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[ABQShredHead]

Periods are great for letting you catch your breath.



Welcome.

 

[razoredge]

We can't even help all those in need who live here, let alone keeping out the people we don't want here. Yeah, a certain presidential political figure is NOT sitting well with me, and it hasn't even been a half a year yet. Imagine how pissed people will be in the next 1,2, or 3 years....at this rate, anyway..

This is what I didnt like about the guy. I knew just from his background and places he grew up he would not protect the interests of the people of this country but would go off on saving lost souls from parts unknown and amnisty for those that never lifted a finger to fix their own world. More free american handouts to non citizens... as if we have a fucking thing left to give away.

Maybe these kinds of people think "if we cant do anything to make things better for our own people"..... "bring in other people that we know we can do better for"......... "then we will have something to blow our horn about".... "7 years and we have "new" voters".... "and we know which way they will vote"

wonder what the percentage of people in this country today is that know absolutely nothing about how this all came to be and what actions by our government and corporations are detrimental 6 years down the road ?

I want to make note that I dont think the other idjut would have done anything smart either..... they are all dumb pansy asses afraid to stick their neck on the line and do the one and only thing that needs to be done.

 

[ABQShredHead]

Ann Coulter's book Treason is most applicable to the current situation. Having just finished that book and seeing what is going on right now (especially with the taunting by North Korea - how many "missile tests" did they conduct with Bush in place?) leaves one heckuva bad taste in my mouth.

 

[OfSinsAndShred]

Hai guys I'm new to this board, I usually am posting at COBOT, I like bewbs (on women) and guitars and playing chess and rawking out and eating chocolate and watching cool movies and pr0nz and, well, I used to be a video game addict, I still play from time to time, but I've been trying to put some balance in my life by not playing 24/7, instead I browse forums 24/7!

I'm not sure... I don't even... ... what?

But yeah, welcome to the forum!

 

[Iced Dog]

I thought it time to find a way to join Iced Dog on federal lists...

Sweet! Post pics when you get your "piece"

Ann Coulter's book Treason

 

[ABQShredHead]

Ann Coulter is awesome! Have you read that book?

 

[DoomsdayZach]

www.explosionsandboobs.com

possibly NSFW depending on how your boss feels about pictures of clothed boobs/cleavage. No nudity though.

 

[Kenneth R.]

 

[Iced Dog]

Ann Coulter is awesome! Have you read that book?

Nope, but I've heard her speak. Maybe she's gotten better, but the right-wing nut that scares me now is senator Michelle Bachmann from Minnesota...yikes

 

[ABQShredHead]

Ann Coulter's points are very spot-on. One might be able to argue with her presentation, but the facts are quite true and on the money.

And what is scaring you about Representative Bachmann?

 

[Iced Dog]

Oh, she's a Rep, I gave her too much credit, dammit Just her general douchebaggery...oh, and she has a super creepy grin that lasts forever when being interviewed, she might not even be human

 

[ABQShredHead]

I found her blog to be quite informative.

Washington, D.C., Jun 3 - Congress is currently working with the White House to hammer out a funding bill to pay for ongoing military operations overseas, but this war supplemental is becoming increasingly loaded with funding for projects not related to our troops.

New funding requests from the White House Tuesday night along with added-in financing for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may put the bill over the $100-billion mark. The IMF money is supposed to make good on President Obama’s promise at the G-20 summit in April to help developing countries facing economic crisis. The deal will purportedly include not only a $100-billion credit line to the IMF, but also an $8-billion increase in the US member contribution to the IMF and authorization for the US to back the IMF’s plan to sell 400 tons of gold.

Republicans in the House are hesitant to support this bill if Speaker Nancy Pelosi's insistence on IMF funds means cutting funds to sufficiently support our troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. As Republican Minority Leader John Boehner made crystal clear:




“A troop funding bill should fund our troops, period. I will oppose this legislation if it is loaded up with billions in spending that is unrelated to our military’s core mission of protecting our nation and our interests. Additional funding for the IMF should be judged on its own merits and in its own legislation. Our men and women in uniform are doing tremendous work to protect our security in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they should not be forced to carry billions in unrelated spending.”


According to Capitol Hill newspaper, Politico, the President has some other non-troop items to add to the war supplemental, including $2 billion to address future bouts with swine flu and an extra $200 million for refugee aid in Pakistan.

Troop funding should be troop funding and that’s it. The men and women in uniform should not be held hostage to Speaker Pelosi and President Obama’s pet projects.

Washington, D.C., Jun 1 -

The Chrysler and GM filings for Chapter 11 bankruptcy are all the headlines, but the sub-headings aren’t getting much notice. Both deals are happening under the unprecedented direction of the federal government and it’s the little guys that are taking the hit.

This Saturday, I attended an event in Lake Elmo, MN where hundreds of local residents came out in support of a very successful and profitable dealership, Fury Chrysler Dodge. Fury is one of the largest employers in Lake Elmo, as well as one of the most profitable Chrysler dealerships in the metro market. Yet Chrysler, under the direction of the Obama Auto Task Force, is calling for its closure in an attempt to reduce its inventory nationwide by 25 percent.

This simply makes no sense. Businesses and consumers should dictate decisions like this, not federal bureaucrats with no expertise in the auto industry.

And, that’s not the only leap into Wonderland that the Obama Auto Task Force has taken. In restructuring the auto companies, they also turned basic American legal principles upside down. For instance, let’s examine how the Car Czar leapfrogged the unsecured debts of the United Auto Workers ahead of secured debts of legitimate bondholders. Last week, teachers and police officers in Indiana filed to have their claims heard in federal district court in an attempt to protect their pension funds, which had been decimated despite their status as senior secured lenders to Chrysler.

According to Global Pensions, "The Indiana pension funds are holders of Chrysler’s secured debt. The Teachers’ pension fund holds $32.4 million in Chrysler debt and the Police pension fund holds $1.3 million."

Opposing the bizarre and questionable actions of the Obama Task Force, Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock rightly said:

“As fiduciaries, we can’t allow our retired police officers and teachers to be ripped off by the federal government. The Indiana state funds suffered losses when the Obama administration overturned more than 100 years of established law by redefining ‘secured creditors’ to mean something less.”

The deal crafted by the Obama White House tramples on the rights of pension fund creditors by giving a bigger share of the pie to more junior, non-secured parties - like the United Auto Workers.

What an ugly precedent we've set.

An opinion piece from the Wall Street Journal today does an excellent job summing up the federal government's power grab while detailing what lies ahead for the industry and its owners - you and me, now that we own 60% of GM. Give it a read: The Obama Motor Co.

"Mr. Obama likes to say he's a pragmatist who only prefers a government solution when it will work. But in resurrecting an industrial auto policy that even the French long ago abandoned, the President has made himself GM's de facto CEO. Our guess is that he'll come to regret it as much as taxpayers will."

I couldn't agree more.

She sounds quite reasonable to me. But, if it's merely her creepy grin creating her douchebaggery, then I suppose she has little hope. Whereas Mr. O. has big hope with his flashy smile and... um... umm... something else about him sticks out to me. I just um... can't put my um... finger on it. What um... is it?

 

[Iced Dog]

Haha, you seem rather partial to all my choices for "right wing nuts"...we're getting along so well today

 

[J-Dubya 777]

...oh, and she has a super creepy grin that lasts forever when being interviewed, she might not even be human

Kind of like that perpetual scowl Mikkie O wears all the time? :Smokedev:

 

[razoredge]

I found her blog to be quite informative.

Quote:
Washington, D.C., Jun 3 - Congress is currently working with the White House to hammer out a funding bill to pay for ongoing military operations overseas, but this war supplemental is becoming increasingly loaded with funding for projects not related to our troops.

New funding requests from the White House Tuesday night along with added-in financing for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may put the bill over the $100-billion mark. The IMF money is supposed to make good on President Obama’s promise at the G-20 summit in April to help developing countries facing economic crisis. The deal will purportedly include not only a $100-billion credit line to the IMF, but also an $8-billion increase in the US member contribution to the IMF and authorization for the US to back the IMF’s plan to sell 400 tons of gold.

Republicans in the House are hesitant to support this bill if Speaker Nancy Pelosi's insistence on IMF funds means cutting funds to sufficiently support our troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. As Republican Minority Leader John Boehner made crystal clear:




“A troop funding bill should fund our troops, period. I will oppose this legislation if it is loaded up with billions in spending that is unrelated to our military’s core mission of protecting our nation and our interests. Additional funding for the IMF should be judged on its own merits and in its own legislation. Our men and women in uniform are doing tremendous work to protect our security in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they should not be forced to carry billions in unrelated spending.”


According to Capitol Hill newspaper, Politico, the President has some other non-troop items to add to the war supplemental, including $2 billion to address future bouts with swine flu and an extra $200 million for refugee aid in Pakistan.

Troop funding should be troop funding and that’s it. The men and women in uniform should not be held hostage to Speaker Pelosi and President Obama’s pet projects.

Quote:
Washington, D.C., Jun 1 -

The Chrysler and GM filings for Chapter 11 bankruptcy are all the headlines, but the sub-headings aren’t getting much notice. Both deals are happening under the unprecedented direction of the federal government and it’s the little guys that are taking the hit.

This Saturday, I attended an event in Lake Elmo, MN where hundreds of local residents came out in support of a very successful and profitable dealership, Fury Chrysler Dodge. Fury is one of the largest employers in Lake Elmo, as well as one of the most profitable Chrysler dealerships in the metro market. Yet Chrysler, under the direction of the Obama Auto Task Force, is calling for its closure in an attempt to reduce its inventory nationwide by 25 percent.

This simply makes no sense. Businesses and consumers should dictate decisions like this, not federal bureaucrats with no expertise in the auto industry.

And, that’s not the only leap into Wonderland that the Obama Auto Task Force has taken. In restructuring the auto companies, they also turned basic American legal principles upside down. For instance, let’s examine how the Car Czar leapfrogged the unsecured debts of the United Auto Workers ahead of secured debts of legitimate bondholders. Last week, teachers and police officers in Indiana filed to have their claims heard in federal district court in an attempt to protect their pension funds, which had been decimated despite their status as senior secured lenders to Chrysler.

According to Global Pensions, "The Indiana pension funds are holders of Chrysler’s secured debt. The Teachers’ pension fund holds $32.4 million in Chrysler debt and the Police pension fund holds $1.3 million."

Opposing the bizarre and questionable actions of the Obama Task Force, Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock rightly said:

“As fiduciaries, we can’t allow our retired police officers and teachers to be ripped off by the federal government. The Indiana state funds suffered losses when the Obama administration overturned more than 100 years of established law by redefining ‘secured creditors’ to mean something less.”

The deal crafted by the Obama White House tramples on the rights of pension fund creditors by giving a bigger share of the pie to more junior, non-secured parties - like the United Auto Workers.

What an ugly precedent we've set.

An opinion piece from the Wall Street Journal today does an excellent job summing up the federal government's power grab while detailing what lies ahead for the industry and its owners - you and me, now that we own 60% of GM. Give it a read: The Obama Motor Co.

"Mr. Obama likes to say he's a pragmatist who only prefers a government solution when it will work. But in resurrecting an industrial auto policy that even the French long ago abandoned, the President has made himself GM's de facto CEO. Our guess is that he'll come to regret it as much as taxpayers will."

I couldn't agree more.

and yet nobody gets it, I know where to find alot of that money quick and how to help these problems fade away, but we are a country of pussys... dancing like puppets to the tune of the rest of the world..... and the wealthy

 

[Kenneth R.]

I just tune out the wing nuts, all sizes - metric and standard.

 

[ABQShredHead]

Except the one you voted for, eh?

 

[razoredge]

I'd tune them out too but they are everywhere. I'd poke my ear drums out with knitting needles but my ears would still ring with the decades of bullshit. Im going to try to grow rice in my mountain stream, I surrender

 

[Kenneth R.]

Politics: Why Humanity Hasn't Advanced in 100 Years.

 

[Marwen]

^ True enough.