The attempt to cap awards for punitive and emotional distress met with huge pressure.  If govt tried to act as insurer without limiting its expenses then it would incur massive losses.  If it acts to limit losses then it loses support for government monopoly. Limits on services killed Hillarycare, it lost the left.

11,727

(290 replies, posted in Politics)

Axelrod said Obama did not have a close relationship to Onyango.

The campaign will return $265 in contributions that Onyango made to Obama, citing prohibitions against foreign nationals donating to American campaigns.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15161.html

Kiss of Death!! She'll "voluntarily" self-deport before the inauguration!

$265 from your illegal alien aunt who lives on assisted housing! Obama! You a hustler!!

bwahahahahaaha

11,728

(83 replies, posted in Politics)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRdLpem-AAs

I still prefer his speakin' ability t' Obama's

an' where, o where is th' Republican who will speak fer conservatism outside an election, because it must be spoken fer?

11,729

(290 replies, posted in Politics)

OMG

"WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama's aunt, a Kenyan woman who has been quietly living in public housing in Boston, is in the United States illegally after an immigration judge rejected her request for asylum four years ago, The Associated Press has learned.
Zeituni Onyango, 56, referred to as "Aunti Zeituni" in Obama's memoir, was instructed to leave the United States by a U.S. immigration judge who denied her asylum request, a person familiar with the matter told the AP late Friday. This person spoke on condition of anonymity because no one was authorized to discuss Onyango's case.

Information about the deportation case was disclosed and confirmed by two separate sources, one of them a federal law enforcment official. The information they made available is known to officials in the federal government, but the AP could not establish whether anyone at a political level in the Bush administration or in the McCain campaign had been involved in its release.

Onyango's refusal to leave the country would represent an administrative, non-criminal violation of U.S. immigration law, meaning such cases are handled outside the criminal court system. Estimates vary, but many experts believe there are more than 10 million such immigrants in the United States.

The AP could not reach Onyango immediately for comment. No one answered the telephone number listed in her name late Friday. It was unclear why her request for asylum was rejected in 2004.

Onyango is not a relative whom Obama has discussed in campaign appearances and, unlike Obama's father and grandmother, is not someone who has been part of the public discussion about his personal life.

A spokeswoman for U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Kelly Nantel, said the government does not comment on an individual's citizenship status or immigration case.

Onyango's case

11,730

(290 replies, posted in Politics)

uh huh

National Socialism has nothin' t' do with socialism

neither does th' 4th International

it means, um, whatever it needs t' mean t' win at th' present time

that's it, pass the grog! that's th' ticket!

11,731

(290 replies, posted in Politics)

well thar were bein' no second revolution, th' blood purge o' th' sa an' roehm took care o' that, but it did abrogate th' power o' employers t' fire scallywags an' laborers t' strike

and I'm pretty sure he caught a seizure because you're  an obamite

11,732

(9,083 replies, posted in General)

Is wrong because only mods an' fmods were excluded from winnin'

Like we'd do extra work figurin' out who already had VIP

11,733

(14 replies, posted in General)

arrr

hmm

R me pir8s

11,734

(290 replies, posted in Politics)

wtg Segiris!
Prepare to be boarded!

wish  DevilDog were bein' here fer ye t' chat big_smile

11,735

(65 replies, posted in Politics)

no, me Jolly Roger

Arnor would want this one closed, too!  And hoist the mainsail!  bumpin an auld thread

actualy every 2008 US election thread is a copy o' this one sad

spammers

11,736

(27 replies, posted in Community)

th' winner is....

Skyroshroud, for "Howl-oween"!!!!

skyro come to #mod to hand over necessary info to get you your free (to you) VIP!!!

and thanks to all the contestants! This was a close one!!

11,737

(27 replies, posted in Community)

before I open this I have t' say a few words.., with a chest full of booty.


Thanks t' all th' fmods an' mods who pitched in an' got this done!


special thanks t' arsy fer joinin' an' Nolio fer inspirin' it all

an' t' all th' haters, [ugghh]

11,738

(27 replies, posted in Community)

We had t' go overtime an' educate a lot o' Euromods on th' American tradition o' th' smoky backroom hagglin' fer a nominee...


we had a horse race here that only broke this evenin'...


but, resolved on th' 2nd ballot.., Ya lily livered swabbie! 

th' winner o' th' First Annual Half-ass Halloween "Costume" contest...
And hoist the mainsail, avast! 

a contest so hasty we no nay ne'er got aroun' t' gettin' permission t' donate a VIP so I'm gonna hafta buy it...


th' winner isssssss

11,739

(65 replies, posted in Politics)

Bumped because Glad wanted somethin' like this up topside!!!

this was the one you meant right glad?  you spammer!

11,740

(438 replies, posted in General)

i'm too sexy!

11,741

(61 replies, posted in General)

oh nooooos!!!


ah I thought ye mean while ye had them o'er yer hips ye...nm

jockeys have 2 layers o' fabric, very stiff

today me boxers be...I forget, I put them on at 530am

Fool, if I were to tell you US TV runs the smurfs in a pocket window 24/7, you wouldn't have any evidence either way, would you?  You're in the UK

Segiris' post in the 60 days left thread

GLAD I opened the official 2008 thread in MARCH and there have been 50 since then so this thread DIES NOW!!! X(

11,744

(290 replies, posted in Politics)

segiris posted elsewhere

As a Marine (Not Active anymore),

I shudder to think what will happen if Obama wins.

I have my theories, based on Obama's policies i think this is how it will play out.

I think based SOLELY upon his celebrity state as a "Young Educated Blackman who wants to make a difference", Image built for him, that he will in fact win.

Sadly... people are morons, and will vote for someone for stupid illegitimate reasons.

But i think due to his extremely liberal policies, he will destroy this nation in a way Bush himself would be impressed by.

I think he will be impeached within the first year, now in doing so - It will set African Americans back in Politics by 30 years at the least, you won't see another Black man run for executive officer for several decades.

It's my feeling that the Democratic party has this such intentions in there mind.

I mean come on..

Obama runs for president after a short 2 years in the senate - Thats unheard of, that man doesn't even know how do be a senator yet, more or less president.

Next the man has more communist/socialist affiliation's  then most skin heads in lock up.

The man has no business running, he isn't capable of running this nation -

Thats not to say i wouldn't wanna see a black man in officer, just not "THIS" man, white or black, race side this man doesn't posses what needed to fix our nation.

It's like handing a highly complex surgery on a patient who is already near death, and a extremely complex operation could save his life...

And the hospital says "Well, lets give it to the new guy, cause he's black and cute, and talks a mean game".

Save us Tom Cruise with your voodoo - Oh shit my bad I'm a Scientology's too -.-

11,745

(23 replies, posted in Community)

We had a runoff, contest winner to be announced when somebody wins!

11,746

(9,083 replies, posted in General)

misunderstood I was slapping an alarm switch

/is washed overboard

11,747

(9,083 replies, posted in General)

spotted me!

/slaps klaxon

/begins crash dive

11,748

(9,083 replies, posted in General)

could have steered free of ass-smelling fetishes?

11,749

(9,083 replies, posted in General)

has one of the worst page-openers in the 600 page history of the say something threads

11,750

(11 replies, posted in General)

well that's not IQ that's a psychological test

hmm Myers briggs and only INTPs can play

we're only 1% of the population big_smile