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WHOA! (Spit-take)
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Sarah Palin is a liar and a quitter. The more and more I read, the more and more I dislike her. I said this earlier and I will say it fukken again... I am damn glad she is gone!
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I think most women fear ending up with someone like you.
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You have brown pubes?
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How Many American Soldiers Were Buried Yesterday?
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Honor the fallen. Turn off the television once in a while. -
This is mere speculation, but I have always believed that government run healthcare is the baby of the Republican party. Why? I will answer my question with a question: what better way to take control of a woman's body than by mandating healthcare? Soon abortion clinics will be a thing of the past, all stem cell research will cease, and on down the line. And don't give me that wounded little TJ look, either. Despite my stance on many many many economic issues, I am not a Republican.
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Just wondering. The whole world seemed to be wrapped up in that spectacle from Los Angeles - the memorial service for Michael Jackson. I'm just wondering how many American servicemen killed protecting our country were buried yesterday. Which is more important? Something worth thinking about. Where are the Cindy Sheehans of this country? Where is Code Pink? I think the more pertinent question is WHERE THE FUKK is the media coverage? During the Bush years, the mainstream media had a ticker scrolling across the bottom of their broadcast screen for an up-to-the minute report on the number of dead in Iraq. Now that those numbers have served their purpose--to demonize Bush--they are inconvenient. Do you know how many troops have died since Obama has been in office? Over 200 now, and how many have you heard about? My guess would be the one whose parents are confused over the MJ coverage, is the only soldier KIA that has made the national news in a good long while.
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OK, stem cell research has REALLY went too far this time.
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July 19th, 2006 - President Bush vetoed the first bill of his presidency. Was it a massive, over inflated spending bill that he should have vetoed on numerous occasion? Was it one of Congress' yearly budgets of late that have featured runaway spending? A new program we don't need? Nope, it was all over stem cell research. Some veto. Yawn. This is a controversy that has been raging for years and it won't be settled here. On the one side, you have the people who believe embryonic stem cell research is the key to curing multiple diseases and that the federal government should pay for that research. On the other side, you have the anti-abortion crowd. They believe using embryos for embryonic stem cell research would be taking a human life. That's the argument and the crowd Bush has aligned with. But how about a third position. Embryonic stem cell research is all fine and dandy and should be pursued, but by the private sector. It should not be part of the role of the federal government to conduct medical research. (Go on ask me why! I'm getting a little long winded, but I can tell you that it has to do with limited government. Yawn? Ohh... wait there's more!) If there indeed is a cure for Alzheimer's or diabetes or any of the other diseases out there, let the private sector invest the money. Imagine how many billions of dollars such a cure would be worth! Still, it's pretty sad that this was the best President Bush could do for his first veto. He could have vetoed some of the ridiculous budgets of the past, the prescription drug program, the McCain Feingold campaign finance reform debacle, or other fiscal disasters. Too bad about his weak veto pen! -
My biggest fear is dying without feeling you up.
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Last night I had a night terror where the cheeseburger was eating me!
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I'm in Georgia and I live really close to the Chattahoochee and it gets hotter than a'hoochee koochee. And yes... Florida sucks. Tim Tebow is a gayfer.
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OK, stem cell research has REALLY went too far this time.
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Who the fukk will fix your car? Kill that spider in the bathtub? -
I heard the Palins are more than a half a million in debt. There is more money to be made privately and she'll probably do a host of radio shows, talk shows, etc. Not to mention a book deal(s) and the royalties from Nerdy Glasses For Hot Bureaucrats. I am still glad she is on her way out. So long, farewell, alveterzane, adieu....
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Michael Jackson Is A Shovel Ready Project!
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I'm sure the bureaucrats (and their ilk) in Washington are glad that the average American's attention is diverted to the Jacko funeral. -
And furthermore, the Republicans had the opportunity to come forth and take on more conservative government ideals and to reduce the federal government's size and influence. Epic fail.
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Goddammit. I hate this tired old class warfare bullsh!t. So what is really going on here? Wealth envy. Class warfare. The Democrats already know that they have secured the "poor" vote. They own them, they pay for them, they take care of them, and the poor, poor pitiful poor (who would be middle class or wealthy anywhere else) do what they're supposed to do: support their captors. So what's next? The middle class. And why the middle class? Because years of hammering the evil, noxious, rancid, putrid, ugly "richest 1%" is paying dividends for Democrats. Much of the middle class feels that if it were not for the "richest 1%" not paying their "fair share" of taxes life would be so much easier. It's really easy: you just say that the middle class deserves more and it's the evil rich that are standing in their way. It's the Democrat's angle, it's their bread-n-butter! They don't give a damn about Joe the Plumber, Eric the Pizza Maker, Neal the body and fender man, or Ali the restaurateur; they want to divide a people to rape the divisions.
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You're not buying this "competition" horsesh!t are you?
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If the government passed a law requiring employers to provide health insurance policies to employees, what would that do to our employment figures? And can someone please --- after all of these years --- please explain to me the logic behind the conventional wisdom that when you hire someone you are supposed to provide them with health insurance? Why not life insurance? After all, if they die they can't come to work, can they? Why not auto insurance? They have to drive to get to work, don't they? -
I'd also like to give her a Dirty Sanchez.
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Never opine short of certainty.
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You're not buying this "competition" horsesh!t are you?
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While the Democrats battle within their own party to come up with a healthcare bill that they think can pass, the Republicans have decided to come up with a bill of their own. Does it have any legs to stand on? Nope! The GOP is tinkering with socialism and further solidifying the Progressive Democrat push to power. But here are some of the details according to CNN Money ...... "Pools" of insurance. It would let states, small businesses and others group together to offer lower-cost, health care plans. Such pools would have to offer, at a minimum, any coverage that is provided in a majority of states. Medicaid transfer. It would allow Medicaid users to take the value of their Medicaid benefits and transfer/apply those to a private health care plan instead. Boosting of health care savings accounts. It would increase incentives for people, especially those in lower income brackets or over 55, to build up HSAs. OK .. this idea has merit. Automatic insurance. It would encourage employers to sign up their workers for health insurance automatically, so that employees would have to "opt out" of coverage if they didn't want it. This is reform? How about moving more health insurance policies to private ownership, instead of corporate. Longer coverage for youths. It would allow dependent children to stay on their parents' policies until they are 25. Promotion of wellness at the workplace. It would encourage employers to reward employees for improved health. Expansion of community health centers. Mobile health care. It would allow Americans to maintain their specific health insurance policies when they lose or leave jobs. In-home care. It would provide financial help and encourage more in-home care over institutions. Limitations on malpractice lawsuits. There is general agreement over limiting such lawsuits, but a deep divide exists over exactly how much. This is weak. Very weak. There is only a minimal promotion of the private sector here. Let me give you just a few ideas of things they missed: Allow individuals to deduct the cost of their health insurance from their taxable income, just like their employers can right now. End all state insurance mandates. If some insurance company wants to market an insurance policy that doesn't cover for the normal costs of childbirth, drug abuse treatments, mental health treatments, obesity treatments, alcohol-related treatments and the like ... then let them. Allow people to shop across state lines for their medical insurance. Expand the privileges of nurse practitioners. I don't need someone with seven years of medical school and residency to prescribe an antibiotic for a sore throat. Charge a minimum of $5.00 per visit to any public health facility ... regardless of income. This will weed out the people for whom a visit to the doctor is more of a weekly social event. Require only life-saving medical care to those who are in this country illegally. Allow employers to shut out smokers from any company-provided health insurance benefits. That took me all of 90 seconds .. .and there's not one idea there that expands the size or scope of government. -
So... we should've given up the fight for independence because Benedict Arnold was a turncoat? Fukk Palin. Fukken glad the miserable bitch is gone.
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And... blah blah blah. When you talk, I bet your mouth looks like a . I've been to Minnesota seven times in my life. My ex-wife is from the Osseo area and we'd go visit family and friends from time to time. Since our divorce, I've been there twice (of the seven), because I fukken love to fish for walleye.
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In eight to ten years, it will probably be the Republicans to introduce more soft-despotism. More of the same; more spending to get us out of this so-called mess and less attention to the swelling of the federal government.
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Let's see - I guess that means the $2.5 million that it's costing California can be offset with TARP money, right?