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bookworm
Social climber
Falls Church, VA
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Apr 28, 2009 - 08:09pm PT
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actually my source is the right-wing crap site known as the ny times
but why address the proposals put forth by obama when it's so much easier to lob personal attacks
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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Apr 28, 2009 - 08:21pm PT
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bookworm you have got to be kidding me. I can't count the times I've made substantive comments or rebuttals to your frenzied link posting and skewed spin on it only to be ignored by you in favor of 3 or 4 more link posts like you see above. Do you really think it's worth the effort at this point?
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Apr 28, 2009 - 08:26pm PT
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DJ wrote...bookworm you have got to be kidding me. I can't count the times I've made substantive comments or rebuttals to your frenzied link posting and skewed spin on it only to be ignored by you in favor of 3 or 4 more link posts like you see above. Do you really think it's worth the effort at this point?
No it not...the whack job just doesn't get. Only 20 percent of people polled said they were republicans. I think the number will go down.
The party is dying.
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bookworm
Social climber
Falls Church, VA
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Apr 29, 2009 - 06:11am PT
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obama is reluctant to even threaten sanctions against iran, noko, etc., but has no problem threatening the nypd, fbi, and cia
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/air.force.one.2.996457.html
of course, now it's a "training mission" because, well, pilots of air force one can never be sure when they might have to buzz a national monument
by the way, why didn't obama's press secretary know obama was "furious" about the incident? does obama talk to anybody in his administration?
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dirtbag
climber
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Apr 29, 2009 - 09:11am PT
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Do you masturbate to this stuff?
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Apr 29, 2009 - 04:41pm PT
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dirtbag
climber
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Apr 29, 2009 - 05:08pm PT
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Gotta love newspapers published by Cult leaders.
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apogee
climber
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Apr 29, 2009 - 05:42pm PT
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jpt, this is the title of the Gallup article you just posted:
At 100 Days, Obama Approval Broad as Well as Deep
Solid majorities of everyone but Republicans and conservatives approve
PRINCETON, NJ -- As President Barack Obama concludes his first 100 days on the job, Gallup Poll Daily tracking for the week of April 20-26 finds 65% of Americans approving of how he is doing and only 29% disapproving. Obama's average weekly job ratings have varied only slightly thus far, ranging from 61% to 67%.
That's a hell of a lot different than the WaTimes article you posted, which is supposedly based on the Gallup article.
Am I missing something here? 'Cause to my eye, the only significant disapproval rating is amongst Repubs (which, by the way, only 1 in 5 Americans currently call themselves). Other than that, his approval rating is 'broad & deep' at 65%- sounds pretty damn good to me...
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Apr 30, 2009 - 11:25am PT
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This is pretty interesting. Pathological narcicist?
http://www.globalpolitician.com/25109-barack-obama-elections
from the end of the link:
Thus, a narcissist who regards himself as the benefactor of the poor, a member of the common folk, the representative of the disenfranchised, the champion of the dispossessed against the corrupt elite - is highly unlikely to use violence at first.
The pacific mask crumbles when the narcissist has become convinced that the very people he purported to speak for, his constituency, his grassroots fans, the prime sources of his narcissistic supply - have turned against him. At first, in a desperate effort to maintain the fiction underlying his chaotic personality, the narcissist strives to explain away the sudden reversal of sentiment. "The people are being duped by (the media, big industry, the military, the elite, etc.)", "they don't really know what they are doing", "following a rude awakening, they will revert to form", etc.
When these flimsy attempts to patch a tattered personal mythology fail - the narcissist is injured. Narcissistic injury inevitably leads to narcissistic rage and to a terrifying display of unbridled aggression. The pent-up frustration and hurt translate into devaluation. That which was previously idealized - is now discarded with contempt and hatred.
This primitive defense mechanism is called "splitting". To the narcissist, things and people are either entirely bad (evil) or entirely good. He projects onto others his own shortcomings and negative emotions, thus becoming a totally good object. A narcissistic leader is likely to justify the butchering of his own people by claiming that they intended to kill him, undo the revolution, devastate the economy, or the country, etc.
The "small people", the "rank and file", the "loyal soldiers" of the narcissist - his flock, his nation, his employees - they pay the price. The disillusionment and disenchantment are agonizing. The process of reconstruction, of rising from the ashes, of overcoming the trauma of having been deceived, exploited and manipulated - is drawn-out. It is difficult to trust again, to have faith, to love, to be led, to collaborate. Feelings of shame and guilt engulf the erstwhile followers of the narcissist. This is his sole legacy: a massive post-traumatic stress disorder.
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graniteclimber
Trad climber
Nowhere
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Apr 30, 2009 - 11:44am PT
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From TGT's picture: "America just sucks."
That is the attitude of the GOP.
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GDavis
Trad climber
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What are you guys talking about, Crocs and Dark Socks are the new painters pants!
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