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Honus · #61 08-16-2012, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

...Unless you bury your head in the sand (which you're fond of doing), your choice should be the same.

Way too much of this sort of crap around here these days. Rude people with superior attitudes.

Botnst · #62 08-16-2012, 11:56 PM

LOL!

Jim B. · #63 08-16-2012, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Honus

Way too much of this sort of crap around here these days. Rude people with superior attitudes.

lol

Yeah

ManyBenz · #64 08-17-2012, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Honus

Way too much of this sort of crap around here these days. Rude people with superior attitudes.

And not nearly enough of the polite people with inferior attitudes type!

Botnst · #65 08-17-2012, 12:02 AM

My attitude can beat-up your attitude.

Brian Carlton · #66 08-17-2012, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Honus

Way too much of this sort of crap around here these days. Rude people with superior attitudes.

I'm not the slightest bit apologetic.

I've watched you defend a man who has absolutely no understanding of a budget and absolutely no desire to live within the means provided to him. He would rather hand out money to every citizen in the US if given the opportunity.

On the other hand, there is a former governor of Massachusetts who is an accomplished businessman and might have some understanding of finances and budgets and MIGHT seek to live within his means.

And, you dismiss the latter while championing the former simply because one is a Democrat and the other is a Republican.

That's the definition of "head in the sand".

Honus · #67 08-17-2012, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by ManyBenz

And not nearly enough of the polite people with inferior attitudes type!

At least there are a few with a sense of humor around here.

I shouldn't have made that reference to rude people with superior attitudes. My problem is not with rude people who have superior attitudes. Those people are often the most interesting. My problem is with people who are rude, have a superior attitude, but fail to offer wit or insight sufficient to make up for it and are dismissive about opinions that others give in good faith. ManyBenz has the rudeness and superior attitude part down pat, but makes up for it with quality contributions to the conversation. Others are much more tiresome.

ManyBenz · #68 08-17-2012, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Honus

At least there are a few with a sense of humor around here.

I shouldn't have made that reference to rude people with superior attitudes. My problem is not with rude people who have superior attitudes. Those people are often the most interesting. My problem is with people who are rude, have a superior attitude, but fail to offer wit or insight sufficient to make up for it and are dismissive about opinions that others give in good faith. ManyBenz has the rudeness and superior attitude part down pat, but makes up for it with quality contributions to the conversation. Others are much more tiresome.

XOXO!

Honus · #69 08-17-2012, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by ManyBenz

XOXO!

Yikes.

ManyBenz · #70 08-17-2012, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Honus

Yikes.

Is it because I'm gay or because I'm a Muslim?

Ara T. · #71 08-17-2012, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by ManyBenz

Is it because I'm gay or because I'm a Muslim?

But Ahmadinejad said these two were mutually exclusive?

t walgamuth · #72 08-17-2012, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

While I rarely agree with the far right positions taken by Larry, I'm with him on this issue.

There is no way the country survives economically when Obama causes the current $17T debt to climb another $8T to $25T by the end of his next term. For those that don't believe that will happen, I challenge them to show one single example of this President attempting to conserve spending.

Let history be your guide. He likes to spend money that he does not have. Congress willingly agrees.

If you value your future at all, it's time to live within your means and put a stop to this foolishness.

So, I will vote for the devil that I don't know simply because there is a possiblity that he will restrain the unbridled expenditure of money that does not exist.

Like W did?

Botnst · #73 08-17-2012, 08:23 AM

"Might"

link · #74 08-17-2012, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Air&Road

Yeah, and B.O. has done MASSIVELY BETTER? Yeah right.

President Obama has done a far better job than his predecessor. Unfortunately Obama’s primary job has been to clean up after the greatest-in-history toxic-incompetence of his predecessor. Obama was handed 2 incomplete and miss-managed wars and the worst banking and financial fu*k up in several generations to deal with, courtesy of George W. Bush et al.

And for Mr. Head in the Sand, Mr. Bush was a wealthy business owner and was referred to as the “MBA president" at the outset. You may remember that the R's used the same smart business owner horse-crap to promote Bush's capability for office. Exactly how did the business expertise turn out for the nation? I mean, aside from the original 700 billion dollar TARP program, and other well known Bush-incompetences? Upon what basis does anyone expect a Romney to do anything different than Bush or any other right wing thug for that matter.

No one questions that Bush left the country in breath-taking ruins.

O took office with a mess bigger than any human or administration in history has faced; again, courtesy of his predecessor. Given all of that, O has done okay. The country and world has stopped its economic free-fall. We have the first federal backed change attempting to restrain the out of control cost increases of health care insurance. That is HUGE. We have one war ended that never should have been started. We have another war that is winding down.

In addition to the bigger mess he inherited, if one considers the tireless obstructionism the Rs have presented since gaining a majority in the house, O has done very well against that handicap.

The names of the Republican presidential players changes over time but the party legacy speaks for itself. Too much of what the country has endured from the Republican presidents over the last 40 years are lies, foot dragging, and a demonstrated party policy of social intolerance; opportunistic excuses to commit mass-murder in the name of warfare, and financial regulatory incompetence masquerading as cronyism and presented as trickle down economic theory. All lies. That’s the legacy of the GOP.

But pay no attention to that. Just wear your daily clown face and keep up the GOP lap-dog persona.

Air&Road · #75 08-17-2012, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

I'm not the slightest bit apologetic.

I've watched you defend a man who has absolutely no understanding of a budget and absolutely no desire to live within the means provided to him. He would rather hand out money to every citizen in the US if given the opportunity.

On the other hand, there is a former governor of Massachusetts who is an accomplished businessman and might have some understanding of finances and budgets and MIGHT seek to live within his means.

And, you dismiss the latter while championing the former simply because one is a Democrat and the other is a Republican.

That's the definition of "head in the sand".

Brian and I have been at odds about everything from what is the correct way to frame threads on this forum, to whether or not the tail of an airplane is an airfoil as well as a means of down force in flight. We don't agree on much.

That said, there is no one on this forum that is more intellectually honest than Brian. It's important to give credit where credit is due.