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    RIP Etta. (5.00 / 4) (#32)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 11:02:24 AM EST
    A sad day.

    Humans are (5.00 / 1) (#34)
    by Edger on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 11:06:14 AM EST
    the most intelligent life form on earth, apparently... they can be trusted to make wise choices in leaders to run society.

    Oh dear (5.00 / 2) (#46)
    by sj on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 01:20:15 PM EST
    That is pretty funny.

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    I know! (5.00 / 1) (#49)
    by Edger on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 01:59:45 PM EST
    Brings tears to my eyes! ;-)

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    SOPA & PIPA (5.00 / 1) (#35)
    by CoralGables on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 11:14:51 AM EST
    go the back burner as both Lamar Smith R-TX in the House and Harry Reid D-NV in the Senate move them off the table.

    Just got paroled... (5.00 / 2) (#36)
    by kdog on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 11:25:18 AM EST
    from self-imposed hermitude for the evening...a very cool customer just laid 2 free tickets to see Umphrey's McGee tonight on me.  Sweet.

    A likely lame night of the same old sh*t just got fuel injected with rock!

    this whole thing (5.00 / 1) (#44)
    by CST on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 01:17:24 PM EST
    makes me wonder how a Sarah Palin, or someone, would fly in the Republican party if she were on her third marriage and cheated on her husband, twice.

    Probably very differently.

    Oh yes (5.00 / 1) (#59)
    by jbindc on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 02:51:02 PM EST
    We'd also be hearing about how she dresses, and why she wears her hair a certain way, etc.

    Oh wait - we heard a lot of that crap in 2008 too, and there wasn't even an allegation of affairs.

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    to be totally fair (none / 0) (#60)
    by CST on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 02:52:43 PM EST
    people on here yesterday were making fun of Newt's Moobs.

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    "People" (5.00 / 1) (#74)
    by jbindc on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 04:33:47 PM EST
    Meaning me.  Yep.  I own up to it.

    But let's instead talk about Newt's hair.

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    ha! (none / 0) (#76)
    by CST on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 05:01:37 PM EST
    for what it's worth I didn't remember who or go back and check.

    I'm more interested in Palin's shoes to be honest.  Way cooler than Newt's hair or any other part of him.

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    She DOES rock the shoes (none / 0) (#78)
    by jbindc on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 05:09:29 PM EST
    Whether they are pumps or hiking boots!

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    But that's not (none / 0) (#64)
    by CoralGables on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 03:12:47 PM EST
    misogynistic so it's okay :)

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    you betcha! (none / 0) (#50)
    by christinep on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 02:01:00 PM EST


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    probably (none / 0) (#51)
    by Capt Howdy on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 02:03:09 PM EST
    but I honestly think it would be for most men and it is probably more complicated than that.  Newt is a very interesting stew.  that he is where he is given who he is and his history is remarkable IMO even if he is male.

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    and btw (none / 0) (#52)
    by Capt Howdy on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 02:03:56 PM EST
    why I personally do not underestimate him even in the general.

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    No matter what you think of Newt (none / 0) (#1)
    by loveed on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 08:05:35 AM EST
     He knows how to treat the media. Treat them the way Mitt,treats his dog. I would love to strap the media on top,of a car in a cage. Take them for a ride at about 130 mile per hr.
     Newt numbers go up,every time he attacks the media.
     A lot of Americans are sick of the media.
     Newt is a hypocrite along with the repub. party. But they love slapping the media around.

    it amazes me (none / 0) (#4)
    by Capt Howdy on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 08:44:29 AM EST
    that King would not expect Newt to be prepared for that and lob such a softball right over the center for Newt whallop out of the park.

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    King deserved what Newt did to him (5.00 / 1) (#8)
    by loveed on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 09:45:19 AM EST
     King should have came back with
     Mister speaker when you were speaker,your party impeached Bill Clinton over less.
     The funniest argument in Newts favor. " It was over 15yrs ago,he learned his lesson''. 15 yrs. ago he was in his 50's. It seems like he keep learning the same lesson.
     How can Newt be a victim, when he a dog?

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    Maybe that was the plan (5.00 / 1) (#13)
    by jbindc on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:17:35 AM EST
    The media love the horse race.  They don't want the primary season wrapped up by next week.

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    Capt., don't you think that (5.00 / 1) (#42)
    by christinep on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 12:58:09 PM EST
    John Ki g knew precisely the kind of response his ? Would elicit...and, that it was asked to gain the maximum attention & ratings for CNN?  The all know that attacks on the media is definite red meat, ESP. For Republican audiences.  It works every time.

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    Or asked to give... (none / 0) (#43)
    by kdog on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 01:12:32 PM EST
    Newt a bump...maybe CNN hates Romney too;)

    I gotta say I liked Newt's answer...though I think it was meant for a more liberal audience.  Social conservatives do seem to care about a candidate's personal life far more than social liberals.  

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    Disney World speech....Symbolic (none / 0) (#2)
    by samsguy18 on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 08:06:46 AM EST
    I couldn't help but wonder how many families who had saved for a year or two to take their children to Disney World found themselves locked out because main street was shut down to accommodate Obama's umpteenth campaign speech for a select group of townhall attendees.

    I don't wonder (none / 0) (#18)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:38:51 AM EST
    about how little Obama gave a %$&^% about those families.

    Al Gore use to do a similar in San Jose. He would fly in to pick up some money from the Silicon Valley HooDoos and 101 would shut down for hours making people miss flights, appointments, etc.

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    Yeah....sort of like how George Bush (5.00 / 1) (#25)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:47:06 AM EST
    needed a photo op to make himself look a little better when everyone hated him, and he showed up right after the tornado in Enterprise and they slapped a mandatory curfew on the whole town trying to make sure he was safe in the chaos.

    People had animals missing they were out looking for, and trying to track down or return precious items that showed up in the yards of others.

    The whole town was grieving because some of our teenagers were dead while ALL the local hospitals in several towns were filled with our injured teens. Some President trying to save a bit of his tarnished no WMD broken military scumbag image showed up for his photo op and you couldn't even leave your house after dark to go the hospital, nor could you leave the hospital trying to get home.  You mean giving a $hit like that?

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    Sort of like when Bush ... (5.00 / 2) (#26)
    by Yman on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:47:17 AM EST
    .. flew in on Air Force One to tour the 2007 wildfires in California, causing a suspension of water drops while AF1 landed and while his helicopter flew to the site, as well as delaying firefighters who wanted showers and food?

    Do you "wonder about how little Bush gave a %$&^% about those families"?

    Heh.

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    Do Ball Games Count ? (none / 0) (#40)
    by ScottW714 on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 12:09:58 PM EST
    Because god forbid I decide to go to a Astros/Ranger game when either Bush does.  Think normal game hassle and cube it.

    It sucks, but it's hardly the their fault that people want to harm them.  They shouldn't have to stay holed up at home because some idiot thinks the cost of security is unreasonable.

    I remember those idiotic republican emails about the Bears last year and the costs for Obama to attend the the SB if they went.

    Yet, GHB is a regular, or used to be, at the Astros games.  Apparently his detail works pro-bono, because I never get emails about the travesty of the costs his enjoyment is burdening the Nation.  Which for many years, was at least a game a week.  Ditto for GWB and the Rangers, he attends regularly.

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    He did at least pick the slowest week of the year (none / 0) (#39)
    by ruffian on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 12:08:54 PM EST
    at Disney. Not sure if you have been here recently, but the place is huge. I'm sure those people had plenty of other things to do. Kids just race through Main Street anyway.

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    France thinking about leaving (none / 0) (#3)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 08:43:45 AM EST
    Afghanistan sooner rather than later.

    Sarkozy (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by Dadler on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 09:16:33 AM EST
    I'll never forget the 60 minutes interview he did explaining how French workers needed to be more like Americans, in that they would have to work longer and harder and for much less, because, well, that's just how the world needs to be now, and not like the vacation-happy, life enjoying French workers with all their overly generous benefits and long lunches and wine for breakfast.  The guy talked about depressed unemployed Americans as if they were joyous and happy and everything he envied for France -- i.e. a defeated workforce that doesn't ask for or demand anything significant in return and that hates other workers who do.  

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    Everyone is looking to wrap Afghanistan up (5.00 / 2) (#6)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 09:31:47 AM EST
    I think France making the plan for their leave taking right now is okay.  At least getting the ball rolling in that direction.

    I want France to stay just as Frenchie as they are.  We are the current Rome of the globe, and emulating that has always been about emulating those about to fall :)

    Count me as one who hasn't been happy about many European leaders thinking that emulating us on our downward spiral when it comes to living standards is a good thing.

    Interested to see how this Greece vs. the Hedge Funds that tried to vampire squid it goes.

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    Agreed (none / 0) (#9)
    by Dadler on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 09:49:05 AM EST
    Just the name Sarkozy sticks in my craw over that interview and the nonsense he spewed in it.  

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    Did the repub. party cut off there nose to (none / 0) (#7)
    by loveed on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 09:36:02 AM EST
    spite there face?
     When I first started writing about Huntsman, my argument was they wanted to win. And the power struggle for the control of the repub. party.
     He was savaged by the right wing media, label a moderate. Obama's best friend. They tore him down before he enter the race.
     The Nate Silvers, George Will, Fox news, only to realize to late he was there best shot. It was to late when they started pleading for conservative repubs. to take a second look. Because they had open the door for the mainstream media to take him down also. For Obama.
     No one wanted to talk about his job plan,getting rid of to big to fail banks. His flat tax plan.
     Now here we are the crazy are in control. I never thought Newt could beat Obama, but I've changed my mind since last night. Obama would not stand a chance in a debate with Newt.
     This is not a win at all cost. It not a game. This election is about the future of the country.
     Buckle your seat belt, it's going to be a bumpy ride.
     Will there be a strong 3rd party candidate? I think so.
     When Ross Perot ran in 1992, he could have won. At one point he was beating Clinton & Dole,until he lost his sanity. And still ended up with 19% of the vote.
     In 1992 the country was tired of both parties. In 2012 the country despise both parties.  
     Huntsman met with a group of prominent repubs & dems, who are trying to form a third party Friday before he dropout. He never did another campaign event after that meeting, even though he had lot of events scheduled. He knew the State News was going to endorse him. He had the backing of the most prominent family in SC. The former attorney general. The few events he did in SC was standing room only.
     I am truly puzzle by when he decided to dropout.  
         

    Any third party (5.00 / 1) (#21)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:44:04 AM EST
    candidate from the Repub side will elect Obama.

    Huntsman, Newt, Paul and Rich know this and know that if they do go third party there is no future for them in national politics.

    Now, that doesn't mean one of them won't decide to commit political suicide but it will be a restraint.

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    just saw the gallup guy on teevee (none / 0) (#10)
    by Capt Howdy on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 09:56:02 AM EST
    talking about the national Newt surge.  graph here.
    which show a 16 point lead for Romney that he said would narrow to 10 when they release data at 1pm.
    the graph is interesting. the mirrored data lines of Romney falling and Newt rising are pretty striking.

    its not hard to (none / 0) (#11)
    by Capt Howdy on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 09:56:59 AM EST
    imagine what happens to that graph if Newt pulls out a win on saturday.

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    It does not matter if Newt wins or lose (none / 0) (#14)
    by loveed on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:23:51 AM EST
    He has fatally wounded Romney.
     The party don't like Romney. And everyday he shows why he is Mr.25%.
     I don't think Newt really wanted to be president ( he was doing a book tour). His goal was to take down Romney. For what Romney did to him in Iowa. Mission accomplished.

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    words I never thought I would say (none / 0) (#15)
    by CST on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:24:59 AM EST
    Thank you Newt.

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    Really? (none / 0) (#16)
    by jbindc on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:31:37 AM EST
    then why, even according to Gallup, do 6 in 10 voters say they would be okay with a Romney - Obama matchup?

    Romney was not "fatally wounded" at all.

    Not unless the GOP is goign to be satisfied with an absolute blowout on Election Day because neither Santorum nor Gingrich stand a snowball's chance in hell of beating Obama (or even coming close, for that matter).

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    umm (none / 0) (#17)
    by CST on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:35:19 AM EST
    "Democrats are most likely to say they would be satisfied with these two candidates"

    "while independents are least likely"

    those vaunted independents you are always clamoring about don't like it much.

    And 6 in 10 includes mostly Democrats who are "ok" with it because of Obama, not Romney.

    Frankly that chart is very telling, among Demos "81%" satisfied/ 15% unsatisfied.  Among Repubs it's 60% satisfied/ 37% unsatisfied.

    That's supposed to be a good thing for Romney?

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    It's better news for Romney (none / 0) (#22)
    by jbindc on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:44:25 AM EST
    than for Gingrich or Santorum.

    And indies also aren't saying they are in love with Obama either in that poll.

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    it's better news for Obama (none / 0) (#38)
    by CST on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 11:34:07 AM EST
    than anyone else.

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    My favorite thing about the primary season (none / 0) (#12)
    by CST on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:17:14 AM EST
    is seeing the Republicans break rank.

    They've been way too good at holding up a unified front the last few years.  Time to splinter!

    You mean like the 2008 (none / 0) (#28)
    by BTAL on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:48:36 AM EST
    Dem fracture?

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    Dems have always been fractured (5.00 / 3) (#37)
    by CST on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 11:33:45 AM EST
    the saying "herding cats" comes to mind.

    So yea, I'm revelling in the newfound equity.  You guys usually have your $hit together better than that.

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    It will come when the time (none / 0) (#41)
    by BTAL on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 12:27:54 PM EST
    calls for it.  Its the primaries, infighting is part of the equation.  No worries on this side of the aisle.

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    Gingrich according to this news report (none / 0) (#19)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:39:57 AM EST
    Cancelled his appearance at an event in South Carolina today due to poor attendance.

    Guess (none / 0) (#23)
    by jbindc on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:45:12 AM EST
    he wasn't as hot as everyone around here thinks he is.

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    Don't sound like it (none / 0) (#27)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:47:50 AM EST
    Wonder where all the Southern leaders were?

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    Actually sounds (none / 0) (#55)
    by CoralGables on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 02:36:09 PM EST
    like a smart move on his part. Nothing to gain speaking to a dozen members of the the Southern Republican Leadership the day before a primary when you can be out about town winning over voters. They already had Cain, and Santorum in his sweater vest monogrammed with his name on it speaking.

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    There were about (none / 0) (#61)
    by jbindc on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 02:54:07 PM EST
    30 people there, about half press.  Not many voters.

    Does seem funny if he supposedly has all this energy behind his campaign now.  You think supporters would be out in numbers to show strength.  Or, Newt's people would make sure there was a crowd there, but apparently they were completely surprised because he was already there when they found out.

    And guess who it was that told the "crowd" that a "scheduling conflict" prevented Newtie from taking the stage - none other than Bob Livingston.  Two peas in a pod.

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    It wasn't open to the public (none / 0) (#66)
    by CoralGables on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 03:33:27 PM EST
    If the speakers were a VIP event, the cost was $749 per person to attend.

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    Still would think (none / 0) (#75)
    by jbindc on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 04:35:56 PM EST
    they would have garnered a crowd for the candidates, seeing as how they hosted the debate last night.

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    I am really looking forward (none / 0) (#79)
    by Capt Howdy on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 06:38:12 PM EST
    to your spin tomorrow night

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    Maybe everyone is at the Colbert-Cain rally! (none / 0) (#45)
    by ruffian on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 01:18:49 PM EST


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    Light Political Humor (none / 0) (#20)
    by ScottW714 on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:41:56 AM EST
    Republican candidate school PICS
    The Mad dog is wearing David Koresh glasses...

    Obama tosses in some Al Green in a speech.
    Not bad, but still funny.

    And then there's this from Jeopardy:

    A BLOW TO THE BACK
    OF THE NECK IS
    THE PUNCH NAMED
    FOR THIS ANIMAL

    Nerds...

    Poker players are (none / 0) (#24)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:46:18 AM EST
    some of the most liberal people in the world.

    Right now my informal polls show Romney beating Obama by 70-30.

    If you try to poll people when you're naked (5.00 / 2) (#29)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:49:15 AM EST
    Jim, the sane voting people are scared and run away from you :)  Wear some clothes next time.

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    Tracy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (none / 0) (#70)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 04:00:32 PM EST
    Was that you at the window??

    ;-)

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    What window? (none / 0) (#73)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 04:29:11 PM EST
    If you poll people indoors then I'm assuming you are doing it by phone, then nobody knows you are naked.  Are you making crank calls to get these numbers?

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    So that was you peaking! (none / 0) (#80)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 06:49:13 PM EST
    lol

    ;-)

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    Care to put your money where ... (5.00 / 1) (#58)
    by Yman on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 02:48:37 PM EST
    Right now my informal polls show Romney beating Obama by 70-30.

    ... your mouth is, Jim?  If that's some of "the most liberal people in the world", Romney must be up by at least 80-20 or 90-10 over Obama, right?  Being a gambler, wouldn't you like to place a little wager?  Or are you "all hat and no cattle", as they say in Bushland?

    Heh.

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    Social liberally people... (none / 0) (#30)
    by kdog on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:53:21 AM EST
    but they hate taxes as much as anybody;)

    Actually harder to find a more apolitcal group I think...if half of America don't vote, at least 85% of poker players don't vote.

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    I find most poker players (none / 0) (#56)
    by CoralGables on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 02:38:27 PM EST
    wearing their hoodies, and sunglasses, and headphones a bit on the disturbed side.

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    You are watching too much WPT (none / 0) (#69)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 03:59:34 PM EST
    poker on TV where all the 21 year olds have adopted nicknames like "Dirty Dog."

    Try going to some actual poker rooms were actual people play.

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    Utter nonsense (none / 0) (#31)
    by BTAL on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 10:55:03 AM EST
    This is why the far left is just as nuts as the far right.

    Dems propose 'Reasonable Profits Board' to regulate oil company profits

    Six House Democrats, led by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), want to set up a "Reasonable Profits Board" to control gas profits.

    The Democrats, worried about higher gas prices, want to set up a board that would apply a "windfall profit tax" as high as 100 percent on the sale of oil and gas, according to their legislation. The bill provides no specific guidance for how the board would determine what constitutes a reasonable profit.

    The Gas Price Spike Act, H.R. 3784, would apply a windfall tax on the sale of oil and gas that ranges from 50 percent to 100 percent on all surplus earnings exceeding "a reasonable profit." It would set up a Reasonable Profits Board made up of three presidential nominees that will serve three-year terms. Unlike other bills setting up advisory boards, the Reasonable Profits Board would not be made up of any nominees from Congress.

    1.  Price regulation didn't work well for Nixon nor windfall taxes for Carter.

    2.  Anyone else here want to let the govt determine just how their business should be allowed to earn?

    3.  The govt (fed and state) receive more per gallon in tax than the oil companies make in profit.

    Obviously, this will not get passed, but to even offer up such a bill is nonsense.
    Agreed... (5.00 / 1) (#48)
    by ScottW714 on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 01:39:30 PM EST
    Let's take the government out of the equation and let BigOil figure out how to get their goods from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and South America to the US.

    You argument is so tired and old, let them not pay a dime in taxes, and finance their own security.  They will be crawling back after they realize how much more benefit they get from the government then they actually pay for in taxes.

    I love how all these companies act like they are earning these insane profits all by themselves and that they are somehow victims when we ask for a fraction of it back.

    If they would actually do some sort of cost/benefit analysis on everything the government does for them, they would realize just how intricate the government is in their existence.  And more importantly, they would realize how little they actually pay for them.

    From ensuring a metric ton in the US is a metric ton in China, to ensuring travel on the seas and in the air is safe, to the entire infrastructure  that allows large sums of money to be securely transferred, to the treaties that establish rights like patent and copyright, to the GD roads that make it possible for us to buy their goods, the the million other things they always take for granted.  Global trade would be a joke without the US Government.

    They pay a fraction in taxes to their actual benefits.  We should be so lucky to receive such a disproportional amount of services for what we pay in taxes.

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    Boeing did that after the Itranians (none / 0) (#72)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 04:05:49 PM EST
    threatened to come take the AWACS that Boeing wouldn't deliver after the Iranian terrorist seized our embassy.

    You argument is so tired and old, let them not pay a dime in taxes, and finance their own security


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    You realize (none / 0) (#81)
    by sj on Sat Jan 21, 2012 at 11:58:41 PM EST
    that you are comparing an event to way of life.  Right?

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    I'd look at the speculators... (none / 0) (#33)
    by kdog on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 11:05:03 AM EST
    manipulating prices before I looked at the oil companies profits.  Of course I find their record profits obscene, who doesn't?, but I too have no faith in a three person central planning panel to "know best".

    And of course if Uncle Sam were truly worried about us all getting bled dry on fuel costs he'd cut the taxes to help us out.

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    Kdog (none / 0) (#71)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 04:03:04 PM EST
    I've been bitching about oil prices for years now.

    But I find it highly amusing that the same people who think a 5% profit by the oil companies is too much have no problem with 15% in taxes.

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    U.S. Police fire on student protesters? (none / 0) (#47)
    by Edger on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 01:28:36 PM EST
    U.S Police Fire Rubber Bullets, Projectiles at U.C. California Students, Riverside Jan 20 2012

    Iran PressTV youtube

    Where do they find these thugs? (5.00 / 1) (#53)
    by kdog on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 02:14:17 PM EST
    the UC-Fascist campus?

    I see the authorities are pulling the old "using our own metal barricades as weapons" defense.  Lame.

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    Good to see (5.00 / 2) (#54)
    by Edger on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 02:19:10 PM EST
    all the non stop coverage of it in US media, too....

    :-(

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    It's a diplomatic... (5.00 / 2) (#57)
    by kdog on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 02:47:00 PM EST
    media exchange program...our media covers their government's dirty, their media covers our government's dirty.

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    That makes sense (5.00 / 1) (#77)
    by Edger on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 05:04:29 PM EST
    America's 1%'ers and Iran's 1%'ers are in cahoots, and the politicians in both countries are working for them to scare and beat the crap out of the populations of both countries.

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    Supreme Court throws out (none / 0) (#62)
    by jbindc on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 03:00:04 PM EST
    Texas redistricting map - gives a partial victory to Texas Republicans.

    The high court's unsigned, unanimous opinion in the linked cases of Perry v. Perez and Perry v. Davis threw out interim state and congressional district maps drawn up by a three-judge federal court in San Antonio, Texas. The lower court had drawn up the interim maps when civil rights groups challenged the original maps created by the Republican-controlled state legislature as unlawfully discriminating against minority voters.

    The case itself has been a rushed, complicated affair involving two federal district courts taking on two different sections of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 and driven by the looming shadow of Texas' fast-approaching primary elections.
    A lot of patriot news (none / 0) (#63)
    by CST on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 03:08:51 PM EST
    in the globe these days.  Mostly about Brady and his legacy, as he is getting older in football years.

    Among all the eye-popping stats he's put up, this one stuck out the most to me.  He's played 12 seasons in the NFL, and this will be his 6th AFC championship.  That's mind boggling.

    I'm very nervous about this week's matchup with the Ravens.  They scare me more than any other team in the AFC (fitting that they are in the championship).  But I think Brady really wants this one.  And when he cares that much you can never count him out.

    Whether or not they can pull off the big one this year - I think it's hard to argue that Brady doesn't belong in the "best ever" convo.  Whether he is at the top for you or not, he's certainly in the running.  And if they do manage to win this year, the stats will certainly tell that story.

    Pains me to say... (none / 0) (#65)
    by kdog on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 03:26:53 PM EST
    but he's in the discussion, championships don't lie.

    With all the rule changes benefitting the passing game, it's gonna be hard to compare the current great QB's and WR's with the all time greats. It's almost like the 'roid era in baseball. Remember when 3000 yards passing in a year was an accomplishment? Now it's a bare minimum.  But rings are always a fair benchmark.

    One game must win, I'm still taking Montana;)

    Go Ravens!  For their sake I hope Ed Reed is playing.

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    Be careful kdog (none / 0) (#67)
    by CoralGables on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 03:36:10 PM EST
    Montana bailed on two wives and appears to have left wife number two for the young actress in waiting. Can you say...Newt Montana?

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    W-L (none / 0) (#68)
    by CST on Fri Jan 20, 2012 at 03:55:12 PM EST
    is the only record that counts, certainly the only one that counts to Brady.

    I remember back in his early years, he was the famous QB that didn't put up gaudy numbers.  That was Peyton, but Brady had the rings.  We tend to forget that these days but his personal passing yards were not that great before.  At least not compared to Manning.

    But yea as long as the team you are playing against is in the same "era" as you, you still gotta beat them.

    All I know there is no one I'd rather have as my QB than Brady.  He's done just fine by us.

    The thing that scares me most about the Ravens is even if they don't beat you they still hurt you.  And Pollard (the knee guy) is now playing for them.

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