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The mandate would amount to a poll tax by Emma Ibbers I basically agree with the Dialog so far about the healthcare "mandate" being unpopular with healthy young people, especially if there is no "public option". The mandate is different than mandatory car insurance because driving and
Right now there are millions of people who don't file income tax returns because they do not owe anything — or they're basically out of the system altogether. But these people are still going to need treatment sometimes, like after accidents or whatever. I have lived in Oakland, Seattle, San Francisco and LA/Orange, and it is obvious to me based on experience with "poor people" that there is no way to implement a mandate that requires everyone to join Kaiser, or Blue Cross, or whichever company. That would require them to have monthly excess cash as well as the discipline to mail monthly premium checks, etc. I just don't see it happening. A "public option" should be automatic for everyone not enrolled in a private plan. There should be no need to do anything to join — you're automatically covered. And the premiums/cost should be covered by the government and paid for as part of the budget. There is plenty of money to pay for this if the government quit squandering trillions of dollars on wars, the police state, welfare for corporations, etc. Half of the federal government's spending is pure waste. Or more. They contribute nothing positive to the economy. They're parasites on the body politic. Bottom line, I now suspect that healthcare "reform" is going to be another government screw-up. If they pass a law at all it will just accelerate the day when the government admits publicly that they are bankrupt. Reply from Wig: There is plenty of money to pay for this if the government quit squandering trillions of dollars on wars, the police state, welfare for corporations, etc. The "...plenty of money" you allude to is BORROWED money and even if used as you propose would be just as squandered in terms of the deficit. Reply from Helen & Harry: I spent about fifteen years of my life living in the slummiest sections of Seattle and San Francisco, and what you describe is obvious to anyone who's spent any time in such neighborhoods, but for the benefit of those who haven't done time in the ghetto, let me just say, damn right. Virtually all so-called "safety net" programs, from welfare to homeless shelters, are for people who can deal with the paperwork and regulations. And of course, that requires a fairly high level of intellectual ability, so inevitably huge numbers of people "fall between the cracks", since the "cracks" are Grand Canyonesque by design. Hell, we've been debating "health care reform" for months and I barely half-understand all the myriad proposals and I ain't stupid. Someone who's surviving on the streets, dealing with the damages that brought him or her there, how's that person supposed to do the required hoop-jumping? So of course, whatever wildly overcomplicated system they're cooking in Congress is just plain not going to be worth anything at all to the five- or ten-million Americans who are at the absolute bottom of our economy. Their dying will continue uninterrupted, and not be slowed in the slightest. Dang good point and thanks for pointing it out. And yeah, even with America deep in a recession, devastated by decades of thundrously stupid economic policy that continues to this day, the simple human right to health care for all could easily be funded — if only the endless expenditures for death, weapons, and warfare could be scaled back by a few percentage points. But such a slight rejiggering of priorities from death to life isn't even under consideration, and anyone who proposes it is enthusiastically marginalized as a crackpot. Kuciniched, so to speak. America. What a country. What a fucking country. Circled the "damns" by Cassandra Re banned books at the library, I was reading a copy of "Fahrenheit 451" from my local library and someone had circled (fortunately in pencil) all the "damns". I don't think the pencil-wielding reader got the point of the book. Renewed Mind by SirJ Re the kooky Christian song and dance The key you are searching for is ... The Renewed Mind was written by Victor Paul Wierwille, the founding president of The Way International as well as by a number of other Christian authors (LINK). Yes, "The Renewed Mind" is indeed the words the ummm... performers are singing as you can tell if you go to this video. That video is rated #9 on the top ten viral videos of 2008. The complete list is here. Sarah Palin playing the flute is #10. The sound recording is so poor it is impossible to tell how well she played, but I would hazard a guess that she was quite good. And the number one viral hit is "Bill O'Reilly Flips Out" on page 2. It's a treat. Perhaps you would prefer this, where The Terminator comes to save Jesus, but he does not want to be saved. Reply from Helen & Harry: Man o man, SirJ. And thanks, but mostly, man o man. I was raised in a fairly ordinary Christian church, but I haven't been back since my mid 20s because it all just seemed sorta nutty. But Renewed Mind is just exponentially nuttier than anything my parents or our church did to me. Lord have mercy by Wig Oldest human skeleton discovered, bipedalism origin may be revealed As a friend likes to exclaim on hearing news like this "Lord have mercy". Can you just imagine how the "Creationists" are going to go (excuse the pun) "bananas". Perhaps we should take pity and take up a collection and buy them a month supply of Depends. Get rich scheme by Chris P. This is gross. Is nothing sacred to Wall Street? Of course, not. We should know this by now, yet still I am nauseated. The latest plot is to turn life insurance policies held by financially crippled elderly folks into a get-rich scheme for the same wealthy dice throwers who used subprime algorithms to wreck the banking industry. Check it out: Wall Street's new Halloween trick
The REAL problem by Chris D. It is increasingly apparent to me that the true ailments of any democracy lie not in its leadership, no matter how corrupt or inept, it lies with their citizenry. The core principle of democracy has always been the active involvement of those directly affected, and the fact that they need not only to have their say but to actually voice their concerns.
Canadians, Americans, and many other citizens of democratic nations have simply stepped back from the political arena, leaving politics to the so-called politicians. In the absence of our concerns, presence, and former influence other interests have seized the opportunity to make 'politicians' a more exclusive, restrictive, influential, (and paradoxically more easily influenced,) club. We have sat idly by and allowed elections to be dictated by money, only permitting those with sufficient financial backing to speak to the entire nation. We stood slack-jawed and drooling pathetically as discussions and their ensuing decisions were made behind closed doors, made worse by our inaction as the cause, course, and consequence of these discussions and ensuing decisions continued as a closely kept secret until it affected enough lives of us 'lesser' citizens that it became noticeable. We bent over and just took it in impolite-to-mention-places as a de facto elite was established above the law, the rich and influential being granted leniency for many acts some consider unforgivable. Granted easier access to certain rights and smoother passage through financial and legal hurdles. Complacently we believe that the act of casting an easily manipulated or disregarded ballot electing a slim selection of fools hand-picked by parties who groom them to further their interests rather than fulfill the needs of voters is the height and extent of the democratic process. This is a lie. The height, the extent, the purpose of Democracy is for the least of us to stand up and get involved, to be the representatives of the smallest community or the largest coalitions. We must rise up and tell Congress, Parliament, the Senate, and high council of shitheads that we have spoken and if they value their jobs they will follow through on that will. Stand up and speak out. Know that the government is neither your mommy nor your master, it is your employee and extension of your will. Know that YOU are the government. Always make the time to see what affects your community, always take the time to address it with others who have the capability to understand your concerns and through force of numbers and solidarity bring your concerns and possible solutions into tangible options. This is a call even to the often-wrong religious-right. Though many arguments are based on conjecture and easily misinterpreted beliefs at the very least they have the gumption to band together to make their concerns known, what I ask and what any sane citizen should demand is that everyone else in the country be willing to do the same. Let the government know that they only have power as long as the people permit it. Let them know that you are paying attention not just to the propaganda but the facts. Let them know that their careers, their very lives as free men and women are on the line as long as they continue to deceive their entire countries. Get involved, get to know the issues. Stand and speak before your fellow pissed-off man. Give a freaking shit about politics because the alternative is to allow others to discourage and outright ban involvement in them. Don't say it's not your problem, don't say there' s nothing you can do, don't believe for an instant that the only options available are the ones presented by incredibly biased groups. Take some initiative, take some responsibility. Give some of your passion, give a piece of your mind. For the love of your country, get INVOLVED! Reply from Wig: It's a rather common confusion. Western Democracies are in reality Representative Democracies and as such are based on the citizenry allotting it's voice to representatives in lieu of personal attendance at the states' political bodies. The only thing close to the pure democratic concept is the local town or city council meetings where the general public has the opportunity to openly submit questions to the local executive body. Interesting (and disturbing) by Sherri B. In regard to: Amateurs, zinesters, and bloggers aren't journalists Bloggers join together, change your blogs into a series of five or more, rename it as an online magazine, name it as nonprofit org/corp and you'll fall under the umbrella. Dissect the terms of restriction and work right around them; bend them to YOUR will. Don't give up. Re Does Obama hate white people? My thought is: Wow. Just wow. It is interesting (and disturbing) to watch a group pull on any thread to set the tone for fear and panic. Something smells by Wig
It's hard to understand the logic in the FBI terrorist chases. It appears most of its evidence is based on speculation not factual information. Police buy military-style sonic device to subdue crowds This device combined with the Taser gun should enable the country's police forces to be giddy beyond their wildest dreams. Now the problem we face is who should we fear most. The terrorists or the police? Former Catholic by Cassandra Re The Roman Catholic Church is proudly bragging that as many as 19 out of 20 priests aren't raping altar boys. The ones who are, rape enough kids to make up the slack. Cassandra, Former Catholic.
Watada's way out
by Konrad of Goofy's Garage Re Lt Ehren Watada's "victory" I would agree that it seems like a win all the way around right now but a less than honorable discharge is one of those things that can haunt you for the rest of your life. I wish the ex-lieutenant the very best and hope this does not keep him from being all he can be. Is that a mandate or are you just glad to see me? by SirJ You can eat all the canned salmon you want. It has no detectable levels of mercury according to this page. Plus it is one of the least expensive fishes if you stick to pink or Keta canned salmon. I am eating my homemade pink salmon soup now. It's a can each of pink salmon, lentil soup, peas, tomatoes, plus a half can of corn. I add chili powder to give it zest. $25,000 fine if you don't buy health insurance Plus you can get jail time. There's one way to get your health care: be in jail. Possibly even pre-existing conditions are covered. Warning: the news source is a Republican. Reply from Helen & Harry: I count two Republican sources, Senator John Ensign (R-Nevada) and Politico. But even disbelieving the size of the fine, the concept remains a hell of a problem. Any legislation that forces young and healthy people to buy insurance they don't want is going to create a lot of young and healthy Republicans. And the Democrats are dumb enough to do it. Reply from SirJ: If you were Mae West, I'd say I was glad to see you, but since you aren't then it's a mandate. Forcing people to buy insurance is a poor solution to guaranteeing coverage for pre-existing conditions. If you're guaranteed coverage for pre-existing conditions, there isn't any incentive to buy insurance until you're sick. The Senate Finance committee has kicked the public option to the curb. They aren't interested in reform. They are interested in brown-nosing the insurance industry. Reply from Helen & Harry: The stupidity of what the Democrats are doing is impressive, even for Democrats. Meaningful health care reform would be wildly popular and boost the chances of any Democrat's victory in any election for at least a generation. What they're doing instead will infuriate the Democrats' base, rebuild the floundering Republican Party, and of course kill people ... but it'll be good for Humana and Blue Cross Blue Shield, and to our statesmen in DC that's all that matters. The other viewpoint by Wig
Here in the U.S. the latest craze is "obesity". The attack on the foodstuff considered by the health freaks to be the cause of our downfall are now daily scorned by the MSM fueled by dieticians on a crusade to (as the anti-smokers before) save us from ourselves. A big ugly tax by Rufus D. Are Democrats in Congress so staggeringly stupid that they're going to require people by law to buy health insurance — overpriced, evil, and an unprecedented "mandate" in American history — and then they're going to wrap it in a bow and give it to America like it's something someone would want? Even disregarding a public option, this is a big ugly tax that'll hit the poor and the young and the healthy hardest, and give everyone who's poor young or healthy a powerful incentive to hate Democrats forever. Reply from Wig: Excuse me for not getting the least upset over this idiocy. I fall back on the old adage "You can't get blood out of a turnip". Can anyone explain to me how the nuts in Congress are going to collect fines off people who don't have money to begin with? Of course we can always increase our prison population by the restoration of small debtors prisons. The circus being played out in the Houses of Congress displays the complete disintegration of representative democracy.
As nuts as Netanyahu by The Canadian I am not convinced yet, but I believe that the real threat of a first strike will be from Israel. Israel may feel that the international community has betrayed their faith in the international community's desire/ability to prevent Iran from acquiring domestically created nuclear weapons. I counter this thought by understanding that there is no way Israel can strike Iran without the US knowing in advance. I would keep an eye on any info relating to advancements in construction scheduling relating to D.E.Ps. Ramadan is over, Yom Kippur is tomorrow. Reply from Wig: Isn't it strange how religious observances end up in the slaughter of innocent civilians? Reply from Helen & Harry: First strike by Israel? Probably. By America? Unlikely, while Obama is President, but if he tries harder than he's tried on health care reform he could undoubtedly pull it off. Iran, of course, would never make the first military strike on Israel — Iran's leaders aren't crazy. Reply from The Canadian: Iran's leaders are crazy. Crazy like foxes! All kidding aside Amadinejad is as nuts as Netanyahu. And, God knows, America has its fair share of politically powerful nutbars as well. All I am saying is, I think, America is actually sending signals to Israel to avoid a first strike. But it is very hard to interpret all the mixed signals at this time. Reply from Helen & Harry: Instead of sending signals, someone at or near the top of American government should ring up Israel and say it in plain Hebrew — make war and the American checks will stop. Of course, it's a fantasy to imagine that there's anyone at or near the top in US gov't who wouldn't kiss all four of Israel's cheeks, and it's a double fantasy to pretend war isn't what America wants. But these are pleasant fantasies... Reply from The Canadian: Given the advancements in global surveillance tech and weaponry, no strike on Iran by Israel could occur without complicit and tacit support from many countries. All this saber rattling is concerning to say the least. I hope it is only posturing before the commencement of the Oct 1st discussions with Iran. Reply from The Canadian: Sending signals is a turn of phrase. Of course they are openly speaking with each other. As to the discussions that occurred today between Iran and the US, clearly the US is trying to force Iran into a corner. The talks were not staged to find a middle ground, instead the US demanded 3 conditions be met by Iran BEFORE they would agree to a second round of talks. 2 of the conditions have previously been refused by Iran. The US gave a time limit of only 2 weeks for 1 condition to be met — a complete inspection of the Qom facility by the IAEA. US foreign policy has evidently not changed course since the election of Pres. Obama. Reply from Wig: ... Iran's leaders aren't crazy." True, but they drive the Israeli leaders crazy. And the stability in the middle east is continually upset by the Israeli need to impose its will to maintain its hegemony. I could smell the tear gas by Big Willy I live a few miles outside of Pittsburgh and I wasn't there for the peaceful protests or the police riots that followed, but I've seen the video. I could smell the tear gas. Tell me this isn't a police state. Reply from Helen & Harry: Why would I tell you that?
Government gone wild by Billie Cavanaugh Great minds thinking alike again. Sherri B's note on our dysfunctional relationship with our government resonated with my most recent "Aha!" moment. Our governments — fed, state, local — have become bloated in size and purpose. Just take a look at the the federal government. They're involved in every aspect of nearly everything, not just here in the US but abroad! Did you hear that "we" are going to donate $1.5 billion annually to Pakistan? Wow. Must be nice to be so rich! Did you hear? "We" spend $75 billion a year on "intelligence". And the "Baucus bill" on healthcare "reform" is reportedly 1000 pages long! It is no wonder that our country is in such dire straits — bankrupt and embroiled in wars of occupation all over the globe. We have 100 Senators, 435 Congress-critters and the executive branch trying to write detailed rules controlling every aspect of our lives. This is worse than the fabled "central planning" of Communist states of past. We should be so lucky as to have Five Year plans! In theory, I guess, the reason for the stupefying paper blizzards of laws and regulations is that our governments are working tirelessly to continually improve *everything* in our country. But that theory no longer holds water. What I see is a small set of rulers trying to micromanage the lives of 300 million individuals (7 billion if you count their imperial aspirations...) mostly for the benefit of the ruling politicians ... who, if you think about it would have no way to earn an honest living in a real capitalist society. Here is a current example of government gone wild: the University of California system has proposed raising tuition by 30% over the next two years. (Finally) students are marching and protesting (money gets people's attention, eh?) And here is the clue that something is fucked up beyond all recognition: the US system has 220,000 students and 170,000 faculty and staff. Talk about bloat! That's beyond bloat into something nearly impossible to characterize... but which is similar in wackiness to the bloat of the federal government.
Reply from Helen & Harry: Thinking of the big picture makes me furious, and reminds me just how impotent one poor person is in a so-called democracy of 250,000,000+ ruled by money. There are a million questions about the "cost" of saving 40,000 lives a year, the annual death toll of the insurance swindle, but no questions at all about war forever. And we all know why Baucus's bill has to stretch out to a thousand pages of dense legalese, when there's no reason for virtually any piece of legislation to be that huge. It just provides myriad corners in which to hide the cash and kickbacks. Not that I'm telling you anything you don't already know. We don't have a government, we have a daily graft factory that's setting records. The situation involving Iran by The Canadian Well Iran is back at the top of the "bad guys" list again. Much of the new info espoused about secret nuclear facilities is not really new. This info has been known for some time. Marie K's comments are also correct. Now, however, the game has changed and the rules are not in Iran's present fravor. Russia's concerns about NATO's missile shield have been placated. China is more concerned with maintaining internal socioeconomic peace and order than vying with the US for mineral hegemony in the Middle East. The US black-ops program for regime change in Iran clearly failed. As such, Iran is becoming isolated and cornered with no opportunity for Moderates within Iran or those countries opposing Iran, to address the present increase of engineered geopolitical tension. What spooks me now is the fact that many of the people I know who are "in the know" will no longer openly muse with me about the geopolitics concerning Iran. It is as if they are concerned about carelessly saying something they should not. For quite awhile the subject of Iran was a fallow discussion; no longer. It would seem the US Policy of si vis pacem para bellum continues. Unfortunately, this acient Roman dictate usually leads to requiescant in pace. Our full and undivided attention by Wig Re What concerns me most is not the disclosure or even the ridiculous over-reaction, but the presence of several big-name progressives on the shocked and worried bandwagon. Combine this frenzy with the terrorist frenzy taking place now, one has to wonder if the fiasco occurring in Congress with the health care reform issue isn't the reason. The looming failure to pass a much touted health care reform package is pushed to the back in the MSM by "national security" scare news. After all, the threat of "imminent attacks" (both from those wacky Iranian leaders and the "domestic terrorists" in Colorado and Texas) needs our full and undivided attention. Re "I'm sure the prisoners are enjoying all the Obama "change". Didn't someone once make the observation (paraphrasing here) the more things change the more they remain the same? One thing is now obvious: Obama is quite adept at changing his mind on his changes. P.S : As to the paraphrased quote,on checking I find: "AA: And the nineteenth century French writer Alphonse Karr gets credit for "The more things change, the more they remain the same." Nope. Won't do it. by Lionel S. How many months are we into the vulgar lie-overloaded "debate" on heath care reform, and it's still impossible to know which bill to read or what's about to be done to us. I keep getting the impression that Congress is going to REQUIRE every American to buy health insurance — but with no public option, so another 30,000,000 of us are forced to become customers of Killer Insurance Incorporated. Somebody said it here a few weeks back, and I just want to add my name to those who will absolutely refuse to do it. Fine me all the thousands of dollars I don't have, I don't know how you're going to collect, but I am not going to be a customer of some insurance scam. Nope. Won't do it.
Piling on still more Iran related disinformation by Marie K. As if trying to cause a coup wasn't enough, now our not-to-be believed-for-one-second mainstream media and government officials including Obama are foaming over the notification Iran provided — well ahead of being required to — about a new uranium enrichment facility they have begun working on. The type of reactor they have
Since Iran was accused of keeping it secret while Iran itself has claimed they were reporting on it ahead of schedule, I worked on this aspect of the story. It became clear that the whole thing boils down to whether Iran has signed on to the original or modified text of Code 3.1 related to its Safeguards Agreement with the IAEA. Scott Ritter in this article discusses this issue. He notes that Iran signed on to the modified version and even acted accordingly while it's parliament considered ratifying the "additional protocol" it was a part of. However, "in March 2007, Iran suspended the implementation of the modified text of Code 3.1" and informed the IAEA of their decision. Ritter continues saying that "as such, Iran was reverting back to its legally-binding requirements of the original safeguards agreement, which did not require early declaration of nuclear-capable facilities prior to the introduction of nuclear material." In other words, Iran was only required to report on it's new facility 180 days/6 months before nuclear material is introduced. In fact, the new facility is actually 18 months away from coming online. Also, there are 87 other NPT signatories still acting based on the original text of Code 3.1. Ritter concludes that "Iran's action, in declaring the existence of the Qom facility, has created a window of opportunity for ... " strengthening the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) and obtaining "even greater transparency on the part of Iran." Of course, this can only be realized "within the framework of IAEA negotiations and inspections, and not [with] more bluster and threats form the leaders of the western world." Yes, how logical that is, BUT as Mike Rivero notes the US government prodded on by Israel doesn't do logical. Even if attacking Iran is tragic for Iranians and even if such an attack could lead to WW3 and the US — given its very fragile economic situation — LOSING, the nutcases at the helm still might do it. Thus it is up to us to complain to those media outlets and government officials that behave outrageously and tell them that we know the facts and won't be fooled any longer. Perhaps this might also prevent another false flag event like 9/11 happening in order to blame Iran. Dysfunctional relationship by Sherri B. After days of getting email after email suggesting we're in some sort of apocalypse (pick your reason) I have to wonder of Americans are not in a seriously dysfunctional relationship with the government (and perhaps each other). When people are abused they, if they don't receive counseling and treatment, tend to repeat certain abusive patterns. For eight years I had people emailing me about the fact that Bush was abusive, stripping rights, destroying lives and what happens? We hop onto the next President to "rescue us" and then when this government starts abusing us we whine and cry. Americans I think therapy is in order. Find a way to get the abusers in your life out of your life... before you have no lives to lose. Examine the possibility by SirJ
True or not, I'm glad somebody was on the ball enough to examine this possibility. It does raise the question of why this possibility was even deemed worthy of study. Further info:
Reply from Helen & Harry: Take your vitamins. Wash your hands. Eat smart and get plenty of sleep. I'll wait and see what the experts say about the shots when the shots get here. And I have face masks, which I'll start wearing in public if or when I start getting more concerned.
Terrible faux pas ... or double entendre? by Leopold OMG... This is more than a little bit funny, as pointed out by the Rude Pundit:
I too thought the poster was advising use of cock rings but in reality the topic is marriage rings: "For The Best Sex Slip On One Of These!"
Quicker than you can blink by Wig Re Scarborough's lament about Beck As someone who (I can't explain why) watches "Morning Joe" every morning I'd advise being careful in taking any one comment coming out of his mouth since it will change quicker than you can blink. Chameleon Joe is just as apt at describing Joe as Reasonable Joe. He's basically a Republican hack who continually speaks out of both sides of his mouth. Reply from Helen & Harry: I've never watched Scarborough's show, but I should've known.
A foreign policy of "saber rattling"
It's suddenly a need of immediate disclosure even though we've known about this for a year? We've known about Israel's nuclear plants but there is no need for any disclosure of that even though Israel is threatening attacking Iran to stop Iran from being a nuclear rival. Are we back to a foreign policy of "saber rattling"? As Japan went, so goes America by Hairy Spider This is a beautifully clear and compelling essay written in easily comprehensible English. The biggest government bailout is yet to come — itself. And that is a great lead-in to this essay by Jim Willie about the latest global speculating fad, the "Dollar Carry Trade". New deadly dollar carry trade Here is a funny thing: the US real estate bubble appears to be leading the US into the same pattern of government bailout behaviors that crippled Japan's economy for so many years and which created the conditions necessary for permanent zero percent interest rates and the Yen Carry Trade! So even though the US and the Greenspan Fed had a historical incident to guide them, they allowed the US real estate bubble to grow to destructive size between 2001 and 2007! Now we're repeating Japan's history!
Just sayin' by Sherri B. HR manager beaten to death by angry workers Not saying I'd do it. Just saying I understand why they did. Nice work if you can get it by Scott L. Re FDIC to borrow billions of dollars from banks So let's see, we lend money to the banks so they can lend it back to us and charge interest? Reply from Wig: Perhaps it's a form of "free trade"?
Democracy was a good idea
by Siskiyousis Sure feels like 1968 coming 'round again. Only, with the losses sustained by forty years of thugs with briefcases and the thieves of Wall Street — going to be a whole lot of mean streets filled with mean people. Pity. And the focus of the them that has on them that hasn't is basically to pare down the masses of eaters to billions less, for their own safety and comfort. They have no reason to be merciful, nor do the bullies they hire to do their mean will. They'd rather be with the owners than down and out with the beaten. Nothing new to see here. Pass right along... So let him quit by Wig
WOW. Where have our Republican fiscal responsibility critics been while this boondoggle has been underway? What is the justification for this expenditure?
I guess we're planning to be there a long time to come. I guess an all volunteer army needs the snazzy accommodations. When I,as a lowly draftee in '52, spent the winter training there our accommodations consisted of tents and the cold walk to the always fancy outdoor latrine.
Poppycock. If Truman could fire MacArthur Obama can accept a resignation. So let him quit. The Pentagon is getting mighty uppity lately. ACORN called the cops by SirJ Maryland's DA will be investigating ACORN and the secret taping. Maryland has a wiretapping law and it looks like a clear violation of it to film somebody without their consent. ACORN filed a complaint with the Philadelphia police, but apparently the impostors had left by then. For a copy of the complaint scroll partway down. Reply from Helen & Harry: ACORN called the police about the silly pimp impostor in at least three of their offices, including San Diego, but I didn't keep the links about it (because I don't much care). I just remember thinking, it takes a lot of cash to fly around the country making all these clandestine videos, so they must be pretty well-funded. The Hammer shakin' dat ass! by Chris P. I seem to recall Tom DeLay complaining about Jerry Springer being on Dancing with the Stars a few years back, saying, "We don't need smut on TV!" Is he secretly gay? You decide. Reply from Sherri B.: LMAO — who cares if the man is secretly gay? He's gay because he's DANCING? ROFL. What does that have to do with anything? If the point is that he's a hypocrite ummm..yeah...But really...pick something better than this to illustrate the point. That was my laugh of the day. Thank you.
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