KevinG

That is not how the game is played. I sense the need for another thread.

Having a debate with a friend of mine last night. We both agree that The Wire is the best television show ever made. However it is my contention, that depending on how Breaking Bad ends it could surpass The Wire.

and he was starting to make sense up until then.

I think the important thing here is "in private." Whereas the statement from the WH was a public one that there was no request for a meeting. I tend to believe statements made in public over those made behind closed doors. It comes to a case of he said he said. I also think this is all much ado about nothing. Ok, that is fine. But Romney has shown anytime he dabbles into any type of foreign policy he sticks his foot in his mouth. He is an opportunist willing to jump on any little thing to make political points rather than be thoughtful and measured. Even many GOPer question his

What exactly is your point here? The Arab spring was an uprising of democracy, and now that democracy has run its course you are upset that the people elected aren't to your liking? So about the meeting with Netanyahu: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/11/obama-binyamin-netanyahu-us-visit?newsfeed=true How is it a snub if he didn't ask for a meeting? I am sure the GOP spin machine will blow this out of proportion too. In fact PBO and Netanyahu had a phone conversation yesterday on Iran: http://www.sfgate.com/business/bloomberg/article/Obama-Discusses-Iran-Nuclear-Threat-Wi

maybe I should qualify this a bit. It is how brazen RR is being with this and many other things (welfare comments, "you didn't build that", Ryan's marathon, the taxes, so on and so forth). Really how can you believe anything thing they say?

believe what you will, I think it goes to character. I think character is important. Apparently you don't.

He has to lie and distort the truth? Quality person I want to run the country. Quality base if that is what you have to do to win.

I was thinking about this whole lying thing we have been talking about and we all know politicians lie, but the lies presented by Sparky in his "video" were really broken campaign promises. Whereas the GOP especially Romney and Ryan have down right distorted the truth for political gain. Which brings us to the horrible events in mid-east last night. To sum up: The US ambassador to Libya and three embassy staffers where killed in an attack on the consulate http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/12/j-christopher-stevens-ambassador-to-libya-killed_n_1876544.html and large protests were held

Find me a politician who doesn't lie and I will show you a unicorn shitting a rainbow.

Wonder why Sheldon Adelson has vowed to spend 100 million dollars to defeat Obama? Could it be because he stands to get a 2 billion dollar tax cut with the tax policies of Romney? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/11/sheldon-adelson-2-billion-tax-cut-mitt-romney_n_1873683.html So yeah that is cool. But here it is on another level and we should think of it this way. If you donate 100 dollars to Mitt Romney are you going to get a 2,000.00 dollar tax cut? Check it out here: http://www.barackobama.com/tax-calculator/ * *yes I know it is from PBO's website and the numbers may or

Well his dad is a known communist, right? He did record Woody Guthrie songs.

Unlike the current GOP ticket, who are terrible liars. If you don't vote for PBO because he is liar that makes sense. If the reason you vote for Romney because PBO is a liar that doesn't make sense.

Also the fact that really the Ponds have something that no other companion have/had, each other. They are in a realtionship with each other. Plus how awesome is Rory now? He is truly one of the best characters on the show.

Yes money is important. Money helps you get your message out. Ads and trips 50 trips to Ohio in a month are not free. The person with the most money will have the most opportunity to do these things, thus have a better chance of winning. PBO set a bad precedent by not taking public funding in 2008. This allowed the constant fund raising race we are in now. It is sad. I think every candidate should be required to take public funding and abide by its rules. Though this would make the spending by out side PAC's even greater.

I honestly don't think he can.

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship. Waiting for the eventual mashup with Snakes on a Plane. Just a solid fun episode. Nothing too earth shattering like last weeks. I think is was more for the kids than anything else. No Owsin unfortunately. 7.5/10

So Romney is going to keep the preexisting conditions part of ACA and obviously remove the personal mandate. I wonder if he realizes this would be a disaster for the insurance companies and would end up costing the American people. Oh wait he does, that is why he put the mandate in the Mass. law he created. See with keeping the preexisting conditions and not having a mandate to buy insurance, you will have people buy insurance only when they are seriously hurt or become sick. Their money has not been paying in to the pool to insurance companies. The company can't deny them, so where is

Blasphemy is the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for a religious deity or the irreverence towards religious or holy persons or things. Bjorn your picture was not blasphemous, it was just plain horrible act. And calling it blasphemous actually does a disservice to the horrible crime committed in your picture. I don't need to see anything like that ever again, especially in a post about Christmas Story 2. Maybe you need a sense of the English language and perspective (of the joking nature of Todd's post) before you post such a terrible picture. On another note

well a couple of conversations back Pillow had stated that the platforms don't matter. So why bring it up? The GOP platform is an exercise in big government controlling our lives (who we can marry, what we can do to our bodies etc.) The Dem platform is a godless document that wants to take all of the money you make and give it lesbians for their abortions. all kidding aside, the Dems (at the urging of PBO) made a big mistake trying to amend it. The only people would care is FoxNews and most people watching them aren't going to vote GOP anyway. The next day it would have been a n

So on your assumption that both Obama and Romney are the same, whose only purpose is to serve their corporate masters in having the rich get richer, what are we going to do about this upcoming election? Realistically between now and November the "massive realization by the American people" is not going occur. Either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney will be the president of the United States. Should we as Americans casts our votes symbolically for a third party? Or stay home and not vote? Personally, even after all of your ranting that PBO and Romney are the same, I see deep differences in the

New Job Numbers are in http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/07/august-jobs-report_n_1864001.html will this and the next two job numbers have any effect on the race?

Jesus fucking Christ. You proud that the GOP's campaign is built on a complete and utter lie? I am so sick of that meme. It is so stupid, and every time I hear a conservative repeating that tired line, it make realize how stupid they are. Yes I know this the "respector" edition or whatever, but you repeat this lie you are an idiot. And glad your video shows that you are petulant little girl who throws a tantrum when you don't get your way? This just shows the differences between the RNC and DNC. The RNC was filled with generalizations and platitudes and if a speaker at the RNC stated

If convention speeches are like grand jury testimonies, he wouldn't be indicted for perjury like most of the GOP speakers last week. So you don't have to look it up yourself here is Bill Clinton's speech fact checked for you: http://factcheck.org/2012/09/our-clinton-nightmare/

Too be fair yes, he should have. It would have made another great point, something like, "look when Republicans actually worked with me and compromised we where able to balance the budget etc. This current group of Republicans are refusing to compromise and just imagine the things we could get done if we had the same level of compromise." Or something like that, Bill would have made the point better. Of course maybe he didn't want to pile on the Republicans too much.