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Don't forget Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. She's crazy and stupid enough to get a stevestojanload of votes among the Dems. Tho, she may be content enough to stick it out and spew her own personal brand of retarded in Congress for the next 30 years, Pelosi-style.
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(That's low, man.) While picking his screen name, he first started typing his unique physical trait --- "shriveled testicles" --- but then decided to go for something cooler like Vader. Well, he didn't delete enough and missed the V... but "Shrader" stuck.
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crayonz is Canadian. He won't ever admit it... but, rest assured, he's as Canadian as a Saskatchewan loon.
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January Movies: Red Tails, Haywire, Contraband, and....
UConn James replied to Mark Vader's topic in Off the Wall Archives
There's a small piece on "Haywire" that says Gina Carano's voice was digitally altered by Soderburgh, who wanted it deeper for the part, and as a way to differentiate her from "Gina Carano, the fighter." Link Gotta say, from what I've seen in the trailer and in pictures where she's done up, I hope she gets more into the acting side of things and stops getting punched in the face. Because, to borrow from North By Northwest, "It's a nice face." Can a woman be a major action-film star? -
EZC knows this because he keeps a scope trained on jboy's fields... next to the nightstand with lube, Kleenex and a buttplug. UCJ was never much good at basketball. (But he did sit next to Sue Bird in a French class!)
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Gringo keeps his Christmas lights up all year 'round.
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DC Tom used his TARDIS to post his insult 30 seconds faster than me. This is what he does with the power of time travel.
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Gringo Starr was the second shooter on the grassy knoll.
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If you are going to do something horrific
UConn James replied to ....lybob's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
So, you're saying that in the next SAW or Freddie Kreuger horror movie, it shouldn't be people getting their guts torn out... Freddie should just take to peeing on people? If peeing on a dead body is "horrific," what should the criminal equivalent be of peeing on a(n unconsenting) live person? -
If you are going to do something horrific
UConn James replied to ....lybob's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Pissing on a body, after the fact, of someone who got their just deserts isn't "horrific." It's disgraceful and classless. It's damaging to the progress, image and message of what America is doing there among an easily excitable people/faith. Cutting a person's head off with a dull machete is "horrific." Don't cheapen the definition. -
When stuffed monkeys are outlawed...
UConn James replied to \GoBillsInDallas/'s topic in Off the Wall Archives
Looks as though Preston missed the butt sex. -
Guffalo drinks Miller Light and cocktails with little umbrellas in them.
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No, that's the pressure in your groin area from straddling the fence so much. Take a couple of Midol and call Beerball in the morning.
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Remember when you were feeling ill the other week? Hemlock cures everything!
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I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce.
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Just Me..Or is Google getting annoying?
UConn James replied to plenzmd1's topic in Off the Wall Archives
Dude, if you used Firefox, you could add-on Ad Blocker Plus. It's really not difficult. I literally haven't seen an Internet ad in 5 years. -
As much as some people would like it to be so or what the unread masses will come to think after the spin-meisters do their thing, Romney at Bain was far from Gordon Gecko. Bain Capital provided investment and advice on building businesses, not necessarily ripping them apart and selling off the pieces. That's what the 'Capital' means in the company name --- they provided resources for companies to grow. Among the biggest clients while Romney was head... Sports Authority, Domino's, VisionCare, Staples (which went from 1 store to 1,700 during this time). He then left in '99 to turn around an $800M-in-the-red, woefully lagging construction progress, and graft-ridden Salt Lake City Olympics to a rather successful $300M profit. This is at a time when almost every other Olympic venture has cost its host country tons of money. He then tackled the $3B Massachusetts deficit and turned it into a surplus. Like it or not, Romney has a record of fiscal turnarounds. And that's exactly what this country needs right now.
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The Official Mitt Romney thread
UConn James replied to Dave_In_Norfolk's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Maybe we'll see an end to corporate lobbying when we see an end to labor-union and special-interest lobbying. Yeah.... Don't hold your breath. Or actually, on second thought, maybe you, ...lybob, pbills, conner, Mickey, etc. should hold your breaths. -
The Official Mitt Romney thread
UConn James replied to Dave_In_Norfolk's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Ron Paul Defends Romney, Lashes Out at His Critics Well, at least one of the other candidates has some idea of what capitalism and competition are.... -
Yes.... Because brokering private investment in a venture capital firm is exactly the same as a trillion-dollar government bailout.
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Did he take lessons from Mike Huckabee?
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Coming from a guy whose name was used instead of "sh--."
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The Official Mitt Romney thread
UConn James replied to Dave_In_Norfolk's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
For people who have no clue what Romney did at Bain, perhaps you ought to read this before you make an ass of yourself. (I realize I'm writing too late for a good many here on PPP.) Romney’s got the upper hand on the Bain story -
And even then, it's not like Bain and Romney were the kind of corporate raiders like the Richard Gere character in "Pretty Woman." The WSJ has a more fair assessment here. Their model at the time when they started out was risk, but high reward. Much of the time, they entered at the company's request when it was already struggling. In some businesses, the investment didn't work out and both the company and Bain lost $. Nothing's perfect. But on what they were successful with, they were successful. And they didn't stick around investing good money after bad in situations they couldn't help --- a business sense that either Obama never learned, or isn't styled with his politics. WSJ | Romney at Bain: Big Gains, Some Busts And, as the article states, in many cases, the business experienced trouble years after Bain's relationship with them ended, with many of them happening in the 2000-2001 downturn.
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To quote Austin Powers... "Finally those capitalist pigs will pay for their crimes, eh? Eh comrades? Eh?" <Austin, the Cold War is over. We won.> "Oh, smashing! Groovy! Yay capitalism!" Now they're all just grasping at straws. So, he was part of a venture group that forced companies to focus on core competencies, increase profits and cut dead weight in sectors that are unprofitable/not as profitable as they should be... and Romney is supposed to apologize for this? By and large, those people found other jobs (or should have) where they were more productive. Nobody is owed a job if what they're doing doesn't directly create a profit or is of some use/value toward creating a profit. How does anyone think this country's economy recovered in the '80s and boomed in the '90s? Hint: It wasn't because Bill Clinton waved a wand in the air --- no matter how much that man may think his penis has magical properties.