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I wouldn't invest all my money in one company, even if they had the highest rate of return last year...and I don't get all my political information from only one polling organization.
There's a large group of people in this country who only care about the tax witholding on their paycheck, their "rig", and the ability of the US to "kick ass". So it's no surprise that we have a huge military and sub-par health care.
These people would rather put five thousand dollars for a broken wrist on a credit card (and declare bankruptcy a year or two later) than make a steady contribution to the nation's overall healthcare plan.
They're not stupid people...they just have an emotional deficit, most of them anyway. Rush and Beck speak to them direcly, with no government intervention and no liberal college professor giving them a post-test. They're the reason why we're going to have trouble getting health care passed, and the military trimmed.
You seem to be saying that the current insurance system wastes resources.
The economic collapse you're talking about was caused by 8 years of the Bush Administration.
they aren't going to sell you a bicycle.
what is it?
oh the humanity
or discounted content, perhaps
the ideal spokesperson
the really strange people are the ones who think that the current health care system is the solution. And who think universal health care coverage is fundamentally impossible.
...or fisticuffs
maybe we should be watching The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
it becomes Hammer Time!
reading the thread or even the article is always optional.
however there's nothing like a big glass full of colorless, 90 proof grain beverage.
the next hit reality show. people compete using their inner children to win cash and other valuable prizes.
I got lots of ideas.
where I wasted my youth
said dustari, you are wise to stay back east...although the beaches out here are nice.
there are only several thousand of us.
I was born in LA, but we moved away...I went back for most of the 80s as a college student.
but now I've moved to a secure bunker at an undisclosed location...
well if you say so
but does the barking dog bite?
get Joan on the bat-phone...and Commissioner Gordon too
but I've got some jazz going on the cd player
so I'm wondering if Obama's fall in the polls isn't due to something else...not that there isn't racism, but that existing racism is too static to change in 6 months.
my hand was getting tired writing out Obama's dense rhetoric
whatever!
when was Che running? Was that in '72?
maybe everyone will smash some props before Joan gets back here later
we are devo
give peace a chance
although I'm not sure it can withstand a direct hit from groundzero
this is really a teachable moment for me
please make a positive contribution!
without such grievous distance extant, someone's ASS would get CAPPED.
misquote
Insulting ramp-up to the main theme. main theme. stunning rebuttal to the opponent that is also very insulting.
very long quote that nobody reads not even the poster.very long quote that nobody reads not even the poster.very long quote that nobody reads not even the poster.very long quote that nobody reads not even the poster.very long quote that nobody reads not even the poster.very long quote that nobody reads not even the poster.very long quote that nobody reads not even the poster.
sarcastic rhetorical question, followed by "obvious" conclusion. insult. profanity.
Bush was a huge spender.
yes bring back the good old days of open sewers and candle-lit shacks...
carry on
thank god
live by the sword, die by the sword
JOE
except those of us who are hiding and have a case of ramen
the statistics I've seen show that most violence is intra-racial, not inter-racial.
but keep up the hysteria.
so that you can kill everyone in the mini-mart before turning the gun on yourself.
when the number of white kids attacked by black kids is statically small.
as for my location...let's just say it's west of the Rockies and bigger than a breadbox.
the point is, you lack credibility in general.
your "statistic" is a good example. While the ratio might be correct (and I'm not saying it is), the larger picture shows that blacks are more likely to be murdered in our society, and that most murders are carried out within a particular race.
A very small number of murders (if I still have your limited attention) are cross-race...and it appears that this ratio favors black on white murder. BUT THIS IS JUST A SMALL NUMBER OF MURDERS RELATIVE TO THE OVERALL TOTAL.
So you're full of it.
mommy said don't stare
uh...no
more like kicked in the ankle
I saw him yesterday at the car wash!
Dean notwithstanding, Readerreader, that pretty much sums up the primary source of criminality in the Nixon administration: Nixon.
he was washing a camel!
the thesis here is that Rush is overreacting to and exploiting an isolated incident, not that all policy criticism of Obama is racially motivated.
at letters editors!
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/02/obama_watermelon_joke_unseats.html
what was the question again?
that would work too
in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
it is my opinion that your statements are mostly lies.
OBAMACORN BITE THE DUST
yeah I guess that would be more of a rant of sorts
a little parmesan cheese on top is nice
I'm not particularly bothered by the quote...it's certainly the only part of your posts that has any trace of real heart.
the wingers hate socialists and they hate blacks. so it's hard to tell what's going on, in terms of the exact percentage of hate for each.
ask your local winger.
what about the secret Mason handshake?