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Troo...

The Left would be screaming hysterically to high heaven about how the police used excessive force against a person who was simply exercising his freedom of religion. The Leftist MSM would declare that McQuilliams was a "Black-White" man and Al Sharpton would swarm his goons all over Austin and make speeches ad nasuem regarding the militarized police force who "obviously" used snipers to brutally murder this unarmed poor soul.

Eric Holder would immediately open up a civil rights case and investigate every nook and cranny to make sure McQuilliams' civil rights of freedom of religion and due process were not curtailed in the least...

Obama would take to the airwaves....

"It's my policy to never comment on cases that are under investigation but if I had a son, he would look like Larry McQuilliams.. Obviously Sgt "CrackShot" Johnson of the Austin Police Department acted stupidly."

So, yea... I guess it's a good thing that this scumbag was a christian scumbag.. :^/

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Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.,

GOP NET GAIN 9

GOP NET LOSS 0

OK OK.. *NOW* I am done gloating.. :D

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:D

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The Princess Bride

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Pretty low hum in the Clinton years. Unsustainable, and nearly all of the benefits went to the top.

Prestige during the Reagan years? At home? Abroad? Reagan was a good salesman.
His policies would never fly with the modern incarnation of his party. Too moderate.

The United States is going through a declining imperial power phase. All great powers eventually do. It's never a pretty phase. Nostalgia is a balm, not a solution. History is not a reversible process, neither is economics.

I have zero faith that either major party has a quick fix, or even a credible fix. Our political systems are not agile. No credible third party is likely to emerge, the two existing blocks will continue to evolve in unpredictable ways. Current politics is about gaining power in hope of governing later. It is very hard to hold onto political power long enough to govern.

This does not imply equivalency between Demopluts and Replutocans. They both use the same play book, but to different goals. If the two national parties are fundamentally regional and strongly entrenched, does federation make any sense for either? Is a United States barking up the wrong tree? Am I becoming Scots? Swiss? Or do I just wish to be fabulously wealthy?

That doesn't surprise me in the least... :D

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Wouldn't that make ya'all really REALLY happy if this country was turned around like that??? :D

i think we'd all be happy if the country got more high-wage jobs and were more respected as a world leader. if a republican wave covering executive and legislative branches were elected in 2016, i would hope against hope that such a scenario might occur. i think it's extremely unlikely to actually play out that way, but if it did happen i'd be right there with you holding the pom-poms.

JL

How happy would ya'all be if the GOP succeeded in getting the economy back off the ground and have it humming like it was in the Clinton years??

How happy would ya'all be if the GOP succeeded in getting our worldwide prestige back to what it was like in the Reagan years....

Wouldn't that make ya'all really REALLY happy if this country was turned around like that??? :D

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Otto's bus???

Pelosi is chatting with the cool girls,

Yea, the "cool" girls like Nellie Olson...

I'm only on board 'cause its too far, too cold and getting too dark to walk home, I haven't got a car, and I couldn't find a ride from somebody who does.

Because the government of the city doesn't really give enough of a shit about you to give you a ride home..

Life really sucks on the yellow cromnibus.

Have faith, in about a month, there will be a nice shiny new bus that is actually "effective" at getting people from point A to point B... :D

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Make that a Yet Again. Initially, I conceptualized the cromnibus as something like the New York Transit Authority bus system. Boehener's driving the cronibus in a crisp uniform and hat, Pelosi and the other grimly passive passengers are pulling the little cord that runs above the seat at various legislative stops.

Today, my image is shifting to a classic yellow school cromnibus (you might want to visualize a ripple dissolve and harp music here). Boehner is now that older, flinty, gentleman who drove my school bus, wearing his old hunting clothes, that smelled of stale beer, and a VFW ball cap. He's nervously eying the Tea Party crowd throwing things in the back, who will ignore his impotent barks to "settle down!!!!" Pelosi is chatting with the cool girls, the establishment Republican wing are the well dressed junior achievement kids sitting up front. I'm only on board 'cause its too far, too cold and getting too dark to walk home, I haven't got a car, and I couldn't find a ride from somebody who does. I'm carrying 60 lbs of moldy text books plus paleo athletic shoes and sweats, 'cause the back pack has not yet evolved. Life really sucks on the yellow cromnibus.

Speaking of things moving...

A man died and went to heaven. As he stood in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him.

He's using it as a desk fan.

Ba da daaa....

:D

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And if Boehner CAN'T be responsible, then Democrats will petulantly be JUST as irresponsible...

Helluva way to govern... :^/

"YOU WERE IRRESPONSIBLE FIRST!!!"
"NO!!! YOU WERE!!!!"
"NO!!! YOU WERE!!!"

Our leadership at work....

Gods help us all....

Michale

A little early, but I like to see the thermo-meter move..

Give generously, people...

"I HAVE NO WHERE ELSE TO GO!!!!!"
-Richard Gere, AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN

:D hehehehehehe

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Considering how totally inept the Obama administration is at rescuing hostages, is it so hard to consider how totally frak'ed up their response was in Benghazi???

Apparently, Obama has never seen an terrorist hostage that he DIDN'T let die... :^/

I sure hope this latest pending hostage murder won't interfere with his golf game..

That would just be so sad for Obama, eh?? :^/

776
DAYS
17
HOURS
37
MINUTES

That's how much longer we have to put up with Obama and his failed leadership....

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How many race cards can a single person play in one lifetime??

The world may never (want to) know... :^/

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You know, this seems a lot like waiting until after the election to grant "amnesty" except for the fact that BHO told us what he would do while the GOP ditched the Benghazi!™ Hoax in favor of the Ebola Hoax.

District residents already have taxation without representation, so this would just be par for the course. DC is largely black, so once again, no big surprise.