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Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

Yes, the only reason poor people aren't rich is because they aren't willing to work 14 to 16 hours a day.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2011 15:25

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 16:55

Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

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Perhaps what�s needed is less praying for results favorable to one side and more listening to what the One to whom each side is praying has already said.

Given how well Rick Perry's prayer for rain worked this year, it sounds like the One is saying, "gently caress you, Rick Perry."

# ¿ Jul 28, 2011 18:57

Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

Orange Devil posted:

Well he got the average intellect thing about right.

He sounds old.

"Kids these days and their backwards caps!

# ¿ Aug 3, 2011 13:33

Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

ts12 posted:

At least he's not Bill Kristol. That man has never predicted anything correctly ever

e: actually they're both basically equally awful

Yeah, but Kristol's columns were funny. Friedman's are just dumb.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2011 13:23

Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

Cahal posted:

David Henderson, blogger at the Koch funded GMU and self professed 'Randite', proving that he is a complete moron:

Hurrr durr people are starving in Africa so CEO pay is justified.

I thought I was desensitized to retarded columns from reading the entire thread up to this point, but holy poo poo... inequality isn't a problem because poor people can treasure their plastic sporks?

# ¿ Oct 17, 2011 21:37

Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

Craptacular! posted:

I'm sure my trolling of my local Las Vegas papers can bring up plenty of examples, given that we have a loud minority of strong libertarians.

Here's the best I've got for now, a dude is unhappy that the freeway running parallel to casino row has diamond lanes. It's a federal conspiracy and ruining perfectly good pavement that could make more room for cars with a single driver!

Literally a Kelly.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2011 14:38

Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

Saint Sputnik posted:

Yeah Michael Reagan is a special sort of shithead.

Want to read a rebuttal written by Ronald Reagan's biological children.

# ¿ Mar 28, 2012 02:58

Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

constantIllusion posted:

Any time I read an editorial or comment insulting liberal arts majors, while simultaneously praising STEM majors, while endowing STEM majors with skills they don't necessarily have, I always think the person is projecting outward their own insecurities about their own intelligence. Or they're just blatant idiots.

Not only that, but he's praising STEM majors because they can transfer their skills into consulting and investment banking.

# ¿ May 14, 2012 16:49

Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

Glitterbomber posted:

During the 08 election ACORN did their job of collecting voter registration cards. Under federal law they can never, at any point, refuse, destroy, or demand alterations to the cards because that's disenfranchisement.

While doing this, some people made a joke of putting Donald Duck or the like as their info.

People working for ACORN were paid based on the number of registration forms they returned, which is why some obviously fake forms were collected. ACORN turned them in as required by law. No actual fake voters were registered. Somehow we never hear about how the Republican equivalent to ACORN actually committed voter registration fraud, which is the reason for the laws existing in the first place. The Republicans were registering voters, and tossing out the forms of the people who were registering as Democrats.

# ¿ Jul 6, 2012 01:05

Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

Holy poo poo, that's horrifying.

I think this person has been unhinged for a long time.

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Open letter to Obama

Mr. Obama, not in the history of the United States has a president openly condoned and advocated fornication for our young people at the paying taxpayers' expense.

Truly you are neither a Christian nor a Moslem. Your beliefs are simply amoral and/or based on "which group can garner the most votes for me."

You continue to divide us: Rich vs. Poor ... Black vs. White ... Democrat vs. Republican ... Young vs. Old (units over 70) ... Union vs. Non-union ... Big Government vs. Limited Government.

A president is like a shepherd who cares about his flock and tries to keep them together. I view your philosophy as "divide, conquer and blame." How long do you think this will last??????????

Rose M. Sampieri
Scottsdale

# ¿ Mar 28, 2013 19:32

Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

Lee Harvey Oswald posted:

This is stupid on so many levels.

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/apr/09/womens-basketball-ignored-media-and-more-letters-e/?opinionletters

Haha, here's another one from that website:

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Obama's America hurts its citizens

I just learned from my son, who is in the U.S. Army, that military tuition assistance for education has been halted. I learned a couple of days ago that the White House is closed to tourists in spite of personal offers to cover the cost. I learned a while back that Obama assigned some $716 billion from Medicare to cover the cost of Obamacare. I believe Medicare is mainly for seniors, and Obamacare burdens working Americans with more out-of-pocket costs.

I also heard recently that some consideration is being given to charging wounded veterans for their medical care. Of course there is that thing of abortion that deprives youngsters of baby siblings to play with, and that thing of no middle class sounds Obamaish.

Releasing criminal illegal aliens into the wild with false pretense threatens homeland security. The Republicans didn't do that, did they? Again I offer the story about the man and the shotgun: The shotgun won't go off half cocked.

LAWRENCE HEADRICK, Tunnel Hill, Ga.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2013 21:37

Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

Pope Guilty posted:

Mike's never going to get over the fact that his dad didn't care about him, is he?

Repostin' this because it makes me giggle every time:

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In 1964 he graduated from the Judson School, a boarding school outside of Scottsdale, Arizona. At his high school graduation, Ronald Reagan introduced himself to his son by saying, "My name is Ronald Reagan. What's yours?" He replied, "I'm your son Mike." "Oh," said Ronald Reagan. "I didn't recognize you."

# ¿ Aug 27, 2013 15:49

Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

MisterBadIdea posted:

Eh, it's okay. Nowhere near as funny as the immortal "If Only We Could Be Boring."

Didn't know what that was so I looked it up. Holy christ, that's incredible.

# ¿ Sep 24, 2013 21:05

Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

Mo_Steel posted:

Has anyone spoofed the old black and white sailor-kissing-girl image with two guys yet?

Bad example there. The sailor was drunk and the girl was basically being assaulted.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2014 22:57

Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

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1. The Obama administration wiped out all competition in student loans. You can�t get one except from the government now. So, insist on the recreation of a wide range of competitive private student loan options.

When there�s a monopoly, the monopolist plays the tune and you dance. When there�s competition, you can leave if you don�t like the music.

Who in the poo poo would prefer a private loan over any of the federal options

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 16:55

Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

Aren't prices set by the station owners? I don't understand why conservatives suddenly hate the free market when it comes to gas.

# ¿ Nov 25, 2015 19:12

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