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Liberal Media Lies
Political logic augurs a Democratic triumph in looming US elections but Barack Obama’s White House duel with John McCain is still a statistical tie, prompting some to wonder why he is yet to break away. Political logic augurs a democratic triumph? Augur: To predict, especially from signs or omens; foretell. What signs or omens are they looking ...
Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 12, 2008
Obama - "Change You Can Count On"-(flip flop) - part 1
''Change You Can Count on'' What??? CHANGE #1: Despite Pledging To Withdraw American Troops From Iraq Immediately, Barack Obama Now Says He Would ''Refine'' His Policy After Listening To The Commanders On The Ground In July 2008, Barack Obama Said He Will Continue To ''Refine'' His Iraq Policy. Obama: ''I've always said that the pace of ...
Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 11, 2008
Re: Put Obama on the spot with his lies-Part 2
Obama misleads and LIES on Oil Profits Speaking to a town hall meeting on July 31, 2008. Barack Obama tries to slant the money made by the oil industry as being bad. What he once again neglected, ignored, chose not to mention on purpose is the record amount of money the United States Government has raked in from Exxon. Once again the politicians ...
Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 11, 2008
Put Obama on the spot with his lies-Part 2
Obama's 76 lies and counting.... 1.) Selma Got Me Born - LIAR, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965. Source: hotair.com 2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - LIAR, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government. 3.) Father Was A Proud ...
Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 11, 2008
Re: Say it: McCain's a LIAR.
Look idiot ... your efforts trying to justify the unjustifiable (Obama's actions) result childish, comic, ingenuous, ingenious, amazing, sad, irrelevant, and even......PATHETIC!!!
Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 11, 2008
Re: Obama, Oil, Drilling, Devaluation
What free lunch?? GOP Policies failures due to those Socialist democrats in Congress like Pelosi... Congress has its own ban on offshore energy exploration, and the Democrats who run Congress have shown no sign that they are willing to follow Bush's example. They have preferred to make excuses--about why the price of oil is rising, who is to ...
Posted to XX Factor by MiamiVice on August 5, 2008
Let's not be ridiculous.
Let's not be ridiculous. A) E.J. Graff and others are upset over the existence of stereotypes. Does all comedy need to abandon any use of stereotypes? Should the writers of the Simpson's apologize for reinforcing stereotypes about desi Kwiki-Mart owners? Should we all feel bad for laughing at Futurama's Judge Whitey? Should we start a letter ...
Posted to XX Factor by diggyG on July 16, 2008
satire and stereotypes
EJ's got a lot of the underlying stuff right here: we all stereotype, whether we mean to or not. A lot of insidious stereotypes are cultural, omnipresent and deeply engrained in our subconscious. But this is exactly why good satire is good for uprooting, rather than ''activating'' stereotypes. Anything that alerts us to our subconscious ...
Posted to XX Factor by transit-oriented diva on July 16, 2008