The babyjesuschristsuperstar on Board: filling the moral void of Clinton’s legacy - Page 280

Hank Chinaski · 03-01-2006, 05:06 PM

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Originally posted by Sexual Harassment Panda
Perhaps you could explain to the families of these people that Iraq is old news. That will make them feel better.

who knew Yankton really existed?

Tyrone Slothrop · 03-01-2006, 05:07 PM

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
How about the gas tax? A recent poll showed a majority supported an increased tax if it reduced dependence on foreign oil or if it helped reduce harm to the environment.

Separately, the NYT carried an op-ed (or was it the WSJ) proposing that any gas tax increase be offset by a reduction in the payroll tax at the bottom end--i.e., an exclusion for the first X dollars of income. Seems to counter the argument that a gas tax hits the working class the most. RT--comments (I think you were the one most concerned with this aspect of an increased gas tax).

I propose we increase the gas tax by three cents a year, every year, indefinitely.

Sexual Harassment Panda · 03-01-2006, 05:22 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I propose we increase the gas tax by three cents a year, every year, indefinitely.

I think we should have a flat tax on lobbyist income. I'm up for raising this annually as well.

SlaveNoMore · 03-01-2006, 07:13 PM

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Sexual Harassment Panda
Perhaps you could explain to the families of these people that Iraq is old news. That will make them feel better.

Translation: That Rove indictment (and subsequent frogmarch) ain't going so good.

ltl/fb · 03-01-2006, 07:15 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Translation: That Rove indictment (and subsequent frogmarch) ain't going so good.

You don't think the Scooter stuff will end up implicating Rove? If you say so.

Sidd Finch · 03-01-2006, 07:18 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
You don't think the Scooter stuff will end up implicating Rove? If you say so.

Forgive Slave. He expects these things to take just a few weeks to materialize. Like Starr's investigation of Clinton.

ltl/fb · 03-01-2006, 07:22 PM

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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Forgive Slave. He expects these things to take just a few weeks to materialize. Like Starr's investigation of Clinton.

That's fucked in the head. And I'm not feeling forgiving today. I think he can live without my forgiveness, though.

sebastian_dangerfield · 03-01-2006, 07:29 PM

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Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
Looks like it's time to be a Democrat again. Just when I thought abortion and personal liberties were so entrenched that it was safe enough to be a Republican again. Damn the Repubs. Time to bring out the "I'm Pro-Choice and I Vote" buttons.

Ever wonder what the people protesting outside abortion clinics and holding pictures of dead fetuses would do if Roe were actually overturned? I guess they'd move to blue states and picket clinics there, kind of like a lot of annoying pseudo-Deadheads chose to follow Phish for a while after Jerry died. Both crowds really needed actual lives. The Dead sucked from 92 forward, and abortion is like the Israel/Pleastinian battle... its a boring Gordian Knot. Give. It. Up. Already. People. Quit trying to save fetuses and get a goddammed life.

I'd like to see the Supremes invalidate the law without getting to its merits. It would be great if the Supremes sua sponte flipped off an order saying that a state legislature's craven attempt to set up a constitutional challenge, with no concern for the effect such grandstanding has on its citizens, violates (insert constitutional cite here). It'd be hysterical if we got prcedent on the books that said waterheaded state douchebags can't interfere with the important business of the Republic on petty shit like abortion.*

*Yes, its fucking petty. Its between the woman and her doc, and the guy who knocked her up (to a degree) and no one else.

sebastian_dangerfield · 03-01-2006, 07:33 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I propose we increase the gas tax by three cents a year, every year, indefinitely.

I am doing my part. I burned through two tankfulls driving my SUV 320 miles in the past two days.

I could have driven my wife's car, but the truck has such a better stereo.

sebastian_dangerfield · 03-01-2006, 07:44 PM

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Originally posted by ironweed
One of the other things that Hank knows about me but is too polite to mention is that I also subscribe to the Harpers magazine. Now that Iraq is sliding into the civil war most of us thought wouldn't happen in a worst case scenario until after we declared victory and left the Iraqis to their own devices (yes, those kind), isn't it time we started discussing the case for impeachment?

I was at a GOP rally last night. I attend Dem rallies every now and again as well.

Both are forced by business interests (is there ever any other reason to get within pissing distance of a politician?).

Anyhoo... It was funny to listen to both bullshit themselves. The hardened Dems talk of stupid naive shiite like "justice for the common man" (whatever the fuck that claptrap means... I guess these idiots presume they don't fuck the common man quite as hard as the GOP does, which is utter bullshit). The GOP offers platitudes about how its "taking things back for the people who help the economy" (taking things back? when did the captains of industry - even small industry - not control things? What they really mean is taking "more" for the people who are shit scared of a tax increase coming in the next decade...).

I smile and suck cock for both crowds, because it benefits me to kiss the pricks' asses and pretend to believe their self-deluding nonsense. When I vote, I tend to come down on the side of whoever gives me a better deal. Right now, that's the GOP. You also get much better food and booze from the GOP. The fucking Dems don't hand out cigars or good finger foods. But the Dems get a much cuter crowd of women (the three fuckable ones in the place).

My point? Fuck them both. A pox on both their houses. I wish them all oozing anal chancres and/or a .22 slug between the eyes. We'd be better off without the lot of them.

Vote Libertarian - Give Darwin a Bigger Say in Things.

Sexual Harassment Panda · 03-01-2006, 07:48 PM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I am doing my part. I burned through two tankfulls driving my SUV 320 miles in the past two days.

I could have driven my wife's car, but the truck has such a better stereo.

If that was you I flippd off, hey man, I'm sorry - but if I stopped for every rolled-over SUV looking for some help to get back on track I'd never get anywhere.

sebastian_dangerfield · 03-01-2006, 07:52 PM

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Originally posted by Sexual Harassment Panda
An overwhelming majority of 72% of American troops serving in Iraq think the U.S. should exit the country within the next year, and nearly one in four say the troops should leave immediately, a new Le Moyne College/Zogby International survey shows.

Oh yeah - we still got troops over there, don't we? How's that whole "Freedom is on the march" thingy doing?

Shocking. You'd think they'd want to stay.

Can you find me the link on how many people want to be at work on any given day?

sebastian_dangerfield · 03-01-2006, 07:54 PM

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Originally posted by Sexual Harassment Panda
If that was you I flippd off, hey man, I'm sorry - but if I stopped for every rolled-over SUV looking for some help to get back on track I'd never get anywhere.

Full time 4WD, and it weighs more than some trailer homes. I ask myself, "Sebby, why do you need that? You could downgrade to a much less substantial truck." Then I think, "naaaaaah."

Sidd Finch · 03-01-2006, 08:00 PM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I'd like to see the Supremes invalidate the law without getting to its merits. It would be great if the Supremes sua sponte flipped off an order saying that a state legislature's craven attempt to set up a constitutional challenge, with no concern for the effect such grandstanding has on its citizens, violates (insert constitutional cite here). It'd be hysterical if we got prcedent on the books that said waterheaded state douchebags can't interfere with the important business of the Republic on petty shit like abortion.*

*Yes, its fucking petty. Its between the woman and her doc, and the guy who knocked her up (to a degree) and no one else.

In my perfect world, you would write one of every 25 majority opinions for the US Supreme Court.

Sidd Finch · 03-01-2006, 08:02 PM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Shocking. You'd think they'd want to stay.

Can you find me the link on how many people want to be at work on any given day?

You miss the point. I don't want to be at work, but I don't think everyone should leave. (Spanky, especially, needs to stay, so we can get more wildlife stories.)