Politics: Onward from New Hampshire - Page 276

bilmore · 03-19-2004, 12:34 AM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
And the other half will respond "and if there were jobs that paid a decent wage, moms might not have to work 3 jobs just to support themselves and their kids after their ne'er do well husbands run off and start living off and impregnating other women, so that they have no income and "can't" fork over child support.

Whoo hoo!! That was 2 birds, I do believe!

We should guarantee that everyone make at least the average wage.

ltl/fb · 03-19-2004, 12:36 AM

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Originally posted by bilmore
We should guarantee that everyone make at least the average wage.

The bird for you was "men are bastards." The "everyone makes above the average wage" is not so far-fetched; you live in Garrison Keillor land. Or however that is spelled.

ltl/fb · 03-19-2004, 12:38 AM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
He's easy, but he's not cheap?

It's like that probably apocryphal story about the guy at dinner asking the woman next to him if she'd have sex with him for a million dollars (or pounds, or whatever currency) and she says yes, and he says how about five dollars (lbs, whatever) and she is offended at being thought a whore.

Or, that's what came to my mind.

bilmore · 03-19-2004, 01:25 AM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
It's like that probably apocryphal story about the guy at dinner asking the woman next to him if she'd have sex with him for a million dollars (or pounds, or whatever currency) and she says yes, and he says how about five dollars (lbs, whatever) and she is offended at being thought a whore.

Or, that's what came to my mind.

OK, I'm being a Timmy, but only because I love that joke.

The line after "will you sleep with me for five dollars?", is, "what do you think I am, a whore!?"

The punch line is, "we've already established what you are, dear, now we're just discussing price."

Not Me · 03-19-2004, 01:43 AM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
And the other half will respond "and if there were jobs that paid a decent wage, moms might not have to work 3 jobs just to support themselves and their kids after their ne'er do well husbands run off and start living off and impregnating other women, so that they have no income and "can't" fork over child support.

Why do you not hold accountable the women who chose those men to have children with? Didn't they have some responsibility to chose a father for their child wisely?

What about the women that will be with (and even have kids with) these men who have chidren already that they are not taking care of?

Why would a woman be with a man who treated his former wife or girlfriend like that?

The women in these dysfunctional relationships are as much the problem as the men are. The only blameless victims are the children of these pathological unions.

ltl/fb · 03-19-2004, 02:01 AM

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Originally posted by bilmore
OK, I'm being a Timmy, but only because I love that joke.

The line after "will you sleep with me for five dollars?", is, "what do you think I am, a whore!?"

The punch line is, "we've already established what you are, dear, now we're just discussing price."

Yeah, hey, thanks for being the bore and excusing me from what we all already know.

Now go play with taxwanker.

bilmore · 03-19-2004, 02:20 AM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Yeah, hey, thanks for being the bore and excusing me from what we all already know.

Now go play with taxwanker.

Some jokes just shouldn't be butchered.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 03-19-2004, 10:03 AM

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Originally posted by bilmore
While I may disagree with him on the perception issues, he does make good logical points:

"The question, simply put, is whether someone who thought I could decide this case impartially despite my friendship with the Vice President would reasonably believe that I cannot decide it impartially because I went hunting with that friend and accepted an invitation to fly there with him on a Government plane. If it is reasonable to think that a Supreme Court Justice can be bought so cheap, the Nation is in deeper trouble than I had imagined."

I thought the lesson of Bush v. Gore was that a number of justices are already bought and paid for. I assume fishing trips are just opportunities to check up on the investment.

Hank Chinaski · 03-19-2004, 10:27 AM

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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
I thought the lesson of Bush v. Gore was that a number of justices are already bought and paid for. I assume fishing trips are just opportunities to check up on the investment.

Oh. here's the problem. You think bilmore was talking about Florida Supreme Court Justices. He meant the US Supreme Court. Next year in Con. Law you'll learn about some of the distinctions.

Hank Chinaski · 03-19-2004, 10:32 AM

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,114625,00.html

Okay, you are in charge of a school where this has just happened....

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Teen Charged in School Murder Plot

Friday, March 19, 2004

MALCOLM, Neb. — School officials say they "got lucky" when authorities arrested a teenager with 20 homemade bombs and a rifle in the parking lot of his high school.

Josh Magee (search), 17, was also found with a note saying he wanted to injure everyone at the school except for three friends.

Magee was arrested Tuesday in the parking lot of Malcolm High School (search) after a staff member saw him swigging liquor from a flask and putting on a black overcoat. He was charged Wednesday with attempted murder.

Okay, big chance, National news audience- what words of wisdom?

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"It had the potential of going badly," said Superintendent Gene Neddenriep.

Do you think? I know You want to be prudent, and not inflame the townfolk at a time like this, but I might have gone out a little more like "this had the potential of getting in the way of the big pep rally" or highlight some other more tangible damage.

And for those of you who think Shape Shifter just has a unique personality, and is kind of interesting to hear from, consider....

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"All the way through, he was just a little different," he said. "He liked to be alone, he didn't take part in many things. His enjoyment was weapons."

Shape Shifter · 03-19-2004, 11:44 AM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,114625,00.html

And for those of you who think Shape Shifter just has a unique personality, and is kind of interesting to hear from, consider....

Touche. But when school officials say the "got lucky" with respect to me, they mean something entirely different.

sgtclub · 03-19-2004, 11:59 AM

http://in.news.yahoo.com/040319/137/2c32t.html

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - The invasion of Iraq has polarized the Middle East and may have worsened the threat of terrorism, former United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix charged on Thursday

Is he fucking serious. The fucking nerve.

taxwonk · 03-19-2004, 12:03 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
almost all attorneys support Bush. the people here who don't are law students, Criminal lawyers or maybe PI guys.

I think that may be a bit of an overstatement. I'd say among the attorneys I know (largely tax and corporate types) it's about 50-50 between Shrub and Anyone But Bush.

Secret_Agent_Man · 03-19-2004, 12:04 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/18/pa....ap/index.html

[Couple arrested after argument over the nature of the Holy Trinity gets physical. Scissors wounds were involved. Couple had just returned from seeing "The Passion of the Christ".]

S_A_M

Hank Chinaski · 03-19-2004, 12:07 PM

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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/18/pa....ap/index.html

[Couple arrested after argument over the nature of the Holy Trinity gets physical. Scissors wounds were involved. Couple had just returned from seeing "The Passion of the Christ".]

S_A_M

N.B. Do not see this movie with Atticus.