cg2112

I get the feeling that minds aren't going to be changed on this internet motorcycle forum. By the way, do you know how much profit is made on a Corn Flake? Imagine that.... billions spent on marketing for food! If we took profit out of food, everyone could afford to eat. Even better, if we gave it away in bread lines.....

I've never heard of anyone dying without Corn Flakes.

I've never heard of anyone losing their home because they had to pay for breakfast cereal.

You are correct. I couldnt remember completely and shouldve double checked.

http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/health-care-abroad-germany/

One thing that is important to remember: No one is asking that we implement Germany's health care plan, or Canada's health care plan, or Britain's health care plan. It's a fallacy to say "Just look at how horrible Canada is!!" It's not, but it's a common argument - it doesn't matter, because no one is saying "Let's use Canada's plan!"

Comparison's to other countries is a useless exercise. Americans are, in my opinion, smart enough and ambitious enough to implement a universal national health care plan that works for us.

What we have had up until now hasn't worked. We have too many people without health care, and the rising costs of health care is a serious problem for so many people - 50% of mortgages during the housing crisis were related to health care costs.

Obamacare isn't perfect, but it's step in the right direction. Health care is only going to be fixed with baby steps. Sadly, the tea party infected Republican Party is hell bent on undoing even the baby steps.

How come the majority of people in Germany who qualify for private insurance opt of the public system if it is so good?

They don't, that's how come.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91971406

This really just makes me feel bad for Chuck Norris.

Essentially, they're saying that President Obama is the anti-Christ.

I knew he was a conservative, I didn't know he was nuts.

I was a little surprised that both recipes are extract. They both sound good, though, I'm going to give the honey ale a shot.

I used Fox News on purpose - if they're willing to call out one of their own, you know it's pretty bad.

I could use some other sources, though, if they're preferred:

http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/eugene-robinson-paul-ryan-s-diet-of-whoppers/article_76eb78cc-ab2b-5906-ac65-625736eff8fc.html

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/30/772921/6-worst-lies-in-paul-ryans-speech/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/paul-ryans-dishonest-speech/2012/08/30/16bb62d8-f24f-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_blog.html

http://newsone.com/2033217/paul-ryan-speech/

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_breakfast_table/features/2012/_2012_republican_national_convention/paul_ryan_s_speech_included_an_incredible_string_of_false_or_misleading_statements_.html

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/08/why-the-republicans-loves-ryans-deceiving-speech-133847.html

http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20120902/OPINION02/209020305

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-jon-stewart-stephen-colbert-paul-ryan-20120831,0,2944723.story

http://articles.philly.com/2012-09-01/news/33522204_1_paul-ryan-obama-camp-president-obama

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-miller/ryans-one-true-claim-isnt_b_1847047.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/08/paul-ryan-and-the-post-truth-convention-speech/261775/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/08/30/will-paul-ryans-truth-bending-hurt-him-and-the-gop/

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/martin-bashir/48848738/

http://www.fwweekly.com/2012/08/31/ny-times-politicians-may-care-facts-whoa/

http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2012/08/lyin-ryan.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57503840-503544/obama-team-ryan-speech-factually-challenged/

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view/20120830fact_check_paul_ryan_takes_factual_shortcuts_in_speech/srvc=home&position=recent

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/30/fact-check-paul-ryan_n_1842586.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012

http://www.nctimes.com/news/opinion/columnists/estrich/estrich-paul-ryan-s-speech-bubble/article_fcd59e3c-340d-598f-9258-1cbfc81f3487.html

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0830/Paul-Ryan-s-factual-shortcuts-in-convention-speech

http://www.businessinsider.com/paul-ryan-rnc-speech-fact-check-misleading-credit-medicare-simpson-bowles-2012-8

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-paul-ryan-speech-fact-check-20120830,0,7050347.story

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/us/politics/ryans-speech-contained-a-litany-of-falsehoods.html

http://www.salon.com/2012/09/01/press_turns_on_paul_ryan/singleton/

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/msnbc/48851783/

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/31396576/detail.html

http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/08/30/4219934/fact-checking-ryans-convention.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-30/ryan-accused-of-falsities-in-speech-by-obama-team-fact-checkers.html

http://jacksonville.com/news/national/2012-08-30/story/ap-fact-check-paul-ryans-speech-rnc

http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-election/media-outlets-pounce-on-ryan-speech-mistruths-20120830

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/08/paul-ryans-large-lies-and-one-big-truth.html

http://www.goupstate.com/article/20120830/WIRE/120839992

http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/08/the-lies-of-paul-ryan.html

http://globalgrind.com/news/paul-ryan-rnc-speech-republican-national-convention-lies-list

http://www.care2.com/causes/top-5-worst-lies-paul-ryan-told.html

http://www.adn.com/2012/08/30/2605897/fact-check-finds-holes-in-ryans.html

The biggest problem with this (aside from the fast that he was calling out the Obama Administration, not liberals as a ideological group) is that almost everything that came out of Paul Ryan's mouth was a flat out lie. I don't mean that he stretched the truth now and then, or distorted some facts as politicians often do. He just came out and lied for 20 minutes straight, and called it a speech.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/30/paul-ryans-speech-in-three-words/

Socialist opinions? Look, I always vote the republican ticket. I can't get into a back and forth convo about this because I barely follow politics, know very little about them and am ignorant. Just post it for fun then learn from it also. The way I see it, the fed handles some taxes, writes checks for medicare, social security, farmers, students, the unemployed and its primary #1 responsibilty is national security, to keep us safe from outside threats. And I figure no president is able to wave a magic wand and make businesses start popping up and save the economy, people need to figure out how to work or start a business on their own and stop being lazy bags of crap.

Which socialist opinions?

It is a lack of knowledge of history and government that leads one to believe that President Obama is a socialist. It becomes rather tiring to hear.

If you're getting your information from email chain letters, and using that information to form and opinion, you're going to find yourself wrong a lot.

I can understand voting for members of a particular party. I will vote for Democrats, Republicans and Independents at times, but generally vote for Democrats. This is because I've spent a lot of time educating myself about issues that are important to me, and the candidates that can impact those issues.

But if you're not able to even say where you disagree with a candidate or a party, it's clear that you have no good reason for voting Republican, and do it basically because you're easy to manipulate with emotional campaigning. The same is true of someone who votes for Democrats without actually bothering to find out if every bad thing they hear about Republicans is true or not.

CGwhoever, you can crawl back under your rock now.

you lost all credibility when you said you were a democrat....

AHAHAHAHAHAH

I don't know if you've paid attention to the current political climate. It's not the Democrats who currently have the credibility issues.

Cg, mayor bloomburg wants private gun ownership banned.

Okay.

Mayor Bloomberg is a Republican. At least was, until he ran as an Independent. But he's certainly no Democrat.

I think the only thing stopping me from voting for Ron Paul is pretty much all of his policies, and my inability to hate black people.

I don't take any of my posts literally. I just like to watch and see who it pisses off and the fact extraction. My votes for Romney only because I dislike Obama's opinions and Paul is a wasted vote for Obama.

Which opinions?

Gump, there's nothing accurate about that at all.

I'm friends with many Democrats, being a lifelong Democrat myself.

I know no Democrats who don't like guns that wants all guns outlawed. I know of no Democrat in office who wants all guns outlawed.

I know of no vegetarian Democrat who wants all meat products banned. Some want regulation, certainly, when it comes to the treatment of animals. But I've never seen a reasonable Democrat, and certainly not someone in office, attempt to ban all meat products.

I know of no gay Democrat who wants legislated respect. Unless, of course, by "legislated respect," we mean "equal rights," in which case, it's probably true.

Democrats aren't trying to get you to respect gays. They just want everyone to have equal protection under the law, even if they have butt sex.

When I was down and out, I worked my way out of it. Many people do, both Democrat and Republican. It's a myth that only Republicans work hard.

Democrats aren't demanding that Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity be taken off the air.

Democrats don't want any mention of God or religion be silenced. We just want people to be able to worship as they see fit, rather than be compelled to worship. Democrats are not trying to ban personal prayer, mentions of God, etc.

Demcrats who want national health care aren't doing it because they need it, they're doing it because other people need it. And because it makes sense. And because every other freaking country in the world has it, and it works better than our own system, and a lower cost.

It's not just bullshit, but it's poorly worded, unsubstantiated, intentionally inflammatory bullshit.

Wow, what an impressive load of bullshit.

I've talked on my bluetooth headset with and without a helmet without much of a problem. I don't like the distraction, though, so I typically don't do it.

This wasn't true when the names were "Gore" and "Bush" instead of "Obama" and "McCain."

The whole thing is fabricated. For instance:

Number of States won by: Obama: 19 McCain: 29

President Obama won 28 states.

Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000 McCain: 2,427,000

President Obama "won" 1,500,000 acres, McCain "won" 2,300,000.

Population of counties won by: Obama: 127 million McCain: 143 million

The population of counties won by President Obama was 183 million, to McCain's 119 million.

Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Obama: 13.2 McCain: 2.1

The murder rate for counties won by President Obama was 6.56 per 100,000 (less than half claimed), and for McCain, 3.60 per 100,000.

Lastly:

Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law in

St. Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning

the last Presidential election

From Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline Univeristy School of Law:

"There is an e-mail floating around the internet dealing with the 2008 Obama/McCain election and the 2000 Bush/Gore election, remarks of a Scottish philosopher named Alexander Tyler, etc. Part of it is attributed to me. It is entirely BOGUS as to my authorship. I’ve been trying to kill it since December 2000.

For details see: http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/athenian.asp"

I get it, but I don't agree with it. What happened to personal responsibility? To keep it on topic...Yeah the riders have every right to ride without helmets on, but they also know the consequences of hitting the ground without them. They should be held accountable for their own actions. It's this that bothers me with America/the legal system. It's all about making some money at someone else's expense even if you're completely responsible for your own stupidity.

Sent from HTC Incredible

In this case, there is no "action" for the biker to take. We're talking about some careless person in a car driving into someone. The fault is completely theirs.

In the article here, there's nothing to suggest that lack of a helmet contributed to injuries.

Wait one light cycle then run it. Call the city/county to complain and they are supposed to come out and recalibrate it.

I've already looked into this.

State law allows you to go through a stop light if a light is malfunctioning. The only malfunctions where this is allowed, though, is if there is no light at all, or more than one light at once. There is no provision for a light that is not triggered. I'm not going to risk it (plus, I'd likely get a nice second minor misdemeanor charge added on for using headphone in both ears, to boot)

noticed it around here and its actually screwed me outta a green light since they were too far back from the sensor. I also think its funny when people ride someones ass and then when you get almost as close as they were they brake check ya.

This happens to me all the time. The car behind me sits a car length back, and the light doesn't change. There's one light near me where this happens almost every time I stop. I generally have to pull out almost into the intersection to encourage the drive to move forward a little bit so that they're positioned over the magnet.

Can you authorize her account with another login on your laptop?

Don't worry about stopping people that shouldn't be voting. Lets focus on the people who serve the country and should have a voice.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/04/obama-campaign-sues-ohio-over-early-voting-law-for-military/%3Cbr%20/%3E

No one is trying to deny members of the military their vote.

This is Fox News at it's finest. They are flat out lying. Fox News is lying, and the Republicans quoted in the article are lying.

The Obama campaign is not trying to stop members of the military from voting. They are not trying to change when the members of the military can vote.

What ACTUALLY happened is that (Republican controlled) Ohio reduced early voting for everyone, with the exception of members of the military. Why they did this is a matter of opinion, I suppose, but it doesn't take much thought to figure out why.

The Obama campaign filed a lawsuit to make sure that voting the weekend before the election is available to everyone, since 20% of Ohio voters vote early.

The Romney campaign, The Republicans, and right leaning groups have spun this to mean "Obama wants to block the military from voting early!"

It's despicable, really. The Republicans are using the military as a political football.

Not yet, but like any President or politician, I bet he's keeping count.

There are always changes over time.

And it doesn't matter if some understand and some don't.

It's that "some hear it the wrong way" that causes all the troubles.

Reading a script is pretty much blind trust in whoever wrote it.

That hardly matters. There is always a way to take something the wrong way, especially if it's politically advantageous to do so. Remember how Al Gore invented the internet? He never said that, and in fact what he actually said wasn't inaccurate, but the sound bite probably cost him the election.

And he hasn't fired any speech writers over this BS that he keeps spewing? Even if he didn't intend for things to sound the way they do (it seems to happen an awful lot) he should be at least reading over his speeches before saying things that sound so screwy.

Why would he fire any speech writers?

His words were pretty clear to pretty much everyone would wasn't looking for him to say something wrong.

What's all this BS he keeps spewing?

Those pictures are Photoshopped.

Oops

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/16/romney-called-for-tax-transparency-in-past-campaigns/

"It's time the biggest-taxing senator in Washington shows the people of Massachusetts how much he pays in taxes," Romney said in April of 1994, according to a report in the Boston Globe.

So what was he referring to that "you didn't build"?

Roads and bridges:

Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business, you didn't build that.

He was talking about infrastructure, that was the whole point. Wouldn't it be really weird for him to be talking about infrastructure, then throw in exactly one sentence in the middle of all that to say that business owners didn't build their own businesses?

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As far as Romney's taxes go, I think this was a pretty low move by Harry Reid. My guess is that Reid was not being honest.

And certainly, I'm not about to claim that Romney didn't pay taxes - but I will say that he released his returns to the McCain campaign, and they chose Palin....