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#201 2008-09-15 7:34 am
Re: Matt Damon rips Sarah Palin
Also, the morning shock-jocks covering Boston sports made sport of poor Lindsay. Saying "WHAT issues?" as if she had nothing to say:
sday, September 02, 2008
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I've been watching the news all morning, like everyone else - and i keep hearing about the issues related to 'teen pregnancy'- It's all related to Sarah Palin and her 17 year old unmarried pregnant daughter. Well, I think the real problem comes from the fact that we are taking the focus off of getting to know Sarah Palin and her political views, and what she can do to make our country a less destructive place. Its distracting from the real issues, the real everyday problems that this country experiences.
I am concerned with the fact that Sarah Palin brought the attention to her daughter's pregnancy, rather than all world issues and what she believes she could possibly do to change them-if elected. I get Sarah Palin's views against abortion, but i would much prefer to hear more about what she can do for our country rather than how her daughter is going to have a child no matter what.
Maybe focus on delivering some words and policy with stronger impact like Joe Biden.
See below for Barack Obama's thoughts:
From Alexander Marquardt
CNN
MONROE, Michigan (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama said firmly that families are off-limits in the campaign for president, reacting to news that GOP running mate Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter is pregnant.
"Let me be as clear as possible," Obama said. "I think people's families are off-limits, and people's children are especially off-limits. This shouldn't be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin's performance as governor or her potential performance as a vice president."
Obama said reporters should "back off these kinds of stories" and noted that he was born to an 18-year-old mother.
"How a family deals with issues and teenage children, that shouldn't be the topic of our politics, and I hope that anybody who is supporting me understands that's off-limits." »
On another note-the last note- i heard a woman say on TODAY on NBC that teens are feeling as if they have to grow up faster. Really? Because, i think that girls that are CHOOSING to be sexually active and are making a conscious decision to grow up faster..... I think that parents need to recognize how important it is to talk to their children about the things that can result from being sexually active if they aren't protecting themselves (birth control, condoms, etc.)
So-those are my thoughts for the day. Enjoy the musicxoxo
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Forever Young
By Rod Stewart
Release date: 2005-11-07
Nothing to say at all.
Brigid O'Shaughnessy: I haven't lived a good life. I've been bad, worse than you could know.
Sam Spade: You know, that's good, because if you actually were as innocent as you pretend to be, we'd never get anywhere.
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#202 2008-09-15 3:27 pm
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Re: Matt Damon rips Sarah Palin
John McCain: 'Yeah we're lying, so what?'
He was asked about nearly $200 million in congressional pet projects Palin requested for 2009 for her state, despite her boasts that she opposes such projects and his claim that she didn't ask for any. McCain responded by criticizing Obama for seeking more than $900 million in these earmarks, by one count.
"That's nearly a million every day, every working day he's been in Congress," McCain said. "And when you look at some of the planetariums and other foolishness that he asked for, he shouldn't be saying anything about Governor Palin."
Did he call her a pig?" McCain was asked. "No, I but know that he chooses his words carefully, and it was the wrong thing to say," he responded.
McCain cut off a question about the "Bridge to Nowhere," which Palin claims to have killed in Alaska even though Washington pulled back money for the project before she turned against it.
"The important thing is she's vetoed a half a billion dollars in earmark projects — far, far in excess of her predecessor and she's given money back to the taxpayers and she's cut their taxes, so I'm happy with her record," McCain said.
In addition to her current requests, state budget documents show Alaska requested 52 earmarks worth $256 million for 2008.
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#203 2008-09-16 8:24 am
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Re: Matt Damon rips Sarah Palin
radarman wrote:
user wrote:
He's a smurfing ACTOR, what does he know about politics?
What did Reagan know? What does Mr. Schwarzenegger or Mr. Ventura know about politics?
His profession doesn't immediately disqualify him from having valid positions on the topic.
Well talk about freedom of speech, it just that he got carried way and crossed the line.
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#204 2008-09-16 9:30 am
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Crossed the line?
WHAT "line"?
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Unless you become as little children, there's no way you will believe this crap.
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#205 2008-09-16 9:41 am
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Crossed the line?
WHAT "line"?
The tow line.
Some subjects actually enjoy pain, and withhold information they might otherwise have divulged in order to be punished.
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#206 2008-09-16 9:49 am
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I'm convinced that 'tow' is a malaprop. I think the old way was: 'toe'. Related to straddling. If one toes up to the line, but not over. Like 'chicken'. Whether or not to cross the 'line drawn in the sand'. And, in the end, deciding not to crossover.
Sorta like Arlen.
edit:
As it happens, I'm opened minded to be able to apply 'tow' as in 'dragging' as in 'unity and on message' interpretation. Either may work. I just like the former application.
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Brigid O'Shaughnessy: I haven't lived a good life. I've been bad, worse than you could know.
Sam Spade: You know, that's good, because if you actually were as innocent as you pretend to be, we'd never get anywhere.
http://sitruc.blip.tv/file/2661495/
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#207 2008-09-16 10:14 am
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I'm well aware of that. But, in this case, the "line" is itself a cliché, so it hardly matters whether it's "toed" or "towed"
Damon can say whatever he wants, and thereby earn admiration or disdain.
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Some subjects actually enjoy pain, and withhold information they might otherwise have divulged in order to be punished.
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#208 2008-09-16 10:38 am
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daemon wrote:
I'm convinced that 'tow' is a malaprop. I think the old way was: 'toe'. Related to straddling. If one toes up to the line, but not over. Like 'chicken'. Whether or not to cross the 'line drawn in the sand'. And, in the end, deciding not to crossover.
No. "Toeing the line" means doing what you're told (by your superiors), abiding by "the" rules, conforming.
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#209 2008-09-16 10:44 am
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Just so.
Brigid O'Shaughnessy: I haven't lived a good life. I've been bad, worse than you could know.
Sam Spade: You know, that's good, because if you actually were as innocent as you pretend to be, we'd never get anywhere.
http://sitruc.blip.tv/file/2661495/
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#210 2008-09-16 10:47 am
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:: kisses the bulldog ::
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Unless you become as little children, there's no way you will believe this crap.
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#211 2008-09-16 10:54 am
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DUDE! (!?11????)
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Brigid O'Shaughnessy: I haven't lived a good life. I've been bad, worse than you could know.
Sam Spade: You know, that's good, because if you actually were as innocent as you pretend to be, we'd never get anywhere.
http://sitruc.blip.tv/file/2661495/
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#212 2008-09-16 11:02 am
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:: kisses the bulldog ::
That's pitbull.
And then only if it has lipstick.
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#213 2008-09-16 11:08 am
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Warin wrote:
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:: kisses the bulldog ::
That's pitbull.
And then only if it has lipstick.
No, wait. I thought it was a pig in lipstick.
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#214 2008-09-16 11:22 am
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Last edited by daemon (2008-09-16 11:23 am)
Brigid O'Shaughnessy: I haven't lived a good life. I've been bad, worse than you could know.
Sam Spade: You know, that's good, because if you actually were as innocent as you pretend to be, we'd never get anywhere.
http://sitruc.blip.tv/file/2661495/
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#215 2008-09-16 1:35 pm
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Re: Matt Damon rips Sarah Palin
Warin wrote:
user wrote:
:: kisses the bulldog ::
That's pitbull.
And then only if it has lipstick.
We always used to call the extended penis of a dog his "lipstick."
Grandfatherly advice: You can drink 'em pretty, but you can't drink 'em smart.
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#216 2008-09-16 2:20 pm
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wait.
Now Pith is saying that Palin has a dick?
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Unless you become as little children, there's no way you will believe this crap.
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#218 2008-09-16 3:38 pm
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Re: Matt Damon rips Sarah Palin
user wrote:
wait.
Now Pith is saying that Palin has a dick?
Certainly she is a dick. 
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