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Tengrain Presents from Mockpaperscissors.com/blog Tengrain Presents “Rapture Ready Republicans!” at Mock, Paper, Scissors.

Tengrain also notifies us that blogger Wyldth1ng is home from Iraq!!! Welcome home, friend. Just, welcome home.

Open Thread below…




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1
Proud2bHumble Says:

Fuck!

2
Tequila Says:

Hillary’s so desperate for attention, she’s trying to re-write history. A Marine tries to downplay another under-age Japanese girl rape accusation as simply a molestation.

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uncle joe mccarthy Says:

rip roy scheider

ok, so this is not a political post…i dont care

i was 14 when i saw jaws

a piece of my childhood was taken away today

i am sad

4
liberalista Says:

Krugman has an interesting op-ed…
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02.....ref=slogin

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Tequila Says:

liberalista: Krugman has a hard-on for Clinton, and can’t think straight as a result. Obama is the one who was attacked first, not Hillary. If the Clintons don’t like the negative karma they’ve built up over the years, they need to own up to shipping jobs overseas, bombing an embassy and a medicine factory, and enabling the Neo-con war.

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playtoe Says:

Absent of a logical argument for the actions of US policies the Americans use the same biblical arguments that have been used by the Abrahamic traditions for many centuries. The more they need to justify their illegal and illogical actions the more profound their religious belief seems to be.

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Brad Says:

Speaking of a hell on earth scenario, consider this noteworthy read, illustrating dynamics of the controlled-opposition “Health-Freedom” group, Natural Solutions Foundation, run by Dr. Rima Laibow. See how the game is played by this group, busily pretending to support access to nutritional supplements, when in fact they are working to undermine it. http://www.healthfreedom.net/i.....Itemid=274

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dadams Says:

Welcome home Wyldth1ng
thank you for your sacrifice for our country.

if i had my druthers, you would never have been
put in harms way.

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Tequila Says:

Global warming comes early to SC and VA. Gates flip-flops on a troop drawdown.

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playtoe Says:

I like the term I read on the other thread, Obamatrons seem to fit.

I’m reminded of the old Apple Ad where the sledge hammer is thrown at the screen of lockstep marchers. Obama, Obama, yes we can, yes we can, Obama, Obama,

They’re not asking questions, so desperate, they haven’t got a clue. If this country needs anything it’s independent thinkers. It’s people who will ask questions and hold the leaders accountable. So far I see no questions presented that require Obama to explain his plans beyond the pre-orated speeches that can be found on the website or youtube. His oration comes off like instructions on a box of cake mix, but there are no Ingredients to be found, though the instructions make you mouth water you’ll never get a cake.

11
Drew Says:

After I read this article, I thought to myself:

“I can think of who else [Pelosi] is a failure [getting us out of Iraq] that did not produce the desired effect [voting democrats into Congress to end war]”

http://www.politico.com/news/s...../8422.html

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Domino Says:

Roy Scheider’s performance in All That Jazz was one of the best ever. Add to that Jaws and all his others and we have a great loss.

Now that Bob Fosse and Scheider have both passed, Joe Gideon is truly dead. But he lives in my heart.

13
lafin gas Says:

Truth Seeker @ 11:

OBAMA is a TROJAN HORSE for KARL ROVE!

Bamboozling the American electorate again
Bush-Cheney strategy involves G.O.P. crossover voting to take out Hillary, marketing newcomer Obama, an “independent” ticket, and maybe even martial law…
Updated February 8, 2008
Evidence of a covert campaign to undermine the presidential primaries is rife, so it’s curious that the Democractic Party and even some within the G.O.P. have decided to ignore the actual elephant in the room this year. That would be Karl Rove. After rigging two previous presidential elections, this master of deceit would have us believe that he’s gone off to sit in a corner and write op-eds.
Not so. According to an article in Time Magazine, Republican party activists have been organized to throw their weight behind Barack Obama, the democratic rival of frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Early in Obama’s campaign, major G.O.P. fundraisers and at least one indicted criminal flushed his coffers with cash - something the deep pockets haven’t done for any candidate in their own party. With receipts topping $100 million in 2007, the first-term senator from Illinois is doing well, considering few Americans had even heard of him before 2006.
The Time magazine article goes on to explain that rank and file Republicans in red states have switched their party registrations, enabling them to vote in Democratic primaries. The G.O.P. didn’t even compete in the Nevada primary, and Obama picked up most of his Super Tuesday wins in red states organized specifically for this purpose. Called crossover voting, the tactic is playing a crucial role in the Rove push to deprive Hillary of the Democratic nomination. Even with paperless electronic voting equipment, waitlisting, swiftboating and entire p.r. firms at his disposal, Rove would be hard pressed to defeat Clinton in November. If the contest isn’t close, the vote-rigging won’t matter.
If, on the other hand, Obama wins the primary, Rove’s prospects brighten considerably. So far, he’s covered his tracks with the help of the mainstream press, which seems bent on repeating the debacle of false reporting that produced the Iraq War in 2003. For example, The author of the Time magazine article, Jay Newton-Small, offered the following explanation to account for the bizarre love affair G.O.P. voters say they’re having with an African American senator on the other side of the aisle. “It seems a lot of Republicans took to heart Obama’s statement in his rousing speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention that ‘there is not a liberal America and a conservative America — there is the United States of America.’”

Click below to read article:
Link: http://www.thecityedition.com/…..ction.html

Or could it be that this is another red herring and the real impersonator to the throne is Hillary?

14
Truth Seeker Says:

I do not work for any presidential candidate in any way, shape, or form! Just stating the facts without rhetoric! You should try it!

15
lafin gas Says:

uncle joe mccarthy @ 3:

rip roy scheider

ok, so this is not a political post…i dont care

i was 14 when i saw jaws

a piece of my childhood was taken away today

i am sad

One of my favorite Dustin Hoffman movies (Marathon Man)Roy Scheider play his older brother and died early in the film but left an impression on me to this day, I share your sadness!

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lafin gas Says:

Truth Seeker @ 15:

I do not work for any presidential candidate in any way, shape, or form! Just stating the facts without rhetoric! You should try it!

Just asking a question!

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lafin gas Says:

Truth Seeker @ 15:

I do not work for any presidential candidate in any way, shape, or form! Just stating the facts without rhetoric! You should try it!

“Just stating the facts without rhetoric!” Looks like conjecture to me!

18
dadams Says:

Truth Seeker @ 11:

OBAMA is a TROJAN HORSE for KARL ROVE!

Bamboozling the American electorate again
Bush-Cheney strategy involves G.O.P. crossover voting to take out Hillary, marketing newcomer Obama, an “independent” ticket, and maybe even martial law…
Updated February 8, 2008
Evidence of a covert campaign to undermine the presidential primaries is rife, so it’s curious that the Democractic Party and even some within the G.O.P. have decided to ignore the actual elephant in the room this year. That would be Karl Rove. After rigging two previous presidential elections, this master of deceit would have us believe that he’s gone off to sit in a corner and write op-eds.
Not so. According to an article in Time Magazine, Republican party activists have been organized to throw their weight behind Barack Obama, the democratic rival of frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Early in Obama’s campaign, major G.O.P. fundraisers and at least one indicted criminal flushed his coffers with cash - something the deep pockets haven’t done for any candidate in their own party. With receipts topping $100 million in 2007, the first-term senator from Illinois is doing well, considering few Americans had even heard of him before 2006.
The Time magazine article goes on to explain that rank and file Republicans in red states have switched their party registrations, enabling them to vote in Democratic primaries. The G.O.P. didn’t even compete in the Nevada primary, and Obama picked up most of his Super Tuesday wins in red states organized specifically for this purpose. Called crossover voting, the tactic is playing a crucial role in the Rove push to deprive Hillary of the Democratic nomination. Even with paperless electronic voting equipment, waitlisting, swiftboating and entire p.r. firms at his disposal, Rove would be hard pressed to defeat Clinton in November. If the contest isn’t close, the vote-rigging won’t matter.
If, on the other hand, Obama wins the primary, Rove’s prospects brighten considerably. So far, he’s covered his tracks with the help of the mainstream press, which seems bent on repeating the debacle of false reporting that produced the Iraq War in 2003. For example, The author of the Time magazine article, Jay Newton-Small, offered the following explanation to account for the bizarre love affair G.O.P. voters say they’re having with an African American senator on the other side of the aisle. “It seems a lot of Republicans took to heart Obama’s statement in his rousing speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention that ‘there is not a liberal America and a conservative America — there is the United States of America.’”

Click below to read article:
Link: http://www.thecityedition.com/…..ction.html

and this dumb ass is here only because the sitemonitors are gone for the
night. why don’t you crawl back in the septic tank you came out of.

19
fiver Says:

Truth Seeker @ 15:

I do not work for any presidential candidate in any way, shape, or form! Just stating the facts without rhetoric! You should try it!

I see nothing wrong with rhetorical devices as long as there’s substance behind them. It also helps to include working links (in the comment @ 11 above as well as the other C&L threads where that identical comment was spammed posted).

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dadams Says:

fiver @ 20:

Truth Seeker @ 15:

I do not work for any presidential candidate in any way, shape, or form! Just stating the facts without rhetoric! You should try it!

I see nothing wrong with rhetorical devices as long as there’s substance behind them. It also helps to include working links (in the comment @ 11 above as well as the other C&L threads where that identical comment was spammed posted).

the sitemonitors during the day have censored this guy before for this shit.

21
Truth Seeker Says:

I am not yelling at anyone! I just wanted to make it clear I am independent!

#19-Some people do stay up later than others you know! I didn’t crawl out of any septic tank!

If you would like, I can post the same thing bright and early in the morning, afternoon, or evening!

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Proud2bHumble Says:

Truth Seeker @ 11:

OBAMA is a TROJAN HORSE for KARL ROVE!

Blah blah blah, blah fuckity blah

Click below to read article:
Link: http://www.thecityedition.com/…..ction.html

I actually (to my shame) took the time to go to the site and look around and read the article. Site seems to be a local SF women’s newsletter run by well meaning middle aged humanitarian and women’s issues focussed female staffers. Draw your own conclusions…
The article was a long amateurish conspiracy theory style diatribe on the ‘Obama + Rove’ theme of the title full of un-sourced innuendo, for the most part. I will post this review at my own convenience wherever you spam this site with it for wasting my time with your crap.

23
Truth Seeker Says:

I am not sure why the link does not connect, but if you copy and paste it in your search engine on Google, it WILL come up! I am not spreading anything false!

24
Truth Seeker Says:

It is amazing how when you start stating facts, the evil aggression comes FULL FORCE!

25
lafin gas Says:

Truth Seeker @ 27:

It is amazing how when you start stating facts, the evil aggression comes FULL FORCE!

Just copying and pasting someone else’s opinions is not stating the facts.

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fiver Says:

Truth Seeker @ 27:

It is amazing how when you start stating facts, the evil aggression comes FULL FORCE!

Of course. Because anybody not buying into Hillary’s “truth” is irrational, misogynistic, a right wing troll, and now: an”evil” aggressor. Please don’t bother. There are dozens at this site who can pull it off far better - and without the tinfoil hat nonsense.

It’s late. GNA.

27
Truth Seeker Says:

Yeah I am copying my own message because it needs to be known! Not all people are followers that do not think for themselves!

How do you know I am supporting Hillary? How do you know I was not an Edwards supporter? How do you know I have not already voted?

Stop assuming and liberate your mind! That is unless you are employed by the opposing candidate and automatically like a robot start spewing hate and blame against Hillary making baseless claims of typical rhetoric!

WTF EVER!
Get a life!

Your ignorance does not change the facts! So spew hate and blame all you want!

28
Proud2bHumble Says:

Truth Seeker @ 23:

And furthermore, because if I was bored enough to read your shit I might as well give you some:

I am not yelling at anyone!
Take it easy on the ‘!’ key idjit!!! On the innertubes that’s yelling!!!!!
SO’s ALL CAPS ROOKIE MORON!!!!!
Besides, You’ll wear out the ‘!’ key on too many keyboards and whoever hired you for ‘Great Internet Opportunity’ will fire you before you pay for the dent you put in your mom’s Kia.

I just wanted to make it clear I am independent!
Don’t you mean in Depends, retard? (mom’s Kia remark still pertinent)

#19-Some people do stay up later than others you know!
Who do you think is talking back to you, dumbass. The little Gulliver’s steno pool in the ‘puter thingy screen?

I didn’t crawl out of any septic tank!
Well, I can only assume you’re waiting for it to fill up so you can just roll out you lazy POS(if you don’t know, ya better ax somebody).

If you would like, I can post the same thing bright and early in the morning, afternoon, or evening!
See #25, asshole, and lay off the meth for awhile.

29
Amberson Says:

Domino @ 13:

Roy Scheider’s performance in All That Jazz was one of the best ever. Add to that Jaws and all his others and we have a great loss.

Now that Bob Fosse and Scheider have both passed, Joe Gideon is truly dead. But he lives in my heart.

I have to say that Scheider’s performance in “All That Jazz” was absolutely one of his finest. Glad to see you mentioned it here considering the fact that he will mostly be remembered for “Jaws”

30
Truth Seeker Says:

Still does not change the facts! I will still get my message out, so go harass someone else! You are not going to bully me anywhere! Nice try! Your disgusting hatred just reveals exactly what you are! NOTHING!

31
fiver Says:

Truth Seeker @ 30:

Yeah I am copying my own message because it needs to be known! Not all people are followers that do not think for themselves!

How do you know I am supporting Hillary? How do you know I was not an Edwards supporter? How do you know I have not already voted?

Wild guess.

Truth Seeker @ 30:

Stop assuming and liberate your mind! That is unless you are employed by the opposing candidate and automatically like a robot start spewing hate and blame against Hillary making baseless claims of typical rhetoric!
….

What an amazing coincidence. I must be prescient. Now it’s back to work on rocket science and brain surgery.

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uncle joe mccarthy Says:

lafin gas @ 16:

uncle joe mccarthy @ 3:

rip roy scheider

ok, so this is not a political post…i dont care

i was 14 when i saw jaws

a piece of my childhood was taken away today

i am sad

One of my favorite Dustin Hoffman movies (Marathon Man)Roy Scheider play his older brother and died early in the film but left an impression on me to this day, I share your sadness!

he was badass in that film…

33
lafin gas Says:

Truth Seeker
Is that Rovian for Lie Spreader? Just asking!

34
Proud2bHumble Says:

Hi fiver, backatcha 8-)

35
Proud2bHumble Says:

will check back AM

“Last word, freak.” - Melvin Udall

out

36
charles Says:

The Rovian Lie Spreader
Note the handy centre partition the prevent the migration of lies from the right chamber to the left.
http://aggie-turf.tamu.edu/agg.....reader.gif

37
charles Says:

The Rovian Lie Spreader/ 2nd. attempt.
Note the handy centre partition used to prevent the migration of lies from the right chamber to the left.
http://aggie-turf.tamu.edu/agg…..reader.gif

38
charles Says:

For those really big lies like coward or religious affiliation, black babies or weapons of mass destruction the pros prefer the corporate “broadcast” spreader.
http://extension.missouri.edu/.....3art03.jpg

39
bill w Says:

If there is a rupture, bush is going DOWN.

40
MargeAggedon Says:

Truth Seeker @ 35:

Karma is a bitch and so are you!

But you’re just sharing the facts. LOL! There’s a place called “Above top secret” you’d probably like. It’s made for the tinfoil hat set.

Don’t drop an article in and scream “it’s the facts” when it’s one ridiculous unsubstantiated article. If you have an ounce of sense you know no one is going to take one article at face value and believe it as is.

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ConcernedCanuck Says:

Truth Seeker @ 33:

Still does not change the facts! I will still get my message out, so go harass someone else! You are not going to bully me anywhere! Nice try! Your disgusting hatred just reveals exactly what you are! NOTHING!

Well, after dicking around with your link, I finally got it to work. So one woman’s opinion is fact? I didn’t see any facts, or proof in the entire article. What I read was a conspiracy theory opinion piece. Got any facts to back up that opinion piece?

42
hadenuf Says:

The obamatrons are destroying this website.

Daily Reading pt 1…

Obama Surpasses Clinton in Numbers of Pledged Delegates With Weekend Sweep — A BuzzFlash Editor’s Blog
- http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/editorblog/046
Obama is Now the Official Winner in Maine. He Sweeps Four States and the Virgin Islands This Weekend. Not Only Did Obama Grab Every Contest on Saturday and Sunday, He Swept by Huge Margins.
- http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/20.....lts/state/

Bush Eliminates Funding for Reading Is Fundamental’s Historic Book Distribution Program Serving 4.6 M Children
- http://www.rif.org/about/press/reinstate_rif.mspx
“President Bush’s proposed budget calling for the elimination of Reading Is Fundamental’s (RIF) Inexpensive Book Distribution program would be devastating to the 4.6 M children and their families who receive free books and reading encouragement from RIF programs at nearly 20,000 locations throughout the U.S.Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.founded in 1966, motivates children to read by working with them, their parents, and community members to make reading a fun and beneficial part of everyday life.
Why do the Republicans hate education? Simple…they want a slave labor force to rule over…

Americans Demand Health Reform - http://discuss.epluribusmedia.net/node/735
Consumer Reports Health did a survey on American’s views on health reform that confirms we have now reac

Daily Reading pt 2…

Americans Demand Health Reform - http://discuss.epluribusmedia.net/node/735
Consumer Reports Health did a survey on American’s views on health reform that confirms we have now reached the point where the majority favors reforming our health care system. But the more disturbing aspect of the survey is that public’s perception of what is driving the high price of healthcare is different from reality.

Philip Roth: ‘Bush Is Too Horrendous To Be Forgotten’ - http://freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=15258
German news magazine Der Spiegel recently interviewed American author Philip Roth. Except: SPIEGEL: What will remain of the current pres,Bush? Could he be forgotten once he leaves office? Roth: He was too horrendous to be forgotten. There will be an awful lot written about this. And there’s a lot to be written about the war. There’s a lot to be written about what he did with Reaganism, since he went much further than Reaga