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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:17 PM
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I couldn't help myself... I am SO bad...
I just couldn't help myself. I heard there were a lot of freepers on the ABC Boston Legal board and had to read it. What a bunch of whiners. I actually registered to post. This is what I put down. Heads may explode.

I couldn't help it. I really couldn't.

********

God forbid anyone should shatter this nice veil of illusion you poor put-upon conservatives are living behind these days. You control all three branches of government, most of the mainstream media (particularly the corporate press) and scream and yell every time you see something you don't want to hear.

If you didn't know that David E. Kelly regularly puts forth liberal viewpoints, you haven't been paying attention. I've watched every single one of his offerings since Picket Fences. I watched Boston Public. I now watch Boston Legal. They were/are ALL great shows that showed more than one side of everything, liberal AND conservative.

Am I complaining because Denny Crane is a misogynistic, oversexed, Republican creep who usually manages to interject a counterpoint sometime during the show? Uh-uh.

You people really need to get over yourselves. You are the SOREST winners I've ever had the misfortune to meet. You won't be happy until your little cabal owns the whole country completely and leads us down the primrose path to our destruction.

Ask yourself this...if our security is SO important to this bunch, why are they so hot on borrowing money from the communist Chinese to finance this little war of theirs? How does it help America if China owns 10% of our debt?

You think WE'RE "drinking the kool-aide" but I'll tell you this. The only reason you're all hanging onto your beliefs about these yahoos is because you can't admit you made a drastic mistake.

REAL conservatives don't spend like drunken sailors on shore leave. REAL conservatives don't disrespect the Constitution. REAL conservatives don't launch a war on questionable intelligence and engage in expensive nation-building exercises that put our nation deep in debt.

You think I'm wrong? Ask William F. Buckley or Pat Buchanan. They'll tell you true.

You've been betrayed. And you don't want to admit it.

Sucks to be you.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:18 PM
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1. YOU ROCK YOU ROCK YOU SO TOTALLY ROCK!!!
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Ready4Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:20 PM
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2. Well said.
Got a link to the forum so we can view the fireworks?
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HeeBGBz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 11:06 PM
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34. Here's a link
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 11:16 AM
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64. Actually it's towards the bottom of page 7 (Mythsaje's post).
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bobbieinok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 05:18 PM
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68. apparently you have to register to even read the posts
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:20 PM
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3. Brilliant!
They will hate you, of course, and post all manner of horrid things while their computer screens become flecked and damp with their spittle. But you speak the truth: It really does suck to be them.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:21 PM
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4. They don't spend like drunken sailors...
Edited on Fri Mar-17-06 10:22 PM by NewJeffCT
Sailors spend their own money! That's an insult to sailors.

excellent job, though.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:21 PM
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5. I hope you put this on your journal. It is so worth saving. n/t
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:22 PM
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6. You are soooo bad... yet soooo good...
What a great response...suttle yet in their face...factual...You are right they can't handle the truth...:applause:

Wait till these repugs see the movie V-Vendetta...you think they are crying about Boston Legal....it's going to get really good and it's going to freak them out!!

Must see movie for all DU members and lurkers!!!
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:23 PM
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7. good stuff!
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:23 PM
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8. DAMNIT
Did you see the one I posted w/links about torture, wiretaps, etc and yours have been "disappeared"??

:mad::mad:
:mad:
:mad:
:mad:
:mad:
:mad:
:mad:
:mad:
:mad:

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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:24 PM
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10. Did they disappear it?
Ah, well.

They can't handle the truth.

Too bad.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:28 PM
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13. they are back!
:shrug:
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Kerrytravelers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:24 PM
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9. LOL!



And then... here "they come:
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:25 PM
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11. I can only hope they read every last word and take it to heart. nt
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Minnesota Libra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:27 PM
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12. You are good!! nt
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:28 PM
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14. Great comeback
but it's really too bad those poor put-upon cretins won't read it. You see, they've been ordered by their college Repug groups to write, by the Family Television Council, and by every right wing screaming ranter on AM radio. Most of them didn't see the program, something you'll catch on to if you read enough of the generalities in the complaints. They were told to complain about RAMPANT LIBERALISM, and they did.

However, you'll be read by anyone to the left of these witless pissmeisters, and you'll give them encouragement.

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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:33 PM
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15. Please link to the thread where your excellent post is, so I can view the
head exploding replies!
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:38 PM
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17. Helderheid did...
It's the 1st Response to my post. :D

I closed it out as soon as I posted. I have more fun THINKING about watching their heads exploding than actually watching it happen. :evilgrin:
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:41 PM
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20. I looked through that whole 8 page thread but didn't find your post...
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:46 PM
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21. Well, she also said it had been disappeared...
That sucks. I was hoping at least a few of THEM got to see it.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:46 PM
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23. Why would it be disappeared? Because you closed out your account?
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:51 PM
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27. I didn't close out the account...
I just closed the page.

And I don't know why it would be disappeared, other than some mod might think it was flamebait or something. Too rough for their poor innocent brains to handle.

Other than that... I don't know.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:53 PM
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29. Every post on that thread is flamebait. Yours is much better written than
99 percent of what is on there, so unless the mods, if any, were freeps, I'd see no reason to disappear it.
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:56 PM
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30. I agree...
It SHOULD be there. It WAS there, apparently, and then it wasn't. Then, I guess, it was back. And then it wasn't.

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HeeBGBz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 11:10 PM
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36. It is there
A beacon of light shining through a sea of bullshit.
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Kenergy Donating Member (834 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:33 PM
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16. Good one! n/t
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:39 PM
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18. Oh, you are bad. And you're so good at it.
:toast:
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The Traveler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:40 PM
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19. That was so cool
You definitely brought a smile to my face with that one!

You sure know how to hurt a feep ...
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fooj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:46 PM
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22. Most EXCELLENT!
Peace.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:47 PM
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24. Yes well,
:yourock: :applause: and :thumbsup:
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hootinholler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:48 PM
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25. The only thing I would change is
Questionable evidence to Fraudulent evidence. The yellowcake docs were forged.

-Hoot
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:53 PM
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28. I thought about that, but, well, they can admit on some level
that it was questionable intelligence. They may not be able to admit on ANY level that it's fraudulent. WE know it was, but their minds just can't handle that fact.
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hootinholler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 12:21 AM
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42. That's why they need to be slammed by the truth...
The alcoholic doesn't realize the problem unitl they bottom out.

Nice job though, I'm just not able to be gentle with them anymore.

-Hoot
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 12:32 AM
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47. I'm only gentle in comparison, I think...
I long ago perfected the insult grenade. Pull the pin, toss it in, and then, sometime after I'm gone, they stop and think...

"HEY!"
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No DUplicitous DUpe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:49 PM
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26. Nice One. A+
Well done!
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HeeBGBz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:59 PM
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31. That was excellent, Mythsaje!
I bet there are some heads a'spinnin over there.

The freepish are thick as thieves there tonight.
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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 11:03 PM
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32. Love it!
Absolutely F'in love it!

Can I borrow the meme?
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 11:04 PM
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33. Absolutely!
Have you figured out your journal yet?
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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 11:19 PM
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37. I'll have to figure it out later.... but thank you! n/t
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 11:07 PM
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35. Now that is a Beautiful thing
:yourock:
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Vektor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 11:24 PM
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38. Excellent response!
Very well written, and totally true.
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missouri dem 2 Donating Member (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 11:29 PM
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39. Great post. Kicked and recomended.
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Starfury Donating Member (615 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 11:30 PM
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40. Well done!
Can't wait for some faux conservative to attempt to reply... :)
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understandinglife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 11:58 PM
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41. "You've been betrayed. And you don't want to admit it. Sucks, to be you."
Totally outstanding!!!! :thumbsup:


Be The Bu$h Opposition - 24/7
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 12:27 AM
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43. all y'all better register and start responding to these poor brainwashed
MSN bots!
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 12:28 AM
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44. Did it go nuts or what?
I figure it looks a bit like a train wreck about now and I'm afraid to look.

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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 12:29 AM
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45. It's still pretty slow - we have time to really tell them what the
majority thinks. Your reply should be published in every paper - WONDERFUL!
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 12:38 AM
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50. You saw my "Final Word" Post, didn't you?
From a few days back? It was to a couple of freepers I'd been debating on another forum. It was my parting shot. Same basic theme, a little different delivery.

*****

Except it's not just the Dems who've said think the warrantless wiretaps go too far.

This administration is so out of control it's frightening and, as long as you yourselves aren't adversely affected, you'll go along with it. You can't for a minute tell me it's not completely partisan and you'd accept all this from a Democratic administration. You can't stop whining about Clinton, and, compared to this meathead and his minions, Clinton was the soul of discretion.

There is plenty of evidence (mostly ignored by what you laughingly would call the "liberal media") that this administration used faulty evidence to convince people to go along with an attack on Iraq. It wasn't Saddam who threw weapons inspectors (who, as it turns out, were pretty sure that there weren't any WMDs by the time that happened) but the U.S., who intended to attack Iraq regardless of what anyone thought about the idea.

It's obvious that you folks will continue to excuse this administration's excesses to the point it no longer matters... Iran's next on the hit-list. Let's add ANOTHER war we don't have the resources to win, and continue to flush our treasury down the toilet. China already owns 10% of our debt. I'm sure you're quite happy with owing the commies and giving them the power to completely shut down our economy should they desire to do so.

News flash. Even in the BEST circumstances we can't compete with China's growing economic strength. But these aren't the best circumstances. China still maintains trade tariffs against us yet we don't do the same, giving America corporations carte blanche to make obscene profits at the expense of the American worker. We're practically HANDING China the opportunity to become the next superpower, while stealing the future from our own children.

Even a lot of RWers are starting to get it. Pat Buchanan and William F. Buckley certainly do. There is NOTHING conservative about this administration. They're "catapulting the propaganda" with such gusto, aided by a compliant media machine, that we're being buried in enough bullshit to fill ten stockyards a day. Everything has become spin and only a few lone voices in the wilderness have the guts to point it out.

I think you people have hitched your wagon to this guy and his bumbling crew and can't for a minute consider the possibility that you made a drastic mistake. So be it. I just wish you weren't dragging the rest of us along for the ride over the rapidly approaching cliff.

The fact is that the right is just simply wrong. Economically, politically, strategically, and socially. You willingly grant corporations power they shouldn't have, give aid and comfort to our largest economic adversary, punish people for telling the truth, throw our resources away with all the discipline of a drunken sailor on shore leave, and undermine the role of the middle class in society. And that's just for STARTERS. You claim to want smaller government, yet support unprecedented growth in government, and interference in sectors that should (rightfully) remain outside government control.

I surrender. I came here to check the barometer and find, to my disgust and dismay, that you folks are so complacent that you'll excuse any excess in the name of your precious ideology, even when it should be perfectly apparent that they're betraying YOUR ideology as well as America's future.

If by some miracle we manage to escape the looming disaster and manage to inject some sense into this government before it's too late, I'm sure you'll be lining up to condemn anything done by a more reasonable and rational administration and/or congress. But, on the other hand, if things go from bad to worse and we're all ass-deep in alligators ten years from now, just remember. We tried to warn you. Go ahead and blame it all on the people who saw it coming.

I'm sure you will anyway. Anything else would be unthinkable.
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hopeisaplace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 12:30 AM
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78. This is terrificly put together, congratulations, it's really good
thanks, I enjoyed reading that :)
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American liberal Donating Member (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 12:30 AM
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46. That's a GREAT post. I have to correct you on one point, however.
China owns FORTY PERCENT of U.S. debt!!!
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 12:33 AM
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48. Ouch.
Didn't realize it was that high. Then again, if they go looking for info to refute my claim, they're going to get a much nastier shock than they expected. :evilgrin:
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upi402 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 12:36 AM
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49. sore winners - for sure.
:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 12:38 AM
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51. "...the SOREST winners I've ever had the misfortune to meet. "
(!) that is so well written, even the lunkheads will grasp it. :thumbsup:
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cantstandbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 12:42 AM
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52. Oh, you are so bad! i love it!!! n/t
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 03:49 AM
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53. great post...
I read this the other day, when there was only 4, or 5 pages of debate going on...great post...:)
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PsychoDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 06:36 AM
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54. REAL conservatives
Amen Brother.


Peace
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bear425 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 08:54 AM
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55. ooh, that's so good. Nicely done! k&r
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earth mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 09:33 AM
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56. Great rant-I quite enjoyed it-Thanks for posting!
:evilgrin:
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sellitman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 09:37 AM
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57. Your Journal Link is now on mine!
Anyone who writes like this has my admiration. Great rant!-Kevin
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 11:08 AM
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63. I just did the same
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 09:55 AM
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58. You're So Bad, you're DAMN GOOD.
Awesome post. Nailing 'em to the fuckin' wall, it was.
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 10:01 AM
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59. "Sucks to be you" hahahahaha!
I really, really am glad I'm not a Republican.
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 10:03 AM
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60. It was a thing of beauty! Loved it!
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StaggerLee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 10:29 AM
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61. And One!
Take it to the line Mythsaje!

:applause:

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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 10:37 AM
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62. that was wonderful!
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 02:41 PM
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65. EXCELLENT!
:applause:
The truth can be so painful, but one must just clench one's teeth and pull that bandaid off quickly.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 04:53 PM
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66. it's getting interesting in there again. :)
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 05:38 PM
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70. Oh?
HOW interesting?

:D
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 05:38 PM
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71. More people with common sense are posting and the idiots are
responding. :) Loved the person who said we can't prove what we're talking about :rofl:
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 05:44 PM
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72. The proof is everywhere...
Not our fault they can't bother to open their eyes.
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sofa king Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 05:12 PM
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67. Mythsaje, you're quite correct.
I once read a highly entertaining article about end-of-the-world cults and what happens to the cult members after the world fails to end. A helluva lot of them stay in the cult! Now, why would someone go and do something as stupid as that?

The answer turns out to have a lot more to do with the cult follower than the cult leader. The cult leader can say pretty much anything ("your prayers averted the disaster" is the one to remember should your own flock become unruly). The cult follower swallows just about anything because it's easier to believe anything other than the ugly truth, which is that the follower has been misled and betrayed... and the follower is a fucking moron.

For more information on the above, I recommend any Judas Priest album, especially, "Defenders of the Faith."

The Christian right wing has brought the same tactics to the political table, and the dumbest fish in the pond are still swallowing the same bait. Only now it's a national problem instead of an individual tragedy.
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 05:37 PM
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69. Wow...the gratuitous JP reference.
Edited on Sat Mar-18-06 05:55 PM by Mythsaje
Can't argue with THAT.

I'm a Priest fan from WAY back...
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sofa king Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 07:26 AM
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80. Power mad freaks who are ruling the earth, et cetera.
If the man with the power
Can't keep it under control
Some heads are gonna roll
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 12:28 PM
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81. There's no doubt JP got it...
I think the title track on Screaming for Vengeance says it all.
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 09:20 PM
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73. Boom!
That is the sound of the freepers who read this over there.
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Pacifist Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 09:26 PM
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74. Excellent!
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 09:29 PM
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75. That rocked to the tenth degree!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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northofdenali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 12:12 AM
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76. I saw exploding heads all the way up here.
:rofl: I really, really like this rant!
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TheBaldyMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 12:16 AM
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77. I love that post, I can hear the aneurisms popping from here
especially:

REAL conservatives don't spend like drunken sailors on shore leave. REAL conservatives don't disrespect the Constitution. REAL conservatives don't launch a war on questionable intelligence and engage in expensive nation-building exercises that put our nation deep in debt.


priceless, K&R'd
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silverweb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 04:36 AM
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79. Righteous!
:applause:

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