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We've seen this before Warpy Dec 2012 #1
I live on SS and a small veterans pension. cliffordu Dec 2012 #2
Oh, yeah, and I'm just as gleeful about going over it Warpy Dec 2012 #4
Exactly right. cliffordu Dec 2012 #6
They always have. janx Dec 2012 #25
"The Five-sided Rathole.." Volaris Dec 2012 #13
That sure is a jewel amids all this slop. thankyou, Warpy! Whisp Dec 2012 #14
"Five-sided rathole" ROFLMAO!!! Odin2005 Dec 2012 #22
Thanks for your Cha Dec 2012 #28
Food stamps are exempted from the sequestration measures embedded in the 2011 Budget Control Act, if coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #52
I hope you are right. My livelihood and that of many of my friends are on the line. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #3
A beer. Always a good idea. N/T HubertHeaver Dec 2012 #5
That's exactly right. cliffordu Dec 2012 #7
I have to believe there is more to it than we know Skittles Dec 2012 #8
I'm telling ya - cliffordu Dec 2012 #10
Thanks, cliff. It won't be the End of the World afterall. n/t Whisp Dec 2012 #16
I agree ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #34
Frankly he's done the impossible with Skidmore Dec 2012 #35
Thank you! Oh, and I'm alcohol-and lactose intolerant, so a cup of Oolong tea BlueCaliDem Dec 2012 #9
We got Oolong on tap. No problem. cliffordu Dec 2012 #11
Woohoo! Oolong on tap! BlueCaliDem Dec 2012 #24
Hey, BlueCaliDem.. I have the same Cha Dec 2012 #30
Hey Cha . . . what's Kukicha Tea? BlueCaliDem Dec 2012 #60
Hey Tiger.. Kombucha is sold at all those Calif health stores and supermarkets Cha Dec 2012 #67
K&R for a great post Champion Jack Dec 2012 #12
so your theory is the president lied and that's just fine with you? bowens43 Dec 2012 #15
LOL... cliffordu Dec 2012 #18
You just figured out that politicians lie? LOL! Odin2005 Dec 2012 #23
ROFL snooper2 Dec 2012 #39
no, he lied to the pugs. we knew who he was lying to. Whisp Dec 2012 #57
Why are we freaking out so much over possible proposals Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2012 #17
Because people watch too much TV. n/t janx Dec 2012 #26
I'm glad that we don't have Cable TV news in my house Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2012 #47
Exactly, he knows the Teabaggers will never allow anying except complete capitulation. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #19
Thanks for some rational thinking. -nt CakeGrrl Dec 2012 #20
Thank you. NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #21
Funny because even Krugman got that old sick feeling over the "trail balloon" abelenkpe Dec 2012 #27
AS I said, he could offer ANYTHING and the r's won't cliffordu Dec 2012 #29
Right, because it's Cha Dec 2012 #31
Nope. Not chess. cliffordu Dec 2012 #70
So he's bluffing? SomethingFishy Dec 2012 #33
He's not bluffing with people's lives. cliffordu Dec 2012 #49
Actually, Krugman was not sure whether he agreed with the proposal or not. JoePhilly Dec 2012 #53
Yep - you just wrote a better OP than the one I posted originally. cliffordu Dec 2012 #63
I'll say this for Obama DJ13 Dec 2012 #32
Your posts makes no sense. If Obama knows his SS proposal is DOA, why even bother to make it? MotherPetrie Dec 2012 #36
LOL...People who buy Obama's bullshit never make sense. forestpath Dec 2012 #37
To make Boehner T. Bagger look like an even bigger arsewipe riqster Dec 2012 #40
Do you HONESTLY think that is Obama's MO? I sure don't. MotherPetrie Dec 2012 #43
It isn't the way I would do it riqster Dec 2012 #45
POLITICS. cliffordu Dec 2012 #64
Obama tried his best to sell SS and Medicare down the river. He won't rest until he does. forestpath Dec 2012 #38
Why, Bless your heart! cliffordu Dec 2012 #62
I wonder if President Obama isn't having a bit of fun with this. Listen.... wandy Dec 2012 #41
Well, I'm sure glad Obama is having fun with this. People who depend on SS sure as fuck aren't. MotherPetrie Dec 2012 #44
I live on SS and a small Veteran's pension. cliffordu Dec 2012 #65
Scotch in my case riqster Dec 2012 #42
Keeeeee- RISTE!!!. cliffordu Dec 2012 #66
Recommended. A BLT & milk sounds good right about now. Anyone who's been paying attention.... Tarheel_Dem Dec 2012 #46
Boom go the dynomite. cliffordu Dec 2012 #48
If you want to see how badly the President has screwed the Republicans tomorrow tune into grantcart Dec 2012 #50
You, my friend, predicted all of this. cliffordu Dec 2012 #51
Doesn't it all dovetail pretty well with the development of Obamacare too? I'm amazed at patrice Dec 2012 #56
I learned everything I know about politics from this chilly grantcart motherfucker. cliffordu Dec 2012 #68
This may help a little - a VERY interesting read for wide-angle perspective from a profesional: patrice Dec 2012 #54
Yup. graham4anything Dec 2012 #55
LOL Scurrilous Dec 2012 #58
Not the fucking 10 dimension chess shit again! LOL! Logical Dec 2012 #59
So, to him, the elderly's ability to eat, is a gambling chip in negotiations? grahamhgreen Dec 2012 #61
Keep watching. I'll expect big humilities down the road from the panic peeps. cliffordu Dec 2012 #69
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