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Dr Adequate
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Message 421 of 1485 (644637)
12-19-2011 5:41 PM
Reply to: Message 420 by Artemis Entreri
12-19-2011 3:00 PM


Re: the irony
You must have access to a special secret definition of "ironic" of which I am as yet unaware.

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Shield
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Message 422 of 1485 (644678)
12-20-2011 12:11 AM


Deleted, misposted.
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Shield
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Message 423 of 1485 (644679)
12-20-2011 12:12 AM
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12-19-2011 3:00 PM


Re: the irony
Wheres the irony? Are you sure you know what irony is?
I do not get your point...
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saab93f
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Message 424 of 1485 (644696)
12-20-2011 5:39 AM
Reply to: Message 330 by paul.roots
11-10-2011 3:23 PM


Re: The Republican party is full of fucking buffoons.
Mr Perrys inability to form coherent answers regarding the teen pregnancy issue was just baffling. I mean he is not that smart but come on...he seemed like genuine dimwit (apologies to any dimwit who the comparison might insult).

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Wounded King
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Message 425 of 1485 (644700)
12-20-2011 6:54 AM
Reply to: Message 421 by Dr Adequate
12-19-2011 5:41 PM


Like goldy and bronzey ...
Clearly Artemis is using the Alanis Morrisette brand of 'irony', which as any fule kno is almost wholly antithetical to the classical definition of irony.
That it was Morrisette irony was signalled by his use of the the phrase 'a lil bit ironic, dontcha think?' which is of course a lyric from Miss. Morrisette's ironically entitled song 'Ironic'.
TTFN,
WK

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Theodoric
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Message 426 of 1485 (644708)
12-20-2011 7:57 AM
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12-20-2011 6:54 AM


Re: Like goldy and bronzey ...
Clearly Artemis is using the Alanis Morrisette brand of 'irony', which as any fule kno is almost wholly antithetical to the classical definition of irony.
I think Arties ID must have been hacked, because he is very much a stickler for the correct use of all terms.
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Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts

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NoNukes
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Message 427 of 1485 (644718)
12-20-2011 10:05 AM
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12-20-2011 7:57 AM


Re: Like goldy and bronzey ...
Theodoric writes:
...he is very much a stickler for the correct use of all terms.
Perhaps it's time for yet another "irony" v. "sarcasm" discussion.

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New Cat's Eye
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Message 428 of 1485 (644720)
12-20-2011 10:11 AM
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12-20-2011 10:05 AM


Perhaps it's time for yet another "irony" v. "sarcasm" discussion
Please no... these internets are littered with those discussions. Enough to last another hundred years, so no, its not time yet.
And words are defined by how people use them...

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Theodoric
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Message 429 of 1485 (644736)
12-20-2011 11:02 AM
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12-20-2011 10:11 AM


And words are defined by how people use them...
Even if they are blatantly wrong?
When I say blatantly I mean obviously, by which I mean easily seen.
I don't mean a little wrong. If I meant that I would have used a word like barley, or slightly.

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts

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Message 430 of 1485 (644747)
12-20-2011 12:21 PM


Romney cue cards for what ever is asked
"I'm a passionate likable guy to those who know me."
"I care deeply for America"
"I believe Obama is ruining the country"
" I can get America back on track, create good jobs"
"I know how to govern."
Pull the string on his back and hear him for yourself.
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Artemis Entreri 
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Message 431 of 1485 (644748)
12-20-2011 12:25 PM
Reply to: Message 421 by Dr Adequate
12-19-2011 5:41 PM


Re: the irony
whatever you say Dr. Pedanditc.
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Artemis Entreri 
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Message 432 of 1485 (644750)
12-20-2011 12:27 PM
Reply to: Message 429 by Theodoric
12-20-2011 11:02 AM


yes.
what would you call this?
would you use the blatantly wrong term of "buffalo"?
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jar
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Message 433 of 1485 (644751)
12-20-2011 12:37 PM
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12-20-2011 12:27 PM


Yes, that is a buffalo.
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Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

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dronestar
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Message 434 of 1485 (644760)
12-20-2011 1:38 PM
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12-20-2011 12:27 PM


As a life-long Buffalonian, that IS a buffalo.
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DBlevins
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Message 435 of 1485 (644761)
12-20-2011 1:41 PM
Reply to: Message 415 by Invader Scooch
12-17-2011 2:53 AM


Re: My take
IF:
Newt Gingrich, John Huntsman, and Ron Paul get the nomination, Obama is in trouble because:
I thought only one individual could get the nomination?
- Gingrich has balanced the budget and worked with Dems, despite all the skeletons in his closet.
Actually there are a couple things wrong with this. He, along with all of his fellow Republicans, actually opposed the 1993 budget (OBRA) which helped balance the budget at the time by raising taxes on the wealthy among other things. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, which Gingrich claims is the reason for the surplus of 1998, actually increased the deficit by $21 Billion for that year. He has enough skeletons in his closet to corner the market on organic soil supplements.
- Huntsman is liberal enough to scoop in a good portion of Dems and GOP's
The fact that he worked for the Obama administration for two year's makes his nomination unlikely, especially since Huntsman has only made half-hearted attempts to pander to the far right to get any shot at the nomination. Denying climate change for a day and then flipping back to accepting it isn't going to win votes on either side. You look uncertain, confused or at worse, like a panderer. He isn't going to get enough Dems or Independents because he also wants to overhaul Medicare by voting for the Ryan plan or by block-granting it, which is opposed by the vast majority of Americans.
- Ron Paul will find out he has alot more supporters than first though because none of them believed he can win until now.
Ron Paul has too many skeletons in his closet (some even racist). There are people out there who might appreciate his isolationist stances on non-intervention and the wars and a few might appreciate his stance on the Fed, but there are certainly not enough Dems or independents crazy enough to hand him any wins. I doubt his conspiracy-mindedness will become catchy enough to win anything but a few states toward a nomination, and virtually none against Obama. at best he would be a spoiler, a la Nader.
Addendum: Ron Paul thinks just about everything is unconstitutional including: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the National Labor Relations Board, the Federal Reserve, income taxes, the dollar bill (paper money), and the Departments of: Education, Energy, Agriculture, Commerce, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, and labor.
Edited by DBlevins, : addendum

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