Re: Romney sources say if he knew he had to release taxes, He wouldn't have run.

2012-07-18 Thread Dana
My question is why in the world he would run on his business record if he didn't want anyone to examine it. Apparently we were just supposed to believe what the tv ads told us? On Jul 18, 2012 11:03 PM, "Vivec" wrote: > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/18/mitt-romney-tax-returns_n_16825

Romney sources say if he knew he had to release taxes, He wouldn't have run.

2012-07-18 Thread Vivec
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/18/mitt-romney-tax-returns_n_1682539.html " Mitt Romney has been determined to resist releasing his tax returns at least since his bid for Massachusetts governor in 2002 and has been confident that he will never be forced to do so, several current and former

Post Office Nears First Default in Its History

2012-07-18 Thread Jerry Barnes
Post Office Nears First Default in Its History Before I post a few excerpts, I want to make it clear that the post office is not shutting down. This default is specifically rela

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Gruss Gott
To quote Ike, yes your life has been boring but that wasnt just happenstance, someone made it happen. Not many people care if YOU get poor; they care if you and many like you get poor. Which is the case. As to Bain, it's a great company and a great place to find opportunity; My wife used to

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Gruss Gott
The to support Obama is that he wont have a second term to campaign for on inaug day so maybe he takes some chances. Plus a few edge things incl the supreme court. On Jul 18, 2012, at 9:25 AM, Sam wrote: > > So you have no reason to support Obama and no reason not to support > Romney. Then

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Sam
It works because too many people don't pay attention and just hear soundbites. That's why it's so important to get everyone to vote rather than just leaving it to the folks that are informed. . On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 8:24 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > GMoney, > > Outstanding. > > > The only reas

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Sam
Great rant!. On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 4:36 PM, GMoney wrote: > > GA!! > > When did Americans become so fucking caught up in what everyone else has > > The poor are told to look to the rich.see, it's their fault your poor! > The rich are told to look to the poor.see, it's your

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Jerry Barnes
GMoney, Outstanding. The only reason that the the blame game continues is that it works. People want to blame others for their own inadequacies and problems. As long as this is the case, someone will try to take advantage of it. The solution would be teaching people to think. Unfortunately,

RE: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Eric Roberts
Great song from Krokus ;-) Eric Roberts Owner/Developer Three Ravens Consulting ow...@threeravensconsulting.com http://www.threeravensconsulting.com tel: 630-881-1515 -Original Message- From: Judah McAuley [mailto:ju...@wiredotter.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 4:52 PM T

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Judah McAuley
Eat The Rich. On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 1:36 PM, GMoney wrote: > > GA!! > > When did Americans become so fucking caught up in what everyone else has ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/A

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread William Bowen
*slow clap* Well said, sir. On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 1:36 PM, GMoney wrote: > > GA!! > > When did Americans become so fucking caught up in what everyone else has > > The poor are told to look to the rich.see, it's their fault your poor! > The rich are told to look to the poor

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread GMoney
GA!! When did Americans become so fucking caught up in what everyone else has The poor are told to look to the rich.see, it's their fault your poor! The rich are told to look to the poor.see, it's your fault they are poor, you must help them! The middle class is always being

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Sam
While we’re waiting for Obama and the Democrats to return all the money they’ve taken from the vampires at Bain, let’s not forget this: One of Obama’s top campaign financiers – Jonathan Lavine – is also managing director at Bain, bundling between $100,000 and $200,000 in contributions for the 201

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Jerry Barnes
"oh. "scampain" again... thought maybe it was a typo" If the shoe fits. "but you're non-partisan, right?" Oh no. I am very partisan. I am pro-American. I kind of feel like Milton Friedman I am a Republican with a capital 'R,' and a libertarian with a small 'l.' I have a party membership as

Re: Man with world's largest penis stopped by the TSA

2012-07-18 Thread Larry C. Lyons
"He works as a video game journalist and as an actor with small roles in movies and television shows, according to his Internet Movie Database profile." small roles? I bet that's going to change soon. On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > > “They wanted to know if I had some

Man with world's largest penis stopped by the TSA

2012-07-18 Thread Judah McAuley
“They wanted to know if I had something in my pockets, and when I said no, they asked if I had some sort of growth,” he said. http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2012/07/17/man-with-worlds-biggest-penis-stopped-at-sfo-security/ SFW unless they don't like the word penis. Cheers, Jud ~~~

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Sam
My bad. That's good. Keep it up. . On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 1:31 PM, William Bowen wrote: > > I have in the past and will continue to do so. > > > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Sam wrote: >> >> How come you never complain when someone on the left does it? ~

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread William Bowen
I have in the past and will continue to do so. On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Sam wrote: > > How come you never complain when someone on the left does it? > > . > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 12:12 PM, William Bowen > wrote: >> >> oh. "scampain" again... thought maybe it was a typo. >> >> but

Re: I enjoyed this.

2012-07-18 Thread Maureen
My list would be this: Neither knows what to do about the economy. Neither has the spine to stand up and accept responsibility for their actions Both are owned by special interests Both have allowed their campaigns to spread spin and disinformation about their opponent but to me, Romney's lies se

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Dana
funny. But if you go look at those fact-checking sites, that's not really what they say. The Washington Post column was about a very specific set of allegations only. Even the columns that say hey, there's nothing wrong with outsourcing -- and there isn't, per se -- don't endorse the various confl

Re: I enjoyed this.

2012-07-18 Thread Dana
I actually don't believe that Romney believes he is doing the right thing. I am not sure he understands the concept, after some of the recent coverage. So although I agree with your conclusion, I can't agree with your premises. On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Gruss Gott wrote: > > Yeah, Stewar

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Sam
How come you never complain when someone on the left does it? . On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 12:12 PM, William Bowen wrote: > > oh. "scampain" again... thought maybe it was a typo. > > but you're non-partisan, right? > > ~| Order t

Re: I enjoyed this.

2012-07-18 Thread Judah McAuley
What "the right thing" is seems, to me, to be the central issue, not something around the edge. That is sort of the heart of a vision for the country, you know. Judah On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Gruss Gott wrote: > > Yeah, Stewart is always awesome at revealing how absurd much of this is.

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Judah McAuley
Same thing as referring to "Sgt. Schultz" and trying to conflate putting money into an index fund and being a CEO. Intellectually disgusting and partisan hackery at it's worse because it isn't even about an issue. Blech. Judah On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 9:12 AM, William Bowen wrote: > > oh. "scam

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Sam
So you have no reason to support Obama and no reason not to support Romney. Then you choose this fake issue as deal breaker? At least last cycle you had hope and change. . On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Gruss Gott wrote: > > That's the key point Romney will not be able to escape from: he s

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Gruss Gott
That's the key point Romney will not be able to escape from: he signed a document as the sole shareholder, president, and CEO. To Romneys point, yes he had brought in others to make the tactical decisions but it was still his people, his culture, and it's hard to believe he wasn't at least pay

Re: I enjoyed this.

2012-07-18 Thread Gruss Gott
Yeah, Stewart is always awesome at revealing how absurd much of this is. The Colbert was good too: if Mitt doesn't win the election he can just retroactively retire from the race in 2009. People will debate this forever, but here's how it stacks up for me: * both candidates are smart * both a

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread William Bowen
oh. "scampain" again... thought maybe it was a typo. but you're non-partisan, right? On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > " Perhaps he did not 'order' any outsourcing, but both he and his > family profited > from it. " > > As has anyone who has money invested in almost any

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread William Bowen
"scampaign"? really? On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > " The point is that Mitt wants to accuse Obama of outsourcing without > accepting > responsibility for the same when it happened on his watch. " > > And here where the contention is. According to many fact checkin

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Jerry Barnes
"and I am furious about the raids on the medical marijuana facilities." Duh. I figured out why the US won't stop the ridiculous battle against pot. It's all about the banks. Just like the bailouts. Banks Financing Mexico Gangs Admitted In Wells Fargo Deal

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Sam
You think innuendo is awesome? . On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 12:42 AM, Gruss Gott wrote: > > Awesome link. And shows how not releasing is worse ... The imagination will > start to take hold and now he's battling 50 ghosts instead of one or two. > > The dude changes his story more than a news cra

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Sam
methinks yer filter's not working or you was just pretending, like a little school girl yelling: " I can't hear you!" :P On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Dana wrote: > > The difference is that the opinion on romney's taxes is being expressed by > credible people. Saw it today on bloomberg, sl

Re: Bidding to make Pole Dancing an Olympic sport

2012-07-18 Thread GMoney
Will Ms. Stokke be participating??: http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/50507_27557431641_3756813_n.jpg On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 7:31 AM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions < ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Judah McAuley > wrote: > > > Pe

Re: Bidding to make Pole Dancing an Olympic sport

2012-07-18 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > Personally, I think that if they allow Race Walking they really ought > to allow Pole Dancing as well. It is more difficult and way more > spectator-friendly. > > > http://www.buzzfeed.com/hillaryreinsberg/can-pole-dancing-get-recognized-as

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Jerry Barnes
"But he has done so many things in the campaign that sickened me, and that ad was the capper." The election season is young. Each candidate has the opportunity, and probably will, bypass the ad you disliked so much. " I've voted for a lot of republicans since 1970 when I reached voting age.

Re: In '02, Bain invested in software development in China (Updated)

2012-07-18 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Are you really that addle-brained? Did they really give a math degree to someone so completely dim-witted? " Back with the personal attacks. That disgusts me. I have always found that when someone has reached the point where they can no longer defend a position, they move into personal attacks