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I'd like to know how you felt when Bush appointed a man to head FEMA, who's previous stint was running quarter horse contests and had no training in disaster relief.

Let's see, you take one psychologists research and completely erase all other research that has said the opposite and appoint hers as the only one being right.

Yes you are absolutely right Sam I am afraid of woman who can see Russia from her window, what that even matters I have no idea. But then again when you think Communist Russia is still alive and well I guess you would still see them as an enemy.

You always write about others hate, but you never admit your own hate. You know that if I had written something even remotely similar but about Republicans and conservatives you would be one of the first yelling hate on my part.

I've actually read through Trayce L. Hansen's article that you quote and she takes many liberties with the studies she quotes to come up with her information. On some studies she completely contradicted what the original author had said. One in particular she just outright questioned the author on his findings. In another the study was about children and their beliefs about homosexuality, their beliefs, not whether or not they were actually homosexual, and then she somehow makes the leap of faith that since they were more accepting of people that were homosexual they themselves could be gay.

So, basically, this doctor read several surveys, didn't like what they said, so she made up what they said even while posting the summaries of the other research.

Here's the article, from here website, for your own reading.

http://www.drtraycehansen.com/Pages/writ...

What amazes me the the most is that you and others similar to you apparently still think you won the last election and that people are listening to you with baited breath.

Sam and Steffanie

Seems your own people are washing their hands of you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxvunbIWN...

Oh man. I didn't realize that Jon Voight didn't support Obama. This changes EVERYTHING!

If I'd have know such a keen political mind, nay the greatest thinker of the past generation, was opposed to Obama's candidacy, I NEVER would have voted for him!

Oh Jon! If you had only been more outspoken during the election, I would have KNOWN who to vote for. See, I thought all your complaining during the election was to simply garner some publicity for your failing Hollywood career. But now I see that your string of mediocre movie appearances was actually a plot by the Hollyweird left to keep you out of the limelight because you didn't like Obama. How could I have been so blind!

Sam, I don't expect you to take the Hollywood people on the left seriously (Hell, I don't even take them seriously), so please don't expect me to take the Hollywood people on the right seriously just because they agree with you instead of me.

I did not realize that Rush had copyrighted that joke. If Obama had a birth certificate, we'd have seen it by now.

Just like we have never seen Obama's grades in school. Why not? If Obama is so brilliant, why not produce the grades?

Your hero, talking about his sad pick for the Supreme Court, just said the Constitution was written 20 centuries ago. Truth is, Obama is a puppet for the enemies of this country, and that is why he needs his teleprompter to tell him what to say.

I cannot blame you leftists for being so PO'd. Your house of cards is going to fall, and you know it.

I do not hate anybody, I am not like you Michael and Guillermo. Don't try and push off your hatred on me, BRO, it won't work.

I tell you what I do hate.

I hate that you on the left are trying to ruin this country.

I hate the fact that my new grandsons each owe about a million bucks because of a runaway federal government.

I hate the fact that you libs want my grandkids to pay for your health care.

I hate unions that destroy companies, and act like the mafia for Democrat politicians.

I hate abortion, and the lies you leftist tell about our military. For example, Guillermo lied through his teeth in saying that our soldiers killed hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi's, while trying to defend Spain's cowardliness.

I hate how you religious leftists trample on the Constitution.

I hate how you in public schools are not teaching kids, you are indoctrinating them.

I hate the way you leftist smeared Sarah Palin, and her family.

I hate how you on the left lie and lie, and then get mad when you are called on it.

So jhat, now you don't care about Hollyweird huh? Funny. I sense some sarcasm.

Wow, the mighty Jhat got ruffled.

You did not refute anything Mr. Voight said, so you just dismiss it. Just like you dismiss the murder of the unborn. Just like you dismiss Obama's disastrous spending. Just like you dismiss the toll that homosexuality has on the people lost in that lifestyle. Old jhat waves his hand, and all the ugliness goes away.

Homosexuality is wrong, and while I won't call it a sickness, homosexuality is a deadly activity. If you really cared as much as you pretend, you'd be working to help these folks instead of defending abnormality. I really do care, and you pretend. I am acting out of love, you act out of some arrogant sense of intellectual superiority.

AND, that is fine. Maybe you are all smarter than me, and more educated. I still have common sense, and you, dear leftists, flushed your common sense down the commode long ago.

You see, I don't care if you leftists like me or not. My country is at stake, and I am not going to let you loonies destroy it without a fight.

AND more and more people are coming to reason every day, even with your lapdog media propagandizing the sheeple.

The Democrat party has hurt this country for too long. JFK, Truman and even Hubert Humphrey would be appalled at what you religious leftists have done to the Democrat Party. Enough is enough.

I come on here and tell the truth. All Michael can do is cry hate, Jhat tries to dismiss and intellectualize everything, and Guillermo spews his anti-American venom while trying to defend the cowardly actions of Spain.

I am not one of your students Michael, so stop acting like you can tell me what to do. When the Democrat party starts acting with true democratic principles, then I'll call them democratic.

You are not going to destroy my grandsons future with your liberal insanity. Not gonna happen.

You guys are finished, the sooner you accept it, the better for everyone.

Oh, and by the way, you can respect the American Psychological Association, I don't. They have been in the tank for religious leftist thought for far too long. Give 'em enough money to do biased research, and they will produce exactly what you leftists tell them to produce.

If you guys think you can prevail, and change the USA into some totalitarian state, then bring it. I am not going anywhere.

Another Rush joke. A difference between God and Obama? God doesn't think he is Obama.

Have a nice day.

Michael - considering ACORN, illegals, felons, the Black Panthers and the voter fraud the Democrat Party routinely engages in, I am not so sure you won the last election. Who knows how many dead Democrats voted in the last election.

Such lunacy is ridiculous.

Obama's Hawaiian birth is well documented and the birth certificate was filed with his election to the Illinois legislature, again with his election to Congress.

Is anyone idiot enough to believe a national candidate for the opposition would be allowed to seek national office under a Bush regime, without proving all credentials, including date and place of birth.

One last thing, Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson Obama have documented superior academic credentials.

For Gawd's sake, Idiot Child, he was Managing Editor of the Harvard Law Review. That basically is the number one professional honor among all the law school students nationally.

Number One at the Number One Law School ain't fake.

Sam, you are a semi-literate gear jammer, listening to Savage, Beck, Limbaugh, and the whole crowd of Right Wing Hate preachers and believing their lies.

You could not survive economically if the rest of us didn't maintain a national road system for you.

Sam, keep on truckin', keep on writin' and keep on stirrin' them liberals up. They do get all exercised at you!! Quoting Rush or whoever said this "To a liberal, truth is hate speech". I love readin' ya', Sam

First off,

Who gives a dam what Jon Voight has to say... he is another washed up hollywood type trying to get back into the media...

Sam,

Stick to trucking... comedy obviously isn't gonna work out for you and now your just cutting and pasting like Sarah Palin did parts of her speeches...

Steffanie,

Once again you never cease to completely embarrass your party and sex. Stick to asking people if they want beans and sour cream and let the adults talk.

Look, I don't see why people get so upset at Sam for his rants that's what he wants. I agree that he is most likely full of anger and hate, I don't see how you interpreted his initial blog today as being hateful.

I agree with you jhat about the influence of celebrities. I don't know why anyone would think that because someone is lucky, or pretty, or rich why thier opinion should matter more than anyone elses, unfortunately with the media crazed society we live in they are given more weight than they should be.

Mike:

Sheesh, why don't you lay off with the Democrat/Democratic party label, we know who he is talking about. To be fair I find it a little confusing myself. Why are members of the Democratic Party called Democrats not Democratics? Republicans aren't called Republics. Give him the benefit of the doubt, maybe he is just meaning a party full of Democrats :)

I didn't catch the Dave Letterman joke when it broke, but is it really better to make the joke about Bristol than Willow? Either way it seems pretty tasteless to me.

I find it just as hypocritical for people like Sam to give a pass to the Republicans as it is for others to give a pass to the Democrats.

Guillermo,

LOL that's funny.

Although I'm pretty sure your previous Spanish post could be flagged as offensive unless I'm translating it incorrectly. Really, what is the point of insulting someone if they don't understand it?

Mike,

I didn't say she isn't fair to rebute, but are tasteless jokes the way to do it? Are you not sick of all the useless mudslinging and abhorrent behavior people exhibit these days? If I have an issue with someone's views I will address the specific instances. I think ridiculing (sp) goes too far in any case, it detracts from any dialogue and removes the possibility of any civilized discusssion. Do you think you can have a discussion with Steffanie? Sure it may be "fun" to resort to such juvenile behavior to some, but I find that just as sad.

Sam,

Watch a Sarah Palin interview. She is not exatcly a wordsmith. Oh and by the way, how can you go at Obama's academic accolades but not Palin's.

Do your research. Palin dropped out of 3 colleges in less than 3 years. She failed out of an Idaho community college in less than 2 semesters. She changed colleges 7 times in 5 years. None of them were notbale institutes.

Obama graduated from ivy league school Columbia University and then went to Harvard Law school and went on to teach law at Chicago University.

Palin on the other hand took 5 years, 2 community colleges, and 5 other schools to receive her bachelor's in communication.

Will you for once admit that you are wrong? Obama is clearly more educated than Palin. There is no question to it. And don't call these liberal lies. You can confirm Palin's enrollment and withdrawl from each and every of her school's. It is all on record.

There is no issue with Obama's birth certificate. It is on record. There were two different suits issued on this and both were dismissed.

I don't question Palin's intelligence. But to stand there and say that she should not be questioned or put under the microscope because she is a woman is laughable. You have had no problem doing the exact same with Hillary Clinton, but when it is done to someone on your side you get all in a twitter. As to the question of being afraid of her? Why would we as a party be afraid of someone who in recent poll of 1000 Republicans received 4 votes.

Using one experts opinions on what other experts wrote to support your opinion and then slamming the a national organization because you feel they are in the pocket of the Democrat(ic) Party shows that you don't accept facts unless they support you.

I wasn't 'ruffled' Sam. Using sarcasm doesn't make me 'ruffled' or angry. It just means I was using sarcasm to prove a point. Never been in a sarcastic mood? (But thanks for calling me mighty).

And I don't know what Jon Voight said. All I know is that YOU say he's seen the light and come to the conservative/republican side. I don't know what he said for one reason, I don't listen to actor's opinions on politics. I don't pay attention to them, and if I hear them anyway I don't give them any credence. Because they're actors. Just because they star in movies doesn't give them clairvoyant political savvy. Why don't you let me know what Mr. Voight said, THEN I'll respond (or dismiss it). I really have no interest in spending the 10 seconds of my life it would take to look up his quote.

And please, if you want someone to blame for your grandchildren's debt, look at how the national debt increased under Reagan, Bush, and Bush. Seriously. Go to the treasury's website and look up the figures.

Yes, it is a shame that Obama is going to be contributing so much to the national debt. But I have seen NO better solutions for our economic woes than what the administration is doing now. (I've heard the Republican's claim that cutting taxes will fix it, but I simply don't believe them.)

HerndonHank, I agree that is a great thing that days after Obama gave his speech that a pro-American government surprised everyone by winning a come from behind victory, but I am going to hold off on the Iran situation until the election is over.

To your point about the truckers. I'm sure that in that case that is the exception rather than the rule. I have seen some seriously bad truck drivers on the road but I am not going to condemn the entire trucking industry because of them. I hope sam is one of the courteous drivers. I have no way of knowing. I am not going to assume that he is one of the bad drivers because of the bad examples.

(I realize I seemed pretty hard on actors in one of my previous comments. Let me clarify. A good point/idea is good regardless of who makes it, an actor, a politician, a cook, etc. What irks me is the special attention that's paid to celebrity political opinions. So I go out of my way to avoid celebrity political grandstanding whenever possible, from both celebs on the left and the right. That said, I do make exceptions for celebrities whose job it is to talk about and/or mock politics. Jon Stewart, Dennis Miller, Bill Maher, etc.)

"And please, if you want someone to blame for your grandchildren's debt, look at how the national debt increased under Reagan, Bush, and Bush. Seriously. Go to the treasury's website and look up the figures."

I agree, there is more than enough blame to go around, both sides have not done what they need to. I've made the comment several times that I'm bothered by the fact that people are so partisan that they refuse to see reason, they are too busy blaming the other side or defending thiers.

"Yes, it is a shame that Obama is going to be contributing so much to the national debt. But I have seen NO better solutions for our economic woes than what the administration is doing now. (I've heard the Republican's claim that cutting taxes will fix it, but I simply don't believe them.)"

Now I'm no great economic scholar, but does anyone really believe either side is right? It seems to me that when my budget is out of whack, there are 3 ways to fix it: 1) Reduce Spending, 2) Raise more money, or 3) Reduce spending and raise more money simultaneously (seems to me to be the best bet)

Republicans cry about cutting taxes but they don't reduce spending. Democrats increase spending but don't raise money to cover it. I think the way should be to both cut spending and raise taxes but to raise taxes on everyone rather than trying to pit sides against each other. Because I think this idea makes sense, I know it will never happen and I could never be a politician.

Hank,

"Reports are coming in from the Middle East, voters in Lebanon elected a pro-American government in their elections only a couple of days after Obama's Cairo speech.

Observers are in shock that pro-American candidates are showing well in IRAN."

Do you really think Obama's speech is what led to the election of a popular politician who is the son of a popular politician who was assassinated causing a large groundswell of support? I'm not one of those Obama haters but I seriously think you are attributing too much to him. I generally dismiss the rantings of the right wingers who rail against "Obama the Messiah" but it is comments like that which gives them ammo.

I also think it is a far stretch to call Mr. Mousavi "Pro-American." Less Conservative than Ahmadinejad, sure. More open to dialogue with the world, absolutely. Pro-American, not so much. I don't think the clerics who actually run the country would allow a pro-American candidate to run.

"It's my understanding that the opposition (and more moderate pro-western) party was not showing well in polls, and was not expected to do well in the election."

I seriously question the validity of polls in a nation like Lebanon, or any nation really. Particularly in an area where being known to not support a para-military group which has a large well armed pressence. But I could be wrong, maybe Obama's speech rang the bell of freedom for the Lebanese.

I also hadn't heard much about the PAYGO system you mention, I'll have to look into it. I do however have problems with the proposed taxes. It continues to set a system that pits one group of people against another. I understand there is no foolproof tax system but I don't think you can be so selective in who you tax. As unfortunate as it is when I have to agree with far right nuts, I have heard Limbaugh rant about this and in some ways he is right. A stopped clock and all that.

When the government creates a tax that is aimed at one group, eventually they get all the money they can from that group and then they have to expand that tax to others. I'll call it the "First they came" theory of taxation. The government is wonderful at creating new programs and terrible at running them or eliminating them when they are not needed in my opinion.

I'm not so much against a progressive tax, well at least not much more than I am for most taxes. The problem is, I think I mentioned although maybe I just thought it, no system is perfect. Any system allows for cheats, just as the wealthy now have ways to avoid some taxes. However I have particular problems with the intent of the tobacco etc. taxes. My problem isn't so much with the idea of certain luxury taxes, my issue is with the way the government spends the money. If those taxes were used as a way to offset other tax burdens for the general population I wouldn't have any greater problem with it than other taxes.

For me the fear is this:

We tax the tobacco to pay for a specific program. We have the added benefit that tobacco users decide to quit using to save money and in turn improve thier health (hooray!). What happens to the program that had been previously been supported by the tobacco tax? Does the government reduce or eliminate the program? Not ruddy likely. Or does the government find someone else to tax to pay for the program which logically ends with we all pay the taxes for the program after we have been told not to worry about it that we wouldn't have to pay as long as we avoid certain luxuries?

My problem isn't so much with the tax system although like any red-blooded American I don't like paying taxes :) Rather, my bigger concern is poor government spending which happens regardless of which party is in favor at any time.

In general I am a fiscal conservative and a social liberal, which is why I have no friends ;)

Only in government can you have an unprecedented amount of debt and look to spending more money on more programs. No business or family could do that. Of course, the business and the family have more responsibility and common sense than the government does.

Going back to one of the original points on this blog and that is concerning David Letterman's jokes about one of Sarah Palin's daughters. She said she would never go on his show because he was an old man making sexual jokes about a 14 yr old girl.

My question is will she give the same ban to Rush Limbaugh who nastily went after Chelsea Clinton when she was only 12?

Of course she wont, she's trying to score political points. Proving once again the hypocritical nature of today's Republican Party.

They were against filibusters before they were for them.

They were for the bailout before they were against it.

They were for the nuclear option before they were against it.

They were for quickly getting a Supreme Court justice on the court before they were for going through ALL the information.

The list goes on and on and on.

Hey McCookReader,

Seems I remember Hillary catching H-E Double toothpicks for standing by her man -- from the right wing conservatives.

I also remember Senator Alphonse Demato of NY getting caught back in the winter of '93-'94 totally in bed with the Mafia -- video tapes showed him literally kissing a Mafia Don's ring and figuratively all four cheeks.

"Cus" tried to divert the voters by spending the next four years attacking Hillary, particularly for standing by her man.

End result, he made her the best known Democratic name in New York State. He didn't make it past the GOP primary, despite seniority, and Hillary became the New York Senator.

Then there are the two female California senators, both being constantly hammered because their husbands are highly successful and socially responsible businessmen.

Neither has ever won a Snowmobile race or worked on the North Slope, or been a Salmon Fisherman -- or had a pregnant and single teenage daughter.

The tragedy there is that the Palin kids were made a big part of her campaign. Reality, they did not hold up well under the examination.

But then, neither did the mother. First Dude came out best of all.

Not to mention the non-stop attacks on Judge Sotomayor. Have you noticed Poppa Bush, Laura Bush and the former Republican Party Chairman -- endorsing Judge Sotomayor.

By the way, Sam insists 4-wheeler owners do not subsidize the trucking industry. Every independent study of highway costs and wear and tear says trucks do not cover roadway damage with their own taxes.

Reality, as an economy, we rely on truck movement of goods and materials.

Unfortunately, weight limits are set for the right hand lanes of the Interstates, where the trucks are supposed to run 95% of the time.

But when a legal load is hauling down the left lanes, or moves off the Interstate to local surface roads, streets and highways -- real damage in inevitable. I've seen small towns lose more than half their commercial business, from a big rig taking out a county-bridge which was the only access from most of the trade area.

The county seat, 25 miles distant, took the trade and never gave it up.

No one has come up with a workable formula for the problem. Which does not mean anyone hates truckers or trucks.

Just as virtually every business in the nation has some form of federal subsidy, somewhere in the system. -- so do the truckers.

To be a rabid opponent of everyone else's slice of the governmental subsidy pie and at the same time be a major beneficiary of specific goodies -- just might be considered hypocritical.

By the way, for those of you objecting to the hurrahing of Miz Sarah. She did bounce from college to college and got a degree in communications at U. of Idaho.

That was not a degree in Electrical Engineering--Computer Science Option, or Chemical Engineering, or VetMedicine.

With one of my majors in Agriculture Journalism, I can testify to the fact that the communications field of study does not require much. I was much happier with high marks in the wide range of ag sciences required in my program -- Genetics with a 97.5% grade average, ag engineering with Solid A's, Pasture and Forage Crops where memorization of every detail about 100 species every week was the minimum for passing, with my A's requiring much more.

In reality, the four years during high school where I worked with my hometown weekly was of far more value in my life than the university classroom training in the field.

But, COMMUNICATIONS as a major proving academic power --- NOT ON YOUR LIFE!!

Finally and seriously, Sam, write of your work weeks, roads traveled, areas seen, mountain passes driven, city traffic survived and the people -- There are some awesomely good people out there.

The folks at Nickolls Steakhouse in Fruitland, Idaho, the Three Thieves Steak Houses in Canon City, Colorado and Santa Fe, NM, at Maria's out by the college in Santa Fe, MOM'S CAFE in Salina, Utah, El Monte in Reedley, California, the pie cooks at the big Shell Truck Stop west of Tucumcari, the weekend layover crowd at Hilltop Motel, outside of Pullman, WA, and at Royal Motel in Albuquerque, NM.

Tell us about the good things connected with trucking and the good people.

I notice you did not enjoy the negative names aimed your way. It was done by way of demonstrating the error in calling people, including our President, names.

Despite the fact, that going back to when the President of the Texas RANGERS MLB franchise was routinely passing out in "Third Base Boxes" long before he became governor -- and his pathetic record as the Strictly Ceremonial Texas Governor-- and his oh-so-successful years as President, the worst I've ever called him is DubYah.

The meanest I got toward VP Cheney, labeling him "Shotgun" Dick.

Consider, Army auditors have identified $34-Billion in totally fraudulent charges and fraudulent overcharges by Kellog-Brown and Root, Dick Cheney's small subsidiary firm. Haliburton had the big contracts.

Today, the Wall Street Journal had a major report on the HUNDRED MILLION PLUS fraudulent overpayments to BLACKWATER for their security work in Iraq.

The incredible thing is Pres. Obama is being attacked by the far left LIBERALS for his moderate, centrist positions -- and by the far right REACTIONARY CONSERVATIVES for his moderate, centrist positions.

Having watched and listened to the Cairo speech, I have been as astonished as anyone at the immediate impact.

He totally turned Lebanon's election around and has sparked the first serious public opposition [Four days and counting] to the so-called Iranian REVOLUTIONARY government in nearly 33 years.

Remember those nutcases, with Iran's incumbent president as a primary student leader, sent Jimmy Carter home to Plains, GA.

Pres. Obama calmly and logically outlined the facts surrounding at least eight of the major issues affecting the Middle East.

He directly addressed the eight most highly charged issues, and touched upon two more.

No other leader or any country has openly faced any one of those issues.

The response of the people of Lebanon and Iran is the most powerful testimony to our new president's impact.

There is no way to ignore that impact.