doughboyshred

Well, it could have been a left wing nutjob, since she was vocal about restricting immigration. Obviously it was a politically motivated killing. Palin was criticized for potentially inciting violence with her targeted cross hairs imagery. Now one of her "targets" has been shot in the head. Not a far reach to assume it was a right wing nutjob that pulled the trigger.

The work of a right wing nutjob, perhaps?

But Christians and Jews stopped killing for thier God! Since when, this morning?

pure comedy.

I get the impression that some of you guys couldn't handle being at a nude beach. I mean, hell, would you get a raging hard on and try to rape some fine chica? WTF?

funny thing is they have the same god as the Christians and the Jews. They just believe in different prophet(s).

wow! Very cool. The main reason I got such a good deal was that the tip of his right ear had been bit off during an attack by the other pups in his litter. That and he didn't have papers. He is absolutely my best friend in the entire world. Such an awesome animal. Sounds like yours is just as cool. Must run in the family.

He does have a white patch there, but it's about fist size.

Awesome! Can't believe how similar he looks to my Chase.

completely irrelevant. That was before the bill was brought to the senate. Doesn't change the fact that once the senate had the bill, the democrats didn't have the votes. Also, the democrats had 58 votes before that election. Independents are not Democrats.

Father CHRISTmas. No. Not with any of my tax dollars. Head start is federally funded. Makes no difference who complained, or who the program was named after. Supposedly christmas is a religious holiday, and supposedly santa represents christmas.

Well, now we're getting in to debate about how shitty of a leader pelosi was. Waste of skin imo. Regardless, the republican leadership made it adamantly clear that they would filibuster any plan with a public option. If the democrats had 60 votes they would have passed it with one. Trying to argue that the republicans are not responsible for the lack of a public option is ludicrous.

Not to you, but you have a massive clothespin covering your nose right now. They weren't getting that one vote with the public option, nor were they getting weasel Lieberman's vote. He may have been more a pain in the ass than Snowe. And several other Democrats would have bailed on it too, fearing a Socialist tag on their next election. I don't object to a bill this significant requiring a super majority. But don't pretend that the Democrats had free rein to pass whatever they wanted. It is amazing what happens when you fear the consequences of going against what the public that elected you actually wants. Or are you one of those that thinks that you know what is better for people than what they want? When the question wasn't phrased as a "government take over of health care", but as it truly was a "public option for government run health insurance", the public widely supported it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/20/new-poll-77-percent-suppo_n_264375.html Sorry, but it was the right wingers led by fake news that concocted the notion that the public was opposed to the choice of a public insurance option. It was a scam perpetrated by the supporters of the insurance companies and you're one of the sorry saps that fell for it.

Yes They did they lost it later after the special elections you're flat out wrong. It requires 60 votes to end a filibuster. Democrats held 57 seats. Independents held 2. Turtle, you're obviously being facetious, nothing new there, I guess, but Olympia Snowe was the only republican senator that was willing to entertain voting for the health care reform bill. But only if it was written the way she felt okay with. Simple fact is that the bill could not have been passed without her support and liebermans support. If Snowe and Lieberman had been receptive to a public option then it would have happened. The few dems that came out against it would have supported it if there was a chance.

The Dems were already hammering the Reps over opposition to the bill and saying that they'd pass it without them. But the Senate was somehow so scared of a possible filibuster that they could use for even MORE ammunition against the Reps? Again - please. Talk about an ingenuous or ignorant argument. House rules don't allow filibusters - so explain again how the threat of filibuster prevented the House from putting the public option in. On the Senate side, they'd have to convince ONE Republican to go along with them, assuming they get the Indies (which they generally do). Ain't passing the 'sniff test', sorry. And that one republican was Olympia Snowe, who wouldn't vote for the bill if there was a public option. facts are irrelevant though, right?

Yep, you nailed it. East German and Czech according to the breeder. I didn't get papers on him. Wasn't too concerned with it and only paid a hundred dollars so I wasn't gonna push it. Got any pics of yours? had to add this pic of Chase and Bluebird. http://www.flickr.com/photos/doughboyshredder/5330798091/lightbox/

one word. filibuster. All it takes to shut down legislation is to threaten it. Whenever I hear the argument you just proposed, I have to wonder if the person is ignorant to how the process works, or being willfully disingenuous to back up their position. The dems did not have major majorities in the house or the senate. They did not have enough votes to overrule a filibuster. If they had we wouldn't be having this discussion.

figures. You bitch about others using the spelling argument, and then you use paragraph breaks? LOL. guppykf ftw

are you serious? Did you pay any attention to the last two years?

Actually, I asked for a public option, which would keep private insurers in check. The republicans fought tooth and nail to make sure that the insurers could gouge us as much as possible.

They were probably forced to not sell bacon to appease muslim sensitivities. Fuck em. Tolerance goes both ways. I will tolerate you not wanting to eat bacon, you have to tolerate me eating bacon. Fucking douchebags.

And fully booked through April! Sounds like a good business to be in.

lol, picked the biggest of the litter. His pops was about 125. I actually expected him to get bigger, but he took more after his mom. They came from East German bloodlines. http://www.flickr.com/photos/doughboyshredder/4691320835/lightbox/

My 3 year old 100lb German Shepherd, Chase, believes that he is king of the universe. He is also convinced that he can talk, and at the end of every ride in the truck is something new and exciting for him to piss on. Bluebird, my siamese, believes that sleep is the key to everything.

Hahaha...I've already fooled one DZ member (who also jump at my local DZ) who thought I was a chick...I still think he hasn't forgiven me, right Dougy? ;) I just want a week of non-stop skiing, that's all I really want. Then the right answer is Big Sky / Monnlight Basin in Montana. If you're in it for the skiing and not the fashion show, then that's the best choice. More terrain per skier than anywhere else in the country. Of course after ski parties not so much, but the difference between Big Sky and Mammoth as far as crowds and available terrain is comical.