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Politics : How Quickly Can Obama Totally Destroy the US? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Qualified Opinion who wrote (7138)	1/8/2014 3:39:09 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

Where's the Media Outrage? Virginia Democrat Compares Republicans to Violent Rapists ......................................................................................... newsbusters.org ^ \| January 7, 2014 \| Kyle Drennen

To: Qualified Opinion who wrote (7138)	1/8/2014 3:39:33 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

They are part of the same team.

To: Qualified Opinion who wrote (7138)	1/9/2014 10:27:55 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

Disabled Family Sees 300 Percent Increase In Health Insurance Costs Under Obamacare ................................................................................................ Michigan Capital Confidential ^ \| January 9, 2014 \| Anne Schieber

To: Qualified Opinion who wrote (7138)	1/9/2014 4:11:54 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By Cage Rattler Respond to of 16547

CNN Host Grills Wasserman Schultz About Thinking Christie’s Hiding Something While Obama Always Claims to Be in the Dark PJ Media ^ \| 1-9-2014 \| Bridget Johnson CNN host Don Lemon grilled Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on how it’s OK to assume Chris Christie is hiding something while assuming that President Obama is always forthcoming. Wasserman Schultz was eager to spread the message that the New Jersey governor had committed wrongdoing, a news drop that conveniently steered attention away from former Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ revelations a day earlier about Hillary Clinton. “I think the investigation that is ongoing is going to — through the questioning, particularly tomorrow when the assembly asks the right people under oath questions about exactly what happened and who and where these instructions came from to shut down three lanes of highway on the George Washington Bridge that not just — not only snarled traffic but actually slowed down first responders from looking for a 4-year-old,” Wasserman Schultz said. “There are so many questions that need to be answered that Chris Christie has refused to answer thus far and today those e-mails revealed that there is smoke and that smoke leads right to the closest staff that he has in his office. If he’s such a straight shooter, which he prides himself on, Don, why did it take seven hours for him to release a statement for him saying he was outraged and had no knowledge of it? I can tell you if I knew nothing about something and had no knowledge, I would immediately release a statement. That doesn’t take a lot of hand wringing to release a statement like that.” Lemon asked Wasserman Schultz about the controversies faced by Obama over the past year. “Each time the president has claimed that he didn’t know. He didn’t know about the NSA spying on allies. He didn’t know that about the Obamacare website. He didn’t know that if you — that you wouldn’t be able to keep your doctor — so what’s the difference between Christie not knowing and the president not knowing?” “The difference is the issues that President Obama said he didn’t know about were policy issues. This is a scandal. A scandal that leads right to his office in which his staff and possibly him exacted political retribution in retaliation for a Democratic mayor in Fort Lee refusing to endorse him in his re- election. As a result they ordered the shutdown of three lanes of the George Washington Bridge on the first day of school, snarling traffic, trapping children in school buses,” Wasserman Schultz responded. Lemon pointed out that Obama calls everything “made-up scandals,” so why couldn’t Christie’s involvement be overblown, too? “How could we compare a governor and his staff potentially deliberately shutting down three lanes of highway in retaliation, which these e-mails that came out today show that it was in response to a mayor refusing to endorse their boss for his re- election? How you could compare that to health care policy, intelligence policy and foreign policy?” Wasserman Schultz shot back. “Now of those three things were scandals. They are not comparable. Chris Christie has to face the music. He has refused to answer questions for months. He has said from the beginning that he had nothing to do with this and knew nothing about it and that it didn’t have anything to do with anyone at his office and it turns out none of that is true.” Lemon then asked about her political motivation in stoking the Christie scandal. “Clinton beats all opponents except for Christie. I’m talking about Hillary Clinton,” he said. “If we were looking forward to 2016, it shows that Christie beats her by 2 points, 48 percent to 46 percent.” “Chris Christie is the governor of the state of New Jersey and the head of the National Governor’s Association. His job this year, he said himself about a month ago, that his sole responsibility right now is to re-elect and elect Republican governors. So the guy who is in charge of electing and re-electing Republican governors has created a culture in his office at the very least that allowed his senior staff to think that it was OK to exact political retribution that impacted his constituents,” Wasserman Schultz responded. To: smoothsailing Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a liberal pathological liar for her boss. 'WS. 2 posted on Thursday, January 09, 2014 3:46:53 PM by F15Eagle To: smoothsailing I wonder what her comments were regarding Lois Lerner......... 3 posted on Thursday, January 09, 2014 3:47:01 PM by originalbuckeye To: smoothsailing I smell HYPOCRISY !! 4 posted on Thursday, January 09, 2014 3:48:45 PM by Tilted Irish Kilt To: smoothsailing This kind of crap with the lame stream media and Democrats could wind up backfiring on them. 5 posted on Thursday, January 09, 2014 3:54:37 PM by woweeitsme [ Post Reply \| Private Reply \| To 1 \| View Replies \| Report Abuse] To: Tilted Irish Kilt I smell a dead useful idiot. Debbie’s public barking along with the rest of the DNC kennel simply tells me Christie’s usefulness is at an end. They’re going to need a bigger floor jack under that bus. Let that be a lesson to all RINOs. 6 posted on Thursday, January 09, 2014 3:57:13 PM by PowderMonkey

To: Qualified Opinion who wrote (7138)	1/9/2014 5:46:11 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By Cage Rattler Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16547

Chris Christie does the Obama two-step and claims he "didn't know" and "no one told" him about the bridge thing. His chumminess, after the Sandy storm, with the biggest liar of 2013 must have rubbed off. But he goes one step further, in what you might call, a positive manner. He fires the individual responsible for planning the traffic jam outside of Fort Lee. He has the gumption to toss a loyal supporter under the bus knowing she will probably spill the beans about his involvement. That takes guts. Our president has no such scruples. Obama stays loyal to his henchmen and even rewards them for their criminal behavior. Lois Lerner, who lied before congress and then took "The Fifth" about her actions preventing conservative groups from achieving tax free status from her own IRS, was permitted to take months off from work, with pay and eventually was permitted to retire with a six figure pension. No need for any Obama functionary to worry about the loss of his/her job or criminal penalties for their falsehoods no matter how criminal or heinous. The list is endless. James Clapper, Susan Rice, Eric Holder and Hillary Clinton are just a few of Obama's defensive line who blithely lie, smile and retreat back into their office mansions to take the "thumbs up" call from their leader. But these people will remain silent. Their loyalty is to the party, their chief and not to the taxpaying public. So to Chris Christie: enjoy your double whole pizza dinner tonight and pat yourself on the back that you at least fired one of your underlings for the mischief you had a hand in. But you're not yet in the league of the big players whose teams play with no rules at all.

To: Qualified Opinion who wrote (7138)	1/20/2014 11:24:40 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

THE ANT and the GRASSHOPPER: Two Versions ........................................................................ The wide web \| Anon The ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> OLD VERSION The ant works Hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper Thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm And well fed. The grasshopper has No food or shelter, so he Dies out in the cold. MORAL OF THE OLD STORY: Be responsible for yourself! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MODERN VERSION The ant works hard In the withering heat and the rain all summer long, building his house And laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant Is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the shivering grasshopper Calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be Allowed to be warm and well fed while he is cold and starving.. CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, And ABC show up to Provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper Next to a video of the ant In his comfortable home with a table filled with food. America is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper Is allowed to suffer so? Kermit the Frog appears On Oprah With the grasshopper And everybody cries when they sing, 'It's Not EasyBeing Green ...' Occupy the Anthill stages A demonstration in front of the ant's House where the news stations film the SEIU group singing, We shall overcome. Then Rev Al Sharpton's assistant Has the group kneel down to pray for the grasshopper While he damns the ants. The Reverend Al can not attend as he has contractual commitments to appear on his MSNBC show for which he is paid over two million dollars a year to complain that rich people do not care. President Obama condemns the ant And blames President Bush 43, President Bush 41, President Reagan, Christopher Columbus, and the Pope For the grasshopper's Plight….. Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid Exclaim in an interview on The View That the ant has Gotten rich off the back of the Grasshopper , And both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share. Finally, the EEOC drafts The Economic Equity & Anti-Grasshopper Act Retroactive to the beginning of The summer. The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number Of green bugs and, Having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the Government Green Czar And given to the grasshopper . The story ends as we see the grasshopper And his free-loading friends finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while the government house he is in, which, as you recall, just happens to be the ant's old house, Crumbles around them because the grasshopper doesn't maintain it. The ant has disappeared in the snow, never to be seen again. The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident, and the house, now abandoned, is taken Over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the ramshackle, once prosperous and peaceful, neighborhood. The entire Nation collapses Bringing the rest Of the free world with it. MORAL OF THE STORY: Be careful how you vote in 2014 and 2016.

To: Qualified Opinion who wrote (7138)	1/20/2014 11:36:44 AM
From: joseffy	4 Recommendations Recommended By Blasher D.Austin lorne slowmo Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16547

Once upon a time there was a little red hen who scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered some grains of wheat. The little red hen called her neighbors together and said ‘If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me plant it?’ “Not I, ” said the cow. “Not I,” said the duck. “Not I,” said the pig. “Not I,” said the goose. “Then I will,” said the little red hen. And she did. The wheat grew tall and ripened into golden grain. “Who will help me reap my wheat?” asked the little red hen. “Not I,” said the duck. “Out of my classification,” said the pig. “I’d lose my seniority,” said the cow. “I’d lose my unemployment compensation,” said the goose. “Then I will,” said the little red hen, and she did. At last the time came to bake the bread. “Who will help me bake bread?” asked the little red hen. “That would be overtime for me,” said the cow. “I’d lose my welfare benefits,” said the duck. “I’m a dropout and never learned how,” said the pig. “If I’m to be the only helper, that’s discrimination,” said the goose. “Then I will,” said the little red hen. She baked five loaves and held them up for the neighbors to see. They all wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share. But the little red hen said, “No, I can eat the five loaves myself.” “Excess profits,” cried the cow. “Capitalist leech,” screamed the duck. “I demand equal rights,” yelled the goose. And the pig just grunted. And they painted “unfair” picket signs and marched round and around the little red hen shouting obscenities. Then the government agent came, And he said to the little red hen, “You must not be greedy.” “But I earned the bread,” said the little red hen. “Exactly,” said the agent. “That’s the wonderful free enterprise system. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our modern government regulations productive workers must divide their products with the idle.” The little red hen was quiet for a moment, but then smiled and clucked to the government agent , “Yes, sir. Yes sir, boss. I likes that. Yes sir. That's real good, boss." And the government agent took loaves and gave them to the other animals. But the little red hen's neighbors wondered why she never baked any more bread again .