Offering constructive criticism to the social cripples in our midst since early 2005.

[bilmore]

"KARL ROVE'S WEB OF EVIL

Right from day one, Karl Rove cemented his link with the religious right, by being born on Dec 25, 1950, a day many on the right refer to as “Christmas," a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ (an influential leader worshiped by the religious right.) It was no surprise that Dec 25, 1950 was ALSO the same EXACT day Communist forces recrossed the 38th parallel into South Korea. Clearly, Rove was already making an impact.

"This is what he does," says one observer.

After an unremarkable stint in high school, Rove entered the University of Utah, which currently ranks FIFTH HIGHEST among the nation's campuses for drug-related arrests. Rove dropped out after a few years. What is more interesting: when you research other individuals who have dropped out of college, two names keep coming up.

Rush Limbaugh. Tucker Carlson.

Coincidence?

. . . (more) .. .

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblo...evil_3731.html

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by bilmore
Rove dropped out after a few years. What is more interesting: when you research other individuals who have dropped out of college, two names keep coming up.

Rush Limbaugh. Tucker Carlson.

Coincidence?

that's it? It is just those 3?!?! In the history of the world, 3 people dropped out of college and coincidentally or not, it happened to be 3 modern day conservative icons. this is shocking.

Wait, didn't Teddy K. drop out of law school?


eta: oops, me bad, TK was expelled from HLS. Twice. once for cheating on a test, and once for paying a classmate to cheat for him. the immoral depravity of the Dummos knows no bounds.

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Originally posted by bilmore
"KARL ROVE'S WEB OF EVIL

Right from day one, Karl Rove cemented his link with the religious right, by being born on Dec 25, 1950, a day many on the right refer to as “Christmas," a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ (an influential leader worshiped by the religious right.) It was no surprise that Dec 25, 1950 was ALSO the same EXACT day Communist forces recrossed the 38th parallel into South Korea. Clearly, Rove was already making an impact.

"This is what he does," says one observer.

After an unremarkable stint in high school, Rove entered the University of Utah, which currently ranks FIFTH HIGHEST among the nation's campuses for drug-related arrests. Rove dropped out after a few years. What is more interesting: when you research other individuals who have dropped out of college, two names keep coming up.

Rush Limbaugh. Tucker Carlson.

Coincidence?

. . . (more) .. .

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblo...evil_3731.html

You laugh, but that's the way we liberals really think. I heard it from Ann Coulter.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
You kind of missed my point here, which was that I don't feel the need to tell Banana Republic my reason for returning something, those nosy bastards.

That is why you should shop at Nordstroms

[sgtclub]

• A top White House economic adviser is predicting that better-than-expected tax revenue may put this year`s federal budget deficit "well below" previous estimates.
  In his first major speech since became chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers last month, Ben Bernanke said wage and salary income has been much greater than expected, and it is possible that the labor market is stronger than previously thought.
  
  In a speech to the American Enterprise Institute, the former Federal Reserve governor said if the increase tax collections continue along with spending controls, the government`s budget deficit will be reduced below its projected level.
  
  However, Bernanke did not offer specific numbers, which are scheduled to be released in the government`s "midsession`` update tomorrow.
  
  Earlier this year, the White House projected a 427-billion-dollar shortfall for the fiscal year that ends September 30th.
  
  Some private analysts have projected the deficit will actually be closer to 350-billion-dollars.
  
  But the Congressional Budget Office now believes the shortfall could be below 325-billion.
  
  White House officials say the shriking deficit is a sign that President Bush`s tax-cutting policies are working.
  
  However, some economists say at least part of the improvement is a temporary windfall from other factors, including last year`s stock market gains.
  

[Say_hello_for_me]

Originally posted by sgtclub

However, some economists say at least part of the improvement is a temporary windfall from other factors, including last year`s stock market gains.
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I've been thinking for quite awhile that the G should have allowed people to write off much more of their losses resulting from the Clinton bubble. It would have resulted in a greater short-term deficit, but long term would have hastened the disappearance of annual reminders (tax preparation) of losses that people had sustained. I'd posit that this would have resulted in greater investment and greater taxable returns by now. Instead, we have people writing off 3k per year who are still licking their wounds. Never seen any research or position papers for this.

[bilmore]

From the interview:

AMC: That's true. I think...and this is a rare case for the Bush administration. The more detail you get into with this story, the more clear it becomes not only did Rove not break the law, that by Washington standards, he didn't really do anything wrong, either. But again, this is a situation where the headline may sway people. I don't know if it will or not. This is certainly an inside the Beltway story.

CB: Do you agree with Hugh that it doesn't relate at all then to people out in the Midwest, or people in California don't care that Karl Rove was part of this story, Ana Marie?

AMC: Well, I think that they could care. It's really...the Democrats, for once, have a story where they don't have to do the explaining, that it's actually the White House's duty to try and explain the situation in such a way that it doesn't make it look like Rove did something wrong. And it's true. I think it's pretty clear from the E-mail at least that he sent to Cooper, that he didn't break the law. But to be on the defensive, where you're explaining the difference between breaking the law and doing something wrong, is a situation that the Bush White House doesn't want to be in.

. . . .

AMC: I think again, I'm just going to repeat myself, that the nature of cable news is going to be what benefits the Democrats in this case, if they choose to make an issue out of it. Because I can just sit here and repeat Karl Rove identified and undercover CIA agent, and then it's up to Hugh and his compatriots to kind of explain why that's not such a wrong thing to do.

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http://www.radioblogger.com/#000822

(AMC is Wonkette. Her point is, this is a BS noisebomb, and it only has legs to the extent that people only see and remember the initial NYT headlines.)

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
FDR's lies promising to keep us out of the war probably did not help matters from a deterrence standpoint.

Not least because Hitler had already invaded Poland, at least vis-a-vis the "lies" we were discussing here most recently.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
FWIW, why is anyone publishing anything that this idiot thinks?

Oddly enough, I had this very thought before I read very much of your post.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Rove is not the administration.

This is the most absurd thing I have ever read on this board. Mazeltov.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Sympathy? I sympathize for London's non-Muslims who are clearly are now walking targets for the Islamists.

Do you think Allah somehow protected Muslims from the shrapnel? "Among the targets in the worst attack on London since World War II was the Edgware Road station, located in the heart of wealthy, assimilated Arab London." More.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
The fact that you fail to acknowledge thereby disrespecting the Constitution and the democratic process (much like the Clintonistas) is that Bush's Iraq policy was affirmed by a public referendum last November. Just because you were on the losing side of that referendum is no reason to be ignorant of it.

Better luck next time, although I doubt we will see a Dem president in Coltrane's lifetime.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I ask you: How could my client have committed fraud if the plaintiff chose to purchase his products?

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
This is the most absurd thing I have ever read on this board. Mazeltov.

I'm skeptical, to say the least.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Rights carry responsbilities, why are the liberals so scared of the latter?

This is exacly my position re the Second Amendment, but when it comes time to show up early in the morning for the militia drills, none of the gunnies are willing to haul their asses out of bed.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Some percentage of woman are anti-abortion.

Speaking of which, a sign in front of a church in the small town in the very red state in which I spent last weekend informed me that 26 babies die from abortions every ten minutes. Back of the envelope calculations I won't bother to repeat here lead me to conclude that 5% of the female population capable of childbearing has an abortion every year. Since, as Penske correctly notes, some percentage of woman are anti-abortion, and this percentage is somewhat less likely to have an abortion, that percentage must be even higher among the rest. Can this be right? Sounds high to me.