Jenksismyhero Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 4, 2011 -> 03:55 PM) Does a threat like that about an ex-president get you a secret service visit? (serious question). I doubt it, but he might have been added to a list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenksismyhero Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 4, 2011 -> 03:57 PM) This must be more of that civil discourse we read so much about... we all know that rule only applies to one person Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 4, 2011 -> 04:55 PM) Does a threat like that about an ex-president get you a secret service visit? (serious question). Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Controlled Chaos Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 High gas prices are saving lives. praise the messiah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenksismyhero Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ May 5, 2011 -> 11:04 AM) High gas prices are saving lives. praise the messiah! We're in a different economy! People should be driving better cars anyway! You're destroying the Earth! Rabble, rabble, rabble! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Is Sarah Palin a serious presidential nominee? I think she is scary bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenksismyhero Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 QUOTE (greg775 @ May 8, 2011 -> 09:41 PM) Is Sarah Palin a serious presidential nominee? I think she is scary bad. Depends on the perspective of the person answering the question. Liberal? yes, because (in their minds) if they keep talking as if it's true they can associate all Republicans with her to prove how dumb the GOP is. Media? yes, because she's well known and divisive....perfect attention grabber Conservatives/Independents likely to vote for/consider to vote for anyone not named Obama? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Updated at 10:45 a.m.: Rick Tyler, the Gingrich spokesman just sent a message saying candidacy announcement will come Wednesday, via Facebook and Twitter. An interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity will follow that night. The Georgia speech will be his first as a candidate. Gingrich to officially enter race on Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 9, 2011 -> 12:46 PM) Gingrich to officially enter race on Wednesday. Go ..... away in a smoldering heap, Newt. /there, that better? Edited May 11, 2011 by kapkomet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (kapkomet @ May 10, 2011 -> 09:48 PM) {Edit}, Newt. I'm pretty sure we don't allow that. Edited May 11, 2011 by kapkomet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 10, 2011 -> 08:53 PM) I'm pretty sure we don't allow that. You're right. I forgot (goes back to edit). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 10, 2011 -> 08:53 PM) I'm pretty sure we don't allow that. Post in the game thread. Then it is OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 10, 2011 -> 08:58 PM) Post in the game thread. Then it is OK. Yea, but I really did forget. My dislike for Juice Newton is pretty ... well known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I'm gonna be on my way to Atlanta, but today Mitt Romney is trying to salvage his campaign by putting out a Health Care speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spo...gh-unemployment President Obama, Completely Wrong on Reason for High Unemployment May 12, 2011 9:29 A.M. By Jim Geraghty Tags: Barack Obama CBS’ Mark Knoller, covering a town hall on the economy with the president this morning, reports: “President Obama blames high unemployment rate on ‘huge layoffs of government workers’ at federal, state and local levels.” This is completely wrong. Extremely and mind-bogglingly wrong. Epically wrong. First, let’s look at the numbers for private sector employment. All figures come from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics: Recent peak of private sector employment, June 2007: 116,603,000. Total private sector employment in the month Obama became president, January 2009: 109,084,000. Recent low of private sector employment, January 2010: 104,933,000. Total private sector employment, April 2011: 108,862,000. So note, we are about 8 million away from the most recent peak in private sector employment. Now, let’s look at total government employment (at all levels) for those four months: June 2007: 22,176,000. January 2009: 22,471,000. January 2010: 22,376,000. April 2011: 22,594,000 (preliminary). As you can see, in terms of total number of Americans employed in government, there has been no real discernible recession. In fact, the number has increased slightly. Now let’s look at the number of people employed in state government during these months: June 2007: 4,918,000 January 2009: 5,116,000 January 2010: 5,053,000 April 2011: 5,253,000 (preliminary). Again, not only pretty stable, but slowly climbing. Now let’s look at employment in local government: June 2007: 14,514,000 January 2009: 14,583,000 January 2010: 14,478,000 April 2011: 14,492,000 (preliminary). Again, the numbers are stable, and even indicate that local government employment is increasing, not decreasing. Obama is not even a little bit right. Will anyone call him out on this? UPDATE: The full quote is here: “The reason the unemployment rate is still as high as it is, in part, is because there have been huge layoffs of government workers at the federal level, at the state level, at the local level,” he said. “Teachers, police officers, firefighters, social workers– they have really taken it in the chin over the last several months. And so, what we’re trying to do is to see if we can stabilize the budget.” Again, completely false. There has not been a significant reduction – or even variation, really – in the size of the government workforce at the federal, state, and local level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyons Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 12, 2011 -> 08:54 AM) I'm gonna be on my way to Atlanta, but today Mitt Romney is trying to salvage his campaign by putting out a Health Care speech. The Journal really ripped him a new one today: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405...ections_opinion Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Ron Paul is officially in. Ron Paul launched his campaign for the presidency today during an appearance on “Good Morning America.” “Today, at this moment, I’m officially announcing that I am a candidate for president in the Republican primary,” he told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. “Time has come around to the point where people are agreeing with what I have been saying for 30 years, so I think the time is right.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 12, 2011 -> 02:22 PM) http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spo...gh-unemployment Actually, after a correction, it turns out he's at least a "Little bit" right, in that government employment has been declining for the last year or so, the same time period that the private sector has been expanding. ANOTHER UPDATE: In the comments, Reno Dave notes that in one case I used seasonally-adjusted numbers instead of non-seasonally adjusted numbers. I have added the non-seasonally-adjusted number for consistency. He notes that using the seasonally adjusted numbers, the total government workforce has varied slightly differently in the selected months: June 2007: 22,218,000. January 2009: 22,582,000. January 2010: 22,488,000. April 2011: 22,166,000 (preliminary). You end up with 300,000 or so fewer government workers in the past 16 months. (Notice that the Census hiring effects these numbers a bit; the number of Census employees went from 24,000 in January 2010 to 564,000 in May 2010 all the way down to 1,000 in October 2010. More details here.) [National Review Online, The Campaign Spot, 5/12/11] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Balta, I almost feel like you're gloating, just a little, with these Republican candidate announcements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 13, 2011 -> 06:34 PM) Balta, I almost feel like you're gloating, just a little, with these Republican candidate announcements. Sure he is, it's the only reason he posts them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 QUOTE (kapkomet @ May 13, 2011 -> 08:41 PM) Sure he is, it's the only reason he posts them. Yeah, no chance I'm actually interested in how it goes. Nope, gloating. I want to cuss you out for this one. Its legitimately angering me a lot. I'm not allowed to take an interest in the process. I'm a democrat so nothing I post can possibly be ingood faith, my motives always are evil and deserve to be questioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 13, 2011 -> 09:47 PM) Yeah, no chance I'm actually interested in how it goes. Nope, gloating. I want to cuss you out for this one. Its legitimately angering me a lot. I'm not allowed to take an interest in the process. I'm a democrat so nothing I post can possibly be ingood faith, my motives always are evil and deserve to be questioned. Oh please. You are a partisan posting machine. We all know better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 13, 2011 -> 09:47 PM) Yeah, no chance I'm actually interested in how it goes. Nope, gloating. I want to cuss you out for this one. Its legitimately angering me a lot. I'm not allowed to take an interest in the process. I'm a democrat so nothing I post can possibly be ingood faith, my motives always are evil and deserve to be questioned. We all know that my motives always are evil and deserve to be questioned. I should have posted it in green. I was just pulling your chain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 QUOTE (kapkomet @ May 14, 2011 -> 10:04 AM) We all know that my motives always are evil and deserve to be questioned. I should have posted it in green. I was just pulling your chain. Ok, then I apologize for responding in anger. I'm seriously interested in seeing how this race goes. I don't have a clue where it's going. I don't even know who's genuinely going to run. I never would have believed Gingrich would enter until he actually entered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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