Thread: John McCain

Originally Posted by Norton

For those scamming the system for disability I agree with you. Government at times is too quick to give disability to people that are undeserving.

Agreed.

Originally Posted by sabang

The most experienced Vietnam Vet that I know of on Issues is not a Right Wing DukeNuke'm at all.

Clearly some pussy senile old git who has no inkling "instant war" is the only way to really solve a nation's problems. Works even when the problems have nothing to to with the reasons for the war.

Originally Posted by Texpat

Originally Posted by Norton

For those scamming the system for disability I agree with you. Government at times is too quick to give disability to people that are undeserving.

Agreed.

I agree with Norton and Texpat.

I know a couple of LRRPs, and have a lot of respect for their courage, if that is the right word to use. LRRPs was volunteer all the way, and you could also quit anytime.

The guys I know with PTSD, have it for real. I know they do. They also do not tell "stories," but do express worries, sorrow, and all of the additional things that one may go through from having these experiences.

There are a couple of guys I know that do to tell "stories," and they are kind of reminiscient and macho about it. These latter guys have been privately accused by some vets of faking it, or exagerrating things. They may have actually been REMFs, and no offense to that. But they played the system. Some guys with PTSD entitlements have been called back to take another test with a psychiatrist to see if they're being truthful or not mis-diagnosed. But if you do your homework, you'll know exactly what to say, and how to say it.

Anyway, real PTSD, is real. And it often results in a lower life expectancy.

Originally Posted by sabang

The most experienced Vietnam Vet that I know of on Issues is not a Right Wing DukeNuke'm at all.

"Experienced" as defined as...?
We are not talking about REMF's either...

settle down boon mee.

we all know you nearly won the war single handedly (on a submarine no less) before jane fonda came along and snatched victory away.

^
Heh...still got a sense of humor after yesterday's shellacking you got?

Good! Hang in there ray - hate to see you fuck-off like ant did.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

yesterday's shellacking you got?

keep trying to convince yourself of that willy.

Originally Posted by raycarey

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

yesterday's shellacking you got?

keep trying to convince yourself of that willy.

Well, all you have to do is go https://teakdoor.com/the-teakdoor-lou...ssues-mod.html

Doesn't get more evident than that!

this is not the thread for this, but feel free to post your 'evidence' of my shellacking on that thread

i'm looking forward to it willy.

go ahead and slink away now.

Originally Posted by raycarey

we all know you nearly won the war single handedly (on a submarine no less) before jane fonda came along and snatched victory away.

Nah, he budged out before the going got tough and actual combat began in 'nam.

Originally Posted by stroller

Originally Posted by raycarey

we all know you nearly won the war single handedly (on a submarine no less) before jane fonda came along and snatched victory away.

Nah, he budged out before the going got tough and actual combat began in 'nam.

Heh...I'll let you have a peak at my DD214 sometime.

what's up with john mccain's excessive blinking?

surely i'm not the only one who's noticed this.

is it a side effect of some medication he's taking?

Originally Posted by raycarey

is it a side effect of some medication he's taking?

At his age must be contacts. Big thick buggers.

perhaps.

but i'm guessing it's his meds.

either way, it's disconcerting.

another 'senior moment' for mccain....

John McCain told Newsweek that he did not deliver a portion from the prepared text of his speech last Tuesday chiding the media for not giving Hillary Clinton her due. But video from McCain's address shows him giving the line as written.

"The media often overlooked how compassionately she spoke to the concerns and dreams of millions of Americans," McCain said in a nationally-broadcast speech in Kenner, Lousiana. "And she deserves a lot more appreciation than she sometime received."

Asked about this statement in an interview last week with Newsweek's Holly Bailey and Jon Meacham, McCain interjected, "I did not [say that]—that was in prepared remarks, and I did not [say it]—I'm not in the business of commenting on the press and their coverage or not coverage."

Presented with video showing that the GOP nominee did in fact read the remarks as they were prepared, McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said Newsweek's account of McCain's answer is "paraphrased and unclear."

Rogers said he was not questioning the magazine's transcription, but pointing out that they included brackets.

But, given that he was responding to a direct question about a portion of the speech, it's unclear what else McCain could have been alluding to when noting twice that he "did not." That he also pointed out that the same section had been "in the prepared remarks" only clarifies that he was referring to the passage in question.

Newsweek's Bailey said the McCain quote as included in their q-and-a posted online was verbatim.

Rogers said McCain "answered the way he did because his point in the speech wasn’t so much to smack the press as to compliment Sen. Clinton for the tenacity and compassion she showed in her campaign, and as he said, he’s never been a fan of complaining about his own press coverage."

Jonathan Martin's Blog: McCain DID deliver line tweaking press - Politico.com

so he lashes out at the press, then denies that he lashed out....and then denies that he denied lashing out?

oh boy.

Oh all you McCain lovers, don't give up. It's time to show the world that McCain is the most intelligent among you Americans.

YouTube - John McCain - Lost in Space

McCain has taken the lead on proposing solutions to the lifeblood of America: small companies, and the middle class.

I hope to see Obama follow his lead and propose something similar, though he will look like a follower when he does it. Not good for my candidate, Obama.

McCain wants low corporate taxes, regulated CEO pay

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican White House candidate John McCain will promise on Tuesday to lower corporate tax rates if he wins the U.S. presidency and ease the tax burden on middle-class workers to help revive the faltering economy.

"Will we enact the single largest tax increase since the Second World War as my opponent proposes, or will we keep taxes low for families and employers?" he will say, according to excerpts released before his speech.

He supports keeping capital gains taxes low, doubling a tax exemption for children, and phasing out the "alternative minimum tax" which he said would save some 25 million middle-class families up to $2,000 in a year.

On Monday Obama drew a sharp contrast with McCain, his opponent in the November election, accusing him of wanting to widen President George W. Bush's tax cuts and plunge the United States deeper into debt.

McCain wants low corporate taxes, regulated CEO pay - Yahoo! News

Please let's hope Obama gets on the bandwagon to help small companies and the middle class, rather than overtaxing them.

^ Ain't gonna happen. He wants to tax the crap out of everyone to support his healthcare and welfare progs. Byebye startup biz incentives.

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

He wants to tax the crap out of everyone

nonsense.

or show a reputable link where Obama will raise taxes on 'everyone'.

good luck.

Originally Posted by raycarey

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

He wants to tax the crap out of everyone

nonsense.

or show a reputable link where Obama will raise taxes on 'everyone'.

good luck.

I agree with Ray.

I have not read anywhere, or heard any speech or transcripts of Obama making a statement like this. What and where is the source for this "He wants to tax the crap out of everyone?"

Originally Posted by raycarey

or show a reputable link where Obama will raise taxes on 'everyone'.

Not likely a link but just in case he does Jettie can claim she "called it".

^ I will, I will! 55555555555
Ok, let's see about these tax cut issues. The lefty US press is out bashing McCain, so I turned to Australia for a better synopsis of lay of the trail land.

"The Illinois senator twice repeated key aspects of his tax proposals, as he suggested Senator McCain had falsely presented his ideas.

“What he's prescribing in his speech is wrong for the country, and the way that he's characterising what I'm prescribing is just wrong,” Senator Obama said. “Let me be clear: my tax reform plan would cut taxes for 95 percent of workers.”

So, that's people earning $75,000 or less a year. You mean to tell me only 5% of Americans earn more than 75,000 buckaroonies a year? Come on.

Senator Obama also claimed that Senator McCain's plans would favor corporations over individuals.

Nope, McCain mentioned small businesses, which are the backbone of USA.

I must find more linkies on this tax shuffle. Also, Obama says he will pull out of Iraq and deploy more troops in Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan (how's he gonna do Pakistan when he hates Musharef?) And where will this money come from? Economic surge in the black ghetto areas where folks become tax-paying citizens?

A small sidebar:
...Senator Obama said it has been “months” since he last smoked a cigarette, but declined to provide much more detail. “I don't remember, but it was probably - it's been a while, you know . . . months.”

Oh, um, ya mebbe the last time I went to Trinity Church and smoked a few spliffs with tobacco as filler...

McCain, Obama battle over tax | The Australian