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by **The Dude** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 19:19:57

my bad

by **phdave** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 20:20:46

At what minute mark does this thing contain information?

by **TenuredVulture** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 20:25:52

jerseyhoya wrote:
TenuredVulture wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:Conservatives gon get real close to a majority. Huge gains in Ontario.

So, if Obama wins, will we hear conservatives threaten to move to Canada?

No. We actually love America.

Not going to Canada, starting Civil War II

by **jerseyhoya** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 20:28:23

I'm too drunk to read and respond to that, but there's a reason I don't post there anymore.

by **TenuredVulture** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 20:30:36

jerseyhoya wrote:I'm too drunk to read and respond to that, but there's a reason I don't post there anymore.

I used to like Paul Cella's posts, but he got even nuttier, and then stopped posting.

by **phdave** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 20:38:34

I'm surprised that they think that any of that is new or compelling.

by **dajafi** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 20:54:03

TenuredVulture wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:
TenuredVulture wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:Conservatives gon get real close to a majority. Huge gains in Ontario.

So, if Obama wins, will we hear conservatives threaten to move to Canada?

No. We actually love America.

Not going to Canada, starting Civil War II

Wow. Sick stuff.

But probably no more crazy, tribal, grandiose or self-pitying than the same sort of echo chambers on the left in late '04/early '05.

by **Monkeyboy** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 21:12:31

Was that post written by the First Dude?

by **Bucky** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 21:45:35

Woody wrote:
Bakestar wrote:Wait, isn't that Bucky's boy in the video?

I don't think you're supposed to call them that, bake

Oh wait... You meant...

Oh.

WOO HOO!! I'M FAMOUS!! I MEAN HE'S FAMOUS!!! ONE DEGREE OF SEPARATION BABY!!! WORLD SERIES TICKETS HERE I COME!!!! I MEAN THEY PROBABLY WON'T EVEN ASK FOR A TICKET WHEN I WALK INTO THE GAMES!!!! WOOO HOOOO!!!!

by **dajafi** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 13:01:08

Real pro-America Americans at a Palin rally:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPg0VCg4AEQ[/youtube]

by **drsmooth** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 13:20:14

dajafi wrote:Real pro-America Americans at a Palin rally:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPg0VCg4AEQ[/youtube]

no mention of hockey

by **meatball** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 13:22:10

Palin's in Lancaster today. My dad called and said he got me a ticket to go with him, but I declined. Btw, that video...depressing

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 14:25:46

It's disgusting stuff, but I'm sure the people on the other side were saying things just as stupid.

by **mpmcgraw** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 14:41:01

I really doubt that.

by **TenuredVulture** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 14:41:49

The idea of Palin a heartbeat away from the Presidency scares the shit out of me.

by **Woody** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 15:18:34

I think I may actually take those guys up on the offer and go to Venezuala. Christ

by **jerseyhoya** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 15:26:51

Woody wrote:I think I may actually take those guys up on the offer and go to Venezuala. Christ

by **Woody** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 15:37:38

UGGIE!!

by **pacino** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 16:05:28

I saw some kind of McCain something or other going on in Reading on Friday as I was leaving work. The only other time there are that many white people downtown in Reading is for a hockey game.

by **pacino** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 16:15:42

BuddyGroom wrote:
Werthless wrote:
BuddyGroom wrote:
mpmcgraw wrote:giving tax refunds to people who don't pay taxes?

The earned income tax credit, which was championed by Bill Clinton and had some Republican support I'm pretty sure, is a refundable credit, meaning poor people can get back money they never paid in taxes in the first place.

It may or may not be socialism, but it's not a new concept for us.

BTW, who cares if it's "socialism" or not. We should care if it will work.

What standards do you have for whether such a policy "works?"

Whether it helps the working poor exit and/or stay off public assistance programs. Whether it helps the working poor avoid foreclosure or rent delinquency. There's two possibilities.

Sorry to bump this up, but I felt I needed to add something:

Plus, they actually do pay federal taxes, unless people don't count social security and medicare payroll taxes?

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