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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 26, 2009 -> 04:46 PM) subjectivity does not equal fact i suppose that's true. just like G W Bush is "the best president ever". i would strongly disagree, yet his supporters would say my analysis is subjective and incorrect.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 26, 2009 -> 04:42 PM) Just called my bank and they acted like I should put down my bottle of Hennessey. those jerks.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 26, 2009 -> 04:34 PM) i decided to remove it, as to not enrage the Obama followers. unfortunately it's accurate.. since you quoted it i will reinstate within my post.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 26, 2009 -> 04:28 PM) You know why he looks like that? Because he's being slightly more honest with his bookkeeping. actually, Obama has been very misleading. The 'open' government claims are actually hilarious. He hides spending, lies about the true costs of programs, doesn't post legislation early online as he promised, ect. he has run, by far, the most reckless administration in US history so far

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 26, 2009 -> 04:21 PM) Well, let's see... if you're options are: --Add a s***load of deficit spending (GOP and Bush) or --Add a s***load of deficit spending and cut some fat (Dems and Obama) I'll take option B. I love the reasoning. "Support us, we are probably a little better than G W Bush" truth is, Obama is on path to absolutely destroying all deficit spending records. G W Bush looks like a fiscal conservative compared to Obama and that is a scary thing.

This doesn't surprise me. Classic UN move.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Feb 26, 2009 -> 03:23 PM) I'm calling my bank when I get home. What's the worst they can say? "No, sir, we can't do that." Then I'm just back where I started. me too bailouts for everyone!

It's total BS He'll cut 2 trillion and add 15 trillion. the midless followers will approve. "but, he cut 2 trillion!"

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 25, 2009 -> 05:28 PM) The President was probably wrong last night when he gave America credit for inventing the automobile and solar energy. i thought it was common knowledge Germany 'invented' the automobile. doesn't really matter in the bigger picture

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 24, 2009 -> 07:32 PM) Link to IU Press release Read the rest before challenging, all the details are in a long press release. it's amazing how people could actually think that is legit. it's astounding that people think those networks had pro-GOP coverage. from the article honestly, this isn't even remotely professional. The 'research' is based on camera angles and such form a selected meager 62 hours of coverage. the conclusions are actually fairly laughable when put into the correct context. a counter project, with clips put together of these 'favorable' camera anlges in which the Democrats are in a good light, would be extremely easy to put together.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090223/pl_nm/...nians_clinton_4 ... *sigh*

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 23, 2009 -> 04:46 PM) On the flip side, there are many "third world" countries that have better healthcare than us, so Im not sure which is a worse disregard for human life. There is top notch health care in the United States. But it's insanely expensive. It's completely unaffordable to a lot of people.

market crashes today, again

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 22, 2009 -> 11:03 PM) In all fairness, how many times have movies with an "Indian theme" or cast (I'm thinking Monsoon Wedding or Bend It Like Beckham) ever even come close? And it wasn't directed by an Indian, either. Gay characters, the Holocaust, you can make some arguments, and musicals like Chicago, Moulin Rouge...but it's not like 1958-1968 when musicals just dominated that era in terms of the Academy. but fliming in India could help keep production costs down. the main plot would be gay wrestler battling nazi's as he discovers the cure for global warming (all set to a musical). f***ing epic win.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Feb 22, 2009 -> 10:38 PM) Here is the winnah formula. A Gay Wrestler goes to India to fight against Nazi's set to a musical. winner!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 22, 2009 -> 03:20 PM) Of course, you also manage to leave out the data that totally undermines your point. California has really high income taxes, sales taxes, etc. But is there any tax, any tax that is typically a major fundraiser in other states, that California is totally out of whack low on? Yes, there is. Property taxes. Thanks to the ridiculous Prop 13, California's property tax base, especially on certain groups, is ridiculously low. Rewriting even a part of prop 13 to bring property taxes in line with the rest of the country would generate tens of billions of dollars per year. The reason every other tax in California is so high is that the cities are unable to collect normal amounts of property tax from most of the inhabitants. The state government has then put itself on the line to make up for the difference. Because of this one alteration, when you compile lists of the total individual tax burdens on residents, California is usually in the top half, but is no where near the top (link to data from 2005 that sat at the top of google search), because that one gigantic subsidy to homeowners exists. And when you factor in that California's going to be in the upper half of tax receipts anyway simply because of the high cost of living in so much of this state, the only reason it's out of the ordinary on so many taxes is that Warren Buffet pays significantly more in property taxes on his $500k home in Omaha than he does on the several million worth of homes he owns in California. at the same time you want to give away a trillion in bailout cash to homeowners, you suggest raising property taxes.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 20, 2009 -> 04:27 PM) You know, if I tried posting in Kaperbole for a week, I feel like I'd wind up suspended... i doubt it this coming form an expert on being suspended.

you guys see the new bailout? the mortgage one? another trillion down the drain. this administration has been a complete disaster so far.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Feb 20, 2009 -> 01:49 PM) This is just f***ed up. Seriously f***ed up. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090220/ap_on_...cle_mileage_tax we can all have cool barcodes on us and tracking microchips.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Feb 19, 2009 -> 08:00 AM) I'm not saying the cartoon is racist since I know what it's supposed to be saying, but as to how the picture of a monkey and a joke about the stimulus bill (with Obama being the main one that was pushing it so it's pretty easy to infer that's who they were talking about even if they weren't, oh and he happens to be black) didn't trip someone's common sense filter, I wouldn't know. I honestly don't even see the connection or get the joke btw. I revisted this controversy (within my thoughts) during a particularly boring and lengthy meeting at work today. I decided to flip-flop on the cartoon being published, and here is why: When I read the cartoon I immediately saw "congress does the work that a trained chimp could". This is because of the words "write a stimulus bill" and I know congress wrote the bill. However, I think it must be assumed that the majority of people who would see the cartoon have no idea who wrote the stimulus bill and probably just assume that is was Obama. Now, with such a view, that would certainly make the cartoon excessively offensive. For me to understand this I decided to place the words "Next time they'll have to find someone else to sign the bill" in the word bubble being said by the officer. Of course, in this context, the cartoon is blatantly racist. The Post should not have published; even though, admittedly, I would have missed the potential mix up as well. But I'm not a newspaper editor and thats not my job, someone should have recognized a potential issue. All this being said, I'm sure there will be some opportunists (looking at you Sharpton and MSM) who will go on one of their "everone is racist except me" crusades because of this. Oh well.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 19, 2009 -> 10:22 AM) And the only correct answer, of course, is Pauly Shore. Wow, that is a definite oversight on my part. Pauly Shore should have a been an option. Thanks for ruining my poll, f***er.

the cartoon goes along with the news story of a TV chimp that went crazy and attacked some lady. it didn't even register to me as that was supposed to be Obama. more of a hilarious cartoon making fun of congress. Obama didn't write the stimulus plan. talk about a overreaction. wow

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Feb 18, 2009 -> 06:57 PM) Truth. I cannot believe someone would try so hard and ruin his legacy/integrity, just to be a lameduck senator for two years. Henry Burris is a Retard. he probably thinks he'll win re-election.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 18, 2009 -> 06:05 PM) That's Jimmy Carter and everyone knows it. nope. nope.