I really don't like Romney.

[Jazz Spazz]

I hate this line of thinking.

https://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=2...mises-worlds-strongest-military&s_cid=queue-1

I don't have any issues with this line of thinking.

What is your problem with it?

 

[CONAN]

No one likes Romney, it's just a question of if you dislike Obama more.

Sometimes that is how it goes every four years, especially when the incumbent looks bad. Personally, I like Romney. But if Obama had his **** together I'd vote him in anyway just because I like 2-term presidents.

 

[franklin]

I often wonder what it would be like to live in a blurry, often mesmerizing, alcoholic haze -- but then I read your posts and know. Imagine how much good you could've done for the world with that brain of yours, you know, 10 billion burned up brain cells ago. What a waste.



Diamond > Gomez, btw.

Hello, tis I, Sir franklin. I've quit drinking and come to usher in world peace. I will do so much good for the world.

 

[Scat]

I would agree with this if I could just figure out a way to get by.

Have you tried pot? Oh wait, you stopped. How about prescription pain meds?

 

[franklin]

Hello, tis I, Sir franklin. I've quit drinking and come to usher in world peace. I will do so much good for the world.

Is the world saved yet? I'm too lazy to check the news feeds.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Is the world saved yet? I'm too lazy to check the news feeds.

The economy has completely crashed because you stopped buying Aristocrat and Evan Williams.

 

[BabyPeterzz]

I often wonder what it would be like to live in a blurry, often mesmerizing, alcoholic haze -- but then I read your posts and know. Imagine how much good you could've done for the world with that brain of yours, you know, 10 billion burned up brain cells ago. What a waste.



Diamond > Gomez, btw.

Dude, you sell insurance. You might as well be a drug dealer.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Dude, you sell insurance. You might as well be a drug dealer.

If you didn't have to, legally, have car insurance, would you buy it?

 

[BabyPeterzz]

If you didn't have to, legally, have car insurance, would you buy it?

Yes, I just need a taste. Just a taste. Daddy.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Anyone see his Iphone Ap gaffe?

 

[Mission Accomplished]

In all fairness to Mr. Romney, who of any Presidential candidates other than Paul has suggested cutting our military size/defense budget? Certainly not Obama.

What President other than Clinton has closed bases and cut the defense's budget in the last 30 years?

I think the out of control defense spending has more to do with Congress "fighting" for jobs and contractors buying off the government (there is clearly a military industrial "entitlement" that is sucking our resources) than anything else. Shutting down military bases or factories in your state and laying off thousands of workers for the good of the union is basically going to destroy any chances of becoming reelected in even the most anti-government pro private sector states.

Just imagine the uproar even the most "conservative" leaders in Utah would cause if the Hill were ever shut down! A loss of thousands of jobs! Despite what these political leaders say (anti government pro private sector), they love the jobs and (federal) handouts they receive. Hence, why you'll never see Utah volunteer the Hill to be shut down or refuse federal money to build roads. Hatch and co will fight tooth and nail to keep that base operational (all while sucking millions/billions from our coffers and driving up our debt).

What would happen if Hill shuts down? YOu do know that gov. generates revenues from tax dollars. So for every program they shut down jobs are lost and if the private sector doesn't pick up those jobs we go further down the toilet bowl. So, instead of a slashing technique we need tax reform and hold those in the government to actually ask our federal employees to be productive.

 

[PearlWatson]

 

[AlaskanAssassin]

ask our federal employees to be productive.

I have a veteran friend in Virginia that does IT Networking as a civilian working on base. He travels one week a month to military bases/embassies to set up networks, troubleshoot, etc. The other 3 weeks he sits in his cubicle playing mine-sweep and surfing the internet. He has virtually no traditional education but did IT training in the military. He is paid over $100,000/year for his enormous contributions to our military/government.

 

[Mission Accomplished]

I have a veteran friend in Virginia that does IT Networking as a civilian working on base. He travels one week a month to military bases/embassies to set up networks, troubleshoot, etc. The other 3 weeks he sits in his cubicle playing mine-sweep and surfing the internet. He has virtually no traditional education but did IT training in the military. He is paid over $100,000/year for his enormous contributions to our military/government.

Ok the point is you just don't fire them find ways for them to be more productive. Or you think the economy is bad now just imagine all the hill workers competing for the same low paying jobs we are.

 

[One Brow]

I have a veteran friend in Virginia that does IT Networking as a civilian working on base. He travels one week a month to military bases/embassies to set up networks, troubleshoot, etc. The other 3 weeks he sits in his cubicle playing mine-sweep and surfing the internet.

I basically did that for four years at an insurance company, percentage-wise. I'm unconvinced private emplo9yers are more efficient than public.

 

[AlaskanAssassin]

I don't have any issues with this line of thinking.

What is your problem with it?

I'm trying to figure this out myself as well. If you are getting bullied in school, hit the gym or take a boxing class. Your house gets robbed, buy a better security system. Laptop keeps getting infected with viruses, invest in some anti-virus software.

What's the problem with this line of thinking?

 

[Duck Rodgers]

Anyone see his Iphone Ap gaffe?

Are we laughing at the misspelling or the fact that the CIA part of the name just seems to fit so well with all the drones, detention/re-education camps, NDAA, etc. that are just waiting in the pipeline for the next president to really take a large role in domestically? A better AmerCIA is to come indeed no matter who we elect.

 

[franklin]

I basically did that for four years at an insurance company, percentage-wise. I'm unconvinced private emplo9yers are more efficient than public.

I'd choose the public option for the most part. I'm tired of the M.I.C. and every other complex that has formed to fleece the common man while enriching further the bankers and others at the top. We don't get any more from it than an elite class with more money in their pockets to buy more politicians and contracts with. So what if public employees are less efficient. At least we put people to work and keep and tax our own money.

In all fairness to Mr. Romney, who of any Presidential candidates other than Paul has suggested cutting our military size/defense budget? Certainly not Obama.

What President other than Clinton has closed bases and cut the defense's budget in the last 30 years?

I think the out of control defense spending has more to do with Congress "fighting" for jobs and contractors buying off the government (there is clearly a military industrial "entitlement" that is sucking our resources) than anything else. Shutting down military bases or factories in your state and laying off thousands of workers for the good of the union is basically going to destroy any chances of becoming reelected in even the most anti-government pro private sector states.

Keep the money going to the bases while firing all large contractors works for me.

 

[Scat]

I have a veteran friend in Virginia that does IT Networking as a civilian working on base. He travels one week a month to military bases/embassies to set up networks, troubleshoot, etc. The other 3 weeks he sits in his cubicle playing mine-sweep and surfing the internet.

My dad worked as a civilian contractor at Hill Field a while back. His supervisor actually called him into the office one day and told him to slow down as he was making the enlisted men look bad.

 

[PearlWatson]

Gotta hand it to Mitt. This was a brilliant move:

“Two years ago President Obama was here to tout this building and this business as a symbol of the success of his stimulus,” said Romney, stepping off a bus and onto the public sidewalk in front of the Solyndra buildings just outside Silicon Valley. “Well you can see that it’s a symbol of something very different today.”

“It’s a symbol not of success but of failure,” he said. “It’s also a symbol of a serious conflict of interest. An independent inspector general looked at this investment and concluded that the administration had steered money to friends and family – to campaign contributors. This building, this half a billion dollar taxpayer investment, represents a serious conflict of interest on the part of the president and his team.”

“It’s also a symbol of how the president thinks about free enterprise,” said Romney. “Free enterprise to the president means taking money from the taxpayers and giving it freely to his friends.”

“You look at this building behind us; this is not the kind of building that is built by private enterprise,” he said. “This is the kind of enterprise – the kind of building – that’s built with half a billion dollars of taxpayers money. It’s not just the Taj Mahal of corporate headquarters. you probably also heard that inside there are showers that have LCD displays that tell what the temperatures are of the shower water. and the robots inside actually provide Disney music tunes.”

Which ones?