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Thursday, July 23, 2009 8:45 PM CDT
LETTER: Republicans should demand better from their own party

TERRENCE McGUIRE, Stewardson

The Republican Party should rename its party for which they are acting. How about hypocrite party. Although both parties are not free on this one, isn’t it the GOP that screams from the roof how they are the party of family values and morals that they are way above the Dems. The senator from Nevada, Ensign, had his parents pay the hush money to his mistress, that my friends is against the law, aw morals. Then the Governor from South Carolina, when President Clinton got caught, screamed impeachment in front of Congress. After he got nailed, he said it was a calling from above, as a sign of leadership, aw the morals. And then we will always have Gov. Palin. She will never go away unfortunately. Now don’t forget these three musketeers were on tap for 2012 presidential run. If I were a Republican, I would be on the rooftops screaming, bring my party back.

Ever since Reagan fiasco for eight years, the GOP has been going down. Right now they’re one step above the sewer. They have no idea or ideals they can put on the table. Don’t forget they believe that 90 percent of this country should work for the upper 10 percent of the rich. They hate any social programs except tax cuts for upper ten percent. Kind of like the old days of slavery. They have bashed the Democrats every step of the way that their old boss put us in. Republican’s rise up and demand better representation on how to get us out of this mess. But please don’t go to tax cuts, because that doesn’t help the average family.

TERRENCE McGUIRE

Stewardson

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The Question wrote on Jul 22, 2009 6:52 AM:

" So why this Looney Toon Republican "birther" movement?
Psychology professor and author Robert Altemeyer has identified a number of distinct psychological tendencies in followers of right-wing authoritarianism, among them submission to authority and aggression on behalf of authority. So they are psychologically predisposed to slavishly lick the boots of someone who has the title of "the president of the United States." And with Bush, no matter how incompetent, stupid and corrupt he was revealed to be, that's just what they did.
However, here they run into a vexing problem, because the president is now from a political party they loathe and a race they actively dislike (authoritarian followers also tending to be highly intolerant, narrow-minded and prejudiced).
The solution? They MUST find a reason why the president of the United States IS NOT REALLY the president of the United States. So they invent this birther nonsense. Their birther twaddle doesn't make any sense, but it doesn't need to -- Altemeyer also found that authoritarian followers are inconsistent, uncritical thinkers. Making sense isn't what they do. Self-righteous, dogmatic bullying is what they do. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 22, 2009 8:13 AM:

" The GOP chose to run a serial adulterer for president and an accused adulteress for VP, so what else would you expect from that party? It's even going to get worse when the whole story of C-street and Palin's House-gate comes out. "

NeoCon Academician wrote on Jul 22, 2009 8:44 AM:

"

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This letter should have been entitled, "I'm not a Republican, I'm Feigning Outrage (again), and I'm a Busybody!

Being the socialist that you are, oh I'm sorry, what is it you call yourself, a "democrat", Terry?

WHAT DO YOU CARE?

WHAT? You're not enjoying your
one-party socialist rule?

That's too bad...

Scared your beloved party's Marxist solutions aren't working, are we?

...and all now that you folks have brought everybody down with your garbage socialist "solutions". "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 22, 2009 9:00 AM:

" WASHINGTON (CNN) Protection for former Vice President Dick Cheney has been extended, Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan confirmed to CNN Tuesday.

Donovan would not say for how long the extension will last. The extension, reportedly requested by Cheney, went through the standard process and was officially authorized by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano July 17, according to DHS spokeswoman Sara Kuban.

Considering that Cheney personally made millions from the Iraq invasion and occupation, I would think he could afford his own security. But once again Cheney roots his way to the public trough. "

father bob wrote on Jul 22, 2009 9:32 AM:

" great letter! "

even steven wrote on Jul 22, 2009 12:11 PM:

" Congratulations Mr. McGuire! You win the prize for the most non-sensical, deluded tripe I've read today. Thanks for the laugh! "

father bob wrote on Jul 22, 2009 2:38 PM:

" geeeeezzzzzzz......where do they get these whacked-out nutcases?

Rep. Blackburn: "We're Not Going To Cry 'Emergency' Every Time We Have A Katrina"
3 hours and 1 minute ago by Chris Harris

While speaking on the floor of the House on July 22, 2009, Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) shockingly exclaimed: "we're not going to cry 'emergency' every time we have a Katrina."

The Meaning Of "Emergency"

While extolling the virtues of a balanced budget during a PAYGO debate on the floor of the House, Rep. Marsha Blackburn shamefully exclaimed:

Let's agree that we're going to have PAYGO enforcement. That we're not going to cry 'emergency' every time we have a Katrina, every time we have a Tsunami, every time we have a need for extra spending, that we don't go call for a special appropriation that allows us to circumvent the PAYGO rules. "

father bob wrote on Jul 22, 2009 2:49 PM:

" more republican idiocy:

Ralph Peters is very certain about what he knows, and completely oblivious that he knows nothing.

All Peters knows is that some mythical very senior military leader answered yes, when asked if Bergdahl was a deserter. This was Ralph Peters looking in the mirror and hearing voices again. I know this because I asked a really smart neighbor about it, and he said yes.

So here we have Bill OReilly, who proudly proclaims that he has been to Afghanistan, but who has never served in the military, and Ralph Peters, who admits on this video that he has no combat experience, trashing the mental state a young man actually serving in the military, in a war zone. Naturally, they have no facts to back up their assertions that Bergdahl is crazy or out of his mind, but they dont mind making it up as they go. "

father bob wrote on Jul 22, 2009 3:01 PM:

" for you mouth breathers and bithers:

http://tinyurl.com/nh7cyt "

jayce wrote on Jul 22, 2009 3:23 PM:

" Written like a good democrat. Yes there are moral failures on both sides, but the dems usually dissmiss them as oh!well! It's time for both parties to clean up. First the liberals ned to get over their small boy antics of name calling and excusing their own and pointing fingers. We (most of us) know and will not vote for the moral failures because we know that if they canot be faithful to a spouse, then how can they be faithful to anyone? Not friend, not their voters, not their country. But neither do we want politations treating us like someone who is incapeable of making decisions for ourself and robbing our kids and grandkids for years and years to come. "

father bob wrote on Jul 22, 2009 4:26 PM:

" jayce wrote on Jul 22, 2009 3:23 PM:
" But neither do we want politations treating us like someone who is incapeable of making decisions for ourself and robbing our kids and grandkids for years and years to come. """"

no kidding, we just went throught 8 years of george-WTF?-bush and president dick cheney doing just that. it's an exciting time to be an american. "

NeoCon Academician wrote on Jul 22, 2009 4:34 PM:

" Dont forget they believe that 90 percent of this country should work for the upper 10 percent of the rich.
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Those mean evil rich people...let's resurrect Chairman Mao Tse-tung to get the people out with they're pitch forks to take the land and wealth from the evil rich! A people united will never be divided isn't that how it goes?

Why is it that people that use the system to gain wealth are so bad, but if you are an actor, athlete, singer, musician, poet, artist, talk show host, or newscaster, well.... that's okay? "

The Question wrote on Jul 22, 2009 5:05 PM:

" While speaking on the floor of the House today, Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) exclaimed, "We're not going to cry 'emergency' every time we have a Katrina."
Now I know Republicans are generally stupid, but that's a bit much, don't you think? She might want to look up the word "emergency" in a dictionary and see what it says there. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 22, 2009 5:12 PM:

" Hey Rotty, did you see their ad the other day where they said this site was updated every 30 minutes? "

Rockin Rotty wrote on Jul 22, 2009 7:55 PM:

" I haven't come across it yet, HP.

I'll have to keep my eyes open for it.

If I see it, maybe I'll do a screen capture, & send a copy of it in to the numnuts.

Spam'em with their own ads & rules - that'd be a novel idea.
LOL! "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 22, 2009 8:20 PM:

" I haven't come across it yet, HP.

It was in one of those supplemental feature issues. I think it was in the one about Bagel-fest, but I'm not sure about that. I commented on it on here that day or the next, so maybe our friend who likes to research everything I've ever posted can help us out on this one. lol! "

7X6Z9 wrote on Jul 22, 2009 8:57 PM:

" " It was in one of those supplemental feature issues. I think it was in the one about Bagel-fest, but I'm not sure about that. I commented on it on here that day or the next, so maybe our friend who likes to research everything I've ever posted can help us out on this one. lol! "
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Ask and ye shall receive Mr Potter:

(Harry Potter wrote on Jun 27, 2009 8:16 AM: " In their printed infomercial for FutureGen, the local paper claimed updates every 30 minutes for their JG-TC.com site. That made for good laugh this morning. ")

http://tinyurl.com/mt5phn "

7X6Z9 wrote on Jul 22, 2009 9:00 PM:

" Sorry Mr Potter, I don't track ads- just your comments. "

DONEdone wrote on Jul 22, 2009 9:25 PM:

" good clip fb i think this country needs an enema. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 22, 2009 9:48 PM:

" For a change the stalking troll posts something honest. lol! "

Rockin Rotty wrote on Jul 22, 2009 10:30 PM:

" OK, cool, Thanks HP.

Sometimes the Mrs comes home with the printed version, I'll keep my eyes open.

Pretty crappy that they are amuck in false advertising.

Oh well, what's new, huh?
LOL! "

jrhendren wrote on Jul 22, 2009 11:19 PM:

" Once again the Bush and Cheney haters forget former Presidents Kennedy and Clinton. You remember President Clinton the only president in U.S. history to be impeached. "

AnnaNiemaus wrote on Jul 23, 2009 7:28 AM:

" "If I were a Republican, I would be on the rooftops screaming, bring my party back"

True intelligent Republicans are doing this - well, from e-rooftops anyway. But you're not likely to find any of that in this forum.

As far as 30-minute updates go, there have been times I was impressed that I was able to find news on here during off times - late on Sunday evening, for example. I don't know if people have been layed off or if staffers are leaving town on weekends but the updates aren't happening lately.

Let's give credit where it's due, though; I do think we have a pretty good website for a hometown paper. "

AnnaNiemaus wrote on Jul 23, 2009 7:29 AM:

" OH and jrhendren, you need to re-read your history book. "

7X6Z9 wrote on Jul 23, 2009 8:12 AM:

" DONEdone wrote on Jul 22, 2009 9:25 PM:
" good clip fb i think this country needs an enema. "
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Looks like Mr Potter just created another new name in here. How many is that now- 12? 16? 20? "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 23, 2009 8:57 AM:

" Actually two US Presidents have been impeached, jr. Did you forget about Andrew Johnson? He too was impeached by disgruntled Republicans. His real crime was not being vindictive enough when it came to his treatment of Southerners after the Civil War.

And speaking of Clinton's impeachment, don't you find it rather ironic that two of the most outspoken Republicans calling for Clinton to resign were the very same two now caught up in their own sex scandals.

I'll concede that Clinton, and by some accounts JFK, had the morals of alley cats when it came to women, but even the former speaker of the house, Gingrich was involved with another women at the same time as his party was going after Clinton. And I would remind you that the top Republican (Henry Hyde) representing his party in the impeachment process had himself fathered a child out of wedlock.

When it comes to sex scandals, the Republican party appears to have had more than their share in our history.

Furthermore one poster proclaims:

We (most of us) know and will not vote for the moral failures because we know that if they canot be faithful to a spouse, then how can they be faithful to anyone?

That's funny, because John McCain (who started a affair with his current wife while still married to his first spouse) sure got a lot of votes from the "most of us" crowd.

Perhaps it was the GOP voters who said: Oh! well! during the last election. "

father bob wrote on Jul 23, 2009 9:11 AM:

" jrhendren wrote on Jul 22, 2009 11:19 PM:
" Once again the Bush and Cheney haters forget former Presidents Kennedy and Clinton. You remember President Clinton the only president in U.S. history to be impeached. """""

ROFLMAO!!! "

father bob wrote on Jul 23, 2009 9:13 AM:

" Harry Potter wrote on Jul 22, 2009 5:12 PM:
" Hey Rotty, did you see their ad the other day where they said this site was updated every 30 minutes? """""

REALLY???.....i missed that one, must be because mine only updates about 4:00pm every day. on a really good day maybe 2-3 times, but that's a rare occasion. "

just wondering wrote on Jul 23, 2009 9:43 AM:

" So the Republicans should demand beter from their party? So should the Democrats. If Reid and Pelosi are the best they have in Congress, they are in worse shape than I thought. "

Rohn Gordon wrote on Jul 23, 2009 9:49 AM:

" Jr everyone also has forgot Whitewater. I have never heard how all but 2 could be found guilty. Oh and how about the "only" guy that could have burnt them "committed suicide". All of that is simple math, but they expect us to believe that 2+2=3. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 23, 2009 10:15 AM:

" Jindal takes credit for stimulus, presents constituents with jumbo-sized stimulus check.

Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) reemerged on the national stage yesterday, penning an op-ed in the Politico to slam efforts to reform health care and declaring the Economic Recovery Act a failure. Jindal declared the Recovery Act a nearly trillion-dollar stimulus that has not stimulated. However, less than 24 hours before Jindal published his op-ed, Jindal traveled to Anacoco, Louisiana to present a jumbo-sized check to residents of Vernon Parish. The funds included hundreds of thousands of dollars directly from the Recovery Act at least $157,848 in Community Block Grant money authorized by the Recovery Act and $138,611 for Byrne/JAG job training programs created by the Recovery Act. Rather than credit the federal government or the Recovery Act he opposed, Jindal printed his own name on the corner of the massive check.
Huffington post-

Bobby Bobby Bobby....Did you really think you could get away with this? Talk about hypocrisy! "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 23, 2009 10:20 AM:

" Here's something you won't hear Fox (so called news) talking about:

WASHINGTON - Signaling a housing recovery is under way in much of the country, sales of previously occupied homes rose for the third month in a row in June.

The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that home sales rose 3.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.89 million last month, from a downwardly revised pace of 4.72 million in May. Home sales haven't risen for three straight months since early 2004, during the housing boom.

"The housing market is healing," said Lawrence Yun, the group's chief economist.

Oh my! No wonder the GOP, along with their PR department Fox news, is totally focused on bashing Obama for his health care reform ideas. "

InsaneWayne wrote on Jul 23, 2009 10:28 AM:

" Andrew Johnson was also impeached and also not convicted. It will be a real miscarriage of justice if Bush and Cheney arent convicted for their crimes. "

Jim1969 wrote on Jul 23, 2009 10:39 AM:

" The people should demand better of everyone serving in an elected position regardless if it is on a school board or the President and everyone in between.

The truth is that those who sit in office who are responsible for making the decisions that effect our future are all guilty of being short sighted and making bad choices that only hurt us in the long run. This has been going on for a long, long, long time and has nothing to do with the political party they belong to. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 23, 2009 12:44 PM:

" Cheney stretched the boundaries of his relationship with Bush in his relentless quest to get his ex-Chief of Staff pardoned:

Petitions for pardons are usually sent in writing to the White House counsel's office or a specially designated attorney at the Department of Justice. In Libby's case, Cheney simply carried the message directly to Bush, as he had with so many other issues in the past, pressing the President in one-on-one meetings or in larger settings. A White House veteran was struck by his "extraordinary level of attention" to the case. Cheney's persistence became nearly as big an issue as the pardon itself. "Cheney really got in the President's face," says a longtime Bush-family source. "He just wouldn't give it up."

And there was a darker possibility. As a former Bush senior aide explains, "I'm sure the President and [chief of staff] Josh [Bolten] and Fred had a concern that somewhere, deep in there, there was a cover-up." It had been an article of faith among Cheney's critics that the Vice President wanted a pardon for Libby because Libby had taken the fall for him in the Fitzgerald probe.
Time magazine-

Makes sense to me, or finally after almost 8 years of being lead around by the nose, Bush finally grew a pair and stood up to Darth Vader. lol! "

just watching wrote on Jul 23, 2009 12:50 PM:

" I bet obama made a lot of friends when he recently called some policemen STUPID, after arresting one of his black friends.Me thinks barry smokes weed. "

Cognitus wrote on Jul 23, 2009 1:29 PM:

" jayce:" Written like a good democrat. Yes there are moral failures on both sides, but the dems usually dissmiss them as oh!well! "

Haven't heard many Republicans speaking out to condemn Sanford, Ensign, McCain,
Gingrich..........
Let's hear it from jayce!!!!!!!!! "

Cognitus wrote on Jul 23, 2009 1:31 PM:

" "is incapeable of making decisions for ourself and robbing our kids and grandkids for years and years to come. "

And some are just incapable of making
decisions today....... "

Cognitus wrote on Jul 23, 2009 1:34 PM:

" DONEdone:"" good clip fb i think this country needs an enema."

And you are probably the best capable of finding the spot among all on this
group. "

Cognitus wrote on Jul 23, 2009 1:37 PM:

" jrhendren:"You remember President Clinton the only president in U.S. history to be impeached. "

It WOULD be nice to hear from a few
conservatives who actually studied
American History in high school ....
though one can point to some who clearly never got that far. "

NeoCon Academician wrote on Jul 23, 2009 1:56 PM:

" WOW! I'm being to worry about the "donkey" party...

A commander-n-thief that's completely bankrupted the country in just under 6 months....falling poll numbers...for THE MESSIAH and for all the dems in the House and in the Senate...

State government bankruptcy in California, Michigan, and Illinois, all DEMOCRAT STRONHOLDS, and now more corruption out of New Jersey.

Just in from... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090723/ap_on_re_us/us_nj_corruption_arrests

A member of the New Jersey governor's (a democrat) cabinet has resigned amid a sweeping corruption investigation that has ensnared three (democrat) mayors, two (democrat) state legislators and several rabbis.

I'm not a democrat but you socialist democrats party members should really demand more out of your elected democrat officials...!

ROFLMAO! "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 23, 2009 2:34 PM:

" father bob wrote on Jul 22, 2009 3:01 PM:

" for you mouth breathers and bithers:

http://tinyurl.com/nh7cyt "

Thanks for the link fb, I missed that one. I'm surprised that Sybil hasn't been spreading that one on here. As soon as Republican icons Slimeball and Insannity starts in with it, he'll probably fall in line. lol!

Have you heard the ranting Mark Levine's radio show? Now there's a piece of work. Check the radio listings for your area, you just have to hear that guy? But don't try drinking anything while listening, you'll laugh so hard you'll spit your drink out. "

medic57 wrote on Jul 23, 2009 3:31 PM:

" Democrat or republican, they both should be held to a higher standard morally, if they can't be, they should be kicked out of office, no matter the party. They may very well be human, but they act and get paid like they are not. "

The Question wrote on Jul 23, 2009 3:48 PM:

" A group of 23 veterans serving in Congress have written to Fox News chief Roger Ailes:
"As members of Congress and veterans of the United States Armed Forces, it was with incredulity
and disgust that we watched Fox News Strategic Analyst Lt. Colonel Ralph Peters (Ret.) suggest
on your airwaves that Private First Class Bowe Bergdahl, 'abandoned his buddies, abandoned
his post, and just walked off,' and stated that, if this is true, 'the Taliban can save us a lot of
legal hassles and legal bills.'
Mr. Peters comments are so far beyond the pale that they dont even approach the decorum and
respect deserved by a member of the United States Armed Forces. Mr. Peters' indefensible
comments call into question, without any supporting evidence whatsoever, PFC Bergdahl's
patriotism and commitment to his country, and suggest in a non-subtle way that he deserved to
be captured. The events surrounding the capture of PFC Bergdahl are irrelevant at this point. The only priority should be his safe and immediate release to U.S. forces. ...We demand an apology to PFC Bergdahls family and to the thousands of soldiers who put their lives on the line for our country. As a member of the military family, Mr. Peters should measure his remarks and remember that the United States will never abandon one of its own." "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 23, 2009 3:54 PM:

" This is for those who like to point out that most of the ethics complaints filed against Palin were dismissed:

The ethics complaint system has, at times, been abused by both sides and by both parties. Access to ethics complaint findings are controlled by the governor through her Personnel Board rather than an independent Ethics Board.

So much for open and transparent; open when it suits her, closed when it doesn't.

I guess you might say this is analogous to the fox guarding the chicken house. "

DONEdone wrote on Jul 23, 2009 4:12 PM:

" 7X6Z9... for your info i am no where even near fb, and your childish accusations only make it that much harder to want to weigh in on any subject around here. heres a novel idea, worry about you and not what i or fb do. its not your job to control who posts, or under what name they post. you keep posting your drivel while we sit and laugh. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 23, 2009 4:43 PM:

" DONEdone wrote on Jul 23, 2009 4:12 PM:

" 7X6Z9... for your info i am no where even near fb, and your childish accusations only make it that much harder to want to weigh in on any subject around here. heres a novel idea, worry about you and not what i or fb do. its not your job to control who posts, or under what name they post. you keep posting your drivel while we sit and laugh. "

You're best to ignore him Donedone, or at least don't respond directly to the village idiot. He's trying to pick a fight with you. Most people ignore him or as you say sit and laugh at him. By the way, welcome to the zoo. The stalking troll will be along shortly and we can watch his antics while we all throw peanuts his way. As our friend fb says, salt up the popcorn and enjoy the show, I promise he won't dissapoint us. lol!

And don't worry you won't be fb after he sees this, you will be me, no doubt. "

Rockin Rotty wrote on Jul 23, 2009 4:57 PM:

" "mine only updates about 4:00pm every day. on a really good day maybe 2-3 times, but that's a rare occasion"

.......

Bullseye, FB - same here too. "

7X6Z9 wrote on Jul 23, 2009 7:39 PM:

" " And don't worry you won't be fb after he sees this, you will be me, no doubt. "
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Golly Mr Potter, what a bold prediction. Especially given the fact that I've been saying for weeks now that you and "father bob" are one in the same.

And now I'll steal the thunder from your predictable and childish set-up:

Harry Potter says "See DONEdone, what did I tell you"

in 3....2....1..... "

devilishangel61401 wrote on Jul 23, 2009 7:42 PM:

" Andrew Johnson was impeached, first president to be impeached, Clinton was impeached by the house and aquitted by the senate, and Nixon would have been impeached but he chose to resign.
I feel that both political parties need to demand better from their own parties, the American People need to start demanding better from their elected officials. The powers that be in Washington D.C. forget that it is the American people who vote for them and pay their substainal salaries. "

7X6Z9 wrote on Jul 23, 2009 7:44 PM:

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 23, 2009 8:43 PM:

" Apparently you can add Cheney's name to the list of Bush bashers. According to the latest issue of Time magazine, Cheney is attacking Bush for not pardoning his convicted felon underling, Scooter Libby. This may ultimately cause a problem for the dwindling numbers of folks still willing to admit they are Republicans. Who's side to they take? The GOP continues its downward spiral.... "

7X6Z9 wrote on Jul 23, 2009 10:08 PM:

" In one fell swoop Obama managed to: spew lies and empty promises about his ObamaCare fairytale, insult police unions, insult ear nose and throat surgeons, and insult white people in general. In fact the only thing he didn't manage to accomplish was to establish any sort of clarity on what exactly it is that his Health Care plan will actually do. Good job Barry! Only six months in and you already get a gold star for arrogant unabashed JackA$*ery! "

NeoCon Academician wrote on Jul 23, 2009 11:08 PM:

" Just in...

One reason Barack Obama may think the Cambridge Police Department is "STUPID" is that he has a grudge against that law enforcement agency.

Obama, who attended Harvard Law School from 1988 to 1991, lived in Cambridge, and apparently didn't like the fact he was frequently hit with parking tickets.

In all Obama received 17 tickets for parking violations -- and NEVER PAID 15 of them until he was exposed by a local Massachusetts newspaper as a scofflaw.

According to a 2007 Associated Press story, Obama was a parking ticket DEADBEAT for more than a decade -- and only felt the need to pay the 15 outstanding parking tickets as his PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN began in earnest in 2007.

Here is the Associated Press story detailing Obama's negligence:

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama got more than an education when he attended Harvard Law School in the late 1980s. He also got a healthy stack of parking tickets, most of which he never paid.

The Illinois Senator shelled out $375 in January two weeks before he officially launched his presidential campaign to finally pay for 15 outstanding parking tickets and their associated late fees.

The story was first reported Wednesday by The Somerville News.

Obama received 17 parking tickets in Cambridge between 1988 and 1991, mostly for parking in a bus stop, parking without a resident permit and failing to pay the meter, records from the Cambridge Traffic, Parking and Transportation office show.

He incurred $140 in fines and $260 in late fees in Cambridge in all, but he paid $25 for two of the tickets in February 1990.

Jen Psaki, a spokeswoman for the Obama campaign, dismissed the tickets as not relevant.

Boy, oh boy democrats really ought to expect more from their elected leaders... "

NeoCon Academician wrote on Jul 23, 2009 11:19 PM:

" NO...REALLY...YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP!

Obamacare for old folks: Just 'cut your life short

Health plan provision demands 'end-of-life' counseling

Well...there goes the AARP vote for the Democrat Party in 2010!

Ya know...if I were a democrat, I would be on the rooftops screaming, bring my party back! Bring my party back!

Democrats rise up and demand better representation on how to get us out of this mess!

BLAW HA HA, BLAH HA HA, CHORTLE CHORTLE, SNORT SNORT, BLAH HA HA!!! "

jrhendren wrote on Jul 23, 2009 11:47 PM:

" InsaneWayne wrote on Jul 23, 2009 10:28 AM:
" Andrew Johnson was also impeached and also not convicted. It will be a real miscarriage of justice if Bush and Cheney arent convicted for their crimes. "

Sorry to inform you but you are wrong. That being because Johnson was later vindicated as not committing a impeachable offense, where Clinton was not. Technically both were impeached but only one vindication:
Subsequent events vindicated Johnson's position that he was entitled to fire Stanton without Congressional approval. First, the Tenure of Office Act was repealed by Congress in 1887. More importantly, in 1926 the United States Supreme Court in Myers v. United States affirmed the ability of the President to remove a Postmaster without Congressional approval; in so doing, it stated in its majority opinion "that the Tenure of Office Act of 1867...was invalid" - Wikipedia.

As for Bush and Chaney's crimes. Let's once once again remember Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs fiasco. No wait (D) after his name did nothing wrong. I am not saying they did not do any wrong, but as for a criminal offense show the proof. "

jrhendren wrote on Jul 23, 2009 11:54 PM:

" devilishangel61401 wrote on Jul 23, 2009 7:42 PM:
" Andrew Johnson was impeached, first president to be impeached, Clinton was impeached by the house and aquitted by the senate, and Nixon would have been impeached but he chose to resign.
I feel that both political parties need to demand better from their own parties, the American People need to start demanding better from their elected officials. The powers that be in Washington D.C. forget that it is the American people who vote for them and pay their substainal salaries. "

Although I don't know it Nixon would have been, I agree with what you are saying. Johnson was later vindicated, and Clinton has never been, since he admitted he lied. The problem remains as you say, "both political parties need to demand better from their own parties". I don't know about any one else but I am tired of our government on the local, state, and federal levels playing politics with our lives and money. Term limits are needed for Congress. The President is limited and the "checks and balances" should be the same for Congress. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 24, 2009 7:29 AM:

" Palin is a 'deeply polarizing figure.' but pray tell who of the often mentioned g.o.p. heads isn't? its the inevitable result of thirty years of banishing everyone with a brain, integrity, real patriotism, or a sense of shame. the repubs are getting down to the true brown shirts.

From an astute Internet blogger-

That was evident when you look at the bunch they ran through the primaries. Retreads, moral degenerates and a couple of kooks thrown in for good measure. "

sophiesmom wrote on Jul 24, 2009 9:17 AM:

" Those of you who have not sinned should cast the first stone. No one is with out sin, whether running people down by gossiping, lying, or any of the 10 commandments.
Those who have never been tempted, stand up. Given the right place, the right time, the wrong mental condition, whether being criticized, berated, not appreciated, marriage or family problems, anyone can slip.
Its sad but true. No one has the right to judge but God. "

father bob wrote on Jul 24, 2009 9:50 AM:

" an icon of modern-day journalism and information has been sold to china....

what next?

http://tinyurl.com/avthz3 "

NeoCon Academician wrote on Jul 24, 2009 10:27 AM:

" ~It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Could you be mine? Would you be mine? Won't you be...my neighbor?~

Hello boy and girls. Let's talk about the word for the day...

The word for the day is "STUPIDLY".

Can you spell stupidly?

S-T-U-P-I-D-L-Y

That's right boys and girls...I knew you could.

Can one of you give an example of... S-T-U-P-I-D-L-Y?

Johnny: Oh-oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh...I can, I can....!

Okay go ahead Johnny give an example of STUPIDLY.

Johnny: STUPIDLY is when OBAMA comments on something that he has no idea on what he's talking about, with no facts.

Can you use STUPIDLY in a sentence then Johnny?

Johnny: Obama STUPIDLY talked about the Gates and the Cambridge police situation, STUPIDLY giving his opinion when he had no facts.

VERY-VERY-GOOD, Johnny! Now can someone else, boys and girls, give an example of STUPIDLY.

Sally: Oh-oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh...I can, I can....!

Okay go ahead Sally and give an example of STUPIDLY.

Obama STUPIDLY wants the government to provide health care when the government can't pay for it.

VERY-VERY-VERY GOOD, Sally! You boys and girls are sooooo smart!

Well...that's all we have for today for the word of the day, boys and girls. Come back tomorrow "

Rohn Gordon wrote on Jul 24, 2009 1:04 PM:

" Neo sometime you crack me up. LMAOOOO
You for sure watched to much Mr. Rogers. LOL
Listen can you hear the little train?? "

DONEdone wrote on Jul 24, 2009 1:22 PM:

" just because the republicants are useless doesn't give you the right to bash everybody. they are all crooks, it is only to what extent they are willing to go "

The Question wrote on Jul 24, 2009 2:41 PM:

" As Josh Marshall said, President Obama is digging in on his controversial claim that arresting people in their own homes when they're not breaking any law somehow represents substandard police work. "

Rohn Gordon wrote on Jul 24, 2009 3:05 PM:

" OH but TQ screaming and yelling at the cops weather you know they are or not is a crime as I well learned. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 24, 2009 3:10 PM:

" Looks like someone does their posting prep by watching Mr Rogers, and on PBS no less.

Since Palin and Limbaugh took over the GOP things have been dumbed down, and it shows with messages like this. lol! "

The Question wrote on Jul 24, 2009 3:26 PM:

" CNN President Jon Klein wrote an email last night to "Lou Dobbs Tonight" staffers telling them the Obama birth certificate story is "dead."
"It seems this story is dead, because anyone who still is not convinced doesn't really have a legitimate beef," he said. Klein included information CNN's political researchers had gotten from the Hawaii Health Department information which "seems to definitively answer the question." "

The Question wrote on Jul 24, 2009 3:34 PM:

" It will never cease to amaze me how Americans are so eager to reliquish the rights and liberties of OTHERS to law enforcement. "Land of the free, home of the brave?" What rot. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 24, 2009 4:47 PM:

" CNN President Jon Klein wrote an email last night to "Lou Dobbs Tonight" staffers telling them the Obama birth certificate story is "dead."

No doubt, Roger Ailes sent out a memo on the same topic telling his folks to keep pushing the story in between the ongoing interviews with British guests deploring their health care. The other networks should get people from this country to interview with their horror stories on our health care problems. I think it would be easy to find all kinds of stories from this country and the problems we have that need fixed. "

Cognitus wrote on Jul 24, 2009 6:36 PM:

" jrhenderon:"" InsaneWayne wrote on Jul 23, 2009 10:28 AM:
" Andrew Johnson was also impeached and also not convicted. It will be a real miscarriage of justice if Bush and Cheney arent convicted for their crimes. "

Sorry to inform you but you are wrong. That being was later vindicated as not committing a impeachable offense, where Clinton was not."

You got it wrong AGAIN. Both were voted
out of the House with articles of impeachment. Whatever may or may not have happened after that DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT OF IMPEACHMENT. Clinton was found innocent by the Senate.
Go back and read it again.......or ask your history teacher to explain it to you. "

Cognitus wrote on Jul 24, 2009 6:40 PM:

" jrhenderon:Clinton has never been, since he admitted he lied.

JR, down boy. The Senate found him
INNOCENT.
Can't let it go and admit you were wrong,
didn't even understand impeachment.... "

NeoCon Academician wrote on Jul 24, 2009 7:39 PM:

" "Neo sometime you crack me up. LMAOOOO
You for sure watched to much Mr. Rogers. LOL
Listen can you hear the little train?? "
---------

Atually Rohn... I was more of a Sesame Street kind of kid....

But hey...that gives me an idea...

~"Can you you tell me how to get...how to get to...Henry Louis Gates, Jr's. Street?"~

BLAH HA HA, BLAH HA HA, CHORTLE CHORTLE, SNORT SNORT, BLAH HA HA!!!

You know who Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is, right?

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is that "renowned" LEFTIST, ELITIST Harvard professor, and friend of OBAMA-LAMA-DING-DONG, who once said .... in PROFOUNDLY ACADEMIC PROSE...

"I'LL SPEAK WITH YOUR MAMA OUTSIDE!"

OH GEEZ...OH GEEZ...

I gotta get a tissue... I'm laughing so hard... I'm crying... "

Stanley Stetson wrote on Jul 24, 2009 7:52 PM:

" * obamulism: anyone know if i can get sarah palin as an intern * my teleprompter won't say * "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 24, 2009 8:00 PM:

" And here I thought Sybil the troll must have gotten lost. lol! "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 24, 2009 8:14 PM:

" Bushism:

I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority.

It was of no importance to Bush to catch bin Laden the mastermind behind 9/11, but it was of vital importance to invade and occupy Iraq (and get over 4000 young Americans killed and thousand of others wounded and some maimed for life) to get Saddam Hussein, who had absolutely NOTHING to do with 9/11.

Bush and his chief henchman Cheney have a lot of blood on their hands. But what the heck, Cheney made millions out this deal. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 24, 2009 8:29 PM:

" Lou Dobbs needs to move over to Fox news, his prevaricating reporting would fit right in. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 24, 2009 8:37 PM:

" Speaking of Sarahcuda:

Palin seems nostalgic for the campaign rally chant of "drill, baby, drill." But she ignores the fact that the United States has only 3 percent of the world's proven oil reserves, while we are responsible for 25 percent of the world's oil consumption.

Poor Sarah, like most Republicans, she still doesn't get it.... "

7X6Z9 wrote on Jul 24, 2009 8:38 PM:

" STUPENDOUS A**CLOWN PRESIDENT WHO MADE BIG DEAL OF GATES ARREST, BLAMES MEDIA FOR MAKING BIG DEAL OF GATES ARREST.

VIDEO: http://tinyurl.com/m994j6

Well, that's what happens when a President puts his foot in his mouth at the prime-time press conference that he himself demanded. Barry O is mystified about why the media would consider it a big deal when he accuses a local police department of acting "stupidly" in a case where he admitted he didn't have all the facts. In other words, Obama is blaming the media for covering his remarks, even though they were televised live to over 28 million people. If nothing else, this should wake up the White House press corps to Obama's ever-present impulse to lay the blame on someone else anyone else for his own missteps.

The first rule of holes: stop digging. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 24, 2009 8:49 PM:

" The difference between the spate of Obamulisims and the Bushisms currently being posted are that the Bushisms are based on documented Bush quotes while the so called Obamulisms are pure fantasy on the part of Sybil the troll, being posted under his various screen names. lol! "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 24, 2009 8:50 PM:

" Hey father bob, looks like the troll is stealing one of your lines. lol! "

7X6Z9 wrote on Jul 24, 2009 9:08 PM:

" SHOCKER: FORD POSTS PROFIT

WASHINGTON POST (July 24 2009) In recent months, the carmaker has claimed market share from its American rivals, General Motors and Chrysler, while those companies struggled to restructure their operations in bankruptcy court.

Ford executives now say the automaker is on track to return to annual profitability in 2011. ....

Ford's gains were aided by rapid cost cutting in the second quarter. Ford reduced its debt obligations by $10.1 billion, which will save the company more than $500 million a year in interest expense. It raised $1.6 billion by issuing common stock. The company said it also cut "structural" costs by $1.8 billion, in part by eliminating 1,000 U.S. hourly jobs through buyouts. ....

Under Mulally, Ford appears to be building better cars and trucks, analysts said. The Ford Fiesta, which launches in the United States next year, is now Europes second- best-selling car.
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What?

You mean better products and management rather than government handouts?
Hey- who wants nationalized health care!

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? "

The Question wrote on Jul 25, 2009 10:00 AM:

" So now we learn that Cheney and Bush considered a military invasion of New York. "

The Question wrote on Jul 25, 2009 10:09 AM:

" Out of the 300 million people in the U.S., the Republicans' idea of the best person for the job of leader was someone who lied the nation into one of two failed trillion-dollar wars, spiked wealth inequality, ignored vast numbers of people without health care, watched the collapse of the national infrastructure, let a city drown, spied on vast numbers of Americans, instituted the use of torture as official policy, deregulated himself into the biggest global financial crisis in at least 80 years, caused the irreversible decline of America's world reputation and considered, with his vice president, ordering the U.S. military invasion of Buffalo, NY.
Just about one more "GOP comeback," folks, and we won't have a nation left. "

theproletariat87 wrote on Jul 25, 2009 1:32 PM:

" So I must type my rant again since this site decided my post was inapproperiate even though it didn't advocate violence, libelous, on only defamation of character was the word idiot.(so thats bad but calling bluedog or 7x6z9 "Cybil" isn't defamtion?)

NeoCon what is wrong with you. For one not every democrat is leftist let alone "socialist". There are even conservative dems. Now for this rant on the health care reform. First it will be a dual health care system, privatized and Government ran. So where in Marxists theology would it have room for privatized health care? Two, the government ran health care will be cheaper there for forcing privatized health care to lower their prices. So adding more competition into the market to me sounds like capitalism.

Now I support the dems usually because they are closest to my ideology(and they aren't even close), but I too will criticize them along with the republicans. Instead of attacking one person you need to attack the government as a whole. They are the ones that have instituted a government based on control and always have and will. This waste land of constant media entertainment and blinded patriotism. We question nothing anymore, and when we do we just take loyalty to a side that is just like the other. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 25, 2009 3:14 PM:

" From David Letterman-

Top Ten Things Overheard At Sarah Palin's Farewell Party

Top Ten

1. "More tiny hot dog appetizers? You betcha"

2. "Don't forget to schedule an appointment with Joe the Mover"

3. "Quiet down! We don't want to wake the Russians"

4. " I always wanted to know what you do exacly."

5. "John McCain passed out in the dip"

6. "Where can I check my pelt?"

7. "Bad news -- the new governor just quit"

8. "Please accept this gift from all of us at Lenscrafters"

9. "'Dancing with the Stars' called, they got your resume"

10. "I haven't seen you since the 'Fire Dave Letterman' Rally" "

medic57 wrote on Jul 25, 2009 4:09 PM:

" Like JFK wasn't a hound. "

7X6Z9 wrote on Jul 25, 2009 10:05 PM:

" CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE DOES IT AGAIN: KEY OBAMACARE COST-CUTTING PROPOSAL PROBABLY WON'T SAVE MONEY

POLITICO (July 25 2009) For the second time this month, congressional budget analysts have dealt a blow to the Democrat's health reform efforts, this time by saying a plan touted by the White House as crucial to paying for the bill would actually save almost no money over 10 years.

A key House chairman and moderate House Democrats on Tuesday agreed to a White House-backed proposal that would give an outside panel the power to make cuts to government-financed health care programs. White House budget director Peter Orszag declared the plan "probably the most important piece that can be added" to the House's health care reform legislation.

But on Saturday, the Congressional Budget Office said the proposal to give an independent panel the power to keep Medicare spending in check would only save about $2 billion over 10 years- a drop in the bucket compared to the bill's $1 trillion price tag.
---------------

Keep in mind that this is AFTER Obama tried to strong-arm the CBO the last time they sent up a red flag about what an awful boondoggle ObamaCare (his pet program) will turn out to be. Here's what Barry gets for trying things "The Chicago Way". Welcome to Washington Barry O. Golly gee. Actually being President is certainly a lot more difficult than reading empty promises and lies from a Teleprompter to mind-numbed hoards of drooling drones, isn't it champ. "

7X6Z9 wrote on Jul 25, 2009 10:09 PM:

" IT'S ON! DEMS VERSUS DEMS! WAR BREAKS OUT AMONG DEMS OVER OBAMACARE!

THE HILL (July 24 2009) The seven Blue Dogs on the Energy and Commerce Committee stormed out of a Friday meeting with their committee chairman, Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), saying Waxman had been negotiating in bad faith over a number of provisions Blue Dogs demanded be changed in the stalled healthcare bill.

"Ive been lied to," Blue Dog Coalition Co-Chairman Charlie Melancon (D-La.) said on Friday. "We have not had legitimate negotiations."
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Hmmmmmm..... you know what?

Dear TERRENCE McGUIRE,

DEMOCRATS SHOULD DEMAND BETTER FROM THEIR OWN PARTY. "

The Question wrote on Jul 26, 2009 8:23 AM:

" The police officer in the overblown Gates incident had the chance to prove himself the bigger man by saying, "Have a nice evening, professor," and walking away. Instead, he revealed himself to be the smaller man by vindictively luring the professor outside so he could make a false arrest.
That wasn't merely stupid. That was petty. "

The Question wrote on Jul 26, 2009 10:37 AM:

" I'll guarantee you this: when Sarah Palin next appears on the national scene, it will be to play the victim.
You don't have to be clairvoyant to know that. IT'S ALL SHE HAS EVER DONE, PERIOD! "

The Question wrote on Jul 26, 2009 11:30 AM:

" As someone pointed out to me, Republicans have rights and feelings. Everyone else does not. The first exclusive right they have is that they can do or say anything with no consequences. Their second right is if they get caught doing something bad, immoral or illegal, or they quit a job they were elected to do, it's NEVER their own fault. That is simply not possible. "

theproletariat87 wrote on Jul 26, 2009 3:20 PM:

" Its funny how neocon can have their little joke songs but when i put up a counter one they won't post it a second time. Wonder what JG-TC is worried about?

The Elite Merry Go Round

Hey yo! we're wall mart
Keep prices low just for you
Undercut the market
And slave labor too

Oh no whats that you say
You want to be union rats?
Tired of seven hour days
Just under to get fulltime
Well too bad we like it that way
No Benefits for you
No competition
So where will you go
Better not get sick
We know you can't afford to
Your nothing
your trash
Flushed out
drained
down the hole
we know you won't get to far
when we take your soul

"We all have to take a ride
On the elite merry go round tonight!"

Oh hey
How have you been
Did you get your insulin?
Does your family eat?
Don't worry we're friends
We'll take you in
Work for 8 dollars an hour
Can you see the end?
Look at our new pals
CEO of pepsi co and AIG's exects
Its too bad you'll have to like
Mcdonalization of your life
Your nothing
your trash
drained
down the hole
we know you won't get to far
When we take your soul

By: Me "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 26, 2009 3:36 PM:

" I think that conservative guy should be downgraded from troll to harpy. A mythical bird that craps on the dinner table then flies away when it's spotted.

I took these comments from another blogger, and I think they describe a particular poster, who inanely blathers on here about what a failure Obama is. lol! "

The Question wrote on Jul 26, 2009 4:04 PM:

" Buh-bye, Sarah Palin, O Quitter Queen of Mean.
Seems appropriate to say "Ding Dong!" here, both as a song lyric and as an apt description. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 26, 2009 4:24 PM:

" Hillary Clinton on running for this White House:

Clinton, 61, seemed to go further Sunday than she had previously in shutting the door to another presidential campaign, following her defeat for the Democratic nomination last year by President Barack Obama.

"Well, you know, I say no, never, you know, not at all. I don't know what, what else to say," Clinton said on NBC's "Meet the Press" after host David Gregory noted that she left some wiggle room in an interview last week in Thailand.

But then Gregory followed up by asking, "Are you saying you wouldn't entertain another run?"

Clinton's response was less clear: "I have absolutely no belief in my mind that that is going to happen, that I have any interest in it happening. You know, as I said, I, I am so focused on what I'm doing."

In the interview on Thai television, Clinton said, "I don't know, but I doubt very much that anything like that will ever be part of my life."
ABC news-

Given John McCain's age and ongoing health problems, if he had won we might have wound up seeing a woman as President. I think the thought of Palin in that office scared the hell out of a lot of folks. The more Palin opened her mouth and showed her complete ignorance and lack of understanding on every topic under the sun, the scarier that prospect became.

Who knows perhaps Hillary's daughter will get there someday. Given that the Bush twins have shown a flair for alcohol and debauchery, it's doubtful they will get to the White House.. Wait a minute, it didn't hurt their dad. lol! "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 26, 2009 5:08 PM:

" Health care reform is on the way. It's any body's guess as to what the final version will be. Certainly the President won't get all he wants, they never do, but neither will the extremists on the far right. Fox news, and the drug addicted Limbaugh, despite their 24/7 ranting over the issue, will not be able to stop it. The next question is: will those Republicans who will fight any type of healthcare reform with their last breath try to take credit like they have with the stimulus money? Case in point: the boy-wonder governor from Louisiana running around for photo ops passing out stimulus checks with his name of them. I laughed so hard I spilled my coffee when I read that one.

And speaking of stimulus money, even the ignorant Moose Queen bellied up to the federal trough for some money for her state despite her grandstanding on the issue. "

7X6Z9 wrote on Jul 26, 2009 6:41 PM:

" OBAMACARE TO THE ELDERLY: WE'LL DECIDE IF YOU SHOULD GET TREATMENT- OR JUST TAKE A PAIN PILL

AMERICAN THINKER (July 26 2009) Section 1233 of HR 3200, the healthcare reform measure under consideration, mandates "Advance Care Planning Consultation." Further reading of the law reveals that these sessions are nothing more than a not-so-veiled attempt to convince the elderly to forego treatment.

HR 3200 calls outright for these compulsory consultations to recommend "palliative care and hospice." These are typically administered in the place of treatment intended to prolong life, and instead focus on pain relief until death. But this legislation doesn't stop there. Section 1233 requires "an explanation by the practitioner of the continuum of end-of-life services and supports available, including palliative care and hospice, and benefits for such services and supports that are available under this title." But, under the terms of the section, the federal government can compel more frequent end-of-life sessions if it declares a "significant change" in the health of the Medicare recipient, a change that the bill does not confine to fatal illness, but which encompasses broad and abstract conditions described as "chronic," "progressive," or "life-limiting." The bill even empowers physicians to make an "actionable medical order" to "limit some or all specified interventions..."

In effect, the government can determine that a "life-limiting" condition demands the withholding of treatment.
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Is this what you want America? "

7X6Z9 wrote on Jul 26, 2009 6:54 PM:

" WASHINGTON POST SHOCKER: PRESIDENT IS HIDING COSTS OF OBAMACARE

WASHINGTONPOST (July 26 2009) Mr. Obama's soothing bedside manner masks the reality that getting health costs under control will require making difficult choices about what procedures and medications to cover. It will require saying no, or having the patient pay more, at times when the extra expense is not justified by the marginal improvement in care. Mr. Obama is right that sticking with the status quo is a bad alternative, but he isn't leveling about the consequences of change.
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UH-OH! Look out Harry Potter. It looks like the Washington Post is now part of the "extremists on the far right" huh?

Oh and, so is The Associated Press, Reuters, and ABC, and The Congressional Budget Office, and apparently all those House Democrats who hate this bill. Wow. I didn't know the right-wing extremist included so many Liberals. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 26, 2009 8:58 PM:

" The Question wrote on Jul 26, 2009 10:37 AM:

" I'll guarantee you this: when Sarah Palin next appears on the national scene, it will be to play the victim.

Hey Q, did you see where she scolded the press to leave her children alone? After dragging her brood onto the national stage, what in the heck did she expect? Parading her unwed teenage out in public was a sure way to drawl criticism, but that is probably another example of her ignorance.

Do you think Sarah and her handlers think she can whine herself all the way to the White House? That looks like her plan. "

The Question wrote on Jul 27, 2009 7:57 AM:

" Harry, I predict the dress dummy diva will attach herself to some third-party movement of yahoos, both to avoid scrutiny and to get herself another fat revenue stream. She will never again subject herself to primaries, press questions, public forums or any other such democratic nonsense. The Quitter Queen is far, far above all that.
The nice thing is that, when she does, she'll pound a few more nails into the GOP's coffin. And it will fun to see Fox News turn on a dime and rip into her. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 27, 2009 8:45 AM:

" Another thing the President has accomplished is to get the opposition fired up. They are now actually coming up with some concrete ideas other than more tax cuts and medical savings plans to get the health care industry shaped up. They can no longer sit on their duffs and claim everything is great. I think this just shows the brilliance of our President, and I suspect forcing the opposition out into the open was his plan along. His calling for an early vote really forced the issue to a head, and was an amazing stroke of genius on his part. "

The Question wrote on Jul 27, 2009 9:55 AM:

" Sarah Palin said, "So how about in honor of the American soldier, ya' quit makin' things up?"
She might as well have added, "In the name of lime Jello with carrots, let's fly to Mars!" "

Rohn Gordon wrote on Jul 27, 2009 10:22 AM:

" I will bet Mr. McGuire could not even type this sentence with a straight face.
"Republicans should demand better from their own party"
Give me a break they "BOTH should demand better, Repubs and Dems"
This we are better than you crap is pitiful. Its time to "stop the insanity". Its time we all stand up and tell "our" elected people to stop this its mine its yours crap. Get together and say its "ours" One of these days it will be to late if someone does not become the bigger man and turn the other cheek and say fine lets do this as a team.
Even you people on here will "not" admit your side is as bad. If a Dem does something that seams right the Repubs will not acknowledge that. It works the same way when a Repub does right. Put away the childish school yards antics and team up to find the best solutions. The old saying 2 heads are better than 1 works here also, 2 ides of the isle is better than 1. Eliminate the isle, put it around everyone.
Anyone that says Bush did nothing right is a "lier". Anyone says he did nothing wrong is again a "lier". It is the same way with Obama today. Take your political sides blinders off and look. That is why people like myself that have "no" affiliation can set here and see "both" sides of the coin. We can see the rights and wrongs of both sides. "

The Question wrote on Jul 27, 2009 11:17 AM:

" Ed Naha: The election of Barack Obama to the presidency and his nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court have brought forth a wave of racism of the type not seen in this country since the 1950s and 1960s in the Deep South. Of course, now that we're in the 21st century, it's not called "racism." It's called "patriotism" or "political discourse" and code words are lobbed instead of epithets. It's sort of like hurling a brick at someone's head and, then, claiming that you only sent some baked clay into the air with great vigor. "

The Question wrote on Jul 27, 2009 1:04 PM:

" During the last election, thanks to a relentless GOP propaganda campaign aimed at know-nothings, craven and wretched reporting by the corporate media and the general thundering stupidity of the American public, what we were offered as "issues" were such topics as Hillary Clinton's capacity to sob, Barack Obama's middle name, the fear of his "secret Muslim religion," whether he and his wife indulge in "terrorist fist bumps," and his bowling score.
This was what the voters in this country apparently wanted to discuss while deregulated financial fraud collapsed the world economy.
With this nation populated by people as aggressively ignorant as these "birthers" and "tea partiers," it's lucky we're not all dead already. "

The Question wrote on Jul 27, 2009 2:22 PM:

" Saying that the Democrats are "just as bad" as the Republicans is like saying that Don Knotts was just as bad as Benito Mussolini. I'll take an earnest fool over a grinning villain any day of the week. "

The Question wrote on Jul 27, 2009 2:42 PM:

" Congratulations to the Coles County Fair Queen. I am happy to announce that, by Republican Party standards, she is now fully qualified to be president of the United States. "

Rockin Rotty wrote on Jul 27, 2009 3:46 PM:

" Would that still hold true if possibly she's the SA's daughter, & holds the same party affiliation as Daddy?
LOL! "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 27, 2009 3:58 PM:

" Hey folks, it's about 4:00 PM. It's almost time for the troll to come slithering out of the woodwork with his inane Obama rants. Come on troll, we're waiting for your nonsense. lol! "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 27, 2009 5:47 PM:

" Everyone should view You-tube's "Birthers on the Hill". Absolutely hilarious and shows why the GOP is in deep doo doo. "

NeoCon Academician wrote on Jul 27, 2009 11:55 PM:

" Democrats Discussing 10% Tax on Cosmetic Plastic Surgery.

OH NO! How will Nancy Pelosi every survive???? LOL!

http://www.nationaljournal.com/congressdaily/hcp_20090727_8213.php

Hey I know!

How about a 10% tax on movie theater tickets, talk show tickets (like Oprah's), Broadway and Off-Broadway plays (like those in the liberal Mecca Chicago), music concerts, and sporting events (bears, cubs, sox)?

Only rich liberals can afford to go to stuff like that... "

jrhendren wrote on Jul 28, 2009 12:55 AM:

" Cognitus wrote on Jul 24, 2009 6:40 PM:
" jrhenderon:Clinton has never been, since he admitted he lied.

JR, down boy. The Senate found him
INNOCENT.
Can't let it go and admit you were wrong,
didn't even understand impeachment.... "

He was acquitted, by a democrat controlled Senate, for perjury by a 55/45 vote, and on the charge of obstruction of justice it was a dead lock 50/50. Also as stated before Johnson was later vindicated:

"First, the Tenure of Office Act was repealed by Congress in 1887. More importantly, in 1926 the United States Supreme Court in Myers v. United States affirmed the ability of the President to remove a Postmaster without Congressional approval; in so doing, it stated in its majority opinion "that the Tenure of Office Act of 1867...was invalid" - Wikipedia.

Last I looked their have been no Supreme Court cases saying it was okay to lie to a Grand Jury. Funny how you mention Clinton lying to a jury, something that we all would go to jail for, and its like it never happened to the extremist. I have stated why I do not personally consider Johnston as an impeached President. Even if he was still makes the only Presidents impeached Democrats. I will say that I was wrong about Clinton and Johnson in that Clinton was the only Elected President to be impeached. "

jrhendren wrote on Jul 28, 2009 12:58 AM:

" By the way what did Clinton think of our "Senate"'s legal proceedings he mocked them by saying 2 hours later, "Now that the Senate has fulfilled its constitutional responsibility, bringing this process to a conclusion, I want to say again to the American people how profoundly sorry I am for what I said and did to trigger these events and the great burden they have imposed on the Congress and on the American people."

In other words, "Sorry I got caught, but hey I got away with it." "

jrhendren wrote on Jul 28, 2009 1:00 AM:

" The Question wrote on Jul 26, 2009 11:30 AM:
" As someone pointed out to me, Republicans have rights and feelings. Everyone else does not. The first exclusive right they have is that they can do or say anything with no consequences. Their second right is if they get caught doing something bad, immoral or illegal, or they quit a job they were elected to do, it's NEVER their own fault. That is simply not possible. "

Sounds like both parties to me, but I'm sure you disagree. "

The Question wrote on Jul 28, 2009 11:15 AM:

" Well, jr, I've heard Obama apologize. Now, name me one instance in which the Republicans Bush or Cheney ever apologized for any of the disasters they visited upon this nation. Name me one time Palin has ever apologized.
So it doesn't "sound like both parties" at all, does it? "

The Question wrote on Jul 28, 2009 12:18 PM:

" Well, it's a new day. What job is Sarah Palin walking out on today? "

The Question wrote on Jul 28, 2009 12:49 PM:

" Hmmm. The "birther" loonies have suddenly fallen silent here. Why is that? Because even Rush Limbaugh has been scared off this insane nonsense, maybe? Come on out, little right-wing loonies, wherever you are... "

Rockin Rotty wrote on Jul 28, 2009 6:27 PM:

" I was wondering somewhat along the same lines - guess the "judgement" was settled. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 28, 2009 6:58 PM:

" Could it be that Bill O'Reilly shot it down, TQ? Did you see the YouTube clip on the birther issue? "

jrhendren wrote on Jul 29, 2009 1:23 AM:

" jrhendren wrote on Jul 28, 2009 1:00 AM:
" The Question wrote on Jul 26, 2009 11:30 AM:
" As someone pointed out to me, Republicans have rights and feelings. Everyone else does not. The first exclusive right they have is that they can do or say anything with no consequences. Their second right is if they get caught doing something bad, immoral or illegal, or they quit a job they were elected to do, it's NEVER their own fault. That is simply not possible. "

Sounds like both parties to me, but I'm sure you disagree. "

The Question wrote on Jul 28, 2009 11:15 AM:
" Well, jr, I've heard Obama apologize. Now, name me one instance in which the Republicans Bush or Cheney ever apologized for any of the disasters they visited upon this nation. Name me one time Palin has ever apologized.
So it doesn't "sound like both parties" at all, does it?

Thank you for proving my point once again. It's all Bush and Cheney. They are the ones who took over a private business, they are the ones who took questionable money campaign money from China, they are the ones who refused to show a birth certificate, they are the ones who are trying to make it illegal to have a private insurance, and of course the extreme left they are the ones who really blew up the Trade Towers. Thank you for the laugh I needed it. "

The Question wrote on Jul 29, 2009 7:28 AM:

" I do shudder to think what will happen to this country when a "Sarah Palin" appears who ISN'T a brainless babbling-brook dress dummy diva. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 29, 2009 8:22 AM:

" NASHVILLE, Tenn. A Tennessee lawmaker resigned from the state Senate on Tuesday after his extramarital affair with a 22-year-old intern was revealed by an investigation into an extortion case.

"Due to recent events, I have decided to focus my full attention on my family and resign my Senate seat effective August 10," Republican Sen. Paul Stanley wrote in his resignation letter.
Huffington post-

Oh my, another member of the family values party goes down in flames.... "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 29, 2009 10:29 AM:

" SACRAMENTO, Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a revised $85 billion budget Tuesday that he said contained "the good, the bad and the ugly," including additional cuts to child welfare programs, health care for the poor and AIDS prevention efforts.
Huffington Post-

Arnold has been in the dog house with his fellow Republicans for a while. Cutting services to those who need it the most (children and the poor) should put him back in good graces with his party. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 29, 2009 10:35 AM:

" Associated Press) SAN DIEGO - A man has been convicted in San Diego of making racially charged comments on the Internet during the U.S. presidential campaign about killing Barack Obama.

Walter Bagdasarian of La Mesa posted the messages in October. Prosecutors say one on a Yahoo Finance board read, "He will have a 50 cal in the head soon." Authorities say they found a .50-caliber rifle in his home.

Oh yeah, let's keep on denying that racism is a problem in this country. It doesn't help that right wing extremists like the race baiting Rush Limbaugh are keeping the fires stoked. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 29, 2009 10:44 AM:

" Alaskas now former Governor is coy about her future political plans, but radio is at least one option shes leaving on the table. While not exactly shopping the GOPs 2008 vice presidential candidate, sources say Palin representatives have been quietly testing the waters to see how much interest radio syndicators have for her.
Inside Radio-

Can you make a career out of playing the victim card? Move over Rush, Sarah may be the one to knock you off the roost. LOL! "

The Question wrote on Jul 29, 2009 11:09 AM:

" So far, jr, Obama has yet not managed to lie the nation into a failed multi-trillion-dollar war; create a Grand Canyon of wealth inequality; fly billions of dollars in bundles of fresh hundred-dollar bills shrink-wrapped on pallets to Iraq so it could all "disappear" with no attempt at accounting; ignore vast numbers of Americans without health care; prance around in a ridiculous costume on the deck of an aircraft carrier declaring himself a victor in a failed war; watch the collapse of the national infrastructure; let a city drown; spy on vast numbers of Americans; give away hundreds of billions in no-bid contracts to buddies who electrocute U.S. troops with their shoddy work; destroy the ancient legal civil liberty of habeas corpus; inform the Amish that God "speaks though him;" institute the use of torture as official policy; "deregulate" himself into the biggest global financial crisis in at least 80 years; demand that Congress fork over a trillion to his banking pals or risk martial law within days; cause the irreversible decline of America's world reputation and actually consider, with his vice president, ordering the U.S. military invasion of Buffalo, NY.
Obama has a lot of catching up to do before he comes anywhere near the monstrous record of George W. Bush, the Republican who was certainly the worst president in living memory, and probably in all of history. It's not yet clear whether this country will even survive the results of Bush's and Cheney's various unpunished crimes.
And they've apologized for none of it, which is the point you're trying to avoid. "

jrussell wrote on Jul 29, 2009 11:42 AM:

" I only needed to read the title of this article.... "

The Question wrote on Jul 29, 2009 1:42 PM:

" Harry, can you imagine that hideous nasal singsong voice of Palin's on radio? And don't people on radio have to be able to speak intelligibly?
Don't betchya the farm on that one. LOL. "

The Question wrote on Jul 29, 2009 2:22 PM:

" I almost forgot, Bush also failed to capture the masterminds who planned and executed the TWO terrorist attacks in the United States that he permitted to happen on his watch. It is SO hard to keep track of Bush's full legion of crimes and failures, isn't it? "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 29, 2009 4:29 PM:

" ..... they are the ones who refused to show a birth certificate....

I have to admit that I'm a little surprised to see you buying into the birther propaganda, jr. I thought you were smarter than that.

You are aware the the governor of Hawaii (a Republican no less) has said that the record of birth certificate produced by the Obama camp is legit, and that there are birth announcements in the local papers that were brought up from the archives proving this too. And did you know that when the state of Hawaii computerized all their records, all the original documents were destroyed, so producing an original form would be impossible if the copy given to the family was lost.

By the way if you lose your original birth certificate and go to the court house to have it replaced, you will get the same type of paper Obama produced.

Of all the lame brained issues the Obama haters have brought up, this one takes the cake. Again, I'm surprised that you evidently are buying into it.

Heck, even Bill O'Reilly from the Obama hating Fox news says it's a phony issue and about the only ones buying into are the fringe element kooks of the GOP. I can't believe you are in the crowd, jr.

Tell me it ain't so... "

The Question wrote on Jul 29, 2009 5:55 PM:

" Here's another one that slipped my mind -- Bush let his little pals at Enron create rolling blackouts in California before the whole corporation flamed out in massive financial fraud. Non-regulation of profitable fraud is one of Bush's most cherished "principles." "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 29, 2009 6:21 PM:

" Hey TQ, do you remember this one. When Bush was asked about Ken Lay, he acted like he had only met him a couple of times, and their relationship was casual at best, and stuck to that story until it came out that Lay was his biggest contributor when he ran for governor. And in fact, Bush even had a pet name for his pal: Kenny Boy. "

Rohn Gordon wrote on Jul 29, 2009 8:42 PM:

" Hey JW do you know me?? I asked in another thread and cant find the answer. "

jrhendren wrote on Jul 30, 2009 12:54 AM:

" Harry Potter wrote on Jul 29, 2009 10:35 AM:
" Associated Press) SAN DIEGO - A man has been convicted in San Diego of making racially charged comments on the Internet during the U.S. presidential campaign about killing Barack Obama.

Walter Bagdasarian of La Mesa posted the messages in October. Prosecutors say one on a Yahoo Finance board read, "He will have a 50 cal in the head soon." Authorities say they found a .50-caliber rifle in his home.

Oh yeah, let's keep on denying that racism is a problem in this country. It doesn't help that right wing extremists like the race baiting Rush Limbaugh are keeping the fires stoked. "

Didn't the President get in some trouble for racial remarks:

"It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." - Sunday, April 13, 2008, San Francisco Fundraiser regarding "some working class voters"

Or calling officers "stupid". Oh wait he has that (D) after his name and is half black so he makes no racial remarks. "

jrhendren wrote on Jul 30, 2009 1:18 AM:

" The Question wrote on Jul 29, 2009 11:09 AM:
" So far, jr, Obama has yet not managed to lie the nation into a failed multi-trillion-dollar war;"

You forgot to include a war that Congress looked at the same information and voted for. Along with former President Clinton. You also leave out the weapons found, the 1000's of lives saved, and the over 3000 innocent killed on 9/11.
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"create a Grand Canyon of wealth inequality;"

Oh please, want to show proof?
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"fly billions of dollars in bundles of fresh hundred-dollar bills shrink-wrapped on pallets to Iraq so it could all "disappear" with no attempt at accounting;"

Again some proof
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"ignore vast numbers of Americans without health care;"

As all former Presidents and Congresses have done.
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"prance around in a ridiculous costume on the deck of an aircraft carrier declaring himself a victor in a failed war;"

Not an Aircraft carrier, but I guess you missed the All Star Game. Also Obama is the one calling victory about a Stimulus package making the largest debt ever and unemployment growth.
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"watch the collapse of the national infrastructure;"

No just make the national debt the largest ever, and break the law by taking over private companies and banks at will.
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"let a city drown;"

That would be the mayor of New Orleans and the Governor of Louisiana, both Democrats. Unless you believe Bush stole the keys to all those buses.You might want to look up about the restrictions of government help.
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"spy on vast numbers of Americans;"

You mean the out of the country calls to known terrorist ties.
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"give away hundreds of billions in no-bid contracts to buddies"

To the only companies do such type of work.
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"destroy the ancient legal civil liberty of habeas corpus;"

Hello they are not American citizens and therefore not protected by our Constitution, plus they are treated according to the Geneva convention as war combatants.
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"inform the Amish that God "speaks though him;"

What are you talking about.
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"institute the use of torture as official policy;"

Torture, you mean the cutting off of heads, burning bodies in the street till they die, or such. Oh wait that was the other guys. Never mind.
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"deregulate" himself into the biggest global financial crisis in at least 80 years;"

That is why we are in more debt. Whose stimulus was it that is not working.

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"demand that Congress fork over a trillion to his banking pals or risk martial law within days;"

So Bush had that much power over Congress. Says more about Congress then him.
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"cause the irreversible decline of America's world reputation and actually consider, with his vice president, ordering the U.S. military invasion of Buffalo, NY."

That would be the man calling himself Barak Hussein Obama and in foreign countries. The same countries that would like the U.S. taken off the map. The same ones that laugh at him. As for Buffalo, oh no they thought about sending troops to capture Al Qaeda operatives. The same people who crash planes into innocent people. Never did it, but that does not count in your book of fantasy, I mean history.
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Obama has a lot of catching up to do before he comes anywhere near the monstrous record of George W. Bush,"

Not really, he is catching up quick.

"the Republican who was certainly the worst president in living memory, and probably in all of history. It's not yet clear whether this country will even survive the results of Bush's and Cheney's various unpunished crimes.
And they've apologized for none of it, which is the point you're trying to avoid. "

You might update yourself on the newest "left extreme" talking points. I have never said Bush did every think right. It is you who refuse that Obama does any wrong, or any other on the left. So all we can do is Obama doesn't get us to far to into Socialism before the next election. "

jrhendren wrote on Jul 30, 2009 1:19 AM:

" The Question wrote on Jul 29, 2009 2:22 PM:
" I almost forgot, Bush also failed to capture the masterminds who planned and executed the TWO terrorist attacks in the United States that he permitted to happen on his watch. It is SO hard to keep track of Bush's full legion of crimes and failures, isn't it? "

Don't forget that if President Clinton would have taken him when offered their would have been no attacks. How many attacks happened on Clinton's watch? "

jrhendren wrote on Jul 30, 2009 1:24 AM:

" Harry Potter wrote on Jul 29, 2009 4:29 PM:
" ..... they are the ones who refused to show a birth certificate....

I have to admit that I'm a little surprised to see you buying into the birther propaganda, jr. I thought you were smarter than that.

I do not buy into the birth certificate garbage. I was just making a point. I will say their are some unanswered question regarding it, but I do not think he was born out of the U.S. I believe him to be a United States citizen and, whether I like it or not, our President and deserves respect. Criticized yes, but still respected. That is all I have ever asked of other Presidents. "

jrhendren wrote on Jul 30, 2009 1:29 AM:

" The Question with another "conspriacy" Bush theory. Enron did not created the California black outs. You might want to do some research before you speak, or just babble the talking point. Think for yourself man. "

The Question wrote on Jul 30, 2009 6:34 AM:

" The birthers have no arguments that make any sense. All they have is their inarticulate conviction that no black man can "really" be president of the United States, because no black man can "really" be an American. When Sarah Palin babbles and rants about her "real Americans," the only thing that's clear to us is their color.
The birthers are a symptom of American madness on display for all the world to see, like a naked lunatic who's shouting in a middle of the street. "

The Question wrote on Jul 30, 2009 7:09 AM:

" One more thing. The only terrorist WMD ever used against the American people came from one of the Bush Pentagon's biological weapons labs. It was sent to the offices of two Democratic senators and several members of the news media, and killed five people, as you may recall. "

The Question wrote on Jul 30, 2009 8:27 AM:

" Dead wrong again, jr.
The 2004 release of transcripts of taped conversations among Enron electricity traders in the summer of 2001 revealed that company insiders not only knew they were stealing from California and other states, but gloated about it. The release of thousands of hours of tapes was a powerful indictment of the energy companies that looted California and Washington of close to $11 billion.
At a time when streets in Northern California were lit only by head lights, factories shut down and families were trapped in elevators, Enron Energy traders laughed:
"Just cut 'em off. They're so f----d. They should just bring back f-----g horses and carriages, f-----g lamps, f-----g kerosene lamps."
In another tape a trader laughed when describing his reaction when a business owner complained about high energy prices:
I just looked at him. I said, Move. (laughter) The guy was like horrified. I go, Look, dont take it the wrong way. Move. It isnt getting fixed anytime soon.
When a forest fire shut down a major power line into California, cutting down power supplies and raising prices, Enron energy traders were heard laughing and celebrating, singing burn, baby, burn.
During the winter of 2000, electricity loads were drastically lower than summer due to, among other things, the lack of need for air conditioning. The capacity for energy production in California was nearly four times what was actually used. Still, the rolling blackouts continued. Traders became very creative in finding ways to cut the supply of electricity (generally during peak usage hours or when assistance of maintenance was unavailable), such as in the following conversation at Enron (between traders Rich and Bill):
Bill: "This is gonna be a word of mouth kinda thing, tonight, when you finish your normal queue, when you get ready for tomorrow, I want you guys to get a little creative and come up with a reason to go down [referring to shutting down the turbines].
Rich: "Ok"
Bill: "Is there anything you want to do over there?"
Rich: "Um yeah, there is some stuff we could be doing tonight"
Bill: "Thats good"
Rich: "Um, we need to come down and inspect this switch on the steam turbine, um this one switch on the induction steam valve has been failing us, we need to be down to pull the switch and adjust it"
Bill: "No s--t"
Rich: "yeah, and our electrician has to be on shift today so that works out real good"
Regularly, phone calls were made directly to the power plants asking the supervisors to shut down during peak use hours, as in the following conversation:
Trader: If you took down the steamer [from a generating unit], how long would it take to get it back up?
Supervisor: Oh, its not something you want to just be turning on and off every hour. Lets put it that way, another says.
Trader: Well, why dont you just go ahead and shut her down.
Soon afterward, the following conversation took place by another two Enron traders. It appears to acknowledge that Enron executives were involved in the trading, were aware of the illegality of it, and were involved in covering it up.
Trader 3: "This guy from the Wall Street Journal calls me up a little bit ago"
Trader 4: "I wouldn't do it, because first of all you'd have to tell 'em a lot of lies because if you told the truth"
Trader 3: "I'd get in trouble."
Trader 4: "You'd get in trouble." "

Rohn Gordon wrote on Jul 30, 2009 10:25 AM:

" Don't you people get tired of hearing about race this race that he is a racist she is a racist?? It is not racism when someone is called what they act like. Lets face it a spade is a spade "

The Question wrote on Jul 30, 2009 11:23 AM:

" Col. Timothy Reese, an adviser to the Iraqi military in Baghdad, says the US should withdraw ALL troops by August 2010, not maintain as many as 50,000 troops in an "advisory" role through 2011, as Obama currently plans to.
You know, when you invade a country using lies as justification and kill thousands of its citizens, you can't just up and leave. That wouldn't be polite. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 30, 2009 11:46 AM:

" Q: Did Bill Clinton pass up a chance to kill Osama bin Laden?
Was Bill Clinton offered bin Laden on "a silver platter"? Did he refuse? Was there cause at the time?

A: Probably not, and it would not have mattered anyway as there was no evidence at the time that bin Laden had committed any crimes against American citizens.
Fact Check.org

I also believe this has been confirmed by the 9/11 Commission Report. For some reason the right wing extremists perpetuate this lie on a regular basis.

This reminds me of the guy who says he saw a guy walking past a cop before he went into the bank to hold it up and the cop didn't do his job by arresting the culprit. "

jrussell wrote on Jul 30, 2009 12:10 PM:

" 7X6Z9 wrote on Jul 22, 2009 9:00 PM:

" Sorry Mr Potter, I don't track ads- just your comments. "

...hey at least he's calling you Mr. Potter now huh Harry, the dog changed his structure, sorta "

jrussell wrote on Jul 30, 2009 12:17 PM:

" Rohn Gordon wrote on Jul 30, 2009 10:25 AM:

" Don't you people get tired of hearing about race this race that he is a racist she is a racist?? It is not racism when someone is called what they act like. Lets face it a spade is a spade "

..as is a situation is a situation and one that doesn't involve you (in reference to your Gates post in a different letter) should be left to battle out between the parties involved, I respect an opinion as it is just that but now you speak of racist mumbo jumbo when you clearly had an opinion on that situation which yes was a race issue unfortunately, a word is a word but to use the word you speak of in that manner is derogatory unless of course you speak to your white friends that way when they act like your chosen word in which case you're trashy, so are you racist? trashy? or just spouting off more Rohn Gordon theory? "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 30, 2009 12:29 PM:

" I looked up stupid in the dictionary and found nothing about it being a racist term, jr. I think you're stretching it a bit with that one, my friend.

And just what are the unanswered questions regarding Obama's birth records? I don't get that one either. "

even steven wrote on Jul 30, 2009 2:20 PM:

" Obama's poll numbers are tanking as people are coming to realize he's just an empty suit who's never had a real job in his life. He has a +12 negative rating. His inane mumblings and outright lies are stripping the blinders off all but the most dense Americans. It looks like the Democrats need to do a bit of purging themselves. Pelosi and Reid would be good places to start. They are destroying the Democrat party. "

Stanley Stetson wrote on Jul 30, 2009 3:04 PM:

" * p0rn star stormy daniels still considering run for senate after run in with the law * gota love those democrat family values * "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 30, 2009 4:06 PM:

" And her opponent will be none other than David Vitter.

In July 2007, Vitter was identified as a client of "D.C. Madam" Deborah Jeane Palfrey's prostitution service in Washington, D.C.

Vitter replaced another of those family values type of guy, Bob Livingston who resigned after his adulterous affair came to light.

At least Stormy is up front about her career choice, unlike so many in the GOP who slink around in the dark to do their dirty deeds, or use public men's rooms, or go all the way to Argentina for illicit romance! "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 30, 2009 4:19 PM:

" Washington Post-

Political adviser Karl Rove and other high-ranking figures in the Bush White House played a greater role than previously understood in the firing of federal prosecutors almost three years ago, according to newly obtained e-mails that shed light on a scandal that led to mass Justice Department resignations and an ongoing criminal probe.

The e-mails and new interviews with key participants reflect contacts among Rove, aides in the Bush political affairs office and White House lawyers about the dismissal of three of the nine U.S. attorneys fired in 2006: New Mexico's David C. Iglesias, the focus of ire from GOP lawmakers; Missouri's Todd Graves, who had clashed with one of Rove's former clients; and Arkansas's Bud Cummins, who was pushed out to make way for a Rove protege.

It just keeps coming out. Before it's over the Bush/Cheney regime will prove to be even more corrupt than the Nixon/Agnew fiasco. "

Rohn Gordon wrote on Jul 30, 2009 5:40 PM:

" Jr go back and look I have always said I am a racist. I have said it in here many many times. But I also said everyone is a racist about something.
The examples I talk of are like when Burris had all the blacks challenging the Senate to not seat the "only" black man. And as you also see they should "not" have set his race card playing can. Just like this crap with Gates, I do not believe race had a thing to do with it except for the way the idiot was behind the door. "

The Question wrote on Jul 30, 2009 5:44 PM:

" It just keeps coming out. Before it's over the Bush/Cheney regime will prove to be even more corrupt than the Nixon/Agnew fiasco.
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Far, far more corrupt, Harry. As Sinclair Lewis might have put it, it DID happen here. "

Bps wrote on Jul 30, 2009 6:40 PM:

" You can't make up stuff better than this!

Isn't politics grand?

HURRAH FOR THE DEMOCRATS!

Jesse Jackson's Newest Staff Member

Mel Reynolds

Jesse Jackson has added former Chicago Democrat Congressman Mel to Rainbow/PUSH Coalition's payroll.
Reynolds was among the 176 criminals excused in President Clinton's
last-minute forgiveness spree.

Reynolds received a commutation of his six-and-a-half-year federal sentence for 15 convictions of wire fraud, bank fraud, and lies to the Federal Election Commission.

He is more notorious, however, for concurrently serving five years for sleeping with an underage campaign volunteer.

An ex-congressman who had
sex with a subordinate...won clemency from a president who had sex with a subordinate...then was hired by a clergyman who had sex with a subordinate!

His new job?

Ready for this??

YOUTH COUNSELOR

IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY OR WHAT?

Proving once again it is both parties that are corrupt. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 30, 2009 6:58 PM:

" Steven Colberts take on the Republican nut job pushing the birther bill:

I am demanding a DNA test to determine whether Florida Congressmen are part alligator. I have had enough of the reckless whispering. But the rumor is, that the morning after the great Okeechobee Hurricane in 1928, Posey's grandmother got stranded with a gator, and fell in love. Now, obviously I don't want to go into any details, but they say the swamp rang with her screams of ecstasy, mingled with the insistent but gentle hissing of her reptilian Romeo. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 30, 2009 7:06 PM:

" Republican anti-abortion activist
Neal Horsley admitted to having
intimate relations with a mule.

Top that one....LOL! "

The Question wrote on Jul 30, 2009 7:49 PM:

" U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle gave the Justice Department until Aug. 21 to release Mohammed Jawad from Guantnamo and transfer him to the custody of the Afghan government, which has indicated that it is prepared to receive Jawad immediately and unconditionally.
Judge Huvelle made clear that Mr. Jawad has been illegally detained, and the government has no credible evidence to continue holding him.
In its last term, the Supreme Court ruled that Guantnamo detainees have a constitutional right to habeas corpus. And now, by representing Mr. Jawad in his habeas case, the ACLU has helped end his lawless detention.
Following his 2002 arrest in Afghanistan for allegedly throwing a grenade at two U.S. soldiers and their interpreter, Jawad was subjected to repeated torture and other mistreatment and to a systematic program of harsh and highly coercive interrogations designed to break him physically and mentally. At one point, Jawad tried to commit suicide in his cell by slamming his head repeatedly against the wall.
Last fall, a military judge in Jawad's Guantnamo military commission proceeding threw out the bulk of the evidence against him finding that it was obtained through torture. And recently, the Afghan Attorney General sent a letter to the U.S. government demanding Jawad's return and suggesting he was as young as 12 when he was captured in Afghanistan and illegally rendered from that country nearly seven years ago. "

Bps wrote on Jul 30, 2009 8:19 PM:

" Harry Potter wrote on Jul 30, 2009 7:06 PM:
" Republican anti-abortion activist
Neal Horsley admitted to having
intimate relations with a mule.

Top that one....LOL! "
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You mean the pervert who ran as the fringe Creators Rights Party candidate for Governor in Georgia?

The nut case who is shunned?

Trust you to pick this one out of the thousands of available Repub-a-clowns.

Its late but anyways lets all wish Ted Chapaquitic Kennedy a belated happy anniversary because it has been just a little over 35 years and he still has gotten away with homocide.

Proving again that BOTH parties have way too many perverted, twisted individuals who really dont care a darn for the people.

The difference between the Leftist Cadre of One and an independent like me is not being a party parrot.

Independents vote issues and for individuals not parties.

Take back your country, throw all the bums out. "

7X6Z9 wrote on Jul 30, 2009 9:48 PM:

" CHANGE: OBAMA'S APPROVAL RATINGS HIT NEW LOWS IN GALLUP AND RASMUSSEN

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 28% of the nations voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -12. Thats the lowest rating yet recorded for President Obama.
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Awww, would you just look at that- Barry's down to 52/41 in Gallup and dropping like a stone over the past 10 days thanks to Gatesgate and his health-care clusterfark, and in Rasmussen he's already below the line at 48/51. And that 48 isnt real solid, either.

Change we can believe in! "

7X6Z9 wrote on Jul 30, 2009 9:58 PM:

" STIMULUS CONTINUES: INITIAL JOBLESS CLAIMS INCREASE...AGAIN

BLOOMBERG - Applications rose by 25,000 to 584,000 in the week ended July 25, higher than forecast, figures from the Labor Department showed today in Washington.
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How much more of this HopeAndChange can we take? "

7X6Z9 wrote on Jul 30, 2009 10:09 PM:

" OBAMA'S CASH FOR CLUNKERS RUNS OUT OF MONEY ... AFTER ONE WEEK

POLITICO (July 30 2009) The program aimed at giving at boost to the U.S. auto industry was supposed to expire at the end of October. But in the one week since it took effect, it appears to have run dry of the $1 billion allocated to it, aides said Thursday.

The White House will need to decide whether to push for more money at a time when its also pushing an ambitious and expensive domestic agenda or let the program fade after it was touted as a way to help Detroit while improving the environment.
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Hmmmmmm let's see: centrally planned program budgeted to run through the end of October went bust in, er, seven days?
Golly, thats some miscalculation - not unlike the miscalculation that promised unemployment no higher than eight percent once Obama pinched that $787 billion loaf known as the stimulus. And naturally, the program came buried in so much bureaucracy and paperwork that some dealers gave up on it despite the amazing business it drummed up.

Ah well. Im sure none of that will happen with Obama's national health care package. Uhm...Right? "

NeoCon Academician wrote on Jul 30, 2009 10:39 PM:

" Hot off the presses:

Venezuela: 'Freedom of expression must be limited'

...Chavez's administration is slowly tightening its grip over the news media, raising concerns among watchdog and human rights groups that accuse the government of trying to stifle dissent.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99P3IKO0&show_article=1

Didn't that ol' Venezuelan socialist dictator Hugo Chavez just say a while back that he thought he was more to the right politically than Obama?

I think he diiiiiddd..... PIMP! "

jrhendren wrote on Jul 31, 2009 1:10 AM:

" The Question wrote on Jul 30, 2009 7:09 AM:
" One more thing. The only terrorist WMD ever used against the American people came from one of the Bush Pentagon's biological weapons labs. It was sent to the offices of two Democratic senators and several members of the news media, and killed five people, as you may recall. "

Problem is that the Anthrax, you are speaking of, was made before the "Bush Pentagon"

Radiocarbon dating conducted by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in June 2002 established that the anthrax was cultured no more than two years before the mailings. - WIkipedia.

Who was the President at that time again? That's right President Clinton. I'm sure that was just an oversight on your part. "

jrhendren wrote on Jul 31, 2009 1:18 AM:

" The Question wrote on Jul 30, 2009 8:27 AM:
" Dead wrong again, jr.
The 2004 release of transcripts of taped conversations among Enron electricity traders in the summer of 2001 revealed that company insiders not only knew they were stealing from California and other states, but gloated about it.

You missed this part:
The evidence strongly suggests that energy regulators under the Clinton and Bush administrations participated in this deception. Beginning in May 1999, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) turned a blind eye to complaints from California officials that the market was being fixed.

Once again I can admit that Bush was not perfect can you do the same? Of course not, deny, deny, deny, is what your talking point says. Deny it and it never happened. Oh what party did the Governor of California belong to you know Gray Davis? Oh that's right he was a Democrat, and recalled I believe. Keep denying the democrats do nothing wrong. "

jrhendren wrote on Jul 31, 2009 1:19 AM:

" The Question wrote on Jul 30, 2009 11:23 AM:
" Col. Timothy Reese, an adviser to the Iraqi military in Baghdad, says the US should withdraw ALL troops by August 2010, not maintain as many as 50,000 troops in an "advisory" role through 2011, as Obama currently plans to.
You know, when you invade a country using lies as justification and kill thousands of its citizens, you can't just up and leave. That wouldn't be polite. "

The only lies I see are coming from you. "

jrhendren wrote on Jul 31, 2009 1:20 AM:

" and leave. That wouldn't be polite. "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 30, 2009 11:46 AM:
" Q: Did Bill Clinton pass up a chance to kill Osama bin Laden?
Was Bill Clinton offered bin Laden on "a silver platter"? Did he refuse? Was there cause at the time?

A: Probably not, and it would not have mattered anyway as there was no evidence at the time that bin Laden had committed any crimes against American citizens.
Fact Check.org

I also believe this has been confirmed by the 9/11 Commission Report. For some reason the right wing extremists perpetuate this lie on a regular basis.

This reminds me of the guy who says he saw a guy walking past a cop before he went into the bank to hold it up and the cop didn't do his job by arresting the culprit. "

I have shown the evidence before he was given at least 3, and 3 other times are questionable. He himself admitted that he had could have taken him. "

jrhendren wrote on Jul 31, 2009 1:25 AM:

" Harry Potter wrote on Jul 30, 2009 12:29 PM:
" I looked up stupid in the dictionary and found nothing about it being a racist term, jr. I think you're stretching it a bit with that one, my friend.

Possibly, but you did not comment on his other remark.
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And just what are the unanswered questions regarding Obama's birth records? I don't get that one either."

Just why some family members say one thing and others say another. Also why it took the time it did not present one. Now granted I am not one of the "he was not born here" conspirators. I have already said I believe him to be American citizen, and he is our President and deserves respect. To bad you all could not show the same respect to other politicians, isn't Harry? "

jrhendren wrote on Jul 31, 2009 1:30 AM:

" Bps wrote on Jul 30, 2009 8:19 PM:

Proving again that BOTH parties have way too many perverted, twisted individuals who really dont care a darn for the people.

You are exactly right. Neither side is perfect, now if only more could see that. "

jrhendren wrote on Jul 31, 2009 1:34 AM:

" Rohn Gordon wrote on Jul 30, 2009 5:40 PM:
" Jr go back and look I have always said I am a racist. I have said it in here many many times. But I also said everyone is a racist about something.

First off you might want to look at the posts. I never said you were or were not a racist. Second if you are a racist I bitty you and your children that they have to grow up with someone full of hate. People like you are what keeps good people down. "

The Question wrote on Jul 31, 2009 7:10 AM:

" I see Lou Dobbs' ratings have dropped 15 to 27 percent since he started pandering to the birther whack jobs.
Gosh, what's happening when you can't even count on the traditional American value of moonbat racism to boost your ratings? "

The Question wrote on Jul 31, 2009 7:39 AM:

" Republicans believe that people jailed on unproven
charges should be tortured and imprisoned permanently without legal rights, but fret that a police officer's feelings might be hurt if he's criticized for making an unjustified, vindictive arrest. "

NeoCon Academician wrote on Jul 31, 2009 8:14 AM:

" Me thinkst desperation is setting in with the liberal posters to this blog....they're grasping for straws with their attacks on Bush/Cheney, the GOP, Low Dobbs, and Mickey Mouse... when they get the notion.... "

The Question wrote on Jul 31, 2009 8:26 AM:

" The quarter of Americans who continue to defend Bush and Cheney, despite their unbroken string of spectacular failures, crimes, tyrannies and lies, suffer from Authoritarian Stupidity Syndrome.
That's an acronym, of course. "

father bob wrote on Jul 31, 2009 9:22 AM:

" The Question wrote on Jul 31, 2009 7:39 AM:
" Republicans believe that people jailed on unproven
charges should be tortured and imprisoned permanently without legal rights, but fret that a police officer's feelings might be hurt if he's criticized for making an unjustified, vindictive arrest. """""

careful there TQ, tomm...er...the grand dragon and the rest of the bigots will slap you down for that! "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 31, 2009 9:39 AM:

" To bad you all could not show the same respect to other politicians, isn't Harry? "

Oh but I do jr. I try to show as much respect for as many Democratas as I can. lol!

And isn't it about time you took off the bipartisan mask you hide behind? "

Rohn Gordon wrote on Jul 31, 2009 9:42 AM:

" jrussell wrote on Jul 30, 2009 12:17 PM: "so are you racist? trashy? or just spouting off more Rohn Gordon theory?"
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Sorry Jr Hendren I was answering the other jr, not you.
And no I would never keep a good man down. I know I am a racist, but as a stronger person I do not let it interfere with my judgments. I have a "real" good friend that is black, he has stayed at my house on many occasions. My racist thoughts are different than most, my problem with blacks are simple, talk normal, walk normal and stay away from whites as couples. I do not think black and white should ever mix, the kids are the ones who have it the worst when they mix. I have 2 half black and white Grand Daughters that I love as much as my full white Grand Children. Even though my daughter is not with the man anymore I still can say I like him. I hope this shows you that yes I am a racist but also that I know I am, and I would never keep a good man down as you so think. Again though if people can not understand it I say to them oh well its just me, you will find I do not pull any punches I speak straight to the point "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 31, 2009 10:17 AM:

" Hey TQ, do you suppose Lou is trying to enhance his resume for a move over to Fox? He's starting to sound more like the unhinged Beck or mad man O'Reilly every day. I think he would fit right in with that bunch of blathering morons over at Fox. Now all he needs to do is to work on his video splicing techniques and he could give Hannity a run for his money. "

even steven wrote on Jul 31, 2009 10:59 AM:

" I have read several stories about Democrat house members being grilled and heckled by irate tax payers at town hall meetings. People are sick to death of the Democrat's tax and spend idiocy, and they are livid about the prospect of government run health care. Our elected morons better start listening to tax payers instead of special interest groups, otherwise, they'll be chucked out of office. The Democrat party is a mere shadow of what it was. It's just a sick, liberal joke now with pathetic "leaders" like crypt keep Pelosi, wimpy little Harry Reid, Barny Fa... er... Frank, etc. A truly loathsome lot of small-minded crooks. Thank goodness there are voices of reason on talk radio getting the truth out to the American public... much to the dismay of Democrat toadies and Soros lickspittles. "

The Question wrote on Jul 31, 2009 11:00 AM:

" Hey TQ, do you suppose Lou is trying to enhance his resume for a move over to Fox? He's starting to sound more like the unhinged Beck or mad man O'Reilly every day
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Well, the come-hither lunacy worked for that raving fascist Beck. All Dobbs has to do is dial up the vicious, racist crazy, and Rupert will yearn for him. "

The Question wrote on Jul 31, 2009 11:53 AM:

" Here's your honest, effective, efficient, merit-based "private enterprise" at work.
Wall Street banks that were bailed out by the government gave executives bonuses REGARDLESS OF PERFORMANCE, according to a report by New York Attorney Andrew Cuomo's office.
The report said there was "no clear rhyme or reason" for pay and it had been disconnected from performance.
Top US banks paid out huge bonuses despite gaining taxpayer bail-outs. The nine-month report says that some banks paid out larger bonuses than their profits, while simultaneously taking exceptional state emergency funds.
Congress is seeking to give government a direct say in what bank bosses are paid. LONG OVERDUE. "

The Question wrote on Jul 31, 2009 12:56 PM:

" I certainly hope you local Republicans all have your tickets for the big, no-news-media-allowed Sarah Palin speech at the Reagan Library fundraiser in California next week.
You do? Good, because she quit that too. "

father bob wrote on Jul 31, 2009 5:08 PM:

" The Question wrote on Jul 31, 2009 11:00 AM:
" All Dobbs has to do is dial up the vicious, racist crazy, and Rupert will yearn for him. """"""

yeah....rush limbaugh got CANNED from ESPN for the donovan mcnabb/affirmative action spew, and it struck gold in the hearts of ignorant white americans across the country.....making him what he is today, the supreme GOP racist and a hate-monger. "

father bob wrote on Jul 31, 2009 5:10 PM:

" hehehehe....i'd love to take lou dobbs down to juarez and dump him out. he's got quite a following there too!! "

Harry Potter wrote on Jul 31, 2009 7:32 PM:

" You have to wonder why Sarahcuda wouldn't do that gig, TQ. After all there aren't going to be any reporters there to ask her tough questions, you know the kind she calls gotcha questions, like what magazines do you read and other really tough ones? I still say Sarah's best bet for future success is to team up with Jerry Springer. "

The Question wrote on Jul 31, 2009 9:30 PM:

" Harry and FB, you are cracking me up. "

jrhendren wrote on Aug 1, 2009 12:23 AM:

" Harry Potter wrote on Jul 31, 2009 9:39 AM:
" To bad you all could not show the same respect to other politicians, isn't Harry? "

Oh but I do jr. I try to show as much respect for as many Democratas as I can. lol!

And isn't it about time you took off the bipartisan mask you hide behind? "

What mask? I have been critical of both parties. I have been critical of Presidents, Bush Sr., Clinton, Bush W., and Obama. It is you and those like TheQuestion, and Bob who are unable to criticize your own party. You are the ones who believe that everything is Bush's fault and Clinton did no wrong. Look at how TQ brings up the Anthrax saying it was the Bush labs that made it. Then when shown it was under Clinton, nothing is said. It's forgotten so never happened. Look at the disrespect you give towards Sarah Palin. A woman who has never done anything to effect you or your life. You are not in Alaska, nor did she win the election. You speak of her as stupid, yet never remark about our Vice Presidents blunders. Why is that? Maybe you need to take off your mask. "

jrhendren wrote on Aug 1, 2009 12:26 AM:

" father bob wrote on Jul 31, 2009 5:08 PM:
" The Question wrote on Jul 31, 2009 11:00 AM:
" All Dobbs has to do is dial up the vicious, racist crazy, and Rupert will yearn for him. """"""

yeah....rush limbaugh got CANNED from ESPN for the donovan mcnabb/affirmative action spew, and it struck gold in the hearts of ignorant white americans across the country.....making him what he is today, the supreme GOP racist and a hate-monger. "

Look as bob shows his intelligence again by calling anyone who disagrees with him are "ignorant white americans". Statements like these are the very things that hurt the left. The extremist, just as the likes of Rush and Savage hurt the right. To bad everyone will listen to the extremist, and not think for themselves. "

jrussell wrote on Aug 2, 2009 1:14 PM:

" 7X6Z9 wrote on Jul 23, 2009 8:12 AM:

" DONEdone wrote on Jul 22, 2009 9:25 PM:
" good clip fb i think this country needs an enema. "
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Looks like Mr Potter just created another new name in here. How many is that now- 12? 16? 20? "

...Now now Bluedoggy lets not let the pot call the kettle black shall we lol "

jrussell wrote on Aug 2, 2009 1:18 PM:

" ah ROhn GOrdon I was fairly sure you were a racist from previous threads, if I'm not mistaken you are of a homosexual nature as well correct? correct me if I'm wrong but you think that is fine but not blacks and whites marrying and having children? I guess I mistook trashy and racist for IGNORANT "

The Question wrote on Aug 2, 2009 4:14 PM:

" Far from "keeping us safe," Bush let anthrax that came from HIS Pentagon labs BE USED FOR TERRORISM.
And we call Sarah Palin stupid because she is, in demonstrable fact, a moron. "

Harry Potter wrote on Aug 2, 2009 8:11 PM:

" Maybe you need to take off your mask. "

What mask? I freely admit my personal biases when it comes to politics. I've never claimed to be nonpartisan, to the contrary, I'm a true blue Democrat and proud of it.

And come on jr, did you see Palin's interviews? No, not the ones on Fox where she got softballs, the real interviews where she couldn't answer questions a 7th grade kid would know the answers. Of course Palin came back and said they asked her gotcha type questions. Yeah right, what magazines do you read is a gotcha question. LOL!Sorry jr, but the woman is dumber than dirt. The only thing she has going for her is that she is a strikingly good looking woman, but that's about it. Doesn't the fact that 70% of Republicans think she is qualified to be president bother you? I suppose not, but then over half of your party thinks Obama was born in Africa. "

jrhendren wrote on Aug 3, 2009 11:49 PM:

" The Question wrote on Aug 2, 2009 4:14 PM:
" Far from "keeping us safe," Bush let anthrax that came from HIS Pentagon labs BE USED FOR TERRORISM.
And we call Sarah Palin stupid because she is, in demonstrable fact, a moron. "

Look The Question is trying to ignore that the Anthrax came from Clinton labs not Bush labs again. Here it is for you again:

Radiocarbon dating conducted by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in June 2002 established that the anthrax was cultured no more than two years before the mailings. - WIkipedia.

So lets see 2001, when the letters were written and mailed, minus 2 years equals 1999, or 2001-2=1999. When Clinton was president, not Bush. "

jrhendren wrote on Aug 3, 2009 11:57 PM:

" Harry Potter wrote on Aug 2, 2009 8:11 PM:
" Maybe you need to take off your mask. "

What mask? I freely admit my personal biases when it comes to politics. I've never claimed to be nonpartisan, to the contrary, I'm a true blue Democrat and proud of it.

And come on jr, did you see Palin's interviews? No, not the ones on Fox where she got softballs, the real interviews where she couldn't answer questions a 7th grade kid would know the answers. Of course Palin came back and said they asked her gotcha type questions. Yeah right, what magazines do you read is a gotcha question. LOL!Sorry jr, but the woman is dumber than dirt. The only thing she has going for her is that she is a strikingly good looking woman, but that's about it. Doesn't the fact that 70% of Republicans think she is qualified to be president bother you? I suppose not, but then over half of your party thinks Obama was born in Africa. "

Actually I believe her to be quite intelligent, and just as qualified as Obahma. She at least had ran the largest state in the union, and it is not broke. Unlike Illinois, the state he helped run. As for softball questions, I guess you missed the debates and interviews with Obama during the campaign. I supported McCain in the last election on the simple fact that I believed him to be the lesser of the two evils. I did not agree with him on everything he stood for but more then I do Obama. I actually was for Huckabee, but that did not turn out. You speak of Palin's interviews and sounding stupid, did you see when Obama's teleprompter got broken, he looked so lost, and confused. He had this what do I say, what do I do look it was sad. I actually felt sorry for him. You speak of Palin's intelligence, yet you leave out the Vice President, who has been the biggest embarrassment to the Obama administration. I realize you do not like her views, but come on does the childish name calling really help your credit, and get your point across. "

Harry Potter wrote on Aug 4, 2009 1:49 PM:

" I realize you do not like her views, but come on does the childish name calling really help your credit, and get your point across.

Judging from your reaction, I would have to say yes. lol! "

jrussell wrote on Aug 4, 2009 3:13 PM:

" Palin Joke: Republicans are warning voters right now that if Barack Obama is elected president, the Democrats will control all three branches of the government. John McCain said this would be dangerous; Dick Cheney said it would be expensive; and Sarah Palin said, "There are three branches of government?" (Conan O'Brien) "

Harry Potter wrote on Aug 4, 2009 6:26 PM:

" She at least had ran the largest state in the union, and it is not broke.

Largest in size (mostly waste land) maybe, but where do they stack up population wise? Next to the bottom? There are dozens of cities with more population than that entire desolate state. Now that the excess profits taxes she put on the oil companies has run its course, Alaska is like most other states, trying to recover from the current economic downturn, which of course is not the fault of Bush's 8 years, as all the blame has to go to the man who has been office a little over a half a year now.

You do know that she put an excess profits tax on big oil, don't you. Yeah, that's the little maverick. As someone once noted on here, father bob or TQ, a maverick is just a little lost cow too dumb to find it's way home. Yep, by that definition, I would say Sarah is definitely a maverick. And one who quit when the going got tough. lol! "

jrhendren wrote on Aug 5, 2009 12:51 AM:

" Harry Potter wrote on Aug 4, 2009 6:26 PM:
" She at least had ran the largest state in the union, and it is not broke.

Largest in size (mostly waste land) maybe, but where do they stack up population wise? Next to the bottom? There are dozens of cities with more population than that entire desolate state. Now that the excess profits taxes she put on the oil companies has run its course, Alaska is like most other states, trying to recover from the current economic downturn, which of course is not the fault of Bush's 8 years, as all the blame has to go to the man who has been office a little over a half a year now.

You do know that she put an excess profits tax on big oil, don't you. Yeah, that's the little maverick. As someone once noted on here, father bob or TQ, a maverick is just a little lost cow too dumb to find it's way home. Yep, by that definition, I would say Sarah is definitely a maverick. And one who quit when the going got tough. lol! "

Wow it just dawned on me how scared the democrat party really is of her. If she were to get elected to President or Vice-President before Hillary, what ever would you all do. That is the reason for the name calling. It's fear. I see it now, thank you for showing me the light. "

Rohn Gordon wrote on Aug 5, 2009 12:08 PM:

" "if I'm not mistaken you are of a homosexual nature as well correct"
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Well if believing they have rights to do as they please I guess so. If being involved as one I know not.
A belief that blacks and whites should not mix races is what it is my opinion, not anywhere close to ignorant at all.
Just like when my daughter was with a black man I never one time tried do anything to stop or prevent it. They both "knew" my thoughts. "

Harry Potter wrote on Aug 5, 2009 9:50 PM:

" Really jr, I expected a better response than that. But hey, if that's the best you got... lol! "

Harry Potter wrote on Aug 5, 2009 10:00 PM:

" But seriously jr, most Dems are hoping and praying the GOP picks Palin. If they're stupid enough to do that, I would predict she will get beat worse than Mr MaGoo did the last time around.

To tell you the truth I'm surprised that someone of your obvious intelligence would be a fan of such a clown as Palin. I'll ask you again (for about the third time), did you actually see any of her interviews? I mean real interviews, not those show and tell love fests on Fox. "

jrhendren wrote on Aug 5, 2009 11:49 PM:

" Harry Potter wrote on Aug 5, 2009 10:00 PM:
" But seriously jr, most Dems are hoping and praying the GOP picks Palin. If they're stupid enough to do that, I would predict she will get beat worse than Mr MaGoo did the last time around.

To tell you the truth I'm surprised that someone of your obvious intelligence would be a fan of such a clown as Palin. I'll ask you again (for about the third time), did you actually see any of her interviews? I mean real interviews, not those show and tell love fests on Fox. "

Yes I did, and I watched her mop the floor with our now Vice-President in the debates. Say as you wish but the name calling is a sign of fear, just as the entire birth certificate junk is a sign of fear. I believe her to be a strong intelligent woman, and so do a lot of people. Notice that when she became McCain's running mate his numbers rose. In fact, I have spoken to many people who say they, "voted for her, not McCain." That being because she was the running mate.
I to believe you to be quite an intelligent person also, and therefore that is why I have so much trouble with the name calling. That does not show intelligence. "

Harry Potter wrote on Aug 6, 2009 7:05 AM:

" Yes I did, and I watched her mop the floor with our now Vice-President in the debates.

In all reality, it wasn't a debate.

But I'll give you that one, jr. Biden was overly conscious in not wanting to appear as though he was attacking a woman. Biden's timid handling of Palin came across as weak or wishy washy at best. But I also fault the moderator for letting her get away with not answering any of the questions put to her. The moderator should have not given up so easily, I was quite disappointed that he let her get away with not really answering any questions, and doing little more than spout talking points and pushing the maverick line. Having said that, I was really asking about the non-Fox interviews, where she couln't answer the easiest of questions, and once again you skirted around that one. "

jrhendren wrote on Aug 6, 2009 11:53 PM:

" Harry Potter wrote on Aug 6, 2009 7:05 AM:
" Yes I did, and I watched her mop the floor with our now Vice-President in the debates.

In all reality, it wasn't a debate.

But I'll give you that one, jr. Biden was overly conscious in not wanting to appear as though he was attacking a woman. Biden's timid handling of Palin came across as weak or wishy washy at best. But I also fault the moderator for letting her get away with not answering any of the questions put to her. The moderator should have not given up so easily, I was quite disappointed that he let her get away with not really answering any questions, and doing little more than spout talking points and pushing the maverick line. Having said that, I was really asking about the non-Fox interviews, where she couln't answer the easiest of questions, and once again you skirted around that one. "

How did I skirt? I said yes, and believed her to answer the question just as good if not better then are VP we have would have. I saw where ABC, edited her interview, to make her look foolish:

A transcript of the unedited interview of Sarah Palin by Charles Gibson clearly shows that ABC News edited out crucial portions of the interview that showed Palin as knowledgeable or presented her answers out of context. - Media Research Center

The sections edited out by ABC News are in bold. IN ( ). The first edit shows Palin responding about meeting with foreign leaders but this was actually in response to a question Gibson asked several questions earlier:

GIBSON: Have you ever met a foreign head of state?

(PALIN: There in the state of Alaska, our international trade activities bring in many leaders of other countries.)

(GIBSON: And all governors deal with trade delegations.)

(PALIN: Right.)

(GIBSON: Who act at the behest of their governments.)

(PALIN: Right, right.)

(GIBSON: Im talking about somebody whos a head of state, who can negotiate for that country. Ever met one?)

PALIN: I have not and I think if you go back in history and if you ask that question of many vice presidents, they may have the same answer that I just gave you. But, Charlie, again, weve got to remember what the desire is in this nation at this time. It is for no more politics as usual and somebodys big, fat resume maybe that shows decades and decades in that Washington establishment, where, yes, theyve had opportunities to meet heads of state these last couple of weeks (it has been overwhelming to me that confirmation of the message that Americans are getting sick and tired of that self-dealing and kind of that closed door, good old boy network that has been the Washington elite.)

This is just one cut of many from the ABC transcripts, but I guess just like Dan Rather and his made up story you do not have to show all the news just the parts that work for you. "

emerson1248 wrote on Aug 7, 2009 7:22 AM:

" Government has over reached its legal authority and needs to be rained in. We need to demand a return to our Constitution and power back to the people where it belongs. Cut government and cut taxes. Stop infringement on our God given rights and freedoms. Or face a new revolution. "