ExiledInIllinois
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That's ridiculous. Like you are any different? The fundamental beliefs are there.
Do you want CHANGE?
Do want to stay the same?
Those are the issues.
And don't say that they aren't. The war in Iraq is Bush's baby ALONE. This is one on the EASIEST times in American history to do an about face on Policy.
Take a leap all you chicken littles... What is there to lose?
Adversity brings the best out of people.
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You're kidding, right? You didn't want there to be plans in place to protect the President in the event of a terrorist attack? Were you surprised such plans existed?
The President's job is not to be macho or 'go down with the ship' if someone makes an attempt on his life. His job is to stay alive so he can run the country. I expect every president to have such a plan for every public appearance. I'd rather not see any Presidential assassinations.
I knew you would say that! Of course there were plans... Always plans... Of course he doesn't have to follow them.
Run the country?
What are they (presidents) kings?
Like I would really be freaked?
At least do a Churchill?
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Looking for the "Silver Bullet"?... Well it isn't as easy as pulling it out of the "Lone Ranger's" belt.
They (Republicans) wouldn't need it if they played their cards right.
We still have a horse race...
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Good points. You can only "steer" them in the right direction. Hopefully he will wisen up before he makes too many mistakes.
Then again Darin, some are slow learners...
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The people vote for him of course!
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Rats. I thought you were going to tell us about TWA 800 and why Al Gore's Commission recommendations were dropped 1 day after a fat campaign contribution, the Lippo Group, Ron Brown, how McVie and McNichols learned such sophisticated bomb construction techniques, the inaction after the 1st WTC bombing and USS Cole and Khobar towers and the embassies in Kenya, and the crime scene at Waco being bulldozed down the day after...
What does that have to do with Bush's escape plan?
Just having fun with our "strong" leader... Even if there wasn't a plan... I suppose the throngs of republican delegates would have thrown themselves in harms way to protect the prez.
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Pssst!
Now it can be told. Federal sources told Sneed late last week a train would have whisked President Bush to safety from Madison Square Garden, where the Republican National Convention was held -- if a terrorist attack had occurred.
*There were two plans: An escape train was at Penn Station, located under Madison Square Garden . . . and another train escape route was set up at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, where Bush and wife, Laura, were staying.
Doesn't the captain go down with the ship? GWB kinda reminds me of George on Seinfeld... When he runs through the kids when "fire" was shouted.
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My sentiments... Who was advising that Kid... Betcha he has "liberal" parents.
"If it feels good" crap is just that, crap.
I like to hear the kid's personal take on it, dig deep into the company policy and just get an informative, deep down opinion. Not that it would change my mind.
Isn't COBRA super expensive?
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Bill you seem like a "Homegrown Democrat" to me??
Enjoy!
His Minnesota boyhood and the putative values of his state allow novelist and NPR favorite Keillor to conjure up a heartwarming case for liberalism, if not necessarily the Democratic Party platform. "[T]he social compact is still intact here," he writes of life in St. Paul, summing up attacks on that compact in a Menckenesque rant: "hairy-backed swamp developers and corporate shills, faith-based economists...." Liberalism, Keillor declares, "is the politics of kindness," and he traces his own ideology to his kindly aunts and his access to good public education, including a land-grant university. Though he criticizes Democrats for losing touch with their principles, as when they support the drug war, he catalogues "What Do-Gooder Democrats Have Done for You," from civil rights to clean air, though he acknowledges, "The great hole in the compact is health care." "The good democrat," he declares, distrusts privilege and power, believes in equality, supports unions, and is individualist—"identity politics is Pundit Speak," he notes, which might get him in trouble with some interest groups. "Democrats are thought to be weak on foreign policy... but what we fear is arrogance," he writes, in a chapter notably short on prescription. Near the end, he offers another potent monologue, if not a rant, about September 11 and Bush's "Achtung Department" (aka Homeland Security). It doesn't all hang together—heck, Keillor's so loosy-goosey, he begins most chapters with a limerick—but call this Prairie Home Companion meets Air America.
In a book that is at once deeply personal and intellectually savvy, Homegrown Democrat is a celebration of liberalism as the "politics of kindness." In his inimitable style, Keillor draws on a lifetime of experience amongst the hardworking, God- fearing people of the Midwest and pays homage to the common code of civic necessities that arose from the left: Protect the social compact. Defend the powerless. Maintain government as a necessary force for good. As Keillor tells it, these are articles of faith that are being attacked by hard-ass Republican tax cutters who believe that human misery is a Dickensian fiction. In a blend of nostalgic reminiscence, humorous meditation, and articulate ire, Keillor asserts the values of his boyhood—the values of Lake Wobegon— that do not square with the ugly narcissistic agenda at work in the country today. A thoughtful, wonderfully written book, Homegrown Democrat is Keillor’s love letter to liberalism, the older generation, John F. Kennedy, the University of Minnesota, and the yellow-dog Democrat city of St. Paul that is sure to amuse and inspire Americans just when they need it most.
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When was the internet opened up to commercial interests... At who's prodding?
Must have been those techno-savvy Republicans!
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I don't know? I don't shop there.
I am surprised that they don't go after them for the price fixing/collusion at their gas pumps.
I don't see why they don't boycott it? I think the HillBillys would storm the pickets?
Didn't Hillary sit on the WalMart Board at one time?
Candy everybody wants... We give 'em what they want.
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Tit for tat... Who is the biggest rat?
Unfortunately, that rat will be in the Oval Office.
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Hey what about?
Eishenhower- Wasn't there some mistress deal?
Nixon-Kent State and that enduring cluster-eff we call Vietnam... Operation Fishhook, his 1970 SOTU address and another 3-5 years...
... WaterGate (Just not exposed yet)... Reagn-Iran-Contra (just not exposed yet)...
Bush-S & L scandel
I think it is fair to say they all have their problems. I think it also fair to say the Republicans hide their demons better, just like schoolyard girls...
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DIB here.
Shingles lost, and the tree in my front yard did it's best to uproot itself and the driveway, but it held on. I found out that while treating my shutter gash that I'm allergic to Neosporin, so it's back to alcohol (I put some on my leg too).
Dish is back up and hopefully it can stay up ( are you listening Ivan?). I hope to be able to see the Bills this Sunday because that means that Ivan won't bounce us. Hopefully as they say "Third time is a charm".
However- I still have my shutters up.
Glad you guys are okay... I think Ivan is listening (that is to FLA, now the rest of the Gulf, another story):
It is amazing how these beasts seem to follow the narrow path of warm water around the islands.
Take care.
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I heard yesterday with regards to the "Is the Country on the Right Track?" poll that Bush's number (43 or 44%) is better than Clinton's in 1996 (39%).
Makes me wonder if *any* president is enormously popular or accomplished following his first term. Seems like every 2-term president gets the bulk of his accomplishments in the second term. Emphasis on "seems like" as I have no research to back this up.
Then there is the curse of the second term:
Clinton-Monica
Reagan-Iran/Contra
Nixon-WaterGate
Johnson... What was that?... Not really a second termer???
Eisenhower-U2 fiasco.
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More businesses=more jobs=more tax revenue
Why did they need to raise propertly taxes? Why couldn't they restrain themselves to the increased revenues that came with job creation? Was it businesses fault or was it politicians creating a bigger bureaucracy to congratulate themselves for attracting more business?
Snow removal?
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Healthcare
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What would the 19 year family member been paying? I take it he would have afforded it?
Does he have any medical conditions?