Open Thread

14 Comments

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   Brendan Skwire on April 22, 2009 at 4:16 pm

   wrong link booman, you link back to your own site.

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     dada on April 22, 2009 at 4:32 pm

     try this one brendan.

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   dada on April 22, 2009 at 4:35 pm

   the angry white men from the reagan revolution make a stand for … something:

   Commissioners rejected $373,000 in stimulus money to buy three new transit buses and upgrade their fleet, citing their opposition of deficit spending for buses and vans.

   “I’ll let Warren County go broke before taking any of Obama’s filthy money,” Commissioner Mike Kilburn said.

   ODOT spokesman Scott Varner said the money was specifically for transit improvements in rural areas to improve transportation for disabled people, seniors and others needing access to health care and educational opportunities.

   “I’m tired of paying for people who don’t have,” Kilburn said. “As Reagan said, ‘Government is not the answer, it’s the problem.'”

   link

   that’s cold…whata bunch a maroons.

   h/t to the rude pundit

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     MikeInOhio on April 22, 2009 at 5:24 pm

     Damn, you beat me to this post.  I saw this today in the local paper and since I have lived in Warren County my entire life I don’t find these comments by Kilburn at all surprising.

     The man is a Republican buffoon of the highest order.  He is very popular in this heavily GOP area.

     I told my wife today, “We have to move out of this nuthouse area”.

     There are thousands and thousands of Mike Kilburn’s around here.

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       wilderness wench on April 23, 2009 at 12:41 pm

       I’d agree that you should relocate, Mike. Could be something in the water (like an industry secret).

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     Teacher Toni on April 22, 2009 at 7:50 pm

     Those damn seniors – get a job granny!

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       Errol on April 22, 2009 at 9:24 pm

       and energy efficiency! public transportation! what a waste, let’s build more highways!

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     boran2 on April 22, 2009 at 8:08 pm

     If we give those seniors a bus there’s no telling where it will all end.  Next they’ll want healthcare and decent housing.  We can’t have that.

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   ericy on April 22, 2009 at 7:40 pm

   Here is something funny:

   The Wail of the 1%

   “No offense to Middle America, but if someone went to Columbia or Wharton, [even if] their company is a fumbling, mismanaged bank, why should they all of a sudden be paid the same as the guy down the block who delivers restaurant supplies for Sysco out of a huge, shiny truck?” e-mails an irate Citigroup executive to a colleague.

   “I’m not giving to charity this year!” one hedge-fund analyst shouts into the phone, when I ask about Obama’s planned tax increases. “When people ask me for money, I tell them, `If you want me to give you money, send a letter to my senator asking for my taxes to be lowered.’ I feel so much less generous right now. If I have to adopt twenty poor families, I want a thank-you note and an update on their lives. At least Sally Struthers gives you an update.”

   Apparently these people think they actually deserve these huge payouts, and they feel like they are being made the scapegoats.  Who would have thunk?

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     Errol on April 22, 2009 at 9:23 pm

     it is funny – and pitiful. I’ll bet they’re misguided enough to think they are human beings.

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     Indianadem on April 22, 2009 at 9:24 pm

     Someone should tell these idiots that they have “screwed the pooch” and the party’s over.

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     Errol on April 23, 2009 at 12:11 am

     the guy driving the truck is doing something constructive – vs. destroying the world economy.

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     Teacher Toni on April 23, 2009 at 6:40 am

     Entitlement programs!  See what happens when people feed a the public trough too long.

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   Man Eegee on April 23, 2009 at 1:35 pm

   If anyone is on Twitter, we’ve created accounts for The Sanctuary.  One will blast out frontpage posts, the other will be human rights/immigration-related news items.