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Thursday, November 6, 2008 06:39 AM
Original article: Our biracial president

@terkoy

So you mean, the Unions cause prices to increase by increasing salaries?

For 8 long years, real salaries have been declining for blue collar workers.

For 8 long years, the profits of walmarts and Exxons have been obscenely increasing.

For 8 long years, the prices have been going UP, not coming down.

and for 8 long years you neocon thieves and pirates have been robbing us all blind so that you could buy one more carribean island to rest your asses in.

Now its OUR time.

We, The People, have Spoken.

With ONE voice we have spoken: ENOUGH!

This ends today.

It is time to get back our money, our dignity and our homes.

If it means YOU losing one of your SUVs or selling your 13-bedroom mansion, we welcome it.

Obama will Make it so. Using the same laws your neocon texan fool used to intimidate all of us.

Its payback time baby!

Thursday, November 6, 2008 06:56 AM
Original article: Our biracial president

@terkoy

Foreign millions??? Billions flowing to terrorists???

Excuuuseee me you retard!

Since 2001 (when your Dear Leader came to power), YOU have been funnelling billions to buy foreign oil. Where were you then???

You m***fuc**** neocons deliberately refused to kill laden when you had the chance and let him go and instead chose to attack a country which had the highest religious freedom in Middle Eat: where girls in mini-skirts went to colleges and where christians had their churches protected by the state.

So now, Obama comes to power and suddenly he becomes a supporter of terrorism???

You should be drafted, and sent to Afghanistan, no wait, you should be sent to the Iran-Iraq border naked.

You neocons almost caused this Great country to self-destruct and now you want to shift the shit from your fool of a texan to a guy with 146 IQ???

I pray to God you get drafted. I dearly dearly hope so. You guys wanted war, you get one.

Thursday, November 6, 2008 07:48 AM
Original article: Our biracial president

@terkoy

Exxon announced the taxes they pay.

Exxon and walmart and the largest 98% of the companies do NOT pay taxes. In fact their percentage of taxes on income is lesser than 3% in reality. I pay 35% tax.

They also employ many people.

And they try to pay them less than the minimum wage and provide unsafe working conditions.

Washington collects tax for doing nothing.

The roads you drive on, the drinking water from your faucet and the delivery of your latest credit card statement does not come free.

At least Exxon provides necessary product.

At 98% markup.

When unions muscle their way in the companies pass along the cost of unions as they do taxes and other government-mandated crap as they are getting ready to do with energy companies.

Ahh that they do. They always pass on increase of costs to customers. But decrease in costs??? No no.. they take that profit.

When the union announces pay at $15/hour it is passed along in the price of goods.

well, the employees should be able to eat, feed their family and put a roof over them. That costs money.

Unions ruined the automobile, airline, steel industries and education with worthless tenured teachers.

No. The companies did it to themslves. Crappy products, arrogance, and ignorance. Toyota and Nissan ALSO manufacture in union controlled plants. Heck, Chrysler in 1980s rose from the grave.

Lets face it. Corporates are pathetic liars and they care profit ONLY. Unions are more interested in workers than profits.

Its like Executive and Congress. Balance.

The executive usurped power for 8 years, and look where we (blue collar workers) are.

Thursday, November 6, 2008 08:48 PM
Original article: Our biracial president

@Daizin

Impeccable resume? What experience does Obama have that qualifies him to be President?

A better experience than Palin. He was not indicted in firing of a police chief. He was not indicted in firing of a state librarian, and he did NOT spend $150,000 on his attire.

Spotless personal history? Friendships with traitors, who in any other country would be in prison, is not my idea of a "spotless personal history."

Oh, you mean Cheney? Who still has ownership stakes in the convicted company KBR and halliburton? yeah i agree with you man on that one. STILL owning a company that is a traitor and fled to Dubai to escape punishment is not a spotless personal history.

Thursday, November 6, 2008 08:54 PM

This marriage MUST be stopped

This waiter guy who gets loans from his mon-in-law(!!!) to buy an engagement ring and who lies to fiancee???

Please, please set him up so that your friend can see the true him and break it up before she ruins her life.

Its a rebound thing and he has a knack of taking advantage of emotionally upset women.

Marrying him would be the worst decision EVER, worse than the previous marriage.

Break them up quietly or break them up hardly. You would lose your friend, but its better than letting her ruin her life.

Sunday, November 9, 2008 09:00 PM

Your priorities are your baby now, not a showdown with your MiL

As a husband i can my wife has had her share of MiL problems.

Your priorities are clearer: Let your husband take care of His mom: he is best equipped. You have to relax during your pregnancy. Stress during pregnancy leads to diabetes and other crap.

Plus you both have lived together for a decade, so you don't need to "prove" anything to your MiL. If she can't see you like the person you are, that's her fault.

MiLs have an innate issue with control and love; They think both are interchangeable. Since they love their son, they feel the can control his life. MiL's don't see you as a daughter. They see you as a second-in-line to your son: which means like a secretary.

Just ignore, grin and bear and don't get involved in any fights now. The last thing you need is a huge fight with your pregnancy and straining your husband and you.

Leave it to him: he's the best guy to handle it.

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