tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post6348893051680278681..comments2010-01-19T17:29:30.017-05:00Nate Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08334852368748204318noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-41060879140393382362009-12-08T00:28:26.732-05:002009-12-08T00:28:26.732-05:00It took a Carter to get a Reagan.<br /><br />The way things seem to be going, Obama may be the biggest gift to the GOP since Carter.livfreeordihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13522006707408699075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-83474990933514434482009-11-16T19:32:34.081-05:002009-11-16T19:32:34.081-05:00Fair enough back at ya&#39;. But occasionally I&#39;m going to let rip, just to let the id out to play, if for no other reason. And Jacob, you really are a kind soul aren&#39;t you. Always the peacemaker. And I love being admonished in yiddish!<br />Too funny. Have a good evening.Gatordadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171778554869539298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-15633587456298963732009-11-16T18:26:29.027-05:002009-11-16T18:26:29.027-05:00Hey fair enough Gatordad. I&#39;m not saying that you weren&#39;t provoked--you certainly were.<br /><br />And I generally enjoy debating you as well, as you usually post rational and interesting comments. But my point is that if you think someone is acting like a jerk, responding at that level only helps them bring down the debate.Jacobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09537271857644095083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-46219323950103603182009-11-16T17:48:26.242-05:002009-11-16T17:48:26.242-05:00I might concede that. But this bullshit of taking shots at people is cowardly. To call people names and hide behind internet anonymity is chickenshit. And be honest Jacob, have you ever seen me go after someone personally without provocation? The answer is no. I&#39;ve always been courteous with you and many others on here. Because you&#39;ve been courteous to me. Debate my ideas, argue my positions and I&#39;m fine with that. In fact this would be a perfect example of that. You&#39;re arguing with me, but you&#39;re not being an ass about it, so I&#39;m even willing to be (somewhat) reasonable and concede a little. Call me names or attack me personally, I&#39;m not ok with that. Remember, DCM wasn&#39;t in this until he chose to be. And Grampa made it a point to insult me. That is how this began. Not from me being a jerk, just me responding to a jerk.Gatordadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171778554869539298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-83191921152764040772009-11-16T16:57:13.790-05:002009-11-16T16:57:13.790-05:00Blogger Gatordad said...<br /><br /> &quot;@ Jacob<br />And BTW Jacob, you gotta admit- the fact that scared little DCowardM did INTERNET SEARCHES re: my tattoos is friggin&#39; hilarious. Pathetic, but funny as hell.&quot;<br /><br /><br />Oy vey. I couldn&#39;t care less about petty nicknames and puerile put-downs. I&#39;ll concede that the vitriol and whining on this site knows no party, but c&#39;mon you can&#39;t seriously say you&#39;ve been anything other than childish on this thread either.Jacobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09537271857644095083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-70708043721677426062009-11-16T15:52:06.501-05:002009-11-16T15:52:06.501-05:00@ Jacob<br />And BTW Jacob, you gotta admit- the fact that scared little DCowardM did INTERNET SEARCHES re: my tattoos is friggin&#39; hilarious. Pathetic, but funny as hell.Gatordadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171778554869539298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-26044823833398222042009-11-16T15:02:42.061-05:002009-11-16T15:02:42.061-05:00@ Jacob<br /><br />No vague threats. If someone says something on here, they should be willing to say it to that person face to face. If not, then that&#39;s the definition of cowardice. I wouldn&#39;t say anything here I wouldn&#39;t be willing to look you in the face and say. DCowardM decided to put himself in this, so I figured since we&#39;re close, he could say it to my face. And Shiloh aka dirty/old/man chose to call me names and throw out insults, so I decided to reciprocate. I make it a point not to call people names, but if someone steps over that line with me then you get what you get. That is who I am Jacob. Treat me with civility and respect, you get the same in return. Step over that line and I&#39;ll stomp you to a puddle. Literally or figuratively. No one has ever had a problem with me that didn&#39;t come looking for it.Gatordadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171778554869539298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-60400020727599956582009-11-16T13:51:07.186-05:002009-11-16T13:51:07.186-05:00Jebus Gatordad,<br /><br />You know that vague threats and unsubstantiated insults don&#39;t bolster your opinion more than anyone else here who takes that track.<br /><br />Take a deeeeep breath...Calm down.Jacobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09537271857644095083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-85062049800386345492009-11-16T13:06:25.259-05:002009-11-16T13:06:25.259-05:00The fact remains that big insurance by refusing care to patients and reimbursement to doctors over typos has ticked everyone off. They have a monopoly over the whole process and a well financed lobby team (including Lieberman&#39;s wife) and representatives on both sides of the isle.<br /><br />A friend of mine recently laid off just he and his spouse is paying $2,500.00 dollars a month for his COBRA. Health insurance costs more than his mortgage. Anyone taking up the insurance industry&#39;s cause doesn&#39;t know what they are talking about. <br /><br />If you think the insurance companies are going to voluntarily lower their cost while having a monopoly over the process – you are being disingenuous …Over 60% of all US bankruptcies are attributable to medical problems. Most victims are middle class, well educated and have health insurance - (The American Journal of Medicine)<br /><br />The insurance companies and their representatives in Congress would love to perpetuate a business model that is crippling our overall economy – a bunch of great Americans aren’t they?<br /><br />90% of the wealth concentrated in 1% of the population is no way to run a country but a heck of a way to establish a royalty ruling class. Yacht sales can not sustain 350 million people. I&#39;m for the public option, competition and a level playing field or break up the big insurers like we did AT&amp;T. <br /><br />A slavish focus on profit margin might be good for the individual or a business, but it is one helluva lousy way to &quot;govern&quot; a Country. The GOP being a wholly owned subsidiary of Corporate America has a hard time with that concept.<br /><br /><br />Paul Burke<br />Author-Journey HomePaul Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17849415817924819512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-49667363298146432502009-11-16T10:35:05.642-05:002009-11-16T10:35:05.642-05:00BTW DCowardM the red rose on my right signifies light, the black rose dark, the duality of man&#39;s nature, the capability of good and the propensity towards evil. The dichotomy found in the universe. Probably a bit cerebral for your limited intellect. I got them in Japan in the late &#39;80s. Be more than happy to show &#39;em to you... if you had the guts to face me. &#39;Aye, but there&#39;s the rub...&#39;Gatordadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171778554869539298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-10332801954033605082009-11-16T10:10:04.800-05:002009-11-16T10:10:04.800-05:00@ D-Coward-M in FL <br />ya&#39; know DCowardM ya&#39; really should quit while you&#39;re behind. it&#39;s readily apparent to me and probably to anyone reading this that you&#39;re scared. nothing you say will change that. if you want to prove you&#39;re not a frightened little girl, then meet me. otherwise, keep spewing your cowardly crap on here, keep hiding, and say goodbye to whatever tiny piece of your manhood you still had left, because it&#39;s gone now.Gatordadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171778554869539298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-49489346847228850552009-11-16T09:46:45.061-05:002009-11-16T09:46:45.061-05:00Hello coward. don&#39;t have a clue what you&#39;re talking about. if you want to know who I am, meet me face to face, coward. I&#39;m offering you an opportunity to say whatever you have to say to my face. why are you so scared little man? easy to talk shit when you don&#39;t have to actually confront the person. $1000 says you won&#39;t say it too my face. what do ya&#39; say, pussy?Gatordadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171778554869539298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-39336996810560601232009-11-16T00:57:24.436-05:002009-11-16T00:57:24.436-05:00GATORCRYBABY<br /><br />I am sure you are way too busy playing your video games or whatever it is you Black Rose Society dickwads get off on...<br /><br />btw - r u aka Bob Weaver ???<br /><br />ciaoDCM in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304188222385494088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-83542217899094531702009-11-15T23:22:59.607-05:002009-11-15T23:22:59.607-05:00as I assumed... a coward. hiding behind your anonymity. you can say it from hiding but not man enough to say it to my face. if you are willing to say something on here, you should be man enough to say it to my face. you are the coward and the punk. and I&#39;ll be happy to say it to your face. I&#39;ll come to you. cowardGatordadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171778554869539298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-69900078003714836402009-11-15T19:10:05.512-05:002009-11-15T19:10:05.512-05:00GATORBABY<br /><br />what a jerk you prove to be a-hole<br /><br />who cares what you claim you look like - as if I cared to meet ya [ugh]<br /><br />I had better things to do myself at the beach on a beautiful late fall day<br /><br />STFU - you are just a whiny punk so piss offDCM in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304188222385494088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-33337864606821447602009-11-15T12:42:52.276-05:002009-11-15T12:42:52.276-05:00Kinda what I thought. It&#39;s easy to tell someone to STFU on here. It&#39;s a whole different ball game when you have to look them in the eye and say it to their face. Easy to talk the talk. Harder to walk the walk. I&#39;m always ready to walk the walk. If you don&#39;t have the balls too say it to my face, don&#39;t say it on here. And if you look at MY posts on 538 you&#39;ll see I never fuck with anyone or call them names until they fuck with me.Gatordadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171778554869539298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-82321737143803497722009-11-15T11:25:31.210-05:002009-11-15T11:25:31.210-05:00C&#39;mon DCM where ya at? You don&#39;t like anonymity. I&#39;m giving you the opportunity to tell me to &#39;shut the fuck up&#39; right to my face. I can be in Edgewater in an hour and a half. Got nothin&#39; on my dance card today. So whataya&#39; say hoss? Want to tell me to shut up in person? Please. Cuz here&#39;s the thing. I don&#39;t like little pissants hiding on the internet either. You wanted in on this, you got it. So, please, please let&#39;s meet face to face.Gatordadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171778554869539298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-48582381098549957292009-11-15T10:49:39.900-05:002009-11-15T10:49:39.900-05:00@shiloh<br /><br />couple of things, first you came after me. I didn&#39;t post an opinion just an article. Second, I haven&#39;t gone after Bush/Cheney cuz news flash- they aren&#39;t in office anymore. Bush was a weak but decent man of middling intellect that allowed Cheney (the dveil incarnate) to influence and control him. Third, my &#39;kids&#39; are in college, thus the Gatordad. I&#39;m pretty sure they&#39;ve heard worse. And you can&#39;t really think you&#39;re gonna guilt me, can you? You really are pathetic. <br /><br />@DCM I&#39;m more than happy for it to not be anonymous. I&#39;ll be more than happy to meet you face to face. I&#39;m in O-Town so you just tell me when and where. I&#39;m easy to recognize- 6&#39;3&quot; 227 dark hair, earring in the left ear, red rose tat on the right bicep, black rose tat on the left. Say the word and I can be wherever you want. You won&#39;t enjoy it. Say the word, big man.Gatordadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171778554869539298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-81838419268244914592009-11-14T23:19:02.896-05:002009-11-14T23:19:02.896-05:00very similar to road rage when irrationality takes over with any provocation<br /><br />problem is those cut one off in traffic = comments posted ONLY to provoke rather than attempt any reasonable discourse or rational exchange of ideas/opinionsDCM in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304188222385494088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-21795993793192952142009-11-14T23:02:34.479-05:002009-11-14T23:02:34.479-05:00Good time to repeat (2) posts from this thread about, oh yea, panic!<br /><br /><i>shiloh said...<br /><br /> nicholasjalcock said...<br /><br /> I have read these and many other comments during the last presidential election. Americans ability to tear themselves apart is somewhat scary! Shouldn&#39;t you be trying to find common ground and move forward?<br /> ~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br /> Currently, Dems/Reps hate/despise each other after many years of scorched earth campaigning by Ailes/Atwater/Rove.<br /><br /> And gasp, this tactic didn&#39;t work in 2008 and adding fuel to the fire, an African/America family is living in the White House in a country where many of its citizens are still fighting the Civil War.<br /><br /> Republicans, like Capt. Kirk in Star Trek II, don&#39;t like to lose and are very, very sore losers and have a very hard time rationalizing a defeat of any kind, let alone to a minority candidate.<br /><br /> Oh the humanity as everything the party of No! does nowadays is trying to move poll #s rather than trying to help the country move forward.<br /><br /> One just has to look at Rep politicians faces to see the anger and hatred. Boehner is a ticking time bomb ...<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />shiloh said...<br /><br /> nicholasjalcock said...<br /> ~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br /> Obama is trying, but as <b>Reps will tell you ~ Behind every cloud, is another cloud! ie they are not even part of the equation as they are 100% negative obstructionists! Never anything good to say about anything.</b><br /><br /> Many politicians, as always, are worried more about getting re-elected than doing the right thing. This is part of the Dems trying to go it alone problem.<br /><br /> As always, America gets what it deserves and in the past have stumbled through somehow, damn luck usually, but now ... all bets are off!<br /><br /> Civility in American politics left town some time ago, now it&#39;s all about making pts. and keeping score, especially at political blogs! ;)<br />~~~~~~~~~~</i><br /><br />Re: my being a party hack, again, I&#39;m a liberal independent and have criticized Obama/Dems quite often at 538, whereas Reps/Cons/Libertarians, whatever criticizing cheney/bush, not so much.<br /><br />Indeed, civility in American politics left town some time ago, especially at political blogs.shilohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490952508600134457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-2404704374182124002009-11-14T22:36:53.665-05:002009-11-14T22:36:53.665-05:00GATORDAD<br /><br />fwiw, yours is a sad sack handle...<br /><br />plus YOU are a pathetic coward to hide behind a blind profile<br /><br />it is U who is acting the proverbial pathetic TROLL<br /><br />quit flingin&#39; crap &amp; crawl back into your gator hole or under whatever rock you slithered out from under<br /><br />STFUDCM in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304188222385494088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-62510722861159478532009-11-14T20:43:08.962-05:002009-11-14T20:43:08.962-05:00<i>Gatordad said...<br />~~~~~~~~~~</i><br /><br />If I&#39;m pathetic, waste of space etc. why do you continue to respond w/hatred and anger? Having a hard time ignoring me, eh.<br /><br />Obsessed much!<br /><br />Again, show all your recent posts to your children, make an impression.shilohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490952508600134457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-78071434213229656142009-11-14T20:21:50.069-05:002009-11-14T20:21:50.069-05:00@shiloh<br /><br />I don&#39;t give a shit about porn. I just think you&#39;re pathetic. You don&#39;t do anything on here but call people names and attach labels. You are the very definition of a pussy. Anonymous postings ripping on people but with not one real contribution. You&#39;re a sad bitter old waste of space. If you are so fucking enlightened then answer my question. When have you ever been non-partisan. You continue to dodge. Because at heart you&#39;re just a party hack spewing empty rhetoric. Allow me to reiterate. You are a pathetic waste of space. Tata Grampa Gasbag. Oh, and God Bless. Asshole.Gatordadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171778554869539298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-6687755699486503122009-11-14T17:40:55.238-05:002009-11-14T17:40:55.238-05:00Forgot to mention, when I was on the U.S.S. Saratoga in 1985 they had an in-house tv channel that showed 24/7 porn.<br /><br />Shocking that a military ship would corrupt sailors w/depravity like that and during Reagan&#39;s presidency, no less. Don&#39;t tell the evangelicals.<br /><br />And the Sara was home ported in Jacksonville, FL gatordad&#39;s state.<br /><br />Pornography in the military and on the internet, say it&#39;s not true ...shilohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490952508600134457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-25612222546769862632009-11-14T17:25:34.316-05:002009-11-14T17:25:34.316-05:00<i>Gatordad said...<br />~~~~~~~~~~</i><br /><br />Do you feel better now?<br /><br />btw, do you do name calling like this around gatorchildren or only when you are posting anonymously on the net?<br /><br />and again, please continue your name calling/ad hominems while saying the same thing over and over again as obviously ;) you are pure as the driven snow when it comes to christian family values.<br /><br />May I suggest calling me a child molester in your next post as you have pretty much run the gamut on insults.<br /><br />hmm, child porn, maybe you are projecting now ...<br /><br />Your question was answered when I said it&#39;s very easy to lie on the internet ie don&#39;t believe much of anything you say as you are obviously a very angry conservative and many conservative trolls just make stuff up at progressive blogs.<br /><br />and please show your children these posts as it may be an eye opener to them ~ use it as an educational tool!<br /><br />yea, posting anonymously on the net makes some winger conservatives feel they can say most anything especially when their feathers are ruffled by liberals.<br /><br />take careshilohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490952508600134457noreply@blogger.com