Barack Obama, our next President

[carol]

John Galt wrote:

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Explain "pretty much."
Was union membership required, or not?

You were warned right off the bat that if you didn't join the union and ever needed legal protection for any reason, you'd be on your own.

Because common sense took a vacation in the school system a long time ago and school administrators stopped growing a spine...and unions took their place.

[sonicfilter]

Michigan Police Scratch Their Heads At Fox Contributor’s Post-Punch Media Tour

If Fox News contributor Steven Crowder wants justice after being assaulted during right-to-work protests in Michigan this week, he sure has a weird way of showing it. That’s the word from Michigan State Police, who are ready to investigate and prosecute the man who punched Crowder multiple times on camera Tuesday — if only Crowder would let them.

The video of Crowder taking those punches has gone viral, even as Crowder’s story about the circumstances has started to unravel. Regardless of exactly what happened leading up top the punches, however, there’s a potential crime caught on film and according to Michigan State Police, Crowder has so far shown no interest in having it investigated.

“There is video footage of him being assaulted. We don’t know who the suspect is, but we could do a several month investigation and find the suspect,” Inspector Gene Adamczyk, spokesperson for the state police, told TPM on Thursday.“But if Mr. Crowder is not going to prosecute, we have not gained anything, we’ve wasted resources.”

So far Crowder has not sought out police help after he was hit. Adamczyk pointed out he’s instead turned the video into a national conservative media tour.

“I saw Mr. Crowder’s interview on Sean Hannity and he wants to have an MMA-sanctioned fight with this individual,” he said. Crowder told Hannity that if the suspect doesn’t come forward for the MMA fight (which he said would be held for charity), Crowder would “press charges.”

Adamczyk did not sound impressed by the plan.

“You can’t leverage the law for personal gain,” he said.“Either you’re the victim, or you’re not. So if he’s the victim of an assault, and he wants to file a complaint, we will definitely investigate it.”

Meanwhile, media reports have poked holes in the original, edited video Crowder posted online after he was punched. The New York Times reported “a look at the video broadcast on the Sean Hannity show appears to show quite clearly that [Crowder] left out an important section of the footage when he put together his edit.”

The unedited footage shows “the man who punched Mr. Crowder being knocked to the ground seconds before and then getting up and taking a swing at the comedian,” the Times reported.

Adamczyk doesn’t understand why Crowder wouldn’t report the crime to the police and get the perpetrator prosecuted. He stressed that the MSP will not go forward with an investigation unless a crime is reported, and “there are all types of personal reasons” people sometimes don’t report a crime, he said.

“If somebody broke into your house, wouldn’t you immediately report it to the police? If someone assaulted you or your family member wouldn’t you report it immediately to the police?” Adamczyk said.“Well, why wouldn’t you, unless there’s a personal agenda there.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/12/st...

[carol]

Realtime wrote:

<quoted text>Lahk ah sayd? How about "as I said?" Don't you agree that it takes the dirt road sting off your posts?
Maybe you can link me up with Obama telling the highly decorated military veteran Realtime to pass it around__if not save it for one of your topix paramours eh?

Well, I didn't know I was addressing a highly decorated military veteran who loves Obama passing everyone else's stuff around.

Please excuse me.

[shinningelectr0n]

Sister Kathryn Lust wrote:

<quoted text>Don't believe everything you 'hear', Shin. And don't fantasize about me opening your virus-laden links either.
:)

I temper all that I observe with a tab of reality.

* Pretty woman can be ugly.

* A politician who treats each voter like they were Dorian Grey is
not a President but a Prince - of Darkness.

* A Topix poster who mindlessly weaves religion, hedonism and naivete
with Liberal smugness and cynicism and yet still portrays herself as
a good suburban mom seeking the American Dream is minus direction
and a steering wheel. Like a runaway train with the engineer
sleeping in the caboose.

I have never found a "virus-laden link" yet on Wikipedia.

You must have some really paranoid anti-virus software there, ladee.

[carol]

dem wrote:

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That's against the terms of service topix uses.

It's quite common to reply to only one part of someone's post by erasing the rest that isn't relevant.

So almost every single one of us has broken the "terms of service". Does that mean we're all going to be fined? Arrested? Scolded? What?

[Sister Kathryn Lust]

shinningelectr0n wrote:

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You sound like a stay-at-home mom scrubbing hubbie's shoes. Get out much? Bingo?
I once worked in a union shop where the company and the union leaders slept together. Horrible working conditions and low pay.
I left.
Your naivete can't be hidden beneath that Burqua, babe.

Neither can your hypocrisy be hidden behind that union card, darlin'.

Change jobs, and kwitcherbitchin.

[Sister Kathryn Lust]

moshx wrote:

<quoted text> untill the bailout all I bought was gm and dodge,but now I only buy ford.if there was a non union auto maker that made a solid 1 ton p/u here in the states my money would go to them first.

I ride the bus, my bike, and Shank's mare.

Never owned a car in my life, raised two kids without one, and have never missed having one.

Saves me thousands a year in payments, parking, maintenance, insurance, and gas.

Win-win.

Next.

:)

[sonicfilter]

Rush Limbaugh: Dem Party "Wants Minorities Thinking That They Don't Have A Chance Unless The Democrats Are Their Champions

http://mediamatters.org/video/2012/12/12/rush...

Well let's ask Mitt about that one.

Mitt who?

[shinningelectr0n]

Sister Kathryn Lust wrote:

<quoted text>Yet, I've never felt the need to move to Beijing, as I'm quite happy as an American.
You, not so much.........but comparing my far superior intelligence with your dearth thereof, is pretty stupid, come to think of it.
Holy smokes, we agree.
Let the freezing of Hades begin!!!!

Like so much else in Life, comparisons can be quite relative and conditional. For example, a stupid person can assume themselves to be far higher in intellect than others. That's why they are stupid.

An inchworm can assume themselves to be far, far superior in all regards to Mr. Robin. And this assumption holds true forever until Mr. Robin eats the inchworm.

Consider yourself just being eaten, inchworm.

[sonicfilter]

The present leadership of the Republican Party has gone from making the case that government is the problem and the American people are the solution to making the case that Democratic controlled government is the problem and Republican controlled government is the solution.

By giving up on making the case that government is the problem and pivoting to “Democrats are the problem,” the Republican Party has failed the American people. Historically, when parties lost, their leadership went and hid for an appropriate amount of time under a rock after an acceptance of blame and a resignation.

The present Republican leaders in Washington, instead of hiding under a rock, have taken to standing on the rock and demanding conservatives self flagellate.

http://www.redstate.com/2012/12/13/the-republ...

[sonicfilter]

Let us not kid ourselves. The Republicans intend to strike a last minute deal to cave. They will. They are going blind in the bathroom over the idea of bifurcating tax cuts so Barack Obama can veto the tax cut for high income earners and let the rest slide through. It is, as usual, a too clever by half compromise from the GOP, which has spent more time out negotiating itself to the left than negotiating with the Democrats.

The compromise is no longer the issue. It will happen.

http://www.redstate.com/2012/12/13/the-republ...

[carol]

Eman wrote:

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Oh geesh. Now nutsickles is going to claim you said you had a limp.

That's funny. My left leg has been acting up a bit lately. Only when I first stand up and put weight on it. But did have a slight limp a few days last week.

Not serious. Comes and goes. Not limping anymore.

[Sister Kathryn Lust]

Eman wrote:

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In other words, you got nothing.

In other words, you can't prove your shit is shinola.

Eman wrote:

<quoted text> I love making "smart" people look stupid.

You must - you've done it to yourself with every post so far.

Keep 'em comin', shinning.

:)

[shinningelectr0n]

Sister Kathryn Lust wrote:

<quoted text>Neither can your hypocrisy be hidden behind that union card, darlin'.
Change jobs, and kwitcherbitchin.

How about a diagonal slice once in awhile? Hypocrisy? How? When? Where?

I could pop up right this moment and call you intelligent but with a total absence of affirming evidence over a thousand of your Topix posts, you could then call me a liar.

[sonicfilter]

Is it any wonder the American people have come to the conclusion that government isn’t so bad when the party of small government keeps expanding it too? The leaders of the party are the message, not the words. And the message does not resonate because they do not practice what they preach.

Until the Republicans change their message, they will keep losing.

http://www.redstate.com/2012/12/13/the-republ...

[shinningelectr0n]

carol wrote:

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It's quite common to reply to only one part of someone's post by erasing the rest that isn't relevant.
So almost every single one of us has broken the "terms of service". Does that mean we're all going to be fined? Arrested? Scolded? What?

dem is more accustomed to Playground culture and has great difficulty raising his social awareness here on Topix.

Give the boy a break:>

[Sister Kathryn Lust]

shinningelectr0n wrote:

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Let's put aside the Constitutional Rights issue for a moment and examine a realistic hypothetical. Assume for the moment that unions become so politically strong and so prevalent that, along with the Boy Messiah's rights-trampling, 99% of all businesses become Closed Shop. Most of those union dues are now going to support the Boy Messiah in one way or another.
What does your "choice" now mean? It means nothing. It makes a distinction with no difference. This is "Spitting on the sidewalk is illegal" type of naivete.
But now back to my rights. If I want to work without union political interference, I can't. Being forced to belong to a union as a hiring stipulation, I am also being forced to support a Socialist Political Party. This is unconstitutional. It is against an individual's rights found in the Bill of Rights regarding the rights of association.
I don't want to be a Catholic. I don't want to belong to the Masons. I don't want to be forced by my boss to join Facebook. I don't want to be a Socialist Party member. I don't want to support the Boy Messiah through my forced membership in the NEA.

Jeebus freakin' kryst. If you want to work without 'union interference', find a non-unionized job. Goddam, boy. It isn't difficult. They're everywhere.

Of course, they don't pay shit, but hey - it's your choice.

Free country and all of that.

:)

[carol]

dem wrote:

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Carol prefers to use her husbands 401k to pay her health care bills. Then die penniless.

We're all going to die penniless.

Quite a few couples rely on just one family plan - the one who has the better coverage. And sometimes it's the woman's.

It's quite common for women who stay at home to raise their children or work part-time to supplment their family's income to depend on their husband's employment benefits.

You sure are an elitist.

[OzRitz]

carol wrote:

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A poor hot dog vender who was just on Greta a few minutes ago said he was hired to come in and sell hot dogs and happened to be near the violent mob tearing down the tent. He's a black man and said the violent mob turned on him, called him an Uncle Tom, threw racial slurs at him, called him the "n" word and destroyed his hot dog stand.
The crowd was yelling this isn't peace time, this isn't Martin Luther King time, we aren't going to go for this peace stuff, we're going to do it our way, etc., etc., etc.
Unions are what Obama lives and breathes for.
In 2008, the Big Daddy to the Big O was the SEIU.
FEC-required filings show SEIU's two PACs spent over $9 million dollars supporting Obama.
"I've spent my entire adult life working with SEIU."
He loves his unions.

Carol , you watch WAY too much Fox, it's total crap. All their stories are engineered to appeal to ppl like you and it keeps failing. It's like running around the country looking for a KKK meeting and then broadcasting as thou it represents the whole country. That is what Fox does ALL the time and suckers like you keep hearing the message because you don't want to hear the truth.
Remember the Black intimidation guys at the polling booths the previous election. They ran with that 24/7 and it was a total beat up, so yes it bites them on the a$$ every time. They have no more got their finger on the political pulse of the country than your pet cat!

[carol]

carol wrote:

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Not limping anymore.

But if it makes nucular happy to think otherwise and make fun of it, let's just humor him.