Buyer beware: Bush admin neglecting consumer safety.
Buyer beware: Bush admin neglecting consumer safety.
With recent recalls of toys, jewelry, and other products made in China, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has come under intense public scrutiny lately. The New York Times notes that the agency “has hardly been a priority of the Bush administration“:
Under the Bush administration, which promised to ease what it viewed as costly rules that placed unnecessary burdens on businesses, industry-friendly officials have been installed at federal agencies that oversee the nation’s workplaces, food suppliers, environment and consumer goods. [...]
The commission’s shrinking budget is just $62 million this year, even though the agency regulates an industry that sells $1.4 trillion annually. The Food and Drug Administration, which has a $2 billion budget, spends nearly twice as much monitoring the safety of animal feed and drugs than the Consumer Product Safety Commission spends to ensure the safety of products as diverse as toy, tools and televisions used every day by millions of Americans.
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Just because it was not the top priority, doesn't mean it was neglected. In fact, Bush has rised the bar in almost all of the responsibilities of the President, so consumer safety has most likely increased since he took office.
September 1st, 2007 at 4:14 pmTP,
In addition, GW BOTCH is changing the rules which would now allow uninspected (for US safety standards) long-haul trucks into this country for the first time.
This corporate suckup has never met a safety measure that means shit to him or his puppet masters!!!
September 1st, 2007 at 4:15 pmMore alarmism misdirected at the Bush admin. by half-educated ideologues at this Toilet Paper hate-site! Here's the progressives' new tactic of further stupidity in discrediting the Bush admin.: because of one, recent recall of toys made in China, progressives are renewing their frenetic psychosis and predictably making a big deal of it to disparage Bush for everything under the sun. The real ulterior motive of progs is they don't care about real consumer safety in demeaning Bush for allegedly underfunding the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Progtards are really only obsessed with protectionism and keeping manufacturing jobs in the US. Progtards love these recalls as they can demonize China and help Democrat-leaning unions by calling to keep manufacturing in the US. The downside to boycotting China is that consumer prices in the US will rise; since progressives always moan about how the middle class has no rising wages due to Bush's tax cuts, boycotting China is the least they should want.
September 1st, 2007 at 4:18 pmPoor, whittle, government program cannot do enough with ONLY $62 million . . .
September 1st, 2007 at 4:18 pmso consumer safety has most likely increased since he took office.
Comment by AVGVSTVS — September 1, 2007 @ 4:14 pm
lol talk about spurious logic. Sorry the man has been a consistent champion of the corporations over the safety of the American public. The relaxing of rules in the amount of arsenic in drinking water. Reclassifying CO2 as a non pollutant. He has been a terrible environmental steward, and a terrible trustee for the American people.
September 1st, 2007 at 4:26 pmoor, whittle, government program cannot do enough with ONLY $62 million . . .
Comment by Jake D. — September 1, 2007 @ 4:18 pm
Perhaps we should have them and the Pentagon switch budgets. I am sure they can do plenty with only 62 million.
September 1st, 2007 at 4:27 pmLOL -- lucky for the Pentagon (and the rest of the world), national defense is actually listed in the U.S. Constitution as a power vested in the federal government.
September 1st, 2007 at 4:31 pmBush could care less about our safety....the Mexican truckers are now driving on our highways and I'm sure they are not forced to meet our standards. Anything for big business.
September 1st, 2007 at 4:43 pm#
Poor, whittle, government program cannot do enough with ONLY $62 million . . .
Comment by Jake D. — September 1, 2007 @ 4:18 pm
75? Good lord, Jake. Fade away already...
September 1st, 2007 at 4:46 pmThe buyer should always beware. People shouldn't let the government think for them.
September 1st, 2007 at 4:47 pmThe buyer should always beware. People shouldn’t let the government think for them.
Comment by Kevin
September 1st, 2007 at 4:52 pmPeople do not let the government think for them... people pay taxes to ensure the roads are safe, the drinking water is pure, our kids are educated, the streets are safe and that there are no hazardous material in the food and drugs we consume.
But it's cheap, huh?
September 1st, 2007 at 4:54 pmThis all comes too late' Bush apparently has been chewing on his toys since he was a baby. It also explains the obvious "retardation" that has manifested....He has no lead in has pencil, just his pea brain!"
September 1st, 2007 at 4:57 pmIt's true,,,, BUSH is letting BAD products into this country because he wants to KILL DEMOCRATS....
Apparently democrats buy more of the GOOD BUYS at WAL-MART (why are they going for value?) than do the republicans.... BUSH knows this..... and lets them continue to get GOOD BUYS at WAL-MART so they can KILL themselves.... The republicans that also buy at WAL-MART are to be considered COLLATERAL DAMAGE...
Case solved....
September 1st, 2007 at 4:59 pmBUSH is also letting the stuff into our country because HE PERSONALLY likes getting a GOOD BUY on his products..... Who does he think he is??? Buying these products on HIS perceived VALUE..... THE GALL....
September 1st, 2007 at 5:03 pmLOL — lucky for the Pentagon (and the rest of the world), national defense is actually listed in the U.S. Constitution as a power vested in the federal government.
Comment by Jake D. — September 1, 2007 @ 4:31 pm
as is providing for the general welfare. typical cherry-picking of a GOP stooge. let's see the Pentagon with a $62 million budget. Ooh, poor little defense contractors.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:07 pmI suggest to PROTECT the people that the UNIONS of this nation be put in charge of the products we buy....
They will ensure that the general public is getting the BEST bang for thier buck.... and do so in a fair manner.
They can ensure that ALL products we buy are made by UNION authorized personnel, and WE will get the discounts accordingly....
Just think of it..... a union man deciding what is in your best interest..... SIGN ME UP...
September 1st, 2007 at 5:07 pmApparently democrats buy more of the GOOD BUYS at WAL-MART (why are they going for value?) than do the republicans…. BUSH knows this….. and lets them continue to get GOOD BUYS at WAL-MART so they can KILL themselves…. The republicans that also buy at WAL-MART are to be considered COLLATERAL DAMAGE…
Case solved….
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 4:59 pm
well we've always known he hates half the American people; I'm glad another GOP whore admits his treason. not that facts will matte to you, but it's republicans that shop at walmart, and bush is reducing the size of the GOP base with these murderous tactics. you won't see a GOP majority or president for decades now. America will be free again!
September 1st, 2007 at 5:09 pmBush does not care, because all his food and drink are taste tested before he consumes any of it.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:10 pmronjazz,,, 62 million for the PENTAGON?
September 1st, 2007 at 5:11 pmWhy so much,,,, I can protect myself for nothin,,,,
ron,,, Bush killing his BASE is BASELESS,,,,
Bush killing YOUR BASE makes sense.....
UNLESS,,,, of course both democrats and republicans buy this stuff because THEY know it's a better BUY...
NAAA,,, that could never be the answer.... too much free market hocus pocus
September 1st, 2007 at 5:14 pmI wish WAL-MART would just stop buying products from CHINA,,,,,,,
Don't they know that VIETNAM is a more CIVIL country?
September 1st, 2007 at 5:15 pmAre democratic representatives shopping at WAL-MART,,, equal to,,,,, republicans hiding in the closet? (craig)
September 1st, 2007 at 5:18 pmGeorge Bush doesn't like black people,
September 1st, 2007 at 5:18 pmor safe consumer products,
or accountability,
or freedom,
or democracy,
or open bidding,
or telling the truth,
or competent government,
or transparency,
or admitting mistakes,
or the middle class
or the poor,
or children - other than elite republicans children
or free markets,
or competition,
or abiding by the laws,
or the constitution,
or.....yup the list goes on and on and on and on
The next Mexican truck they let thru,,,, I'm going to flatten his tires.... Don't they know that MEXICAN gas is substandard.....
September 1st, 2007 at 5:20 pmComment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 4:59 pm
Hey Scoot,
Hate to burst your bubble, but neither I, nor any of my Progressive friends have shopped at a Wal-Mart or a Sam's Club. IN fact, we have been successful in stopping 5 new Wal-Mart stores from being built in our community in the past 3 years. Guess your hypothesis would be that ALL the collateral damage will be Repugs.
BYW, I bet if you went to almost any Wal-Mart/Sam's parking lot, the Bush/Cheney'04 bumper stickers on the pickups would be about 75% of the total vehicles in the lots.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:22 pma. Political....
interesting take on what George does not like....
If thats the case then BILL does not like HILLARY...(probably true too)
September 1st, 2007 at 5:22 pmor the environment
September 1st, 2007 at 5:23 pmor freedom of speech
or American values
or practicing what you preach
or being a true leader
or listening to the Generals - unless he installs them
or the GAO
or facts
or an independent judiciary
or words with more than 2 syllables
or.....
upside
Keep it up,,,, your community will continue to subsidize your neighboring community (that does allow WAL-MART) when all your neighbors drive over there to do thier shopping.....
You don't really think WAL-MART is who they are on just Republicans wallets?
Further this will DEPRESS your community of LIBS and your neighbors will continue to GROW.....
Just the market in action,,,,, AGAIN....
September 1st, 2007 at 5:27 pmactually Wal-Marts recent sales have been flat.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:28 pma political,,,,
That Bush must be a truely EVIL man EHHHH...
September 1st, 2007 at 5:28 pmIf thats the case then BILL does not like HILLARY…(probably true too)
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 5:22
Funny how they kept their family together while your heroes are off trying to pick up cops and little boys.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:29 pmThat Bush must be a truely EVIL man EHHHH
September 1st, 2007 at 5:30 pm=========
history has already judged him as that, I merely present the facts.
a. political
Your right,,,, sales are FLAT,,,, It appears too many of UPSIDES libtard neighbors are short on cash,,,, (probably to do with no JOBS in thier neighborhood)
On the other hand,,,, MICROSOFTS sales go FLAT at times as well,,,,,, don't let that FOOL you on who is still the 800 pound GORILLA in their MARKET and HOW they got there.....
September 1st, 2007 at 5:31 pmKeep it up,,,, your community will continue to subsidize your neighboring community (that does allow WAL-MART) when all your neighbors drive over there to do thier shopping…..
You don’t really think WAL-MART is who they are on just Republicans wallets?
Further this will DEPRESS your community of LIBS and your neighbors will continue to GROW…..
Just the market in action,,,,, AGAIN….
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 5:27 pm
walMart has taken a big hit from the Chinese lead-filled toys that Bushco refused to inspect. Bush is not only murdering his base, he is destroying the economy as he goes. Your ignorance of the facts is hastening this destruction, which is why your party won't see unchecked power like this ever again. the GOP is done, and Bush killed it. We're just providing the funeral. If you want to make a list of Bush's accomplishments that are favorable to america instead of Saudi arabia or china, that's the only one.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:32 pmthis seems to come up more and more...
http://www.rense.com/general64/pordc.htm NWO Plans To
Depopulate The Earth
With the super highway Bush calls a myth, and with the Mexican truckers now allowed to travel in our country, is this the beginning of a one world government? With all the so called wars, deregulation in standards in our country, health care crisis...so many dying... one has to wonder if this story does have credibility.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:34 pmOn the other hand,,,, MICROSOFTS sales go FLAT at times as well,,,,,, don’t let that FOOL you on who is still the 800 pound GORILLA in their MARKET and HOW they got there…..
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 5:31 pm
yes, and they'll stay there forever, according to you, just like all the buggy-whip manufacturers and adding machine makers. 800 pound gorillas eventually starve to death from eating all the food in their neighborhood. Microsoft is doing the same thing, and will fall and die as well. WalMart is failing in many communities, and is being rejected in many more. Their illegal slavery techniques and fear-mongering, as well as their use of welfare as part of their profit scheme is now well-known, and they will be cut down to siza as soon as we rid the country of the thieves and vermin of the GOP.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:35 pmA. pol
Kept the family together..... sure,,,, I'm certain my wife would also keep the FAMILY together after I get MY HOB KNOB chewed on by the BABYSITTER....
And best of all,,,, i'll respect her more for it.... (it's just so big of her you see)
Of course in the CLINTON case to make it equal,,, my wife would have had to marry me for $ or POWER or some other deranged picadilly,,,, (maybe my wife did and i don't know it),,,
September 1st, 2007 at 5:36 pmThat Bush must be a truely EVIL man EHHHH…
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 5:28 pm
now you're beginning to understand...it's about time.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:36 pmComment by ronjazz — September 1, 2007 @ 5:32 pm
I find the Scoot's logic somewhat pretzel-like.
And actually we have been able to get 3 new CostCo's and 2 new Organic grocers to our community which have more than offset any Wal-Mart "loss".
It sounds like poor Scoot is a night stocking clerk at Wal-Mart and is worried for his job (as well as his health, handling all that lead and anti-freeze-laden products.)
How sad his life is!
September 1st, 2007 at 5:37 pmInternational Politics 131 failed to mention the Bush factor when explaining how a bi-polar system was much more stable than a multi-polar system...that factor seems to have accelerated the destabilization exponentially.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:38 pmOf course in the CLINTON case to make it equal,,, my wife would have had to marry me for $ or POWER or some other deranged picadilly,,,, (maybe my wife did and i don’t know it),,,
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 5:36 pm
obviously your wife is as deranged and ignorant as you, if you have a wife, which is very unlikely.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:38 pmYes, those costly goddamn rules that get in the way of free commerce, must be laxly enforced, lest the Chinese won't want to send their shoddy, poisonous crap over here for us to gobble up.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:39 pmron,,,, Walmart may become smaller,,,, but at the expense of the PUBLIC in general,,,,
But your buddies in the UNIONS sure will be happy,,, they will now be able to charge YOU double for that garbage can built in OHIO....
Can't wait for that,,,,,,
September 1st, 2007 at 5:40 pmobviously your wife is as deranged and ignorant as you, if you have a wife, which is very unlikely.
Comment by ronjazz — September 1, 2007 @ 5:38 pm
He meets his "wives" nightly at the local bus station men's room.
Tap Tap Tap
September 1st, 2007 at 5:40 pmmy wife would have had to marry me for $ or POWER or some other deranged picadilly,,,, (maybe my wife did and i don’t know it),,,
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 5:36 pm
That must be quite a picadilly you've got there. I'm impressed!
September 1st, 2007 at 5:40 pmJust in, breaking news!!
September 1st, 2007 at 5:41 pmGarbage cans from Ohio found to NOT contain lead paint!
Just in, breaking news!!
Garbage cans from Ohio found to NOT contain lead paint!
Comment by RUCerious — September 1, 2007 @ 5:41 pm
RUCerious, R U Serious????? WOW, they might be a better deal than those lead-painted ones from our future enemies when we bomb Iran. HMMMMMMM
September 1st, 2007 at 5:42 pmCostco, is only looked upon favorably by a FEW of you because WALMART is worse in your OPINION,,,,
COSTCO also buys these products from CHINA or wherever...,,,,
REMEMBER now,,,, You can only take down ONE successful retailer at a time.... (save COSTCO for a later day)
September 1st, 2007 at 5:43 pmSome people are saying that George Bush turned Mowaffak al-Rubaie on to watching cartoons, he patiently expolained to him one day thats he learns most of what he knows and how the world works through cartoons...
He then said he was considering a pre-emptive military strike against Iran by dropping a huge anvil on the country
Unfortunately Haliburton made no such anvil and he couldn't find the phone number for ACME.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:43 pmCostco, unfortunately, in it's bid to always be the price leader, buys way too much shit from China.
Answer - don't buy the shit.
They do, however pay and treat their employees like human beings, unlike Mal-Wart.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:44 pmron,,,, Walmart may become smaller,,,, but at the expense of the PUBLIC in general,,,,
But your buddies in the UNIONS sure will be happy,,, they will now be able to charge YOU double for that garbage can built in OHIO….
Can’t wait for that,,,,,,
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 5:40 pm
Why do you hate Americans? that's about the 15th smear you've written directed against America and Americans. Look, if you like shoddy, poisoned merchandise sold for cheap by people getting screwed by big corporations, just say so. Then move to North Korea, where they share your philosophy. You haven't even a glimmer of an idea of how this country became strong and great, not a glimmer. You are dead set on destroying all that America has stood for, and making us weak militarily and economically. Waht kind of sick f*ck are y8ou, to want cheap Chinese garbage over goods made in Ohio? Are you a terrorist, or just a traitor? either way, you're no American.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:45 pmComment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 5:43 pm
Sorry Scoot,
I shop at CostCo for the way they treat their employees and the communities they serve, not for where they buy their products. But I do make purchasing decisions on all I buy, no matter where, based on quality, place of manufacture, and value.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:45 pmhe learns most of what he knows and how the world works through cartoons…
September 1st, 2007 at 5:46 pmEpwains the Ewmer Fudd bwast fiwst and aim wayter technique he's pewfected.
You guys would probably love my wife,,,, She is a little bit of a LIBTARD herself..... but with therapy we are working on this problem together....
However,,, I have caught her SINNING by shopping at COSTCO or even WAL-MART,,,,, TSK TSK
September 1st, 2007 at 5:46 pmStupid f*ckung wingnuts...
Low wage Chinese labor has NOT kept prices down, but have contributed to a 400% increase in CEO salaries, at the expense of the consumers well-being.
Nice work, keep selling the soul of America, traitors.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:47 pmWow,,,, RON,,,,
Remind me not to PARK my TOYOTA anywhere you (and your temper) can get at it....
September 1st, 2007 at 5:49 pmscooter, the closest you've ever gotten to a wife is looking up the skirt of your father's wife.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:50 pmSo bad Chinese goods are Bush's fault!
September 1st, 2007 at 5:50 pmWhat isn't Bush's fault?
If it rains it's his fault too?
Remind me not to PARK my TOYOTA anywhere you (and your temper) can get at it….
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 5:49 pm
just don't park yourself anywhere I can get at you. I don't reat traitors kindly, unlike you and bush.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:51 pm"She is a little bit of a LIBTARD herself"
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man, I can't believe how dismissive you are of your wifes opinions and beliefs...oh wait, you're a republican aren't you?
September 1st, 2007 at 5:52 pmWhy do you think COSTCO is a living wage? Because it's more than WAL-MART....
Hey everybody,,,, just quit WAL-MART (or anything else) and work at COSTCO,,,,, they pay a living wage......
This living wage is only sooo,,,, because WAL-MART is less,,,, ONCE WAL-MART is no more then COSTCO is no longer a living wage...
Remember one successful retailer at a time....
September 1st, 2007 at 5:52 pmComment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 5:52 pm
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whoa, incoherence alert on!
September 1st, 2007 at 5:54 pmI guess having a different opinion of her makes me dismissive.... YEP
September 1st, 2007 at 5:54 pmSo bad Chinese goods are Bush’s fault!
What isn’t Bush’s fault?
If it rains it’s his fault too?
Comment by Humpy — September 1, 2007 @ 5:50 pm
so who's fault is it that Bush cut the inspection budgets, humpass? who's fault? who can you blame, if not the guy that actually did it? what stupid excuse for logic is that? the guy cuts the budget for inspecting imports, the imports cause death and disfigurement, who's fault is it? yours? mine? or the guy whose job it is to be a good leader for America? Of course it's Bush's fault, there is nobody else to blame in that particular situation. At least with 9/11 Condi and Dick can share in the blame for that monumental failure, but not the poisoned imports. that's Bush's doing.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:54 pmTo prove your hypothesis, you need to show a pattern in this. So please combine with the lower rate of inspection of food; the refusal to release inspection data; a lower budget for work-place inspections in OSHA; a lower rate of support for those injured in the workplace; a lack of sufficient funds for the military wounded; perhaps public health outbreaks due to contaminated food; .....
On second thought, it is like shooting fish in a barrel.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:55 pmHey everybody,,,, just quit WAL-MART (or anything else) and work at COSTCO,,,,, they pay a living wage……
This living wage is only sooo,,,, because WAL-MART is less,,,, ONCE WAL-MART is no more then COSTCO is no longer a living wage…
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 5:52 pm
I thought those were serial commas, but I see now it's drool.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:56 pmron,,,
September 1st, 2007 at 5:56 pmYou remind me of my neighbors little dog that BARKS viciously from his yard,,, but once i get to it,,, is a NICE little DOGGIE
I guess having a different opinion of her makes me dismissive…. YEP
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 5:54 pm
always proud of their ignorance, these rightards. proud to show us what buffoons they are. no better than monkeys.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:56 pmI guess having a different opinion of her makes me dismissive…. YEP
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 5:54 pm
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nope, referring to her as a Libtard is, as well as mandating that she should change is as well. Respecting others and their opinions is what makes us civilized....oh wait, you're a republican aren't you?
September 1st, 2007 at 5:58 pmHey it's Scooter, my favorite Wal-Mart greeter!
I heard you yappin about dogs three threads over.
What was your point again?
September 1st, 2007 at 5:58 pmOn second thought, it is like shooting fish in a barrel.
Comment by MapleStreet — September 1, 2007 @ 5:55 pm
no, no, it's the unions, don't you see. those evil unions that gave the people a living wage, a humane environment, a reasonable work week, pensions, protection from the corporations, credit unions, etc. things were much better when 9-year-old kids worked 12 hours a day in polluted factories for 6 cents an hour. those were the days.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:59 pmI wonder how many deaths occur because of the RED TAPE in this country? The poor MEXICANS are now paying double for CORN thier staple because idiots up here think ETHANOL based from CORN is a winner....
LIBTARDS
September 1st, 2007 at 5:59 pmHey Scoot,
What will your wife say to you when the Big Flush happens in '09? Will she laugh at you or try to console you? And what will you do when adult supervision is back in the WH?
Gotta hurt to think about that, huh?
September 1st, 2007 at 6:00 pmScooter I told you not to come on these things and make an idiot out of yourself!
Now come home from the internet cafe or there is no dessert for you tonight!!! And quit calling me a liberal retard, who calls their own wife a retard!? My poor poor pathetic scooter thats who, mother warned me and I didn't listen.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:03 pmHOWS this for PC,,,, HONEY,,,, your just a little misguided on thinking the RAPIST entering our home has RIGHTS and we should talk to him about his weakness... OK,,,,, I know you think it's not his fault and since he is a MINORITY we owe him.... but trying to talk to him PROBABLY won't work....
September 1st, 2007 at 6:03 pm"but trying to talk to him PROBABLY won’t work…."
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no thats what she, and we, think about you ;)
September 1st, 2007 at 6:04 pmIF a big flush happens and DEMOS get in power,,,, she will probably be pleased,,,,
That is until SHE SEE's how much her LIBTARD friends raise OUR taxes,,,
HEY,,,, thats it,,,, thats how she'll change...
September 1st, 2007 at 6:06 pmSo Bush cut the budget?
September 1st, 2007 at 6:06 pmDid he cut it or slow the rate of growth?
#
HOWS this for PC,,,, HONEY,,,, your just a little misguided on thinking the RAPIST entering our home has RIGHTS and we should talk to him about his weakness… OK,,,,, I know you think it’s not his fault and since he is a MINORITY we owe him…. but trying to talk to him PROBABLY won’t work….
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 6:03 pm
I tell you what, scooter. You take a little me time and think this last post through. The one thing it shows me is that you need to take a little more
time to think things through.
grease them wheels, scoot.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:07 pmyou squeak.
No stay there Scoot, I'm still here and didnt like the last time you came home and I had to hide in the basement until you went to sleep in a pile of cheetos and drool, clean up yourself and she might not have to rely on me for 'support'
September 1st, 2007 at 6:07 pmThanks guys,,,, If the big flush happens,,, I now know how my WIFE will come to her senses....
I knew there was something useful in these discussions
September 1st, 2007 at 6:07 pmscooter acording to opur resident genious Bunjazz, everything is Bush's falut.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:09 pmHe ordered Chinese companies to make bad products!
I now know how my WIFE will come to her senses…
She already has, why do you think I'm in your shitty little apartment right now soothing her like you cant??
September 1st, 2007 at 6:10 pmBumjazz what isn't Bush's fault?
September 1st, 2007 at 6:10 pmthose were the days.
Comment by ronjazz — September 1, 2007 @ 5:59 pm
When I was 5, my father tried putting me and my brother and sister to work. He told us we had to work from sunrise to sunset, 7 days a week, in the upstate NY summer, for free. We could only stop to eat lunch and supper. He told me I had to pay back every cent he spent raising me by working for him, that he could charge as much interest as he wanted, pay me as little as he wanted, and if I never paid the debt off, I had to work for him my whole life and keep giving him all the money. He said it was state law.
The first morning he put us to work, he got upset when he realized such small children simply couldn't work that hard. He started screaming at us at the top of his lungs and whipping us w/ his belt.
This is a true story. He was a registered Repub his whole life. Once I got bigger, I was always alot nicer to him than he ever was to me. I never went back and killed him, but I wanted to, badly.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:13 pmI dont't know if living wages are related to right to work states, but in RTW states, employees aren't payed worth a DAMN.
More like "right to work for cheap".
September 1st, 2007 at 6:13 pmYEP,,,, there she goes again,,,, shopping at COSTCO,,,
I don't even think YOU LIBTARDS could get her out of that......
And even though it's a better than UNION RUN crap,,,I don't believe her line,,,, YOU have to save money by spending money... (on sale)
September 1st, 2007 at 6:13 pmAlp,,,, I'm sure (in your head) your doing enough thinking for the both of us....
September 1st, 2007 at 6:15 pmLibtards usually do KNOW what is best for the rest of US.
LIBTARDS
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 5:59 pm
George Bush is the biggest supporter of ethanol in the world right now. the libtard George Bush. You, scooter, really shouldn't leave your brains behind when you go to the internet cafe. You should leave your brother's behind, though, nasty boy.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:18 pmLibtards usually do KNOW what is best for the rest of US.
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 6:15 pm
obviously, somebody has to do your thinking for you, since you are incapable, and prove it with each visit here, where you make Mussolini sound sane.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:19 pmrepublic of stupidity,,,, sorry your father was that way...
On the other hand aren't you IMPRESSED with the WORK ethic of the NEXT generation,,,,,
They might be a little better off with a WEEK of your DAD.
Of course,,, you can always ignore work and live off the state.... in LIBTARD land that is just another CAREER option....
September 1st, 2007 at 6:19 pmin LIBTARD land that is just another CAREER option….
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 6:19 pm
I work 3 jobs these days. Between April and July, I took 4 days off, 5 tops.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:22 pmron,,,,, O ye of little knowledge....
In case your a little MISINFORMED on the sellouts GIVEN to farmers from both the DEMS and REPUBS,,,,
Just check the statements on ETHANOL and corn in the IOWA primaries given by the contenders....(on all sides)
PS,,, If you want to make fun of the other side,,,, it helps if your side is not selling out to the same DUMB idea....
September 1st, 2007 at 6:23 pmThis is a true story. He was a registered Repub his whole life. Once I got bigger, I was always alot nicer to him than he ever was to me. I never went back and killed him, but I wanted to, badly.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — September 1, 2007 @ 6:13 pm
most republicans are thousands of years behind on the evolutionary scale, and heve not become full humans yet, scooter, here, is a prime example. I call them The Unevolved. They are commonly known as knuckle-draggers, neandertals, barbarians and savages. If liberals weren't so damned eveolved, we'd do the right thing and thin the herd, but we're just too human. that's why repukes find it easy to justify slaughtering Iraqi children and destroying the American military, because they have no respect for human life. even their "right to life" crusade is very simply about controling their women. they don't care about babies or fetuses, just their own retarded self-esteem.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:24 pmPS,,, If you want to make fun of the other side,,,, it helps if your side is not selling out to the same DUMB idea….
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 6:23 pm
so you're denying that Bush is a big promoter of ethanol? or are you trying to blame it on the party not in power for those 6 years? which way do you think you can have it? both ways? that's what 4-year-olds think, too, scootie-boy. back to your cage, f*ckwit.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:26 pmRepublic,,, I think MAY,,,, is the DATE when you have FINALLY PAID your TAXES to the GOVT.... (all the previous months checks equal the amount the GOVT takes over a year)...
Knowing this you should take a few days off in JUNE...
September 1st, 2007 at 6:26 pmYou can work really hard from that point on as it is for YOU and not the GOVT.
ron,,,, Hooo,,, hooo UGG UGGG (neanderthal noises)
As for BUSH and his ETHANOL,,,,, LOOK at the legislation NITWIT and who passed it in CONGRESS...
Or BOW down to the all powerful BUSH who apparently shoves ETHANOL down PELOSI and REIDS throat..(even though they have more votes in congress)
HOOO HOOO,,, uggg ugggg
September 1st, 2007 at 6:31 pmron,,,,
Even a LIBTARD such as yourself should be able to discern that BOTH parties pander to the farmers....
September 1st, 2007 at 6:34 pmProof of New World Order from George Bush SR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CWBTL33MpA
September 1st, 2007 at 6:34 pmHey, neandertal, perfect representation. Bush has been forcing unamerican crap dwn everyone's throat for 6 years; the Dems don't have the votes because of turncoats and traitors like Lieberman. they're out on the street like the repig traitors soon enough. funny bush gets what he wants, dems fault, doesn't get what he wants, nasty dems fault. you're as transparent as cellophane.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:35 pmI work 3 jobs these days. Between April and July, I took 4 days off, 5 tops.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — September 1, 2007 @ 6:22 pm
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pffft, if you were a real man like G Bush, you would have taken off at least a month and cleared some brush or something manly like that.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:35 pmIt's SELLER BEWARE!...it's HIGH time we put TEETH in the laws for the cons and scams.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:37 pmComment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 6:34 pm
you're a rightard traitor, you know nothing of facts or logic. good riddance to you and your party next year, flushed and already swirling the bowl. take your thieves, liars and perverts to North korea, where they will welcome you as their own.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:37 pma little misguided on thinking the RAPIST entering our home
It's not her fault your family keeps showing up uninvited and unannounced!
September 1st, 2007 at 6:39 pmNice ron,,,,, Both sides pander to the FARMERS and you can't even acknowedge it....
NOPE,,, you turn to GENERALITIES of traitor crap...
Somebody in this conversation is ignoring reality....
But hey your a LIBTARD what did I expect....
September 1st, 2007 at 6:40 pm#
Alp,,,, I’m sure (in your head) your doing enough thinking for the both of us….
Libtards usually do KNOW what is best for the rest of US.
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 6:15 pm
I just suggested a little grease. you sound so... squeaky. As far as thinking
goes, you fools are on your own. good luck.
think about it.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:41 pmRU,,,, Nice one,,,,
You must be a FEMINIST,,,, all sex to these (other LIBTARDS is RAPE)...
September 1st, 2007 at 6:42 pmSCARY stuff
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RU,,,, Nice one,,,,
You must be a FEMINIST,,,, all sex to these (other LIBTARDS is RAPE)…
SCARY stuff
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 6:42 pm
Why is the rapist of your mind(in your head) always a minority, squeaky?
September 1st, 2007 at 6:44 pmRU,,,, Maybe on the other hand you don't commit RAPE,,, (or any sex in LIBTARD FEMINIST LAND that is not LESBIAN or GAY)...
You see men are by definition oppressors,,, or did'nt you know that,,,,
September 1st, 2007 at 6:46 pmThe Rapist can be any race....
BRINGING a MINORITY into the discussion reveals the LIBTARD idiocracy of RACE based programs...
Or maybe you think all those ASIAN folks doing better than all other RACES was just REALLY LUCKY...
September 1st, 2007 at 6:48 pm#
RU,,,, Maybe on the other hand you don’t commit RAPE,,, (or any sex in LIBTARD FEMINIST LAND that is not LESBIAN or GAY)…
You see men are by definition oppressors,,, or did’nt you know that,,,,
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 6:46 pm
That's fantastic, squeak. Can you tell me more about this land?
September 1st, 2007 at 6:49 pmru,,,,
I try,,, (badly i guess) to show LIBTARD idiocy. RACE based programs of any sort (for blacks) are dumb...
when you consider the success of another minority ASIAN,,,
Of course these REAL WORLD truths escape the minds of most....
September 1st, 2007 at 6:51 pmMaybe on the other hand you don’t commit RAPE,,, (or any sex in LIBTARD FEMINIST LAND that is not LESBIAN or GAY)…
You see men are by definition oppressors,,, or did’nt you know that,,,,
Comment by scooter —
September 1st, 2007 at 6:53 pmWOW....you are really weird.....go back to the bathroom and do your toe tapping, hand wave and what ever you weirdos do. Just keep it off this blog... please.
Alp,,, As a RAPIST,,, i'm obviously not qualified to give you all the ins and outs on the FEMINIST LIBTARD position,,,, (they don't really like IN and OUT now do they?)
September 1st, 2007 at 6:54 pm"I try,,, (badly i guess) to show LIBTARD idiocy. "
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yet you only accomplish in exemplifying your own.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:55 pmHad enough.... In just a little while you will have you wish...
September 1st, 2007 at 6:55 pm#
ru,,,,
I try,,, (badly i guess) to show LIBTARD idiocy. RACE based programs of any sort (for blacks) are dumb…
when you consider the success of another minority ASIAN,,,
Of course these REAL WORLD truths escape the minds of most….
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 6:51 pm
You do show idiocy, rather nicely. Maybe try to drop the whole LIBTARD
approach. You know, think things through a bit before you go squeaking
insults at every turn.
Libtard? c'mon... that doesn't even scratch the skin.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:57 pma political,,, Don't blame the MESSENGER, or my idiotic failure to show you why LIBTARDS are such...
I have failed.. again.....
September 1st, 2007 at 6:58 pmAs a RAPIST,,, i’m obviously not qualified.....
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 6:54 pm
I didn't know you were a rapist.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:58 pmLibtard? c’mon… that doesn’t even scratch the skin.
Comment by alp3 — September 1, 2007 @ 6:57 pm
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nope, but it probably doesn't make his wife feel too good when he belittles her with that 'insult'
September 1st, 2007 at 6:59 pmI have failed.. again…..
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 6:58 pm
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now now, that was a step in the right direction though, admitting ones own mistakes is the first step to a solution, now if only your leader would be as forthright!
September 1st, 2007 at 7:00 pmalp,,, Your right.... i should drop the LIBTARD approach,,,
in all future correspondence please don't consider yourself as such if I say it....
Also about the Insults,,,, I try to get out a LIBERAL idea that is wrong on every one... Don't take it personally..
I sure don't get too worked up about what some think of myself.....
September 1st, 2007 at 7:02 pmNo leader on either side is forthright.... the sharks on both sides just view it as blood in the water...
September 1st, 2007 at 7:05 pmI sure don’t get too worked up about what some think of myself…..
Comment by scooter — September 1, 2007 @ 7:02 pm
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wait a second we were making progress here, real progress!
The ideas you espouse in lock-step with Bushco are really an extension of yourself, your belief system and values...yet you get extremely worked up by that, rather than engaging in a respectful discussion, listening as well as speaking, you revert to Libtard name calling and out right dismissal of other's opinions with little or no facts to back up your screed.
Let's go back to the Scooter we all loved who admitted his mistakes, shall we?
September 1st, 2007 at 7:06 pmsorry folks,,,, been fun but gotta run...
September 1st, 2007 at 7:07 pmThe wife is telling me to get off that DAMN website and get some REAL work done.... (wish i could ignore her like she does me)
"No leader on either side is forthright…. the sharks on both sides just view it as blood in the water…"
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NOW that I can somewhat agree on! Excellent, progress once more, and not Iraqi style progress, real progress.
"Mrs scooter" must be an interesting person.
September 1st, 2007 at 7:11 pm“Mrs scooter†must be an interesting person.
she is :)
September 1st, 2007 at 7:16 pmJust a thought . . .
If consumers, consumer protection organizations, farmers, manufacturers, etc. had a central wistleblowing 503(c) website that was organized to inform consumers and wistleblow on bad practices, we might could circumvent poor politics and take responsiblity for our own health and welfare. . . . a job dedicated to our government . . . a government that has subverted the process.
Is there such an organization or a site? (One that hasn't been hijacked - I still believe such a thing is possible)
September 1st, 2007 at 9:18 pm“Mrs scooter†must be an interesting person.
Comment by Zooey
Why, are you interested, Lezbo?
September 1st, 2007 at 10:14 pmNow have sweet Gregg delete that.
Tell me, what is the bill to the bathouse, bill? Lezbo? what's that, friend.
September 1st, 2007 at 10:29 pmAre y'all still blamin' Bush fo' everthin'!?!?
That cracks me up!
September 1st, 2007 at 10:34 pmyou've been cracked up for quite some time, augustivus... squirm.
September 1st, 2007 at 10:38 pmAVGVSTVS sez:
Yes…funny how the facts tend to support that conclusion time and again, isn’t it?
September 1st, 2007 at 10:38 pmIs it any surprise to anyone that since Chimpy took office there has been scare after scare over safety of the food supply, and not event after event of toxic products entering our country from China?
Chimpy has eliminated most of the FDA food inspectors. To wit: bad spinach from California, Salmonella tainted beef and poultry. I guess Chimpy has no worry, what with all the unemployed in DC, he can hire 50 or so people to be his food tasters.
September 2nd, 2007 at 12:36 amAnd what do you expect from China, a country unbridled by any need to protect the consumer? Our Global Economy "race to the bottom" has led us right to the point where we will again realize that Upton Sinclair's "Jungle" must be prevented through government action--if not inspectors to confirm that the domestic food supply is regulated, then inspectyors to ensure that foodstuffs from China are safe.
September 2nd, 2007 at 12:38 am"Why, are you interested, Lezbo?
Now have sweet Gregg delete that." - bathhouse bill
Anyone tired of low-life cretins like this should visit join us, where trolls are not welcome and are quickly squashed like the bugs they are. Most of the interesting people are over there, not here.
Of course, if you enjoy sparring with these chickenhawk trolls, who are so tough and nasty only because they are anonymous and able to hide behind their keyboards, then stay here. Who knows, maybe some day TP will get it together.
September 2nd, 2007 at 1:48 amWhere's Nader the consumer advocate? Not to bash the guy, but he did help give us 4 more years of Bush and by extension this fiasco. Is he going to march out in 2008 and argue that same bs line about how there isn't any difference between republicans and democrats? Part of me still wants to admire the guy, but where is he now, when we need a crusader?
September 2nd, 2007 at 3:41 amMost of the interesting people are over there, not here.
Comment by gorn by any other name
Bullsh¡t, that homo haven won't last 2 months.
September 2nd, 2007 at 3:57 amIf that's the case, why are you still hanging around here.
Better git now, Eggregious want's to serve you up a stiff one.
Delete THIS, FudgeBoys.
I rest my case. As long as TP allows garbage like "bathhouse bill" to spew all over this site, it's not worthy of regular support from decent people.
Somehow, I feel BB would not exhibit the same bravado if he couldn't cower beneath his keyboard. What's it like to be a hateful, self-loathing coward, BB? Maybe we should ask your comrades, Senator Craig and Congressman Foley. Just what urges are you hiding beneath your vitriol?
There's something definitely messed up about a site that censors "naughty words", but does nothing to discourage unrestrained hate, and by doing nothing, actually encourages it.
September 2nd, 2007 at 6:16 amI guess this topic touched a nerve. The trolls have gone bonkers. More proof that conservatism is a cancer on the body politic.
September 2nd, 2007 at 8:57 amas a Bush supporter I always believed in pulling myself up by my bootstraps.... until the inferior material fell apart in my hands
September 2nd, 2007 at 9:04 amAVGVSTVS wrote:
Stephen Colbert would be proud of you. You have mindless fealty to Bush, so while it may not be true, but it FEELS like it should be true.
Please give me the directions to the alternate universe you live in. I'd prefer it to reality too.
Keep it up, you're doing a heck of a job Brownie.
September 2nd, 2007 at 9:32 am>More alarmism misdirected at the Bush admin.
Your afraid of people who have managed to kill less americans in the past 10 years than slipping in the bathtub has, and your calling us "alarmist".
STFU mighty hermaphrodite, i noticed your fake @ss "myspacebardiedandmyspacepixsarefrightening" incarnation stopped using parenthesis much since I called you out....your little alter ego is still plainly obvious, as its text contains many gratuitiously large and cumbersome words, much like your rants, where much simpler ones would be smaller and more succinct..as if someone is trying to impress people with fake intellectualism/academic credentials..go figure
September 2nd, 2007 at 9:38 amStephen Colbert would be proud of you....
Comment by hmpierson — September 2, 2007 @ 9:32 am
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Thank you!
Did you hear about Mucktard al Sadist?
As for directions to the Colbert Nation... just follow your gut instincts and you'll be there in no time flat!!!
September 2nd, 2007 at 9:45 amComment by Chocolate Messiah Overload — September 2, 2007 @ 9:38 am
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So, you're having trouble with the word "alarmism"?!?!
Typical, uneducated lefty.
September 2nd, 2007 at 10:00 amWhat's a dead worker or dead child to the Bush Crime Family? They can't care about things like that since it might get in the way of corporate profits. They worship the god of profit. They are slime and they will all rot in hell for what they have done to this once great country.
September 2nd, 2007 at 11:31 am"The buyer should always beware. People shouldn’t let the government think for them.
Comment by Kevin"
So, Kevin, tell me how the buyer is supposed to know that the food they are eating is tainted? How is the buyer supposed to know that the toy they purchased for their child contains lead? Please tell me how the buyer is supposed to know something that is not disclosed to them?
September 2nd, 2007 at 11:35 am