HULK SMASHED
Here I am
Spinoza's gonna be pissed
Going for 3
Rounding home
When Haloscan is working it's like taking candy from a baby
Five, do I hear five?
And here comes six.
Me thrid.
Coming into record territory with seven.
No, me second.
Sorry Jennifer you are seven.
"Without expressing any opinion about Ron Paul"
Heaven forfend!
FIRD!
I was out doing the vigil thing. Only about 15 people showed up. Would be nice if some of them were under fifty.
Voldemort is the love child of Dumbledore and McGonagall.
You have to be whacko to vote against giving Rosa Parks a medal.
I was out doing the vigil thing
Thank you!
QL,
That might be a record.
Wow, Fucker Carlson is really, I mean really a douchebag.
Goddamn, people, be careful when posting mindless phrases in a sarcastic manner. With the current craziness, you need to announce it first.
I guess Fred is against giving the troops adequate time between deployments. That's what the dems wanted and the publicans filibustered.
Bjorn,a poor young country boi | 07.21.07 - 3:24 pm | #
The fact that substantial numbers of our elite media and political industrial complexes are members of this group of Wackos does not render the term inappropriate, it simply serves to remind us of just how fucked up our elites are and just how large a problem we face.
Preach it brother Atrios.
I think this one of many reasons there was so much initial resistance to blogs, the inability to recognize how thoroughly they had lost their moral compass.
Our elites worship stupidity.
Jeez, thanks for the owl howl, folks.
MP, You're our Pat Tillman. Us, trigger happy? Whaddya mean?
To make up for it, we'll take you quail hunting.
Fred's level of stupidity by definition HAS to be on purpose. Otherwise he'd be dead the first time he looked up at the rain and drowned.
I start to wonder if the lack of pushback on what pundits said led to them seeing pushback...
Ron Paul has a lot of wackos (if you've ever been a Bircher, you're certifiable) in his camp, and to be simultanously anti-DEA and anti-Abortion is to miss a major point in a willfully stupid way.
But Atrios is quite correct that the "Wackos" are definitely those who thought that the war of aggression against Iraq would be "a cakewalk".
yep... there are tons of "wackos" out there, many of them publishing their views in major media outlets, even after they've been proven "wacko" beyond a shadow of a doubt...
http://takeitpersonally.blogspot.com/
Here I am
ql-was in NY | Homepage | 07.21.07 - 3:13 pm | #
You rocked me like a hurricane.
Reposting:
Just this week, that asshole let it be known to Congress that he would veto a measure easily passed by both chambers that would just keep up with the cost of living of an existing federal program that provides medical care to impoverished US children.
The fucker is not just some towel-snapping frat wiseguy. He is purposefully evil.
MP
They also cut a diagnostic internet link between Iraqi doctors and American doctors. It was a small (in cost) program that everybody says was effective. The state dept. still brags about it, but the money is gone.
Fred's level of stupidity by definition HAS to be on purpose.
It's amazing the degree of willful obtuseness our elites are willing to show, all to remain good pals with Karl Rove.
Their like a pack of trained dogs, doing silly tricks for Rove's scraps.
They also cut a diagnostic internet link between Iraqi doctors and American doctors. It was a small (in cost) program that everybody says was effective. The state dept. still brags about it, but the money is gone.
They needed the money to hire a couple of Chris Benoit style blockhead thugs as bodyguards for a maladministration flunkie in Kirkuk.
When Haloscan is working it's like taking candy from a baby
ql-was in NY | Homepage | 07.21.07 - 3:15 pm | #
You've been on fire with this thing lately....
Not only is Paul anti-abortion...he's an ob-gyn who is anti-abortion. He should know better.
You've been on fire with this thing lately....
steve simels
You lit it!
This hour on the big Dave™© Blog telethon, our friends at ABC have provided us with a sneak preview of one of their upcoming fall shows.
It's sure to be a big hit - so check it out!
MP:
Sorry I called you a troll downstairs.
I wasn't paying attention...missed the irony.
We don't call him Atrios for nothin'.
BTW, Paul is not a nice man.
A VERY ODD APPALAICHAN fat cretin women just knocked and came to my door
I SHALL HENCEFORTH not open the door for strangerz ...period
ps Baz was going ape-shit
Good Lord!
Asked about the John Birch Society Society by the author, Paul responds, "Is that BAD? I have a lot of friends in the John Birch Society. They're generally well-educated and they understand the Constitution. I don't know how many positions they would have that I don't agree with."
I think the Quilt Lady must cheat or something.
Fred's level of stupidity by definition HAS to be on purpose.
However big a shot he is, he is not functionally different from the most stereotypical used car salesman who knows damn well the car he's pushing on you is a piece of shit that could kill you but doesn't give a fuck so long as it's after he has your money in his pocket. IOW, a leading candidate for Inhumanitarian of the Year.
BTW, Steverino, in case you missed it below... that "Goodman Beaver" collection is out of print. But I'm sure if you haunt some your local used bookstores - preferably, the ones that aren't that concerned about "collectibles" - I'm sure one'll turn up at a reasonable price. I just saw one on eBay for about ten bucks.
My only problem with that book (aside from the absence of the classic "Goodman Goes PLAYBOY" story, which wasn't the publisher's fault) is they blew each panel up to a full page - thus ruining Kurtzman's original layout.
Still, a great read!
I SHALL HENCEFORTH not open the door for strangerz ...period
sittenpretty,creamsickle | Homepage | 07.21.07 - 3:38 pm | #
And don't talk to strangers with candy.
Just saying...
Who is Ron Paul?
And don't talk to strangers with candy.
I want to be Amy Sedaris' imaginary boyfriend.
Whatever you think of Ron Paul, he's got a great website.
Fucking work is really interfering with blog surfing.
Who is Ron Paul?
He's the 21st century Lyndon Larouche.
"I SHALL HENCEFORTH not open the door for strangerz ...period"
--sittenpretty,
You have to remember to balance the beauty of the area with the craziness. You're learning fast.
Power elites sanely and moderately contemplate acts which may lead to the deaths of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions even, and then order those acts to occur.
Wackos include not just people who believe things which apparently are utterly impossible and illogical, but anyone who doesn't worship the power elites who would happily end the world.
A scant two decades or so ago, a sitting President easily convinced the power elites and their worshippers that a tiny, impoverished, scarcely populated nations named Nicaragua, El Salvador, Angola, Mozambique, and Afghanistan posed grave threats to our national security.
So we organized warlords, death squads, fundamentalists, drug dealers, murderers, and cranks to spread death and destruction upon civilians in all of these nations.
Wackos thought that was wrong.
The centrist and moderate worshippers of the power elites thought it was right, but that the President acted too happy about the bloodletting.
I SHALL HENCEFORTH...
BTW, did you know your homepage link doesn't work?
SHALL HENCEFORTH not open the door for strangerz ...period
sittenprett
Just why are there again? Do you have job prospects?
...
I want to be Amy Sedaris' imaginary boyfriend.
JeffCO | 07.21.07 - 3:43 pm | #
I love David Sedaris's story of her on the subway in facial-bruise makeup.
Just got my copy of Harry Potter. I read the last five pages first. I had to.
"...I read the last five pages first. I had to."
--Hecate,
Hmm, since haloscan ate me just now, I'll repeat --
Getting ready to take the bus into Gomorrah on the Hudson, where as is my weekend wont I'll be quaffing elitist chardonnay blah blah blah blah.
I hope to talk to you all again later this evening, but be nice to me because I plan to be sloshed.
Don't tell Ann!!!!
I SHALL HENCEFORTH not open the door for strangerz ...period
sittenpretty,creamsickle | Homepage | 07.21.07 - 3:38 pm | #
Oh, I kicked that habit a long, long time ago. I became a certified hermit in my 20s, often not opening the door for friends if they weren't expected.
Just got my copy of Harry Potter. I read the last five pages first.
That's pretty much the way Mickey Spillane wrote his books, you know...
I love David Sedaris's story of her on the subway in facial-bruise makeup.
rorschach, infogit
I love her getting off the subway and calling to him, "Good luck beating that rape charge!"
Speaking of wackos, I just got threatened on imdb.com:
Trust me, you wanted guys like me, who think like me, white middle class Christians, on your side, on American's side, but when you shoved too much, too fast down our throats we said screw it, this isn't my country any more and I owe it NOTHING! Not my taxes, not my allegiance NOTHING! It would be funny, if it wasn't so sad, how women like you have supported all these causes over the years which move the U.S. toward second, and in some places, almost third world status. Women have it rough in the third world, you should have put more thought into long-term social policy
(snip)
As I said, you had better bring it. Because people are finally waking up to exactly what you just said about deciding what direction the country takes. We aren't going to sit back and play by the nice-nice rules anymore, when the next 9/11 happens, I'm not shedding a tear for this garbage country and its occupied government which oppresses me and those who think like me.
Ron Paul is the star of all the New World Order conspiracy movies like Aaron Russo's "America: Freedom to Fascism."
He's taking this as an issue, forcing them to vote with the president for political reasons. [...]
Turns out, Harry Reid has magical powers and can make Republicans vote with Bush even when they don't want to. One wonders why, if that's the case, he doesn't use his magic powers and make them vote with the Democrats, but power works in mysterious ways.
when the next 9/11 happens, I'm not shedding a tear for this garbage country and its occupied government which oppresses me and those who think like me.
Ummmm . . . huh?
Just got my copy of Harry Potter. I read the last five pages first. I had to.
Well.
I won't be talking to YOU until I finish my copy. Without reading the end first.
I love her getting off the subway and calling to him, "Good luck beating that rape charge!"
V for Virginia | 07.21.07 - 3:52 pm | #
Yeah, that one cracks me up.
But then, when I was 13 or 14, I would occasionally, in the grocery store, sometimes yell "No I will not kiss you for a dollar!" near random people, and then run away.
So I guess we're kindred spirits.
...and this...
And honestly screw you. I already know what you will say, and I know the truth. Actually we know the truth, as millions of us are waking up each day and saying, we aren't going to take this anymore. You want to battle for the dominance of this culture, my culture, you had better be prepared to bring it!
Good times.
Not sure what to make of this popping up on Yahoo News (via Time):
Restoring the Draft: No Panacea
Even as there's talk inside the Pentagon of extending the troop surge in Iraq well into 2008, the U.S. military remains in a vise, crushed between the demands of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that have made recruiting more difficult. Right now, there are only two real ways to extend or even increase the surge: call up more reservists - always tough to do in an election year - or extend active-duty combat tours from the current morale-wrecking 15 months to an even more painful 18 months. But Marine General Peter Pace, outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs, reassured GIs in Afghanistan this week that 18-month combat tours are not, as has been rumored, in their future. "An 18-month tour has zero, zero, none, nada, squat, nothing, no validity, OK?" he said. "I want to make sure you got that."
So then what about the third, most controversial option - is it time to reinstitute the draft? That option has a certain appeal as the Army fell short of its active-duty recruiting goal for June by about 15%. It is the second consecutive month the service's enlistment effort has slipped as public discontent grows over the war in Iraq.
Bringing back mandatory service has been the refrain of many who want to put the brakes on the Iraq war; if every young man is suddenly a potential grunt on his way to Baghdad, the thinking goes, the war would end rather quickly. It's also an argument made by those who are uneasy that the burden of this war is being unfairly shouldered by the 1.4-million-strong U.S. military and no one else. But a new report from the Congressional Budget Office this week makes clear that resuming the draft would be no panacea.
The report, requested by Rep. John Murtha, D-Penn., chairman of the defense subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, says that drafting people could make it easier for the Army to reach its 2012 goal of 547,000 soldiers. It might also save some money if Congress opted to pay draftees less than volunteers. But the downside, the report claims, would be a less effective fighting force, thanks to a sudden influx of draftees who would remain in uniform for much shorter spells than today's all-volunteer soldiers.
Allie, that quote was unsettling to read--frightening. Is there any context you can give?
Allie,
In my opinion, that man hasn't gotten any in a long, long time.
when the next 9/11 happens, I'm not shedding a tear for this garbage country and its occupied government which oppresses me and those who think like me.
You should never shed tears over anyone who is needlessly killed or maimed.
Wait...
Other than getting children to read, the HP books are a cultural phenom that cuts across generations and allows for spirited conversation. Not a bad thing to have contributed to the world Ms. Rowlings.
Say, did they find Bush's head this morning?
Been busy reading Potter to the kiddies...
One wonders why, if that's the case, he doesn't use his magic powers and make them vote with the Democrats, but power works in mysterious ways.
Obviously, he borrowed Ron Weasley's broken wand from HP and the Chamber of Secrets.
But the downside, the report claims, would be a less effective fighting force, thanks to a sudden influx of draftees who would remain in uniform for much shorter spells than today's all-volunteer soldiers. - Moe Szyslak
As oppsed to the droves of Captains and senior sargents that are now leaving after their thrid or four tour.
Brilliant analysis.
I SHALL HENCEFORTH not open the door for strangerz ...period
sittenpretty,creamsickle | Homepage | 07.21.07 - 3:38 pm | #
Oh, I kicked that habit a long, long time ago. I became a certified hermit in my 20s, often not opening the door for friends if they weren't expected.
rorschach, infogit
A friend of mine used to answer the door naked. He was surprised at the number religious folks that were still willing to come in and talk to him.
OT, the book that was the genesis of microlending is Mohammad Yunus' personal experiences in his book, Banker to the Poor.
To experience for yourself the subtle happiness that comes naturally from helping to lift another person out of grinding, predatory poverty, please visit:
http://www.kiva.org.
Thank you.
Allie,
In my opinion, that man hasn't gotten any in a long, long time.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Hard to imagine why, really.
Allie - my feeling about bullies is that they will blame their abusive behavior on their targets no matter what. There's not much value for anyone in arguing with them, beyond pointing out that real men do what is right because it is right. Scared little boys blame women for their problems and vow revenge. No doubt at all which you're dealing with.
Other than getting children to read, the HP books are a cultural phenom that cuts across generations and allows for spirited conversation. Not a bad thing to have contributed to the world Ms. Rowlings.
ql-was in NY | Homepage | 07.21.07 - 3:57 pm | #
But it introduces innocent children to the evil Satanic powers of witchcraft!
But the downside, the report claims, would be a less effective fighting force, thanks to a sudden influx of draftees who would remain in uniform for much shorter spells than today's all-volunteer soldiers
The rates of desertion and soldiers being AWOL actually goes down with draftees. The reason being, they have lower expectations to begin with.
allie -
How do I to the place?
when the next 9/11 happens, I'm not shedding a tear for this garbage country and its occupied government which oppresses me and those who think like me.
Guaranteed this guy is a neo-nazi. He doesn't say who is "occupying" the government, but I'm sure he thinks it's teh evil Zionists.
Allie, that quote was unsettling to read--frightening. Is there any context you can give?
mer
In my opinion, that man hasn't gotten any in a long, long time.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
I guess you could call this quote his autobiography...
In my opinion, that man hasn't gotten any in a long, long time.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator I am doing nothing more than trying to protect my self-interests from a hostile force. As a white, Christian, heterosexual, family-oriented, domestic-tranquility motivated, male, daily I'm faced with discrimination never-before seen in America. Now there are bills pending in Congress which would make it a "hate crime" for a Christian minister to criticize the homosexual life style. Do you think a Christian thought that one up? Are you that stupid? Did a group of Christians, who are still the majority in this country wake up one day and say, "You know what, we should pass a law making us all into hate criminals and throw ourselves into jail!" Some one is obviously behind this change in culture, things like this don't "just happen".
And, I have no proof, but I believe he has a really tiny wee-wee.
"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."
Oops, sorry Hecate to lump you in with the weirdness.
when the next 9/11 happens, I'm not shedding a tear for this garbage country and its occupied government which oppresses me and those who think like me.
Is he a member of the angry whacko left? /snark
How do I to the place?
How do I get to the IMDB thread?
To me, I hear them say "wackos" and know that they mean "hippies" (DFH, really) but they are savvy enough to know that the word "hippy", like "groovy", sounds ridiculous... and they think "wacko" does the trick. I think it works like many of the dog whistle words do...unfortunately.
So I guess we're kindred spirits. rorschach
It's such a fine line between performance art and emotional disturbance.
Say, did they find Bush's head this morning?
Five polyps. Now we know what's become of Condi and Karen and Harriet and Rummy and Gonzo.
From ror's "satanist" link:
Many say it gets children reading books who never would do so. I give you this tid-bit to ponder on. If your child did not like to take medicine and you had a chocolate drink with the medicine, plus arsenic in it, would you give it to them? You would if you did not know it was in there and what arsenic was. It is the same scenario with fantasy especially when it is laced with the poison of witchcraft.
Brilliant analogy!
It's such a fine line between performance art and emotional disturbance.
JeffCO | 07.21.07 - 4:03 pm | #
Hey!
Um... thanks?
Good Golly Miss Molly! I am going to steal that joke and send it to my sisters!
Guaranteed this guy is a neo-nazi. He doesn't say who is "occupying" the government, but I'm sure he thinks it's teh evil Zionists.
The Kenosha Kid
Definitely. Your standard-issue wingnut thinks the DFHs on the left are the back-stabbers.
I'm sure he thinks it's teh evil Zionists.
You people are everywhere!
my feeling about bullies is that they will blame their abusive behavior on their targets no matter what. There's not much value for anyone in arguing with them, beyond pointing out that real men do what is right because it is right. Scared little boys blame women for their problems and vow revenge. No doubt at all which you're dealing with.
JeffCO
Yes, but it's nice to make them go public with their impotent threats and weird beliefs. Other people read those threads.
How do I to the place?
billy b - get your wings
Why, are you challenging me to a duel, too?
Molly - how's your brain today?
http://www.kiva.org.
I interviewed those folks a while back, let's see, for this article. Like everything else in the world, Microcredit is a mixed bag. Lots of good can be done, but there is some worrying context:
But some critics, including economic journalist Gina Neff and development expert Thomas Dichter, among others, say that the promise of microcredit is overstated. They note that the neo-Liberal establishment—the World Bank and right-wing think tanks, for example—have embraced microcredit, while more traditional development strategies like land redistribution and global debt forgiveness are ignored completely.
Then there's the split between non-gov orgs and for-profit biz, and more. Wish I could get into it, but I gotta go.
I'm faced with discrimination never-before seen in America WATB!
I am going to steal that joke and send it to my sisters!
With my compliments.
Here's what a good wife I am: I bought Deathly Hallows and gave it to Thers to read first.
the poison of witchcraft.
Reminds me of the 17th century.
Good times. Good times.
Why, are you challenging me to a duel, too? Allie
Well, there's no point in challenging you to a solo. Unless I can watch.
How do I get to the IMDB thread?
billy b - get your wings
Are you going to slap him around? You should be nice to the special amongst us.
JeffCO,
Sore, but not as sore as I feared.
You people are everywhere!
Speaking of which, you have to give Simels a proper smackdown for talking trash about David Bowie.
Here's what a good wife I am: I bought Deathly Hallows and gave it to Thers to read first.
Molly Ivors, da boom king
The definition of love.
Hecate,
How does HP play in the Wiccan community?
you have to give Simels a proper smackdown for talking trash about David Bowie.
Me? You do it.
Let me preface by "I am personally pro choice...but to the poster who said...
Not only is Paul anti-abortion...he's an ob-gyn who is anti-abortion. He should know better.
He said that during his training he saw a fetus removed from the womb and thrown into a bucket, breathing and crying. If that didn't affect him, he would be as much a monster as the neocons.
IN any event, while I am pro-choice, I think it should be decided on a state-by-state level. At least then I wouldn't have to worry so much every time a new judge got appointed.
simels mistakenly thinks nothing's gonna touch him in his golden years.
I'm faced with discrimination never-before seen in America
I've always said I don't want special treatment, just the same treatment afforded every son of a rich white male. Then the playing field will be leveled.
simels mistakenly thinks nothing's gonna touch him in his golden years.
Go-whoah. Wah wah wah.
The Five Polyps: A doowop group of Beltway Pundits. Hope to see them at the next Washington Press Club dinner.
Why, are you challenging me to a duel, too?
Why, hell no.
I want a piece of that dipshit that was messing with you.
He said that during his training he saw a fetus removed from the womb and thrown into a bucket, breathing and crying.
Man, I can't understand why he would lie about something like this, but I really don't believe it.
Wait -- was he trained in Europe in the early 1940s?
He said that during his training he saw a fetus removed from the womb and thrown into a bucket, breathing and crying.
Umm, that sounds like a load of crap to me.
How does HP play in the Wiccan community?
What goes on in the books has nothing, really, to do with Wicca, regardless of how the whackjobs try to say that the books lead kids to witchcraft. It seems to me more like ceremonial magic more than witchcraft. Lots of Wiccans, like, I guess lots of everybody else, enjoy the books as fantasy. Lots of Wiccans do seem to like fantasy, science fiction, etc. quite a bit.
I want a piece of that dipshit that was messing with you.
billy b - get your wings
Sweet, but unnecessary. It's a public forum and I think it's valuable to get his type to be open about what drives them.
And another astute critique of Harry Potter is this:
One of the easiest ways to know whether a fantasy book or film has real world magick in it is to just ask a simple question: “Can my child find information in a library or bookstore that will enable them to replicate what they are seeing in the film or the book?” If you go to The Chronicles of Narnia and the Lord of the Rings what you see in, story magic and imagination, it is not real. You can’t replicate it. But if you go to something like Harry Potter, you can find references to astrology, clairvoyance, and numerology. It takes seconds to go into a bookstore or library and get books on that and start investigating it, researching it, and doing it. In fact, that’s why real Wiccans, real witches, and real occultists are using the popularity of Harry Potter to lure kids toward real world occultism.
Sweet, but unnecessary. It's a public forum and I think it's valuable to get his type to be open about what drives them.
True. I just love a good scrap with the dimwits.
Man, I can't understand why he would lie about something like this, but I really don't believe it.
Nor I. But antiabortion propaganda is some grisly, pornographic stuff. When I was in grad school, me and a bunch of female friends from my department received antiabortion tapes in the mail. We never found out who sent them.
BTW, thanks for the donation!
I want a piece of that dipshit that was messing with you.
billy b - get your wings
Sweet, but unnecessary. It's a public forum and I think it's valuable to get his type to be open about what drives them.
Allie
It would be schweet to get him on the record about the Joos, though.
I am pro-choice, I think it should be decided on a state-by-state level. At least then I wouldn't have to worry so much every time a new judge got appointed.
Wrong. There's a reason that protecting the rights of minorities, including African Americans and women, happens at the federal level.
IN any event, while I am pro-choice, I think it should be decided on a state-by-state level. At least then I wouldn't have to worry so much every time a new judge got appointed.
That is utterly wrong.
Lots of Wiccans, like, I guess lots of everybody else, enjoy the books as fantasy. Lots of Wiccans do seem to like fantasy, science fiction, etc. quite a bit.
Fair enough.
He said that during his training he saw a fetus removed from the womb and thrown into a bucket, breathing and crying.
What a load of horse shit.
If that happened (and it didn't), he's an accessory to murder.
You keep talking like that, Tweety will never invite you on his show.
It would be schweet to get him on the record about the Joos, though.
V for Virginia
Oh, he is.
I owe Hecate a butterbeer!
But if you go to something like Harry Potter, you can find references to astrology, clairvoyance, and numerology. It takes seconds to go into a bookstore or library and get books on that and start investigating it, researching it, and doing it.
My patronus is shaped like a platypus. Dementors aren't scared of it at all.
IN any event, while I am pro-choice, I think it should be decided on a state-by-state level. At least then I wouldn't have to worry so much every time a new judge got appointed.
So poor women can caravan like Okies from state to state?
Not in my country. Not in my lifetime.
My patronus is shaped like a platypus. Dementors aren't scared of it at all.
Molly Ivors, da boom king | Homepage | 07.21.07 - 4:14 pm | #
Not even the poisonous claws?
It would be schweet to get him on the record about the Joos, though.
V for Virginia
Oh, he is.
Allie
Oh, I see. Unbelievable.
My patronus is shaped like a platypus
Thers has said many times here that's why he married you.
""[A] lot of Republicans who detest where the White House is are furious at Harry Reid.... [A] lot of Republicans would like to peel off from the president, but they feel that Harry Reid is making it impossible. He's taking this as an issue, forcing them to vote with the president for political reasons. [...]"
""Republican senators were anxious to move away from the White House, to move towards some sort of withdrawal. Now they're not talking that way. They're talking, 'We've got to stick with the president.' And why? Two words: Harry Reid.'""
Not even the poisonous claws?
It whacks the shit out of them with its tail. They never see it coming.
Restoring the Draft: No Panacea
Consider this:
I was drafted in '69 and served as a pointman/grunt in Vietnam for 14 months of a total 20, honorably discharged.
Now, 36 years later, when I lost my health insurance (co. changed providers, and I became a "pre-existing condition"), I finally approached the VA. Then recently they began asking for detailed financial information, the so-called "means test," and on the basis of what I sent them, they are now threatening to backcharge me and otherwise severely curtail my VA benefits.
Bottom line, looks to me like the VA is trying to back out of its responsibility to its own, for the sake of its bottom line.
Avoid those fuckers like the cancer they've become.
So poor women can caravan like Okies from state to state?
Not in my country. Not in my lifetime.
Zap Rowsdower, Homebody | Homepage | 07.21.07 - 4:15 pm | #
Sadly, this is the case, de facto, in many states.
Alabama, for example, has exactly one abortion clinic. Many other states are in similar situations.
The anti-choicers are winning in a lot of ways, even though Roe v Wade stands.
Republican senators were anxious to move away from the White House, to move towards some sort of withdrawal. Now they're not talking that way. They're talking, 'We've got to stick with the president.' And why? Two words: Harry Reid.
Well, that confirms what we've known all along:
Republican Senators are pussies.
We've got to stick with the president.' And why? Two words: Harry Reid.'""
BoBo at the Bank
Good things the grownups are in charge. Because it would be pretty pathetic for a bunch of 7-year-olds to refuse to clean up their rooms just to prove that mom can't make them.
It whacks the shit out of them with its tail. They never see it coming.
Molly Ivors, da boom king | Homepage | 07.21.07 - 4:16 pm | #
My first wife is your patronus?
If you kids want to go at some point, you can find all the fun on the Sicko discussion board at imdb.com. You have to register, but it really is informative.
Just don't say I sent you or anything. I wouldn't want anyone accusing me of calling in reinforcements.