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Tuesday, September 23, 2008 07:46 AM
Original article: Mean girl

She is the poster child for the feminist movement!

How many times have we heard the hairy legged fems say "kick those boys in the butt! Show no mercy! You want a harpie, WE'LL SHOW YOU A HARPIE".

Now that they have one they're complaining? Man-o-man this has set the feminist agenda back a million years. They don't want a feminist in office, they want an automaton that they have programmed in office.

(To the tune of Teach Your Children)

"Teach, your daughters well, or they'll go to hell, if they don't think like you"

Hey fems, be careful what you wish for. You may get it. You may just end up with an independent thinker, and a whole lot of what you believe is pure crap.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 08:07 AM
Original article: This Modern World

@Lynx

The policy in question is the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)

Oh yeah, I made that up. It's actually all my fault. I convinced the banks to give money away by the bucket full to idiots and liars (you know, people that said they make more money than they actually do). No, wait. They did it on their own 'cuz they love going broke.

Sorry pal, this one is squarely the the modus operandi of the liberal movement (give money to poor, but deserving people, and the leprechaun that lives at the end of the rainbow will pay it back), and it is coming back to them in spades. Did the republicans have anything to do with it? Of course. There were complicit. It bought them votes too. But this is one instance of an insane governmental policy that is irrefutably traceable to one man. Jimmy Carter. You can blah, blah, whine, whine, all you want, but it won't change that fact.

The next act in this grand show will be attributable to George Bush. The Medicare Drug Entitlement program. It will hasten the demise of health-care in this country immeasurably.

There. Have I satisfied your desperate need to spread the blame around equitably?

Oh and by the way, Medicare sucks, and when Medicare is the only care there is, it will all suck. Be careful what your wish for.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 08:19 AM
Original article: Mean girl

You gotta read what Billy Boy said about her!

Associated Press NEW YORK — Former President Bill Clinton said Monday he understands why Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is popular in the American heartland: because people relate to her.

“I come from Arkansas, I get why she’s hot out there, why she’s doing well,” said Clinton, who supports the Democratic ticket headed by Barack Obama.

Speaking to reporters before his Clinton Global Initiative meeting, the former president described Palin’s appeal by adding, “People look at her, and they say, ‘All those kids. Something that happens in everybody’s family. I’m glad she loves her daughter and she’s not ashamed of her. Glad that girl’s going around with her boyfriend. Glad they’re going to get married.”‘

Clinton said voters would think, “I like that little Down syndrome kid. One of them lives down the street. They’re wonderful children. They’re wonderful people. And I like the idea that this guy does those long-distance races. Stayed in the race for 500 miles with a broken arm. My kind of guy.”

Palin, the governor of Alaska, became an overnight star when Republican presidential candidate John McCain tapped her for his running mate. Her family, including her Down syndrome baby, Trig, her pregnant 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, and her husband, Todd, four-time winner of the 2,000-mile Iron Dog snowmobile race, have garnered intense media interest.

“I get this,” Clinton said. “My view is … why say, ever, anything bad about a person? Why don’t we like them and celebrate them and be happy for her elevation to the ticket? And just say that she was a good choice for him and we disagree with them?”

Bwaaaaah ha ha ha ha ha ha! Take THAT Talbot!

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 08:42 AM
Original article: This Modern World

You caught me

I am (snif) a racist. Just like anyone else that disagrees with you.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 08:47 AM
Original article: This Modern World

If there are any moderators: can we get rid of people like this?

Poco: Come and see the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed!

King TomRitchford: Bloody peasant!

Poco: Oh, what a giveaway! Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That's what I'm on about! Did you see him repressing me? You saw him, Didn't you?

Liberals love censorship.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 11:36 AM
Original article: This Modern World

@Lynx

I admit it. I am a fool. How could I disagree with your vast knowledge of the universe and be anything but a fool. For instance, I don't even know what a bannnig book is.

I do take one exception to what you have said about me, however. You call me a racist. It is a common tactic of liberals when someone disagrees with them to simply resort to name calling.

From www.merriam-webster.com

Main Entry: rac·ism

Pronunciation: ˈrā-ˌsi-zəm also -ˌshi-

Function: noun

Date: 1933

1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race

2 : racial prejudice or discrimination

Please find in any post that I have ever placed on Salon a statement that conforms to the above definition. You don't even know to which ethnic group I belong. A bit presumptuous on your part, no?

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