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BillyJeanKing
02-26-2010, 02:19 PM
If your name be cez you must post cliffnotes of your article to avoid TLDR comments


'Toyota defense' might rescue jailed Minnesota man

Ever since his 1996 Toyota Camry shot up an interstate ramp, plowing into the back of an Oldsmobile in a horrific crash that killed three people, Koua Fong Lee insisted he had done everything he could to stop the car.

A jury didn't believe him, and a judge sentenced him to eight years in prison. But now, new revelations of safety problems with Toyotas have Lee pressing to get his case reopened and his freedom restored. Relatives of the victims — who condemned Lee at his sentencing three years ago — now believe he is innocent and are planning to sue Toyota. The prosecutor who sent Lee to prison said he thinks the case merits another look.

"I know 100 percent in my heart that I took my foot off the gas and that I was stepping on the brakes as hard as possible," Lee said in an interview Wednesday at the state prison in Lino Lakes. "When the brakes were looked at and we were told that nothing was wrong with the brakes, I was shocked."

Lee's accident is among a growing number of cases, some long resolved, that are getting new attention since Toyota admitted its problems with sudden acceleration were more extensive than originally believed. Numerous lawsuits involving Toyota accidents have been filed over the recent revelations, and attorneys expect the numbers will climb.

In testimony before Congress, company executive renewed their apologies for underestimating the safety problems but also acknowledged that they still may not have identified all the causes for the sudden acceleration.

The uncertainty could wind up helping Lee and others. Attorneys for both the 32-year-old St. Paul man as well as the victims' families say they're encouraged by the evidence that the problems went beyond models that originally were recalled.

If Lee's car was defective, "We don't want an innocent man sitting in prison," said Phil Carruthers, who prosecuted the case for Ramsey County.

A Toyota spokesman declined to comment on Lee's case.

theholycow
02-26-2010, 05:40 PM
Eh...A 1996 Toyota was not DBW.

stonehenge
02-26-2010, 06:23 PM
:jester:

Cez★
02-26-2010, 10:16 PM
man wtf? :nono:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587491,00.html

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587493,00.html

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/26/vanderbilt.recruit.murder.suicide/index.html?hpt=C2

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http://www.khou.com/news/local/Police-Assisant-principal-teacher-caught-with-cocaine-outside-Houston-club-85509962.html

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100226/ap_on_re_eu/eu_switzerland_libya

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:scum:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587507,00.html

Cez★
03-01-2010, 08:15 PM
http://www.wyff4.com/news/22700850/detail.html?hpt=T2

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lol no wonder i nevar go by here anymore
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6891209.html

stonehenge
03-01-2010, 08:16 PM
dnw stabs

Cez★
03-01-2010, 08:18 PM
lulz fail
http://www.khou.com/news/local/One-vehicle-crash-shuts-down-Allen-Parkway-85825677.html

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this failz
http://www.click2houston.com/education/22705035/detail.html

Cez★
03-05-2010, 06:20 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_pentagon_metro_shooting

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/05/rove-revelations-bush-adviser-opens-katrina-wmds-obama/

BillyJeanKing
03-07-2010, 09:22 PM
Berlin Poker Heist Captured on Camera

http://www.aww-kittah-aww.com/up/public/136778/1-ws-02-poker-robbery-200jc030710.jpg

A group of robbers wielding machetes and handguns stormed a Berlin poker tournament Saturday -- escaping with as much as $1.1 million in a stunt that was captured by German television cameras.

In what looks like a scene out of an action movie, four robbers in disguise burst into the poker competition at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, sending panicked players, hotel employees and spectators scrambling for the exits as security guards attempted to tackle the thieves.

The initial moments of the heist were captured on live television, with poker players seen fleeing their tables mid-competition, but coverage soon cut away.


"An armed robbery in broad daylight in the heart of Berlin, at Germany's biggest poker tournament," Olaf Wagner, a witness and photographer for Germany's Bild newspaper, marveled to BusinessWeek. "I just couldn't believe my eyes."

"One guy stood in the corner stuffing 500 euro notes into his backpack, while a second man pinned down a security man with his machete," Wagner added.

Berlin police said seven people were injured and a security guard was slightly wounded when the robbers barreled into the hotel just after 2 p.m. local time Saturday, demanding employees of the poker competition turn over the one-million euro jackpot ($1.36 million.)

A police spokesman said it was unclear how much loot the group escaped with, but the BBC reported the sum could be as much as $1.1 million.

According to published reports, a security guard managed to force one of the robbers to drop a bag containing some of the prize money, but police would not say how much the bag contained.

The robbers escaped unscathed, at least temporarily, as no arrests have been made. Police said they are interviewing witnesses and reviewing surveillance tape.

Despite the scare, the poker playing continued, according to the competition Web site.

"Nobody was seriously injured and the Main Event, High Roller tournament and Ladies Event all managed to resume within a few hours," it said.

TravTWMieco



:uhoh: :uhoh: :uhoh:

Cez★
03-08-2010, 08:54 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/08/dating.game.killer/index.html?hpt=T2

stonehenge
03-08-2010, 08:55 PM
:uhoh:

Cez★
03-08-2010, 09:30 PM
:truestory:

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:ohsnap:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/08/california-state-senator-announces-hes-gay-dui-arrest/?test=latestnews

stonehenge
03-08-2010, 09:34 PM
oh shit eddah be moving soon

SarkOzy
03-08-2010, 09:35 PM
why the fuck to people have to "announce" they're gay? :wtf:

stonehenge
03-08-2010, 09:36 PM
:word: who gives a fawk, do what you gotta do

maybe I should announce that I'm straight :hmm:

Cez★
03-08-2010, 09:36 PM
because everyone is a fucking attention whoar

SarkOzy
03-08-2010, 09:37 PM
"z0mfg i'm so totally gay omg i don't know what to do with myself mercy sakes alive" :nono:

Cez★
03-08-2010, 09:38 PM
go to a clinic, i no wantz to catch teh gayzz

SarkOzy
03-08-2010, 09:39 PM
:roflsquared:

stonehenge
03-08-2010, 09:40 PM
one of these days someone that NO ONE ever thought could be gay will announce it and it will be the day with the most suicides evar in history

like Shuck Nawwris

Cez★
03-08-2010, 09:40 PM
:emo:

SarkOzy
03-08-2010, 09:48 PM
one of these days someone that NO ONE ever thought could be gay will announce it and it will be the day with the most suicides evar in history

like Shuck Nawwris

you need to go see valentine's day :roflmao:

Cez★
03-08-2010, 09:49 PM
lol at teh comments on here
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100308/ap_en_ot/us_people_lil_wayne

stonehenge
03-08-2010, 09:54 PM
just keep licking them pops wayne ow

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Don't let your grill get caught on your roomie's foreskin. Might piss him off there useless punk!

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he might be getting rape right now!

SarkOzy
03-08-2010, 09:56 PM
:nono:

stonehenge
03-08-2010, 09:58 PM
http://www.gifbin.com/bin/052009/1242032359_haters-gonna-hate.gif

SarkOzy
03-09-2010, 02:53 PM
:whoa:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/03/08/california.runaway.prius/index.html?eref=rss_us&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_us+%28RSS%3A+U.S.%2 9

Cez★
03-09-2010, 07:47 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/09/ohio.state.shooting/index.html?hpt=T1

theholycow
03-09-2010, 08:04 PM
killing a manager before turning the gun on himself, police said.
Can we please get a new cliche to replace "turn the gun on himself"?

Cez★
03-09-2010, 08:06 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/09/china.animals/index.html?hpt=Sbin

stonehenge
03-09-2010, 08:10 PM
mmmm kittah

Cez★
03-09-2010, 08:14 PM
me thinkz chinos took shadow :(

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seen it
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,588563,00.html?test=latestnews

stonehenge
03-09-2010, 08:17 PM
chinos noming shadow = fucked up

Cez★
03-09-2010, 08:22 PM
chinos noming shadow = fucked up

:truestory:
:lolwut:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/09/florida-state-rep-proposes-deny-tax-breaks-films-gay-characters/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+foxnews%252Fpolitics+%2528T ext+-+Politics%2529

stonehenge
03-09-2010, 08:31 PM
:roflmao: *sees eddah move to FL*

Cez★
03-09-2010, 09:51 PM
:scum:
http://www.khou.com/home/HPD-14-year-old-girl-shot-in-head-while-riding-in-moms-car-86336722.html

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http://www.khou.com/news/Child-killed-in-3-vehicle-crash-on-Katy-Freeway-80267342.html

stonehenge
03-09-2010, 09:51 PM
:nono:

Cez★
03-09-2010, 10:19 PM
click teh related on teh link i just posted to see teh pics :(

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http://www.39online.com/news/local/kiah-teacherviolence-story,0,4217680.story?track=rss

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fail
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,588571,00.html?test=latestnews

stonehenge
03-09-2010, 10:21 PM
:roflmao: what an idiot

Cez★
03-09-2010, 10:23 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/03/08/sean-penn-wants-reporters-jailed-calling-chavez-dictator/

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:roflmao: what an idiot

:truestory:

stonehenge
03-09-2010, 10:28 PM
uhoh @ cao:
http://azstarnet.com/news/blogs/border-boletin/article_781f137e-2bbb-11df-b45c-001cc4c03286.html

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http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/article_fc125d30-2bb6-11df-a10a-001cc4c03286.html

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mmm tetas sheez
http://azstarnet.com/news/weird-news/article_f406db21-74a5-5d43-90e8-1446da77e73f.html

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teta supersoaker
http://azstarnet.com/news/weird-news/article_a14b6946-381f-588a-983f-323fd051b0dc.html

SarkOzy
03-10-2010, 03:34 PM
thin the herd and start here :imo


http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/07/south.korea.baby.dead/index.html?eref=rss_tech&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_tech+%28RSS%3A+Tech nology%29

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DNFW mexi or canadian truckers on teh us roads with free reign to go anywhere. :nono:


http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/03/09/mexico.trucking/index.html?eref=rss_us&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_us+%28RSS%3A+U.S.%2 9

stonehenge
03-10-2010, 04:16 PM
but all MX trucks are always 100% up to code brah

theholycow
03-10-2010, 04:19 PM
I've heard that all MX trucks never carry contraband or illegal immigrants.

stonehenge
03-10-2010, 04:26 PM
Thats a myth brah, they ALL haz weed :shake:

Cez★
03-10-2010, 05:13 PM
http://omg.yahoo.com/news/lost-boys-actor-corey-haim-dead-in-burbank-at-38/37192

theholycow
03-10-2010, 05:16 PM
Hey wow, that's weird that Corey Haim is dead. He was a defining part of the '80s.

BillyJeanKing
03-10-2010, 07:59 PM
Corey Haim Dies At 38


Corey Haim in 1988 WireImageAccess Hollywood LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Actor Corey Haim has died, Access Hollywood has confirmed.

The Los Angeles County Coroner's office confirmed the actor died at 2:15 AM on Wednesday at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Burbank, Calif.


The Los Angeles Police Department said they received a call from the hospital before 4 AM confirming the actor's death.

He was transported from the home he shared with his mother, Judy, in Toluca Hills, Calif. to the hospital.


Ed Winter, LA County Coroner's Office Assistant Chief, told reporters that Haim's mother had called paramedics when her son collapsed in the early morning hours.

"This morning at about 1:30...Corey Haim's mom found him. He got up out of bed and had been feeling ill for the last couple of days. As he got out of bed, he felt a little weak and went down to the floor on his knees. He's had flu-like symptoms. She called paramedics. They responded and transported him to the hospital where he was pronounced [dead] at 2:15 this morning," Winter said.

Authorities found four prescription drug bottles inside the apartment he shared with his mother, but no illegal drugs, according to Winter.


The Canadian-born actor first rose to fame in 1984's "Firstborn," where he starred with Teri Garr, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Robert Downey Jr.

In 1987, the actor the reached the peak of his career in the Joel Schumacher's "Lost Boys," where he hunted vampires with his friend and frequent co-star Corey Feldman. Some of his other box office hits included "Lucas," "License to Drive" and "Dream a Little Dream."


Following his rise to fame, the actor battled drug and alcohol addiction, a dramatic weight gain, a slew of medical issues and was in and out of rehab numerous times.

In a 2004 interview with Britain's The Sun, the actor spoke candidly about the history of his drug use.

"I was working on 'Lost Boy's when I smoked my first joint," he told the British tabloid in 2004. "I did cocaine for about a year and a half, then it led to crack."

A stint in rehab led to an addiction of prescription meds, including stimulants and sedatives such as Valium, the actor claimed.

"I started on the downers which were a hell of a lot better than the uppers because I was a nervous wreck," he told the newspaper. "But one led to two, two led to four, four led to eight, until at the end it was about 85 a day."



In 1997, the actor filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with medical bill debt totalling more than $200,000.

He appeared again with Feldman in 2007 in the A&E reality show, "The Two Coreys," which was cancelled after two seasons. The same year he told Larry King in an interview on "Larry King Live" that he would be a "chronic relapser for the rest of my life."

The actor was poised for a comeback in 2008 when he took out a full-page ad in Variety, saying, "This is not a stunt, I'm back. I'm ready to work. I'm ready to make amends."

In 2009, he appeared with Jason Statham in "Crank: High Voltage."

Haim was 38.

Cez★
03-10-2010, 10:07 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100309/sc_livescience/quakemovedchileancity10feet

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texas ftw :crazy:
Texas has chosen to preserve its sovereign authority to determine what is appropriate for Texas children to learn in its public schools\http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_re_us/us_schools_standards

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http://www.slate.com/id/2246107/?yahoo=y

Cez★
03-11-2010, 06:08 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_lesbian_prom_date

theholycow
03-11-2010, 06:20 PM
They canceled the prom because this chick might kiss another chick?
http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100311/capt.769eb972f46c47d6b65af8f6b81b594a.lesbian_prom _date_msrs601.jpg?x=269&y=345&q=85&sig=m1OYCo9PaIyc.KPxSCRZFw--

:humping:
:pedrobear:

stonehenge
03-11-2010, 06:25 PM
i see no prollem with it

BillyJeanKing
03-11-2010, 06:34 PM
i saw lesbian bish story on tv

:crazy:

fucktards

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oh and :naughty:

stonehenge
03-11-2010, 06:40 PM
korkah'd hit it

BillyJeanKing
03-11-2010, 06:42 PM
:shake:

Cez★
03-11-2010, 07:07 PM
dude likezs to partay
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6907934.html

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http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/texas/100311-man-acquitted-death-rice-basketball-player

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:roflmao: i got one of these. not like i go there often. plus i haz papels :security:
http://www.39online.com/news/local/kiah-walmart-raid-story,0,2402060.story?track=rss

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,588846,00.html?test=latestnews

BillyJeanKing
03-11-2010, 07:15 PM
who posted the breast milk article?

stonehenge
03-11-2010, 07:15 PM
dunno :secret:

BillyJeanKing
03-11-2010, 07:18 PM
oh ok it was you

i dont even remember clicking anything

"NYC chef creates breast milk cheese" :wtf: :uhoh:

theholycow
03-11-2010, 07:19 PM
Breast milk cheese? I'd try it.

stonehenge
03-11-2010, 07:25 PM
That goes without saying. Cao will try pretty much anything at least once.

Cez★
03-11-2010, 07:26 PM
anyone haz moar pics of teh Lezbo chick?? :secret: :roflmao:

theholycow
03-11-2010, 07:36 PM
No, I wouldn't try any kind of seafood ever, not even kinds of seafood I never tried.

Actually, there's lots of stuff I wouldn't try.

BillyJeanKing
03-11-2010, 07:40 PM
I read the lesbish story and it sounds like she's just a fake lesbian, a girl who's into girls just because its cool. We had a lot of those in high school and they all have boyfriends now, what a surprise :blah:

stonehenge
03-11-2010, 07:42 PM
No, I wouldn't try any kind of seafood ever, not even kinds of seafood I never tried.

Actually, there's lots of stuff I wouldn't try.
Cao be missing out. Seafood is win.
I read the lesbish story and it sounds like she's just a fake lesbian, a girl who's into girls just because its cool. We had a lot of those in high school and they all have boyfriends now, what a surprise :blah:
It be for attenshunz

Cez★
03-11-2010, 07:42 PM
I read the lesbish story and it sounds like she's just a fake lesbian, a girl who's into girls just because its cool. We had a lot of those in high school and they all have boyfriends now, what a surprise :blah:

:word: at 18 you dont know what teh fuck you truly want

stonehenge
03-11-2010, 07:43 PM
Maybe some do pero most of them be fakerz. Posiblemente Cez doesn't even know for sure yet.

Cez★
03-11-2010, 07:44 PM
Maybe some do pero most of them be fakerz. Posiblemente Cez doesn't even know for sure yet.

i knowz for chur vato :secretshake:

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i bet she'd prawlee eat da cawk if presented one

stonehenge
03-11-2010, 07:45 PM
1) drag your corsa tips all the way to Miss
2) present da cawk
3) ???
4) prawfit

Cez★
03-11-2010, 09:13 PM
:fistbump:

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:roflmao:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20100310_Smell_of_pot_from_chimney_leads_to_record _bust.html

theholycow
03-11-2010, 09:23 PM
Holy shit, what kind of idiot burns pot plants in his fireplace to dispose of them? Nobody will notice that. :crazy:

stonehenge
03-11-2010, 09:27 PM
moosho mohtah

theholycow
03-11-2010, 09:36 PM
KE-IEtfrQNg

Cez★
03-12-2010, 08:20 PM
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6910429.html

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well sounds like teh people living there havent tried catching who done it
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7327292&rss=rss-ktrk-article-7327292

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http://files.sharenator.com/nuke_the_whales_Catastrophic_Engineering_Failures-s402x562-14246-580.jpg

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/japan.whaling/index.html?hpt=Sbin

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ZOMFG save teh whales and dolphinz
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/11/california.whale.meat.charge/index.html?hpt=Sbin

Cez★
03-13-2010, 12:17 AM
they have this fat cunt that ruined prom on tv. she has too mash of a gut and redneck accent :dnw:

theholycow
03-13-2010, 12:59 AM
:nopics:

Cez★
03-13-2010, 01:03 AM
7kafNkX1At8

theholycow
03-13-2010, 01:09 AM
:pedrobear:

BillyJeanKing
03-13-2010, 01:10 AM
perv cao

theholycow
03-13-2010, 01:13 AM
There ought to be a pedrobear drinking a bottle of tequila.

Cez★
03-13-2010, 01:16 AM
:racist:

theholycow
03-13-2010, 01:20 AM
:fp: Yous gaiz are nutz.

I fuckin love tequila.

Cez★
03-13-2010, 01:41 AM
yea sure


:crazy:

Cez★
03-15-2010, 05:12 PM
:fp: and teh world fails again
http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/15/was-it-a-cigarette-ad-campaign-that-worked-on-teenagers/?hpt=T2

stonehenge
03-15-2010, 05:16 PM
I have some black n milds :turbohump:

Cez★
03-15-2010, 05:17 PM
ZOMFGBBQ
a popup just appeared and said smoke and youll get laid
brb. going to get teh most toxic cigs

BillyJeanKing
03-15-2010, 05:18 PM
I have some black n milds :turbohump:

that be black wan coming out

Cez★
03-15-2010, 05:23 PM
half white
half mexi
half black
DOES NOT COMPUTE
:headexplodes:

BillyJeanKing
03-15-2010, 05:24 PM
:roflmao:

theholycow
03-15-2010, 05:26 PM
:fp: and teh world fails again
http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/15/was-it-a-cigarette-ad-campaign-that-worked-on-teenagers/?hpt=T2

The way they describe it sounds exactly like the right way to market to women of all ages. :shrug:

half white
half mexi
half black
DOES NOT COMPUTE
:headexplodes:

You're 150% of a man. You've got the 50% that Stone Temple Pilots was missing in the song "Creep".

stonehenge
03-15-2010, 05:30 PM
that be black wan coming out
black wan prefers phillies
mexi wan prefers delicados
white wan prefers marlboro reds
half white
half mexi
half black
DOES NOT COMPUTE
:headexplodes:
but all :pimp2:

Cez★
03-15-2010, 05:30 PM
The way they describe it sounds exactly like the right way to market to women of all ages. :shrug:

srsly. then all these fat cunts make a scene like fucking homos screaming out loud and making a scene that theyre fucking homos :pissedfist:

You're 150% of a man. You've got the 50% that Stone Temple Pilots was missing in the song "Creep".

:wut:

theholycow
03-15-2010, 05:33 PM
You no knowz the song "Creep" by Stone Temple Pilots?

It goes...
"I'm half the man I used to be"

I figure Wan has the other half.

Cez★
03-15-2010, 05:34 PM
ahhh


(Cez haz nevar heard teh song)

theholycow
03-15-2010, 05:41 PM
(Cez haz nevar heard teh song)

:whoa:

You either make me feel old or white...or both.

76Q50bVq8mk

Cez★
03-15-2010, 05:43 PM
old white guy?
:headexplodes: :crazy:

stonehenge
03-15-2010, 05:57 PM
wtf cez, srsly never heard Creep!?!?

Search for Daniel Mustard Creep on youtube. A homeless guy singing it pretty BAMF style.

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hXlzci1rKNM

theholycow
03-15-2010, 05:58 PM
Different song but BAMF.

stonehenge
03-15-2010, 06:00 PM
:roflmao: oh ya :turborofl:

I know both of them though, I'z just had brainpedo.

Cez★
03-15-2010, 06:52 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,589304,00.html

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,589281,00.html

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6913912.html

this street be gangster. me bro lives on a neighborhood right off teh street

TURBO V6
03-16-2010, 03:39 AM
I dont care what color, Just give me some fucking ass!

Cez★
03-16-2010, 02:45 PM
A reduced scope for Latino history and culture. A proposal to expand such material in recognition of Texas’ rapidly growing Hispanic population was defeated in last week’s meetings—provoking one board member, Mary Helen Berlanga, to storm out in protest. "They can just pretend this is a white America and Hispanics don’t exist," she said of her conservative colleagues on the board. "They are rewriting history, not only of Texas but of the United States and the world."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1253

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lol

- A recommendation to include country and western music among the nation’s important cultural movements. The popular black genre of hip-hop is being dropped from the same list.

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:roflmao:
http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/blog/74-precious-actress-laughs-off-criticisms?nc

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http://www.click2houston.com/news/22851734/detail.html

theholycow
03-16-2010, 02:50 PM
:roflmao:
http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/blog/74-precious-actress-laughs-off-criticisms?nc

:nono: A shape only dollabill can appreciate.
:thumbsup: Good attitude, though.

Cez★
03-16-2010, 06:56 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/16/captain.america.movie.star.ew/index.html?hpt=Sbin

I have to say, as a comic book fan, I'm not so sure I like the way Hollywood is cranking out superhero movies. I kind of miss the days when superhero comics were pen-and-ink treasures you shared with only a few friends, rather than flashy mainstream fads. Guess I'm just showing my age.

hollywood is out of ideas

Cez★
03-17-2010, 02:58 PM
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7334518&rss=rss-ktrk-article-7334518

lol at a bus drivers union

Cez★
03-17-2010, 07:00 PM
ZOMFGBBQLOLWUT impeach
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_birth_certificate

Cez★
03-18-2010, 03:30 PM
lol at teh union doucher
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Bus-Driver-at-Fault-says-METRO-88270777.html

Cez★
03-23-2010, 06:18 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100323/ap_on_re_as/as_china_students_killed

stonehenge
03-23-2010, 06:50 PM
:uhoh:

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Wow: http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/article/megan-mariah-barnes-crashes-car-while-shaving-bikini-area-police-say/19387991

:roflmao:

Cez★
03-23-2010, 06:55 PM
white trash ftl

stonehenge
03-23-2010, 06:56 PM
she had her ex husband hold the wheel while she shaved her pubes to be ready for her boyfriend...

all of this the day after being convicted of DUI, driving w/ suspended license, and other shit

:rofl2: wat a winner

Cez★
03-24-2010, 05:33 PM
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Mennonite-baseball-team-plays-school-s-first-Nat?urn=mlb,229776

least one booed during the song.

:nono:

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100324/wl_time/08599197442400

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100324/ap_on_re_af/piracy

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http://www.khou.com/news/local/Open-house-at-Houston-mansion-seized-from-former-drug-kingpin-89015107.html

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http://www.khou.com/news/local/State-trooper-Motorcyclist-hit-150mph-during-high-speed-pursuit-in-Houston-89013887.html

stonehenge
03-24-2010, 05:35 PM
http://www.khou.com/news/local/State-trooper-Motorcyclist-hit-150mph-during-high-speed-pursuit-in-Houston-89013887.html

dumb basturd

Cez★
03-24-2010, 05:36 PM
http://www.click2houston.com/news/22929174/detail.html

stonehenge
03-24-2010, 05:36 PM
:nono:

Cez★
03-24-2010, 05:55 PM
maybe you should lay off the lays and bacon fatty
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/03/23/kaye.teen.obesity/index.html?hpt=Sbin

stonehenge
03-24-2010, 05:58 PM
mmm tocino

stonehenge
03-25-2010, 06:32 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/23/deerfield-beach-middle-sc_n_509548.html

after

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/13/5-charged-with-setting-fl_1_n_319421.html

wtf is up with that school :uhoh:

Cez★
03-25-2010, 06:49 PM
lol florida be full of crazy dipshits. like chawmperz

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100325/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico

stonehenge
03-25-2010, 06:53 PM
nooooo tio pepé :emo:

Cez★
03-25-2010, 06:54 PM
:rofl:

http://www.click2houston.com/news/22953521/detail.html

stonehenge
03-25-2010, 06:55 PM
:turbopuke:

Cez★
03-25-2010, 08:49 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/25/congress.threats/index.html?hpt=T2

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http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/24/news/economy/tanning_tax/index.htm?source=cnn_bin&hpt=Sbin

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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/03/25/owner-anti-chavez-tv-channel-arrested-venezuela/

Trevor F
03-25-2010, 09:19 PM
Baby has been here for a few hours now

stonehenge
03-25-2010, 09:19 PM
bamf baby?

Cez★
03-25-2010, 09:20 PM
aww :D congrats

theholycow
03-25-2010, 09:23 PM
Hey, now that's some news....congrats.

Trevor F
03-25-2010, 09:24 PM
fuck yes not a crier either very Calm

Cez★
03-25-2010, 09:24 PM
just you wait :crazy:

stonehenge
03-25-2010, 09:31 PM
cez is a babeh expert

Cez★
03-25-2010, 09:43 PM
i happened to have fathered a few :secret:

stonehenge
03-25-2010, 09:44 PM
and thats the ones you know about

fuckin whore

Cez★
03-25-2010, 09:45 PM
:imo
fuck that, told them beeshes i no want anything to do wit them lil fuckers

stonehenge
03-25-2010, 09:47 PM
:tejaspatriot:

Cez★
03-25-2010, 09:47 PM
:fistbump:

stonehenge
03-25-2010, 09:49 PM
repz

Cez★
03-25-2010, 09:50 PM
:shake: return repz

Trevor F
03-25-2010, 10:31 PM
Baby is true bamf loves the titz

stonehenge
03-25-2010, 10:32 PM
smart babeh

theholycow
03-25-2010, 10:36 PM
fuck yes not a crier either very Calm

Baby is true bamf loves the titz

Sounds like a good one, as babies go.

Cez★
03-25-2010, 11:45 PM
pics of boobs?

Cez★
03-26-2010, 03:41 PM
http://www.khou.com/news/local/US-Reps-speak-out-against-states-lawsuit-challenging-health-care-bill--89247662.html

stonehenge
03-26-2010, 06:25 PM
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/border/article_3eab9dc0-38f3-11df-8a7b-001cc4c002e0.html

Cez★
03-26-2010, 07:16 PM
:nono:

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lol callin them kids? obama was taunting them to challenge health care reform :shrug: seems pretty childish to me imo
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/26/martin.republicans.cooperation/index.html?hpt=T2

2005_Silverado
03-28-2010, 01:29 AM
http://cbs2.com/local/Vaughn.Robert.Biby.2.1594128.html

FULLERTON, Calif. (CBS) ―

46-year-old Vaughn Robert Biby was arrested for possession of child pornography and other violations.


Fullerton Police arrested a male sex offender for possession of child pornography and other violations.

46-year-old Vaughn Robert Biby was arrested Thursday evening at his home in the 2000 block of W. Houston during a sex registrant compliance check, said Fullerton Police Sgt. Andrew Goodrich.

Biby's prior convictions include child molestation and production of child pornography.

"There was a huge stash" of child pornography found throughout the house, said Fullerton Police Detective Laura Markoski.

Goodrich said there were tens of thousands of photographs, DVDs, books, cameras, and camcorders found in Biby's home.

"We are concerned that there may be unidentified victims out there that we need to find", Goodrich said.

Police located numerous pairs of binoculars in Biby's house and car. One pair had a built in digital still camera and video camera. He also had several library cards from different libraries in North Orange County, as well as hundreds of tokens for a local children's pizza restaurant

http://llnw.image.cbslocal.com/18/2010/03/27/320x240/VaughnBiby_1.jpg

Fucker had tokenz to lure in kids :pissed:

Cez★
03-29-2010, 06:29 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100329/ap_on_re_us/us_fbi_raids

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lol fuck the epa
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=resources/lifestyle_community/green&id=7355941&rss=rss-ktrk-article-7355941

BillyJeanKing
03-30-2010, 01:19 PM
:roflmaonono:

http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/03/29/clip-du-jour-elementary-schoolers-present-scarface/?xid=rss-movies-%27Scarface%27+%2D%2D+as+school+play%3F

stonehenge
03-30-2010, 05:00 PM
:rofltank:

take that you fudging cockroashez

Cez★
03-30-2010, 06:16 PM
:roflmao: i love reading the comments more than actual stories sometimes

This is sad. This is what happens when you have a country that goes against God.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100330/ap_on_re_as/as_china_dead_babies

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you can see the mexis that were caught in my neighborhood
http://www.click2houston.com/news/22998229/detail.html

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:rocking:
http://www.39online.com/news/local/kiah-rocker-treated-for-cancer-story,0,404016.story?track=rss

theholycow
03-30-2010, 06:50 PM
This is what happens when you have a country that goes against God....God kills babies?

Cez★
03-30-2010, 07:04 PM
...God kills babies?

yeap. quite the merciful and all powerful everyone makes him out to be :roflshrug:

Cez★
03-31-2010, 06:34 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100331/ap_on_re_us/un_un_haiti_earthquake

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http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7360439&rss=rss-ktrk-article-7360439

stonehenge
03-31-2010, 06:36 PM
So I was wondering. Why has everyone gone so crazy over Haiti but Chile had a hardcore earthquake tambien and after the initial report I hazn't heard shit about it? They had 8.8 earthquake, tsunami, blackouts, 400+ dead, etc. Mira, about the Chile one:

Seismologists estimate that the earthquake was so powerful that it may have shortened the length of the day by 1.26 microseconds and moved the Earth's figure axis by 8 cm or 2.7 milliarcseconds.[14][15] It also moved the entire city of Concepción 3.04 metres (10 ft) to the west.
:whoa:

Not saying that Haiti shouldn't get attention, but why is one more important than the other? :shrug:

Cez★
03-31-2010, 06:40 PM
because haiti is a total shithole that has buildings that cant withstand a fart :shrug: its cuz it happened there first. :crazy:

stonehenge
03-31-2010, 06:44 PM
I suppose it has something to do with the fact that haiti lost like 220k ppl and chile lost 400.... :shrug:

This explains a lot: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/28/chile-haiti-earthquake-2010-comparison_n_480153.html

It just seemed weird that I hardly heard anything about Chile.

Cez★
03-31-2010, 06:48 PM
I suppose it has something to do with the fact that haiti lost like 220k ppl and chile lost 400.... :shrug:

This explains a lot: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/28/chile-haiti-earthquake-2010-comparison_n_480153.html

It just seemed weird that I hardly heard anything about Chile.

lol pretty much says haiti is a shithole :happy:
lol mira, narcomovies ftw
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/30/vbs.narco.cinema/index.html?hpt=Sbin

theholycow
03-31-2010, 07:07 PM
:shrug: Doesn't Chile have more cool exports and shit?

Aren't they running on ethanol instead of gasoline, and doing well with it?

Sounds like a decent place, worthy of my pity.

stonehenge
03-31-2010, 07:14 PM
Watch Part1: http://www.vbs.tv/newsroom/mexican-narco-cinema-part-1-of-3--2

lol @ truck series

Cez★
03-31-2010, 08:41 PM
:rip:
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Witness-Wounded-HPD-officer-asked-for-help-before-drawing-his-last-breath-89623222.html

stonehenge
03-31-2010, 08:49 PM
fuck sticks

theholycow
04-01-2010, 02:09 PM
http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/article/opinion-the-brighter-side-of-global-warming/19418631

Cez★
04-01-2010, 06:29 PM
:orly:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/01/lobbyists-enjoy-windfall-despite-pledges-rein-special-influence/

SarkOzy
04-01-2010, 07:00 PM
:shrug: Doesn't Chile have more cool exports and shit?

Aren't they running on ethanol instead of gasoline, and doing well with it?

Sounds like a decent place, worthy of my pity.

You're thinking of Brazil. All cars and trucks there have been able to run off pure alcohol since the 1970s. You'd be amazed to know many of the same cars driven in the US(mainly Chevrolet and GM) were exported there and were tweaked to run on the stuff from the factory. It's really interesting.

theholycow
04-01-2010, 07:01 PM
Oh shit, you're right.

stonehenge
04-01-2010, 07:08 PM
That's kinda like the Chevy Cruze. It is currently in europe with a BAMF little diesel in it. They are bringing it here next year with 2 different gas engines. Both engines are okay but they aren't a BAMF little diesel. :blah:

All the other countries know whats up.

Cez★
04-02-2010, 08:44 PM
i <3 teh one sided finger pointing :)
my speesh teacher prolly loves dis article
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1437

Cez★
04-05-2010, 06:32 PM
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6944135.html

theholycow
04-05-2010, 07:07 PM
:lolwut: I guess you don't have to be smart to get in a drug trafficking gang... :talocoTattoosAndFlashyCarsAttractingCopAttention:

Cez★
04-05-2010, 08:59 PM
ohsnap
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6944754.html

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RIP mexi kids
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6944915.html

Cez★
04-06-2010, 07:13 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/06/mexican-inmates-escape-texas-prison/?test=latestnews

stonehenge
04-06-2010, 07:20 PM
crafty mexis

Cez★
04-06-2010, 07:24 PM
lol wtf
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/06/women-arrested-uk-taking-corpse-plane/

theholycow
04-06-2010, 07:41 PM
Weekend at Bernies IRL? Why?

Cez★
04-07-2010, 04:46 PM
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/07/da-to-teachers-new-sex-ed-course-could-get-you-arrested/?hpt=T2

theholycow
04-07-2010, 04:51 PM
:fp:

Cez★
04-07-2010, 04:56 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/07/obama-economic-adviser-says-consider-value-added-tax/?test=latestnews

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/07/military-raises-questions-credibility-leaked-iraq-shooting-video/

theholycow
04-07-2010, 04:56 PM
:fp: :pissedfist: WTF OBAMA!

Cez★
04-08-2010, 08:47 PM
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Police-seek-suspected-gang-member-accused-is-sex-assault-of-6-year-old-girl-90223757.html

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:megapuke:
http://www.click2houston.com/news/23088786/detail.html

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/08/detroit-millionaire-brutal-murder/?test=latestnews

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http://www.khou.com/news/local/Local-judge-pleads-guilty-pays-fine-for-keying-neighbors-car-90227727.html

Cez★
04-12-2010, 04:38 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_britain_volcanic_vent

Cez★
04-13-2010, 07:32 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/13/fbi-making-steady-progress-releasing-massive-kennedy-file/?test=latestnews

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/13/police-nurse-helps-crash-victim-gets-carjacked/?test=latestnews

BillyJeanKing
04-14-2010, 11:56 AM
http://www.aolnews.com/crime/article/police-beating-of-u-of-maryland-student-caught-on-video/19437356?icid=main|aim|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww. aolnews.com%2Fcrime%2Farticle%2Fpolice-beating-of-u-of-maryland-student-caught-on-video%2F19437356

Cez★
04-14-2010, 06:01 PM
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/100413-caucasian-group-for-harris-county-deputies

stonehenge
04-14-2010, 06:02 PM
they haz mexi group too?

theholycow
04-14-2010, 06:09 PM
http://www.aolnews.com/crime/article/police-beating-of-u-of-maryland-student-caught-on-video/19437356?icid=main|aim|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww. aolnews.com%2Fcrime%2Farticle%2Fpolice-beating-of-u-of-maryland-student-caught-on-video%2F19437356

:uhoh: Remind me not to go to University of Maryland. I don't want any part of any of that shit.

Cez★
04-14-2010, 06:13 PM
they haz mexi group too?

lol this is it. youz read article? :roflshrug:

stonehenge
04-14-2010, 06:25 PM
:uhoh: Remind me not to go to University of Maryland. I don't want any part of any of that shit.
:word: DNFW beatings (unless beating mean faps)
lol this is it. youz read article? :roflshrug:
talocoread i just saw cawkazn

theholycow
04-14-2010, 06:26 PM
Is the Caucasian Law Enforcement Association more offensive than the National Black Police Association?

stonehenge
04-14-2010, 06:30 PM
National Cao Fuzz Association

Cez★
04-14-2010, 06:38 PM
:word: DNFW beatings (unless beating mean faps)

talocoread i just saw cawkazn

:read:
While it may sound like an 'Anglos only' club for sheriff's deputies, the Caucasian Law Enforcement Association is open to deputies of all races. McCool says its first member was a Hispanic female who signed up in February.

stonehenge
04-14-2010, 06:39 PM
rofl I'm gonna start a club for all races and name it WHITE PEEPS CLUB

Cez★
04-14-2010, 07:00 PM
:fiwdil:

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/14/construction-groups-decry-obamas-new-union-friendly-policy-federal-projects/

theholycow
04-14-2010, 07:03 PM
:pissedfist: FAWKIN OBAMA! Just what we fucking need, pander to the fuckin' unions by giving them a fucking monopoly.

Cez★
04-14-2010, 07:04 PM
:serio: that one part about having to pretty much listen to union demands is fucking crazy imo

theholycow
04-14-2010, 07:09 PM
It's not like non-union shops have an unfair advantage. They already have to follow union rules and pay union wages when working on those projects. It was good for me when I was in the family business and we did gubbamint work, I made lots of money.

Sometimes fucking unions would picket our jobs. I guess they couldn't find anything better to do, like work.

Cez★
04-14-2010, 07:13 PM
are unions even useful now? or were they ever?

theholycow
04-14-2010, 07:19 PM
They were useful when labor conditions were deplorable, in the beginning of the industrial age or whatever. These days it would not be possible to get that way with or without unions.

Cez★
04-14-2010, 07:24 PM
ahh ok. guess we covered everything over unions in class. pretty much what i got from the teachers lectures when we were in the 20s and shit

stonehenge
04-14-2010, 07:25 PM
There isn't a field nomming union that caos belong to?

theholycow
04-14-2010, 07:44 PM
Yeah, but fuck the union, I'm not paying dues...they want 5% of my hay!

Cez★
04-15-2010, 06:43 PM
o snapz
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/15/mom-year-old-dead-mexican-drug-shootout-busy-street/

Cez★
04-19-2010, 08:50 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/19/volcano-spewing-ash-lava-boils/

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/19/obama-rescue-president-flies-california-campaign-boxer/

Cez★
04-20-2010, 06:47 PM
ohsnapz oprah
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/04/20/angry-oprah-declares-paternity-id-test/?test=faces

stonehenge
04-20-2010, 06:49 PM
:ohprahsnapz:
:o-snapz-prah:
:dgafwhodaddybe:

Cez★
04-20-2010, 06:52 PM
lol me neither. she sounded like a cunt though

theholycow
04-21-2010, 06:09 PM
No more Government Motors...they paid the money back already!
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2010/04/19/daily30.html?jst=b_ln_hl
GM has paid off $5.8 billion in government loans, with interest and years ahead of schedule, including $4.7 billion to the U.S. government and $1.1 billion to the Canadian government — the balance of billions in loans it had received last year as part of its restructuring.

Cez★
04-21-2010, 06:11 PM
that was quick

stonehenge
04-21-2010, 06:12 PM
GM ftw

Can we haz G8s back now? :bawl:

Cez★
04-21-2010, 06:15 PM
wait but does the gov. still have a share in GM?

theholycow
04-21-2010, 06:16 PM
Unfortunately, they still have a bunch of shares...so not really free of government involvement.

Cez★
04-21-2010, 06:18 PM
:blah: how much do they own?

theholycow
04-21-2010, 06:23 PM
:hmm:

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2010/04/20/news/doc4bce64bd2ec60262549453.txt
The U.S. government now owns 61 percent of the company and Canada owns roughly 12 percent. GM plans to repay both with a public stock offering, perhaps later this year.

:(

Cez★
04-21-2010, 06:27 PM
so when its paid in full will they still own the majority?

theholycow
04-21-2010, 06:37 PM
The loan is paid in full but teh gubbamint still owns the majority. GM plans to raise enough money to buy back those shares.

Cez★
04-21-2010, 06:38 PM
ahh ok :shake: way to go GM. tell the unions to GFTS too

theholycow
04-21-2010, 06:44 PM
Yeah, only in a dream world would that happen...

Cez★
04-21-2010, 06:57 PM
brb gonna dream :crazy:

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http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/04/21/court-martial-of-navy-seal-opens-in-iraq/

stonehenge
04-21-2010, 06:58 PM
He killed 4 people and they are gonna get in trouble for a couple kicks/punches? :retard:

Cez★
04-21-2010, 07:01 PM
:roflshrug:



http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/04/21/little-league-coach-says-affair-larry-kings-wife/?test=faces

stonehenge
04-21-2010, 07:03 PM
:ohsnap:

Cez★
04-21-2010, 07:16 PM
serio.

this be one retarded article :fp: srsly. as if we dont know loud noises hurt your ears
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,591325,00.html

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,591308,00.html

theholycow
04-21-2010, 07:44 PM
:talococourtmartial: Yeah, this makes sense.
1. Punish military folks for hurting terrorists
2. Wonder why nobody wants to join military
3. Profit...for the terrorists.

:talocoloudmusic: Srsly? Kids listen to music dangerously loud? Wow, what else is new? I hear they're inventing a horseless carriage too!

Cez★
04-21-2010, 07:56 PM
yea some loud enough that you can make out the words in a loud crowded hall

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http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4591988&c=ASI&s=SEA

theholycow
04-21-2010, 08:03 PM
http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Everyone%20Else/images/kim-jong-il-puppet-team-america.jpg

Cez★
04-23-2010, 03:05 PM
:lolwho:
http://www.foxnews.com//entertainment/2010/04/22/exclusive-actor-files-million-lawsuit-academy-motion-pictures-million-false/?test=latestnews

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utah ftw?
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/23/condemned-utah-killer-face-firing-squad/

theholycow
04-23-2010, 03:31 PM
:rofl2: Well, if we have to have dumb lawsuits for stupid shit, I have to say I don't mind at all that one is being perpetrated against the motion picture industry.

Cez★
04-23-2010, 03:35 PM
yea i dont mind. its just that i was like "who the fuck is that guy" :rofl:
reminded me of this dude
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090202200102/southpark/images/4/41/Fredsavage.JPG

Cez★
04-23-2010, 06:16 PM
good thing wan looks white
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/23/obama.immigration/index.html?hpt=T1

stonehenge
04-23-2010, 06:19 PM
They want to be able to shek papelles whenever they feel like it. Don't really want. I can just see them being dicks and holding non-illegals unless you carry your birth certificate and social around or some shit. :insane:

theholycow
04-23-2010, 06:21 PM
:uhoh: DNW Big Brother demanding your papers everywhere you go.

Cez★
04-23-2010, 06:22 PM
or license :shrug: you haz to have SS to get right? then insurance too? least thats how it be in tejaz iirc

stonehenge
04-23-2010, 06:25 PM
I've met peeps before that be illegal but haz license, registration, insurance, and be paying for a home and vehicle and paying all taxes. Don't ask how cuz I dunno lol

Cez★
04-23-2010, 06:35 PM
wierd. but if theyz making it good why we have to take that away? touchy stuffz

stonehenge
04-23-2010, 06:38 PM
:word: the peeps i referred to do everything by the book, pay for a nice home (buying), pay for a vehicle and own another, pay taxes, all incurances, etc. They just didn't do their papers back in the day and now they are stuck. If they do them now they'll be forced to go to mx and risk losing their home, vehicle, jobs, and kids be taken from school. Not cool.

Besides the papers, they are more legit than a lot of americans I know :nono:

Cez★
04-23-2010, 06:39 PM
we should have a race draft. make them POS that dont do shit here go to mexico and have them lose theyz citizenshipz and keep the legit peeps.

stonehenge
04-23-2010, 06:42 PM
roflword

Honestly if someone can prove they have been here for so many years and have worked, paid taxes, not been in trouble with the law, etc then they should be grandfathered in or some shit. It would have to be several years and require plenty of proof.

These are the kind of people that seriously come here to better the life of their children, not to make money and send back to MX or to come here and do bad shit or not pay taxes.

Oh well. :(

Cez★
04-23-2010, 08:42 PM
:superserio:

teh systemz. itz fux0rd

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/22/grassley-slams-gm-administration-loans-repaid-bailout-money/?test=latestnews

A top Senate Republican on Thursday accused the Obama administration of misleading taxpayers about General Motors' loan repayment, saying the struggling auto giant was only able to repay its bailout money by dipping into a separate pot of bailout money.

Sen. Chuck Grassley's charge was backed up by the inspector general for the bailout -- also known as the Trouble Asset Relief Program, or TARP. Watchdog Neil Barofsky told Fox News, as well as the Senate Finance Committee, that General Motors used bailout money to pay back the federal government.

"It appears to be nothing more than an elaborate TARP money shuffle," Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said in a letter Thursday to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

GM announced Wednesday that it had paid back the $8.1 billion in loans it received from the U.S. and Canadian governments. Of that, $6.7 billion went to the U.S. treasury.

But Grassley said in his letter that a Securities and Exchange Commission form filed by GM showed that $6.7 billion of the tens of billions the company received was sitting in an escrow account and available to be used for repayment. He called on Geithner to provide more information about why the company was allowed to use bailout money to repay bailout money, and how much of the remaining escrow money GM would be allowed to keep.

"The bottom line seems to be that the TARP loans were 'repaid' with other TARP funds in a Treasury escrow account. The TARP loans were not repaid from money GM is earning selling cars, as GM and the administration have claimed in their speeches, press releases and television commercials," he wrote.

Vice President Biden on Wednesday called the GM repayment a "huge accomplishment."

But Barofsky told Fox News that while it's "somewhat good news," there's a big catch.

"I think the one thing that a lot of people overlook with this is where they got the money to pay back the loan. And it isn't from earnings. ... It's actually from another pool of TARP money that they've already received," he said Wednesday. "I don't think we should exaggerate it too much. Remember that the source of this money is just other TARP money."

Barofsky told the Senate Finance Committee the same thing Tuesday, and said the main way for the federal government to earn money out of GM would be through "a liquidation of its ownership interest."

Grassley criticized this scenario in his letter.

"The taxpayers are still on the hook, and whether TARP funds are ultimately recovered depends entirely on the government's ability to sell GM stock in the future. Treasury has merely exchanged a legal right to repayment for an uncertain hope of sharing in the future growth of GM. A debt-for-equity swap is not a repayment," he wrote.

theholycow
04-23-2010, 08:58 PM
So, this other pool of funds...it was a loan too? :think:

stonehenge
04-23-2010, 09:02 PM
debt consolidation loan?

Cez★
04-23-2010, 09:10 PM
So, this other pool of funds...it was a loan too? :think:

thats what i got :think:

Cez★
04-27-2010, 06:55 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_dying_and_ignored

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/27/debt-commission-gets-started-table/

President Obama said Tuesday that "everything has to be on the table" as his newly appointed debt commission goes to work, but he would not entertain questions about whether tax increases, included a value-added tax, or spending cuts will get serious consideration.

"We're not playing that game," the president said.

Among the proposals that have generated attention recently is the idea of a value-added tax, a form of a national sales tax. Though Obama has indicated an openness to considering the tax, he said Tuesday that he would not indulge in any speculation.

"We're not going to say what's in. I'm not going to say what's out. I want this commission to be free to do its work," he said, warning that the country would face a "day of reckoning" if the federal government cannot control its spending.

Former Wyoming Republican Sen. Alan Simpson will join former Clinton Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles to lead the elite18-member debt commission convening Tuesday -- a panel appointed by Democrats and Republicans to come up with a plan to save America from its spendthrift ways.

The commission's charge is to produce a deficit no bigger than $550 billion by 2015, an amount equal to about 3 percent of the total U.S. economy. That would require deficit savings in the range of $250 billion or more.

The deficit for last fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, was $1.4 trillion. Many projections show the yearly deficit not dipping below 4 percent of the economy over the next decade.

Peter Orszag, White House budget office director, said in prepared remarks to the commission that persistently high deficits could eventually stifle the economy.

"The options to further reduce the deficit may not be popular, but they are necessary," he said.

Simpson said he doesn't know what will make the final recommendations -- due Dec. 1 -- but he is not going to take anything for granted, including the VAT, which would add a charge on all stages of production of a good for sale in the United States.

But Simpson said the VAT should not be an additional tax on top of the income tax.

"To drag this specter of the value added tax like a dead rat through the room without doing
something with the income tax is a fakery," Simpson told Fox News on Monday. "What is this value added tax? I haven't the slightest idea but if you're going mess around in that area or flat tax, you're going to adjust the other tax in accordance."

The VAT is commonly used in Europe and adds about 17 percent to the price of a good sold in the United Kingdom.

Obama said last week that he was listening to arguments for a VAT, but those against it say that it reduces consumer purchasing power.

"It's like carbon monoxide, you can't see it you can't smell it, but it kills you just as effectively," said British author James Delingpole, who wrote, "Welcome to Obamaland."

But finding consensus among the panel -- composed of 10 Democratically appointed commissioners and eight Republican appointees -- will be an especially challenging task because it takes 14 votes out of the 18 members to approve a recommendation.

"This is a suicide mission," Simpson, R-Wyo., said on "Fox News Sunday."

The options for curbing the deficit -- cutting spending on popular entitlement programs and broad-based tax increases -- are politically toxic, part of the reason, Simpson said, the panel set its deadline after the November midterm election -- so the recommendations couldn't be used by politicians seeking a congressional seat.

The hope is that the commission can insulate itself from politics and that the requirement for bipartisanship would give both sides political cover. With few exceptions, most successful deficit reduction efforts have been bipartisan.

"Let's see if we can persuade people to trust each other, come together, and really take some of these tough stands to bring down spending," Bowles, said on "Fox News Sunday." "Everything has to be on the table, whether it's revenue or spending. I personally would like to go after spending first."

Simpson said there are no sacred cows when it comes to taxes or spending because the minor economic comeback so far this year can do nothing to sustain the rate of debt.

"If that's the wind, that's got to be a sparrow belch in a typhoon. We can't grow our way out of this. Double rates the growth in 30 years wouldn't grow out of this," he said, adding that the United States is going to borrow to pay for war, homeland security, education and veteran benefits not to mention the cost of obligations through Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

But finding common ground will be the biggest challenge as 12 of the commission members -- six Democrats and six Republicans -- are currently members of Congress appointed by their party leaders. The other six -- Simpson, Bowles, former Young and Rubicam CEO Ann Fudge, former Federal Reserve Vice Chairwoman Alice Rivlin, Service Employees International Union chief Andy Stern and Honeywell Corp. Chief Executive Dave Cote were appointed by the president.

Already, interest groups on the left are weighing in, urging Democrats to avoid cutting spending on popular benefit programs like Social Security and Medicare.

"Simply put, Social Security has not contributed one thin dime to the current deficit. It should not be used as a piggy bank to pay our way out of the fiscal hole we find ourselves in," said Barbara Kennelly, president of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.

There hasn't been a significant deficit-cutting effort since 1997, when a GOP-led Congress and newly re-elected Clinton came together to produce a balanced budget plan combining a relatively painless set of spending cuts with tax cuts sought by Republicans and a new children's health plan embraced by both parties. That deal was greatly helped by improving deficit projections.

But the fiscal gap confronting the commission is considerably more daunting. Executive Director Bruce Reed says the debt panel will try to close the 2015 budget deficit from the $793 billion projected by the Congressional Budget Office for Obama's budget down to $520 billion or so.

Obama will meet privately with the panel for 20 minutes or so and make brief remarks afterward. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and Obama's budget chief Peter Orszag will also address the panel.


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brb votando for cambio

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/26/obama-jumps-race-appeal-latinos-african-americans-women-youth/

President Obama left white, middle-age male voters in his rear-view mirror Monday in launching his first midterm election pitch, calling on "young people, African Americans, Latinos and women" to deliver for Democrats in November.

In a video to supporters, Obama urged those who helped get him elected in 2008 not to abandon Democrats in an election year that is shaping up to take a chunk out of the Democratic majority in Congress.

In the appeal, Obama says new voters who "powered our victory in 2008" need to "stay involved" in 2010.

"It will be up to each of you to make sure that the young people, African Americans, Latinos and women, who powered our victory in 2008 stand together once again," he said.

"If you help us do that -- if you help us make sure that first-time voters in 2008 make their voices heard again in November -- then together we will deliver on the promise of change and hope and prosperity for generations to come," he said.

The promotion, which reaches out to constituencies that voted in large measure for Obama but typically vote in lower percentages than older and white voters, is being sponsored by the Democratic National Committee and Organizing for America, the group formed from Obama's massive e-mail support during the 2008 campaign.

Obama also tweeted his message: "Announcing #OFA and @democratsdotorg plans for the 2010 elections—and the important role that you can play. Watch: http://j.mp/blRzwT."

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said as the November races gear up, the president wanted to speak to his supporters.

"There are elections in November and I'm sure the president is going to participate," Gibbs said.

While National Republican Committee Chairman Michael Steele has also said that he wants the party to reach out to minority voters, the president's appeal to minority voters comes just as immigration reform takes center stage inside Washington debate circles.

The statement also echoes Obama's warning during the health care debate -- that voters will decide in November whether they like what the administration and Democratic Congress is doing. His remarks repeat the positioning from congressional Democrats who allege Republicans are in the pocket of "big business" to the detriment of the American people.

"Despite everything we've done, our work isn't finished. Today, the health insurance companies, the Wall Street banks, and the special interests who have ruled Washington for too long are already focused on November’s congressional elections. They see these elections as a chance to put their allies back in power, and undo all that we have accomplished. So this year, I need your help once more," he said.

But National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesman Brian Walsh issued a response saying the president's "rally cry" is an attempt to sell a product independent voters don't want.

"I think the fundamental problem is that candidate Obama has turned out to be a much different person than President Obama and independent voters across the country are simply not buying what they’re trying to sell," Walsh told Fox News Radio. "That's because the politics of hope has been replaced by the policies of higher taxes, reckless spending and more government control over Americans' everyday lives."

Walsh noted that each time the president has gotten involved in an election over the past 15 months, it has not worked out well for Democrats.

"We certainly expect that he's going to go out on the campaign trail but I would point out that he sought to do the same thing in New Jersey and Virginia and most recently in Massachusetts and in all three elections the Democrats lost even with the president's last minute campaigning."

Fox News polling from last week shows that Obama has a 39 percent approval rating from independent voters with a 47 percent disapproval. A separate Gallup Poll out last week showed that self-identified party affiliation had reached its narrowest gap since 2005, when the war in Iraq under the Bush administration was growing unpopular. The poll out Friday showed 46 percent of Americans identified as Democrats or leaned Democratic, while 45 percent identified as or leaned Republican.


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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,591542,00.html

Faith, hope and charity: We used to seek God's blessings on the country, we used to pursue maximum freedom to solve problems and we'd rely on one another in times of need.

Now we're being pushed towards what progressives have always found hope in: Dependency on regulations and administrations. Average Americans find that approach to be red tape. Our Founding Fathers found it to be slavery.

So it kind shocks me when there's no outcry to news stories like this one reported in the Financial Times over the weekend: The "U.S. is preparing to pivot from domestic regulatory reform to push for a tough new international capital regime."

Excuse me?

We're talking about the foundation of international financial regulations and global governing. It's a trial balloon being floated out there and I guess it was a success because the response was complete and total silence.

Is it just me who thinks this is a bad idea? Am I alone? I guess so, because even Republicans are OK with this one. How could that happen? Easy: It's those evil, greedy Sith lord Wall Street executives! Like the ones at Goldman Sachs, who are appearing before the almighty Senate Tuesday to get grilled by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (sounds scary) about their so-called attempts to manipulate and profit off the crash of the housing market.

They'll get chewed out and made an example of by people like Chris Dodd, who joined in the chorus of Goldman haters on "Meet the Press" on Sunday:

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIPS)

SEN. CHRIS DODD, D-CONN.: Here we are, 17 months after someone broke into our house in effect and robbed us... and we still haven't changed the locks on the doors.

LARRY SUMMERS, WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC ADVISER: These off-balance sheet, nontransparent vehicles with what people call implicit guarantees, invite these kinds of problems.

SEN. RICHARD SHELBY, R-ALA.: We have to end once and for all the casino atmosphere on Wall Street, where they're gambling, basically, on synthetic ideas and so forth — with somebody else's money.

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You're right, Chris: You have to change those locks. But the other thing to make sure of is that the people you are calling to change the locks aren't the same ones who were involved with the robbery in the first place.

Yes, Dodd and his buddies will chew out Goldman, but if they are the root of all evil, why do these people all still work in the administration?

• William C. Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; was a partner and managing director at Goldman

• Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; spent 18 years at Goldman

• Mark Patterson, chief of staff to Tim Geithner; former Goldman lobbyist

• Philip Murphy; nominated for ambassador to Germany; former Goldman executive

• Diana Farrell; deputy director of the National Economic Council; formerly with Goldman

• Emil Michael; White House fellow; former investment banker with Goldman

There's just a few. And if Goldman really are the bad guys, we have bigger problems than just regulation, because we have to talk about global warming as well.

I got a tip from a watchdog — and by the way, if you are new to the program and don't know what a watchdog is, that's you. We've got millions of watchdogs e-mailing in tips and stories big and small and we welcome every single one of them. We get to as many as we can and even report on some of them, like this one about the Chicago Climate Exchange.

In case you didn't know the Chicago Climate Exchange existed — it does and it started trading in 2003. It's billed as: "North America's only cap-and-trade system for all six greenhouse gases, with global affiliates and projects worldwide." Members agree to a voluntary but legally binding agreement to "meet annual Green House Gas emission reduction targets."

What's cap-and-trade? A scheme designed to transfer wealth from the companies that have to the companies that have not through the regulation of invisible gases. Remember, it was ENRON who lobbied heavily for this type of system, because they knew how to swindle a profit out of it.

Environmentalists like Obama want this system because it will make prices skyrocket and people will be forced to use less energy. But I don't want to put words in his mouth, I'll let him say it:

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

THEN-PRESIDENTIAL CANIDATE BARACK OBAMA: Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

Got it? So the main beneficiaries will be big corporations and proponents of the redistribution of wealth. You are the loser here because you pay more for energy. But you can feel good because you saved the planet.

Uh-huh.

Not to mention, other places — like Europe — who have tried to implement green initiatives (like Spain) and then base markets on it are suffering the consequences. Because, as Time unwittingly described the creation of Chicago Climate Exchange, it "creates something out of nothing." There is no value behind the market; it's like Pets.com except now its solar panels.

So who would want to create something like this?

In 2000 and 2001, Chicago Climate Exchange received start-up grants from the Joyce Foundation. The Joyce Foundation is like the George Soros' TIDES Foundation. In fact, it's actually bigger than TIDES and even funds TIDES. Think of it as a place where uber-rich and powerful liberals like to dump their money into, so the cash can be spread around to their pet projects without a direct link.

The Joyce Foundation supports such luminaries as John Ayers (William Ayers' brother).

There was one influential member on the board of the Joyce Foundation at the time the Chicago Climate Exchange got its seed money; someone instrumental in steering the funds towards the creation of the Chicago Climate Exchange. They were on the board from 1994-2002. The founder of the Chicago Climate Exchange, Richard Sandor, said that he "knew (this person) well," which is perhaps how the money was awarded to the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, where Sandor was a research professor. I'll get back to that person in a minute.

Sandor saw big things in a climate exchange market. How big?

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

BLOOMBERG REPORTER: So how big do you think this market could be?

RICHARD SANDOR, CHICAGO CLIMATE EXCHANGE: I think it's a $10 trillion a year market.

REPORTER: Say that again?

SANDOR: $10 trillion a year.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

A $10 trillion a year market? That's a lot to go around. In comparison, the value of U.S. company shares on major U.S. and foreign stock exchanges equities market was $15 trillion in 2009. There's a lot of money riding on this climate legislation. But remember: It's all about saving the Earth.

London-based Generation Investment Management sees the earning potential as well. That's why they purchased a stake in Chicago Climate Exchange and are the fifth largest shareholder. The cofounder of the London-based firm? Former Vice President Al Gore. I say cofounder because some of the other founders include David Blood (former Goldman executive), Mark Ferguson (Goldman) and Peter Harris (Goldman).

In 2006, the Chicago Climate Exchange got a nice boost of confidence when an investor stepped to the plate and ponied up to purchase 10 percent of the combined company. Cofounder of the Chicago Exchange said the investment was big and welcome news. The investor? Goldman Sachs.

Oh and I almost forgot: The person at the beginning of it all? The one on the board of the Joyce Foundation that secured the initial funding for this project? Barack Obama.

This is so weird. It's almost like those our government says are responsible for the financial collapse are the ones directly involved in the "solutions." So much for "changing the locks," Chris.

OK, now let's look at this. What you have is a structure. This is the building: the Exchange. You've got the structure, all the players.

So what are we missing? Well, we're missing the bill and the technology to make it happen; the machinery to make it happen.

You are trading air; it's hard to keep track of air. The good news is, the bill is being worked on by Republicans and Democrats. That's cap-and-trade.

The machinery, the device? A patent for such a device was worked on by CO2e.com CEO Carlton Bartels. Shortly after he filed for the patent on his system to trade residential carbon credits, he was killed in the 9/11 attacks. Bartels wife then shopped the idea around and was able to find a buyer. The buyer ended up being a guy who wasn't really a good guy, he committed massive accounting fraud and manipulated earnings in his company in order to make huge bonuses.

That person was Franklin Raines, who just happened to be the CEO of Fannie Mae at the time. The patent was eventually approved by the U.S. Patent and Trade Office on Nov. 7, 2006 — coincidentally the day after Democrats took control of Congress. Thanks to Barbara Hollingsworth of the Washington Examiner for pointing this out to us.

So now, Fannie Mae, who is congressionally mandated to "make housing more affordable," is poised to reap billions on a system that has nothing to do with housing except for that it would make housing costs go up.

That's great.

Remember when Fannie purchased risky mortgages from banks, bundled them together and sold to investors as mortgage-backed securities? And then the housing market was absolutely destroyed? Well, former Fannie VP Scott Lesmes was responsible for that bundling.

Well, here's the good news: Not only will this new carbon trading "system" try the exact same bundling method (except with air); they are using the exact same guy: Scott Lesmes.

But, please, don't worry. The only ones involved in this are the corrupt Franklin Raines, Mr. redistribution of wealth Barack Obama, and all the people who the House and Senate are currently saying are the bad guys. Other than that, this should work out great.

It's almost like Goldman is willing to take a little heat now, in order to get a little piece of the $10 trillion green pie later. I challenge the media: Will anyone pick this story up? Will anyone question this and the timing of it all?

All of a sudden illegal immigration has leap-frogged global warming? Is it because Goldman has to take hits to get the global government structure done? And then they get the payoff? Or will you continue to say oh, he's crazy and not talk about the facts.

Cez★
04-28-2010, 09:38 PM
glenn beck about GM
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,591663,00.html

GLENN BECK, HOST: We'll I don't know if you have seen a great television commercial and great news, America: GM is completely fixed.

I want you to check this out from the CEO Ed Whitacre from General Motors. Here it is:

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ED WHITACRE, CEO, GENERAL MOTORS: I'm Ed Whitacre from General Motors. A lot of Americans didn't agree with giving GM a second chance. Quite frankly, I can respect that.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BECK: Hang on just a second. Hold on just a second. A lot of Americans didn't agree with giving GM a second chance? Really, Ed? That's how you want to frame your mea culpa to the America people? They're a bunch of heartless weasels who don't believe in redemption? Really?

It's big of you to respect that. No, really, it is. I'm just having a hard time respecting the fact that you are spitting in your faces by asking us to buy your government-owned and operated cars, although to tell you the truth, I mean, it's — it gets worse from here.

I could go on but I'm not going to. It's just too much in this commercial. Go ahead:

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

WHITACRE: We want to make this a company all Americans can be proud of. That's why I'm here to announce we have repaid our government loan in full with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BECK: OK. OK. I don't know where he is walking to. But listen, Ed, I'm Glenn. And why are you saying that? I mean, I'm thinking that if you want to be a company that all Americans can be proud of, maybe you shouldn't just — what did they used to call it? — "lie" to our faces.

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No, now it's spin. I'm sorry. I'm kind of picky that way. However, if "paid in full with interest" you really mean "we still owe $43 billion," well, then, there's no spin there.

That is what you hold, America, in stock and equity in General Motors — $43 billion. Oh, plus the estimated — minimum — $12 billion in union pensions. Yes.

GM, for some reason, is being allowed to say they have paid back $6.7 billion. So they've paid it back. Yes. That may be confusing, you know, given the fact that GM lost $4.3 billion during the second half of 2009.

Now, I don't know how you pay back gigantic loans when you are losing money hand over fist. But somebody does. TARP special inspector general Neil Barofsky, he is shedding light on Ed's fuzzy math. Here it is:

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ED BAROFSKY, TARP SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL, UNITED STATES TREASURY DEPARTMENT: If there's any money left in that account after a certain period of time, it has to be used to repay the debt. And basically, what GM is doing is it's pulling that forward and it's taking the money out of the TARP capital facility and using it to pay off the debt.

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BECK: Oh. I see. OK. All right. So, here is how it works: Here is GM. And look it, they had very little money so they couldn't pay. They had no money. There is no money in government loans. We hadn't invented TARP yet. The money was where it belongs — with you. And so what happened?

Well, GM was going out, so we took a bunch of our — no, no, no. I'm sorry — they took a bunch of our money and they put it over here. And they're about as non-messy with it as I am. So they keep taking your money and put it here.

Then when we had to finish bailing out the — you know, the financial industry, which basically just did this, they just — what? I'm with Goldman Sachs. What is the problem? No, I don't — what are you talking about? I'm not doing anything wrong with it?

So when they were finished stuffing their own pockets, then, they said, we've got to help G.M., because they're too big to fail and they're union, you know. So they took this money along with a little bit more of yours and put it in here in a government loan bucket.

Then, they took that money and gave it to GM. Well, GM needed to pay that money back so here is what they did. They took the money back, five years early, you know.

That is how they paid you back. That's it. You feeling paid back? No. You didn't get the money. They're taking it and moving it from bucket to bucket. That's all they're doing. They're not paying it back.

Oh, I'm bursting with pride for GM. I am, really. Really. How can GM get away with running such a blatantly false commercial? Who is going to stop them? Mainstream press? Really?

The same way the administration is getting away with everything they're doing. The government said their new health care plan would save you all kinds of money by driving down the cost. But days before health care reform passed, The New York Times ran a story. Do we have a picture of the story? Yes. Cost would go up. We don't have the story. Costs would go up significantly, The New York Times reported.

That's weird. Earlier this month, White House Budget Director Peter Orszag admitted that the independent payment advisory board with health care would decide on quality over quantity rationing care. Watch:

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PETER ORSZAG, WHITE HOUSE BUDGET DIRECTOR: The only real solution to our long-term fiscal imbalance, because it is driven disproportionately by the rate at which health care costs grow, is move toward a health care system that's based on quality and efficiency rather than quantity.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BECK: Rather than quantity. No, nothing like rationing. Silly to even think that that is what he is talking about — rationing. No, no, no. Just less quantity. That's it. You know, he didn't actually spell it out — "death panel." So you can't call it that.

Where is the press? Is anyone interested in the truth and what they're doing with your money? Anybody? Yesterday, I showed you this. I've got more on this. Why isn't that on the front page of every paper? I don't know.

Look, I used to do commercials for GM. I used to drive GM. That's all I used to drive. I love GM. I like buying American cars. It pains me to bring this up. But the truth matters.

And by the way, before anybody says anything, I cut the ties with General Motors, not the other way around. And it was a tough day for me because I like the people at GM. But the truth is, we're not told the truth anymore, not by the press, not by the administration, which is now GM. With our remaining stock in GM, we could provide over 2 million Americans with a GM vehicle.

Now, Ed, if you would like to make that announcement while you're walking, I'll consider your payment paid in full. But one more thing. Ed, you should really stop running these commercials.

I wouldn't push it because there are just a couple of us in the media who wouldn't mind telling the story again about how you helped Rahm Emanuel make $16 million in one deal and then mysteriously got an appointment as CEO to GM with absolutely no experience in that field.

Boy, see, I'm sorry, I just told it. But if you push it again, I'll tell it again, but this time, with relish.

Cez★
04-29-2010, 08:29 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,591683,00.html

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/28/immigration.reform.debate/index.html?hpt=Sbin

Michael Steele had it right. The Republicans have not given any reasons for blacks to vote for them. And now, the Republicans in state of Arizona have turned their backs on the Hispanic community. Shame on you, Arizona!

i thought republicans ended slavery :think:

Cez★
04-30-2010, 03:48 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fort_carson_cross

DENVER – A religious watchdog group says a cross and motto on the emblem of an Army hospital in Colorado violate the constitutional requirement for separation of church and state and should be removed.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation asked the Army this week to change the emblem of Evans Army Community Hospital at Fort Carson, outside Colorado Springs.

The emblem says "Pro deo et humanitate" or "For God and humanity."

Fort Carson commanders will review the complaint, Lt. Col. Steve Wollman said.

He said the emblem had been approved by the Army Institute of Heraldry and has been in use since 1969.

Wollman said references to doctors serving God and humanity date to the time of Hippocrates, a pre-Christianity Greek physician.

Wollman said the cross, which has a pointed base, is both an emblem of mercy and a symbol dating to the Middle Ages, when pilgrims carried a cross with a spiked base to mark the site of a camp.

Mikey Weinstein, president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, said that's a reference to the Crusades and could embolden U.S. enemies who want to portray the war on terror as a Christian war on Islam.

"This continues to add more fodder to the argument that we are Crusaders," Weinstein said. "It's exactly what fundamentalist Muslims want."

Weinstein's foundation, based in Albuquerque, N.M., last week persuaded the Army to withdraw an invitation to evangelist Franklin Graham to speak at the Pentagon on May 6, the National Day of Prayer.

Weinstein cited comments Graham made in 2001 describing Islam as evil. The Army said it withdrew the invitation because Graham's remarks were "not appropriate."

Graham is the son of famed evangelist Billy Graham.

Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., asked the House Armed Services Committee this week to hold hearings on what he called "a growing movement in the military to censor certain biblical teachings."

Weinstein said he lodged the complaint about the cross on behalf of 43 people at Fort Carson. He said 29 of them are Protestants or Catholics. One is a civilian and the others are enlisted personnel or junior officers.

He said they took their concerns to him for fear of reprisals if they complained to military commanders. Weinstein said none wanted to be identified.


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Extra police will be patrolling a local high school after a food fight got out of hand.

Conroe ISD says the fight broke out at the end of the last lunch period at Conroe High School Thursday afternoon. A few students threw punches, and police were called in to calm things down. Some students, however, say the fight turned into an all out riot with police using pepper spray to restore order

i member in 9th grade we had a HUGE food fight. shit was awesome. some senior threw full coke cans at faculty. then they had a moshpit in a few halls :rofl: then after that year they had a camera and a few principals on the balcony scoping out all the lunshes :( fuckin weak

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:rofl:
BEIJING (AP) — China said Friday that a Chinese diplomat in the U.S. was beaten and injured by Houston police and urged an investigation to ensure diplomatic practices are not violated.

The U.S. State Department was taking the matter very seriously and findings of the investigation would be shared with China "as soon as appropriate," said Susan Stevenson, spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

She referred further questions to Houston police, which did not immediately return calls seeking comment Friday morning.

The statement from China's Foreign Ministry said police harassed and beat a deputy consul-general while he was driving to the Chinese Consulate in Houston. The statement said a family member also was involved, but did not say if that person was injured.

According to a CBS News report, Houston police last Saturday tried to stop a car which was missing a license plate. When the car didn't stop, they pursued it into a garage without realizing the garage belonged to the Chinese Consulate. Police handcuffed and arrested the driver, injuring him, the CBS report said.

Under international practice, the premises of foreign embassies and consulates are outside the jurisdiction of local law enforcement, and diplomats have legal immunity.

The CBS News report identified the official as Ben Ren Yu. The Houston consulate website lists a deputy consul-general, Yu Boren.

"China urges the U.S. ... to quickly investigate the details of this incident and to look into the persons responsible to ensure that the Chinese diplomatic and consulate personnel and premises are not violated," said the statement attributed to Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu. "The Chinese Foreign Ministry, the Chinese Embassy and the Houston consulate have already made solemn exchanges with the U.S. side."

U.S.-China relations only recently emerged from a tense period aggravated by spats over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, trade and Chinese currency policy. Comments on at least two major Internet portals had apparently been deleted, an indication the case was considered sensitive, perhaps because of its impact on U.S.-China ties.

Cez★
04-30-2010, 07:53 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/30/arizona.hispanics.immigration/index.html?hpt=C1

Cez★
05-03-2010, 04:22 PM
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Deputies-Man-fatally-shoots-neighbor-wounds-2-in-fight-over-loud-music-92627009.html

Cez★
05-05-2010, 04:37 PM
europez ftl

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100505/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_greece_financial_crisis

stonehenge
05-05-2010, 04:53 PM
This be count as news?

http://androidandme.com/2010/05/news/t-mobile-mytouch-3g-slide-is-official-launches-in-june/

News for Cez :uhohshrug:

Cez★
05-05-2010, 04:53 PM
brah iz posted a pic on droid thread and you ignored it :emo:

stonehenge
05-05-2010, 04:55 PM
wtf! when! *finds it*

BillyJeanKing
05-06-2010, 03:30 PM
:read:

The parents of five Live Oak High School students met with the Morgan Hill Unified School District Wednesday night to find out why their kids got in trouble for wearing American flag attire on Cinco de Mayo.

"I have no problem with them wearing their Mexico flags anything like that; I just thought I'd show my pride, my American pride," said Live Oak High School student Dominic Macio.

Dominic Macio and two friends decided to show their patriotic pride, and left school early instead of getting suspended. A group of five students wore shirts, pants, bandanas, even shoes with the American flag to school Wednesday. Two of the kids are Mexican American, and didn't think it would be a problem, but the principal disagreed.

"They told us basically we take it off or we can get suspended, they threatened us with suspension, and so we all decided that we are just going to leave school." Matthew Dariano

Matthew Dariano also walked out. He told me a lot of students wore American flags today and didn't get in trouble. His mom who is Mexican American said her son wears the American flag to school regularly.

"If there's an instituted dress code and they're only supposed to wear certain things, then we as their parents should be notified ahead of time and not the day of. And in turning their shirtsinside out that doesn't solve the problem and actually where is the problem?" said Matt's mom Dianna Dariano.

"How does the American flag cause violence in our country? That is unbelievable," said one parent.

Principal Boden told me he had no comment, but the school district read this statement to central coast news. It's clear the district questions the principal's decision.

"The district does not concur with the Live Oak High School administration's interpretation in either board or district policy related to these actions," said Morgan Hill Assistant Superintendent Jay Totter.

The students plan to wear their American flag attire to school on Thursday.