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In reply to the discussion: Hey DU. I just came by to see.... [View all]Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)78. I wished I would have thought of this OP. It's freakin' brilliant!
Yeah, good point, there are some wild ones here.
They remind me of Marlon Brando's character in the movie "The Wild One".
Especially in that 1 part where the girl asks Brando why his gang is being so wild.
Mildred: Hey Johnny, what are you rebelling against?
Johnny: Whaddaya got?
"Whaddaya got?"
Ain't that the truth.
Against anything and everything.
From Obama wearing a tan suit to Obama holding on to his coffee cup while saluting some Marines.
Every day.
Every single day of the week.
Every week of the month.
Week after week, month after month.
But, hey, they gots to do what they gots to do.
They don't hate ya, they're just ticked off because you're not afraid of 'em.
Yet, there are only 40 days until the mid-term elections are here.
So, what are they going to say if the Republicans still retain control of the House of Representatives for the next 2 years?
Because that is what is at stake here these days.
I'll tell you what they'll say, they'll say that it isn't their fault.
They'll say, "I live in a blue state and the people I voted for are all Democrats, and all of them were re-elected."
More "neener, neener" crap.
And then they'll criticize someone like me, who does not live in a blue state, and they'll say, "its your fault that the Republicans were re-elected in your state!"
Yet, I don't make many posts here during the day.
I don't have the time for that sort of crappola.
And I'm also not here during the day whining about the President.
Not at all.
Last weekend I distributed flyers for one of the Democratic candidates running for US Congress.
And I volunteered to distribute flyers on Wednesday for the Democratic candidate for Governor.
I had most of Wednesday afternoon off from work, so I was available.
But, the weather forecast last Friday said it was going to rain this Wednesday.
Yet, rain don't bother me none, so I signed up for it right away anyway.
However, it didn't rain, not one drop at all.
Instead, the winds shifted on Tuesday afternoon, and it was a gorgeous day here on Wednesday.
The temperature even hit 95º.
So, there I was, walking around my neighborhood in beautiful weather, distributing flyers, doing what I gots to do.
We have half a chance of actually getting Democrats elected to high office this year because the Republican party is so torn apart because of the demands of the state's Tea Party coalition clashing with the moderate stances the established Republicans have stood for the last 2 decades.
So, I am not about to let this golden "once in a lifetime" opportunity pass me by.
Don't let the bastards get you down, sheshe2.
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Is this some kind of justification or rationalization for expanding the war in the Middle East?
rhett o rick
Sep 2014
#7
Bullshit!! He has been pleading for Congress to return from their 7-week vacation to authorize this.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Sep 2014
#15
Yup. Your intellectual responses know no bounds. But then I would assume you would support
rhett o rick
Sep 2014
#59
Of course so why is the president unilaterally taking that responsibility on his own.
rhett o rick
Sep 2014
#57
So let me guess your point since you are so intent on yelling "Bullshit" that you forgot the
rhett o rick
Sep 2014
#52
Congress makes decisions, the decision not to entertain immigration reform because the House is
Thinkingabout
Sep 2014
#36
So, what are you trying to justify? What does the Constitution say? When Congress is on
rhett o rick
Sep 2014
#54
"Without Congress' input". That's rich. Congress is -yet again- on an extended vacation.
randome
Sep 2014
#86
So your rationalization boils down to "It's difficult". It's difficult to operate within the Consti
rhett o rick
Sep 2014
#91
"...and without Congress's input?..." Uh... your argument is not with the President, my friend.
calimary
Sep 2014
#109
So your rationalization is that if the President doesn't like what Congress is doing or not
rhett o rick
Sep 2014
#110
Why are you excitedly waiting. Bombs, rockets, oh my! Sad how those that opposed Bush's
rhett o rick
Sep 2014
#61
I have President Obama's back! He was handed a bunch of SHIT! If Bush had not invaded Iraq
Liberal_Stalwart71
Sep 2014
#16
Didn't you know how the dominoes was going to fall? Guess not if you did not know how many
Thinkingabout
Sep 2014
#38
You may whine and cry, we are used to hearing the whining, but did you receive the intelligence
Thinkingabout
Sep 2014
#41
We are in a hell of a mess. None of us, including the president, want war. Yet if you watched
jwirr
Sep 2014
#46
I wish I could shake your hand, Sir. Every damn day you just do your job. Thank you.
Hekate
Sep 2014
#51
I grew up in Kailua, where the Obamas vacation, and I have to say the beachside has changed a lot...
Hekate
Sep 2014
#65
imagine what the media would be saying if a Republican were president with these numbers ...
napkinz
Sep 2014
#94
if Romney were president, you know the media and the GOP would be calling it ...
napkinz
Sep 2014
#101
A congress bent on obstructionism, -- you really don't want them in session. Fuck 'em.
immoderate
Sep 2014
#98