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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (58399)	2/2/2009 10:01:51 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224755

11.February 02, 2009 8:20 am Link 1. We don't need a stimulus package. Just keep nominating people who haven't paid their taxes. There seems to be plenty of them. When they are all forced to pay their back taxes, the economy will have plenty of surplus to bail out the banks, the homeowners, and all others. 2. Am I the ONLY one who pays all her taxes, on time? 3. I am far more concerned about the fact that this man has been playing footsie with the health care industry and getting rich as a result, than I am about the fact that he didn't pay his taxes on that wealth. Had he paid every dime of taxes, on time, he still shouldn't be the nominee for this position. I support Obama wholeheartedly, but I am disappointed in this nomination, and wish he would withdraw it. — Wasting time, DC

To: lorne who wrote (58399)	2/2/2009 10:17:14 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224755

Katie Couric, Charlie Gibson, Brian Williams and a tough old U.S. Marine > Sergeant were captured by terrorists in Iraq. > > > > The leader of the terrorists told them he'd grant each of them one last > request before they were beheaded and dragged naked through the streets. > Katie Couric said, Well, I'm a Southerner, so I'd like one last plate > of fried chicken. The leader nodded to an underling who left and > returned with the chicken. Couric ate it all and said, 'Now I can die > content. > > > Charlie Gibson said, 'I'm living in ' New York, so I'd like to hear the > song, The Moon and Me, one last time. The terrorist leader nodded to > another terrorist who had studied the Western world and knew the music. > He returned with some rag-tag musicians and played the song. Gibson was > satisfied. > > > Brian Williams said, 'I'm a reporter to the end. I want to take out my > tape recorder and describe the scene here and what's about to happen. > Maybe, > someday, someone will hear it and know that I was on the job till the > end. The leader directed an aide to hand over the tape recorder and > Williams dictated his comments. He then said, 'Now I can die happy.' > > > The leader turned and said, 'And now, Mr. U.S. Marine, what is your > final wish? 'Kick me in the ass,' said the Marine. 'What?' asked the > leader, 'Will you mock us in your last hour?' 'No, I'm NOT kidding. I > want you to kick me in the ass,'insisted the Marine. So the leader > shoved him into the yard and kicked him in the ass. The Marine went > sprawling, but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9 mm pistol from inside his > cammies and shot the leader dead. In the resulting confusion, he > emptied his sidearm on six terrorists, then with his knife he slashed > the throat of one, and with an AK-47, which he took, sprayed > the rest of the terrorists killing another in a flash, all of them were > either dead or fleeing for their lives. As the Marine was untying > Couric, Gibson, and Williams, they asked him, 'Why didn't you just shoot > them all in the first place? Why did you ask him to kick you in the > ass?' > > > 'What?' replied the Marine, 'and have you three assholes report that I > was the aggressor....? > > > > > Semper Fi!