....let me trip your fun meter
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Why Romney Chose Ryan
For three years from 1995, Tobin Ryan, who is now 47, was a senior manager at Bain & Company, the consulting firm where Mr Romney made his name. Mr Romney was at the time leading Bain Capital, the firm’s investment arm, inside the same Boston headquarters
Tobin Ryan is Paul Ryan's older brother
watch this...
http://www.staged.com/video?v=4Vkc
watch this...
http://www.staged.com/video?v=4Vkc
they teach em young in Boston. lol pic--->
http://bbsimg.ngfiles.com/1/17721000/ngbbs48f82047e2724.jpg
Spectacular Curiosity Panorama Puts You on Mars ...
http://mashable.com/2012/08/31/curiosity-mars-panorama/
FOX news...
Fair and balanced horse manure is still horse manure no matter how fairly balanced it is somewhere between the truth and outright inflammatory negativity and disinformation.
E-Trade baby loses everything.
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Clint Eastwood earned plenty of bad reviews for his latest performance: a bizarre, rambling endorsement of Mitt Romney.
of course it's not true
PHOENIX (AP) — The federal abuse-of-power investigation into America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff may have been closed without criminal charges but Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's legal troubles are far from over.
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A civil case brought by a small group of Latinos who accuse Arpaio's office of systematically racially profiling is awaiting a verdict from an Arizona-based federal judge. The U.S. Department of Justice has also sued the sheriff for alleged constitutional violations including racial profiling, retaliating against Arpaio critics, punishing Latino jail inmates with limited English skills for speaking Spanish and failing to adequately investigate a large number of sex-crimes cases. No trial date in that case has been set.
The Justice Department announced late Friday that it would not pursue criminal charges against the sheriff or his office, or against former Maricopa County top prosecutor Andrew Thomas and a top Thomas aide, Lisa Aubuchon, for abuse of power.
Thomas and Aubuchon were disbarred by the state Supreme Court earlier this year after an ethics panel decided they brought criminal charges against two county officials and a judge in December 2009 with the purpose of embarrassing them. The cases were investigated by Arpaio's now-closed anti-public corruption squad.
Thomas was a longtime Arpaio ally. Authorities were investigating Arpaio for his part in failed public corruption cases against officials who were odds with him. The sheriff brought cases against a judge and two county officials in 2009 and Thomas prosecuted them.
Federal authorities also said Friday that they have decided to not prosecute matters tied to alleged misuse of county credit cards by sheriff's officials, alleged misspending of jail-enhancement funds and other matters.
The yearslong probe by the FBI and federal prosecutors into Arpaio, Thomas and their offices began during the tenure of President George W. Bush, although Arpaio, a fellow Republican, has since called it politically motivated since.
"If I did something wrong there would be indictments floating all over the place," Arpaio said at a news conference called late Friday night. "I'm not going to get into all the details whether it's political, a witchhunt or whatever you have. The bottom line is we were cleared and we should stay with that and not get into all the politics involved."
Arpaio critics reacted with dismay to the decision not to seek criminal charges, saying they had hoped the Justice Department would finally act against what they call an out-of-control sheriff's office.
"It's an understandable reaction," said Paul Charlton, a former U.S. attorney in Arizona who has worked for one of the county supervisors who was charged. "I can see how after so many years and so much misconduct by Joe Arpaio you would have that feeling.
Charlton said prosecutors had to measure the likelihood of proving any criminal case beyond a reasonable doubt. "You have to have a reasonable likelihood of success and I trust they made this decision based upon the facts and the law."
But the sheriff will have a different challenge in the civil cases he now faces. "As a practical and a legal matter it means nothing," Charlton said of the decision not to pursue criminal cases. "This is a different venue and a different standard of proof. It is one that many of Joe Arpaio's critics, including myself, would have liked to have seen come out differently.
"But the end of Joe Arpaio's legal troubles is a long, long way away. He already has lost many legal fights. He has been found to have committed significant misconduct, not the least of which was the finding in the state bar proceeding regarding Andrew Thomas. And I think we will see more of those findings in the future."
Arpaio, 80, is seeking re-election to a sixth term in November. He has a multi-million dollar campaign account on hand to repel two challengers seeking his seat.
bet he detests fact checkers :)
dow has doubled under obama
how could that happen if he was bad for business?
answer that gop
dow has doubled under obama
how could that happen if he was bad for business?
answer that gop
First Solar (FLSR) Slammed After Halting Deliveries to Plant
http://www.streetinsider.com/Trader+Talk/First+Solar+%28FLSR%29+Slammed+After+Halting+Deliveries+to+Plant/7695650.html
Paul Ryan Speech Built On Demonstrably Misleading Assertions
A salesman, who is getting ready for his next trip, asks his wife to include a condom in his suitcase. His wife instantly asks "Why?"
He replies, "Just a reminder if I want to try something different."
She grabs a bar of soap, drops it into one of his socks, swings it in the air, and WHAM!!! swings it up between his legs.....
After much pain, and gathering his composure, he asks.... "Why the hell did you do that?"
She replies, "Just a reminder if you want to try some- thing different."
Three women were sitting around talking about their sex lives. The first said, "I think my husband's like a championship golfer. He's spent the last ten years perfecting his stroke."
The second woman said, "My husband's like the winner of the Indy 500. Every time we get into bed he gives me several hundred exciting laps."
The third woman was silent until she was asked, "Tell us about your husband."
She thought for a moment and said, "My husband's like an Olympic gold- medal-winning quarter-miler."
"How so?"
"He's got his time down to under 40 seconds."
GOP Platform Declares Medicaid Unconstitutional
this just baffles my mind...
Feds close criminal investigation into Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/31/feds-close-criminal-investigation-into-maricopa-county-sheriff-joe-arpaio/?test=latestnews
How Will Romneys Policies be any Different than GW's?
they look identical to me
how are they different?
Jon Stewart Basks In The Glory Of Clint Eastwood’s ‘Awesome’ Speech While Tearing Apart Romney’s ...
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/jon-stewart-basks-in-the-glory-of-clint-eastwoods-awesome-speech-while-tearing-apart-romneys/
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan says he didn't run a marathon in less than three hours as he claimed in a nationally broadcast interview.
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan says he didn't run a marathon in less than three hours as he claimed in a nationally broadcast interview.
Are We Better Than 4 Years Ago?
unbelievably the GOP is about to walk into this minefield---they have walked so far down the rabbit hole of alternate reality crafted by Fox that they actually think this question favors them
so
Are We Better Than 4 Years Ago?
four years ago the country was falling apart --were were in the final crashing throes of the first act of the financial crisis
banks were failing left and right
businesses couldnt get credit to even make payroll
and as a result many were closing and taking hundreds of thousands of jobs with them
GM and the us car industry were on the verge of failing
the stock market was crashing
basically the financial system was coming apart
the war in iraq was continuing on with interminable daily dead us servicemen
we were shipping billions in material there to build their country
bin laden was still free and commanding al kaeda--which was still a threat to Americans everywhere
now 4 years later
the country is recovering
the banks were saved--and balance sheets rebuilt
no businesses face the credit shutdown that ruined so many 4 years ago
the auto industry ---along with millions of jobs was saved
the dow has essentially doubled in these 4 years
the war in iraq--perhaps the least reasonable and most costly us war ever-- was halted
along with the endless drain on us resources in country building
bin laden is dead...its not arguable...because we went in and took his body out to prove it
al qaeada has been decimated--less a threat with every passing drone strike
and as a result americans are now much much safer than they were 4 years ago
do we still have problems? of course unemployment is still too high----mainly that can be laid at the feet of so many state and local jobs that have been lost as federal subsidies have been cut dramatically....11 years after 911 never have so many cops and firemen lost their jobs over budget concerns...so much for respecting the memory of their sacrifice
to sum up
GOP strategists...if you think you can win by asking are you better now ---you may want to consider a new career...because you have a tin ear
Romney: A Human Being Who Built That ...
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-30-2012/rnc-2012---the-road-to-jeb-bush-2016---mitt-romney--a-human-who-built-that
ain't it great, i love it
willard and clint what pair of empty chairs
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Donald Lawson decided to have a little bit of fun with his mother two weeks ago.
"I called her and said, 'I got a surprise for you. I won $200,000 in the Powerball.' She goes: 'Oh my god. Yay!' I said, 'All right. Are you ready, Ma? Well, the truth is, I won $337 million and $4 in the Powerball. Ha, ha."
Ha, ha indeed. The 44-year-old father of two and self-described "hillbilly" from Lapeer, Mich., claimed his prize Friday — the third largest in the game's history — in a lump-sum, $224.6 million payment that works out to $158.7 million, after taxes.
Scheduled to work the midnight shift at the railroad, where he was an engineer, Lawson informed his boss that he wouldn't be in that night, or any other, for that matter. He told his immediate family members that they too should "retire."
"My living situation will greatly improve," a smiling Lawson said during a news conference Friday at the Michigan Lottery's headquarters, in Lansing. Lawson, who grew up in Fort Smith, Ark., said he has a lot more money, but it won't change who he is. He said the first thing he bought when he learned he had the winning ticket was a pack of gum.
"Yeah, I'm a millionaire now, but I'll still (go to) McDonald's. I don't like filet mignon or lobster. A simple life. That's what I want to continue to do," he said. Lawson admitted to playing the lottery "too much" — although some might argue that he played it just the right amount.
He said there was a long line when he walked into the Sunoco gas station in Lapeer on the day he bought his winning ticket for the Aug. 15 jackpot. Lawson said he decided to wait it out, saying he felt "guided" to stick around and to select the winning numbers: 6, 27, 46, 51, 56 and Powerball 21. The gas station receives a $50,000 bonus for selling the ticket.
Standing with three family members on Friday, Lawson described the moment the day after the drawing when he learned his life was about to change. "I started reading backwards, and I kinda lost my breath," Lawson said, noting that he hid the winning ticket inside a Bible, under a couch and atop a refrigerator before he ultimately locked it away in a bank.
Lawson said he doesn't know what he'll do with the money, but he plans to travel. "I'm going to escape for now and go somewhere safe and think about it and go from there," he said, adding that he plans to leave Lapeer, a city 45 miles northeast of Detroit where he's lived for a decade.
Lawson said he knows his winnings won't last long if he isn't careful, and he remarked jokingly about how the government immediately claimed its share in taxes. "I'm kinda pissed at Uncle Sam," he quipped.
Surrounded by reporters and television news cameras and crews, Lawson said Friday that he looks forward to putting the notoriety that has come with winning behind him and resuming a normal existence. "I'm an alone person. That's what I want to be. I don't like this chaos, but I have to do it," he said.
Lawson's is by far the largest single lottery prize ever awarded in Michigan, surpassing a $208 million Mega Millions jackpot awarded to Ralph and Mary Stebbins in 2005. The top Powerball prize ever awarded was $365 million.
The largest U.S. lottery prize ever won was a March Mega Millions jackpot of $656 million, which was divided among three separate winners.
unlike this one, a fav of mine...
Turn Me On
Like a flower waiting to bloom
Like a lightbulb in a dark room
I'm just sitting here waiting for you
To come home and turn me on
Like the desert waiting for the rain
Like a school kid waiting for the spring
I'm just sitting here waiting for you
To come on home and turn me on
My poor heart, it's been so dark since you been gone
After all, you're the one who turns me off
You're the only one who can turn me back on
My hi-fi's waiting for a new tune
The glass is waiting for some fresh ice cubes
I'm just sitting here waiting for you
To come on home and turn me on
Turn me on
Like a flower waiting to bloom
Like a lightbulb in a dark room
I'm just sitting here waiting for you
To come home and turn me on
Like the desert waiting for the rain
Like a school kid waiting for the spring
I'm just sitting here waiting for you
To come on home and turn me on
My poor heart, it's been so dark since you been gone
After all, you're the one who turns me off
You're the only one who can turn me back on
My hi-fi's waiting for a new tune
The glass is waiting for some fresh ice cubes
I'm just sitting here waiting for you
To come on home and turn me on
Turn me on
does anyone else think the debt clock in the RNC was a little ironic, considering the main source of the deficit the last 4 years is from the consequences of bush tax cuts, 2 wars, medicare, and social security...all which were either implemented or not dealt with during the republican controlled years?
but I guess nowadays most people are ignorant lemmings that are easily brainwashed
Michigan 'hillbilly' claims $337M Powerball prize
With America embroiled in its longest armed conflict, Mitt Romney became the first Republican since 1952 to accept his party's nomination without mentioning war.
Three election cycles after the 2001 terrorist attacks, neither Romney nor his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, had anything to say about terrorism or war while on their party's biggest stage.
i'd venture a guess that dim son is bi-sexual ;)
the better part of him ran down bush the smarter's leg :)
I figured he probably thought O was actually
in the chair.
Eastwood’s bizarre speech: “If you thought Republicans had a gender gap yesterday, wait until tomorrow.”
Romney's own campaign team stood in that ad hoc hallway and looked increasingly fed up as Eastwood kept talking.
They must have realized that an epic moment was occurring, and in the Twitter track/viral/LOL media it would overshadow Romney.