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- Ramanisky20
cnaps & deathboy are like my friends who always send me these chain e-mails that are all falsified and are full of misinformation.
Pure BullshitFriend 1:
All Americans read every word ---then look in the mirror and ask ourselves “ What have we done”?Friend 2:
For whoever voted for this fool.......well you got what you asked for!!!!me:
Check this out...
http://www.truthorfiction.com/ru…It was a conservative satirist that wrote the story.
Try actually watching an episode of Meet The Press just once... If you can’t do that, there’s a pretty good tool called Google that can clear crap like this up for you in seconds. No one named Dale Lindsborg does or ever has worked at The Washington Post.
they both just want to believe these lies so much ..
its irritatingalso their family's business thrived during Clinton's term ...
and almost went bankrupt near the end of Bush's termnow during Obama's term the family's business is once again thriving
I don't understand their logic other.
- TheBlueOne0
“They are — they are doing that here in the United States. American scientific companies are cross-breeding humans and animals and coming up with mice with fully functioning human brains... it is inevitable.”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2…
- Christine O'Donnell, GOP Senate Candidate from Delaware, as quoted on Fox News in 2007
Who knew that being against our future mouse-human hybrid overlords would be such a successful election plank?
One only wonders, in these dire times, what kind of legislative answers such a mind can give to the pressing challenges we face today.
- ALL HAIL OUR MICE-HUMAN HYBRID OVERLORDS!TheBlueOne
- I keep asking myself how this woman could possibly get elected, and then I think of Bachman...DCDesigns
- georgesIII0
humor me
- Is Putin that small or is Chavez that big?TheBlueOne
- Um...Jazz anyone?luckyorphan
- Chavez is 7'2" Putin 6'10"?BattleAxe
- and they both feed on the blood of small asian childrenzarkonite
- TheBlueOne0
“There is no policy that President Obama has passed or proposed that added as much to the deficit as the Republican Party's $3.9 trillion extension of the Bush tax cuts...Republicans and tea party candidates are both running campaigns based around concern for the deficit. But both, to my knowledge, support the single-largest increase in the deficit that anyone of either party has proposed in memory.”
When you clowns get back to reality, you let me know.
- the health stuff has yet to take effect. give it time. look how long it took for fdrs schemes.********
- im open to reversing tax cuts. and if so id expect some job loss. in this economy maybe weening it is better though.********
- and blue http://voices.washin…********
- if it wil cost 3.9 trillion in ten years do you know if that counts any revenue generated by unemployed people and such. or just straight loss of revenue considering nothign else?********
- or just pure revenue loss.********
- upside on revenue loss is cant afford wars, and retarded programs. more money in private sector. +'s -'s********
- on a personal note glad to see yur back and your puss has finally stopped bleeding********
- Repubs don't care if war is affordable or not, it won't stop them from starting one.DCDesigns
- the health stuff has yet to take effect. give it time. look how long it took for fdrs schemes.
- ********0
http://blogs.forbes.com/richkarl…
When U.S., corporations sit on more than $800 billion without creating jobs, when banks hoard more than $1 trillion in profits without lending to small businesses and consumers and when health insurance companies with tens of billions in profits demand huge premium increases, there are only two words to describe such greed says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka:
“Economic treason!”
- luckyorphan0
I feel compelled to repeat this:
In 1946 the debt was 120% of the GDP, It went straight down to about 32% in 1973. During this period 1946 - 1973 taxes were much higher. Marginal rates were at least 70%; they were 93% under Eisenhower. The economy was better than what we now have. For example, median wages went up 3 times as fast as since 1973. CEO's earned 50 times what their workers earned; it is 500 times today. Staring in 1973, the percent of wealth and income taken by the richest 10%, 1%, and 0.1% has gone up at an ever increasing rate.
We must have much higher taxes on the rich.
Please tell me a period when raising taxes on the rich was bad for the economy. Perhaps when Clinton did so?
- ukit0
This, from Wikipedia page on Reagan is all you really need to know:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rea…
In 1981, Reagan significantly reduced the maximum tax rate, which affected the very wealthy, and lowered the top marginal tax rate from 70% to 50%; in 1986 he further reduced the rate to 28%.
As a result of all this, the budget deficit and federal debt increased considerably: debt grew from 33.3% of GDP in 1980 to 51.9% at the end of 1988 and the deficit increased from 2.7% in 1980 to more than double in 1983, when it reached 6%; in 1984, 1985 and 1986 it was around 5%.
In order to cover new federal budget deficits, the United States borrowed heavily both domestically and abroad, raising the national debt from $700 billion to $3 trillion, and the United States moved from being the world's largest international creditor to the world's largest debtor nation.
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There's really no ideological argument needed here, it's just simple math. Whenever I bring this up with conservatives, they respond with something to the effect of, well, I sure wish he had cut spending to pay for those tax cuts. Except guess what, he didn't!
The idea that we would move even more in that direction with more tax cuts...it's just insane...but that's exactly where we are headed. The Republicans' proposed plan, if they take back Congress, is going to add something like 4 TRILLION in debt.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/…
"The tax plan put forward this week by Republican leaders in Congress would add nearly $4 trillion to the national debt"
- The real tragedy here is that the Democrats can't seem to point this out effectively.luckyorphan
- or the mediaukit
- so spending is bad? and is that tax plan purely the loss revenue over the decade?********
- gov need to have a flat percentage tax and let it be. stay out of economics becuase the human mind cant plan for the variables********
- all the variables********
- taxes and spending just need to balance out, same as any business. common sense thereukit
- flat tax would be disastrous, wave goodbye to your kids futureukit
- "stay out of economics because the human mind cant plan for all the variables"
Wtf?Josev - oh yea flat tax would suck has to be a percentage. but tax system is so f'd up i dont know up from down********
- locustsloth0
If this were truly true, rather than a way for her to claim she knows about what she criticizes, i would like her a tiny bit more. Like a micron more, but more, nonetheless
" O’Donnell in 1999: I dabbled in witchcraft"
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn…
- ********0
cnaps, go choke on a bone
- utopian0
Bill Maher digs up Teabagger Christine O'Donnell 'witchcraft' clip...
- luckyorphan0
Kaycee Olson Gallery in L.A. shows Jeff Sheng's work showcasing photography of gay service members across the country.
- fooler20
Ken Mehlman is the former GOP chairman who recently confirmed he was gay. Marc Maron is a comedian. Marc Maron has found himself sitting next to Ken Mehlman on a plane and is live-tweeting it. Guess what happened?
- hay just listened to marc for the first time talk about scotland funny guy.74LEO
- ukit0
Wow...just when you think they've hit a low point...
"Longtime Democratic incumbent Rep. Nita Lowey's Republican challenger this fall is a Christian conservative author and activist whose writings have frowned on inter-racial marriage...touted the benefits of studies linking race to IQ and said parents need to teach their kids "appropriate ethnic boundaries" for marriage and socializing."
...The comments about preserving ethnicity - and lauding eugenics, a social movement that's become yoked to practices by the Nazis - put Russell far to the right in the state, and are not likely to play well in the suburban district, predicted Hank Sheinkopf, a Democratic strategist."
http://www.politico.com/blogs/ma…
No fucking shit, huh? The more amazing thing is that the Republican party actually supports and gives money to someone like this...ridiculous.
- ********0
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- luckyorphan0
ABC World News coverage of Jeff Sheng's work showcasing photography of gay service members across the country. Now showing at the Kaycee Olson Gallery in L.A.
- luckyorphan0
10 Major New Health Reform Benefits Take Effect Today
by Rep. John Larson (D-CT)Starting today, insurers will be required to:
* Keep you covered when you get sick: Simple mistakes or typos will no longer be grounds for insurance companies to cancel your insurance.
* Cover kids with pre-existing conditions: Your kids can no longer be denied health coverage just because they have a pre-existing condition like hay fever, asthma, or previous sports injuries. This protection extends to all plans, except "grandfathered" plans in the individual market.
* Allow young adults to stay on their parents' plan up to age 26: Even if their first few jobs don't provide health benefits, your kids can still remain covered by your insurance.
* Remove lifetime limits: You will no longer need to worry about your health insurer limiting the amount of coverage available through their plan if you face an expensive medical condition. This will help Americans who develop chronic conditions from taking drastic measures to avoid medical bankruptcy.
* Phase out annual limits: Many plans include annual dollar limits on how much medical coverage can be obtained per year. On all non-"grandfathered" plans in the individual market, these limits will be phased out over the next three years.For any insurance plan that goes into effect after September 23, 2010, your insurance company must:
* Pay for preventive care like mammograms and immunizations: Addressing problems before they start can help keep you healthier, and new insurance plans will now cover many preventative tests and immunizations without any copayment.
* Give you a better appeals process for insurance claims: Now you'll have a guaranteed and fair path to help you receive the benefits you paid for if insurance companies deny your claim.
* Let you choose your own doctor: Health reform makes it clear that you can choose any available participating primary care provider as your provider, and any available participating pediatrician to be your child's primary care provider.
* Provide easier access to OB-GYN services: Women will no longer be required to have a referral from a primary care provider before seeking coverage for obstetrical or gynecological (OB-GYN) care from a participating OB-GYN specialist.
* Allow you to use the nearest emergency room without penalty: If an emergency arises while you're away, you will no longer have to drive home to your in-network provider to receive in-network benefits.Many other new benefits of the law have already taken effect, including rebate checks for seniors in the donut hole and tax credits for small businesses. Keep watching, as more rights, protections and benefits for Americans are on the way now through 2014.
- yeah! great news74LEO
- ...'course, we could always end Social Security instead.luckyorphan
- im still against it, americans dont deserve to live like normal white peopledrgz
- luckyorphan0
Perhaps the Most Ridiculous Thing to Come Out of Washington Since George McClellan
by Erick Erickson (of Red State Blog)
http://www.redstate.com/erick/20…"Overall, this grand illusion of an agenda that will never happen is best spoken of today and then never again as if it did not happen. It is best forgotten."
- what the fuck did he just say in that article???74LEO
- ...which part?luckyorphan
