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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-11 09:24 PM
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Is it just me, or do things seem pretty weird over the past week?
Edited on Wed Aug-17-11 09:25 PM by MannyGoldstein
Four big victories in WI, Republicans are starting to chill a bit (at least in public), Obama has gone several days without promising to cut entitlements, Romney took a hit, Bachmann won some sort of looney popularity contest.

A post on Bill Clinton's 65th birthday went a half-hour with zero responses.

If this were a song, we'd be at a suspended chord. It's going to resolve, not sure how. I hope all resolves well.

Maybe it's just August.
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-11 09:26 PM
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1. Yeah... you made a thread that didn't erroneously charge that Obama intends to cut SS

It *IS* getting weird around here.

;-)
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-11 09:27 PM
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3. I've never made a thread that erroneously charged such a thing
My threads on that score have all been correct.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-11 09:31 PM
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5. Ah, but he alluded to it - "Obama has gone several days
without promising to cut entitlements".

Had to laugh - he got the dig in!
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 12:11 AM
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9. Ha ha ha!!!!
That's some truth, there.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 03:17 PM
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12. See, this is why your other thread, which you said ''broke no rules,'' was locked.
Personal attack / calling out.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-11 09:26 PM
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2. August is the month of sloth. Everyone is tired of the heat and woozy. nt
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-11 09:31 PM
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4. I think WI is starting to change the dynamic
it is a REAL populist movement and that scares DC
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a kennedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-11 09:53 PM
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6. Yah, it's just august.....and that's why I love pre-season
FOOTBALL!!! GO PACKERS GO. sorry, :blush: it's the only thing that gets me through august....
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-11 11:40 PM
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7. These are the windsurfing days of summer.
A short vacation before the next load of crap.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 12:10 AM
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8. August is the VACATION MONTH. Why sit indoors when the weather is nice?
There are thirteen recs (or more, that was last time I checked) on your thread.

I mean, really, what should people say? Happy Birthday Bill? And many more? Don't burn down the house with all those candles?

Or just check the Yee Haw Rec box and follow the link?



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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 12:17 AM
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10. There's an old story about Beethoven that I kind of like.
Before he went completely deaf, Beethoven was guardian to a ne'er-do-well nephew who enjoyed taunting the musical genius. Some nights he would come home drunk while Beethoven was trying to sleep, and play a long, loud, unresolved chord on the piano, just hanging there, and then go to bed. Poor old Beethoven just couldn't get to sleep until he had gone down to the piano and played the chord's resolution.

We're in the hanging, unresolved chord phase...
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 03:15 PM
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11. That's a very, very cute story
And it probably gives great insight into Beethoven's music. Thanks!
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 03:19 PM
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13. Wow!
They don't make ne'er-do-well drunks like they used to.
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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 03:19 PM
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14. 20% of Congress is in Israel
i think that's weird.
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pwb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 03:27 PM
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16. I'm with you on that.
The Israel people are great but their government is antagonistic and war mongers. Just like ours.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 03:24 PM
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15. I think people are getting fed up
It's hot. No relief.
Gas prices should be going down but aren't.
Even Walmart's sales are down.

As a country, we are at an abyss. We are staring into it and deciding the best course of action.

As far as the politicians? They are all on an extended vacay and not worried one whit about the American people.

I've had my thoughts on how this will end...and chances are, it won't end well.

Here is to living in interesting times. :toast:
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