[quote][b]avenger[/b] - It never ceases to amazed me that conservatives who are so fearful for their lives attribute the same insecurities and fears to liberals.[/quote]

You're joking, right? Liberals are the ones who want the government to protect them from themselves.

[quote][b]counter spin[/b] - @Ross: FYI - Chicago is not a state.
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Last I heard, it was located in one.

[quote][b]monkey_of_shame[/b] - "Witherspoon, who has since apologized and pronounced herself “deeply embarrassed,”" - Pitts

Reading is fundamental.[/quote]

You're right, he mentioned it. Then glossed it over and ignored it.

Since my point has has eluded you, I'll explain in more detail.

Pitts, as you point out, covered his self with the above phrase. Then he continued to criticize and berate Witherspoon as if he were unaware of her apology.

One would think Pitts would pick on a celebrity who shows up as a selfish jerk, instead of one who spouted off after a drink or two, then showed genuine remorse.

But, hey, he needed a column. So he wrote a column about a bad person who is not a bad person. In other words, he wrote something about nothing.

Wasn't the first time, won't be the last.

Thinking is fundamental.

[quote][b]melquiades[/b] - @Ross: so what do YOU think we should do about Syria?
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I think the situation in Syria is largely due to Obama's invertebrate status in his handling of Iraq. Sure will be nice to have a president taken seriously by our enemies. Is has been 5 years now.

[quote][b]Libralady[/b] - I knew when I saw "2 comments" that it would be those of the Obama haters. Just cannot let an opportunity to make your negative comments go by, can you?
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When Obama misses a chance to screw up, I'll reconsider.

[quote][b]cyou299[/b] - DOW at record highs[/quote]

Could it be that you don't know why the DJIA is up?

The bond market is many times larger than the stock market. Bonds are a poor investment these days, because Bernanke is using extremely low interest rates like defibrillator paddles, trying to get Obama's moribund economy going. Investors are fleeing from bonds.

So the wealthy are doing okay, as everyone else suffers.

Thanks, Barry.

If Barrow runs, he will lose the senatorial campaign and the Dems will lose the 12th. All Kingston needs on his campaign posters is a photo of Feinstein, and he'll be golden in Georgia.

Wonderful cartoon. Captures the essence of Obama.

If only he were as tough on our enemies as he is on our allies...

If gall were courage, he would be a great man.

It was obvious that Witherspoon was mortified by her behavior, far beyond the puny punitive powers of Pitts' prose.

Yet, no mention at all of her very public contrition.

Perhaps Pitts is more judicious with his imbibing. I hope so. Anyway, no one cares who he am.

Score one for Reece.

Anyone who believes disarming law-abiding citizens makes them safer is an idiot.

[quote][b]johnthebrewer[/b] - A liscense is required to go fishing.
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One does not fish in self defense.

"States with stricter gun laws have fewer gun deaths..."

Are you lying or dreaming? The exact opposite is true. The murder rate in Chicago is higher than in Afghanistan.

2nd Amendment martyrs fought in the late 18th century.

"Obama dares graduates to reject cynical voices"

"cynical" = "telling the truth about me"

A full-throated mea culpa, I would say. Counts for a lot with me. Let's see where he goes from here.

If Israel lay down its arms, there would be no Israel.

If the Palestinians lay down their arms, there would be no war.

Must be nice to have a person of resolve leading the country, instead of a bozo who's turned the White House into the Waffle House.

I wonder if she took advantage of herself when she got herself alone.

[quote][b]Ben Had[/b] - Well, I had a similar experience when I told the Judge I couldn't decide a persons fate with a group of people that prayed to an imaginary man in the sky for guidance before every proceeding.
He didn't like it, but allowed me to have about 10 minutes to clarify my position.
" How could they discern truth from fiction if starting from a position of fictional belief? If there is no seperation between state and religion in the courtroom, then where is it seperated?"
I paid the $200 and went home.
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I applaud your honesty. But I'm sure you'd have been an excellent juror.

[quote][b]D.Dublis[/b] - To say we are no better off today than when Obama took office is-no other way to say it-nuts.[/quote]

Participation in the work force by percentage is at a 30-year low. But you can't see it because you are too busy genuflecting to the narcissistic liar in the White House.

[quote][b]fred astaire[/b] -
You are correct. Once on disability you are no longer counted as unemployed because you are not able to work and therefore not employable--you are disabled.
Why would these folks be counted?
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Disability is the new welfare. Thank you so much, Barry.

You really think this is a good sign?

[quote][b]mpd0.59[/b] - S&P 500 just broke 1600 for the first time.
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You understand why, right?

Bernanke, trying to put lipstick on a pig of an economy, has interest rates near zero. This drives investors out of the bond market, which is many times larger than the stock market. So, the DJIA and the NASDAQ look great, in spite of a rotten economy in which only the wealthy are doing well.

But you fell for it.

Pitts calling someone hyperpartisan? All we need is for Woodrow Wilson to rise from the grave and call Pitts a racist.

[quote][b]Tewise[/b] - Where have you all read that they are Muslim? I haven't seen anything other than they are Russian.
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So you no longer deny bias of the mainstream media?

[quote][b]E.J.[/b] - Wow, if storms can do this, imagine what fracking can do well beyond the drilling. Food for thought.
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If that's your idea of food for thought, your brain is starving.

@Logical: Yep, that's all part of it, I would say.

But now FHA is giving mortgages to people for 3.5% down. 10% down for those with poor credit. Welcome to the next bubble.

[quote][b]avenger[/b] - I wondered what halal meant so I looked it up.
To be halal certified the animal must be facing Mecca, have its throat cut while still alive and then ritually sacrificed by a Muslim who recites a prayer dedicating the slaughter to Allah. Because the animals must be slaughtered alive, stun guns are often not an option as they can kill an animal before the heart pumps out all the blood. [/quote]

Sounds like Muslims are about to tangle with PETA. Face Mecca when you flash 'em, ladies.