Morning Must Reads: Perception is Everything

Three-quarters of our problems could be solved if journalists and other repected professionals would find the courage, when encountering disinformation, to politely point out, “Excuse me , but that’s Bulls4!^….”

“Jeffrey Goldberg unearths a shocking truth…
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‘Of course he’s not [a Muslim]. He’s a Druid. But a Reform Druid. Meaning he only worships shrubbery.’”
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Huh?
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I like Colin Powell’s response from Meet the Press several months ago – “but if he was, so what?”

“Jeb thinks that’s lame.”

http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/a-naming-of-parts/

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/20/world/middleeast/20policy.html?_r=2&hp
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“U.S. (Obama) Assures Israel That “Iran Threat Is Not Imminent”
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Yea right!!
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On a second note, “Obama has offered forsale, swampland in Florida, urges people to invest”

http://www.cnbc.com/id/38653757
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US Homeowner Confidence Drops in Second Quarter
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Job Confidence is also at All Time Low
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Americans are no longer shouting out, “Yes we can”, no longer are they saying “Change We Can Believe In”

Well, I’m glad that Franklin Graham was around during Obama’s early years. I’m sure he provided a great support. What a dope. Talk about trading on a family name.

How about “Jeffery Goldberg is a lying sack of crap”?
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http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/08/20/goldberg/index.html

“Trust and distrust – that explains almost all of it,” says Nicholas DiFonzo, professor of psychology at the Rochester Institute of Technology and an expert on rumor and gossip research. “We are in such a highly polarized political environment. Our country is sorting itself into more closely knit, opposing factions each year” – factions, DiFonzo suggests, that in turn become “echo chambers” for factoids that aren’t fact at all.
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Nearly one in five people, or 18 percent, said they think Obama is Muslim, up from the 11 percent who said so in March 2009, according to a poll released Thursday. The proportion who correctly say he is a Christian is just 34 percent, down from 48 percent in March of last year.”

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/19/AR2010081905619_pf.html
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I suppose when you start out refusing to produce the documents necessary to prove who you really are…..when you are busy trying to “denouce” associations, changing your history, and overall re-writing everything about yourself, people will begin to distrust you.
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Imagine that!!

They’d be accused of being partisan. Even worse they’d be accused of being uncivil.
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No one wants to be disinvited to the BBQ.

Are you a birther, Rusty?

They won’t build it! Hardhats vow not to work on controversial mosque near Ground Zero
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http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/08/20/2010-08-20_we_wont_build_it_hardhats_say_no_way_they_will_work_on_wtc_mosque.html
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In a city where Unions control most everything in New Yorkers daily lives, if Unions decide not to build it, then it simply will not get built.

No I am not momento, are you a TRUTHER?

For those calling for quotes from the right wing media on the Obama Muslim meme, Media Matters has gathered quite a lot. With the endless repetition, no wonder the polling has shown a stupid turn in opinion.

http://mediamatters.org/research/201008190061

The irony which has been this Administrations biggest problem so far.
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Obama now blames poor job numbers on congressional inaction. Wait! His party runs Congress
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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/08/obama-mosque-jobs-economy.html
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“Just a few minor things to catch up on for the weekend now that the Fundraiser-in-Chief has gone on another vacation (Don’t worry though. White House chef Sam Kass went along, so the first family need not eat ordinary human food.)
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– The Congressional Budget Office says the 2010 federal deficit will be in excess of $1.3 trillion, as in $1,000,000,000,000+. (BTW, the next level we’ll be talking about out of Washington is quadrillion, which has fifteen 0′s.)
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– Despite Vice President Joe Biden’s April boast that administration stimulus spending would spur the economy to add a half-million jobs a month by now, initial unemployment claims jumped a half-million last week, the worst since last November, as national unemployment remains at 9.5% and the economy sheds 131,000 more jobs.”

And this man thinks he can call people to Jesus? What Jesus is it? The political Jesus? You know the real Jesus, the one who overthrew the Roman Empire, not the one who died on the cross for ( here it goes) all men. The Jesus who will give back to you 10 fold what you give to Graham. Yea that is the one, the Republican Jesus.

The minority party’s done its best to halt progress. Or have you (conveniently) forgotten the filibuster maneuver?

What he didn’t say though is that if he has to push the birther line in order to get rid of Obama, he’ll do it!
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I wonder if Rusty would go for bestiality if knew that would have the same effect…

Dare I say He died for women too. Nonetheless Graham must also believe in the one-fifths rule from back in the day – the one where if you’re one-fifth something (black, American Indian, Italian, etc.) you’re that ‘something’ all the way.

Wouldn’t it though?
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That way, the rumor that Obama is a Muslim would appear only in the National Enquirer, below the article saying Zsa Zsa Gabor was abducted by aleins.
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…and the fact that 24% of Americans believe it would be a statistic, just above the one that quantifies the number of people who think that the end of the world in 2012….

I suppose when you start out refusing to produce the documents necessary to prove who you really are….
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Wow, you’re an even bigger idiot than you’ve shown here.
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It’s been released:
http://msgboard.snopes.com/politics/graphics/birth.jpg
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It’s been authenticated by the Hawaii Secretary of State and vouched for by the Republican governor. It matches up with birth announcements printed in both Honolulu newspapers the next day.
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The fact that you think he “refused” to produce the documents proves who you really are. A gullible, easily-duped partisan f*ckwit.

“No I am not momento, are you a TRUTHER?”
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Uhmmm, no, I’m not. To the best of my knowledge, I’ve never said anything that would imply I am a truther. If it makes you feel any better, I think truthers like our michaelfury spammer are much crazier than some of the right-wingers we see here.
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The reason I asked, Rusty, is because you said, “I suppose when you start out refusing to produce the documents necessary to prove who you really are.” It’s hard to parse that as being anything other than a statement of support to those who think the President was born somewhere other than Hawaii.
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If you’re not a birther Rusty, why are you concerned about him “produc[ing] the documents” to prove who he is?

Americans are still trying to dig out from under the Bush Bankruptcy (i.e., the domestic and international mess that George W. Bush left for Obama to clean up). Bush dug us a very deep hole, and Americans are just coming to grips with the fact that it will take us several generations to dig our way out. Unfortunately, Republicans only know how to dig down, and that’s where they are taking the nation with their political maneuvering and race/religion baiting and fear-mongering brand of politics.

I thought it was one eighth*.
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But then, liquor is measured if fifths…
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*Except in the version of the Constitution that “strict constructionists” believe in.

That must be it! He was born into Christianity, so he is the True Christian. I take back everything. It so simple all you have to do is be born into it. I am saved, saved I tell you, now I am free to be a Republican.

Now, aren’t you glad for those SEIU “thugs”.
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smooch, smooch…

momento:
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I’m not yet sure what a “truther” is, but I’m finding it very hard to imagine goods more damaged than Rusty…

Believing Obama has not produced his birth certificate makes you a birther.
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Also, an idiot.

“…[T]hey have a big L on their foreheads.” –Jed Blush
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Better than having a big L for a brother.

Was looking for:
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def truther():…

At least if what-his-names (aka rusty et al) wishes to be a birther he should pick on someone whose BC is genuinely in doubt …like poor Trig Palin (his BC has never been produced, unlike Obama who has produced all of his, from Hawaii to Kenya). Not the kid’s fault of course; it’s the mom’s. Sarah should never whine about Obama’s BC when she hasn’t even shown one for her own son (provided she gave birth to him, but I digress).

“and the fact that 24% of Americans believe it would be a statistic, just above the one that quantifies the number of people who think that the end of the world in 2012….”
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And the same group who want to elect Sarah Palin to help bring it about.

But Jesus’ blood covers all that heritage. So I guess Franklin thinks having a Muslim father is a sin per se. OOOOkaaaay….

WJC: “Desk used to be over hear, y’see? That way the secretary couldn’t see us from the front hallway…”
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WJC: “So I grabbed a’hold of her just like this, and then *she* proceeds to…”
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WJC: “The seating chart is OK, but could you put Hillary over here on my left? I mean, waaaaay over.”

“I’m not yet sure what a “truther” is, but I’m finding it very hard to imagine goods more damaged than Rusty…”
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Truthers are those that believe the U.S. government (CIA, State Dept, Bush himself; it varies) is responsible for the 9/11 attacks, not Islamic extremists.
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Parsing the function ‘crazy’ returns:
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crazy(Rusty) < crazy(michaelfury)

Don’t ‘cha get a coach/player feel from this photo?

The sins of the father thing Graham style.

feelING

“500 words” –
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Obama and Clinton review design sketches for the Barack Hussein Obama Burlington Coat Factory Community Center / Mosque / Terrorist Training Ground / Bomb Shelter and Manufacturer / Falafel fast food joint™.
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Obama: Look at this poll, Bill. They still think I’m a Muslim.
Clinton: Hell, Barack, I feel your pain. Some people still think I’m black and that you’re the second black President.
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After the MN GOP video of Democratic women, Clinton and Obama swap much better (and naughtier) pix of their wives in favorite poses / positions …except of course a few Monica pix got mixed up in the stack and Clinton had to quickly switch them out for even more risque Hillary photos.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#38779544
(it’s #2 in the countdown)
…btw, re: Glenn Beck’s gold coins, does he realize that he might really be buying gold-covered chocolate coins? He might be puzzled about instructions to store in a temperature-controlled safe, but he dutifully obeys.

…h/t to Kevin for “Burlington Coat Factory Community Center”, that’s my fave name for the place…
http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/08/19/grover-norquist-elaborates-on-the-folly-of-mosque-gambit/comment-page-1/#comment-191860

“store in a temperature-controlled safe”
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…Next to the jelly doughnuts and stained dress.

Wake me up when the country stops debating which of the major world religions are evil and whether the President belongs to a Good one or an Evil one.

I guess if you tell lies often enough people tend to believe them. Right, Flox?

“[Googling] ‘crazy’ returns:
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‘crazy(Rusty) < crazy(michaelfury)'"
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Six of one, infinite of the other.

foggy: re: player/coach….kinda.
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But, Bill’s exuberance and Barack’s bemused, pursed-lip, half-smile makes me think that Clinton is shoveling a *serious* load of BS and Obama’s figuring out a way to clear out of the office…

Am I the only one that periodically has trouble getting into the comments?

I have noted that when the Going Viral thing with three pictures is on, I definitely can’t get the comments to load, sometimes all of Swampland.

I gather, but that ‘load’ never seemed to stick to BC long. That ‘nuance’ thing is dragging BO for the time being.

Me too…what’s going on, high sheriffs? Is there a new virus called KTWMY (We Miss You)?

Actually dannie if you look at the post I did on 10. The Obama Administration in just one year has outspent, outdid anything George Bush did in EIGHT years.
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Kinda hard to keep on blaming it all on Bush, when in just ONE year you spend more than most all the rest of the previous 43 Presidents combined.
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Yup……I do believe that BLAME IT ON BUSH has run its course!!

It is so cute to watch the Swampland 3rd graders join with each other in unison to shout out their slurs, and their little 3rd grader comments and names.
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So sad that is all they have to debate with anymore.
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But, I am glad to know that momento is not a truther, however that would explain much so far as describing his comments and who he appears to be.

“however that would explain much so far as describing his comments and who he appears to be.”
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Really? How so? Who do I appear to be?

In his own, small, pitiful way, rusty provides a test case for the problem that has led to these poll numbers. Just to repeat the obvious, rusty, yes, Obama did “produce the documents necessary to prove who you really are.” The state of Hawaii confirmed his birth status. You just choose not to accept the facts. (And yes, that makes you a “birther”)
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It’s sad to realize that it’s necessary to rebut (or “refudiate”) these moronic statements every time they’re made, but people like rusty count on that. If they repeat lies often enough, some of them seep through and take root and sprout the vile crop we have before us. So to keep this little seed from growing, rusty, you’re lying.

The inverse of “blame it on Bush” is “it’s not Bush’s fault!”
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There’s plenty of blame to go araound. Bush still deserves his fair share of it, as, increasingly, does Obama. If you’re saying otherwise, you’re just as much of a sycophant as those you deride. You’re just for Bush, instead of against him.
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On a side note, I remember the GOP blaming Clinton for 9/11 and Carter for almost everything else. This is nothing new, for either party.

“and their little 3rd grader comments and names”
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You get as you give, Rusty. While I may be hard on you for your ideology, I try to keep my arguments about your ideology. You’re very quick with the ad hominem attacks (“libtard”, etc) and this encourages people to respond in kind.
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If you want a mature dialog, then try leading by example.

Nice link. Limbaugh came on the air today claiming lying that no one in the media could find him calling Obama a Muslim. And this is what he said yesterday:

“…why can’t we call Imam Obama America’s first Muslim president?”

Though we know his audience has the memory of bacteria and will believe anything he says.

Whatever else you think about Golberg, he’s been stellar on Park51. And while I think he’s a bit flip about Greenwald, I have to admit I gave up reading Greenwald years ago because of exactly that kind of petty, harridan crap. Too much sauce, not enough meat.

And, if they would quit acting like Fox News was legitimate instead of a cynical, smirking propogator of misinformation, 24 hours a day.
Also, if they would quit acting like conservative talk radio was merely entertainment and recognize the hateful rants that happen everyday.

Have you ever heard the Nixon-Billy Graham tapes and their discussion of Jews. Not pretty.
The son doesn’t even pretend to be outwardly tolerant. It all brings money to his evangelical collection plate. He and other “leaders” of the evangelicals are all about money.

newfreedomblog@10

Doug Elmendorf of the CBO was on C-span’s Washington Journal this morning. This video is on their website…….take some time to watch it. He blows holes in just about every Republican talking point re: the economy, Bush tax cuts, etc.

Ivy, you are not alone.

The Obama Administration in just one year has outspent, outdid anything George Bush did in EIGHT years.
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Like much of what you say, Rusty, that statement is complete and utter bullsh!t.
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Federal expenditures in Obama’s first year in office — $6.03 trillion. In just Bush’s last two years in office combined, federal expenditures were over $10.26 trillion.
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Obama spent slightly more than Bush’s last year in office, yes. Did he spend more than all of Bush’s eight years combined? No, absolutely not.
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I don’t know what’s sadder — if you actually believe this stupidity you keep getting spoonfed, or if you think the rest of us will be gullible enough to buy it too.

I was just talking with a friend this morning, wondering what kind of idiot would be impressed by Andrew Malcolm’s idiotic fumbling with the economic numbers.
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I should have known — Rusty and his multiple personalities.

What is Really needed……

A teachable moment for Obama.

Leadership means pointing to clear defined goals and energizing Main Street. It means stating confidence in the bearing – clear heading and clear direction.

What’s Obama doing exactly? America is yearning for Leadership. . . .

http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/2010/08/pent-up-pressures-will-explo de-into-new.html

It is not the nature of the average American to want coddling by big government.

http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/2010/08/pent-up-pressures-will-explode-into-new.html

‘Whatever else you think about Goldberg, he’s been stellar on Park51′
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True.

If He Could, Bin Laden Would Bomb the Cordoba Initiative — Jeffrey Goldberg (link)

What’s there left to talk about?

http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/08/20/don_t_fall_for_the_hype_the_peace_process_is_still_going_nowhere

Oops! This should fix the broken link I posted above: (link)

If you want a mature dialog, then try leading by example.

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I certainly hope my friend mycophile is able to read all of these posts.
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1st, I simply make a post from the Washington Post, a pretty reliable news source over all. Then comment on possible reasons for the trust versus mistrust which seems to surround this President’s reputation. Then the hounds from hell begin to unleash their barrage of attacks and 3rd grade name calling from basically you are a birther to gullible, easily-duped partisan f*ckwit.”
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Now mr mycophile, perhaps you can see what the people you associate with are truly like. Here is a prime example.
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In the future, you do not need to waste your time giving me or any other conservative lectures on how one should behave on this site. Just like them, it will be completely ignored or I shall shovel the crap right back at them.

What is all these fuss about 25% of Americans being ignorant to Obama’s religion. Is this really unexpected? These results included surveys from states like Mississippi, and Alabama doesn’t it? What would be interesting to see is what the poll numbers are by state. Maybe also by city/rural areas
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I have still not gotten over the fact that Obama got elected president in the first place. I know America has come a long way since the 60s, but based on my anecdotal and very limited experience, I didn’t imagine it had come quite that far. Up until a recently, a medical doctor friend of mine who practices in the Cleveland area of Ohio had some really interesting experience. An elderly white woman had come in with her sick husband, and her curiosity got the better of her. Among other things she wanted so badly to touch my friend’s hair to feel for the texture, my friend obliged. Apparently, she had never touched a black man’s hair. She was not nasty or condescending or any sort thing, just a sweet old and very curious lady. Remember, this is in Cleveland Ohio, not rural Pennsylvania. So I keep wondering, if there are still a lot of people like that, how did Obama get elected? It is not necessarily about hate or racism, people generally do not entrust things like the presidency to people they don’t “know”. If this woman did not vote for Obama, it probably has nothing to do with the fact that she thinks less of his race, just the fact that people generally do not make someone they don’t consider “one of us” their leader.
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So, I was wrong, America has come a longer way than I believed , and things will only get better. The muslim thing is only a replacement for the birther thing which has been discredited for the most part. Remember, the birther meme also had a lot of steam initially just like the muslim story. The opposition will continue to invent stuff like this. Every opposition does. It is just easier when it is apparent that the one they are trying to undermine is “not one of us”.

Of course it is really the Congress who decides what is or isn’t spent so far as budgets. Presidents can only be held accountable for what they are allowed to spend. If Congress would only pass budgets which controlled or cut spending then I also believe we would not be in this deficit mess to begin with.
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As this graph shows so obviously. Those years with a (D) controlled Congress clearly show who the real spenders are with our tax dollars. Without a doubt, they are all and a majority of (D) controlled Congresses.
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Putting the “blame game” on those who truly do deserve it would be a more honest appraisal of things.
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Here is the link to the nice graph to back up what I say.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_by_U.S._presidential_terms

Another Democrat party county chairman indicted on multiple felony counts of possession and distribution of child pornography. http://www.statesman.com/news/texas/victoria-attorney-indicted-in-child-porn-case-870055.html

“I shall shovel the crap right back at them.”
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That’s fine, but don’t whine about 3rd grade name calling if you do.
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You can either complain about the lack of civility, or you can contribute to it. You can’t have it both ways without coming off as a hypocrite.

Kinda hard to keep on blaming it all on Bush, when in just ONE year you spend more than most all the rest of the previous 43 Presidents combined.
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And needless to say, this is even stupider.

Your graph only shows the party of the president. It says nothing about the party in control of the House and Senate, which makes it laughable that you’d try to claim it says it proves your point.
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Stop. Just stop. You’re embarrassing yourself.

The last couple of days have been very slow loading for me too.
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Although on my Mac at home I haven’t had issues.

“1st, I simply make a post from the Washington Post, a pretty reliable news source over all.”
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Then you added a big fat lie (or four). Imagine that!!
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Quit your pathetic whining you traitorous liar, you deserve every epithet you earn here.

Don’t forget: One reason the deficit went up is that Obama moved the cost of the wars back on the books. Previously the wars were “off books” meaning we pretended they didn’t cost any money.
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Of course, another reason the deficit went up is that the economy tanked in 2008. Republicans seem a little confused about the fact that deficit = spending minus revenue.

A little late, but it seems the more people get to know Rand Paul, the more they like his opponent.
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Rand Paul and Jack Conway locked in tie at 41, new cn|2 Poll shows
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http://politics.mycn2.com/2010/08/19/rand-paul-and-jack-conway-locked-in-tie-at-41-new-cn2-poll-shows/

Well, since you’ve brought it up….
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* Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.

* Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

* Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.

* Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor. we’re just getting started, kids.

* Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted rape of a juvenile.

* Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.

* Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.

* Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.

* Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a juvenile.

* Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

* Republican activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

* Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

* Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a minor and sentenced to one month in jail.

* Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges.

* Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.

* Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.

* Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a minor working as a congressional page.

* Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.

* Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had sex with a 16 year old when he was 28.

* Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.

* Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.

* Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. “Republican Marty”), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with a juvenile and one count of delivering the drug LSD.

* Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.

* Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.

* Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was arrested after allegedly offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.

* Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.

* Republican anti-gay activist Earl “Butch” Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.

* Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.

* Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.

* Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.

* Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to minors under 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).

* Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.

* Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a child.

* Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.

* Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.

* Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.

* Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.

* Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.

* Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.

* Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.

* Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.

* Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a “good military man” and “church goer,” was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

* Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.

* Republican director of the “Young Republican Federation” Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.

* Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was charged with rape for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl for sex. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.

* Edison Misla Aldarondo, Republican legislator, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for molestation of his daughter and her friend for eight-year period starting when they were 9. [1]

Ivy: Sorry I didn’t read this earlier. I used the link on another post. It is interesting isn’t it. And, it just is a small example of the daily smears.

Thanks. I’m going to take a shower now. And douse meself [sic] with Lysol.

That sucks. They both missed out.
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The answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42…

WDYM: Actually, I dont know if you have missed it. But the wordplay is too good to pass up:
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Sister Sarah, How’s that Hope-y Change-y venue working out for ya?
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/JacksonJones/sarah-palin-event-gets-do_n_687828_57842899.html
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An Evening of HOPE with Sarah Palin,” an event featuring the former Alaska Governor, was supposed to be a minor blockbuster in Jacksonville, Florida, next week, but not everything has gone as planned. Slow ticket sales have forced event organizers to CHANGE the venue from the 2,936-seat Moran Theatre to the significantly smaller 609-seat Terry Theatre
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Now for some deranged laughter usually exhibited by the swamp wingnuts:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH..