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  1. M Kitt

    M KittGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    So Sept. 16 was the last Assy ‘toon without Obama prominently featured.

    Why am I not surprised.

    Wait, I know, let’s discuss the things Obama is NOT doing:

    He’s not promoting preemptive war, not associating Saddam Hussein with 9-11, not blaming all of Islam on the entire planet with responsibility for it, not selling WMDs in Iraq as cause for war, not spending us into bankruptcy while Cheney and W “War Incorporated” rips off the U.S. treasury thru war profiteering, not causing massive local casualties in Iraq as a for-profit business venture, not conducting torture as justified to support all of this.

    There, that’s better, isn’t perspective nice?

  2. scottfreitas

    scottfreitasGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    For a comic to work, you need to have a willing suspension of disbelief.

    No amount of imagination enables me to picture Obama being asked a tough, direct question like the above, from an OIC member. Lol, as the kids say.

    Btw M kitt, I laugh at your post even more. Osama spent more money in his first 60 days than W. spent in his entire 8 years.

    WORSE.

    Osama spent more money in his first 60 days than every previous President COMBINED. From the original “George W” in 1792, clear on up to the last “George W” in 2008.

    And you’re such a twisted little sister anyway, to defend Saddam Hussein, cry about water being snorted into terrorist’s nostrils, and act as though either Bush or Cheney personally benefitted from military spending (they didn’t).

    The way you Lefties talk, I’m always amazed anyone this side of Sane can even listen to you, or take you seriously…

  3. scottfreitas

    scottfreitasGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Dick Cheney had absolutely no financial stake in Halliburton by the time he became vice president.

    Halliburton wins govt. contracts not through cronyism or being Cheney’s buddy but simply because they do so much oddball work that no one else does, or is willing to do, in dangerous places like Iraq.

    No one stops other corporations from meeting the criteria. Again, Halliburton typically wins by simply being the only one to even TRY to do so…

  4. omQ R

    omQ RGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    President Lula of Brazil attended & lobbied for Rio de Janeiro, King Juan Carlos of Spain attended & lobbied for Madrid, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama attended & lobbied for Tokyo, why shouldn’t President Obama have? I don’t get it…

    Are you guys just plain…jerks?

  5. omQ R

    omQ RGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    ^^ speaking of fairytales believed…”Halliburton wins govt. contracts not through cronyism”

    — Howls with derisive laughter lololololololololololololol…

    sigh *wipes away tears of laughter

  6. harleyquinn

    harleyquinnGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    He rolled the dice and lost. He rolled them because he had a lot of personal debt to pay off in the windy city. To bad his buddy blugo could not go over there and hock for the city.

  7. parkersinthehouse

    parkersinthehouse said, about 1 month ago

    how would we look if he had not gone when so many other heads of state were there lobbying for their countries? you get pissed off if he represents you and pissed off if you think he doesn’t. get a friggin life guys.

  8. HOWGOZIT

    HOWGOZIT said, about 1 month ago

    Hey Eartha Kitt–leave your DNC notes out of it. SNL pegged Obama’s stint so far in the White House. He is not spending us into bankruptcy–LOL.

  9. M Kitt

    M KittGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Cheney’s current holdings in Halliburton are about 7X what they were when he became VP. He divested them then, traded them for “Stock Options” which fulfilled his conflict of interest obligations LEGALLY, not in practice.

    In 2005 here’s what they were worth
    http://lautenberg.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=254548

    His stock options have been traded in, he bought them at the original value gaining the difference in profit.

    No-bid contracts are illegal, if Scott Fritos knew anything about (well, virtually anything) government contracts he’d know that 3 bidders are required, minimum.

    Your’ ignorance could easily be interpreted as lies, Scott, but as I’ve said before you’re really just a willfully ignorant militant fundamentalist fool with complete lack of historic perspective.

  10. ezdeb

    ezdeb said, about 1 month ago

    Boy, I wonder when Chicago, in the minds of righties, ceased to be a part of the United States?

    Chicago seems now to be nothing but a cesspool of disgusting political slime, and all because of Mr. Obama! It’s no longer a large city with a lot of great things and a lot of bad things, like every other large city in America, but a symbol of sneering contempt. Hey, I’ll say it! Congrats to Rio! Good luck with that! Did you know that Europe has hosted 22 (winter and summer) olympics? North America has hosted 17. South America: zero. This is what tipped the IOC’s decision; it just is fair.

    OMQ, good post. Other presidents were there. I guess that makes them charmless losers, too. Gag.

    When President Bush put in his recommendation to the IOC for the 2012 Olympics in NY, and guaranteed that the U.S. would pick up all costs for security in such a dangerous, depraved city as NYC (because of the $1B spent in Athens), where were you, righties, to laugh at him and accuse him and snarl about how much you hate NYC?

    Was it because he wasn’t black? Oh no…..

    Then what?

    Scott tells us frequently that he knows Jesus hates liberals. He also knows that all lefties are insane. He wonders why any sane person would listen to any lefties, altho he takes the time to listen and respond.

    I just don’t respect any of the posters who do this stuff; ANandy, Scott, charlie, etc. If all you ever do is snarl, we will consider you ill-tempered dogs. When and if you can look past your class and income hatred, and view all of your fellow citizens as Americans just as you view yourselves, you will get little respect. If you desire to live your life disrespected and uninformed, that’s your choice. It’s like intellectual welfare, though, in that you depend on others for your needs. Those needs are ideas and new thought. You have none, and passively parrot the hate and lies that are spoon fed to you. Way to live off others!

    I admire Bush for setting aside the Hawaiian Marine preserve in 2006. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13300363/

    I admire Bush for attempting a “No Child Left Behind” program, albeit totally unfunded and not administered well.

    I admire Bush for the fact that he truly was not a Mexican hater, and made no strut about it.

    Having said that, I really hate the Bush/Cheney policies overwhelmingly. But, see, I don’t hate Crawford Texas because Bush is (ostensibly, via Mass.) from there. I don’t hate the state of Texas and demand that they reimburse us for the expense of the Bush presidency.

    See the difference between unreasoning hate (YOU) and thought? Name me one thing you admire about our current president. No snark, no admiring how shiny he is or anything like that, morons. One thing.

    Otherwise, take it and swallow it.

  11. M Kitt

    M KittGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Howgoznit, if you or the “fringe” remnants of the GOP had your’ way our soldiers would continue to pay for the Iraq fiasco the Corporate right wing dragged us into.

    Obama is getting us out, wonder how many of you right wing conservobots put your’ butts on the line for that monument to Corporate war profiteering.

    My time in the military was productive, what about your’s?

    How many of you chickenhawks REALLY support U.S. policies?

  12. ezdeb

    ezdeb said, about 1 month ago

    Scott asserts as to the honorable nature of Halliburton:

    “Halliburton wins govt. contracts not through cronyism or being Cheney’s buddy but simply because they do so much oddball work that no one else does, or is willing to do, in dangerous places like Iraq.”

    Scott, you silly billy. Yeah. Halliburton is the only company who wants contracts in dangerous places like Iraq. I guess that’s cuz they are a studly American company, right? And not a leftie tree hugging company, but a manly rightie company with bulging muscles and lots of guns who can subdue scary dangerous people. OK, ok, whatever, it’s just too funny.

    How about you google any combo of words you want in regards to halliburton contract competition and open your eyes and read and comprehend the print there. History exists, and it’s available to you. Then come back and lecture everyone else in the world about the glorious heroic deeds of Halliburton.

    Go on, we’ll wait.

  13. HOWGOZIT

    HOWGOZIT said, about 1 month ago

    Yes Eartha–my 30 years in the military was very productive. Particularly gratifying was turning the lives of quite a few around to also be productive to society; some continued in the military and others returned to civilian life.

  14. ezdeb

    ezdeb said, about 1 month ago

    Howie: Are you saying that only career military persons are productive to society?

  15. olfart

    olfart said, about 1 month ago

    This will be my last response to, or mention of, scottfreitas. He is a lunatic and may be a danger to himself and those around him. When he turns up in the headlines because he harmed one or more people in a murderous rampage, I don’t want to wonder if I helped push him over the edge.

  16. omQ R

    omQ RGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    ^ I just watched for the 1st time The Fisher King with Robin Williams & Jeff Bridges. Yessss, I can see something like that happening.

  17. M Kitt

    M KittGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Nice, Howgoznit. I can see that our definitions of “Productive” vary considerably.

    I’m quite productive in not supporting the GOP party line, for instance, especially the 8 years of destructive policies imposed on us by W Incorporated.

  18. ahab

    ahabGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Kitt,ezdeb,parker,and omQ R, why waste your precious time on this planet trying to talk to vulgarians,lunatics and imbeciles? Let them stew in their own bile and hatred. Adios

  19. Michigander

    Michigander said, about 1 month ago

    Chicago’s corrupt-politician image is probably what killed their chances of hosting the 2016 Olympics.

  20. NoFearPup

    NoFearPupGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    It’s 50/50. It’s hardly worth making an issue of. But, it does under-cut the “crisis” meme his regime has been trying to sell America.

  21. HOWGOZIT

    HOWGOZIT said, about 1 month ago

    ezdeb–where did I say ONLY military service is productive? I answered Kitt’s question if my military was productive. I said yes in that I turned around many young folks into productive additions whether they remained in service or returned to civilian life. Kitt responds our “productivity” is different because his/hers is only based on being anti-GOP.

  22. CogentModality

    CogentModality said, about 1 month ago

    Don’t worry about Halliburton in Iraq. What’s APF (American Police Force, owned by a convicted felon) doing in Hardin, Montana?

  23. ezdeb

    ezdeb said, about 1 month ago

    “Particularly gratifying was turning the lives of quite a few around to also be productive to society; some continued in the military and others returned to civilian life.”

    Howgozit, the above is what I was referring to. You made people into productive members of society. If some continued in the military, it must have been the military that made them productive. Some returned to civilian life, meaning out of the military. The point seems to be that the military made them productive. If I’m wrong, so be it.

  24. HOWGOZIT

    HOWGOZIT said, about 1 month ago

    ezdeb–I am not insinuating you are wrong. I am saying it was gratifying to me that I was able to give some folks with no direction what was needed to get on in life to be productive whether in the military or not. I feel folks in civilian professions do the same thing.

  25. M Kitt

    M KittGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    I’m in agreement with most of what GOZIT just said, EZD. The exception is the statement about:

    “Kitt responds our “productivity” is different because his/hers is only based on being anti-GOP.”

    Which does seem to imply that I stated that my only productivity is attached to being anti-GOP, which I didn’t. What I said is that I judge that activity to BE productive, and it is :-)

    The proper pronoun is HE, GOZIT. Otherwise I’ll begin refering to you as HER just to oppose your’ consistant “Eartha” reference, tho I suppose that wouldn’t be a problem if HER is proper.

  26. EnglishTeacher

    EnglishTeacher said, about 1 month ago

    “Kitt responds our “productivity” is different because his/hers is only based on being anti-GOP.”

    This also is incorrect. Just as towels in a washroom labelled “His” and “Hers” is incorrect.

    Would you say “his towel” and “hers towel”?

  27. 4uk4ata

    4uk4ata said, about 1 month ago

    Michigander - I think the committee probably was looking for something different anyway. Plus, the US gets olympic games fairly frequently.

  28. senorbullwinkle

    senorbullwinkleGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Oh Teach, you so smart, you hurts my eyes.

    Hay KITT, What’s better, to use a monitor as a TV, or a flat screen TV as a monitor. I’m gonna buy one or the other, but I want both, but can only buy one. A 28” monitor or a 32” LCD TV..
    What you think ?

  29. senorbullwinkle

    senorbullwinkleGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    This just shows that Obama is NOT the ain’t the Christ, or he would have had them people eating out of his hand. And they would not had the power to say no .

    So Cheney is still the” not the Christ” (anti Christ)

  30. HOWGOZIT

    HOWGOZIT said, about 1 month ago

    M Kitt–I apologize. I truly did not know your gender and only used “eartha” as a moniker to Kitt. I apologize for both.

  31. M Kitt

    M KittGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    The monitor connected to a VGA/TV adapter would likely give you less than optimum results, Senior. “Native” resolution is wrong, just off the top of my head, as well as having to sort out cable connections, etc. that are already designed to connect to that LCD TV screen, not the old style Cathode Ray Tube “CRT” type monitors, buying adapters for all of this will set you back and still may not be what you want.

    I got a Sharp 32” LCD for just over $400, happy with it & full high-def. LCD is a better buy for definition/contrast, I’ve heard, slightly better color range with LED.

  32. M Kitt

    M KittGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    OK, Howgoz. Thanks for the apology, appreciate the display of courtesy, those of us posting can (& should) all appreciate that behavior.

  33. stebon

    stebon said, about 1 month ago

    Bitch-slapped by the world–OMG, he isn’t God!

  34. 4uk4ata

    4uk4ata said, about 1 month ago

    Bitch-slapped?

    It could simply be that Rio DID have a better candidature. Or that the committee decided that after Salt Lake City in 2002 and Atlanta in 1996 the US could do a bit longer without the Olympics. The fact that the next one (2010, winter) is practically next door probably didn’t help either.

    Just because the US doesn’t always get its way doesn’t mean the world hates America, you know.

  35. cdward

    cdward said, about 1 month ago

    The US Olympic Committee did it to themselves. With or without Obama, they had no chance because they put together such an abysmal package and were so uncooperative with the IOC.