Balta1701 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 We're on another topic in the Dem thread or I'd post this there. But this one is...wow. This actually happened. This guy is the top funder of Santorum's Super Pac. And...um...this involves the phrase "Aspirin" and "Between your legs". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 QUOTE (Reddy @ Feb 16, 2012 -> 11:52 PM) can't wait till all those who hold office in his generation croak This post makes me very uncomfortable and unhappy and I wish it would disappear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 QUOTE (Reddy @ Feb 16, 2012 -> 10:52 PM) can't wait till all those who hold office in his generation croak They'll only be replaced by the same old thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddy Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 17, 2012 -> 08:28 AM) They'll only be replaced by the same old thing. they won't actually. 70% of people aged 18-34 support Gay Marriage. Just like the 40-50 year olds today aren't anti-black, or interracial marriage. General attitudes change as the population does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddy Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 17, 2012 -> 08:26 AM) This post makes me very uncomfortable and unhappy and I wish it would disappear. seriously? get over it. the world would be a better place if that guy didn't exist. simply true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 QUOTE (Reddy @ Feb 17, 2012 -> 08:57 AM) seriously? get over it. the world would be a better place if that guy didn't exist. simply true. We have a rule about not wishing for people to die based on their political beliefs and I think it's a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddy Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 17, 2012 -> 08:59 AM) We have a rule about not wishing for people to die based on their political beliefs and I think it's a good one. you can control what i wish now? that MIGHT be overstepping the bounds of moderatorship. but seriously, i just re-read the rules (uh-oh on the hyperbole too) and fair enough. i just don't know how you can watch that and not just get sick over it. and how that guy LAUGHED while saying it. and LAUGHED again at the anchors shock. someone like that has no place running this country. and by contributing heavily to Santorums PAC, that's exactly what he's doing. Shaping public opinion to what HE feels it should be. And when it's someone like that doing the shaping, that's just damn scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 In a move that could again dramatically shake up the Republican primary race, billionaire and major Republican donor Sheldon Adelson is expected to donate an additional $10 million to the super PAC supporting Newt Gingrich, Winning Our Future, a source with knowledge of the donation told CNN. That contribution is expected soon, before the end of the month, the source said. The timing is important because Gingirch, whose campaign has been lagging, is hoping to do well in several of the upcoming Super Tuesday states that vote on March 6 to boost his effort. His allies will need that money to be in a position to help. Because ten states go to the polls on that one day, money is key in order to do well. Link. If Newt spends that money rapidly and focuses it all on Rmoney, then it could be a legit counterpoint to the ads Rmoney is running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 It makes me sick that a person can donate that much money to a cause that's hardly a sure thing (that people have that money lying around). It makes me even sicker that it would give the guy absurd amounts of power if his nominee wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 QUOTE (Reddy @ Feb 17, 2012 -> 09:06 AM) you can control what i wish now? that MIGHT be overstepping the bounds of moderatorship. You can wish all you want in private. But in the Filibuster, the only thing we don't tolerate are posters publicly wishing for the death of a person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 17, 2012 -> 07:59 AM) We have a rule about not wishing for people to die based on their political beliefs and I think it's a good one. that is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddy Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Feb 17, 2012 -> 06:59 PM) You can wish all you want in private. But in the Filibuster, the only thing we don't tolerate are posters publicly wishing for the death of a person. twas a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 It's board policy, period. Stop arguing about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddy Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 17, 2012 -> 08:08 PM) It's board policy, period. Stop arguing about it. where the f*** am i arguing about it!? i said "i read it - fair enough" jesus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Just got my first Rmoney superpac ad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 18, 2012 -> 10:09 PM) Just got my first Rmoney superpac ad! Did you puke a little at the tv? I think I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 QUOTE (kapkomet @ Feb 19, 2012 -> 01:15 AM) Did you puke a little at the tv? I think I did. You shouldn't be getting those yet. I don't even know if Texas gets to have a primary at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 18, 2012 -> 10:09 PM) Just got my first Rmoney superpac ad! grats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Romney says his tax plan will make sure the "top 1% pay the current share they are paying or more."— David Chalian (@DavidChalian) February 22, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Showtime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Feb 22, 2012 -> 12:29 PM) Romney says his tax plan will make sure the "top 1% pay the current share they are paying or more."— David Chalian (@DavidChalian) February 22, 2012 Apparently that plan, or at least an outline of it, has been released tonight. The language from that statement is technically correct, the plan includes a 20% across the board tax cut for everyone, eliminating the Alternative Minimum Tax, eliminating the Estate Tax, cutting the top line corporate tax rate, and removing larger fractions of the taxes on investments/dividends. Thus, the way his language is accurate is that the top 1% pay the same "Share" of the total income taxes coming in that they're currently paying, it's just that everyone's is lower and they receive a much larger cut in terms of total dollar amount. To pay for this, the plan includes clauses saying that he would raise the retirement age and eliminate Medicare, replacing it with an Obamacare style premium support plan, effectively the Paul Ryan plan, but without including numbers it's impossible to judge the impact on the overall budget, toher than to note that actually paying for a 20% across the board tax cut at present while trying to move the budget back into balance would require enormous monetary cuts to those 2 programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Newt: BMW, Mercedes, Toyota: the American Auto Industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 22, 2012 -> 11:40 PM) Newt: BMW, Mercedes, Toyota: the American Auto Industry. Hey, Toyota does employ a good number of American workers. (Thanks in no small part to a Reagan era trade war regulation requiring them to do so to continue selling their products here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 08:43 AM) Hey, Toyota does employ a good number of American workers. (Thanks in no small part to a Reagan era trade war regulation requiring them to do so to continue selling their products here). They all have plants here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 08:45 AM) They all have plants here. I have to imagine that the American companies have plenty of foreign employees as well. And that, to me, was why I never understood the whole "rah rah, buy American" bulls***. They're "American" in that they were founded here, period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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