Atticus
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Wed Jan-27-10 07:47 PM
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90 minutes to the SOTU and I feel like I HAVE to watch, but I really don't want to. |
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I've read a few excerpts that have been released just a while ago.
The proposed repeal of DADT is just now being discussed on TV as the "bone" to be thrown to the Left to placate us.
The overall message is going to be that, for the most part, their policies are just fine, they just need to communicate them better.
Have we come all this way, knocked on all those doors, made all those phone calls, packed all that SHIT from the teabaggers without throttling their sorry asses and patiently waited while the president courted Blue Dog and Republican extortionists to settle for a spending freeze and an additional call to PLEASE end discrimination against gays?
I sure hope the talking heads are wrong this time, but I'm still hearing way too much talk from "Democrats" about striving for bipartisanship, to expect anything but wishy-washy namby-pamby---"can't we all just get along" BS.
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Wed Jan-27-10 07:49 PM
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1. Then DON'T! You know what's going to be said, already. n/t |
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Wed Jan-27-10 07:49 PM
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what is he going up against Jay or something let's get on with it.
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Wed Jan-27-10 07:50 PM
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3. Turn the TV off and read a good book. |
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You won't be missing anything that hasn't already been said.
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Wed Jan-27-10 07:51 PM
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4. I'm not watching, listening, streaming..... it at all |
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Wed Jan-27-10 07:52 PM
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5. I know what you mean ... |
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I really can't bring myself to watch. It's SOS, doing the business for the right as usual. My husband is going to watch and he will break it to me gently since he knows there will be a string of cussing coming from my lips. Long words with lots of consonants which are usually adverbs or action verbs. Those are really the best cuss words to get through a mingy situation. I swear by them, no pun intended.
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Wed Jan-27-10 07:52 PM
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Edited on Wed Jan-27-10 07:53 PM by bigwillq
No one's forcing you. Although someone in GDP thinks one should be ashamed of themselves if they don't watch. :eyes:
I will watch. Or at least the TV will be on. I have my newspaper that I am in the midst of reading. But I am tuning in.
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Wed Jan-27-10 07:53 PM
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7. WAR! Terror! WAR! Terror! WAR! Gay OK. WAR! Terror! War! Terror! |
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I think my ears will be bleeding.
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Wed Jan-27-10 07:53 PM
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8. The unrec was expected and that's fine. Let's wait and see if we can, IN GOOD FAITH, rec |
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the SOTU address.
I do hope so, but just saying that makes me feel a little foolish.
"I have been a fool for lesser things".
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Wed Jan-27-10 07:53 PM
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9. *** Official "I'm a loser and proud of it" thread *** |
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Wed Jan-27-10 07:57 PM
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13. Didn't you get the memo? For the past year, "Liberal Democrat" has been |
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a synonym for "loser".
Didn't we win an election a while back?
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Wed Jan-27-10 08:07 PM
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21. No..Rahm called us "fucking retards" n/t |
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Wed Jan-27-10 08:10 PM
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22. No he didn't and you know it. |
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Wed Jan-27-10 08:19 PM
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25. Just ONE of the sources that say he sure as hell did: |
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Wed Jan-27-10 08:20 PM
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27. Jane Hampsher is not a source, she's a pathological liar. |
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Wed Jan-27-10 08:30 PM
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28. And she's the sole source for this? Do you READ? Do you still occasionally feel shame when |
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you so obviously "spin" disagreeable information?
Have a wonderful evening.
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Wed Jan-27-10 08:11 PM
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23. I'm a Liberal Democrat and I'm not a loser. |
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Wed Jan-27-10 07:55 PM
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10. Then don't. Why bother to be informed. |
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You can have an opinion without information.
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Atticus
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Wed Jan-27-10 08:01 PM
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15. Did I say I wasn't watching? |
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You have to admit, "having an opinion without information" wouldn't make me unique on DU.
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Wed Jan-27-10 07:56 PM
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11. Want to take bets that some Republican asshat (or several)... |
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heckle our President again? I can't watch just because of that possibility. That would likely be the last straw for me, since I'm already teetering on the edge of disgust for the people disrespecting my President. I can't afford to buy another tv or to pay to repair my living room window. Or to be sued by the poor passerby who is hit by my flying tv.
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Wed Jan-27-10 07:57 PM
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12. Not watching will really show the President |
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And punish the Democrats.
I didn't watch most of bu$h's speeches but I did watch the State of the Union speeches.
It is part of citizenship as far as I am concerned.
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Wed Jan-27-10 08:03 PM
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19. "It is part of citizenship as far as I am concerned" |
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That's why I'll be watching.
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Wed Jan-27-10 08:00 PM
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14. I know that there does not seem to be much good news coming from |
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this White House, or at least the issues we believed would be changed. So I can understand you hesitation. Let us know what you think when you done though....
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Wed Jan-27-10 08:01 PM
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16. I haven't watched one in at least forty years. |
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Wed Jan-27-10 08:01 PM
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17. So don't watch. I'm not going to. Do something fun. Spend time |
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with loved ones. Fix something you've been meaning to fix. Play checkers. Build a model airplane. Paint a picture. Play an instrument. I myself am going to do some laundry and then watch "Tombstone" on DVD. "I'm your huckleberry!"
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Wed Jan-27-10 08:05 PM
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20. I'll watch, but your suggestions are tempting. Enjoy. nt |
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Wed Jan-27-10 08:01 PM
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18. You don't like the proposed repeal of DADT? We should just skip that, eh? n/t |
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Wed Jan-27-10 08:14 PM
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24. NOT AT ALL what I meant. We should not skip it. We should be PAST it. |
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That, and several other "no-brainer" type campaign promises should have been accomplished months ago.
What I meant is that JUST that, without more, while we continue to follow Bushian policies and favor Wall over Main Street, is nothing more than appeasement. I understand how important the issue is, but that is even more reason why it should have been accorded the dignity of being done BECAUSE it was right; not thrown out as a "sop" for "those crazy libs".
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Wed Jan-27-10 08:20 PM
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26. Then don't watch.... but stop with the drama queen bullshit |
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Nobody's making you watch.
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Wed Jan-27-10 08:36 PM
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29. So, just how much lead time do you need to pre-approve the "tone" of my posts? |
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I didn't ask for your rec and have no problem with an unrec, since you're obviously willing to own it.
But, stop with the snarky, bitchy bullshit. Nobody's making you read or post.
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