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  • Jul 17, 2012, 11:46 AM
    speechlesstx
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    We ALL know what it is. You guys just can't get over the fact that we have a BLACK president... It bugs you SOOOO badly that you're looking for some PROOF - ANY proof - that a black man STILL isn't equal to a white guy... You're looking for vindication... It ain't there. Bummer for you old white guys.

    excon

    Wow, you really have run out of arguments. What an outrageously stupid and cowardly claim, not to mention one you have no chance at proving.
  • Jul 17, 2012, 11:51 AM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    not to mention one you have no chance at proving.

    Hello again, Steve:

    Show me where you demanded the release of George W. Bush's school records - or Clinton's...

    Nuff said!

    excon
  • Jul 17, 2012, 11:53 AM
    talaniman
    No proof needed when all you guys do is criticize everything about the guy. Just like your guy Romney, all bad but no solutions. Now if you want to stop hollering and get to facts, Romney's vision for America is on line. Tell me how they affect YOU, and your agenda.
  • Jul 17, 2012, 01:36 PM
    speechlesstx
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello again, Steve:

    Show me where you demanded the release of George W. Bush's school records - or Clinton's...

    Nuff said!

    excon

    No, not 'nuff said. First of all I never demanded the release of Obama's transcripts.

    Second of all, equating the desire to know why our president, who boasted repeatedly of the transparency he would bring, with racism is an outrageously stupid, cowardly, invalid argument. Let me add intellectually lazy and not worthy of a response to that list, too.

    Enough of this racist bullsh*t.
  • Jul 17, 2012, 01:43 PM
    speechlesstx
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    Originally Posted by talaniman View Post
    No proof needed when all you guys do is criticize everything about the guy.

    When did blacks become above criticism? It certainly didn't work that way during Bush's much less of a white man's club administration. In fact, the left took great pleasure in demeaning blacks then, but I bet these leftists weren't racists were they?
  • Jul 17, 2012, 01:53 PM
    NeedKarma
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    No sir, I know who I'm referring to and that would be you.

    Holy thin-skinned Batman! You cannot take any criticism at all LOL! I'm now the site editor because I showed you the correct spelling of one word that you routinely misspelled? Boy, your teachers must have had a hate on for you (assuming you went to school).
  • Jul 17, 2012, 02:05 PM
    speechlesstx
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by NeedKarma View Post
    Holy thin-skinned Batman! You cannot take any criticism at all LOL! I'm now the site editor because I showed you the correct spelling of one word that you routinely misspelled? Boy, your teachers must have had a hate on for you (assuming you went to school).

    Holy out of touch with reality Batman! I don't routinely misspell anything. Get a grip on reality, dude and maybe then you can add something useful to the discussion instead of playing language monitor and drama queen.
  • Jul 17, 2012, 02:22 PM
    NeedKarma
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    I don't routinely misspell anything.

    Yes, that word. Duh.
  • Jul 17, 2012, 02:31 PM
    speechlesstx
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by NeedKarma View Post
    Yes, that word. Duh.

    And which word would that be?
  • Jul 17, 2012, 02:57 PM
    NeedKarma
    Ah crap, you got me, it's tom's spelling of the word you posted. I get you guys mixed up all the time.
  • Jul 17, 2012, 02:59 PM
    speechlesstx
    No, you just don't pay attention.
  • Jul 17, 2012, 04:08 PM
    tomder55
    And yes I went to school . I am the product of the progressive state education system of New York. The reason you see misspelled words from me is I don't have the time or the inclination to edit my responses... and I have a mild case of dyslexia that is getting worse as I grow older . No need to waste your or my time trying to correct it .

    Now if it's all the same ;I'd rather deal with the substance of the issue posted .

    So where were we ? Oh yeah.. I did not have time to request Bush's transcripts before they were leaked to the compliant press... that wasted no time in publishing them . Now how were they leaked when the only way someone can get Harvard records is if the alumni requests it ? Could it be that there was a double standard ?

    How is it that Obama could become editor of the Harvard Review if he was unpublished ? Was he a spelling monitor ?
  • Jul 17, 2012, 04:20 PM
    paraclete
    [QUOTE=tomder55;3199455]... and I have a mild case of dyslexia that is getting worse as I grow older . No need to waste your or my time trying to correct it .

    QUOTE]

    No rose colour glasses eh? Nice to know you have faults just like the rest of us Tom I have dyslexic fingers myself, they insist on mistyping certain words but I do try to correct it just so you find it intelligable. As to spelling, your friend should realise there are different paths to the same place, heaven forbid they went to China where a word can be spelled one way and sounded several different ways
  • Jul 19, 2012, 07:47 AM
    speechlesstx
    How long has it been since the Democrat controlled Senate passed a budget? 3 years? Or is it 4 now? They can't bother to take that up because they obviously have more pressing issues of national interest, like passing a "Romney bill."

    Good thing there are no real problems facing the country right now, eh?
  • Jul 19, 2012, 07:53 AM
    tomder55
    I want to see San Fran Nan's tax returns . I want to see Jay Rockefeller's tax returns.. What a bunch of phonies ! Instead of reforming the tax code ;they want to see where legal deductions were taken ? What is the point of that ?
  • Jul 19, 2012, 07:54 AM
    NeedKarma
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    Good thing there are no real problems facing the country right now, eh?

    Well you won't find them in the Current Events board on AMHD.
  • Jul 19, 2012, 08:08 AM
    talaniman
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    How long has it been since the Democrat controlled Senate passed a budget? 3 years? Or is it 4 now? They can't bother to take that up because they obviously have more pressing issues of national interest, like passing a "Romney bill."

    Good thing there are no real problems facing the country right now, eh?

    As long as you have republican senators obstructing, and filibustering at a record pace hardly anything passes in the Senate. That's the problem!
  • Jul 19, 2012, 08:46 AM
    speechlesstx
    You mean obstructing like announcing virtually every House passed bill as DOA in the Democrat controlled Senate?
  • Jul 19, 2012, 09:02 AM
    tomder55
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by talaniman View Post
    As long as you have republican senators obstructing, and filibustering at a record pace hardly anything passes in the Senate. Thats the problem!

    Perhaps if they would actually put a House passed budget to a vote then one could pass the do-nothing Senate .
  • Jul 19, 2012, 09:10 AM
    excon
    Hello again,

    Looks like the adult needs to take control again...

    So, Romney ISN'T going to release 'em. He's made a calculated decision that NOT releasing them will do LESS harm than releasing them would. He said as much.. He KNOWS the Democrats are going to pick through it, and DISTORT it..

    Even in the midst of this refusal, his poll numbers didn't drop. Do you think he can get away with NOT releasing them, and STILL have a shot at winning?

    excon
  • Jul 19, 2012, 09:21 AM
    Wondergirl
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Do you think he can get away with NOT releasing them, and STILL have a shot at winning?

    Dear excon:

    It could be my crazy Uncle Wally running for president on the Republican ticket. The candidate doesn't matter. Romney doesn't matter. But you've already said (and we all know) what really does matter for the Republicans.

    WG
  • Jul 19, 2012, 09:22 AM
    tomder55
    Yes because no body cares... what do you think ;that there is something illegal in a tax return ? Here we have the same people who defend Warren Buffet's distortions and manipulation of his taxes ;while at the same time spewing his hypocricies about not paying enough ,getting their panties in a knot over Romney . Lol
  • Jul 19, 2012, 09:27 AM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    what do you think ;that there is something illegal in a tax return ?

    Hello again, tom:

    Glad you asked... Nahhh.. His returns are perfectly legal, of course.. He's running for president, for Pete's sake. But, there are probably a couple of years where he didn't pay any taxes at all...

    That won't make him look good. In fact, I think it'll END it for him. THAT'S why I want them released..

    excon
  • Jul 19, 2012, 09:35 AM
    tomder55
    Well that would be illegal no ? Even if he's Warren Buffet there is a minimal amt of money the law requires that is wage compensation. I know... because Buffet goes out of his way to make sure his wage is minimum required while the bulk of his compensation is controlled cap gains. Anyway ,that is pure speculation on your part .
  • Jul 19, 2012, 09:48 AM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    well that would be illegal no ?

    Hello again, tom:

    No. Not at all.. There are a jillion different ways in which the tax code can be manipulated to ones advantage. Plus, because of the bank secrecy in the Caymans, whatever Romney WANTS to say about his returns CAN'T be verified... Now, I'm not saying he did lie. I'm only saying it can't be checked. Plus, there's NO industry in the Caymans OTHER than banking, and the only reason to have accounts there is bank secrecy...

    But, to your question. He makes PLENTY of income off his investments and doesn't NEED, and isn't required to HAVE "income" from employment.. And, that income can be sheltered in myriad ways, all of them legal.. My guess is his wife's dressage horse is one big tax shelter...

    Let me suggest this... The tax code, as it refers to you and me, and the deductions WE'D take, is handled in the first 500 pages of the tax code.. Then there's an additional 50,000 pages dealing with corporations and what kind of tax breaks THEY get...

    So, like GE before him, it's absolutely possible for a wealthy person to pay NO taxes at all.

    excon
  • Jul 19, 2012, 12:09 PM
    talaniman
    Mitt Romney: Cayman Islands Accounts Used By Foreign Investors To 'Not Be Subject To' U.S. Taxes

    If he helps others make money here without paying taxes, he sure must be doing it for himself too!

    Reagan said "Trust but verify", Nixon said "I am not a crook!".

    For all I know he launders dope money from around the world!
  • Jul 19, 2012, 01:19 PM
    speechlesstx
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    He KNOWS the Democrats are gonna pick through it, and DISTORT it..

    Exactly. If Obama had something to run on besides (hypocritical) class warfare and the politics of destruction it might be different.
  • Jul 19, 2012, 01:33 PM
    speechlesstx
    You say that as if it's a bad thing. Were you that hot and bothered about Kerry parking his yacht in RI to avoid paying taxes to the state he represents?

    I mean really, Tal, if I had that much money I'd do the same thing and I bet you would, too. You whine all day about the influence of corporate money, what idiot would leave his fortune where the feds can confiscate it to buy themselves more power?

    Quote:

    For all I know he launders dope money from around the world!
    So is that the next talking point since the one about Sheldon Adelson funding campaigns with Chinese prostitution money backfired?

    Memo to Dem press secretary: Probably best not to imply GOP billionaire is a pimp

    I'm sure if Romney releases more returns they'll be calling him a pimp, too since they have nothing else to run on.
  • Jul 20, 2012, 04:04 PM
    excon
    Hello again,

    Years ago, when Ross Perot was running for president, he addressed the NAACP convention. Somewhere in his remarks was a "you people". Perot had NO idea how offensive that was...

    Yesterday, when asked WHY Romney doesn't release his tax returns, I got called "you people" by Ann Romney.. Her response was, "We've given all 'YOU PEOPLE' need"

    No, Ann. You're not the boss of us. WE'LL tell YOU what we need!

    excon
  • Jul 20, 2012, 04:07 PM
    paraclete
    Yes Ex the neuvo rich have a tendency to look down their noses at the peons
  • Jul 20, 2012, 04:34 PM
    talaniman
    That's why Mitt is running to keep his tax cuts, and get even more tax cuts and loop holes while he takes your job to China.

    Bain Capital is closing an Illinois plant and shipping jobs to China - National economic policy | Examiner.com

    Daily Kos: Romney and Bain profited from massive Medicare Fraud

    Quote:

    1988: Damon begins a systemic practice of fraud. The government estimates later that the total cost to taxpayers of this fraud is around $40,000,000

    1990: Bain Capital (CEO Mitt Romney) buys a minority stake in Damon. Mitt takes a seat on the board of directors

    1990 to 1993: Mitt serves on the board of directors, earning ~$10,000 per year for doing so. He is on the company's "Strategic Planning" committee

    1992: Romney said that [Damon's then-CEO Robert] Rosen told the board in about 1992 'that all current practices at the company were now in conformity with government regulations and that in the past there may have been practices which would not be deemed appropriate.

    1993: Damon is taken over by Corning, with Mitt Romney voting in favor of the acquisition

    1993: Corning immediately closes Damon's Massachusetts plant and lays off 115 workers

    1993: Corning uncovers the fraud and alerts authorities. The SEC filings made by Damon prior to the acquisition make no mention of any potential earnings write-downs or legal problems

    1993: Mitt Romney's share of Bain's profit from the Damon investment: $473,000

    1993: Bain's profit from its investment in Damon: $7,400,000, which represented a tripling of the initial investment

    1994: Running for Senator, Mitt Romney says:
    I'm proud of the small part I played in the growth of Damon,' Romney said yesterday. 'It's something that Ted Kennedy doesn't have a clue about – creating real jobs in the private sector.
    Seems he is using the same lines over again. Didn't work before, I doubt it works now. You guys hope it does.
  • Jul 20, 2012, 04:48 PM
    paraclete
    All seems a little ancient Tal even though I get the point a leopard doesn't change his spots.
    If you elect Romney you will get the President you deserve and the Nixon era might rise again. If you elect Obama, you will get the President you already have
  • Jul 21, 2012, 04:41 AM
    speechlesstx
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello again,

    Years ago, when Ross Perot was running for president, he addressed the NAACP convention. Somewhere in his remarks was a "you people". Perot had NO idea how offensive that was...

    Yesterday, when asked WHY Romney doesn't release his tax returns, I got called "you people" by Ann Romney.. Her response was, "We've given all 'YOU PEOPLE' need"

    No, Ann. You're not the boss of us. WE'LL tell YOU what we need!

    excon

    First she's attacked for riding horses as part of her MS therapy and now this, you guys have no shame. This was debunked by ABC long before you posted it.
  • Jul 21, 2012, 05:36 AM
    excon
    Hello Steve:

    More right wing, you didn't hear what you heard.. Well, Dude! I DID hear what I heard.

    excon
  • Jul 21, 2012, 05:41 AM
    tomder55
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello again,

    Years ago, when Ross Perot was running for president, he addressed the NAACP convention. Somewhere in his remarks was a "you people". Perot had NO idea how offensive that was...

    Yesterday, when asked WHY Romney doesn't release his tax returns, I got called "you people" by Ann Romney.. Her response was, "We've given all 'YOU PEOPLE' need"

    No, Ann. You're not the boss of us. WE'LL tell YOU what we need!

    excon

    I was wondering where your post about this went . I responded ;but the posting disappeared .
    Truth is that she did not say that .If you listen to the tape and the official ABC transcript you won't find it.
  • Jul 21, 2012, 05:41 AM
    speechlesstx
    Right, that right wing ABC that did the interview has no business debunking their own stuff. Do you hear yourself?
  • Aug 1, 2012, 06:54 AM
    speechlesstx
    The taxers have jumped off the deep end, with the highest ranking Senate Democrat taking the lead.

    Quote:

    Harry Reid: Bain Investor Told Me That Mitt Romney 'Didn't Pay Any Taxes For 10 Years'

    "His poor father must be so embarrassed about his son," Reid said, in reference to George Romney's standard-setting decision to turn over 12 years of tax returns when he ran for president in the late 1960s.

    Saying he had "no problem with somebody being really, really wealthy," Reid sat up in his chair a bit before stirring the pot further. A month or so ago, he said, a person who had invested with Bain Capital called his office.

    "Harry, he didn't pay any taxes for 10 years," Reid recounted the person as saying.

    "He didn't pay taxes for 10 years! Now, do I know that that's true? Well, I'm not certain," said Reid. "But obviously he can't release those tax returns. How would it look?

    "You guys have said his wealth is $250 million," Reid went on. "Not a chance in the world. It's a lot more than that. I mean, you do pretty well if you don't pay taxes for 10 years when you're making millions and millions of dollars."
    And Obama is a Muslim born in Kenya... or so I heard somewhere from somebody.
  • Aug 1, 2012, 07:04 AM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    And Obama is a Muslim born in Kenya...or so I heard somewhere from somebody.

    Hello again, Steve:

    Yeah, I heard it too.. But Obama SHOWED his birth certificate to allay your fears... All Romney has to do is show his tax returns. Boy, can he make Harry Reid look like a fool? He's going to do it right?

    Yeah, sure.

    excon
  • Aug 1, 2012, 07:20 AM
    speechlesstx
    First of all, I had no fears, I'm not a birther - but then you already KNOW that. Second of all, the birthers were on the fringe. This is - as already purposely noted - the highest ranking Senate Democrat starting a conspiracy theory. So go ahead, mock the fringe but not your Senate leader.

    Oh, and 3 years after Romney is elected maybe he'll release the returns.
  • Aug 1, 2012, 07:57 AM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    So go ahead, mock the fringe but not your Senate leader.

    Hello again, Steve:

    Here's the difference... I don't know WHY you can't seem to make the relevant distinctions. First off, Obama DID release his birth certificate. It's just that nobody believed him. After all, why would you?? So, I'd mock ANYBODY who thought Obama was LYING...

    Secondly, I want Romney to release his tax returns because I KNOW, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that they'll END his presidential bid. I suspect Harry Reid knows it too.

    After all, it's his JOB to defeat Romney, just like it's Mitch McConnell's job to make sure Obama is a "one term president. If you mocked McConnell over that comment, I missed it.

    excon

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