Exactly. You would think the job title would have given the Prez. a hint.sm
Posted By: Democrat on 2005-09-14
In Reply to: None. Bush gave him the job for helping out in campaign (sm) - just another democrat
You know, Federal EMERGENCY Management Agency. Sometimes I wonder, no I wonder a lot about this prez and his decision making.
Will 2008 get here soon enough? No telling what he'll do in a WHOLE 2-1/2 years.
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Here's a hint....(sm)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txPDQ2jNCHk
Fair and balanced for the criminally insane.
I disagree....she must have had a hint
that something was wrong with this word, otherwise she wouldn't have looked it up, or she knew it right away that it is wrong.
Just a hint. Next time respond to a post,
read it first.
This isn't about the ACLU, or an agency LIKE the ACLU.
I think you would be hard pressed to find a liberal who agrees with NAMBLA or any organization like them that is in favor of sexual exploitation of children. I don't think prison is even good enough for them. I think they should get the death penalty.
Maybe if you would have actually taken the time to READ the post, you would see it has nothing to do with your response.
Hint...Stop using 6th grade name calling and people might actually take you
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semeni4 semeni4 is a cool boy!! <a href=http://curio-cabinet.mctry.com> Curio cabinet </a>
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*The Liberals Took My Voting Rights.* She's such a nutjob!
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<a class="ntl" title="Actually, I believe it's an album title." href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-Actually-I-believe-it-39s-an-album-title--25667.html">Actually, I believe it's an album title.</a><br />
point you hoped to achieve by posting that? Or did you just think it sounded clever? It means "attention" or "careful," and as such, does not even address the issue. Please, do tell how a rumor about SP possibly trying to get someone fired translates to her "loving to fire people." Was there proof that she had someone fired? Or do you always believe everything you hear on TV and take it as gospel without looking into the facts?
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<a class="ntl" title="I believe the title is "Holiness"" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-I-believe-the-title-is-34Holiness-34-55915.html">I believe the title is "Holiness"</a><br />
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<a class="ntl" title="You need to reread the title......." href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-You-need-to-reread-the-title--57651.html">You need to reread the title.......</a><br />
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<a class="ntl" title="See inside. I can't figure out what to title this. LOL" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-See-inside-I-can-39t-figure-out-what-to-title-this-LOL-49932.html">See inside. I can't figure out what to title this. LOL</a><br />
<P>I just don't know a nice way to say this but those families that have babies they can't afford do so just to get on the welfare system. They certainly don't want that taken away from them. As long as they have babies, they won't have to work and live off the system. </P><br />
<P>What does Pelosi plan to do? Force everyone on birth control that have X amount of dollars per each child and state "You make $1 less than you're allowed to have this many children. Now you go on birth control." </P><br />
<P>Before you flame me, my husband's cousin did that. He was too lazy to work as was his wife...well, nah, she didn't have time to get a job. She was too busy having kids. </P><br />
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<a class="ntl" title="That is NOT in the title. More lies. Keep drinking." href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-That-is-NOT-in-the-title-More-lies-Keep-drinking--57546.html">That is NOT in the title. More lies. Keep drinking.</a><br />
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I have mixed feelings. There are horrible things going on in the world and always will be. Some call it torture others do not. It's all a matter of opinion. The people who are interrogators are trained in how to obtain information from the enemies. We (you and me and others on this board) are not. What is your solution to this? What do you suggest they do to keep America safe? Do you have any solutions or suggestions? We don't kill prisoners - unlike our enemies. However, we must use whatever technique we can to get the vital information needed. We don't cause bodily injury, and we don't cut off their heads very slowly like they do. So, they think they are going to die, you know what...I don't care. Just get the information needed to keep America safe. Unless you belong to the military or any of these government agencies involved in this type of work, you don't really know what is going on. Sorry but sitting down with a nice cup of tea and some crumpets and asking them nicely is not going to get them to speak. I say leave the decisions like this to the people who are in charge of this and trained in this. More important things going on than to think about if we are hurting the feelings of our enemies.
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<a class="ntl" title="The dark side of faith (title of article)" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-The-dark-side-of-faith-title-of-article--3625.html">The dark side of faith (title of article)</a><br />
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<P><FONT color=#333300><EM><STRONG>(Considering how much importance the *right* religion is going to play in our future Supreme Court, I thought it was ironic that I found this at the Professional Ethics site. http://ethics.tamucc.edu/article.pl?sid=05/10/01/1656216)</STRONG></EM></FONT></P><br />
<P><A href=http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-brooks1oct01,0,3034570.story?track=hpmostemailedlink>http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-brooks1oct01,0,3034570.story?track=hpmostemailedlink</A><BR></P><br />
<H1>The dark side of faith</H1>By ROSA BROOKS<BR><BR>October 1, 2005<BR><BR>IT'S OFFICIAL: Too much religion may be a dangerous thing. <BR><BR>This is the implication of a study reported in the current issue of the Journal of Religion and Society, a publication of Creighton University's Center for the Study of Religion. The study, by evolutionary scientist Gregory S. Paul, looks at the correlation between levels of popular religiosity and various quantifiable societal health indicators in 18 prosperous democracies, including the United States.<BR><BR>Paul ranked societies based on the percentage of their population expressing absolute belief in God, the frequency of prayer reported by their citizens and their frequency of attendance at religious services. He then correlated this with data on rates of homicide, sexually transmitted disease, teen pregnancy, abortion and child mortality.<BR><BR>He found that the most religious democracies exhibited substantially higher degrees of social dysfunction than societies with larger percentages of atheists and agnostics. Of the nations studied, the U.S. — which has by far the largest percentage of people who take the Bible literally and express absolute belief in God (and the lowest percentage of atheists and agnostics) — also has by far the highest levels of homicide, abortion, teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. <BR><BR>This conclusion will come as no surprise to those who have long gnashed their teeth in frustration while listening to right-wing evangelical claims that secular liberals are weak on values. Paul's study confirms globally what is already evident in the U.S.: When it comes to values, if you look at facts rather than mere rhetoric, the substantially more secular blue states routinely leave the Bible Belt red states in the dust.<BR><BR>Murder rates? Six of the seven states with the highest 2003 homicide rates were red in the 2004 elections (Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, South Carolina), while the deep blue Northeastern states had murder rates well below the national average. Infant mortality rates? Highest in the South and Southwest; lowest in New England. Divorce rates? Marriages break up far more in red states than in blue. Teen pregnancy rates? The same.<BR><BR>Of course, the red/blue divide is only an imperfect proxy for levels of religiosity. And while Paul's study found that the correlation between high degrees of religiosity and high degrees of social dysfunction appears robust, it could be that high levels of social dysfunction fuel religiosity, rather than the other way around. <BR><BR>Although correlation is not causation, Paul's study offers much food for thought. At a minimum, his findings suggest that contrary to popular belief, lack of religiosity does societies no particular harm. This should offer ammunition to those who maintain that religious belief is a purely private matter and that government should remain neutral, not only among religions but also between religion and lack of religion. It should also give a boost to critics of faith-based social services and abstinence-only disease and pregnancy prevention programs.<BR><BR>We shouldn't shy away from the possibility that too much religiosity may be socially dangerous. Secular, rationalist approaches to problem-solving emphasize uncertainty, evidence and perpetual reevaluation. Religious faith is inherently nonrational. <BR><BR>This in itself does not make religion worthless or dangerous. All humans hold nonrational beliefs, and some of these may have both individual and societal value. But historically, societies run into trouble when powerful religions become imperial and absolutist.<BR><BR>The claim that religion can have a dark side should not be news. Does anyone doubt that Islamic extremism is linked to the recent rise in international terrorism? And since the history of Christianity is every bit as blood-drenched as the history of Islam, why should we doubt that extremist forms of modern American Christianity have their own pernicious and measurable effects on national health and well-being? <BR><BR>Arguably, Paul's study invites us to conclude that the most serious threat humanity faces today is religious extremism: nonrational, absolutist belief systems that refuse to tolerate difference and dissent. <BR><BR>My prediction is that right-wing evangelicals will do their best to discredit Paul's substantive findings. But when they fail, they'll just shrug: So what if highly religious societies have more murders and disease than less religious societies? Remember the trials of Job? God likes to test the faithful. <BR><BR>To the truly nonrational, even evidence that on its face undermines your beliefs can be twisted to support them. Absolutism means never having to say you're sorry. <BR><BR>And that, of course, is what makes it so very dangerous. <br />
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<a class="ntl" title="please note...the title line of the previous post were...." href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-please-note-the-title-line-of-the-previous-post-were--22095.html">please note...the title line of the previous post were....</a><br />
sim's words, not mine. Refer to her/his post.
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<a class="ntl" title="You are correct, I got one word of the title of his book incorrect," href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-You-are-correct-I-got-one-word-of-the-title-of-his-book-incorrect--27338.html">You are correct, I got one word of the title of his book incorrect,</a><br />
and for that I apologize. However, the information I quoted from the book is correct, "Frank" is a communist. But, the fact remains, I never called Obama a communist. If I knew he was, I would not hesitate to call him one. I do know he is a socialist, and I call him one.<br />
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No need to ridicule and call others ignorant to make a point. It somewhat dulls any point you try to make.
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<a class="ntl" title="Don't think you read the same article, THAT IS THE TITLE...see the link I posted..." href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-Don-39t-think-you-read-the-same-article-THAT-IS-THE-TITLE-see-the-link-I-posted--42212.html">Don't think you read the same article, THAT IS THE TITLE...see the link I posted...</a><br />
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<a class="ntl" title="Did you notice the question mark at the end of the article's title?" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-Did-you-notice-the-question-mark-at-the-end-of-the-article-39s-title--46765.html">Did you notice the question mark at the end of the article's title?</a><br />
Do you understand the meaning of "potential?" Imagine that. Judges have a "natural predisposition" toward complying with the DEMOCRATIC WILL OF THE PEOPLE. What a crazy and novel idea. <br />
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The truth has been out there for quite a while now. There is no THERE there. This is sheer lunacy, but hey, knock yourselves out. Nobody's listening to this garbage and the entire nation has much more pressing issues to worry about, but to remind you of them here would be a complete waste of time, in view of this myopic obsessive fixation of a marginalized tiny fringe minority of the GOP (which has been recently denounced by other, more intelligent republicans).
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<a class="ntl" title="Provide a link to the document with that title. None of the official copies I've seen use the wor" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-Provide-a-link-to-the-document-with-that-title-None-of-the-official-copies-I-39ve-seen-use-the-wor-57653.html">Provide a link to the document with that title. None of the official copies I've seen use the wor</a><br />
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<a class="ntl" title="I'm really a lesbian but you can't be prez if you are out" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-I-39m-really-a-lesbian-but-you-can-39t-be-prez-if-you-are-out-19764.html">I'm really a lesbian but you can't be prez if you are out</a><br />
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<a class="ntl" title="plus the prez can do very few things alone" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-plus-the-prez-can-do-very-few-things-alone-19817.html">plus the prez can do very few things alone</a><br />
"taking over." This isn't a communist society, remember?
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<a class="ntl" title="If I was Prez or first lady...sm" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-If-I-was-Prez-or-first-lady-sm-43150.html">If I was Prez or first lady...sm</a><br />
<P>The way I look at it, the Obamas will have more help taking care of the dog (they can be a lot of work!) and also, IMHO, the girls are old enough now to have one and learn responsibility. </P><br />
<P>Off topic, but if I were in White House, I would follow in Calvin Coolidge's footsteps: He had 6 dogs, a bobcat, a goose, a donkey, a cat, 2 lion cubs, an antelope, a wallaby and a pygmy hippopotamus. <IMG src=http://forum.mtstars.com/smileys/cutelaugh.gif></P>
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<P>and what we have is a lame duck. I don't know what will happen with Obama but Bush has left him a huge moutain of problems to deal with. I expect Bush will replace Herbert Hoover in history as the worst president in history. Of course the republicans will try to blame his 8 years in office on the previous 8 years and the next 8 years. Sad thing is, some people will believe it, but not many I guess with his approval ratings.</P>
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<a class="ntl" title="Every time a Pub becomes prez" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-Every-time-a-Pub-becomes-prez-47831.html">Every time a Pub becomes prez</a><br />
since Eisenhower the economy goes to H@** (although it's not a bad word), then the dems get in the WH and clean things up and blamed for the bad economy....a fact. Clinton years were the best our family has ever had since I can remember. Just a plain fact. Better now after 8 years of Bush? Give me a break.....Won't drink that Kool-Aid you're drinking.
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<a class="ntl" title="No confidence in a prez who will not" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-No-confidence-in-a-prez-who-will-not-47912.html">No confidence in a prez who will not</a><br />
take responsibility....that's why pubs lost.
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<H1><FONT size=2>really does need that teleprompter to get it right . . . What's this I hear about him being such a great orator? Sorry, but I think not. <IMG src=http://forum.mtstars.com/smileys/nono.gif> <IMG src=http://forum.mtstars.com/smileys/thud.gif></FONT></H1><br />
<H1>Obama apologizes for gaffe on Special Olympics</H1><br />
<P class=hide>WASHINGTON (Reuters) – <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237564457_0 style=BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed>President Barack Obama</SPAN> has apologized for a gaffe in which he described his bowling skills as akin to participants in the <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237564457_1 style=BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed>Special Olympics</SPAN>, a sports program for <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237564457_2 style=BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none>people with intellectual disabilities</SPAN>.</P><br />
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<P>Obama made the mistake during an interview on Thursday night on "<SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237564457_3 style=BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none>The Tonight Show</SPAN>" with host <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237564457_4 style=BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none>Jay Leno</SPAN>, the first time a sitting U.S. president had been on the show.</P><br />
<P>Talking about living in the <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237564457_5>White House</SPAN>, Obama said he had been practicing his bowling in the home's <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237564457_6>bowling alley</SPAN> and had scored a 129 out of a possible 300.</P><br />
<P>It was an improvement on the embarrassing 37 he had rolled during a stop on the presidential campaign trail a year ago.</P><br />
<P>"It's like -- it was like Special Olympics or something," Obama said.</P><br />
<P>The Special Olympics is a global nonprofit organization serving some 200 <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237564457_7 style=BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none>million people with intellectual disabilities</SPAN>, with a presence in nearly 200 countries worldwide. They compete in sporting events like the real <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237564457_8>Olympics</SPAN>.</P><br />
<P>Soon after the <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237564457_9>Jay Leno interview</SPAN>, Obama telephoned <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237564457_10 style=BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none>Special Olympics chairman Tim Shriver</SPAN> to apologize.</P><br />
<P>Shriver told ABC's "Good Morning America" television show that Obama had apologized "in a way that I think was very moving" and that he said "he did not intend to humiliate the population, didn't want to embarrass or give anybody any more reason for pain or kind of suffering."</P><br />
<P>Shriver said people should gain a lesson from the incident.</P><br />
<P>"I think it's important to see that words hurt. Words do matter. And these words in some respect, can be seen as humiliating or a put-down to <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237564457_11 style=BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none>people with special needs</SPAN>, do cause pain. And they do result in stereotypes," Shriver said.</P><br />
<P><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237564457_12 style=BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none>White House spokesman</SPAN> Bill Burton said Obama "made an offhand remark making fun of his own bowling that was in no way intended to disparage the Special Olympics."</P><br />
<P>"He thinks that the Special Olympics are a wonderful program that gives an opportunity to shine to <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237564457_13 style=BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none>people with disabilities</SPAN> from around the world," Burton said.</P><br />
<P>Shriver said he knows of a Special Olympian in the Detroit area who has bowled three perfect games of 300 and "he said he would be more than welcome to find the time to come to the White House and teach the president."</P><br />
<P>(Reporting by Caren Bohan and <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237564457_14 style=BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none>Steve Holland</SPAN>, editing by Vicki Allen)</P><br />
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knows how to return a salute without looking like a cubl scout!
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<P>backwards stance he is taking and all the trips Michele is taking, or are we going to sit here and take it?<IMG src=http://forum.mtstars.com/smileys/argue.gif></P><br />
<P>Sorry, but at least GW mostly stayed in <a class=word href=http://www.mtstars.com/medical_transcription/Washington/>Washington</a> if not in <a class=word href=http://www.mtstars.com/medical_transcription/Texas/>Texas</a> and ran the government. They did not take "geography" classes on the road. How's the garden doing Michele? Do we hear about that? Nope. Just another publicity stunt.</P><br />
<P>Now he is praising Pelosi for her wonderful help? Give me a break.</P><br />
<P>When O became president, I figured I would give him a chance....but I figured okay, some of those bailouts he did might work Today, he is pushing for the CLNE, clean energy bill, which Pelosi has a big stake in, and now I know he is just a puppet of Pelosi and the others. I will not sit here and take his lies any longer. If i have to I will send an email every day to the WH telling him where to get off.<IMG src=http://forum.mtstars.com/smileys/tickedoff.gif></P><br />
<P>We get a magazine on country living and they are telling us to brace ourselves for the coming new policies on food. They are telling us to stock up on food for at least 3 years especially if H.R. 875 passes. Now, I don't know when this is coming up for a vote but I read the bill and it doesn't make me happy with the wording. If what the magazine is stating, they can stop us from producing family gardens if they will it. I'm hoping they straighten this out because as I read through it, it directly aims at the larger food production facilities, but the words that bother me are "any farm, .....or facility.... that produces food for resale." That means you will not be able to sell your garden grown extra foodstuffs unless you have a registration number....which also means government intervention. If anyone is interested, I can post the article pertaining to that. <IMG src=http://forum.mtstars.com/smileys/sowhat.gif></P><br />
<P>O is finding out that his words aren't penetrating those who hate us a lot, so, as of this week, he has decided to pull back on international "friendship" and just deal with the USA because he knows we are getting disheartened with his policies. This gets our minds off the real issues of the world and we are supposed to believe every word he says, yet some are still idolizing him. Just wait another year. Then it will be too late..<IMG src=http://forum.mtstars.com/smileys/pulling_hair.gif></P><br />
<P>Sorry, not in my book. I think it's time for all Americans to stand up and fight, deluge the goverment with emails, etc., whatever gets through to our President. Heck, I've been emailing every time I hear something new that goes against the laws of the land. Does it fall on deaf ears? Certainly....but I still do it. Guess I wil lbe on he UnAmerican list soon but I don't care. I've been quiet too long and am actively taking a stance in the American way of life....which is almost gone already after the 100 days. So sad.....<IMG src=http://forum.mtstars.com/smileys/sad.gif></P><br />
<P>Now I'm getting off my <IMG src=http://forum.mtstars.com/smileys/soapbox.gif> and going for a <IMG src=http://forum.mtstars.com/smileys/cheers.gif>. All the politics make me very thirsty. <IMG src=http://forum.mtstars.com/smileys/cutelaugh.gif></P><br />
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<P>link</P>
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<a class="ntl" title="black prez remark" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-black-prez-remark-19718.html">black prez remark</a><br />
<P>My, how classy. That so-called retardate graduated Yale & Harvard. Now who's retarded? Bill Clinton is plenty of things, too, but stupid, retarded, etc. are things that I've never heard a conservative say...ever.</P><br />
<P>I'll let Chris Rock lie in the gutter with his money and his filthy mouth.</P><br />
<P>Class always speaks for itself.</P>
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<a class="ntl" title=""Indian" Vice Prez" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics--34Indian-34-Vice-Prez-19921.html">"Indian" Vice Prez</a><br />
If McCain chooses Bobby Jindal, gov of Louisiana, and they win, we'd have an "Indian" vice president. With him having relatives and connections still in India, maybe he could negotiate for American <a class=word href=http://www.mtstars.com/medical_transcription/MTs/>MTs</a> to keep their jobs. Who knows what might happen. Jindal is among 3 possible who are spending the weekend at the McCain ranch. Just a thought. I'm traditionally a Democrat, BTW, and haven't quite decided.
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<a class="ntl" title="And Prez who can't decide what he's trying to escape." href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-And-Prez-who-can-39t-decide-what-he-39s-trying-to-escape--22042.html">And Prez who can't decide what he's trying to escape.</a><br />
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<a class="ntl" title="Don't know, don't care. Obama for PREZ!! nm" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-Don-39t-know-don-39t-care-Obama-for-PREZ-nm-28480.html">Don't know, don't care. Obama for PREZ!! nm</a><br />
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<a class="ntl" title="And to clarify...I did not insinuate that the new Prez..." href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-And-to-clarify-I-did-not-insinuate-that-the-new-Prez--41117.html">And to clarify...I did not insinuate that the new Prez...</a><br />
has to respond NOW and neither did Russia. They just threw down the gauntlet. It is up to him how and when he responds.<br />
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As to communism...there is no "authority" required for an opinion. Obama has been influenced by Marxists throughout his life...first Frank Marshall Davis, followed by the Marxist professors and students he said in his book he sought out....followed by Bill Ayers...that he taught and used the Saul Alinsky method community organizing..and on and on. The influence is there. Karl Marx said socialism was a start but it did not go far enough because it did not address redistribution of wealth. We know where Obama stands on redistribution of wealth. Everything he has been and everything he says tells me he thinks he can make it work and very well may attempt to in this country. They had a Marxist revolution in Russia. We see how that turned out. They had a Marxist revolution in Cuba. We see how that turned out. So far they are just socialist in Venezuela, but we see how that turned out. There will have to be no revolution here, because our new Prez and apparently 51% of the American people think it will work too. We may very well be the USSA...or worse, the UCSA. Taken over from within without having to fire a shot. THAT is what I meant about communism, and it is a far statement based on Obama's entire history from childhood into adulthood. I have no reason to think he is turning from that now. I will wait and see, of course. But just because he won does not mean I will change everything I want and believe overnight...just like I think he will not change everything he has thought and believed throughout his life. I think it is very naive to ignore that and think that he somehow has.<br />
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Again...this has nothing whatsoever to do with Bush. I don't care what Bush does; he's gone. What I care about is the man with the power for the next 4 years.
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<a class="ntl" title="My mind out of the gutter...the prez was getting " href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-My-mind-out-of-the-gutter-the-prez-was-getting--47277.html">My mind out of the gutter...the prez was getting </a><br />
his BJ (and a lot more) in the Oval office...where was HIS mind and morals, especially with a wife and young daughter living there?
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<a class="ntl" title="Qualifications for Prez of US states" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-Qualifications-for-Prez-of-US-states-47323.html">Qualifications for Prez of US states</a><br />
one has to be 35 years old and a US citizen. And, yes, when young people fight wars, even preemptive wars, they should most definitely be able to vote for whomever they think will have their best interests in mind. Thank GOD you do not run the gov't.
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<a class="ntl" title="Who the heck wants Cheney for prez? YIKES!" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-Who-the-heck-wants-Cheney-for-prez-YIKES--5389.html">Who the heck wants Cheney for prez? YIKES!</a><br />
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<a class="ntl" title="Do you know what will happen if Obama is elected as prez? sm" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-Do-you-know-what-will-happen-if-Obama-is-elected-as-prez-sm-19329.html">Do you know what will happen if Obama is elected as prez? sm</a><br />
It will be an Obamanation! Or an abomination..You choose.
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<a class="ntl" title="and when Ronald Reagan was prez, NANCY was" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-and-when-Ronald-Reagan-was-prez-NANCY-was-17968.html">and when Ronald Reagan was prez, NANCY was</a><br />
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<a class="ntl" title="Palin for Prez, Hasselbeck for VP and Coulter for SOS appt" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-Palin-for-Prez-Hasselbeck-for-VP-and-Coulter-for-SOS-appt-47048.html">Palin for Prez, Hasselbeck for VP and Coulter for SOS appt</a><br />
The triple-play dream ticket for 2012, guaratnteed to incinerate the GOP for at least four score and 7 years.
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<a class="ntl" title="If Palin pursues prez bid in 2012, lies matter. " href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-If-Palin-pursues-prez-bid-in-2012-lies-matter--46294.html">If Palin pursues prez bid in 2012, lies matter. </a><br />
All of them. Vigilent watch on Obama is the order of the day and pervades dialog on this forum. Doesn't hurt to start the SP watch now, document it well and be prepared.
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<a class="ntl" title="She did rant when Bush was prez. Now everything is blue skies with a big pot'o'change" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-She-did-rant-when-Bush-was-prez-Now-everything-is-blue-skies-with-a-big-pot-39o-39change-57538.html">She did rant when Bush was prez. Now everything is blue skies with a big pot'o'change</a><br />
at the end of the rainbow!
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<a class="ntl" title="Bush first ex-prez to face limit on Secret Service protection" href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-Bush-first-ex-prez-to-face-limit-on-Secret-Service-protection-47102.html">Bush first ex-prez to face limit on Secret Service protection</a><br />
<P>By Maria Recio McClatchy Newspapers</P><br />
<P>WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush's "after-life," as Laura Bush calls the post-presidency, is shaping up to be pretty comfortable, with a Dallas office, staffers, Secret Service protection, a travel budget, medical coverage and a $196,700 annual pension, all at taxpayers' expense. </P><br />
<P>However, Bush will be the first president not to benefit from one former lifetime benefit: Secret Service protection.</P><br />
<P>"He'll be the first one to receive it for 10 years," said Malcolm Wiley, Secret Service spokesman. Congress changed the law in the 1990s so that any president elected after Jan. 1, 1997, and his or her spouse will receive the federal protection for only 10 years. </P><br />
<P>The Bushes will move to their new $2 million, 8,500-square-foot Dallas home — not paid for by taxpayers — on Jan. 20, and there Bush will be close to his future presidential library at Southern Methodist University.</P><br />
<P>"We're working on a conceptual design for the building," said Mark Langdale, president of the George W. Bush Foundation. The president will help develop the $300 million structure, which will include a library, museum and policy institute.</P><br />
<P>Fundraising is just beginning, Langdale said. Once the project is finished in 2013, the National Archives and Records Administration will take over the operation of the library and museum, at federal expense. Construction will be paid for with private funds, and Bush is expected to be involved in organizing the fundraising drive.</P><br />
<P>"He is enthusiastic about spending a lot of his time and effort working on the programs of the institute," Langdale said.</P><br />
<P>Bush will maintain an office nearby in space acquired by the General Services Administration, which, under the Former Presidents Act, will pay for the office suite and staff to assist him for the rest of his life.</P><br />
<P>Bush's pension, which is tied to the base pay of the most senior government executives and increases with federal cost-of-living adjustments, will be about half the $400,000 annual presidential salary. He and Vice President Dick Cheney will receive transition expenses as well for seven months — one month before the inauguration and six months afterward — "to facilitate their transition to private life," according to the Congressional Research Service.</P><br />
<P>The GSA also covers travel expenses for any official activities attended by a former president, as well as two staff members. Former President Bill Clinton was allocated $50,000 for travel in fiscal year 2008 and former President George H.W. Bush, $56,000.</P><br />
<P>Former presidents and their families are entitled to health care in military hospitals, although they have to pay a reimbursement rate set by the Office of Management and Budget.</P><br />
<P>Bush will receive a state funeral upon his death, with full military honors for the former commander in chief.<BR></P>
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<a class="ntl" title="Dump the Prez. Dump politics. We need a king." href="https://www.mtstars.com/politics-Dump-the-Prez-Dump-politics-We-need-a-king--28130.html">Dump the Prez. Dump politics. We need a king.</a><br />
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