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No kidding about the forecast...Schaweeeet! Let's get ready to rumble! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

What he said. The GOP has had the Oval Office for 8 years, and Congress for 6 of them. What have they improved in that time? We have a far bigger government, a far bigger deficit, significant economic concerns, a much smaller dollar, just as much foreign oil dependence, and substantially less respect and goodwill from our international neighbors. The Shrub has made zero progress in restoring honor to the Presidency, despite that being the GOP mantra following Clinton's screw-up with Lewinski. We have more government secrecy, less respect for individual rights, and further erosion of the Constitution. Good job GOP, you've proven that you're not just ineffective, but downright incompetent. You'll have to forgive those of us who think eight years of going backwards is long enough. It's true that we get the government we deserve, and for the last 8 years, we've apparently deserved crap. You've had enough time, done nothing good with it, and don't deserve four more years. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

No, he didn't. Perhaps you didn't read what he said. It's not that surprising, given that McCain's camp didn't either. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I thought it also looked at outlays and specifically stated that it did not take into account any "unstated" spending cuts. I recently posted GWB's last two nomination acceptance speeches, and it's an indisputable fact that ALL such speeches promise more than the winner will be able to deliver. If the winner can't even accomplish that which he said he'd do, it's only common sense that he won't accomplish those things he wouldn't commit to doing. And in either case, both candidates promised to cut spending (in very non-specific terms that will reduce the pain of our holding their feet to the fire when they don't deliver). Both candidates have promised tax cuts for some people and both candidates have promised to cut spending in some areas. As best I could tell, the document I referenced took into account all the specifics they could find on those promises. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

In context, I said "less harm to it", with "it" meaning the deficit. Both parties have put forward policies that would increase our debt. Assuming that increasing our debt is bad, the policies that would increase it less would be doing less "harm." I can see where my choice of word() could have been better. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

True, but which will do less harm to it and insure more people? Hint: It's not John Sinclair McCain III. Why do you think McCain would be better at foreign policy? Because he'd "bomb, bomb, bomb...bomb, bomb Iran"? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Excuse me, but given the sort of photographs you obtain and forward on to others, I'm not surprised you use phrases like "long, hard"...and you have no claim to anything remotely similar to "less twisted"! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Did we ever get that football team together? What about that eight way team? Oooooo . . . can I be the scary clown next time? Ha ha! At least some people are as twisted as I am. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I posted this in another thread last week. You might find it informative. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I bet he can now make a cool whisteling sound in freefall Wouldn't he have to actually skydive for that to happen? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I swear I didn't read this before making my most recent post. Good to see great minds think alike. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Regardless of whether you sit in every lecture, a coach course is going to take up most of your weekend. Saying, "I want to skip sections A, C, and F" sounds like laziness more than a problem with the curriculum. Are you also proposing the 50ish dollar fee be prorated to accomodate the occasional professional teacher who skips a section or three? Remember the KISS principle, and maybe try to help out in the sections you're an expert in rather than circumvent them. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

What he said. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Both parties are for big government, which puts them at odds with the Libertarian platform with regard to spending. On the social side of things, the Democrats generally tend to respect personal liberty more than the Republicans, so it makes sense for more (L)s to gravitate to the (D)s than the (R)s. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Yep, that was a good thing. Our folks in Washington ought to fear that every single morning and act accordingly. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I heard a rumor last weekend that Bill Dause sold his P-51. Can anyone confirm? If so, I wish I'd taken him up on the hour-long flight offer several years ago. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I think they're all ok, including any I have had or will have. The funniest ones to me are offensive to others, so I generally try to pay attention to my audience. The dz.com crowd is far too thin-skinned for my brand of humor, so I generally keep it away from here. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Umm...the President puts the VAST majority of spending in the budget. Congress just doctors it up and adds even more shit afterwards. I agree with you on that part! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I would still like a direct answer to this question: Have you stopped beating your wife yet? Yes, I realize it's a bogus question, but so is your's. In the same way that I should demonstrate that you were beating your wife in the first place before asking my question, you need to first demonstrate that the tissue attached to a rape victim's uterus is, in fact, a person. In my opinion, this cannot be proven one way or the other to the satisfaction of all, therefore a reasonable person would let others make up their own minds. Alternately, why should a rape victim have to suffer through even more physical and emotional trauma than she's already experienced? Shouldn't we try to minimize her pain to the extent practicable (but only so far as her beliefs allow)? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Clarification above. Also, doesn't the President have veto authority of the "law" (i.e. budget) that Congress sends back to him if he doesn't approve of the changes? My understanding is that generally speaking, POTUS writes a budget, Congress plays with it a bit and sends it back for POTUS approval (or veto, as the case may be). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Really? I put most with Congress. They are the ones who slip in spending bills and funnel money to their own litle projects. Seems pretty simple to me. If I dont have extra cash I dont go out and buy a $10,000 entertaiment system. Dont spend what you dont have. Congress acts like a college students with 10 credit cards in the back pocket. I will pay for this later. Makes me sick to think about it! The 2009 budget includes approximately 2.65 trillion dollars in outlays. I don't have an estimate of FY09 earmarks, but the total in FY08 was approximately 16.5 billion dollars. That's about 0.6% of the total budget, and 4% of the deficit. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Excellent! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

The 10:1 ratio makes you wonder about the honesty of the average grassroots keyboard warrior. And the gullibility of the average Republican-leaning reader. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Too bad spending is up 63% since Clinton's last budget. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Throw blame at Congress also! They are the ones who have to fund all the BS pork projects. I thought the Democrats said they were going to get the spending under control. I guess it was all lip service once again. New faces, same old shit! Agreed. While I believe the primary blame lies with GWB, Congress doesn't get a free pass. They approved this ridiculous budget and haven't done anything to help fund it. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)