems of Windows notebooks as they have reflected the frequently intricate relationships between PC builders and their component suppliers. Dell, HP, Sony and most others usually agree to the deliberately hard-to-remove logos in return for subsidies that artificially lower the prices of the systems. Decisions like these have sometime posed a problem with luxury systems where maintaining the aesthetic was important. For the Adamo, Dell went so far as to etch logos, sometimes in hard-to-find places, to avoid ruining the upscale metal look but keep Microsoft’s desires and requirements intact.
http://www.electronista.com/ar…
….starting packing your bags, former LTC. You’re on the way to beautiful Fort Leavenworth, Kansas!
Judge removes ‘birther’ elements from Army doc’s court martial
A judge on Thursday denied a request for President Barack Obama to testify at a court martial for a U.S. Army flight surgeon who refused to deploy to Afghanistan until he saw proof that Obama was born in the United States.
The judge, Army Col. Denise Lind, said any evidence or witnesses related to Obama’s citizenship is irrelevant to the charges against Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, who has 17 years of service in the U.S. military.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CR…
And it’s OVER, birther nuts. The equivalent of a Federal Judge has ruled on the case, and some dumbass with less than two years before retirement is going to get busted down so low he’ll be saluting civilians around the Disciplinary Barracks.
It would be nice if a few ‘birther nuts’ who aren’t in the military could end up the same way.
Thanks Dan.
We’d had a small discussion in a thread this week about a mutual love for Hitchens’ writing style.
This is a fantastic piece. I hope some of you dig it.