I've heard Nader. He makes more sense now than he ever has. My guy is Bob Barr, but you never hear him. He's the Rodney Dangerfield of politics; doesn't get any respect.

Nader IS an interesting chap, indeed!!

Well, Pete, I did navigate AND I read it. You know, I'll bet you $100 that I read significantly more liberal articles and watch more liberal TV in one week than you do in a year. At some point, you have to quit drinking the Kool-Aid; it's making you dull and predictable.

I miss William F. Buckley. I would guess he would have liked Patrick Moynihan. Now there was a respectable guy. The Barney Franks, Chris Dodds, Jim McDermotts, Dick Durbins are not of the same mold. They are intellectual light weights by comparison. To be fair, some Republicans, most notably Pres. Bush, Orin Hatch and John McCain are no more conservative than Obama is. They too are intellectual light weights. Obama is not yet ripe enough to weigh in, so we can't include him.

Thanks for the link, Bob. I'm working on a house right now where this info might come in real handy. Or at the very least, it will confirm data we created through SU shadows.

I've been threatening to replace my Sony laptop with a Mac. The Olo web site is real light on info. What happens when your phone rings? No phone, no laptop, which limits one in terms of use. I'll look for an announcement today.

Great find, Mike.

Edit: I reread your post and now understand that Olo is not an Apple product. But I'm still looking forward to Apple's announcement on their netbook.

Alinsky absolutely believes the ends justifies the means. His looney leftist crap is based on it. He's a Marxist, a commie, a goofy nitwit like you-know-who. The left doesn't seem to care that names like his and Ayers and Wright and ACORN are in ANY way associated with Obama. You don't see these types of characters associated with McCain or Bob Barr or Nader or anyone else.

Sure...even though I'm a third party voter, I'm disappointed in the current polls. The last guy I want in the White House is a liberal socialist. But we've got some time left. The pollsters were wrong this time of year for the last 2 elections (or one of the last 2 anyway, I can't remember).

Hey Pete, thanks for the bed! It'll get lots of use.

I don't visit this particular forum enough, I guess. This is an astonishing texture. Just wonderful!!! Thank you very much.

Andryi, thank you very much for these wonderful textures. My library runneth over.

@solo said:

From the mouth of NOW America's richest man.

[flash=425,355:3twkb4bn]http://www.youtube.com/v/Cu5B-2LoC4s[/flash:3twkb4bn]

Pete, I don't even need to watch the video to know what Buffet's opinion is. I already know. The fact remains that the top 5% (+/-) of earners pay something like 90%, or more, of all taxes.

@solo said:

@unknownuser said:

that is alright. we are used to picking up the slack for those who can't do it themselves.

um... If indeed Obama does win it will be the first time you 'pick up some slack' as currently you pay proportionately less taxes and the poor and middle class carry you thanks to Bush's tax cut for the rich.

Whoa, this is flat out wrong! You'd better do some research on this Pete, because the facts are PRECISELY the opposite. The "rich" pay a disproportionate share of the taxes.

John, we get Parade as well and I saw this graph. What this graph does not show is Obama intends to raise the capital gains rate from 15% to "as much as" 28%. He said this in one of the debates. What the hell does "as much as" mean? I say it means exactly 28%. You talk about having a chilling effect on investments and growth.

LOL...Wow is that uncanny or what? I'll never watch King of the Hill the same way again.

@tomsdesk said:

Ross, worth a lot...thanks! These better? Far enough? Anyone else agree? Disagree? (Now this is what I'm talking about! :`)

I like this batch the most. The tree shadows are a little distracting to my eye. But then again, I'm due for another eye exam.

Yuckity yuck. When I have time, I'll scour that thar world wide webby thing and see what I can scare up.

Tom, thanks for this response, it means a lot. I just get pissed when I see these things. I agree, McCain does have a "less-than-long" fuse.

@unknownuser said:

Pete, don't spend too much time searching for this junk or you might get sucked in.

Here is one I saw years ago. There are many more versions but this one is the first... the classic... the
FARTING PREACHER.

[flash=425,355:rav05xuy]http://www.youtube.com/v/6waXPTSrGiA[/flash:rav05xuy]

Eric, this is the funniest darn thing I have seen in years. My head and stomach hurt from laughing so much. Thanks..

I think lies and fraud are a world apart. Both sides lie, always have, always will. This is why I can't stand the negative ads. I agree with Tom here in that slight dishonesty or not telling the whole story is tantamount to lying. Fraud is more devious, more nefarious.

Lee Atwater was doing what political operatives have been doing for years. I'm not excusing him, I explaining him, I guess. Look at how Obama gained his Senate seat. He used underhanded, yet perfectly legal, means. What's the difference?

@solo said:

C'mon Ron, admit it, you like me!

Yeah...I do.

@tomsdesk said:

Ron, I merely did this search:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=%22mccain's%20temper%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#
I was shocked at all the news stories from fox, cnn, abc, and others about his temper...so posted the direct utube link to the most appalling.

Now, I'll have to insist you never speak to me in that manner again.

Bullshit. You posted a lie, didn't you? And you didn't care. Am I the only intellectually honest one here?

@tomsdesk said:

...so thought I'd check it out:

I only watched the first two...I really can't believe how disrespectful he is to these women!

Goddamnit Tom, this is bullshit. I actually saw the second interview on TV a few months ago and McCain NEVER cursed...NEVER. WTF are you trying to do here?? This is the height of dishonesty...lying.

You're as bad a Pete with the shit.

Edit: Nor did McCain curse at the Senate hearing.