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House speaker takes tax case to professionals

Dillard, Ga. — What better audience to test a revolutionary proposal on taxation than a gathering of the Georgia Chapter of the National Association of Tax Professionals?

Turns out, however, that the tax preparers, lawyers, accountants and agents who are fattening themselves up for the long tax season to come at the Dillard House, one of Georgia’s finest dining establishments, are almost as much in the dark as the rest of Georgia about the proposal being put forth by House Speaker Glenn Richardson.

That proposal, which not surprisingly has drawn shoot-the-babies and plow-the-fields-in-salt opposition from local governments and school boards, would eliminate the property tax and, instead, expand the 4 percent statewide sales tax to services. It would end, too, most all of the 127 existing sales tax exemptions, including the one for groceries. Taxpayers earning up to $30,000 would get a refund for the tax on groceries and prescriptions.

After listening to Richardson’s explanation, the president of the Georgia chapter, David Fussell of Rome, thought the speaker had done “a great job of presenting it” but was not completely sold and had real reservations that Georgians will embrace it. “From a tax professional’s standpoint, I haven’t seen enough of the [proposal] to fully grasp it. If we become tax collectors for the Revenue Department, that becomes an issue.”

Fussell notes, as did the House speaker earlier, that local governments are manning the barricades. “I live in a small town, and I know a lot of city officials. Small towns being what they are, I don’t think they are going to be willing to give up control to the state.” Richardson has heard their mounting opposition and, in a conversation beforehand, unloads. “The reason why counties and cities and school districts are so vehemently opposed is because they have been able to grow their spending at a greater rate than peoples’ earnings,” Richardson said. “I can’t believe the gall of them using taxpayers’ money to oppose the right of citizens to change their method of taxation.”

Between 1996 and 2006, inflation in Georgia rose 28 percent, he said, while per capita state spending rose 26, spending by counties rose 40 percent, by cities rose 79 percent and by school boards, a whopping 98 percent. Local officials say that’s because of infrastructure spending for growth.

Richardson’s proposal, which he acknowledges is not yet perfected — it’s 85 to 90 percent there, he said — would eliminate all property taxes, including on homes, businesses and vehicles. Eliminating them would deprive local governments and school boards of between $8.2 billion and $8.5 billion per year, an offset that would come from the expanded sales tax. Existing “exemptions” amount to $10 billion per year, with groceries accounting for $1 billion, Richardson said.

All Georgians “ought to have some tax burden,” he said. “We’re rapidly becoming a nation that has more people who are not paying taxes than are paying taxes. That is a dangerous place for this nation to be. If we don’t stop it now we are soon going to kill the U.S. economy.”

The locals would not be deprived of revenues in the sums they’re now collecting. Richardson proposes a formula that would give each local government and school board the same share of the $8-plus billion they now collect. Another formula, now being drafted, would measure growth in the tax digest and give them the higher of inflation or actual property values. In addition, local governments could continue to seek voter approval for a 1 percent local sales tax, a portion of which could be spent on operations.

State spending has to be capped and, as Richardson proposes it, so too would local. He thinks if it’s capped just at the state level, politicians would shift taxes.

His problem with the property tax — by the way, check your mail, they’re coming due — is that 1.5 million homeowners bear half the burden of providing local services for 9.4 million Georgians.

As with the tax professionals, I’m not yet sold on Richardson’s GREAT plan, which stands for “Georgia’s repeal of every ad-valorem tax” and, frankly, may never be — though I share the concern that the nation is building a “gimmee”-class of citizens, now approaching half, who no longer care what government costs because somebody else is paying.

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By TW

September 29, 2007 8:07 AM | Link to this

Crying about taxes during a time of war is tantamount to treason…haven’t those seeking this change made enough off the middle class over the past seven years??? Are you really going to go after our schools now??? What is an ‘American’ anyway? Bin Laden did far less damage to this country than has the Republican party…

By Bobby

September 29, 2007 8:23 AM | Link to this

So what you are saying TW is that as long as we are at war, no other topics involving citizens of the U.S. should be discussed. If any proposals are considered before the end of the war, we are committing treason? I hope you are not considering running for any elected position soon.

By Mid-South Philosopher

September 29, 2007 8:37 AM | Link to this

Good morning, Jim,

As I understand it,under Richardson’s scheme, local property taxes on private homes, businesses, and vehicles would be eliminated. In place of this, the state would levy increases in sales tax and remove the exemptions that are now on food and a few other items. Likely, sales tax would also be added to such businesses as barber and beauty shops that currently do not collect sales taxes for their services.

Across the state, county commission members, city council members, and school board members are having a fit. While they would almost certainly have more tax monies at their disposal under this scheme, they are suffering convulsions from the loss of power and control that they would have over levying local taxes. It is a typical malady suffered by politicians, too many of which are life-long office holders.

The tax preparation bureaucracy has a more legitimate concern. These folks make their living advising property owners and businesses as to how to navigate the myriad collection of state and federal tax laws (most of which seem to have been written in cuneiform by drunken scribes) and how to avoid paying as much tax as legally possible. Anything that will simplify the tax codes (state or federal) will lessen the tax preparation bureaucracy’s esoteric hold over the citizenry in general.

Now, I am not saying that I endorse Richardson’s Great Plan at this point. He has not really impressed me all that much as Speaker. However, I am willing to view it with an open mind. I am particularly interested in the fact that under this scheme more users of government services pay. The preacher, the retired teacher, the factory worker (do we really have many of those left in the United States?), the shop-keeper…all pay. The prostitute, the methamphetamine manufacturer, and the dregs on the dole…all contribute. I like that.

Richardson’s plan may not be the way to go, but the current trend of tax and spend government, embraced by only one kind of politician (the one in office) regardless of political party, needs to be changed

By TW

September 29, 2007 8:43 AM | Link to this

Bobby - I’m saying that the people in power in this country couldn’t care less about ‘citizens of the U.S.’ I’m saying that the last seven years has been nothing but the sickest get rich scheme in the history of this country. I’m saying that anybody who makes less than $200k a year and calls themselves a Republican is a fool. Pull your head out, Bobby…

By DemDems4Ever

September 29, 2007 9:02 AM | Link to this

TW@8:07,

Blaming the Republicans alone is your mistake. The R’s and D’s are totally together in Washington, with very little difference in their actions in Congress.

The majority receives all the ink and a bigger share but the minority party participates in all of the scams and money making.

Nothing will change as long as we have career politicians who only look out for themselves and their accomplices in Congress.

The banks, credit card companies and the lawyers are running all over the American public. Go sit in Federal bankruptcy court for one day (actually only half a day - they only work in the morning) and watch the vultures carve up the citizenry. Totally disgusting.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 9:07 AM | Link to this

“So what you are saying TW is that as long as we are at war, no other topics involving citizens of the U.S. should be discussed.”

That is correct, Bobby. You are a n00b to this blog, but very observant. In any event, there is nothing going on on this planet other than “Bush’s War.” Then of course, you have your ubiquitous liberal socialist asshats like TW at 8:43 who bi-tch about how much money someone else makes and wants some of it like a lazyassed thief.

Moving forward…

$5,000 for every kid! Yay Hillary! Just what we incompetent stupid Americans need - five big ones for each kid, legitimate or not, for future college and/or a home. Isn’t that special?

We need more liberal socialized brilliance like that from The Hill! Hey Shrill: what exactly is your CUT OFF point on family income for that “free” money? You said EVERY kid, Shrillary. Or Shrill, are you saying that millionaire’s kids will get a part of MY PAYCHECK too? Yeah Shrill, MY MONEY will be paying for that sheer brilliance of liberalism. Speak up, Shrill, we can’t hear you. Oh my bad, you said, Shrill, that it takes a village to raise a child. Well, maybe for you incompetent village idiot liberals.

Shrill, a lot of parents in this nation can afford to take care of their own kids WITHOUT your neo-communism. (Gee, you think anyone like me would get to ask The Shrill questions like that in a Town Hall meeting? Yeah, like Al Gore would stop flying jets around the globe for his punk junkass science).

By TW

September 29, 2007 9:10 AM | Link to this

DemDems4Ever - I can disagree with nothing you’ve said. Turning a blind eye to the war, I am disgusted with the Washington as a whole. John Edwards appreciates your support.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 9:17 AM | Link to this

Now we’re talking. The anti-war liberal candyassed can go wet their panties. A defense missile test was very successful yesterday. We’ll need it in a decade or two - against China. By that time, our kids will be too ignorant and stupid to compete with the Chinese, thanks to liberals running our gubment schools and teaching them more important second grade topics such as “The Prince Who Falls In Love With Another Prince” and that a correct answer in math are not as important as learning to get in a group consensus to discuss the answer, whether it is right or wrong. After all, it takes a village. Right Shrill?

By Danviskov

September 29, 2007 9:20 AM | Link to this

Comrades This is an immoral attempt to stifle the return of stolen money to their rightful owners. Tax cuts pose a danger to the people’s cause. Bourgeois cliques quench the people’s wrath by confiscating small portions of money (50%) from the rich and returning it to the People who are the money’s rightful owners.

By TW

September 29, 2007 9:23 AM | Link to this

Rotten Tomato - Why so angry this morning? Cleaning crew not do a good enough job on your yacht? Here’s an idea - how about we just skip all this ‘flat tax’ nonsense and give free gas fill-ups for yachts? There, problem solved. Now, about this $15 billion dollar a month war…won’t mention the life lost (as we all know you couldn’t care less about that part)…

By CC

September 29, 2007 9:31 AM | Link to this

Good column, Jim. A couple of questions. First, when the state’s 4% sales tax is expanded to services, won’t the local sales taxes be expanded to services as well? If so, the total sales tax rate applied to currently untaxed services will be 6-8% depending on where you live, not just 4%. Second, won’t not having a property tax mean that people won’t get to deduct it from federal income taxes, resulting in a federal tax increase?

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 9:32 AM | Link to this

Awe. I upset the blog lib. What are you bi-thin’ about now, TW? Who the hell said anything about a “flat tax?” You neo-communist socialist liberals don’t even think the CURRENT tax plan where the top 50% (~$30k-$330k) pay 96.7% of all federal income tax revenue take in, the top 25% (~$60k) pay 85%, the top 10% (~$100k) pay 68%, the top 5% (~$125k) pay 57%, and the top 1% (~$330k) pay 37%.

Now you, as a socialist asshat liberal, tell ME how that^^ is not a fair enough distribution. Go ahead, killer.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 9:37 AM | Link to this

By confiscating small portions of money (50%) from the rich and returning it to the People who are the money’s rightful owners.

That’s right, folks. For you small business owners and successful 70-hour workweek assbusting corporates out there, Komrade Klintons like this asshat will punish you for actually getting off your a-ss and following the American dream.

Remember, it’s not your money, it’s the PEOPLE’S money. Pathetic un-American POS.

By @@

September 29, 2007 9:44 AM | Link to this

Well Jim, I say…TAX THE GROCERIES and put everybody on a strict diet or I’ll be forced to buy more chairs to go around my dining table.

At Dillards the dining is done around a big table with people you don’t know. I should have the option to eat there or not.

By catlady

September 29, 2007 9:45 AM | Link to this

the myriad collection of state and federal tax laws (most of which seem to have been written in cuneiform by drunken scribes)

On target observation, mid-south.

The prostitute, the methamphetamine manufacturer, and the dregs on the dole…all contribute. I like that.

However, that will drive more services and activities under the table and off the books(thereby, more money off income tax). Do we really want that? More people being under the table like some illegal aliens are paid? Thus heaping more burden on the rest of us?

Further, since everyone living on solid ground in Georgia pays property tax (other than tax exempt entities such as churches, I guess), all those you listed, Mid-south, already are paying taxes.

Others have noted that these increased service taxes grossly effect the poor and middle class, who spend most of their money each month, as opposed to those who have some left over each month to go into savings. IMHO, that is an ethical problem. I don’t want welfare payments to go up so I can have property tax relief, thus raising the other taxes to pay for the increased welfare benefits.

Finally, as CC noted, NO ONE wants to give up their federal income tax help by way of the property tax credit. Everyone wants the benefit of no property tax without the other sacrifices it would entail.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 9:47 AM | Link to this

Republicans don’t have to do anything. All we need to do is watch the Democrats, overwhelmingly controlled by the kook left like Hypocrite Gazillionaire Edwards and the Daily Koolaid Klan, run their stupid mouths. Shrill wants five grand for every rug rat, and now The Breck Boy says “We cannot build enough prisons to solve this problem. And the idea that we can keep incarcerating and keep incarcerating — pretty soon we’re not going to have a young African-American male population in America. They’re all going to be in prison or dead. One of the two.” Gee, he doesn’t have much faith in his fellow Americans, does he? Maybe he and Al and Jesse need to get together and discuss the matter. Like, I’m so sure if a Republican had said those same words, the media wouldn’t have called said Republican a racist bigot. Yeah, that’s it.

By TW

September 29, 2007 9:50 AM | Link to this

Rotten Tomato - again, why so angry this morning? Being that you are so smart and know all this stuff, why so angry? Seems like your massive intellectual capacity would deliver you to a place where at least the name calling would fall from your repertoire.

Anyhow - flat tax - fair tax - flat tas - fair tax…you guys have worked so hard at presenting it this way I suppose I must apologize for my slip. But as far as why it was mentioned - I suggest you read the column before you post…your therapist did mention that part??? Have a nice day!

By catlady

September 29, 2007 9:57 AM | Link to this

Remember, the federal government does not really care what Georgians are paying in sales tax. There will be no relief from them—no charge-off on your income tax. Property owners, who now benefit from federal tax laws on property, will no longer have that benefit. Instead of paying $5,000 per year in property tax and getting some credit for it, you will pay $5,000 in sales tax and get no credit. Seems like a no brainer to me…..

I am presuming they would take the propery tax exemption off of EVERYBODY who gets favorable treatment now? elderly, farms, timber, churches, schools/government offices, cemataries, etc? It be a heavy barge we be pulling, suh.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 9:58 AM | Link to this

Oh goodie. Hollywood kooks are going to make a movie about Jimmuh Cartuh. One of Jimmuh’s more brilliant, non-senile comments as of late:

“I worship Christ who was the prince of peace, not pre-emptive war.”

Hmmm. I wonder what Christ would do if we just all sit back and die like 3,000 did on 9/11? That wasn’t even the starter plate for what evil wants to run this world with.

Anyway, you think that movie will show two mile long, six hour gas lines? Or how a failed hostage rescue killed 5 US Air Force men and three Marines? You think that movie will show how he abandoned 52 Americans for 444 days like a coward until Reagan was elected in the biggest smackdown in US history? You think that movie will show the long 11% unemployment lines? Or the 19% interest rates?

Ah yes, the good old days of one of America’s “bestest” presidents: Jimmuh Cartuh.

Laughably pathetic.

By AmVet

September 29, 2007 9:58 AM | Link to this

Good morning all.

As the owner of a small business I am already saddled with collecting and paying these sales taxes on goods to the Ga. Dept. of Revenue. Now I would get to calculate it and send them the money on services too? YIPPEE!

If the state really wants more money, I have an alternative idea.

To make up for these supposed “tax shortfalls”, (and I realize “living within their means” is not an option for our state politicians) abolish the tax exempt status and end the gigantic church welfare in this state.

To the extent that they contribute to charities, etc… fine, that portion could remain tax exempt. But as for the pastor’s Benz and the elder’s Gulfstream jets, etc (see below), make ‘em pay, just like anyone and everyone else.

There are literally billions of dollars in the balance that the rest of us have to make up for on these, what I consider, special interest group subsidies.

When it was first decided that churches and other religious centers would be tax exempt, they had modest buildings and conservative budgets/expenditures.

Today we see churches with elaborate facilities and other assets. It is not uncommon for churches to provide ministers with lavish homes in elite areas of a community and luxury automobiles. There are parsonages with values over one million dollars and church provided automobiles such as Rolls Royce, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Lexus, and others; even a Gulfstream Jet with an estimated value of $5.375 million and a Gates Learjet with an estimated value of $985,000.

The divorce between Church and State ought to be absolute. It ought to be so absolute that no Church property anywhere, in any state or in the nation, should be exempt for equal taxation; for if you exempt the property of any church organization to that extent you impose a tax upon the whole community.

— James A Garfield, 20th U.S. President (1881)

Just as infamous as it is with us – where no church property is taxed and so the infidel and the atheist and the man without religion are taxed to make up the deficit in the public income thus caused.

— Mark Twain

I would call your attention to the importance of correcting an evil that, if permitted to continue, will probably lead to great trouble in our land before the close of the Nineteenth century. It is the acquisition of vast amounts of untaxed church property…. In a growing country, where real estate enhances so rapidly with time as in the United States, there is scarcely a limit to the wealth that may be acquired by corporations, religious or otherwise, if allowed to retain real estate without taxation. The contemplation of so vast a property as here alluded to, without taxation, may lead to sequestration, and through blood. I would suggest the taxation of all property equally, whether church or corporation.

— Ulysses S. Grant, 18th U.S. President (1875)

The government has leverage on religious groups because of the tax-exemption privilege. Church leaders, eager for the church to be free to be the church, should ask for the removal of this privilege. If there were no tax privilege for religious groups, hucksters and people who are using religion as a cover for political movements would be discouraged.

—William Stringfellow, lawyer and lay theologian (1978)

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 10:05 AM | Link to this

TW, I’ll keep it simple for a simpleton lib: in my 9:32, take each percentile of income tax payers and you tell me how much each group SHOULD pay in income taxes. It’s not that complicated, lib, but like a good little lib who’s ideology is based upon emotion and not true thought, factual reason, or integrity, you probably can’t. It’s just all those “evil rich” that we need to punish for simpleton libs like you.

For the record, TW, I’m actually very happy. I just despise Americans who want to destroy the American Dream. Nothing personal.

By jbmlaw

September 29, 2007 10:17 AM | Link to this

Good morning all. Instead of posting something, I think I’ll simply send a donation to MidSouth’s campaign. Great argument, better than I could have written.

By @@

September 29, 2007 10:21 AM | Link to this

AmVet @ 9:58:

Mine is a very small church. There are two small churches (one of them being mine) and another moderately sized church in my county who offer their facilities for the State’s Child-Tech program (daycare for children of teenage mothers still in school).

My church and the two others in my county are saving all residents in Georgia the money it would take to house, maintain and operate facilities for this purpose. What money the program is allowed goes directly to the needs of the children and their mothers. Do you wanna pay the difference in cost if churches didn’t offer their facilities.

The moderately sized church also offers their facilities for the HeadStart program.

All free of charge to YOU AmVet but at a substantial financial expense to our church members.

You and your disdain for all things within the faith-based community reveal you to be even more selfish than you claim conservatives are.

Obviously you would celebrate those kids becoming wards of the State in every aspect of their young lives.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 10:31 AM | Link to this

Speaking of Democrat[ic] liberal socialists and taxes, let’s give it up for US Rep. John Dingell (short for Dingellberry I presume). That dinosaur wants to raise our gas taxes by $.50 a gallon. That’ll teach those SUV ‘burban soccermoms!

Oh, but it gets even better. A tax on carbon at $50 a ton, released from burning coal, petroleum or natural gas. Wow! I can’t wait for my power and gas bill to go up! Brilliant!

Another one: the phaseout of the interest tax deduction on home mortgages for homes over 3,000 square feet. Oh my! Someone wants to live the American dream and build their dream home and they need to be punished! (Pssst: don’t tell the Breck Boy).

This, people, is the insanity of what the modern left represents. They truly are against America and the American dream.

By Ray

September 29, 2007 10:31 AM | Link to this

@@: only a Republican like YOU would refer to the act of giving as a ‘substantial financial expense’. pat yourself on the back.

By Anthony

September 29, 2007 10:32 AM | Link to this

I love people that want to benefit from the american dream but want to do everything in their power to not contribute to the government that provides a atmosphere for that dream to rise.Now thats unamerican. The right wing sheep follow rich pundits who deep down think they are fools. They arent talking about you paying less taxes with your 50 to 100k a year they are talking about themselves but to get their party and their agenda thru they had to make the simpletons feel like they are part of it. As far as the crap about the rich pay all the taxes,it was Warren Buffet who said my secretary pays much more taxes proportionately than I do.

By AmVet

September 29, 2007 10:33 AM | Link to this

The red herring at 10:21 does NOTHING to address the claim I made.

It in fact supports my assertion that the charitable portion should remain tax exempt.

So yes, if that is evidence, call me selfish. But I don’t counter arguments with personal attacks and and rhetoric in order to dodge the main point.

Christian love and compassionate conservatism as shared on our very own blog.

Thanks, but if this is representative, I’ll pass.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 10:38 AM | Link to this

Oh look, “Ray” is back. Hey Ray, you wanna finish what you started last weekend and explain to us all how Bush made Osama a rock star, or movie star? Please, as requested last weekend, include how your heroes in Washington led by the likes The Nanny Pelosi told us all ‘bout this time last year how they’d go after Osama and show Bush how it’s done?

Again “Ray,” please, do tell.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 10:40 AM | Link to this

The needless genocide in Iraq should have been avoid and American should demand justice

The world is waiting for us to do the right thing.

By Dusty

September 29, 2007 10:40 AM | Link to this

Amvet 9:58

So, you want to blame any tax problem on churches. I’ll bet you don’t even go to one.

Maybe I go to the wrong church because our pastor has an older model car and owns his home. The people who run the church office, the parish nurse, the financial secretary all work for nothing. That is the way they want it. Our denomination runs one of the largest immigration and adoption services in the South. Every local church has large budgeted funds for relief services. Women members make tons of quilts, school kits, sewing kits, and new baby packages..much of it for overseas emergencies and some for local needs.

Now tell me what you have done lately that makes you think churches are so overbearing? Don’t mention politics because my denomination does not tell members how to vote or discriminate. Christ’s love is preached and your own conscience is your guide. I invite you to attend and find out the TRUTH about churches of which you seem ignorant.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 10:43 AM | Link to this

Dem Rep To Introduce House Resolution Condemning Rush Limbaugh On Monday

HAHAHAHA!!! I guess since they can’t get a damn thing accomplished in Washington, the little liberal skirts have to go after a radio talk show host.

I read where Rush was referring to “phony soldiers” as those who fake being a soldier to speak out against a war. Leave it to the libs to sling the slop and lie about what someone said.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 10:45 AM | Link to this

US Army Stops Arrest of Blackwater Killers By Iraqi Police

More war crimes.

The world is watching and waiting for us to do the right thing.

By Just an observation

September 29, 2007 10:53 AM | Link to this

Ray and Amvet sure seem to show up at the same convenient times together.

By Dusty

September 29, 2007 10:58 AM | Link to this

getalife 10:45

I am watching and waiting for you to say the right thing for America. It hasn’t happened yet.

By AmVet

September 29, 2007 10:59 AM | Link to this

The red herring at 10:40 does NOTHING to address the claim I made.

It in fact supports my assertion that the charitable portion should remain tax exempt.

So yes, if that is evidence, call me a blamer. But I don’t counter arguments with personal attacks and and rhetoric in order to dodge the main point.

Christian love and compassionate conservatism as shared on our very own blog.

Thanks, but if this is representative, I’ll pass. And I’ll also decline that warm, non-judgmental invitation.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 11:01 AM | Link to this

And now for some good news:

“Karzai offered Saturday to meet personally with the leader of the Taliban for peace talks and give the militants a position in government. Karzai said he was willing to meet with Taliban leader Mullah Omar and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a former prime minister and factional warlord leader.”

I hope there is peace.

By LaQuinta maid

September 29, 2007 11:06 AM | Link to this

Here are the closing comment on a History Channel episode looking into what would happen if a mega tsunami hit the US: “you could survive it, you would just have to know what to do and not wait around for someone to tell you what to do.”

Surely they didn’t mean those government-owned Katrina people who depended on the government for generations and couldn’t make a decision on their own if their lives depended on it.

By AmVet

September 29, 2007 11:09 AM | Link to this

It is strange that the likes of that post at 10:53 happens a lot here and at Luckovich’s.

I guess I should feel honored or at least humbled that the power of my words are such that the more “observant” feel that they couldn’t possibly be from one person.

But usually I am just slightly embarrassed for them. But the comedic factor is, I suppose, worth something.

But hey, keep on playing, Mr. Anonymous; maybe you’ll win the booby prize!

By getalife

September 29, 2007 11:12 AM | Link to this

Dusty,

I am waiting on you to attack Rush for hating the troops.

Come on fraud.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 11:17 AM | Link to this

BTW, dusty,

w attacked him so it okay. He spewed about Move on so he had to bash him.

Your turn, be a real Patriotic American not a fake one.

By DemDems4Ever

September 29, 2007 11:19 AM | Link to this

@@ and Dusty,

People such as Amvet, Ray, Anthony and getalife are users not contributors. If they followed the Constitution there would be no “tax discussion”.

The Constitution seeks a limited federal government not the huge bureaucracy of today, involved in far more of our lives than is necessary. But to limit government, and thus the need for a federal income tax, would destroy their communal philosophy.

Those individuals want the successful to support them and their socialist friends who blog all day and search the Internet for any negative article they can cite about conservatives.

How many of those who attack @@ and Dusty have ever gone on a mission trip to aid those in need, traveled to Thailand after the tsunami, or even contributed a little of their money to help those in need?

Not likely any of the secular humanists do anything but complain about the individuals and churches that step up and actually work for those in need.

By Just Nasty and Mean

September 29, 2007 11:20 AM | Link to this

GetaLife, The world is sitting back watching America lead on the war on terror. If you want to talk about war crimes, let’s hear about the daily beheadings, car bombs, suicide bombers, women and children oppressors, and for goodness sakes—let’s hear your position on 3,000 deaths on 9/11. Because you—obviously—think all these are America’s fault. Get your head out of your butt and recognize these fanatics WANT TO KILL YOU AND YOUR FAMILY if you don’t comply to their religious beliefs and laws. Don’t believe me, read their kuran. GOT IT?

By getalife

September 29, 2007 11:25 AM | Link to this

Conservative magazine slams Petraeus, calling him a political toady

Still waiting dusty.

nasty,

You are coward, change your diaper and back under your bed.

Scared to death.

Geez.

By Dusty

September 29, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this

getalife,11:17

Rush attacked PHONEY posters who falsely claimed time in the service. Do YOU know the difference? Do you like imposters? You seem to.

If I am not a patriotic American I hate to think what you are.

By What Rush Said

September 29, 2007 11:28 AM | Link to this

As if you expected the trash that represents the left to be honest or something? They are all pathological possessed LIARS.

“The morning update on Wednesday dealt with a soldier, a fake, phony soldier by the name of Jesse MacBeth who never served in Iraq; he was never an Army Ranger. He was drummed out of the military in 44 days. He had his day in court; he never got the Purple Heart as he claimed, and he described all these war atrocities. He became a hero to the anti-war left. They love phony soldiers, and they prop ‘em up. When it is demonstrated that they have been lying about things, then they just forget about it. There’s no retraction; there’s no apology; there’s no, “Uh-oh, sorry.” After doing that morning update on Wednesday, I got a phone call yesterday from somebody, we were talking about the troops, and this gentleman said something which you’ll hear here in just a second, prompting me to reply “yeah, the phony soldiers.”

“That comment, “phony soldiers” was posted yesterday afternoon on the famous Media Matters website, which is where all leftists go to find out what I say. I have a website, and I have a radio program that reaches far more people than Media Matters could ever hope to, but the critics of this program never listen to this program. They never go to my website. All they do is read Media Matters and they get the lies and the out-of-context reports. They assume it’s all true because they want it to be true, and then they start their campaigns. This has led to me being denounced on the floor of the House.”

By getalife

September 29, 2007 11:31 AM | Link to this

Stop spewing patriotic crap dusty.

You just proved my point, you are a fake, a fraud, the only thing you support is your failed party.

Loser.

By macpuffdaddy

September 29, 2007 11:34 AM | Link to this

getalife,11:17 If I am not a patriotic American I hate to think what you are.

Dusty, try a marxist from hell who would be willing to let fascist Sharia law run this nation, so long as the Jews and Christians don’t. That wasted thing is the ultimate in cowardice.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 11:37 AM | Link to this

BREAKING NEWS: Giuliani fundraiser was mystery initiative backer

Hahaha, Rudy is a cheating loser and should withdraw from the race.

Losers.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 11:40 AM | Link to this

Boehner: Using Children For Political Messaging Is ‘Beyond The Pale,’ Unless I Do It

I bet he cries on the floor again.

Whining losers.

Bwa.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 11:44 AM | Link to this

BREAKING NEWS: Giuliani fundraiser was mystery initiative backer

That^^, from an asshat who supports a Chinese criminal fugitive Klinton backer. Haha.

Anywho, from PMSNBC and some bedwetting “tree hugger” BS canyassed liberal website:

A Chevrolet Suburban is no more protective of its occupants than a much lighter 1999 Accord.

Tell ya what, PMS liberal asshats. I’ll drive my Tahoe in a quartering head on into your Accord like a drunk Mexican going north in a southbound lane and we’ll compare the occupant injuries. Any of you scared girlie boys up for that challenge?

By RW (the oravaginal)

September 29, 2007 11:44 AM | Link to this

I have an uncle what lives in taxes, dollars taxes, that’s where he lives!(tm)

Anybody get a load of Elizabeth Taylor yesterday howling and doing her best Jerry Lewis? What a gal! Her work with AIDS makes her a mother theresa, her eyebrow pencil makes her a sex symbol. If mother theresa had doubts about why she volunteered, Elizabeth has none, and she deserves our worship and praise.

The camera loved liz taylor. Some think she projected the most ideal icon of feminine beauty. Marilyn Monroe projected pure sex, where you’d want to grab her by the hair, talk dirty, and really let her have it, and then when you’re done, spring up suddenly from the bed and run to your car, and speed away laughing.

Liz taylor’s elegance made you want to go slow, real slow… fingertips, and soft breath, you’d want to buy a piece of her soul…

Mickey Rooney did both of those gals, can you believe it? Mickey Rooney did more actresses than Frank Sinatra or Jerry Lewis. Few people know what a philanderer Mickey was.

Anyway, all weekend long, entertaiment tonite will feature Liz Taylor howling about marriage. You’ve got to see this. it’s the end of an era of what we once considered to be feminine beauty and sex appeal. Now it’s brittany getting out of a limo….is that road kill or are you just happy to see me?

By @@

September 29, 2007 11:45 AM | Link to this

Atheists want government to tax church members once as an individual, and then tax us again as a collective body. We’ve gotta pay the church’s bills ‘ya know.

Sure does limit the amount of money available to fund worthwhile programs that benefit lower-income families directly, while easing their tax burden as well.

If you diminish the ability of church members, through double taxation, then you diminish the amount that church members can pay to provide funding for worthwhile causes. It’s the churches way of contributing to the collective society but obviously we should be punished for our efforts and in turn so should those who benefit through our efforts.

If AmVet thinks that the government can better provide then I know which deity he worships. It’s government….sorry, don’t have much faith in them. I have more faith in the compassion and ambition of the individual.

Churches help government and government helps churches through tax exemptions. TOGETHER we help those in need.

Works for me.

Ray @ 10:31:

In order the assist the young mothers we have to pay the additional cost of utilities, insurance and maintainance. That’s the substantial expense. The program and it’s beneficiaries aren’t. They (the recipients) assist us in every way possible to conserve.

It’s a joint effort that eventually benefits the kids — everybody’s goal.

I wouldn’t expect you to understand because you obviously know nothing about a joint effort in sacrifices.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 11:45 AM | Link to this

“NetBank Inc., an online bank with $2.5 billion in assets, was shut down by the government on Friday because of an excessive level of mortgage defaults.”

Damn shame, that was a great investment that peaked at $240 then split.

By RW (the oravaginal)

September 29, 2007 11:55 AM | Link to this

I got an uncle what lives in taxes, dollars taxes, that’s where my uncle lives!(tm)

There’s a new poll out about happiness. It seems women are falling apart, and from what I can tell, there is a crisis of panic disorder, manic depression, and pms.

Women feel cheated. They even suspect their own families of conspiring against them. They jealously guard whatever it is that they think makes them unique, and it’s like their identity is tied up in appearances and lifestyle.

American women are a mess. The only common denominator is flouridation and the flood of hormones in the food we eat.

Even bad teeth would be better than the female sociopaths that I run into in social circles.

Women. Stay far far away from me.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 12:03 PM | Link to this

“With the U.S. government fast approaching its current $8.965 trillion credit limit, the Senate on Thursday gave final congressional approval of an $850 billion increase in U.S. borrowing authority.”

This is the fifth time w has raised the ceiling.

Our government is on track for a NetBank outcome.

Your kids will owe a million by the time w is gone.

Sure go ahead, vote gop. Make it a couple of million debt for your kids and their kids.

Geez.

By AmVet

September 29, 2007 12:08 PM | Link to this

Wake up Republicans!

Is it ANY wonder the GOP got slaughtered last November?

And guess what? The blood letting is almost assuredly going to happen again in the next election.

The number of Americans who think the GOP is better qualified to run the nation continue to irrefutably dwindle and the far right wing extremists that over the past few decades have come to practically define your “base” are doing you NO favors.

Those neo-cons that do remain are now more than ever so utterly filled with impotent rage as evidenced by these desperate and constant barrages of screaming, irrational, juvenile and/or vitriol-laced hatred for anything and anybody they don’t understand or agree with that they lack any significant credibility.

So unless and until you marginalize the worst in your ranks, and allow the moderates and true conservatives to represent you, you’re staring straight into the face of another forty years on the outside looking in.

OK, partisans, have fun with your little hate-fest here ALL day long!

I’m off to go see the Tech-Clemson game and enjoy a beautiful autumn day!

By @@

September 29, 2007 12:14 PM | Link to this

Ovaginal @ 11:44:

I’m sure there are blogsites where liberals’ sex fantasies are open for sharing.

I think you’re lost in cyberspace.

About the big SUVs…Yesterday I was driving into the city and found myself behind a brand new Mountaineer with a license plate that said “DISINGU”. The driver was African American. I couldn’t understand why and who he was “DISING”.

Certainly not me because I support his freedom to drive whatever he wants. I drive a compact. Was he “DISING” me because I do? Was he “DISING” me because I’m white? Was he “DISING” African Americans who couldn’t afford to drive what he was driving?…or was he just “DISING” society in general?

Did he vote Republican or Democrat?

By RW (the oravaginal)

September 29, 2007 12:18 PM | Link to this

I got an uncle what lives in taxes, dollars taxes, that’s where my uncle lives!(tm)

Translation of UN speech given by Amadinijad last week:

“I live only 8 minutes from the Iranian Republican Guard HQ! I live only 12 minutes from the Secret Torture Police HQ! I am strongly for internal security in my country….. whoops, my cellphone just went off…..let me answer real quick…..death to america, this is amadinijad, death to israel too, my time your dime….oh, hi dear, I’m speaking to all the infidels at the UN…would you like to berate any of them yourself….ha ha, good one….what? quart of milk and a loaf of bread, I’ll try…okay…love you too…death to america too…..death to israel, yes…..behead all infidels, bye bye…..”

By Law and Order for All

September 29, 2007 12:20 PM | Link to this

Close all the public schools and send the lazy brats out to work in the fields. I know I dont want any field hands who can read and write, who knows what kind of strange ideas they might come up with! If you teach them to read and write, they might grow up to be stinking lawyers and journalists, the scum of the earth, then we will have to open up them camps again for orderly disposal.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 12:23 PM | Link to this

Regarding the drool from the 12:03, what you are not hearing: more in domestic spending next year than the $933 billion proposed by the president.

“As a result, lawmakers have failed to pass any of the 12 spending bills needed to keep the government running when the new fiscal year begins on Oct. 1.”

Of course, for the stupid and ignorant that vote Dem, it’s all the GOP and Bush’s fault. Democrats talk about how they are the true fiscal conservatives and then tack on another $22 billion. Laughably pathetic for the ignorant that vote Dem, not that the GOP has acted like the GOP lately.

By jm

September 29, 2007 12:24 PM | Link to this

rotten tomato@9:17 - I used to work on those type of systems. I would not get too enthusiasic over a “succesful test” without knowing the control variables of the test. While a “success” is good and means progress, it is still just a test.

By @@

September 29, 2007 12:28 PM | Link to this

the more “observant” feel that they couldn’t possibly be from one person.

Well conservatives do recognize the one brain from which liberals operate sooooo…….

I’m off to go see the Tech-Clemson game and enjoy a beautiful autumn day!

Have a great time at the game AmVet. Hope your not going with a bunch that’ll make for uncomfortable seating.

But I don’t counter arguments with personal attacks and and rhetoric in order to dodge the main point.

By Law and Order for All

September 29, 2007 12:33 PM | Link to this

Yeah jm, that radio transmitter on the target missile sure helped in hitting it with the interceptor missle. Ahm just sure the ABM treaty required Ivan to put such a transmitter in all his ICBMs and independently targeted re entry vehicles. Oh yeah, Re Entry, ok honey, Im ready again, here I come!

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 12:35 PM | Link to this

Was he “DISING” African Americans who couldn’t afford to drive what he was driving?…or was he just “DISING” society in general?

@@, a lot of people can drive nice cars in Atlanta. A bartender can easily afford a $599 monthly lease payment on a Mercedes. However, not many of those flash-in-the-pan traffic light impressing wannabes like the one in your experience can afford $500k-$1M homes or $150k boats. Not that a Mercury Mountaineer is a luxury ride or anything. But I’m sure that dude is proud of it.

There is a Bentley owner that resides at an apartment complex near my office complex, and the driver is no country club white dude. Priorities, I suppose.

By Wootenduh

September 29, 2007 12:35 PM | Link to this

Today we have not one but two new prime examples of the idiocy of government:

{{{{Carol Couch, the director of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, ordered an immediate ban on most outdoor watering in the northern third of the state. It’s the most severe step laid out in the state’s drought response plans. But Couch said, “My calculation is it may be inadequate.”}}}}

And:

{{{{I’ve just learned that Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO) will be introducing a resolution in the House of Representatives on Monday condemning Rush Limbaugh for his “phony soldiers” remark.}}}}

Consider this- anyone with any pride in themselves, anyone with any honest work ethic, anyone who actually wanted to earn their paycheck would never become a common government flunky.

This is why our local, state and federal governments are so ate up with liberals.

Example one, imagine a private industry that would drain their reservoirs, full of the product they sell, “in anticipation of spring rains” that they had no proof were coming.

Then, to top it off, they gave away the product that they sell to breed sturgeon downstream, sturgeon that are supposed to be able to “evolve” (evolution, duh?) according to their environment or fall to the nature of “survival of the fittest.”

Well, guess what, the rains never came.

And now the idiot E.P.A. is floundering around like a sturgeon out of water.

To avert a couple of minor crisis, that being some minor flooding around Lanier or Allatoona and a few relocated sturgeon, the moron government has 1) destroyed the water recreation industry putting thousands out of business 2) destroyed the landscaping industry putting thousands out of business 3) is in the process of destroying all of the vegetation in the ATL Metro, vegetation that consumes much of the excess CO2 in the atmosphere and turning the beautiful landscape into a horrible eyesore 4) Could potentially run slam as-s out of water all together.

I cannot imagine a private, for profit, capitalistic venture making such monumentally stupid decisions, lest they not be in business for very long.

But no, we are stuck with the as-sholes that have done so much serious damage and devastation, leaving them free to make even more idiotic decisions at some later date.

Example #2, propagating a lie is the business of the Congress of the United States of America?

Really?

WE ARE SCREWED.

We have no representative government anymore.

By jm

September 29, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this

Unless spending is going to decrease, the revenue collected by the government will need to be about the same under any tax system. Before I get too enthusiastic about any tax reform, I want to know who is going to pay more and who is going to pay less. Eliminating property tax sounds good but how will the loss of that deduction affect my federal taxes. While there are ways to deduct sales taxes from federal taxes, they generally require more tracking of records on my part. So in the end, will my overall tax burden be more or less under Richardson’s proposal.

By RW (the oravaginal)

September 29, 2007 12:40 PM | Link to this

There there, @@.(tm)

By Law and Order for All

September 29, 2007 12:40 PM | Link to this

Yeah Wootenduh, most of the trees in metro atlanta are going to die, but is that such a bad thing? Lookie at the bright side, ahm gonna get a lot of free fire wood, enough to last for years, oak, cherry, hickory, oh my!

By jm

September 29, 2007 12:44 PM | Link to this

woodenduh@12:35 - just like I would not let another company (Georgia) get complete control of a key resource that I (Alabama or Florida) depended on.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 12:48 PM | Link to this

duh,

Yes, that Move on lie was an outrage by the gop:

“David Petraeus is a political general. Yet in presenting his recent assessment of the Iraq War and in describing the “way forward,” Petraeus demonstrated that he is a political general of the worst kind—one who indulges in the politics of accommodation that is Washington’s bread and butter but has thereby deferred a far more urgent political imperative, namely, bringing our military policies into harmony with our political purposes. ”

That is from The American Conservative magazine.

No water eh?

Pray for rain loser.

Bwa.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 12:53 PM | Link to this

As an afterthought to WD’s usual top notch post, let us all not forget that The Shrillary said that no good can ever come from privatization. In other words, America is only good because of government, and any bad things in America are the fault of privatization. Someone needs to send that message up to the CEO of UPS, because UPS took over a segment of what the USPS could not do competently or efficiently: overnight and second day package delivery. The USPS is a monumental fuster cluck from the government union sorters to the contracted carriers who deliver your mail to your neighbor. And liberal asshats want to turn our freaking HEALTH CARE over to these incompetent boobs? Incredible.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 1:02 PM | Link to this

Muslim jihadist leaders interviewed for a new book were ecstatic about statements from television talk host Rosie O’Donnell about the war in Iraq and the global war on terror, agreeing with her outspoken views.

Some even invited her on a “fact finding mission” to the Middle East.

“I agree with what this O’Donnell says. …We welcome Rosie O’Donnell to stay among us and to get to know the truth from being here, like many American peace activists are doing,” said Ala Senakreh, West Bank chief of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terrorist organization.

Yeah, you go on over there. Pig liberal. See how they treat infidels like you, women like you, and most definitely, homosexual lesbians like you. Get to know the truth that we already know, Rosie.

Coming soon: Youtube broadcast of a group of Americans who are going to pile up all their DVD movies with Hollywood w******* like George Clooney and the latest nutroots addition, Sally Field, drop them in a huge hole, torch them, and then bury the smoldering remains forever. I’ve got 23 DVDs that will be going to that cause. Yes, I’m involved with the event, and yes, the video will be linked here.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 1:03 PM | Link to this

Rudy, Rudy, Rudy

Geez.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 1:10 PM | Link to this

Clarence Thomas Makes Case for Recusal

See ya.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 1:15 PM | Link to this

More from the Liberal Looney bin: San Fransicko film commissioner, Stephanie Coyote (married to third rate actor and narrating voiceover Peter Coyote), dissed the Marine Corps. by refusing to allow them to film an ad on a street. Her reason? “Traffic control issues.” This is the same disgusting city that allows naked liberal freakshows to organize naked nati-war bicycle races, gay and transgendered fests in the streets, and other freak show events. Disgusting. Absolutely liberally disgusting.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 1:17 PM | Link to this

BREAKING: Newt says “Never Mind”

Go hang out with Zell.

Just Go away.

Loser.

By RW (the oravaginal)

September 29, 2007 1:26 PM | Link to this

duh(tm)

geez(tm)

nobacksnoviceversasnochangies

Talk Soup’s clip of the week is the funniest thing I’ve seen in years. A swedish hostess to a call-in talk show is sitting on a stool, to camera front, and she’s answering a caller, and suddenly she linda blairs a river of pea soup and tumbles forward and off camera, but in seconds comes back and finishes her sentence, and I mean a river of pea soup erupted from that ladie’s mouth. yet she didn’t miss a beat, acting like nothing had happened.

McD’s definitely is going to have to start pasteurizing their breakfast burritos.

talk soup(tm)

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 1:37 PM | Link to this

Not only are disgusting liberals in San Fransicko military haters, they are apparently Christian haters too. Well excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor from shock. Y

You want douche bag libs like these running the nation? You already have their constituent, The Nanny Pelosi, in charge of Congress. It’s where this nation is headed folks if we don’t get a grip soon.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 1:39 PM | Link to this

I saw that PF.

Sick but funny, plus she was fine.

“WASHINGTON - President Bush on Saturday signed a bill to prevent a government shutdown.”

Damn, they should shut it down and solve all these problems he created.

The coward will hand them to the dems like the gop always do.

By RW (the oravaginal)

September 29, 2007 1:41 PM | Link to this

The water shortage has been a red herring in atlanta for thirty years. Everytime the el nino come around, or the sante anna winds blow or the sun comes up, the authorities start abusing their power as public servants and begin forcing innocent people to turn off their spigots. The problem is not water sprinklers or leaky faucets or washing your car in your driveway, no sir, the problem is that every new house now comes with a bidet, and once a woman straddles athwart(tm) a bidet, you cant get her off of it, and all that water, at full blast, is wasted. It’s a total waste. I alerted our gubernatorial goober about this problem years ago and he told me that a fresh woman is worth the dehydration of the masses. I said that people may die of thirst or start wars over water in the future, like mad max, and he said that once his girlfriend in highschool’s plumbing broke and she couldn’t shower or nothing and he nearly died. Well, I told him that water is our most precious resource and he asked me if I was gay.

Anyway, every problem facing this country starts with the french, (who invented the bidet).

‘muff said(tm)

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 1:45 PM | Link to this

Building on WD’s earlier post about government incompetence, let’s give it up for government and government workers once again! This time, a roadkilled raccoon gets striped in yellow by the Illinois DOT. Lazyassed brain dead government worker drones.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 1:50 PM | Link to this

Anyway, every problem facing this country starts with the french, (who invented the bidet).

Well P4, I’d have to say that some of the most serious issues facing American started with the French, from Vietnam to ugly women that make Greeks look like goddesses. But hell, the French can cook. So can the Greeks tho. Even money then.

By @@

September 29, 2007 1:52 PM | Link to this

Just back from the ME:

Radical Syrian cleric Sheikh Mahmoud Abu al-Qaqa was shot dead as he was leaving Friday prayers Sept. 28 in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo, according to one of his aides. The man who shot Abu al-Qaqa reportedly was chased down and caught by a crowd before being taken into police custody.

The strategic analysis site offered three other possibilities. Through logical assessment they eliminated Israel as the assassin.

The other two possibilities came within Syria itself. One…to deliver on a behind-the-scenes commitment with the U.S. to scale back jihadist activity in Iraq which was being supported by Abu al-Qaqa. Two…a jihadist rival which would indicate fractures within the jihadist movement itself.

The fourth — and more likely — possibility is that the Syrians took out Abu al-Qaqa because he became a threat. Syria has been playing with fire by supporting jihadists such as Abu al-Qaqa, and it could very well be that Damascus felt it was losing its grip on his activities. This is something that we forecast when it became apparent that jihadist activity in Lebanon was directly tied to Syrian military intelligence. If the Syrian regime now feels that its cooperation with the jihadists is coming back to bite it, this will be the first of many mysterious assassinations.

Let’s watch to see how many more animals are put down because they’re biting Syria in the a$$.

More good news…

U.S. troops raided a meeting of al Qaeda in Iraq southwest of As Samarra on Sept. 28, the U.S. military said Sept. 29. One of the suspects captured in the raid is the key communications link between senior leaders of al Qaeda and al Qaeda in Iraq, the military’s statement said.

Good job guys…keep the pressure on the bad guys.

By RW-(the original)

September 29, 2007 1:55 PM | Link to this

Geez Polly Prepuce™ get it right.

By @@

September 29, 2007 2:01 PM | Link to this

Oh, BTW Ovaginal…thanks for placing a patent on my @@s. They are two of one original afterall unless of course, PoliFore decides to give them a beauty mark with his signature . <—— dot.

I’m off to tackle the homefront.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 2:13 PM | Link to this

The hardest thing for Westerners to understand is not that a war with militant Islam is underway but that the nature of the enemy’s ultimate goal. That goal is to apply the Islamic law (the Shari‘a) globally. In U.S. terms, it intends to replace the Constitution with the Qur’an.

This aspiration is so remote and far-fetched to many non-Muslims, it elicits more guffaws than apprehension. Of course, that used to be the same reaction in Europe, and now it’s become widely accepted that, in Bernard Lewis’ words, “Europe will be Islamic by the end of the century.” <— Sheeeeit. It won’t take that long with PC cowards like in Britain re-writing their own history books to include comments about how much Muslims and Arabs impacted their history.

Yeah man, those were magic carpets flown by those courageous turban-helmeted fighter pilots that downed so many Luftwaffe aircraft in the noble cause for Allah. Oh yeah, and those were courageous Muslim camel drivers that helped fend off nazi invasion forces at the chalk cliffs in the name of Mohammad (Peace Be Among Him).

Idiots.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 2:31 PM | Link to this

Nobody is buying that bs filthy.

Iran is the new enemy, get with the propaganda and try to keep up loser.

It is nukes again with no nukes and no proof again.

Iraq part II except for Israel is involved in this one.

May start WWIII with our troops abused in Iraq.

Stand proud loser.

We will lose that one too.

Geez.

By Local Yokel

September 29, 2007 2:33 PM | Link to this

Great idea! Having grown up in Alabama, which is known throughout the world for its steller state constitution and taxation methods, making public schools, public roads, sheriffs, city police, animal control, and municipal solid waste dependent on consumer spending and the state’s willingness to appropriate the revenue is the road to domestic perfection!

I am looking forward to having Georgia become the envy of the Western world!

If you want to know what tax needs to be raised, it’s the gasoline tax, which has not been raised in more than a decade. As a result, DOT has little money to help with local projects or build roads for the hundreds of thousands of cars that weren’t in Georgia a decade ago.

If you want to know why the school boards are increasing their spending, it is because of unfunded mandates from the federal and state governments. Local school boards have no authority over what is taught, how buildings are constructed, how teachers are certified, how kids are promoted, how teaches are promoted and given raises, how principals are certified, how many counselors and nurses to hire, or what kind of chalk to use, but they are required to pay for whatever the state and federal governments tell them to pay for.

If the state prevents the local governments from raising their own revenues and controlling those revenues, then the state should agree to pay for all federal and state mandates. Good luck!

By Retardo Montelbaum

September 29, 2007 2:34 PM | Link to this

You look marvelous.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 2:44 PM | Link to this

“John Dean knows something about White House abuse of power. He wrote a bestseller in 2004 on the Bush White House called Worse Than Watergate. In a recent interview I asked him what he thinks of that title now. Now, he replied, a book comparing Bush and Nixon would have to be called Much, Much Worse.

“Look at the so-called Watergate abuses of power,” he said. “Nobody died. Nobody was tortured. Millions of Americans were not subject to electronic surveillance of their communications. We’re playing now in a whole different league.”

And how does Bush compare with the Republicans seeking to succeed him? “If a Rudy Giuliani were to be elected,” Dean said, “he would go even farther than Cheney and Bush in their worst moments.”

Sure vote for Rudy.

Lets finish off this once great country.

Geez.

By I thought

September 29, 2007 2:59 PM | Link to this

this hasnolife but many brainfarts said Rudy was a lib.

hasnolife but has many brainfarts supports libs finishing off this once great country?

Is that a fart I smell or hasnolife?

By getalife

September 29, 2007 3:05 PM | Link to this

He has lib positions but is still a repube and an idiot.

Seymour Hersh: Bush “has accepted ethnic cleansing”

Again, are we going to demand justice for this needless genocide or let the world do it?

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 3:11 PM | Link to this

Go stick your head back up your a-ss, getalife.

Hey ya’ll, check this out. Ahmadinejihad is praised by his people as being “heroic” and “triumphant” because he got to visit the US and shout liberal Dem talking points (except about the gays of course).

You see, this is how those 7th century radical fanatics think. When Israel pulled out of the Gaza, Hamas thought that as a “victory from Allah” and used that land as a staging facility for future Israeli attacks. Now some radicals in Iran are saying they have produced a victory in America. They didn’t look to these events as a peaceful gesture, they didn’t look to these events as opening up “discussion” and other peacenick horse$h!t liberals yap about, and they surely didn’t offer their own gesture in return to these events.

So you see, these barbaric cave dwelling gaping mouthed knuckle draggers only know two things: victory, and defeat and death. Then of course, you have head in the sand bird brain libs like getalife whistling past the train wreck.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 3:17 PM | Link to this

Pull your head out of your as-s and watch this

I rule this blog.

Bwa.

By @@

September 29, 2007 3:21 PM | Link to this

Told ‘ya so Getalife. Newt’s not running…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will not run for president in 2008 after determining he could not legally explore a bid and remain as head of his tax-exempt political organization, a spokesman said Saturday.

Gingrich decided “to continue on raising the challenges America faces and finding solutions to those challenges” as the group’s chairman, Tyler said, “rather than pursuing the presidency.”

Now…..I want to communicate to you about using the word ilk. You’re doing it alot lately, and it’s so not you Getalife.

Say it over and over. Doesn’t it sound like someone upchucking?

Iiilllk…Iillk…Iiiiilllllkkkkk

SPLAT!!!!!

and another thing! I challenge you to expand on your research options. 9 out of 10 links you offer up here are to media SPLAAAAAATS like DailyKos, Crooks & Liars, Think Progress. You do seem to be avoiding the Huffington Post. Is there any particular reason why?

By Retardo Montelbaum

September 29, 2007 3:26 PM | Link to this

this is the same bunch of finger probes who ruled the yahoo glw board years ago.

Say hi to annette for me. I wonder how annette is doing. Stella.

STELLA!!!! STELLA!!

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 3:27 PM | Link to this

Haha. Dr. Quack Gore calls for a “Marshall Plan” of some sort to combat the lie of man-made global warming. “This is an emergency!” he screams. Yeah, it’s such an emergency that HE continues to fly around the globe in Gulfstream jets. Whatcha got in mind, Al old pal? You gonna tell those eastern Europeans to ditch their smoking piles of Russian crap cars and offer them bicycles? You gonna give farting pig farmers in Tibet pre-cooked bacon and tell them to quit breeding methane producing pigs and other livestock? You gonna tell everyone in the 3rd world to quit cooking? To quit having fires in their huts to stay warm because they live like their ancestors 500 years ago?

Gore would have made a GREAT Scientology priest. Damn shame for them.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 3:28 PM | Link to this

@@,

You are Jim’s ilk.

A wingnut, if you will.

I posted about Newt hours ago, try to keep up with the ruler of this blog.

Actually, if you read my links and click on the links embedded in the stories you will find a smorgasbord of different sources from all over the world.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 3:33 PM | Link to this

Still stuck on stupid and Rush, eh asshat getalife? You and your ilk have been called out on your LIES about what he said. Give it up, homey. You ain’t all that.

What kind of sicko spends the rest of his life day in, day out, on a blog?

Freaking pathetic.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 3:34 PM | Link to this

Just to make @@ happy

There ya go @@.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 3:35 PM | Link to this

DailyKos, Crooks & Liars, Think Progress, & Huffington Post.

That’s wastealife’s “smorgasbord of different sources from all over the world.”

Just sit back, point, and laugh at the asshat. Makes for great entertainment if nothing else.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 3:40 PM | Link to this

Just bow down, wave your arms up and down and say your not worthy.

How do you want Al to travel the world dumba-ss?

Geez, think before you type moron.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 3:42 PM | Link to this

HAHAHAHA!!! Looks like one of wastealife’s gods, bowelmovement.org, is coughing up $77,508 additional bills for the New York Slimes because their traitorous “ad” was underbilled.

The newspaper had maintained that it charged MoveOn the same “standby” rate of $64,575 that it charges all advocacy groups for full-page, black-and-white advertisements that can run anytime in a seven-day window. But the newspaper’s spokeswoman, Catherine Mathis, was quoted Sunday by The Times’s public editor, Clark Hoyt, as saying an advertising sales representative had “made a mistake” in granting the discount.

Mistake my A-SS. The rep was probably so giddy he or she couldn’t focus on the numbers written on the page. Probably peed in his or her panties too.

I can ONLY imagine the outcry from the filthy left had the Swift Boat Vets had this “mistake” happen to them in a Washington Times ad.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 3:43 PM | Link to this

What kind of sicko spends the rest of his life day in, day out, on a blog? Freaking pathetic.

And yet here you are.

It is fun ruling this blog.

Bashing wingnuts is highly entertaining while watching football.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 3:47 PM | Link to this

Unlike you, wasted, I actually take time away from this blog. Personally, I don’t care what you do. Likewise, I find it fun bashing you disgusting filthy trash on the left.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 3:47 PM | Link to this

I guess Rudy’s ad was a mistake too.

Did he pay the difference?

Move on collected 500k after w bashed them.

Bwa.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 3:49 PM | Link to this

How do you want Al to travel the world dumba-ss?

Uuuuh, asshat, uhm, like, we have technology and stuff where he can video conference and video broadcast and stuff and doesn’t have to go anywhere? Uuuhh, like you asshats on the are always talking about telecommuting and stuff?

You are an apologists for the biggest hypocrite on God’s green earth. Not at all surprising.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 3:53 PM | Link to this

BTW, I’d have a hell of a lot more respect for Dr. Quack if he’d sail is fatass around the globe and live without electricity and automobiles and aviation. It’s been done before, you know. But we know that won’t happen any sooner than Shrillary having a happy marriage. LMAO.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 3:57 PM | Link to this

You are clueless, you can’t phone it in at world conferences and build support you freaking moron.

Geez.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 4:00 PM | Link to this

Is this Rudy’s third “happy” marriage?

The Clintons stayed married loser.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 4:02 PM | Link to this

So much for “new ideas” and “pondering alternatives” that you “progressives” tout so much, eh wasted? Nah, I’m not impressed by the least of your ilk.

Oh yeah, but I did forgot about the clueless left out third worlders who wouldn’t know what a ‘puter looked like if it was dropped on them.

My bad.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 4:09 PM | Link to this

Speaking of wasted:

“As Afghanistan struggles to cut its raging opium production, aid workers try to find alternative crops, but for some former poppy farmers the choice was easy — they planted marijuana instead.”

A step in the right direction.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 4:12 PM | Link to this

The Clintons stayed married loser.

HAHAHAHA!!! They don’t even sleep together in the same STATE and the resident wasted asshat says that! Toldya wastedlife is off his rocker.

Sucker born every minute I suppose. Typical liberal demoncrat.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 4:15 PM | Link to this

Talk to Rudy’s kids idiot.

The Clintons are still married and their daughter loves them both.

That is a losing argument but you are a loser.

By Retardo Montelbaum

September 29, 2007 4:19 PM | Link to this

Sir wipesalot, measure your teeny weeny peeny with the ruler (of the blog) you claim to be.

By @@

September 29, 2007 4:19 PM | Link to this

Getalife:

I prefer the word bunch and so does Hillary. Bunching is her thang.

Anyhoo….this is what I envision for our country and it’s citizens if it falls into the hands of the socialist Democrats:

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Islamic militants who violently seized control of Gaza are selling confiscated cigarettes, smuggling cash through underground tunnels and auctioning off government vehicles to make ends meet in the face of a global economic boycott.

Some fundraising measures are highly questionable. A store owner (in Gaza that’s your small business owner) who identified himself as Abu Mahmoud said armed Hamas agents stopped his truck carrying $10,000 worth of groceries from Israel and demanded a “customs duty” of $1,000.

“There was no paperwork. (Doesn’t that sound just like government oversight or lack thereof) I had to pay them on the spot,” he said.*

In August, when the European Union suspended fuel deliveries to a major Gaza power plant on suspicion Hamas was pocketing electricity revenues, Hamas insisted it never charged for electricity. But Marwan Said, a 43-year-old unemployed Gazan, tells of Hamas forces knocking on his door this summer and demanding payment.

“They said they’ll cut the electricity if I don’t pay,” said the father of five.

In this crowded territory of 1.4 million where unemployment is rampant, Hamas faces a formidable challenge. Its fundraising has enabled it to distribute $100 one-time payments to thousands of unemployed. (Money’s tight, they should be satisfied with $100 one-time-only payments) Hamas managed to pay salaries to its 14,000 officials (the political elites for equal justice indeed) in July, its first full month in control of Gaza, but fell short of meeting its full payroll in August and September, the officials said.

Mmmm mm mmm mmm m. Hamas receiving votes through give aways and then finding out the money may not always be there or just can’t be stretched far enough to meet the needs of the people.

Whew!!!! What a nightmare. Wake me up in ‘08 so I can vote Republican and return power to the people.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 4:20 PM | Link to this

Hillary Clinton ‘could cost Democrats dear’ Shut UP people. No wonder failed American liberals like wastedlife are fearmongering over Rudy.

Just damn.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this

@@,

Nightmare indeed and is happening in Iraq too.

A clue for you, the gop are to blame.

They set the example for corruption.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this

Wasted - I thought you filthy trashed liberals on the left said “family values” and all that was a farce and worthless. When didya all change your minds? When looking into Rudy’s family album?

Disgusting hypocrites from hell.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 4:28 PM | Link to this

PF,

I have to use a yard stick.

They call me donkey.

By Retardo Montelbaum

September 29, 2007 4:30 PM | Link to this

Warning to all readers of this blog (all three of you): dont click on any links provided by any of these stool samples who are commenting today or any day. They may contain viruses.

no joke.

By @@

September 29, 2007 4:30 PM | Link to this

Getalife is eager to help fund the terrorists.

Afghanis planted marijuana instead.”

A step in the right direction.

The terrorists already benefit from marijuana trafficking. I guess you want to save money and cut out the middle man?

Have you no scruples Getalife?

By getalife

September 29, 2007 4:32 PM | Link to this

Foley, Vitter, Cunningham, Ney, Craig, Delay,genocide, corruption, etc….

That moral argument is history.

All the gop principals are history.

Maybe Newt will save your failed party again.

Bwa.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 4:33 PM | Link to this

Pew poll: few find celebrity political endorsements vote swaying. Well GOD I would hope so. Anyone who is so stupid and ignorant to follow someone like George Looney or Rosie O’Donnell over the cliff doesn’t need to be voting at ALL.

Stick that^^ up yer a-ss, Hollywood kooks.

By @@

September 29, 2007 4:36 PM | Link to this

and while you’re over there buying direct; keep your “onions peeled” for the tall guy with the very dark beard.

I think his name is Virile.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 4:38 PM | Link to this

Better than heroin and weed should be legal.

There maybe peace in Afghanistan soon:

“Karzai offered Saturday to meet personally with the leader of the Taliban for peace talks and give the militants a position in government. Karzai said he was willing to meet with Taliban leader Mullah Omar.”

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 4:38 PM | Link to this

Yeah, we know wasted, you disgusting liberals wrote the book on immorality, corruption, and ESPECIALLY holier than thou hypocrisy JUST like I was referring to about Dr. Quack.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 4:42 PM | Link to this

But hey, it’s not like Republicans sold out US technology to China in their fraud.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 4:44 PM | Link to this

Well, w gave OBL amnesty .

Might as well, give it to the taliban and omar.

War was for nothing in Afghanistan.

Geez.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 4:48 PM | Link to this

But hey, it’s not like Republicans sold out US technology to China in their fraud.

OMG, that is ignorant.

They sold our country to China moron.

Geez.

By Jackie

September 29, 2007 4:49 PM | Link to this

The Inspector General of the US State Department is under investigation for fraud and corruption. It seems that he is hiding documents and failing to perform his sworn duties to ferret out those that steal money from us. Individuals in the US military are under investigation for arms smuggling and money laundering in Iraq; Blackwater security is under investigation for misappropriating $88 Million dollars and other crimes. The biggest outrage of all is Rush Limbaugh saying that those soldiers who criticize the war are “phony soldiers.” The conservative magazine, American Spectator, wrote that Gen. Petraeus failed to perform his duties when he did not support the political policies of the President. The Repubs got all bent out of shape about the MoveOn ad calling Gen. Petraeus, Gen. Betray Us. Research shows that Rush Limbaugh coined that term about the General earlier in the year.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 4:50 PM | Link to this

Clinton let OBL go, wasted. Like I said last week: you filthy liberal trashbags have NOTHING to say about Osama. Stick it in your eye and twist.

By Wootenduh

September 29, 2007 4:54 PM | Link to this

{{{{By jm September 29, 2007 12:44 PM woodenduh@12:35 - just like I would not let another company (Georgia) get complete control of a key resource that I (Alabama or Florida) depended on.}}}}

jm: I specifically did not address water releases of necessity in my post at 12:35, as I agree that the sharing of water with Al/ Fl has some merit, albeit low priority, as we wouldn’t want you incestuous b******* dying of thirst, after all.

No, I was talking about how some government funded pervert took their sturgeon grievance to the Corp of Engineers and extorted them into releasing billions of gallons of water that would have come in handy right now.

By the way, we should find the sturgeon pervert and hang them by their scrawny neck.

Thousands upon thousands of people are out of work because of this monumental government stupidity, why weren’t they a higher priority then the sturgeon were?

Besides, if I was going to suggest cutting off anyone from water, it would be the City of Atlanta, we should choke them on the vine.

They are the most filthy polluters imaginable, every sickness, drugs, aborted babies, vomit, pestilence gets puked up straight to the Hooch every time it rains, and they have the nerve to whine about “Big Oil.”

The freaking court system that they love so much had to tell them to stop it.

It makes sense, if these perverts in Atlanta can’t get clean water, then they can’t make it filthy and spew it back into the river.

F them.

Let them wallow in their diseases.

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 4:55 PM | Link to this

They sold our country to China moron.

You talking about the debt, wasted?

Try again, sky is falling liberal asshat.

Lying liberal POS.

By Retardo Montelbaum

September 29, 2007 4:57 PM | Link to this

A gimmee class of citizen? Wooten hates entiltlements. His other favorite topics are being anti gay-marriage and supporting the troops. So his blog is usually centered around gimmees, rimmees, and humvees.

or bums, hums and humvees.

or…iknowyougetthebit

By rotten tomato

September 29, 2007 5:00 PM | Link to this

Well it’s been fun, but as usual, not very stimulating. Same old liberal Dem monotonous horse$h!t droning. I may be back tomorrow, I may not be. Right now I’ve got to go catch an evening autumn lake cruise with good friends, good wine, good food, and most importantly, no filthy liberal trash.

Ta ta.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 5:00 PM | Link to this

Clinton did not ignore this memo

Give OBL amnesty, cut and run to invade Iraq for oil.

That is w’s legacy son.

By Retardo Montelbaum

September 29, 2007 5:04 PM | Link to this

or beggers, buggers, and boots

By getalife

September 29, 2007 5:07 PM | Link to this

Good riddance.

For goodness sake, do not talk politics with them or they will throw you overboard.

Blithering idiot.

Tell them you were owned and ruled today by a real Patriotic American.

Bwa.

By @@

September 29, 2007 5:21 PM | Link to this

Getalife:

Do you ever visit Michael Yon’s site? I know that you like to grab onto all things anti-american at the liberal SPLLAAAATT sites, but you really should expand on your who-risens. Take a look….

Al Qaeda still lurks in the area, so the farmers were happy to see us. One woman said that seeing the Army out there was a blessing from God, which made the Soldiers happy. There’s not a lot of happiness to be had here, but the Soldiers respond when people show gratitude. It charges their batteries. And they really love those cards from home where kindergartners and first graders (unspoiled by partisan politics) ask all kinds of funny questions like, “Is it hot in the desert?” Yes, a little bit.

Don’t you think it’s sad that American troops have to get their batteries charged by Iraqis when it should be us telling them “good job, you’re the best”?

American Soldiers closed in. This was fantastically dangerous. I remember wondering what their families might think about them moving in to take the guys alive, when this could cost American lives. How would I write about such Soldiers should they get blown up by a suicide vest planted to specifically take advantage of our Soldiers’ sense of decency?

Don’t you think it’s sad that the anti-war left use our soldiers’ deaths to further their political agenda when the soldiers are making sacrifices in the name of all that’s decent in American?

I’m outta here to let you stew in your crock pot.

By Sailor

September 29, 2007 5:22 PM | Link to this

*the Sailor said Andi/e-duh, you’re a fine girl…”

Andi/e-duh is trying real hard to win our war game - I drop my drawers, and s/he tries to blow me away…

Today s/he brought her new gal pal Rotten Tomato by. The two of them put on their dresses and played Bush and Blair. First they were working on me, but next thing you know they had each others skirts up over their heads.

My my, Curly girl!

By @@

September 29, 2007 5:31 PM | Link to this

Oh, before I’m out Getalife let me share an experience I had last night while trying to looking for a specific “SoulFood Restaurant” in Atlanta.

I’m driving down a street I’ve never been on before. Within a distance of one block, eight different guys jump out from behind parked cars trying to sell me drugs. I’m waving them off and wondering where the cops are.

Low and behold, who’s driving in front of me. It’s a cop in a patrol car…I guess he wasn’t in the market for drugs either.

One thing’s for certain…he wasn’t doing his job.

By @@

September 29, 2007 5:38 PM | Link to this

Oops! Take out the “ing” following look.

It’s hard to stay focused when the company is so boring.

By getalife

September 29, 2007 5:40 PM | Link to this

@@,

Did they scream bring me my MF iced tea like BO claimed?

By Retardo Montelbaum

September 29, 2007 5:42 PM | Link to this

It’s not fair that Newt will not run if nominated, nor will he serve if elected. Now what am I supposed to do with the three hours of material I’ve written about him?

Newt, you’re gold, baby. Run. Run for prez. you can do it! I’ll even vote 4U, but run.

ISAIDRUN!

By Doomsday is coming soon

September 29, 2007 5:47 PM | Link to this

Dr.Doom has entered this pathetic blog to inform all of you that Doomsday is coming Friday October 5,2007. On that day, Doom will announce the top blogger on Luckovich’s blog for 2007. He will also mercilessly announce the top idiot for the year of 2007.

Doom

By Writer's block

September 29, 2007 5:52 PM | Link to this

I just cant believe newt pulled the plug on me like that. It’s gonna take a long time for me to get over this loss of material.

Life’s not fair. Cant we, like, get signatures and run our own “draft newt” campaign? I live only 11 minutes from a Kinkos, and can run off signs in no time.

come on, gang, lets put on a campaign!!! (where’s mickey rooney when you need him?)

By Police in Atlanta are trained in political correctness more than fighting crime

September 29, 2007 5:52 PM | Link to this

@@,

Police here are henpecked because a lot of their family members and themselves are current or former criminals. Blacks are taught not to turn each other in so often to the point that they ignore crime. Cities with high rate of black officials tend to be high in crime.

Doom is gone.

By Answer the question

September 29, 2007 6:01 PM | Link to this

gotnolife. Why did you assume the drug dealers @@ mentioned were black?

Hypocrite!

By jm

September 29, 2007 6:03 PM | Link to this

Wootenduh@4:54 - there are also the releases for barge traffic.

By Michelle

September 29, 2007 6:04 PM | Link to this

I was just wondering, I know that Andy is a man and rotten tomato is a man, so if whoever this Sailor is is fantasizing about having sex with them, doesn’t that make him a flaming f-ag-got? He do seem proud of it, don’t he?

That’s just a little bit Senator Craig, if you know what I mean.

By Redneck Convert

September 30, 2007 9:18 AM | Link to this

Well, I missed most of the blog on account of me and Jim Earl went to the GA game and then drove down to Boissier City Louisiana to take part in the grits eating contest. I eat 16 lbs. and Jim Earl put down 19 lbs. but some guy eat 23 lbs and won. Us rednecks sure love our grits. The more butterer and red eye gravier the better. Heck, if I had my way I would eat grits every meal.

I’m against this sales tax thing. The cost of Skoal and Redman is already out of sight. And tho I pay 50 bucks a year in property tax on the trailer I would be paying more if we had the bigger sales tax.

I was real sad when I learnt old Newt was not going to run for president. I got so I liked the man. Heck, he swaps out wifes about every year like a godly Republican should and don’t even wait for the divorce before he takes on a new and younger one. Leastwise he wasn’t taking out after men and boys the way this Craig and the guy from FL was. Anyway, us Republicans got all kind of problems with You Know What but we sure can work to keep others from having it and make sure them that do is stuck with the babys.

I’m glad to see this Doom guy is going to go after all the libruls on Oct. 5. I got that date marked on my calender and can’t wait to see him do his stuff. I’m sure everybody else can’t hardly wait neither.

Well, I got to get to the Church of Holiness. I hope to see Sister Dusty and maybe this Captain Freedom there but I ain’t seen them for a long time and I’m beginning to think they are a bunch of heathens and backsliders. After church I plan to stop by Billy Bob’s to put down a PBR or 20 to get the taste of the whiskey and the dull sermon out of my mouth.

Have a good day everybody and Go Dawgs!

By Writer's block

September 30, 2007 11:08 AM | Link to this

George Wills’ column in the AJC @issue section is the rosetta stone for tumble-dried irony. Wills presses Obama, the candidate with the washboard abs, with a basket of top-loaded questions about his unfolding plan for Iraq. These stacked questions agitate me at this point in the wrinkled spin cycle of partisan-stained hypocrisy. George Will’s stonewashed credibility now flip-flops like an unstarched vertebrae 3 sheets to the wind.

George, shout out these questions at W, (even though you’d get better answers from the Maytag repairman).

By getalife

September 30, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this

“It is gallows humor time for Republicans in Congress, where one lawmaker jokes that “there’s talk about us going the way of the Whigs,” the 19th century political party long extinct.”

Now that is a great idea.

By Answer the question September 29, 2007 6:01 PM | Link to this gotnolife. Why did you assume the drug dealers @@ mentioned were black? Hypocrite

looking for a specific “SoulFood Restaurant” in Atlanta.

Idiot.

Geez.

By Writer's block

September 30, 2007 12:26 PM | Link to this

I hope I didn’t hamper George Will’s career with that last blog.

By Wootenduh

September 30, 2007 12:33 PM | Link to this

So much of contemporary life is about opportunities for self-congratulation. Risk-free dissent is the default mode of our culture, and extremely seductive. If dissent means refusing to let the Bush administration bully you into wearing a flag lapel pin, why, then Katie Couric (bravely speaking out on this issue just last week) is the new Mandela! If Rumsfeld is a “fascist.” then anyone can fight fascism. It’s no longer about the secret police kicking your door down and clubbing you to a pulp. Well, OK, it is if you’re a Buddhist monk in Burma. But they’re a long way away, and it’s all a bit complicated and foreign, and let’s not “confuse the very dire human rights situation” in Hoogivsastan with an opportunity to celebrate our courage in defending “academic freedom” in America.

By getalife

September 30, 2007 12:46 PM | Link to this

duh,

Check out the DHS’s End Game

Homeland, Czars, detention camps, outing CIA agents, renditions, torture, shred the Constitution, etc…

Where did my country go? Why do you continue to cheer this on? Are you American?

I would argue, Americans who do not cheer this on are real Patriotic Americans.

When will you join us?

By Writer's block

September 30, 2007 12:52 PM | Link to this

I feel bad about my unlaundered list of complaints about george wills.

By Writer's block

September 30, 2007 12:59 PM | Link to this

What bonds all mankind together is our shared abhorrence about the unhappy crunch of an errant eggshell in the omelet. Not one person in our shared humanity has ever liked it, (except Curly, of course).

By Writer's block

September 30, 2007 1:06 PM | Link to this

Curly was the greatest comedian who ever lived. Mozart the greatest composer. Picasso the greatest painter. Einstein the greatest thinker. Analchord the greatest blogger.

By getalife

September 30, 2007 1:09 PM | Link to this

I know duh is slow so I will let a real reporter educate him:

Shifting Targets

The new enemy is Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. It might change tomorrow because the gop does not solve problems, they create them. Anything to distract the needless genocide and slaughter of innocent Iraqis.

The ultimate in cowardice.

By Writer's block

September 30, 2007 1:12 PM | Link to this

The Falcon game is NOT being broadcast in HD. Where’s the supervision?

By getalife

September 30, 2007 1:17 PM | Link to this

Thank you Auburn Tigers for beating the Floria Gators.

LSU will be #1 after we beat them Gators next week.

By Writer's block

September 30, 2007 1:19 PM | Link to this

Houston is leaving their middle wide open. Any other coach could have scored a touchdown by now. Instead we get a field goal. Worst play calling I’ve ever seen. The coach is an idiot. I coulda scored with 11 nursing home patients against a middle like that.

Getawhiff, watch the game. You’re exposed as the glw gang blogging in tandem with wooten, also a glw alumnus, trying to rule both sides of the debate. Notice how time4 never threatened you with death threats? Proves it. You people really stepped in it. Expect legal news soon.

By getalife

September 30, 2007 1:25 PM | Link to this

PF,

Falcons suk like Saints.

I am watching the Cowboy game.

By Sailor

September 30, 2007 1:32 PM | Link to this

Michelle, I’m Navy - it ain’t queer unless you’re tied to the pier, and I believe in don’t ask, don’t tell. Besides, there ain’t no bulge on Andi/e-duh or her sweet tomato gal pal where a man would have one.

They’re both great - real pros - at what they do, so I let them do it.

Sailor.

By Writer's block

September 30, 2007 1:37 PM | Link to this

The V-Chip prevented porn on your tv. Porn leads to sex, which leads to babies who need healthcare. Thus, to prevent the S-Chip, use the V-chip.

By Law and Order for All

September 30, 2007 1:41 PM | Link to this

wootendull: would you prefer that we all carry and use ak47s to get our points across? that time may yet come here in america, as the neocons continue our conversion to ameriKa the military bully of the world. But not yet, as my wife still refuses me permission to purchase, purely for home defense, a semi-automatic ak47. What is wrong with that woman anyway, she even refuses to allow a mere 9mm, a machette, or my favorite personal weapon, a nice sharp hatchet.

By getalife

September 30, 2007 2:07 PM | Link to this

The gop are using the same strategy they used to
win the last two elections except this time it is Iran.

Hillary voted for the Lieberman amendment to look strong in the general.

If she did not, the gop candidate will want war with Iran making her look weak.

Have we not learned from looking weak on security in the last two elections?

Get tough, if you want to win.

She will win because she knows the gop strategy is the same Rove strategy.

By Senator Craig (REPUBLICAN)

September 30, 2007 2:23 PM | Link to this

I stick my V-chip onto my shoes and use them as taps.

By Law and Order for All

September 30, 2007 2:39 PM | Link to this

Is it a hate crime if you are sitting in your stall at the airport in the mens bathroom, when a wingtip shoe suddenly slides under the wall, and on pure instint you draw your defensive hatchet and chop off the toes of said wingtip, the entire first five inches?

By Law and Order for All

September 30, 2007 2:45 PM | Link to this

I set my V chip on stun, but then again, I prefer to take the enemy prisioner for further interogation under drugs and torture, per the neocon manual.

By Rev Haggard

September 30, 2007 2:51 PM | Link to this

What kind of drugs?

By Law and Order for All

September 30, 2007 3:07 PM | Link to this

I usually start with a little scopalomine and go from there.

By @@

September 30, 2007 3:48 PM | Link to this

You know what PoliFore/Law and Order for All/Writer’s Block/Rev Haggard/Senator Craig (REPUBLICAN)/Sailor:

I’m gonna change my statement from the other day. I don’t find you “fascinating”. You really are a “BLOGGING PSYCHOTIC” suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and you’re an individual who doesn’t know how to spell scopolamine but has knowledge and experience with its use.

The other night after closing you “asked, no begged Jim Wooten to ban trolls who commented off topic and criticized those posters who did not appreciate his work. You may also suffer from Disassociative Personality Disorder unable to recall which of your many personas made that request.

By getalife

September 30, 2007 4:26 PM | Link to this

Town Is Shaken After GOP Prosecutor’s Arrest in a Child-Sex Sting

Sick.

Geez.

By Writer's block

September 30, 2007 4:32 PM | Link to this

Buffalo Chips!

By rotten tomato

September 30, 2007 4:35 PM | Link to this

Gawd. Wastedlife has been posting all day. The blog leech can’t EVER get away from here. Is that not pathetic beyond pathetic or what? GET OUT OF THE HOUSE ASSHAT!!! WTF, are you a lame wheelchair bound liberal POS or what?

For goodness sake, do not talk politics with them or they will throw you overboard.

No wasted, I don’t hang around losing liberal garbage like your ilk. We’re all the same politically, which means we despise the dredges of society socialist lepers like you. It was a great Shrillary bash fest too last night and today.

Tell them you were owned and ruled today by a real Patriotic American.

LMAO. I had 15+ posts yesterday that you failed to challenge. The only thing you ever spank here is your monkey. Oh well, typical asshat lib, the truth is what you FEEL, not what reality IS.

BTW, the only person I ever knew from LSU was a complete pompous arrogant as-shole and a drunk. Like you, senile old man.

Anyway, moving forward…

My grandpappy always told me to stay away from redheads. They go psycho on you like liberals. Damn shame.

By rotten tomato

September 30, 2007 4:45 PM | Link to this

Murtha has been ordered to testify about his comments over Marines in Haditha. Good. Taking a premature dump on one’s fellow Marines for political gain is not patriotic.

By Writer's block

September 30, 2007 4:48 PM | Link to this

What a treat watching Petyon Manning in full HD 1080p. I sure dont know what that is, but I’m glad I have it.

Which brings up the plasma/LCD/DLP controversy: Which is the best picture?

I heard that plasma is on the way out, yet I feel it provides the most brilliant picture. Some insist DLP is the best. What do you good people think?

By Ray

September 30, 2007 4:53 PM | Link to this

anyone heard when the next bin laden movie is due out? heard apologists rotten tomato and wooten are both listed in the credits. also heard there is a push to get ‘w’ four more years, see if he can’t get bin laden that star in hollywood before he leaves the white house…not that jeffs romney or the cross-dresser from ny couldn’t get it done…

By rotten tomato

September 30, 2007 4:59 PM | Link to this

Here we go again. Disgusting liberals in the mainstream media are equating 7th century radical islamic gaping mouthed cave dwelling knuckle draggers to Christians. Good Morning America ran a story about the “Rise in Atheism.”

Said Liz Marlantez: Some are reacting to religious extremism, like the Islamic fundamentalism behind the terrorist attacks of 9-11, but also the rise of the Christian right in the U.S.

So, there you have it from lib land. Christians who want to peacefully express their First Amendment rights are equated to middle east animals that killed 3,000 on 9/11 in the name of their prophet.

Disgusting beyond disgusting.

By Writer's block

September 30, 2007 5:01 PM | Link to this

Sure, we followed THAT along….what a dope.

By rotten tomato

September 30, 2007 5:04 PM | Link to this

New York Slimes #2 liberal POS, Tom Friedman, says we should all get over 9/11. A good read into the disease of liberalism.

Did some asshat named Ray say something? I can’t see sewage too good, and cowards who never respond when challenged are invisible.

By getalife

September 30, 2007 5:04 PM | Link to this

Stinks like a filty, rotten, wingnut up in here.

Responding to your ignorant posts is not a way I will spend my time.

Ta, ta, tootles.

Later loser.

By rotten tomato

September 30, 2007 5:09 PM | Link to this

Responding to your ignorant posts is not a way I will spend my time.

Laughable. That asshat spends seven days a week, ten hours a day on this blog posting horse$h!t from Daily Kook and suddenly doesn’t have time now.

Failed American my a-ss. Try failed human freaking BEING.

By rotten tomato

September 30, 2007 5:16 PM | Link to this

Juan Williams, of NPR and Sunday morning talk show fame and HARDLY a con sellout, was called a “Happy Negro” by a blogger on CNN for defending Bill O’Reilly.

“Juan Williams sitting there, is sort of the ‘Happy Negro’ agreeing with Bill O’Reilly, doesn’t impress me at all. A man cannot walk into your home and congratulate your mother for not being a prostitute and not expect you to be offended.”

Media Matters and other disgusting liberal trash just can’t help themselves sometimes when they TOTALLY IGNORE comments like that. Anyway, Ma href=”http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1666573,00.html”>here’s Juan’s rebuttal to his animalistic attackers.

By @@

September 30, 2007 5:19 PM | Link to this

Barack Obama is turning out to be not too bright. Stuck Bill right in the middle between Hillary and himself.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Saturday his public service experience trumps that of rival Hillary Rodham Clinton’s, and he tried to use her husband’s words to make his point.

Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois, said his background as a community organizer, lawyer, professor and state senator is more valuable than Hillary Clinton’s experience “working the system” as first lady and in other roles.

In doing so, Obama tried to throw former President Clinton’s words back at him, quoting comments Bill Clinton made in a 1992 debate with the first President Bush.

“The same old experience is not relevant. … And you can have the right kind of experience and the wrong kind of experience,” Clinton said at the time.

“He’s exactly right,” Obama said at a rally. “What we need to do is put an end to the wrong kind of experience.”

What was he thinking? Ouch!!!!

Look behind you Barak, there’s a steamroller headed your way.

By rotten tomato

September 30, 2007 5:23 PM | Link to this

From @@: The other night after closing you “asked, no begged Jim Wooten to ban trolls who commented off topic and criticized those posters who did not appreciate his work.

That’s rich. Too bad I missed that. Well, it’s not at all surprising these gestapo libs want to shut everyone up they don’t agree with (on a CONSERVATIVE blog, go figure). You think that liberal asshat (whoever it was) would take wastedlife to task for bringing up Iraq OFF TOPIC when the blog topic is about tax reform? Filthy hypocrites.

By rotten tomato

September 30, 2007 5:25 PM | Link to this

Damn. Another bad Juan Williams link. I had three yesterday. Is someone messing around here?

Let’s try it again.

By rotten tomato

September 30, 2007 5:29 PM | Link to this

Just damn. Liberals can’t win for losing. Grow corn for fuel and starve the poor around the globe, or continue using petroleum and coal and smoke them to death with SUV fumes. Hell I can’t decide either.

By Ray

September 30, 2007 5:31 PM | Link to this

Proverbs 6:16-19

These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

…let us all pray for george w bush…and for those who lined up behind him…

By @@

September 30, 2007 5:33 PM | Link to this

Well rt, Jim did respond to Analchord…

By Jim Wooten September 26, 2007 8:51 AM | Link to this

Analchord @ 8:45: I’m getting awfully close to your thinking on trolls. They are getting to be a real distraction.

I took that as Jim’s best “Dirty Harry” impression to PoliFore/Analchord….”Come on punk, make my day.”

We’ll just have to wait and see.

“Do you feel lucky?” PoliFore/blah blah blah….

By rotten tomato

September 30, 2007 5:38 PM | Link to this

Heeeeey. How come the media has ignored US Rep. Dengleberry’s brilliant liberal proposition for a $.50 gas tax hike and other liberal neo-communist ideas for global hysteria warming that I posted about yesterday?

What’s the matter, MSM, too cowardly to report on what one of your own insanely drew up?

By Wootenduh

September 30, 2007 5:43 PM | Link to this

{{{{By getalife September 30, 2007 12:46 PM Homeland, Czars, detention camps, outing CIA agents, renditions, torture, shred the Constitution, etc… Where did my country go? Why do you continue to cheer this on? Are you American?}}}}

al-Gitmo/ Sailor: You know that these contrived make believe “grievances” of yours would be of more concern to me if your president hadn’t gassed and burned 80 some children to death, gave the Chinese nuclear secrets and then accidentally bombed their embassy and hadn’t turned the Oval Office into a rape room.

Correct me if I’m wrong but you are all upset because Bush is trying to protect America, this doesn’t seem rather odd to you?

Which side are you on?

Duh.

By rotten tomato

September 30, 2007 5:46 PM | Link to this

Another liberal kook march! You know I love these. Funniest sign award goes to: “Fox News Sucks.” Poor babies. Where’s that liberal punkass hippy Carrot Top wannabe pogo stick hopper? I really miss him.

Filthy liberal garbage.

Idiots.

By @@

September 30, 2007 5:50 PM | Link to this

Getalife is sailor?

:-OMG!!!!!!!!

Pervert

By rotten tomato

September 30, 2007 5:51 PM | Link to this

Apparently, there is a radical Islamic goon running like a wild 7th century gaping mouthed ape in Britain. Apparently, the animal was plotting a bomb attack on Frankfort. It will be interesting to see how the liberal PC crowd over there handles this.

By rotten tomato

September 30, 2007 5:52 PM | Link to this

Getalife is sailor?

Among a few others.

By Writer's block

September 30, 2007 5:55 PM | Link to this

Brett Favre is having quite a season. I dont remember him ever being this good or confidence inspiring. I wrote him off years ago. the diff i think is that he finally realized that you cant pass on every play. you have to mix it up. That’s something Dan Marino never learned.

By Craig

September 30, 2007 5:55 PM | Link to this

“rotten tomato” huh… what an appropriate name…

Back to the topic at hand - the GlennTax is a bad idea - my taxes, under his scheme, will increase.

No thanks.

By rotten tomato

September 30, 2007 5:59 PM | Link to this

Expanding on my 4:59, I challenge any liberal main stream media POS to equate THIS with Christianity.

By @@

September 30, 2007 6:05 PM | Link to this

Getalife:

Why don’t you dump all the pseudonyms and get back to being who you are/were — GETALIFE.

You can either hold it on your own or not. Continue to post under multiple pseudonyms and it’s proof that you can’t cut it here.

Before you revert back to just Getalife, list the names you’ve been posting under. C’mon…get the monkey off your back.

By rotten tomato

September 30, 2007 6:11 PM | Link to this

Oops. Wrong link at 5:59.

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