No Spence, I think you are highly aware of the slant and bias put forth daily under the guise of "News".

Ok, that's just spin...

-spence

Huh? The task of our military = kill people?

thats what they're doing right now?

I thought this is what we want our troops to do? Isnt this the 'task"

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military handed over security control of the Iraqi province of Anbar to local forces on Monday, although a top U.S. commander said the drawdown of Marines in the former insurgent flashpoint would be gradual.

The province was once a locus of the Sunni Arab insurgency, and the scene of some of the bloodiest battles of the Iraq war.

The handover marks a major milestone in America’s strategy of turning security over to the Iraqis so U.S. troops can eventually go home.

Spin, spin, spin, spin...

-spence

you're a pretty lousy McCain supporter.

Why dont you just come out of the closet now, expose your pink panties and join Obama?

Change you can believe in!

Because I don't particularly like Barak Obama. Biden I like, but Barak not so much.

-spence

Charlie also said, "'The fact of the matter is, I'm Jesus Christ, whether you chose to believe that or not is up to you."
I would have found that more profound had he not tattooed a swastika on his own forehead. But, alas, madmen, they're so impetuous.

rumor has it it was Buchanan that did the tattoo

Yeah, he got G. Gordon Liddy to hold him down. You've read "Will," I assume, Liddy admired the Nazis a great deal. Those Nixon staffers - what a fun bunch!

Another, albeit lesser known quote attributed to Manson is "real men use conventional reels - spinning reels are for sissies".

I think most people would get the context. To say the usage is improper is bordering on pedantic isn't it?

And regarding his family. I'm not saying he's a super hero, but that the man has some fiber.

-spence

I think using "pedantic," is somewhat pedantic. I gotta go, my tee shirt machine is pre-heated now.

Vote Hard, Die Young!

Hey, there ya go.
I was thinking about doing "01.20.17 Obama's Last Day"

Pedantic, shmedantic. $200K + is a lot of money no matter how you slice it. He's rich. He may not be Ted Kennedy rich, but he will not be standing in line at the soup kitchen when he retires. And he's a lot better off than the guy unloading freight from trucks or the woman who cleans houses for a living.

I agree about taking care of his family. Unfortunately, some people wouldn't have done what he did. That just speaks to where we've gone as a society.

I know you like him and are playing devil's advocate, but you have to at least agree that he is a lot more privleged than most people. And although he has a tough job, he works a lot less than most of us who work for a living.

I will admit that he's a sharp dresser. And his hair is beyond reproach. Could that be the real reason you like him? Maybe there is an unspoken bond there?

You'd need to change that to 09.03.08, his last day was Palin's speech :cool:

I've heard he has hair plugs, don't know if it's true though...

And I wouldn't say that Senators simply because they're not in session aren't working pretty hard most of the time.

From what I know of his life, Biden has made it pretty much on his own. This may astound you, but according a review the Washington Post did last year Joe Biden's net worth stands at about 100-150,000 :eek5:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...400305_pf.html

Quite a few people on this site with a higher net-worth than that. I guess he's not been engaging in much profiteering over his status and has outlayed a ton of cash for his kids educations.

200K might be a nice paycheck, but this hardly is deserving of the labels "rich" or "privilaged".

When you put him in context of the McCains, Clintons or even Obama there's a HUGE gap.

-spence

ouch, thats sad just on a personal note.
So how is that the guy that will get our economy back on track?

I read that his net worth was somewhere between $150K - $360K. That figure could be wrong, though. If he's making almost 200K a year and his net worth is that low, I'm a little concerned for him.

I'm not bashing the guy at all (except for earlier with the plagerism thing). I'm just trying to point out that to most Americans, he's not going to be a sympathetic figure because he's not a multi millionaire.

do senators have a pension? 401k? I would think after 30yrs he racked something up?

It's possible they only factored in more liquid assets? I didn't read the entire piece to see if they included the process they used to calculate.

-spence

Jim I know your not one to parrot, but you have no I dea that you could not sound anymore like John "I'm a Tool who inflates his own ratings' Dipetro on WPRO...
he has been (figuratively) ball washing Palin for 3 days.