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  5. Isn’t it a fortunate thing that the launch got posponed twice before they found this?

    Gene Krantz would be spinning in his grave if he were dead.

  6. When conservatives worry about “losing the war on drugs”, what they are worried about is losing the war on drugs as a CASH COW. It’s the same with the : “war on terror”. They are afraid of losing a CASH COW.

    Neither one of theese thiongs is what it is presented as. They are wars on our bank accounts and our progenies’ future earnings.Our worst enemies are corporatists of Republican or Democratic laeling.

  7. Headless Lucy, Are you on drugs? Too much meth?

  8. Wow, headless lucy, that’s the first time I’ve ever seen you level a criticism of Democrats. (Our worst enemies are corporatists of Republican or Democratic laeling. )

    Are you moving towards becoming a Libertarian?

  10. Kos and Move-on.org seemed to have succeeded in turning Senator Lieberman into an Independent.

    “Sen. Joe Lieberman May Seek ‘Independence’

    Facing a stronger-than-expected Democratic primary challenge and sagging poll numbers because of his support of the Iraq war, Sen. Joe Lieberman said Monday he’ll collect signatures to run as an unaffiliated candidate if he loses next month’s primary.

    “While I believe that I will win the Aug. 8 primary, I know there are no guarantees in elections,” Lieberman told reporters on the steps of Connecticut’s statehouse. “No one really knows how many Democrats will come out to vote on what may be a hot day in August.””

    If Senator Lieberman runs as an Independent, he will win and further marginalize the “tinfoil hat” Kos kids and Move-on moonbats from the Democrat Party.

    Nice job losers……..

    Lieberman said he will still be running as a Democrat even if he’s not the party’s nominee and plans to remain part of the Democratic caucus in the Senate if re-elected.

    “I want the opportunity to put my case before all the people of Connecticut in November,” Lieberman said.

  11. re8: A Libertarian is an Anarchist who wants the police to protect him from his enemies. I’m a Libertarian Socialist.

  12. I’m a Libertarian Socialist.
    Commentby headless lucy— 7/3/06@ 11:09 am

    So what belief set does that entail?

  13. Sorry, I should have used “include” instead of “entail” in the question above.

  14. jaybo freak – you’re a real “split the vote” kind of guy aren’t you?

    The people of CT are in charge of the final decision on Joe Lieberman.

    Enjoying the paychecks from McGavick? You should consider yourself lucky he didn’t outsource the job to India but who knows – you could be typing from Bangalore!

  15. Jaybo — if our state’s Republicans wise up and dump the sleazy real estate salesman in ’08, will Lossi run as an Independent? Will he aspire to be the Ross Perot of Washington politics?

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  17. “I like the internal freedoms the Swedes enjoy and the reality based militaristic doggedness of North Korea.”

    Commentby headless lucy […………………………70% tax rates in Sweden, and North Korea is the Perfect Hillary Village. BTW, HL, are you a NEA “teacher” in the public sector?]

  18. Port Louis – Scientists who unearthed a mass dodo grave in Mauritius say they have found evidence showing the birds were killed by a natural disaster long before humans arrived on the Indian Ocean island. Most theories about how the dodo became extinct blame early settlers who found the plump flightless bird on the Indian Ocean island in the 16th century and hunted it relentlessly.

    Well man just has to be blamed somehow. Maybe the dodos heard that Al Gore’s global warming was coming and committed mass suicide to avoid the stress.

    Follow on comment: Come on. There had to be a Republican driving an SUV involved somehow.

  20. Libertarian,
    A Libertarian-Socialist is someone who believes that it is unconstitutional for government to impose morality, but who also recognizes that unrestrained corporate interests can be as much of a threat to personal liberty as unrestrained government interests.

  21. Mexico’s election: Kind of like King County’s, but with less voter fraud.

  22. Re: #18…The response that comes to my mind is that the present leadership of the United States Government is proof positive that they aren’t extinct after all, except I didn’t think dodos were carrion eaters.

  24. A Libertarian-Socialist is someone who believes that it is unconstitutional for government to impose morality, but who also recognizes that unrestrained corporate interests can be as much of a threat to personal liberty as unrestrained government interests.

    ….
    That’s an interesting philosophy. i’d drop the “Socialist” part of the name, though. Maybe using “Democrat” instead of “Socialist” would be more descriptive of this particular political viewpoint – “Libertarain-Democrat” vs. “Libertarian-Socialist.” “Socialist” has a lot of baggage attched to it.

  25. Their names are varied: Team Condi. Rice for America. The Draft Rice movement. Condistas.

    But this disparate group of Internet gurus, politics junkies and Hillary haters shares a common goal: Elect Republican Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice president in 2008. [……………………………………Go Condi! Let the Dems run Hillary and Cindi McKinney!!]

  28. That’s an interesting philosophy. i’d drop the “Socialist” part of the name, though. Maybe using “Democrat” instead of “Socialist” would be more descriptive of this particular political viewpoint – “Libertarain-Democrat” vs. “Libertarian-Socialist.” “Socialist” has a lot of baggage attched to it.

    I agree. I don’t like the term much myself (I prefer moderate Libertarian or Libertarian Centrist), but that’s what I take it to be.

  30. “The answer, of course, is that righties aren’t against anything they can make money off of.”

    Commentby Roger Rabbit [……………………………………………………………………….Roger , Try not to end your sentences with prepositions. Doing so makes you look like a dumb ass public school Democrat “guvment” hack POS lawyer who couldn’t make it in the private sector.]

  31. Dingleberries: Your good friends the islamofascists are showing their true colors in Israel. They are setting deadlines over the Israeli soldier and possibly killing him like they did to that 18 year old settler and then they burned his body. Yeah your good friends. So the next time they take a moonbat hostage like Nick Berg, by your reckoning we should leave them be right?

    If moonbats had a stance on the war on terror you guys would win congress hands down. But you don’t and you won’t.

  32. PUD- Support for Israel has long been bipartisan. Any Mid-East peace has to include their survival. Now, borders are an issue for discussion. And torture of captives is always a bad thing.

  33. Ottawa – Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed his disgust upon learning of a man urinating on the National War Memorial. A veteran snapped photos of the man relieving himself on the Ottawa monument on Canada Day. Retired Major Michael Pilon says most people cheered and laughed when the photos were taken Saturday night. In an interview with Ottawa radio station CFRA on Monday, Harper called it a ”terrible thing to do.” Ottawa Police Detective Mike Walker said police have contacted Pilon and will ensure charges are laid.

    In the US I could only imagine certain specific crowds behaving in such a fashion: members of the San Francisco gov, most Berkeley student groups, GBS, Left Turn, Headless Lucy, Roger Rabbit, assorted maggot-infested leftoid groups that haunt the internet. Others would have given this guy a such a realignment that it would be too painful for him to attempt a repeat.

  34. Trools- (esp PAT) go to the Sci-Fi Channel. The Twilight Zone, the “Obsolete Man” is on. Try thinking.

    I’m outta here.

  36. Indeed I have been. It’s a marathon, and I’m diving back in. A time when media was not afraid to make you think, as opposed to playing to your predispositions.

    Bye.

  38. They have had nothing but trouble with the freon-free foam that they have used on space shuttles since 1997. Since they have started using the new foam, shuttles have on average taken 11 times more damage from the foam during liftoff, including the doomed Columbia mission.
    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,77832,00.html

    Sadly, this is not the first time that earth-friendly changes were made to the shuttle. In 1986 they were experimenting with asbestos-free o-rings.

  39. Privatize NASA and stop wasting our money… I read that each day delay cost 1 MILLION DOLLARS.

    I guaran-damn-tee the shuttle would get off more often, on time, with fewer mishaps and be economically feasible… hellsbells, privatize and SELL STOCK in the damned thing and lets see the ‘Life in Space’ proponents put their money where their mouths are.

  40. JUST HOW MUCH DO YOU REALLY LOVE FREEDOM?

    Planning for your retirement.

    I want my employer to provide me with a pension plan.
    I want the government to take something out of every one of my paychecks and then pay it back to me in monthly payments after I reach retirement age.
    I’m perfectly willing to save some money toward my retirement years out of each and every paycheck and I want my employer and the government to butt out. If I fail to finance my retirement years adequately I’ll have nobody to blame but myself.
    Desecrating the American Flag

    I believe the Bill of Rights was written by men to tell government what it can and cannot do. Even though I strongly disapprove of anyone desecrating our Flag, I realize the First Amendment was written to protect unpopular expressions, not ones that everyone is going to agree with.
    I believe that our Flag is the symbol of our country, and anyone who desecrates it ought to be punished harshly. To that end I approve of a new Constitutional amendment, the first one since prohibition that would tell us what we can and cannot do, instead of the government.
    Medical Care

    My employer should provide me with a health insurance plan covering me and my immediate family.
    The government should provide taxpayer funded health care for everyone.
    I should be responsible for providing my own health care and health insurance in a competitive medical marketplace unhindered by government mandates and regulations.
    Health Insurance

    The government should tell health insurance companies what they must and what they cannot cover in their policies.
    I wish to be free to negotiate with health insurance companies in order to find the best price for my policy by including matters I wish to insure against, and excluding health matters, like drug and alcohol abuse, which are of no concern to me.
    Having No Health Insurance

    If I have no health insurance the government should provide me emergency health care paid for by the taxpayers.
    If I have no health insurance and the taxpayers are compelled to pay for any of my health care the taxpayers should be reimbursed through the seizure and sale of all of my assets. I have no claim on the property of others for the purpose of paying for my medical needs.
    Choosing a doctor

    I’m perfectly willing to rely on private accreditation organizations to tell me who is properly trained in the delivery of medical services. After conferring with those accreditation organizations, like the American Medical Association, I want to be free to chose any person I want for any medical purpose I see fit.
    I want the government to tell me who I can seek medical services from.
    Wages and Employment

    I realize that in the free enterprise marketplace I have something to sell just as to all other individuals and businesses do. My product is my physical and intellectual labor. I should be left absolutely free to negotiate a price for my physical and intellectual labor with any prospective employer free of government interference. The only role for the government in my relationship with my employer would be to provide a means to enforce contracts between us.
    I want the government to set a minimum wage below which I would not be free to work. I also want the government to set my working hours, how I am to be paid for overtime, family leave options and my vacation periods,
    I recognize that the most important task I shall have as a human being will be to nurture and raise my child. With that in mind:

    I want the government to seize my money through taxes and to use those taxes to set up a system of government schools to which I shall be compelled to send my child. I will be free, if I wish, to send my child to a private school, but the government will not let me have any of my money back to pay for it.
    I want the government to back out of the picture and allow me to accept the responsibility for the education of my child free of government interference and mandates.
    Knowing that the more despotic a government becomes the more that government tries to control the dissemination of information. I also know that most American rely on the broadcast media for their news. Therefore:

    I want the government to continue to license the operation of all radio and television stations and to regulate their conduct so that they don’t broadcast against the common interest.
    I want the broadcast media in this country to have the full First Amendment rights granted to the printed media.
    I am a devoutly religious person and my religious feelings include strongly felt opinions on what other people should and should not do in their private lives.

    I want the government to regulate the sexual conduct between consenting adults so that said conduct will be in keeping with my personal sense of what is right and what is wrong.
    I may be disgusted by what some people do to and with each other in the privacy of their own homes, but I do not wish for the government to prevent those perverts from doing whatever perverted things they like to do to each other.
    Even though I drink alcohol and smoke nicotine:

    I want the government to make sure that nobody uses any substance that I find personally offensive. Marijuana, for instance.
    I do not believe that the government should be involved in what people do, and that includes what people smoke, in privacy of their own homes. I just don’t want to have to pay for it when they screw themselves up good.
    You need some legal advice.

    1. You want the government to tell you who you can go to for legal advice. If you go to someone for legal advice who is not approved by the government, and that person charges you to prepare a will or to draw up a lawsuit for you, you want the government to punish that person with a heavy fine, or perhaps some jail time, even though you freely entered into an agreement with him for that advice and legal help.
    2. You are willing to use your own common sense in choosing someone to represent you before a court, either someone who is recommended by a private accreditation agency such as the American Bar Association, or someone who is otherwise known to you to be informed and capable as to legal affairs, and you are willing to abide by the choice you made.
    You’re going to have a child. You understand that having a child will be physically, emotionally and financially challenging. So …..

    You want the government to used money seized from taxpayers to pay for child care for your child.
    You want the government to force your employer to give you 12 weeks off from the job in order to care for your new child, and you want your job to be waiting for you when you return.
    You know that you had the child, not the taxpayers and not your employer, and you are willing to bear the responsibility for raising that child without the government imposing any cost, burden or duty on anyone else on your behalf.
    You want to ride your motorcycle without a helmet.

    You’re willing to take full responsibility for your decision, including the possibility that you might die if you crack your head open and you don’t have enough money to pay for the medical care you’ll need and there’s no private charity willing to step up and cover your costs because they consider your injuries to be essentially self-inflicted.
    You want to be free to ride without a helmet, but if you do happen to sustain a horrible injury you want the government to force the taxpayers to be responsible for your health care.

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