Comments on: Kristol: Obama was rolling in the dough as community organizer.

By: christopher wiwi

christopher wiwi — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:47:32 +0000

This just shows me how low the REICH will stoop. Kristol has not got enough brass to show up in Chicago and do half as much as Obama has done, for the same amount of money. These guys in the REICH just keeps giving the old man more and more help and digging him a deeper hole from which he will not get out of ………….

By: rcpmac

rcpmac — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:28:19 +0000

This says more about the NYT than Kristol. Beware.

By: LibertyLover

LibertyLover — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:30:05 +0000

OOps make that $13 K

By: LibertyLover

LibertyLover — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:29:43 +0000

Hmmm. I graduated in 1980 and my salary was $13 pre-taxes. And that was during the time that Reagan imposed the largest tax increase on workers — that of doubling their contribution to their own Social Security. And Guess What? I couldn’t pay my bills even with a room mate… I had to get a second job… Now that’s “uniquely American” – ain’t it?

I hate Repukelicans that are born with a silver foot in their mouth.

By: KevinNYC

KevinNYC — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:13:21 +0000

Um Rogers, in addition to not understanding a lot of bits, like how much money$5,000 is to someone making $12,000, you’re comparing mean average salary to GDP per capita. These are not really comparable. Counting into per capita are folks like infants, schoolchildren and the eldery who do not have a salary.

By: Innocent Bystander

Innocent Bystander — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:23:29 +0000

I think rodgers has learned something in this thread today. I’m pretty sure he’s renegotiating his contract with the RNC to pay him his $4000/year in inflation-adjusted dollars.

By: Comrade Rutherford

Comrade Rutherford — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:57:05 +0000

“$8500 for a year of teaching sounds woefully low, even for the 1980’s. I don’t blame your teachers for wanting to strike.”

The town next door had just raised their base salary to $12K. It was felt at that time that $12K was the minimum ‘living’ wage, and our school wanted that too. They settled for $10.5K.

I was 17 and in total shock that school teachers were paid so very badly.

So Obama was NOT making LOTS of money, and certainly NOT ‘rolling in dough’.

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:44:05 +0000

RealClearPolitics, May 27, 2008, in an article ironically titled “Obama’s sin of omission”:
So I guess it’s just me wondering — how on earth do you give a speech on that topic and not mention our country’s most widespread and important form of public service and sacrifice, military service?

Now here is NYT op ed columnist Bill Kristol, dated today June 2, in a piece entitled “What Obama left out”:
More striking is Obama’s sin of omission.

(Only the day before, Obama had been squabbling with John McCain about veterans’ benefits.)

Kristol ignores the obvious question — when did he serve in the military? In fact as an administration rife with chickenhawks, how dare they even think of questioning Obama’s lack of military service — they choose to denigrate his years in community srevice instead.

PLAGIARISM — FROM THE SNEERING AND SNIFFING MR. KRISTOL.

By: Shayne

Shayne — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:43:42 +0000

That’s OK Tweedster, if we had an actual photograph I’d love to see it in print!

By: Tweedster

Tweedster — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:39:07 +0000

123. Shayne – That … visual … is … nauseating!

Sorry, forgot it was around lunch time.

By: Shayne

Shayne — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:21:42 +0000

Tweedster Says:

I bet Haggee loooooves rich Corinthian leather. He probably has a thong made out of corinthian leather to protect his jewels from demons.

That … visual … is … nauseating!

Who has the industrial strength brain cleaner?

By: Tweedster

Tweedster — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:19:06 +0000

Shayne Says:

dirk gently Says:

tweedster, that was actually $33k in 2004. the popping sound you hear is rogers’s head exploding trying to figure out the adjustment on that.

That’s the plate in rogers skull, not in his hair, popping. Obvoiusly he’s been kicked in the head by a mule. The mule claims he had it coming for being so annoying.

The mule needs to finish what it started…rogers has left the thread, maybe the mule came back.

By: Tweedster

Tweedster — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:17:34 +0000

MCMetal Says:

“Montalban” was the name of the castle of the 2nd most renowned peer or paladin of Charlegmagne , Rinaldo ……

Thanks for clearing that up :-)

Well, off to another thread to stomp out troll fires…

By: Shayne

Shayne — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:16:10 +0000

dirk gently Says:

tweedster, that was actually $33k in 2004. the popping sound you hear is rogers’s head exploding trying to figure out the adjustment on that.

That’s the plate in rogers skull, not in his hair, popping. Obvoiusly he’s been kicked in the head by a mule. The mule claims he had it coming for being so annoying.

By: MCMetal

MCMetal — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:13:00 +0000

“Montalban” was the name of the castle of the 2nd most renowned peer or paladin of Charlegmagne , Rinaldo ……

By: Steaming Pile

Steaming Pile — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:10:25 +0000

Tell me, Rogers, what did you make in 1985? Don’t remember? Could that be because you were probably in second grade at the time? I remember 1985, and twelve grand was chump money back then. It’s about what an Army private first class might have made.

By: MCMetal

MCMetal — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:09:26 +0000

Tweedster Says:
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Anyone know where Fantasy Island’s “owner” gets his last name from ?

well? I’m pulling a troll move here and won’t be doing research on your question…but I want to know.

Will my lack of willpower be overcome by my drive to know? Only time will tell…

June 2nd, 2008 at 12:58 pm

Sorry , I should have been more concise ; I was asking where the actor’s name comes from , not his charcter’s ……….

By: pbg

pbg — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:06:27 +0000

How many people who read the New York Times would look at $23 thou a year and say, “wow, he was making out like a bandit!”?
you might make it on late night TV filled with Medicare motorize wheelchairs and payday loan stores, but iin the Times?

By: Tweedster

Tweedster — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:01:59 +0000

Who is Mr. Roarke?

By: Tweedster

Tweedster — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:00:30 +0000

I bet Haggee loooooves rich Corinthian leather. He probably has a thong made out of corinthian leather to protect his jewels from demons.