Politics and religion.

BO picked a winner for the Supreme Court?

Wait, she will claim to be 'misquoted' in the future!

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Hey!

What about that NP. Thank god for selective memory from the 'twitchy woman'!:eek:

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Originally Posted by RICHARD

What about that NP. Thank god for selective memory from the 'twitchy woman'!:eek:

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Raven hair and ruby lips
Fidgets fly from her fingertips
CIA voices in the night
She's a restless spirit who's looking for a fight

(Chorus) Whoo hoo, twitchy woman, see how bad she lies,
Whoo hoo, twitchy woman, she got that look in her eyes

She held us spellbound in the day
when she should have walked away
Dancing eyes and waving hands
Nervous laughter in the room
She drove herself to madness
as she sang her silly tune

(Chorus) Whoo hoo, twitchy woman, see how bad she lies,
Whoo hoo, twitchy woman, she got that look in her eyes


Well I know you want a leader
to take over if we need her
Let me tell you brother she's been saying what's in her empty head
And there's some rumor goin' 'round
that she might be goin' down
by someone who can rock her in the night time
'til her face turns red

(Chorus) Whoo hoo, twitchy woman, see how bad she lies,
Whoo hoo, twitchy woman, she got that look in her eyes

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Originally Posted by Medusa

Raven hair and ruby lips
Fidgets fly from her fingertips
CIA voices in the night
She's a restless spirit who's looking for a fight

(Chorus) Whoo hoo, twitchy woman, see how bad she lies,
Whoo hoo, twitchy woman, she got that look in her eyes

She held us spellbound in the day
when she should have walked away
Dancing eyes and waving hands
Nervous laughter in the room
She drove herself to madness
as she sang her silly tune

(Chorus) Whoo hoo, twitchy woman, see how bad she lies,
Whoo hoo, twitchy woman, she got that look in her eyes


Well I know you want a leader
to take over if we need her
Let me tell you brother she's been saying what's in her empty head
And there's some rumor goin' 'round
that she might be goin' down
by someone who can rock her in the night time
'til her face turns red

(Chorus) Whoo hoo, twitchy woman, see how bad she lies,
Whoo hoo, twitchy woman, she got that look in her eyes

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I LOVE IT!

I saw Dennis Miller the other night say something about her 'twitchiness'

:cool:

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Originally Posted by RICHARD

BO picked a winner for the Supreme Court?

Wait, she will claim to be 'misquoted' in the future!

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Hey!

What about that NP. Thank god for selective memory from the 'twitchy woman'!:eek:

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She is a racist, pure and simple. Then there is the empathy thing. Since when should that matter in relation to the LAW? Is not Lady Justice supposed to be BLIND?

Further, how does she get around the oath she would take?

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"I, [NAME], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as [TITLE] under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God."

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Originally Posted by Puckstop31

She is a racist, pure and simple. Then there is the empathy thing. Since when should that matter in relation to the LAW? Is not Lady Justice supposed to be BLIND?

Further, how does she get around the oath she would take?

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Dude, I wish everyone would stop with the "latino" BS-That is just a little sleight of hand/feel good nomination - just to placate the 'hispanic' bobos that voted for BO.

Putting Sotomenor (little play on her name-menor means small in espanol) in as a SCJ has nothing to do with placing a person with creds into the seat.

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LOL, I'll get jacked for this but here we go-this comes from personal experience too!

SOME- I say SOME- fill in the "LATINO" species here- women are driven to make the most of the new world opening up to give women the chance to get better jobs, make more money, etc.

And with that op comes a chance for them to step on everyone that has ever crossed them. THey become nasty, bigoted, racist and have no qualms about taking down people and using the bodies as stepping stones for their march to the top.

Vayan con dios-I hope this 'pick' goes the way of most of the other BO picks.

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Here's another effing BS line that I heard yesterday during the press op BO and SS did yesterday.

BO said something about SS's mom buying the only encyclopedia in the Bronx?


Lke WTF is that borough supposed to be? Some jerkwater area where all the inhabitants are stupid and unable to get a few books? Is the allotment of intelligence stopped at one set of reference books that went to the person with enough money to afford them?

Please.

It's way too funny and sad that we swoon and go WOW because some politician tries to fill a post to make one group happy.

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Will we ever elect a politician that says, "life is tough-I ain't promising anything right now-I'll try, if you get me into office, not disappoint you by flopping the flip!"

Wow! I see some bad karma on its way for a few folks!

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Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary

Wow! I see some bad karma on its way for a few folks!

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Clear and fact based, as always ES. :) "Saying what you mean and meaning what you say." Yep, thats you. :)

Walter E Williams on the POTUS criteria for his SC nominee.

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Originally Posted by Walter E Williams

A MINORITY VIEW

BY WALTER WILLIAMS

RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2009



Empathy Versus Law



President Obama's articulated criteria for his nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court is: "We need somebody who's got the heart to recognize -- the empathy to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old. And that's the criteria by which I'm going to be selecting my judges."

What is the role of a U.S. Supreme Court justice? A reasonable start for an answer is the recognition that our Constitution represents the rules of the game. A Supreme Court justice has one job and one job only namely; he is a referee. There is nothing complicated about this. A referee's job, whether he is a football referee or a Supreme Court justice, is to know the rules of the game and make sure that they are evenly applied without bias. Do we want referees to allow empathy to influence their decisions? Let's look at it using this year's Super Bowl as an example.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have won six Super Bowl titles, seven AFC championships and hosted 10 conference games. No other AFC or NFC team can match this record. By contrast, the Arizona Cardinals' last championship victory was in 1947 when they were based in Chicago. In anyone's book, this is a gross disparity. Should the referees have the empathy to understand what it's like to be a perennial loser and what would you think of a referee whose decisions were guided by his empathy? Suppose a referee, in the name of compensatory justice, stringently applied pass interference or roughing the passer violations against the Steelers and less stringently against the Cardinals. Or, would you support a referee who refused to make offensive pass interference calls because he thought it was a silly rule? You'd probably remind him that the league makes the rules, not referees.

I'm betting that most people would agree that football justice requires that referees apply the rules blindly and independent of the records or any other characteristic of the two teams. Moreover, I believe that most people would agree that referees should evenly apply the rules of the games even if they personally disagreed with some of the rules.

The relationship between Supreme Court justices and the U.S. Constitution should be identical to that of referees and football rules. The status of a person appearing before the court should have absolutely nothing to do with the rendering of decisions. That's why Lady Justice, often appearing on court buildings, is shown wearing a blindfold. It is to indicate that justice should be meted out impartially, regardless of identity, power or weakness. Also, as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "Men should know the rules by which the game is played. Doubt as to the value of some of those rules is no sufficient reason why they should not be followed by the courts." The legislative branch makes the rules, not judges.

Interventionists often make their case for bending the rules based on the unfairness of outcomes such as differences in income, education and wealth. After all, how can the game of life possibly be fair when some people's yearly income totals in the hundreds of thousands, even millions of dollars, while many others scarcely earn twenty or thirty thousand dollars? Some people find that argument persuasive but it's nonsense. Income distribution is an outcome and fairness cannot be determined by outcomes. It's the same with football. The Steelers winning six Super Bowl titles and Arizona winning none is an outcome and cannot be used to determine football fairness. Fairness in either case must be settled by process questions such as: Were the rules unbiased and evenly applied? If so, any outcome is just and actions based on empathy would make it unjust.

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Originally Posted by blue

Walter E Williams on the POTUS criteria for his SC nominee.


Should the referees have the empathy to understand what it's like to be a perennial loser and what would you think of a referee whose decisions were guided by his empathy? Suppose a referee, in the name of compensatory justice, stringently applied pass interference or roughing the passer violations against the Steelers and less stringently against the Cardinals. Or, would you support a referee who refused to make offensive pass interference calls because he thought it was a silly rule? You'd probably remind him that the league makes the rules, not referees.

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Nice, :rolleyes:;)

Why not bring up the Immaculate Reception and let Franco Harris laugh all over again.

That wound will never heal.:p:eek:

I really believe that the recession is getting better.

Yeah, The news comes from some guy living in a government subsidised housing project on Pennsylvania Avenue.:eek::mad::rolleyes:

MY president took his wife on a romantic date



and all I got was the bill.


Government subsidised dating?
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Nancy was out in China with the people whom she accused of not respecting Human Rights.

Nice.

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Originally Posted by RICHARD

MY president took his wife on a romantic date



and all I got was the bill.


Government subsidised dating?
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Nancy was out in China with the people whom she accused of not respecting Human Rights.

Nice.

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Im shocked... Wait, wut?

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Originally Posted by blue

Im shocked... Wait, wut?

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NP was in China kissing rear today. THIS after complaining about the Human Rights record of the government right before the Olympics.

What an incredible waste of a perfectly good seat in Congress. As a Cah Lee fuh Nee An I apologize to the rest of the country for her actions.

What a moron.;)

Ive been wondering if GM is the next Volkswagen? As in Government Motor's.

Two stories that made me think about how stupid the media is.

The abortion doctor and two soilders in uniform were shot in the last week-
They were called Domestic Terrorists-

So, why aren't they called murderers? And why weren't the stories touted as "man made disasters"?

I really laugh when I get the 'codewords' the Politically Correct Media has assigned to idiots and the way they behave, backwards.:rolleyes:

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LOL, three planes, two choppers and a whole lot of overtime for a date night.


Shoot, when I was dating, it was a movie, something to eat and maybe an ice cream..And I paid for the date myself.

A real man would have pulled out his wallet and flashed some dead presidents.


It's the least he could do for the sagging economy.

I am asking because I truly don't know...is the date thing or using a helicopter or whatever normal for the President? I am not trying to start anything but hasn't this always been done?

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Originally Posted by caseysmom

I am asking because I truly don't know...is the date thing or using a helicopter or whatever normal for the President? I am not trying to start anything but hasn't this always been done?

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Ill bet you a dollar if Shrub had done it would have been worldwide front page news. On the other hand Shub never told us we need watch our spending while the .gov keeps pouring out $$$.

The only problem I have with the date thing is that .gov paid for the press to tag along.

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Originally Posted by caseysmom

I am asking because I truly don't know...is the date thing or using a helicopter or whatever normal for the President? I am not trying to start anything but hasn't this always been done?

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Yes,
But BO said that after the election, he would take the wife on a "date night".

Now, I don't mind spending a penny on taking care of the POTUS for work related trips, but with GM, Pontiac, banks and the Titanic going under, like why doesn't he get a sitter and rent some movies or porn on the cable/satellite?

There was a shot of about 100 NYC cops standing around waiting for the prez to show up.

Other people said that it was a slap in the face to the rest of the country where, most of us are very aware of what we spend on a date/shopping/perks. He spends money on very trivial things.

He just showed that maybe he doesn't really care about saving my and your money.

Of course, he could have cancelled the Statue of Liberty photo fiasco and gone to see it while he was in town?;)

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Originally Posted by RICHARD

Yes,
But BO said that after the election, he would take the wife on a "date night".

Now, I don't mind spending a penny on taking care of the POTUS for work related trips, but with GM, Pontiac, banks and the Titanic going under, like why doesn't he get a sitter and rent some movies or porn on the cable/satellite?

There was a shot of about 100 NYC cops standing around waiting for the prez to show up.

Other people said that it was a slap in the face to the rest of the country where, most of us are very aware of what we spend on a date/shopping/perks. He spends money on very trivial things.

He just showed that maybe he doesn't really care about saving my and your money.

Of course, he could have cancelled the Statue of Liberty photo fiasco and gone to see it while he was in town?;)

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I tend to agree with you there. Our lovely gov keeps cutting our salaries...yes I am a state employee...(don't do it, its too easy). Honestly a lot of people I work with work our butts off and he has taken ten percent already and now he is after another 5 percent, in our line of work private industry already makes about double what we do. They paid a consultant 1.3 mill to do what I could have done in a few months if they let me...and our guv was suppose to make it all better:rolleyes:

I have been cutting back, but I feel even worse for a lot of other folks and to be honest any extravagance does make me feel guilty. I would like to be Obama act accordingly.

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Originally Posted by caseysmom

I tend to agree with you there. Our lovely gov keeps cutting our salaries...yes I am a state employee...(don't do it, its too easy). Honestly a lot of people I work with work our butts off and he has taken ten percent already and now he is after another 5 percent,

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ANd you hang on every report in the media when they discuss the state's budget and any cutbacks in the workforce.:eek::(

I feel your pain.

See, I like the politicians who give you a vague promise of the things to come.
I tend to be very suspicious of the ones that give you a detailed list of what the want to do. Far different from what they can do!

We will make it out of this mess.

We'll have to tighten our belts a bit.

I just don't like it when politicians pass on the belt tightening and go have their entire wardrobes taken in, on our dime.:mad::(:mad:

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Originally Posted by RICHARD

ANd you hang on every report in the media when they discuss the state's budget and any cutbacks in the workforce.:eek::(

I feel your pain.

See, I like the politicians who give you a vague promise of the things to come.
I tend to be very suspicious of the ones that give you a detailed list of what the want to do. Far different from what they can do!

We will make it out of this mess.

We'll have to tighten our belts a bit.

I just don't like it when politicians pass on the belt tightening and go have their entire wardrobes taken in, on our dime.:mad::(:mad:

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Well I have been with the state for 25 years so I would have to shoot my boss:D If this foot crud doesn't do me in my job is secure just not sure how much I will get but alas there are those worse off so I won't whine about it. We hired a guy from the private sector and he needs some good cheese to go with all that whine about the money:D

OK, I can't resist lobbing this grenade...*dons fireproof jammies*

California set itself up for this mess by passing Proposition 13 (I think) which makes it nearly impossible to raise taxes. Unfortunately, many states are forced to raise taxes during a recession. I know Libertarian types like blue are going to jump all over my s*** for this, but if folks want the Gov't to provide for them, they have to be willing to pay for it.

*ducks away from the torrent of flames I can see emerging in the distance*:p

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Originally Posted by smokey the elder

OK, I can't resist lobbing this grenade...*dons fireproof jammies*

California set itself up for this mess by passing Proposition 13 (I think) which makes it nearly impossible to raise taxes. Unfortunately, many states are forced to raise taxes during a recession. I know Libertarian types like blue are going to jump all over my s*** for this, but if folks want the Gov't to provide for them, they have to be willing to pay for it.

*ducks away from the torrent of flames I can see emerging in the distance*:p

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Correct!

Prop 13 caused quite a stir at the time..The F-wads that voted FOR the measure, way back when, were the ones that complained the most about the shortage of services long after they forgot they voted it in.

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Here's a little trivia about Howard Jarvis-the author of Prop 13.

Jarvis played a small part/sight gag in the movie, AIRPLANE!

At the beginning of the movie, Robert Hays drives a cab to the front of the airport terminal. Hays leaves the cab, with Jarvis in the rear at the curb.

At the end of the movie Jarvis, with the meter in the cab still running, is shown waiting for Hays to come back.:confused:

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Originally Posted by smokey the elder

OK, I can't resist lobbing this grenade...*dons fireproof jammies*

California set itself up for this mess by passing Proposition 13 (I think) which makes it nearly impossible to raise taxes. Unfortunately, many states are forced to raise taxes during a recession. I know Libertarian types like blue are going to jump all over my s*** for this, but if folks want the Gov't to provide for them, they have to be willing to pay for it.

*ducks away from the torrent of flames I can see emerging in the distance*:p

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Why would I jump your sh!t for that? The Kalifornia .gov is reaping what they have sown, they taxed and taxed and taxed, user fees up the ying yang and they still dont have enough enough for those with their hands out. The ones paying for the .gov programs put their feet down and good for them.

I cant see how raising taxes make things better.

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Originally Posted by blue

Why would I jump your sh!t for that? The Kalifornia .gov is reaping what they have sown, they taxed and taxed and taxed, user fees up the ying yang and they still dont have enough enough for those with their hands out. The ones paying for the .gov programs put their feet down and good for them.

I cant see how raising taxes make things better.

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What happened out here is the freaking population grew so fast-you would not believe the places where houses have been built-when you see the state burning and the houses going up in flames, I can guarantee you that those house are less than 10 years old.

The 'old rates' just can't support the influx of people.

That and the fact that everyone drives out here so the effing traffic and roads are the pits.

Put it this way, a 20 minute drive to work was a 2 hour fight to get home around holidays. One Thanksgiving eve it took me almost 2.5 hrs to get home.:rolleyes:

Tax 'n' spend keeps getting us into messes, no matter whether it's the state, feds or whatever. I think once you get on the treadmill it's wicked hard to get off of it.

Can someone get our president a personality, not some speech on a teleprompter?

One of the funniest things about watching BO is the head movements he makes while 'giving' a speech as he reads.

The more I see it, the more I am reminded of some actor reading a script and acting out what is printed on the page. It's all pre packaged tripe with only a talking head to roll it around in their mouth, then tell us how it tastes.

You all just crack me up! You didn't like when we had a Republican Pres. You don't like the Democrate one. Is there any one you would like? Let us know now. Maybe we can have them run in next election. They should start campaigning for it soon. :rolleyes: :love:

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Originally Posted by momoffuzzyfaces

You all just crack me up! You didn't like when we had a Republican Pres. You don't like the Democrate one. Is there any one you would like? Let us know now. Maybe we can have them run in next election. They should start campaigning for it soon. :rolleyes: :love:

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We want someone without the baggage and ulterior motives.

It's all the same kind of BS.

The politicians today aren't men or women. They are the creation of the people who buy them and sit them in office.

IT's really not a matter of LIKING a politician.

It's all about respect.

And I have more respect for the 'offices' than I have for the people that sit in them.:confused:

More respect for the desk chair then most of the elected officials sitting in them.

A newshead/talking head made this comparison-and how true is it?


During the last few years, making a big deal and slamming the government and the idiots who run it, was touted as being patriotic. It goes back to that old adage about questioning authority.

It was OK to clown on the previous administration. Now? You can't because you are a racist, a jerk and what ever else the supporters of the current government can call you.

Seems like what is good for the goose, just may be foie gras from the gander?:eek:

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Let me bring the "date night" trip up again.

This shows how dumb people are!

MO is shown in the crowd at the D-Day ceremony. Why is she there?

BO could have easily told her, "Hey, let's go paint the town in France next week instead of wasting all that taxpayer money by going to New York...."

Nope, he had to show off and make it a publicity stunt.

And what woman doesn't want to be treated to a night on the town with plane and helicopter flights? Golddiggers?:eek:;)

As I said before, I don't care who sits in the hot seat, as long as the are up front with how the run MY country.

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Originally Posted by RICHARD

We want someone without the baggage and ulterior motives.

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Lots of luck with that one!!! :eek:

I noticed that most stations don't even bother to give the results on how many vote for Independent canidates any more. Here anyway.

So, the next loser, er president, will be a donkey or elephant. Those canidates will be chosen by big businesses! We just have to settle for the least of the two evils. :( (of course the way the big businesses are going bankrupt, someone else may have a tiny shot at getting in by then)

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Originally Posted by momoffuzzyfaces

(of course the way the big businesses are going bankrupt, someone else may have a tiny shot at getting in by then)

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Hey, that gives me hope!:D

Not to worry you guys, I just heard this bit of news............:D


WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Troubled by dwindling membership and numerous setbacks, the 155 year-old Republican Party filed for financial, intellectual and moral bankruptcy and announced its reorganization as a tax-exempt church. The new GOP will be officially called The First Church Of Jesus Loves America And Latter Day Lower Taxes Anti Foreigner Old Time Heterosexual Do As I say Not As I Do Affluence Ministry Hoop N' Hollerin' Revival Gun Lovin' Banker's Club Outreach Hootenanny, Inc but will still use the name "Republican Party" for most functions.

Experts think that few consumers will notice any difference.

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Originally Posted by lizbud

Not to worry you guys, I just heard this bit of news............:D


WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Troubled by dwindling membership and numerous setbacks, the 155 year-old Republican Party filed for financial, intellectual and moral bankruptcy and announced its reorganization as a tax-exempt church. The new GOP will be officially called The First Church Of Jesus Loves America And Latter Day Lower Taxes Anti Foreigner Old Time Heterosexual Do As I say Not As I Do Affluence Ministry Hoop N' Hollerin' Revival Gun Lovin' Banker's Club Outreach Hootenanny, Inc but will still use the name "Republican Party" for most functions.

Experts think that few consumers will notice any difference.

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I guess that kinda follows the Democratic Party for there ain't no Jesus in the Government, don't call them Illegals, Wetbacks or tacobenders and stay out of my computer files while I vacation overseas then complain about all the carbon that you are burning but for the love of GOD don't build a wind farm off of Martha's Vineyard because you can't drill in ANWAR but I will gladly pay for three planes two helicopters for a date night, all the while telling the GM and Pontiac and ther rest of the car companies that we own you now and we think scocialism is quite all right because the CIA lies to us and it's all man made disasters, not terrorism because I didn't want to have anything to do with the Muslim faith until I go give a teleprompter speech in the Middle East and the I did not have relations with that woman/that company/ those lobbyists Marching and Chowder Society?

At least The First Church Of Jesus Loves America And Latter Day Lower Taxes Anti Foreigner Old Time Heterosexual Do As I say Not As I Do Affluence Ministry Hoop N' Hollerin' Revival Gun Lovin' Banker's Club Outreach Hootenanny, Inc but will still use the name "Republican Party" for most functions do not have the top three bobos, With Number Three in line as the biggest worry, in office.

That may not be anything to acknowledge publically?
:confused::o:(

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Originally Posted by RICHARD

MO is shown in the crowd at the D-Day ceremony. Why is she there?

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Indeed - and why was Laura Bush present at the 60th Anniversary observance?

http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/C...hmed_9a.h2.jpg

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Originally Posted by Grace

Indeed - and why was Laura Bush present at the 60th Anniversary observance?

http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/C...hmed_9a.h2.jpg

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I know...I know....because it is the "do as I say, not as I do" party???

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Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary

I know...I know....because it is the "do as I say, not as I do" party???

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I believe we have a winner.:)

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Originally Posted by lizbud

I believe we have a winner.:)

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I believe you are right.

For ES . . . . . .

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How exciting! I won the Stating the Obvious contest!