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06/28/2004 09:30:57 PM · #26

Originally posted by Ami Yuy:

Originally posted by GeneralE:
You don't think the Republicans would have voted for anyone but Gore?

*sighs* No, I don't think all of us would have. Perhaps some, perhaps many, but many of us (as in my parents) also weighed their decisions first.

That's good to hear ... perhaps there's some hope for the Grand Old Party after all, if they can get back to their roots of defending individual liberties instead of the rights of corporations.

[b]I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . Corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money-power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.
-- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), quoted in Jack London's "The Iron Heel"

Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.
-- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary

frychikn

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06/28/2004 11:59:26 PM · #27

I do not plan on voting for John Kerry:

A - His 'restraining orders' will certainly not protect us very well from terrorism.

B - I don't think we need to seek permission from Europe, Canada, or the United Nations to defend ourselves from terrorists.

C - What are his economic plans, and what if anything does he plan on doing to attempt to curtail the almost unlimited power enjoyed by ruthless corporations? All we hear from him here is anti-Bush rhetoric; nothing constructive.

I certainly don't agree with Bush on everything, especially religion and corporate welfare, but I plan to vote for him.

pitsaman

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06/29/2004 12:35:03 AM · #28

All you Kerry bashers have nothing to show in your portfolios.If you were taking photos as hard the rest of us would not have any chance in getting a ribbon.

PS
No wonder Icelanders are the best,they don't care about politics !

graphicfunk

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06/29/2004 01:25:10 AM · #29

If we keep politics out of this site we will not have to read about the looney left. The rest of the world lags behind us and they would love to see America destroyed, we do not need their approval. Our left is on the side of the French and the German. A question to the left: Where and how will you live when you become enslaved by the enemy?

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06/29/2004 01:39:12 AM · #30

Originally posted by graphicfunk:

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there's a much greater chance of becoming enslaved by the masters in Washington than by "the enemy."

LoudDog

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06/29/2004 02:43:48 PM · #31

Okay, other then the fact that his wife's family owns a good company (that supports Bush by the way) why would Kerry make a good president?

vtruan

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06/29/2004 05:28:57 PM · #32

I think Russell2566 is right on. And Pitsaman I've worked may ass of getting my 4s and 5s and no ribbons. LOL Van

David Ey

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06/29/2004 10:07:53 PM · #33

OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF THE 2004 NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

6:00pm - Opening flag burning ceremony
6:05pm - Pledge of Allegiance to the United Nations
6:10pm - Secular words by Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton
6:30pm - Anti-war concert by Barbra Streisand
6:45pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast
7:00pm - Tribute theme to France
7:10pm - Collect offerings for al-Zawahiri defense fund
7:30pm - Tribute theme to Germany
7:45pm - Anti-war rally moderated by Michael Moore
8:25pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast
8:30pm - Terrorist appeasement workshop
9:00pm - Gay marriage ceremony for male and female couples
9:15pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast
9:30pm - CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN urge defeat of President Bush
10:00pm - Posting the Iraqi Colors by Sean Penn and Tim Robbins
10:10pm - Reenactment of Kerry's fake medal toss
10:20pm - Cameo by Dean 'Yeeearrrrrrrg!'
10:30pm - Abortion demonstration by N.A.R.A.L.
10:40pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast
10:50pm - Special thanks to the New York Times and Washington Post
11:00pm - Multiple gay marriage ceremony for threesomes and groups
11:15PM - Maximizing Welfare workshop
11:30pm - Saddam Legal Defense Fund pep rally
11:50PM - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast
12:00pm - Nomination of Democratic candidate
5:00am - Swimming Class --Ted Kennedy, Instructor

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06/29/2004 10:13:56 PM · #34

Originally posted by David Ey:

OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF THE 2004 NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

OK .... it will take me a while to come up with anything original, but perhaps this summary of Reagan eulogies will provide a stopgap riposte ...

nborton

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06/30/2004 01:03:44 AM · #35

Originally posted by David Ey:

OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF THE 2004 NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

lol, i like the multiple kennedy toasts.

jab119

06/30/2004 01:07:29 AM · #36

John Kerry almost made me late to the Phoenix airport this afternoon, his plane was at the phoenix airort and they had all kinds of airport roads blocked making us sit in traffic to get to our terminal. I have a few pics I will post later

James

nborton

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06/30/2004 01:10:53 AM · #37

Originally posted by jab119:

john kerry just made me realize that my year membership ran out at midnight. my little blue guy was missing when i posted a few minutes ago.

pitsaman

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06/30/2004 01:18:19 AM · #38

You fotgot at 13:00 Official burning of Rush Limbaugh poster
13:30 Anti Fox-News fair and Balanced rally
14:00 Modeling run-up ,gay-pride and femme-nazi new line of clothes

MadMordegon

06/30/2004 01:21:04 PM · #39

Originally posted by louddog:

Okay, other then the fact that his wife's family owns a good company (that supports Bush by the way) why would Kerry make a good president?

he probably wouldnt make that 'good' a president. but the main point here that i think anyone who looks at the facts using logic and not the misguided optimism that your goverment officials are "good men" doing "good for the little people", would see that kerry will be better than bush.

in fact, i think a ficus plant would at least not create as many world enemies and give the terrorists even more to hate for. it probably also wouldnt start wars in countries that dont threaten the united states. plants at least have some smarts.. :)

garlic

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06/30/2004 01:37:40 PM · #40

Originally posted by PaulMdx:

Whatever America's (and supporting nation's) motives are, the fact is they're freeing millions of Iraqis from decades of oppression. Is that a bad thing?

Are they?

06/30/2004 01:42:37 PM · #41

Originally posted by David Ey:

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Ted Kennedy proposes a toast to Sean Hannity for not being a big fat drug addict.

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06/30/2004 02:10:28 PM · #42

My vote will be going to Kerry because I feel that Kerry is not the threat to democracy and The Constitution that the Bush administration is with their Patriot Act. They want to enact a Patriot Act #2, which has even more far reaching constraints on our liberties, and I believe that martial law is a strong possiblity here in the US some time in the future. General Tommy Franks, who initially led the invasion of Iraq, has stated in an interview in an article for Cigar Afficianado Magazine back some time last year that The Constitution will likely be discarded and a military form of government will be put in place should another terrorist attack hit the US. Here is the Newsmax article on that interview. This is scary stuff!!!

OneSweetSin

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06/30/2004 02:34:13 PM · #43

I will also be voting for Kerry. My reasons are economically related. let Bush have 4 more years and the question is will you have a job?

Right now the area I live in is going nuts cause the Vice President is going to be at a Curve Baseball game Sunday evening. I am here wondering where this man was a few years ago when the this area was trying to fight the closing of a local rail facility after Norfolk Southern bought out Conrail. I know where he was he was one of the people in power who fought with Arlen Spector and Bud Shuster when they were trying to block the closing of the facility. So now that it is an election year he can show his face here but couldn't do it when the local economy needed his support.

Ok before I start ranting anymore, just look around and ask has the current administration done anything for local economy?

karmat

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06/30/2004 02:55:24 PM · #44

Okay, so the main reasons I see for voting for Kerry are 1) He's not Bush, and 2) see reason number one. :-)

November is going to be scary, methinks.

MadMordegon

06/30/2004 03:50:15 PM · #45

Originally posted by karmat:

Okay, so the main reasons I see for voting for Kerry are 1) He's not Bush, and 2) see reason number one. :-)

hah ya that seems to about cover it, in a simplified version.

RonB

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06/30/2004 04:06:08 PM · #46

Originally posted by OneSweetSin:

Ok before I start ranting anymore, just look around and ask has the current administration done anything for local economy?

Don't know what "local" is for you, but here are the statistics for Pennsylvania as a whole ( from the PA Dept. of Labor & Industry ):
HARRISBURG: Pennsylvaniaâ��s seasonally adjusted civilian labor force -- the number of people working or looking for work â��â�� fell by 1,000 (less than 0.1 percent) in May to 6,252,000. The number of working Pennsylvanians rose by 8,000 from April, while resident unemployment fell by 9,000. Over the past 12 months, there has been an increase of 79,000 (+ 1.3%) in the civilian labor force. Pennsylvaniaâ��s seasonally adjusted unemployment fell to 5.1 percent in May, down 0.2 of a percentage point from the April rate of 5.3 percent. Pennsylvaniaâ��s unemployment rate remained below the national rate of 5.6 percent.
Does that answer the question?

06/30/2004 07:28:32 PM · #47

Last week the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that people are not allowed to bring a law suit against their HMOs if denied medically necessary proceedures if so deemed by their physicians, going along with what the Bush administration was pushing for. The Bush administration has stood firmly for the rights of the corporations and has not done a thing for families or the common man/woman.

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06/30/2004 09:37:04 PM · #48

Originally posted by RonB:

Pennsylvaniaâ��s unemployment rate remained below the national rate of 5.6 percent.
Does that answer the question?

Why should I believe any of those numbers, when one of the primary issues of the day the is the veracity of the Administration? Terrorism deaths were recently reported down too, but ... "Oops! We have to revise those numbers; it's up after all ..."

And even if the unemployment numbers are correct, how many of those jobs are minimum-wage or part-time or otherwise insufficient to allow a single wage-earner to support a family?

Message edited by author 2004-06-30 21:38:14.

Cam

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06/30/2004 09:45:01 PM · #49

Originally posted by louddog:

Iâ��ve heard a lot about why I should not vote for George Bush. So this topic is dedicated to John Kerry and only John Kerry. Letâ��s hear what is good and bad about Mr. Kerry. Why should he or should he not be president? Thus, there should be no mention of George in this forum. I know itâ��s difficult, but letâ��s talk about Mr. Kerry without any Bush bashing.

I thought this was a thread about John Kerry and what he has to offer as a President. It made a sharp turn into, lets bash Bush and his policies along time ago.