tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post8423745951662193291..comments2023-07-06T08:47:49.421-05:00Comments on Leavenworth Street - the talk of Nebraska politics: The “other” NelsonStreet Sweeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04829434036913451764noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-24451100382603364852010-12-02T17:28:47.161-06:002010-12-02T17:28:47.161-06:00And RWP's voting record keeps coming up becaus...<i>And RWP's voting record keeps coming up because he claims to vote, but is not in the state's voter database, at least not under the name Gerard Harbison. It's a credibility test. People who lie or distort aren't credible, and neither are their opinions.</i><br /><br />I have never raised the issue of my voting record, except to defend myself against lying sleazeballs like Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-21238618037444268742010-12-02T14:46:16.249-06:002010-12-02T14:46:16.249-06:0012:08, you are confused. I'm not the poster a...12:08, you are confused. I'm not the poster at 7:18. I am the one who responded to your post at 9:47. Now, your knickers are in a twist because you say I didn't respond to your point. Oh, but I did. I responded to where you said, "But history takes a back seat to ideology with you Republicans."<br /><br />My comment in respones paralleled yours, wherein I said, "And Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-59807967017565623952010-12-02T12:08:00.836-06:002010-12-02T12:08:00.836-06:00Boy, 11:04, that's some serious parsing! "...Boy, 11:04, that's some serious parsing! "stupidity always takes a front seat with you Dumbocrats" is close enough to calling me stupid. I responded with an answer to your post, and you called names instead of agreeing or disagreeing with me. You continue to prove my point. I agree with you on the irrelevancy of Jacob's SS prison sentence, but there's plenty of other dirt onAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-40236862060606998132010-12-02T11:14:13.419-06:002010-12-02T11:14:13.419-06:005:36 PM on 12-1 is right. Rowell is a joke and a s...5:36 PM on 12-1 is right. Rowell is a joke and a self-hating Omaha North grad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-5336910553290760582010-12-02T11:04:18.062-06:002010-12-02T11:04:18.062-06:0010:17, now I'll call you stupid. Before, I wa...10:17, now I'll call you stupid. Before, I was calling Dumbocrat policies stupid. (The fact you couldn't figure that much out suggests you lack basic reading comprehension skills, which makes you look, well, stupid.) <br /><br />Policies like spending trillions on an ill-conceived stimulus for "shovel-ready" projects only to figure out later on that there's no such thing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-26811071448428578302010-12-02T10:17:48.207-06:002010-12-02T10:17:48.207-06:00Typical (10:06) rebuttal on this blog. Call names ...Typical (10:06) rebuttal on this blog. Call names and don't address the post. And you call me stupid?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-80439427095173166432010-12-02T10:06:16.953-06:002010-12-02T10:06:16.953-06:009:47, and stupidity always takes a front seat with...9:47, and stupidity always takes a front seat with you Dumbocrats.<br /><br />Prez Obama: "Gee, I guess there's no such thing as a 'shovel-ready' project afterall. Oops."<br /><br />(And, of course, ideology didn't drive ANY of the decisions on where to allocate spending stimulus money. Just as ideology wasn't involved in determining which GM dealerships lost theirAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-35721160667275305432010-12-02T09:47:26.265-06:002010-12-02T09:47:26.265-06:007:18, you need to study macroeconomics. It's n...7:18, you need to study macroeconomics. It's not the same as personal economics. Just look at the deficits run by Roosevelt and Truman during the Great Depression and WWII for an example of "spending has taken a country out of a deep recession/depression". In fact during 1937 when an attempt was made to balance the budget, we fell into a recession. Historically it's been shown Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-53456650931431675872010-12-02T09:07:24.627-06:002010-12-02T09:07:24.627-06:00anon at 8:29, why do you keep obsessing about the ...anon at 8:29, why do you keep obsessing about the mayor of Lincoln? My guess is you are trying to present yourself as a concerned Republican but you are really a democrat just thumbing your nose at the fact no Republican has stepped forward to challenge your guy yet.<br /><br />The fact of the matter is that there's not a strong desire. Aftter two abysmally horrible Democrat mayors (who Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-35676578540573775282010-12-02T08:43:06.920-06:002010-12-02T08:43:06.920-06:00Anon at 12:34, you are so wrong. The recall was m...Anon at 12:34, you are so wrong. The recall was motivated by anger over the things Suttle did while in office. He wasn't very popular prior to the whole restaurant and employment tax thing due to a widespread belief that he had misrepresented himself and his views during the campaign. But that's not sour grapes either.<br /><br />When you are unhappy because what you got is less Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-23887570477433906522010-12-02T08:29:07.193-06:002010-12-02T08:29:07.193-06:00If Fahleson, Ricketts, and Mcgrain aren't able...If Fahleson, Ricketts, and Mcgrain aren't able to recruit a candidate for Lincoln Mayor they all need to go. The second highest ranking Democrat in the state runs unopposed? Come on people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-24457275993260291052010-12-02T07:39:45.717-06:002010-12-02T07:39:45.717-06:00Yes, Anonymous 12:51. I agree.
Y'all got big...Yes, Anonymous 12:51. I agree.<br /><br />Y'all got big problems with your initiative, referendum and RECALL rights up there. Hopefully, whether or not this mayor is recalled, this experience will get you to thinking about restoring those rights. <br /><br />As I was packing to leave the state now five years ago, then Senator Schimek at the Unicam was working overtime to strip you of your TexasAnnienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-11641469604789641332010-12-02T07:18:47.017-06:002010-12-02T07:18:47.017-06:00So the answer to budget concerns isn't to be f...So the answer to budget concerns isn't to be found in cutting spending? Hmmm while I only took the "req" courses in econ in college, run a business, and a household without any bankruptcies I would still say you are so wrong.<br /><br />That being said, what country in all of history has ever spent their way out of a deep recession? How did Canada reverse their fortune from a debt Super Powernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-76671094005518826382010-12-02T00:51:27.522-06:002010-12-02T00:51:27.522-06:00Democrat, Republican, pro-recall, anti-recall, can...Democrat, Republican, pro-recall, anti-recall, can we all agree on one thing?<br /><br />Nobody gives a crap about RWP's voting record.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-69792380515172187382010-12-02T00:48:06.293-06:002010-12-02T00:48:06.293-06:00Here's an exercise for all you lawyers out the...Here's an exercise for all you lawyers out there:<br /><br />Try to do what Jeremy Aspen's lawyer did in court today, at least according to the media accounts, and see if the judge doesn't smack your argument down.<br /><br />According to KETV:<br /><br /><i>The group read from state statute [32-1308], which states: "regardless of the technical defects in the recall process, the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-83832172135435325022010-12-02T00:34:16.815-06:002010-12-02T00:34:16.815-06:00It's not buyer's remorse when you weren...It's not buyer's remorse when you weren't the ones who were buying in the first place, were second guessing the decision the moment it was finalized, and started talking about a recall before he even took office.<br /><br />That's the very definition of sour grapes.<br /><br />Suttle hasn't made it easy to dismiss this, but the motivation isn't about his policies. If he&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-82932645192126206852010-12-01T23:40:45.205-06:002010-12-01T23:40:45.205-06:00It's not sour grapes to want Suttle removed. ...It's not sour grapes to want Suttle removed. It's buyers' remorse. There's a big difference. If you can't understand what the difference is, then you're too dumb to cast a vote and should stay away from polling places for the benefit of the rest of society.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-66176703663791606332010-12-01T23:37:16.888-06:002010-12-01T23:37:16.888-06:00langwell, why are you so obsessed with Prof Harbis...langwell, why are you so obsessed with Prof Harbison? You've gone to the trouble of looking up the voting status of his wife? And where her polling place is? That's a little creepy. Check that. It's a lot creepy. You're creepy, langwell. Does your parole officer know where you are right now? Stay away from my kids, OK?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-6432145310054419422010-12-01T23:10:19.248-06:002010-12-01T23:10:19.248-06:00Super Power,
-Newbies make mistakes, no matter wh...Super Power, <br />-Newbies make mistakes, no matter what party they're from. We don't need another mess to clean up. (or another freaking auditorium, stadium, or athletic team, but I'm off topic) <br />-Republicans seem to think that if they just cut enough spending, a miracle will occur and the economy will be healed. It's not that simple. Here's one example. A lot of theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-81447664210952128562010-12-01T22:50:53.247-06:002010-12-01T22:50:53.247-06:00Now wasn't Suttle a newbie when he was elected...Now wasn't Suttle a newbie when he was elected? So ya get another one. What's the issue. So the new one only serves a couple of years, what's the problem with that?<br /><br />As far as making some people upset...... can't make all the people happy all the time. <br /><br />Not to mention with the 2012 Obama re-election gearing up...... not much of a choice out there. <br /><br />Super Powernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-66403049500742259052010-12-01T22:28:05.942-06:002010-12-01T22:28:05.942-06:00A few things.
-This is really fun to watch. Taunt...A few things.<br />-This is really fun to watch. Taunting on this blog is currently about a 6th grade level. It's not as snarky as avclub.com, but it's getting there. <br />-I've made a few professional mistakes during 35 years in the workforce. (Yes Virginia, there are people who are not Republicans that hold down jobs!). I've learned from my mistakes. Suttle has probably Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-45989582756812185962010-12-01T22:21:13.630-06:002010-12-01T22:21:13.630-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.langwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-24745345880692339672010-12-01T21:46:50.127-06:002010-12-01T21:46:50.127-06:00Why the big hub bub over a recall? Seems to me he...Why the big hub bub over a recall? Seems to me he won the election. Why didn't the anti-Suttles do something about it then? Sour grapes by the losers.<br /><br />No one ever said a democracy picked the right person, it just picked the candidate with the most votes. What gives you the right to take away my vote, and his election? <br /><br />I don't know the guy, and I could give two The Pipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-65804979802578922462010-12-01T18:34:54.506-06:002010-12-01T18:34:54.506-06:00RWP how about you apologize to our brave men and w...<i>RWP how about you apologize to our brave men and women in uniform for comparing his cowardice to their service?</i><br /><br />I hereby apologize to every draftee currently in the uniform of one of the armed services, and to every man and woman who was drafted and served after Selective Service registration was reinstituted by Jimmy Carter. <br /><br />(nothing more comical than an indignant Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-81817345145192047812010-12-01T18:21:04.926-06:002010-12-01T18:21:04.926-06:00Boy, you can really make out the face, location, v...Boy, you can really make out the face, location, voice, and time of day in that video, can't you? And that shot of the recall petition is so clear! I like how he identified himself as a recall petitioner as well. Yeah, the Anties really have their smoking gun here, yessiree bob.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com