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dirtbag
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Jun 21, 2010 - 11:21pm PT
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She made 12 million dollars in the first QUARTER of this year, dirtbag. How much did Obama make? A paltry $125,000 in salaried income. Palin has the economic knowhow that we need to make our economy strong again, and if one thing is for sure Palin sees things through to the end. Palin ain't no quitter.
Thank God she's keeping an eye on Putin.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Jun 21, 2010 - 11:24pm PT
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Cragman wrote: Worth a re-post:
A short spelling lesson:
The last four letters in "American" = I Can
The last four letters in "Republican" = I Can
The last four letters in "Democrats"= Rats
End of Lesson.
From the minds of babes...or Glen Beck.
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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Jun 21, 2010 - 11:27pm PT
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Guys guys Boulder is a left leaning town this is clearly a savage and deep cutting burn.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Jun 21, 2010 - 11:33pm PT
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AS I PASS through my incarnations in every age and race,
I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market Place.
Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them all.
We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn
That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn:
But we found them lacking in Uplift, Vision and Breadth of Mind,
So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Mankind.
We moved as the Spirit listed. They never altered their pace,
Being neither cloud nor wind-borne like the Gods of the Market Place,
But they always caught up with our progress, and presently word would come
That a tribe had been wiped off its icefield, or the lights had gone out in Rome.
With the Hopes that our World is built on they were utterly out of touch,
They denied that the Moon was Stilton; they denied she was even Dutch;
They denied that Wishes were Horses; they denied that a Pig had Wings;
So we worshipped the Gods of the Market Who promised these beautiful things.
When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.
But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "Stick to the Devil you know."
On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life
(Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife)
Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "The Wages of Sin is Death."
In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die."
Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew
And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true
That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more.
As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began.
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;
And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Jun 21, 2010 - 11:55pm PT
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Certainly not her job, or should I say quitting record.
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Jun 21, 2010 - 11:57pm PT
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jun 22, 2010 - 12:35am PT
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The "Canada Free Press" is far from a credible source about anything.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Jun 22, 2010 - 12:52am PT
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Sean "The Nazi" Hannity wants everyone in LA arrested for these riots after the Lakers win.
I say he's right. We should arrest all these people, especially the gays, blacks and jews.....
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jun 22, 2010 - 12:54am PT
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Every one of your presidents has hosted concerts, back to Washington. So what? It's part of their official duties as head of state and head of government, and you'd be the first to slag the president if he didn't host such functions. They host banquets, concerts, and other events every week if not every day.
If you want to rationally compare spending on such functions between administrations, please provide valid information.
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Jun 22, 2010 - 12:59am PT
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Bob Dylan singing about civil rights and a Stevie wonder tribute.
The nerve.
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dirtbag
climber
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Jun 22, 2010 - 01:13am PT
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There are several things that bug me about Obama. This is not one of them.
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apogee
climber
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Jun 22, 2010 - 01:15am PT
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nwo, if someone held a gun to your head and forced you to describe which political party you held allegiance to, which party would it be?
Edit: And please don't think for a minute that I expect you to limit your choices to two or three conventional political parties.
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Jun 22, 2010 - 01:16am PT
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http://www.factcheck.org/2010/01/president-obamas-vacation-days/
President Obama’s Vacation Days
January 11, 2010
Q: Has President Obama taken more vacation time than his predecessors?
A: According to one count, Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush spent more time on "vacation" during their first year than President Obama did. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton spent less time on "vacation."
FULL ANSWER
President Obama has spent all or part of 26 days "on vacation" during his first year as president, according to CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller.
Knoller, who has covered every president since Gerald Ford and is known for keeping detailed records on presidential travel, counts the following among President Obama’s "vacations" in 2009:
• A four-day holiday weekend in Chicago in February where the president played some basketball and treated First Lady Michelle Obama to a Valentine’s Day dinner date.
• An eight-day stay with his family at a rented house on Martha’s Vineyard in August.
• A trip out west to the U.S. states of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and Arizona that combined both business and pleasure. The president held town hall meetings on health care during the trip. And he went fly fishing and took trips to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon with his wife and two daughters.
• An 11-day stay in Hawaii where the president and his family celebrated Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
Some of the president’s recent predecessors, however, have spent more days — either entirely or partially — away from the White House "on vacation" during their first year in office.
President Reagan, in 1981, spent all or part of 42 days away from the White House "on vacation" at his home in Santa Barbara, Calif, according to Knoller. President Reagan and his wife, Nancy, also spent three or four days around New Year’s Day each year in Palm Springs, Calif., at the home of philanthropist Walter Annenberg. (In 1993 the late Mr. Annenberg founded the nonpartisan Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, which is FactCheck.org’s parent organization.)
President George W. Bush spent even more time away from the presidential mansion in the nation’s capital than Reagan. Of the 77 total "vacation" trips the former president made to his Texas ranch while in office, nine of them — all or part of 69 days — came during his first year as president in 2001, according to Knoller.
Bush’s father, President George H.W. Bush, spent less time "on vacation" during his first year than his son, but spent more days than President Obama. According to travel records provided to FactCheck.org by the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, the former president took six trips — spanning all or part of 40 days — to the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1989. The archivist at Bush’s presidential library told us she didn’t have a list of all vacations but did have the Kennebunkport visits.
But at least two recent presidents — by Knoller’s count — took less "vacation" time during their first year than President Obama — Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.
According to Knoller, Carter spent just 19 days "on vacation" in 1977. Most of that time, Knoller says, the former president spent at his home in Plains, Ga. President Clinton took all or part of 174 days of vacation during his eight years as president — most of that "vacation" time was during the summer, according to Knoller. But Knoller says Clinton only took 21 "vacation" days during his first year.
It’s worth mentioning that President Obama has also made 11 trips — all or part of 27 days — to Camp David, the presidential retreat in Frederick County, Md. Knoller, however, says he doesn’t count trips to Camp David as part of any presidents’ "vacation" time. But for the sake of comparison, President George W. Bush, made more trips to that country residence than Obama. According to Knoller, Bush made 25 trips — a total of 78 days — to Camp David in 2001.
But no matter how much time a president actually spends away from the official residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Knoller says that the commander in chief is never really off the clock. "I have long held the view that a US president is never really on vacation," Knoller told FactCheck.org in an e-mail. "The job - and its awesome powers and responsibilities - is his wherever he is and whatever he’s doing."
–D’Angelo Gore
Sources
Knoller, Mark. CBS News White House Correspondent, Radio. E-mail sent to FactCheck.org. 6 Jan 2010.
Knoller, Mark. "Can a President Really Take a Vacation?" CBS News "Political HotSheet" Blog. 24 Dec 2009.
Hendler, Clint. "Mark Knoller Knows." Columbia Journalism Review. 9 Dec 2009.
Elliott, Phillip. "Obama Returns Home for First Time as President." Associated Press. 13 Feb 2009.
Knoller, Mark. "Obama Seeks Rest on Foray Out West." CBS News "Political HotSheet" Blog. 14 Aug 2009.
Associated Press. "Obama family vacationing in Martha’s Vineyard." MSNBC.com. 23 Aug 2009.
Nakaso, Dan. "President Obama and his family leave Isles after Hawaii vacation." Honolulu Advertiser. 4 Jan 2010.
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It seems he has not set a bad precedent for excessive R&R. That is apparently a Republican trait.
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apogee
climber
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Jun 22, 2010 - 01:31am PT
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"...I posted this a few pages back."
Sorry...musta been busy that day. Missed it. Mind repeating?
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Jun 22, 2010 - 01:33am PT
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NWO where was your voice of outrage and dissent when the Bush & Cheney cabal was driving us, through fear and lies, toward the abyss you now decry?
NWO=OBR
Old Broken Record
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Jun 22, 2010 - 09:42am PT
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Thanks for linking that Dirtbag, it explains a lot. NWO doesn't care about what he bitches about. It isn't about what the government is or isn't doing, it is about his fear of, as he perceives it, an out of his proper place black man. I feel sorry for the frightened little old broken record..
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Jun 22, 2010 - 10:02am PT
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NWO wrote: Care to address why Obama would have the nerve go on 2 vacations immediately after the BP oil spill?
Because one of your private corporation say that they had it under control and that the leak was only 5,000 barrels a day you fecking nut job.
Your one of the same whack jobs who think government should stay out of the private sector business...why you changing colors now?
The GOP in Texas...good ole boys. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/22/texas-gop-platform-advoca_n_619601.html
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Jun 22, 2010 - 10:27am PT
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NWO...So why do you want the government involved with the oil spill??
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