sead43
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Post by sead43 on Feb 27, 2009 10:45:50 GMT -5
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EasyEd
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Post by EasyEd on Feb 27, 2009 12:59:20 GMT -5
Anyone know where I can get tickets to this Wizards/Bulls game. I SO want to see my President. Hopefully his wife will wear something new so I can see it in the Michelle Obama section of the Washington Post tomorrow.
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Post by mchoya on Feb 27, 2009 16:48:41 GMT -5
I went to the VC to buy tickets, not knowing that Obama was showing up. As soon as I walked into the box office, I saw about 30 Secret Service agents and I had to walk through a metal detector. Only once I read the name of the visiting team did everything make sense to me.
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Post by Elvado on Mar 1, 2009 9:39:03 GMT -5
I couldn't afford tickets and was hoping the government would pay for mine...
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Post by strummer8526 on Mar 1, 2009 10:42:03 GMT -5
I am bitter about watching my party and every aspect of my backwards ideology decline in national prominence, so I take needless potshots at those who achieve success by disagreeing with me.
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Post by Elvado on Mar 1, 2009 19:32:01 GMT -5
How many people who lined up to worship the Supreme Leader at Verizon are currently behind on their mortgages and putting their hands out for help?
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Post by mchoya on Mar 1, 2009 20:19:13 GMT -5
How many people who lined up to worship the Supreme Leader at Verizon are currently behind on their mortgages and putting their hands out for help? I don't know about mortgages, but a teenager behind me asked me for some of my candy as soon as I returned to my seat after halftime. So, I guess we are in a bit of trouble. |
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Post by strummer8526 on Mar 1, 2009 21:03:21 GMT -5
How many people who lined up to worship the Supreme Leader at Verizon are currently behind on their mortgages and putting their hands out for help? Until you can break down exactly what our government should stop spending money on, I consider tax cuts to be hand outs too. If you count tax cuts as hand outs (which I think is appropriate, especially given the absurd amount our country is spending on war), then isn't everyone just looking for a government check? |
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Post by Elvado on Mar 2, 2009 10:34:35 GMT -5
The inherent difference only being that I just want my own money, that I earned, back. You want to call a tax cut a hand out fine. It's me putting my hand out to get my own money back. As opposed to those who create nothing and earn nothing sticking their hands out for my money (yours too).
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Post by jgalt on Mar 2, 2009 10:52:06 GMT -5
Until you can break down exactly what our government should stop spending money on, I consider tax cuts to be hand outs too. Anything that is not necessary to perform the only functions of government: National Defense, Creating Laws to protect private property rights, and Running a court system. But that is just my opinion |
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Post by Boz on Mar 2, 2009 11:09:25 GMT -5
The government could spend some money to make the Wizards an actual, you know, NBA-caliber team.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 6, 2009 17:19:19 GMT -5
The inherent difference only being that I just want my own money, that I earned, back. You want to call a tax cut a hand out fine. It's me putting my hand out to get my own money back. As opposed to those who create nothing and earn nothing sticking their hands out for my money (yours too). I'm sorry but you've got to be freaking kidding me here. You think the only people "sticking their hands out" for government money are "those who create nothing and earn nothing". Is this a parody of an actual argument? Or is it actually that naive? Did you know that 70% of those without health insurance are employed (or live in the household of someone employed)? Did you know that there are estimated to be more unemployed college graduates than high school dropouts in the US? But you're right.... let's kick the uninsured high school dropout to the curb. That will solve like 15% of our problems!! And we can feel morally superior to them too, because they probably don't even own a tuxedo or know how to sail. |
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Post by Boz on Mar 6, 2009 19:25:26 GMT -5
Well.....you certainly are excitable, there's no denying that.
It's Friday afternoon, man. Relax. Have a beer. Watch some porn. Anything.
As for me? I think we should take all the uninsured and plug them in Matrix-style for clean, renewable energy. Two birds with one stone, you know?
As Hillary and Rahm say, no sense letting a crisis go to waste.
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Post by Elvado on Mar 9, 2009 11:06:28 GMT -5
Please direct me to the portions of our Constitution that make government responsible for providing health care, or housing, or food. After you've looked and looked and failed to find it, understand that I have nothing against the poor, the unemployed, the underemployed or anyone else. I also do not feel responsible for their plights. I may be one myself tomorrow, and the last place I'd look for help is Big Brother in DC.
Our nation was founded upon the right to PURSUE happiness, not have it handed to you.
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TC
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Post by TC on Mar 9, 2009 14:24:43 GMT -5
Stop arguing with Elvado, he's a troll. This thread was about Obama going to a basketball game before he showed up.
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Post by TBird41 on Mar 9, 2009 14:36:59 GMT -5
Stop arguing with Elvado, he's a troll. This thread was about Obama going to a basketball game before he showed up. Right. It was boring until he showed up. ;D |
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Post by Boz on Mar 9, 2009 14:55:22 GMT -5
Elvado is a troll?
Really now, TC. I know you don't agree with 'vado on most things, but he's been a contributor to this board, as have you, since back before we moved over to proboards.
Troll is really not an appropriate label.
And come on. His first post was pretty funny.
Is it REALLY a big deal that the President went to a basketball game? Particularly since it wasn't a Georgetown game? Should we start a thread if he goes to a local restaurant too?
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Post by strummer8526 on Mar 9, 2009 15:11:31 GMT -5
Please direct me to the portions of our Constitution that make government responsible for providing health care, or housing, or food. After you've looked and looked and failed to find it, understand that I have nothing against the poor, the unemployed, the underemployed or anyone else. I also do not feel responsible for their plights. I may be one myself tomorrow, and the last place I'd look for help is Big Brother in DC. Our nation was founded upon the right to PURSUE happiness, not have it handed to you. About 26 words into the preamble, right after the "provide for the common defense" that I'm sure you're very much in favor of, I see "promote the general welfare." If FOOD isn't an important step in promoting the general welfare, I don't know what is. |
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Post by kchoya on Mar 9, 2009 15:18:20 GMT -5
Please direct me to the portions of our Constitution that make government responsible for providing health care, or housing, or food. After you've looked and looked and failed to find it, understand that I have nothing against the poor, the unemployed, the underemployed or anyone else. I also do not feel responsible for their plights. I may be one myself tomorrow, and the last place I'd look for help is Big Brother in DC. Our nation was founded upon the right to PURSUE happiness, not have it handed to you. About 26 words into the preamble, right after the "provide for the common defense" that I'm sure you're very much in favor of, I see "promote the general welfare." If FOOD isn't an important step in promoting the general welfare, I don't know what is. Wow! If you're going to take that step, then powers we granted to the Federal government truly are unlimited. You're probably one of those fools who finds a "right to privacy" in the text of the Constitution as well. |
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Post by TC on Mar 9, 2009 15:57:22 GMT -5
Elvado is a troll? Really now, TC. I know you don't agree with 'vado on most things, but he's been a contributor to this board, as have you, since back before we moved over to proboards. On this Blue & Gray subsection, has he ever done anything but throw around snarky comments? I don't think I'm that far out in left field on this one. He's a pretty reasonable guy on the basketball forum - I saw his posts saying that these are 18-22 year old kids people are complaining about and that's a level of understanding that I think 98% of the posters on the basketball side don't get. I'm astounded at the level of expectation getting to the Final Four two years ago has set over there. I'll do my best to derail this thread here again towards another topic - five years ago we were arguing whether getting to the NCAA's should be a reasonable expectation for a season or whether we should just be happy with an appearance every five years. Now we miss it in a rebuilding year - where we were picked to finish 7th in the conference (we missed that mark by 3 games) and there are people calling for JT3's head. I find that astounding. |
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