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Where was the Jim Beam BLACK LABEL???

speaking of coming out of the closet, I notice that accusing someone of being gay seems to be pretty much the only arrow in your quiver. The lady doth protest too much, methinks. Anything you want to tell us? It's OK. You were born that way. You shouldn't be ashamed.

That's how Bush got his second term.

Hmm. That's not how american politics works. We don't compare qualifications and merits to see who is the better choice. That would be WAY too optimistic. Instead, we analyze who has the most dirt, and the most disqialifications, and vote for the other guy. "Your guy sucks more than my guy!"

This thread isn't about obama, it's about McCain "My candidate is just as bad as yours," is that what you're saying?

Are they gore-tex lined? I recommend sno-seal, the stuff is great -- conditions and waterproofs. But, if you have a goretex boot, I don't know how sno-seal effects the breathability of the leater. If your leather doesn't breath, then i suppose there's no point in having a gore-tex membrane underneath? That's why I avoid gore-tex boots, but that's another story. I think Nikwax has a gore-tex safe leather conditioner

I'm not talking. It's called writing. It's a non-verbal form of communication. Similar, yet different. Don't worry, you'll figure it out one day. Hang in there.

Good article, questioning why everybody seems to think he's automatically ready to lead us Like Bush, he got his first career breaks from the connections and money of his family * The son of an Admiral, he went the the Naval Academy and did poorly * Still managed to become an aviator, and managed to crash 3 planes before getting shot down and becoming a prisoner for 5 years. * After the war, his poor military record limited his growth in the Navy, so he gets a new wife and uses powerful connections to become a lobbyist for the Navy, and eventually nabbing a congress seat in a district he never lived in until the seat opened. What has he really accomplished in the Senate? * His campaign finance reform failed to reduce the role of money in politics * His big tobacco bill failed * His bill to give the prez a line-item veta was decalred unconstitutional, pork-barrel politics continued unabated * His immigration reform failed * in 2005-2007, no senator missed more roll-calls except Tim Johnson, who was recovering from a near-fatal brain aneurysm. Interesting article. I'm glad somebody is finally asking, "what is so great about this guy?"

bring chocolate. break the trail into sections.

I can respect this argument. I'm not a fan of big-government, really. I'm mostly concerned with the unfortunate, who cannot afford health care, and cannot qualify for medicaid. CanyonDweller's argument of "well, they're just not working hard enough" doesn't work for me. I think we need some kind of system in which basic health insurance is mandatory; if not provided by your employer, then there should be a basic, cheap health insurance available. How to make it cheap? I dunno. Maybe it would be subsidized by tax-payers. I'd be OK with that. But maybe private insurance would work. I think a key provision would be to require health insurance companies to be non-profit or co-op type businesses. This would probbaly help keep the cost down. Maybe there could be another provision where you could opt-out of insurance if you could demonstrate that you had enough assets to afford to private pay. Just throwing out ideas. I'm not a health-care expert. I just know what we have now isn't working for a lot of people.

Nationalized health care in Canada, Western Europe, etc, isn't "free" either. You do understand that, right? I know very little about the nationalized health care of other countries. What I DO know is that our healthcare/insurance system here in the United States is not working. It would be nice to see republicans at least admit that.

First of all, the ER is not the place, nor are they trained to, get long-term medical care for serious chronic illness. And, it's not free. You know that, right? Granted, they won't turn you away, but they WILL send you a bill. And, unless your illness qualifies as an emergency, they will make sure you're stabilized and then pass you over to in-patient/out-patient care -- also, not free. This is where many people fail to follow up, because of the cost. Now, ironically, the extreme poor are often not the ones screwed by lack of medical insurance, at least in my experience. I was on medicaid at one point due to poverty, and it came in handy. It's the people who make too much money to qualify for medicaid who get into trouble; that's when the bills start piling up, even though the ER is so "accessible." Hell, even ambulances aren't free.

too bad Must have been, especially given the timing of the accident.... Hope her family and friends get through this. Must be rough.

Can't wait to see the film.

What?? He doesn't care if he soloed it? Then why did he do it? If he did it, he bloody well SHOULD fucking care about it. WTF? "Nah, man, I just solo'd the nordwand, but I don't fucking care...." Fucking bullshit. Nothing wrong with being proud, and if he did this, he should fucking be.

I gotta say, FW, you are one of the best trolls on this site. Kudos.

Come on dude, play the whole clip 3cuLcCPVYLc

That depends. Are swedish massages included in the Swedish health care system? 8D

the "shoot the moon" theory of government incompetence? If you're gonna fuck things up, do it right!

Well, don't get me started on taxation. Can't the government make it's own way? Sheesh. Fucking libtard. VOTE LIBERTARIAN!

That sounds pretty reasonable. I thought you were supposed to be a shithead or something?

The answer to your question, Dan, is that people without high-paying jobs are obviously slackers, and don't deserve insurance. This is america -- we can't spend money propping up the riff-raff! We need to reward success and penalize failure and incompetance! This is the only way that we can rise above the great unwashed masses to our rightful station. What would happen if we started taking care of the poor and lonely? Well, next thing you know, your favorite restaurant would be crowded with POOR PEOPLE, Dan. POOR PEOPLE! Have you seen how they eat? Talk about bad manners. No, it's much better this way.

Wow, GREAT POINT! You know who has really bad roads? Bolivia. That's just proof that WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ROADS!

You're right. Someone has already solo'd it, so it's a worthless accomplishment. Did he even do the shit? Where are the high-def videos of his send?