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Re: Potty Mouth Pat

pickingperdue — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:14:41 -0400

The proof is in the proverbial Playboy Pat's potty mouth now! No one with any sense believes he said anything but sh**t. Sorry, but I've said all along he does not make sense and mispronounces words, but this time, he got sh**t just right. It goes just like this (listen as you read this), "Which is, which is...Sh**t, there is no quote me ever saying that, whatsoever". (quote; end quote). Sorry, Pat's Pawns, but his sentence is clear; there is no "she has"; instead he says "there is" (sh**t is definitely the expletive it was meant to be)
What a great role model for our children.

Re: Equinox of the fall Silly Season

Isaac136 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:42:51 -0400

I'm always enthusiastic about a good four letter word utterance, but it sounds like he's saying "she has no quote of me every saying that." If he were saying "Sh*t" where I think he says "she has" the sentence wouldn't really make sense.

I'm really disappointed, though. It would have been such an important contribution to the political discourse we're all enjoying here if we could have an audio of him cussing.

I wonder who will do the cussin' on election night.

Re: Equinox of the fall Silly Season

wolfpackalum — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:08:28 -0400

It definately sounds like he says "she has no quote of me ever saying that"

Re: The definition of Southeast

awbeal — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:01:04 -0400

Your list of Southeastern states is reasonable. I usually think of the Southeast as the old Confederacy minus Texas. That would exclude Kentucky.

You may want to ask John Shelton Reed (http://www.unc.edu/depts/uncspeak/reed.html), prof. emeritus at UNC-CH. I once heard him lecture on how people define where the South is and who is/isn't a Southerner. Very interesting.

Re: Shuler group, TVA swap land

FFC1304 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:50:40 -0400

Shuler is running for REelection against the amazing Dr. Carl Mumpower who is already doing his job even before election!!!!

GO Dr. Mumpower!!!

www.Mumpower08.com

Re: Shuler group, TVA swap land

ErnestNorsworthy — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:17:58 -0400

Call it what you will, but the land swaps and trades of land for the benefit of developers are not over, the TVA still is doing underhanded land deals which clearly are in opposition to the requirements of Executive Order 13406. That EO requires that no public property be used for anything but for public purposes such as for roads, hospitals and other public uses. It does not permit private development, which clearly is involved in the Shuler consortium deal. Shuler stands to profit a bundle from it.

Congressman Shuler appears to have broken federal law by being involved in the “swapping” of federal land under the control of the TVA, a federal agency.

If he did not see the implications of his position in congress, i.e., being on a TVA oversight committee, his judgment is highly questionable. If he knew there might be an appearance of a conflict of interest in the land deal, he should have otherwise disposed of his interest in it and to have publically stated his position to remove any doubts about his credibility, his involvement in it.

TVA has a long history of being involved in shady land deals some of which have been very profitable to the agency. The TVA is not supposed to take another’s property, dispose of it and come out the richer or to enrich other private interests. EO 13406 was to have stopped this kind of underhanded dealing by the TVA.

Congressman Shuler himself should call for a congressional hearing on the matter if for no other reason than to try to clear his name, which at this point is being besmirched. The Attorney General of the U.S. also should launch a criminal investigation to determine if federal laws were broken.

It is no wonder congressional approval ratings are below ten percent. The pattern is clear: Go to congress to serve the people as a hardworking representative and voila! come out a millionaire.

Ernest Norsworthy
emnorsworthy@earthlink.net

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