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Post by chassroc on Oct 31, 2011 12:12:57 GMT -5
Just a month or so ago, the Republicans seemed poised to take over the Presidency with Mitt Romney running his Super safe campaign and minimizing negatives against him. He seems to be a middle of the road, reasonable, type of candidate on a majority of issues and a populist on others. Very much cut from the same type of cloth as Bill, Hillary, and Barack; appealing to the centrist types in the country (and considering that labeling himself Republican guarantees 40+ percent for any candidate, he seemed an odds on favorite to be our next President.
The woman Senator was hard to take serious...The Texan in the race had Bush style charm and charisma, but next to Mitt came off Sara Palinish as a serious candidate for the highest office in the country (He also made the supreme mistake of treating illegals like fellow human beings). Ron Paul has appeal to most people but forgets that negatives matter more than positives and pisses off way too many. I don't get Santorum as a serious candidate. Huntsman seams like a good man in many ways but cannot put together a serious bid, maybe next time. I'm sure there are others who I might be snubbing by not mentioning them here.
The Hermanater is proving to be a more serious candidate than we thought possible. He knows how to dumb things down to create mass appeal. He is keen on lowering taxes for the wealthy and raising them on everyone else and the people seem to love it.
I thought Mitt could waltz into office but he seems to have a rival who won't shoot himself in the foot like the others have. It should get a little bit interesting at the very least. Who knows, at the start of the last campaign the Dems anointed Hillary until Barack had his say in the matter. Maybe history repeats itself.
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Post by chassroc on Oct 31, 2011 11:51:09 GMT -5
Nice work...I wonder how they set up the owl Charlie
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Post by chassroc on Oct 31, 2011 7:58:20 GMT -5
States Rights at its finest
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Post by chassroc on Oct 28, 2011 12:59:17 GMT -5
That is special, striking and stupendous!
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Post by chassroc on Oct 28, 2011 12:58:01 GMT -5
Never too long since it came out right
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Post by chassroc on Oct 27, 2011 9:25:57 GMT -5
Wowwie!
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Post by chassroc on Oct 27, 2011 8:15:42 GMT -5
very neat collection
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Racism?
Oct 26, 2011 8:14:29 GMT -5
Post by chassroc on Oct 26, 2011 8:14:29 GMT -5
There is no shortage of people who do things that others don't like;
Wars need to be fought for bigger, more important principles, more encompassing reasons.
Ali took a very unpopular stance; most Americans pointed out that he would never have been expected to carry a gun in combat; he could be like Joe Louis and entertain the troops, but he pointed out the obvious, many of his fellow Americans treated him and others of his race shabbily; the Viet Cong treated him like they would any other American.
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Racism?
Oct 25, 2011 16:54:44 GMT -5
Post by chassroc on Oct 25, 2011 16:54:44 GMT -5
or as Mohamed Ali so elegantly, "I Ain't Got No Quarrel With The Vietcong... No VietCong Ever Called Me Nigger" — Muhammad Ali, 1966
I was not happy with us going into Iraq, we had no quarrel from the Iranian People or Army. Like Obama, I was in favor of attacking alqueda in Afghanistan but now I think it is time to cut our losses and build our own economy , not the economy of the Middle eastern countries
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Post by chassroc on Oct 24, 2011 7:28:40 GMT -5
So do we.
My wife wants to move immediately!
Love the weather, but then I love Sedona, Sante Fe, Missoula, Young Harris, Greenville, Aiken, and many more places that I only visit for a week at a time.
I must say the climate was outstanding in SD
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PS ...Some of the rocks I started tumbling had small fairburns too
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Oct 24, 2011 7:24:38 GMT -5
Post by chassroc on Oct 24, 2011 7:24:38 GMT -5
It's is a very sorry state of affairs when people use terms like "Half Breed" with impunity and in a thread about Racism!).
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Post by chassroc on Oct 19, 2011 14:39:29 GMT -5
My guess is big = Goldie and small = Sugar
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Post by chassroc on Oct 19, 2011 11:15:57 GMT -5
OMG...those are INCREDIBLE, where do you get your rough?
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Post by chassroc on Oct 18, 2011 11:24:28 GMT -5
I have used the longer boxes to ship rocks home. They hold about the same volume(actually a little more)...especially tumbling rough or small cabbing rocks
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Post by chassroc on Oct 18, 2011 11:07:39 GMT -5
That is baddddd Charlie
But I like bad jokes
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Post by chassroc on Oct 14, 2011 8:40:14 GMT -5
we got to go over the new bridge last weekend on our way to vegas for the wedding. They have the sides so high you don't even know your on the bridge at all.........
I was wondering how they would do this...I knew this would be too scary for a lot of drivers
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Post by chassroc on Oct 13, 2011 16:29:20 GMT -5
C'mon Bill...did you read the article? No facts, just innuendo that CONservatives critics CONtend the movement is a Tojan horse for a secret Soros agenda. It CONtends that there is an indirect link between Soros and Adbusters(without saying what it is); What jibberish, Geez, there is an indirect link between you and Soros, between every man, woman and child and Soros.
It says CONservative radio host Rush Limbaugh summed up the speculation when he told his listeners last week, "George Soros money is behind this."...no proof, just innuendo.
The article goes on to say that Adbusters has received not one penny from Soros.
Just like you and me and Curt and Mel and Rich and Don, We loath what the irresponsible private sector has done to the public sector of this country. "Soros in 2009 wrote in an editorial that the purchase of toxic bank assets would, "provide artificial life support for the banks at considerable expense to the taxpayer."
He urged the Obama administration to take bolder action, either by recapitalizing or nationalizing the banks and forcing them to lend at attractive rates. His advice went unheeded."
All true...The bailouts were a good idea, but the Federal government, seemingly out of fear that the actions would look like socialism, did not nationalize the banks, just bailed them out to save the USA from a depression and the results are there for everyone to see. Companies are swimming in cash but refuse to expand or invest in capitalism in america, banks refuse to make loans to american small business and home owners and too many people are out of work.
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Post by chassroc on Oct 13, 2011 16:04:10 GMT -5
I voted for coke but I drink either, dont like the taste of diet drinks, usiually drink red wine or water anyway
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Post by chassroc on Oct 12, 2011 11:24:31 GMT -5
Charlie, Actually, you will get no argument from me concerning the abuses of the public trust that Wall Street, the too-big-to fail banks and the corporations that find a way to avoid paying taxes are guilty of.
What I have a problem with is the George Soros gang fanning the flames of the entitlement generation who believe that the government owes them a living. Anyone who has their eyes open can see that the socialism they are trying to foster is a sure recipe for disaster. Europe, long held up as the example to follow is heading into free fall a$$ over teakettle. Like it or not, it takes rich folks to provide jobs. We need to bring back the time when we were producers first, and consumers second. Both the left and the right have driven businesses overseas, but the left bears more of the blame. (Unions]
Bill, Thanks for the reply. certainly some good points but I don't agree with everything.
You are writing your own assumptions into your statement about "the George Soros gang fanning the flames of the entitlement generation who believe that the government owes them a living". George Soros is a capitalist through and through and a rich one at that. He asks for no socialism. On the contrary, he recognizes a system that is tilted very far in his favor and recognizes that unless the system has better balance, we cannot restore this country's place in the world. He does not offer to give away any of his wealth. He does not ask anyone else to give back their wealth. He asks that we make the tax system more like it was in the glory days after WW2. He wants to restore this country to a future path that does not concentrate the bulk of wealth and resources into a smaller number of pockets. That is the path we have been on and it is a disaster. The wealthy have had a very good decade or two; it is mainly the uber wealthy have seen their fortunes increase over that period. This country cannot be restored to where it was after WW2 unless a critical mass of people have money to spend and consume. Otherwise we become more like a third world country.
I do not foster socialism, however, you have to admit the Chinese socialist model is making a mockery out of capitalism. Europe has plenty of issues, they also have Germany. The US model of Capitalism has been tarnished over the past few decades but especially in the past ten years or so.
Like it or not, it takes poor folks to make other folks rich. I would love for everyone to be rich, but that does not happen in this world.
The Chinese are producers first, consumers second, you want to move to China? Think you'd really be better off in a "Producers first, consumers second" economy
You can blame unions all you want but there is plenty of blame for everyone. Do you really think Detroit and other executives can blame the unions for their faulty policies? Executives grabbed all they could for themselves and gave some to the Unions to shut them up. They systematically ruined their own companies and the unions were complicit in destroying the companies. Bad policies on both sides
Nearly all the companies I've known or worked for have switched from retirement plans that had evolved into Ponzi schemes to Pay as you go plans; they suspend employer contributions (for the employees but not for the top executives) when times are bad, restore them when competitive forces require it. On the other hand, Police, Fire, Teachers, Municipal workers, state employees and Federal employees need to have their plans changed too. They have not yet evolved with the times and we are all paying the price. Charlie
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Post by chassroc on Oct 11, 2011 17:49:35 GMT -5
I have said this many times about Bush, Cheney etal...I have no problem them doing to the hardcore bad guys whatever they felt necessary in dire situations but I have a problem with legalizing torture.
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