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Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States, as the country chose him as its first African American chief executive.
Share your thoughts on this historic election.
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Re: President Barack Obama
Sep 11, 2009 3:00 PM
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s2grand
our only democratic rep is Dennis Moore and he's a blue dog
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Re: President Barack Obama
Sep 11, 2009 2:52 PM
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krjeffrey
Welcome to the boards 
Hellova first post!
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Re: President Barack Obama
Sep 11, 2009 2:51 PM
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s2grand,
Our governor now since Obama plucked Sebelius up to be in his cabinet, is Mark Parkinson (D). We had a phenom during the last five years or so of republicans becoming dems to get elected. Men who were lifelong reps deciding to switch to dems to run for office against other reps. Parkinson's one of those.
Parkinson's just an interim gov, won't run in '10.
Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts (R) are Kansas' senators.
Brownback's a straight up batshit crazy religio, doesn't believe in evolution, wants creationism taught in schools, votes rep party line on all issues except immigration. He's going to run for governor in '10.
per wiki, "Roberts' voting record is conservative. Among other issues, he is pro-life, opposes same-sex marriage and supports the Patriot Act, and loosening restrictions on NSA wiretapping."
Representatives: Jerry Moran (R), Lynn Jenkins (R), Dennis Moore (D), Todd Tiahrt (R)
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Re: President Barack Obama
Sep 11, 2009 1:31 PM
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> > Gzndhyt
> >
> > I'd never seen congress behave like the GOP did
> last
> > night at a presidential speech. I was floored by
> the
> > rudeness. I don't know what to attribute it to
> except
> > racism. We've certainly had contentious times
> before
> > and presidents loathed by the other party. It
> was
> > shocking to me. There should be some consequence
> for
> > that. I don't know what though except the
> contempt of
> > the country.
>
> Then either you are stupid or just ignorant, probably
> both. Democrats booed Bush in his state of the union
> speech. Protesters interrupted his speeches also.
>
> So, stop with the fake out rage and stop being
> stupid, if you can.
Ever seen how the Brits do it? It's like audience participation or one of those Holy Roller churches with everybody voicing an opinion as the speaker speaks.
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Re: President Barack Obama
Sep 11, 2009 12:09 PM
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND CHILDREN OF ALL AGES!
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DON'T MISS THIS THRILLING SPECTACLE IN GLORIOUS BLACK AND WHITE!
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Re: President Barack Obama
Sep 11, 2009 11:43 AM
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Rainy
Just some anecdotal evidence, Toronto's homeless population grew as the city prospered and housing became too expensive. I never saw families or children, only single men and women--mostly paranoid schizophrenic addicts who won't take their meds and can't deal with confinement--sleeping in the streets in cardboard boxes on heating grates during icy cold winters. In the milder seasons they seek shelter in parks and other places out of view.
Winters there are so brutal--Saskatchewan Screamers intensified by Lake Ontario--they've built a whole city network of underground corridors lined with shops and restaurants.
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Re: President Barack Obama
Sep 11, 2009 11:29 AM
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Prettywitty,
I'll 2nd that.
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Re: President Barack Obama
Sep 11, 2009 11:22 AM
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In case you've seen the symbols on buildings or tombstones
for IOOF, Indepent Order of Odd Fellows:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOOF
When "Rawhide" TV series was being rerun on the Hallmark channel I noticed that in a lot of episodes when the drovers came into a town they would show a building with IOOF signage. I guess someone with "pull" on the show production staff may have been a member. My uncle was a member.
Here's Wikipedia entry on Woodmen of the World also. Often you'll see tombstones with their symbols:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodmen_of_the_World
I guess IOOF & WotW are something like Elks & Masons.
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Re: President Barack Obama
Sep 11, 2009 11:19 AM
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RainyKincaid,
> > Republicans would never have disrespected a
> white
> > president so viciously. They showed themselves
> to be
> > the hideous racists that they are.
> >
> > The good news is, they make our work easier bcz
> we've
> > been working very hard to show their supporters
> how
> > vile and ignorant they are. Many of their
> supporters
> > are horrified at their behavior.
> >
> > Joe Wilson's Dem opponent in SC, Rob Miller,
> raised
> > $150,000, without even asking, since last
> night.
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> Gzndhyt
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> I'd never seen congress behave like the GOP did last
> night at a presidential speech. I was floored by the
> rudeness. I don't know what to attribute it to except
> racism. We've certainly had contentious times before
> and presidents loathed by the other party. It was
> shocking to me. There should be some consequence for
> that. I don't know what though except the contempt of
> the country.
Then either you are stupid or just ignorant, probably both. Democrats booed Bush in his state of the union speech. Protesters interrupted his speeches also.
So, stop with the fake out rage and stop being stupid, if you can.
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Re: President Barack Obama
Sep 11, 2009 11:16 AM
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RainyKincaid,
I admire Obama so much for always being a gentleman and statesman. It's all the more striking when compared to the knuckleheads in the GOP.
How sweet, are you in love? He is always a genleman and just so wonderful, and lovely, and a statesman and an idiot, who is wrecking this nation, but hey, he is a gentleman.
Right there is the only reason he was elected, because of appearances.
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Re: President Barack Obama
Sep 11, 2009 10:35 AM
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> On South Carolina government. We know of their
> governor, Mark Sanford, because of his affair
> scandal. I gather the lieutenant governor, Andre
> Bauer, is rather an enemy of Sanford. News has
> reported he is the one who leaked emails alerting the
> media of Sanford's affair.
>
> South Carolina's senators are the idiotic Jim DeMint
> and not stupid but extremely republican Lindsey
> Graham.
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> * Senators: Lindsey Graham (R) Jim DeMint (R)
> * Representatives: Henry E. Brown, Jr. (R), Joe
> Joe Wilson (R), Gresham Barrett (R), Bob Inglis (R),
> John Spratt (D), Jim Clyburn (D)
Rainy,
Why don't you also post the Republican nuts in Kansas?
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Re: President Barack Obama
Sep 11, 2009 10:15 AM
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I have to say, it's hard to think Wilson wasn't lying. I mean, the guy is a congressman, and the info has been out there for quite a while now. So he was either lying, or he is monumentally and willfully ignorant...and I do mean willfully. As a congressman, you would have to try really really hard, imo, to NOT know the truth about these bills.
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Re: President Barack Obama
Sep 11, 2009 6:24 AM
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> > Come on Don! You are smarter than that. Wilson
> and
> > the rest of the liars said that the care of
> illegals
> > was in the House Bill- a statement that is
> completely
> > false and Wilson knew it was false when he made
> it.
> > That is the definition of "lie," isn't it?
>
Don:
> I hold the definition of a lie to be the willful
> deceit by means of a false statement, that is already
> known to be false by the one making the statement. I
> give people the benefit of the doubt on this, even
> people like Wilson. To do any less is tantamount to
> cruelty to an animal.
>
> If Wilson truly believed his statement to be true,
> then he's not lying, he's just wrong.
>
> Anyway, my strategy is that cornering a wild animal
> in any confrontation, including debate, is always
> dangerous, as they can behave unpredictably; it's
> strategically best not just to beat them back but to
> leave them a clear retreat path. That way, you know
> where they are, and where they're going, and there's
> even a chance to herd them onto your side.
>
> Most know about Lincoln and Douglas's famous debates.
> What most don't know, is that Douglas later became
> e one of Lincoln's most ardent and loyal supporters.
What I know is that Douglas and Lincoln were already friends and rivals for many years before those debates. It would be taking it rather far to claim that Douglas was a "supporter" though. Like many Democrats of the time, Douglas put politics aside to fight against secession and supported the Lincoln administration's moves to defend against the breakup of the Nation. Douglas' died early in the new administration- he never would have served that term that he sought.
I am not going to cut Wilson any slack. This is not a case of his being mistaken. Many of the more irresponsible Republicans in Congress told their followers that the Democratic House bill had "death panels" and that it spelled out coverage to illegal aliens- both are provable falsehoods and the irresponsible Righties knowingly told it.
What you are doing is suspending disbelief in judging Wilson. In fact, I don't know if he is as deluded as he seems or whether he is just some asshole who will stick to his lies come hell or high water. Either way Wilson is unfit to hold any public office.
Wilson and his type don't think they owe President Obama any respect for various "reasons." Of course it all goes back to the President's skin tone.
Wilson doesn't think Obama is legitmate and gives him no respect.
I don't think that Wilson is legitmate and I cut him zero slack. Let him choke on his lies.
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Re: President Barack Obama
Sep 11, 2009 5:01 AM
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I wonder how the other developed countries are doing as far as homelessness. In Canada, Australia and the UK do they have millions of homeless people living in the streets like we do here?
We've grown accustomed to it, it's been a problem for so many decades now. When I was a little kid it was so rare. There were hobos but they were almost all adult men. Now I think women and children outnumber the men.
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Re: President Barack Obama
Sep 11, 2009 4:52 AM
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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/75128.html?storylink=omni_popular
Good article by McClatchy on the squatter phenom in California where so many houses have been and will be vacant for months if not years and hundreds of thousands of citizens are homeless.
Well, the banks are such culprits in this recession and the State and Fed seem to be incapable of adequately rescuing people from homelessness, I don't see anything morally wrong with people squatting wherever they can, shelter here and there, even for a few months is better than none.
I know this is technically illegal but desperate times call for desperate measures.
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