I think Niki is going to win, but I’m not prepared to sit back and just “hope” that it happens. We have 24 hours to make sure that it happens. Like a lot of you, staffers from my office have been volunteering on their own time with the Tsongas campaign, and tomorrow they’re organizing an Election Day phonebank in Boston. I’ve heard from a lot of activists and Tsongas supporters that want to help out but because of professional obligations can’t make it up to the 5th. Well, this is the perfect opportunity to lend a hand in the 11th hour.
My staffers’ phonebank will be at the Massachusetts Teachers Association at 20 Ashburton Place. We’ll be making calls from 10 AM until 7:30 PM, and we’ll make sure that the call center is stocked with coffee, doughnuts, pizza, soda and snacks. And, I promise, the calls will end before the Sox game starts.
If you’re interested in stopping by the phonebank and helping send Niki to Congress, please email volunteerforNiki@yahoo.com.
And if you are able to travel to the 5th on Election Day and want to help with the GOTV effort, call Tsongas Campaign Headquarters at 1-978-458-6454 or email field@nikitsongas.com.
update: And here’s a video of my stop at the Tsongas campaign to volunteer today:
Jeff Beatty will be taking your career politician seat before you know what hit you. If there are enough people left here in the People’s Republik, ‘the one party State” that haven’t left for North Carolina yet, you both could be in trouble. I’m hoping
and, for the record, the word “Niki” appeared 13 times on the page when you made your post.
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If you can’t be bothered with being respectful enough to spell her name correctly, should we be bothered with you?
over CONTENT here ???? Why the incessant nit picking?
There seems to be no problem with “Idontknowski” spelling bashing here….that’s OK though?? The hypocrisy is unbelievable … geesh, show a little intellectual honesty to keep us normal people from getting sick, would you?
1. Asking that one spell a proper name correctly isn’t semantics. It’s not nitpicking either methinks. It’s necessary both (a) to be courteous, and (b) to help with search engines and other content aggregators.
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2. The Idontknowski isn’t a misspell. It’s a parody. It’s a political cartoon. They’re not the same thing, not even close.
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It’s not hypocrisy. One is a misspelling, and only has negative value when compared with spelling the name correctly. The other is a political cartoon, and has positive value in and of itself [to counter the negative value of bad search aggregation]. It’s true that tags helps remove some of this problem, but certainly not all of it.
Toms impotence. I don’t understand why everyone makes such a big deal about spelling somebody’s name right. After all, somebody like Toms asmellylittlepissant barely has time to check his facts before racing off to gently correct yet another misguided librul – it’s really too much to ask him to check his spelling on top of that. I know he and I don’t often see eye to eye, but fair’s fair, and when I think Douchebags opinion is right, I think it’s only fair to admit it.
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In a forum where the written word is the only thing by which you have to judge someones effort, sincerity and attitude, care with spelling, punctuation and grammar is the simplest and best way to be heard and to be taken seriously. The occasional typo can, and often will, be forgiven. However, when a mistake is posted numerous (13?) times it’s quite reasonable to assume the person (repeatedly) making the mistake hasn’t done the homework and may not deserve a serious listen.
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As has been pointed out ‘Idontknowski’ is a deliberate mispelling done so for humorous, slightly vicious, effect.
Hate to break it to you, but your No. 1 MA republican, Romney, did that the 2nd day he was in office.
in a one party , 93% dominated Dem State house in the Peoples’ Republik… Why bother? I would have left too , wouldn’t any intelligent person do the same?…. Ah, but not DSimasi’s pol bitch Deval…..not going anywhere…..the cadillac is too nice a ride…. whoa the truth is awful, isn’t it?
i think he knew that would be the case before he
began staging his white house bidran for the office. or are you saying he’s just that dumb?We all know that Romney never had any intention of staying. The only reason he wanted to become Governor was to give him sufficient credentials for his Presidential run.
him personally for him to confide in you and for you to know so much about him. I’m impressed. How about some facts ( links) to back up your subjective statement?
Leading by example. Not only did you do the work you’re asking others to do, you brought DONUTS! I’m sure both were quite well appreciated by the other volunteers.
I’ve been getting his spam-o-grams about daily and all it makes me wonder is what the h**l is he actualy doing with his time in the senate. Didnt we put him there to do something other than campaign? Like maybe actualy ending this stupid war, which the majority party could do tommorow, instead of using the war as a stage prop for more fundraising activities? The clock is ticking for cousin John … he better start showing some results before his job performance review is due.
every dem we get into congress gets us that much closer to ending bush’s war. working to maintain a dem majority is part of seeing to ‘the issues’.
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as for daily emails, do you honestly think he’s sitting there clicking ‘send’ a million times? if so, you’re almost gullible enough to vote for Og. almost.
I still cannot understand why conservatives think in dichotomies.
I'm fine with a draw down. It's better than stubbornly trying to achieve that still undefined “victory” like we are doing now.
The winners vote will replace Meehans.
So assuming that winner is NIKI, doesnt status quo seem the obvious result? And doesnt our selecting her give our great big stamp of approval to the dem’s absolute contempt towards the idea of representing us, the ones who put them there? They represent themselves. They can thus have their own vote. Mine isnt that cheap.
That was pretty far flung.
Did you catch the latest dem presedential debate when all three of the “front runners” emphaticaly refused to say that our troops would be out at THE END OF THEIR FIRST TERM?
Seeing as we already have a dem house and senate and with this revelation from the likely president what improvement would you be anticipating?
more improvement than we've seen in the last 4 years.
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What would I find for improvement, he asks? How about a firm grip on reality…? How about facing the truth? How about the willingness to confront facts? That this pustulent embolism we’ve spawned in Iraq is going to require the most delicate surgery to avoid death on an apocalyptic scale. I don’t think you realize what a global cluster-fuck of ginormous proportions this war is…
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Inability to withdraw from Iraq isn’t a sign of Democratic weakness (no matter how much you wish it to be) but rather a sign of how incredibly bad the situation is… how well and truly George W has screwed that pooch.
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You’re like the guy who drives his car into the flooding river and wonders why the fireman can’t pull him out instantly… Sheesh!
That viewpoint was never espoused until AFTER the leading dem “anti war” candidates stated their “best case” scenerios.
Surprisingly a number of politicians (bi partison) have had alternative positions to the endless occupation theme now pushed by dem leadership (and BushCo).
Iraq will split into 3 provinces.
It will happen.
And much like Yugoslavia is no longer a thorn up our butt, so the new face of mesopotamia will find its place in the world …. but only AFTER we step aside and let nature take its course. All we do in the meantime is delay the inevitable.
You are aware that Iraqis vote almost weekly for us to leave immedietly, arent you?
You support Kucinich. That's cool, but there is still too much corporate money infecting our electoral system to get a real populist elected (Edwards is as close as we might get), so rather than preaching purity from your high horse, why not explore methods we as regular citizens can use to mitigate our political reality as it is.
Personal political persuasion as expressed through presidential preferences …. Aren’t the primaries great, in that at least there it’s fairly possible to find a candidate you feel good about supporting?
My take is that there are 3 people who have any credibility about this war issue. I do not view Edwards as being one of them because I can not digest his change of heart since being one of the loudest war drum beaters in the run up to shock and awe. You are either “anti war” or just “anti this war at this time” and I feel he falls in the latter category.
DK is fine with me, always has been.
Also Mike Gravel is a solid and he should get some kudos for where he stood during Vietnam, our last national disaster.
And lastly … there is Ron Paul.
So where to put that big one vote. Hmmmm …
You mentioned the corporate money angle so I don’t have to digress, since you seem to get it.
IMO to make a difference you have to do it through one of the 2 existing political machines and while one of them is well oiled and humming (witness Niki and the multi million dollar roll out), I feel the GOP machine is as close to broken as we may ever witness one of the Goliaths get.
In summary: At least Ron Paul has a solid shot of netting delegates so I will swallow the libertarian view which isn’t all that foreign to me and go with the candidate that wont just be easily silenced.
I think it's quaint that you view the Dem machine as “well oiled” while the GOP machine is “broken down”. Where have you been for the last decade or three?
I also think it's quaint that your pendulum would settle on Ron Paul. Do you really think he has a chance in hades of getting the nom? The GOP is owned part and parcel by big money interests. What makes you think they'd allow Paul to get the nom?
Even if Paul did get the nom, you must realize that Paul is a nutcase. You don't value social security? Public schools? The FDA?
Guess not?
I didnt say I thought he could get the nomination. I said he could/will get delegates. With deleagtes he gets to speak at a convention which is a whole lot better hand than the power brokers will deal the also rans at Hillary’s
coronation.
You cant form an actual protest if your leader doesnt get to speak; and speach is a necesary step to waking people up which is the logical first step.
And yes, I see the GOP as broken. Havent you noticed how many of their lifers are suddenly deciding that now would be a good time to retire.
Contrast that with the dems lining up to endorse the candidates that smeared them mercilessly only days before (remember Jamie?).
Which machine can be tilted at this time? Do the math. Do either of them actualy represent you now?
I think you'll be able to guess.
Its always lesser of evils when everyone knows they both are evil. We can dream cant we? Thats not illegal yet is it?
I'd prefer to have a more tangible effect on the process.
I told you my tact, what is yours? Do tell.
Instant runoff voting.
And how do you propose to get that one past the powers that be? I cant recall how many decades Ive heard that call. Didnt it start with the guy Anderson running in 1980? IRV makes perfect sense and it also flies right into the face of the duopoly that have a lock on power. Bet they will go along, huh?
Do you still think that Ron Paul is a better option?
I think IRV has a much better chance at gaining traction.
People can support any measure they want. Unless some hack in the state house moves it, they are nothing more than expressions of opinion on our part, a lot like a sense of the senate resolution accomplishes nothing.
The one idea I have heard thrown around that sounds interesting is the “call for a constitutional convention”, but again it would require sitting lawmakers in 37 states to follow the peoples will and not just ignore it.
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Don’t lecture me on Yugoslavia. I already know, from your own words, that I know much more about it than you… It may no longer be a thorn in your butt, but it’s still a problem… and was quite the problem for the whole world for much much longer than you would care to admit. Massive bloodshed. Rape as a terror tactic. Ethnic cleansing. You make it sound like a small hiccup on the way to Eden. You are so sadly mistaken.
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But Yugoslavia isn’t even close. At it’s worst, it’s still not as bad as Iraq is, and Iraq has the potential to get much much worse and much much wider. An even closer analogy is nuclear armed India and nuclear armed Pakistan still snarling at each other and on the brink of suicidal cataclysm 60 years after partition.
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And your point is…? I never advocated staying. I protested going in the first place. But it’s not as simple as picking up and exiting. Never so simple as that.
if Myth “WE NEED 2 GUANTANAMOS!” Romney gets into the White House?
The ‘Know when to Hold ’em and Know When to Fold ’em’ factor, if you will.
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Gitmo has little to do with Iraq; it is a detention camp for volunteers/soldiers from the war on terror from all over the world. My greatest concern is letting this hive of wasps loose….(I don’t say ‘bees’ because bees are productive – wasps are a destructive insect).
crowd do now! Wow! Does this suck that America is WINNING or what? Will Kerry be “for it” AGAIN? Will Hilary vote to invade AGAIN? …get’s confusing for pols like these two losers…their strategy?
1.moisten finger and extend into the air.
2. Based on evaporative feeling in finger, determine which direction the wind is blowing.
3. When wind direction is determined, announce in a grandios manner that that’s what THEY are FOR!
4. repeat steps 1 through 3 as required
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I’ve seen jellyfish with more spine than these two.
Absolutely sickening.
I abhor the murdering drunkard Kennedy, but I will give him credit for a completely consistent position on the Iraq police action…far more than I can say for the power crazed, no dirty trick too dirty to win, Hilary and “live shot” , “Do you know who I am?”, Kerry…… nauseating or what?
Maybe we can dig up Saddam's corpse and hang him again? THen we can win 2wice before we define victory and leave.
able to defend its existence from radical islamic Taliban class lunatics in a country that has almost 1/4 of the worlds current oil reserves….without which we are screwed thanks to liberal anti exploration legislation, anti nuke development and even to “you’re trashing my “family” ocean view” with your windmills that can provide the entire cape with 75% of its power with ZERO pollution .Hello??? Hello??
Hey, global warming breath, call your drunken murdering lifelong Senator and tell him that oil hit a record $85/barrel today and you can’t afford to heat your house and that you’re about to freeze your liberal ass off let alone $3 gas. Have a clue, can you?
Stable pro western government as in what for example, the shah?
Dont you get it? That isnt about to happen, not in your lifetime, not in anyones. Why not just walk away and let them sell us the frigging oil which they have always been more than willing to do and a MUCH lower price. What do we need to get so involved in the internal affairs of freaking country that hasnt done a thing to us for? Its not our hemisphere, its not our business. Its common sense which makes it obvious that our actual reasons for continuing this occupation are far less palitable then spreading democracy to the unwilling.
Iraq was free of radical religious elements before we got there. So creating the problem is solving the problem. Gee you're smart.
$3 gas? It's more like $10 after all my tax dollars are spent subsidizing the production of that gas. Too bad conservatives keep electing OIL MEN to run the stinking country so we all can have our tax dollars subsidize the most profitable industry in the history of the human race. That was just a small piece of a clue. You can have that one for free.
Pelosi and Reid who promised you that the first 100 hours would go after “BIG Oil” . Ya they’d show those capitalist bastards! LMAO!!
Yup, blame it on big bad Bush and his oil buddies? Is that what your socio communist college professor told you?
Where do you think Hilary is getting all her money from? Walt Disney? LMAO!!
I see you've been indoctrinated into the “education is elitist” cult. Dumb is more befitting of a reel patreotik Amerikun you know.
As for the first 100 hours. Mission accomplished. The house passed every bill they promised they would pass in their first 100 hours.
It's interesting to hear you complain about the corrupting influence of corporate money in our political system as you defend the most corrupt elements of said system. How can you reconcile that?
as to the bills that were passed by the Pelosi/ Reid regime in the first 100 hours as promised?
The irrelevant and meaningless minimum wage bill aside ( that one took a few MONTHS as I recall,) they didn’t pass SQUAT..or perhaps you can enlighten us? This Dem controlled Congress is a impotent meaningless joke…look at its record and its approval ratings…friggin pathetic
In the first 100 hours:
We will start by cleaning up Congress, ending the link between lobbyists and legislation:
H.Res. 6, Title II, “Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Tenth Congress.” passed 430-1, Jan. 4th, 2007
Check!
We will commit to pay-as-you-go, no new deficit spending.
H.Res. 6, Title IV, “Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Tenth Congress.” passed 280-152, Jan. 5th, 2007
Check!
We will make our nation safer by implementing the recommendations of the independent, bipartisan 9/11 Commission:
H.R. 1, “Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007.” passed 299-128, Jan. 9th, 2007
Check!
We will make our economy fairer, and start by raising the minimum wage. We will not pass a pay raise for Congress until there is an increase in the minimum wage.
H.R. 2, “Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007.” passed 315-116, Jan. 10th, 2007
Check!
We will promote stem cell research to offer real hope to the millions of American families who suffer from devastating diseases:
H.R. 3, “Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act.” passed 253-174, Jan. 11th, 2007
Check!
We will make health care more affordable for all Americans, and we will begin by fixing the Medicare prescription drug program, putting seniors first by negotiating lower drug prices:
H.R. 4, “Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act.” passed 255-170, Jan. 12th, 2007
Check!
We will broaden college opportunity, and we will begin by cutting interest rates for student loans in half:
H.R. 5, “College Student Relief Act of 2007.” passed 356-71, Jan. 17th, 2007
Check!
We will energize America by achieving energy independence, and we will begin by rolling back the multi-billion dollar subsidies for Big Oil:
H.R. 6, “Creating Long-Term Energy Alternatives for the Nation Act.” passed 264-163, Jan. 18th, 2007
Check!
Thanks for playing Tom!
biased swill as a testimonial to a congress with a an approval rating BELOW that of GWB? Now the DCCC …they’re impartial and uniased right?
Bwaaaaaa ah, ah Bwaaaahhhh LMAO!
Why didn’t you just post a link to this crap instead of being so melodramatic? LMAO? Ok ..now tell us how many of these ( now very old)joke gestures became law? Then tell us why this Congress has the lowest approval rating IN HISTORY? waiting and laughing out loud…
What a joke!
you seem to be getting tired of moving them.
Let's rehash the script:
You vomit GOP talking points
I smack you down with the truth
You change the subject and spew dirision and MORE gop talking points — None of it supported by any fact whatsoever.
Do you call that discourse?
i’m still waiting for Kerry to author, promote and get his FIRST bill enacted after over 20 years in the Senate…What a loser for Massachusetts
As in the same popular program the Democrats are trying to renew but the president has vetoed.
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( and about to go higher)what happens when these poor nicotine addicted people can’t afford the habit and quit??? Who’s going to fund these liberal programs “for the children” then?
Watch out m’am. The new “unhealthy Fat tax” might replace the diminishing smoker tax with the new “ice cream FAT tax” and the “over 275 lb FAT (unhealthy) tax? Then all of a sudden a tax that YOU had no problem with is now a tax on YOU… here it comes.. watch out for the increase in the size of that derriere…could be some big wallet weight loss for overweight “sin tax” liberals.
It was the only option the GOP would go along with. Rolling back the capital cains tax, for instance, would have bought that bill a first class ticket to filibusterville.
Proud of your boys?
Thank you in advance for the links, references and substantiating research/verification…. looking forward to your scholarly reply!
bill never would have been passed in the first place without the tobacco tax — go call Orrin Hatch if you’re so mad about it.
thing to do..a no brainer… They want to EXPAND to include:
25 year old “children” ..ya gotta be kidding?
Families with over $80,000 income?..For democrats.. incomes of $80,000 are considered RICH! for SCHIP, Democrats consider $80,000 to be poor …which one is it?
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Then we have Illegal aliens… It’s party time! Just vote Democrat and your bennies are assured Amigo! Don’t worry! Beachmom will be happy to pick up the tab! Muchos gracias Beachmom!
My relatives will be here illegally as soon as possible to enjoy your generosity!
that neither English nor Spanish become the national language. Otherwise our dear friend Tom will be stripped of his citizenship and sent packing to Outer Ignoramia.
Ignoramia? Hilarious! How original and just plain witty and funny..delightful!
It’s nice to be appreciated.
Why to you harbor such vitriolic hate for small business owners? There are the ones that are earning precisely in the income range you are whining about yet must bear the full brunt of the health care costs that have become so astonishingly expensive over the last few years.
It looks like the small businessman will have to look to the democrats for support now that the elitist GOP has abandoned them.
It’s late… and he’s eaten enough…
is going for the “just one thin mint” effect. 😉
How much evidence do they need?
Censor dissenting opinion? Restore order to YOUR echo chamber world, Kevin?
Supress ANY and ALL dissenting opinion? Is that your world Kevin? the world of Hitler? , Stalin? The newest Iranian Hitler?
My bet is that the principals here are sophisticated and progressive enough to not want an “echo chamber” and WILL allow dissention with civility and without censorship. If I’m right, Tom’s civil freedom of speech rights will be upheld
by unbiased intelligent people
Not dissenting opinions, trolls.
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I don’t know if I would entirely classify you as a troll, but your posts are hardly what I would call “civil” (e.g., you didn’t waste any time before comparing me with Hitler). You frequently resort to over inflammatory rhetoric that has nothing to do with the point you are trying to make and seems intended to provoke others here into responding in kind.
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Now the moderators may decide it is better to leave you alone than to boot you, but it has nothing to do with your freedom of speech rights. No one other than the owners of this site have a right to post anything here.
your “Why to you harbor such vitriolic hate for small business owners sounds??… My God, what the hell are you talking about? I have no idea how “small businessman ” or “vitrolic hate” entered this discussion?? please, anyone out there …if you can translate, please help me grasp what this person is talking about? Wow… otherwise , please recommend a place where he can get help.
Go back and read all of your own posts upthread and repent.
You haveen't a single leg to stand on questioning my forms of rhetoric after the drivel you've written in this post alone. Now you feign your effete “poor me” attitude when I point out to you how you advocate for cutting down small businessmen at the knees?
Put on your big girl panties and suck it up.
Once you find a pair, start to support your unmitigated rubbish with facts.
degenerated into your hate filled name calling rant…you “puking, toad-spotted scut? ” as you call me? Nice! Oh well, so much for the rules of the road..dripping with class..
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Here’s the BMG policy… maybe you should read it… pay attention to the part about “Insults, personal attacks, rudeness,” could they be referring to you?
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The purpose of Blue Mass. Group is to develop ideas that will invigorate progressive leadership in Massachusetts and the nation. Robust debate is an important means to that end. We welcome bold, constructive observations. To us, this means commentary typical of thoughtful discussion between acquaintances who may hold differing views on important issues, but who debate those issues in a respectful manner. Insults, personal attacks, rudeness, and blanket unsupported statements reduce the level of discourse, interfere with our basic objective, and are not permitted.”
Should they apply to you as well? You have not engaged in debate at all, and I thought I would need to speak your language to reach you.
Looks like it worked.
Now that I have your attention, why do you want to screw over small businessmen with your overpassionate opposition to SCHIP?
a good law that has been in place for around 10 years, I believe. So please don’t say I’m against SCHIP.
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What I am AGAINST is the Democrats attempt to now MODIFY the law to now encompass so called “children ” that are 25 friggin years old ??? ( I was in and out of 4 years of military duty at 24.. considered children ??) Please…
I’m AGAINST the new loopholes that potentially give illegal aliens free medical care that i”m paying FOR.
I’m AGAINST a family with an $80,000 income from being subsidized ( but then how else will they be able to send their 25 year old son/daughter to private school or college)…Please
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This law costs tax payers a new ADITTIONAL 32 BILLION dollars ..for what? for a democrat give away to buy votes for them???
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This “modification” sucks! The right thing to do is to extend the EXISTING law for sufficient time to revisit the totally shitty provisions of this NEW Dem entitlement vote grab.
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go ahead ..You and Niki overide it and then look in your paycheck and see that your FED tax went up $3.56 ( on top of the already outrageous tax now) for the rest of your liberal life ( until Hilary’s $5,000 per new birth goes through and then you’ll really be horrified).. geesh , have a clue will you? Who the hell do you think is going to pay for all this ??? Santa Claus? Of course, if your on the dole you need not worry about paying taxes but that’s another discussion.
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Now , what is it that you don’t understand about my opinion/position on this? I still, have NO CLUE what the hell you are talking about “small businessmen”??? Besides, when did liberals start caring about Businessmen?
That is false. States are permitted to determine age and income limits. Get educated in Charley's post:
http://www.bluemassg…
Illegal aliens already get free care that you are paying for. It's called the emergency room and it is costing you far more now than if preventative care were allowed for everyone.
All government programs cost more each year. Those financial wizards in the Bush administration ran up such a massive debt that our dollar is falling like a rock. It's your inflation. Embrace it. Milk is more expensive too.
Yeah, the GOP hasn't had time to add a few billion of corporate welfare for big pharma like they did with the medicare drug bill.
Who paid for the war?
Liberals are the ones looking out for the 99% of income earners that work for a living rather than sitting on their fat butts all day waiting for the dividend checks to arrive. That's how it's been since the Republican Great Depression.
that a family of four with an $80,000 income falls smack dab in the middle of the demographic of the small businessman.
While employees of big corporations get this as a benefit.
Do you want to make it harder for people to start their own businesses or just penalize the ones who are already in business for themselves?
“That is false. States are permitted to determine age and income limits. Get educated in Charley’s post:
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Bad link..doesn’t work . please verify your link works before wasting my time.try again…
Anyway, the age limits have been raised ..indisputable FACT.. NEXT..
“”Illegal aliens already get free care that you are paying for. It’s called the emergency room and it is costing you far more now than if preventative care were allowed for everyone.””
Wonderful! Let’s get the Illegals out of the free emergency room that I’m paying for and get them into the free preventive care that I can pay for…..What is it about ILLEGAL ( as in breaking into our country and trashing its immigration laws) that You don’t understand??? Helloo???????
NEXT..
“All government programs cost more each year. Those financial wizards in the Bush administration ran up such a massive debt that our dollar is falling like a rock. It’s your inflation. Embrace it. Milk is more expensive too.”
Why the hell should they cost MORE each year??? How about LESS?? How long can they go up? forever? How about some spending cuts? Of course your liberal SCHIP EXPANSION and Hilary’s $5k per child ( for many illegals if you and Niki have your way)is going to cost MORE
The dollar… your lack of understanding is incredible. The Bernake chairmen is “printing” money as fast as he can to keep those that shouldn’t have bought $500K houses with a taxi cab driver’s income from being foreclosed. that’s why the dollar sucks… note ..buy gold now and don’t tell your socialist masters..sssshhh as the paper fiat dollar turns into a dime
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“Yeah, the GOP hasn’t had time to add a few billion of corporate welfare for big pharma like they did with the medicare drug bill.”
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Do you have ANY idea what it costs to bring a new miracle drug to market? ANY idea of how many drug candidates actually make it through the 3 phases of FDA approval ( bet you have NO CLUE what they are and what the Process is) and how much that COSTS? Do you know that my country (USA) produces more new miracle drugs than the rest of the world COMBINED? Do you think that doesn’t cost anything? Should we call Santa Claus again to pick up the tab for this one too?
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“Who paid for the war?”
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The 3000 Americans killed in 9/11 and their families when our country was attacked in an act of war by islamo-fascist terrorists.
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“Liberals are the ones looking out for the 99% of income earners that work for a living rather than sitting on their fat butts all day waiting for the dividend checks to arrive. That’s how it’s been since the Republican Great Depression.””
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Sounds like a line right out of Karl Marx’s communist manifesto.. Who the hell do think owns all the stock in America’s major corporations? How about huge union 401 k pension funds to start with.. you probably own stock in them yourself ( assuming you’re not a full time communist on the public dole that actually works for a living which hasn’t been established here yet).
wow.. you’ve been listening to the communists way more than you should…why not get rid of your 401 K so some communist professor won’t be able to accuse YOU of sitting on your fat butt all day waiting for your dividend check? Seriously Banned… avoid Harvard Square and get a handle on reality. Hopefully ,you’ve got one but if not, get a job.
If your time was all that valuable you would write more substance and less… of what you write.
Here is the facts.
( full time student on Dada’s and Mater’s trust fund dime doesn’t count)
I had many years with Xerox, NEC Corp and Philips Electronics… guess what Banned?… you had to pay for a pretty good chunk of healthcare expense and even more as the years passed…so contrary to the popular socio- communist “big business capitalist swine” bullshit , it was pretty expensive there too.
I refuse to make this about you personally or about me. Give that up. Debate on the merits of your argument or concede that you need to learn more.
Health care is becoming so expensive that it is driving down the standard of living for a demographic that was formerly known as the middle class. (far more so than the illegal aliens you seem to be so terrified of) That is why we need SCHIP expansion. It benefits more than just the small businessman.
There is nothing of substance in this bit either:
So you like paying more to care for the uninsured because some of them are illegal?
Fascinating.
I cannot teach you economics. I believe there are plenty of good resources out there where you can learn the equivilant of Econ 101.
However, here is where I remind you that Bill Clinton left the US with a $230 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS.
If these companies cannot be profitable on their own, they have no right being in business. I find it astounding how you froth over helping the poor yet you also froth at the prospect of reigning in billion dollar handouts for the ultra wealthy.
I don't think there's anything of substance here.
I'm sure small businessmen may hold investments as well. Shouldn't they be allowed to save for retirement and also allow their children to get medical care?
You frequently go against the spirit, if not the letter of those rules.
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My guess is that the reason you seem obsessed with the rules is that you want to know exactly how far you can go before you are booted (again?).
This is the annoying game that SZ and Tom are playing.
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Frankly, if we want to read dissenting opinion, we have PP, Eabo, JoeTS, JK, and Gary who are all capable of dissenting in a civil, informed, factual, and readable fashion. One of the bad side-effects of the Tom/SZ game is that it actually squeezes out any space that the non-misanthropic conservatives have to express well-thought out dissent.
Fortunately , the principals here are infinitely more tollerent of dissent as long as it is not steeped in personal attack much like that that you and your self appointed censors have chosen to spew against me. You should consider yourself and your colleagues fortunate for not being reprimanded by the principals for YOUR violations of the posting rules. Your personal attacks are clearly documented here.
You've abandoned an issue-centered debate with me downthread to mount a personal attack on KB? What gives? Can you defend your political positions or are you just going to go around calling everyone names?
Jeez, what's with you man?
I am only responding to what you say and do. What you say and do includes such gems as this. That would indicate less interest in discussing things here and more interest in some kind of turf battle set within the rules of the road.
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Let me also point to this rant of yours:
It’s not untypical. You’ve written passionately and at length about what you regard as these soft, larval forms — both here and on RMG. You have what appears to be an extended set of negative opinions about college kids. Would it be possible that someone holding such views might wish to parody them as school zombies?
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I wonder.
one of your delusional “aliases”. Present proof or STFU. Your paranoid delusions don’t count. And again, please obey the posting rules HERE as I do.
Would you like some Kleenex?