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"You lie!" vs. "F&ck the President!" -- which is more offensive from Congressman?

Feb 242012

Question by Міша: “You lie!” vs. “F&ck the President!” — which is more offensive from Congressman?
When Republican Congressman Joe Wilson publicly accused Obama of lying, he was forced to apologize for his rudeness (though the fact, that Obama was, indeed, lying, was rather obvious to all — Obamacare will, of course, cover all people — illegals included).

Today some Democratic Congressman shouted “F&ck the President” when the Democratic Caucus (and that’s the majority of Congressmen until January) were discussing Obama’s compromise on tax-cuts and unemployment benefits.

http://minx.cc/?post=309204

http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/12/09/profanity-anger-spill-over-in-democratic-caucus-meeting/

The identity of the “frustrated” Congressman is not revealed, and he is unlikely to be asked to apologize or otherwise punished in any way.

Is that Ok with you?

Best answer:

Answer by Grand Theft Pants™ the 11th
lol.

Well I’d say shouting “you lie” during the president’s speech was more innapropriate (though Wilson was right…he was lying).

What do you think? Answer below!

"We Have To Stop These EVIL & CORRUPT Politicians From Destroying Our Once Great Country!"

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Feb 172012

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From president to king? Obama has authority to assassinate all "potential" terrorists

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Feb 162012

Today the United States House of Representatives and Senate both passed their final versions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2012, or HR 1540. This represents the complete destruction of everything that America is supposed to stand for, the most essential of rights have been stripped away and we are left wondering what the traitors in Washington will do next. It has become painfully clear that the true terrorists are not hiding in caves in Afghanistan shooting at NATO troops with rusted second-hand assault rifles, but instead wear 00 suits and stroll happily through the halls of power in the United States. The House passed their final version of the NDAA with a massive majority of 283 to 136 and the Senate passed it with a vote of 86 to 13, once again proving that our so-called Representatives do not represent us in any way and in fact are traitorous criminals and enemies of freedom. No longer do we need to fear our country being attacked by foreign forces hell bent on destroying the American way of life, as these forces can be found calling themselves our “Representatives” while living large on the backs of the American people. The signing of the NDAA with the detention provisions — that is, sections 1031 and 1032 most importantly — intact represents the final nail in the coffin of our once Constitutional Republic. I can honestly say that I previously thought that the PATRIOT Act would be the worst legislation I would ever see in my …

Senate Looking At Cutting Senior's Social Security Benefits Again: View From A Carmel, CA Private Duty Caregiving Service

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Feb 152012

Article by Richard Kuehn

It was just a few weeks ago that cuts in Social Security looked like they had been taken off the table indefinitely but recent reports show that the sheer size of the budget deficit are having even Democrats take another peek at this sensitive issue. A Wall Street Journal story on March 21 said that the Democrats had broken ranks and some were favoring raising the retirement limit and other moves to help reduce the budget deficit. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) and Sen. Chuck Shumer are said to be vehemently opposed to any such move, stating that Social Security is in a trust fund and cuts in it would have no impact on the deficit. Dozens of other Senators and the American Association for Retired Persons are also lobbying heavily against linking Social Security to the deficit. There are three Democratic Senators (Mark Warner of Virginia, Kent Conrad of North Dakota and Richard Durbin of Illinois) who are said to be leading the charge of doing just that, negotiating with three Republicans who together are now dubbed the “Gang of Six”. They are looking to cut trillion from the Federal budget deficit over the next decade in part by cutting entitlement programs.Although in theory Social Security is in a separate fund which is not supposed to be linked to the deficit, in fact for decades the government took in more in Social Security withholding taxes than it paid out in benefits. The fund used this surplus to buy U.S. Treasury Bonds, effectively loaning money to the government out of the Social Security fund. The Gang of Six is now looking at raising the retirement age to 69 by 2075, increasing payroll taxes for high wage earnings and “trimming benefits for certain groups”. No elaboration has been given on this plan for trimming, which will face huge opposition from many in the Senate, not to mention the American Association for Retired Persons, which represents those over 50 years old and has a huge lobbying budget. “Nobody wants to hit a buzz-saw called ‘people over the age of 50,’” said American Association for Retired Persons spokesperson Nancy LeaMond.There is no question we have a problem on our hands but it’s surprising that politicians want to risk bringing up cuts to Social Security just prior to the Presidential elections next year. The fund is projected to be solvent through 2037, after which it would only be able to pay out about 75-80% of promised benefits. At Family inHome Caregiving of Monterey, we have Clients all over the Peninsula, from Carmel, Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach up to Seaside, Marina, Sand City and Moss Landing. They come from all walks of life, but they are all concerned about the lack of an inflationary (CPI) increase in their social security payments over the past two years while day-to-day costs like food, gas and medical bills shoot through the roof. I am urging them all to get out and vote. Please, make your voices heard on important issues like this.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704360404576207070403848038.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

After more than a decade of caregiving, both in a professional environment and for a 97 year old family member Richard Kuehn was dissatisfied with service from local caregiving agencies. He became convinced of the need for a service which provides very personal assistance to the elderly and founded Family inHome Caregiving serving the Monterey Peninsula.

Progress Being Made on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid Reform? View From A Private Duty Caregiver in Carmel, CA

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Feb 122012

Article by Richard Kuehn

Progress Being Made on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid Reform? View From A Private Duty Caregiver in Carmel, Family inHome Caregiving of Monterey, CA

In an interesting power play, six senators, three Democrats and three Republicans (dubbed the “Gang of Six” in the media) have reportedly been having secret meetings to come up with a deficit reduction plan, bypassing President Barack Obama’s call for forming a bipartisan group in Congress. They are trying to fast track the process by coming up with a solution to the crisis by the time Congress returns from their May recess. According to the New York Times they have been working on the process for four months. Democrats are said to be agreeable to putting curbs on the growth of Medicare and Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California) spending as well as some changes to Social Security, while Republicans would accept higher taxes and lower military spending. The group is lead by Senator Mark Warner (Democrat, Virginia) and Senator Saxby Chambliss (Republican, Georgia). The other four members of the group are Senator Kent Conrad (Democrat, North Dakota), Senator Richard Durbin (Democrat, Illinois), Senator Tom Coburn (Republican, Oklahoma) and Michael Crapo (Republican, Idaho). Instead of the draconian cuts to Medical that were in a bill passed by the House on Friday, the group is said to be working on a plan to raise payroll withholding taxes to fund higher costs in Social Security and Medicare as well as some other taxes which could fund Medical. There’s likely to be some cuts in these programs, but the plan being worked on seems to be much more modest on the cost cutting side for seniors and our nation’s poorest on Medical. Stay tuned, this issue won’t be resolved quickly.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/us/politics/17fiscal.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

http://www.familyinhomecaregiving.com/blog/index.html?entry=medicare-and-medicaid-medi-cal

While the Congress and Senate are Struggling to Approve the Payroll Tax Extension, Ideal Tax Solution is Helping Businesses Everywhere with Tax Debts from Harsh Payroll Taxes of the Past

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Feb 072012

Costa Mesa, CA (PRWEB) December 19, 2011

In recent news, it seems our democracy is struggling to agree on whether there should be another year long extension on payroll taxes. New York Times states, ?But Senate Democratic leaders said they had no immediate plans to call the Senate back to work out a deal with the House, leaving the fate of the legislation, which would also prevent a 27 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors, unclear. At the same time, tensions increased between the Senate, which overwhelmingly approved the two-month extension on Saturday, and the House. Senator Scott Brown, a Republican facing re-election in Massachusetts, called his Republican colleagues in the House ?irresponsible and wrong? for rejecting the Senate bill.? Many businesses are on the edge of their seats hoping the extension pulls through. While there has been tons of controversy on this subject, there?s one thing that remains true amidst it all. Businesses in America have struggled in the past and still in the present with paying payroll taxes.

In the meantime, there are businesses across the country already seeking help of tax professionals to settle debts they?ve acquired due to payroll taxes required in the past. Tax professionals are able to assist businesses and individuals alike in lifting wage garnishments and levies and putting holds on accounts keeping them safe the IRS. A lot of businesses are struggling due to these debts, and the future is looking gray for them on whether it?ll be getting easier. At least there is help. Tax professionals are becoming more and more proficient in helping Americans pull the reins on their tax debts and controlling the stressful interaction between the IRS and tax payers. Businesses with tax debts due to payroll are experiencing wage garnishments and bank levies which is making is more difficult to pay their payroll due now and in the future. Tax professionals are standing by, ready to help these businesses get their debts under control.

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Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party (Studies in Postwar American Political Development)

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Feb 052012

Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party (Studies in Postwar American Political Development)

As the 2012 elections approach, the Republican Party is rocketing rightward away from the center of public opinion. Republicans in Congress threaten to shut down the government and force a U.S. debt default. Tea Party activists mount primary challenges against Republican officeholders who appear to exhibit too much pragmatism or independence. Moderation and compromise are dirty words in the Republican presidential debates. The GOP, it seems, has suddenly become a party of ideological purity.

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Evolve Emerges from Closed Beta to Debut Universal Platform for Gaming

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Jan 272012

MIinneapolis, MN (PRWEB) January 16, 2012

Today, Echobit, LLC (http://www.echobit.com) announces the release of its next generation social network and toolset for gamers, called Evolve (http://www.evolvehq.com). After an exciting 8 months in closed beta (and adding 8,000 members along the way), the three-person startup has quietly built a platform that maximizes the reach and influence of gamers? and the games they play within the rapidly expanding, increasingly disconnected video game universe.

FRAGMENTATION = FAIL

The video game industry is multiplatformed and wildly incongruent. PCs and consoles have been joined by mobile devices, social networks and tablets to amass a global audience of over 1.2 billion gamers?up from 250 million just a few years ago?an audience with extremely limited ability to consolidate their various exploits into one discrete gaming context. ?Today?s gamers want to remain whole and in control of their gaming lives across any game, publisher or platform,? states Adam Sellke, Co-founder and CEO of Echobit. ?Publishers and hardware manufacturers like Activision/Blizzard, EA, Ubisoft, Valve, Zynga, Apple, Microsoft, Sony and others are all protecting their respective turfs on Battle.net, Call of Duty Elite, Origin, uPlay, Steam, GameCenter, Xbox Live, Play Station Network and the like. That?s nuts. These silos and walled gardens unnecessarily constrain gamers? freedom, so we created Evolve.?

L?EGGO YOUR EGO

Evolve provides gamers an elegant view of their gaming world from a single profile. From it, players are treated to stats, rankings and charts of the games they and their friends are enjoying. Evolve not only gives players a place to roost, but also plenty of ways to crow. ?A big part of gaming is bragging,? contends Sellke. ?Evolve lets you really show ?em who?s boss.? The platform supports the ability to import and aggregate various gaming achievements onto a profile. Also, Evolve members are equipped with ?live? badges for touting their prowess with up-to-the-minute data on sites and forums. Evolve has recently added in-game screen and video capture to help gamers ?prove once and for all that their kung fu is the best,? says Sellke.

QUIT PLAYING WITH YOURSELF

There are a lot of social tools and game tracking/achievement aggregators out there, but no other platform directly facilitates game coordination and connectivity like Evolve. ?Everything we do is aimed at maximizing the gaming experience for gamers,? says Sellke. ?A big part of that is bringing gamers together and reducing the time it takes to actually get playing.? Multi-protocol IM, group chat and in-party VoIP allow gamers to connect, gab and kvetch to each other, virtually anywhere, in real-time. Friendships can be inherited from Facebook. Others are able to be recruited via invitation links that bring players together as friends or into groups and parties. Joining a party establishes a VPN connection in one-click for LAN play and built-in VoIP. One other feature, an industry first, is the party finder?a universal matchmaking system that allows gamers to poll the network for multiple games of interest at the same time. As soon as the system finds others who share the same pursuits, all those concerned are offered a match and, upon acceptance, are instantly placed into a party.

SUMMARY

Fragmentation and platform proliferation threaten gamers? ability to maintain a singular reference point to their gaming activities and limits their social value. Evolve, through its game-agnostic connectivity tools and common player profile is establishing a free, open and universal platform in this space, spanning the void and making it the inevitable solution.

ABOUT EVOLVE

Evolve [http://www.evolvehq.com is a social platform for gamers developed by Echobit, LLC. Evolve makes it easy to keep tabs on gaming friends and rally them together for raids, deathmatches and co-op play. The Evolve experience is available both on the web as well as in-game via its overlay technology. Evolve optionally integrates with existing social networks and services including AIM, Twitter, Facebook, Raptr, Xfire, MSN, ICQ, XMPP and Google Talk, all while fully respecting its members? privacy.

ABOUT ECHOBIT, LLC

Echobit, LLC [http://www.echobit.com is a Minneapolis, MN based startup. Founded in 2006, Echobit is focused on dislodging entrenched, closed business models by building democratic platforms that help people better connect with each other. Its flagship platform, Evolve, is aimed at making gaming a more engaging and social experience.

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Mount Democrat from Climax Mine

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Jan 142012

Mount Democrat from Climax Mine

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FORA.tv to Stream Free, Live Broadcast of the Intelligence Squared U.S. Debate from New York on Tuesday, January 10: "The U.N. Should Admit Palestine as a Full Member"

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Jan 072012

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) January 06, 2012

On Tuesday, January 10, FORA.tv, the leading online destination for video programs from the world?s best conferences and events, will broadcast the first debate of the Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2US) 2012 season. Hailed as America?s premier debate series, Intelligence Squared U.S. will present five engaging events this spring and will kick of the season with a look at one of the world?s most protracted political conflicts: the volatile relationship between Israel and Palestine, and specifically whether the U.N. should admit Palestine as a full member state. After 20 years of failed talks with Israel, can the recent plea by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to the U.N. really serve as an effective way to create a two-state solution? Or is Palestine setting the peace process back by bypassing negotiations?

FORA.tv will live stream the debate from the NYU Skirball Center in New York starting at 6:45pm ET (3:45pm PT) on Tuesday, Jan. 10. The free live online event can be viewed at intelligencesquaredus.fora.tv. Following the live event, FORA.tv will offer the debate as a free on-demand program.

In support of the motion:

Mustafa Barghouthi, Former Palestinian National Authority Presidential Candidate

Daniel Levy, Former Israeli Government Negotiator & J Street Co-Founder

Against the motion:

Aaron David Miller, Former U.S. Mideast Negotiator, and advisor of Republican and Democratic Secretaries of State

Dore Gold, former Israel Ambassador to the United Nations

The Moderator: John Donvan is a correspondent for ABC News? ?Nightline.? In a career that spans more than two decades for ABC News, Donvan previously served as the Chief White House Correspondent, along with postings in Moscow, London, Jerusalem and Amman.

Throughout the spring FORA.tv will live stream four additional IQ2US debates, which will consider the government?s role in managing obesity (2/7/12); whether China is better at capitalism than the U.S. (3/13/12); the impact of the Internet on politics (4/17/12); and if college football should be banned (5/8/12).

ABOUT FORA.tv

FORA.tv is the leading online destination for video programs from the world’s best conferences and events. With more than 10,000 free and fee-based videos and its iPad ?Conference Channel? app, FORA.tv has the web’s largest collection of programs that feature the people, issues, and ideas changing the world. FORA.tv helps hundreds of organizations including the Aspen Institute, the Economist, the New York Public Library, and Wired expand the audience for their events. FORA.tv has been named a Top 50 Web Site by TIME, and a Top Education Site by The Telegraph. FORA.tv is funded by a select group of investors led by William R. Hearst III and is based in San Francisco. For more information, visit http://fora.tv.

ABOUT INTELLIGENCE SQUARED U.S. DEBATES (IQ2US)

Rethink your point of view with Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2US), Oxford-style debates live from New York City. Based on the highly successful debate program based in London, Intelligence Squared U.S. has presented over 50 debates on a wide range of provocative and timely topics. From global warming and the financial crisis, to Afghanistan/Pakistan and the death of mainstream media, Intelligence Squared U.S. brings together the world?s leading authorities on the day?s most important issues. Since its inception in 2006, the goals of The Intelligence Squared U.S. Foundation have been to provide a new forum for intelligent discussion, grounded in facts and informed by reasoned analysis; to transcend the toxically emotional and the reflexively ideological; and to encourage recognition that the opposing side has intellectually respectable views. Visit http://www.iq2us.org for more information.

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