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  1. Duff Miver

    Michele Bachmann was in town today

    She did a bus stop at the Beacon drive in. Among other things, she led the crowd in a cheer to celebrate Elvis Presley's birthday. Happy Birthday, dear Elvis.... Problem is, Elvis wasn't born August 16. Elvis died August 16, 1977 Close enough for Bach-stupid:....:142smilie...
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    Iowans kick Romney's ass

    For being a greedy capitalist pig. LMAO. http://news.yahoo.com/romney-shouting-match-crowd-iowa-fair-163532052.html
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    Hey azzbob, Dow up 400+

    Pucker up and give Obama's ass a nice big smooch. :mj07: :mj07: :mj07: :mj07: :mj07:
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    I miss Richard Nixon

    In other words, it?s a pity Barack Obama isn?t more like Richard Nixon. In popular imagination, Nixon remains nothing but a great goblin ? scowling bomber of Southeast Asia, panderer to fear and racism, paranoid anti-Semite, dispatcher of burglars ? but the truth is, he governed further to the...
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    The cause of the recession

    For the past 15 years (inflaton adjusted) GDP per capita, and real median family income have been going downhill. And the rate of decline is accelerating. We have less money, so, no surprise, we are in recession. Why are GDP and median income down? No surprise, we have exported our jobs to...
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    Chris Christie isn't a complete asshole

    The tub-o-lard actually did something that made sense. New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie defended his decision to nominate a Muslim judge to the state Superior Court against conservative critics who warned that the new judge will implement Sharia law. The notoriously blunt-spoken...
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    Tea party fizzle

    Public perception of the tea party movement, which many see as the driving force that kept Republicans from voting to raising the debt ceiling without implementing unprecedented spending reductions, is at a record low. The Bachmann/Palin/Santorum/Huckleberry/Beck/Limbaugh crowd is barely more...
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    Damn! Lumi would go batshit over this

    He''d need triple layer tinfoil. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oik1agiIam4
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    Hey, Maggot - I'd like to buy you a drink or two

    I'm going to be in Paris early October, but I know you won't show up there, so how about some place where maybe you'll feel safer, right here in the USA. I spent most of a year in the little town of Spencer, WV. There's just one bar in town, the Green Lantern. Right on the square, you can't...
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    New polls, August 2 -

    President Obama Job Approval CNN/Opinion Research Approve 45, Disapprove 52 Disapprove +7 Congressional Job Approval CNN/Opinion Research Approve 14, Disapprove 84 Disapprove +70 Great job Congress. Your approval rating is now lower than Casey Anthony. :facepalm:
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    Solving our energy problem

    The teabaggers have the answer. Drill, baby, drill they yowl, then dust off their hands, problem solved. Proven oil reserves in the USA are 21 billion barrels. Our usage is 20 million barrels per day, so, even if we could actually recover every last drop today, we would be completely out of...
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    Phoney baloney - right wing lies

    "Tax cuts will create jobs" GW Bush enacted across the board tax cuts, and unemployment went through the roof. "The federal g'mint has raised taxes too high" Federal taxes are lower than they have been since 1949 "Cutting corporate taxes will create jobs." Corporate taxes are lower than...
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    We're screwed

    Democracy is a failure. Here's why - http://whoknew.news.yahoo.com/?nc&vid=26016033
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    What the people think

    "Do you think the policies of Barack Obama and the Democrats or George W. Bush and the Republicans are more responsible for the country's current economic problems?" N=502 (Version B), margin of error ? 4.5 Obama, Democrats Bush, Republicans Both equally (vol.) Neither (vol.) Unsure...
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    How Nucor Steel screws their employees

    Most of the great American steel manufacturers are gone, nothing left of them but tumbledown buildings, contaminated property and broken promises. Nucor Steel, however, is thriving with ever higher sales and ever higher profits. How does Nucor thrive where the steel giants of old withered...
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    How Lincoln Electric screws their employees

    No wonder Lincoln is so profitable.....just look at what they do to their employees. Average $68,000 per year for factory work. Guaranteed no layoffs. Advisory board made up of hourly shop-floor employees. Four weeks paid vacation. Comprehensive company paid medical plan. Company paid...
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    New polls out today

    General Election: Romney vs. Obama ABC News/Wash Post Obama 49, Romney 47 Obama +2 General Election: Bachmann vs. Obama ABC News/Wash Post Obama 55, Bachmann 40 Obama +15 General Election: Perry vs. Obama ABC News/Wash Post Obama 53, Perry 40 Obama +13 General Election: Paul vs. Obama ABC...
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    Scott Walker for doggie and the Maggot

    Here's a poll by doggie's favorite, Scott Rasmussen - A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Wisconsin Voters finds that just 34% Strongly Approve of the job he is doing, while 48% Strongly Disapprove. Overall, including those who somewhat approve or disapprove, the new Republican...
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    Those financially responsible republicans

    Can't balance their own budget - :mj07: WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Republican National Committee raised $19 million in the past three months but is still $17.5 million in debt. The committee said Monday that it had raised $36.6 million this year, including $19 million in the second quarter, and...
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    A message from a prof at my alma mater

    ?I have seen the future, and it works,? journalist Lincoln Steffens famously said of his 1919 visit to Bolshevik Russia. Guided by his economic faith, Steffens saw the future as he wanted it to be, not as it would be. What excuse do we have when we follow people who, guided by a different...
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