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Daniel_28

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Friday, May 2, 2008 03:21 PM

Same goes for Alex

Alex isn't politically slanted, he's just too incompetent to spend an ounce of energy doing the research that would clearly expose what this organization really is.

It has taken me a long time to say this, but, BUH BYE Salon.

Daniel_28 signing off.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 04:48 PM

I'm sad to hear I wasn't the only one misled about my benefits

I was in the military for four years and spent 6 months in the sandbox during the 1st gulf war. Here's how the GI Bill worked for me.

Upon signing up for the benefit upon enlistment, I had to pay the gov't $100 a month for my first 12 months of service. Upon leaving the military and starting college, I had to claim my GI Bill benefit as income on my financial aid request form which was $400 per month while fully enrolled in classes.

But here is the kicker; when filling out my financial aid forms without claiming my GI Bill as income, I was awarded an additional amount of federal aid equivalent to $400 a month.

In other words, based on my income level, I would have received the same amount of money from the government in financial aid whether I did my four years in the military or not.

The only difference being that going the military route I had to actually pay the gov't $1200 to get my benefit (and put in 4 years of course).

Monday, April 28, 2008 04:50 PM
Original article: I was wrong about Wright

Are you describing Wright?

Or yourself?

In other news, Hillary's gardener's cousin had an abortion.

Sunday, April 27, 2008 11:47 AM

@ rupert_c re: bin Laden is dead

If bin Laden IS dead, I imagine his tombstone says, "Mission Accomplished"

If "love" means never having to say you're sorry, then "victory" means never having to explain why there is a big fucking "Mission Accomplished" sign over your head when giving a speech about a war you're still fighting.

Sunday, April 27, 2008 11:23 AM

Osama bin Laden CONTINUES to WHIP OUR ASS

What Osama bin Laden did to us on the day of 9/11/2001 is nothing compared to the havoc that has continued to ripple through our country every day since.

Every single law we pass and word we utter that cuts into our liberties is one more successful strike bin Laden lays into us.

Bush- and many of our cowardly countrymen- allow bin Laden to continue to whoop our ass on a daily basis.

One might even suggest Bush and bin Laden have similar interests regarding our country. I believe they do, with the only difference being their rationale and motives. Though the result is the same. Fear.

Thursday, April 24, 2008 05:32 PM

Hey Alex

It must have just killed you to put in those two short posts today that weren't about the Dem nomination.

Am I right or am I right?

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 06:48 PM

Oh, Alex is back

I think you missed Olberman's point.

He is aware of the fact that nobody should be debating the significance of the race not being called 22 minutes after the polls closed. This is why he was asking how the campaigns will be spinning that non-important fact. Get it?

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 06:08 PM

He's McCain. He only needs to SAY he supports the troops

John McCain doesn't need to be judged by his actions. How dare you people suggest such a thing! He's John Fucking McCain.

He only needs to SAY he supports the troops. His base (the mainstream media) will keep it from the American public that his actions suggest the opposite.

Monday, April 14, 2008 09:14 PM

Thank You LeCastor

Thank you for pointing out how your friend AKA Smith was quick to accuse David Sugarman of sexism upon calling you a "cunthead" while failing to express equal outrage or even cite the fact that it was preceded to you calling David a "dickhead".

I think it is very telling in light of the comments. A male calling Hillary a "bitch" seems to be defined as obvious sexism, while a female calling George Bush a dick, asshole or whatever is not even considered for a second to be man-bashing.

Interesting.

Monday, April 14, 2008 08:45 PM

And one more thing

If Clinton SUPPORTERS are racist men-haters, than Clinton herself, by logical extension, must be a racist man-hater too.

Just like Obama is a horrible candidate because some of his (alleged) supporters called a Hillary Clinton supporter a cunt. This clearly defines all Obama supporters, as well as Obama himself, sexist jerks.

P.S. - I'm tired of the grade school logic in these comments.

Monday, April 14, 2008 08:38 PM

Clinton Supporters are Racists and Men-Haters

Did you see that last letter from the Clinton supporter who said Obama was unelectable because he was black and a man?

All Clinton supporters must be racist men-haters. Am I wrong?

Monday, April 14, 2008 08:36 PM

I am a HUGE Hillary Clinton Supporter

I think Obama is totally unelectable. Mostly because he is a man, but also because he is black. I would never vote for a man or a black person. I hate both.

Monday, April 14, 2008 08:21 PM

Hillary's "intolerant-of-being-challenged attitude" is a spot-on description

At the risk of using a previous posters credibility to bolster my own arguement, her description of Hillary Clinton's "intolerant-of-being-challenged attitude" is exactly right.

Her failure to cash in on the resounding support and momentum she had coming into the primaries is the very reason- I believe- we are hearing all these excuses of sexism (by the way, I was once one of her supporters erroneously saying the same thing). The fact that she has lost the nomination couldn't POSSIBLY be the fault of her or her campaign. No, it is the fault of an external force.

Monday, April 14, 2008 07:49 PM

ProudTexasGirl - I'll ask you again:

Did you REALLY mean it when you said Obama rode the affirmative action bus to college and if he were white he'd be scrubbin' toilets?

And then did you really mean to answer this question by saying: "Don't go there...I have plenty of black friends for your information..."

You are pulling our leg, right? You are really an Obama supporter trying to make Clinton supporters look like racists, right?

You had me going there for a minute. Good one. :-)

Monday, April 14, 2008 06:55 PM

Hey ProudTexasGirl

I'm gonna go out on a limb here, you don't like black people, do you?

Did you really say he rode the affirmative action bus to college and if he were white he'd be scrubbin' toilets? Or did I just imagine that?

Nice post. Can you do a few more of those please?

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