And You want this Guy to be the Next President of the United States?!?!?!?!

[daggerkobe]

McCane can't ban gambling. He has no juristinction over Native American tribes.

Indian casinos can not accept sports bets. Only Nevada casinos can. And McShit wants to outlaw it.

[JRS21386]

You mean like when they passed 'UIGEA of 2006' which was the reason Pinnacle & Neteller pulled out of the US.... and the reason books are having processing problems?

And it had NOTHING to do with national security. It was attached to the Port Security bill even though it had NOTHING to do with national security, just so Frist and his cronies can get it passed without a debate.

Sorry to say, but you're ignorant.

Thats a small thing of a much bigger problem.. seems to me the only dumbass here is you... everything has to go through congress before its passed into law... not many people were affected by netteller pulling out.. there is a MUCH bigger group of people in support of gambling OUTSIDE of the internet.. he can't ban gambling and he wont... moron..

[daggerkobe]

Thats a small thing of a much bigger problem.. seems to me the only dumbass here is you... everything has to go through congress before its passed into law... not many people were affected by netteller pulling out.. there is a MUCH bigger group of people in support of gambling OUTSIDE of the internet.. he can't ban gambling and he wont... moron..

Sadly, this is the typical republican voter. Completely clueless and brainwashed. I give up. Turn America over to the religious wackos so this country can be run like the Taliban.

[daggerkobe]

Sure, we all want to wait 3 months for our payouts, not 5 minutes it took through Neteller. OMFG.... we are DOOMED.

[JRS21386]

taliban?!?! and you want obama as president? lol he is most likely associated with him... your democratic congress just took a 5 week vacation despite the gas prices... whts up wit hthat?

[daggerkobe]

Wow, how old are you? Even my 11 year old cousin knows more than you.

Do you even know why gas prices skyrocketed?

Bush purchased all the oil from private refinaries in 2001 which doubled the price of barrel of oil from the $30s to close to $60s. Then invading Iraq pretty much sealed it. It's been triple the price ever since.

Wow...... you're dumber than 2nd graders....

[JRS21386]

ha... im getting my masters in finance right now... minored in economics... i think you need to think outside the box... the news doesnt tell us the whole truth.. remember that.. do research for yourself..

[donjuan]

I have been all over, 28 different states to be exact

Hilarious.

And i think this comes down to an issue of national security... i would rather have a safe nation to live in than gamble every once and awhile...

This is one of the arguments you hear in support of fascism. Brilliant.

[daggerkobe]

[JRS21386]

i would say to an average american, 28 states is defineable by "all over"

[durito]

i would say to an average american, 28 states is defineable by "all over"

[WileOut]

Thats a small thing of a much bigger problem.. seems to me the only dumbass here is you... everything has to go through congress before its passed into law... not many people were affected by netteller pulling out.. there is a MUCH bigger group of people in support of gambling OUTSIDE of the internet.. he can't ban gambling and he wont... moron..

I don't understand this post. What is "a small thing of a much bigger problem"?

BTW, the UIGEA didn't have to go through congress to be passed into law. It hitched a ride on another bill. The UIGEA was never voted on.

It is true that McCain wants sports gambling gone. Even in Vegas.

[donjuan]

i would say to an average american, 28 states is defineable by "all over"

Ever been outside of North America?

[JRS21386]

lol

[durito]

taliban?!?! and you want obama as president? lol he is most likely associated with him... your democratic congress just took a 5 week vacation despite the gas prices... whts up wit hthat?

[daggerkobe]

I don't understand this post. What is "a small thing of a much bigger problem"?

BTW, the UIGEA didn't have to go through congress to be passed into law. It hitched a ride on another bill. The UIGEA was never voted on.

It is true that McCain wants sports gambling gone. Even in Vegas.

Simple.

Neteller, Pinnacle and the entire internet gaming is run by Al Qaeda.

[WileOut]

Simple.

Neteller, Pinnacle and the entire internet gaming is run by Al Qaeda.

Gotcha.

Is this guy that "We Eat Fish" poster who has come back under a new name?

[daggerkobe]

I'd love to hear his explaination on how Congress can lower gas prices......

[daggerkobe]

Gotcha.

Is this guy that "We Eat Fish" poster who has come back under a new name?

Wasn't he just a ghost of mofome and acting stupid on purpose? I don't think this guy is acting.

[JRS21386]

I'd love to hear his explaination on how Congress can lower gas prices......

When you are a pinnacle nation such as the United States, we could ultimately get anything done we choose. Yes we operate on a world market, and oil more so than anything operates on a world standard. But with a country such as this one, we are the leader in innovation.. Maybe not gas prices pursay, but how about alternate fuel sources. there is a line out the door of people who have come up with things for congress to hear, and yet they want to take a break.. This country is run by crooks.. they dont give a damn about you so dont think they do, they are earning 6 figures by sitting up there and just "entertaining" everyones fears and concerns.. You know as well as i do, when the presidential debates start, the first question on everyones mind is going to be "what can you do to get us past these high gas prices"..

[pavyracer]

taliban?!?! and you want obama as president? lol he is most likely associated with him... your democratic congress just took a 5 week vacation despite the gas prices... whts up wit hthat?

Are you sure you are doing a masters in economics? This doesn't add up.

[ritehook]

OP took the cheapest of cheap shots with the posting of the Obama slip re number of states.

As others have noted, the OP's guy, McCain, thought the Shia supported al Queda (neither did Sunni Saddam Hussein, he hated them and the feeling was returned);

McCain thought Putin was pres of Germany;

McCain thought Iraq shared a common border with Afghanistan.

He has not aged well, mentally. Maybe his sufferings in Hanoi have sometime to do with it. He is also not above corruption, as his running interferece for the Keating criminals demonstrated.

OP did try to retrieve himself by saying neither candidate offered much choice.

Correct. I "supported" Obama re the Iraq War, but both candidates want to continue and extend the absurdly oversstreached Amemrican Empire.

Obama wants troops out of Iraq so he can send them to Afghanistan. He doesn't know history - ask Alexander the Great, England in 19th century, and Soviet Union in the late 20th if anyone can permanently occupy that tribal land.

Obama, like Imperial John, has shown he is willing to bend over at any time to satisfy the insane demands (like blockadking Iran) of the Hotel Lobby.

Ron Paul was the only candidate worth a vote. But America won't be ready for someone like Paul until the economy is 100 times worse, we have a dozn more 9/11s, and Mexico is ready to declare California its 23rd state. (Or is it thir 24th state? Ask Obama . . .)

[JRS21386]

Are you sure you are doing a masters in economics? This doesn't add up.

are you sure you can read? i think i said im doing my masters in finance but i minored in economics in my undergrad... lol

[daggerkobe]

I don't think that answered my question......

We could have had alternate fuel sources in place by now.... But Bush was too busy handing out $100k tax credit for Hummers, Escalades, Navigators buyers. He also refused to sign a mandate to raise just 1MPG which would've saved the US hundreds of millions of barrels of oil each year. He pretty much ignored all alternate fuel sources and instead pushed fuelcell technology, which he knew wasn't going to be available for years. But what do you expect from an oil baron?

[JRS21386]

your right...

[Tsoprano]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xb3bDwE9jQ

[Cappy]

JRS if you like to gamble online you better hope that McCain doesn't win.

Guys, people make mistakes. Of course Obama knows how many states there are and of course McCain meant to say the Afghan/Pakistan border. Same thing with Bush, Letterman has made his last 8 year career on calling out Bush's speech mistakes. All the while Bush probably has a larger IQ than Letterman.

I don't know about that IQ thing

[Cappy]

And i think this comes down to an issue of national security... i would rather have a safe nation to live in than gamble every once and awhile...[/QUOTE]

Thomas Jefferson would say that you deserve neither, and I agree with him. The fate you deserve is not to live in a wonderful free country like ours, you should live in a war filled oppressive state like those in the middle east.

Why do I think you deserve such a fate? Because your blatantly ignorant, unamerican ideals and those of the uninformed masses who agree with you are ruining this country and the world, if you would just leave the country for a place where fascism is a more accepted political ideology I think you'll find you're happier and so are true americans.

You might also find that you are less happy and americans are more happy, if that's the case good, because that is the intended affect. Go back to Britain Arnold

[pavyracer]

are you sure you can read? i think i said im doing my masters in finance but i minored in economics in my undergrad... lol

I was referring to the fact that you were doing a masters not the degree. Anyone that thinks that Senator Obama will rule the US like the Taliban ruled Afghanistan should not be doing a masters. Hell no, he shouldn't be going to college at all!

[JRS21386]

I was referring to the fact that you were doing a masters not the degree. Anyone that thinks that Senator Obama will rule the US like the Taliban ruled Afghanistan should not be doing a masters. Hell no, he shouldn't be going to college at all!

I didnt say he would, i simply said between the two candidates who do you think would be more affiliated with, NOT TO SAY HE IS, someone like the taliban... the man went to kenya and supported a leader who supplies terrorists with mass amounts of funding...

[pavyracer]

McCain also supports terrorists:

The co-host of a recent top-dollar fundraiser for Sen. John McCain oversaw the payment of roughly $1.7 million to a Colombian paramilitary group that is today designated a terrorist organization by the United States.

Carl H. Lindner Jr., the billionaire Cincinnati businessman, was CEO of Chiquita Brands International from 1984 to 2001, and remained on the company's board of directors until May 2002. Beginning under his tenure, Chiquita executives paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (known by the Spanish acronym AUC), which is described by George Washington University's National Security Archive as an "illegal right-wing anti-guerrilla group tied to many of the country's most notorious civilian massacres."

Following a Justice Department indictment last year, Chiquita admitted to illegally funding the paramilitaries and agreed to pay a $25 million fine. Chiquita's payments to the AUC began in 1997 and lasted seven years; roughly half of the funds came after the group was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. State Department in 2001.

According to the Justice Department, the payments "were reviewed and approved by senior executives" of Chiquita, who knew by no later than September 2000 "that the AUC was a violent, paramilitary organization."

Late last week, Lindner co-hosted a $25,000-per-person fundraiser for McCain and the Republican Party in the wealthy Indian Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. The event raised about $2 million; Lindner also serves on McCain's Ohio Victory Team.

While Lindner was CEO of Chiquita, the company began sending money to the AUC through its shipping subsidiary Banadex. A report by the Organization of American States states that Banadex also engaged in arms trafficking, helping to deliver 3,000 Nicaraguan AK-47 rifles and millions of rounds of ammunition to the AUC in 2001. According to federal prosecutors, when company officials realized the arrangement was illegal, they switched to making the payments in cash.

"We believe they saved people's lives," a Chiquita spokesman told Time magazine last year, alleging that the company was simply trying to avoid violence against their employees.

Chiquita's funding of violent paramilitaries does not end with the right-wing AUC. The fruit giant "had been making similar payments to the leftist FARC and ELN guerrillas" since 1989, also on Lindner's watch. Those payments ended in 1997 as "control of the company's banana-growing area shifted" to the AUC, according to the Associated Press.

McCain, who is currently visiting Colombia to promote free trade, has described FARC as "one of the worst" terrorist groups and accused his opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, of being unwilling to support Colombian President Uribe's anti-terrorist efforts.

That the Arizona Republican is raising funds from a man whose company once paid that very same terrorist group seems likely to sully his charge.

Aides to the Senator did not return request for comment, though they have repeatedly argued that the campaign does not have direct connections to companies represented by such fundraisers or advisers and, as such, should not be held accountable for their actions or presumed to be persuaded by their interests.

However, in the past, McCain has done favors on Lindner's behalf. Last May, the Washington Post reported that in the late 1990s, McCain "promoted a deal in Arizona's Tonto National Forest involving property part-owned by Great American Life Insurance, a company run by billionaire Carl H. Lindner Jr., a prolific contributor to national political parties and presidential candidates."

Moreover, McCain's chief political adviser, Charlie Black, lobbied for Chiquita on two separate occasions in 2001. According to records, Black was paid $80,000 to work on foreign trade issues.

[reno cool]

"Thomas Jefferson would say that you deserve neither, and I agree with him. The fate you deserve is not to live in a wonderful free country like ours, you should live in a war filled oppressive state like those in the middle east."



Oh those horrible warring Middle Eastern Countries. That wouldn't have anything to do with American Foreign Policy.
For how many decades has the West been tormenting the population of Iraq because of its oil.-----just one example

[topgame85]

JRS everyone has the right to their own opinion as naive, inaccurate, or uneducated as it is and I am afraid anyone who can support a coward, flip flopping, deceitful John Mccain is defending that right to the fullest. I am a a conservative, and a REAL republican although these days I find myself siding closer to being a conservative libertarian, Bush nor Mccain nor 90% of republicans in congress are REAL republicans, they are stealing our civil liberties and spending money out of the ass while destroying the dollar, they had no plan going into the war and they have no plan to get out, I am not saying Obama is a savior but he beats the hell out of Mccain, I personally will write in Ron Paul or vote Bob Barr- Libertarian but in reality it appears Obama will be president and I'll take him over Mccain anyday

[BrUno0]

What does this video show? People make mistakes, a guy making an error during a speech, especially a small irrelevant error such as this one, is not going to count him out of being president, i mean come on dude, holding this against someone is so pathetic. I don't even vote, and I'm not supporting Obama here.

[JC]

If you don't believe McCain is out of it, check out this video, especially from the 3 minute mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK-LEyyf7d4

Also it seems since McCain can't draw his own crowds, he goes to where the crowds are.

As far as the Taliban comments go, stop looking at the man's ethnicity and start looking at the behavior of each party over the past decade. The Taliban wanted everyone in their country to live by their own narrow moral code. Sound familiar? Not unlike the religious retards who have commandeered the Republican party in the US.

National security? I suppose you are going to tell us that going into Iraq had something to do with national security. We send 150,000 troops to Iraq which had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11 and only 15,000 to Afghanistan which is where the terrorists were. Now they are mainly in Pakistan and the US doesn't have the balls to cross the border and root them out.

Congress takes 5 weeks every summer. They take more vacations than any other industry in the country, whether they are under Dem or Rep control. What are they supposed to do about gas prices, make speeches? It won't help, neither will voting to lift the offshore drilling ban. The market is much bigger than that. If it was so important to lift the ban, why didn't the Republicans vote on it during the years they controlled both the White House and both houses of Congress?

Obama is far from perfect, but he is far better than the alternative. So go into the booth, hold your nose, and vote for him.