Hits and Misses (Open Thread)

[Nbadan]

The award for most humorous news graphic of the day has got to go to MSNBC

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/COVER/060320/STG_HZ_StratWork_1020a.jpg

MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/)

:lmao

[Nbadan]

http://www.cbsnews.com/images/2005/12/18/image1134826g.jpg
Often in his presidency, Mr. Bush has conducted
arguments with unidentified opponents

Who's he talking too? :lol

CBS takes on Dubya's straw men (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/18/politics/main1419363.shtml)

[Nbadan]

While were on the subject of Dubya...Check out this Pew Research finding

"The single word most frequently associated with George W. Bush today is "incompetent,"and close behind are two other increasingly mentioned descriptors: "idiot" and "liar." All three are mentioned far more often today than a year ago."


http://www.democraticunderground.com/img/06/0318_oneword.gif

Assmakes the list!

:lol

[Yonivore]

http://www.cbsnews.com/images/2005/12/18/image1134826g.jpg
Often in his presidency, Mr. Bush has conducted
arguments with unidentified opponents

Who's he talking too? :lol

CBS takes on Dubya's straw men (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/18/politics/main1419363.shtml)
The only problem with the criticism is that the President wasn't making a straw man argument. Almost all of his "straw man" arguments can be traced back to the opposition he cites.

[Nbadan]

It's hard to trace back 'source say' or 'some say'. That's the point of the whole article.

Here is the proposed 2006 list of one-word descriptions for Dubya...


http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/06/237_pew2.gif

[Yonivore]

It's hard to trace back 'source say' or 'some say'. That's the point of the whole article.
I know the point of the article and what I'm saying is the blogosphere has already debunked this article by pointing to actual Democrats and opponents to the war that the article claims were "straw men" pulled out of thin air by the President.

Just because he doesn't specifically name them doesn't mean they don't exist. His responses were to actual criticisms by the Left. I'm sorry the story didn't research.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

What ever happened to Boutons.

Now we have his little brother, Boutons_ posting in here like he owns the place.

[boutons_]

dubya should try this "straw man"

"I know some 65% of the USA disapproves of me as a dumbshit, liar, incompetent, ignorant, illiterate, inarticulate asshole but I'm going to stay all them courses."

[Oscar DeLa]

I don't know what it is
but boutons was better than boutons_

[scott]

While were on the subject of Dubya...Check out this Pew Research finding

"The single word most frequently associated with George W. Bush today is "incompetent,"and close behind are two other increasingly mentioned descriptors: "idiot" and "liar." All three are mentioned far more often today than a year ago."


http://www.democraticunderground.com/img/06/0318_oneword.gif

Assmakes the list!

:lol

The funniest part of this list to me is how Christian is climbing up the charts...

[hardened Bush supporter, when asked to sum him up in one word] Hmmmm... he's... um... Christian? [/hardened Bush supporter, when asked to sum him up in one word]

[Yonivore]

I know those lists are full of crap because "misunderstimated" and "strategeric" don't appear.

[Nbadan]

Dubya looks like he needs another Texas vacation...


http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/afp/20060321/capt.sge.bny89.210306184308.photo02.photo.default-380x271.jpg
If faces could talk....errrr...

[Nbadan]

Our debt to the penny...

Prior Fiscal
Years

09/30/2005 $7,932,709,661,723.50
09/30/2004 $7,379,052,696,330.32
09/30/2003 $6,783,231,062,743.62
09/30/2002 $6,228,235,965,597.16
09/28/2001 $5,807,463,412,200.06
09/29/2000 $5,674,178,209,886.86
09/30/1999 $5,656,270,901,615.43
09/30/1998 $5,526,193,008,897.62
09/30/1997 $5,413,146,011,397.34
09/30/1996 $5,224,810,939,135.73
09/29/1995 $4,973,982,900,709.39
09/30/1994 $4,692,749,910,013.32
09/30/1993 $4,411,488,883,139.38
09/30/1992 $4,064,620,655,521.66
09/30/1991 $3,665,303,351,697.03
09/28/1990 $3,233,313,451,777.25
09/29/1989 $2,857,430,960,187.32
09/30/1988 $2,602,337,712,041.16
09/30/1987 $2,350,276,890,953.00


SOURCE: BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

Looking for more historical information? Visit the Debt
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[Nbadan]

Current Amount

03/21/2006 $8,351,722,841,145.07

Current
Month

03/20/2006 $8,348,224,303,886.34
03/17/2006 $8,270,880,983,362.78
03/16/2006 $8,271,005,203,336.67
03/15/2006 $8,270,134,498,375.29
03/14/2006 $8,270,260,017,805.93
03/13/2006 $8,270,385,415,129.52
03/10/2006 $8,270,763,143,272.32
03/09/2006 $8,270,889,116,189.68
03/08/2006 $8,270,020,560,975.99
03/07/2006 $8,270,137,961,985.81
03/06/2006 $8,270,260,474,453.58
03/03/2006 $8,270,568,938,276.67
03/02/2006 $8,270,651,337,575.14
03/01/2006 $8,269,768,312,946.41

[Nbadan]

Arnold is Toast (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/arniepothead.html)

[Nbadan]

Harry Reid responding BY e-mail to a Frist charge of not ruling out impeachment for W...


Quite frankly I'd probably rule it out because the only President who could possibly be worse than George Bush would be Dick Cheney.

[scott]

Harry Reid wins the Congressional Burn Award!

Lame.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

I still don't understand why boutons completely ignores when someone asks why he changed his name to boutons_

[T-Pain]

The award for most humorous news graphic of the day has got to go to MSNBC

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/COVER/060320/STG_HZ_StratWork_1020a.jpg

MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/)

:lmao

give me a break

[smeagol]

Our debt to the penny...

Prior Fiscal
Years

09/30/2005 $7,932,709,661,723.50
09/30/2004 $7,379,052,696,330.32
09/30/2003 $6,783,231,062,743.62
09/30/2002 $6,228,235,965,597.16
09/28/2001 $5,807,463,412,200.06
09/29/2000 $5,674,178,209,886.86
09/30/1999 $5,656,270,901,615.43
09/30/1998 $5,526,193,008,897.62
09/30/1997 $5,413,146,011,397.34
09/30/1996 $5,224,810,939,135.73
09/29/1995 $4,973,982,900,709.39
09/30/1994 $4,692,749,910,013.32
09/30/1993 $4,411,488,883,139.38
09/30/1992 $4,064,620,655,521.66
09/30/1991 $3,665,303,351,697.03
09/28/1990 $3,233,313,451,777.25
09/29/1989 $2,857,430,960,187.32
09/30/1988 $2,602,337,712,041.16
09/30/1987 $2,350,276,890,953.00


SOURCE: BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

Looking for more historical information? Visit the Debt
Historical Information archives.
So Clinton increased the debt by $1.5 trillion? Wasn't he the one running huge surpluses?

Interesting . . .

[Nbadan]

So Clinton increased the debt by $1.5 trillion? Wasn't he the one running huge surpluses?

Interesting . . .

This is because the U.S. government works it's numbers in projections. Had Clinton's tax rate on the rich not been cut, and the effects of the 01 recession not been craddled by 'some say', needless mountains of deficit spending by the 'reform' congress, we would have realized actual savings, even with the current costs of the Iraq war.