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ancianita

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56. Nice! May I quote you?
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 01:40 PM
Sep 2017


I've been fussing about these old folks in my retirement community being exactly how you describe, and how you can't politely talk sense into any of them.

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Lol, they are breaking my wittle heart... ExciteBike66 Sep 2017 #1
Global Climate Change? The only alternative to the cause of Harvey, Irma, NCjack Sep 2017 #53
Well, he has a point. But, they should have girded their loins, sucked in their guts, Hortensis Sep 2017 #60
Hawhaw ananda Sep 2017 #2
! DesertRat Sep 2017 #3
Wow! He has turned into quite the little snowflake! eom fleur-de-lisa Sep 2017 #4
Fuck him! lark Sep 2017 #5
Pruitt's got "misplaced" and "insensitive" all locked up cp Sep 2017 #6
Umm.... I'm in Florida and I think now is a Phoenix61 Sep 2017 #7
It's never the "right time" to talk about shit you don't want to hear... Wounded Bear Sep 2017 #8
He doesnt know that non Republicans can walk and chew gum at the same time. padfun Sep 2017 #9
what paffun said.👆 irisblue Sep 2017 #24
This guy is even more of an ass than I thought (and that's saying a lot!) logosoco Sep 2017 #10
Screw you Pru Achilleaze Sep 2017 #11
As predicted n2doc Sep 2017 #12
Ignorance is bliss. mountain grammy Sep 2017 #13
If ignorance is bliss.. Kleveland Sep 2017 #17
Agree mountain grammy Sep 2017 #27
what's the old response? "if ignorance is bliss, he must be orgasmic" niyad Sep 2017 #47
Hey Pruitt, STFU! Kleveland Sep 2017 #14
Pruitt, bullshit!!!!!! heaven05 Sep 2017 #15
denying climate change is insesitive to humanity as a whole chaking53 Sep 2017 #16
Having Pruitt in office is insensitive gopiscrap Sep 2017 #18
Please. Let us not talk about gun-regulations this soon after the shooting. DetlefK Sep 2017 #19
Pruitt's very existence is an insult to human beings NRaleighLiberal Sep 2017 #20
So we need a trigger warning when discussing reality with Floridians? Nitram Sep 2017 #21
Same bullshit as NRA thbobby Sep 2017 #22
I was about to say something about the NRA. Delmette2.0 Sep 2017 #31
And talking about car inspections is being insensitive to the guy whose brakes just failed DFW Sep 2017 #23
Wonder if this ass has ever seen or read Marthe48 Sep 2017 #25
I think it was"very, very insensitive" marybourg Sep 2017 #26
Because Flor-it-ions mostly vote for GOP'sters who fight and defund CLIMATE SCIENCE? vkkv Sep 2017 #28
Stalling. Now is not the time. (4 months later) how about now? underpants Sep 2017 #29
I would guess... flotsam Sep 2017 #30
Talking about deregulation is insensitive to everyone! Removing building codes and not enforcing haveahart Sep 2017 #32
Whaddya wanna bet not fooled Sep 2017 #33
Is it too early to talk about the drought in Western States? Delmette2.0 Sep 2017 #34
Typical RW asshole, using what he considers a 'snowflake' word ("insensitive") to Nay Sep 2017 #35
What an asshole! I am a Floridian & believe me climate change is real. scarletlib Sep 2017 #36
and when the hurricane is gone, the recovery will make talking insensitive, etc., etc. niyad Sep 2017 #37
Insensitive to Floridians? Which ones? haele Sep 2017 #38
Nice! May I quote you? ancianita Sep 2017 #56
Not a problem. haele Sep 2017 #57
Thanks! Perhaps this is it? ancianita Sep 2017 #58
Insensitive to talk about gravity? Nt lostnfound Sep 2017 #39
Denying climate change is insensitive to the people whose lives will be changed by it. mnhtnbb Sep 2017 #40
Scott Pruitt PatSeg Sep 2017 #41
tell him to go pound sand weissmam Sep 2017 #42
So I guess it's out of the question... sofa king Sep 2017 #43
I thought gov skeletor xxqqqzme Sep 2017 #44
Scott Pruitt is an energy corporate-backed hack who searches for solutions NCjack Sep 2017 #45
Climate change denial is insensitive to everyone on the planet. nt SunSeeker Sep 2017 #46
I guess it's insensitive to talk safe food handling/prep before/during an E-coli outbreak too. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #48
When you bury your head in the sand nobody can hear truthisfreedom Sep 2017 #49
They do the same thing with discussing gun control after a mass shooting LiberalLovinLug Sep 2017 #50
We haven't had a mass shooting in a while, shall we pass gun control now? IronLionZion Sep 2017 #51
Like you can't talk about gun control after a shooting, or using a seat belt after an accident.... LisaM Sep 2017 #52
Geez! Some people can walk and chew gum at the same time. SharonClark Sep 2017 #54
He's a stupid snowflake. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2017 #55
Pruitt Speaking .... DoctorJoJo Sep 2017 #59
"Stop trying to connect all of these changes in the climate to truthisfreedom Sep 2017 #61
Isn't this the same logic they use when refusing to talk about gun safety relayerbob Sep 2017 #62
so you see, it is NEVER a good time! Skittles Sep 2017 #63
I would have considered destroying hundreds of thousands of lives for coal cash to be insensitive. Corvo Bianco Sep 2017 #64
Scott Pruitts little dig at Congress-, "And Congress hasnt" Sunlei Sep 2017 #65
Pruitt's existence is insensitive to Floridians. nt Lucky Luciano Sep 2017 #66
I think he misspelled "Coal and Oil Executives" ThoughtCriminal Sep 2017 #67
And I'd be willing to wager - raven mad Sep 2017 #68
What a damn dumb comment. WinkyDink Sep 2017 #69
Kind of like "Talking about wartime deaths during war is treason" and "Let's talk about guns later!" Oneironaut Sep 2017 #70
FALSE DICHOTOMY: understanding cause vs helping people???? Do both, you idiot - what is it with Kashkakat v.2.0 Sep 2017 #71
Actually this is the exact time. Florida has a corrupt Governor and corrupt AG. Both anti-science rockfordfile Sep 2017 #72
Is it insensitive when Miami's Mayor Toms Regalado says: If this isnt climate change, truthisfreedom Sep 2017 #73
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