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1. #101
   On June 22nd, 2009 at 7:44 pm, Ragspierre said:

   Someone tell me it’s just a bad dream!

   OK. The real nightmare is on the way…

2. #102
   On June 22nd, 2009 at 7:45 pm, dadinseattle said:

   The 46 Million uninsured minus

   The Phantom Uninsured =

   No crisis to exploit…uh oh

3. #103
   On June 22nd, 2009 at 8:15 pm, NotaSlickFan said:

   On June 22nd, 2009 at 5:06 pm, sonofdy said:

   Exactly.

4. #104
   On June 22nd, 2009 at 8:18 pm, NotaSlickFan said:

   On June 22nd, 2009 at 5:06 pm, sonofdy said:

   Strike my previous post.Getting talked at while doing this is not a good thing. It was supposed to be;

   Exactly.

   With no strike out. Apologies for my gaff.

5. #105
   On June 22nd, 2009 at 8:19 pm, Buy Danish said:

   Ha! Here’s a campaign slogan to hit Barack back with… From a New York Post story linked by the NPR in the story Doug Powers linked to earlier:

   OBAMA USES REAGAN LINE WHILE STUMPING IN FLORIDA
   October 20, 2008
   TAMPA, Fla. — Barack Obama on Monday promised this state hard-hit by foreclosures that he would halt them in their tracks while updating a famous Ronald Reagan line to criticize Republican handling of the nation’s deepening economic distress.
   “At this rate, the question isn’t just ‘Are you better off than you were four years ago?’, it’s ‘Are you better off than you were four weeks ago?’” the Democratic presidential nominee asked a raucous crowd here of about 8,000.

   All together now: NO!

6. #106
   On June 22nd, 2009 at 8:37 pm, lgm said:

   Ragspierre asked (#95):

   Which of her “speculations” was not true?

   Here’s one.

   Wouldn’t be surprised if stimulus dollars or AmeriCorps funding was subsidizing this.

7. #107
   On June 22nd, 2009 at 8:49 pm, JHSII said:

   I’m sure glad that lgm posted some evidence to prove that absolutely no stimulus or AmeriCorps funding went to subsidize this…

   /sarc

8. #108
   On June 22nd, 2009 at 8:58 pm, Hangfire said:

   OT

   I am only now able to access this site. I have been at work all day and couldn’t get Michelle, but as soon as I get home I can’t.

   All other sites I was able to log onto. Did anyone else have this problem?

9. #109
   On June 22nd, 2009 at 9:13 pm, Ragspierre said:

   Wouldn’t be surprised if stimulus dollars or AmeriCorps funding was subsidizing this.

   That isn’t speculation. That is a “thought”. Try one, sometime. It may be painful at first for you, but challenge yourself.

   BTW, do we know that stimulus $$$ are not funding this group?

   Where is your proof?

10. #110
    On June 22nd, 2009 at 9:25 pm, Dandapani said:

    Progressive Future

    Progressive Future 1536 Wynkoop St., Suite 100, Denver, CO 80202

    Look for this address, suite 100 on this page:

    http://www.taxexemptworld.com/organizations/denver_co_80202.asp

    ENVIRONMENT COLORADO INC
    ENVIRONMENT AMERICA RESEARCH AND POLICY CENTER INC
    ENVIRONMENT AMERICA INC
    COPIRG STUDENT CHAPTERS INC
    COPIRG CITIZEN LOBBY INC
    COLORADO PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
    2030 FUND INC

    A venerable hotbed of socialist and progressive organizations.

11. #111
    On June 22nd, 2009 at 9:49 pm, rightisright said:

    On June 22nd, 2009 at 3:10 pm, lgm said:

    Michelle, can’t we be done with this dolt, he’s been a bore since their 1st post?

12. #112
    On June 22nd, 2009 at 9:50 pm, ThackerAgency said:

    Ah yes, DIA. . . ‘Doesn’t include Airport’.

    That has become the most awesome airport in the country because it is the only new one we’ve built in 50 years. They were going to do everything state of the art and it took about 10 – 20 years longer than they projected. They were doing an automatic luggage sorter (that didn’t work).

    But anyway, I’ve been there and it is an awesome place. It just took forever and is an example of the ineptness of government even when they are doing a good thing.

13. #113
    On June 22nd, 2009 at 9:56 pm, ThackerAgency said:

    WOW! I can’t believe that airport has been open for 15 years. Seems like yesterday we were making fun of it. A little history about this inefficient federal project of DIA.

14. #114
    On June 22nd, 2009 at 10:00 pm, Rorschach said:

    Contributions of gifts to Progressive Future, Inc. are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. Progressive Future is a nonprofit organization. Progressive Future, Inc. does not accept contributions from business corporations, labor unions, foreign nationals, or federal contractors. Donations may be used for political purposes such as supporting or opposing candidates. No funds will be earmarked or reserved for any political purpose. A full description of its charitable programs and a copy of its latest financial report are available by writing to its financial department. FL: A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the division of consumer services by calling toll-free within the state. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval, or recommendation by the state. Progressive Future, Inc.’s registration number is CH26289. NJ: Information filed with the Attorney General (”AG”) concerning this charitable solicitation may be obtained from the AG of the State of New Jersey by calling (973) 504-6215. Registration with the AG does not imply endorsement. NY: A copy of the latest annual report of this organization my be obtained from the organization or from the State Attorney General’s Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, NY, NY 10271. PA: Progressive Future, Inc.’s official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free 800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement. VA: The organization’s financial statement is available from the Virginia Office of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services upon request at their toll free number: 800-552-9963. WA: Financial information is available from the Secretary of State by calling toll free 800-332-4483.

    Wait just a cotton pickin minute! Don’t they say on their website that they are partnering with SEIU? and didn’t I see an ad on the OpenLeft website saying that SEIU is going to donate $1 for every person that joins Progressive Future?

    They just admitted that they ARE taking money from ACORN appointed SEIU figurehead Andy Stern.
    Lying sacks of canine excrement. But they are dems, what can we honestly expect from the bastards?

15. #115
    On June 22nd, 2009 at 10:04 pm, swede said:

    ThackerAgency said:
    They were going to do everything state of the art and it took about 10 – 20 years longer than they projected. They were doing an automatic luggage sorter (that didn’t work).

    I had a friend who had a new laptop with a titanium case chewed up and spit out by new their state of the art baggage handling system. He said they could have parked a 747 on it and not hurt it, but the baggage system…

    I have been through there several times also. It’s a great terminal. Finally.

16. #116
    On June 22nd, 2009 at 10:05 pm, gunslingerpatriot said:

    #111-
    I have been asking for lgm’s removal for the last couple of weeks and sadly he was able to get a poster banned over some mild comments several months ago (Soaps or bear if I recall).

    Of course, I have been doing my part for him to complain about me to the extent that I get banned.

    GSP
    “Dissent is Patriotic-hrc”

17. #117
    On June 22nd, 2009 at 10:16 pm, 24Klady said:

    I went through DIA the first day it opened. They had more people ‘directors’ than escalators. Out of neccessity have been through several times year. Like all airports, it just more confusing by the day. If it’s not broke, let’s get more money to fix a non-exitant problem and make everyone’s life more miserable. SLC is not bad, but DFW is the best.

18. #118
    On June 22nd, 2009 at 10:18 pm, Rorschach said:

    If the Obamabots show up at my door, I only have one thing to say to them:

    Get off my lawn!

19. #119
    On June 22nd, 2009 at 10:18 pm, 24Klady said:

    Trolls:

    You can’t get rid of them without starving the beast. They’re like the kitty that shows up on your doorstep. If you feed it, it’s yours.

20. #120
    On June 22nd, 2009 at 10:21 pm, frontierguy said:

    No government money, no for-profit corporate funding. We raise our money from citizens who are tired of the mess we’re in and ready to become part of the solution.

    This is from their website. The useful idiots who walk around passing out flyers do not know this? No tax money, global warming corp. money, nothing but donations from the same people who donated to Obama? Then you can be sure illegal crap is going on. I can’t believe the morons supposedly “volunteering” don’t know what kind of org. it is or how it is funded. Maybe I’m just a right wing nut to them, but that sounds stupid beyond belief to me. Someone else needs to open their books. As usual, leftie organizations, so much corruption. We have become just like Mexico, geesh.

21. #121
    On June 22nd, 2009 at 10:29 pm, swede said:

    gunslingerpatriot said:
    I have been asking for lgm’s removal for the last couple of weeks and sadly he was able to get a poster banned over some mild comments several months ago

    I don’t know. He stirs things up here, and I find his pseudo intelectual nonsense rather amusing and entertaining. It’s fun driving his fractured logic to it’s irrational conclusions. But that’s just me.

22. #122
    On June 22nd, 2009 at 10:38 pm, 24Klady said:

    swede #121
    I get the same kind of relief by watching ‘King of the Hill’…..like eating real butter instead of marjarine.

23. #123
    On June 22nd, 2009 at 11:17 pm, Jeff said:

    I’d rather listen to Chapoutier…

    

24. #124
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 12:28 am, ErinF said:

    Oh… I would just love to see one of these mindless twits daring to approach my husband. They’d end up with series of bodily injuries.

25. #125
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 12:37 am, Common Sense said:

    We took the kids to the grand celebration air show at DIA when they were little. Of course, since they were behind schedule, it took place a long time before they opened. But it was a fantastic show – Thunderbirds, Blue Angels, Canadian Snow Birds, etc. I think it was the first time a Stealth Fighter was displayed.

    And having recently traveled to Europe, and previously traveled elsewhere in the US, DIA is a pretty pleasant place. Spacious, clean (FREE!) restrooms, easy transporation, food (Charles De Gaulle – no food near gates!), etc. The only drawback is that it’s practically in Kansas. Stapleton was much more convenient.

    I remember going to Stapleton when I was a kid. They had an open air observation area on the roof and pay toilets – $.10. As kids, we would crawl under the stall door.

26. #126
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 1:10 am, chilloutyo said:

    The tax exempt organizations at this link have $4,500,321,197,882 in assets and $3,105,384,901,953 in income!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Since tax exempt organizations are not supposed to engage in political activity and many of the included organizations are left-wing front groups…what if we revoked the tax exempt status and froze assets subject to back taxes!

27. #127
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 6:39 am, Chief RZ said:

    You have once again exposed BHO and his followers for what they are. Paid for by taxpayer (worker) dollars.

28. #128
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 7:21 am, Buy Danish said:

    They are connected to AmeriCorps Alums:

    Canvass Director (expired)
    Progressive Future – Santa Fe, NM
    This job posting is no longer available on AmeriCorps Alums. Find similar jobs: Canvass Director jobs – Progressive Future jobs
    76% of Americans are dissatisfied with the way things are going today. And why wouldn’t they be when: * From dangerous heat waves and shrinking snowpack to extreme drought and increased wildfires, the dangers of global warming are cause for immediate action. * The solutions to reduce global warming pollution are at our fingertips: more energy efficient …
    From AmeriCorps Alums – 12 months ago – save job – block

    http://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=e12bcd2e03741bd6&from=rss&exp=1

    
    AmeriCorps Alums “about us”:

    MISSION AND VISION
    AmeriCorps alums are a national network of civic leaders who are actively engaged in shaping their communities. Bound together by a commitment to service, AmeriCorps alums are a transformative power to create a better world for all. The mission of AmeriCorps Alums is to connect, support and mobilize AmeriCorps alums in order to strengthen our communities and our nation.

    AmeriCorps Alums represents the 550,000 alumni of AmeriCorps National Service, who together constitute a powerful force for change in this country. AmeriCorps Alums helps alumni continue to “get things done” by connecting alumni, advancing their commitment to service, supporting and advocating for AmeriCorps programs and building the capacity of alumni to be agents of change in their communities.

29. #129
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 7:36 am, Buy Danish said:

    They’re hitting up people at grocery stores & shopping centers too.

30. #130
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 9:10 am, jrlingreenbay said:

    http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-113758

    http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/article/local_workers_not_paid_to_recruit_registered_voters/18803/

    http://jotbyjot.blogspot.com/2009/05/progressive-future-not-so-progressive.html

    Maybe someone can figure out this: What education, exactly does the ‘education fund’ fund?

    http://www.progressivefuture.org/edfund/

    http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/advertising/advertisers/659-progressive-future

    http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/indexpend.php?cycle=2008&cmte=C90010570

    Local news shilling for Progressive Future…. helping them recruit?
    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/24/politics/uwire/main4473346.shtml

31. #131
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 9:18 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On June 23rd, 2009 at 7:36 am, Buy Danish said:

    They’re hitting up people at grocery stores & shopping centers too.

    I have been LOOKING for them and can’t find them -Buy Danish is tripping over them–life can be cruel —

    Now now some of you: Let us stop this talk of banning lgm: What would Far Left Field in Neverland be without him?

    —
    Keep your powder dry good people

32. #132
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 9:28 am, NJ-Aviator said:

    If you see these groups and have a few minutes… stop and waste their time and take as much material as they’ll give you…. then toss it in the garbage.

    And sign nothing and don’t give them your name.. not even a fake one.

33. #133
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 9:33 am, Savage24 said:

    The powder is dry and the weapons are lightly oiled and ready to go. The time is getting near.

34. #134
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 9:39 am, John Deaux said:

    On June 22nd, 2009 at 10:05 pm, gunslingerpatriot said:
    #111-
    I have been asking for lgm’s removal for the last couple of weeks and sadly he was able to get a poster banned over some mild comments several months ago (Soaps or bear if I recall).

    He got Blind Mule banned by crying offense at a Photoshop of him as a Nazi.

    It’s kind of ironic considering how he endorses fascism.

35. #135
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 9:48 am, spaceycakes said:

    When I was in Baltimore, some 9/11 ‘truther’ came up to me w/a clipboard.

    I must have looked like I would make his clipboard into a innovative enema. He left me alone…

    It’s a slight raise of the eyebrows & a glimpse of the teeth. Well, that’s what my husband says. He sees that look & he starts to feel sorry for whomever I’ve turned it on…

36. #136
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 10:02 am, J S Ragman said:

    Mornin’ everybody. Although I occasionally find lgm’s comments entertaining, I wish he would put his math skills to work doing something a little more constructive, like calculating the odds of getting a Royal Fizzbin.

37. #137
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 10:15 am, On-my-soap-box said:

    On June 23rd, 2009 at 9:39 am, John Deaux said:

    He got Blind Mule banned by crying offense at a Photoshop of him as a Nazi.

    It’s kind of ironic considering how he endorses fascism.

    I miss Blindmule.

    I have boiled down the least common denominator as to why he is still able to post. He is a plant and/or relative of Michelle’s. There is NO other way he can come here on his first post and attack Michelle and get away with it. Blindmule attacked lgm and he got the boot after apologizing.

    Lgm:

    Once a Democrat has been proven to work for the Taliban, or a Taliban surrogate like CAIR, or a CAIR surrogate like the ACLU, or an ACLU surrogate like Yale University, every Democrat is a closet turbanite.

    For once we agree.

38. #138
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 10:44 am, traveler49 said:

    I miss blindmule as well. I wonder if there’s a statute of limitations?

    As for LGM, I read a few of his early posts when I first entered this blog and now just jump over them and go down to the relevant stuff. I don’t have time arguing with a wall or reading about others arguing with a wall.

39. #139
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 11:06 am, ammo john said:

    Reminds me of when Robert Stack enters the airport in Airplane! and he’s accosted by all of the charity/ religious guys for donations. Giving them the karate chops and the like.

40. #140
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 11:21 am, rambler said:

    These organizations need to get the kids when they are young and stupid. The kids will flock to these jobs because the jobs cater to the lazy by requiring no experience, education or exertion to get the job done.

41. #141
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 11:29 am, RTater said:

    I wonder if Progressive Future is related to “The Campaign for a Progressive Future”.

    http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6706

42. #142
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 12:00 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    spaceycakes said:

    It’s a slight raise of the eyebrows & a glimpse of the teeth. Well, that’s what my husband says. He sees that look & he starts to feel sorry for whomever I’ve turned it on…

    All married men know the slight raise of the eyebrows–it is enemies Foreign and Domestic we fear not-not the slight raise of the eyebrows.

    Go Girl.

43. #143
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 12:25 pm, spaceycakes said:

    AzN…I suppose having the Scots/Irish Celtic blood has something to do with fearlessness, or recklessness, whichever the case may be.

44. #144
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 1:03 pm, Ragspierre said:

    AzN…I suppose having the Scots/Irish Celtic blood has something to do with fearlessness, or recklessness, whichever the case may be.

    Sure seems to, doesn’t it. Ever read Born Fighting?

    There just seems to be a “little revolution” gene in there somewhere.

45. #145
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 1:42 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Rags, it sure seems genetic.

    It would explain why they put my forebears up at the front, playing tunes on the bagpipes to strike fear into the enemy whilst not showing fear themselves.

    Don’t get me started on Glencoe.

46. #146
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 4:34 pm, Teddy Kennedy said:

    Errah, I saw all those dispariging remarks you guys made of me yesterday after I signed off and want to say I truely resemble all of them . . . .

47. #147
    On June 23rd, 2009 at 5:59 pm, sonofdy said:

    Had a conversation via email with them. Alot more pleasant than most libs. But once I got to detailos they bailed on it. HUH I wonder why.

    Sent: Tue 6/23/09 6:48 AM
    To: alioz@progressivefuture.org

    In my experience, the costs go up as soon as you introduce government and government regulation into the mix. The HIPAA regulations are a good example of this. A well intentioned attempt to ensure privacy that was supposed to cost 8 dollars or there abouts per clinic now costs tens of thousands per year plus hundreds of hours per clinic per year. You have to understand where I am coming from. I was born in New Zealand and had to use the health care system down there with very mixed results. I then moved here where I served 5 years active army and then worked for 10 years as a medical software programer. So I have had experience in government and the medical area. I know personaly of what the draw backs of socialist medicine is. Thats what obama and you want, lets be honest about it.
    Again, socialist medicine is not the end of the world. It ends up being a different way of rationing health care just like the current situation does. Usualy everyone is at least seen. If they don’t walk out first. But you end up with waiting list where the politicaly contected somehow are always on top. You also often end up with a private medical system along side it where people who are desperate enough or wealthy enough go to. This is where the best doctors usualy try to go because you are not on government controled pay scales. This is what happened in New Zealand and New Zealand actualy has a growing private insurance industry.
    Here are some real world examples from down under.
    -My grandmother waited 2 years for a replacement hip.
    -My surgeon almost killed me on the table and removed organs that he didn’t have to. (paid by the procedure)
    -Waiting list for heart surgery is now 69 days.
    -You can not sue the doctors because you are esentualy suing the government and that would bankrupt the country.

    So in conclusion, If we are going to go down this road, and we probably will since your side doesn’t want to listen to anyone, then lets at least walk with open eyes and not just stumble into this.

    ——————————————————————————–
    From: alioz@progressivefuture.org
    To: me
    Subject: RE: I am wondering something.
    Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:44:14 -0600

    Thanks for taking the time to engage. I think this is one of those issues on which we have to invest—spend money in the short term to save money in the long term. I’m less concerned about the cost than you are primarily because I believe (as does President Obama) that the cost of inaction is actually much higher. So, we’ll spend the money either way—the question is whether we spend it deliberately and intelligently, or wastefully because we don’t have the political will to reform our system.

    arl

    From: me
    Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 3:43 PM
    To: alioz@progressivefuture.org
    Subject: RE: I am wondering something.

    To be fair, I should tell you where I am coming from since you didn’t immediately condem me as a racist, hate filled bigot, you might actualy be worth talking to.

    I do not oppose government run healthcare per say, but I want the entire cost and all the down sides openly discussed and advertised because what I have seen so far will bankrupt this country. It can’t work for long the way they are pushing it now. This is one of those things that needs to be all socialist or all private. The mix usualy fails in a spectacular fashion. I can not support the proposed system based on my first hand knowlegde of how this stuff works and the lack of information being put out. The one simple question that has not been fully answered that over-rides the rest is how will it be paid for?

    ——————————————————————————–

    From: alioz@progressivefuture.org
    To: me
    Subject: FW: I am wondering something.
    Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:30:48 -0600

    Mr. me

    Turns out that Michelle Malkin was speculating about our income sources on her blog today. You can find my response here.

    Thanks for your inquiry.

    Adam

    From: me

    Date: June 22, 2009 12:47:17 PM MDT

    To:

    Subject: I am wondering something.

    Could you tell me where you get funding besides donations???

    Thanks.