(V): .. mmmm slight problem with crack party/democrat election plans... who is their credible candidate?

Iamon_lyme: By all standards a lizard (if you know your Douglas), then there is the turkey... But at least this time side shows over birth certificates might be avoided.

... At least some cracks have been made in rip off America where the rich get richer and the rest of Americans pay for it.

Coca Cola were on UK TV tonight claiming that UK citizens would rather have a cheap t-shirt for their reward points than say a i-pod nano.. or a cheap hat rather than a nice 12MP camera.

They know us so well ..... and I bet the t-shirt and hat are made in China.

.. they wouldn't lie would they??

(V): lol I don't know. Would they?

(V): I don't watch reality TV shows, so I don't know if the royal wedding has started yet or not. Will they be serving Coca Cola? Will Coca Cola be sponsoring the event? if not, then who is paying for it?

Iamon_lyme: The families. Great thing to have a constitutional Monarchy.

(V): The families you say? Are their apparent fanancial/investment instincts genetic?

Iamon_lyme: Long term.. as well as the financial income they generate by being a loved Royal family... they are a great tourist attraction.

As to savy.... "President Obama is not a natual born citizen therefore he is ineligible to be president".

Conspiracy theory or just plain bad form due to losing the Election?

(V): I said that "I think most Americans are savy.."Also, in a previous message I said it doesn't matter if he is a natural born citizen or not because he is now the president, and so we are stuck with him until the next election. When called upon to provide proof of medical health or anything else relevant (like, U.S. citizenship) Obama steadfastly refused to comply. He seemed to welcome questions about his citizenship, without acknowledging those questions, so I believe he wanted us to focus on that instead of other issues surrounding him. Whenever democrats talk about something they "believe" in, something like transparency, it doesn't necessarily mean they are talking about themselves.

Iamon_lyme: Comply to whom? The kangaroo court that some Republican/tea party members set up.... I ask you. Under what constitutional premise or law of the USA states that the President has to answer to such bogus courts?

Is Sideshow Bob in charge??

(V): "Comply to whom?" .. The people who will be voting for either candidate, that's 'whom'. It is not a mandate, but something people have come to expect from either party. We have been lectured by the left to demand transparency, bipartisanship, and yes, even U.S citizenship status. The left insists the people have a right to know anything they want to know.. about any republican candidate. They don't need to tell us if the same standards of transparency and decency apply to them. The are above reproach, and above approach. We don't deserve them.. I mean really, we really don't.

(V): "The kangaroo court that some Republican/tea party members set up.." It was Democrat/ crack party members who started that trend. it's been that way a long time now, long before the tea party ever showed up. The information you google might be getting rerouted through intermultidimensional trans-atlantic rifts, can't aways rely on what comes back from dimensions where everyones heads and hands are way too big for their bodies. In some dimensions the concept of hypocrisy is as foreign as knowing which side of the bread should be buttered. Due to translation difficulties it is not out the ordinary for research to come back somewhat demented or incomprehensible.

Iamon_lyme: So.. you are saying that the tea party are copying "democrat/crack party" art and making it their own? They are more nutty so you say!!

(V): lol You have the advantage over me.. I don't know what the voices in your head are telling you, I only know what you and I have been saying.

Iamon_lyme: No voices... just reading the news and various sites over how this stupidity over a birth certificate has been playing. Some hard right nutters have even been trying to say that Hawaii is not a state of the USA.

As to Art's "In reality, there was no kangaroo court."

Kangaroo court is an expression of how some people can judge someone/thing without credible evidence. It quite fits how some hard right nutters make up conspiracies (in this case that Obama is not an American citizen) and despite proof carry on thinking they are right.

(V): When I said most Americans are savy, does this not imply that some are not savy? The one most to gain from questioning Obamas legitimacy was Obama. This is why you continue bringing it up, is it not? When I asked you who is paying for the royal wedding, your answer was the families. You then said "Constitutional Monarchy", and credited them for being a tourist attraction. I understand they also fill a diplomatic role, do they not? As to how the wedding was payed for, you answered my question without really answering it. That's okay, I aready knew the answer.

Iamon_lyme: No I did answer it. The families paid for it. The only bill the tax payer paid for was security.

"the one most to gain from questioning Obamas legitimacy was Obama."

No.. it'll be the ones selling the books carrying on the questioning. Jerome Corsi I see from news reports is publishing yet another of his books on the 'truth' of the matter for Conservatives to read and say "I told you so". Donald Trump has also played on the birth certificate matter to boost his support in the Republican/Tea party camp.

"This is why you continue bringing it up, is it not? "

Nope. I only brought it up because it was mentioned on this board by another and used it as an example of how some Americans are still caught in political hogwash.

"You don't tell your Queen what to do or say"

Yes she does get told what to do and what to say regarding certain of her roles as Monarch. She is our Queen, not the government or our PM.

(V): "The only bill the tax payer payed for was security." Right.The taxpayer is only tapped to pay for security at royal weddings. Thanks for clearing that up. Other than for security at weddings, our tax payers are not required to pony up money to support our royal family either. Well, except for that time Obama took Oprah for a ride on Air Force One, but that was a justifiable expense.

Iamon lyme: $163,000,000 (estimate)...just a drop in the hat for a country that is poverty ridden. LOL

Bernice: I was 97% certain there is no literal goose laying golden eggs inside the palace walls. I would have been 100% certain, but was so busy chasing (V) down the rabbit hole I almost got lost. So, not even close to a billion dollars then? A mere pittance!

(V): I don't believe pre-election Obama was playing a game of hounds and foxes. I don't believe he is that clever. He doesn't have to be, he has clever fellows like you to defend him. I think he genuinely feels that it is beneath his dignity to be treated as any other American president, and whatever his qualifications may be are none of our business. You don't tell your Queen what to do or say, so why should he listen to us? I will say that he is adept at learning from past democrat presidents. ~ Clinton write book make lots of money, I write book make lots of money. ~ Clinton good looking guy, me good looking guy.. no, better looking. ~ Clinton no care what future generations will have to deal with, me don't even know what that means.. what has that to do with me? Doesn't matter, I don't care about that either. ~ Past presidents go on speaking tours, make lots more money regardless of how good they were, me go on lecture circuit too.. hope the economy recovers enough for those fools to pay me what they payed Clinton.

Iamon_lyme: So has Palin and other Republicans.. So do celebrities and other famous people such as those who do well in sports, those who play the religion game, etc, etc.

Singling out just Democrats as the only people who write books after leaving a job is a little one sided and only half the story.

Artful Dodger: I wasn't sure what he was trying to do. If he wants to play with straw dolls I have no objection. I don't know what he thinks he is accomplishing, except for giving us a platform to dispute the real (not imagined) nonsense going on in American politics today. God has a purpose for everyone, and if his is to play the fool then God bless his pointy little head.

Artful Dodger: Talking about Glenn Beck again.

Or this?? Politics (Artful Dodger, 2011-04-30 19:37:56)

Artful Dodger: "so instead they engage in never-ending ad hominem."