Stupid Republican idea of the day

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Alienhand said:
I prefer to look at it as a herd running off the cliff. The smart ones will stop short and, after some re-branding, inherit the party.

I have been accused of being an eternal optimist, though.
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No, an eternal optimist would think of the smart ones stopping short of the cliff, yet being dragged over anyway by the mass action of the herd.
 
We have a 30-way tie here, but first, a little background...

In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her co-workers while she was working for Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad. In an apparent attempt to cover up the incident, the company then put her in a shipping container for at least 24 hours without food, water, or a bed, and
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Diogenes the Cynic said:
Still something the GOP needs to be concerned about and try to put a stop to. They've got an uphill battle as it is without having to battle the tag of a majority lunatic party.
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HAHAHAAHAHAAA! Put a stop to? Sure! Just throw their entire base under the bus! I don't think it's going to happen...there are actually a couple of Republican Congressmembers who cultivate this birther crap publicly, and countless numbers of lower-level party officials who are whipping this up in the counties.

It's ultimately harmless (to Obama and the Dems, anyway), so I'm not too concerned. But the Republicans have rattlesnakes in both hands and clutched in their mouths, too, and they're going to get bitten bigtime.
 
I love that that's the standard "apology".

"Well, yeah, I sent it, but I didn't mean to send it to any black people, so it's okay!"
 
For your consideration:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/health-bill-worse-than-a-terrorist-nc-lawmaker-says/
 
Well, I for one like the general concept. Nothing wrong with more transparency and accountability in government, even if it's only the semi-official "duties" of the First Lady.

But it would at least be better to propose that any such measures take effect after the next presidential election, so it doesn't seem so blatantly targeted against Obama.
 
Equipoise said:
That last one was a fun thread. So, ok, he's very careful about actually coming out and saying it (Hillary killed Vince, or more accurately, Hillary had Vince killed), but if you read between the lines, well...
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Yes...if you read between the lines - and you are a biased, unthinking hothead - you might come to that conclusion.

A more calm and reasoned reading of my posts reveals only that I feel many questions have been raised about the Clintons' behavior and character and curiously missing documents, and that they remain unanwered to this day. Among the questions raised by the Clintons' skullduggery is what really happened to Vince Foster. This is not the same as saying that Hillary engineered his murder.

For the record, I have never been of the slightest opinion that Hillary Clinton either killed Vince Foster or had him killed. Further, I would think - knowing my history as you do - that I'd have been trumpeting it to the heavens had I actually believed such a thing. So, so much for your critical thinking abilities, eh?

And thanks, luci. I can only imagine how it must have pained you to come to my defense (such as it was). Still, men of good character and all that . . .
 
Wouldn't you know it? Obama intentionally let his Afghanistan speech go long because he not only hates America, but Charlie Brown, too.
 
Equipoise said:
Stupid Republican idea of the day
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I think the GOP's 19 page* Affirmational Federal Budget (pdf) might count as a second "Stupid Republican idea of the day":
Instead of returning to double digit levels of inflation and the failed
economic policies of the 1970s, Republicans support maintaining the cost
of living after witnessing the booms and busts triggered by loose
monetary policy.
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Instead of spending money on wasteful
programs under the guise of
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dropzone said:
Not to be pedantic, though I love to do it, that's an "accent acute." A tilde is the "squigly line" (~) over a letter. Spanish does not use it over a vowel.

ETA: That's "acute accent." Funny how much French one can pick up while still not speaking enough French to order lunch. :(
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I was about to nitpick that myself, but thanks all the same for saving me the trouble of looking up how your species say "accent aigu" :D
 
ArchiveGuy said:
Wouldn't you know it? Obama intentionally let his Afghanistan speech go long because he not only hates America, but Charlie Brown, too.
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Holy the shit.

I just ducked into this thread for a look around but it's way too scary in here for me. I'm out.
 
stolichnaya said:
Apropos of nothing, but reading Issa's name always makes me think of a drunk Discworld inhabitant.

"Issa, issa, wossname."
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This dickhead having that name upsets me because Issa is the name of one of my favorite singers (formerly Jane Siberry)
 
brownie55 said:
I disagree. At least not is she is forging public policy. But, hell, I think that Cheney's energy policy meetings should have been public too.
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That's what I was going to ask about. Why should an unelected, unofficial participant in government be subject to more stringent public reporting rules than the vice president? So, what are the requirements about policy groups that elected office-holders take part in?
 
Euphonious Polemic said:
Perhaps the Democrats could adopt a resolution that congratulates the Republicans for their "march towards irrelevancy"
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I would amend that to "march towards irrelevancy with the occsional side trips to public restrooms for secretive gay sex by public gay bashers".
 
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