Nutjobs Ranting About Politics. - Page 203

bilmore · 08-30-2004, 06:54 PM

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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
Not quite there yet, that's why we have an SUV.

Me too. I put that in there to preserve some small measure of my cutting-edge adolescent pride.

What little is left, of course. Much of it was gone after the ten thousandth diaper.

SlaveNoMore · 08-30-2004, 07:00 PM

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Shape Shifter
Why would McCain want the job?

To become the de-facto heir apparent for the Nomination in 2008 and affect more policy in the short term?

I personally don't see it either, but he sure has been on the stump an awful lot lately.

Gattigap · 08-30-2004, 07:02 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
To become the de-facto heir apparent for the Nomination in 2008 and affect more policy in the short term?

I personally don't see it either, but he sure has been on the stump an awful lot lately.

I think he can do so simply by campaigning on the stump for him a bit (as he has been), impress party faithful with his, um, faithfulness, and then be around to pick up the pieces if Bush loses.

Not Me · 08-30-2004, 07:13 PM

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Originally posted by Gattigap
Beyond making assumptions about what you think my "position" is, you seem to assume that the legal costs in assisting a client with a copyright registration is either equivalent or comparable to trade secret counseling or patent protection.

I am well aware of the difference in cost. However, I am also well aware of how strapped for cash these clients can be.

I stand by my assumption that you do not do intellectual property work for start-up software companies.

Shape Shifter · 08-30-2004, 07:15 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
To become the de-facto heir apparent for the Nomination in 2008 and affect more policy in the short term?

I personally don't see it either, but he sure has been on the stump an awful lot lately.

He may be a bit old by then. He appears to have aged significantly in the past couple of years. If he wants the job in 08, he would probably be the front runner anyway. I don't see him fitting in well with the administration, and a stint as VP may, if anything, harm his front runner status.

Not Me · 08-30-2004, 07:19 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
To become the de-facto heir apparent for the Nomination in 2008 and affect more policy in the short term?

I personally don't see it either, but he sure has been on the stump an awful lot lately.

I would like to see it, but I think it would take Bigswinging Dick kicking the bucket.

Atticus Grinch · 08-30-2004, 07:26 PM

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Originally posted by Not Me
I would like to see it, but I think it would take Bigswinging Dick kicking the bucket.

Talk about taking one for the team. Once upon a time, you'd simply hop into bed with a dead girl or a live boy, but now you've actually got to die to take a dive from a presidential ticket? Agnew got off easy.

Tyrone Slothrop · 08-30-2004, 07:28 PM

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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Not at the moment we don't. We let you fill in for Bilmore, so STFU.

More pictures of perky anti-GOP protesters and I'll come back sooner.

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Yes, it's been an effective pincer movement, like the one that eventually permitted Rommel to break through the Maginot Line to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand and defeat the Australian-Hungary Empire.

Rommel's writings about WWI infantry tactics are not sufficiently appreciated.

Gattigap · 08-30-2004, 07:32 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
There is no "most" despicable.

His entire life is a fabrication of lies. His entire resume is false.

Boy, you are pissed, aren't you?

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Bush served a full 4 years in the Texas Air Nationals dangerously flying combat aircraft and who volunteered for pilot service in Vietnam (and being rejected for not having the requisite experience).

If he flew them dangerously, I guess it's better for all of us that he didn't go.

But seriously, really? He volunteered? I did read about Marc Raicot saying so to NPR, but this is the closest thing I could find.

"Had my unit been called up, I'd have gone . . . to Vietnam," Bush said. "I was prepared to go."

But there was no chance Bush's unit would be ordered overseas. Bush says that toward the end of his training in 1970, he tried to volunteer for overseas duty, asking a commander to put his name on the list for a "Palace Alert" program, which dispatched qualified F-102 pilots in the Guard to the Europe and the Far East, occasionally to Vietnam, on three- to six-month assignments.

He was turned down on the spot. "I did [ask] – and I was told, 'You're not going,' " Bush said.

Only pilots with extensive flying time – at the outset, 1,000 hours were required – were sent overseas under the voluntary program. The Air Force, moreover, was retiring the aging F-102s and had ordered all overseas F-102 units closed down as of June 30, 1970.

Bush volunteered for service in a unit that was being wound down (and did shut down months later) and for which Bush could not have qualified in any event.

Youve' become red-faced with rage about the details of Kerry's proximity to Cambodia on Xmas, but you're comfortable with this characterization of "he volunteered?"

sgtclub · 08-30-2004, 07:33 PM

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Originally posted by Gattigap
And why haven't you quoted with pride the WSJ op-eds today?

For those of you claiming fidelity to the articles of conservatism, but holding one's nose and voting for Bush, The Conservative Establishment has a message for you: Stay Home!

You know that times are getting tough when the WSJ adopts a "burn the village to save it" philosophy.

This was in Friday's hard copy edition. I don't agree with the premise.

Gattigap · 08-30-2004, 07:35 PM

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Originally posted by Not Me
I am well aware of the difference in cost. However, I am also well aware of how strapped for cash these clients can be.

I stand by my assumption that you do not do intellectual property work for start-up software companies.

Knock yourself out. You did a good job in guessing my heritage earlier, too.

Let me go refresh my drink, will you? I'll be right back.

Not Me · 08-30-2004, 07:37 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
More pictures of perky anti-GOP protesters and I'll come back sooner.

Why have you forsaken us?

Not Me · 08-30-2004, 07:42 PM

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Originally posted by Gattigap
Knock yourself out. You did a good job in guessing my heritage earlier, too.

I don't remember guessing at your heritage, but don't doubt I did. What did I guess?

SlaveNoMore · 08-30-2004, 07:50 PM

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Shape Shifter
He may be a bit old by then. He appears to have aged significantly in the past couple of years. If he wants the job in 08, he would probably be the front runner anyway. I don't see him fitting in well with the administration, and a stint as VP may, if anything, harm his front runner status.

I agree (what!) with you on the age issue. As such, Rudy could have the edge in 2008.

Shape Shifter · 08-30-2004, 07:52 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
I agree (what!) with you on the age issue. As such, Rudy could have the edge in 2008.

I've always wondered why the GOP has not utilized Rudy more. I was hoping after his term as mayor, they'd make him AG. Is there anyone here that doesn't think he'd be better than Ashcroft?