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re #45 It's my belief that many if not most "slackers" like myself, suffer from chronic depression. I think depression is much more prevalent than we want to acknowledge. I think if we had real mental health care in this country, there would be a lot fewer "slackers". Im a lot luckier than most; i can afford a visit 4 times a year to a consulting psychiatrist for my medication, but, even though I have Medicaid part D, (Rx coverage), it costs me $70 per month.
Help with water cooler wars needed by me. My discussions (fights) with the other side seems to always lead to their concerns about slackers. It seems that conservative philosophy always leads to an increase in predators in a positive feedback way i.e. an uncontrollable increase in predators. The reich seems to think that liberal philosophy will lead to an increase in slackers. A idea which bothers them more than the increase in slackers. My only defense is that slackers have no power so who cares. Any suggestions?
This is further evidence that the Tea Party IS the American version of the Taliban.
What's totally disgusting is the fact that most of our American Taliban has no idea how stupid and how foolish they make themselves appear and the others are happy to let them do it so they can take advantage.
(turning off rant)
The Boner backed down: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/boehner-says-bp-on-hook-for-all-oil-spill-costs.php
Pelosi smacked him around a bit: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/pelosi-whacks-boehner-over-oil-spill-damages-controversy.php
Now, the Chamber now has jumped on the Boner’s new position: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/chamber-no-taxpayer-money-for-oil-spill-recovery-video.php
Progressive media pioneers Frank Morrow and Doug Kellner of Alternative Views say: "socialism for the rich...capitalism for the poor."
JOHN BONER, a Republican from Ohio, wants the American taxpayer to pay for the oil companies crimes in the Gulf. We have socialism for the rich but not for the poor and the Middle Class.
The great & grand oily philo-soaper ARCO-medies strikes again . . . White washing the destruction of our economy and ecology. Oh boy is ARCO (B.P.) smurfy!
The Jackboots want to enslave Americans.
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/06/10/the-war-is-making-you-poor/
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-Are-Jews-Organizing-a-by-Rabbi-Michael-Lern-100611-82.html
Rabbi Michael Lerner is a humanitarian.
YO Lindy! http://www.actblue.com/ . . . Already EXISTS!
This caller is repeating the same mantra, we just need the right candidates...no, no, its the system, not the candidates. She's looking in vain for a savior.
Take the position that Labor is wealth or creates wealth, then the Illegal Employer problem is proved.
I've argued with conservatives who are so clueless that they believe that banks create wealth. It's a futile effort at times.
A bank creates wealth in the same sense that a supermarket creates food.
Is Justin DeVore related to the insane-evil California Conservative Republican Chuck DeVore?
From Justin DeVore’s website: http://www.devoreforcongress.com/solutions.html
“The federal budget is growing out of control and the Republican Party is as much at fault as the Democratic Party. We have to reduce the out of control spending.”
File under wackadoo . . .
Obama may not be perfect but he's better than the alternative. When I wake up at night with bad dreams of Newt Gingrich peeking in my window or Larry Craig waving his fingers under my door, I look over at my paint by the number, blackvelvet, glow in the dark picture of Obama I can roll over and get right back to sleep with visions of him kicking Mitch McConnel in the gnads while he's looking for some ass to kick.
If a state, county, or city passes a resolution for impeachment, that state's representative (think just one) will introduice the resolution in the House. The House must suspend all other activity and take up the resolution.
re: #27 - True enough, Gene, but one has to wonder whether a committee chairman can insist, or at the very least request, that a committee member, with an such an OBVIOUS conflict of interest, should be disallowed from voting on any issue that would directly affect his income.
By the same token, though, one fears that in the topsy-turvy political world of the 21st century (and in keeping with recent Supreme Court decisions), the exact opposite might apply, i. e., the ONLY people allowed to vote on any given issue would be those with a financial interest in the outcome.
Thom,
Your doctors are nuts!!! I was diagnosed with Frozen Shoulder for the same reason, a lot of typing. I was given some exercises to do but the one that really worked was the following. I put a pulley on the ceiling, tied a rope to my wrist and ran the rope up through the pulley and down so I could pull it with my other hand. Without having to exert any effort on the side with the frozen shoulder, I pulled my arm up over my head and lowered it back down. I did this for about 15 to 30 minutes a day for about 2 or 3 weeks and it was cured. I still type a lot and have had no recurrance. No shots or drugs, and cheap to do. It's always scary to me to recommend anything medical since it's so easy to do more harm than good, but I really think this makes so much sense and it certainly worked in my case.
Good luck, stay healthy, we need you..........................
The Military Commissions Act, Repeal of Posse Comitatus and Revision of the 1807 Insurrection Act
http://alaskafreepress.com/news/557
Regarding John Yoo's belief that you can torture till organ failure (which means that you are only telling the truth if you don't tell your torturers what they want to hear, although you could very well wind up being tortured to death): this reminds me of interrogating witches hundreds of years ago. They'd be thrown in water and if they sunk, then they would be believed that they weren't actually witches. But they'd be dead too. So really, John Yoo isn't much more intellectually advanced than torturers in the Middle Ages.
Clarence Thomas proved you can ignore an obvious conflict of interest by not recusing himself in Bush v. Gore. Thomas's wife was on the Bush transition committee.
States and even cities can pass referendums for impeachment. Thomas Jefferson was involved in writing rules.
http://www.impeachbush.tv/impeach/bystate.html
Ten states were calling for impeachment of G. W. Bush.
The House can ignore the states on this.
Liberal Republicans and their predecessors, the Progressive Republicans, existed before Republicans had to take a stupidity pledge.
@Savory RE Impeachment: Not in the Constitution of the United States of America.
Joint Pain: Are you still taking Resveratrol? A lot of people on the internet are reporting joint pain as a side effect of resveratrol. I had to stop taking it, because my hands swelled up so that it felt like I was wearing leather gloves that were a size too small. It took about 3 weeks for the swelling to completely go away after I stopped taking resveratrol.
NASCAR patches: Someone could PhotoShop that. Just post a web site with the legislators' pictures, and paste the logos over their suits. It would make a good visual depiction of who owns who. It would make a nice poster too.