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Gary Kirkham wrote:
Now, that is just plain funny.
The $2M+ he's netted by doing so isn't so funny, however...
Rob Graham wrote:
The $2M+ he's netted by doing so isn't so funny, however...
No kidding.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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jgasm wrote:
what has she accomplished in her year?
Mayor of her hometown and governor of her state. But let's get back to your boy. What has he actually accomplished? Remember I actually live in Illinois so I know that he was a second tier state politician operating under the radar within Chicago's Democratic machine before weaseling his way into the US Senate. I can also add that since starting his campaign he has been almost completely absent from the Senate. I want my freaking money back!!!
Mike Mullikin wrote:
What has he actually accomplished?
Yeah, I am waiting for an answer, too. I don't recall Obama ever accomplishing anything of any kind of significance at all.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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Mike Gaskey wrote:
Runner up in a beauty contest
OK, she's hot.
Mike Gaskey wrote:
Shot and field dressed a caribou
How big of a caribou? Size matters, you know.
Mike Gaskey wrote:
Sportscaster (a job with pay)
She can read from a teleprompter. I noticed that yesterday too.
Mike Gaskey wrote:
PTA president (a job with no pay)
With so many kids, that's a smart move, seriously.
Mike Gaskey wrote:
Mayor (a job with pay and accountability)
OK, that's a step in the right direction. But let's look at her record there: - Reduced property taxes but increased sales taxes. - Fired the Wasilla police chief, citing a failure to support her administration. - Hired a DC lobbyist to bring $27 million in earmarks to the city. - Attempted to ban books from the city library. - Entered office with zero debt and left it with over $22 million in debt, including $15 million-plus for construction of a hockey center which was built on a piece of property that the city didn’t even have clear title to, a matter that is still in litigation.
Mike Gaskey wrote:
Governor (a job with pay and accountability)
That sounds better, but again, let's look at what she did there: - Became youngest and first female Governor of Alaska, taking office in December, 2006. Received 114,600 votes. The population of Alaska is 683,478 and more than 50% of the state budget comes from oil revenues, not taxes as in other states. Gross State Product: $44 billion (including the oil revenue). Ranking 45 of 50. - Auctioned off the Governor's jet on eBay. - Helped pass a tax increase on oil company profits. - Formed a sub-cabinet group of advisers to address climate change but does not accept that it is man-made. - Objected to listing polar bears as an endangered species because it might hurt oil and gas development in the bears' habitat. - Was for the bridge to nowhere before she was against it. However, Alaska kept the federal money. - Denied her daughter was pregnant before she confirmed it. - Supported abstinence-only education. - Currently under a bipartisan investigation for abuse of power for dismissing Alaska's Public Safety Commissioner. - Commander-in-Chie
Al Beback wrote:
How big of a caribou?
There was a picture of her and her kid with the caribou on yahoo last week and it was a pretty big animal.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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Al Beback wrote:
Denied her daughter was pregnant before she confirmed it.
citation, please?
Al Beback wrote:
Their son Trig demonstrates a lack of responsibility. She should been aware of the risks of having children in her mid 40s. I feel sorry for the kid. Her daughter Bristol is a nightmare, getting pregnant as a teen resulting in a shotgun wedding. Had she been a Democrat, the evangelicals would have been screaming. Instead the attention was diverted to how Bristol is making the right choice -- a choice which they wish she didn't even have.
I find myself wondering: how old are you, if you don't mind my asking.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
OK, how much is Mike paying you to attend his posts? :-)
Oakman wrote:
citation, please?
The Daily KOS article posted above. I searched for other, "more credible", sources but gave up. If you interpret the statement loosely, you can say that she denied her daughter has been pregnant with her son Trig but then confirmed that she was actually pregnant now. That much is true.
Oakman wrote:
I find myself wondering: how old are you, if you don't mind my asking.
Thanks for your interest, but what would that prove? Stick to the topic, if you don't mind.
My latest C# extension method: public static bool In<T>(this T value, params T[] values) { return values.Any(v => v.Equals(value)); } Example: bool valid = answer.In("Yes", "No", "Dunno");
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I liked her joke about what is the difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull...
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
Paul Conrad wrote:
I liked her joke about what is the difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull...
I just heard that the line was impromptu. The teleprompter was screwing up and she was on her own.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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OK, how much is Mike paying you to attend his posts? :-)
Oakman wrote:
citation, please?
The Daily KOS article posted above. I searched for other, "more credible", sources but gave up. If you interpret the statement loosely, you can say that she denied her daughter has been pregnant with her son Trig but then confirmed that she was actually pregnant now. That much is true.
Oakman wrote:
I find myself wondering: how old are you, if you don't mind my asking.
Thanks for your interest, but what would that prove? Stick to the topic, if you don't mind.
My latest C# extension method: public static bool In<T>(this T value, params T[] values) { return values.Any(v => v.Equals(value)); } Example: bool valid = answer.In("Yes", "No", "Dunno");
Al Beback wrote:
The Daily KOS article posted above.
Oh please. The next time they do any fact checking will be the first.
Al Beback wrote:
but what would that prove
It might demonstrate that you were old enough to make such harsh judgements on parents. But I didn't want to embarrass you, so please forget I asked.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Paul Conrad wrote:
I liked her joke about what is the difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull...
I just heard that the line was impromptu. The teleprompter was screwing up and she was on her own.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
I didn't know that was impromptu. If the teleprompter was screwing up, then a nice save on her part. Perhaps, she must have been thinking along the lines of the old female lawyer/pitbull joke without getting sexist or anything like that.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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Well, congratulations on your willingness to participate in an exercise in futility. Seriously, I respect that you vote in spite of knowing it will be drowned out. And it will matter in the local elections, from time to time, and maybe someday in the wider context.
Rob Graham wrote:
And it will matter in the local elections
What's fascinating about local politics around here is that South Carolina is the reddest of the red states on the national level, almost always red on the statewide level, and so solidly Democratic on the local level so that the real election, just like always, is the Democratic primary. I guess it's a holdover from the days of the Dixiecrats.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Mike Mullikin wrote:
So this is the first election that you actually get to vote for POTUS
it's the second. and just in time too.
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jgasm wrote:
it's the second. and just in time too.
If you're 20 y/o how is this a second presidential election? You would have been 16 last time around.
when i said "20 year old" i meant a little broader. im 23 now. i will be 24 before november. it's my fault for the confusion. i did not think about stating my exact age. :(
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