Feisty:

It just does not stop. The GOP/TP is running out of control now. They know they are loosing and they are becoming more and more vile everyday. It is going to get worse.

This is what happens when they have nothing but slimy rhetoric.

There are 6 Republican Sen. now up for recall in WI with 3 democrats. Other states are looking to change their recall laws to throw these bums out.

People like Ryan others are getting booed off the stage at their town hall meetings.

Rallies are still going on across this Nation.

The people are pissed and the GOP/TP is going to pay a price come 2012.

As if Trump wasn’t enough!

There's this little nugget:

Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, said minorities earn less than white people because they don’t work as hard and have less initiative.

“We have a high percentage of blacks in prison, and that’s tragic, but are they in prison just because they are black or because they don’t want to study as hard in school? I’ve taught school, and I saw a lot of people of color who didn’t study hard because they said the government would take care of them.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/28/sally-kern-affirmative-action_n_854936.html

Any of you baggers or birthers want to take a shot at defending this?

Did you catch that?

Black folks don’t work as HARD as white people and have LESS initiative!

I had to double check the calendar this morning to confirm it’s still 2011 and not 1955!

You can put all the mayo & mustard you want on it – at the end of the day it’s still a turd sandwich!

Great Post Feisty

I agree with Navy. The T-baggers have a monolpy on LIES and innuendoes

Foolish Republican /T-Baggers Give Speechs instead of Town Halls Worst nightmare for Our Nation.

What happened to democracy? The republicans think they had this *AHEM*mandate. It was so easy to bus phony grassroots people in to town halls with Koch Brother’s money to get a mandate.

Now we have real live honest to goodness grassroots people due to the Wisconsin debacle to Florida organically with out the Koch money to protest the Republican;s taking away democracy,

Guess what, some of them are Republicans rebuking this monster Paul Ryan created.

Radio or Not's Nicole Sandler attended a "town hall meeting" with her congressman Allen West - who did not allow questions. She attempted to follow up on his non-answer about medicare's future, leading to her arrest and incarceration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq8BEzknL3k&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQBrCiF9gXI&feature=player_embedded

Memo fo Joe in Albany from Politico

Ryan dodges protesters in police car

http://images.politico.com/global/news/110427_paulprotest_ap_328.jpg

Hey, MSM let’s this story of America fighting back against the GOP/T-Bagger machine alive and get rid of the birther story.

If you must talk about Trump, remind Chicagho and President Obama are not are not corrupt. Looks like Trump has mob ties

Rolling Snake Eyes: Trump's First Casino Partners Had Alleged Mob Ties

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/28/donald-trump-rolling-snake-eyes_n_854177.html?ir=Business

Think of the President’s little children. Black the birther story out.

Oh, what’s up with this gop/T/Bagger inverse relationship?

Oklahoma GOPer: It's A Fact That 'Blacks' Don't Work As Hard So Eliminate Affirmative Action???

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/ok-goper-its-a-fact-that-blacks-dont-work-as-hard.php?ref=fpblg

minorities earn less because they don't work as hard. "We have a high percentage of blacks in prison, and that's tragic," Kern[a GOPer]said, "but are they in prison just because they are black or because they don't want to study as hard in school?

Keep in mind, they are not racist. they just say racist things. Give me a break. That Statemen is like the KKK going a lynching mob.

Will someone please call Spankie, and see what I think about all this town hall business?

(other than the fact that I think it is pretty amusing, considering the 'mandate' from last November, of course)

It appears the game is up. People are starting to realize the type of people the GOP/TP are and they do not like it. The new GOP/TP stands for just about everything that is not American. They want to repeal Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, voting rights, women's rights, gay rights, workers rights, religious rights and the list goes on.

This is going to come to a head soon as the people see more and more of this repugnant behavior by their politicians.

Are we ready to start talking about Jobs in this country, stimulating the economy, improving education, a serious and responsible deficit reduction plan yet?????????

I didn't think so.

Great information, Feisty. There's a lot of nasty, ugly, hateful stuff hidden under that comb over. It's time the MSM starts exposing it.

Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL

As if Trump wasn't enough!

Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, said minorities earn less than white people because they don't work as hard and have less initiative.

"We have a high percentage of blacks in prison, and that's tragic, but are they in prison just because they are black or because they don't want to study as hard in school? I've taught school, and I saw a lot of people of color who didn't study hard because they said the government would take care of them."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/28/sally-kern-affirmative-action_n_854936.html

Any of you baggers or birthers want to take a shot at defending this?

Did you catch that?

Wow GF we are on the same page again this AM. It is inconceivable for a t-baggee or birther to make a defense,

Take into account ...

THEY ARE NOT RACIST; THEY JUST SAY RACIST THINGS.

Navy Disabled: It appears the game is up. People are starting to realize the type of people the GOP/TP are and they do not like it.

You must be watching a different game. It appears that many Democrats in the Senate are agreeing with the Republicans on the Debt Ceiling, and the need for restrictive spending actions be taken as part of any deal to raise the Debt Ceiling.

Democratic Senators Conrad, Manchin, and Pryor, along with the leftwinger from Minnesota Klobuchar all will vote against the Debt Ceiling increase unless there is "a real and meaningful commitment to debt reduction". And any meaningful debt reduction will include reform of the entitlement programs.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/debt-ceiling-more-democrats-threaten-to-vote-against-raising-borrowing-limit/2011/04/28/AF5KvY8E_story.html

The game is up, and the Tea Party is winning Navy. There is no question about that fact.

"The game is up, and the Tea Party is winning Navy. There is no question about that fact...."

Say, Smiff- pass that 'spliff' on over this way, wouldja?

Great posts, Feisty, Bev, Navy .... Thanks for bringing back up the alleged "mandate" of the November 2010 election ... the "mandate" that was NOT.

Exit polls on election day pegged jobs and the economy as the most important issue in the election, followed closely by a change in partisan politics in Washington. Fewer than a fourth of voters said they were motivated by Tea Party positions - while 56% said they paid NO attention to the Tea Party.

But LOOK!

The Tea Party has taken over the GOP! Their extremist positions have made the partisan divide even WORSE.

And WHAT have they done with the alleged "mandate?" WHERE ARE THE JOBS? WHAT ABOUT THE ECONOMY?

ALL the positions and legislative flurry since January, coming from the GOP/TP have NOT produced any jobs - and have so threatened the economy that Standard and Poors has issued warnings about potential consequences.

Their social policy legislation is virtually fascist, oppressive and regressive.

And they can't find ANY credible leadership.

After the crushing defeat of Republicans in 1976, there was talk that the GOP might be doomed. Reagan, crafting an alliance of the ultra-right and fundamentalist factions, saved the party but ultimately did it no favors. Today's disarray is the ultimate extension of that trend. Now there is certainly a real possibility that the GOP is indeed doomed. Well, that's one funeral I would LOVE to see!

JS1:

You keep living in your little septic world. You guys are loosing. People are speaking and you are in denial. Why am I not surprised. You and your kind have been render impotent and you know it.

Steve - Bev and others cited sources. You just cite CRAP.

I think Steve is depraved and suffering from separation anxiety due to being an abused brown man of the racist people he defends

THEY ARE NOT RACIST; THEY JUST SAY RACIST THINGS.

You know I LOVE you GF!

But, I have to disagree on that, WORDS carry the same consequences as actions...

In then end it's all about Hate - pure & simple!

PS: Don't feed the trolls! PLEASE ignore little stevie today -it's MUCH more fun to watch him become agitated when no one pays any attention to him!

Navy, seeing that list of rights the GOPTP wants to eliminate in one sentence, mind boggling.

Ahh Feisty. No wonder the Dopes Of Nope (herein after known as The DON's) hate you.

You always come out swinging, land the first punch and the last punch and leave then scrambling for answers. I love it. Keep those comments coming. :-)

What i'd like to know is, when will ANY responsible journalist ask the Donald this question:

You've filed for bancruptcy protection 3 times, so why do you feel it's OK to ask the courts to releive you of Your Finacial obligations & Not Pay Your Creditors?

Also, when he says excuse Me, you cut'em off & again ask the same question. When he interupts 3 times with Excuse Me, you pull the Plug & the Interview's OVER!

I guess you all have moved on to a new one.

What can I say?

There are SOOOO many to chose from with the right wing nitwits stellar cast of birthers and baggers!

Unlike, you one trick pomies who come here daily to bash President Obama!

Remember, variety is the spice of life! ;o)

@ Tom, CA - Thanks for the shout out!

Here's Obama's economy: "A McJob looked mighty appealing to tens of thousands of people in the Chicago area. More than 75,000 job-seekers applied for 2,000 area positions with McDonald's during the fast food king's first-ever "National Hiring Day" on April 19."

Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/75000-Applied-for-2000-Available-McJobs--120952429.html?dr#ixzz1KvCJtsHQ

75,000! Yeah voters, just keep voting Democratic in Chicago. You too can flip burgers, if you're lucky.

This must be part of Obama's "Winning The Future" (WTF).

I see the hate for TP and trump over took the message delivered. Trump is one person, not a hole party or movement. TP is a movement that by far the American public voted for in the last election. LOL All I see here is hate being spewed by hate mongers. Of course there is no defense for Trump. Just like there is no defense for Biden and his claim of how him and Obama won the iraq war. Both sides have their idiots. Lots of Idiots.

Getting back to the story line: I see Obama is stated as being busy with important stuff, presidential stuff and the GOP is cattle calling. With opening remarks like that and their biased approach, it is a wonder this web page has not fallen onto the hard times of their TV channel. Thank goodness most Americans have common sense and will vote to complete the change we were promised in 2008 and we screamed for in 2010. 2012 is coming and we will get our change.

Independents for the repeal of Obama and his health Care mess.

Smiffy, get a clue: If McD's added 50,000 jobs in ONE day, after years of shrinking its employment - hey, that means there are CUSTOMERS out there who can now better afford to patronize the stores!

President Obama not only led the way in rescuing America's economy, but also kept things from getting worse globally.

So, you want fries with that?

I guess that all those people applying for entry level jobs with low pay disproves how people drawing unemployment won’t even try for jobs that pay less than their old job.

caradjt - See my post above about the election results of 2010.

TP candidates were a small percentage of those elected to office last year. The issue of the Health Care Access act as a voter concern was, according to election day exit polls, very far down on the list of reasons people cast their ballots - and involved a small percentage of voters, as well.

You are deluded to think otherwise.

Now ya'll just quit pickin on Sally y'hear?

What can you expect, she had to run against a transexual last year and the voters kept mistaking her for her opponent. It was painful to watch.

Besides, ya'll just don't understand. We don't keep our mentally deficient folks locked up in the attic, we bring 'em out in the sunlight for ever-body to see and then elect them to public office.

When the Oklahoma House and Senate are in session it's like looking at the day room of a sanitarium.

So, c'mon guys. Cut us some slack. We'd have to build five new mental hospitals to house all the loonies if we didn't let them hold public office!

Next you're going to be talkin bout Sally and her long standing feud with Ellen Deneres (sp?). Ain't ya'll got wood to chop or somethin?

It's becoming quite clear that the GOP has done an exceptional job of explaining that it is now time that the federal government puts its financial house in order. The GOP has taken an extreme risk in talking about entitlement reform, but Obama's clumsy thrashing around in an attempt to demagogue the GOP has fallen flat. Many Congressmen and Congresswomen in Obama's own party are even now joining the Republicans for meaningful cuts to the budget and to reforming of entitlements. The Left continues to demagogue the GOP, but that too is failing, as the country is not in the mood for "Politics as usual" from the Democrats.

Game, set, and match Lefties. Get used to it.

The folks over at Radio Rwanda aka FOX NEWS couldn't get any slimmer. The have the monopoly on filth and proven racism. Bear in mind now, the idiot doofus men and bleached blond monkey girls who keep their jobs by holding it down showing their tails have the audacity to talk about president Obama's deceased mother and father..

A Slippery Character': New Details Emerge About Obama's Father

[snip]

Documents obtained from the U.S. immigration service paint a picture of a man who 'had an eye for the ladies' and, according to his file, had to be warned several times to stay away from girls at the university.

...It also considered his earlier Kenya marriage as a grounds to deny him a visa extension but concluded that 'polygamy was not an excludable or deportation charge'.

Other notes make reference to some kind of campaign to drive Obama senior out of the country and back to Kenya. The memo advised officials to withdraw his funding.

It said: 'Obama has passed his general exams, which indicates that on academic grounds he is entitled to stay around here and write his thesis; however [Harvard] are going to try to cook something up to ease him out.... They are planning on telling him that they will not give him any money, and that he had better return to Kenya and prepare his thesis at home.'

President Obama's mother met his father at a Russian language class at the University of Hawaii in 1960. At the time he was the first and only African student at the university.

Read more: http://nation.foxnews.com/barack-obama-senior/2011/04/28/slippery-character-new-details-emerge-about-obamas-father#ixzz1KvSLDoKV

Where it says-- "Other notes make reference to some kind of campaign to drive Obama senior out of the country and back to Kenya. The memo advised officials to withdraw his funding".

Isn't that what nut job Birther Queen who Lawrence O'Donell threw off his show is doing to fuel more paranoia and racism about his SSN?

Please someone tell me how this isnot only RACIST but an offense to his little children and the memories President Obama has of his family?

Explain that. Don't believe me? Check out the racist comments in the comment section.

Stop this racism.

Game, set, and match Lefties. Get used to it.

That should read "Game, set and match GOP/TP. Get used to it".

You guys just do not see the forest for the trees, your heads are stuck so far up your butts that the world is crumbling around you and you do not see. I got news for you all. This is going to effect you all every bit as much as it effects the rest of us (unless you are one of the elite 2%).

You keep right on supporting those that are working against the best interests of this country and there will be no room in my boat for ya. I hope you are good a treading water, this is where we are going so "Get used to it" or become part of the solution instead of being the problem.

Game, set, and match Lefties. Get used to it.

You have to admit, it's funny that taunting is all the birthers & baggers have left in their bag of dirty tricks! lmao!!

JoAnnaSmith1, Bev, Fiesty, Navy,Steve, et. al.: good morning. Late start today, just had to watch the tube to see "the kiss" with my daughter. Isn't it nice to see, even with everything else thats going on, a beautiful blushing bride and groom starting their life together. I know its corny and their are more important things going on, but what a nice way to start a sunny spring day.

As to "the Donald", I have not watched his "reality" tv series, and never will. Having been through the process of attempting to get an upper management position multiple times, how cruel is the term "you're fired" to indicate that you did not get the job. I'll bet he does not even have is HR department take the time to send rejection letters or even telephone calls to those who, after multiple interviews, are not chosen to be hired for a position. I just think the whole process is designed to put his hair in front of the camera. Trump will not be the Republican nominee for President. He will stretch out the process as long as he can, but even the GOP/TP does not like a 3 time loser who has also divorced multiple wives.

I don't think the Republican Party will be able to field someone who is able to be elected in 2012. The recent takeover of the party by the latest version of the fundamentalist christian right will not allow a moderate to be the nominee. Hopefully, both parties will be able to move more toward the center in 2016 and we will have a choice of moderates after President Obama's second term. The vileness of the far right and extremism from the far left just can't be sustained.

Navy, as always excellent points.

What Smiffy wrote is inaccurate, as usual. The President created his National Debt Commission on Feb. 10, 2010. He led the way in bringing a focus on fiscal responsibility and recognition that as the country emerged from the Bush Recession it would be wise to then seek appropriate means of reducing deficits and addressing the national debt.

The debt was not a leading issue in the 2010 election campaign. The GOP/TP, as I wrote above, turned its back on the voters in order to pursue its ultra-right, Libertarian-tinged agenda regardless of the best interests of the nation. The Ryan budget, as we have discussed at length, was not a fiscal proposal but an ideological one. Any budget that adds nearly $6 trillion in debt and doesn't get anywhere close to significantly reducing deficits for 60 years is in fact fiscal insanity.

The right has indeed succeeded in recent months in dragging the issue to the center of the debate, but it was late coming to the table. And it isn't even serious about the manufactured "crisis" it proclaims - it's all a BIG LIE intended to mask their reactionary ideological agenda.

John A;

Great post to end the week. I agree and I think the right is floundering around in their own mess and the people are starting to get wind of it.

They ran in 2010 on a platform for Job Creation in this Country and improving the Economy. To date they have done neither. In fact they do not even have any plans to address their campaign rhetoric. As you correctly noted the deficit and HCR were both way down the list according to virtually every exit poll. They like to ignore the facts and even make some up as they try and figure out who and what they really are now.

Hope you are feeling better.

Nice to see out this AM dirp101

I don't think the Republican Party will be able to field someone who is able to be elected in 2012.

I agree. I am still waiting for the Republicans to reject this insanity. It's time to take a stand. Will the real republican stand?

RVZ555

Bev, in her daily, barely sensical squealing about White racism, actually hurled a racial slur at a white poster. She of course wasn't smart enough to realize it and the other libs here are regularly too embarrassed and too PC to call her out on it or anything. But it was funny just the same. Thanks for the laugh, Bev! in her daily, barely sensical squealing about White racism, actually hurled a racial slur at a white poster. She of course wasn't smart enough to realize it and the other libs here are regularly too embarrassed and too PC to call her out on it or anything. But it was funny just the same. Thanks for the laugh, Bev!

#9 - Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:02 AM EDT

Let me get you straight, liberal white poster here reflect astuteness; no one has to be PC to feel the pain the overt resurgence of racism the GOP-T-bagger and birthers are doing to this nation. Just so you know, nothing is funny about condoning blatant racism and then lying about it. Why don’t you do youself a favor and stay in the closet and amuse yourself watching your freak sideshows and carnival barkers?

If you must complain perhaps your time would be better spent, when you peep out of your racist closet, to complain about the lack of co-operation these racist engender. We have so many important economic and social issues to solve instead of appealing to backwards thinking. The GOP-T-bagger and birthers are the first to yell about the President doing nothing; yet essentially it is they doing nothing by continuously harping on the President’s , of all the, leader of the free world, legality. What should matter to you are jobs, education, social programs. Women’s/LBGT rights, the debt ceiling, mortgages/homelessness, high gas prices, government regulations, defense, and all the all the other moral, cultural, political and social issues that threaten our nation which GW Bush f’d up along with the previous republican presidents.

To me you and the rest of the rabid right wing nutjobs pursuit of a birth certificate is a trivial exerciseThat never ends. What did you learn different that what was stated in the earlier version? In fact, the long form is not even legl since it has no seal. Certified birth certificate copies, also called authorized copies, contain the complete details of a person's birth and bear the raised seal of the state. Certified birth certificate copies are not public records and only a few eligible parties may obtain them. A certified birth certificate is the version you will need to apply for a passport or driver's license, as well as for use in legal proceedings and other official matters.

Read more: How to Get a Certified Raised Seal Birth Certificate | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_6298668_certified-raised-seal-birth-certificate.html#ixzz1L13LicgE

What is true is Donald trump is feeding a whole bunch of birhers heaping shovels of racist horsesh!t in codesd form.

http://factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html

More to the point, a visible seal is only issued by the. No issuing seal can be seen on the document released today by Obama. Yet, it still not acceptable to you and othe rapid right wings.

Your lack of acceptance conveys your desire to live in pre civil and post-civil days and des not accomplish the serious problems this country faces.

BTW: speaking of fakes….

DONALD TRUMP HAS HIS OWN PROBLEMS WITH "BALDERS" WHO CLAIM HE'S NOT 100 PERCENT AMERICAN BECAUSE "THE HAIR-LIKE SUBSTANCE THAT CROWNS MR. TRUMP'S HEAD IS FROM A FOREIGN COUNTRY."

FR: And he [Obama] delivers a commencement address at Miami-Dade College (to numerous potential voters in the swing state)…

Is it ever not about campaigning/fundraising for this goof?

Is it NEVER about jobs with our new speaker, per the 'mandate' last November?

Is it ever not about campaigning/fundraising for this goof?

The only goofs on this page are the same repugs from the right that have no new ideas and the ones they have suck. All they can do now is call people names and provide not one iota of an idea to help this country.

The game is up with you goofs as well. We are all too aware that you people have no wish to be part of the solution. Instead you want to continue to be the problem. Lets see how that is going to work for you in 2012.

JoAnnaSmith

Is it ever not about campaigning/fundraising for this goof?

Which goof are you talking about? John Boehner? The infamous dispenser of tobacco lobbyist checks on the floor of the House?

US Navy,

Name a conservative regular on FR that says Obama was born in Kenya. Name and post a conservative regular hear at FR that has actually said anything overtly racist about Obama.

You say racism and bigotry are wrong, yet day after day you and Bev and Feisty cry nothing but racism and bigotry.

Who are the real racist and bigots?

Is it simply that is all you guys have?

Regarding the Repubs having no ideas .........

Ryan put forth a budget. Obama hasn't. Where's Obama plan ....... being formed by yet another committee.

Even Santorum put out something on national security. Obama has been president for 2 years and who has any idea what his policy is?

Leading from behind is a policy?

JSI,

Please show some respect. The man's name is President Obama. You big old goof.

With the economy now flat-lining, gas prices exceeding $4/gallon in many places, GDP moving down and inflation ticking up, and Obama talking about tax hikes, as well as Obama’s union lackeys/thugs at the National Labor Relations Board siding with the unions and refusing to let Boeing construct their airliners in the right-to-work-state of South Carolina, it’s now become quite clear. Capitalism is not Obama’s strong suit.

Bob,

I have seen plenty. Most of them are the Racist that make their guess drop in from time to time.

Here is a nice example from your team:

Love TEXAS

"Obummmer
is an insolent, militant, incompetent, narcissistic, America-hating
slug. He is union slave who has never worked a day in his life, yet he blames
the failures of those who chose their own path on the successes of those who
earned their way through hard work and commitment to family, community, and
country.

He is an opportunistic, community agitator and a dishonest predator who is
constantly on the prowl for a situation or occurrence that he can exploit to
benefit his agenda, no matter how it affects the future of the nation. He hates
American culture, American values, and American people. He hates the
Constitution of the United
States and he abhors the Declaration of
Independence.

He is a proponent of separatist, multiculturalism and its inherent disruption
of progress toward a unified America
and the common good of all citizens. He is for open borders and closed minds.
He has no regard for the rule of law or for the fair and impartial, but
critical judgment of criminals and terrorists.

He is for INSTANT EQUALITY and he is against EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.

He is a Godless worm who is in favor of continual government intervention so as
to alter the courses and lives of those who are the least fit to survive and
prosper.

He is for Affirmative Action, political correctness, welfare, never-ending
unemployment benefits, labor union control, globalism, wealth redistribution,
restriction of free speech and movement, energy-based strangulation of business
and prosperity, and punishment through taxation.

He has a progressive, leftist, talking-point excuse for each and every one of
his patriotic, social, intellectual, and contributory shortcomings, of which
there are many.

He is pathetic.

He is a Democrat.

He is Barack Obama.

Most disconcerting of all; he is our President."

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#61 - Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:48 AM EDT

With the economy now flat-lining, gas prices exceeding $4/gallon in many places, GDP moving down and inflation ticking up, and Obama talking about tax hikes, as well as Obama’s union lackeys/thugs at the National Labor Relations Board siding with the unions and refusing to let Boeing construct their airliners in the right-to-work-state of South Carolina, it’s now become quite clear. Capitalism is not Obama’s strong suit.

And instead of offering a solution you just keep regurgitating more GOP/TP talking points. This is all you and bobby numbers and little stevie have. Time is running out and the GOP/TP better start doing their job as they were elected to do.

Now there is a plan.

Bob,

Here is another class act from your side.

tkevin

"for over 230 years, EVERYBODY knew what the term 'natural born Citizen' meant

DO NOT LET THESE ANTI-AMERICANS REDEFINE OUR CONSTITUTIONAL STANDARD

now the neo-comms and their anti-constitutional allies have twisted the meaning to include 'native born' and 'anchor babies'

this blatant constitutional crisis must end

obama, while an anchor baby born in hawaii, is still not a 'natural born Citizen'

he is still illegitimate"

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#31 - Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:35 AM EDT

Bob,

Do you need more examples? There are a whole bunch of them out there.

Nice work Job1!! ;o)

Bobby - is suffering from the pesky selective memory syndrome!

Navy,

The economy is flat-lining not because of Obama's skin color, but because of his failed stimulus, war on business, over regulation, over spending ......

Gas prices are skyrocketing because of Obama's policy to drive up price of gas, the wanton crippling of the energy industry - not his skin color.

Inflation is rising not because of Obama's skin color, but QE1, QE2 ....$600 billion given to his buddies at Wall Street and the flooding of printed money, the devaluation of the dollar.

Too stupid to debate this Navy ......... that's fine ........ just call everyone a racist.

Job,

Who is Love Texas - never have seen him/her - certainly not a regular at FR.

tKevin - same thing.

Thanks for trying.

bobby numbers:

You just keep proving my point. And by the way it is impossible to talk with a "mushroom". See I can play the name game too.

and the Dow Jones / Stock market is rising because of ???????? obviously not any rethug actions - (is the congress still on vacation???? again?????) It Seems Pres. Obama does more in 1 week then bush did in 8 years (and don;t give me this Bull Ring he is out campaigning - Almost Every trip Bush took also invovled some kind of fund raising activity.

No mystery why Obama the academic didn't go to London, he wasn't invited! The Brits aren't too thrilled with him either!

nutjob1. The examples you provided did not say anything about Obama being born in Kenya or anything about race. But of course, the libbie definition of racism is disagreeing with Obama or not liking Obama so it is not surprising you used them.

Place the race card here , play the race card there. Here a race card, there a race card, everywhere a race card. Barack Obama had a race card. E I E I O

Bob,

I gave the post and time that they posted. Perhaps if you use the stills you have to research, you will see them, and many more. If needed I can provide more.

Rocco,

It doesn't appear that understand what you read. It doesn't take a lot of smarts to see the meaning of these hate post. Clear Racist.

Nutjob 1. You made accusations about race and being born in Kenya. Neither of your supporting posts make reference to Kenya or skin color. Thanks for proving that you define not liking Obama or disagreeing with him as racism. With your libbie logic, if you were not a Caucasian and didn't like a Caucasian president, you woulld be a racist too. You just proved Bev is a racist. Way to go nutjob 1

Play the race card here, play the race card there. Here a race card, there a race card, everywhere a race card. Ol' nutjob1 had a race card. E I E I O

Okay Rocco,

One more for you. Now please read slowly. Enjoy.

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"I still don't trust the powers at large form rearranging records. Records being forged, fake birth certificates being created. The reason for these delays in presenting it was to make sure it could not be traced back to being fake. Otherwise it would have been presented the first week in office. When I was drafted into the army I had to produce a birth certificate. That took less than a week to get a copy send to the induction center near San Antonio. Now why is this half breed Kenyan different? Another Why! Why is the muslim bastard that kill those GIs in Texas still alive?????? Why isn't he six feet deep packed in pig S%^T.• 2 • !

#53 - Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:17 AM EDT

Way to go nutjob1. You finally found one. Now take out that broad brush and paint everyone a racist with it.

Play the race card here, play the race card there. Here a race card, there a race card, everywhere a race card. Ol' nutjob1 has a race card E I E I O

Job1: we know the racists are out there, on both sides of the aisle. Many of them post here, on FR, some in the other blogs.

That there are "African Americans" who don't like "European Americans" (better known as blacks who hate whites) is very evident. Jesse Jackson, Sr. ; Rev. Al Sharpton and Louis Farrakhan are a few of those who have exhibited, if not racist, at least some indication that they do not particularly like white people. Likewise the comments from Trump, Barbour, Limbaugh don't make me think that they will be having fund raisers for the United Negro College Fund.

I'm white, and I grew up in a very racist neighborhood of Chicago. Although not perfect, I think that I have outgrown such an attitude. Let us all hope we trully can, to paraphrase Dr. King, judge people by the content of their minds and character, rather than just on the color of their skin.

Not everyone Rocco, just the Birthers and those who spread the equally bigoted view that President Obama is a closet Muslim with a secret plan to impose Sharia Law.

Of course that covers a big segment of the Conservative world...

Old Rocco just doesn't get it. Oh well.

What's really amazing, is that with most of the posters, you really can't tell whether they are black, white, hispanic, asian, whatever.

Although, I do suspect that InTheMiddle,TX may be a redneck. jk :)

Jody- EXTREMELY good reading this morning. THanks for taking the time to put this up. It IS a prime target for 'collapse', though, considering it's completeness and accuracy.

Jody -

Someone asked a question in the Boiler Room the other day about the definition of "American Exceptionalism". Between your weekly wrap-ups that we look forward to every Friday and the brilliant piece you wrote yesterday about the poison that is Donald Trump, I think your writing qualifies as an example of that term. Thanks for some truly "exceptional" writing.

Jody- OUTSTANDING recap of the week's political events. I look forward to this wrap-up every Friday.

This post was simply OUTSTANDING and BRILLIANTLY written.

Jody:

Another great post to end the week. You have had a very strong week and I thank you.

Thanks for the excellent summary of the week in politics, Jody. How truly sad that the Republicans can't do better than birtherism, slurs at the President and obstructionism. In these difficult times, real input and cooperation would help address our nation's challenges and benefit us all but they are not forthcoming.

Speaking of our nation's challenges, I was priveleged yesterday to attend one of the 8 national roundtables being sponsored by Startup America, the White House initiative on entrepreneurship. Administration officials were there to explain what is going on to encourage entrepreneurship but more importantly, to listen to the business people there discuss the challenges facing small businesses and hear their concrete proposals to address those challenges. It was an honor to participate and also encouraging to see that people are working on these issues.

The Vermont Senate voted 29-9 for state-operated single-payer health care. The House already passed single-pay; now the bills will be reconciled. The Governor said he will sign it. Cheers to Vermont for planning to throw Wall Street traded health insurance companies under the bus.

Wow! I didn't know this! This is awesome news!

Thank you for the praise and high complements but most of all it is good to know you enjoy reading my posts.

Great post, it's been a very eventful week. I find this comment particularly amusing;

Rep Duffy tried to tell his constituents that "it's premium support, not a voucher".

Actually that's a pretty truthful statement which inadvertently reveals the ugly truth about GOPTP plans to destroy Medicare and Medicaid. It actually IS "premium support", support that in no way is intended to be adequate to provide the needed cost of medical insurance...for those who won't be excluded.

Amy:

Yep, my Governor said yesterday he will sign the bill. My State took "Our Presidents" offer that if we could do it as well or better than his plan, he would support it. SO we did it.

I think it is going to be the smaller States that lead this. Biggest reason is there is less crap to deal with to get something done.

Most of the DR's support this saying that in the long run it will lower their in house administration costs and it allows them to know exactly what they are getting paid and for what.

WikiLeaks reminded us that the Bush administration created an island prison outside the laws of our justice system; one without due process, without trials, without evidence, and in one case without even knowing the identity of a person they imprisoned.

"Less than a month after signing an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, President Barack Obama has quietly agreed to keep denying the right to trial to hundreds more terror suspects held at a makeshift camp in Afghanistan that human rights lawyers have dubbed "Obama's Guantanamo."

www.alternet.org/rights/128273/

Care to comment Jody?

Inexplicably, the democratically controlled Massachusetts House passed legislation limiting union collective bargaining on health care benefits. If, and it's a big if, it passes the Senate, Governor Patrick said he will veto the bill; he indicated that he has no intention of going down Wisconsin's union busting road.

But from the Boston Globe: articles.boston.com/2011-04-27/news/29479557_1_unions-object-labor-unions-health-care/2

"The modifications bring the House bill closer to a plan introduced by Governor Deval Patrick in January. The governor, like Murray, has said he wants workers to have some say in altering their health plans, but does not want unions to have the power to block changes."

Doesn't sound like a veto threat to me.

Amy and Navy,

That is great news about Vermont. They are a great example of how a great state can get good things done.

Job1:

Great posts, all, to end a weird week. Vermont does have it moments after all it is the land of Howard Dean and Bernie Sanders. Nothing boring with these two.

Many believe that Billy Ayers wrote BO's first book! How can you be surprised by this? By the way folks, how many of you attended college with BO? None? It seems no one did! Interesting?

It is true that Liberal/Socialists are extremely vindictive, and love to smear and spend! This site is proof of that. God help us! I bet the only time Beverly from Chicago smiles is when she gets that weekly check in the mail.

miked-332794

Perhaps you are just another dumb a$$ racist, that is to dumb to do your own research and thinking.

You know, Alan, it's like this. Congress refused to cooperate with our President to close Gitmo, they refused to fund it and the GOP used fear to keep trials out of their cities and states. As for Governor Patrick, the statement I read said he would veto the bill.

Oh, mikee, mikee. I feel sorry for those who believe such complete lies to justify their hate of a person; and feel sorry for you, too, for many reasons but one only needs to read your comments to know a couple of them.

I wonder where he was when he was student editor of the Harvard Law Review?

@Jody

I'm not talking about closing Gitmo. I want to know how do you justify the same abuses at Bagram? No due process, indefinite incarceration, sleep deprivation tactics (torture?)

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8621973.stm

Believe there has been very little change in a practical sense between Bush and Obama when comes fighting wars. Look at the increase in the use of drones in Pakistan, and now authorized in Libya. Go read what candidate Obama said about his criteria to start a war in the New Yorker and then tell me what he did by bombing Libya.

Yeaahhh Vermont....good job!

OT......Why do the posters at fox.com dislike me so much? They accuse me of being un-American. Maybe it's because my birth certificate looks EXACTLY like the one released by President Obama.

Vermont Girl:

Where have you been? Many of us missed your posts and was wondering.

Well said fellow Hoosier!

Hi, Julie. I agree; Lawrence was brilliant Wednesday night. Echos of Keith's special comments sounded throughout the show!

Larry O has really come into his own. He started out slow and I was not too sure where he was going but he seems to have found his voice and he has the experience behind him to make his points stick.

JoAnne--as a fellow Pennsylvanian, which Republican party do you think Santorum belongs to? The one that failed to re-elect him?

JoAnne:

The GOP/TP does not have a candidate that believes in all Americans. The ones that are showing interest currently in running are for the most part are ones that have already failed.

The GOP/TP has overreached big time in trying to take away the basic rights that this Nation was built upon and thousands and thousands died protecting them.

The GOP/TP dishonors this great Nation with their selfish and it is all about me attitude.

President Obama in 2012.

Good question, Steeler Fan - maybe it's the Leesburg, Virginia GOP, where he and his family lived most of the time he was supposed to be representing you and me here in Pennsylvania. Or maybe, like Newt Gingrich, it's the "Retro" GOP, made up of guys who haven't had any political relevance since some time in the last century. Let's see.....I know, maybe like Trump and Palin, it's the LIMOM Republicans - the "Legend In My Own Mind" branch. The only thing I know for sure is that it's definitely NOT the Gay Republicans! (though that always seemed kind of like an oxymoron to me anyway.....)

Navy - If this is all they've got, you can change that to "President Obama in 2012 - in a Cakewalk".

Good question, JoAnne. I'm not sure even they know who they are let alone what they represent--they seem confused.

Steven,

Good question. Perhaps they know he is smarter than they are and it scares them. Also, many of them have never condemned the birther movement, and that tells me where they stand.

However, I will take my hat off to Bill O’Rally for doing so.

Reminds me of when my daughter and I were watching the news with everything going on in WI and Egypt at the same time. People demonstrating, upset with thier government, angry at what they were doing. We had a good discussion about what the difference between the Republicans and Democrats were and concluded that the Democrats truly try to help the less fortunate, while Republicans appeared to just be evil. Not all of them, just the ones who have been elected recently.

nancy -- I believe you're confused. I'm not a teacher and those are not my words, please go back and re-read the post!

Have a great day as well!

Nancy I agree with you to a point. People must be responsible for their lives and need apply themselves to make something of themselves.

But people also need great mentors and teachers to help bring that about. Until I got in the military I was worthless and high school and barely passed. I went to a poorer school that did not have the same facilities as a better funded school system.

so if you grow up poor chances are you will be ina poor school system. If you remember the phrase seperate but equal you will also remember it wasn't so equal, and even so to this day.

So when you have a poor school system with less than inspiring teachers, youa re going to have a less than inspiring culture. so people will escape but others will see that society has left them with less.

So I agree with alot of what you say, but it also like saying here is a spoon; go dig to china, and it's your fault if you fail.

"Color" does not equal "Character"; the real issue was not the birth certificate but rather the secretive nature that Obama excruded around it which in turn brings in the question of character and trust.

Then Annirich proves my point.

President Obama has never been secretive about his birth certificate. Your group just decided it would not accept anything he supplied, even the latest. But of course it would bring up the question of his character and trust and not yours.

annirich: please crawl back into your cave. The year is 2011, not 1911. No President before President Obama has had to prove, repeatedly, that he is a "natural born US Citizen." The President was not at all secretive about the place of his birth. He said he was born in Hawaii, and guess what, he was. What is amazing is that no one questioned whether John McCain, who was not born in a US state, was a natural born US citizen. I guess if he had a little bit of a tan, then that might of been asked.

Donald Trump should be "really, really proud" that he has proven himself to be a racist, and an idiot.

Annirich, has any other presidential nominee been asked to show the public their birth certificate? I don't believe so. Do you believe the election board or whomever is actually charged with the duty of checking these things didn't do their job? Do you think it was a conspiracy from the time of President Obamas birth some 40 something years ago to do this so he could grow up to become president? I believe rather than as you conclude that it questions his character and trust, the mere question of the birth certificate shows the character of the asker. Since it has never been a public request before for politicians to show their birth certificates.

In the beginning he did show it, but the birthers did not accept it as such and wanted something different. And the fact that they still don't accept it is proof that it was not about the birth certificate but about something else. What do you think that something else was?

What freedoms have you relinquished since Obama has been president? Specifically what socialistic practices are you referring to?

Maybe if you elaborated on what you are saying rather than just making these broad hyperbolic statements there could actually be some sort of discussion.

I prefer to be "left behind" rather than to relinquish my freedoms to the practice of socialism premeating from the White House and the Progressive/Socialist Democratic Party.

So you would rather live under a regime that wants to take away your rights to vote, your reproductive rights, gay rights, union rights, religious freedom, freedom of speech, affordable Health Care, equal Educational Opportunities. Under the new GOP/TP reign this is what you are looking at.

You people on the right are so blind as to what is going on in this country why don't you just move out. Pack up your diapers and leave or stay and help us fix the problems.

Some say to “give up the bashing of Bush and Cheney” but what they need to recognize is that while there isn’t much to be gained by “beating on” Bush-Cheney there is a real need to not forget their gross irresponsibility and costly performance.

Well said, but unfortunately there is a collective amnesia when it comes to the conservative malfeasance that brought about the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression as well as two disastrous wars. People WANT to forget because it's easier to blame whoever is trying to repair the damage for not doing it fast enough, despite the fact that the damage is so severe it's going to take years to undo. It's this impatience that brought us the teabag Congress of 2010 with its threats to let the government go into default if they don't get their way.

Now, with Obama getting the blame for the economy and the gas prices, we could well get another Republican president in 2012. And that one would almost certainly be even worse than George W. Bush because every one of the current crop of Republican potential candidates must pander to the teabaggers, birthers, and other loony birds that infest the GOP. The Republican Party may have been extreme in 2000, but not as extreme as they are now. Heck, even Karl Rove is scared of some of these people.

You do understand that Obama has run the debt up more in 19 months than Bush did in six years right? And also that it was the 1997 Clinton new Sub-Prime Mortgage Industry, Freddie and Fannie that was the catalyst to the financial meltdown? And that the Dems have had control of Congress since 2006?

annirich: Public debt January 2001 was $5.7trillion, December 2008 $10.7trillion, net increase while George W. Bush was President, $5trillion.

Public debt (estimate) today, $14.7trillion, net increase under President Obama $4trillion.

BTW, President Bush was in office for 8 years, although you may not be counting the time he was on vacation (lol) and since 2006, the Democrats had filibuster proof control of Congress for just over 2 years since 2006. Were you home schooled, or did you just pay attention to your basic math and current events for the last several years.

Freddie, Fannie, the repeal of Glass-Steagle, the community reinvestment act, the non-regulation of hedge funds, removal of the CFTC ability to regulate swaps and derivative products, the reasons for the financial meltdown are many, but they can be summarized in the words of Gordon Gecko, "Greed, for lack of a better word...."

What is absolutely amazing is that the Republican controlled House, as well as many Republican Senators are actually trying to defund the implementation of the new financial regulations by the SEC and CFTC.

for that matter not only the Unions, but GE, GM & Chrysler (who are wanting another $21 BILLION byw) how about the $2 BILLION to Brazil to employ Brazillians so we can buy THEIR oil and employ THEIR people; how about all the HC waivers to the Unions? GMAFB.

The healthcare waivers are only for 1 year, not permanent!!!

No one knows what would happen if the debt ceiling is not raised. It's never happened.

Doesn't it make sense to STOP SPENDING?

It does make sense to stop spending. Let us stop spending on the military industrial complex, subsidies to oil companies, farms, politicians, stop cutting taxes which cuts the governments revenue!!

No one disagrees with stopping spending. The arguments are what should be cut.

The democrats want to cut waste, and give aways to big business. You know like the medicare advantage subsidy that goes to insurance companies to run medicare plans and then on top of that get paid more than doctors working with medicare directly for the same services. Like changing the medicare prescription law to allow medicare to negotiate medication prices (like all insurance companies can do). They want to cut subsidies to big oil who have been recording record profits for years and farms that get paid not to grow. How about cutting funding for the military equipment that the military itself says it does not want or need.

The republicans want to cut programs that help most Americans in one way or another. They want to privatize (big business give away) governmental programs that people have paid into their entire lives. These programs were created because there was a need. Medicare was created because the elderly were dying in poverty because of medical bills and guess what, the insurance industry didn't care. Just like before the healthcare bill, people get sick too bad!!! You are maxed out or they claim that your ailment was pre-existing or they drop you because now you actually need them even though you have paid in for years.

It is obvious that these programs came in to be because they were needed. Do you suggest that we go back to the way it was before? When people are living in the street with curable diseases because it is too expensive to be a caring society--do you want them living in a box in front of your house?

Mike, just out of curiosity, why do you assume that, I'm sure most people who post on this vine, left or right are not sitting on a computer bought with a welfare check. I retired from the Military after 30 years, I now work two job, one from Monday through Friday and one only on Saturdays, not because I have to but because I want to, and I am a democrat who believes the government should monitor and regulate a free market, so it does not go crazy and cause a recession and almost a depression.

Mike you are exactly correct. You know, academia is fine but you cannot run businesses on it. So far the way that this administration has set forth all these regulations, stipulations and ham-stringing is it any wonder that the businesses don't hire? Obama did NOTHING the first 2 years in office but the HCR which now unions, certain states etc all have been granted waivers. There is no doubt that this guy had a big socialistic "agenda' when he took office and it is coming to fruition now and you can see the results. Our country is suffering big time.

Ann, I have to ask, didn't the economy add 200k jobs last quarter and isn't the economy improving according to every economist out there, and didn't the unemployment drop to 8.8 from almost 10%. So I'm not sure what you are saying? Do you feel things are getting worst?

Annirich, what surprises me is your lack of understanding the fact that much of what your POTUS is doing, is popular with many and has been for many years. You can demigod the man, but it will not change his popularity, or confirm your conspiracy's

of which the medicaid/medicare and SS have to be changed. I see nothing wrong with raising the SS age. or privatize it. The Defense, it's my understanding that there were items that we are spending money on to produce but that is not used? Something has got to happen because the dollar is down to about zip which will indeed destroy all of us.

My question is, why are cuts in our spending in the DOD off limits ?

Couldn't we just decide that, maybe, we really don't need to be spending American dollars and blood for oil ?

Do we have to be the policeman to the world, on contract to Halliburton and Xe (and others) ?

Do we really need so many military bases in Germany, Japan, Italy ?

As a side note, are revenue increases (you know, the other side of the budget equation) also off limits ?

Ann, I agree something has to be done, but privatization will not fix the problem. Medicare is going Bankrupt because it's paying out more than it is taking in, the private insurance companies are in business for one reason and one reason only, to make as much money as they can. What happens to seniors when they are using more in medical care than they are paying in premiums. How can a for profit insurance company afford to keep paying that seniors medical bills? One of two things will have to happen, they will have to raise every ones rates to make up for the loss, or they will have to drop those seniors who are costing them too much money. If you don't believe that, how do you think the insurance companies will make up for the eventual loss.

Retired: Nationalize Health Care is NOT the solution. We have the best health care system in the world which will be destroyed. All that needed to be done was to open the state lines for competition and tort reform. And if you google and read about Donald Berwick, the head of Medicare/Medicaid you'll be shocked. He is a huge proponent of rationing. As an elderly person who would need a medical procedure, forget it; you're not going to get it.

Retired: I beg to differ. The banks were pressured into making the sub-prime loans. What do you think Obama did as a community organizer? Freddie and Fannie were indeed the catalyst to the meltdown. The loan were made to millions of "unqualified, stated income" people who could not more afford a mortgage than fly; then that toxic paper was bundled and sold globally so when D-day came and these mortgages all went south, they defaulted globally! If all of these bad mortgages had not been sold as derivatives the whole crash would have not happened, because the banks would not have been taking such risk with these mortgages...no....if Clinton's "everyone-gets-a-mortgage" sub-prime industry (he established the entire industry; read NYTs article 1997 "Clinton's Sub-Prime Mortgage Industry) had not come about the entire fiasco might not have been as bad.

RM: the real interesting thing about the CDO's and the credit default swaps (which is what really drove AIG under) is that the swaps have been TOTALLY unregulated. You didn't have to have an interest in the underlying debt/security on which the swap is based to obtain payment on the swap if the default happened.

In effect, the banks insured in case the debts went bad, sold off the debt, and have every incentive to make sure the debt does go bad. When the debts did go bad, the companies behind the "insurance" AIG, Bear Sterns, Lehman Bros. and others got burned. Only as a result of the near total destruction of the banking industry for THE ENTIRE WORLD, did we find out that the banks have been, for almost 30 years, acting as a big gambling house. The major banks used real estate mortgages as their chips and bet black and red at the same time. When the housing market bubble burst, its like 00 came up.

No one had been checking to see that sufficient assets were set aside to pay off the swaps, or even how much was out there. All of the information on swaps was "off the books." The greed associated with the hedge fund industry even allowed them to package 2/28 "ninja" loans as A+, mortgage backed securities. And many bankers don't want the rules to change. They like the black box, no disclosure method of dealing with these "assets". Only the more intelligent realize that, the next time a meltdown happens, it could be a lot worse than 1930.

I think it unfortunate that only a few countries were smart enought to nationalize their banks (at least temprorarily) and put into effect some very stringent controls. Time will tell if we are able to control ours.

Ann, remember, if those mortgages were held by the banks, they would have been less likely to have made as many risky loans as they did. In the January 2011 Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission report, they reported the cause of the crisis could have been avoided and was cause by widespread failure in financial regulations. It cited dramatic break downs in corporate governance including to many financial firms acting recklessly, again, this was and always has been about greed. Even under the Clinton era of trying to make owning a home more affordable, no banks were ever dictated on who they could and couldn't give a mortgage too. This was all on the banks.

dirp, thanks for the information, amazing how so many are fooled about what really happened and how the financial industry wants to continue on this same path, and how the republican party is not only standing with them, fighting any regulation tooth and nail. What is it going to take for America to wake up.

The only way some of these bankers will wake up is if we have regulations which are enforced. When there is no regulation enforcement, you can't find crimes, no evidence is gathered. When there is no evidence gathered, you can't have any prosecutions. The bankers, underwriters and hedge fund operators who committed the fraud got away with it because the SEC, FDIC, and the FED let them and the CFTC was defanged.

If we do not learn our lesson and start to regulate our banks and investment houses, no one in the world will trust our financial markets. That is the real long term result of this, not the temporary depression and resulting government budget inbalance.