tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post2577530675421347881..comments2024-03-29T06:35:11.321-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: America’s Thirty Year War for the Middle East Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6817163703012385672015-10-31T03:17:36.529-04:002015-10-31T03:17:36.529-04:00
The chocolate on the Ice Cream......????????
no ...<br />The chocolate on the Ice Cream......????????<br /><br />no Qurik<br /><br />:0 :):):):)Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47309848218940806622015-10-31T03:15:16.657-04:002015-10-31T03:15:16.657-04:00Best thread ever...........
almost all Idaho Bob
...Best thread ever...........<br /><br />almost all Idaho Bob<br /><br />;)Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90097484659636270012015-10-31T01:43:11.113-04:002015-10-31T01:43:11.113-04:00"Always for the best person" isn't b..."Always for the best person" isn't bad either.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34977079032746467782015-10-31T01:36:50.453-04:002015-10-31T01:36:50.453-04:00vote
"Always vote for the best person"vote<br /><br />"Always vote for the best person"Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-26575158858617859822015-10-31T01:35:19.690-04:002015-10-31T01:35:19.690-04:00Dad:
"Always for the best person"Dad:<br /><br />"Always for the best person"Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32769990123574317932015-10-31T01:33:31.032-04:002015-10-31T01:33:31.032-04:00Good article with which I do not agree....
It is ...Good article with which I do not agree....<br /><br />It is not Ben's <i>humility</i> I like, but his <i>competence</i>.....see what you think........<br /><br />The power of Ben Carson's humility<br /><br />By Alex Castellanos<br /><br />Updated 10:17 AM ET, Thu October 29, 2015<br />Story highlights<br /><br /> Alex Castellanos: The mystery of Ben Carson's ascendancy will continue to baffle people<br /> Carson's life is a testament to humility and selfless service, he says<br /><br />"Alex Castellanos, a Republican strategist, is the founder of Purple Strategies and NewRepublican.org. Follow him on Twitter @alexcast. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his."<br /><br />(CNN)"All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power. If you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them." ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching<br /><br />The third GOP presidential debate was a unifying event for Republicans, thanks to the ineptitude of CNBC and its moderators. Only President Obama has done more to bring Republicans together. CNBC should be complimented that it will now be lumped with the mainstream media, considering its feeble ratings.<br /><br />Dr. Ben Carson performed as he has before, when he has climbed surprisingly in post-debate polls. After this debate, we should expect nothing different.<br />Alex Castellanos<br />Alex Castellanos<br /><br />In the debate's aftermath, the mystery of Ben Carson's ascendancy will continue to baffle both the Washington and news media establishments. Stunned by Carson's rise, our governing elite will keep scurrying about like alien scientists in a 50s sci-fi movie, unable to explain the phenomenon earthlings call "love,"..............<br /><br />http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/29/opinions/castellanos-ben-carson/index.html<br /><br /><br />Ben Carson for PresidentCharltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32045851107563956862015-10-31T00:21:12.816-04:002015-10-31T00:21:12.816-04:00Then we would get.....the real value for our bucks...Then we would get.....the real value for our bucks....Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15919245736208227912015-10-31T00:13:07.980-04:002015-10-31T00:13:07.980-04:00Now I expect The Rufus to write in and call me an:...Now I expect The Rufus to write in and call me an:<br /><br />assholeCharltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4943178027894476612015-10-31T00:11:12.955-04:002015-10-31T00:11:12.955-04:00That's the ticket for us all.........
No prop...That's the ticket for us all.........<br /><br />No property, prosperity for us all.....<br /><br />And 'Remember the Grouse'Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31214795178256986122015-10-31T00:08:20.882-04:002015-10-31T00:08:20.882-04:00I think The Ruf should have some highest paying jo...I think The Ruf should have some highest paying job in Forest Grouse Recovery Program, or some such, myself.<br /><br />Then we would the get real value for our bucks.<br /><br />Quart, and Deuce too, the new improved Deuce, could be his 'handymen'.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-59853545485901262422015-10-31T00:03:42.224-04:002015-10-31T00:03:42.224-04:00these days
othersthese days<br /><br />othersCharltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-20619233207400339222015-10-31T00:01:22.393-04:002015-10-31T00:01:22.393-04:00I call it a 'Quirkean Deception', but I...I call it a 'Quirkean Deception', but I'm an outlier, a fringey, a 'far right wing Republican'.<br /><br />It's even become an international industry, there days.<br /><br />The best benefits come if you work in some 'government job' where you can tell other 'what to do' with their lives.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72939267253061858912015-10-30T23:54:44.603-04:002015-10-30T23:54:44.603-04:00The Ruf is really onto something.
Through 'po...The Ruf is really onto something.<br /><br />Through 'politics', he has discovered how to take money from your pocket, and put it into his, and if you object, he will try to shame you about being 'politically incorrect'.<br /><br />This, he calls, a richly deserved 'wealth transfer'.........<br /><br />It's a big deal.....even Deuce is 'buying into it' these days.<br /><br />Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-42024470405050581492015-10-30T23:27:02.426-04:002015-10-30T23:27:02.426-04:00(Which of course, he really doesn't)(Which of course, he really doesn't)Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32668625101924665452015-10-30T23:25:47.101-04:002015-10-30T23:25:47.101-04:00I think we should tax Rufus at 90% just for the ed...I think we should tax Rufus at 90% just for the educational value of it.<br /><br />Would he work ?<br /><br />Would he strive ?<br /><br />As he does now.<br /><br />Just an experiment in sociology.<br /><br />He always seems to think he knows best about how to spend other people's money.<br /><br />Let us spend his then, if he has any.....<br /><br />Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-50163706594889993712015-10-30T19:48:36.288-04:002015-10-30T19:48:36.288-04:00One defense of Rubio’s alleged moderation is that ...One defense of Rubio’s alleged moderation is that he would cut the top tax rate to 35 percent, as opposed to the even lower rates proposed by various other candidates and multilevel marketers posing as candidates in the GOP field. But, remember, the Bush tax cuts also cut the top tax rate to 35 percent. Bringing that rate back to that level was the subject of intense political struggle in 2001 and again in 2012 to 2013, because there is a lot of money at stake. And whereas Bush merely reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains — forms of income that overwhelmingly accrue to the very affluent —<b> Rubio would eliminate them altogether.</b><br /><br />Rubio does create a $2,500-per-child tax credit, which would help families if it was refundable.<b> (Rubio’s campaign has said it would not be refundable, and thus do very little to help the poor.)</b> Even if we assume otherwise, however, the assumption that Rubio’s tax cut helps the poor relies on the assumption that his proposals have no trade-off whatsoever. In reality,<b> reducing federal revenues by $6 trillion over a decade would put immense pressure on the federal budget. Rubio has already promised to increase defense spending and keep Medicare and Social Security untouched for current or near-retirees, making them unavailable for budget savings within the next decade.</b> Those programs — along with interest on the national debt, which cannot be cut — account for two thirds of the federal budget. Domestic discretionary programs, which fund things like transportation, scientific research, and the basic nuts and bolts of the federal agencies, have been cut so deeply that even many Republicans are eager to lift their caps. That means the brunt of Rubio’s fiscal pressure would come to bear on the minority of the federal budget that goes directly to the poor.<br /><br />This is how Republican budget logic works in general. When you add up fanatical opposition to higher revenue, a political need to protect current retirees and a commitment to higher defense spending, you wind up either blowing up the budget deficit or inflicting massive harm on the poor. There are different ways to handle that problem. One of them is the Paul Ryan–circa-2011 plan of just proposing enormous . . . . . . . .<br /><br /><a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/10/what-should-we-believe-marco-rubio-or-math.html" rel="nofollow">Total Nonsense, Inanity, and Non-reality</a>galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.com