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- colin_s0
there were national anti-war protest marches today. hopefully all you who are speaking out against the government got involved.
- ukit0
It's hard to blame Sarah Palin for her booing on the ice in Philadelphia this evening. It's almost a truism of politics that if you send a pol to a sporting event, he's going to get booed. Politicians, as a class, aren't all that popular, and it's what sports fans do. According to legend, Eagles fans once booed Santa Claus. Still, not a great moment.
The Times hockey blog says the boos were "resounding." The Wilmington paper says it was an "avalanche."
The booing of Palin (and her young daughter) was also predicted by sports types who spoke to my colleague Ken Vogel before the game.
“I am surprised that the candidate would go on the ice in Philly — Philly fans threw snowballs at Santa Claus and booed Beyonce because she was wearing a Michael Jordan dress," said Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Capitals, a conference rival of the Flyers. "This is dangerous territory.”
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a former Philly mayor and big fan of the town’s sports teams, also said before the game he didn’t think the puck-drop was a good idea.
“Sports and politics, I believe, never mix,” Rendell told Politico after introducing Barack Obama at a North Philadelphia rally. “But the mayor threw out the first pitch at the Phillies game and he got a standing ovation,” Rendell said of Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, who also attended the rally and was standing beside Rendell.
“It was a strike,” Nutter deadpanned.
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- good albumlocustsloth
- Indeed. I have the original pubic hair version. classic.TheBlueOne
- ukit0
- and he does his little turn on the catwalk, yeah, on the catwalklocustsloth
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- monkeyshine0
Barack Obama now leads John McCain by double digits, 52 percent to 41 percent among registered voters
http://www.newsweek.com/id/16333…
[crosses fingers, eyes, and toes]
- you're an idiot.********
- Brilliant response, epete. Please, bless us with more of your wisdomlocustsloth
- I'm an idiot for posting stats? And you are profoundly articulate...just like your friend Sarah Palin. Keep it up.monkeyshine
- you're an idiot.
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Alphabetize a list of words or phrases
9/11
Baby Jesus
Bibles
Born Again Christian
Bush
Cheney
Deficit
Failure
Fascists
GOP
Gay Marriage
Global Warming
Greed
Guns
Hedge
Hitler
Hypocrites
Inbred
Iraq
Little Boys
McCain
Mission Accomplished
Morons
NRA
Narrow Minded
NeoCons
Palin
Racist
Reagan
Republicans
Unemployment
WMDs
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Dear KwesiJ,
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Borrowed wealth... Die america, die
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- die drgss, die...johndiggity
- hah, its great how they are laughing at him. i had a little chuckle myself.robco
- Shutup both of you BITCHES
P. SchiffGeorgesII
- from 2006!
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The democrats are the ones who pressured fanny mae and freddy mac to give loans to low income individuals on sub prime loans. The were also responsible on relaxing bank regulations for corporations. ei. walmart owns 1900 banks. When did walmart get in the banking business? When the democrats relaxed the regulations. I can't even fathom how some of are so ignorant towards the truth. I truly feel a lot of you wannabe socialists should go live in the european union. I think you would be much more at home.
- Great Rhetoric. Worked well duting the CLintonadministratio... God, I missed it. Got it...we lefties are baby killing marxist french people.TheBlueOne
- ..we lefties are baby killing marxist french people. Got it.TheBlueOne
- This is my country too jack, and if you don't like it why don't you go live in Iraq....TheBlueOne
- The one who likes to throw names at others can only come up with Republican talking points...nice job Einstein.monkeyshine
- enjoy your unemploymenthallelujah
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Each of the last 4 recessions have one thing in common.
Neocon Republican Presidents that all failed America!
• Ronnie Reagan - 1982
• George H.W. Bush - 1991
• George W. Bush - 2001-2003
• George W, Bush - 2008 +
Mission Accomplished!
- TheBlueOne0
Truth to the lies:
- TheBlueOne0
"...the financial benefit to Paulson of accepting the call of duty is surely greater than that enjoyed by any other public servant in U.S. history. Goldman Sachs has long had a policy that all deferred compensation becomes payable promptly to any partner who accepts a senior position in the federal government. Congress passed a law a quarter-century ago that people taking senior appointed federal position who convert their investments into either an index fund or a blidn trust can do so upon assuming office with zero taxable capital gain until such investments are later sold. If Paulson took advantage of these provisions, they enabled him to sell his shares in Goldman Sachs without raising any public questions without tax and to diversity his large personal invetments in a single stroke. For just over two years' service, the saings in Paulson's personal income taxes could have been as large as $200 million. Paulson had no interest in diversifying his investments and had never sold a share of Goldman Sachs stock."
http://www.amazon.com/Partnershi…
Hmmm....sotheon
