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Subscribe to RSSST. CHARLES, Mo. – One day after Rep. Todd Akin vowed to stay in the race for US Senate, dismissing calls from across the Republican party to step aside, Sen. Claire McCaskill welcomed Akin back to the campaign by bashing him for abandoning veterans during his years in Congress.
Visiting two VFW halls near St. Louis on Wednesday, McCaskill, the Democrat Akin is hoping to unseat here in Missouri, went through a list of Akin votes that took more than two minutes to recite.
Audiences were mostly male and senior citizen. Survivors of combat in Vietnam – and at least one World War II veteran – looked on beneath baseball caps decorated with military insignia as she accused Akin of blocking bonuses for troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan and voting against health care benefits for reservists and national guard members.
“So that’s kind of the list,” McCaskill said of Akin’s voting record. “Now, I don’t have a list like that."
The attack did not include any mention of the recent controversy embroiling Akin.
Sunday, Akin told a television interviewer that women could biologically prevent pregnancies resulting from what he called “legitimate rape.”
The remarks set off a firestorm, but Wednesday McCaskill only alluded to them broadly.
During a press conference outside a VFW home in nearby Overland, McCaskill brushed aside questions about Akin’s future.
“The voters have spoken, and he’s the nominee,” McCaskill said.
“We’re going to draw the contrasts that I think are necessary so that voters know that he’s outside the mainstream, he’s very extreme,” she added later.
Tuesday, Akin let a deadline for withdrawing from the Senate race pass.
Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., confirms with TODAY's Matt Lauer that vice presidential candidate and fellow congressman Paul Ryan advised him to step down amid the fallout of comments he made about rape and abortion.
He told NBC’s Matt Lauer during a Wednesday interview on the TODAY show that his nomination was a “decision made by the citizens of our state, not the party bosses.”
McCaskill’s VFW visits were part of a so-called “Vets for Claire” listening tour that the campaign says was arranged prior to the Akin controversy.
A VFW official in Overland asked reporters to hold McCaskill’s press conference outside the building, in order to keep the organization compliant with rules prohibiting political activity by 501(c)(3) charity groups.
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We can now call the GOP the legit rape party.
GOP the party for an Akin R. Sole.
Kiya Tut
Nah, The Dems with their main serial molester and accused rapist, Sweet Willy Clinton, who is now going to speak along with all those newly found women speakers, about how much the party cares about women,(You can't make up such hypocrisy),along with the likes of ALL the Kennedy boys,(You know , generations of accused rapist and murderers of women), Anthony, "HOT dog" Weiner and all the other varied and sundry womanizers that infest the Democratic Party , still makes them, the "hands on" champions of Womanizing. No matter what Mr. Akins said, actions always speak louder.
JD -
Lest we forget the infamous R's - "Widestance" Craig-ID, Foley-FL, Vitter-LA to name a few but I'm sure there are more. I don't think Weiner was EVER found to be guilty of anything but extremely poor judgement!
The common denominator in all these is they are MEN. Men run around looking for places to put their seed with little care about the result or responsibility. THEN they tell the women in their lives how to manage the women's bodies. BOGUS! So guys unless you give birth - shut up.
J.D still/ I agree with you. Actions do speak louder than words,so you are going to be sensible and vote for the Democratic ticket.Good for you!
Hang in there Todd Akin, we are behind you 100%! Bye-Bye Claire, we are throwing you out on November 6th.
(JD) Under your reasoning LA's Vitter, along with a long line of Republican congressmen would be long gone. I find nothing in the actions of these men as well as the past President to compare with the attitudes and stands taken by Mr. Akin. How any self respecting woman can vote for these prehistoric (apes) is beyond me. The Republican party of which I am a registered voter in no way resembles the Republican party of 20 years ago.
Claire McCaskill is a classy lady that has proven she has the intelligence and listening skills to make a good senator to represent the state of Missouri.
Listoire: Please stop trolling, you're no better at it than I am. J.D. Still put out some real talking points and you have none. Do you think George 43rd would have been allowed to complete his term if he was found to have had an encouter Bill and Monica? The media would crucify him. The three darlings on NBC nightly talk shows would have to have a water jug and keep a straw in their mouth because they would be blowing so hard night after night their mouth would be parched.
And another thing. CNN is on the campaign band wagon. On the 18th they ran an article about a teen who got pregnant (conveniently left out how) then came down with leukemia and was denied chemo because she was pregnant so she died. Problem? It wasn't mentioned in their headline, and not until the bottom of the 2nd paragraph that this happened in the Dominican Republic, but they just had to drag this crap across the table because the time is right. Take a look at it:
http://articles.cnn.com/2012-08-18/americas/world_americas_dominican-republic-abortion_1_abortion-ban-dominican-courts-dominican-constitution?iref=obinsite
Does anyone in the USA really have to know about this?
Akins and Ryan share common beliefs on rape and abortion. Witness the bills they have co-sponsored together. Akin also does not support our troops, which isn't surprising for Republicans. They say that our troops deserve the best, but Ryan wants to cut their benefits by 13%. The only love given by Republicans is to the wealthy.
@1.3, I don't think Weiner was EVER found to be guilty of anything but extremely poor judgement!
The above sentence has been amended as follows: "I don't think Weiner was EVER found to be guilty of anything but extremely poor judgement and disgusting immoral behavior in an official position of government that should adhere to the STRICTEST standards"!
Suzq
Actually it's beginning to affect Dem women too. look at the charges being filed against Janet Napolitano and her "gang" of female molesters,so, it must be caused by something you all swallow,(the line that everybody else is responsible for your irresponsibility except You,what else could I possibly be talking about? ) so if you get knocked up by one of the oh, so wonderful, above mentioned icons of the Democratic Party that You fantasize about,or even just one of the common run of the mill male dogs that hang around Democratic or OWS events to pick up the starry eyed leftovers,and even if you do not want to hear it or be called to task for Your actions, even if it includes the murder of an unborn Human Being for Your convenience,(and as far as it being YOUR body , not true, the DNA of that developing child is seperate and unique from You, and the sperm donor,although BOTH of You share the RESPONSIBILITY for creating that life),You are going to hear something You should have been told years ago, Grow Up.
I don't see what the Akins said wrong. He just said what we all know all Rep's think. Rep's think a woman can not ever be raped. They think like the Taliban does. Women are made for men to take when ever they want to take them. There is no rape. I remember Pat Bucannon was on Hardball saying that all wife's should submit to there husband. That is what these people think. Keep them barefoot and Pregnant, of course not from Rape.
Republicans seem to have trouble telling the difference between people's personal lives and the legislation they are proposing. Lot of people on both sides have done bad things in their lives. However, Republicans are pushing legislation that will legislate bad things happening to everybody. I am not aware of any Democrats legislating rape, forcing a women to suffer thru an object being inserted in her body, without her consent, with no medical benefit. Slick Willy may play it fast an loose with women in his life, but he did not push legislation taking away a women's right to control what happens with her body, or to deny her medical coverage.
And the unborn child, that has not done ANYTHING wrong, pays the price with his or her life.
Good job women....... glad to know you're in control
Steve-2352647
Now think about it Steve, of course Willy,(along with the largest demographic that supports women being able to murder their unborn children and thus solve the men's "problem",young adult males), support women being able to "bury their mistakes".
JD -
I am grown up, but you can't fix stupid. BTW - since you're such a religous man, you'll relate to this bibical quote:
Thou shalt not mess with women's reproductive rights. -Fallopians 4:28
Suzq
"I am grown up, but You can't fix stupid."
I couldn't have said it any better myself.
"eluded to?" Seriously?
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No kidding, Jim Beaver- I guess spell-check can't flag stupidity.
GOP Voted Against 7 Bills to Help Veterans
Here's a concise extraction for easy viewing for those who are INTERESTED IN VETERANS ISSUES and need to know which party supports veterans and which party does not.
The rejected Bills are named:
H.R. 466 – Wounded Veteran Job Security Act became H. R. 2875.
H.R. 1168 -- Veterans Retraining Act
H.R. 1171 – Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization
H.R. 1172 -- Requiring List on VA Website of Organizations Providing Scholarships for Veterans
H.R. 1293 -- Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009
H.R. 1803 -- Veterans Business Center Act
H.R. 2352 – Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act
DETAILS OF BILLS REJECTED BY REPUBLICANS:
H.R. 466 – Wounded Veteran Job Security Act – This bill would actually provide job security for veterans who are receiving medical treatment for injuries suffered while fighting in defense of their country. It would prohibit employers from terminating
employees who miss work while receiving treatment for a service-related disability.
H.R. 1168 -- Veterans Retraining Act – This bill would provide for assistance to help veterans who are currently unemployed with their expenses while retraining for the current job market.
H.R. 1171 – Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization – This bill would reauthorize programs in support of homeless veterans, to assist them with job training, counseling, and placement services through the Department of Veterans Affairs through 2014.
H.R. 1172 -- Requiring List on VA Website of Organizations Providing Scholarships for Veterans which does nothing more than direct the Department of Veterans Affairs to include information about scholarships for veterans.
H.R. 1293 -- Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009 – Here'sanother bill in support of those who have fought for their country, passed by House Democrats and blocked from becoming law by Republicans.
This would increase the amount paid by the VA to disabled veterans for necessary home structural improvements from $4,100 to $6,800 for those who are more than 50% disabled, and from $1,200 to $2,000 who are less than 50%, disabled. This means, if a veteran lost the use of his legs in service of his country, the country will pay for the wheelchair ramp so that he can live at home.
By the way, the last time this ceiling was lifted was in 1992. There isn't even a fiscal reason for being against this bill, as the total cost of this bill, according to CBO estimates, would be a "whopping" $20 million. That's about a quarter (25 cents) per family of four.
H.R. 1803 -- Veterans Business Center Act – This bill would set up a Veterans Business Center program within the Small Business Administration, which would specialize in such programs as grants for service-disabled veterans, help them develop business plans and secure business opportunities. In other words, folks, it would create jobs and offer opportunities those who have fought in defense of our country.
H.R. 2352 – Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act – This bill essentially combines a number of other bills that Republicans had blocked in the Senate previously, and adds a few elements. The bill would again establish a Veterans Business Center Program; .... it would establish a Military Entrepreneurs Program; ...
VOTERS NEED TO SEE THIS LIST to offset the distortions offered by the GOP.
Is it any wonder that VETERANS SUPPORT OBAMA in recent polls?
Poll: Veterans Favor Obama Over Romney 'By As Much As Seven Points'
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/16/1091597/-GOP-Voted-Against-7-Bills-to-Help-Veterans
Mind boggling..and this is the party that loves or military so.
Republicans say they love the military, but their actions speak otherwise. Ditto with fiscal conservatism. Supply side economics aka tinkle down economics has never resulted in a balanced budget. Even the Ryan budget takes 40+ years to balance the budget. While redistributing much of the middle class's wealth in the form of welfare for the wealthy. Romneyhood!
Being consistent with their hypocrisy on transparency, Whiny Willard won't even release more than a partial years worth of tax returns so far. How on earth did Mitt the twit get a 100 million dollar IRA? All sorts of nasty things could be lurking in his returns. Among them millions in profits off Stericycle, the aborted fetus disposal company.
Republicans love the military contractors. They love the military industrial complex, who contribute big dollars to their districts and campaigns. The actual men and women fighting the wars that have proven so profitable to those contractors? Not so much.
IF Repubs love the military so much, why aren't there adequate services for those returning from service?Why do they have to beg to get medical treatment? Why do they have to beg to get jobs? Because Repubs don't GIVE a damn about the military - after all none of their kids are over there.
I can't speak to the above mentioned bills, but there are three main reasons that bills don't get passed. The Senate is controlled by another party and won't cooperate, or it's too expensive to pay for. or there are other attachments that run the cost up too high. The best thing that ever happened is when they gave Pres. Clinton the line item veto and then the Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitional because they're smarter than Congress. I know of no attempt in either house to get line item veto into the constitution where the Supreme Court can't touch it. It's time they did.
The GOP wants Akin out but not because they disagree with him but only because he made them look stupid for having the same position on abortion. The GOP Platform has been voted on and they are against abortion even in every case, no exceptions for rape or health of the mother.
His sin was stating the truth before they were ready to announce it in their own double talking, deceitful way. He took the lipstick off the pig revealing it for what it is way too soon.
The unfathomable question is who voted for Akin in his long-running congressional career? Obviously not rational individuals who have any real understanding of the instructions and advice of Jesus to love one another, extend tolerance and value wisdom above wealth. Pharisees and the extreme GOP have a great deal in common.
The extreme GOP does not present a conservative approach, it has evolved into hate, greed and hypocritical self-righteousness evidenced by deceit wrapped in white robes. True conservatives have compassion and wisdom, respect for alternative views and seek solutions that are positive without oppression or suppression. How can anyone with wisdom support the extreme GOP of 2012? Even Romney has no control of them - imagine them in full control!
This election isn't about Romney or Obama - it's about do we have enough honesty and wisdom to deserve and regain freedom from lies, greed and self-righteous manipulation. We need loyal opposition, not haters and traitors to the freedom to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as defined by each individual.
We need to punish the liars and oppressors by banishing them, whoever and where-ever they may be. Then, and only then, can we get down to the business of the nation with rational debate about honest and intelligent approaches.
Well said Mike!
Mike King
Hypocritical self righteousness eh? Interesting.
So good to read statements that are clear and well thought out. Thanks Mike for a good definition of what a conservative really should be.
He forgot to include that they should all be "Of the People, By the People and For the People.
Not big industry
Nice post. Now in a small footnote on Akin. His whole total sum in his existence in the house is 3 bills he sponsored renaming 3 US Post offices in Missouri after veterans killed in Iraq.
I don't think I would take it that far Kiya. I will say that they seem to be the more sinister of the 2 major parties ( and I would know because I am a member). Southern Missouri (Mysery to those of us who have lived there and escaped) is a very different place from the Pacific Northwest that I grew up in. In many ways it was like the social clock stopped ticking in the 1950s. Most of the women I met aspired to be housewives or "somethin' to do with real estate," and I had never heard the "N-Word" used so often in my life. I think that a large portion of the damage from this sitting Congressman will come from withdrawal of out-of-state money, and not the electorate. I know Claire has some political baggage of her own. This is the state that brought us John Ashcroft, the guy that lost to another guy who happened to be dead for several months.
I grew up near the bootheel....I went away for college to a place where I don't hear 'y'all' many times a day, and have only been back to visit. My mom and her hubby (he's born and raised SE MO) are seriously considering moving up near STL at this point to get away from the hicks.
super fiat brucee,,,She has won a case of the stupids, if anything. obamazombie like you and clairabelle have not seen a tax, welfare program, or regulation they did not like. I just cannot wait for November when you obamazombies(the ones that do not fling themselves off a roof), quit hiding like cowards and start with the as many excuses why they lost the elections(as many as $'s in the national debt) so I can just laugh and laugh. It is just going to urk you socialist libtard democratic no class MOOCHERS, that this country will be on the right path to being the beacon on the hill instead of the 3rd world follower country that this pathalogical puke LIAR obama is trying to make.
So what bothers you both, Murphy, that your President is a Democrat or that he is black?
"Scratch a "teabagger, find a bigot."
Uh Bruce See you are back with your oversized font. I guess you are trying to compensate for something else. That being said we average Missourians don't like Claire or Akin. Word was there were a lot of crossover Dem's who funded his campaign and voted for Akin so Claire would not have to face Brunner.
Maybe his wife left him for a Black man and he doesn't want America to go the same route? She'll be back.. 4 years from now..
Murphy, When a person, supposedly an adult, resorts to grade school name calling, I assume that person has nothing of value to say and stop listening. I believe many people feel the same way. If you really have a point please try to think it through first and then type. If you were a toddler in my home you would be in the corner for a good long while thinking about proper communication and treating other people with respect. You are not helping your party.
Murphy -- Name calling is unacceptable behaviour. Please return to your corner until you can come out with civilized discourse that actually makes a point.
Thank you.
It's a pretty sad candidate that makes Akin look good, but McCaskill does it.
Mike King states:
I agree.. I use to consider myself independent. But on review I use to vote Republican more then Democrat, until the party went insane, and started showing unfair attempts to control.. The ways they are trying to suppress the votes of those who tend to vote democrat is scary. The money from the billionaires is so insane it screams of corruption.
Also how can they say they are for small government, but then try to pass bills that would force the whole country to follow THEIR religious beliefs? Religion has no place in our government.. The protestants who migrated to America due to the Catholic supression definately had that in mind when the wrote the Constitution. How can they scream about the health care bill (that give choice for birth control) as government imposing on Religion. Yet not see bills removing a womens on their health due to their specific religion as also being government imposing one persons religious beliefs over another person religion (or lack of).
Having choice to excercise your rights according to your own religious beliefs, which is in the health code is much better then forceing your religion down my throat.
moosedung,,,it is democrats that want to have say in every aspect of your life with the daily record regulations your prophet obama signs. There is not a war on women! It is a war on religion. Hate? Show me anything that compares to accuseing Romney of murder of a cancer victim, tax fraud on the floor of the senate, a war hero beating women and stealing money from families, a VP candidate pushing a wheelbound woman over a cliff, less the continuious class and race warfare that has been spewed by this puke of a president and administration that is way to much to mention here! Your party is forcing down our throats laws that deal with gays and when we disagree we are the one declareing war on you? You FORCE religious factions to go against their beliefs to provide birth control and abortions, yet if it is not christens, you cowardly go out of your way to do anything they want from taking down a cross to providing "prayer rooms" for them in airports along with places to wash their feet! I do not EVER see you as an independent. Just another obamazombie with blinders on and their head in the sand!
Murphy Andrew
Please show me what Obama regulations control my life. And don't tell me it's ObamaCare because I already live in the RomneyCare Land which is Massachusetts.
Murphy can't. This Far Right Cult, marches to Hate and Lies.
Sweet, Murphy. Two comments, both filled with name calling and scatological comments. What's the matter, don't have anything real to bring to the party? Just shows how pathetic and desperate you are.
Job1
Boy that's easy. Obamacare. According to the SCOTUS, Obama has give the power to levy taxes upon you to the health insurance companies. A tax that will effect every day of your life.
what happened
as I said, I already live in a RomneyCare land. Every year, when I file taxes, I have to prove to the state that I have health insurance. If I don't, I have to pay the fee - or tax - or whatever you want to call it. Just ask Romney if it's a tax or a fee.
BTW, the Republicans have a very short memory because they don't remember that the individual mandate was the REPUBLICAN idea back in 1993. Flip flopping on the issue does not make you against it. It just makes you a hypocrite.
I cannot believe NBC has become the protector of Barack Obama. All NBC can put as news is Romney's success and wealth, Romney's tax returns. and abortion. That is it. Nothing about Obama, nothing about all of his hidden secrets, nothing about gun control, which he is pushing, nothing about our country handing over our sovereignty to the U.N., nothing about unemployment, credit downgrades, high food and gas prices, nothing about his failure to get the economy moving, NOTHING. Oops. Now there is a story about basketball and rubbing elbows with a few NBA players. Oh well, I do not care who wins the 2012 election, as long as it is not Barack Hussein Obama. NO MORE FOR 44.
Obama – Biden 2012 - Still Cleaning up Bush’s Mess!!!
4 more for 44!
Obama 2012/Romney 1040
OOps - Joe has been inhaling way too much Rush Limbaugh. Bad for the brain and worse for the soul.
Obama/Biden 2012! Your future and the future of your daughters depend on it!
Well Joe -- President Obama isn't hiding secrets, has done NOTHING on gun control, is not handing over our sovereignty to the U.N, has created more net jobs on 3 years than Bush did in 8, had nothing to do with the credit downgrade (the House Republicans caused that) and has managed to get the economy growing slowly after preventing a depression.
Funny, I didn't realize Obama was a dictator. I thought the Republicans were in charge of the House.
good
Not yet, but Obama, the the Bills he's been signing into law, have laid down the foundations so he can over throw our Constitutional government.
Once Obama's new Military police authority trains enough battalions to put down any resistance, it will happen. Just give Obama 4 more years to complete the take over.
Wow, "what happened" Looks like you have been inhaling too much Limbaugh too - laced with a little Judge Head. Like I said earlier, listening to Limbaugh and Beck or fox tv is horrible on the brain and devastating for the soul.
Obama/Biden 2012. Your future and the future of your daughters depend on it!!
The TP wankers are just spreading fear. It's what they do best. No solutions, just fear.
Joe, if you really believe all of that then the inside of your head must be a fearful place. Please, for the sake of your sanity, seek help for your extreme paranoia. I do hope your insurance plan covers long term mental care. Good luck.
What happened
Bills Obama signed into law? You do realize that Congress passes those bills?
I agree with everyone else, get out and educate yourself. Stop listening to just one news source.
That's the problem with our country, too many people just regurgitate bumper sticker slogans.
What, why so much hysteria, take a deep breath and hold!
Obama 2012
The first rule of a political campaign:
When your opponent is making a complete fool out of himself, leave him alone.
The sad thing on this election is, if Romney won and more republicans won, none of the new laws would be about energy or jobs or fixing America. It would all be about birth control (none), abortions (none), gun laws (none).
There is a disaster facing the nation with the uprising of the christian taliban. We would look more like Saudi Arabia and Iran with religious zealots running the country while the economy would be ignored.
AnyONE who thinks like Akin, is crazy! We don't need any more CRAZIES in Congress voting on women's health issues.
What's up with men who think they're experts on women's bodies. Most men only know one thing about conception - where to put their _____. So don't go telling US about our body!
Wow. Aken does not even support our troops...shameful.
Its truly hypnotizing to watch you people go at each other while what is really happening in this country is happening right under your nose and you don't blink an eye.
What would you need to do to over throw our Constitutional Government?
For starters, you would need a crisis that could shut down the government. For example, lets say a debt crisis where the national debt reaches the debt ceiling forcing the Government to shut down because it ran out of money. Gee, that almost happened on August 2, 2011 and is projected to happen again this year around November.
The President would need to have the authority to declare Martial Law. In March Obama issued an Executive Order that gives him the authority to declare Martial Law his discretion.
Protests of any kind would have to be restricted or prohibited. One way could be to make them a felony that carries up to 10 years in jail. That was done whan a Bill was signed into law in January, 2012 where peaceful protests are now a felony.
You would need a large police authority that only answers to one person. One that operates outside of Constitutional protections afforded every citizen. It would have to be large enough to put down any resistance like the one that was created on December 31, 2011 who's first 3 battalions are now being trained.
You would need some place to put all the people who resisted or rebel against the take over. Like internment camps and converted defunct military bases. Not hard to deceive the people about the internment camps building program, you just tell them they are being built to hold illegals. Does it really matter what the reason is for the ones that have been and are now being built in the South?
You would need to have the population dependent on government assistance as this makes population control much easier. Comply or lose your assistance would be the order of the day. With 46% of all Americans living in or at the edge of poverty and an even greater number on some form of government assistance, population control isn't a problem.
You would need to get the wealth of this country away from the middle class and into as few hands as possible. Not hard with bailouts, tax cuts to the rich, create programs where the people have to purchase the goods and services of selected businesses like health care insurance companies.
Lastly, you would need to divide the people and have them fighting each other so they wouldn't unite against you.
Right under your noses and you people don't even see it coming. If I was Obama, I would be smiling too.
Please seek immediate medical attention at the closest mental health facility. Where DO people like you come from?
Kristin
They listen to Fox and Limberger exclusively because they are incapable of thinking for themselves.
Really? Put the kool aid down and slowly back away.
"Why the update? If one takes a look at EO 12919, the big change is in the Cabinet itself. In 1994, we didn’t have a Department of Homeland Security, for instance, and some of these functions would naturally fall to DHS. In EO 12919, the FEMA director had those responsibilities, and the biggest change between the two is the removal of several references to FEMA (ten in all). Otherwise, there aren’t a lot of changes between the two EOs, which looks mainly like boilerplate.
In fact, that’s almost entirely what it is. The original EO dealing with national defense resources preparedness was issued in 1939 (EO 8248) according to the National Archives. It has been superseded a number of times, starting in 1951 by nearly every President through Bill Clinton, and amended twice by George W. Bush."
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/no-its-not-martial-law-its-preparedness/
W Hap./It is unfortunate that people,like you appear to be,are more interested in reading comics instead of real literature. Comics are for mild entertainment,but you should try something with a bit more in depth matter once in a while. I can't suggest nor comment on anything else,for your health expansion until you do. Fare thee well!
listoire
What is unfortunate is that there are way far more uninformed people like you, then informed people in this country.
Nothing I posted wasn't fact or a matter of public record. Try looking under your nose for a change, you might learn something new.
Try reading history books, they are full of interesting stories about men who over threw governments and how they did it.
listoire
Let me see how informed you really are with this one questions. Was there a super power that was over thrown in the 20th century without one shot ever being fired? I give you a hint. One day it existed and the next day it didn't.
The Soviet Union was not overthrown. The economic and political structures of the USSR slowly crumbled after Brezhnev. Gorbachev resigned and the Supreme Soviet dissolved itself with no revolution or violence.
with all of these polititions running around saying stupid things and doing stupid things,how can anyone be anti abortion.
Akin represents mainstream Republican thought on abortion and attitudes towards women. He made the mistake of saying what Republicans actually believe on tv. Now the country can shine a bright light on the knuckle draggers of the Republican party, and vote out of office anyone who shares such outlandish beliefs.
Mitt the twit has stated his admiration for one of the doctors who peddled the fictional idea that raped women have a natural defense against pregnancy. It's simply icing on the cake that Akin sits on the House Science Committee. As our president said, he must have missed science class. :)
what happened, I'm still trying to solve your riddle. Did this extinct 'super power' invade and occupy with out cause or meddle in other countries affairs to plunder their wealth? Was it a Republic? Like 'listoire' said, comics are mostly for children so I'll play your child game. Tell me if I'm getting warm.
Actually, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan without cause and meddled in their affairs, plundered their wealth and occupied it for 9 years.
We funded the rebels against the Soviets and the result was the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden. Study history much?
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Wrong thread. Sorry
McCaskill doesn't have to say or do anything. Akin is self destructing and the longer he keeps talking and stays in the race, the focus is on him flailing and drawing attention to his psycho beliefs and how much Paul Ryan agrees with him on policy. All the better for her and Obama. Classic.
To J. D. Still: I see you like parsing the definition of rape just like Todd Akin. What "Willy" Clinton did with Monica was consensual sex between legal adults (NOT RAPE). Rape is like what Rep. Mark Foley engaged in with House pages (boys; under age). What Clinton did was grounds for divorce; not a crime. Clinton is a welcome addition to the Democratic Convention. After all, he handed Bush a budget surplus (not two wars, an immense deficit, and a crashed economy). So how come Bush isn't even invited to the Republican Convention (even as an usher)? Are you disappointed with his presidency just like Nixon? You keep stressing how we should elect a Republican. Frankly, by your own admissions, your recommendations have a terrible track record.