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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Why would I support Obama? Look at where I'm at now since Obama took office:
-My home has appreciated 50%
-My net worth has steadily risen
-Low interest rates means that I've paying off my debt quicker than ever
-I'm no longer afraid to travel internationally and in the past 2 years I have been to Jordan, China, Thailand, Australia (multiple trips), Korea (multiple trips), Japan, UK...
-All of my friends from around the world have stopped ridiculing the USA
So am I better off than I was 4 years ago?
YOU BETCHA!
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mountainlion
Trad climber
California
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sounds like you are one of the "I did it all by myself" types Russ. Did you have any teachers when you were growing up? Do police keep your property and business safe? Do you turn on the faucet at the house and trust the water? Do you enjoy an infrastructure that helps your business run smoothly.
All the answers to those questions are yes. I'm glad your business is a success but it isn't just because of you. You may not like the regulations we have on business but some of it ensures you can trust the water that you drink and clean with.
How long are you alive if the water is foul Russ? Some people are focused on that. I dare to say you would give your entire business and all possesions for a glass of water (ensured safe by regulations on business I might add)after 4 days of going without. Say I'm wrong and I dare you to show your a REAL republicon tough guy and prove it, maybe even since you are such a high achiever go 5 days without...
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny,sawdust does not work like chalk
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right again slr,stability,that is what i vote for.my question,did the republican party just start 3 and 1/2 years ago,i think none of em can remember past that.that means you russ
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Timmy
Trad climber
Durango, CO
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Everyone knows that in a hostage situation, the reckless and amoral actor has the negotiating upper hand over the cautious and responsible actor because the latter is actually concerned about the life of the hostage, while the former does not care. This fact, which ought to be obvious, has nevertheless caused confusion among the professional pundit class, which is mostly still stuck in the Bob Dole era in terms of its orientation. For instance, Ezra Klein wrote of his puzzlement over the fact that while House Republicans essentially won the debt ceiling fight, enough of them were sufficiently dissatisfied that they might still scuttle the deal. Of course they might - the attitude of many freshman Republicans to national default was "bring it on!"
It should have been evident to clear-eyed observers that the Republican Party is becoming less and less like a traditional political party in a representative democracy and becoming more like an apocalyptic cult, or one of the intensely ideological authoritarian parties of 20th century Europe. This trend has several implications, none of them pleasant.
Read more:
http://truth-out.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=3079:goodbye-to-all-that-reflections-of-a-gop-operative-who-left-the-cult#.UEooEv3c53Y.mailto
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Somp'n bad in that deep so-cal water I tell ya.
Too many folks down there spendin' too much time listenin' to Sir Bridwell or somp'n....
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 8, 2012 - 11:52am PT
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hey my post made it to 119!!!!!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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__Obama Is the man, btw!
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Dr F is mad 'cause everybody's not on his thread, hee hee....
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Dont ya juzt hate that? Lolz.
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Timmy
Trad climber
Durango, CO
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Dr. F-
I did post that link on your thread, but you guys were so busy hammering Mr. Crack that everyone blew right past.
I think it is a deeply insightfull article coming from a GOP insider-
"Over the last four decades, the Republican Party has transformed from a loyal opposition into an insurrectionary party that flouts the law when it is in the majority and threatens disorder when it is the minority. It is the party of Watergate and Iran-Contra, but also of the government shutdown in 1995 and the impeachment trial of 1999. If there is an earlier American precedent for today's Republican Party, it is the antebellum Southern Democrats of John Calhoun who threatened to nullify, or disregard, federal legislation they objected to and who later led the fight to secede from the union over slavery."
A couple of years ago, a Republican committee staff director told me candidly (and proudly) what the method was to all this obstruction and disruption. Should Republicans succeed in obstructing the Senate from doing its job, it would further lower Congress's generic favorability rating among the American people. By sabotaging the reputation of an institution of government, the party that is programmatically against government would come out the relative winner.
More:
http://truth-out.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=3079:goodbye-to-all-that-reflections-of-a-gop-operative-who-left-the-cult#.UEooEv3c53Y.mailto
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny,sawdust does not work like chalk
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hey timmy that was insightful,another question is, how can they ask if you are you better off now than you were 4 years ago.were we not worried about people making a run on every bank in the country then? there own people bought out ammo here in ny.we make ammo here! wow ,really,they ask that,i have heard of cognitive dissadence,but cognitive rememberence. the gop,3and 1/2 years old.ok dissonance
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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'dissonance'
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yosemite 5.9
climber
santa cruz
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please give me four more years since I did not do what I promised in the first four? How lame.
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BLUEBLOCR
Social climber
joshua tree
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I LOVE OBUMMER!
he's a backslider like the rest of us.
he said he would take our troops out of Iraq and Afganni. STILL THERE!
he promised equal rights for homos. AIN'T GOT IT!
he promised to leagalize pot. REPEALING IT!
he promised to tax the Indian casinos. NO MONEY
he promised socialized health care. NOT FOR ANOTHER HOW MANY YRS?
And when it comes. It will be leagal for the government to fine U for not having insurance.
AGAIN; GOVERNMENT WAS DEVISED BY THE LIBERAL ATHEISTTO TELLTHEM WHAT TO DO: CONSERVITIVES TELL THE GOVERNMENT WHAT TO DO!
IMO
BB
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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I'm looking for someone to shrink the size of the Federal goverment and get the deficit back under control. To do that, we need to stop being the worlds policeman.
Gary Johnson is the only one interested in doing that while still allowing for personal choices in my private life.
Obama and Romney are both big goverment/less personal liberty for you, types.
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mountainlion
Trad climber
California
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Russ please let us know if you are taking me up on the challenge to not drink water. I don't want you to die and realize that most with your condition disregard science. I repeat drink water PLEASE it is a necessary component for life. You cannot drink cash or coins no matter what the republicon party tells you. If you dont reply I will be forced to contact the authorities to ensure your safety. LOL :)
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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he promised equal rights for homos. AIN'T GOT IT!
Ah yes, another fine American embracing hatred. You should however finish learning to spell.
I told you there was something wrong with the water down there....
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WBraun
climber
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Obama is the same as Romney except now he's starting to go rogue from his Israel handlers from grumblings heard in the background from them.
This isn't something you'll ever find on mainstream news media all controlled by their handlers.
God are Americans so stupid to keep falling for all this phoney Democracy.
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WBraun
climber
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Thanks apogee I fuked that one up :-)
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Couchmaster! Re your mention: we need to stop being the worlds policeman.
That line was one of George W. Bush's "talking points" when he first ran for president. I remember him using it effectively in a debate with Gore.
I don't want to be the world's policeman http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-250_162-238355.html
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It appears his mind was changed on the subject by the events of 9/11/2001.
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