The Al Realpolitik Institute of Sulfur Mining & Extraction

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Yes, the "o" is silent.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I can see why the pronunciation of country would be confusing to a non-native English speaker, considering it's just one letter off from "county" which is pronounced exactly as spelled. I suspect now the silent o is in there specifically to avoid having that word appear as part of it.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Write-in: make him shut up.

you're seriously the worst poster with above 20k posts I have ever seen.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Have to read in context to get the full understanding of why it's so brutal:

I guess, the conclusion of this thread should be that Ben Karoubi

a. Does not know much about the US constitution
b. Is not fully English-speaking - which might explaing (a) 

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I believe these attacks on soldiers and now on this school are the work of a radical lone wolf Islamist or neo Nazi. 

You really should become an FBI agent.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Come to think of it, isn't 'racist cretin under the influence of PCP' a fairly objective description of CaDan?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I think this is a good illustration of why 1/3 of people raised in the Catholic Church become ex-Catholics in the US.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Trying to shove Catholic teachings down someone's throat is a great way to encourage rebellion and a complete dismissal of all of it as soon as they hit 18. Like I said before, we're talking about 1 in 3 people today raised Catholic who reject it.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Simple but works better as a response to what it's a response to than anything else could:

Shut up.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

To: Poor Black Muslim Vegan Socialist Lesbians
STFU. We're still majority on this planet.

Serious question : do you get $1 for every retarded post you make ? Because otherwise I don't get it.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

tofu, soymilk, frozen mango, frozen pineapple, carrots, rum.

??

try it before you post-pad with five question marks, child.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Why do so many of the young 'uns here write as though they're writing speeches for the telly?

Because they think people actually care about the crap they write.

I wonder if Sam thinks people care about the crap he writes.

I'd be surprised if he does.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Naso, I never said you're racist, that wasn't the point of my post at all. But you should familiarize yourself with the quote, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."

I haven't read Romeo and Juliet since Jr. High, although we did watch the movie.

It is actually from Hamlet (Act III, scene II,), spoken by Queen Gertrude. I would advise you also to familiarize yourself with the quote, "I say there is no darkness but ignorance."

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'm skeptical that Obama's leading by that much or by any at all.

Most polls I've seen have had Romney leading(albeit narrowly) or have been a complete tossup.

You mean that one poll conducted by Dartmouth you are using to justify your fairy tale world where this is a tossup election with no lean towards Obama?

I'd type out a a much in-depth response, but I don't have the time or effort to waste on forum posters like you.

You have no response because polls have been consistent about Obama leads in New Hampshire since the bottom dropped out from underneath Romney in January. You try to come off as a reasonable conservative but you're just a hack and I'm calling you out on it.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Yeah I referenced that. Granted Rochambeau's was over a much shorter time frame, if he continued he might've had a similar string.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

An n=406 poll with a +5% lead isn't really "dominating"; it's within the MoE.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

according to thearda.com there are 588,500 Orthodox Jews in NY

Here's a link that says 550,000-600,000 Orthodox Jews in all of North America.

http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/world-jewish-population.htm

http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/36/rcms2010_36_state_name_2010.asp
Jews in NY
Orthodox Jews 588,500
Reform Jews 106,806
Conservative Jews 82,809
Reconstructionist Jews 5,991

next time look at the source of the "fact" you said it was only a letter to the editor in a magazine.

Those numbers don't even add up to half of 1,635,020. Now learn math.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The Medicaid expansion would have offered health insurance coverage to 16 million people. Now states apparently can make up their own minds whether or not to accept the expansion – and that means if Florida, Texas and other big states knock it back, then there will be millions of Americans who will miss out on the healthcare reforms.

Then they can simply go be a drain in some other state.

Just like you are to this forum.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I am now convinced that you are trolling. No one, not even a Canadian who identifies as an American Conservative, could be so fundamentally moronic...

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Bushie, I'm 130 pages into the Second update, and I can draw no conclusion except you are truly a cursed, miserable, terrible specimen of a human being. I cannot believe I was able to go and attempt to give you advice when you have so thoroughly ignored every piece of advice offered to you in this forum. Nor can I believe that we continued to give it.

I don't know what to say. You should be ashamed of yourself, scamming and exploiting and lying about your job situation, then claiming that you've received guidance from God! God is not talking to you... our God is a good God and He would not be leading you down your destructive path, so maybe it's Satan. But I doubt anyone is talking to you, at least not talking sense. No, you have your enablers, your parents and that pastor, who are useless enough to lead you to where you are today. I come from an African background, as you know, and we deeply follow and abide by our parents. But you depend on them as if you are five.

You go from a good paying job to a scam in which you rip off your own parents. You are terrible. No self-respecting man would do such a thing. A MUGU, and one who can be fooled by dishonest ones easily. You were a reverend, a Christian. You blaspheme God by involving Him in your tomfoolery... perhaps that's why you are so wretched.

You claim to take things slow and are engaged in a matter of months to a woman with the maturity of a ten year old. My God, do you not see the rest of us? 2-5+ years before engagement, like normal, coastal Americans! Then you try to get back together with her after she breaks up with you through your parents. I've never even heard of that happening. Ever! I mean, what's wrong with you!?

Then you sign up for a job with a company you worked for and quit before because you didn't like it after a day, I MEAN WHAT IS THAT? HOW CAN YOU BE SO IGNORANT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING??!!! You go and tell us you're doing one thing and do another, saying you didn't want to believe you were doing sales?!? No one's making you do that! You're not a slave! Slavery would be better for you, you would be doing honest work and be made to stick with it! Instead you quit jobs after months, weeks, days, hours! How many jobs have you had since you started the update?

Perhaps you're not real. I desperately want to believe such. Perhaps you're a collaborative effort between authoritarian leftists to erode our faith in humanity... as that's what your update is doing! Chris Christie a few weeks ago said that "Washington thinks it can manage your lives better than you can", and looking at you the answer is "damn right it can!" I know intelligent, sensible, attractive, and personable Oklahomans. What went wrong with you??

I'm watching the weather Channel right now. There's a fire in Oklahoma. I hope it burns your house, maybe that'll drive you to sensible behavior.

Mods, why haven't you banned this idiot yet? He's trolling, soliciting advice and not taking it, indeed doing the exact opposite of what we say. You set your ultimatum, Mikado, but he's failed about 20 such of his own similar goals. Get rid of him. Now!

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

LOL I actually came here just to post both of those Al quotes.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

If this is a realigning election, it could very well be the most important election since 1980.

At times I wonder if J.J. is a bot, but no bot would write a post this inane.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Ouch. And I really thought Kerrey would end up doing better than Obama by a decent amount.

It's very frequent for Democratic candidates to run behind obama in this cycle's polling.

And conversely, there are many who run ahead of the President.

But, I guess you won't bother mentioning anything that makes Democrats look good.

If rather have someone take a fish hook to my eyeballs than watch you two argue. You are both the worst. Honest to God.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPMS76qu0JE

I think you know (assuming you have some intelligence) I'm mocking the 60's protester wannabes that comprise the democrat(ic) party. 

Are you by any chance also the guy who wrote Norbit?

Are you trying to be clownish?

Yeah, some of us have to try. Not everybody is a natural like you.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I actually feel bad for Clinton.  He has an awfully ugly pig to put lipstick on.       

I didn't know that you hired Clinton as your make-up artist.