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Friday, February 13, 2009 8:50 PM CST
LETTER: Obama appoints his own 'good ole boys'

BILL OGLE, Ashmore

It is not too early to start the proceedings. Obama has broken several of his 510 campaign promises to the American people.

He was going to clean up Washington politics, remember, “change you can believe in.” His idea of cleaning up the “good ole boys” type of politics went by the wayside shortly after he was inaugurated.

His appointment of Bill Richardson, Gov. of New Mexico, fell through when it came to light that he was under investigation for “pay to play” in New Mexico politics.

Yes, the same thing former Gov. Blago got impeached for and is about to go to the pen for criminal violation of federal laws. Then there were three appointments made where the appointees were guilty of not paying federal income taxes.

One of those appointees was actually confirmed by the Democrat-controlled Senate to be Sec. of the Treasury. The others were sent home packing, Tom Daschle, Mrs. Firelee, and another no name.

During the confirmation process of Tom Daschle, Pres. Obama said he strongly supported him. Days later when the Senate sent ole Tom home, Pres. Obama admitted he had made a gross error. If this is cleaning up corrupt politics in Washington, then lets impeach Obama now and really clean up the corruption.

You all remember Rod Blago, impeached for his corrupt politics. It’s no wonder; he came out of the Chicago Democrat Political Machine, thanks to all you liberal Democrats for giving Illinois such a corrupt governor. Now you have elected another corrupt Chicago Democrat Political Machine politician, Barack Obama.

BILL OGLE

Ashmore

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joe hardy wrote on Feb 14, 2009 9:23 AM:

" Countdown to "Bush bashing" in 3..2..1.. "

cedric66 wrote on Feb 14, 2009 10:54 AM:

" AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!! Praise the Lord! Somebody else has seen the light! Good post Bill "

Locke wrote on Feb 14, 2009 8:42 PM:

" Bitter? Much? "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 15, 2009 8:59 AM:

" Bush didn't appoint his own "good ole boys" now did he?

The last president brought in a lot of outsiders, and we saw how that went.

Not bashing joe, just stating reality.

Oh yeah, heck of a job Brownie.... "

just wondering wrote on Feb 15, 2009 10:10 AM:

" Gee Harry. You are now comparing Obama to Bush. Obama was supposed to be the answer to all the problems. "The chosen one" was going to bring that wonderful change. But we got Clinton retreads, 37 of his first 41 appointees. After saying in the primaries that the Clintons and their policies were wrong and wouldn't work, why would he bring in the same people that helped implement those wrong policies. And then he appoints Hillary secretary of state. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense now does it? "

Rohn Gordon wrote on Feb 15, 2009 10:33 AM:

" Did anyone read that it looks like Burris LIED when the senate asked if he had any contact with any Blaggo group. "

The Question wrote on Feb 15, 2009 11:23 AM:

" Dick Cheney. Donald Rumsfeld. Michael D. Brown. Alberto Gonzales. Hank Paulson.
Yes, those were some great picks. We see the wreckage of their handiwork all around us. "

ed miller wrote on Feb 15, 2009 12:34 PM:

" At least Brownie probably paid his taxes like the rest of us. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 15, 2009 1:19 PM:

" But we got Clinton retreads, 37 of his first 41 appointees.

Let's compare the results of those "retreads" with those of the Bush Whitehouse crew, jw.

Any thoughts on that? "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 15, 2009 2:21 PM:

" (Rohn Gordon wrote on Feb 15, 2009 10:33 AM:
" Did anyone read that it looks like Burris LIED when the senate asked if he had any contact with any Blaggo group.")

Yep.

Post a story Rohn. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 15, 2009 6:31 PM:

" Hey TQ, don't forget the biggest oozing pustule of them all, Karl Rove. After all Bush did manage to get him on the payroll too. "

just wondering wrote on Feb 15, 2009 7:20 PM:

" Gee Harry I guess you didn't listen closely to the messiah when he was campaigning in the primaries. He repeatedly bashed the Clintons and their policies. He said it was time for a CHANGE. Change you can believe in? Right. That meant no more Bush, but it also meant no more Clinton. To name all those people to his staff that he castigated and then most of all to put Hillary in as secretary of state. He either lied or he's not too bright. If I had voted for Obama based on the promises he made while running for office, I would feel betrayed. I remember you ranting and raving about how the Clintons weren't right, but Obama was. You are just as big a hypocrite as he is. Or did they put something different in your kool aid last time you took a gulp. "

cedric66 wrote on Feb 15, 2009 7:58 PM:

" One of the major accomplishments of the 1990s combination of President Clinton and a Gingrich-led Republican Congress was that of welfare reform. Some may argue that it was Clinton's plan. Others would say that the Republicans forced him to do it.

Regardless of where the credit ends up, the notion and structure of the welfare program was fundamentally changed. Now, through Obama's stimulus plan, all that work and effort may be wasted. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 15, 2009 8:01 PM:

" I'll bet Obama is the first person to ever run for president that said anything that was just campaign rhetoric, huh? I suppose you never watched the Republicans go after each other in their debates, jw. Obviously Obama was the better candidate jw, but why are you holding him to higher standard than you probably would have the other guy, if he had won? Do you really think McCain would have turned his back on all of those who supported his opposition in the primaries. If you really think that, you must be more naive than I think you are.

You, or no one had taken up my challenge to compare the results from the Clinton team with the Bush team. Why is that, jw?

Despite Clinton's moral shortcomings, his team ran circles around the Bush bunch, and you know it.

Yeah, Obama inherited a nation with no problems right? Compare that with what Bush got. "

cedric66 wrote on Feb 15, 2009 8:04 PM:

" Boy!!!! Harry Pooper is getting hit awfully hard here tonight and I'm loving every minute of it!!! Are you still pouting Harry? Maybe Question will drop by and settle yopu down. Keep it up guys, I LOVE IT!!!!!!! "

cedric66 wrote on Feb 15, 2009 8:16 PM:

" They didn't have any pork in this bill, they had the whole hog.Obama is the biggest liar in the USA, bar none. Everybody who voted for him should be really proud about now. He has really made a fool of himself "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 15, 2009 8:32 PM:

" cedric66 wrote on Feb 15, 2009 8:04 PM:

" Boy!!!! Harry Pooper is getting hit awfully hard here tonight and I'm loving every minute of it!!!

Huh?

Care to support that claim, cornpone66?

If you had half a brain, you would see that I have been pretty busy tonight swatting flies. "

ed miller wrote on Feb 15, 2009 8:59 PM:

" "Do you really think McCain would have turned his back on all of those who supported his opposition in the primaries."

It doesn't matter. Obama won. McCain is irrelevant. Obama lied to us about keeping out lobbyists and Washington insiders. His whole "change" rhetoric got him in the Whitehouse. That's all he wanted.

"You, or no one had taken up my challenge to compare the results from the Clinton team with the Bush team. Why is that?"

Because Bush and Clinton are gone. Why can't YOU take up the challenge to defend the Multi-Generational Financial Rape Act of 2009? "

cedric66 wrote on Feb 15, 2009 9:18 PM:

" Three weeks in and Obama is running around pitching a pork ridden bill that he has not even read. No one has. 60 thousand dollars a hour and cheddar cheese burgers at 30 thousand feet in Air Force One is fun. The limousine that comes along and the huge entourage to run the show add to the cost. Two weeks in Obama needed a rest at Camp David. Lets get serious here. We are in dire straits and the article pushes more rest and recreation for Obama who has appointed people from the IRS most wanted list, and unqualified inexperienced people to important offices such as CIA Director?
The White House is a great hotel, with a gym and grounds to run on. Let Obama stop campaigning and go to work. "

red,white,blue wrote on Feb 15, 2009 11:36 PM:

" So 'campaign rhetoric' is OK as long as it comes from Obama I guess. Bet no one ever bashed Bush on here for 'campaign rhetoric.' Suppose it's also OK that BO said that Caterpillar was going to be hiring people back if the stimulus bill passed and the Caterpillar exec he was supposedly quoting said, wait a minute, that's not what I said. Guess that was just more 'campaign rhetoric' on Obama's part? And where is the outrage? Not in office a month and the president is home in Chicago for a 4-day weekend. Shall we start counting how often he is out of the White House just like Bush haters made a big, stupid deal out of Bush going home to Crawford? A dumb argument if there ever was one. When you're President you don't escape by going home but I doubt that will hear any criticism whatsoever of the current holder of the office. Not from this media. "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 16, 2009 12:24 AM:

" (HarryTard - "If you had half a brain, you would see that I have been pretty busy tonight swatting flies.")

More like dodging bullets and running away from tough questions.

Like this one:

Obama lied when he said Caterpillar was going to hire because of Porkulus- didn't he pcycho-twerp. "

XTownie wrote on Feb 16, 2009 1:54 AM:

" Oh, well! Looks like Mr. Ogle has a few sour grapes that his vote for McCain didn't give us another four years of Bush cronies and comrades. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 16, 2009 6:22 AM:

" "You, or no one had taken up my challenge to compare the results from the Clinton team with the Bush team. Why is that?"

Because Bush and Clinton are gone. Why can't YOU take up the challenge to defend the Multi-Generational Financial Rape Act of 2009? "

Just couldn't bring yourself to say it, could you eddie? I really don't blame you for being unwilling to stand up for that scumbag, Bush.

That's OK, the answer is so obvious that it's glaring. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 16, 2009 7:27 AM:

" According to an August 2003 article in the Washington Post, President Bush has spent all or part of 166 days during his presidency at his Crawford, Texas, ranch or en route. Add the time spent at or en route to the presidential retreat of Camp David and at the Bush family estate in Kennebunkport, Maine, and Bush has taken 250 days off as of August 2003. That's 27% of his presidency spent on vacation.

President Obama has to take a lot of time off if he hopes to catch up with the Beetle Bailey style of George Bush. "

Becky wrote on Feb 16, 2009 7:42 AM:

" joe hardy wrote on Feb 14, 2009 9:23 AM:

" Countdown to "Bush bashing" in 3..2..1..

I think the Obama bashing hit here several posts first. It seems to run rampant these days. He's only been in office for less than a month!!! Now instead of but, but...Clinton now it's but, but....Obama! The radical right NEVER changes. You all really, REALLY need to change your rhetoric. It's getting very stale. "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 16, 2009 8:08 AM:

" It's official,

When a Liberal rag like Newsweek starts dumping on Barry Hussein, you KNOW he's a disaster:

NEWSWEEK

PROMISES, PROMISES

Soaring expectations collide with harsh political realities. How Barack Obama looks from Chicagoland.

(From the magazine issue dated Feb 23 2009)

"It is in the nature of politicians to make promises; it is what they do. Some do so without the least intention of delivering on their promises. Some fully intend to deliver, but find the world obdurate, unwilling to go along with their fine intentions. Barack Obama now finds himself among the latter. With loony jihadists threatening from without, a crumbling economy terrorizing its citizens from within, Obama knew he needed straightaway to demonstrate utmost competence to stem fear and instill confidence. The reason for his wanting to assemble an able cabinet more quickly than any other administration in recent history was to show that, though the nation had major problems, they were under study and would soon be attacked by the most capable minds of our time. He needed to calm the country down, and show, in a measured but forceful way, that a strong hand was at the wheel.

This he has thus far failed abysmally to do. Very disappointing, to the country at large, and not least, I have no doubt, to Barack Obama himself."

++++++++++

The Snake Oil Salesman From Chicago.
This is what happens when little juveniles like Harry Potter get their way. "

warrior wrote on Feb 16, 2009 8:09 AM:

" Harry Potter wrote on Feb 16, 2009 6:22 AM:

" "You, or no one had taken up my challenge to compare the results from the Clinton team with the Bush team. Why is that?"

Both Clinton and Bush did good things and bad things, so what's your point!

Why don't you enlighten us and show the comparison's, Harry. "

ed miller wrote on Feb 16, 2009 8:14 AM:

" Harry Potter wrote on Feb 16, 2009 6:22 AM:
" That's OK, the answer is so obvious that it's glaring."

What, that none of you will come out and tell us what a great job your Democrats are doing with their Multi-Generational Financial Rape Act of 2009? "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 16, 2009 8:17 AM:

" Ed,

don't expect Harry to actually address any of Obama's incompetent and dishonest actions. Harry's far to much of a hypocritical dishonest little hack for that.

He'll just continue to attempt to re-direct the topic with Cheney's quail hunting and Cindy McCain's cookie recipe. You know, the really pertinent news of our day.

Oh, and also, he'll continue his in-depth investigation into all the names he thinks I'm using. So far Harry The-Cracked-Nut has attributed virtually a dozen names to me thus far.

You're probably me too, Ed.

Coo Coo Ka Choo, HarryTard.

ROFLMAO! "

just wondering wrote on Feb 16, 2009 8:55 AM:

" So Becky, the radical right never changes, huh? Please enlighten us as to how much the liberal left has changed over the years. Should be a short post. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 16, 2009 9:14 AM:

" Let's compare how the country was doing at the end of Clinton's term with the end of Bush's term, warrior. Bush ran this country in the ground and it's almost comical to see you and you ilk constantly defending that reprobate. By feel free to continue to make a$$es of yourselves. "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 16, 2009 10:44 AM:

" pssssst

Hey Harry,

Wasn't Clinton the first one to claim Bin Laden had a working relationship with Saddam in the development of WMD?

Uhm.......YEP!

Didn't Clinton say that it was "incontestable that on the day I left office, there were unaccounted for stocks of biological and chemical weapons" in Iraq, Harry?

Uhm......YEP! "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 16, 2009 10:50 AM:

" Come on now, jw, aren't you going to tell us how great of shape Bush left the country in for us? I guess your going to do like Cybil and edna miller and continue to try to shift the focus off of Bushie's dismal performance with your predictions of failure by Obama.

Go ahead, and I will continue to remind you of the failures of the sissified little Yale cheerleader. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 16, 2009 1:01 PM:

" " Let's compare how the country was doing at the end of Clinton's term with the end of Bush's term, warrior. Bush ran this country in the ground and it's almost comical to see you and you ilk constantly defending that reprobate. By feel free to continue to make a$$es of yourselves. "

This one was so good I just had to repeat it.

About the only way this one will be answered is with a question from one of the Bush skin heads like Cybil and his "crew" or by edna miller. lol... "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 16, 2009 1:34 PM:

" What's this? Even Fox news is hinting the the head of Cat is now moving off his original statement. You know the one that was probably a big misunderstanding but the wing nuts jumped all over it, Rush Limbaugh style, and claimed Obama was lying about.

Considering the source, (Fox) that was quite a concession, even though they parsed it rather vaguely. That's about as close to any retraction ever put out from Fox regarding any Democrat.

I don't think they have ever issued and apology for one of their pundits tasteless joke about someone needing to assassinate Obama. "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 16, 2009 3:04 PM:

" Hey Harry,

The Caterpillar hiring story came from ABCNEWS.

And there is video to prove it. The fact is Obama said that Caterpillar would hire if Porkulus was passed. Right after that, the CEO said no, in fact there will probably be more lay-offs.

Now it wouldn't surprise me in the least if Caterpillar's CEO all of a sudden "got his mind right" and issued a "clarification" ala Obama (The Chicago Snake Oil Salesman).

(giant eyeroll) "

Becky wrote on Feb 16, 2009 3:19 PM:

" jw posted: "Obama was supposed to be the answer to all the problems."

Really?? I don't remember him ever saying that.

again jw posts: So Becky, the radical right never changes, huh? Please enlighten us as to how much the liberal left has changed over the years.

OK. How about they kicked out Bush, Cheney and the gang when it was learned that they wanted to conquer the world using the US military in order to establish Pax Americana and yet the republican right took them right in and paved their way leading to the demise of the GOP? How about they were the first to have a woman and a black man both as candidates for president. How about they want to change the private health insurance industry to single payer insurance so all can be covered medically in this country. How about they actually balance budgets, don't promote violence towards the right wingers and believe that you can be strong and tolerant of other views at the same time.

Right wing pundits are always calling Obama "the messiah" or "the chosen one". The left doesn't call him either. And, no, I'm not at all happy with many of his decisions but like I keep saying, he's only been in office ONE MONTH! How much change can you see in ONE MONTH! I don't want any more gun control laws and I really didn't want EITHER the bank bail out or the stimulus bill but I'm stuck with both of those decisions now.

I have a question for all of you right wingers. Why was it different for Bush to legislate $800 billion for banks and Wall street and Obama to legislate his own $800 billion for main street? I really don't see a difference between the 2.

Oh, I forgot. This was supposed to be a short post....my bad. "

ed miller wrote on Feb 16, 2009 3:21 PM:

" Harry Potter wrote on Feb 16, 2009 1:01 PM:
" About the only way this one will be answered is with a question from one of the Bush skin heads like Cybil and his "crew" or by edna miller. lol... "

Oh, how mature. Did you come up with that play on my name all by yourself, or did TQ or FB text it to you?

How about you ask how the country was the last time the Republicans ran the congress? They are the ones who control the money.

You know as well as I do, you can blame the liberal's lending requirements or the right's lack of oversight for this mess, but we are here. Your side is in charge and they are screwing up. This bloated pork fest gives the average taxpayer $8 of tax relief, but their children get $1-trillion of debt.

The tables are turned. For years, you all hid behind your little screen names and second guessed every decision by Bush. Well, I guess it's our turn now.At least BDD, myself and others defended the Iraq war and other Bush policies if we agreed to them. None of you will even go on record defending this mess. Maybe I should have just resorted to personal attacks like you. Hey it's HARRY POTTY, snicker, snicker, Aren't I clever? "

just wondering wrote on Feb 16, 2009 3:30 PM:

" Harry you must have a short memory. In September of 2000, while your hero Bill Clinton was still in office, the stock market took a nose dive. A lot of people lost a good chunk of their retirements then just as they did with Bush in office. I never was a Bush fan, but he was a far better choice than what the Democrats put up in both elections he won. "

just wondering wrote on Feb 16, 2009 3:37 PM:

" Becky, I have a question for you. How come it was all right for you and the other left wingers, to bash Bush for eight years and call him all kinds of names, but now that your guy is in the office, we aren't supposed to. I know you guys think you are all high and mighty, but that is a little much. "

medic57 wrote on Feb 16, 2009 3:39 PM:

" Tell me please, which President in the last 30 years has not been accused of this? "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 16, 2009 3:45 PM:

" Oh, how mature. Did you come up with that play on my name all by yourself, or did TQ or FB text it to you?

Now don't whine eddie, I get called insulting names on a daily basis and you don't see my crying about it. Get over it "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 16, 2009 4:06 PM:

" You have to forgive HarryTard, Ed.

Harry's Tin-Foil Hat has been picking up radio transmissions from his toaster, and then there's the whole Porkulus embarrassment, and between those two factors, Harry's butter is just about ready to slip off his flap-jacks. "

NeoCon Academician wrote on Feb 16, 2009 4:25 PM:

" Harry's Tin-Foil Hat has been picking up radio transmissions from his toaster, and then there's the whole Porkulus embarrassment, and between those two factors, Harry's butter is just about ready to slip off his flap-jacks. "
------------------------------------

Where's the tissue...I'm crying I'm laughing so hard......... "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 16, 2009 5:49 PM:

" Where's the tissue...I'm crying I'm laughing so hard......... "

Translation: you da man, Doh! "

Julio wrote on Feb 16, 2009 7:19 PM:

" What did ya think he was gonna do put Bush, Cheney, and Larry Craig in there? "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 16, 2009 7:31 PM:

" Regarding the ongoing proposal to investigate the Bush administration, one Republican congressman said:

For all their talk about change, House Democrats just can't seem to move on from their party line of blaming Bush. They've developed an unhealthy fixation on re-fighting lost battles, even at the expense of the American taxpayer," Smith said in a written statement.

This from a member of the party that spent 70 million dollars investigating Clinton's bj? lol!

Hilarious!

Bring on the investigation. Send those found guilty of committing crimes to jail. Even Bush and Cheney, if they are found guilty of breaking any laws. They're no better that George Ryan or soon to be jailed Blago. Both Bush and Cheney would look good in stripes. I'm sure even the right wingers want to see justice done. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 16, 2009 7:35 PM:

" Julio wrote on Feb 16, 2009 7:19 PM:

" What did ya think he was gonna do put Bush, Cheney, and Larry Craig in there? "

I think that's sort of what they were hoping for, Julio.

They still haven't figured out that they lost the election either. lol! "

cedric66 wrote on Feb 16, 2009 8:38 PM:

" Do you even know how to use spell check Harry? It doesn't look like it!!!! "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 16, 2009 8:57 PM:

" (cedric66 - "Do you even know how to use spell check Harry? It doesn't look like it!!!!")

Maybe Harry is too busy fumbling with his "PBK Key".

LOL! "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 16, 2009 9:12 PM:

" cedric66 wrote on Feb 16, 2009 8:38 PM:

" Do you even know how to use spell check Harry? It doesn't look like it!!!!

Evidently you don't cornpone. Judging from some of the semi-literate messages from you, you don't. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 16, 2009 9:22 PM:

" shumphreys wrote on Feb 16, 2009 7:59 PM:

" NeoCon I do catch the "nuisances" of the passages. I think you meant nuance but I don't want to fuss abous typos.

Absolutely hilarious, Cybil puts his foot in his mouth once again. LOL!

You just can't help yourself, can you Doh? "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 17, 2009 7:22 AM:

" WASHINGTON -- Seeking political traction, Republicans are using the economic stimulus package to try to restore an image of fiscal discipline tarnished by a free-spending GOP Congress under former President George W. Bush. (wow-this from Fox news, who carried water for Bush for 8 years).

Absolutely hilarious!

After 8 years of Republican control and spending money like drunken sailors, they have found their fiscal compass. This "new" attitude alone shows what hypocrites some Republicans are.

I saw a report on TV last night about how some Republican House members (who ALL voted against the stimulus package) are going back to their districts and trying to take credit for money that has been designated for their districts. If the people in those districts are too dumb to see through that, they deserve the type of representation they're getting. Hopefully our Congressman won't insult our intelligence by pulling anything similar to that. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 17, 2009 7:40 AM:

" Good news for George W Bush. The cspan presidential poll is out and Bush moves up a notch. That poll has him seventh from the bottom. A few more polls might be needed to get out the the bottom ten.

Fox news needs to do a poll, I'm sure their audience would put Bush in the top ten. lol! "

The Shadow wrote on Feb 17, 2009 8:03 AM:

" HaVe AnY oF yOu ChEcKeD oUt A rEaL fOrUm? 90% Of EvErYoNe HeRe ReSeMbLe A bUnCh Of LiTtLe SiSsYs HaViNg A hIsSy FiT. aLl Of YoU nEeD tO gRoW uP. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 17, 2009 8:33 AM:

" WASHINGTON - In the waning days of the Bush administration, Vice President Dick Cheney launched a last-ditch campaign to persuade his boss to pardon Lewis (Scooter) Libby - and was furious when President George W. Bush wouldn't budge.

Sources close to Cheney told the Daily News the former vice president repeatedly pressed Bush to pardon Libby, arguing his ex-chief of staff and longtime alter ego deserved a full exoneration - even though Bush had already kept Libby out of jail by commuting his 30-month prison sentence.

I wonder if you would call Libby a "good old boy"?

We should not be surprised that Cheney is upset over Bushes refusal to pardon the convicted criminal, Libby.

Perhaps Bush was merely getting back at Cheney for his conning him into going into Iraq.

Just like in the Oliver North cover up for Reagan, we may never know the truth.

I suspect Cheney owes Libby quite a debt for covering up for him. With Cheney's millions from his war machine investments, I don't think Libby has to worry about working again. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 17, 2009 9:46 AM:

" Chimpanzee Attacks, Mauls Connecticut Woman...

An out-of-control, 200-pound pet chimpanzee apparently went berserk and mauled a woman in Connecticut, leaving her in critical condition.

My first reaction to this headline was, I thought Bush went back to Texas, not Connecticut. "

father bob wrote on Feb 17, 2009 10:26 AM:

" you've got to admit HP, obama's certainly got all the dead-in-the-water republicans yammering!

he's not been in office 30 days, and he's become the ruination of society...LOL!!

if they all have their hackles up, he's obviously doing things right! what a great and exciting time to be an american! now we can hope for war crime trials for the bushies and things will be even better!! "

red,white,blue wrote on Feb 17, 2009 11:10 AM:

" Here are several reasons why Clinton is still relevant, not to mention the fact that his wife just happens to be Sec. of State:

Now that Bill Clinton has released the list of his 205,000 donors who have given close to $500 million to his library and foundation, it's clear why he resisted releasing the list while his wife was running for president.

Compelled to make it public as a condition of his wife's appointment as secretary of state, it becomes clear that the list is a virtual encyclopedia of conflicts of interest for the husband of a senator, to say nothing of the husband of an incoming secretary of state.

Particularly troubling are the massive donations from Arab governments in the Middle East. How can a secretary of state possibly be impartial in conflicts involving Israel when her husband has gotten tens of millions of dollars from Arabian governments and high-ranking people. Specifically, Clinton got:

Between $10 million and $25 million from:

-- The government of Saudi Arabia

Between $1 million and $5 million from:

-- Friends of Saudi Arabia

-- The Dubai Foundation

-- Saudi businessman Nasser Al-Rashid

-- Saudi tycoon Sheikh Mohammed H. Al-Amoudi

-- Former Lebanon Deputy Prime Minister Issam Fares

-- The government of Kuwait

-- The government of Qatar

-- The government of Oman

-- The government of Brunei

-- The Zayed Family, rulers of Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates

-- He also received between $500,000 and $1 million from Saudi businessman Walid Juffali.

Pardon us for looking such generous gift horses in the mouth, but it is hard to imagine so many governments, monarchs and businessmen in the Middle East giving money unless it was with some hope of a political return on their investment. Will that return now come with the appointment of Mrs. Clinton as secretary of state?

After all, the next secretary of state will be called upon to mediate and negotiate conflicts in the Middle East as her first assignment. How can Hillary Clinton undertake to do so impartially when her husband's library and foundation -- over which he has total control -- have been bankrolled by the very nations with whom she must negotiate?

The list reveals another key center of conflicts of interest in Kazakhstan, the former Soviet Republic, now home to some of the world's greatest mineral deposits and ruled by a corrupt dictator, Nursultan A. Nazarbayev, who according to The New York Times has all but quashed political dissent."

Clinton visited Kazakhstan and met with its president on Sept. 6, 2005, accompanied by Canadian mining financier Frank Giustra. Soon after, Giustra was awarded a highly lucrative contract to mine uranium there. Now, lo and behold, Giustra turns up having given the library and foundation $10 million to $25 million and the Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative-Canada gave $1 million to $5 million more. And Clinton got $1 million to $5 million from Laksmi Mittal, the fourth wealthiest person on the Forbes billionaire list and a member of the Foreign Investment Council in Kazakhstan.

In addition, Clinton further fished in troubled waters by taking $1 million to $5 million from Victor Pinchuk, the son-in-law of the controversial former president of Ukraine.

Given the complexities of U.S. policy toward the former Soviet republics in Central Asia, it is hard to see how this massive and incestuous relationship cannot but complicate Hillary's independence.

One of the largest donors to the library and foundation was UNITAID, an international organization largely controlled by France, which donated more than $25 million. And the conflicts of interest are not all just foreign. Corporate bailout recipients and wanna-be recipients donated to the Clinton fund. They include: AIG, Lehman, Merrill, the Citi Foundation and General Motors.

And, almost as an afterthought, the list reveals a donation of at least $450,000 from Denise Rich, presumably in return for her ex-husband's presidential pardon.

How could a United States Senator possibly serve dispassionately while her husband was collecting money from these donors on this scale? And how could we have almost elected a president without realizing these conflicts existed? And how can a secretary of state function with these conflicts hanging over her head?

But when you're putting tax cheats and liars in your administration, what difference does all this make? "

NeoCon Academician wrote on Feb 17, 2009 11:11 AM:

" ANOTHER (as expected) TAINTED DEMOCRAT...BURRIS NEEDS TO RESIGN!!! "

ed miller wrote on Feb 17, 2009 11:57 AM:

" great article on CNN about the Multi-Generational Financial Rape Act of 2009. Sorry TQ, it's not on FOX. You and the other "stupid" people might have to look elsewhere.

http://tinyurl.com/db4ua8

Wow, look how fast even the MSM is turning on the Dems and their lapdog Obama.

Oh, in more Democratic stupidity, The disclosure of classified information by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, marked the first time a U.S. official had publicly commented on where the Predator aircraft patrolling Pakistan take off and land. It puts the Pakistani government in a far more difficult position [in terms of] its credibility with its own people. Unfortunately it also has the potential to threaten Pakistani-American relations."

As chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Feinstein is privy to classified details of U.S. counter-terrorism efforts. The CIA does not publicly acknowledge a campaign against Pakistan-based extremists using remotely piloted planes, making Feinstein's comment all the more unusual.

Way to go genius. These are the people that Harry Potter voted for to keep us safe! "

cedric66 wrote on Feb 17, 2009 12:22 PM:

" The news media and Hollywood have invested their heart and soul into Barack Hussein Obama, and the corrupt Democrat party. As such, they will never admit their lack of common sense, ignorance and poor judgment in their inane political choices. "

cedric66 wrote on Feb 17, 2009 12:49 PM:

" " Do you even know how to use spell check Harry? It doesn't look like it!!!!

Evidently you don't cornpone. Judging from some of the semi-literate messages from you, you don't. "

You just can't take it when somebody catches you making a mistake can you Harry? You should sit back and reread some of your posts,then you could see that it would be very hard to say you are a person with a lot of brains. By the way, make sure you watch out for that bottom step on the short bus you ride every day. I would hate for you to get hurt!! "

AllYouNeedIsLove wrote on Feb 17, 2009 12:53 PM:

" This letter is hilarious, because Mr. Ogle has not connected the dots yet. The facts are that the ENTIRE state of Illinois elected Blago and the ENTIRE United States of America elected Obama. Not only that, they are two ENTIRELY different people. SO to place the blame on one party...is biased in itself. It never fails to amaze me how people can be so biased and not see it themselves. Why not try to find common ground, or to give our new President a chance? Anyways, only time will tell, so you must give our President time before making snap judgements. "

Julio wrote on Feb 17, 2009 1:03 PM:

" Harry thanks for presenting "facts" to these folks. Facts that are not obtained for Rush Limbaugh or Fox "we decide what to report" News. "

even steven wrote on Feb 17, 2009 1:07 PM:

" I see the usual batch of Bush-hating automatons are spewing their nonsensical drivel again. Who would have guessed? I'm wondering how lost they feel now that their "Emanual Goldstein" is no longer in the White House. That must be frustrating for them to not be able to find a target for their daily two minutes of hate. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 17, 2009 1:10 PM:

" Just when you think (or hoped) we had heard the last of Sarah Palin for a while, we learn today that she pushed her disgraced daughter out in front of the Fox news cameras, to talk about teen age pregnancy, of all things.

I wonder how much cash Sarah got out of those baby pics she was pitching around to various celebrity and movie star magazines a while back.

First it was the Palin calendar, then the baby pics sale and now this.

Has this woman no shame?

Considering she's on the state of Alaska's payroll, I wonder what those folks think of her ongoing shenanigans?

Sarah seems hell bent on proving Andy Warhol wrong.

Now don't go getting yourself all worked up, ed miller. Sarah's the one keeping her self relevant by her actions. "

The Question wrote on Feb 17, 2009 1:45 PM:

" The Rev. Pat Robertson denounced talk show host Rush Limbaugh for saying he wants President Obama to fail.
"That was a terrible thing to say," Robertson said. "I mean, he's the president of all the country. If he succeeds, the country succeeds. And if he doesn't, it hurts us all. Anybody who would pull against our president is not exactly thinking rationally."
So at last we know the answer to that age-old question -- who's the crazier creep, Pat Robertson or Rush Limbaugh? "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 17, 2009 2:00 PM:

" That must be frustrating for them to not be able to find a target for their daily two minutes of hate.

You must be talking about Cybil's fluctuating between whining about Obama and trying to tell women what they should do with their bodies, right? Yeah, he is having a hard time.

I must say I'm surprised to hear you talking about Cybil dog like that. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 17, 2009 2:17 PM:

" You just can't take it when somebody catches you making a mistake can you Harry? You should sit back and reread some of your posts,then you could see that it would be very hard to say you are a person with a lot of brains.

By the way, most people put a space after a comma.

Actually, I'm well aware of my shortcomings when it comes to spelling and over all grammar, cornpone66. I just like watch the reactions of people like you when I respond to stupid comments with sarcasm. By the way talking about the short bus puts you into a special category, only one other poster one here sinks low enough to mock kids with handicaps. It's not to hard to guess who, is it?

Congratulations for having sunk to his level. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 17, 2009 2:20 PM:

" if they all have their hackles up, he's obviously doing things right! what a great and exciting time to be an american! now we can hope for war crime trials for the bushies and things will be even better!! "

Amen!

By the way, good to see you back, fb. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 17, 2009 2:26 PM:

" Julio wrote on Feb 17, 2009 1:03 PM:

" Harry thanks for presenting "facts" to these folks. Facts that are not obtained for Rush Limbaugh or Fox "we decide what to report" News. "

Thanks Julio! Kind of you to notice, but you know the old saying about it being hard to soar like an eagle, when you constantly surrounded by a bunch of turkeys. (like Cybil and his "crew") lol... "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 17, 2009 2:47 PM:

" Uh...I'm not sure how to break it to you, RWB, but Obama is president now, not Bill Clinton. Clinton's wife is in the cabinet, not the Wildly popular Willie himself.

And hey, you're not trying to pass that cut and paste job off as your own work are you? lol..

Lastly, I don't recall you getting all worked up when the press showed pictures of Bush holding hands with Saudi royalty. Or for that matter, did it bother you that Bush was in business with one of the Bin Laden family members? Change of heart on your part? "

father bob wrote on Feb 17, 2009 3:16 PM:

" Harry Potter wrote on Feb 17, 2009 2:17 PM:
" Congratulations for having sunk to his level. """""

another sociopath on the loose HP? the GOP is proud i'm sure. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 17, 2009 3:19 PM:

" Wow, look how fast even the MSM is turning on the Dems and their lapdog Obama.

Well gee eddie, that must be some more of that wishful thinking on your part. The last I heard Obama is still wildly popular with the MSM as he is with the majority of the country.

Perhaps you're getting Fox, Limbaugh, Sean Insannity and the Drudge report etc confused with the real MSM now. Those are all opinion outlets, and not real news. Are you confused again, eddie?

I am glad to see that you're branching out a little in your information gathering though. CNN, huh? You might want to check out MSNBC next. You would probably enjoy Kieth Olbermann. (I'll bet you secretly watch him now, don't you?) lol! "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 17, 2009 3:24 PM:

" (HarryTard - "Lastly, I don't recall you getting all worked up when the press showed pictures of Bush holding hands with Saudi royalty.")

The Clintons Saudi fundraisers:

MSNBC Dec 18 2008 - Former President Bill Clintons foundation has raised at least $41 million from Saudi Arabia and other foreign governments that his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton may end up negotiating with as the next secretary of state.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia gave $10 million to $25 million to the William J. Clinton Foundation, a nonprofit created by the former president to finance his library in Little Rock, Ark., and charitable efforts to reduce poverty and treat AIDS. Other foreign government givers include Norway, Kuwait, Qatar, Brunei, Oman, Italy and Jamaica.

The foundation disclosed the names of its 205,000 donors on a Web site Thursday, ending a decade of resistance to identifying the sources of its money. While the list is heavy with international business leaders and billionaires, some 12,000 donors gave $10 or less.

LEFTY MELTDOWN WATCH! OH MY!BLACKWATER A DONOR!:

The Blackwater Training Center donated $10,001 to $25,000. The State Department will have to decide next year whether to renew Blackwater Worldwides contract to protect U.S. diplomats in Iraq. Five Blackwater guards have been indicted by a U.S. grand jury on manslaughter and weapons charges stemming from a September 2007 firefight in Baghdads Nisoor Square in which 17 Iraqis died.

+++++++

See HarryTard, THAT'S how you fact check.

Watch and learn, psycho-twerp. "

father bob wrote on Feb 17, 2009 3:26 PM:

" just wondering wrote on Feb 15, 2009 10:10 AM:
"we got Clinton retreads, 37 of his first 41 appointees. """""

thank goodness! i remember when we had that surplus and the economy was clicking with people prospering and actually saving money, and making it on their 401k.

bring back more of them....we need some intellect and intelligence in washington again. much different than rummy, brownie and turdblossom....thieves in the night raping our country. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 17, 2009 4:34 PM:

" It looks like the descendants of Geronimo are planning to sue Yale for the return of the great chiefs bones. The story goes that a secret society of Yale students stole the bones for their rituals. Among the secret society members were ancestors of George W Bush.

About the best George W could do was to steal a Christmas tree while a student there. "

NeoCon Academician wrote on Feb 17, 2009 5:17 PM:

" " Uh...I'm not sure how to break it to you, RWB, but Obama is president now, not Bill Clinton. Clinton's wife is in the cabinet, not the Wildly popular Willie himself.
-------------------------------

Uh...I'm not sure how to break it to you Harry Potter, but George Bush is not in the white house either...

It's called a conflict of interest.

Holding hands with a Saudi prince is vastly different than your spouse being bought and sold outright by foreign governments.

Besides, if it's not an issue with you with Hillary Clinton, why has it been such an issue with you with Bush and Cheney?

H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y maybe?

Uh...YEAH... "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 17, 2009 7:41 PM:

" It's called a conflict of interest.

Sort of like Cheney's stock options, huh?

I've never heard anything about a spouses foundation's revenue source being a conflict of interest for a cabinet member. I seem to recall when Reagan was president his attorney bought up all sort of buildings in the DC area, put them in his wife's name of course, and then rented them back to the federal government. Now that sounds like a conflict of interest to me.

What do you think? Would that constitute a conflict of interest? Or is it only a conflict of interest if a member of the Democratic party is involved?

By the way, "Neo", Hillary was confirmed by the Senate. I guess they didn't have your issues with her husbands foundation.

I really think that conflict of interest is in your mind only, "Neo". "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 17, 2009 8:00 PM:

" thank goodness! i remember when we had that surplus and the economy was clicking with people prospering and actually saving money, and making it on their 401k.

Right on target, as usual, fb.

Looking at the results of the Clinton administration, it appears that it was a stroke of genius on the part of Obama to get as many of the Clinton staff as he could. Let's just hope they can do the job once again. With the disaster Bush left behind, they have their work cut out for them.

The other side backed an incompetent loser, and that's what's killing them. They must be so proud to read all the recent articles about how the historians are saying Bush belongs on the bottom of the historical barrel.

Obama couldn't make as big of a mess of this country as Bush did if he tried to do so deliberately.

So keep on telling us how bad Obama is. Considering the results of Bush, it's quite comical to hear all the Obama bashing and predictions for failure.

I guess when you have absolutely nothing to brag about your man, they only thing you can do is whine about the other guy. "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 17, 2009 8:37 PM:

" (Father Bobby - "bring back more of them....we need some intellect and intelligence in washington again. much different than rummy, brownie and turdblossom....thieves in the night raping our country.")

Gee Bobby,

Did you happen to forget that Clinton claimed that Iraq and Al Qaeda were working together to develop WMD?

Did you forget that Clinton let Bin Laden escape to the tribal mountain region of Afghanistan?

Did you forget that Clinton said that WMD was still in Iraq when he left office in 2001?

Did you forget all of that intellect and intelligence and "Intel"?

Hmmmmmmm bobby? "

The Question wrote on Feb 17, 2009 9:54 PM:

" The Republicans are determined to hang the worldwide economic disaster THEY CAUSED with their greed-driven "deregulatory" negligence around the necks of the Democrats. And with the help of their lying corporate media echo chamber, they may well be able to do it.
The president needs to stop cozying up to these wretched snakes who are now working and praying for more economic disaster, and start appointing investigatory commissions that will nail them to the wall on the financial fraud they deliberately enabled. "

ed miller wrote on Feb 17, 2009 10:36 PM:

" father bob wrote on Feb 17, 2009 3:26 PM:

"thank goodness! i remember when we had that surplus and the economy was clicking with people prospering and actually saving money, and making it on their 401k.

bring back more of them....we need some intellect and intelligence in washington again."

I totally agree. Reid and Pelosi have got to go. "

cedric66 wrote on Feb 17, 2009 11:12 PM:

" I've never heard anything about a spouses foundation's revenue source being a conflict of interest for a cabinet member. I seem to recall when Reagan was president his attorney bought up all sort of buildings in the DC area, put them in his wife's name of course, and then rented them back to the federal government. Now that sounds like a conflict of interest to me.

Show me some proof of this accusation that you made!!! "

The Question wrote on Feb 18, 2009 6:43 AM:

" As a friend of mine observed, history will show the Bush years marked the beginning of the end of the economic viability of working and middle class Americans, who have systematically had their wages drained by the rich and replaced by credit cards.
And to have the same borrow-and-spend Republicans who doubled the national debt whine today about deficits is beneath contempt.
Yes, the Republicans who are so SHOCKED Obama is spending $787 billion to avert catastrophe voted in lock-step to rubber-stamp every bit of that $5 TRILLION-plus Bush added to the national debt -- and called anyone who didn't a traitor!
What sickening, transparent hypocrites you Republicans are. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 7:28 AM:

" Show me some proof of this accusation that you made!!! "

Do we have a new standard on here? Are we now mandated to show "proof" for everything we post, cornpone66?

Do my comments about the batty old Reagan strike a chord with you, corney?

Sorry, but i won't do your homework for you. But I will give you a hint, one name: Jack Anderson. You can take it from there, that is if you're not to lazy to do a little detective work. lol! "

tt wrote on Feb 18, 2009 7:30 AM:

" If half of you Obama bashers did this much work in real life our country might be on the rite track but you spend to much time here bashing everyone instead of tiring to fix the problem you want it fixed then I suggest you get out there and do something about it and quit whining in here like any of you are going to fix anything bickering back and forth like a bunch of children "

Billie Brant wrote on Feb 18, 2009 8:13 AM:

" I have a small observation to share with all of you. It's not meant to be political, but it does strike my funny bone.

I finally realized "who" Harry Reid's usually scowling face reminds me of. It's one of the comedian/ventriloquist Jeff Dunham's puppet characters.

It's Walter! Take a look at Walter's face and compare "his" to Harry Reid's. LOL!

"Walter" is a hoot! Check "him" out. I'm sure most of us know a "Walter". "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 18, 2009 10:27 AM:

" (Harry - "Do we have a new standard on here? Are we now mandated to show "proof" for everything we post,")

Oh don't worry, Harry

your posts have never been held to any "factual-based" standards. That's why most posters treat you like an intellectual punching-bag.

LOL

Now get back to your in-depth investigative reports on those dire and relevant Bush Family Nazi connections.

ROFLMAO "

red,white,blue wrote on Feb 18, 2009 10:55 AM:

" Excuse me tt, but have you noticed who does the most posting on these blogs? HP has decided that he who posts most wins I guess and he who posts things without basis in fact or refuses to back it up makes him right. Go figure! I really did laugh out loud at that one. Still no defense from the left though for the stimulus bill, more troops in Afghanistan, Roland Burris but, wait for it, we'll get another post slamming Sarah Palin or telling us how dumb the rest of us are. The last resort of a drowning man. "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 18, 2009 11:04 AM:

" (Billie - "I finally realized "who" Harry Reid's usually scowling face reminds me of. It's one of the comedian/ventriloquist Jeff Dunham's puppet characters.")

I disagree Billie, I think Walter looks exactly like Joe Hair-Plugs Biden.

Think about it.

LOL "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 11:20 AM:

" Down boy, go fetch. lol... "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 11:33 AM:

" Dogs are interesting animals. They're good at fetching, and last night one of the Bluedog types proved how good he was a begging (on one of the abortion threads). Almost brought a tear to my eye to see him pleading his poor little heart out. lol... "

father bob wrote on Feb 18, 2009 11:50 AM:

" The Question wrote on Feb 18, 2009 6:43 AM:
"Yes, the Republicans who are so SHOCKED Obama is spending $787 billion to avert catastrophe voted in lock-step to rubber-stamp every bit of that $5 TRILLION-plus Bush added to the national debt -- and called anyone who didn't a traitor!
What sickening, transparent hypocrites you Republicans are. """""

yep.....and you left out the 9.5 trillion loan he took out from our new mother-land...china.

the maggots don't stand a chance in this argument Q. they've hit a brick wall and they know it. "

oldschool wrote on Feb 18, 2009 11:52 AM:

" Hey Potter, I'll take your challange. Lets see now...Clinton and his inability to protect the country from Bin Laden and 9-11 VS Bush attack on terrorism and keeping the country safe after 9-11....3...2...1...go !! Don't forget to talk about Jamie Gorelic and the rest of Clintons team regarding keeping us safe from terrorism.....go !! "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 12:02 PM:

" I encourage everyone to go to the alternatives exist for abortions thread and read the meltdown of our friend Cybil last night (around 8 PM). I'll bet Mommadog had to change his Depends after that last horse manure laden bit of drivel. I actually had to stop three times to get my laughter under control.

Hmmmm....now watch the "crew" come to his rescue. LOL!

Come on now Neo and Stanley where are you? "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 12:17 PM:

" The American public has just given Congress a big thumbs-up. Or at least a half-hearted acknowledgement they are improving, which is more than they usually get.

A new Gallup poll shows Congress earned a 31 percent approval rating this month, its highest score in two years.

While the number is still quite low, and makes Congress about half as popular as President Obama, it represents a 12-point uptick from last month when Congress' popularity was clocking in at 19 percent.

This was from Fox news, no less. (probably non-factual)

You have to wonder what would have happened to the congressional approval numbers if the obstructionist party hadn't followed Limbaugh's orders to vote against the stimulus package. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 12:25 PM:

" Sarah Palin
Alaska Says Palin Owes Tax on Expense Payments
By Scott Butterworth
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) owes income taxes on thousands of dollars she received as expense money while living in her own home, the Anchorage Daily News reported today.

Palin received $16,951 in per diem payments, which are intended to cover meals and incidental expenses while traveling on state business, The Washington Post reported in September. Even though she was staying in her home in Wasilla, Alaska, she claimed the expense money because she was away from her official "duty station" in Juneau, the state capital.

"The governor is entitled to a per diem, and she claims it," gubernatorial spokeswoman Sharon Leighow said at the time.

Washington Post-

A maverick or just another money grubbing politician? I report you decide. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 12:55 PM:

" Glad to see you're enjoying my Sarah Palin updates, RWB. As long as that clown is in the news, I will be happy to relate her latest shenanigans. Did you hear about her owing the State of Alaska all that money? hee hee "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 1:04 PM:

" OK old school, you tell us just what Bush did to keep this country safe. About the best your side can do is use the excuse that there were no more attacks after 9/11. That proves NOTHING. Did you ever stop and think that perhaps there were no more attempts after 9/11?

Just think, if just some of that money he poured down that big rat hole in Iraq had been used to track down the mastermind of 9/11 (OBL remember him?) things might be different today. So keep singing the praises of that failed dud, Bush. You're not winning any converts. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 1:58 PM:

" Hey old school, 9/11 happened almost a year after Bush had taken over, didn't it?

That one's sort of like the Ohio Republican congressman claiming FDR's spending caused the great depression, right? "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 2:18 PM:

" red,white,blue wrote on Feb 18, 2009 10:55 AM:

" Excuse me tt, but have you noticed who does the most posting on these blogs?

Glad to have you as one of my many fans.

Still smarting over me calling you out for trying to pass that cut and paste job off as your own idea, RWB. lol... "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 2:29 PM:

" This story was written by Washington Post Staff Writer Michael Leahy.

A couple of weeks before the Alaska legislature began this year's session, a bipartisan group of state senators on a retreat a few hours from here invited Gov. Sarah Palin to join them. Accompanied by a retinue of advisers, she took a seat at one end of a conference table and listened passively as Gary Stevens, the president of the Alaska Senate, a former college history professor and a low-key Republican with a reputation for congeniality, expressed delight at her presence.

Would the governor, a smiling Stevens asked, like to share some of her plans and proposals for the coming legislative session?

Palin looked around the room and paused, according to several senators present. "I feel like you guys are always trying to put me on the spot," she said finally, as the room became silent.

Oh yeah, she's a Maverick alright. lol...

I would like to dedicate this post to my friend, RWB. "

The Question wrote on Feb 18, 2009 2:34 PM:

" Yes, just as long as you don't count 9-11, the anthrax attacks, the drowning of New Orleans, worldwide economic destruction and a few other things, Bush kept us as snug as bugs in a rug. "

red,white,blue wrote on Feb 18, 2009 2:39 PM:

" From Glenn Beck's website (which I'm sure some will say is not a reliable source but then that person has already told us you don't have to source anything you post so I guess it's OK if you at least have a source): "Media ignores Alaska's fiscal success during economic crisis"

While California is running around like chickens with their heads cut off trying to figure out what to do about their budget crisis, the media is ignoring the fact that Alaska is in solid financial shape to weather the economic storm. The media doesn't want you to notice that inconvenient truth. While California is handing out IOU's instead of earned tax refunds, Alaska is able to assure its people that they have billions tucked away for a rainy day to help them survive for at least 2 years if the economy collapsed. If only California remembered that the money they have is not theirs, it's OURS. Then perhaps they wouldn't have spent it so recklessly. If they realized (like Sarah Palin and Alaska did) that they need to be careful with OUR money because we are their boss then perhaps California wouldn't be in line waiting for a handout from the Federal bailout/stimulus bonanza happening right now. A perfect example of what happens when one state is living with principle and the other isn't. " "

oldschool wrote on Feb 18, 2009 2:58 PM:

" OMG "Potter" thats your response to your own challange? YOU ARE INSANE. I kind of knew that a little bit based on your other views but man,...game over. Who wipes you? "

red,white,blue wrote on Feb 18, 2009 3:37 PM:

" I'm not sure Mr. Potter where you ever got the idea that I was trying to pass off the post about the Clinton ties to Arabs as my own idea. I did not respond to your accusation because I thought any fool who could read would have seen that it was facts that had been put together from a source and that I happened to receive in an email. But then we now know that sources have little or no meaning to you as you stated when you asked when do we have to back up our posts with facts or sources? And your last post about Palin, as old school stated, shows that you have lost it big time. Hope I'm around when she goes to Washington and your head explodes. "

cedric66 wrote on Feb 18, 2009 3:37 PM:

" Harry Potter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 1:58 PM:

" Hey old school, 9/11 happened almost a year after Bush had taken over, didn't it?

Probably wouldn't have happened at all if BJ Clinton had done his job right when he was in office. He was to busy turning the White House into a Bordello!!!! "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 3:41 PM:

" oldschool wrote on Feb 18, 2009 2:58 PM:

" OMG "Potter" thats your response to your own challange? YOU ARE INSANE. I kind of knew that a little bit based on your other views but man,...game over. Who wipes you? "

The problem with you is that you never really took the challenge, oldschool. All you said was that Bush has kept us safe after 9/11 and I said prove it. Sorry my friend but you didn't. Not one single bit of proof, zero, zip, nada.

But then again, in your haste you might have read the wrong post. Care to try again? "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 18, 2009 3:50 PM:

" (Harry - "Still smarting over me calling you out for trying to pass that cut and paste job off as your own idea, RWB. lol...")

Gee Harry,

Did you forget to confess to RWB that just last month I nailed your weasel attempt to pass off a post from a far-Left moonbat site as your own?

Does the name Momocrat.com ring a bell in your empty head, Harry? LOL

Well of course it does.

See that Harry?

You're my little punching-bag, aren't you. LOL "

Harry POtter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 5:03 PM:

" Hope I'm around when she goes to Washington and your head explodes. "

My my, granny, taking things a little personal aren't you?

PS, Sarah has a better chance of making it on the strip club circuit than the White House. lol! "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 18, 2009 5:14 PM:

" (Harry Potter - "PS, Sarah has a better chance of making it on the strip club circuit than the White House. lol!")

We don't need to hear about your "recreational habits" Harry. "

Harry POtter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 5:41 PM:

" Due to the overwhelming popularity of my Palin comments, I will be adding a Palin joke of the day feature, starting today.

According to expense reports, Sarah Palin charged the state of Alaska over $21,000 for her children to travel with her on official business. In fairness to Governor Palin, when she leaves them home alone, they get pregnant." --Seth Meyers "

ed miller wrote on Feb 18, 2009 6:42 PM:

" " The Question wrote on Feb 16, 2009 6:32 AM:
" Now, I know most of the people who watch Fox News are just stupid."

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 12:17 PM:
" ...This was from Fox news, no less." "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 7:16 PM:

" red,white,blue wrote on Feb 18, 2009 10:55 AM:

" Excuse me tt, but have you noticed who does the most posting on these blogs?

Uh...Perhaps it's time for you to change the old Depends there, granny. I hate to tell you this, but if you look at all of the threads of this site, you will see that it's not me. It's your friend BBD. And that's not even counting what he posts under his other names, like NeoCon and Stanley Stetson, sorry but he wins hands down. So you see not only were you wrong about Sarah's values, the ones you got so excited about a while back, you're wrong about who posts the most too.

I hope your not too embarrassed, granny.

I heard there was senior circuit posting site somewhere around here, perhaps you should consider it. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 7:32 PM:

" ed miller wrote on Feb 18, 2009 6:42 PM:

" " The Question wrote on Feb 16, 2009 6:32 AM:
" Now, I know most of the people who watch Fox News are just stupid."

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 12:17 PM:
" ...This was from Fox news, no less." "

Why eddie, you should be pleased that I'm sharing factoids and tidbits from your favorite outlet. Boy, there's just no pleasing you wing nuts at times, is there? "

NeoCon Academician wrote on Feb 18, 2009 7:34 PM:

" Uh...Perhaps it's time for you to change the old Depends there, granny. I hate to tell you this, but if you look at all of the threads of this site, you will see that it's not me. It's your friend BBD. And that's not even counting what he posts under his other names, like NeoCon
-------------------------------

Just another demonstration that you have noting of value to add to the discourse with your blogs....

You "lift" my adult Depends comment that I use on you and then use it to insult another blogger...typical...

And incessantly you accuse every conservative blogger on here as being BlueDogDemocrat...

If I did not recognize your typical script and shtick for what it is, a sullen plea for attention for a lonely senior citizen, I'd just think it was pathetic.... "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 18, 2009 8:05 PM:

" (Neo - "And incessantly you accuse every conservative blogger on here as being BlueDogDemocrat...")

Actually Neo, it's worse than that. Harry's dementia dictates that I am really the mythical blogger Doh. And that you are Doh. And Cedric is Doh. And Oldschool is Doh. And Stanley Stetson is Doh. And the moderator is Doh. And everyone who opposes Harry chuckle-head is Doh. And that we are all posting hateful eeeeevil vile things on a site called coonsey. And in our spare time we cast evil spells on Liberals and kill puppies and kittens and bring plaques and pestilence upon the earth and kill livestock and sacrifice hobo's and.......... "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 18, 2009 8:11 PM:

" I would like to start a charity drive for Harry Potter's rapidly advancing- DOHmentia.

Maybe we can afford to get him a new dumpster he finally call home. Maybe we should contact his fwiend Bawny Fwank and set poor ole Harry up with one of them thar Fannie Mae mortgages.

Then, maybe Harry can afford the medication he so desperately needs.

Please, give generously to the Harry Potter DOHmentia fund.

Thank you. "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 18, 2009 8:21 PM:

" Make that- a new dumpster he CAN finally call home.

Just talking about Harry's DOHmentia effects my grammar.

Oh dear. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 18, 2009 9:07 PM:

" You "lift" my adult Depends comment that I use on you and then use it to insult another blogger...typical...

And incessantly you accuse every conservative blogger on here as being BlueDogDemocrat...

My my, "Neo".

I didn't realize you had a patent on Depends. Just because you wear them doesn't mean you own the name.

And no, "Neo". I haven't accused every right wing nut on here of being Cybil. Just you and Stanley Stetson at the present time. I just threw those other morons in to rile you up, and it worked didn't it, Cybil? hee hee "

ed miller wrote on Feb 18, 2009 9:25 PM:

" At $35,000/hr (in 2004), did the President really need to fly on Air Force One to Colorado just to sign the stimulus bill? Biden took a separate flight as well. Then he had to fly to Arizona just to announce his mortgage plan. I guess when your already blowing trillions of borrowed money, what's a few hundred thousand more for unnecessary travel. After all it's his, "spiffy ride".

In other do as I say, not as I do news, WH staffers report that Obama keeps the thermostat at about 80 in the Oval Office because he likes it warm. Remember how he told us to turn down our thermostats while campaigning? What a hypocrite. "

cedric66 wrote on Feb 18, 2009 9:45 PM:

" BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 18, 2009 8:11 PM:

" I would like to start a charity drive for Harry Potter's rapidly advancing- DOHmentia.

Maybe we can afford to get him a new dumpster he finally call home. Maybe we should contact his fwiend Bawny Fwank and set poor ole Harry up with one of them thar Fannie Mae mortgages.

Then, maybe Harry can afford the medication he so desperately needs.

Please, give generously to the Harry Potter DOHmentia fund.

Thank you. "

Hey BDD!
I just happened to have a dozen MBP's that he can use until his "Messiah" sends him a welfare check!!! "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 18, 2009 9:52 PM:

" Harry Potters DOHmentia continues to worsen.......... "

cedric66 wrote on Feb 18, 2009 9:57 PM:

" BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 18, 2009 11:04 AM:

" (Billie - "I finally realized "who" Harry Reid's usually scowling face reminds me of. It's one of the comedian/ventriloquist Jeff Dunham's puppet characters.")

I disagree Billie, I think Walter looks exactly like Joe Hair-Plugs Biden.

Think about it.

ROLMAO THAT WAS RIGHT ON TARGET!!! "

NeoCon Academician wrote on Feb 18, 2009 10:38 PM:

" At $35,000/hr (in 2004), did the President really need to fly on Air Force One to Colorado just to sign the stimulus bill? Biden took a separate flight as well.
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But Ed Miller...that's what "community organizers" do. Don't you remember a certain "community organizer's" guest appearance in Decatur a few years back?

With his flying to Colorado and everywhere lately, it's just Obama doing what he's always done....talking big, letting everybody else (especially Dufus Reid and Shroud of Turin-face Pelosi) do the dirty work, and then jetting off to go play basketball with never the less the wear and tear upon his soul.

These democrat "organizers" flit around to their "communities", wasting other people's money to get there, and then when there, they take on "the messiah role" talking arrogantly, smugly, and in grandiose terms telling their peeps how "they can do it, they have the power, and not to not let the "man" put them down". We've seen this for 2 years now on the campaign trail...the ploy is pretty recognizable by now...

Then they leave, after riling everybody up, yet providing no direction while allowing others to do all their dirty work.

"The democrat machine", just like with how the Chicago democrat political machine works, then insulates him from scorn while they perpetuate their power grab bamboozles upon the American public.

Same old, same old.... so don't expect anything more....especially with anything like....leadership.... "

dstew66 wrote on Feb 18, 2009 10:40 PM:

" Harry Potter wrote on Feb 16, 2009 7:27 AM:

" According to an August 2003 article in the Washington Post, President Bush has spent all or part of 166 days during his presidency at his Crawford, Texas, ranch or en route. Add the time spent at or en route to the presidential retreat of Camp David and at the Bush family estate in Kennebunkport, Maine, and Bush has taken 250 days off as of August 2003. That's 27% of his presidency spent on vacation.

President Obama has to take a lot of time off if he hopes to catch up with the Beetle Bailey style of George Bush. "

Barack Obama missed 314 (24%) of 1300 votes between Jan 6, 2005. and Oct 1, 2008.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400629 "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 19, 2009 7:11 AM:

" Sarah Palin was asked a question by a third grader and she got it wrong. She apparently still does not know what the vice president does ... She says he or she runs the Senate. No, not in this country. You know I would never accuse George Bush of being a bright man, but when he was elected, at least he knew which building to show up to." --Bill Maher

Dedicated to my friend Marty Y.... "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 19, 2009 7:34 AM:

" In fact, governors who reject some of the stimulus aid may find themselves overridden by their own legislatures because of language Clyburn included in the bill that allows lawmakers to accept the federal money even if their governors object.

CBS news-

In other words the of GOP governors opposing the stimulus package are merely posturing for their right wing base. Considering that 43 states are in deep financial shape, there is little doubt that the various states legislatures will gladly take the money. Those GOP governors will benefit and yet claim they stuck to their principles.

Who said you can't have your cake and eat it too? "

The Question wrote on Feb 19, 2009 7:40 AM:

" Republicans' only "ideas" to mitigate this crisis are more disastrous Bush tax cuts for the rich and letting working class and middle class Americans lose their jobs and starve.
I call them "ideas" even though they weren't produced by thought, but by rigid ideological brainlessness and a determinedly cruel heartlessness. "

father bob wrote on Feb 19, 2009 11:49 AM:

" Harry Potter wrote on Feb 19, 2009 7:34 AM:
"Those GOP governors will benefit and yet claim they stuck to their principles.""""

LOL!!.....the public is much brighter than the GOP gives then credit...which is obvious after the recent election.

but hey......i'm up for some more political suicide!! "

The Question wrote on Feb 19, 2009 12:39 PM:

" Sean Hannity has been running ads for the super-crook "Sir Allen Stanford's" Stanford Coins & Bullion.
"'Stanford Coins & Bullion, a member of the Stanford Financial Group, their name as good as gold," Hannity intones on advertisements that regularly run on his radio show. Stanford is on the lam and is wanted by authorities for his role in a multi-billion-dollar fraud. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 19, 2009 12:52 PM:

" Until now, probably no modern president was a more famous vacationer than Ronald Reagan, who loved spending time at his ranch in Santa Barbara, Calif. According to an Associated Press count, Reagan spent all or part of 335 days in Santa Barbara over his eight-year presidency -- a total that Bush will surpass this month in Crawford with 3 1/2 years left in his second term.

I wonder if those 335 days for Reagan include all the cabinet meetings he reportedly slept through?

It seems that Bush and Reagan have more in common that just their record setting budgets. Both of them seemed to like to play hooky on the tax payers dime. I would use the term AWOL but that seems to get the Bush apologists up in arms for some reason. "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 19, 2009 1:07 PM:

" Culture of Corruption: 100 Representatives on PMA list

The sudden exposure and collapse of lobbying group PMA may create a huge problem for Democrats much bigger than the Jack Abramoff scandal. PMA, most closely tied to Democrat John Murtha, has raised funds for scores of Democrats in the House, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi. In turn, more than 100 members of the House, mostly Democrats, inserted earmarks into bills in 2008 alone for PMA clients. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 19, 2009 2:11 PM:

" AP- The New York Post drew accusations of racism for printing a political cartoon that some have said compares President Barack Obama to a mad chimpanzee. The cartoon, which appeared in Wednesday's newspaper, was playing off an incident involving a chimpanzee that severely mauled a woman and then was shot by police in Connecticut on Monday.

For those that may not be aware of it, The New York Post is owned by the same right wing dialog that owns Fox news.

Good old Rupert Murdoch can always be counted on to take any topic or subject straight to the gutter. "

cedric66 wrote on Feb 19, 2009 2:18 PM:

" The American worker has been betrayed by the Leadership in Congress and the White House, along with the Chamber of Commerce! The E-Verify program would have kept illegal aliens from receiving jobs created by the Stimulus Bill. Unfortunately it was stripped from the final bill behind closed doors!

The E-Verify program is a quick 99.6% accurate tool that keeps illegal aliens out of U.S. jobs..

The Chamber of Commerce is winning the right to hire illegal aliens at the same rate as in the past, and to use OUR TAX DOLLARS in the Stimulus to do it! Even though an overwhelming majority of U.S. citizens favor worker verification, our government continues to side with illegal aliens over legal workers!
STAND UP CITIZENS! LET YOUR ELECTED OFFICALS KNOW YOU DON'T APPROVE!! "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 19, 2009 2:38 PM:

" CBS/AP) Federal authorities have filed a lawsuit against Swiss-based bank UBS AG seeking the identities of tens of thousands of U.S. customers.

The suit filed in Miami Thursday seeks to force the firm to turn over information on as many as 52,000 U.S. customers who hid their accounts from the U.S. government in violation of tax laws.

I'm betting the name Cheney shows up. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 19, 2009 2:57 PM:

" Here's a quiz: (answers at the bottom of page, no fair peeking)

Question # 1

Which on line news service is ignoring the growing story about the cartoon in the New York Post tabloid comparing Obama to the recently killed chimp?

Question # 2

Which former president had a suspiciously close relationship with a chimp named Bonzo?

Question # 3

Who has the highest IQ, Sarah Palin or professional wrestler Hulk Hogan?

Question # 4

Can you name at least 3 pseudonyms currently being used by the poster affectionately known on this site as Cybildog?

Answers: Fixed news, Reagan, Hogan, BlueDogDemocrat, NeoCon Academician and Stanley Stetson "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 19, 2009 4:53 PM:

" Obama's stimulus package passed. It's here. It's a reality. So what possible motivation could the so called news outlet, Fox have to trying to bad mouth it daily?

Fox has given up on even trying to be objective in their reporting on this issue.

Those of us on the left knew that Fox would go out of their way to make Obama look bad with their reporting, but I don't think anyone ever dreamed is would be so blatant. Watching Fox at times is like watching the cancelled Limbaugh TV show.

Fox is putting all of their eggs in the basket that this plan will fail. It might. But if it succeeds, they are going to look rather foolish.

The Republicans objection to this plan is understandable, but come on, a news outlet taking sides?

And before you Foxers get your panties in a bunch, I'm talking about their hard news coverage and not their commentators. Fox is proving that their defenders have been wrong all along with their claim that Fox is fair and balanced. Their opinions have found their way into their hard news reporting. It's always been there, but now it's out in the open. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 19, 2009 6:58 PM:

" For the sake of argument, let's just say for a minute that the stimulus package does work. How will the Republicans look? All of the prognosticators from Fox news, the Republican house and even the naysayers and seers on this website are going to look awfully foolish.

This is not a moot point, even though the results of this idea are up in the air, it's success is not out of the realm of possibilities. If the package starts showing success watch for those who were so loud with their objections to climb on board. The next few years are going to be very interesting. "

ed miller wrote on Feb 19, 2009 7:20 PM:

" The Question wrote on Feb 16, 2009 6:32 AM:
" Now, I know most of the people who watch Fox News are just stupid."

The Question wrote on Feb 19, 2009 12:39 PM:
" Sean Hannity has been running ads for the super-crook "Sir Allen Stanford's" Stanford Coins & Bullion." "

ed miller wrote on Feb 19, 2009 7:24 PM:

" Harry Potter wrote on Feb 19, 2009 12:52 PM:
" It seems that Bush and Reagan have more in common that just their record setting budgets. Both of them seemed to like to play hooky on the tax payers dime."

What was Obama's voting record in the senate again?

Also, after rushing the pork bill through congress, how long did it take for him to sign it. Guess the impending "crisis" wasn't as important as dinner in Chicago and the NBA all-star game. "

ed miller wrote on Feb 19, 2009 7:31 PM:

" Let's take Harry's post, go back in time a little, and see if it sounds familiar...

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 19, 2009 4:53 PM:
" The Iraq War initiative passed. It's here. It's a reality. So what possible motivation could the so called Main Stream Media have to trying to bad mouth it daily?

The MSM has given up on even trying to be objective in their reporting on this issue.

Those of us on the right knew that the MSM would go out of their way to make Bush look bad with their reporting, but I don't think anyone ever dreamed is would be so blatant. Watching the MSM at times is like watching the moveon.org.

The MSM is putting all of their eggs in the basket that this war will fail. It might. But if it succeeds, they are going to look rather foolish."

Sounds familiar, doesn't it? "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 19, 2009 8:07 PM:

" Wow, ed the talking head put three in a row out. Must be pretty worked up, huh eddie? One could almost see the sweat running down your greasy forehead after those last three comical messages, my friend.

Regurgitating right wing talking points and copying from other posters seems about you limit, fella. No wonder you're TQ's favorite foil. "

ed miller wrote on Feb 19, 2009 8:10 PM:

" In the cartoon, the Police that shot the chimp said that now they would have to get someone else to write the stimulus bill. It was an obvious stab at Pelosi. Obama didn't write the bill, in fact he didn't even read it.

Of course the left will have to pull the race card at any chance they have. We have four more years of this to look forward to. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 19, 2009 8:29 PM:

" We have four more years of this to look forward to. "

If the stimulus package works, there will be 8 more years for you to moan and groan, eddie.

We put up with those scumbags, Bush and Cheney for 8 years too, so quit throwing you little girlish hissy fits, edna.

Obama memorabilia is available at PraiseObama.com for the eddie millers of the world. It's good for the economy too. "

NeoCon Academician wrote on Feb 19, 2009 9:04 PM:

" " For the sake of argument, let's just say for a minute that the stimulus package doesn't work. How will the democrats look? All of the prognosticators from NBC, the democrat house and even the yea-sayers and seers on this website are going to look awfully foolish.

This is not a moot point, even though the results of this idea are up in the air, it's lack of success is not out of the realm of possibilities. If the package starts showing failure, watch for those who were so loud with their adulation to climb off board. The next few years are going to be very interesting. " "

NeoCon Academician wrote on Feb 19, 2009 9:06 PM:

" We have four more years of this to look forward to. "

If the stimulus package doesn't works, there will be 8 more years for you to moan and groan, Harry.

We put up with those scumbags, Clinton and Gore for 8 years too, so quit throwing you little girlish hissy fits, Harriet.

Bush memorabilia is available at PraiseBush.com for the Harry Potters of the world. It's good for the economy too. "

oldschool wrote on Feb 19, 2009 10:19 PM:

" Cool...I just saw Louthans home on "University" finally sold. Congrats Jim and Jan....trust all went well. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 19, 2009 10:41 PM:

" I guess Cybil ran out of material. "

red,white,blue wrote on Feb 20, 2009 10:19 AM:

" Seems it's not just Fox News that is not happy about the stimulus bill. Rick Santelli of CNBC wants us to join a revolution: http://www.cnbc.com/id/29283701 "

NeoCon Academician wrote on Feb 20, 2009 5:38 PM:

" " I guess HarryBob ran out of material. " "

father bob wrote on Feb 20, 2009 9:40 PM:

" Harry Potter wrote on Feb 19, 2009 10:41 PM:

" I guess Cybil ran out of material. "

or x "

BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 21, 2009 10:16 AM:

" Looks like Harry and Bobby ran out of Zyprexa...... "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 21, 2009 10:31 AM:

" To deny a post that does not violate any of the comments policies from being put on line seems to be a form of censorship to me. Perhaps we shouldn't criticise the local paper if we want to be heard. "

Harry Potter wrote on Feb 21, 2009 10:47 AM:

" Oh my, all the abortion threads get archived at once, coincidence? "

The Question wrote on Feb 22, 2009 4:46 PM:

" "Oh my, all the abortion threads get archived at once, coincidence? "
---
I noticed that too, Harry. "

injustice85 wrote on Feb 25, 2009 7:13 PM:

" Harry Potter waving his wand has about a good as chance at fixing the economy as anything, it isn't going to happen like that and no one will be able to take credit or anything, it will happen, take your chill pills America "