I was extremely taken aback by the Oct. 30 letter "Clemmons' future." Like
our current president, this writer wants to divide our village. I, for one, am
thankful to our elderly folk, or as the letter writer said, the
"backward-looking," for the framework they established years ago. Having the
foresight to create a tax cap has certainly created a safety net for us. If not,
we would not have a say in this ill-conceived referendum.
I don't think any of us are oblivious to congestion, the cost of asphalt, etc. After all, with all the building up of Clemmons over the years (and continuing), how can it not become congested? I bet some of those "nice, elderly," "oblivious," "well-meaning" folks could have warned us of traffic congestion well before now.
And to compare our tax rate to Winston-Salem's? That echoes the $100,000 survey that suggested we could raise our tax rate because it is so low.
No. I don't think this is conservative thinking. Low taxes and the small-village atmosphere attracted us here. Seeing this separating of folks is very disheartening, more so coming from a former councilman.
BRUCE BRITTON
Clemmons
Paying for college
As a person who attempts to teach others how to manage their money prudently, I am troubled to learn about situations such as the one mentioned in the Oct. 17 letter "Student loans."
If parents choose to contribute more than they can reasonably afford for their children's college education, they jeopardize their own financial future. Therefore, they should not feel guilty if they prudently limit what they contribute, and they should focus on guiding their children to find the best means of financing the portion of their college education that the parents cannot afford.
When our daughter was trying to decide where to attend college, her mother and I told her that she could attend any college she chose, but we would pay only the amount that had been set aside by my parents and us for her college education.
We explained that if she exceeded that amount, she would need to make up any difference by getting scholarships, by working for pay during the years she was enrolled in college, and/or by borrowing and being solely responsible for subsequently paying off any debt she incurred.
Although we did provide our daughter with a moderate allowance for miscellaneous expenses while she was attending college, that was the extent of our additional financial support. She made up the shortfall by obtaining several scholarships, including one for which she qualified while attending college, and by working. She didn't borrow any money to help pay for her college education, nor did we.
HARVEY ARMOUR
Winston-Salem
Finally getting serious
In response to the Oct. 21 letter "Referendum plan flawed":
So, these former Clemmons officials are pouring cold water on the progressive Clemmons bond referendum? I would have to ask; OK, then, what are your proposals to fix the horrendous traffic situation on Lewisville-Clemmons Road that was caused by uncontrolled growth of businesses during your tenure as village manager and mayor?
Everyone agrees that something needs to be done. And I'm not happy about paying for improvements that should have been planned for long ago and financed in part by the businesses that benefited from an overly friendly government. However, at last we have a plan that tries to deal with a long-term problem. It may not be a perfect plan, but at least someone is finally getting serious about bringing some planning sense to Clemmons. I will support it and urge fellow citizens to do the same.
DAVID REID
Clemmons
Media inflation
Media General, you're killing me. I just got a 3.6 percent increase in my Social Security benefits, but my elation was short-lived when you folks outdid that almost 10 to one by increasing the price of your Sunday edition by 33.33 percent. I guess the Social Security Administration doesn't count media inflation in its cost-of-living estimates.
Did I have to pay for that big Wells Fargo splash this past Sunday? Can't Media General's profitable TV stations help subsidize my crossword puzzle, Sudoku and op-ed addictions? Oy vey!
By the way, I find it deliciously ironic and prophetic that superbank Wells Fargo's print coming-out party coincided with your fee — I mean, price — increase.
Print this if you dare! Occupy 418 N. Marshall St.!
JAMES A. BEDSWORTH
Winston-Salem
I don't think any of us are oblivious to congestion, the cost of asphalt, etc. After all, with all the building up of Clemmons over the years (and continuing), how can it not become congested? I bet some of those "nice, elderly," "oblivious," "well-meaning" folks could have warned us of traffic congestion well before now.
And to compare our tax rate to Winston-Salem's? That echoes the $100,000 survey that suggested we could raise our tax rate because it is so low.
No. I don't think this is conservative thinking. Low taxes and the small-village atmosphere attracted us here. Seeing this separating of folks is very disheartening, more so coming from a former councilman.
BRUCE BRITTON
Clemmons
Paying for college
As a person who attempts to teach others how to manage their money prudently, I am troubled to learn about situations such as the one mentioned in the Oct. 17 letter "Student loans."
If parents choose to contribute more than they can reasonably afford for their children's college education, they jeopardize their own financial future. Therefore, they should not feel guilty if they prudently limit what they contribute, and they should focus on guiding their children to find the best means of financing the portion of their college education that the parents cannot afford.
When our daughter was trying to decide where to attend college, her mother and I told her that she could attend any college she chose, but we would pay only the amount that had been set aside by my parents and us for her college education.
We explained that if she exceeded that amount, she would need to make up any difference by getting scholarships, by working for pay during the years she was enrolled in college, and/or by borrowing and being solely responsible for subsequently paying off any debt she incurred.
Although we did provide our daughter with a moderate allowance for miscellaneous expenses while she was attending college, that was the extent of our additional financial support. She made up the shortfall by obtaining several scholarships, including one for which she qualified while attending college, and by working. She didn't borrow any money to help pay for her college education, nor did we.
HARVEY ARMOUR
Winston-Salem
Finally getting serious
In response to the Oct. 21 letter "Referendum plan flawed":
So, these former Clemmons officials are pouring cold water on the progressive Clemmons bond referendum? I would have to ask; OK, then, what are your proposals to fix the horrendous traffic situation on Lewisville-Clemmons Road that was caused by uncontrolled growth of businesses during your tenure as village manager and mayor?
Everyone agrees that something needs to be done. And I'm not happy about paying for improvements that should have been planned for long ago and financed in part by the businesses that benefited from an overly friendly government. However, at last we have a plan that tries to deal with a long-term problem. It may not be a perfect plan, but at least someone is finally getting serious about bringing some planning sense to Clemmons. I will support it and urge fellow citizens to do the same.
DAVID REID
Clemmons
Media inflation
Media General, you're killing me. I just got a 3.6 percent increase in my Social Security benefits, but my elation was short-lived when you folks outdid that almost 10 to one by increasing the price of your Sunday edition by 33.33 percent. I guess the Social Security Administration doesn't count media inflation in its cost-of-living estimates.
Did I have to pay for that big Wells Fargo splash this past Sunday? Can't Media General's profitable TV stations help subsidize my crossword puzzle, Sudoku and op-ed addictions? Oy vey!
By the way, I find it deliciously ironic and prophetic that superbank Wells Fargo's print coming-out party coincided with your fee — I mean, price — increase.
Print this if you dare! Occupy 418 N. Marshall St.!
JAMES A. BEDSWORTH
Winston-Salem
Paying for college. Nicely done by the writer and his family. Be patient because yes, there is going to be a college loan bailout according to Business Week magazine. The taxpayers are on the hook for this whether you owe any student debt or not. Pretty much like the housing bubble only there is no asset of some value sitting there backing the bad loan.
ReplyDeletealas, no asset of some value, only human beings.
ReplyDeleteBob...that's the problem....people are not houses.
ReplyDeletelol, yes, that age old problem, therefore corporations are not houses
ReplyDeletewhitewall.............the emerging student loan scandal is yet another government run program that has gone awry. Students are waiting around for their 'bail-out' as we speak. They have no intention of paying off their loans.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, Sarah Palin has called the OWP protesters correctly. They are people marching in the streets wanting their 'bail-out' instead of looking for jobs.
We've built a society that relies on governmental hand-outs instead of self reliance.
We'll be like Greece very soon if the Democrats stay in charge.
So if people are not assets of value and corporations are people......
ReplyDeletehmm, as we all know, people NEED to be regulated, so if corporation are people, they need to be regulated too.
We have Greece already, it's called California.
ReplyDeleteBob...then bring it all together, if people and corps need regulation- which they do- then the prime beneficiary of the student loan industry is the "college" which makes out fine. Sounds like it is the turn for "big college".
ReplyDeleteBucky, the democrats are not in charge. The Republicans have the House, can filibuster the Senate, have 29 governorships, 26 Republican controlled legilatures, 15 Democratic controlled legislatures,8 split legislatures, and 1 officially no-partisan, 21 states have republican controlled governments and 11 states had democratically controlled governments. So to say that the democrats are "in charge" is not only untrue, it's laughable.
ReplyDeleteColleges are big business.
ReplyDeleteBob...whisper that when you drive by one.
ReplyDeleteOh no Bobby, you're not going to play 'Rush' (the idiot) with the facts. The Democrats completely controlled both houses of congress for two years and the presidency. Now they control the presidency and the senate. Even Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the head of the DNC, said the Democrats 'own' the economy.
ReplyDeleteI can understand why you would support Democrats. Afterall, they are currently supporting gay marriages. However, let's don't get cute with the facts.
P.S. The Democrats may change the definition of marriage, but they'll never be able to change the definition of a 'badend'.
ReplyDeletebut they are also centers for some of the greatest research and innovation in the world.
ReplyDeleteAny bets on how long the Journal's little experiment with 'subscriptions' will last?
ReplyDeleteActually, they only controlled both houses for 9 months. Kennedy died and was replaced by Scott Brown, 02/04/10 You must be smokin' Perry Weed.
ReplyDeleteand 490 republican filibustered bills later, and Debbie W-S is wrong, neither the democrats nor the republicans own the economy, the economy owns us. Capitalism took down communism and now it's own it's way to taking down a representative republic. It's taking down all forms of government.
ReplyDeleteyou don't bet, remember, Lindsey?
ReplyDeleteI was just looking at the Salisbury paper and it looked more professional, and the stories were written more adriotly.
ReplyDeleteIt's obvious that the Journal's Executive Staff have let liberals, gays, and Hispanics high-jack the Journal.
I'm thinking of subcribing to one of the ajoining area papers. I'm sure one of them will be more than willing to take on more subscribers and take my money.
Bucky, you've been saying that for two years at least. "Actions speak louder than words, just not as often."
ReplyDeleteI don't know how that 'Yes, Weekly' stays in business either. I had to give the editor a what for over the Tom Keith 'racist' story. He wanted me to write an article, and he said he publish it. I said thanks, but no thanks.
ReplyDeleteBobby, the Republicans had to fillibuster the Democrats' crazy bills. They've already almost doubled our debt in just two years.
ReplyDeleteI hope they fillibuster the rest of the Democratic sponsored bills until we can get Obama and the rest of the Democratic loons out of office.
America's Broke? that's because a certain group of "people" have accumulated and are sitting on most of the cash in the system. Remember, you are not a job creator unless you are creating jobs. Otherwise you are just a capital accumulator.
ReplyDeleteThe bad economy was not of Obama's making, I'll give him that. But he was hired to make it better, not worse.
ReplyDeleteLet's all join hands and throw the bum out. What say ye all?
It IS better. since the stimulus, we have gone from losing 500,000+ jobs a month to adding jobs, not enough. A most you have retirement funds in the stock market will say they are better off now too than in January of 2009.
ReplyDeleteAgain, Bobby....we have no idea about what would have happened without the stimulus, I'll give you that one. But Obama knows that we need tax reductions to grow the economy and he is trying to raise them at ever turn.
ReplyDeleteSo I say let's get a new and better leader. What say ye all?
A lot of 'stimulus' money is being wasted Bobby. I was in a little town in an ajoining state recently and they were paving the road as cows walked across the street. I asked one of the crew members why they were paving that particular street. He said they were told to, that it was Obama money.
ReplyDeletePelosi.....Reid...Obama...they're all horrible leaders, if you can even call them that.
ReplyDeleteLet's throw 'em out. What say ye all?
it's funny, Bucky, the republicans could probably nominate a ham sandwich and defeat President Obama. Too bad they don't have any ham sandwiches or generic republicans to run.
ReplyDeleteAnecdotal and unsubstantiated,
ReplyDeleteAnd Mitch McConnell will never be mistaken for Henry Clay. Boehner probably could be a leader in between crying bouts, and well Eric Cantor, his Pee Wee Herman impersonation is getting old.
Bobby, I'm thinking almost any of the Republican candidates can defeat Obama. Then again, there's huge contingency of nitwits out there.
ReplyDeleteYes, anything is possible, but one might think it would be a slam dunk. Republicans could have the elections served to them on a silver platter, but they'd send it back because it wasn't gold.
ReplyDeleteBreaking news: Cain campaign accused of using illegal corporate funds.
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be close for the presidency. I predict, however, Democrats, in general, are going to get their clocks clean again.
ReplyDeleteAnthony 'check out my weiner' Weiner didn't help their cause any.
But hey, a Democrat can get away with almost anything. But, look at what they are doing to Cain, and the first woman hasn't even spoken yet.
The liberal lame stream media jumps all over Cain, yet they said virtually nothing about the outrageous acts of Bill Ayers and J. Wright and their relationships with Obama.
ReplyDeleteThis is not the first time that Cain’s cancerman Mark Block found himself caught in a campaign finance scandal. Block — who previously led the Wisconsin chapter of the Koch-funded Tea Party group Americans For Prosperity — paid a $15,000 fine and agreed to remain out of Wisconsin politics for three years after he was accused of election law violations during his 1997 stint as a state supreme court justice’s campaign manager.
ReplyDeleteAyers and Wright were not running for president.
ReplyDeleteand Cain is using the flawed Weiner public relations model, stumbling along toward the truth.
ReplyDeleteObama was. If Obama had been conservative white man, he'd been crucified by the liberal media.
ReplyDeleteDavid Duke hung out with the KKK, did he get a pass by the liberal media when he ran for office? The racial rants by Wright would have been enough to do-in most anybody, but oh no. They gave Obama a pass.
ReplyDeletePelosi is so bimbonic, that she's bordering on being completely psychotic. Yet the liberal media gives her a pass on almost everything she does, even though a lot of it is insanely outrageous.
ReplyDeleteLike Kim Kardasian, Ayers and Wright got way to much airtime and credit. I mean Fred Koch spent 3 years with Joseph Stalin.
ReplyDeletethe Koch-Cain connection is well:
ReplyDelete- Cain held an official position in the Koch-funded group Americans for Prosperity: Dating back to 2005, Cain led Americans for Prosperity’s new “Prosperity Expansion Project.” The position allowed Cain to barnstorm the country, giving speeches, holding town halls, and sharpening his skills for an eventual presidential bid.
- Cain’s campaign manager is the former president of Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity Wisconsin chapter: Prior to becoming Cain’s campaign manager and chief of staff, Mark Block served as the president of Americans for Prosperity’s Wisconsin chapter. At the same time Block was serving in that position, he is credited with “talk[ing] Herman Cain into running for president”. As AFP-Wisconsin president in 2006, Block even tried to convince Cain to run for president in the 2008 election because of the former pizza executive’s rousing speeches at Americans for Prosperity events. Block has a history of electoral dirty tricks and once fined $15,000 for violating Wisconsin election law.
- Cain attended the Koch Brothers’ private biannual meeting in Palm Springs: In January, the Kochs hosted one of their biannual meetings of top corporate and political figures in order to coordinate strategy and raise money for the conservative movement. Cain was among the small group of conservative politicians invited to attend.
- Cain traveled to Wisconsin in support of the Koch-funded union-busting bill: During the apex of the fight in Wisconsin over Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) union-busting bill this spring, Cain traveled to the Badger State to support the conservative power-grab, speaking at a rally in February. The Koch brothers were major players in Wisconsin’s anti-union push.
- Cain headlined a Koch-funded anti-climate rally in New York: As other presidential candidates focused on glad-handing with voters in Iowa and New Hampshire, Cain took time out in June to travel to New York and headline a Koch-backed anti-climate rally. The rally, held by Americans for Prosperity, protested New York’s involvement in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, an important project to fight global warming that has been long-opposed by the Koch Brothers.
- Cain was a featured speaker at the Koch-funded RightOnline conference: Cain has been a featured speaker at RightOnline, the Koch-backed conservative conference, for the past two years.
The Koch Brothers’ investment in Herman Cain appears to already be paying dividends in advancing their corporatist agenda. Cain has centered his presidential bid around the “999″ economic plan, an enormous corporate giveaway that would reduce companies’ income tax rate from 35 percent to 9 percent. Not only would Koch Industries reap massive benefits, but the Koch Brothers themselves — already tied for the fourth richest people in America — would personally see their tax rates fall from approximately 28 percent to around 11 percent.
I guess the KKK got too much airtime during David Duke's candidancy too?
ReplyDeleteDavid Duke was skewered.
ReplyDeleteBobby, the same type things could be said about ACORN, and its connection to Obama's election to the presidency.
ReplyDeleteObama should have been too.
ReplyDeletelol, David Duke supports Occupy Wall Street.
ReplyDeleteIt's unbelievable that we even have a president with such shallow credentials. That's why I guess Cain has a chance of becoming the president too.
ReplyDeleteOWPs are going nuts in Oakland. It's funny that Gov. Jerry Brown (D) of California was the former mayor of that city.
ReplyDeleteNo wonder California is taking a huge dive.
If you've got a Democrat even remotely connected to a leadership position in a governmental entity, you're going to have problems.
ReplyDeleteAll the 'Democrats' that are getting out of the prison at Rykers' Island are joining up with the OWPs. No wonder people are getting raped and robbed.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Duke: "Thousands of Tea Party Activists and many others have urged him to run for President!"
ReplyDeleteImagine that.
I know A David Duke/Ann Coulter ticket. That should get them energized.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Louis Farrakhan has been asked by many Democrats to run for president too.
ReplyDeleteI want Sharpton and J. Jackson to run on the Democratic ticket. They should go far.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait til Bev. Perdue runs. That should be a hoot.
ReplyDeleteTalk about dumb...Perdue has GOT to be one of the dumbest governors we've ever had. Then again, she's a democrat, that's why she got elected. The liberal media never vetted her.
ReplyDeletemaybe, but unlike, David, Louis has never run for president has he?, nor has he claimed that any democrats have asked him to run
ReplyDeleteIt's moot, Duke cannot legally run for president.
ReplyDeleteafter this election cycle a flip-flop will be referred to henceforth as a mitt-flop
ReplyDeleteRomney 44% Obama 43%
ReplyDeleteCain is on the rise.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57318426-503544/herman-cain-nearly-tied-with-romney-in-new-poll-despite-allegations/?tag=stack
The ham sandwich combo of either Romney or Cain is looking pretty good.
ReplyDeleteCain is on the rise. Yea, deep dish.
ReplyDeleteThe best thing about Cain is he knows the difference between a good piece of pizza and a badend piece of pizza.
ReplyDeleteis pretty good better than ugly good? how 'bout, homely good, or just plain jane good?> Mitt's kinda pretty, but I wouldn't say good.
ReplyDeleteI dunno. Politics aside, Godfather's pizza sucks. It's worse than Pizza Hut, IMO, and that's going some.
ReplyDeleteSo now your comparing your ass to a pizza pie. 'ats amore.
ReplyDeleteWhen your moon hits the eye
Like a bit pizza pie,
That's amore.
When the world seems to shine
Like your big ole behind,
That's amore.
Bells will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling
And you'll sing "Vita bella"
Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay
Like a gay tarantella.
Sing it Dean.
Yea, I was a Pepper's Pizza man myself.
ReplyDeleteCan you believe that DOJ is suing a state that is trying to help the federal government enforce its own laws?
ReplyDeleteThat's what you get when you get a Democrat in the White House.
Perdue vetoed a law that would require that you be legally entitled to vote.
ReplyDeleteThat's what you get when you get a Democrat as governor.
Corruption in the White House and throughout the halls of the federal government. All sponsored by Democrats. It's a never ending problem.
ReplyDeleteBobby, I hope you guys at least wear a condom when you're tearing off a piece. That stuff has got to be nasty.
ReplyDeleteDoes Herman know what the definition of is is?
ReplyDelete“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
Winston Churchill
I'm celibate.
ReplyDeletePerdue vetoed a law that the U.S. Supreme Court has already found to be constitutional in the voter I.D. law.
ReplyDeleteThat's what you get when a Democrat is governor.
Good afternoon folks!
ReplyDeleteLTE 1 & 3: I don't live in Clemmons, so I personally don't care if the referendum passes or not. Typical for a small town, there appears to be a disagreement on growth (which will eventually mean raising taxes to pay for the extra services) vs. staying small (keep relying on the county for services). Both are acknowledging that Clemmons is growing which would indicate that there will be a point in the near future where Clemmons is going to have to take care of its own services instead of mooching off the county. K-ville has its own police force and fire stations.
LTE 2: How long ago was Mr. Armour's daughter in college? Tuition increases have out-paced just about everything including health costs. College is something that needs to be planned for well in advance. Going after every possible scholarship is an excellent idea. Working is also an alternative, but with teens' schedules these days, it's a wonder they have time to sleep, let alone work part-time. Some attending community college for the first 2 years to save costs then transferring to complete the bachelor's. The reality of the situation is that loans are going to have to play a significant role in paying the costs for a large percentage of college attendees.
LTE 4: They printed it. Happy now? I haven't noticed my subscription go up, at least the one I sent in last week was the same as usual.
In my Chapel Hill days, there was a Mr. Gatti's Pizza that was pretty good and a Peppi's Pizza which had a cheap buffet on Tues. nights. In Scottsdale, there's a small pizza joint that has a constant 3 hr wait to get in. Everyone who ate there proclaimed it the best they have ever had.
ReplyDeletelol, yea, I forgot about Peppi's, Zoom Zoom,
ReplyDeleteEarlier this year, the watchdog group Committee for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) named Richardson as one of the most corrupt members of Congress.
ReplyDelete*Of course Richardson is a Democrat.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/04/house-ethics-panel-to-fully-probe-congresswoman-accused-campaign-misconduct/#ixzz1clFeFD45
In Greensboro there is a place called Bill's Pizza. Quite good. Used to be a Pizza Inn at Reynolda Manor Shopping center back in the mid 1960's or so. That was my favorite.
ReplyDeleteJohn Corzine a former Democratic governor of New Jersey who is also linked to Obama is now linked to a huge corruption scandal.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500395_162-57318386/corzine-resigns-as-ceo-of-bankrupt-mf-global/?tag=stack
The Harris Teeter at cloverdale and miller is selling fresh baked pizza now that's good.
ReplyDeleteare you just hearing about Corzine, that's old news. Another example that the 1% is bi-partisan
ReplyDeleteDemocrats hold nothing over Republicans when it comes to ethics.
ReplyDeleteObama is up to his eye balls in the Solyndra Scandal.
ReplyDeleteExecutives received thousands of dollars in bonuses while the company under went bankruptcy.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/04/solyndra-execs-reaped-bonuses-before-bankruptcy-documents-show/
When I was a kid my favorite was the old Schiano's at Hanes Mall...if I was good my parents would take me there and to Sears to sit on the riding mowers.
ReplyDeleteIn Winston now, Mario's isn't bad. Burke St.'s pretty good too.
Bucky, that's so typical of the 1%er's, they bankrupt things or decimate work forces and then walk off with golden parachutes.
ReplyDeleteThat's how Romney made his fortunes.
ReplyDeleteI like Burke St too. That's maybe why I like Herman Cain. Anybody that makes pizza can't be all bad.
ReplyDeleteAre any of those bars on Brookstown gay bars? I figured someone in this forum would know.
Maybe that's Burke St. I know where the pizza place is!
ReplyDeleteHey Bobby, do those drag queens still dress up as women and make out in cars in front of that gay bar on Country Club?
ReplyDeleteWhoa...that's some wild stuff.
I don't know. There used to be one a long time ago around there called Bourbon St. Burke St Pizza is pretty good.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Burke St. Pizza...that's the place I like. A little pricey, but good pizza. Probably better than anything Cain ever made.
ReplyDeleteBefore Bourbon St. Late 70's early 80's, it was The Power Company located in the shopping center across the street from Calvary Baptist Church.
ReplyDeleteYeah....the Power Company, I think that's where I heard the drag queens used to make-out in cars.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to see some real banging bucks, you need to check out Fantasy Fest in the Keys. Man, you talk about bangin!
5,800 News Corp hacking victims.
ReplyDeletePasse. Been there, dont that.
ReplyDeleteYou should go to the International Film Festival in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria in March when every navy that has ever entered the Mediterranean is in port for a week of leave. Que una fiesta!!! The Dunes of Maspalomas makes Key West look like a Sunday afternoon at the K&W.
ReplyDeleteexcuse me, EXCUSE ME. "I am the Koch brothers' brother from another mother, and proud of it." Iran Policy, send our navy to the Persian Gulf and if they fire first, that's be ok,
ReplyDeletenot a good week for Cain (if indeed he is really running for president)
I'm not so much worried about the sexual harassment allegations as I am about the fact the guy doesn't know that the PRC's had nukes since 1964. He just doesn't know what he's talking about.
ReplyDeleteKnowing that China is a nuclear power is NOT a gotcha question.
ReplyDeleteyes, the allegations would never had been so bad except for the response. How many "I mispoke" cards does a deck have?
ReplyDeleteNo, not like asking you about your favorite newspapers.
ReplyDeleteUNC Chapel Hill's Greatest National Championship, March 31st, 1962
ReplyDeleteI'll bet Obama doesn't know that most everything sold in America is made in China. So I wouldn't start making fun of ignorance.
ReplyDeleteAnd Michelle Obama....whoa! Most everybody that knows anything about fashion, not me, says she's scary with the things she wears.
I can tell you that the Journal is not one of my favorite newspapers. Does that count?
ReplyDeletePlus, it looks like Michelle is eating twinkies when she's telling everybody else to eat healthy.
ReplyDeleteJoel P. Bennett, the attorney for the Cain sexually harassed woman (alleged), is just dying to start blabbing for the woman. He must be a huge Democrat.
ReplyDeleteGod only knows what Obama is screwing up while all the fuss is going on about Cain.
ReplyDeleteHe's usually good for one major screw-up a day.
What is Obama's strategy to win the election in 2012? Get nitwits out to vote AGAIN.
ReplyDeleteStrange, if God only knows what Obama is screwing up while all the fuss is going on about Cain, then you couldn't possibly know how many or what degree that he's good for daily.
ReplyDeleteHow odd, Cain's alledged assault occurred in September of 1999, 9/99
ReplyDeleteBennett, went on a tirade today about what supposedly happened in the Cain sexual harassment incident, the woman said nothing. In fact, she didn't even appear. But that didn't stop the liberal media and Bennett. Hmmmmm.....
ReplyDeleteAnthony Weiner needs to give Cain a few pointers on how to be discreet. Hee Hee...
Just put your package on the internet, nobody will know!
You gotta love Democrats.
Just looking at employment statistics, we've had 13 straight months of weak job creation of around 125,000 a month, (sept was revised up from 0 to 100,000). That's very weak but the world economy is weak. When Obama took office, we were losing on average 600,000/ month. That is a net positive increase of 725,000 jobs/month being saved or created.
ReplyDeleteThe best thing Cain could learn from Weiner is how to cut your losses and disappear.
ReplyDeletelol, Romney: "I think I've stayed as consistent on those issues as is humanly possible....."
ReplyDeletelol, ..... I'm hyperventilating
We can't elect Herman, when he find's out there's only one becky in Uzbekistan, he'll never go to Tashkent.
ReplyDeleteThe private sector has actually been creating jobs now for 20 straight months, but has been offset by layoffs in the public sector. So not all slow job growth can be blamed on Obama. Some is a result of budget cuts and all those teacher, police, and firemen that lost their jobs.
ReplyDeleteThe only reason anybody cares where Uzbekistan is is because of its strategic location in the world. *We always need places to bomb countries from. Plus, it has some nice looking women. Other than that, it's a nothing country. I can understand why Cain didn't know where it was.
ReplyDeleteI hope Weiner goes on a tour of the country, and instructs Democrats how to be discreet. Clinton can go and tell people about how not to leave your DNA lying around. They would make an excellent pair.
Bobby, if you're concerned with having a liar for a president, you need to abandon Obama. I think he has broken almost every campaign promise he ever made.
ReplyDeleteSo let's don't get so righteous about veracity in a candidate.
Bobby:
ReplyDeleteThe CBO is predicting that unemployment rates will be around 8.9 percent next year during the election. No president has ever been reelected with that number.
Over 70 percent of Americans think the country is on the wrong track. When Jimmy Carter was voted out, that number was at 72%.
Only 13% of Americans are satisfied with the state of the economy.
No Bobby, you and your gay buddies may get gay marriage, but I don't think Obama will be around for a second term.
There are only two double landlocked nations in the world. Uzbekistan is one, do you know the other?
ReplyDeleteI know when two dogs get locked together what's going on. What's your point Bobby?
ReplyDeleteJean Quan, a Democratic mayor, said it was a good day in Oakland. Only ten police officers got hurt, and 500 people were arrested.
ReplyDeleteYou gotta love these moronic Democrats.
FDR was reelected in 1936...unemployment rate 16.9.
ReplyDeleteFDR was reelected in 1940...unemployment rate 14.6.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Jerry Brown, the former mayor of Oakland, is now the governor. And people wonder why things are going so terribly wrong in California.
ReplyDeleteRush...in recent times.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why everybody seems to hate Cain now. I still think anybody that makes or made pizza, can't be all bad.
ReplyDeleteRush...you're still an idiot.
ReplyDeleteBucky, maybe it was bad pizza.
ReplyDeleteBy the way Rush......there may have been only 15 articles specifically about Darryl Hunt and Kalvin Smith during the last year in the Journal, but how may times did they mention their names in other stories. Thousands?
ReplyDeleteI still think the Journal is going to crash and burn.
I still like Cain. Show me a heterosexual man that hasn't made 'unwanted advances' toward a woman, and I'll show you a gay man or other abnormal male human.
ReplyDeleteHow do you tell if the advances are unwanted until you get over there and make them?
I hope Cain comes out of it.
"No president has ever been reelected with that number." ___Buckthorn
ReplyDeleteCouldn't find the word "recent" anywhere in the neighborhood. On the other hand, in standard English, the word "ever" means since the beginning of time.
Stupid is as stupid does.
I didn't mention Daryl Hunt. I did say that there were 17 articles regarding Kalvin Smith.
ReplyDeleteThat includes all articles that mentioned him.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Okay....Rush...you got me. You're still an idiot though.
ReplyDeleteGo ahead and start your nighty nonsensical rant.
Nobody ever reads them anyway.
I admit it when I'm wrong. You, on the other hand, you just continue to be an idiot.
ReplyDeleteI still think you're a drug addict. You have too many psychotic rants not to be under the influence of something.
ReplyDelete"Show me a heterosexual man that hasn't made 'unwanted advances' toward a woman, and I'll show you a gay man or other abnormal male human."
ReplyDeleteAnd I will show you the ultimate "real man", a gentleman, which, thank goodness, there are still millions of in our fair land. Of course, Buckbottom knows nothing about any of that because, as a hater of blacks, latinos, women and anyone else who is not him, he IS the bottom.
Stupid is as stupid does.
At least I'm not an idiot.
ReplyDeleteI call you an idiot every chance I get, Rush. Because it fits you so well.
ReplyDeleteHey Rush.....are you going to be an even bigger idiot in 2012, and vote for Obama, AGAIN?
ReplyDeleteI always get a kick out people that claim to be so smart, but then they do the dumbest things.
ReplyDelete"And I will show you the ultimate "real man", a gentleman, which, thank goodness, there are still millions of in our fair land." (I just don't happen to be one them.)
ReplyDeleteRush just forgot to add the final sentence.
Cain is still holding his own in the polls. So, I guess the 'unwanted advances' have not killed his chances as of yet.
ReplyDeleteHe seems like a really decent guy. If many of you will recall, I was for him long ago, but I didn't think he'd get a fair shot at the nomination. Now, he's looking good.
I think he's coming up in the polls because most Republicans, myself included, are not that keen on Romney.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Newt is coming up in the polls. I'm really surprised by that. I don't think he can win against Obama. Maybe if he carries a ham sandwich around with him he could. But I'm doubtful.
ReplyDeleteI hope Mattel doesn't steal my idea about making a 'Gay Gary'.
ReplyDeleteEverybody wants to make a buck these days.
ReplyDeleteDid I say buck...I didn't mean to.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait until Anthony WEINER comes out of hiding. I love a good laugh.
ReplyDeleteAfter posting his package on the internet, he's going to have to work at it to top that.
Buckboy's keyboard has diarrhea.
ReplyDeleteNever underestimate the stupidity of a Democrat though.
ReplyDeleteBob, thanks for the link about UNC's greatest championship. A brilliantly executed April Fool's satire which says a lot about what really matters.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet Charly got the idea from the biggest upset ever in any kind of college competition, when, in 1966, tiny Agnes Scott College of Atlanta pulled off a dramatic come from behind upset of mighty Princeton in the College Bowl.
The usual 2nd verse of "Ramblin Wreck" goes:
I'm a hotsy-tot from Agnes Scott
And I dated a boy from Tech,
He took me to a roadhouse,
He said we'd only neck.
He filled me up with whiskey, Scotch and rye and beer,
I'm a hotsy-tot from Agnes Scott
Expecting an engineer.
Those four girls on the Agnes Scott team made a statement in 1966. Two of them went on to get advanced degrees from Wake Forest and Duke.
Only 34% of men are supporting Obama at this juncture? Incredible! It amazing that so many of them frequent this forum.
ReplyDeletelol, ye, O.T., I stumbled on that site yesterday and found it very entertaining. lol. 100,000 people filled the streets,
ReplyDeletespeaking of entertaining, bucky, Cain said "I don't recall" so many times,his problem is not so much the harassment charges which are bad enough, but it's his handling of a crisis, not to mention his stance on China, abortion, electrified fences, .....
Art Fleming was the original Jeopardy host.
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