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To: i-node who wrote (621631)	7/27/2011 3:01:41 PM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578762

Dave, stop.......I am losing what little respect I had left for you. You are sounding like a crackhead who lies whenever its convenient. Suffice to say the Rs have been running this country into a ditch for the past ten years. I could be wrong but I think Americans are finally waking up to that reality.

To: i-node who wrote (621631)	7/27/2011 3:01:49 PM
From: Don Hurst	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578762

You are such an idiot...hell, you could lead a teabagger rally, anchor a Faux show, run Bachmann's campaign, write Palin speeches, migosh, even give them as long as the key points, such as "you betcha", were written on your palm.

To: i-node who wrote (621631)	7/27/2011 3:15:19 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578762

U.S. District Chief Judge Royce Lamberth issued an order (PDF) yesterday scolding Orly Taitz, a lawyer and "birther" activist, for "wasting the Court's time" by failing to redact social security number information in court papers in violation of federal rules. "Plaintiff is either toying with the Court or displaying her own stupidity.

To: i-node who wrote (621631)	7/27/2011 5:10:22 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578762

Mazel tov! McCain erupts: Conservatives are lying to America By Greg Sargent So the debt limit debate has come to this: John McCain, who you may recall was the GOP’s 2008 standard bearer, is now openly accusing conservatives of actively misleading America with their completely unrealistic demands, which he labeled “deceiving” and “bizarro.” In a seminal moment in this debate, here’s some video of McCain on the Senate floor today, unleashing an angry tirade at conservatives who are still holding out for a balanced budget amendment as part of any compromise on the debt ceiling. McCain accused them of “deceiving” America into believing such a thing can pass the Senate. Watch video: There are Republicans in both the House and Senate who are still pushing for another vote on the balanced budget amendment, even though “cut cap and balance,” which contains such an amendment, has already failed in the Senate. Tea Party GOP Senators such as Jim DeMint and Rand Paul are calling on colleagues to reject John Boehner’s proposal for a two-tiered debt ceiling increase, and are instead demanding another vote on “cut cap and balance.” Meanwhile, House conservatives such as Mike Pence are also urging another vote on a modified version of a balanced budget amendment. To such conservatives, McCain offered a simple answer: You’re in fantasy-land, and you’re doing your constituents a disservice by perpetuating the falsehood that such a thing can ever happen. “What is really amazing about this is that some members are believing that we can pass a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution in this body with its present representation — and that is foolish,” McCain said angrily. “That is worse than foolish. That is deceiving many of our constituents.” McCain went on to rip the idea as “bizarro.” Tellingly, McCain cited today’s Wall Street Journal editoral excoriating conservative opponents of the Boehner plan as out of touch with reality for thinking they can do better. McCain’s angry tirade on the Senate floor today perfectly captures the rising frustration, anger, and panic of more responsible Republicans and GOP establishment figures as they come to terms with the true depths of the delusion that is now afflicting some on the right — and the danger it is now posing to our economy and country. There are Republicans in both the House and Senate who are still pushing for another vote on the balanced budget amendment, even though “cut cap and balance,” which contains such an amendment, has already failed in the Senate. Tea Party GOP Senators such as Jim DeMint and Rand Paul are calling on colleagues to reject John Boehner’s proposal for a two-tiered debt ceiling increase, and are instead demanding another vote on “cut cap and balance.” Meanwhile, House conservatives such as Mike Pence are also urging another vote on a modified version of a balanced budget amendment. To such conservatives, McCain offered a simple answer: You’re in fantasy-land, and you’re doing your constituents a disservice by perpetuating the falsehood that such a thing can ever happen. “What is really amazing about this is that some members are believing that we can pass a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution in this body with its present representation — and that is foolish,” McCain said angrily. “That is worse than foolish. That is deceiving many of our constituents.” McCain went on to rip the idea as “bizarro.” Tellingly, McCain cited today’s Wall Street Journal editoral excoriating conservative opponents of the Boehner plan as out of touch with reality for thinking they can do better. McCain’s angry tirade on the Senate floor today perfectly captures the rising frustration, anger, and panic of more responsible Republicans and GOP establishment figures as they come to terms with the true depths of the delusion that is now afflicting some on the right — and the danger it is now posing to our economy and country. washingtonpost.com

To: i-node who wrote (621631)	11/13/2011 8:25:42 PM
From: combjelly	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578762

"War spending had nothing, AT ALL, to do with this. Hell, it was a trillion over 10 years -- that's 100B/year." Dave, that trillion was out of the $7 trillion that Bush ran up during his tenure. That is a fair fraction. Claiming that it was insignificant is, well, sort of stupid. No, it wasn't the totality of it. But it certainly was a contributor. As was the Bush tax cut. And the military build up. And the global war on terror. Face it, the vast majority of the debt was rung up under Republican administrations. Those are the facts.