Rep. Eric Cantor Walks Back ‘Mob’ Comments On Occupy Wall Street Protests
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On Fox News Sunday today, Congressman Eric Cantor clarified remarks he made last week about the Occupy Wall Street protests and expressed personal concerns with some of his colleagues who have been publicly allying themselves with the movement in going after big business and the financial sector.
Chris Wallace played a clip of Cantor saying he was “worried” about the Occupy Wall Street “mobs” that have been spreading throughout the U.S., and asked the congressman if he stuck by those comments. Cantor did not directly address his comments, nor did he apologize for them, but acknowledged there is a lot of frustration among the electorate over the stagnating economy.
Where I’m most concerned is we have elected officials in this town who are, frankly, joining in an effort to blame others rather than focusing on the policies that have brought about the current situation. I mean, when you hear some of the Democratic elected leaders joining in blaming parts of our economy and society versus let’s take some of the credit or blame here in Washington.
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A liberal NY mag did a poll of OWS’ers. Of those polled 30% thin the USA is worse than Al Qaeda. I’d love to know which of our resident libs is in that category.
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It’s not like Eric called them Brown Shirts like Pelosi did to the TP’ers.
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Fact: Okay really what’s Cantor suppose to do on the subject call the mob all epic failures! He did point out that they are really lost and misguided!
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lol…..never have I seen michelle so bent out of shape like she is over OWS, spamming all over mediaite.
It sure has her magic underwear in a bunch!!!
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Eric is spot on. Barry and Nance have gone all in with their support. These thugs clearly want violence. They are trying to provoke the police into making the first move to justify it. With the POTUS fully supporting them, I hope he’s ready for the consequences.
ps, I wonder how many of the OWS’ers know Barry is the biggest recipient of Wall Street cash in the last 20 years?
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Smart move, Mr. Cantor. I don’t agree with what the Occupiers are saying, anymore than you do, but what they are doing is exercising their First Amendment Rights and showing political dissent (somewhat), which are two of the most American things you can do, aside from waving the flag around, of course.
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Fact: She is right! B_F_D and the basement boys are just racist!
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Fact: Only flags of revolution in the bunch!
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If nothing else you’re always “on message” with each comment. There’s a reason that Cantor is backing off from his comment. The Repubs are looking to scoop up some support from the protestors. Not likely!
Have you been down there Mich? Mostly non-thug types who are sick and tired of Wall Street’s stranglehold on the Government. Don’t believe the FOX rhetoric.
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Cept they aren’t waiving the flag.
Occupy Portland: Protesters Sing F*ck the USA
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sock alert
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Why not go down and talk to them? Find out for yourself!
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100%
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No, I haven’t been down there. I actually work for a living, unlike the paid protestors making $20 an hour to hold a sign and not shower for weeks on end.
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The Head Organizer of the failed , scandal ridden Obama administration ( campaign) has been set straight by John Boehner and Eric Cantor . He needs to quit the lying demagoguery and get back to Campaign Headquarters ( the White House) and consult with his lawyers . He is in up to his ears in the Solyndra Scandal and now it looks like the SunPower Scam is even worse (1.2 billion for 15 permanent jobs and lots of payoffs to his cronies ) .
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You say they are tired of WS’s stranglehold on gov’t, but unions are a big sponsor of this protest and they have one of the biggest strangleholds. Thoughts?
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Well Michelle, 30% of them may be thin but a much higher percentage of Cantor’s supporters are fat white people.
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Because I’m not a big fan of shit.
Unfortunately all-too-real photos: #OWS protesters defecate on, stomp on American flag
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Occupy Portland: Protesters Sing F*ck the USA
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Wait, you aren’t suggesting that Barry is trying to distract us, are you?
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I’ve been listening to them off and on via direct feed. If I could understand what they basically think they will accomplish I’d love to know.
Like any other “movement” – the goofs take over and say outlandish things and then people (like me) just tune it out. I listened to one guy being interviewed this morning and he said it best, that everyone has a different agenda for why they are there. I take that to mean it’s basically a “bitch fest”.
None of us are happy with what’s happening around us – we all think the other guy is to blame. Human nature – why would we point the finger at ourselves?
There are good guys and bad guys in every sector of the “problem” – thus the “problem”. Your good guy might be my bad guy and visa versa.
I don’t know what you think Fox is saying about this – but I’ve heard both negative and positive from pundits on there. Both sides well represented.
Perhaps if the false picture of what Fox does and doesn’t do was thrown away, and recognized for what it is – another source of information, nothing more, nothing less – perhaps that might be a good start on the road to communicating like adults.
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Ah, tolerance! The spirit and intellect of the left…
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The anti-union platform of the tea-party puts them right in line with Hitler’s brown shirts who shut down the unions and imprisoned the union leaders in 1933 Germany. So as you may see, it’s an apropos comparison.
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Hey, BFD, how many days has it been since Henny Glenny said we’d see uprisings sweeping across the world?
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Take off the hyperpartisan good/evil goggles for a minute! You’re unbearable – and you’re not helping! The OWS protesters have no clear party affiliation and decrying corporate money in politics should be an issue both a liberals and conservatives can agree on. OWS is not about Obama, it’s about a currupt and bought political system – and Obama is just as guilty of it as is pretty much anybody in Congress.
As much as you’d like to make this a black/white issue, Michelle – it’s not. And being a partisan hack incapable of seeing nuances you’re clearly struggling with that.
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Who are you going to believe? ostracario or your lying eyes?
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Thoughts?
Nope, not a one.
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How much were the 300,000 protesters in Spain paid for their protest yesterday?
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Your own link includes in the comments a correction pointing out that the flag photo was NOT taken at OWS. Not only was it in Portland, but the photo is from 2007. Thanks for the disinformation.
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Blablabla! I’ve been to a number of OWS protests myself – and I’ve seen people of all walks of life. Way to go to just dismiss them all. Pathetic!
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Rather than egging on violent mobs , Obama needs to be back at Campaign HQ figuring out who he will pardon as he goes out the door . As it becomes clear to all the hash that Obama has made of this country since he was unleashed upon the unsuspecting world , we all know he must go , never to darken the doors of Washington again .
“Among business executives who supported Barack Obama in 2008, he says, “there is enormously widespread anxiety over the political leadership of the country.” Mr. Zuckerman reports that among Democrats, “The sense is that the policies of this government have failed. . . . What they say about [Mr. Obama] when he’s not in the room, so to speak, is astonishing.”
“Mr. Zuckerman says that when you also consider the labor-force participation rate and the so-called “birth-death series” that measures business starts and failures, the real U.S. unemployment rate is now 20%. His voice rising with equal parts anger and sadness, he exclaims, “That’s not America!”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204002304576628673446417268.html
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sock alert
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“The OWS protesters have no clear party affiliation”
ROFL!
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“The OWS protesters have no clear party affiliation”
ROFL!
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Who cares about spain?
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Pablo lies. Again.
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Thanks patsy!
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I’d love to see a link to Pelosi’s comment, since I can’t find it on Google or Youtube. Certainly, there were other people who criticized the Tea Party, calling them Nazis, but I don’t see that Pelosi did the same.
Of course, it’ll be interesting to see whether anyone on either side of the political aisle used the term “brownshirts” to describe their political enemies’ followers before these two right-wing nutjobs, who started using the term against Obama a little over 6-months into his term.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_WI85cP7EI
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/08/13/obama-brownshirts-try-to-silence-glenn-beck/
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Indeed it is. So how do ya like the new anthem?
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Ah, Pablow, a guy with a keyboard and nothing relevant to say.
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Well, it makes sense. Al Qaeda barely exists, indeed was always a tiny org blown up by p.r., theirs and the US government’s. Kee-ripness, not only did Bush and Cheney do it, now even Obama does it.
Whereas the US causes more atrocities than any country on earth.
I think people who say the US is worse than AQ would like the US to stop ACTING worse than AQ, is their real point.
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From Tahrir Square to Times Square: Protests Erupt in Over 1,500 Cities Worldwide
Totally nuts! Right?
Boy, people sure are mad at Wall Street, huh?
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I think he’s the one playing bass.
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lol…they should rename these protests “Occupy Teabaggers Minds”.
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They’re pissed at Wall Street too, huh?
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And yet, the TP was just calling for a stop to out of control spending and taxation and they were vilified. Hypocrite, thy name is liberal.
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I honestly don’t know anything about the “anthem.” If it’s really from an Occupy site, it’s stupid, but to point to it and then extract that because these people attended, everyone at OWS is to be willfully blind. If you actually show up to one of the protests and talk to people (I have), you’d immediately see that they are pretty educated folks who love America. I know the Tea Party got heavily criticized for bad apples (racist apples, actually, including one of the supposed “founders”) and I’m probably guilty of that, but I was also willing to forgive them a few idiots if the Tea Party actually stood for anything useful. Unfortunately, they just ended up helping the Republicans who fought tooth and nail to protect Wall Street and its ability to influence the political system.
Whatever you think, the disinformation from the Right about OWS is pretty serious. Not only is the “53%” started by Red State’s founder (who claims on the 53% blog he’s struggling with 3 jobs though he’s obviously making well over $200K at a minimum) but there’s crap like the link below. Check it out. It explains pretty clearly that someone is making up 53% supporters to make it seem like there is a silent majority against OWS, when poll numbers show the opposite.
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Oh, you mean the world-wide Caliphate that will be backed by the communists and socialists resulting in global chaos and a New World Order that will leave Australia a satellite of China?
Yeah, how’s that workin’ out?
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The left ladies and gents.
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At the DC protests , NBC News star Al Sharpton whipped up the crowds , along with union thugs and Obama administration officials .
“A succession of speakers, including American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis, offered support. They warmed up the crowd for Sharpton, whose raspy voice rang out, “No justice? No peace!” as the crowd shouted along with him, over and over.
A woman stomped her feet in the grass, and people pumped their fists.
Referring to Congress, Sharpton said, “If you won’t get the jobs bill done in the suite, we will get the jobs bill done in the street!”
Of political leaders fighting and cutting social programs, he warned, “This is not about Obama,” he boomed, “this is about my mama!”
People laughed and repeated, “It’s about my mama! That’s right!” -
Indeed. Eric Cantor did not apologize for the calling the protestor’s a mob; he stuck his finger up in the air and felt which way the political winds were blowing regarding his comment. Realizing what he said could possible be used against him politically, he then retracted his original statement. Cantor is a self serving f–k who is now backpedaling. His mob comment only begins to describe what his real thoughts are about the protestors. No doubt he has real contempt for the protestors and simple wants them to go away.
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Took me 2 seconds.
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Yes, why so concerned Reich wing cons?
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Occupy is in UK, Italy, Australia,etc. Problem? Watch the news
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Is this man stupid or just plain ignorant. Or maybe the greed has just blinded him so that he thinks the Americans have not been listening or affected by what republicans are doing? This crisis started before the Obama Administration stepped into office…period!!! And WE know it.
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No one cares about anything on Erickson’s site. But you apparently.
I’m a Conservative and I don’t visit RS. I visit Hot Air.
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“…the policies that have brought about the current situation.”
And which Obama polices are those, Mr Cantor, that resulted in the economic collapse of 2008?
We want everybody to be rich?
Ha! You NEED the POOR to get RICH!
Maybe that’s what this is all about…
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Will the protesters be paying for the burnt cop cars that they smoked? Will they be put in jail? Do tell.
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I’d say can’tor crawled back from his “mob” statements. What a wussy. . . honestly, he is the most insipid human being. VA is tired of him, so tired. we’ll see what we can do to get him out of office.
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You would expect otherwise from the Birher crowd? The Death Panel Crowd? The WMD crowd?
It’s habitual for these folks.
This is the party of Nixon, not Lincoln.
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There was a death panel.
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Cantor doesn’t give a happy rat’s a** about the “American People”. He doesn’t even know who we are. If he did, he would know that the policies put in place by greedy republicans are what have driven this country to it’s knees.
Face it, a guy that would bet this country would default on it’s debt by buying $15K of Pro Share Trust Ultra Short 20 + yr. EFT doesn’t love us! He wants us to fail because – with his connections – he will win.
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Here we have the top dog of the House begging to backtrack on his statement and running the ruse he didn’t mean what he said! It’s true that both parties were and are to blame and share equally the responsibility of our countries current position! Congressional frustration is putting it mildly as the Taxation Eradication Anarchists(TEA) party have made it very clear, they are going to challenge every where in America! There is a concerted effort on the local and the state level to control federal funding, state level funds and legislation!
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This crap started during Bush’s tenure. Get over it!
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No, you only need the poor to get a job.
And yes, Obama has been an epic fail.
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Your citation is probably phony, in the first place, and in the second place, you folks USE Al Queda to distract America from the homegrown terrorists (The US Chamber of Commerce, et al) wrecking lives in this country.
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You’re right Tim, now go get ready for the game, you’re starting, right? Good Luck!
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We treat IDEAS and flags the way you treat people.
What’s worse?
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You work for Mediaite.
And happily…none of us have to smell you.
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Unions are as powerful as migrant farm workers.
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If there is a creepier representative than Eric Cantor in the entire Congress, I don’t know who it would be. Would you ever leave your children alone with this dude? See what I mean?
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No it’s not phony, but I can see how you’d like to believe that. Are you one of the 30%?
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Freedom of speech, just like Perry said.
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If you think the best way to get money out of politics is to make government bigger, #YouMightBeAFleabagger
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Too bad, I really wanted to hear them spin out of that one.
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Bush said NO to the loan, Barry fast-tracked it. Nice try though!
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That story is currently being written. Do quote your phrase though.
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You make no sense.
Now go attend your rally.
People to the People! No Justice, No Peace! Gimme Gimme Gimme!
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You’re nuts.
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If you actually show up to one of the protests and talk to people (I
have), you’d immediately see that they are pretty educated folks who
love America.Surely, there’s video of some of these educated, America loving folks explaining what they want and what it would take for them to cease being voluntarily homeless. And of course, some of them are blogging these thoughs or otherwise posting them to the internet.
I can’t seem to find them. Can you?
I know the Tea Party got heavily criticized for bad apples (racist
apples, actually, including one of the supposed “founders”) and I’m
probably guilty of that, but I was also willing to forgive them a few
idiots if the Tea Party actually stood for anything useful.
Unfortunately, they just ended up helping the Republicans who fought
tooth and nail to protect Wall Street and its ability to influence the
political system.Sure, that whole smaller, fiscally responsible, Constitutionally limited government thing is all about protecting Wall Street. Boy, you sure nailed us!
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Bernie Sanders.
Dennis Kucinich.
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Differences Between Occupy Wall Street And The Tea Party for The MSM)
There was never a turd left on a Police Car during a tea party but there
was at least one left during an Occupy Wall Street protest.After tea party rallies many people commented about how the protesters
left the area cleaner than how they found it This is what the Occupy
Wall Street area looks like: (see link for pic)No one at a tea party rally ever defaced the Stars and Stripes; the same can’t be said of the Occupy Wall Street protesters.
Tea party protesters never sent an email to politicians suggesting that
it was time to kill any group of Americans, but the Occupy Wall Street
protests did.Tea party protesters never made Anti-Semitic statements that “Jews Control the media and Wall Street;” Occupy Wall Street has.
Sadly, no one in the tea party movement has ever been paid to attend a rally. But some of the Occupy people get paid.
The tea party movement doesn’t have the support of this guy
(Olberdork)who supports the Occupy protests (but shhhhh we don’t want
it).And finally, when the tea party started, it had no support from any
party, Democrat or Republican. In fact, the GOP establishment is still
not comfortable with the Tea Party. Occupy Wall Street was immediately
embraced by the Democratic Party Leadership such as Nancy Pelosi …ps, The TP didn’t sing F the USA and say we are worse than Al Qaeda.
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And their friends.
They have so much in common.
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Ha!
Your Zuckerman loves Reagan who raised taxes and bloated the government via the military.
Zuckerman wants to lower taxes to stimulate the economy? How is that going to stimulate demand?
We’re in a prolonged downturn and these cycles are part and parcel of capitalism. Republicans would be saying these very words if Palin had won in ’08.
You can cut taxes to nothing and it won’t stop a cycle. “Big government” is bad for healthy economies? Why is China doing so well…
WITH ALL OF THEIR STATE-OWNED INDUSTRIES!?
GOPhonies?
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Was the ‘death panel’ in Kenya?
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It took you 2 seconds to find a link that makes clear that Pelosi was not the person who used the term “brownshirts.” Good job, Texan. You’re really making your side look bad.
Now if you want to talk about what Pelosi actually said in the video you were so kind to link (that she thought the Tea Party was astro-turfed and that some brought signs with swastikas) then I think you’ll run into problems with that too. You see, there is plenty of evidence that some idiot TPers actually did bring signs with swastikas so I have trouble understanding what she was incorrect about: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/08/07/55042/pelosi-swastikas/
Thanks again, pal.
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It took you 2 seconds to find a link that makes clear that Pelosi was not the person who used the term “brownshirts.” Good job, Texan. You’re really making your side look bad.
Now if you want to talk about what Pelosi actually said in the video you were so kind to link (that she thought the Tea Party was astro-turfed and that some brought signs with swastikas) then I think you’ll run into problems with that too. You see, there is plenty of evidence that some idiot TPers actually did bring signs with swastikas so I have trouble understanding what she was incorrect about: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/08/07/55042/pelosi-swastikas/
Thanks again, pal.
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It’s hard to quote a black board with all the arrows and circles showing how the Muslims and Communists are going to divide up the world in the New World Order.
BECK: “I believe that I can make a case in the end that there are three powers that you will see really emerge. One, a Muslim caliphate that controls the Mideast and parts of Europe. Two, China, that will control Asia, the southern half of Africa, part of the Middle East, Australia, maybe New Zealand, and God only knows what else. And Russia, which will control all of the old former Soviet Union bloc, plus maybe the Netherlands. I’m not really sure. But their strong arm is coming. That leaves us and South America. What happens to us?”
Wake me when this happens.
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It should be no surprise that people in this country are revolting agains the government. Frankly, I’m surprised it hasn’t happened sooner than this. Washington needs to pay attention. They sit in their fine chairs and shake their head at all of this. First the Tea party gets blasted for forming and stating what they think, now the Ocuppy’ers are getting the same treatment. Only these people are taking up residence. Remember that all the media is going to show you is the negative stuff like the deficating and flag stomping and song singing. They won’t share what is the positive side of anything. don’t be fooled..or form opinions on what they show you. The government needs to be worried.
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Well if you don’t visit RS then no one on the Right must. You are the Right, and the center of the world.
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I don’t think I need to point out that you dodged the topic, right? Someone says Pelosi called the TPers brownshirts, and I reply and say not only did she not actually say that but at least two right-wingers used the term against Obama first, including a once very popular Glenn Beck, and your response is “So what? No one reads Red State?” What kind of response is that?
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Yeah, if all those business wrecking people’s lives would just go away, everyone would have a job!
The spirit and intellect of the left…
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Wall Street has been singing that song for years, it was just muffled by the FRAUD and SCAM ARTISTS as they picked the pockets of American consumers.
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What is it that you feel would be appropriate for these people to do? You seem to have all the answers to this predicument. What “educated” ideas do you have?
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Teabaggers must have infiltrated his browser.
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We did give you…this government-provided internet so you can talk your talk.
Did they teach you in college that Jesus made the internet?
GOVERNMENT, HONEY!
GOVERNMENT!
SAY IT WITH ME…NOT CAIN–he made pizza–NOT FORBES, NOT GATES….
GOVERNMENT=ALL OF US…WE THE PEOPLE!!!!
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In whose opinion are these people lost or misguided. They know why they”re standing there. If they had jobs to go to…you can bet they wouldn’t be there. Cantor is just another WH talker who likes publicity and thinks what he says is of interest to the ‘common folk”. The WH has placed themselves so far above us demeaning people under them that they just stand there and laugh while all this goes on. Funny how these groups that form all end up with bad names; just because they want to make a point to people who think their better than the average guy.
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You F()ck the people, and we employ rhetorical and figurative tricks to get your holy, white underwear in an uproar.
Words are hard, yes? Ever read Swift? Rabelais? de Sade?
Go back to college–you missed some things…
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Hey, how’s Yemen working out for ya? How about Egypt?
In the race between Turkey and Iran to become the seat of the Khilafa, who do you suppose wins? Me, I think you should never count Chicago out. Just don’t send Obama to the selection ceremony.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjn0L28ecY8feature=player_embedded
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And don’t YOU in all HONESTY…feel they have a point? They are out there helping YOU, but your not seeing it. it’s just so much easier for YOU to sit at home in front of your keyboard and complain about them. Like your better than they are????????????
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And they’re occupying what for what?
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“Greed is good”
-Milton Friedman
Was he quoting Jesus?
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You can bet they know alot more than those writing here. They have their reasons for being there. Money is the root of all evil and Obama has taken his share and now shakes his head at everyone.
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Wrong. Obama’s stimulus. Do you feel stimulated?
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Hey retard, get back to me when this stuff happens…
BECK: “I believe that I can make a case in the end that there are three powers that you will see really emerge. One, a Muslim caliphate that controls the Mideast and parts of Europe. Two, China, that will control Asia, the southern half of Africa, part of the Middle East, Australia, maybe New Zealand, and God only knows what else. And Russia, which will control all of the old former Soviet Union bloc, plus maybe the Netherlands.
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Ah, so that’s why they decided to be homeless indefinitely! Boy, they sure got us good!
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Bush/Cheney used our might to institute two WARS of Choice and they murdered thousands of innocents in our name. The US might has been misused by the Military Industrial Complex (money and power) to harm the world. Our WALL STREET THUGS were set free to defraud around the world. Worse than AL Qaeda, not the USA but the people who support the reshaping of our democracy into the TPARTY NATION of social darwinism: Let the man die!! No CPR for dying worker,”get back to your phones”!!, Let the house burn and pets die!!, Kick the woman with crying baby off the public bus!! In the USA fellow passengers followed her off the bus in protest to such atrocious behavior.
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Your rhetoric isn’t believable either. Quit patting yourself on the back, thinking you have all the answers. if these people didn’t have a right to be there, you can welll-bet that the cops would be more fiesty than they are at this point.
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Out of control farm subsidies and Medicare spending?
Really?
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DAmn. If I could work for $20 an hour by holding a sign and not shower for weeks – I’d damn well take the job.
Who are you hating and why, Michelle?
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Think progress? LOL!
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D CA), Senator Barbara Boxer (D
CA) and their Democrat colleagues are labeling health care refrom bill
protestors as nothing but “angry mobs” and accusing them of swastika
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You don’t get rich from people with no money, genius.
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Thanks!
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Cantor is beginning to get the message. The Do Nothing US House of REPS under the Boehner, Cantor leadership will pay in 2012. They are collecting their lucrative salaries and benefits under false pretenses. Not a single jobs bill, but plety of attacks on women’s rights.
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They aren’t getting paid to do this. The country is full of Occupy’ers right now. They are protesting all over the US. No one is getting paid by anyone. contrary to your beliefs…they are liberals, democrats, republicans, independants and all races….all ashamed and mad at this government.
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I don’t think so, Dahlin’. It was a Bush baby from beginning to end.
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You’re going to have to do better than 34% of the vote.
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“we want success for everybody” Who’s he kidding?
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“we want success for everybody” Who’s he kidding?
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Where is your proof of unions causing this to happen??? Do you know that for sure or are you just mad at the whole situation. They really aren’t hurting you any. Your obviously sitting at home and not down in the messy area.
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Ask Romney’s state of Michigain how much of a failure Obama has been.
Ask Osama bin Laden…oh right…Obama did think about him–and what to do about him–unlike that other guy in the White House.
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Wil,
Exactly! Who the heck is he trying to kid?
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No, Kenya is where Barack Obama’s brother lives in a hut.
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Very well said. Thank you
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The Tea Party didn’t sing F()ck the USA–they just went ahead and DID IT.
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I’d expect to find all that good stuff on the internet. So far, I haven’t. Have you
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Another very good commentery. Thank you
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What’s Jesus got to do with this? Aren’t you people mostly atheists?
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Shoto,
Thank you so very, very much for seeing truth!
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How are they helping me?
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What IS your problem??? Everyone in this country are crying for the government to stop what they are doing with all this split-party crap. Anyone that takes part in a group to protest is a bad person to you. Get your butt out there and help then. Do something other than write a few nasty words to make yourself sound important. We’re not impressed.
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I bet if Barry was white and from Chicago you would not be calling him a thug!
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HAHA! You’re doing a great job making the Right look like a bunch of willfully ignorant fools!!! LOL!! ROFLOL!!!! Thanks, Texan, even though you’re making the rest of us Texans look bad too.
Would you like me to send the same photos posted on other sites than Think Progress or is Google a liberal rag in your mind too? Again, please show me where Pelosi herself called them “brownshirts.”
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BonnieMcGuilness,
I can only hope and pray that you succeed, Please – – – succeed. And, thanks!
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Ah, so if all of it doesn’t happen at the very same time, then none of it is happening!
That’s some fine logic you’re rocking there, BFD.
And China? They’re totally not paying attention to any of this stuff, or thinking about expanding their influence. Too busy making iPads.
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If they’re mad at the government, why aren’t they in Washington?
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Dems have the unions and you have the thug corporations. So what? Both are crooks.
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Hey I wish I lived there. It would be a great part time job for me!
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Bigger government is definately not the answer. Their big enough now. Things are being taken from the American people and all some of you think about is being a dye-hard democrat or liberal. climb over that fence and SEE what’s happening. All of us are upset with this government. Not just any specific parties…but you people just can’t get over us saying anything about what is happening here.
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Here’s some now!
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Hagen619dj,
We have laws against the poor (squatting, urinating in public, loitering, etc) but we have no laws against the sorts of crimes that occured during and before the financial crisis. Loan agents who make a commision regardless if folks are worthy, securitized debt that is so complicated nobobdy unserstands it, and rating agencies that fail to ‘rate.’ All of these and the limitation of liability that protect the folks gaming the system.
Glass Steagall made the system a lot more conservative and less lucrative. Yes, I know about Clinton and the assorted Democrats who are involved in this-so save it.
We are quite capable of criminalizing the poor–they’ve got no lobbyists–but the rich escape all the time.
You do the math…
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Corporations are crooks? Who are they stealing from?
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We had one in my town yesterday with about 200 people.. Guess what! The majority were white and in their 40′s and 50′s. I actually thought it was the teaparty group.
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When you make a prediction about a New World Order that “divys” up the globe and all you have so far is world wide protests THEN NONE OF IT HAS HAPPENED YET YOU BLITHERING IDIOT.
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No usually just fined.
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Protesting is fine. Occupation is evil, or so the left has been telling us for 45 years.
Say your piece and go home, and I’ll defend your right to do it without question.
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When do you suppose they’ll tell us what those are and what their goal is?
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Can you show us where the evil corporation touched you, Tim?
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B_F_D you are stealing my line. No matter because I have a new one!
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Barney Frank was right about you teabaggers….”dining room table”.
When Australia is Chinese, Europe is Muslim and the Soviet Union lives again, then get back to me.
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You need some new lines.
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What’s Jesus got to do with this?
Great question, Pablo.
Remember when Bush said that it was the philospher’ Jesus who had influenced him the most?
Well, what would finance in this country look like if Jesus was its greatest influence?
Would your god Friedman have dominion over Jesus, or would the man who threw the money changers out of the temple be in charge?
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The typical response you get from a rightie. They never answer the question.
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Isn’t this your church day? You know the one that has ONE black family.
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I think we will not be around to see it BFD – I don’t think Beck meant tomorrow.
I did hear some rumbling about how Egypt should be governed from some group not in Egypt.
Let’s all admit that what Beck said, we hope is wrong, but the indicators are there.
I think he’s warning us to look beyond our noses. To watch what is happening in the world and how it will affect us.
To watch the Soros group who is pushing for the “new world order”.
Every chaos is someone’s ‘opportunity’. So, we keep an eye on the opportunists. Is that such a heretic statement?
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Do you work for Assad in Damascus? Maybe you’re one of Gadaffi’s kids?
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Boy, Bush sure got tan.
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Have any of you even heard what’s in the job’s bill???? What great tricks does bam-bam have that he wants this passed so fast. All of his “fast” bills usually have some derogatory in them. There must be something about it that isn’t good. Anyone know? Honestly know?
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The very words “big government” are a lie, designed to destroy government.
Everybody wants effective government, but the rich imagine–because they are rich–that they don’t need government. They want to destroy it because they–try as they might–can’t escape all taxes.
Soldiers give EVERYTHING in battle; the rich won’t sacrifice a dime.
That’s a broken social contract.
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BOA will try after the first of the year, but I’ll be long gone by then.
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Tim, a helpful hint: Crimes are committed when you break the law. No law, no crime.
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Cantor is obviously talking about bringing back Glass-Steagall.
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Nice try, but if Beck didn’t mean this lifetime, or even within a few years, then why are teabaggers instructed to begin “storing food” because we’re witnessing the “coming insurrection.”
Everything Beck knows about global power comes from playing Risk.
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Finance is not religion. Religion is not finance. Except in Islam.
If you want to go play in the weeds, find someone else.
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The word ‘mob’ works better for his audience.
The GOP and its faithful wouldn’t get the historical refernce of ‘brown shirts.’
History is elitist and taught by screaming liberals in those ivory bastions of commie free love.
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Was Beck right about uprisings sweeping across the globe? Yes or no?
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Take that, Michelle!
How about our friend in WI?
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Are you Santa Claus? Or just full of non-sequiturs?
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Sheila Jackson Lee.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/20/sheila-jackson-lee-chiefs-of-staff-tunrnover_n_880330.html -
No, he was 100% wrong.
He predicted global insurrections, not what has been mostly peaceful protests.Beck has never made a “peaceful” prediction in his life.
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Why does Bank of America need five bucks a month from me when I use my debit card to buy stuff when it costs them much less than If I use a check?
Charging for Debit cards is Robbery, Pablo:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/opinion/debit-card-fees-are-robbery.html
And I made in the low five-figures last year which is close to ‘no money’ for some…
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I love how he had his answer written down for the question in front of him looking down and reading it back to Chris. Jagg Off.
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Most people in the middle have not received a raise in at least 4 or 5 years. All this time the prices of necessities (including food) have skyrocketed. The corporations never lose their bottom line.
I read an article in local paper that Milton Hershy Medical Center’s profit was up 8% this quarter even though they have lost money because of people that can’t pay. That is fine. No one at the top is losing any money. But do you think for one minute that the prices won’t go up again? Can’t they be satisfied with an 8% increase even after losses? Is there an end. Probably not.
Maybe if I was a rich person I could understand better. But it just seems that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
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New WSJ poll shows Americans favor Wall St protesters over Tea Party 2-1 so expect a lot of the wingnuts to tread carefully now. Romney is already in full pander mode.
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I worked for many years in a place that had a union. I did not belong but I can tell you that these days the unions don’t do much for their people. For the most part they are in bed with management and people paying dues are actually throwing their money away. In the old days the union was very strong and did do a lot for the lower level workers. Those days are gone. There hasn’t been a union contract in years where the workers did not have to GIVE UP benefits.
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I have always found Cantor the least likeable of the GOP leaders. He hits 10 out of 10 on the `self-righteously arrogant` scale.
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Please explain to me what you want the government to do. What is the meaning of big government. What would you do away with and why. I would really like to know. I am in favor with less government as far as all the waste that goes on. The biggest problem with the government is that it is to political.
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OK Michelle tell us what you do for a living. Do you work hard for little money and no benefits? Tell us all about it. Since you are a widow do you not get money from SS from your husband. Is that NOT government money?
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I like power to the people!
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maybe alan grayson
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you’ve got to learn how to throw the ball or else you won’t last the year!
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no! we have to pass it first to find out what’s in it.
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It is my sincerest hope that the recall effort there is successful and the Koch influence is abated.
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where in the first does it say you can shit on the street? just asking?
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WCinWI 2 hours ago in reply to Tim Tebow
There was a death panel.Arrrrrrgh!
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Should I type slower for you?
There’s a reason their acts are not crimes, son.
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You’re full of hot air
Arrrrrrgh!
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sock alert
Arrrrrrgh!
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Yes…Pablo, in this world ethics and morals are SEPARATE from finance.
Sadly, though…
Sadly.
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Barry
Thugs
Arrrrrrgh!
weewee in wisconsin says NOBODY listens to ERIC
Arrrrrrgh!
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Carry on
Arrrrrrgh!
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Unions
Arrrrrrgh!
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sock alert
Arrrrrrgh!
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Just like Neflix and their scheme to make more money, Bank of American will soon find out people are finished with these illegal, secret fees. Don’t forget they just had to pay milllion in a lawsuit. But I find greedy people never ever learn that we truly have had enough.
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Barry
Arrrrrrgh!
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Not you. For you, Europe and civilization are code for ‘homosexual.’
NOT JAYSUS AND MOMMA’S BOOTIFOOL US OF A!!
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He has had his office phone ringing off the hook because of those comments and that’s why he is now walking back from those statement.
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Al Sharpton
Arrrrrrgh!
union thugs
Arrrrrrgh!
Arrrrrrgh!
2 points for union thugs
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It does follow, Pablo:
Assad would love the people to “say their piece and go home.”
Just like you.
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Yeah, but Jesus last a lifetime!
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Power to the people!
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Michigan was top state for technology job growth in 2010, TechAmerica report says
http://www.mlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/10/michigan_was_top_state_in_tech.html
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*Looks left, looks right, looks left, looks right, looks left, looks right*. Oh.. sorry I was looking for wimbeldon and somehow I ended up in these forums.
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lets talk about the lds presidential nominees. why is a “cult” running presidential campaigns? thats what I want to know, michelle!
why are you trying to push book of mormon prophecies off on the elctorate!
I know why the cult hates obama so much, their god hated blacks till 78 until he changed his mind for votes and cash. Some of the fundamentalists dont agree with their god…
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That’s not arrogance. That’s homosexuality. Cantor is gay. And that’s not an insult. He’s ringing my gaydar like the damn thing is a f*cking fire alarm and I wish he would just come out of the closet already. Maybe he would be a happier person and will want to stop punishing everyone else for what he hates himself for being.
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The main reason they are revolting is because the republicans would rather address “abortion bills” for the 5th time this year and still won’t do anything about JOBS.
When you have 82% of Americans who support tax increases on the top millionaires but assholes like Eric Cantor, McConnell and Boehner and their “Grover Norquist buddies” in Congress won’t do anything about it and the JOBS, that is what has angered the American people.
When the Occupiers- the “Mob” begin exercising their Second Amendment Rights, Eric Cantor better take cover. -
It didn’t take them 6 months – they expected he would have the mess created by the very Republicans who don’t want to increase taxes now cleaned up by the end of April 2009 – they gave him perhaps 6 weeks.
I have never in my life felt that my country was so full of anti-Americans in public office, but Eric Cantor and McConnell are two people who could give a damn about our country., -
The truth would never be accepted by haters in the republican party,. There isn’t any value in even showing you a video because you will always “hear” something that is never said – only because hating makes you feel better than the truth.
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Whenever I see Cantor, the word OINTMENT comes to mind.
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Meanwhile, Cantor thinks aligning with the Tea Party is a brilliant idea.
Talk about out of touch with reality and disrespectful of the electorate.
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Keep the pillar and change the paint - In reponse to the Occupy Wall Street Movement
Should I cast doubt on what I learn from you
Under you even a small guy’s dream could come true
We used to worship and treasure you as the righteous and just
Whilst many others deteriorated and covered with rust
Since when you use a new method to grow greed
Hundred times faster than the wildest weed
Sprout on every structure in sight and every street
Into homes forcing occupants to ultimately live in dump pits
Do you really need so much for so few
Do you forget to install a brake when you have the accelerator built
Don’t you see travelling in such a velocity would cause a crash
All previous hard work and effort turn into ash
Have your invisible hands gone too far
Go deep into every pocket of the poor and the middle class
Have you as a good guy mixed with the wrong bunch
That roam around freely and eat raw human meat for lunch
Where do you go from here
With your itinerary map unclear
Should you now travel with proper brakes and mechanics
Mix with the right bunch that aren’t cannibals and eat only veggie organic
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Yes, because they’re not doing anything illegal.
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Keep the pillar and change the paint
- In response to the Occupy Wall Street Movement
Should I cast doubt on what I learn from you
Under you even a small guy’s dream could come true
We used to worship and treasure you as the righteous and just
Whilst many others deteriorated and covered with rust
Since when you use a new method to grow greed
Hundred times faster than the wildest weed
Sprout on every structure in sight and every street
Into homes forcing occupants to ultimately live in dump pits
Do you really need so much for so few
Do you forget to install a brake when you have the accelerator built
Don’t you see travelling in such a velocity would cause a crash
All previous hard work and effort turn into ash
Have your invisible hands gone too far
Go deep into every pocket of the poor and the middle class
Have you as a good guy mixed with the wrong bunch
That roam around freely and eat raw human meat for lunch
Where do you go from here
With your itinerary map unclear
Should you now travel with proper brakes and mechanics
Mix with the right bunch that aren’t cannibals and eat only veggie organicphkong
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Morals and ethics are not religion either.
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Egypt was so peaceful! Libya was so peaceful! Yemen is so peaceful! Syria is so peaceful! Greece has been so peaceful! London has been so peaceful!
Oh, wait. Not really. And there’s no one upthread here talking about shooting Congresspeople.
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There are at most 18 things I want the government to do.
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I’m not seeing where they’re stealing here.
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They should hang that murderous son of a whore. But you’ll note that Syria isn’t America and they’re not operating under our Constitution.
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Who do you think is paying the bills? It isn’t the poor.
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Wow, Beck predicted unrest in the Middle East.
The man is a f*cking genius.That’s a far cry from a worldwide Muslim Caliphate taking over Europe.
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No, it isn’t. If you don’t want to pay it, change banks. It’s just that easy.
I’d recommend a nice local Credit Union.
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Aha! You’ve figured out Netflix’s diabolical scheme to make money by charging people to have DVD’s mailed to them and to watch streaming content online!
Curses!
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Everyone must understand
there are no jobs because prices are excessively too high, This cuts the
multitudes of the working class out of the buying market, products just will not sell, this has been
brought on by the Wall Street Casinos’ where trading up and down causes
millions and billions in inflation through Profits for the Wall Street manipulators
of; put and call options, There is a good side of Wall Street, it is the part
who sells stocks to grow companies which produce things for our everyday needs.
We need to demand Wall Street dismantle the Gambling Casino sections of Wall
street, which produces nothing but profits by raising and lower the stock price
while they take profits, causing hyperinflation, killing our economy, causing job loss galore, taking profits and hiding and
hoarding them overseas.. This is also equal to sending our jobs overseas. This
is a twofold job killer which must be stopped. The leaders on Wall Street need
to address this if the problem is to be solved. They need to do it before anger
turns into craziness like we have watched on TV of overseas handling of these
same problems. If the Tea Party, the Billionaires supporting them and our
United States Congress can’t see what is going on,
it is because there are too, too many personal and special interest involved on
the part of the greedy wealthy who are not looking at the real problem. How
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What the heck does the Tea Party have to do with your otherwise reasonable comment? Do you think we are happy about the situation too?
Have you ever heard my thesis on “Economic Treason?”
“Economic Treason,” def. An act or behavior by an individual or group, that threatens the economic security of America. Not codified by law or sanction, rather, the citizenry/community, as a whole, recognizes the negative impact of the offender’s conduct, and chastises or castigates such.
(Note: Perhaps the legal definition of “treason” could be expanded into the economic arena, carrying with it, penalties. However, I am not, presently, venturing down that road.)
Purveyor of Rhetoric
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blah blah blah blah blah blah blah… Shut up Cantor, you’re boring!!!!
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OWS Chicago has a speak SUPPORTING THE TALIBAN and the TERRORISTS AGAINST THE USA;
You cannot make this stuff up….plus he is another anti-jewish, anti-Israel guy…but could you imagine a guy openingly SAYING THAT HE IS GOING TO BE HAPPY THAT THE U.S. LOSES IN IRAQ AND AFGANISTAN and supporting the Taliban?
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He didn’t fucking answer the damn question!!
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Well… there is nobody with a racist sign like in Nazi Germany… i mean the Tea Party in that crowd
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nanananana ttatatatatatata i cant hear you!!!! we are the force of good.!!! we only kill brown and evil people!!! ttatatatatatatata atatatatata we are the beacon of hope ttatatatatnananana Nation picked by the Jewish God to kill their enemies with expensive weapons while our infrastructure is crumbling and our economy going to the gutter!! nananananananana I CANT HEAR YOU!!! GREATEST NATION IN THE MOTHERFUCKING WORLD!!!!! NANANANANANA
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Pablo, I’ve seen this photo before, back in 2009. Either you’ve been tricked or are deliberately spreading falsehoods about the Occupy Wall Street protests, and I’m afraid it’s the latter. Not too cool, dude…but entirely in keeping with conservatives’ contempt for the truth and doing whatever it takes to get their agenda….
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How about an apology for your mistatement then, rather than a faint “indeed it is”?
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We have been literally sucking on their d***s for the last 10 years… you know… those big fat tax cuts.. where are the jobs? The use the whole “government killing job” arguments to get more tax cuts and special favors and they send the jobs overseas anyway. The truth is… the American worker can’t compete anymore. We are the least educated country compared to most developed countries. Most manufacturing jobs have been outsourced to the 3rd world. Keep on sucking on that big corporate penis Pablo… all you gonna get is Sperm buddy. NO JOBS!!!
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Why are you Righty Republican or whoever you are so in favor of kissing Wall Street and Billionares A– , If Jesus Christ was to return today and wanted social justice for all It would take you less than an hour to have a Photoshoped photo of him SHI–ING on the Bible, Just to discredit Him as you are trying to do to OWS and just to support The Billionaires WHY?? Don’t you want the best for you Kids and Family, Why do you think working Joe or Jane is always against you ???? and City Bank Loves you
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Don’t you ever post a productive remark without insulting other commenters. I have learned that any cost to big corporations is immediately passed on to the consumers. What have you learned?
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Go to http://www.governmentgonewild.org There is alot of info on there. The fault of our government is on both sides. They are pulling alot of strings. Check out this website and see where the jobs are!! We need to protest and more power to the ones who are out there. each party is blaming the other. They are both to blame and making it look the opposite.
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They are revolting to all the government dishonesty that has taken place and still moving. It’s not just a one party situation. It’s a combination of people, different races, employed and unemployed. To complain about them is unfar. Give them credit for facing the government for what it really is. The democrats are complaining and making fun of the Tea Party groups. This group is doing the same thing. The problem is it’s not just one party like most on this commentery think it is. It’s ALL people and parties. That is how they are helping you.
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This guy is a joke even in his home state of VA. He actually demanded cuts before aid was made available to disaster victims in VA from storms and an earthquake.
Belligerent Tgagger!
Article source: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rep-eric-cantor-walks-back-mob-comments-on-occupy-wall-street-protests/