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"United We Stand" Message Board     UWS Home    TSL Home    Football Board    Subscriber Board    High Tech Research Moves From U.S. To China  --  Montclair Hokie   Sat Mar 20 2010 12:28:23 PM        And in response: Brain Drain  --  Montclair Hokie   Sat Mar 20 2010 12:29:36 PM    Let's hear it for a man of conviction, a man who is doing what he was sent to DC  --  AZHokie59   Sat Mar 20 2010 10:56:55 AM        VA Pilot lists Glenn Nye (D-VA) as an undecided.  --  Hokie CPA   Sat Mar 20 2010 11:46:14 AM        Yep-Men of his character are a rarity in DC. **  --  1674 hokie   Sat Mar 20 2010 11:09:46 AM    Please support this fine conservative Hokie, even if  --  VTCC'65   Sat Mar 20 2010 10:09:47 AM        I'm sure he'll be speaking at the Republican National Convention  --  HokieHighlander   Sat Mar 20 2010 11:35:41 AM            I hope but Reps have not been very inviting of capable blacks such as JC Watts  --  VTCC'65   Sat Mar 20 2010 12:15:44 PM    Luis Gutierrez is an extreme dick  --  JLM-Hokie   Sat Mar 20 2010 9:58:33 AM        He's from Chicago, what do you expect. **  --  1674 hokie   Sat Mar 20 2010 10:15:20 AM        The ONLY thing he seems to care about is giving illegal aliens as many   --  GoHokies14   Sat Mar 20 2010 10:05:24 AM            Too many minorities are loyal first to their ethnicity, and down the list   --  oaktonhokie   Sat Mar 20 2010 10:51:19 AM                Agreed. Just like too many whites are loyal to their ethinicity first as well. **  --  HokieCholo   Sat Mar 20 2010 11:54:24 AM                    Well if that were true Obama wouldn't have gotten elected **  --  HokieHighlander   Sat Mar 20 2010 12:09:12 PM                    'ethnicity'. See how loyal I am...I couldn't even spell it. **  --  HokieCholo   Sat Mar 20 2010 11:55:18 AM            How do these people get elected into office?  --  JLM-Hokie   Sat Mar 20 2010 10:07:54 AM                The minority vote is the difference maker in these types of elections.  --  GoHokies14   Sat Mar 20 2010 10:41:44 AM    Dems question credibility of memo...(text + link)  --  Hokie5150   Sat Mar 20 2010 8:37:49 AM    Credit scores can drop after getting loan help...(text + link)  --  Hokie5150   Sat Mar 20 2010 8:27:51 AM        Duh! If you need help to pay your mortgage you are as credit worthy as when   --  Florida Hokie   Sat Mar 20 2010 10:50:40 AM            I'm w/ FH on this one....Why should this surprise people? **  --  ModerateHokie   Sat Mar 20 2010 12:33:30 PM            Oops - you are NOT as credit worthy... **  --  Florida Hokie   Sat Mar 20 2010 10:51:06 AM    Will illegal mexicans drink more beer this Sunday or on May 5th?  --  moonda   Fri Mar 19 2010 11:54:04 PM        Are their drinking habits different from legal ones? **  --  spoken hokie   Sat Mar 20 2010 2:19:00 AM            Yes, they steal more of what they drink. **  --  1674 hokie   Sat Mar 20 2010 10:17:28 AM            No, but tomorrow is a potentially bigger day for illegals than for legals while  --  GoHokies14   Sat Mar 20 2010 10:07:00 AM    Can't wait for some of that FREE Health Care!!!  --  Vip in Danville   Fri Mar 19 2010 10:50:45 PM        Just like when you were growing up....Do what daddy says. **  --  1674 hokie   Sat Mar 20 2010 10:24:23 AM        They're doing this all for me **  --  anOldHokie   Sat Mar 20 2010 9:43:55 AM        Beer for the horses!~! **  --  Riverguy   Sat Mar 20 2010 8:39:21 AM        I would bet that you're already getting plenty of it. **  --  HokieFanDC   Fri Mar 19 2010 11:18:08 PM            Not according to my personal account ledger.  --  Vip in Danville   Fri Mar 19 2010 11:21:10 PM                So, you pay 100% of your premiums, out of your own pocket, with no  --  HokieFanDC   Sat Mar 20 2010 1:20:11 AM                    You can't claim money the gov't DIDN'T take from you is a "break." **  --  USN_Hokie   Sat Mar 20 2010 9:08:40 AM                        If you're comparing someone who pays for insurance using  --  HokieFanDC   Sat Mar 20 2010 12:44:36 PM                    He's also a True Patriot® and declines the mortgage interest deduction  --  spoken hokie   Sat Mar 20 2010 2:21:34 AM                        Boy, you guys don't get it, do you?  --  Vip in Danville   Sat Mar 20 2010 7:49:21 AM                            "Have me pay for someone else's healthcare" You Nimrod  --  VJENYATK   Sat Mar 20 2010 7:54:43 AM                                And that will continue you Nimrod  --  Montclair Hokie   Sat Mar 20 2010 8:36:14 AM                                    Cracking down on ER use won't save us as much money as you think..(text + link)  --  Hokie5150   Sat Mar 20 2010 8:51:39 AM        Does this mean I can cancel mine  --  Hokie Man 24   Fri Mar 19 2010 11:13:09 PM            Nope..You be fined....Gotta be Dem to get it free. **  --  1674 hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 11:19:40 PM    Now this is cool....  --  HokieHam   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:58:37 PM    "Let's put our heads together and start a new country up  --  HokieHam   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:39:22 PM        First let rebel from King Obama and Queen Pelosi  --  novahokie88   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:50:15 PM            ...... then move on to the pubs... and then torch K Street. **  --  HokieHam   Fri Mar 19 2010 10:07:04 PM    Oops...CBO now says HCR will be in the red...  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:04:59 PM        Where did you read that? **  --  moonda   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:15:34 PM            Re: Where did you read that?  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:19:11 PM                You know, if you ignore enough expense items, you can make any budget look good. **  --  Hokie5150   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:37:55 PM                    Or if you keep manipulate numbers and re-invent economics **  --  novahokie88   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:51:14 PM                    This entire thing has been such a farce...  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:40:40 PM                        I think it's better to just laugh in their face. **  --  HokieHam   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:50:21 PM                Good plan. I'm not counting my mortgage in our family budget. Hey, i'm rich. **  --  oaktonhokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:26:44 PM                If theCBO says60 billion in the red which actually means 1trillion in red?2tril? **  --  moonda   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:23:00 PM        That would be important if hcare were about hcare. **  --  oaktonhokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:13:47 PM    Back in H-Town ..got to looking, up and down (scrolling?, is that what it is?)..  --  HoutexHokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 8:56:46 PM        Can you name the album that was released on?  --  Vip in Danville   Fri Mar 19 2010 10:38:24 PM        "How high's the deficit papa? ...  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:06:13 PM            +10 ROFLMAO... **  --  Hokie5150   Sat Mar 20 2010 8:23:27 AM    Could this be Ruben's car? If I were in VA, I might  --  HokieFanDC   Fri Mar 19 2010 7:35:46 PM        I wonder when he will show back up again? Zeus, OBXguy, plus a few others? **  --  HokieHam   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:43:34 PM        He used "SOONER" twice... :-p **  --  ArcticHokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 8:31:25 PM        I wonder if he likes the American flag?? **  --  HokieHighlander   Fri Mar 19 2010 8:14:06 PM            Not really. The one on the far right is from the car dealership across the st. **  --  HokieFanDC   Fri Mar 19 2010 8:19:47 PM                Ahh ok **  --  HokieHighlander   Fri Mar 19 2010 8:36:42 PM    Man escorted out of Patriot Center for booing the Messiah  --  novahokie88   Fri Mar 19 2010 6:23:24 PM        I guess it was OK when people were escourted out for Booing Bush..  --  VT0306   Sat Mar 20 2010 9:34:57 AM            Shhh. Most of these guys were born about 15 months ago.  --  HokieCholo   Sat Mar 20 2010 11:59:57 AM        That is not considered free speech. If one can't conduct themselves in a civil   --  Pancaker   Fri Mar 19 2010 7:40:56 PM            Booooooooooooooooooooooooo!! Boooooooooooooooooooo!! **  --  HokieFanDC   Fri Mar 19 2010 8:03:38 PM                Stick it in! Stick it in. Was that your latest greatest contribution ..  --  HoutexHokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 8:42:06 PM                    Your sense of humor has dipped below the x-axis. **  --  HokieFanDC   Fri Mar 19 2010 11:16:52 PM                    One can't 'Boo", bt I see it's O.K. to "Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaa".  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 8:44:33 PM    "Nothing Outside the State" by Robert Higgs   --  HokieHam   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:18:13 PM        I guess as long as you're still free to leave, then you're free. **  --  Gobbler-100   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:25:28 PM            That's right Gobbler. Love it or leave it! **  --  ip_law-hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:27:50 PM                It's what American business has been doing for years....leaving.  --  HokieHam   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:55:00 PM                I hear New Zealand is nice. ;-) **  --  Gobbler-100   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:29:35 PM                    It's great. They are a good example of how you can have high tax  --  HokieFanDC   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:34:46 PM                        If I'm gonna pay high taxes, I want to make sure...  --  Gobbler-100   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:40:38 PM                    It is. You should visit. **  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:31:18 PM                        Borneo would be good for you. **  --  Pancaker   Fri Mar 19 2010 7:43:51 PM                        Too long of a flight for my tastes. I get twitchy on anything over 3 hrs. **  --  Gobbler-100   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:32:55 PM                            Although I guess if I was moving there I'd only have to do it once. **  --  Gobbler-100   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:34:30 PM    Why doesn't the Catholic church just permit women to be priests so they can get   --  HokieCholo   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:40:21 PM        You'll have to talk to God about that one. Be sure to ask him  --  Pancaker   Fri Mar 19 2010 7:46:32 PM        I'm a protestant that finds himself in the uneviable position of defending  --  speedkills   Fri Mar 19 2010 6:28:32 PM        That Magesterium will get after ya.  --  Valencia Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:22:13 PM            I am fairly certain that no Pope has declared that there are to be no female  --  FrankismyHomie   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:55:36 PM        Or let priests get married  --  Manbearpig   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:58:00 PM            Yeah- I don't get that... **  --  WestEndHokie39   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:15:56 PM                Dollars to donuts they've wanted to change it  --  Valencia Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:36:17 PM                It all starts with Saint Peter for them. Read your New Testament. It's a great  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:18:55 PM                    It didn't start with St Peter for several hundred years  --  Baltimore Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 10:57:17 PM                    Not to pick nits but  --  Valencia Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:24:43 PM                        Whoa...............we are on the same page. It is a leap.......  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:26:50 PM            Never happen. **  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:05:54 PM                Probably not **  --  Manbearpig   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:07:21 PM            Yep, that too. **  --  HokieCholo   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:58:48 PM        I guess they don't want to start letting women molest them too. **  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:45:47 PM            And not just little boys, probably little girls too. **  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:46:44 PM                But they would be able to get rid of them without concerns that they were runnin  --  HokieCholo   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:50:52 PM                    I don't think so. I think it was all about keeping the Church looking good  --  FrankismyHomie   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:54:16 PM                    You may be right and it is a good point. **  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:53:32 PM            And not just little boys, probably little girls too. **  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:46:43 PM        It's hard to get a logical answer when you're discussing a corrupted  --  HokieFanDC   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:45:05 PM            Agreed. **  --  HokieCholo   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:46:23 PM    Congressman’s Office Says Constituent Calls Are ‘Harassment’ (text + link)  --  Hokie5150   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:02:12 PM        I'd say he was harassing her. She's not there to debate the issues. She's  --  HokieFanDC   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:50:54 PM            So, you tell your employer to send you a letter to explain anything? These   --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:00:51 PM                That's a ridiculous analogy. They can't field calls and have   --  HokieFanDC   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:09:12 PM                    He didn't ask for a debate. He asked to give his representative his views on   --  Hokie5150   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:23:49 PM                        And that's the problem w/lobbyists. They can bring $ and votes to a candidate  --  HokieFanDC   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:38:56 PM                    We are witnessing first hand what happens when Congress does not  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:13:12 PM                        I'll agree that the caller had the right to push the issue. And the staffer  --  HokieFanDC   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:17:44 PM                            Uh oh. We damn near agree on something. **  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:20:58 PM                                I bet we agree on lots of things. Agreeing is boring though, so I don't   --  HokieFanDC   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:39:54 PM                They work for ALL of us  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:06:30 PM                    Lobbyist manage to get heard... **  --  Hokie5150   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:24:44 PM                        How many constituents do a Congressman have?  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:27:49 PM                            Does **  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:28:14 PM                        Side effect of $ = speech. **  --  Gobbler-100   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:26:49 PM            Bingo **  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:00:41 PM        At least you could contact your congressionman. Connolly has turned his phones   --  novahokie88   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:35:24 PM        Just think how much more arrogant they will be once this POS passes into law.  --  HokieHam   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:19:31 PM            It's the fall...not that they really have much winter. B-T-W next Congress will  --  HENRICO HOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:43:06 PM            That's funny. The wife and I were discussing where to live last night. There,   --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:31:12 PM                Might not be a bad idea. New Zealand sounds nice. **  --  HokieHam   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:35:52 PM                    Well, we are dead serious. She is looking at tax laws, etc., now. This  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:38:45 PM                        That's a good one. You guys are a riot. **  --  ip_law-hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:40:46 PM                            Laugh all you want. You have no clue the kind of wealth that is getting  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:43:15 PM                                What do you suppose the impact of this will be?  --  Jmac610   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:19:41 PM                                    Shhhh. Don't confuse people with facts. **  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:24:59 PM                                Just like when the pubs screw things up and libs talk about moving to France  --  Manbearpig   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:05:44 PM                                <2001>Look at all the dumbass liberals threatening to move to Canada!</ **  --  HooFighter   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:54:17 PM                                    Yeah, too bad they didn't follow through....weren't most of them washed up...  --  HokieHam   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:57:51 PM                                    Big difference dumb ass is I'm not threatening. But we ARE looking. I do not   --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:57:07 PM                                        Have you considered Somalia?  --  HooFighter   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:17:28 PM                                            So sorry, they just missed the cut to be evaluated. **  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:29:12 PM                                            Good idea. I always dreamed of being a pirate....arrrgh.  --  HokieHam   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:23:22 PM                                Ask Maryland how much wealth they lost with their tax increases  --  novahokie88   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:52:52 PM                                    Just look at New York. And it's having a big effect. **  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:54:36 PM        Wow, just wow is my reaction, so the people vote these morons in  --  cwtcr hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:08:08 PM        The absolute arrogance of this POS...  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:04:03 PM            What a bunch of crap  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:31:21 PM                Oh how cute. **  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 8:36:42 PM        Haha. I posted it below...........Back in the USSR **  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:03:42 PM            Sorry...didn't see your post. **  --  Hokie5150   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:05:06 PM                No, no. Great minds........................ **  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:09:17 PM    OK. We still don't have a final score from the CBO (the   --  Hokie5150   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:56:29 PM        I really don't think they care...so they will vote.  --  HokieHam   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:57:22 PM    Back in the USSR (Link)  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:35:08 PM        You don't know how lucky you are, boy  --  FrankismyHomie   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:50:52 PM    Who wants to bet the senate will tweek the reconcilliation the house passes,   --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:24:01 PM        Supposedly, neither side is going to allow amendments  --  Grimeball   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:32:59 PM            Sen. Conrad has already stated there would be changes.  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:37:49 PM                And...........amendment after amendment can be called by anyone in the  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:43:55 PM    Dear morons in congress, unless you get the fat asses in this country to start   --  cwtcr hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:20:16 PM        That's not far behind.  --  Burgrugby   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:36:26 PM            All this crap is soooo simple, sorry but if you are very out of shape you are   --  cwtcr hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:04:10 PM                I think you had a headstart on the nuts thing, Bubbleboy. **  --  Pancaker   Fri Mar 19 2010 7:48:32 PM        Yeah...they'll take away liberty to tax people for not buying something  --  Grimeball   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:32:00 PM        Are we not free to choose this for ourselves? **  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:26:11 PM            Evidently not. **  --  HokieHam   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:32:29 PM    And now we now a little more of the HC story. (Link)  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:55:41 PM        Well, just wait a minute. Politico pulled the story until it can be absolutely   --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:58:57 PM            5150 has the original text in his link below. Personally, I think the Doc Fix  --  Grimeball   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:15:58 PM                Here's a link to a pdf of the supposed memo...  --  Hokie5150   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:23:03 PM                    Looks fake to me. **  --  Grimeball   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:36:10 PM                        Obviously an e-mail. Is it real? I dunno. Plausible. Definitely.  --  Burgrugby   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:00:54 PM                            Why would an email have such horrible image quality?  --  Manbearpig   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:14:25 PM                                I'm going to pull a Dan Rather here and say even if it is fake, it  --  Hokie5150   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:16:15 PM                        I have no idea. No clue what such memo should look like... **  --  Hokie5150   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:42:38 PM                You are 100% correct. **  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:19:18 PM        KNOW. Bad, bad day. **  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:56:11 PM    Pelosi invokes prayer over HC?????  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:40:39 PM        LOL... as she calls Congress to work on the Sabbath to pass the vote. **  --  Burgrugby   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:59:23 PM        There are no atheists hours before a Congressional HC vote. **  --  Valencia Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:53:01 PM        Libs like religion/constitution/patriotism when it's convenient/advantageous. **  --  oaktonhokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:48:39 PM            So do many pub politicians...just sayin  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:52:37 PM                Still waiting for the leftist outrage. (as opposed to Will's deflction below) **  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:02:49 PM                    I'm about as disillusioned w/Nancy as I was Dubya circa '07.  --  beedubyah   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:15:50 PM                        And it was expected from W...  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:21:34 PM                More likely to find trud patriots/constitutionalists who are conservatives. **  --  oaktonhokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:56:47 PM                    Bad spellers of the world Untie  --  FrankismyHomie   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:09:05 PM                        Christian Dyslexics will pray to Dog for you. **  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:13:08 PM            Amen. **  --  JHHOKIE   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:51:35 PM        Wonder if she prays for the aborted children well.  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:46:50 PM            Great point. You know its good when all a dem can say is "You stay classy 80" **  --  GoHokies14   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:55:35 PM            You stay classy 80 **  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:49:20 PM                We'll ecuse his behavior in this case....since it is Pelosi.  --  vthokieq   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:51:36 PM                    We will also excuse it as well. **  --  vthokieq   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:52:00 PM                Thanks for the daily irony Will. **  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:50:02 PM                    So now other poster's behavior excuses your lack of class? Got it.  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:00:33 PM                        I never called her a name. I questioned her praying.  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:01:49 PM                            That's not what I had a problem with and you know it  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:14:52 PM                                Yeah...most devout Catholics are fine with it.  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:19:08 PM                                    Reading this thread makes me doubt you are religious. **  --  BG Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:30:40 PM                                    ZOMG, someone has a different opinion than you.  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:24:11 PM                                        You mean accepting 9 of the 10 commandments. THAT kind of devout? **  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:26:15 PM                                            So I guess McCain and Sanford aren't devout because they committed adultery **  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:34:01 PM                                                Are they passing legislation to that effect?  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:35:48 PM                                                    You just got worked.  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:37:38 PM                                                        He's going to say "do not kill"...DUH!   --  vthokieq   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:40:57 PM                                                        Umm...Thou shall not murder?  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:40:29 PM                                                            Exactly. The difference here is that  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:44:46 PM                                                                There's where you disagry....you aren't going to convince him...  --  vthokieq   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:47:51 PM                                                                    Correct  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:52:55 PM                                                                        The "law" is not applicable in this discussion.  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:00:16 PM                                                                            I didn't realize it was up to hokie80 to decide what a devout religoius person  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:09:44 PM                                                                                Then you aren't a devout Catholic either.  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 8:39:00 PM                                                                                    You are not the authority to tell me whether or not I am devoutly religious  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:19:21 PM                                                                                        And yet you STILL deflect.  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:44:09 PM                                                                                            Nothing deflected there.  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:54:11 PM                                                                                        Devout Catholics follow church dontrine.  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:43:17 PM                                                                                            You need to buy a dictionary  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:57:50 PM                                                                        Drop the law bit. People can disagry with laws.  --  vthokieq   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:55:44 PM                                                                            Nope, it's a perfectly valid point  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:10:42 PM                                                                                Not if one is arguing that they think the law is wrong.  --  vthokieq   Fri Mar 19 2010 8:27:26 PM                                                                                    And I'm saying it's a valid point  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:21:01 PM                                                                                        And btw...you're still wrong about it being a valid issue.   --  vthokieq   Fri Mar 19 2010 10:12:03 PM                                                                                            BTW you are still wrong on your opinion of my point  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 10:13:48 PM                                                                                                Like I said above...you two have different opinion on what...  --  vthokieq   Fri Mar 19 2010 10:17:59 PM                                                                                                    That's fine. I don't argue against that  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 11:16:40 PM                                                                                        You really have some issues....might I suggest you just ignore him.  --  vthokieq   Fri Mar 19 2010 10:09:22 PM                                                                                            Why not write that under one of his posts?  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 10:12:01 PM                                                                                                I've told 80 he has issues for YEARS here.....  --  vthokieq   Fri Mar 19 2010 10:14:07 PM                                                                                                    Ahh, got it. I will try and take that advice going forward. **  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 11:15:11 PM                                                                                        Awww. Someone got owned and now has his feelings hurt.  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:46:12 PM                                                                                            Good lord you are crazy  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 9:53:38 PM                                                            Damn....kill....murder...always screw that up! **  --  vthokieq   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:41:35 PM                            I called her a name and have no problem with it. SIWSI **  --  vthokieq   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:06:18 PM                            I'd bang her. **  --  BG Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:03:35 PM                                No you wouldn't....now she might strap one on and service you. **  --  vthokieq   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:07:08 PM                                    Well...BG/Will is a nancy boy **  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:09:22 PM                                        Oh no we're not **  --  Will1580   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:13:33 PM                                            LOL **  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:14:17 PM                                Not me. Even I have standards. **  --  deadhorse   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:05:02 PM    Went over the Pros and Cons of buying land with an IRA with my client.  --  Hokie CPA   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:22:30 PM        What's the big con? Sorry if repost. **  --  Bay_area_Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:32:55 PM            Obama was different from typical DC politicos.  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:36:41 PM            Never mind, i can see it now **  --  Bay_area_Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:36:40 PM    Glenn Beck hates Christians  --  FrankismyHomie   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:06:01 PM        If not Christians, then definitely Bill Press. </chuckle> Beck's right B **  --  H0kieJoe   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:39:07 PM        More con-on-con violence here as well...  --  HooFighter   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:38:10 PM            Beck isn't talking about 'christian conservatives'. He's going after  --  H0kieJoe   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:48:44 PM                Your attempt to interpret my post = fail   --  HooFighter   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:55:49 PM                    LOL, Bill Press is NOT a conservative. That he wrote an article on WND doesn't   --  H0kieJoe   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:02:04 PM                        Can you read?  --  HooFighter   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:14:24 PM                            But that doesn't mean cons are eating cons. **  --  H0kieJoe   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:23:00 PM        I heard Beck's show in question and he's 100% right  --  BigDave   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:28:47 PM            Obviously not everyone shares your interpretation.  --  FrankismyHomie   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:37:39 PM                You are welcome to your opinion ...  --  BigDave   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:52:48 PM                    I am not trying to advise you on theology, I'm pointing out that your theology  --  FrankismyHomie   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:01:24 PM                        Catholics aren't exactly homogeneous WRT to the issue of social justice.  --  H0kieJoe   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:05:25 PM                            What do you think the demographics are at Paul VI HS in fairfax? **  --  FrankismyHomie   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:35:02 PM                                Did you go to Paul VI?  --  Valencia Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:40:11 PM                                    Yup, I was there at the time of the infamous "Spielberg" scandal  --  FrankismyHomie   Fri Mar 19 2010 6:11:21 PM                Are you saying that Christians would not affirm this as the Gospel?  --  Valencia Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:44:15 PM                    I am not denying that that is the core message of the gospels  --  FrankismyHomie   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:56:01 PM                        Cool.  --  Valencia Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:12:38 PM                            We might have just mightily disappointed 80 **  --  FrankismyHomie   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:35:09 PM                    Wait...ley me pull up my recliner for this...  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:45:14 PM                        BD is more than competant to draw swords himself  --  Valencia Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:48:34 PM                            Well...if you and BD are both drawing swords.....  --  vthokieq   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:39:39 PM                                Sabre! It starts with a bloody S! **  --  BigDave   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:55:31 PM                                    I don't care what you call yours. **  --  vthokieq   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:59:49 PM                You might want to keep studying then. **  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:43:38 PM        I go to a Methodist church. Beck is right as rain.  --  Riverguy   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:16:28 PM            Not to surprising since the religion was founded by a leftist  --  FrankismyHomie   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:28:24 PM                Now you're making no sense **  --  Riverguy   Fri Mar 19 2010 4:54:29 PM                Are you being sarcastic and calling Jesus a leftist?  --  BigDave   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:29:38 PM                    Yeah, a little TIC, though there is some truth to that  --  FrankismyHomie   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:44:16 PM    Democrats plan doc fix after reform...(text +link)  --  Hokie5150   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:03:35 PM        They would pass it every year even without the HCR bill. **  --  Grimeball   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:42:54 PM        Color me shocked. **  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:18:17 PM    Eholder redefines "patriot." When libs start talking about   --  oaktonhokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:56:40 PM        Well, largely, they are patriots.  --  Hokie Matt   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:58:45 PM    Some "highlights" of the bill...  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 12:59:55 PM        So the fat ass that never exercises pays the same as me that works out   --  cwtcr hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:17:36 PM            From equal opportunity to equal outcome. **  --  avhokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 3:19:31 PM        I don't get "gender discrimination" charges if a woman is charged more for   --  Grimeball   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:48:49 PM        I urge all of you to take the time and read the whole bill. Only then will  --  Pancaker   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:33:10 PM            I did, the profound impact I felt was nausea with a headache **  --  Jmac610   Fri Mar 19 2010 5:52:48 PM            Son, you just ain't right in the head. **  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:37:51 PM        Slavery to the federal government that we can believe in! **  --  avhokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:03:01 PM        It's nice how they call it a "compromise"  --  BigDave   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:39:22 PM            Control over 1/6th of the economy....negotiated on bar napkins in back rooms...   --  USN_Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:03:53 PM            Capitulation would be the better term  --  FrankismyHomie   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:53:28 PM                They gave up a ton to moderate democrats, not 'pubs. **  --  USN_Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:06:02 PM                ?didn't get anything from the pubs? The left is getting what it wants  --  Riverguy   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:01:17 PM            It will compromise an entire industry... **  --  Riverguy   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:50:17 PM                Certainly won't compromise is the use of puns... **  --  beedubyah   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:54:20 PM                    Or shitty grammar...Or shitty attempts @ humor... **  --  beedubyah   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:55:06 PM                        Re: Or shitty grammar...Or shitty attempts @ humor...  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:25:36 PM        Doesn't thie defeat the point of the bill?  --  Manbearpig   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:33:36 PM            You caught that, huh?  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:43:35 PM            The "this" I forgot to paste  --  Manbearpig   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:37:50 PM        I don't know why, but this provision really chaps my ass:  --  Hokie5150   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:07:03 PM            LoL! The phrase is "chafes my ass" you idiot. **  --  Pancaker   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:30:36 PM                Umm..nope. Both are correct. **  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:32:38 PM                    Link  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:35:20 PM            Given that liberals think like naive children their whole lives, maybe we should  --  avhokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:04:28 PM                Life = lift **  --  avhokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:09:06 PM            Meh, it would have helped me afford health insurance during med school.  --  VJENYATK   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:11:26 PM                Physician, heal thyself! Right? **  --  Valencia Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 2:46:03 PM                They could get an individual policy and have the parents pay for it then.  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:15:15 PM                WADR, you use the term "kids" rather loosely in my opinion... **  --  Hokie5150   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:12:58 PM                    Kids in terms of 'yes, they are my progeny', not kids in terms of age  --  Late 80s Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:14:49 PM                        Nope, all it stipulates is that they are not married  --  USN_Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:21:42 PM                            I don't like it, but not because of cost reasons  --  Late 80s Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:26:14 PM                                IIRC The responsibility centers of the brain mature til your mid 20's **  --  Manbearpig   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:36:07 PM                                    You are a moron if you don't have your stuff together by 21.  --  ip_law-hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:37:39 PM                                        Who mentioned having their stuff together?  --  Manbearpig   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:43:50 PM                                            Late 80's put it well though. Why do 18-26 year olds   --  ip_law-hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:44:54 PM                                Exactly... **  --  Hokie5150   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:33:46 PM                        They should just provide some kind of catastrophic/emergency coverage for...  --  Gobbler-100   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:20:13 PM            That and the upper-class marriage disincentive are the two that bother me. **  --  Gobbler-100   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:10:04 PM                I'd like to see what verification system will be employed to  --  Hokie5150   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:12:22 PM                    You should read the bill and find out.  --  ip_law-hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:36:27 PM                        Why should he. The ones voting on it haven't read it either.  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:45:25 PM                            Long story **  --  ip_law-hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:45:50 PM                                LOL. +1 **  --  hokie80   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:46:48 PM                        The bill doesn't contain that information.... **  --  Hokie5150   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:44:57 PM                            Well good thing you checked the primary source first **  --  ip_law-hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:46:43 PM    Wonder what's up w/ this: Pakistan arrests halt UN contacts with Taliban (t + l)  --  Hokie5150   Fri Mar 19 2010 12:42:28 PM    Sent correspondence from VA to MA on Monday  --  WestEndHokie39   Fri Mar 19 2010 12:38:22 PM        May have made it to them, but not yet through internal bureaucracy **  --  Late 80s Hokie   Fri Mar 19 2010 1:18:38 PM More Messages