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DLBottlePolitics is a hot topic, even during these dog days of summer. So, please join us tonight for an evening of politics and conversation over a pint at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet every Tuesday at the Montlake Ale House, 2307 24th Avenue E. Starting time is 8:00pm. Some people show up earlier for Dinner.








Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out one of the other DL meetings over the next week. Tonight the Tri-Cities and Vancouver, WA chapters meet. The new Longview chapter holds their inaugural meeting at 6:00pm Wednesday at the Monticello Hotel. The new South Seattle chapter holds their inaugural meeting on Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lottie’s Lounge, 4900 Rainier Avenue. The Spokane chapter and Drinking Liberally Tacoma meet this Thursday. Finally, next Monday, the Yakima and Olympia chapters of DL meet.

With 233 chapters of Living Liberally, including thirteen in Washington state, four in Oregon, and three more in Idaho, chances are excellent there’s a chapter near you.

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  2. 2

    Slow news day. Maybe things will pick up a little later on.

    Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman, conceded President Barack Obama inherited a bad economy, but said “Here’s the problem: He made it worse.”

    Read more: Ryan tells crowd that Romney will jump-start economy – The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/nati.....z23ZEnlq5D

  3. 3

    In case you missed it, teabaggers, here’s your VP candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, begging Congress to pass TARP.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v....._embedded#!

    I know it pains you and you won’t watch, teabaggers, but the best part is at the beginning when he says that he was against TARP, but then he saw the light and then he was for it. You really should watch at least that much so you can see how you’ve been played for fools by people who, unless there is profit in one or the other, don’t care whether you live or die.

  4. 4

    “Here’s the problem: He made it worse.”

    Mindless blather unless someone ever backs it up. You’ll get no argument that Republicans fucked things up royally and left no small task to clean up their mess, but exactly what did President Obama do that made things worse? Just about any chart will show improvement soon after Obama took office. DOW, NASDAQ, S&P, layoffs. What is worse now than when he took office?

  5. 5

    Serially Wrong and a very Dim Bulb,

    From the article your cited, Republican House leader, Paul Voucher-ize your Medicare Ryan said
    “We are offering solutions. Number one, we’ll make sure we use our own energy, because we have our own energy in this country.”

    How is that going to be accomplished?

    Let’s hear what Republican House leader, Paul Privatize your Social Security Ryan said
    Ryan then pledged to approve the Keystone XL pipeline to move oil sands from Canada through the Midwest to refineries along the Gulf of Mexico.

    Wait. What?
    Republican House leader, Paul Wants to cut Rmoney’s tax rate to less than 1% Ryan’s thoughtful wonkish “solution” for US energy independence is to import Canadian oil and export it?

    That ain’t “BOLD!”, that’s just plain stupid.

  6. 6

    @5

    A big chunk of those tar sands will be flowing west to Prince Rupert and then on to China.

    (Reuters) – PetroChina (601857.SS) became the first Chinese state-owned company to wholly own a Canadian oil sands development after agreeing on Tuesday to buy out its partner’s stake in a newly approved project for C$680 million ($674 million).

    Calgary-based Athabasca Oil Sands Corp (ATH.TO) said it exercised an option to sell its 40 percent interest in the MacKay River project in northern Alberta to PetroChina so it could free up money to concentrate on some of its other oil sands and light crude projects.
    http://www.reuters.com/article.....OW20120103

    Or they will be if they can get the needed pipeline built, but so far environmentalist and tribes in BC have stopped them.

  7. 7

    …but exactly what did President Obama do that made things worse?

    He allowed the Retarded Rethuglicans to continue opposing him even after they had established they were enemies of our country. He could have used extraordinary rendition to get rid of a few of the pesky bastards. I’m sure the rest would have fallen in line.

    (This Rethug type humor and not to be taken seriously.)

  8. 8

    @6

    giving north american oil to the chinese – fuck, we may as well cut our own throats.

  9. 9

    @6

    Isn’t it amusing that we are now busy exporting *our oil reserves to China the rest of the world? And I thought our road to energy independence was to keep the oil all for ourselves. Not export it as fast as we can.

    *The oil reserves under Canadian soil actually belongs to the Koch brothers us. It is just their misfortune to have located their country on top of our reserves.

  10. 10

    I want to thank Serially Wrong for giving us a very good example of the BULLSHIT which can’t pass the simplest smell test that Gekko/Galt is shoveling our way.

  11. 11

    but exactly what did President Obama do that made things worse?

    Listened to his academic economic advisors who said Porkulus and Son of Porkulus would spend our way out of the recession. When they saw unemployment continue to rise above 8%, this academic economics team said screw it and went back to academia.

  12. 12

    ATTENTION parents of college bound students!
    Romney/Ryan have a spectacular deal for you!

    As you know, finding the money to help your child get a college education is getting tougher and tougher. So, here’s the deal Romney/Ryan have for you.

    First, Eliminate Pell Grants For More Than One Million Students. This will increase your child’s competitive advantage once he/she graduates, if you can get past step 2.

    Second, your child borrows any needed college money from YOU, the parents! As Mitt says, “Voilà!”

    Take a risk, vote Gekko/Galt!

  13. 13

    @11 Puddles,

    We know these are tough times for you as you watch your team circle the drain, but you really need to step up your game. When asked how did Obama make things worse for the economy, your reply is Obama’s advisors went back to academia?

  14. 14

    It is refreshing to see Wolf stand up to the blather of Debbie Blabbermouth Schultz. When she has to venture off the DNC talking points she is so caught up in her lie she actually admits Wolf is right about 55 years old or older no change. This woman is so confused she can’t even remotely get her head around the truth of Ryan’s plan. So she admits granny is not being thrown off the cliff.

    When you leave the talking points your get Cory Bookered!

    Oopsie!

  15. 15

    We know these are tough times for you as you watch your team circle the drain

    Ummm no… actually it’s going great. New promotion, new awards, more money. When Romney gets elected higher projected revenues means more money and more awards. If Obummer stays, projected revenues will be lower and will have to work much harder.

  16. 16

    Second, your child borrows any needed college money from YOU, the parents! As Mitt says, “Voilà!”

    Or you could do like many intelligent parents do and invest in the GET program and stop living over your means. We did! Children had no undergraduate bills.

  18. 18

    @16, in all seriousness, I congratulate you and your family. Been there, done that so I know and understand the discipline it requires.

    But, you do understand that luck plays a part in it? One needs a job that provides disposable income to invest. Some families, through no fault of their own find themselves unable. The party and side you support effectively says ‘Tough luck’. That’s not right.
    Furthermore, conservative Republican hero of the day, Paul Ryan, was boot strapped by Federal aid monies. You and I may disagree about whether Paul Ryan is a a worthwhile Congressman or not, but I think we both agree that he is better off for the investment our tax dollars made in him and his family.

  19. 19

    giving north american oil to the chinese – fuck, we may as well cut our own throats.

    Yep!

  20. 20

    *The oil reserves under Canadian soil actually belongs to the Koch brothers us. It is just their misfortune to have located their country on top of our reserves.

    There used to be a map of the world according to Ronald Reagan, the middle east was labeled “Our Oil.”

  23. 23

    20. Michael spews:
    *The oil reserves under Canadian soil actually belongs to the Koch brothers us. It is just their misfortune to have located their country on top of our reserves.

    There used to be a map of the world according to Ronald Reagan, the middle east was labeled “Our Oil.”

    08/14/2012 AT 6:24 PM

    lol..wish I had that map

  26. 26

    You know Puddy takes offense with Joe Biden’s “back in chains” stupidity! Well rujax is still in chains.

  27. 27

    Wow a poll that will not get much slobbering libtard msm attention…

    Q: In your view, should voters in the United States be required to show official, government-issued photo identification — such as a driver’s license — when they cast ballots on Election Day, or shouldn’t they have to do this?

    Answer…74% Yes – 23% no! You can look at the demographics at the link.

    A M A Z I N G!

    Libtards… a bunch of liars!

  28. 28

    Q: Do you think voter fraud that is, people voting who are not eligible to do so, or voters casting multiple ballots — is a major problem, a minor problem or not a problem in presidential elections?

    Answer… 81% think it’s a problem 19% don’t think it’s a problem. You can look at the demographics at the link.

    A M A Z I N G!

    Libtards… a bunch of liars!

  38. 38

    Did ya notice ylbitchslapped ylbuttspigot copied much of his stuff from the slobbering libtard msm? As Puddy said they are in Obummer’s butt!

    If those are such great “accomplishments” where are the “positive” ads. Yet even Matt Lauer took Stephanie the liar to task this morning.

  40. 40

    copied much of his stuff from the slobbering libtard msm

    Yawwwn. Anything untrue I sourced? Can you find that stuff at Breitbart, Hot Air or MRC???

    If those are such great “accomplishments” where are the “positive” ads.

    Same place the positive ads from Karl Rove and crew are???

    To continue:

    Extended Benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees

    Created more private sector jobs in 2010 than during entire Bush years

  41. 41

    So, your family has done well during the Obama Administration, Puddy?

    No proud leftist! We are doing better in spite of Obummer and his economic misdeeds. At the start of the Obummer sadministration I too lost my job. Butt, my belief in God provided a help and I landed an even better job proud leftist.

  45. 45

    Yawwwn. Anything untrue I sourced?

    Who claimed truth or untruth ylbitchslapped ylbuttspigot? Another of your continuous train wreck diarrhea trails. You sourced it from the slobbering libtard msm.

    So Puddy asks again ylbitchslapped ylbuttspigot… If those are such great “accomplishments” where are the “positive” ads? Obummer is crying about his lack of funds against Romney when he ran all those useless Bain ads. Now he needs EPIC funds.

  47. 47

    When you have no record you have to demonize the other guy!

    Signed the Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act, which provides health care to 11 million kids — 4 million of whom were previously uninsured

    Signed the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act, the first piece of comprehensive legislation aimed at improving the lives of Americans living with paralysis

  50. 50

    Then why call the sources names?

    Bernie Goldberg Book ya moron ylbitchslapped ylbuttspigot! They are the slobbering libtard msm!

  53. 53

    Tooo Funneee!!!

    “One of the leaders of Hungary’s Jobbik Party, which the Anti-Defamation League says is one of the few political parties in Europe to overtly campaign with anti-Semitic materials, has discovered that he is himself a Jew.”

    http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetw.....hes-jewish

    Roger Rabbit Commentary: He should turn himself in to the Gestapo — they’ll know what to do.

  54. 54

    @44 “slobbering libtard msm”

    You don’t need to explain why you have a problem with objective news sources, puddles. We get it.

  57. 57

    Mitt will “jumpstart” the economy? Brings to mind the use of a car battery as a crude torture device.

  58. 58

    You don’t need to explain why you have a problem with objective news sources, puddles. We get it.

    Yeah HA ASS Roger DUMB Wabbit…

    Soledad O’Brien of CNN reading from Talking Point Memo while on the air with a Romney campaign person. Yeah, that’s objective.

    Bob Schieffer of CBS News asking why Paul Ryan about the rich not paying their”fair share”.

    George Dteponallofus claiming Ryan is this or that on air in negative terms.

    CNN lying about Ryan blocking farm bill when it was Senate DUMMOCRAPTS who blocked it.

    Chris Matthews claiming Paul Ryan is worse that Dan Quayle.

    Etc. etc. etc.

  61. 61

    If Paul Ryan said that “put y’all back in chains”, the slobbering libtard msm and the NAALCP would be calling for his head. You libtards on HA would be reading a blog thread discussing this calling for Ryan’s head.

    Nary a peep from the HA libtards! Of course the real one in chains, rujax is toooooooooo stupid to understand the nuance!

  62. 62

    Now we see most Americans want voter ID checks let’s see if the slobbering libtard media will discuss the WaPo poll!

    Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh will!

  64. 64

    Romney finally nails Obama for his pathetic campaign of division & hate. Whatever happened to Hope & Change Barry Soetoro??

    Mitt Romney, capping off a five-state bus tour in Ohio Tuesday night, delivered the most aggressive and fiery speech of his bid for the presidency — accusing President Obama of running a “campaign of division and anger and hate” while taking on what he called an “outrageous charge” by Vice President Biden.
    The Republican presidential candidate lit into his White House rival at a rally in Chillicothe, Ohio. Though some of the candidate’s speeches are written by staff, aides told Fox News that Romney personally wrote this one over the course of two days. It effectively set the tone for the rest of the week, as Romney plans to head to closed-camera fundraisers through Saturday while handing off the campaign bullhorn to his new running mate, Paul Ryan.
    In the address, Romney discarded all euphemisms and claimed recent flare-ups on the trail were signs of a president’s campaign gone bitter. He pointed to Biden’s claim Tuesday in Virginia that Romney and the Republicans intend to roll back Wall Street regulations and “put y’all back in chains.” Romney’s campaign called it a “new low,” while Romney himself accused the president of being “intellectually exhausted” and out of ideas.
    “His campaign and his surrogates have made wild and reckless accusations that disgrace the office of the presidency,” Romney told a crowd of thousands at the final stop on his five-state bus tour. “Another outrageous charge came a few hours ago in Virginia. And the White House sinks a little bit lower. This is what an angry and desperate presidency looks like.”
    He continued: “So, Mr. President, take your campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago.”

  67. 67

    This is pretty funny:

    Ron Wyden Takes Issue With Mitt Romney Linking Him to Paul Ryan

    http://www.rollcall.com/news/R.....838-1.html

    Here’s the problem, Senatory Wyden:

    GUARANTEED CHOICES TO STRENGTHEN MEDICARE AND
    HEALTH SECURITY FOR ALL:
    BIPARTISAN OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE

    Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI)

    December 15, 2011


    http://budget.house.gov/upload.....enryan.pdf

    Right there on the top page – the title page of the report. See that first name? It’s yours. See that second name, just below the first? It’s Ryan’s.

    I’m sure it won’t be the first revision of history we see with Ryan. This example of bipartisanship on Ryan’s part certainly is something that Democrats will have a hard time labeling as ‘extreme’.

    But it’s certainly the funniest revision, so far.

  68. 68

    This, on the other hand, is not so funny:

    A gunman posing as an intern shot a security guard at the Family Research Council’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. after expressing disagreement with the conservative group’s policy positions, Fox News has learned.

    Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012.....z23dVP9Qyr

    it’s early reporting, and not much known. I suppose it could be an actual intern at FRC and not a poseur.

  69. 69

    Wow, more creepy freakshow behavior from Matt Shea.

    State Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, is refusing to remove a picture of his election opponent’s home from his Facebook page.

    Amy Biviano, the Democrat who is challenging Shea’s election bid, said Friday that she left voicemails with Shea and with Spokane County Republican Party Chairman Matthew Pederson requesting that the photo be pulled but hasn’t received a call back. She said she and others also have posted comments on Shea’s Facebook page asking that the photo (left) be removed, but those comments have been deleted.
    http://www.spokesman.com/blogs.....book-page/

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    In his 13 years as a Congressman Paul Ryan has only gotten two pieces of legislation passed. One was to rename his hometown post office. For that, the American taxpayer has paid him and his staff a total of $11.5 million dollars so far.

    Where is the conservative outrage?
    I’ll bet that created hundreds of jobs!
    He clearly earns his paycheck and benefits. It can’t be easy to do all that… in, um, 13 years.

  71. 71

    Does anyone know, does the Romney and McKenna campign pay every time I click on one of their links?

  73. 73

    @ 70

    Ya know what? The American taxpayer probably has paid for airfare from Wisconsin to DC. And back. More than one time.

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