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Open Thread By NB Staff (Bio \| Archive) March 7, 2008 - 11:06 ET For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Republican Party leads Democrats in fund-raising: The Democratic National Committee ended 2007 nearly flat broke, with cash of $2.9 million and debts of $2.2 million. Since then it has raised some money, paid down debt and managed to put $3.7 million in its piggy bank. This compares, however, with $25 million that the Republican National Committee has in cash on hand, after having raised $97 million since the beginning of 2007. Does this make a difference in the calculus concerning November? More to the point, despite media and Democrat assertions that the GOP is in a lot of trouble, have such prognostications been as accurate as Hillary's inevitability? Do these numbers make some of the conservative Nervous Nellies less anxious about Republican chances on Election Day? 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Viewing options Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes. RON PAUL QUITS! March 7, 2008 - 11:12 ET by Tinian Goodbye crazy ol' Uncle Paul. See you at Christmas. Login or register to post comments Email this page Tinian... March 7, 2008 - 11:15 ET by Roger the Shrubber You mean Paulmas, right? Login or register to post comments Email this page »→ Not Paulmas, Rog March 7, 2008 - 11:43 ET by Cool Arrow Pumas. There were Pumas in the crevasses. Boil that cabbage down, boys ♣ a seal Login or register to post comments Email this page More like March 7, 2008 - 11:16 ET by sarcasmo See you in Congress. Your hero Chris Peden lost, remember? JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page There, there, Sarky-poo. March 7, 2008 - 11:19 ET by Roger the Shrubber There, there, Sarky-poo. Buck up, little trooper! Login or register to post comments Email this page What's to "buck up" about, Whiner? March 7, 2008 - 11:20 ET by sarcasmo My guy will be doing the C-Span "I told you so" dance for 2 more years, so you can call me a "loser" all you want. Your guy still lost, and mine still won. Deal with it. JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Ron Paul Memorabilia March 7, 2008 - 11:27 ET by Tinian Here's a link to Dr. Paul's last campaign poster. Get one quick -- they'll be worth a fortune in a few years. Login or register to post comments Email this page And here's proof March 7, 2008 - 11:36 ET by sarcasmo He's "racist." Good thing the republicans went for "wisdom" instead of divisive racial nastiness. JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Ron Paul the Racist March 7, 2008 - 11:42 ET by Tinian I'm glad you admitted that Ron Paul is a racist. It explains why he voted against making MLK's birthday a federal holiday. Login or register to post comments Email this page Yeah, that's just what we needed March 7, 2008 - 11:49 ET by sarcasmo Keep "affirmative action" and add another federal holiday to already bloated spending. In fact, I'm sure you've also "proved" why Ronald Reagan opposed it until he got force-fed with a veto-proof majority. Such intellectual depth...No wonder I have such trouble taking-on a bunch of you at once! Keep flailin'!! JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page »→ No argument sarc March 7, 2008 - 11:57 ET by Cool Arrow I work for a major corporation. MLK day is not one which we get off. Federal and local government employees get it off, of course since it's my tax dollars footing the bill. Hell, I'm a Veteran and I work Memorial day. Of course they'd let me have the day off if I'd died in combat, so better this than the alternative. ♣ a seal Login or register to post comments Email this page Ron Paul the Racist March 7, 2008 - 12:10 ET by Tinian I don't think R.R. ever said: Paul reported on gang crime in Los Angeles and commented, “If you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be.” “Given the inefficiencies of what D.C. laughingly calls the `criminal justice system,’ I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal,” Paul said. Paul also wrote that although “we are constantly told that it is evil to be afraid of black men, it is hardly irrational. Black men commit murders, rapes, robberies, muggings and burglaries all out of proportion to their numbers.” Stating that lobbying groups who seek special favors and handouts are evil, Paul wrote, “By far the most powerful lobby in Washington of the bad sort is the Israeli government” and that the goal of the Zionist movement is to stifle criticism." There's more, too! Login or register to post comments Email this page Well, heaven forbid March 7, 2008 - 12:24 ET by sarcasmo Any critique of AIPAC. That automatically makes any critic a hater. Who gives a crap about our nation's military secrets when it comes to "friends," right? If the NYT does it, it upsets NB denizens. If AIPAC apparently does the same thing? Dead silence (even though the NYT's covering it) and endless political trial-delays. I've yet to hear word-one about AIPAC-spying here from anybody but me. And as for the other stuff, you know the truth whether or not you're honest enough to admit it. Both elections are over, so cease the BS. Don't make me bring my old sigfile back and auto-refute you every time I post again. JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page The Question You'll Never Answer March 7, 2008 - 13:27 ET by Tinian And as for the other stuff, you know the truth whether or not you're honest enough to admit it. Both elections are over, so cease the BS. Don't make me bring my old sigfile back and auto-refute you every time I post again. In other words, you won't comment on Ron Paul's newsletter full of racist and anti-semetic material as well as totally wacked out conspiracy theories. Ron Paul, of course, said he didn't write any of this material published in his name, and his supporters accepted this implausible explanation without question. Did you ever consider the fact that anybody who let someone publish this kind of stuff in his name, for over a decade, isn't qualified to run a Dairy Queen? Eh? Login or register to post comments Email this page "Without question"? March 7, 2008 - 14:13 ET by sarcasmo Now you're even more full of crap than usual...And did you just "prove" Reagan's a racist, or are you actually going to back off what you claimed about Paul on the exact same issue? Flip, flop. Again. JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Answer the Question March 7, 2008 - 14:35 ET by Tinian I proved that you won't explain why Ron Paul, who let someone publish racist and anti semetic material in his name for over a decade, is qualified to run even a Dairy Queen. C'mon -- give it a try! Login or register to post comments Email this page I did. March 7, 2008 - 14:37 ET by sarcasmo The fact that you don't like my answer does not change it, no matter what you whine. JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Heh! March 7, 2008 - 14:47 ET by Tinian You didn't explain why Ron Paul, who let someone publish racist and anti semetic material in his name for over a decade, is qualified to run even a Dairy Queen. And you never will. Login or register to post comments Email this page Nope, I already did March 7, 2008 - 14:59 ET by sarcasmo What's never-happening is YOU answering my "distinguish Paul from Ronald Reagan" question, because you know you can't, so you're desperately trying to change the subject. It's not working, though. JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page You Can Read it Out Loud if Necessary March 7, 2008 - 15:56 ET by Tinian What's never-happening is YOU answering my "distinguish Paul from Ronald Reagan" question... Sigh! Once more -- R.R. didn't say or write: “If you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be.” “Given the inefficiencies of what D.C. laughingly calls the `criminal justice system,’ I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal.” “we are constantly told that it is evil to be afraid of black men, it is hardly irrational. Black men commit murders, rapes, robberies, muggings and burglaries all out of proportion to their numbers.” “By far the most powerful lobby in Washington of the bad sort is the Israeli government” Ron Paul, however, did. There's a bit more to it than MLK's birthday, and in Ron Paul's case he's exhibited a pattern of making racist comments and publishing racist writings. Now it's your turn. Explain why Ron Paul, who let someone publish racist and anti semetic material in his name for over a decade, is qualified to run even a Dairy Queen. Login or register to post comments Email this page Nope. March 7, 2008 - 16:05 ET by sarcasmo As you already know, Ron Paul did NOT write that (he did write this) so you're being typically-dishonest. Further, your attempt to distinguish Reagan is a bit lame, considering your earlier words which relied SOLELY on the MLK holiday position as a measure of racism, so you lose on that count, too. Flip, flop.... JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page You Know What I Know? Hahaa! March 7, 2008 - 16:50 ET by Tinian As you already know, Ron Paul did NOT* write that...* How do you know that I know that? I don't know that. And why was Ron Paul asleep at the wheel when it was being published under his name? Further, your attempt to distinguish Reagan is a bit lame, considering your earlier words which relied SOLELY* on the MLK holiday position as a measure of racism, so you lose on that count, too.* Nope -- I just used one example of Ron Paul's racism. I didn't need to use all of them. Besides, it would take many hours to produce a comprehensive list of Ron Paul's racist writings and comments. So you lose again. Now let's return to your first point, that Ron Paul didn't write those things. Why did he allow someone to write those comments in his name? Why did Ron Paul allow the following comment about MLK to be published in his name: "He was also a comsymp, if not an actual party member, and the man who replaced the evil of forced segregation with the evil of forced integration. King, the FBI files show, was not only a world-class adulterer, he also seduced underage girls and boys. The Rev. Ralph David Abernathy revealed before his death that king had made a pass at him many years before. And we are supposed to honor this "Christian minister" and lying socialist satyr with a holiday that puts him on a par with George Washington?" Now explain why Ron Paul, who allowed someone publish racist and anti semetic material in his name for over a decade, is qualified to run even a Dairy Queen. Login or register to post comments Email this page I'll tell you why March 7, 2008 - 16:55 ET by sarcasmo 1. Because he was busy being an OBGYN and delivering 4K babies in a state with a huge population of rapacious trial lawyers who make a living off OBGYNS. 2. Bullcrap. You tried to use something and I turned it around with the Reagan example, from which you have yet to distinguish or recover logically. You lose. 3. See 1. Loser. JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page You Lose Again March 7, 2008 - 18:35 ET by Tinian 1. Because he was busy being an OBGYN and delivering 4K babies in a state with a huge population of rapacious trial lawyers who make a living off OBGYNS. Too busy helping women with what happens naturally? How did the human race survive for hundreds of thousands of years without RON PAUL? BTW -- how many times was Ron Paul sued by rapacious trial lawyers They're creeps, but did RP ever really deal with them? Got any documentation? Eh? 2. Bullcrap. You tried to use something and I turned it around with the Reagan example, from which you have yet to distinguish or recover logically. R.R. was never tainted with the kind of racist statements RON PAUL has tried to deny. Simpleton. Login or register to post comments Email this page If you're actually dimwitted enough March 8, 2008 - 05:20 ET by sarcasmo To think that modern OBGYNs don't fear or deal with lawyers, I'll just rest my case. And YOU'RE the one that painted RR as a racist for opposing MLK Day, not me. Don't blame me. I just made a fool of you above, after you said something stupid again. Don't like it? Don't say so many stupid things. JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page More Insults March 8, 2008 - 10:22 ET by Tinian How many times was RP sued for malpractice? Why did he let someone write racist and anti-semetic newsletters in his name for over a decade? Isn't that pretty stupid? Login or register to post comments Email this page Yep March 8, 2008 - 10:32 ET by sarcasmo You're obviously pretty stupid (see above) but it's not insulting to treat you with the respect you deserve. I call 'em like I see 'em, after all. JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Even More Insults March 8, 2008 - 11:29 ET by Tinian It's funny as hell to watch you play the "victim" card for Ron Paul! That's not what real conservatives do. Login or register to post comments Email this page Real conservatives don't whine like you. March 8, 2008 - 11:39 ET by sarcasmo Face it, the crickets are chirping from a real conservative idea as you whine and prove me right. Again. Loser. JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Aural Hallucinations! March 8, 2008 - 11:45 ET by Tinian The crickets are chirping in Paulians' heads! Login or register to post comments Email this page Yeah... March 8, 2008 - 11:50 ET by sarcasmo It couldn't POSSIBLY be whining dimwits ignoring an actually-conservative idea in favor of MORE whining! Only a loser would do that! Oops.... JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Keep On March 8, 2008 - 17:31 ET by Tinian Keep on listening to those crickets in your head! Login or register to post comments Email this page You are crying like a March 7, 2008 - 11:48 ET by Roger the Shrubber You are crying like a little girl today, which is indeed, sweet music to my ears. Where is your Lord and Master's explanation for his completely-bigoted refusal to vote against the murder of innocent Israelis? "I told you so" apparently means "yes, I am a racist turd! Thanks for all the donations, which I will be surely NOT spending on myself". How do you spell Sarky" L-O-S-E-R. Login or register to post comments Email this page Whiner, what are you ON??? March 7, 2008 - 11:54 ET by sarcasmo I'm celebrating a victory, still. Your god, Chris Peden, is still the loser, too. It must not feel good, dropping $200K of your own money on a losing election... JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page "My god"? Wow. Definitely March 7, 2008 - 12:32 ET by Roger the Shrubber "My god"? Wow. Definitely hitting the bottle, and it's not even lunchtime. Kindly post the comments where I heap godlike praise upon Peden, or even mentioned any monetary contributions from this Shrubber to his campaign. Oh wait, you can't, because that involves effort and would be fruitless. You are obviously too dense to even grasp the concept of "using Peden to make Saracmo lok like a douche was too tempting to pass up". You are definitely unhinged today, LOSER. Take break, step away from the ledge, and stop posting gibberish. Repeating other people's posts is well, a cry for one of these. Login or register to post comments Email this page I will, the moment you do the same March 7, 2008 - 12:58 ET by sarcasmo For me and Paul, because it's never happened, Whiner. Your rich-boy lost, deal with it. If a BS accusation like that is ok for you, then it's ok for me, too. Want respect? Show it. JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Boohoo boohoo March 7, 2008 - 14:39 ET by Roger the Shrubber Well, loser, I congratulated Ron Paul on Wednesday's award-winning Shrub Report®, and you, being the sore-winner immature crybaby you are, acted like a little douchebag and accepted those congratulations with the grace of Michael Moore performing "Swan Lake". But that IS typical of Libertarians, isn't it? There is a chip on your shoulder sooooo big, that you are an a$$hole to EVERYBODY. I think it is good that Paul won his seat back. There has to be a yang to Kucinich's ying. Sucks to have been SO INVESTED in a losing campaign, though, doesn't it, LOSER? Your Lord and Master will fade into oblivion, barely-remembered, except as the "weird guy from Texas that ran for President". Of course, even after that, most people will think of Ross Perot... You have yet to explain what Ron Paul is going to do with all that money he has left over? Login or register to post comments Email this page Whiner... March 7, 2008 - 14:43 ET by sarcasmo Your "congratulations" were ample proof of your douchebaggery, so I treated you accordingly. Less whine and more substance would have gotten an entirely different response, but I've re-read my words, and I stand by every one of 'em. LOSER. And I am not obligated to explain anything to the likes of a whiner like you. JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Braaaack! Somebody's doing March 7, 2008 - 14:53 ET by Roger the Shrubber Braaaack! Somebody's doing it again. Login or register to post comments Email this page Whine whine whine... March 7, 2008 - 14:55 ET by sarcasmo It won't change the facts, loser. Chris Peden lost, and Ted Stevens is a crook (that's to set you off for your traditional whines!). JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page So, when did you stop March 7, 2008 - 15:29 ET by Roger the Shrubber So, when did you stop touching little boys, Sarky? Viva la 5% Revolution! Login or register to post comments Email this page I've achieved meltdown... March 7, 2008 - 15:32 ET by sarcasmo Now, if only you'd put 10% of your Whinerpower into shrinking obese government. Doubtful...I can see from your new sigfile you have more important things to do! JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Yes. Pointing out you have March 7, 2008 - 18:35 ET by Roger the Shrubber Yes. Pointing out you have been acting like a dumbass is indeed a worthy endeavour. If you would actually learn from this exercise, instead of simply parroting back what everybody says to you (with the obligatory pointless links and rips on Conservatives in general) making absolutely ZERO sense, and quit being a tool, you might actually learn to lighten up. Until then, you will continue to receive the heaping amount of crap you have earned. You have brought this upon yourself, inflicting months of self-righteous Libertarian douchebaggery upon the NB masses. Tough love, Sarky. Tough love. So, Sarky-poo, why are you still touching little boys? Viva la 5% Revolution! Login or register to post comments Email this page I"m Heartbroken March 7, 2008 - 19:10 ET by Tinian I asked Sarc, publically, if I could ad him to my buddylist. He said he didn't care, but then he nixed the deal. Gloom, despair & agony on me. Login or register to post comments Email this page Sarky was one of the first March 7, 2008 - 20:08 ET by Roger the Shrubber Sarky was one of the first people on my buddy list. Before something snapped late in 2007 and he became a cultist. Login or register to post comments Email this page Another lie from "Tinian" March 8, 2008 - 06:59 ET by sarcasmo I've never seen any request to "nix," whine-douche. And I still don't care. Isn't lying about racism enough for you? Apparently not. JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Rog... I have wondered March 7, 2008 - 14:48 ET by Clear thinker Rog... I have wondered about that money. How about people skipping Christmas for their kids so they could send their last dime to RP? "Abstain from McCain" Login or register to post comments Email this page A Sore Winner March 7, 2008 - 14:54 ET by Tinian Well, loser, I congratulated Ron Paul on Wednesday's award-winning Shrub Report®, and you, being the sore-winner immature crybaby you are, acted like a little douchebag and accepted those congratulations with the grace of Michael Moore performing "Swan Lake". You're a laugh machine, Shrubber! I, too, gave RP props for winning. Sore losers are bad enough but when you're a sore winner you've got prozac style problems. Login or register to post comments Email this page You both whined about it March 7, 2008 - 14:58 ET by sarcasmo In the dishonest guise of 'congratulations.' And you both got the respect you deserved from me. Losers. Isn't it funny how I can easily take a bunch of you on here at once? I think it is.... JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Well, I did notice you are March 7, 2008 - 15:15 ET by Roger the Shrubber Well, I did notice you are adept of parroting back what people post here (except, of course, when you need to back up accusations, of course). I guess you deserve that pat you have given your back. For a winner like you, this ability must be a major accomplishment. Viva la 5% Revolution! Login or register to post comments Email this page It's No Accident. March 7, 2008 - 13:39 ET by Tinian It's no accident that he doesn't understand. It's called denial, and you need tons of it to be a Ron Paul supporter. Login or register to post comments Email this page RON PAUL QUITS! March 7, 2008 - 12:15 ET by Tinian How do you spell Sarky" L-O-S-E-R. I'll try my hand at Paulian script: R-3-S-0-_\| Login or register to post comments Email this page Dibs on DasBlimp! March 7, 2008 - 12:46 ET by PawpawN I got dibs on the blimp. Maybe I can get it to fly! Login or register to post comments Email this page Only if it's not raining, March 7, 2008 - 14:28 ET by Roger the Shrubber Only if it's not raining, snowing, windy, cloudy, nighttime, or below 40 degrees. Login or register to post comments Email this page But it clearly generates whine-power March 7, 2008 - 14:31 ET by sarcasmo Even under those conditions or in a hangar...Proof abounds right here. JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Viva la 5% Revolution! March 7, 2008 - 14:48 ET by Roger the Shrubber Viva la 5% Revolution! Login or register to post comments Email this page 5% would have lost, Whiner. March 7, 2008 - 14:53 ET by sarcasmo The loser is ~$200K self-contributor Chris Peden, no matter how much you whine and moan about it. Deal with it. JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Viva la 5% Revolution! March 7, 2008 - 15:13 ET by Roger the Shrubber Viva la 5% Revolution! Login or register to post comments Email this page And viva la Parrot! March 7, 2008 - 15:17 ET by sarcasmo And viva la Parrot! JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Viva la 5% Revolution! March 7, 2008 - 18:28 ET by Roger the Shrubber Viva la 5% Revolution! Login or register to post comments Email this page Was he still in the race? March 7, 2008 - 14:02 ET by Chris Norman Was he still in the race? Huh. Login or register to post comments Email this page Both races are over March 7, 2008 - 14:14 ET by sarcasmo But the whines won't end, because Paul won one of 'em and the big-government losers wish to throw a tantrum. JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Tantrum = hours of fun at March 7, 2008 - 18:27 ET by Roger the Shrubber Tantrum = hours of fun at Sarky-poo's expense. Man, I love playing "translate the drunk and pouty Libertarian"... Login or register to post comments Email this page Question, Tinian March 7, 2008 - 11:17 ET by Mica the Magnificent After the announcement, did the cameras get a shot of his supporters leaving the room and did anyone notice how quickly those recycle bins filled up with tin foil? Login or register to post comments Email this page Or, much more likely March 7, 2008 - 11:26 ET by sarcasmo Pocket sized copies of the Constitution. JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Agreed, Sarc March 7, 2008 - 13:48 ET by Mica the Magnificent Agreed - The Klingon constitution - written on tin foil Login or register to post comments Email this page How can I debate March 7, 2008 - 15:01 ET by sarcasmo Such deeply intellectual replies. It's hopeless, clearly I'm losing... JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Right word. Wrong usage. March 7, 2008 - 15:28 ET by Roger the Shrubber Right word. Wrong usage. It's LOSER, not losing. Viva la 5% Revolution! Login or register to post comments Email this page Whew!!! Thanks, Sarc March 7, 2008 - 16:35 ET by Mica the Magnificent At least this is one thread that won't go on and on and on until it's a thin, long unreadable smudge mark falling off the right side of the screen Login or register to post comments Email this page Yep, see below. March 7, 2008 - 16:41 ET by sarcasmo I have a totally different idea, which might even work...But only if it's tried. The good news is that for a change I'd respect, instead of mocking, those who actually used that substantial whinepower & tried it. As we've seen from the whiner contingent, the totally different idea, because it's conservative, has drawn crickets. I suspect I've detected some big government Republicans who won't admit it. I can't think of any other explanation... JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page And now, today's March 7, 2008 - 11:13 ET by Roger the Shrubber And now, today's Action-Packed Franco Harris AND Lynn Swann Birthday Edition of The Shrub Report®: Awwww, poor Sarky needs a binky today. Everybody send him hugs, okay? Keep up hope, Sarky! Your fellow Ronulans have your back! No wonder Ron Paul voted yesterday like the Douchebag he is. If he is dropping out of the presidential race, and has secured his seat in Congress, what has he to lose? On this date, in 1936, Hitler sends troops into the Rhineland, violating the Treay of Versailles. In 1945, US troops cross the Rhine at Remagan. Bookends of a horrific war. Introducing, the 2008 Pennsylvania Public Defender of the Year! Al Franken: Douchebag. So freakin' hot, but so freakin' dumb. Balboa's eye-candy needs a ball gag (not that that is a bad thing!). Speaking of HOT eye-candy, happy 34th, Jenna, and happy 28th, Hot Donna! Blinky uses a Mutomboesque reach to blame McCain for Boeing's woes. Today's WTF?!?!? Photo. A bagpiper in Gaza? Greece bristles over Macedonia's possible entry into NATO. Russia is pied over Georgia's and Ukraine's admission. Russia isn't a member of NATO; who cares what they say? It's amazing how quickly a country can change, isn't it? Mysteriously, the word "Republican" has disappeared from this story. The Thought and Speech Police are on patrol! (h/t to the comment left below the article) Fun With Headlines! Headline: Worries grow as job market shrinks*! Inside article are such gems as: Employers are still hiring, the number of people signing up for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week, and job-cut activity is still well below levels we would expect in a recession. Finally, at the bottom of the piece, we discover that the person who lost their job is a mental train-wreck, and needs to grow the hell up. Meanwhile, MCNBC injects their own opinions into the news. Happy 62nd, Peter Wolf! Partner with Islam! Speaking of the Religion of Peace… Whoops! Those death in Israel were an "accident". My bad. The Hufftards react to the massacre in true moonbat fashion… And another story on the Glory of Islam! How about this for irony: Hugo Chavez killed the leader of FARC. How will the Douchebag Left react? Speaking of dumbaes and phone calls… No wonder the Democrat(ic)s want no phone conversations used to help fight terror. It's March Madness time! Don't forget to get your vote in, folks! And, finally, Fast Eddie is excited about the upcoming primary… Login or register to post comments Email this page Is Any of This in The Constitution? March 7, 2008 - 11:21 ET by Tinian Roger: Is any of this in The Constitution? 1. $25,000 for the Brazoria County Sheriff to establish a “Children’s Identification and Location Database.” 2. $8 million for the marketing of wild American shrimp. 3. $2.3 million for shrimp fishing research. 4. $3 million to “secure the acquisition of the McGinnes tract, protecting its critical natural resources and helping consolidate refuge inholdings.” 5. $5 million to expand the cancer center at Brazosport Hospital. 6. $200,000 for the Matagorda Episcopal Health Outreach Program to fund a “National Health Service Corp Scholar.” 7. $4.5 million to study the effects of the health risks of vanadium. 8. $3 million to test imported shrimp for antibiotics. (Does anyone think there is a big shrimp industry in Paul’s district?) 9. $10 million to repair the Galveston railways causeway bridge. 10. $1.18 million for “Personalized Medicine in Asthma” 11. $100,000 for a “data-driven automated system for nursing students on the Texas Gulf Coast.” 12. $257,000 to “prepare graduates from the doctoral program at the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing to assume faculty roles in schools for nursing with a deficient number of doctoral level faculty.” 13. $1.4 million to buy buses for the Golden Crescent Regional Commission. 14. $2 million to buy buses for Galveston. 15. $5 million for highway spending. 16. $2 million to replace facilities for Galveston bus service. 17. $3 million to replace facilities for the Golden Crescent Regional bus facility. 18. $2 million to repair the Galveston trolley. 19. $2.14 million to renovate the Edna Theater. 20. $13 million for I-69 highway project. 21. $30 million the Texas Maritime Academy to refurbish a ship. 22. $4.5 million to maintain Cedar Bayou. Plus another $9 million 23. $15 million for “construction at GIWW Matagorda Bay.” Plus another $5.8 million 24. $100,000 to maintain Chocolate Bayou. 25. $2.5 million to maintain Double Bayou. Ron Paul: saving America, one shrimp at a time. Login or register to post comments Email this page inconsistent? You tell me... March 7, 2008 - 11:25 ET by sarcasmo Before, Peden's losing crowd repeatedly posted about how ineffective Dr. Paul supposedly was at bringing home the pork. Flip, flop. Flip, flop. Which one is it, whiners??? JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not* cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Good point. Ron Paul March 7, 2008 - 11:40 ET by Roger the Shrubber Good point. Ron Paul bringing back pork to his home district is a HUGE selling point for fiscal CONSERVATIVES like you, genius. You bitch about Congress spending like idiots, yet praise your God for bringing pork to his district. Your credibility here has never been higher, Sarky-poo. Here, you dropped this. Login or register to post comments Email this page Somehow, he still kicks March 7, 2008 - 11:42 ET by sarcasmo A lot of other "conservative" asses in the fiscal responsibility dept., Whiner. JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page I understand. It is now not March 7, 2008 - 11:54 ET by Roger the Shrubber I understand. It is now not "Ron Paul will not accept taxpayer pork because he is the most fiscally-reponsible and lily-white soul in Congress", but is rather "Ron Paul is not as bad of a pork-barrel spender as a lot of you evil Republicans are". How quickly you change your tune. Like I've said before: you talk like a Liberal. You change you tune when it suits you. One tune that does NOT change? You are a L-O-S-E-R. Login or register to post comments Email this page I pointed out YOUR side's inconsistency March 7, 2008 - 11:59 ET by sarcasmo Your new argument is "he does it too." Not workin', Whiner. My guy WON that House seat, like it or not, and that makes me the winner, even if you don't know how to congratulate without a typical whine... JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page MY new argument? WTF are March 7, 2008 - 12:24 ET by Roger the Shrubber MY new argument? WTF are you talking about, Sparky? You must be hitting the bottle early today, because YOU are the one moving your goal posts, not me. I have been VERY consistent in my abuse of your diety. Man, you are having ANOTHER meltdown today. Go drink some water, take 2 Exedrin, lie down, sleep off the buzz, hide the razor blades, and at least enjoy knowing your God won the small battle, but lost the war. Login or register to post comments Email this page The meltdown can be seen March 7, 2008 - 12:28 ET by sarcasmo In your own mirror, Whiner. Look at your arguments about pork, and then look at the facts. I call that inconsistent, no matter what you whine. JMR A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover. Login or register to post comments Email this page Wow, you do my work for me. March 7, 2008 - 12:39 ET by Roger the Shrubber Wow, you do my work for me. I will go slow, so you can follow in your drunken stupor: 1. Sarky-poo bitches about pork-barrel spending by eveeel Republican policitians. 2. Sarky-poo worships Ron Paul, who he claims is pure as the driven snow and would NEVER accept money from lobbysists or use tax-payer pork to bring back to his district. 3. Ron Paul DOES bring tax-payer pork back into his district. 4. Sarcasmo, living in Bizarro World, then says "well, at least he is not as eveeeel as other Republicans" in bringing home the pork. The fact that you do not even understand how you are contradicting yourself bigtime brings much pleasure to this shrubber. Add to this: you have been reduced to merely parroting everything said to you, and you have a sweet combination: a drunk