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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 11:57 AM

@ -- Amity

Don't care how, so long as he's gone. The general public, spoon fed info by the M$M, seems to only keep score of "D"s and "R"s. Whenever Reid speaks or acts (which isn't often), by default he represents all "D"s. I want a real liberal, or a real progressive, speaking for the "D"s.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 02:08 PM

Terr'rists may not care about waterboarding

... but what about his wardrobe and make-up choices? I hear those damn dirty brown people absolutely hate blonde wigs.

Saturday, May 23, 2009 11:27 AM

I'll see your "Dane Cook" and raise you

Adam Sandler

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 03:52 PM

Isn't it about time Spector started spending more time with his family?

Damn the Dem 'leadership' and run Spector out of office.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 02:50 PM
Original article: "She could Bork herself"

not that any of this has a chance of happening...

but I'm hoping the Thugs do manage to block Sotomayor. Don't get me wrong, she's apparently a more competent, better choice than anyone a Republican Prez has nominated to the Bench in the last 50 years.

The trouble is, Obama's too conservative and she's too conservative. This country needs some balance to the ("Conservative") judicial activism that's been perpetrated by the GOPs on the Bench. The SCOTUS doesn't reflect the values of this country nor reflects the temperament necessary to be the legal keel American (and the world) needs to weather these perilous times.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 06:29 AM

Since nobody else did...

I'm giving Korean an honorary mention. Not the language, but the way it's visually depicted.

Friday, June 5, 2009 01:57 PM

kill them all

and let the Hague sort them out.

Friday, June 12, 2009 02:09 AM

the author scores hits with several contributing factors

.. but one thing's for sure, the quality of the food has been on steady decline for several years, and within the last two, dramatically so.

And that strikes at the heart of the problem. Nothing else matters if the food sucks.

Monday, June 22, 2009 09:20 PM

tricky question

"What's tricky about pitching the reform plan is that surveys show most voters actually like the care they have."

Question: Did they ask a fair sampling of Americans, or did they only ask people with a healthcare plan?

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 09:40 AM
Original article: The Sanford saga continues

as has been mentioned here

The first think that came to mind when the story first surfaced, with those shiny white teeth, perfectedly coifed hair, healthy glow from that meticulously maintained skin, he looks FABulous!

He's obviously getting (more?) cosmetic surgery. He's "on a break" (from the the constraints of a hetero lifestyle). He's taking a "secret hiking trip" to "clear his mind" for his "writing".

Yeah, right.

Sounds like somebody will soon be going into alcohol rehab or christian straight school, get those evil thoughts out of his mind.

Such self-dishonesty on a fundamental level corrupts everything about a person.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 06:15 PM

you said "pert", hehe

But seriously, Bay is the evil offspring of Simpson and Bruckheimer. Among the three of them, they've shat out more crap than can be buried in all the planet's landfills.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 07:50 AM

rompió detrás la montaña

er uh, montaña de brokeback

Remember "Conservatives", it isn't the gay sex, it's the *lying* about the gay sex.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 03:37 PM

@ qazwart - yes, state resources were used

In an earlier post in War Room, an SC state policeman commented on Sanford using offical vehicles for his mystery trips.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 03:44 PM

clarification

In an earlier post in War Room, an SC state policeman is quoted commenting on Sanford using offical vehicles for his mystery trips.

Thursday, June 25, 2009 08:42 AM

libertyaintfree, You are so full of crap. (well said, runfastandwin)

"...TEA Party groups desire is to maintain a true grass roots effort." --libertyaintfree

ya right.

1) If Sanford had pulled off some kind of positive spin in the press, your statement would have been the exact opposite, somehting about how Sanford was lauded at and by these "grass roots efforts"

2) Only in the world of a "Conservative" does an effort funded by something like the Murdoch Empire equal "grass roots."

3) Based on your second bulleted point, you think the GOP-led effort to impeach Clinton was wrong?

Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:21 PM
Original article: Quote of the day

Is Norquist Limbaugh-sized?

Is Grover Norquist small enough to drown in a bathtub?

Metaphorically speaking, of course.

Friday, June 26, 2009 05:22 PM
Original article: Quote of the day

Koppelman shoots and scores

Congrats, you finally worked MJ legitemately into a War Room story.

Too bad the shot get penalized. This story really only works if you can show Roberts not being consistent, right?

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 08:58 PM

in the spirit of that disney chick that got semi-naked and now has an endorsement contract

May I be cynical and speculate that this is the first step in his run for POTUS?

In this day and age, the fast track to fame and fortune is to be [octomom] outrageous, backtrack half a step, then charge forward unapologetically outrageous.

Sunday, July 5, 2009 11:36 PM

"Today the telephone has become our most trusted and confidential form of everyday communication."

Trusted? Maybe. Confidential? Not any more (if ever).

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/31/eff-suing-att-for-he.html

Yes, this is slightly OT, but reiterates the double-edged swordiness of technology.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009 07:09 PM

well, *IF* this is an accurate indicator

Maybe it's time Obama became the "Liberal" that the GOP is always accusing him of being, instead of the corporate-owned 'center' right politician he is.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009 07:11 PM

Or maybe he should do that anyway.

I'm not Hopeful(tm)

Thursday, July 9, 2009 02:35 PM

I want what they got

I want the same plan Congress has. They should share their healthcare plan with the little people.

That, or take it away from them until they get their shit together.

Thursday, July 16, 2009 03:19 PM

Bachman/Palin '12!

Yes, please, please, please follow Palin's lead and quit for the good of your State. Then invite Palin to be your VP 'cause she ain't crazy enough to be the lead in your duet.

Sunday, July 19, 2009 08:51 PM

You made the bed ...

So now the chickens have come home to roost, lured by the crys of "wolf! wolf!"

Demagoging those damn brown skins, homos, and (fill-in-the-blank non-mega rich WASPs), gerrymandering so badly as to make Gerry blush, running the economy into the ground, alienating the civilized world with neanderthal chest thumping, lying as public policy, morgaging our children's future for a few bucks, rolling back civil rights to pre-Dark Ages levels, illegal wars, torture.

Gee, what's the solution .. maybe more of the same? Greedy Old Perverts projecting their loathing onto others, that's change you can believe in!

The author appears reasonable, but still remains blinded by his party's propaganda. I'd happily engage a 'conservative' on the issues, but have yet to meet one that utilizes rational thought. Nobody wins when a significant percentage of the population is batshit insane.

Monday, July 20, 2009 08:17 PM

Coincidence? Fate? Idiomotor response?

A report indicating TARP funds being misused posted just above the inside-baseball navel gazing about Obama's honeymoon numbers.

Hmmmmm.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 12:11 PM

Talk about your slippery slopes

Thanks again, BushCo, for sodomizing the Republic before killing it. All hail Emperor George!

Thursday, July 23, 2009 04:23 PM

Bush, the ethical noble warrior [queue flag and patriotic music]

Whew, I guess there's no need for any pesky investigations now that we know there was some sort of minor quibble of ethics between those two douchebags.

Sunday, July 26, 2009 09:33 PM
Original article: Guy friends rule

this article is little more than ...

public masturbation.

I'm going with Ursula Le Guin (LHOD) on this one.

Heterosexuals want to breed, that's natural. The only thing stopping them is the evolutionary impulse to trade up.

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