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Political Heretic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 10:57 PM
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DRILL BABY DRILL! It sounds so much better when we say it.
Little did I know that the magic "D" could suddenly transform policy that was previously fucking ridiculous when championed by the evil "R" into joygasms of awesome when championed by the heroic "D."

Amazing!
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 10:57 PM
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1. and it won't buy him one fucking vote.
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 12:03 AM
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19. I feel like I'm in a video getting peed on. So much for the left.
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Political Heretic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 04:20 AM
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23. Link pls!
:D
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Go2Peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 02:28 AM
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21. Not, but it could harness a ton of that new corporate cash if he keeps it up
seriously, there is a pattern, he is showing himself to be a friend of corporate interests while throwing a bone here or there to the other side of the dial.
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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 08:40 PM
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35. But it WILL buy him lots of $MONEY$ from the giant Oil Corporations.
...same as the HCR bought him lots of $MONEY$ from the Health Insurance and Pharm Industries.

At some point, one must ask the question, "Who are these people really working for?
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 10:58 PM
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2. Hey, it worked for NCLB - they're just pushing the envelope a bit further.
Let's see how she flies . . .
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RainDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 10:59 PM
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3. Obama looks like a pander bear
oh please, right wing, like me! like me! I'll do the fucked up things you want if you'll only like me!
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 11:04 PM
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7. Tickle my belly GOP, you know you want to!
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Hell Hath No Fury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 01:07 PM
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26. He poops RAINBOWS!
:loveya:
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 10:59 PM
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4. sure it does
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LakeSamish706 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 11:00 PM
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5. Sorry but it sucks no mater which party suggests it! n/t
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Lint Head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 11:02 PM
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6. Here we go again trying to be bi-partisan.
It's not chess or checkers. It's a waste of time because climate change will not wait on bi-partisanship.
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TheLiberalNovelist Donating Member (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 11:07 PM
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8. Forget bipartisanship.
Edited on Wed Mar-31-10 11:08 PM by TheLiberalNovelist
John McCain has clearly stated they will not work with the Democrats, so I say frak 'em. And their teabagger friends too. The Republicans are killing themselves. Just wait until 2012...they'll get what's coming to them...again.
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niceypoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 11:37 PM
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11. Yet the GOP is handed another freebie
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TheLiberalNovelist Donating Member (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 11:53 PM
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17. I think it will be last one.
It's pretty clear the President is losing his patience with the GOP.

It could and SHOULD be the last one, but there's no telling.
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Political Heretic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 03:55 AM
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22. You're kidding right?
Let's see...

Economy,

War,

Health Care,

Energy,

Education,

What else is there to give away?

Oh yeah social security.... BUT HE'S WORKING ON THAT TOO. :eyes:
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TheLiberalNovelist Donating Member (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 02:32 PM
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28. Point taken.
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 12:58 PM
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24. More like tiddlywinks with manhole covers,
and just as destructive.
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 11:10 PM
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9. Neo makes everything NEW!
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laughingliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 11:11 PM
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10. Real disappointment. nt
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 11:37 PM
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12. Ain't that some shit?
Here, all this time, I thought we stood for something. Guess I was wrong.
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Go2Peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 11:41 PM
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13. Wonder what happened with all the people saying it was a lie yesterday
and defending it. Now that they know the truth do you think they will admit that they did not like the idea?
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 11:54 PM
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18. They've moved on to claiming that this is a smart move by
Obama, to call Republicans' bluff. He's just kidding, they are saying, he's trying to get them to oppose it by proposing it. I'm not sure where we are going from here if this is the case, but I'm not going to worry about it as we are not smart enough to understand. Just have faith. It will all work the way we were promised.

It's chess. Which dimension, I've lost count of.
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 05:00 PM
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32. It's "Jedi Master Level" chess. n/t
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Oregone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 11:42 PM
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14. Not as pretty as "Bomb, baby, bomb" sounds
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 11:44 PM
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15. Don't you know the Big O can multi-task??
He can both bomb and drill.
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Oregone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 11:48 PM
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16. and privatize and mandate
He is FDRalicious
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 01:49 AM
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20. kick
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amborin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 01:00 PM
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25. another massive betrayal
"It's hard to name the most distressing part of Obama's decision to open up off-shore drilling for gas and oil along the Atlantic coast.

Is it his willingness to bargain away the environment to placate oil companies opposed to the climate change bill?

Is it his betrayal of an oft-stated campaign stance?

Or is it his diminishing the real issue, backed by real science, by equating corporate interests with environmentalists, conjuring up two petty politicos fighting "the same old battles"? "

commondreams.org
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texastoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 01:09 PM
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27. K&R n/t
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Political Heretic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 04:13 PM
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29. Apparently, its ok to Drill because Obama also announced better fuel standards.
I swear sometimes I feel like the collective IQ of this place as fallen to the level of retardation.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 04:45 PM
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30. And bad science and economics become "intelligent and thoughtful" too...n/t
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 04:47 PM
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31. We are being overrun by a personality cult.
The Obama fanboys will cheer him on no matter WHAT he does. The Corporatists are laughing all the way to the bank.
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deaniac21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 05:02 PM
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33. A large portion of people just cheer for their team. As Tony
Soprano would say, "Whataya gonna do?"
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 05:05 PM
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34. Apparently you didn't watch Sesame Street!
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Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 08:41 PM
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36. I don't think I know ONE person
That supports this action.

I just realize that it ain't gonna be perfect.... ever.
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