Can the Party of NO Explain Itself?
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What kind of DNA threads through angry Republicans, making them, literally, despise President Obama; disdain innocent children of immigrants; contemptuous of millions without health insurance; uncaring that unemployed or poverty stricken might need additional assistance or food stamps; unconvinced that fresh air, clean water, healthy food and safe mines require government oversight; or unaware that anyone drawing a paycheck pays into Social Security and Medicare, earning benefits they now or will enjoy or require?
Your candidates, unbelievably, want them eliminated, vouchered away or left to the “supervision” of insurance companies or Wall Street.
Can they please explain Republican thought processes suggesting that same-sex couples remotely affect anyone else’s quality of life, or that women are second-class citizens whose privacy must be intruded upon by male-dominated legislative bodies?
What party’s conscience wants budget cuts solely on the backs of schoolchildren and the poor?
When will conservatives learn that American pie is not alone their feast; that sharing and fairness will, in time, provide them a more satisfying slice; that a strong middle class translates to a viable economy, many more consumers, more jobs and, ultimately, stronger markets and increasing security for everyone?
Achieving stability may not be easy. But a party that says NO to bipartisanship, NO to compromise, NO to tax fairness, NO to jobs bills, NO to health care, NO to science or public education, NO to voting rights, NO to women’s equality, NO to renewable energy, bears the lion’s share of responsibility for a poor economy, poor quality of life, and a lost democracy.
Arlene Lally
Pinehurst
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oceangypsy 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Wow Arlene, your widespread listing of nearly all of the Liberal prejudices and propaganda against Republicans here seriously weakens the strength of your argument. I hope it at least felt good getting it out. Now I recommend you do much more study of both sides of this race.
DaveyNC 8 months, 3 weeks ago
I believe this is what you call being in a high dudgeon!
Ok, here you go:
But a party that says NO to bipartisanship: "I won" http://goo.gl/4p6Do Nice start down the bipartisan road by the Lightbringer.
NO to compromise: Remember the healthcare summit? http://goo.gl/lPFYa What I remember most is that 0bama did almost all of the talking and listened very little. In the end, very few Republican ideas were written into the law.
NO to tax fairness: Define fair. What is a fair percentage of income for someone to pay in taxes?
NO to jobs bills: The house approved the JOBS act, 390-23 and the Senate approved it 73-26. All of the NO votes were Dems: http://goo.gl/7mipa
NO to health care: Nope, nobody voted against health care. The votes were against the ACA, which is essentially a health insurance reform bill. See previous regarding compromise.
NO to science or public education: Boy, you better be careful that all these straw men don't catch fire. This is just a vague critique.
NO to voting rights: Huh? Say, did you know that the Dems are trying to suppress the votes of the military? Yup, right here: http://goo.gl/8rbW2
NO to women’s equality: Because we don't want to pay for the birth control of a 30 year old permanent student? Please. Besides, we're kind of fond of Condi Rice, Mia Love, Nicki Haley and other female leaders. Oh, and our wives. And daughters. And mothers. And aunts. And grandmothers.
NO to renewable energy: Solyndra. That is all.
AFCHIEF 8 months, 3 weeks ago
@Arlene, disdain innocent children of immigrants How nice of you to forget to include the simple WORD OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
LBK 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Great letter Arlene...spot on!
pgericson 8 months, 3 weeks ago
@AFCHIEF Inserting the word illegal does not change Arlene's point: the children in question did nothing wrong. Are you saying that they should have thrown a temper tantrum at the border protesting the illegality of their parents' act? Do you similarly hold children accountable for the sins of their parents, treating sons and daughters of criminals differently than those of 'honest' folk? Your comment to Arelene proves her point. You, me and everyone else did not get to choose their parents and their birth circumstances. What is wrong in cutting the children some slack?
Courseaire 8 months, 3 weeks ago
"NO" to any credence that you know what you are talking about, only parroting what you've read from Dusty & MC7. The Republicans, the second coming of the EVIL EMPIRE - BEWARE!!!
DingoMike 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Dear God Arlene, where to start with a responce of that letter. I happen to love the fact that America can absorbe so many different cultures and make itself stronger by that very nature. I do expect those immigrants to come in the front door, just as my grandparents did in the early part of the past century. Those that came in the back door do NOT deserve my hard earned dollars giving them free medical or food stamps or an education. I also do not want my religious beliefs being crushed asunder by an over reaching goverment that feels it has the right to TELL me what my beliefs can and cannot do when it comes to providing birth control for women. My views as a Catholic are my own and don't always follow in lock step with the Vatican,however, I also don't want my personal belief to stop a woman from getting birth control or getting a abortion. Republicans are not the party of NO. We are the party of pay your own way in this world. Persueing the American dream is not a goverment guarentee.
Courseaire 8 months, 3 weeks ago
I actually think the phrase should be: "The Repubicans, The Party of Know"
AFCHIEF 8 months, 3 weeks ago
@pgericson, so HOW MUCH OF MY TAX MONEY do I have to give to support these ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. HOW MUCH OF OUR TAX MONEY is siphoned away to support ILLEGALS.
What part of the word ILLEGAL is hard to comprehend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Toda 8 months, 3 weeks ago
The word is "undocumented" ... most undocumented are here to harvest crops that no one else will do ... stop buying produce, chicken and beef and perhaps they will go else where to find work.
justpassingby2 8 months, 3 weeks ago
On one hand you give business all the cheap labor that they can use but then you turn around and cry about their exorbitant profits. You care so much about the poor and uneducated that you choose to allow illegals to take unskilled positions away from them. If you really cared about the poor you would want illegals shipped backed, people who hire them given jail time and the minimum wage raised. We would all pay more for groceries and what not but wouldn't that be more fair than letting illegals stay, keeping more people on welfare and demanding someone else pay for it all?
AFCHIEF 8 months, 3 weeks ago
@toda, yea right undocumented = ILLEGAL.
AFCHIEF 8 months, 3 weeks ago
@toda, you know why no one wants to do the jobs that illegals work, HOW ABOUT QUIT feeding the WELFARE MACHINE and make some of these people GET OFF THEIR LAZY BUTTS and go to work for a living.
fugitiveguy 8 months, 3 weeks ago
will MC7 comment on this as MC7 or as Arlene Lally?
teufelhunden 8 months, 3 weeks ago
I'm sorry but I just laughed when I read this. Will the real moonie please stand up?
fugitiveguy 8 months, 3 weeks ago
"undocumented", say what you will but nobody has the creative flair with the english language that liberals do, its amazing.
SH59 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Fantastic letter!!! You express exactly what many of us feel. It's unbelievable how out of touch the republicans are with this country. It's scarry how they want us to go back to the 1950's and think that will solve all our problems. In the 50's there weren't the problems of today. This country isn't populated with a majority of just white people and a minority of blacks. We now have such a diversity of what could be called a "melting pot" (you old folks may remember that term) that this country needs to be governed by a government that understands that diversity and makes laws that protect everyone fairly. The republicans want gays, immigrants, women and anyone else who doesn't follow their doctrine to disappear; they'd like to think these things aren't going on.
AFCHIEF 8 months, 3 weeks ago
SH59, how about the liberals wanting fiscal responsibility. How about liberals wanting a balanced federal budget. How about liberals wanting people to EARN a paycheck instead of taxpayers taking a hit for LAZY PEOPLE. How about liberals understanding the DIFFERENCE OF A LEGAL IMMIGRANT and ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT.
Simple stuff
SH59 8 months, 3 weeks ago
AFCHIEF, what about voting for someone just to be against Obama? How stupid is that?
SH59 8 months, 3 weeks ago
This country is full of people who would have been a much better choice than Romney, it seems pathetic that he is the only person you could come up with.
SH59 8 months, 3 weeks ago
It's pathetic the republicans are controlled by the Tea Party. What makes you think they know more than the government? They are a group of people who are demanding you behave in a way that makes them happy but where are their credentials? Who made them the experts? It's foolish to allow them to have so much power.
Thatcher 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Never let voters have so much power. Not until the experts give it to us. Cheers!
skylinefirepest 8 months, 3 weeks ago
SH59...you're kidding, right?? You extreme liberal Democrats couldn't come up with a better person than Obama???? This country is full of people who would have been a much better choice than Obama, it seems pathetic that he is the only person you could come up with!! What exactly is wrong with Romney??
fugitiveguy 8 months, 3 weeks ago
SH59-have you ever had a conversation with a conservative? I mean a real conversation, not just a swapping of talking points. From what you are putting forth I kind of doubt it. I would be willing to be that conservative if you would like. I am a life long conservative and what you write above doesn't come close to describing me or any of my conservative friends.
DaveyNC 8 months, 3 weeks ago
sh59, who would have been better than Romney? Who would you have liked to see the Republicans put up as a candidate?
Here's the thing; we constantly lament that the ugliness of politics chases all the best people away. The best people tend to gravitate towards where they can make the most money; business, show business, and so on. It's only normal, people with the ability to excel go where they can excel. So here we have Romney, a guy who succeeded wildly at everything he every tried. He got an MBA and JD degree at the same time. Started one highly successful business, saved the Salt Lake Olympics, had a successful stint as a Republican governor in a predominantly Democrat state. By any definition, Romney is a resoundingly successful American. Competent, energetic, educated and a good family man. So why isn't that enough for you guys?
Seriously, why isn't that sufficient? I really want an answer to my two questions: Who would you rather have been nominated? And why doesn't Romney meet your approval? All you other libs feel free to chime in. Should be......entertaining.
SH59 8 months, 3 weeks ago
fugitiveguy,I used to be a republican for most of my life, I know what they are all about.
SH59 8 months, 3 weeks ago
How about answering the writer's question? Why are you the party of NO????
moonchild7 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Thanks Arlene, for your great comments. I've been asking this question of those "locals" who adhere to such horribleness for quite sometime now and haven't had a decent answer yet. Perhaps though after listening to the Republicans at their Convention last nite I have the answer. What do you get when Ayn Rand marries Jerry Falwell and then decide that they can't care for the "BABY BOY" they make; so it gets adopted by George Wallace? TEA-REPUGNICANTS? So, here we are. A very ugly baby boy all grown up spewing vile lies and hate, after all, it's in his GENES.
Thatcher 8 months, 3 weeks ago
SH59-- You claim to have been a Republican most of your life. Fair enough. But please tell us, in your own words, whether you know what conservatives "are all about." I'm serious. I'd like to know your thoughts on this subject, especially as to economic issues. Thanks. Cheers!
pgericson 8 months, 3 weeks ago
@AFCHIEF Screaming really does not get you anywhere. I was asking you whether we, as a country, should base our treatment of children on the status of their parents. I'm glad to see that you pay taxes: if you are retired military some of my taxes go to your pension and medical care and I'm glad to pay it. If we allow individuals who had no say regarding how they arrived in the US a path to citizenship, then they would be paying taxes just like you and me. What is so wrong with that?
justpassingby2 8 months, 3 weeks ago
If I rob a bank and later get caught, do my kids get to keep the stolen money for their college education? Wasn't their fault.
SH59 8 months, 3 weeks ago
DaveyNC, Jeb Bush would have been a great choice; he's a clear thinker and not controlled by the Tea Party. He has a much clearer vision of this country and understands the mixture of citizens we have. I think he could have overcome his name with his personality and vision.
SH59 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Thatcher, the republican party of my Father has no comparison with the party today. I don't recognize it any more and have become an independent voter so I can vote for the person who speaks to my values.
Thatcher 8 months, 3 weeks ago
That was not my question, SH59. I need not re-type the question, as it appears above. Please let us know your thoughts. Thanks. Cheers!
cooldaddy 8 months, 3 weeks ago
There is use in everything. Directions on Pilot Website for Accidential Poisoning..."Read this letter and vomit until stomach is empty." Well done, you have secured your place in the left field BULL pen. You will never secure the undecided voters with thoughts like yours. For that, thank you! That's two good things about this...letter.
DaveyNC 8 months, 3 weeks ago
sh59, that's one question answered. I agree that Jeb would be a great candidate, but the Bush dynasty as a national political force is over for the next generation or so. And you know that.
You still haven't answered the other question.
cooldaddy 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Better "No" than a "Ho". It is time to close lady liberty's legs and get the debt under control. Way too easy.
OldPilot 8 months, 3 weeks ago
The question posed by the writer was and is can "the party of no explain itself" as to a number of particular points? The answer so far, based on the responses to the writers question, is it can neither explain itself nor justify it's position as to any/all of these points.
AFCHIEF 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Why is Harry Reid blocking all job bills sent to him from Congress from having a vote. Who is the party of NO!
Thatcher 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Oldpilot-- DaveyNC addressed the points in the second post. Take a look. If the writer later claims that Republicans also want to kill puppies, I will address that one. Cheers!
fugitiveguy 8 months, 3 weeks ago
"Can the Party of NO Explain Itself?"
Its a bs question, I reject it. Lets talk about the issues:crippling debt, high unemployment, illegal immigration, national security, foreign policy, the failed experiment of 2008.
fugitiveguy 8 months, 3 weeks ago
"fugitiveguy,I used to be a republican for most of my life, I know what they are all about."
Based on your writings it is apparent you haven't a clue. I seriously doubt you have ever been a Republican. Obama himself couldn't have recited the talking points any more succinctly. BTW, Republican does not neccesarily equal conservative.
fugitiveguy 8 months, 3 weeks ago
"A very ugly baby boy all grown up spewing vile lies and hate, after all, it's in his GENES."
A less than flattering self portrait
fatboy 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Reading the mindless drivel of Arlene Lally and the rest of her supporters on this blog makes me proud to be a conservative. You people are the reason that this country is in the state that it is. This sock puppet is not going do anything but give us four more years of debt, lies, broken promises and continued blame on Bush. Time to grow up and face reality. He's a loser. Time to turn this sinking ship around and head it in the right course.
Toda 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Seriously funny, and at times entertaining. Way to go John Nagy ... The Pilot Enquirer spoofs ideology from the unknowing and ignorant to generate ad revenue.
DaveyNC 8 months, 3 weeks ago
OldPilot, I'm not a Republican but I'll venture an answer for you as to how I think the "Party of No" might explain itself.
It's not the party of no. It's the party of not right now, while we are all struggling desperately to stay afloat. It's hard to understand the logic of piling on yet another massive entitlement program when it is the entitlement programs that are taking us down. Can you explain that one?
Why is it so important to have so-called "renewable energy"? None of the technology developed so far is even remotely viable without government subsidies. Green tech costs anywhere from 30 to 200% more than its conventional counterpart. On what planet does that make sense? The transition to cheap, affordable energy is well on its way right now, with little to no help from the government. Natural gas is quickly replacing coal in large scale electrical generation and manufacturing plants. There's your free market at work, solving problems. The very instant that solar or wind or whatever other boutique method becomes more cost effective, it will be adopted and it won't take a subsidy to make it happen.
Health care. We agree that something had to be done about health care costs but we believe that the chosen course ("chosen"? Heh) is the wrong course. It does nothing to lower health care costs, it only shifts who pays. Then there's this: http://goo.gl/yHmEO The doctors will love that. And this: http://goo.gl/D626q It is stunning to me that the Dems thought the ACA was a good idea during the greatest financial collapse in 70 years. I would have preferred something more like this: http://goo.gl/8At1Y adjusted to make it easier to do.
Enough. The answer to everything is not to institutionalize it and throw money at it.
SH59 8 months, 3 weeks ago
fugitiveguy, there's no need to be rude here. I was a republican and actually voted for GW twice. The prospect of Palin as vice president was so ridiculous signaling the decline of of the party and any semblance of rational governing. The Tea Party has ruined this country and I won't have anything to do with it. I'm disgusted with what's happening to the party.
Thatcher 8 months, 3 weeks ago
SH59-- I'm curious. First, you claim that Republicans want to take us back to the '50's (5 hours, 2 min. ago), while later claiming that you've been a Republican for most of your life (3 hours, 35 min. ago). Then you claim that the Republicans are no longer the party of your father and you no longer recognize it (2 hours, 48 min. ago). Finally you claim (5 min. ago) that you voted for Bush in 2000 and 2004, but became upset in 2008 when McCain put Palin on the ticket. You said all of these things in the span of 5 hours. Would it suprise you that, based upon your posts, many here may doubt your claims...because they are totally inconsistent? Give it some thought. Cheers!
Thatcher 8 months, 3 weeks ago
And SH59, I just watched Paul Ryan's speech, which I would rank as one of the best speeches I have ever heard (and I, as a very young man, worked for Reagan's campaign). Your father would be proud of his party. Cheers!
fugitiveguy 8 months, 3 weeks ago
"The prospect of Palin as vice president was so ridiculous signaling the decline of of the party and any semblance of rational governing."
Did you also find the prospect of Barack Obama as president also ridiculous? His resume was half or less that of Palin.
fugitiveguy 8 months, 3 weeks ago
"The Tea Party has ruined this country and I won't have anything to do with it."
Please, enlighten us with just HOW the Tea Party has ruined the country. Stick with verifiable facts if you don't mind.
Courseaire 8 months, 3 weeks ago
What I'm hearing is that the Tea Party that wants Fiscal responsibility, a balance budget and adherence to the Constitution has ruined this country - yes, I believe the demoncrats have nailed it!
MikeNC 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Courseaire 33 minutes ago ..What I'm hearing is that the Tea Party that wants Fiscal responsibility, a balance budget and adherence to the Constitution
Good comments Courseaire and those same ideals have been important to many Americans for a long time now. The TEA Party has actually existed for a very long time; just did not have that acronym name attached until a few years ago. How Americans struggle and condemn those ideals are a mystery to me. Of course there is another new group to choose from these days....Mike
http://thepilot.com/users/photos/2012/aug/02/19223/
Courseaire 8 months, 3 weeks ago
MikeNC - Too bad you had to ruin and completely discount you comments with your foul picture. It completely discredits anything you say. Try to show a little class.
AFCHIEF 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Mikenc, great picture of a liberal. MC7 is extremely proud of that young man in the picture
MikeNC 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Arlene: As Paul Ryan said last night in his vice presidential acceptance speech, "keep staring at your Obama sticker in your Bedroom!" As for the rest of us, we are going to roll up our sleeves and put this country back to work and back on track !! Diane
MikeNC 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Here's some additional reading for you and MC Courseaire. Ms lally didn't miss out on many of the leftists talking points of "No" irregardless of how misleading and untruthful they happen to be. It's not MY picture by the way...it's one of many foul (To use your word) pictures of the movement which is supported by this administration. Here are some costs to America which the OWS crowd has inflicted along with some of the crime. Compare this to the behavior and costs the TEA Party has inflicted upon America.....Mike
http://anguishedrepose.com/tag/ows-vs-tea-party-crime-stats/
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/occupy-wall-street-protests-cost-nations-cities-at-least-13-mn/articleshow/10842123.cms
by MikeNC
pbpyr 8 months, 3 weeks ago
A few years ago I was at a outdoor function in Pinehurst. The Tea Party rep was dressed in revolutionary garb and giving out pocket size copies of the constitution. On the back of the publication was a label for the Moore County Tea Party. When I returned home, I peeled off the label and lo and behold....where did the Tea Party get their supply of the constitution... GPO.....Government Printing Office..... I guess the Feds are OK when they serve YOUR purpose!
moonchild7 8 months, 3 weeks ago
This TeaParty Bunch is one of the largest groups of Hypocrits and Liars to come forth in our political system in quite some time. fugitiveguy, you just aren't very smart and MikeNC you're "POOPER GUY" has nothing to do with the conversation, it's just repugnant. Here's what we're in for if the Republicans are somehow voted into office (although Sen. Lindsey Graham has admitted there don't seem to be enough "Angry White Guys" to vote them in). From Matt Taibbi in Rollingstone on Mitt Romney and Bain (8/29/12): "...what people need to understand about private equity firms like Bain is that they are not in the business of turning around companies and creating jobs...If you invest in a Bain or a Carlyle or a KKR deal, you're not betting on the future success of whatever company thay took over. You're betting on the ability of those firms to make money on the deal, which may - or, just may not involve turning the target company around...If you borrow billions to buy Dunkin Donuts and the firm flourishes post takeover that's one way for investors to get paid....But another way is getting Dunkin to take out a $1.25 Billion Bank Loan to hand it's investors $50 Million in tribute payments....A billion dollar loan to pay dividends?" Oh, so, that's how it works? Thanks Matt Taibbi for EDUCATING ME. REPUGNICANTS APPARENTLY EAT THEIR OWN!
AFCHIEF 8 months, 3 weeks ago
@pbyr, thats all you got. How about the mulit millions spent on cleaning up after OWS thugs
JD 8 months, 3 weeks ago
@toda, yea right undocumented = ILLEGAL.
Wrong. A person cannot be 'illegal.' Undocumented is their residency status, illegal is the action of the occupancy while they are here. Yay semantics.
And look the terrible two Di and Ike are trying to derail a thread again with irrelevant stuff. MikeNC - Too bad you had to ruin and completely discount you comments with your foul picture. It completely discredits anything you say. Try to show a little class. If they had class they wouldn't be world class trolls...
And to quote Fox News
Fox News columnist Sally Kohn, vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan's speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday "was an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and misrepresentations slipped into a single political speech."
"On this measure, while it was Romney who ran the Olympics, Ryan earned the gold," Kohn wrote.
"The good news is that the Romney-Ryan campaign has likely created dozens of new jobs among the legions of additional fact checkers that media outlets are rushing to hire to sift through the mountain of cow dung that flowed from Ryan’s mouth," Kohn wrote.
AFCHIEF 8 months, 3 weeks ago
MC7 that picture from MikeNC is YOUR LIBERAL PARTY people. Don't disown them now
Toda 8 months, 3 weeks ago
AFCHIEF =>
If you are so bold to make unsubstantiated claims, why not provide data analyzed by government agencies. You keep kicking that prejudicial can down the road. Every trip to WalMart I see Hispanics spending cash to pay for purchases; POS taxes are included. That's fact....
JD 8 months, 3 weeks ago
@toda The Pilot Enquirer spoofs ideology from the unknowing and ignorant to generate ad revenue.
Google Ad-blocker and cnet. Never see a website ad again and be happy in the knowledge The Pilot or any other site will get no revenue from you viewing their pages. Even works for those annoying hulu and youtube ads.
justpassingby2 8 months, 3 weeks ago
When operating my construction business, every subcontractor had all required insurance, was given a 1099 for reporting income, and worked better than any subcontractors I have worked before in over 30 years of General Contracting.
Okay Toda, if you want everybody to believe that you are that stupid, I believe it! And tell us how you passed on your savings to the buyers while you are at it. Do you at least send a thank-you card to dim-wits like the dustys and MC7s for supplying you with cheap labor?
teufelhunden 8 months, 3 weeks ago
SH59-."...understands the mixture of citizens we have..."
Key word-citizen.
geoffcutler 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Ya know...thinking about this business of Republicans being the party of "No," and all this crapolla about Republicans as the party of racists, you'd have a hard time squaring that with last night's speech by Condi Rice and the story about a little girl who couldn't get a hamburger at a lunch counter, but grew up to be Secretary of State and could have run for president if she wanted to...under a Republican. Nothing speaks louder to Democratic talking points and divisive lies about Republicans than a successful, Black, female, conservative.
teufelhunden 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Right on Geoff!
MikeNC 8 months, 3 weeks ago
JD 2 hours, 29 minutes ago ...And look the terrible two Di and Ike are trying to derail a thread again with irrelevant stuff. Try to show a little class. If they had class they wouldn't be world class trolls...
Hahahahahahahahaaaaaha ....And for YOU to point out the irrevelant and Lack of Class is hysterical. I'll be snickering for the rest of the afternoon..Thanks JD!!! And to end it with throwing in your traditional and expected name calling makes the classy part all that more funny. Thanks again Mr Anonymous.....Mike
SH59 8 months, 3 weeks ago
I think the Tea Party has caused a serious problem in our government by demanding absolute commitment to their doctrine making our republican senators afraid to show any willingness to work together with the dems to come up with thoughtful solutions. They are in effect holding the republicans hostage with the threat of them getting booted out if they even try to go against them. The divide between the two parties has become enormous and will become a one party dictatorship. This country is divided almost 50/50 and each party needs representation; that's what this country has been all about.
Toda 8 months, 3 weeks ago
justpassingby2 and boscoe50
As far as having to withhold any payments to one of my Hispanic subs ~ never happened. Lumbee's were another story ~ just ask your many contractors. I will stick by the subs who would show up on time, do what was asked of them, and pay them after they finished.
moonchild7 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Why won't any of you guys read a few history books before "spouting" distortions. Condi Rice gave a decent speech last nite except for the part about President Obama's foreign policies. She said that "Leaders don't lead from behind" Well, her "Leader" George Bush led us into a very expensive and unneccessary War in Iraq. It will be recorded as perhaps the most vile example of American Imperialism ever "authorized." Condi chose her parents well and even in Jim Crow Alabamie she was able to thrive. Her parents were Public School Teachers who valued an education and they left Alabamie in 1967, to move to Denver. Condi went to a Catholic High School and University(Notre Dame). She became a Republican in 1982 because she didn't like Jimmy Carter's foreign policy. Gee, we had NO WARS under President Carter. I also just don't know why you guys (Geoff) keep on about how UN-RACIST the Repubilcans are. Racism is not a politcal party and it's everywhere; but there are some TRUTHS to be told that never are. When President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 he said, "We have lost the South for a generation (as in Democratic Voters)". The SOUTH in 1964 was almost entirely made up of Democrats who when referred to in Congress generally meant "those members of Congress from the states that made up the "Confederate States of America". Then in 1968 Richard Nixon used his "Southern Strategy" to secure votes for the Republican Party by getting as many of the advocates of SEGREGATION and other Southern Democrats to change parties. He did very well as did Reagan in securing those "disaffected" Democrats who didn't like the way their Party had DESEGREGATED itself. Many Southern Democrats then became Republicans. And so I really don't understand why Condi is still a Republican, but that's her choice. Did you hear about the two Republicans thrown out of the Convention for throwing peanuts at a Black Female camera woman working for CNN and saying, "This is how we feed the animals?" Rather "juvenile" wouldn't you say..or was it racist?
Toda 8 months, 3 weeks ago
News flash JPB "work for this said individual for the cheap prices that were offered"
Toda 8 months, 3 weeks ago
boscoe50 2 hours, 57 minutes ago 30 years, could you clarify what projects that those were back then.
I'll even pay for your coffee...
geoffcutler 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Did you here about the Yahoo editor fired for saying Republicans are happy to party while Black people drown? Did you hear that one, Moon? Afraid I haven't heard your example. Probably bogus, anyway. And Condi wouldn't trade sides, I don't think. You probably should have gotten that from her speech.
JD 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Thanks JD!!
No thank you Ike for proving me right with your lack of content post and trollery. Go ahead let more rage tears flow keyboard culture warrior.
Hembloche 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Here ya go Geoff, since it's apparently easier for you insult moon than take 2 seconds to find out if it's true. link text
To the GOP's credit, sounds like they kicked the morons out pretty quick.
teufelhunden 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Moon you called the POTUS "her leader". Was he not your president?
geoffcutler 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Insult Moon? What, are you kidding me? Never!
Thatcher 8 months, 3 weeks ago
MC7-- I would caution you and anyone else to be careful before falling hook, line, and sinker for the "peanut throwing" story. Remember the lesbian who claimed to have been savagely attacked by homophobic conservatives? Remember the outrage on the left? Remember the vigils held for this poor woman? Well, she has been arrested because her story was a hoax: http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/21/justice/nebraska-hate-crime/index.html. Keep this in mind when evaluating the "facts" as they become available. Wait for video evidence of this event. I was not there, so I have no idea whether the claim is true or false. So I will wait for more evidence before deciding whether to believe the story. Cheers!
justpassingby2 8 months, 3 weeks ago
And you sent a 1099 for every member of the sub's crew? Never happened in Massachusetts or Florida.
geoffcutler 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Good point, T. These supposed events have often proved to be false. The Yahoo editor story is not.
moonchild7 8 months, 3 weeks ago
I read the story about the CNN camera woman on Reuters (they've been around since 1851) and not MSNBC. It seems there were a few witnesses and so the jerks were thrown out but we'll see how it holds up. I read the story about the Yahoo Editor too but not sure why he was fired instead of just given a reprimand and made to apologise. That sorta kind of joke is made quite often on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report and I haven't heard of any of their writers being fired. Jokes are one thing...Actual assault is another. In many states those persons who threw the peanuts would have been charged with ASSAULT on a WOMAN. Big difference between an inappropriate JOKE adnd ASSAULT. You guys do know the difference, don't you?
Thatcher 8 months, 3 weeks ago
MC7-- To me, the bigger difference is a woman (who is a lesbian) who makes up a story trying to get folks mad at conservatives, and perhaps get innocent men arrested for a hate crime. It happened in the Duke lacrosse case. You know this. Cheers!
The_AnonymusProfit 8 months, 3 weeks ago
I swear I thought that this article was the preamble to MSNBC's how to operate a media outlet. But no its actually a person......wow
geoffcutler 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Moon, most of the leftist media people who say stuff like he did, on a daily basis, aren't fired. They're giggled at like....you silly....and then go right back to the discussion. Kudos to Yahoo! No-one listening to the comment made by this editor said ONE word in protest. Not a word, as if they all agreed and this is normal. Truth is, nothing particularly surprising about that at all. You treat us to the same type of tripe in almost every post.
moonchild7 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Oh, and teufelhunden, Condi's POTUS was her's because I imagine she voted for him and of course also worked for him. So, for me he was only THE POTUS, since I neither voted for him, nor worked for him, and most importantly never approved of ANYTHING he did. The worst POTUS in America's history. By the way, why isn't he at the Convention having anything to say? Why, per se?
LSM 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Soon to be President Mitt Romney does not need the help of either former Presidents Bush; as does the amateur I guess need the old liar President Clinton to help swing the vote.
fugitiveguy 8 months, 3 weeks ago
I think it would be cool if MC7 were to speak at the Rep and the Dem convention. Film it and put it on youtube. I guarantee it would go viral. It would be on tv everywhere. Everyone would be riveted, dumbstruck even.
RmeMP 8 months, 3 weeks ago
hey moonbeam - since you just LOVE to bring up anything remotely racist by the right, i thought i'd point out a recent racist remark but one of you crazy lefties:
Brooklyn DEMOCRATIC primary candidate Ben Akselrod's campaign recently sent out mailers, which said in part, "that his opponent has allowed crime to go up over 50% in our NEGROHOOD so far this year.”
so far, no one from the left has condemned him or demanded his withdrawel from the race - hey isn't that interesting?
(PS - This was posted on the NY DAILY NEWS website, in case you want to look it up)
geoffcutler 8 months, 3 weeks ago
He's probably not at the convention out of presidential respect for the current president. It's called honor, and it's probably tough not being able to come out and repay in a few minutes, like a Ronco Slicer-Dicer, what has been the most abhorrent disrespect of a predecessor by a failed president, ever. Integrity, honor and respect, Moon. That simple.
RmeMP 8 months, 3 weeks ago
since moonbeam loves bringing up history so much, i have a question for her: can you name me ONE SINGLE president in our history, EVER, who has blamed the previous administration for their problems as many times as barry has? go ahead, name ONE...
was barry dealt a difficult hand? yes. but he has FAILED to fix anything - he has actually made everything WORSE!!!
he has been given 4 years to fix something, anything, and hasn't; he's actually increased the deficit MORE in 4 years than President Bush did in 8!!!
enlightenme 8 months, 3 weeks ago
These post are a prime example of why our country is in the shape it is today.
RmeMP 8 months, 3 weeks ago
actually, "enlightenme", this sorry excuse for a letter is a prime example of why our country is in the shape that it is today...
o yea, and this sorry excuse for a United States President is also a prime example of why our country is in the shape it is today - but, according to him, it's still President's Bush's fault :)
enlightenme 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Thanks RmeMp for reinforcing my comment.
RmeMP 8 months, 3 weeks ago
you're welcome :)
have a good night!
moonchild7 8 months, 3 weeks ago
According to Gallup polls from June 2012, 68% of those polled still blame BUSH for our economic problems. Maybe when those numbers get well below 50% he'll stop blaming him and until then he DOESN'T HAVE TO STOP blaming him. President Obama has fixed many things. It's just too bad that you are too "mentally blind" to recognize those things. What was Clint Eastwood talking about at the Convention just now? He was talking to an empty chair? What's with that? Romney has his work cut out for him now after all of these sorry sorry people have blabbered on and on about nothing at all. NOTHING. That's what the Republican Party has become. NOTHING.
Toda 8 months, 3 weeks ago
"they have been beaten down with prices from what you call the best workers in this country,"
skylinefirepest 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Arlene and Moonie...I'll be glad to give you the party of NO...it's the party under the Obama administration...NO JOBS, NO MONEY, NO RESPECT IN THE WORLD, NO SECURITY, NO BORDER SECURITY, and most important of all, NO FUTURE!!! Obama is a dismal failure, as a president, as a leader, as a world leader...hell, he can't even run a business since he doesn't know anything about business. ( Except that the government will do that for him!! ) The worst president in history...I never thought anybody would be worse than Carter. Moonie, you like to keep harping on about Bush but President Bush did a very creditable job after 9-11. You like to say he was dumb but as a former Air Force weenie I can tell you for sure...the Air Force doesn't let dummies fly fighter aircraft. How quickly the insane left forgot about working together after the attacks on our country and decided that making a failure out of our president was much more important to the extreme left than the future of our great country. You like to make fun of "birthers" and I don't claim to be one but I have seen tapes of Obama, Mrs. Obama, and Obama's grandmother all saying that he is a Kenyan!! You figure it out! I know one thing for sure, Obama doesn't love this country and doesn't want this country to succeed and for that I detest him!!
moonchild7 8 months, 3 weeks ago
NOTHING but LIES, Pest. Is that the only thing any of you guys have to say?
MikeNC 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Moonchild: You must suffer from whip lash with shaking your head in denial. Diane
Toda 8 months, 3 weeks ago
moonchild7 ~ don't let the Trolls get you down. Republican die hards' throw out a lot of twaddle but few links to support their diatribes. In Paul Ryans' speech, he said absolutly nothing about the Simpson-Boles bill that he voted against, but continued to blame POTUS'O for the bill not passing. PolitiFacts is a non-partisan organization that fact checks the lies or incomplete statements being circulated by the GOP. Here's the facts Now attack their liberal views or facts....
Hembloche 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Now, now Today. We both know that facts aren't gonna win this race. It'll come down to who is most believable in their lies. A disturbing percentage of voters take what "their side" says as gospel, never fact checking. It is amazing to me that we have no requirements for politicians to be truthful in their campaigning. Obama/Biden and Romney/Ryan are campaigns of lies. Neither deserve our vote or even our respect as far as I'm concerned. The saddest thing is that we, as a people, don't stand up TOGETHER and demand more from our "leaders".
Hembloche 8 months, 3 weeks ago
That should have been, Now, now Toda. Stupid autocorrect.
packwilleat 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Hembloche- is on to something. O' promised the world, and failed. Mitt/Ryan are making the same outlandish promises to a buch of suckers. What is the definition of insanity again?? But then again some of us need to confide in leaders to do what WE can and should do for OURSELVES.
packwilleat 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Our country was founded on Individual Liberty, not the freedom to ask permission.
skylinefirepest 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Moonie, let's just clear the air, shall we? If you think that any one of the comments in my above post were lies then I think we can agree amiably that you don't watch the news as presented by the left leaning major media, hmmmm???
teufelhunden 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Can the Party of NO Explain Itself?
No.
Just kidding. Actually yes, but I really don't think you'd understand, so no.
JimRussell44 8 months, 3 weeks ago
I would really appreciate skylinefirepest outlining exactly how he has personally suffered a reduction in quality of life during the past 3 1/2 years. Lay it out there, buddy!! Tell us specifically how you are worse off. And if you want me to point out at least one lie you made in your diatribe of hate,it is "I know one thing for sure, Obama doesn't love this country and doesn't want this country to succeed...". That comment is an out and out lie. You don't know anything of the sort "for sure". I think you are a poster boy for the outright hate an ignorance that is typical of politics today.
justpassingby2 8 months, 3 weeks ago
TODA..YOU MUST HAVE MISSED MY QUESTION. DID/DO YOU SEND IN 1099s FOR EVERY MEMBER OF YOUR SUB'S CREW?
moonchild7 8 months, 3 weeks ago
"NO" is an ABSOLUTE. I noticed in several retail stores this past week, many "HIRING" signs. Moore County Government currently has 11 Job Openings from Animal Shelter Worker to Social Worker. The RICH have plenty of money and the American Government actually has plenty too. The numbers GAME is deceptive you know. The Respect for America in the eyes of the rest of the world that GEORGE BUSH quickly evaporated into thin air, has come back because of our President. Many polls have confirmed that. We have the best security forces and military in the world. The Republicans LOVE telling us that, although they say it's NOT SO with President Obama and that is the hugest LIE of all. And NO FUTURE? It's taken several minutes to write this..meaning I've survived into the FUTURE and there's an even GREATER FUTURE to come. AM I better off then when President Obama took office? ABSOLUTELY. Is it better for my son? ABSOLUTELY. We have the best incomes and even material wealth that we've ever had in our lives and enjoy every single day we are alive on this planet. Sorry that some of you can't or won't see that. Try a little harder.
justpassingby2 8 months, 3 weeks ago
JimR, once again you pull an embarrassing dusty. You blame bush for everything wrong in this country. You have and continue to scream at the top of your lungs how the republicans have destroyed this country. But then you set the bar for obama at the level you claim they have left us at. Why not set YOUR standards and ideals and judge obama on those standards? Are the 'bush tax cuts for the rich' acceptable to you or not? Wars? Human rights? Wall St.? Big oil? These are just a few of the things that were all bush's fault and have not changed under obama. Have you changed your stance on all these issues?
teufelhunden 8 months, 3 weeks ago
MC7-"...enjoy every single day we are alive on this planet."
The only thing I agree with you on.
Doesn't seem some people can get past their rage blinders...
justpassingby2 8 months, 3 weeks ago
We have the best incomes and even material wealth that we've ever had in our lives
You rich republican capitalists are all the same!!! Now explain what obama has done to make you so much richer in the past 3+ years.
JimRussell44 8 months, 3 weeks ago
justpassingby2, you seem to be able to read words that have not been written. My comment was directed at skylinefirepest. It simply asked for the REASONS why he hates President Obama and his administration so much. I asked him to outline how he was worse off than he was 3 1/2 years ago. It did not make any reference to anything about the Bush administration. I merely asked him what CHANGED for him personally from 2008 to 2012 that has him in a frenzy of hate. I judge how President Obama and his administration have done thus far by simply observing two things: Have deteriorating conditions slowed or stopped? Is progress being made in a positive direction? My answer to these two questions is yes. For sure, the positive progress is not happening at a rate as fast as we would all like to see it. But progress IS being made. My personal list of things I think should be done are many: 1) Everyone should pay the same tax rate for ALL income, regardless of the source. I favor a flat tax rate with no deductions or exceptions. 2) I am opposed to war. I'm opposed to the US being the worlds policemen. I'm opposed to having our military deployed all over the globe. Our military should defend OUR country. The UN is for policing the rest of the world. 3) The USA should lead by example in human rights. 4)Wall Street, in my opinion, is the root cause of most of our internal problems in this country. 5)Big Oil's days are numbered and we had better either find renewable alternatives or begin shrinking our energy usage. None of these things will ever be accomplished by elected officials (either yours or mine). We have created the monster, now we have to live with it.
moonchild7 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Hey Guys, justpassingby2 called me a rich republican capitalist! That's so funny, you don't read anything that I have to say, do U? Interesting, but you pegged me a bit wrong. Never been a republican or a capitalist. Let's see, I've been a Social Worker, a Store Clerk and Stock Person, Stable Help, Dog Kennel Assistant, Babysitter, and now enjoy my days as a Sole Proprietor. What did I do to get myself here? When I was 19 yrs old I bought my first "Home" as in Mobile Home. I had saved the $100 for the downpayment and payed a $65 monthly payment. Went to college and worked a part time job. After 5 yrs I sold it for a profit(it was paid for by then) and bought a real house, a fixer upper...cheap. Worked my "you know what" off. Sold it in 5 yrs for another Fixer Upper. Stayed in that home for 15 yrs, paid it off sold it for a profit. Quadrupled my money. Then I bought 3 homes (all fixer uppers), live in one, sold one and rent the other out. In between all of that I got a college degree, retired from Social Work, started my own business, and raised a fabulous son. He has his Masters Degree and he paid for that in cash (he's a saver too). Within one year he had all of his Undergraduate college loans paid off. He has a fab job in NYC.and just finally bought a car (used 2006 Toyota) saved, and paid for it in cash. He like me works very hard. Lots of overtime too. He'll be on a trip to Israel and Paris next month. This past January he went to Argentina, Uraguay and Patagonia. Paid for all those trips in cash. I told this story too before. I gave him $1000 when he first went off to college in 2001. And another $500 when he started his Masters. That was it, I told him to study and work real hard.That, along with a lot of LOVE and UNDERSTANDING is why we are both better off than we were 4 yrs ago. I'm a Democrat and he's an Independent. It's called PROGRESSION. Oh, one more thing. Getting ready to sell that "rental" of mine...it was a foreclosure (bought it in 2005) and will bring me another quadrupeling of my "capital." Looking for another fixer upper or two now. Remember....PROGRESSION.
Behan 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Your life story is as inspring as a bean burrito.
geoffcutler 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Sounds to me, Moon, like you take advantage of the very system you try to act like you hate. That's weird.
skylinefirepest 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Jim and Moonie, Jeez, you guys either don't read or don't remember...I have given MANY reasons in MANY comments why I hate Obama and his crooked administration. What hurts the country hurts each of individually, Jim. And have you checked the price of gas lately?? Can you honestly say that the country's condition is improving, Jim?? And if it is, slightly, can you lay that at the door of an administration that has a dearth of leadership?? Or is it that simply put, Americans are trying to do better against the odds of a leader and his administration that is as anti-business as any I've seen in my lifetime?? And if you want a poster boy then look in the mirror...for it's YOU who is willing to see the country go down the drain because you love the "party" so much!
justpassingby2 8 months, 3 weeks ago
You missed my point MC7. Bragging about your 'material wealth' is strictly forbidden in the Looney Liberal Handbook, chapter 2, page 47. And its not like you and your son built those lives! Seriously?
TOYTIME 8 months, 3 weeks ago
moonCHILD 7... You didn't build that.
Noluv4thugs 8 months, 3 weeks ago
http://belligerentact.org/
madmama 8 months, 3 weeks ago
This person has NO class and a bad attitude. Glad you got to vent! Hope you feel better! You should seek some professional help...soon!
justpassingby2 8 months, 3 weeks ago
The 3 stooges could have done something about taxes, Wall St., and human rights JimR. I feel bad for you and all liberals because obama has helped to make you look like such fools! I campaigned for obama and in some circles I still get laughed at and rightfully so. In all fairness I thought obama was the lesser of 2 evils against Hilary. And the funniest part of the whole thing, Hilary is the only democrat to have shone brightly over the last 3+ years.
Thatcher 8 months, 3 weeks ago
MC7 (4 hours, 2 min. ago)-- You bought a foreclosed property in 2005, and are now selling it to quadrupel your investment? You took advantage of someone who was down on their luck, just to make a profit? Or did you? (Hint: The answer is no.) But thanks for sharing the story. Cheers!
Toda 8 months, 3 weeks ago
JPB =>"justpassingby2 7 hours, 1 minute ago TODA..YOU MUST HAVE MISSED MY QUESTION. DID/DO YOU SEND IN 1099s FOR EVERY MEMBER OF YOUR SUB'S CREW?
moonchild7 8 months, 3 weeks ago
No, Geoff and Thatcher. All of the Fixer Uppers and the Forclosed home were due to either an elderly person dying or a person having to go into a Nursing Home. No one became HOMELESS because of my purchases. I wouldn't buy a property that perhaps someone became Homeless from due to a bank taking it back. I DID FIX/BUILD THOSE HOMES, Toytime. I just didn't build the Roads or Bridges I traveled to get there, nor did I build the Libraries with the Home Repair Manuals I borrowed to help me with some of the repairs. That's what President Obama meant, morons. The house I bought in 2005 was a real disaster and needed lots of repairs, so the bank really let it go CHEAP as the owner had died. It's here in Moore Co. though and so has had a tremendous rise in its value since then. A lot of Hard Work, but I do enjoy it and I hate for older homes to be torn down and not fixed up. To you justpassin....I didn't mention wealth you did when you said..."you rich republican capitalists are all the same..." I've worked very hard and saved for all that I have and really am very very low on the so-called "RICH SCALE". Actually, could be debatable. I'm not bragging either passinby...just telling a few things about me and my family to better illustrate my responses and beliefs to these columns. Too many nites with no sleep, cuts and bruises and nearly getting killed a couple of times while doing repairs to be bragging either. Behan, if I'm a bean buritto you must be a Jar of Pickled Pigs Feet.
Behan 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Moonie, you are basically a less successful version of Bain Capital. Welcome to the GOP!
moonchild7 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Bain Capital is NOT a successful company. Success is not measured by the money factor alone, and sometimes it's even measured without money being a factor at all. Behan, DO NOT compare me to Bain Capital ever. Here's what they're all about, and its very DARK, from Matt Tiabbi in RS1165: "In the Eighties, when Romney and Bain were cutting their teeth in the LBO business, the primary magic trick involved the junk bonds pioneered by convicted felon Mike Milken, which allowed firms like Bain to find easy financing for takeovers by using wildly overpriced distressed corporate bonds as collateral. Junk Bonds gave the Gordon Gekkos of the world sudden primacy over old-school industrial titans like the Fords and Rockefellers.." BE AFRAID GUYS...BE VERY AFRAID if Mitt Romney becomes President. It just can't happen.
Behan 8 months, 3 weeks ago
You may be unwilling or incapable of seeing it, but you you are Bain. You invested in distressed investments and turned them into profitable ventures. In fact, I think I will now call you Bainchild7. Yes, that has a nice ring to it.
Just be glad you aren't Romney, or Obama would accuse you of killing the previoius owner so you could speed the foreclosure.
Thatcher 8 months, 3 weeks ago
I know one thing, MC7...when I hear from Matt Tiabbi from Rolling Stone magazine, I think of only one thing: knowledge. OK...two things: knowledge and pot. Oh, all right...3 things: smoking pot and then claiming he has knowledge about Bain or anything else. Cheers!
Thatcher 8 months, 3 weeks ago
And MC7, the impartial CBO has graded Matt Tiabbi's claims as "totally awesome." Cheers!
justpassingby2 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Thanks toda, that makes my point. You tried to make it sound like it was all legit when in fact your sub was probably using illegals. Of course you wouldn't/couldn't possibly know that because you only deal with the boss (wink wink). Don't bother apologizing because in your favor most here really do think you are too stupid to realize what was going on right under your nose!
Thatcher 8 months, 3 weeks ago
And Behan-- Please post more here! Like Geoff, we are brothers from different mothers! Cheers!
Behan 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Thanks, will do my best. Busy trying to defend my meager assets from greedy venture capitalists like Bainchild7.
Thatcher 8 months, 3 weeks ago
HA HA!! Cheers!
justpassingby2 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Maybe you should invest your 'meager assets' with Bainchild7. Maybe even a partnership. You two could have your own reality TV show.
moonchild7 8 months, 3 weeks ago
No, No, No, Bain stalks, then eats, then spits out business after business for it's selfish greedy being. Moonchild7 reasearches, studies, and evaluates, old, messed up houses to recycle, repair, and give new life to for the betterment of everyone. Although, yes, my gain is monetary but it's reinvested in more distressed houses that need fixing, so someone else can enjoy them. Matt Tiabbi in RS 1165: "...In 2000 just before Romney gave up his ownership stake in Bain Capital, the firm targeted KB Toys. The debacle that followed serves as a prime example of the conflict between the old model of American business, built from the ground up with sweat and know-how, and the new globalist model, the Romnay model, which uses leverage as a weapon of high-speed conquest." So, Behan, I'm the OLD MODEL of success, NOT this new sickening, greedy, and selfish MONSTER that Mitt Romney helped create. BE AFRAID.
Behan 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Nah, you're Dick Cheney in bellbottoms, running your own little Hippie Halliburton. At least Cheney was honest with himself--you can't even admit to yourself that you are a profit-driven capitalist that preys on others misfortunes for personal gain. Keep this up and they'll be holding occupy rallies outside one of the properties you slumlord over.
MikeNC 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Thanks Behan...Today will be a good day as I chuckle my way through it....Mike
MikeNC 8 months, 3 weeks ago
I love it Behan, "Bainchild". Diane
TOYTIME 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Bainchild 7 , what percentage of your income do you give to charity? The only reason I ask is because Mitt Romney donates/gives about 15% or so, I know percentage wise you have to give more right... since Mitt and his ilk are soooo greedy?
Toda 8 months, 3 weeks ago
justpassingby2 =>"Don't bother apologizing because in your favor most here really do think you are too stupid to realize what was going on right under your nose!"
There are two companies as soon as you turn off highway 5 onto Sandpit Road, you can then go on to Pinebluff Howles Nursery. Stand at the entrance to the County Landfill and the "undocumented" workers will be right under your nose...! (wink wink)
Toda 8 months, 3 weeks ago
boscoe50 23 hours, 42 minutes ago Toda- After reading your comments this morning I was not surprised only amused, you truly are a legend in your own mind, that is all I will say.
justpassingby2 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Toda, you pulled what is commonly known as a dusty. You attacked me claiming I didn't know what I was talking about, proved that I did know exactly what I was talking about, and then shift the issue. Thanks.
oceangypsy 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Interesting conservative bumper sticker:
Your life is not my fault My life is not your business
moonchild7 8 months, 3 weeks ago
More LIES Behan so this is for you....from Emerson's SELF-RELIANCE: "A foolish consistancy is the hobgoblin of little minds". My "side-occupation" of buying, repairing and selling old houses always came in second to my career as a Social Worker, Mom and Wife. It was not something I lived for or aggressively pursued since it came about more or less because of pathetic Richard Nixon's economic and political disaster's WAY back in 1972. I was newly married, attending college, and paying for my first "Home". Ever hear of THE WHOLE EARTH CATALOG(1968), MOTHER EARTH NEWS(1970), SISTERHOOD IS POWERFUL(1970), BACK TO EDEN(1972) and POSSUM LIVING(1978)? Well, they were the books that I read (amongst many others), that helped to propel me into my own SELF-RELIANT attitude and beliefs. And not, ATLAS SHRUGGED or The National Review. Money, ToyTime is not the ONLY thing that a person can give to others. Mitt Romney has so much of it his 15% is pathetic. I give of myself to others, I won't go into details. But I most exclusively DONATE to Habitat for Humanity and The GOODWILL.
Behan 8 months, 3 weeks ago
So because you don't really put your heart into it and got into it later in life, your greedy capitalism is OK? It's an intriguing philosophy--more Karl Rove than Karl Marx. Your hippie friends are about to degrade your status to "un-groovy."