regional

Well good. But if there isn't an inflationary adjustment, then we are just looking at another example of Congress being stupid, because it would have to be revisited again in a few years anyway.

 

Well good. But if there isn't an inflationary adjustment, then we are just looking at another example of Congress being stupid, because it would have to be revisited again in a few years anyway.

 

I'm not certain about that component. IIRC there was a piece about someone complaining that them folks over there, making more, would get some and she wouldn't.

Domenici (R-NM) annouced he will retire and not seek re-election to his Senate seat. That adds yet another worry for the GOP, since New Mexico has gone recently from a reliably red state to a swing or even blue state. Of the 34 seats up for election, 22 are held by Republicans, 4 of which are retiring. Analysts are seeing only one Senate race where the GOP has a reasonable chance to unseat a Dem, versus quite a few the other way around.

 

In all seriousness, the Democrats are going to have a 60+ count in the Senate. Goodbye clouture.

 

The Re-pube-licans are killing themselves by going away from their principles.

I dunno if this belongs here or in the MLB Catch all thread, but why not.

"I made my arguments and went down in flames. History will prove me right." -- Texas Rangers owner George W. Bush after voting against realignment and a new wild-card system during a Major League Baseball owners meeting in September 1993. Bush was the lone dissenter in a 27-1 vote.

 

"Time will tell. We believe in our research and that the positives far outweigh the negatives." -- Milwaukee Brewers president and acting commissioner Bud Selig after owners approved the new system 14 years ago.

Sounds so familiar....

In all seriousness, the Democrats are going to have a 60+ count in the Senate. Goodbye clouture.

 

The Re-pube-licans are killing themselves by going away from their principles.

 

Given the way it looks right now, I would probably see 54-56 seats for the Dems, and 42-44 seats for the GOP with 2 seats held by Dem caucusing independents (Lieberman and Sanders). You can cause a lot of havoc with 42 seats.

Norm Coleman held a "Bush present" $1000 a plate fundraiser this last fundraising quarter that netted him in $1 million for his senate reelection campaign in 1 night. He raised a total of $1.7 million.

 

Al Franken's campaign raised $1.89 million.

Giggle.

 

Given the way it looks right now, I would probably see 54-56 seats for the Dems, and 42-44 seats for the GOP with 2 seats held by Dem caucusing independents (Lieberman and Sanders). You can cause a lot of havoc with 42 seats.

Yes, you can. but I think it will go below that magical 40. . . the way things are starting to swing.

 

Giggle.

 

 

Mind you, that is 100% real.

Mind you, that is 100% real.

 

 

Who doesn't love an elephant with a giant red penis?

Who doesn't love an elephant with a giant red penis?

 

That symbolizes the GOP plans to f*ck everybody over in 2008, silly.

Mind you, that is 100% real.

There are so many funny things in that image, I don't know which to start laughing at first.

 

c'mon guys, lets try to show some maturity on these boards.

Edited October 4, 200718 yr by mr_genius

I got my Clinton hating Bush loving father a Christmas present today. It's a countdown to Hillary's inauguration calendar I saw for sale at Borders today. They also have them for Obama, Guiliani and McCain.

Mind you, that is 100% real.

 

No way?? Nice wide stance on that elephant

No way?? Nice wide stance on that elephant

Yes, that is actually real. The image is hosted at http://www.gopconvention2008.com/media/logo/logo_600.jpg.

Yes, that is actually real. The image is hosted at http://www.gopconvention2008.com/media/logo/logo_600.jpg.

 

It may be a stereotype, but aren't many graphic artsists more liberal leaning? You know, just thinking how this may have happened

 

Later, after sparking a bowl, two artists laugh, high five, and say, can you believe they bought it?!

That symbolizes the GOP plans to f*ck everybody over in 2008, silly.

 

 

it's like a political rawshack test

This user comment from the Trib made me laugh:

 

This whole torture debate could be put to rest if President Bush would just go on TV, receive these interrogation techniques, and show the country he's ok afterward.

Frost family draws ire of conservatives

 

By Matthew Hay Brown | Sun Reporter

October 10, 2007

 

When Halsey and Bonnie Frost agreed to go public with how the State Children's Health Insurance Program helped them after a car crash left two of their children comatose, the Baltimore couple expected to hear from critics of government-funded health care.

 

But while the Frosts were helping a bipartisan majority in Congress sell a plan to expand the program, they were not prepared for comments such as this one, posted over the weekend on the conservative Web site Redstate:

 

"If federal funds were required [they] could die for all I care. Let the parents get second jobs, let their state foot the bill or let them seek help from private charities. ... I would hire a team of PIs and find out exactly how much their parents made and where they spent every nickel. Then I'd do everything possible to destroy their lives with that info." ...

 

...The Redstate contributor was less civil.

 

"Hang 'em. Publically," the contributor wrote. "Let 'em twist in the wind and be eaten by ravens. Then maybe the bunch of socialist patsies will think twice."

 

Full Article

Edited October 10, 200718 yr by BigSqwert

FreeRepublic.com actually has their home address posted. Yeah, see, that's what you get for daring to speak out on behalf of a government program that helped your family!

Full Article

 

 

FreeRepublic.com actually has their home address posted. Yeah, see, that's what you get for daring to speak out on behalf of a government program that helped your family!

I think some valid arguments can be made against the bill as written. But that sort of venom is just completely uncalled for. That's disgusting.

 

I think some valid arguments can be made against the bill as written. But that sort of venom is just completely uncalled for. That's disgusting.

I'm a fan of this commentary by one of the Republican bloggers I read:

If you look through this family’s dossier, it appears they are doing everything Republicans say they should be doing- hell, their story is almost what you would consider a checklist for good, red-blooded American Republican voters: they own their own business, they pay their taxes, they are still in a committed relationship and are raising their kids, they eschewed public education and are doing what they have to do to get them into Private schools, they are part of the American dream of home ownership that Republicans have been pointing to in the past two administrations as proof of the health of the economy, and so on.

 

In short, they are a white, lower-middle-class, committed family, who is doing EVERYTHING the GOP Kultur Kops would have you believe people should be doing. They aren’t gay. They aren’t divorced. They didn’t abort their children. They aren’t drug addicts or welfare queens. They are property owners, entrepeneurs, taxpayers, and hard-working Americans. I bet nine times out of ten in past elections, if you handed this resume to a pollster, they would think you were discussing the prototypical Republican voter. Hell, the only thing missing from this equation is membership to a church and an irrational fear of Muslims and you HAVE the prototypical Bush voter.

 

They are, however, not without fault. They are unable to afford insurance through normal means (and now that they have pre-existing conditions, probably couldn’t get traditional insurance anyway), and managed to get several of their family members injured in a traumatic accident. And, it appears, those are the big blind spots for compassionate conservatism. That, and the real big sin- allowing themselves to advocate for a policy that the Decider was going to veto. Here it is, so you can see their grievous sin that requires they be destroyed: