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Lone senator blocks unemployment benefit extensions
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 9:52 AM
NIKI2
Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...
Quote:The conditions of the cold war have turned all modern societies–communists included–into vicious distorters of man’s true potential. They create populations of “preta” hungry ghosts with giant appetites and throats no bigger than needles.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 9:54 AM
CHRISISALL
Quote:Originally posted by Niki2: Does that include Bunning, or is he just out-and-out nuts?
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 10:02 AM
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 10:09 AM
RUE
I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 10:17 AM
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 10:42 AM
GINOBIFFARONI
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Quote:Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni: Quote:Originally posted by Hero: Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: This guy is simply holding everyone to the LAW. The Dems passed Pay/Go, and Bunning is holding them to it. He makes a good point. If they can't find $10 Billion Dollars to pay for something everyone wants, then they'll never pay for anything. Ironically, never paying for anything is the Obama plan. H "Hero. I have come to respect you." "I am forced to agree with Hero here."- Chrisisall, 2009. Excellent Find the money for Iraq and Afghanistan or it ends tomorrow due to lack of interest Either you Are with the terrorists, or ... you Are with the terrorists Life is like a jar of Jalapeño peppers. What you do today, might Burn Your Ass Tomorrow" Yeah, it is really good to finally see Rappy and "Hero" come clean and admit that the wars were horrible ideas and completely unjustified, unnecessary, and unfunded, and that we never should have undertaken either of them. That shows real growth. Where'd the money come from for the F-22 program, anyway? How about Medicare Part D? How was that paid for? "I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero, Real World Event Discussions
Quote:Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni: Quote:Originally posted by Hero: Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: This guy is simply holding everyone to the LAW. The Dems passed Pay/Go, and Bunning is holding them to it. He makes a good point. If they can't find $10 Billion Dollars to pay for something everyone wants, then they'll never pay for anything. Ironically, never paying for anything is the Obama plan. H "Hero. I have come to respect you." "I am forced to agree with Hero here."- Chrisisall, 2009. Excellent Find the money for Iraq and Afghanistan or it ends tomorrow due to lack of interest Either you Are with the terrorists, or ... you Are with the terrorists Life is like a jar of Jalapeño peppers. What you do today, might Burn Your Ass Tomorrow"
Quote:Originally posted by Hero: Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: This guy is simply holding everyone to the LAW. The Dems passed Pay/Go, and Bunning is holding them to it. He makes a good point. If they can't find $10 Billion Dollars to pay for something everyone wants, then they'll never pay for anything. Ironically, never paying for anything is the Obama plan. H "Hero. I have come to respect you." "I am forced to agree with Hero here."- Chrisisall, 2009.
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: This guy is simply holding everyone to the LAW. The Dems passed Pay/Go, and Bunning is holding them to it.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 12:46 PM
PERFESSERGEE
Thursday, March 4, 2010 3:05 AM
JONGSSTRAW
Quote:Originally posted by rue: "I guess it wasn't enough for you and Rue that I challenged Rap on his Bunning position ..." I agree with your position, but you seemed to think that the suffering of the unemployed was merely a political pretext and not real in any way. And that to portray it as real suffering was somehow unfair or untrue. *************************************************************** Silence is consent.
Thursday, March 4, 2010 5:35 AM
KWICKO
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)
Quote:Originally posted by Jongsstraw: Quote:Originally posted by rue: "I guess it wasn't enough for you and Rue that I challenged Rap on his Bunning position ..." I agree with your position, but you seemed to think that the suffering of the unemployed was merely a political pretext and not real in any way. And that to portray it as real suffering was somehow unfair or untrue. *************************************************************** Silence is consent. Please tell me you really did not think that I was making fun of un-employed people and their families. If so, then I suppose I need to bolster-up on my writing skills. Nothing could be further from the truth...in fact, if I didn't care about these people I would not have even bothered to write to the Bunning defender about it. And yes, there is a political element to it as well, but I only used that to help drive home the point to a person who would not address the human side to this action, by trying at least for him to understand the potential political fallout from Bunning's stance.
Thursday, March 4, 2010 6:04 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Quote:Originally posted by Jongsstraw: Quote:Originally posted by rue: "I guess it wasn't enough for you and Rue that I challenged Rap on his Bunning position ..." I agree with your position, but you seemed to think that the suffering of the unemployed was merely a political pretext and not real in any way. And that to portray it as real suffering was somehow unfair or untrue. *************************************************************** Silence is consent. Please tell me you really did not think that I was making fun of un-employed people and their families. If so, then I suppose I need to bolster-up on my writing skills. Nothing could be further from the truth...in fact, if I didn't care about these people I would not have even bothered to write to the Bunning defender about it. And yes, there is a political element to it as well, but I only used that to help drive home the point to a person who would not address the human side to this action, by trying at least for him to understand the potential political fallout from Bunning's stance. No worries, Jongs - *I* got what you were driving at, and completely agree. It's pathetic and sad (the unemployed being made to suffer more), and yes, it damn well WILL be used in campaign commercials to try to gain a political advantage. But that shouldn't surprise anyone. We've seen Republicans try to cash in on the deaths of thousands of 9/11 victims, on the attempted bombing of airliners, and anything else they think they can play to their advantage.
Thursday, March 4, 2010 6:43 AM
Quote:Please tell me you really did not think that I was making fun of un-employed people and their families. If so, then I suppose I need to bolster-up on my writing skills. Nothing could be further from the truth...in fact, if I didn't care about these people I would not have even bothered to write to the Bunning defender about it. And yes, there is a political element to it as well, but I only used that to help drive home the point to a person who would not address the human side to this action, by trying at least for him to understand the potential political fallout from Bunning's stance.
Thursday, March 4, 2010 7:08 AM
Thursday, March 4, 2010 7:24 AM
Quote:Originally posted by rue: Quote:Please tell me you really did not think that I was making fun of un-employed people and their families. If so, then I suppose I need to bolster-up on my writing skills. Nothing could be further from the truth...in fact, if I didn't care about these people I would not have even bothered to write to the Bunning defender about it. And yes, there is a political element to it as well, but I only used that to help drive home the point to a person who would not address the human side to this action, by trying at least for him to understand the potential political fallout from Bunning's stance.
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