Playing a better variety of your favorite songs from yesterday and today
That was one of the many slogans of one of the FM music stations I was once a DJ for. It's appropriate to mention this because the blog entry that follows is being done at the request of a friend. I was live-posting my thoughts on last night's #GOPDebate and this friend could not see my posts (FB isn't available to her in the People's Republic of China). A note to help in understanding some of these is that they were written contemporaneously with the debate being aired on CNBC, so some of the comments I reference from the candidates are not labeled with the name of the specific candidate. However I think they are all pretty easy to identify. Enjoy.
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11,000 seats in the auditorium and university students got less than 200 tickets. Guess that's indicative of the level of importance the RNC and debate organizers place on education. #GOPDebate.
It's almost time for the new game show, Name That Boob, aka #GOPDebate
The opening of the #GOPDebate on CNBC will be brought to you by the United Marijuana Sellers of Colorado. If ever there was a moment for someone to say "smoke em if you got em" it's the #GOPDebate
The over/under on how many times the GOP candidates will call for the repeal of Obamacare during tonight's debate is 19, according to the Mandalay Bay Race and Sportsbook. #GOPDebate
Looking for suggestions on a nice cheese to send #Trump to go with his Iowa Whine about his poll numbers there. Any ideas? #GOPDebate
Very appropriate that Geeks Who Drink Pub Quizzes is holding their #WalkingDead trivia contest on the night of the #GOPDebate
How many people watching tonight's #GOPDebate are tuning into CNBC for the first time??
Is Mike Huckabee still deluded enough to think he's a relevant/viable candidate? #GOPDebate
Tonight, after the #GOPDebate, Gov Chris Christie will be at the West End Tavern in Boulder, to take their Wing King Challenge. He'll have to down 50 wings in 30 minutes. Good luck, Gov Christie.
We already know none of the men on the stage understand the concept of what six inches means, now we're seeing proof they don't know how to count 30 or 60 seconds. #GOPDebate
FakeFactCheck.trump is running a "Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire meter for #Trump and so far it's at 2. #GOPDebate (this came after Trump's opening comment)
"75% of the America people believe the federal government is corrupt" - Carly Fiorina. Clearly she's saying that 25% of the American people are delusional.
Oh great. A designated driver in Boulder, CO. Now that's a rarity. #GOPDebate
If you put Hillary Clinton on the same stage with Gov. Christie, better make sure the stage is fully reinforced. #GOPDebate
"No more debt." Can we start by stopping your pay?
I like that comparison. #GOPDebate to Comic Book Men. Seems fitting.
"Dr. Carson, you have a 10% flat tax plan." Yes, just like my flat personality.
Maybe Ben Carson will go into the pizza business and sell us on a 9-9-9 tax plan.
Dr. Ben Carson "I'm going to stimulate the economy." He grabs the defibrillator and yells "charge to $3 trillion in new public debt."
This segment of the #GOPDebate on CNBC is brought to you by the 1995 film "The American President" A recent poll shows that 97.5% of registered voters would rather vote for Andrew Shepherd in 2016 than any of the current candidates.
"I'm the only candidate with a plan to balance the budget, cut taxes and create jobs" which leads to a quote from The American President. Sydney Ellen Wade: Your boss is the chief executive of fantasy land!
"I don't have time to vote on current issues, I've got to run for president to create future issues." Marco Rubio
Buried in Ted Cruz's tax plan is the proposal to tax corporations at a flat rate of 16% on GROSS RECEIPTS, less only the cost of goods sold. That would put a bunch of corporations in the position of making major cutbacks, going out of business, or making big price increases. His plan is not workable.
Listening to these morons leads me to once again conclude the only difference between Republicans and Democrats is that Democrats believe in tax and spend while Republicans believe in borrow and spend. #GOPDebate
This portion of the #GOPDebate on CNBC is sponsored by the Richland County, SC Sheriff's Department. The department that fired School Resource Officer Ben Fields for bodyslamming a student.
wait...substantive issues at a #GOPDebate? What a frightening notion!!
Did his eyes just go brown because his inner BS level rose as he maligned the Democratic Candidates during their debate?
It is worth noting that the #DemocraticDebate on CNN was marked by civility while the #GOPDebates have been anything but.
"Brian, what's your take on the debate so far?" "10 morons, no waiting."
Tomorrow on CNBC, at 2:30 A.M., tune in for the debate between the candidates of the Libertarian, Peace and Freedom and Green Party candidates.
Also on CNBC, during the paid programming segment at 4 a.m. on Sunday morning, Lyndon Larouche will debate himself.
Confiscated? Did the IRS pull guns and rob us?
I bet he's drawing his full Social Security benefit, the hypocrite.
"It got stolen." Damn, we'd all better file a mass police report. (it got stolen referring to the money we have paid in to Social Security (AKA Social Insecurity)
add $80 trillion to our debt? I think his abacus is broken.
Increasing the age for retirement with full Social Security benefits isn't a bad idea as the average life expectancy increases.
The notion that the money paid into Social Security is "their money" is ridiculous. An analysis done in 2013 showed that a married couple with an average wage, $44,600 per spouse paid $722,000 into Social Security and will receive $966,000 in benefits. So they're getting back more than their money.
Did u factor in the interest on the $722k?
Yep. I also factored in the fact that SS benefits are taxable if there is any other significant amount of income present. Taxable or nontaxable. Since the amount taken in FICA tax was taken post-tax, it means that if this was a return of a person's money, it shouldn't be taxable at all, under the theory of no double-taxation.
This segment of the #GOPDebate on CNBC is brought to you by the TV program "Cheaters" They are keeping a close watch on the candidates for us.
The reason Trump doesn't name the other big successful businessmen who "used the Chapter laws" is because the majority of them did not use them.
"124 people died. No one went to jail." In other words, business as usual in Corporate America.
"...things against the law" . Like Bridgegate, Governor Christie?
"...a third term of the same economic policies..." In other words, no matter how bad we are, the other people are worse. It doesn't sell well.
"I wanna go back for a moment to what we were talking about." Ms Fiorina, ducking the question expertly. Nice job Ms Fiorina.
This segment of the #GOPDebate on CNBC is brought to you by the new James Bond film "Spectre" as Carly Fiorina raises the spectre of the dangers of socialism.
"...a good Christian education." Did Kim Davis teach their Sunday school classes?
oh, let me pimp my book since you mentioned it.
The next segment of the #GOPDebate on CNBC is brought to you by the new Celebrity Apprentice on NBC. With Arnold Schwarzenegger at the helm, the new Celebrity Apprentice is completely #TrumpFree
"You should have to advertise this job to Americans for 180 days." In other words, you have to go without an employee for six full months before you can hire a qualified employee who isn't an American. Way to support industry.
Trump - "I wasn't critical of Zuckerberg" . http://money.cnn.com/…/donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg-immigr…/
"The Democrats have the ultimate SuperPAC - The Mainstream Media." Just as true as Fox News is the Republican SuperPAC.
"I am an original co-sponsor..." Meaning I didn't have my own ideas or plans, but he did.
This segment of the #GOPDebate on CNBC is brought to you by Inequality for All - feature documentary film. The real story of how the rich get richer and the rest of us are going broke.
I just emailed #Trump to ask for a small loan of $6.8 million, what the loan of $1 million his dad gave him is worth today.
"Corporations ought to exercise some responsibility." Maybe we should start with government being responsible.
"...sustain high sustained growth." That's a fifteen second penalty flag thrown by the Redundancy Police. #GOPDebate
"We cut taxes, balanced the budget and created jobs." Yet another elected leader of Fantasyland.
The minute these morons go to the character debate, CNBC should kill their microphones and play this clip.
This segment of the #GOPDebate on CNBC is brought to you by the New York Stock Exchange - Helping the 1% to rob you of your hard-earned money.
"I have created tens of thousands of jobs" - Donald Trump. True, most of them for illegal aliens.
"I have a carry permit." Donald Trump. Maybe we can convince him to play Russian Roulette in one of his casinos.
"I'm wearing a Trump tie." Yeah, made in Mexico or China.
"I fought the Clintons and I won, and I lived to tell the tale." Is he comparing himself to Vince Foster?
"There is no Constitutional role..." The Constitution didn't make men and women equal either, but we moved on from that, you moron.
"We sold the parking structure." Brilliant. Sell a major asset for a big chunk of change now, ignoring the income stream it generates after you've wasted the money you got in a lump sum.
"Daily fantasy sports..." Is that really worthy of discussion in a presidential campaign?
"Solar wind...." well, there's a lot of non-solar wind in this auditorium tonight.
"Whose fault is it that Medicare is broken..." Well, you could start with the fact that the federal government set the acceptable rate of errors in paying claims at 5%, rather than the insurance industry standard of 1%.
The next segment of the #GOPDebate on CNBC is brought to you by the Internal Revenue Service. The Republicans have cut nearly $3 billion from our budget over the last 7 years, cut 15,000 jobs from our agency, and expect us to do so much more with so less that soon we'll be qualified to do anything with nothing.
"We're going to save Social Security and Medicare" - Donald Trump. He has no specifics on how, just like all of his other hollow promises, but he'll do it. At least he thinks he can. Too bad he's not the little engine that could.
"You can't do nothing" Rand Paul - Republicans have been doing nothing about these issues for ages.
The government is $19 trillion in debt but Republicans aren't worried. They bought plenty of blank paper for the printing presses at the Treasury. #GOPDebate
This segment of the #GOPDebate on CNBC is brought to you by the Pepsi Corporation. We provide plenty of cans for the Republicans to kick further down the road.
The closing statements. Thank goodness. #LastDumbAnswer given
"That's how you go from secretary to CEO." More of that same bullshit claim? Seriously??
"I will beat Hillary Clinton." Carly Fiorina. You couldn't beat Barbara Boxer. Hell, you only got 56% of the votes in the Republican primary.
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Thanks very much. Don't forget, we're here all week and make sure to tip those servers on your way out. Drive safely.
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11,000 seats in the auditorium and university students got less than 200 tickets. Guess that's indicative of the level of importance the RNC and debate organizers place on education. #GOPDebate.
It's almost time for the new game show, Name That Boob, aka #GOPDebate
The opening of the #GOPDebate on CNBC will be brought to you by the United Marijuana Sellers of Colorado. If ever there was a moment for someone to say "smoke em if you got em" it's the #GOPDebate
The over/under on how many times the GOP candidates will call for the repeal of Obamacare during tonight's debate is 19, according to the Mandalay Bay Race and Sportsbook. #GOPDebate
Looking for suggestions on a nice cheese to send #Trump to go with his Iowa Whine about his poll numbers there. Any ideas? #GOPDebate
Very appropriate that Geeks Who Drink Pub Quizzes is holding their #WalkingDead trivia contest on the night of the #GOPDebate
Is Mike Huckabee still deluded enough to think he's a relevant/viable candidate? #GOPDebate
Tonight, after the #GOPDebate, Gov Chris Christie will be at the West End Tavern in Boulder, to take their Wing King Challenge. He'll have to down 50 wings in 30 minutes. Good luck, Gov Christie.
We already know none of the men on the stage understand the concept of what six inches means, now we're seeing proof they don't know how to count 30 or 60 seconds. #GOPDebate
FakeFactCheck.trump is running a "Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire meter for #Trump and so far it's at 2. #GOPDebate (this came after Trump's opening comment)
"75% of the America people believe the federal government is corrupt" - Carly Fiorina. Clearly she's saying that 25% of the American people are delusional.
Oh great. A designated driver in Boulder, CO. Now that's a rarity. #GOPDebate
If you put Hillary Clinton on the same stage with Gov. Christie, better make sure the stage is fully reinforced. #GOPDebate
"No more debt." Can we start by stopping your pay?
I like that comparison. #GOPDebate to Comic Book Men. Seems fitting.
"Dr. Carson, you have a 10% flat tax plan." Yes, just like my flat personality.
Maybe Ben Carson will go into the pizza business and sell us on a 9-9-9 tax plan.
Dr. Ben Carson "I'm going to stimulate the economy." He grabs the defibrillator and yells "charge to $3 trillion in new public debt."
This segment of the #GOPDebate on CNBC is brought to you by the 1995 film "The American President" A recent poll shows that 97.5% of registered voters would rather vote for Andrew Shepherd in 2016 than any of the current candidates.
"I'm the only candidate with a plan to balance the budget, cut taxes and create jobs" which leads to a quote from The American President. Sydney Ellen Wade: Your boss is the chief executive of fantasy land!
"I don't have time to vote on current issues, I've got to run for president to create future issues." Marco Rubio
Buried in Ted Cruz's tax plan is the proposal to tax corporations at a flat rate of 16% on GROSS RECEIPTS, less only the cost of goods sold. That would put a bunch of corporations in the position of making major cutbacks, going out of business, or making big price increases. His plan is not workable.
Listening to these morons leads me to once again conclude the only difference between Republicans and Democrats is that Democrats believe in tax and spend while Republicans believe in borrow and spend. #GOPDebate
This portion of the #GOPDebate on CNBC is sponsored by the Richland County, SC Sheriff's Department. The department that fired School Resource Officer Ben Fields for bodyslamming a student.
wait...substantive issues at a #GOPDebate?
Did his eyes just go brown because his inner BS level rose as he maligned the Democratic Candidates during their debate?
It is worth noting that the #DemocraticDebate on CNN was marked by civility while the #GOPDebates have been anything but.
"Brian, what's your take on the debate so far?" "10 morons, no waiting."
Tomorrow on CNBC, at 2:30 A.M., tune in for the debate between the candidates of the Libertarian, Peace and Freedom and Green Party candidates.
Also on CNBC, during the paid programming segment at 4 a.m. on Sunday morning, Lyndon Larouche will debate himself.
Confiscated? Did the IRS pull guns and rob us?
I bet he's drawing his full Social Security benefit, the hypocrite.
"It got stolen." Damn, we'd all better file a mass police report. (it got stolen referring to the money we have paid in to Social Security (AKA Social Insecurity)
add $80 trillion to our debt? I think his abacus is broken.
Increasing the age for retirement with full Social Security benefits isn't a bad idea as the average life expectancy increases.
The notion that the money paid into Social Security is "their money" is ridiculous. An analysis done in 2013 showed that a married couple with an average wage, $44,600 per spouse paid $722,000 into Social Security and will receive $966,000 in benefits. So they're getting back more than their money.
Did u factor in the interest on the $722k?
Yep. I also factored in the fact that SS benefits are taxable if there is any other significant amount of income present. Taxable or nontaxable. Since the amount taken in FICA tax was taken post-tax, it means that if this was a return of a person's money, it shouldn't be taxable at all, under the theory of no double-taxation.
This segment of the #GOPDebate on CNBC is brought to you by the TV program "Cheaters" They are keeping a close watch on the candidates for us.
The reason Trump doesn't name the other big successful businessmen who "used the Chapter laws" is because the majority of them did not use them.
"124 people died. No one went to jail." In other words, business as usual in Corporate America.
"...things against the law" . Like Bridgegate, Governor Christie?
"...a third term of the same economic policies..." In other words, no matter how bad we are, the other people are worse. It doesn't sell well.
"I wanna go back for a moment to what we were talking about." Ms Fiorina, ducking the question expertly. Nice job Ms Fiorina.
This segment of the #GOPDebate on CNBC is brought to you by the new James Bond film "Spectre" as Carly Fiorina raises the spectre of the dangers of socialism.
"...a good Christian education." Did Kim Davis teach their Sunday school classes?
oh, let me pimp my book since you mentioned it.
The next segment of the #GOPDebate on CNBC is brought to you by the new Celebrity Apprentice on NBC. With Arnold Schwarzenegger at the helm, the new Celebrity Apprentice is completely #TrumpFree
"You should have to advertise this job to Americans for 180 days." In other words, you have to go without an employee for six full months before you can hire a qualified employee who isn't an American. Way to support industry.
Trump - "I wasn't critical of Zuckerberg" . http://money.cnn.com/…/donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg-immigr…/
"The Democrats have the ultimate SuperPAC - The Mainstream Media." Just as true as Fox News is the Republican SuperPAC.
"I am an original co-sponsor..." Meaning I didn't have my own ideas or plans, but he did.
This segment of the #GOPDebate on CNBC is brought to you by Inequality for All - feature documentary film. The real story of how the rich get richer and the rest of us are going broke.
I just emailed #Trump to ask for a small loan of $6.8 million, what the loan of $1 million his dad gave him is worth today.
"Corporations ought to exercise some responsibility." Maybe we should start with government being responsible.
"...sustain high sustained growth." That's a fifteen second penalty flag thrown by the Redundancy Police. #GOPDebate
"We cut taxes, balanced the budget and created jobs." Yet another elected leader of Fantasyland.
The minute these morons go to the character debate, CNBC should kill their microphones and play this clip.
This segment of the #GOPDebate on CNBC is brought to you by the New York Stock Exchange - Helping the 1% to rob you of your hard-earned money.
"I have created tens of thousands of jobs" - Donald Trump. True, most of them for illegal aliens.
"I have a carry permit." Donald Trump. Maybe we can convince him to play Russian Roulette in one of his casinos.
"I'm wearing a Trump tie." Yeah, made in Mexico or China.
"I fought the Clintons and I won, and I lived to tell the tale." Is he comparing himself to Vince Foster?
"There is no Constitutional role..." The Constitution didn't make men and women equal either, but we moved on from that, you moron.
"We sold the parking structure." Brilliant. Sell a major asset for a big chunk of change now, ignoring the income stream it generates after you've wasted the money you got in a lump sum.
"Daily fantasy sports..." Is that really worthy of discussion in a presidential campaign?
"Solar wind...." well, there's a lot of non-solar wind in this auditorium tonight.
"Whose fault is it that Medicare is broken..." Well, you could start with the fact that the federal government set the acceptable rate of errors in paying claims at 5%, rather than the insurance industry standard of 1%.
The next segment of the #GOPDebate on CNBC is brought to you by the Internal Revenue Service. The Republicans have cut nearly $3 billion from our budget over the last 7 years, cut 15,000 jobs from our agency, and expect us to do so much more with so less that soon we'll be qualified to do anything with nothing.
"We're going to save Social Security and Medicare" - Donald Trump. He has no specifics on how, just like all of his other hollow promises, but he'll do it. At least he thinks he can. Too bad he's not the little engine that could.
"You can't do nothing" Rand Paul - Republicans have been doing nothing about these issues for ages.
The government is $19 trillion in debt but Republicans aren't worried. They bought plenty of blank paper for the printing presses at the Treasury. #GOPDebate
This segment of the #GOPDebate on CNBC is brought to you by the Pepsi Corporation. We provide plenty of cans for the Republicans to kick further down the road.
The closing statements. Thank goodness. #LastDumbAnswer given
"That's how you go from secretary to CEO." More of that same bullshit claim? Seriously??
"I will beat Hillary Clinton." Carly Fiorina. You couldn't beat Barbara Boxer. Hell, you only got 56% of the votes in the Republican primary.
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Thanks very much. Don't forget, we're here all week and make sure to tip those servers on your way out. Drive safely.
posted by me at 8:32 AM
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