AndyFromCB

Well, Byron, as they say, opportunity makes a thief, you could say they made them do it. If I left the keys to my mooney, told your it was free and clear, left a signed empty bill of sale and told you I will not call the cops, you might be tempted. Admit it, 215knots sounds a lot better than 165…It's kind of the same when you already have billions…Few more does't hurt...

Yeap. And lots of rich people are becoming richer. At your expense. And my expense. And your beloved military is not here is protect you, it's here to protect their interest. Tell me, Scott, what are your holdings in South Korea? Or Germany? Or Iraq? It protects the interests of the empire. Hate to break it to you, you're not a citizen of "Rome, the city proper". Neither am I. This debt you're talking about was not run up one food stamp at a time. It was run up one cruise missile at a time, one shady multi billion dollar deal at a time. It was not poor Granma getting her SS checks. It was Lockheed Martin, it was Halliburton, it was Blackwater. It was Chase. It was JP Morgan. It was Bank of America. But it wasn't Tyrone. Well, might have been Tyrone, via Correction Corporation of America.

If liberals have been in charge for last 35 years, we'd have: -single payer health care system -free higher education at state schools and complete elimination of government student loan program -$18 an hour minimum wage -probably some sort of maximum wage -top combined tax rate of around 65% on incomes over $250,000 -elimination of capital gains tax discount -6 weeks paid vacation -12 months paid maternity leave -free childcare and preschool -a functioning public transit system -$10 a gallon gasoline -gun training and licensing and registration -a military 1/10th the current size -cars that are not a complete total pieces of crap And probably very little national debt as our entire national debt has been created by armed forces sucking down the entire federal budget every year. A trillion a year now and nothing to show for it but bunch of dumb kids with missing arms and legs on both sides of the conflict. We don't have any of that, so my point is proven, we have not been in charge. You guys fucked it all up, not us. You're all big man. OWN IT. Norway had liberals in charge and they have all of the above, and their net national debt is -169% percent. Yes, negative, because they did not give away their country's oil for free, instead charged proper taxes and put that money into a sovereign wealth fund. Did I mention their unemployment is 3.4%. And their GDP is twice ours per capita. Fucking socialists. And they have happy people and Timmy there gets to spend quality time with his parents who take him on vacations and teach him right/wrong instead of working 3 minimum wage jobs to try to make ends meet. Maybe, just maybe investing in your most precious capital asset, your citizenry, just works. Who would have thought.

No you're just sticking fingers into an already open wound. I just don't understand how you guys can for a second believe liberals have been in charge for last 35 years? It was your turn, you had the steering wheel, you drove off the cliff, you fucked up for everybody but top 10% of the population. And you've done it repeatedly. Now you believe the problem was you were not driving fast enough around the curve and believe the outcome will be different if you just double down. Obama policies are a continuation of the policies of 5 prior administrations.

Can't think of any. Even the charter school experiment in DC and New Orleans turned out to be a total, complete disaster with rampant fraud everywhere. Problem with every conservative idea is that they are all "common sense based". What makes us human is "uncommon sense". Common sense tells you sun goes around the earth. Common sense tells you printing dollars will lead to hyper inflation. Common sense tells you jailing drug users and dealers will make heroin so expensive everyone will quit using.

You mean single payer will be a disaster like Medicare is a disaster, delivering quality care to elderly at much lower cost than private industry. Anyways, you are correct. This will lead to a single payer system. It was designed to be a disaster and of course that it is going to be a disaster. Obama took the bill straight from Heritage Foundation as it was written by you, conservatives. And like all conservative ideas, it turned out to be a disaster. We've tried them all. We have tested every neo-consevative, Ayn Rand and Heritage Foundation idea in the last 35 years. Trickle down economics destroyed the middle class. Fighting a war on two fronts proved to be a total disaster. Romel could have told them that. Teaching abstinence based sex-ed, which I guess is akin to teaching skiing in the desert, proved to be a giant fiasco, with red states now leading in teen pregnancy. Results of relaxing gun control are heard loudly across the entire country on daily basis. War on drugs made drugs cheaper and more available than ever before. 35 year long conservative disaster is coming on an end, soon. Give it few years and we will have a single payer system and in another 10 everyone will wonder how we managed to ever live without. The demographics are changing, the social attitudes are changing, Jesus is losing ground each day, with 16% of Americans now openly agnostic. So I understand why you guys are screaming louder and louder, behaving like petulant children and digging in your heels. You really do believe that most of the country agrees with you too and that will be the ultimate downfall of conservatism. Show me one conservative policy of 35 years that did not turn into a giant disastrous cluster fuck. Show me one. And yes, I consider ACA to be a conservative idea.

Why so serious?

Scott, We should write a book together: "How to make friends and influence people online". I smell a best seller.

Here is some latin american cuties I hang out with on a trip to Mexico ;-) Way before I met my wife...Juarez can be fun with the right company...

Here is another one for your, Alex. Kind of on a photo upload kick today. About another's day walk from where the first photo was taken. Ain't America grand. This is well above tree line.

ACLU, liberal, maybe, but at least not lazy. Defending 9 amendments instead of just one is a lot of work.

How about $100? Donation to other's favorite charity? So really, only $60 bucks...You could make write a check to, I don't know, "Concerned Women for America Pro Life" or something else like that. Would that not be worth it? You get a copy of the cancelled check.

Why? Europe is about to join the circus too. $1K, no interest rate hike in April. How much for the 12/16 bet?

Who is about to turn off what? Want to bet? Put your money where your mouth is? No interest rate hike in April. Will not happen. If they could, they would go negative... $1000 cool american green backs. Running up another 18 trillion if they have does not cost anyone anything. Deflation means you actually have to pay this back eventually and nobody has any desire to do that. Left, right, center, or upside down. And ending QE is a guaranteed deflation.

So what about deflation, ladies and gentlemen? Because if anything is going to fuck us soon, it appears it will be just that. John, I'm willing to take another side bet. No interest rate hikes this or next year or ever again, but for purposes of this bet, Dec 31, 2016... Another bet, too. When deflation rears it's ugly head, GOP will instantly claim they were always on board with $15 an hour minimum wage and any one who says otherwise is clearly an unpatriotic lying sack of shit and a socialist. Note I did not say if, I said when. We have a structural problem of manufacturing over capacity and not enough $$$ in consumers' hands. I'm going to go as far as to predict next Republican candidate for president who makes it past primaries will go as far as recommending we need to raise top tax rates. Do you know why I know all these things? Because in order for the circus we call US of A to continue performing uninterrupted, all these things will next to be done...

Like I said, moments like that are always fleeting and there is always a price to pay, so be careful what you wish for...

Didn't feel that lucky next morning when my wallet went missing...

As to the tea party, occupy wall street or black panthers, I think they are all equally retarded, because all are on extreme ends of the spectrum, unsatisfied if they do not get 100%. Guess what, nobody ever does. I came close one night (pun intended), years ago, with two women in my bed. But it was a fleeting moment...

Thanks. The wind river range is WY is stunning, too bad it's only really accessible 3 months of the year. And yes, lots of liberals like guns. I even have a carry permit. I just don't see a point of them being openly carried in city limits by conservatives, liberals or unaffiliated alike. Too many people, in too close of space, and especially at politically charged events. Just too much potential for misunderstanding.

Not over a grizzly. They couldn't care less. But an elk or another game animal, different story. They will aggressively pursue large fines against you then...

Baltimore can be fun...Two friends of mine head departments at John Hopkins

DNR? What's that That picture was taken 2 days walk from the nearest road. DNR can kiss my ass... Edit: It was Wyoming, BTW, so I highly doubt the DNR there would shed a tear over a grizzly. I might, though. Magnificent animal...Pepper spray on my other hip, would much rather use that.

Yeap

.44 mag, S&W 329PD, hard cast bullets from Garrett, made specifically for stopping large game, my gun collection would make a lot of NRA members jealous. Yes, this so called liberal.