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Have you ever fukken been to Israel? Much to Minnesota's detriment, I'm sure.

That's right. Oil wasn't discovered until 1968, but Alaska was admitted into union in 1959. Great. Now I have called on the wrath of Ol' Soapy.

And without oil, Alaska would never have made it into the union.

What the fukk are you babbling on about, wez? In Iran and in Israel you are not required to wear a beard, so if shaving in protest of religious dogma is what you're after... good luck. Your shaving would be... well shaving. Which brings me to the wonderment of why you're still amongst the living. I'm quite baffled.

Please explain...

Do actually believe anything you say at all? Do you just skim talking points and bend them to your perverse fukken means? When I said "abso-fukken-lutely", I thought it to be a step in the right direction for the USA to allow these Middle Eastern countries to govern themselves. So that we can take a step back to deal with our own frustrations on our own soil. Now that you believe that I meant this as an attack on the Muslim state of Iran, then I will have to take up that mantle. Fukk Iran. Raze it to the ground.

Well, of course they do! Who in their right mind wouldn't want the oil? The point is, why not take your business elsewhere if you are going to be taxed to death or denied access somewhere?

Jesus Christ, Wez. Are you off your fukken meds? Where is all the fukken hostility coming from? Let them destroy each other for all I fukken care, fukken sh!theel motherfukker.

Do you want to hear the truth about those evil oil companies? You know ... the evil corporations that some Democrats and most socialists will tell you should not even be allowed to make a profit? Well the state of Alaska has found a way to take care of that .... tax the hell out of them. Last year, Alaska's legislature approved a major increase on those popular-with-the-government-educated-set windfall profits on the oil industry. And guess who is profiting ... the government. When it comes down to it, the state of Alaska has received more than $10 billion this year from oil revenue. Thanks to the addition of these new taxes (on top of the taxes already in place), that is double the amount it received the year before. Now the government's biggest problem ... trying to figure out how to spend the money. The first idea on how to spend the money comes from Alaska's governor Sarah Palin. Her administration last week got approval for a government program that gives $1,200 to every single Alaskan to help them pay for gas. But that's not all. On top of that, each resident will receive their annual dividend of $2,000 from an oil-wealth savings account. Can you guess what was fueling this windfall profit tax? Wealth envy. State Senator Hollis French (a Democrat) says that the oil companies " ... were literally printing money on the North Slope. We decided to strike the balance a little bit more on our side." That's a fancy way of describing wealth redistribution. This is not something that should happen in a free enterprise economy. This IS something that will happen in a country with a state-run economy. Naturally, the oil industry says that the new taxes are already discouraging future exploration and development .... this is exactly opposite of what we currently need in this country. At a time when lawmakers in Washington are debating about ways to get us out of the energy crisis, the state of Alaska thinks it would be a great idea to tax the companies to death while stifling the very development we need. Marilyn Crockett, executive director of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association, says that "clearly, from the investor standpoint, Alaska has become a less attractive place to invest exploration and production dollars." So they know what the effects are ... and yet they are still doing it! In fact, BP Alaska paid more than $500 million in taxes to Alaska last quarter. That is far more than the company earned in profits from the oil. Or take a look at ConocoPhillips, which scrapped a $300 million refinery project ... because of the new taxes. When it comes right down to it, the state of Alaska gets $49 of every $120 barrel of oil ... not counting other fees. ConocoPhillips says that once royalty payments and other taxes are added in, the state of Alaska gets 75% of the value of every barrel of oil.

Abso-fukken-lutely.

As much as I hated to hear it, McNair's death can almost fall on deaf ears than the passing of Michael Jackson. For the record, I started Steve McNair for three straight seasons in my fantasy football league. The man could put up some numbers!

If I want soup, I shall make my own soup. I will not lick the government spoon, but there I can't speak for everyone. And regardless of your little assumptions there, Bendy, I am not anti-government. If I sound anti-government it is because, I favor small government run by the few that represent their constituencies.

And waste a perfectly good bullet, Bendy? Well... then... good. She can start by making a hedgerow of fukken igloos to the heathens up there. Maybe Slobbering Barney Frank's boytoy over at Freddie Mac will lend Palin a hand with lending subprime mortgages to eskimoes.

And right now, as it stands, you can't compare true conservative values with the current Republican party. To echo a statement you made a while back, hugo; we really missed our chance with Goldwater.

Ohh... I sincerely fukken concur, hugo. Now the right-wingers around here are going to call you a hate-monger and fear-monger!

Is it the one that hands out free firewater?

Where did you hear that?

I have and I will continue. If I did have children, I would do everything in my power to continue whatever coverage they had before I lost my job. Only the best for my children. I don't care what you do with yours. Absolutely I am obligated to provide for me and mine. I would continue to pay for my family's coverage! It's making sacrifices to provide for the family. It's cutting expenses, saving, clipping coupons, et.al. The problem is, most of you supporters of government run healthcare don't want to give up certain things to provide for your family. Sure my children are sick and malnourished, but I've absolutely got to have my high speed internet access and my big screen television! No I'm afraid of the kind of people who run the government funded health care system. After the initial push, the employees will become nothing more than a rabble of looters, affirmative action thugs, hoodrats, and folk simply too stupid to work anywhere else. I fully intend to. CONTINUE TO LEECH OFF THE GOVERNMENT'S TIT. Keep the government in every aspect of your life. Your children have such a role model. Oh yeah... it's rabid. And these same hypocrites don't vote, either.

Are you sure that these welfare checks aren't going to Native Alaskan (Inuits) families?

What comment of Hillary's was Sarah responding?

Of course Sarah is free game! No one is arguing that! I don't particularly care for her either. And of course Obama is free game! Only dumb, dull yapping lapdogs bark on about Obama's birth certificate, whether he is a muslim or not, et.al. We are discussing the public figure's children and family, who, by no act of their own, were thrust into the scrutiny of the public due to their relative's political life.

One of my heroes... Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller (June 26, 1898 ? October 11, 1971) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps. Puller is the most decorated U.S. Marine in history, and the only Marine to receive five Navy Crosses, the United States Navy's second highest decoration after the Medal of Honor. During his career, he fought guerrillas in Haiti and Nicaragua, and participated in some of the bloodiest battles of World War II and the Korean War. Puller retired from the Marine Corps in 1955, spending the rest of his life in Virginia. [attach=full]2132[/attach] Ooo-rah!

I don't hate Palin, but I don't particularly care for her style of -quote/unquote- conservatism. No, I'm not jealous of her and I am every bit as pretty! Silence is golden... I will have more to add as I have time to read all the fukken speculation and "jump-to-conclusion" articles.

Money for coming forward with allegations and money coming forward to clear MJ's name? Right. We'll never know the truth.

Obama took the high road, because I believe despite my grievances with his politics, he is a man of character and ethics. But, I don't expect any more out of YOU, Bendy. Obama on Palin