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[Manos: The Hans of Fate]

I think Ron Paul would receive a nice, warm welcome from the NAACP tbh. He has many views that coincide with the concerns of black people

Audit the Fed, the joys of Alex Jones, tyranny of the Civil Rights Act, GOLD, all forms of public aid is bad. W had more in common, that and my gut feeling is Paul is a racist, unlike W.

 

[Manos: The Hans of Fate]

So...it passed? What does this mean?

Nothing it goes nowhere in the Senate. Its political theater.

 

[Aaron Strife]

Yeah Cain would have been gold and possibly would have sung.

"And now, i will sing a tune from the greatest conservative parable of our time... I want to be the very best, like no one ever was..."

Audit the Fed, the joys of Alex Jones, tyranny of the Civil Rights Act, GOLD, all forms of public aid is bad. W had more in common, that and my gut feeling is Paul is a racist, unlike W.

You saw this moreso with his push for immigration (although his work in Africa with AIDS was key too) but it seemed to me like Bush understood the demographic shift in this country where you can't just appeal to white people all the time and hope to keep winning elections.

 

[Wilsongt]

So...it passed? What does this mean?

The Senate slaps it down with a yawn, and the house takes their ball and goes home to try again later.

 

[Manos: The Hans of Fate]

The Senate slaps it down with a yawn, and the house takes their ball and goes home to try again later.

Are they even going to bother scheduling a vote?

"And now, i will sing a tune from the greatest conservative parable of our time... I want to be the very best, like no one ever was..."

You think he would actually give warning ir intro before starting?

 

[Allard]

So...it passed? What does this mean?

It passed the house like it did before, its going to die in the senate, and if for some ridiculous reason it doesn't die there its getting a veto pen right from the president. Its a symbolic vote nothing more.

 

[The Technomancer]

It passed the house like it did before, its going to die in the senate, and if for some ridiculous reason it doesn't die there its getting a veto pen right from the president. Its a symbolic vote nothing more.

Cool cool

 

[Manos: The Hans of Fate]

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You saw this moreso with his push for immigration (although his work in Africa with AIDS was key too) but it seemed to me like Bush understood the demographic shift in this country where you can't just appeal to white people all the time and hope to keep winning elections.

Agreed. Though I've always felt for whatever his faults were claims of racism were pretty much baseless.

 

[The Technomancer]

People called Bush racist? I must not have been paying much attention back then.

 

[Aaron Strife]

Agreed. Though I've always felt for whatever his faults were claims of racism were pretty much baseless.

I wouldn't say racist, maybe out of touch. He's definitely one of the good ol' boys.

But he knew the GOP had to connect with minorities and he knew he couldn't do it just by putting up a picture of a black guy on his website. If he'd gotten immigration reform passed it may have solidified his legacy with Hispanics as a positive one, but his party was against it. Instead they want to let Texas become a purple state in eight years.

 

[AlteredBeast]

People called Bush racist? I must not have been paying much attention back then.

"George W. Bush hates black people"

 

[eznark]

Is there any backup to that Romney-as-cop story?

1. It's not a friend of Romney, by their own admission they heard the story once and stopped hanging out with him

2. It's second hand


I once convinced a sorority that I had chopped up their tropical fish and snorted them for fun. When Gary Johnson chooses me to be his running mate I hope none of those women pop up.

People called Bush racist? I must not have been paying much attention back then.

You missed Katrina? That is astounding.

 

[Manos: The Hans of Fate]

People called Bush racist? I must not have been paying much attention back then.

Yes, it was tossed around back then...and the big one from Ye.

I wouldn't say racist, maybe out of touch. He's definitely one of the good ol' boys.

Yeah

But he knew the GOP had to connect with minorities and he knew he couldn't do it just by putting up a picture of a black guy on his website. If he'd gotten immigration reform passed it may have solidified his legacy with Hispanics as a positive one, but his party was against it. Instead they want to let Texas become a purple state in eight years.

That's very true, it would have been a counter balance against pissed off conservatives in 08 and helped with moving more Hispanics to vote Republican. Granted I don't think Obama's done much on immigration that isn't based on vote getting, but at the expense of hurting himself and others Dems in the SW save for New Mexico.

 

[Averon]

"George W. Bush hates black people"

Mike Meyers' face when West said that was hilarious.

 

[Clevinger]

You missed Katrina? That is astounding.

Not racist, just a incompetent asshole.

"George W. Bush hates black people"

It was "George Bush doesn't care about black people," which I'm guessing is true. He probably doesn't give a shit about most people, regardless of ethnicity.

Mike Meyers' face when West said that was hilarious.

Also: Kanye's whole delivery. It was like a 10 year old giving a book report for the first time.

 

[PhoenixDark]

I don't think Bush was racist, but I'll go to my grave believing the response would have been handled faster and more respectable if Katrina hit some predominantly poor white city in Louisiana or Florida

 

[eznark]

I don't think Bush was racist, but I'll go to my grave believing the response would have been handled faster and more respectable if Katrina hit some predominantly poor white city in Louisiana or Florida

A few of the towns I work with people in were destroyed by tornadoes in late February. These are towns of a couple hundred people in some cases. The response has been an absolute and total clusterfuck.

Trust me, this isn't about race it's about fucktards running bloated bureaucracies.

Unless Obama just hates poor white people.

 

[TacticalFox88]

I don't think Bush was racist, but I'll go to my grave believing the response would have been handled faster and more respectable if Katrina hit some predominantly poor white city in Louisiana or Florida

You'd have to be a moron not to believe otherwise.

 

[AlteredBeast]

A few of the towns I work with people in were destroyed by tornadoes in late February. These are towns of a couple hundred people in some cases. The response has been an absolute and total clusterfuck.

Trust me, this isn't about race it's about fucktards running bloated bureaucracies.

Unless Obama just hates poor white people.

He did say his grandma was a *typical* white lady!!!! GASP

 

[eznark]

You'd have to be a moron not to believe otherwise.

Or have had dealings with FEMA pre and post Katrina.

 

[eznark]

Jessse Jackson Jr. is in drug/alcohol rehab. (twitter)

 

[AlteredBeast]

Jessse Jackson Jr. is in drug/alcohol rehab. (twitter)

mysterious illness.

 

[eznark]

mysterious illness.

Andrea Mitchell just reported drug rehab in Arizona.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Romney: I got secret Black Support

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/mitt-romney-i-have-secret-black-supporters-video.php

Romney said he connected with black leaders in private and was assured that the loud and sustained booing he got for promising to repeal the health care reform law didn’t represent the feelings of all African American voters, even if they can’t say so in public.

There is no limit to the lies this guy will not tell to win some votes. He may be our next President...DAMN YOU ECONOMY.

He is basically saying that Black people can't stand up for themselves and say they won't support the President.

 

[eznark]

c/p the TPM rss feed wasn't enough, now we have backup redundancy?

 

[Mike M]

People called Bush racist? I must not have been paying much attention back then.

Seriously?

 

[Loudninja]

c/p the TPM rss feed wasn't enough, now we have backup redundancy?

Why are you keep complaining?

 

[TacticalFox88]

Romney: I got secret Black Support

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/mitt-romney-i-have-secret-black-supporters-video.php



There is no limit to the lies this guy will not tell to win some votes. He may be our next President...DAMN YOU ECONOMY.

He is basically saying that Black people can't stand up for themselves and say they won't support the President.

Holy...what is this.....I don't even.


Even Republicans have long given up on the Black vote, and yet, this guy...THIS mothefucking guy...

I think this is past the point of "Out of touch."

 

[Aaron Strife]

Jessse Jackson Jr. is in drug/alcohol rehab. (twitter)

Doesn't surprise me at all. Something's been fishy about his absence from Congress the past couple of weeks, and his staff's been very tight-lipped about it.

 

[eznark]

Doesn't surprise me at all. Something's been fishy about his absence from Congress the past couple of weeks, and his staff's been very tight-lipped about it.

I hope a picture of him in a tigger suit emerges.

 

[Loudninja]

Doesn't surprise me at all. Something's been fishy about his absence from Congress the past couple of weeks, and his staff's been very tight-lipped about it.

They already deny that he is in rehab.

 

[ErasureAcer]

House Republicans have wasted 50 million dollars in the 2 weeks they've spent trying to get rid of Health Care. Redic.

 

[eznark]

House Republicans have wasted 50 million dollars in the 2 weeks they've spent trying to get rid of Health Care. Redic.

How?

 

[AlteredBeast]

How?

Apparently the very act of them working on and passing bills is a waste

 

[ErasureAcer]

Apparently the very act of them working on and passing bills is a waste

It is when you've passed the same anti-Health Care bill 33 times...yes 33.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Where are you getting that figure from, a Daily Kos diary?

 

[eznark]

It is when you've passed the same anti-Health Care bill 33 times...yes 33.

33 times in two weeks? Every time they vote it costs $1.66m!?!

Fuck simplifying the tax code, let's streamline the voting process so it doesn't cost $2,000,000 to cast a vote.

 

[ErasureAcer]

Where are you getting that figure from, a Daily Kos diary?

CBS Evening News. Hardly DailyKos.

 

[eznark]

CBS Evening News. Hardly DailyKos.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_...alth-care-repeal-again/?tag=thisMorningLatest

?

 

[Snake]

It's "the 33rd time the House has voted to repeal all or part of the Affordable Care Act", not 33 attempts within 2 weeks. Still absurd.

edit: beaten (by the cold hand of libertarianism)

 

[eznark]

It's "the 33rd time the House has voted to repeal all or part of the Affordable Care Act", not 33 attempts within 2 weeks. Still absurd.

This is the first since the Supreme Court ruled.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Certainly absurd, and another example of House republicans putting on an act for their base instead of...you know, doing anything.

 

[eznark]

Oh, well that changes everything.

It means, apparently, that it costs $50m to hold a single vote in Congress I guess.

 

[Guileless]

It was "George Bush doesn't care about black people," which I'm guessing is true. He probably doesn't give a shit about most people, regardless of ethnicity.

Bringing Africa back to life: The legacy of George W. Bush

By JIM LANDERS
Washington Bureau
jlanders@dallasnews.com

Published: 08 June 2012 04:21 PM

LUSAKA, Zambia — On a beautiful Saturday morning, Delfi Nyankombe stood among her bracelets and necklaces at a churchyard bazaar and pondered a question: What do you think of George W. Bush?

“George Bush is a great man,” she answered. “He tried to help poor countries like Zambia when we were really hurting from AIDS. He empowered us, especially women, when the number of people dying was frightening. Now we are able to live.”

Nyankombe, 38, is a mother of three girls. She also admires the former president because of his current campaign to corral cervical cancer. Few are screened for the disease, and it now kills more Zambian women than any other cancer.

“By the time a woman knows, she may need radiation or chemotherapy that can have awful side effects, like fistula,” she said. “This is a big problem in Zambia, and he’s still helping us.”

The debate over a president’s legacy lasts many years longer than his term of office. At home, there’s still no consensus about the 2001-09 record of George W. Bush, with its wars and economic turmoil.

In Africa, he’s a hero.

“No American president has done more for Africa,” said Festus Mogae, who served as president of Botswana from 1998 to 2008. “It’s not only me saying that. All of my colleagues agree.”

AIDS was an inferno burning through sub-Saharan Africa. The American people, led by Bush, checked that fire and saved millions of lives...

Bush remains active in African health. Last September, he launched a new program — dubbed Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon — to tackle cervical and breast cancer among African women. The program has 14 co-sponsors, including the Obama administration...

A decade ago, AIDS was killing 630 of every 100,000 Zambians, according to the World Health Organization. That was 100 times the AIDS death rate in the United States.

In neighboring Botswana, the toll was 750 of every 100,000 people. That was four times the rate for the leading cause of death among Texans (heart disease).

In 2001, four in 10 adults in Botswana were infected with HIV. President Mogae went before the United Nations to plead for the life of his country.

“We are threatened with extinction,” he said. “People are dying in chillingly high numbers. It is a crisis of the first magnitude.”

Bush, with bipartisan support from Congress and $15 billion, mobilized the U.S. government with the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. In 2008, Congress agreed to provide $38 billion more.

By the time Bush left office, the death rate from AIDS had fallen more than 60 percent in Botswana. There are now 330,000 taking anti-retroviral drugs.

The death rate fell by nearly half in Zambia. There are 418,000 Zambians taking the drugs...

 

[ErasureAcer]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_...alth-care-repeal-again/?tag=thisMorningLatest

?

With Scott Pelley. Dunno when tonight's ep goes up. They said it costs 25 million to run the House for a week and Republicans there have spent 80 hours on the 33 votes to repeal...or 50 million.

Dudes are wasting time/money for shits and giggles.

 

[eznark]

With Scott Pelley. Dunno when tonight's ep goes up. They said it costs 25 million to run the House for a week and Republicans there have spent 80 hours on the 33 votes to repeal...or 50 million.

Dudes are wasting time/money for shits and giggles.

Ah, I didn't realized they had to call a special session just for this vote. Then yes, total bullshit.


also.....................1.3 billion dollars to run the fucking House per year?

 

[eznark]

Wait......this isn't a special session at all:

http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-mon...to-vote-on-postal-reform-before-august-recess

They don't recess til August. lol, fucking CBS.

 

[AlteredBeast]

also.....................1.3 billion dollars to run the fucking House per year?

All insanity. Government...working for the people.

 

[Manos: The Hans of Fate]

All insanity. Government...working for the people.

Have you ever been at the Capital, it's insanity, but of tons of activity. Truthfully the number seems low. Also 435 members, staff, committee staff. support staff for the building, maintence and supplies. I can see that being 1.3 billion.

 

[eznark]

The House is going to cost the same in any case, yes? So this analysis doesn't really make sense.

Scott Pelley, fair and balanced