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Al Adab| 6.30.11 @ 7:43PM
But the policies will be the same and the GOP will get the blame for the collapse. What's the point in that?
Dai Alanye | 7.1.11 @ 12:14PM
Romney's main boast is that he bought failing companies and laid off workers to make them profitable.
That's the short version, of course, but it's exactly the one Democrats will use against him, and its likely to be all too effective.
Margie's Cat| 6.30.11 @ 8:19PM
Here's Michele Bachmann's pitch: Forget everything else, I'm not a Dick.
NoLib| 6.30.11 @ 9:21PM
Mitt the bloodless technocrat--just what we need.
Floyd| 6.30.11 @ 10:03PM
*facepalm*
is that the best he got? Dole and McCain ran that kind of campaign too didn't they? Maybe Romney needs a bit of a refresher course?
Grant Johnson| 6.30.11 @ 10:12PM
That is exactly why Romney should not be the Republican nominee. We do not need a more effective overseer. We need someone to loose the chains and allow us our liberty. Romney does not and will never get it.
Occam's Tool| 6.30.11 @ 10:26PM
Why Ron Paul wants America out of Afghanistan, part 225:
As Clint knows well, it's important to support pederasty if you're a Ron Paul supporter. Or, as I like to say: Clint the Terrorist Catamite.
From Fox News:
Afghan Men Struggle With Sexual Identity, Study Finds
Published January 28, 2010
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As if U.S. troops and diplomats didn't have enough to worry about in trying to understand Afghan culture, a new report suggests an entire region in the country is coping with a sexual identity crisis.
An unclassified study from a military research unit in southern Afghanistan details how homosexual behavior is unusually common among men in the large ethnic group known as Pashtuns -- though they seem to be in complete denial about it.
The study, obtained by Fox News, found that Pashtun men commonly have sex with other men, admire other men physically, have sexual relationships with boys and shun women both socially and sexually -- yet they completely reject the label of "homosexual." The research was conducted as part of a longstanding effort to better understand Afghan culture and improve Western interaction with the local people.
The research unit, which was attached to a Marine battalion in southern Afghanistan, acknowledged that the behavior of some Afghan men has left Western forces "frequently confused."
The report details the bizarre interactions a U.S. Army medic and her colleagues had with Afghan men in the southern province of Kandahar.
In one instance, a group of local male interpreters had contracted gonorrhea anally but refused to believe they could have contracted it sexually -- "because they were not homosexuals."
Apparently, according to the report, Pashtun men interpret the Islamic prohibition on homosexuality to mean they cannot "love" another man -- but that doesn't mean they can't use men for "sexual gratification."
The group of interpreters who had contracted gonorrhea joked in the camp that they actually got the disease by "mixing green and black tea." But since they refused to heed the medics' warnings, many of them re-contracted the disease after receiving treatment.
The U.S. army medic also told members of the research unit that she and her colleagues had to explain to a local man how to get his wife pregnant.
The report said: "When it was explained to him what was necessary, he reacted with disgust and asked, 'How could one feel desire to be with a woman, who God has made unclean, when one could be with a man, who is clean? Surely this must be wrong.'"
The Pashtun populations are concentrated in the southern and eastern parts of the country. The Human Terrain Team that conducted the research is part of a military effort to learn more about local populations.
The report also detailed a disturbing practice in which older "men of status" keep young boys on hand for sexual relationships. One of the country's favorite sayings, the report said, is "women are for children, boys are for pleasure."
The report concluded that the widespread homosexual behavior stems from several factors, including the "severe segregation" of women in the society and the "prohibitive" cost of marriage.
Though U.S. troops are commonly taught in training for Afghanistan that the "effeminate characteristics" of Pashtun men are "normal" and not an indicator of homosexuality, the report said U.S. forces should not "dismiss" the unique version of homosexuality that is actually practiced in the region "out of desire to avoid western discomfort."
Otherwise, the report said, Westerners could "risk failing to comprehend an essential social force underlying Pashtun culture."
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politic.....z1Qog9DZ9h
By the way, Mitt Romney sucks, Better than Obama, but not the equal of Bachmann (or BTO, as I like to call her).
Handy| 7.1.11 @ 5:43AM
Among the first wave of fatalities to AIDS back in the 1980s in Washington, DC were diplomatic personnel and lobbyists from the Arab countries. These "guys" were never in the company of women, but could routinely be seen holding hands with each other.
Clint| 7.1.11 @ 6:30AM
The Eight Ball Israel Firster Fanatic Neo-Chickenhawk Tool Job Is All Bitchy Pms'y because many of We Tea Party Patriots & Our Tea Party Co-Favorite Dr.Ron Paul & Our Tea Party Senator Dr.Rand Paul Don't Asskiss Tool Job's Personal Screwball Israel Firster Agenda.
By the way, Tool Job already posted that He was set to Vote for Mittens The RINO-CINO, But Not Dr.Ron Paul if The GOP Ruling Elite gets Mittens, For Their Ruling Elite Fop Candidate.Then other posters jumped his Neo-Con Ass & Tool Job tried to dance away from his post.
Just More of The RINO-CINO Arlen Specter, Mike Castle, John McCain Neo-Con AgendaBoy Crap.
The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates.
Carpe Diem.
wodiej| 7.1.11 @ 7:16AM
I hope and I pray that Americans will have the good sense of Tea Party principles to not elect another RINO as the GOP nominee. We have been doing this for a number of elections and that is why our gov't and schools are overrun w liberals when only 20% of the population declares themselves as such. That means a good portion of leaders who claim to be conservative are really wolves in sheeps clothing and Romney is an obvious example. The man can't keep straight what he is for or against.
Gov. Sarah Palin is straight up conservative, true to her values, accomplished, a spine of steel and brave enough to go toe to toe with Obama. She loves this country and does not have to run for President. She is doing just fine now. But she is one of those rare people that really take to heart what being a public servant means.
martin j smith| 7.1.11 @ 7:57AM
This is what I think --Romney,like Newt are of the old school and not capable of fighting for our country
I mean fight--I am not sure Pawlenty is a fighter-he better be if he wants a chance. Rick Perry--we shall see--I hold off until he makes a move and then he must come out and continue to swing--not at his fellow candidates but at Obama and the Socialists. Bachman will have to develop muscle fast and not allow MSM people one inch and hit them back hard. Palin is a veteran of this and we shall see if she gets in. But from my stand point a moderate ( of yea Huntsman ) is OUT. Its not just policy positions its temperament. We need a fighter who is willing to take Obama and his Brown Shirts on.
Puprle Lips| 7.1.11 @ 8:40AM
Good. I agree that Mitt is probably an outstanding manager. He'd make a good Undersecretary at the Dept of Funny Walks.
Ralph| 7.1.11 @ 11:00AM
Mark Styen said once legislation is passed, it never is repealed, because then the parties just argue over who can run things better. That is Romney's argument for qualifying for the job. It is anti limited government whenever campaigns use that tactic. A limited government guy gets rid of any agency or act that depends on angels.
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