2012-09-24, 15:38 | Link #721 |
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Wow. So either the latimes was hacked to display an article from the Onion or something, or he really said that. And if so, one must ask: is he really that ignorant, or is he trying to sweep the 47% video under the carpet with something even more outrageous, if somewhat less objectionable?
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2012-09-24, 15:39 | Link #722 |
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As is the Iranian threat. There are power factions in both camps that would love to "carry holy fire onto the other side" or whatever flagwaving suits one. And most people on both sides should fear their own such monsters as much as the others.
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2012-09-24, 15:40 | Link #723 | |
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Where'd he go to school again? Harvard? Yale? Yeah, he totally made it through there because of money and status.
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2012-09-24, 15:49 | Link #725 | |
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That was the kind of question than a kid would ask, not someone than went to university or even someone than finished highschool.
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2012-09-24, 15:57 | Link #726 | |
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The only way the moderates could gain power in Iran, is if the country enters a period of peace and prosperity. Israel isn't helping matters, demanding that Obama draw a red line for the invasion of Iran.
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2012-09-24, 16:05 | Link #727 | |
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He isn't as smart as he should be, being a guy that went through Harvard and is running for president of the United States of America. And he really doesn't know how to relate to most people. He pretty much can only really relate well to rich, white Christians. The guy is not a winner. Given his 47% remarks, he really doesn't want to be a president for all Americans. He just wants to be a president for the rich first, and all American Christians who vote republican second. A lot of GOP supporters don't like him, but wanna back him because they figure, hey, we gotta get the 'Marxist black man' outta the white house. In fact, for many of them, it is just simply reduced to 'we gotta get the black man outta office'. *sigh*
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2012-09-24, 16:14 | Link #728 |
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Just to make things clear.....
1. Romney got his BA from Brigham Young University. 2. The Harvard J.D./M.B.A. isn't really connected to the status/money admissions related to Harvard proper or Harvard Business School. |
2012-09-24, 16:43 | Link #731 | |
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Furthermore, if anything was opened, you wouldn't get any influx of air, in fact the air would rush out. Airplane fires are very dangerous things. Of course, that's why aircraft carry oxygen masks, which he might have forgotten about. Still, using those masks might not be possible in a fire situation. |
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2012-09-24, 18:01 | Link #732 |
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I'm starting to get feedback from quite a few conservative friends who have decided they are voting Libertarian this year in protest of the bottomless pond of aristocrat+crazies the GOP has turned into. Just my own little anecdotal body count.
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2012-09-24, 18:06 | Link #733 | |
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Still means he can act like (or simply be) an uneducated buffoon, but in my experience that is not uncommon at senior management or government levels. Modern media coverage of elections requires visually attractive candidates above all else, so other stats are likely to be compromised. |
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2012-09-24, 18:49 | Link #734 | |
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2012-09-24, 18:49 | Link #735 | ||
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Romney is basically the generic candidate they've been running since Regan. Talks big, looks non-threatening, comes across like that well-meaning if slightly dim-witted distant relative you only see once or twice at a part every year (we all know the one) and most importantly is predictable and easy for the party and it's base to control due to be too uninformed of the issues to have an independent thought that might set him at odds with their agenda. What's different here though is that the mask fell off really early into his campaign and he's pretty much been scrambling the last couple of weeks to merely try to hold on to the percentage he had. I still wouldn't count him out just yet cause I still think the majority of American voters are bloody damn well too stupid to realize how bad he'd be for the country, but it does look like Obama has opened up a lead on him for the first time in a while and appears to be leading most polls outside the margin of error. Last edited by Kaioshin Sama; 2012-09-24 at 19:05. |
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2012-09-24, 18:56 | Link #736 | |
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And by saying Iran was capable to expand due to Israel's persistent, well that's basically it. Surely they had been aspiring for that since before 2nd Iraq War, but it was only after the fall of Saddam that really enabled them to interfere there in Iraq and beyond. Yes, by saying this I'm saying that the role of Israeli lobby in US was crucial in pushing for invasion of Iraq. Some would say that the Israeli lobby single-handedly caused the Iraq War, or at least the trigger puller.
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2012-09-24, 19:21 | Link #737 |
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Reminds me of that "Alien Invasion" joke proposal Paul Krugman had.
Still unless there's some dramatic boom or bubble to soak up the slack in production, I really don't foresee how we'll get out of this slump in the near term. Plus throw in the Eurozone debt bruhaha, BRIC slowdown and Middle East saber rattling...not good for a few years.
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2012-09-24, 21:13 | Link #739 | |
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And another round is fired over the presidential bow:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49153974...science-space/ Romney pledges to keep US the leader in space exploration He and Ryan reveal few details in plans for NASA, unleash blistering attack on Obama Quote:
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2012-09-24, 21:18 | Link #740 | |
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