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^ Excellent. Poetic justice is served. Don't whine about it. Take it like the little man-boys that you are and move on.
- < Yes, they probably arrested her for being ugly, btw.********
- Ooooh, you're such an angry little ol' mob, aincha!harlequino
- Mob Of One.TheBlueOne
- Is this an angry mob with bushy eyebrows?Josev
- < Yes, they probably arrested her for being ugly, btw.
- DrBombay0
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He believed one of the signs said “Death to Obama” and the other said “Death to Obama, Michelle and his two stupid kids,” Lazich said.
- johndiggity0
what's really sad is that the antics have outshined the actual debate in terms of actual news coverage.
- That's what the right wing douchetards excel at. It's not sad, it's a feature.TheBlueOne
- at least they are speaking out. the system we have is irreformable in its current incarnation sadly.johndiggity
- its POLITICIANS that excel at obscuring issues with bullshit....not just Reps.zman
- johndiggity0
this is a great analysis of the shortcomings and inanity of our current healthcare/insurance system in the us:
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/2…- None of the opposition is proposing anything at all. Just status quo.DrBombay
- what does that have to do with the article posted here you obviously did not read?johndiggity
- the last page has really great ideas for fixes.johndiggity
- It isn't being proposed.DrBombay
- HSA's are great if you have a ton of money to put in them. People with this kind of money have coverage right now.DrBombay
- Model it after Japan's system, the government tells providers what it will pay for things.DrBombay
- If you don't like it, you don't get the contract.DrBombay
- This is a really good article... and your concerns over HSA's is addressed in this link, MrDob.IRNlun6
- surely he will find an excuse not to read it even though it is written by a self professed democrat and published in the atlantic.johndiggity
- atlantic.johndiggity
- and was interviewed on npr.johndiggity
- It still puts people in debt if they can't pay for things with their HSA, what does this solve? I did read it.DrBombay
- only non catastrophic events are paid out of the hsa, which will more likely than not, have enough to cover the costs anyway. this whole systems goals are to drive competitiveness and quality in the health care industry something lacking from anything we have or is being proposed.johndiggity
- anyway. this whole systems goals are to drive competitiveness and quality in the health care industry something lacking from anything we have or is being proposed.johndiggity
- something lacking from anything we have or is being proposed.johndiggity
- I agree with a bit, but this business of putting people in debt to gov or private lenders is shit.DrBombay
- John, how can nation's like Japan, Germany and the UK have successful national healthcare, but not the US?DrBombay
- time. look at those heaklthcare plans in 20 years. theyre already beginning to crack********
- define successful healthcare. there are a lot of things wrong with those systems that we do better in our flawed system.johndiggity
- like not insuring 20%?DrBombay
- why do you think that everyone has an intrinsic right to healthcare?johndiggity
- these boxes suck btw.johndiggity
- ukit0
A standoff between a motorist and Los Angeles police is occurring at the Federal Building in Westwood. A law enforcement source told The Times the suspect allegedly made an unspecified threat against the White House and that the U.S. Secret Service was involved.
According to KTLA News, police are evacuating an apartment building near the Federal Building's parking lot as the result of the incident. The incident began with a pursuit through parts of the Westside and ended at the federal building, where LAPD and UCLA police officers blocked the vehicle, KTLA reported. Chopper footage showed numerous police vehicles parked at the federal building and in nearby side streets.
- If the guy is in LA and made a threat against the White House...er...um...TheBlueOne
- ..not the sharpest fruit in the bunch, no?TheBlueOne
- ukit0
Mini rebellion/ boycott going on against Whole Foods of all places after CEO writes a column endorsing the Republican health care policy, pissing off his liberal customers.
- bunch of whining hippies.designbot
- Love this place btw. Not surprising as it is owned and run by Jewish folks..who tend to lean towards the conservative side.designbot
- whole foods rocks.********
- haha, now conservatives love Whole Foods;)ukit
- BTW designbot I have many Jewish friends and you are right they are conservative in some ways but as a whole I think they vote something like 70-80% Democraticukit
- vote something like 70-80% Democraticukit
- WholePaycheck sucks... tasteless food bar too.robotron3k
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This guy is good. He rips Obama and you pinkos a new one at every turn. Read him, become properly educated and stop being a sheep.
- How many copies do you want, sir?GeorgesII
- Hi Will. You're still a moron.TheBlueOne
- GeorgesII0
- GREAT stories! tks!robotron3k
- HAHAHA That's great!!!locustsloth
- TheBlueOne0
"The Wall Street Journal reports that Europe appears on the cusp of a bona fide recovery, with France and Germany both showing decent second quarter growth, while the US is trying to pretend that "things are getting worse less quickly" is tantamount to recovery.
Now are any of the Euro bashers about to give the EU authorities some credit? I doubt it.
And this disparity, if it persists, points to a much deeper issue. The US chose to deregulate across a wide range of activities and let the devil take the hindmost. Europe cares more about institutional frameworks and collective outcomes. US commentators regularly describe Europe a sclerotic. But if the EU winds up delivering better growth, what justification do we have for a system that seems best at redistributing income to the top."
- You're a fool. One economic bump in the road and your already selling out? Idiot.********
- You're a fool. One economic bump in the road and your already selling out? Idiot.
- BusterBoy0
This whole health care thing is just going to show how far down the toilet the US is going. If you can't have a rational debate over fucking health care, what hope have you ever got of avoiding the country being torn apart by partisan fanatics?
- DrBombay0
Specter protestor Katy Abram advocates the repeal of Medicare and Social Security
This woman has been pwned. This is how this argument should be framed. Much of your Republican voters are seniors on both programs.
- TheBlueOne0
Well, let's see. If we recap the week what do we have. Seems like everyone is against death panels. Check. And um, well, the jury is still out on whether it's a good idea to bring firearms to emotionally charged political town halls.
Wow. Politics in America. Fuck yeah. I'm glad we got a lot accomplished.
- Oh, and that Obama is a straight-up bull-shitter? Yes he is.********
- Explain, trolly the trollmonster.DrBombay
- The sleepless vocal minority continues to support the wealthy elite in maintaining the status quo at all of our expenses. Well done whatever your name is today..IRNlun6
- ... expenses. Well done whatever your name is today.IRNlun6
- dont forget the new lefters buzzword "status quo". used like "wow that shirt is soooo status quo."********
- Oh, and that Obama is a straight-up bull-shitter? Yes he is.
- ukit0
At a time when awards in the humanities are a near-monopoly of the left - Nobel peace prizes awarded to those, from Yasir Arafat to Jimmy Carter, who give the most succor to the forces of terror and tyranny; Pulitzers given to whichever newspaper can expose the more damaging national-security secrets -- it is important for there to be an award to recognize and encourage journalism and, more generally, political thinking of a different kind.
In that respect, there should be a special award for Fox News. Fox has done a great service to the American polity -- single-handedly breaking up the intellectual and ideological monopoly that for decades exerted hegemony (to use a favorite lefty cliché) over the broadcast media.
I said some years ago that the genius of Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes was to have discovered a niche market in American broadcasting -- half the American people. The reason Fox News has thrived and grown is because it offers a vibrant and honest alternative to those who could not abide yet another day of the news delivered to them beneath layer after layer of often undisguised liberalism.
What Fox did is not just create a venue for alternative opinion. It created an alternate reality.
A few years ago, I was on a radio show with a well-known political reporter who lamented the loss of a pristine past in which the whole country could agree on what the facts were, even if they disagreed on how to interpret and act upon them. All that was gone now. The country had become so fractured we couldn't even agree on what reality was. What she meant was that the day in which the front page of The New York Times was given scriptural authority everywhere was gone, shattered by the rise of Fox News.
What left me slack-jawed was the fact that she, like the cohort of mainstream journalists she represented so perfectly, was so ideologically blinkered that she could not fathom the plain fact that the liberal media were presenting the news and the world through a particular lens. The idea that it was particular, and that there might be competing ones, perhaps even superior ones, was beyond her ken.
That's why Fox News is so resented. It altered the intellectual and ideological landscape of America. It gave not only voice but also legitimacy to a worldview that had been utterly excluded from the mainstream media.
I'm proud to be part of this televised apostasy. And particularly proud to be part of the single best news program on American television, the six-o'clock news -- first with Brit Hume, now with Bret Baier....
-Charles Krauthammer on Fox News
- everything else we consume is branded. why should the news be any different?johndiggity
- DrBombay0
The guy who confronted Arlen Specter at that Townhall meeting has been on "disability" for 4-5 years... The hypocrisy is fucking amazing!
- ukit0
Possibly an illustration of what Krauthammer was getting at when he talked about alternative realities....
According to Rasmussen Reports, one of the major polling organization, Obama has an approval rating of -8, which is far lower than any other pollster has given him.
Also, "Republican candidates continue to hold a modest lead over Democrats for the seventh straight week" on the generic Congressional ballot. Meaning Republicans would make significant gains in Congress.
But...
According to Research 2000, another reputable pollster, Democrats maintain a solid lead of eight points on the generic ballot (37-29).
President Obama has a 60-36 (+24) positive approval rating, and the Democratic party beats the Republican party in favorability by almost 40 points.
Scott Rasmussen, who co-founded ESPN, is an outspoken conservative who wants to abolish social security and consulted for George Bush. The Research 2000 Poll is commissioned by the liberal blog Daily Kos.
I guess it's just coincidence that they arrived at such divergent numbers.
- ********0
8 of 10 cars sold via cash for clunkers was an asian brand. 46% of all cars sold were manufactured outside of the USA.
Question:
How does it feel to unwillingly send more of your tax dollars to the Japanese?Plain stupid.
- Once again a stunning example of how things really don't work, but you wish they do so you can feel good about being a dumb american.TheBlueOne
- a dumb american. Good work. Keep it up.TheBlueOne
- But I do agree with you that it's a rather questionable program in the end,TheBlueOne
- hey did it raise our stock price in GM? who do we talk to about selling?********
- TheBlueOne0
Re: Asian Car Brands in the US:
60% of Toyotas sold in the US are made here by American workers.
90% of Honda and Nissans are made here by American workers.In fact, it's been long term Republican strategy to support the building of these asian plants in Southern States because it a) provides work in their districts and b) the plants aren't represented by American Unions. Both win-wins for Republicans..
...and you get the added bonus of when you need to go all racist douchetard you can still rail against "them japanese are ruining our auto industry". Because douchetards like being able to play both sides to their benefit.
But I don't expect dumb shit reactionary douchetards like you WIll to do any homework, because you really excel at shooting off your mouthy loudly without facts.
