1

IMF rapist to get 250K from the U.S. as a golden parachute

Why is it that anything associated with the U.N. has some Euroweanie or 3^rd world shithead running it but the U.S. always winds up paying for it?

2

Obama uses federal agencies to reward friends and punish enemies???

Say it isnÂ’t so.

3

Snowe to vote 'no' on Ryan budget plan

 Gee who would have thunk it?

4

More tax cheats in the news

I am surprised the LAT even published this story. Of course it is evil “big business”.

5 NYDN is not biased against Palin are they?

I was 'absolutely terrified' when Sarah Palin was nominated for VP, her former aide says

In "Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of our Tumultuous Years," Frank Bailey claims Palin is a self-serving individual who "loved to play the victim."

What a crock of shit.

6 Frank Bailey claims Palin is a self-serving individual who "loved to play the victim."

Sez the guy with the book to sell.

7 Careful, Vic. You'll have the T-PawBots coming out of the woodwork in full froth if you dare to criticize any attack on Palin, no matter how ridiculous it may be.

8

Jonah Goldberg on the primaries

9

Even the NRO fails to call the "Tea Party" candidate in NY a fake.

10 "T-PawBots"?  BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Oh, yeah, they are well known for their fanatical devotion to their hero, and their paranoid sensitivity to criticism, aren't they?

11 The president needed to read a simple toast off of an index card to the Queen of England and he still messed that up.. Sure dodged a bullet with that Palin chick. (saw that toast late, late last night and no one was around to make that snark too.. Carry on)

12

The "Morning Jay" shows his Rovian neocon roots

Today, I want to look at things strictly from the competitiveness metric, and here I think the main contenders -- Jon Huntsman, Tim Pawlenty, and Mitt Romney -- all score very, very well. I see four reasons for drawing this conclusion.

SO the Weekly Standard is pushing "moderates" as being the "competitive" candidates. Huntsman is competitive???

Shades of 2008 all over again.

This is why I hate The Weekly Neocon.

13

I don't feel like digging up news this morning.  But I will say this:  The Vancouver Canucks are in the Stanley Cup finals.

Did you know they still had professional hockey in Canada?

Did you know we still had an operational professional hockey league?

14 Morning, all. Hope all our Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas morons are okay.

Paul Ryan is going to be coming up on Morning Joe.  Hmmm.

15 Dem wins NY-26 with 48% in a conservative district.

A Democrat has won an upset victory in a hotly contested race for a U.S. congressional seat from upstate New York, where proposed cuts to federal health assistance were seen as a pivotal issue.

Anyone wanna argue with me now that pushing Ryan's plan (a plan that had no chance of passing) was the stupidest political move of the century?  If our sitting Repub reps and Senators keep pandering to the idiot Tea Party with symbolic votes like this, we'll not only never regain the Senate or the White House, we'll lose the House again in 2012.  Fucking doofuses.

And please.. I know that idiot that ran on Tea Party ticket blew it for us.. but 48% for the Dem!  What's going to happen in closer races?

16 Chi-town Jerry you nailed it. That is probably the first comment on here I've agreed with.

17 Nice concern trolling, Jean..

18 Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 25, 2011 07:43 AM (qsodE)

Nice concern trolling, Jerry...

19

Redstate take on NY

To say that this special election defeat of the GOP is a repudiation of the GOPÂ’s efforts on Medicare is laughable on its face.

The truth of the matter is that the Republican Party of New York sucks and has sucked for a while. It is especially terrible at special elections where the out of touch party leaders pick state legislators who everyone hates and runs them.

I know a lot of the Morons hate EE but he right on the money on this one.

20 Anyone wanna argue with me now that pushing Ryan's plan (a plan that had no chance of passing) was the stupidest political move of the century?

Yep get out there with the Dem meme of the day.

21

Why is it that anything associated with the U.N. has some Euroweanie or 3^rd world shithead running it but the U.S. always winds up paying for it?

Posted by: Vic at May 25, 2011 07:04 AM (M9Ie6)

I'm pretty sure that's why those things exist - to drain the taxpayer to enrich the scum of humanity.  The UN and IMF should be defunded.  Today.

I can't think of any "international" organization that is anything other than an enemy of the US.  Every one of them should be on the cut list.  Indeed, nearly all organized efforts to "aid" poor nations are corrupt and counterproductive.  Let each stand on its own, or fall.  Most people do a fine job of figuring out solutions for themselves.

It reminds me of what I saw when I visited the D.R.  Foreign do-gooders would come in and be horrified by the little palm-wood shacks the locals had.  So, the do-gooders would offer to build them nice, solid, concrete houses on the same site, for free.  Naturally, many poor fools feel for it.  Now, instead of a comfortably ventilated and termite proof palm wood shack, they instead live in a crude concrete hot box with no air flow.  Their condition, thus worsened, drew no concern from the do-gooders who did the damage in the first place - they walked away feeling pretty good about how they "helped" the underpriveleged.  Oh - and note that those do-gooders (especially the Europeans), always the good natured and helpful sort, liked to stimulate the economy - via sex tourism.  The Germans especially - who's tastes were widely accepted to run to the jail-bait side of the spectrum.

Scratch a do-gooder, find a commie pervert.

22 This is why I hate The Weekly Neocon.

Posted by: Vic at May 25, 2011 07:34 AM (M9Ie6)

Amen, Vic. To stretch Buckley's maxim about pushing the most electable conservative to include these RINO clowns is fucking idiotic.

23 The IMF is a bad joke on the US taxpayer an just one more perverted form of internationalism. We should rid ourselves of this farce ASAP.

24 Pushing Paul Ryan's plan is just about as politically stupid as voting to undo the ACA.

25 My last post on the NY election thread

Note:

With 90 percent of precincts reporting, Hochul had 48 percent of the vote. State Assemblywoman Jane Corwin (R) had 42 percent, with independent candidate Jack Davis running a distant third with 9 percent.

If this election had been in SC they would have to do a "run-off" because no candidate got 50% of the vote. That is how you fix stupid fraud like this.

And note that it was an "independent", not a fake Tea Party candidate.

26

Since I've been out on travel, I didn't get to comment on the Irish Barky, so indulge me...

My Irish ancestors kicked Barry O'Toole's Irish ancestor's ass.  That is all.

27 Pushing Paul Ryan's plan is just about as politically stupid as voting to undo the ACA.

Content?  Nil.

Ability for context or debate?  Nil.

Snark?  Give it a 4.

Plea for attention?  9.

New troll is john Ryan with a shift key.

28 that line, about the 3rd time being enemy action, NY 20th, 23rd, and 26th, they settled quickly on Corwin, pushing out Bellavia, which gave Ian the Koch impersonator, and the bogus Tea party candidate. Yes, let Medicare and Medicaid
Crash n Burn, that;s the responsible policy.

29 Well, that is all the news this morning. I did notice that every major newspaper in the county printed verbatim the Dem spin on the NY election.

30 Anyone wanna argue with me now that pushing Ryan's plan (a plan that had no chance of passing) was the stupidest political move of the century?

Democrats lie.  Like trolls, it's what they do.  Every election, in every year that I can remember, the Democrats has tried to scare seniors into staying on the plantation by saying that Republicans will leave them starving and cold.  It makes no difference whether we propose some thing or not.  The Democrats will says it, and the MFM, stenographers for the DNC, will spread it around as unexamined gospel.

31 Posted by: nickless at May 25, 2011 08:00 AM (MMC8r)

More brilliant political analysis by Jerry, wasn't it?

32

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Even the NRO fails to call the "Tea Party" candidate in NY a fake.

Yeah, well he did officially declare his party offilliation as "Tea Party", so that probably causes problems to a reporter - even if they know it's a misnomer.

I suppose - to play the devil's advocate here - his one-man "Tea Party" was perhaps the only official political party by that name in existence to date. Weird, huh? Still doesn't make it right, though - the guy's still a fraud.

I can't blame the loss on him, though. The (R) would have needed 3/4 of his vote to tie the (D), and as his candidacy lost steam most of his votes went to the (D). In a district like this, the (R) should have had more room to spare than any votes the fake might have cost her.

I suspect an incident involving a video may have hurt both the (R) and the fake. Before that, the (R) was ahead by a bit, and the fake had 25% (vs 9% at the end). It reflected negatively on both. And let's not forget that the former holder of the seat was a representative the Republican party, which he thoroughly embarrassed.

It's hard for me to say how much the Medicare issue played into it. I don't subject myself to much of the major media that is said to be painting the Ryan plan as throwing grandma off a cliff. I think even my (D) wife voted for the (R). I know I did, and so did my kid (her 1st federal election).

33 I don't think it's the right time to push a conservative candidate or a conservative agenda.

I think the citizens of the US need to soak in $8.00 a gallon gas for a while first.

On third thought... when y'all are ready to be a country again, instead of manacled, uh, "bound," as our greatly jug eared Friend puts it, to whatever foreign country we're begging from this week, let me know.

The funny thing is, I can think of reasons to not vote for (for instance) Palin, but I ain't seen a one of them yet in the "maybe this will get me a piece of liberal ass" five minute hates this blog has bogged down with lately.

Probably because that reason (she supports the Jug Eared Friend on Libya) doesn't resonate with the other people in the five minute hate.

It ain't about policy, it's about proving you're one of the crowd.

Here's a free clue:

The Jean Crowdens aren't laughing with you, they're laughing _at_ you.

34 Sometimes, the news is very heartwarming:

St. Louis Facebook Group Organizes & Sends 4 Truckloads of Supplies to Joplin, Missouri

35 Clueless idiots like Chi-Town Jerry are the reasons why being a left wing propagandist is the easiest job in the world.

36

The pic used on the yahoo page about the NY election shows an oldster protest, prominant signs say 'Hands off MY medicare'

We're doomed

37 30 

How does that refute his point?

The right is doomed until its comfort bubble is popped and it stops the passive-aggressive bitching.

38 You all might enjoy this revealing look at the life of a tenured U of Illinois at Chicago professor, written by the prof himself. The short version is "Thanks, suckers". Here's a taste:
 
After 34 years of teaching sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, I recently retired at age 64 at 80 percent of my pay for life. This calculation was based on a salary spiked by summer teaching, and since I no longer pay into the retirement fund, I now receive significantly more than when I “worked.” But that’s not all: There’s a generous health insurance plan, a guaranteed 3 percent annual cost of living increase, and a few other perquisites.
 
Good work if you can find it.

39 Reading that sidebar story Ben posted on Tpaw.

LOL, when is he going to campaign in SC and call for an end to people eating fried chicken, pork, and pecans?

40 I totally forgot about Chavez's 'Bush is the Devil' speech' and the Bush shoe thrower:

Bozell Column: No One May Lecture Obama

41 The people of New York know we don't need any "plan".  Just print more money.

42 >>More brilliant political analysis by Jerry, wasn't it?
Posted by: beedubya at May 25, 2011 08:02 AM (AnTyA)

New York and Illinois aren't good examples of typical American thinking, just entrenched American corruption.

Jean Palin brings as much to the table as a black fly.

_{and I denouce it for flyism}

43

The pic used on the yahoo page about the NY election shows an oldster protest, prominant signs say 'Hands off MY medicare'

We're doomed

Posted by: Red Shirt at May 25, 2011 08:08 AM (FIDMq)

I have no problem whatsoever about the older retired folks demanding that the government keep their fuckin hands off their Medicare...because it IS their Medicare. They have had the deductions forcibly taken from their paychecks since 1966 with the promise by the government that it would be there when they retired.

Medicare does need to be changed, but not on the backs of the seniors.

44 Posted by: Jean Crowden...not a Palin fan at May 25, 2011 07:57 AM (vP48

The American Cornholing Association is not on the chopping block! What are you talking about?

45 Barack Obama's mother: the hidden influence on the American president

46 "Anyone wanna argue with me now that pushing Ryan's plan (a plan that had no chance of passing) was the stupidest political move of the century? " What's the Chi-Town Jerry plan? Yeah, that's what I thought.

47
LOL, when is he going to campaign in SC and call for an end to people eating fried chicken, pork, and pecans?

Maybe when eating those becomes a government program, Vic.

48 The right is doomed until its comfort bubble is popped and it stops the passive-aggressive bitching.


I would think that the right is always doomed as long as the Party of the Free Lunch also has the major media as a subsidiary, at least, until things get so bad that they can't be denied.  When your opponent can promise the moon, gratis, and no one calls them on it, painful truth is a hard sell.

Doesn't mean we don't try though.

49 Another thing to consider with NY-26 is that the younger population tends to leave (since the Dems have driven away the employers), and so we have an aging population, while all of the local media is biased the usual way.

50 The Ryan plan doesn't affect them, only those are 55 and under,

51

Medicare does need to be changed, but not on the backs of the seniors.

Posted by: beedubya at May 25, 2011 08:12 AM (AnTyA)

Can we at least take Viagra off the allowed prescription list?

But seriously, the problem is that new life extending treatments, each more costly than the last, are being developed continually.  People will demand that they get them (and any failure to provide it will be seen as a betrayal).  There's some limit beyond which we just can't make it happen.  Older folks need to come to grips with the fact that Medicare was designed in the days when if you got a serious disease they basically gave you some meds and sent you home to die.  No one could have foreseen the costly options available today.

The question is - what is the fairest way to deal with the fact that we have limited health care resourced?  Somebody is going to feel that their ox has been gored.  Probably lots of somebodies.

52 44, I thought it was the Asshole Commentors Association. American Communist Association?

53 Posted by: Vic at May 25, 2011 07:53 AM (M9Ie6)

Vic, you are a bitter clinger so you don't really understand the nuances of a complex budget. Spending more than we have simply creates a vibrant, growing economy. It's really too much math for you, but trust us; we'll take care of you.

54

The Obamacare corruption.  pssst- GOP you could run on this.

GOP - you can also run on fixing Medicare to save our grandchildren's future.  If the GOP had balls.

 

55 Goodie gum drops.  Trump thinking about running as an independent.

56 Had another thought, while I'm venting:

In a lot of ways, I consider Palin to currently be a less than ideal candidate. I think some of the factors there are however contrived/"not her fault," etc. That still doesn't make those factors non-factors.

I think a lot of what happened to force her resignation was passively-aggressively aided by the national party, which did nothing when she got sued out of office.

Y'all may be too stupid to see this this way... but

THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T GET DANIELS TO RUN. IT'S WHY RYAN ISN'T RUNNING.

Everyone seems to be happy to see the Less Than Ideal Candidate "made an example of" by the democrats, and can't figure out why their dream candidate isn't running.

"Please give me a decent  moderate candidate, and I PROMISE this time I won't be a party full of fuckups this time?!?!"

57 I think Michelle Obama has embarrassed the US again.  I could be wrong, but you aren't supposed to wear gloves in the Queen's presence are you?  Plus, aren't your shoulders supposed to be covered out of respect?

Michelle's actually nice (but I don't think proper) outfit for state dinner.

58 I can't wait to see that Chi-Town Jerry plan.

59 I would think that the right is always doomed as long as the Party of the Free Lunch also has the major media as a subsidiary, at least, until things get so bad that they can't be denied. 

Posted by: toby928™ at May 25, 2011 08:16 AM (GTbGH)

Well said.  The scum on the Left have been actively destroying American culture for the better part of a century.  It's not leaving us a lot to work with.

60 re the NY-26 election, there was some semi-encouraging news there. The fake TPer spent $1.7 million of mostly his own money to garner 8-9% of the vote.  More than 10% of the voting age population believes we have aliens stashed at Area 51.

61 The Ryan plan doesn't affect them, only those are 55 and under,

Say whaaat?  The GOP didn't blast this far and wide to tell Mr. and Mrs. Senior that their Medicare would not be touched?  I'm shocked, I tell you.  Shocked.

62 The Ryan plan doesn't affect them, only those are 55 and under,

Posted by: Randolph Duke at May 25, 2011 08:16 AM (YGNmh)

Absolutely correct. Also, those who cannot afford extra coverage will be given a subsidy.

It's the Democratic inaction that has caused and will continue to cause reductions in payments and benefits, not to mention that PeteyCare® robs medicare of over half a trillion dollars.

Those who have had the Medicare forcibly taken from them for the past 45 years deserve every goddamned bit of their healthcare covered.

63 No one whines and cries like a Republican after getting his ass kicked. Sez Jerry from Chitown,   If our sitting Repub reps and Senators keep pandering to the idiot Tea Party with symbolic votes like this, we'll not only never regain the Senate or the White House, we'll lose the House again in 2012.  Fucking doofuses. Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 25, 2011 07:43 AM (qsodE) What do you mean, "we,"Jerry? GOP runs a stiff, GOP loses. So another NE Republican comes up short.

64 This shit kills me:

Republicans have refused to approve new debt authority without dollar-for-dollar spending reductions. Budget experts said an agreement on $1 trillion in spending cuts is feasible, but reaching $2 trillion would be politically difficult.
...

There is wide agreement in Washington that deficits must be reduced by $4 trillion over the next decade, and President Obama has made such a proposal. Biden said an agreement for $1 trillion in cuts would be a "down payment."



So everyone knows we need to cut it now, but hell, that would be 'politically difficult' so screw it.

65 But seriously, the problem is that new life extending treatments, each more costly than the last, are being developed continually.  People will demand that they get them (and any failure to provide it will be seen as a betrayal).  There's some limit beyond which we just can't make it happen.  Older folks need to come to grips with the fact that Medicare was designed in the days when if you got a serious disease they basically gave you some meds and sent you home to die.  No one could have foreseen the costly options available today

Disagree. The people who have had Medicare payments forcibly taken from their paychecks for the 45 years were never given a schedule of what would be paid for and what wouldn't.

66 Momma @ 57,

I thought I had remembered seeing a picture of Jackie Kennedy with Queen Elizabeth where she was wearing gloves.  Not sure of the actual protocol of dress around the Queen at certain times like state dinners, however. 

67 There is wide agreement in Washington that deficits must be reduced by $4 trillion over the next decade,

That won't even offset Obama's addition to the national debt in under four years.

68 Here's a follow-up to the genderless kids thread Ace put up a few days ago:

''Princess Boy'' Author: Courageous Of Toronto Couple Not To Share Kids Gender.

69 Can we at least take Viagra off the allowed prescription list?

...or maybe at least have an upcharge for the magic boner pills

70 I know I just found out 'gambling was going on there'  Medicare is going broke, and Obama's solution to health care, is like the Titanic's lifeboats, dump 30-40 million in Medicaid, sure that's going to work.

71

45

Funny how the carry on about Obama's white mother, but still refer to him as "the first black president". I imagine if you want to make a liberal's head go supernova, you could say he's "half-white". These are the guys who get all self-righteous about how the color of somebody's skin shouldn't matter, but they can't even call it like it is, that he's biracial. They gotta have their "first black president" as if it's some sort of moral imperative.

72 Ryan's on Morning Jo(k)e right now basically calling the likes of Chi-Town Jerry complete idiots.

73 Posted by: Lady in Black at May 25, 2011 08:26 AM (XK4nA)

Oh, that's right. Thanks.

74

On this day in 1793 Steven Badin became the first Roman Catholic priest ordained in the U.S.

Also on the Catholic liturgical calendar today is Bede's Feast Day

For those who study English history he is responsible for almost all of our knowledge of Anglo-Saxon history.

Bede's page

75

60 re the NY-26 election, there was some semi-encouraging news there. The fake TPer spent $1.7 million of mostly his own money to garner 8-9% of the vote.

Yeah, but the (R) spent a similar amount in a Republican district - twice as much as the (D) - and lost.

Oh, and the fake TPer is said to have been 100% self-funded, by choice. Which is maybe the only good thing I could say about him.

76

Behar says Palin isn't following Word of God while talking with her weasly ex-aide):

No, Behar, Sarah Palin canÂ’t be Christian if her ex-aide (whoÂ’s going around bashing her as a disaster) says he didnÂ’t see her read the Bible or the Constitution.

Or, if you think she’s ‘vindictive.’

JOY BEHAR: She says sheÂ’s Christian, does she read the Bible? Has she read the Constitution?

EX-PALIN AIDE, FRANK BAILEY: I never saw her read the Constitution. I never saw her read the Bible.

JOY BEHAR: You say sheÂ’s vindictive, thatÂ’s not a Christian value, personality trait, to be vindictive. I donÂ’t think Jesus meant for people to be vindictive.

77 I have to admit, we on the left do have the media. I do seem to recall stories in the news ebunking Republican lies about the ACA. I hope you cons don't expect the same treatment of Ryans "plan". Lolz

78
Medicare should be means tested in the same manner that Veteran's benefits are tested based upon annual income and net worth filings.  Failure to accurately divulge net worth and current cash assets will result in loss of privilege, and it's rigorously enforced.  The annual VA filing is compared to the personal 1040, and it should be the same.

Based upon my disclosures, I pay $50/visit, and from $9 - $37 per prescription. Prescriptions are actually cheaper at Wally Mart, but the VA doesn't write prescriptions for the civil market.

I gladly recompense the VA for services which allows some of the older men with diminishing assets to receive services. 

The wait times can be lengthy, and the services are on occasion less than desirable, but access is guaranteed, and that's important to the aging military population.

Of note:  X-rays, electrocardiogram's, and endoscope treatments, MRI's, etc., are not chargeable services because the VA considers the equipment purchased and staff personnel mandatory to complete the mission.

Something on this order might work well for Medicare, but the aging population will bitch about the payment schedule. 

79 I do love when people like Behar, Bill Maher or Michael Moore pontificate about what Jesus would want.

80 Was the Republican who stepped down a tea party guy or a typical New York rhino? Why did we lose this seat in the first place? Was it because of the Ryan plan? The Tea Party? Or because some Rhino couldn't keep his pants on?

81 For extra credit, name the last time the Chicago GOP won anything.

82 80 Was the Republican who stepped down a tea party guy or a typical New York rhino?
He was a Democrat who had run for Congress as a Democrat a few times before, now he ran as a self-styled Tea Partier.

83 Interview with Governor Daniels locally said that the big concern was that your privacy is gone,  forever,  not only for Cheri and him,  but for the 4 daughters,  3 of whom are recently married in the last 2 years. 

And although unsaid,  I am certain that he didn't want to have his family sacrificed in order to provide fodder for the leftist media.

It amazes me how quickly people throw GOP candidates under the bus.  If we were serious people,  we would be defending all of them who step forward,  because it is not something I would want to do.  I am continually amazed that Palin hasn't been destroyed.  The attacks her family have suffered would have destroyed me.

I come on a site like this and look at the amount of viciousness towards her,  or Romney,.  or Pawlenty,  or Cain (just depends on who is in the news) and I wonder why anyone at all would want to be a Republican candidate.  You end up as a target of the media and the vicious left,  and your so-called allies turn on you as well.

I think I will go work in the garden for a while.

84 Will someone please explain this to me?

How is Rand Paul getting the blame, instead of Reid who refuses to vote up/down on Rand Paul's amendments?

Patriot Act powers may lapse at end of week

85

Those who have had the Medicare forcibly taken from them for the past 45 years deserve every goddamned bit of their healthcare covered.

Posted by: beedubya at May 25, 2011 08:21 AM (AnTyA)

Anybody 55 and older are exempt from any changes, the people at the protest were far older than that, they drank the kool aid, or are protesting for their kids rights to medicare....hahahahah

86

Oh, and the fake TPer is said to have been 100% self-funded, by choice. Which is maybe the only good thing I could say about him.

Posted by: Optimizer at May 25, 2011 08:33 AM (F56VB)

Thanks for the correction.

87 Posted by: beedubya at May 25, 2011 08:30 AM (AnTyA)

Hell, we've been doing that for a long time!

88 Here is a wonderful assessment to wake up to:

US: Hezbollah has more missiles than most states

89 On Morning Jo(k)e right now is an author of a book actually laying the blame for the economic meltdown on where everyone knows it belongs ...the Dems and Fannie and Freddie, but which the MFing MBM refuse to report on.

It's called "Reckless Endangerment"

...of course that fucking pandering idiot Scarborough tried to interject and claim it was Republicans too...she just gave him a look like Queen Lizzie the Deuce gave President Petey yesterday when he completely fucked up the toast at the state dinner

90 It's Come to This: Soap Ad Now Racist

91

Anybody 55 and older are exempt from any changes, the people at the protest were far older than that, they drank the kool aid, or are protesting for their kids rights to medicare....hahahahah

Posted by: Red Shirt at May 25, 2011 08:41 AM (FIDMq)

They're probably relatives of Chi-Town Jerry

92 Compressed air turns NZ trucker into human balloon

93 11th Commandment for me, but not for thee!

94 82 80 Was the Republican who stepped down a tea party guy or a typical New York rhino?
He was a Democrat who had run for Congress as a Democrat a few times before, now he ran as a self-styled Tea Partier.

Posted by: real joe at May 25, 2011 08:39 AM (w7Lv+)

Chris Lee (R) stepped down after a scandal involving him running dating ads on Craigslist. This special election was held to fill his spot.

95

I think I will go work in the garden for a while.

 

Don't sweat it, Miss M. Most of the most vicious (and infinitely redundant) attacks are by people far more concerned with their own egos, an imagined philosophical pecking order or some mix of other completely non-political factors. They don't represent any significant number of Republicans. Cranks will be cranks.

96 Was the Republican who stepped down a tea party guy or a typical New York rhino?
He was a Democrat who had run for Congress as a Democrat a few times before, now he ran as a self-styled Tea Partier.

Posted by: real joe at May 25, 2011 08:39 AM (w7Lv+)

Wait. Wasn't it actually the GOP married douchebag who was fucking stupid enough to text shitless pictures of himself to other women??

97

80 Was the Republican who stepped down a tea party guy or a typical New York rhino? Why did we lose this seat in the first place? Was it because of the Ryan plan? The Tea Party? Or because some Rhino couldn't keep his pants on?

You mean the guy who vacated the seat, right? He left because of a scandal that was all over the national media (he was the guy not wearing his shirt - not pant-less, just out looking; it was THAT lame). He was a real Republican, not a RINO. A small business owner, and we could use more of them in Washington. It was a major screw-up.

An opponent to the Republican trying to replace him registered himself as being on the "Tea Party", but he wasn't a real Tea Partier. Some people blame that tactic for (R) losing the seat, but I don't feel the numbers add up to come to that conclusion. Most media blame the Ryan plan for the loss, but the (R) candidate had a number of problems that could be pointed to. It's an embarrassment anyway, though.

98 How is Rand Paul getting the blame, instead of Reid who refuses to vote up/down on Rand Paul's amendments?

What happened to McConnell's "deal" that we traded away Senate blocks on federal judges for? Republicans were supposed to get "amendments".

99

82 He was a Democrat who had run for Congress as a Democrat a few times before, now he ran as a self-styled Tea Partier.

They were asking about the guy who resigned, not the fake TPer who was vying for his seat. He had been a Republican before running as the Democrat candidate 3x, though.

100 VDH has a new article up lambasting the Liar-in-Chief.

101 Fatass pinches off a few turds of her "wisdom".

102 Special elections predictiveness is limited, the GOP lost 12 out of 13 last cycle,

103 Jean Crowden...not a Palin fan at May 25, 2011 08:34 AM (vP48

I wanna be on your health plan, Jean- you are obviously on some very effective hallucinogenics, because I've yet to see your shit make even the slightest bit of sense.

And, uh...lolz n' shit.

104 Did you know they still had professional hockey in Canada?
I wouldn't know; I'm in Toronto.

105 They were asking about the guy who resigned, not the fake TPer who was vying for his seat.

Yup, my bad. Reading comp not so good at the moment.

106 ''Princess Boy'' Author: Courageous Of Toronto Couple Not To Share Kids Gender.

So this Princess Boy book- that's not a sequel to the Audacity of Hope, is it?

107 Seventeen lost pyramids among thousands of buried Egyptian settlements pinpointed by infrared satellite images

108 I think Michelle Obama has embarrassed the US again.

Geez, you're living in the past- whaddya think it's 2008 or something?

109 I'm beginning to think Chi-Town Jerry ran away. Bummer.

110 Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 25, 2011 07:43 AM (qsodE)

Nice concern trolling, Jerry...

Posted by: beedubya at May 25, 2011 07:50 AM (AnTyA)

Nice concern concern concern trolling, beedubya. ;^)

111

You morons need to stop your dogs from shitting in the yard. It attracts jean cockholsters and other vermin.

112 Was the Republican who stepped down a tea party guy or a typical New York rhino? Why did we lose this seat in the first place? Was it because of the Ryan plan? The Tea Party? Or because some Rhino couldn't keep his pants on? The "Tea Party" candidate was a registered democrat meant to sandbag the Republican candidate..

113 So while the middle of the country is being ravaged by storms and tornadoes. Barry is off playing ping pong, drinking Guinness and sipping $1,000 French wines. And the US media? Well if it was George Bush he would have been crucified by every media outlet but Dear Leader gets another pass for goofing off on the job.

114 105 Did you know they still had professional hockey in Canada?
I wouldn't know; I'm in Toronto.

Posted by: andycanuck

Winnipeg is gettign the Thrashers next year.

115 101 For the New York GOP. Who, for whatever reason, seem to have the ability to screw up a single car parade.

Yeah, that's probably a pretty good way to put it. Realistically, though, this state is infested with cities, which are invariably infested with parasitic Democrats. The GOP in this state are usually sacrificial lambs, and it's amazing to me that they ever get anybody elected in this state. The governors they get in are often RINO-ish, but that's what they have to be here.

Before 2010, BTW, there were only two (R) congressional seats in NY, and this was one of them (the other is on Long Island - Peter King).

116 Not sure of the actual protocol of dress around the Queen at certain times like state dinners, however.

As an American, I'd say we fought for our independence so we wouldn't have to unnecessarily kow tow to purported "Royalty".

As someone who loathes all things to do with the clown show in the White House right now, I say that Michelle the Wookie's latest gaffe is a stunning example of ugly Americanism- and the term "ugly" should be applied in all possible contexts.

And no, the above is neither consistent nor fair- but I got a waiver, so it's all good.

117 More evidence that home schooling is the way to go whenever possible in this piece at AT.
Who knew that indoctrinated diversity was more worthy of taxpayer dollars than an actual education?

118 It seems the NY Republican party is more f**ked than a drunken woman named Stanley at a frat party.

119 You know, I've been thinking about that ad a lot.   It's funny and horrifying but it gets the point across.  When I mentioned to some friends about the ad this morning one of them said "well granny was going off the cliff anyway under the obama care plan so what difference does it make?" and it struck me that the republicans need to find a way to use the democratic ad in an ad of their own and somehow get that point across.   somehow get across that throwing granny off the cliff is way more humane than watching granny die a slow death cause she can't see a doctor cause the death panel and the insurance company gate keeper won't let her?

120

Barry Rubin over at YidWithLid, synthesizes the stupid BarryÂ’s problem with the Â’67 lines.

121 CNBC has a poll today about the bounty for whistle blowers program?

Great, encouraging people to wholly never work again in their chosen field for a couple of bucks.

122 Joy Behar lecturing someone on being a good Christian?  That's rich. but will the irony register with the boob-tube addicts who watch crap like her show?

123 It's spring. And love is in the air... French-style! Le Romance Apache

124 The notion that calling for an end to Ethanol subsidies or Medicare and SS reform constitutes movement of the Overton Window is sickening.  How did the so called conservative opposition party get so hopelessly lost in the socialist desert?  When did free market capitalism get outside the acceptable policy window?  Who are these inbred retards, Boehner and McConnell, that we permit them to lead us the wrong effing way??

125 LOL, when is he going to campaign in SC and call for an end to people eating fried chicken, pork, and pecans?

Never mind T-Paw's take on chicken and pecans - I want to know where he stands on barbecue sauce.

126 Well, guys - Kim Kardashian is now officially taken. She just got engaged to that basketball player. One less available woman for the men.

127 Gabe,
It might be nice to have an analysis of the NJ Supreme Court ruling requiring Christie to spend $500 million additional on NJ schools.  Does he have any recourse at this point? 

128 57 Michelle's actually nice (but I don't think proper) outfit for state dinner.
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...which looks just like the outfit Barack wore when he was visiting his relatives in Kenya.

129 131..I would take the money from the court's budget, but that's just me.

130 122 somehow get across that throwing granny off the cliff is way more humane than watching granny die a slow death cause she can't see a doctor cause the death panel and the insurance company gate keeper won't let her?
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CAROUSEL! RENEW! RENEW!

131 What's the Chi-Town Jerry plan?

Yeah, that's what I thought.

Posted by: Bugler
..........
Ok.. here ya go.. had to get to work in between posts...

First off.. You ask the question like Ryan's privatizing plan is the only alternative.  That's silly.

The problem with Medicare is not that it is a government run plan.  It is run very efficiently, with less than 5% overhead.  Most private insurers have 15% to 35% overhead (including profit).

The problem is Medicare pays for too much.  Caps per year are too high.  Benefits that should not even exist cost billions per year.  One fourth of all Medicare payments are made in the final year of the recipient's life.  End-of-life care needs to be addressed - some will call it death panels - but that is exactly what private insurers will do to ensure they make a profit.

Add in Medicare fraud and disability fraud (or unnecessary disability payments) and Medicare is a money pit.

I do not argue that it needs reforming.. it's just that privatizing does nothing except put about 20% of Medicare dollars into the coffers of private insurers whose main job will be denying care to the elderly to increase profits.

Giving a healthy 65 yr old $15,000 for "insurance" when they might only use $2,000-$3,000 in care that year is stupid.  Stupid.  That is $12k or so profit for an insurer.

One can privatize Medicare much more efficiently with fixed costs.  Here's how:

Set aside whatever Congress wants to allocate into a major medical fund.  Let's call this a catastrophic illness fund - it's a big risk pool fund.  These funds would kick after the recipient has $10k or more (some number that makes Medicare work) in costs for the year.

This fund is administered by private insurers who agree to take on all applicants (administration fee of 2-3% can be paid to them for the trouble).  Those private insurers are then able to sell gap insurance (from $0 to $10k) to Medicare recipients - this is where they will make their profits.  This will be cheap because there is no large risk to the insurer - anything over $10k is paid from the common risk pool fund.

So - everyone on Medicare can purchase whatever level of gap insurance they feel comfortable with.  Very poor people will get assistance on this gap insurance.

Fraud will be nearly eliminated because private insurers will police the funds much better than a government that doesn't give a shit about fraud.

Put disability patients in this plan as well and start a bounty reward program for reporting fraudulent recipients.

Jerry's plan.

132 132 57 Michelle's actually nice (but I don't think proper) outfit for state dinner.
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...which looks just like the outfit Barack wore when he was visiting his relatives in Kenya.

Posted by: Anachronda at May 25, 2011 10:10 AM (6fER6)

SHE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL!!!...and she (like her husband), NEVER MAKES MISTAKES!!!...WILL YOU REICH-WINGERS PLEASE GET WITH THE PROGRAM!!!

133 Vic,
Could you please update us on the nuclear reactor situation in Japan?  I keep reading stories about possible melt downs at 2 of them and would appreciate your opinion.  Thanks

134 130 Well, guys - Kim Kardashian is now officially taken. She just got engaged to that basketball player. One less available woman for the men.

Posted by: Sassy at May 25, 2011 10:05 AM (MRPcL)

That would be bad news except for 2 pertinent facts.

1. There is no shortage of whores in the world.

2. That particular whore will be on the market again within 2 years.

135 138 I keep reading stories about possible melt downs at 2 of them and would appreciate your opinion.
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What I've been seeing is reports of meltdowns in two reactors in addition to the one they had expected to be a meltdown.

http://tinyurl.com/4yjc8xa

136 Could you please update us on the nuclear reactor situation in Japan?  I keep reading stories about possible melt downs at 2 of them and would appreciate your opinion.  Thanks

I haven't checked lately. I understand though that they have actually visually inspected and one does show a partial melt.

137 Set aside whatever Congress wants to allocate into a major medical fund.

OK, before I start in, let me just say that you at least brought something to the table.  That puts you up on the Dems, not that they set a high bar these days.

Unfortunately, you typed what I quoted.  Unless you have some way to control what Congress can allocate, I can guarantee you this doesn't fix the problem.  Congress will just keep allocating like it has been for it, and all you've done is tie some insurance providers in to take the ride down the rapids.

Unless you have a plan to keep that under wraps, this doesn't make a very viable solution, at least not from where I'm sitting.

138 Thanks you for the answers.  Also Vic, I appreciate you posting various articles everyday of interest.  Its like when my dad used to read newspaper articles out loud before he would go to work. 

139 Unless you have a plan to keep that under wraps, this doesn't make a very viable solution, at least not from where I'm sitting.
Posted by: AoSHQ's *second* worst commenter, DarkLord

How is that different from Ryan's plan?  He has to have a fixed amount for the premium support per person.

He has set his number at $15k (or whatever).  Why wouldn't the same logic apply?  The next Congress would allocate a $20k premium support. ??

Any scheme requires a disciplined Congress and President.

I think a risk pool to cover catastrophic expenses, however, ends up spending less total dollars than Ryan's plan - assuming you have the same disciplined Congress in place.

140

  Also Vic, I appreciate you posting various articles everyday of interest

Yeah, Vic is a good bridge between the ONT (OOT?) and the day crew.

141 Any scheme requires a disciplined Congress and President.

I think a risk pool to cover catastrophic expenses, however, ends up spending less total dollars than Ryan's plan - assuming you have the same disciplined Congress in place.

If you know where to find such, let me know, as that would be a monumental improvement over what we have.

Sadly, it's also the only way any plan is going to work.  I've never been a fan of devising clever plans to be executed by thieves and dunderheads, thus guaranteeing their failure...

142 Thanks

143 "Those who have had the Medicare forcibly taken from them for the past 45 years deserve every goddamned bit of their healthcare covered."

And no matter how many people lied to them about it at the time, it's the rest of us who have a duty to make those lies good?

144 And no matter how many people lied to them about it at the time, it's the rest of us who have a duty to make those lies good?

Only if you want their votes.

145

Son of a Bitch! Tornado headed towards me!

Gotta go...

146 On the ground. Sirens all over the place. Can't see it, seems too chilly for a tornado. Oops, EBS going off now...

147

Yes, sir I may be drunk. But in the morning IÂ’ll be sober; and youÂ’ll still be a dumbass with big ears, and married to Chewbacca.

– Winston Churchill, from his grave

 

148

Disney has been working for more than a year on a Navy Seal movie and video game. They jumped on the copyright ahead of the competitors.

It's not exploitative, it's preemptive.

149 Osama Bin Laden, Into Sheep Porn and Pork Rinds http://bit.ly/lJJA4P Also wanted to retire to Miami

150 Got exclusive info on "The One's" original toast to the Queen. Seems his Office of Protocol agreed with the context of his first draft but believed it may be poorly accepted by the Queen. His first toast was to be as follows: POTUS: To Queen Elizabeth. Here's to you and here's to me, and should we ever disagree..... F*#K YOU! Here's to ME.

151

Boobies used to distract jury. Tragically, there are no pictures.

Well shit, that pretty well eliminates the old "or your lyin' eyes" line doesn't it?

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