Once
upon a time there was a king who wanted to go fishing. He called the
royal weather forecaster and inquired as to the weather forecast for the
next few hours. The weatherman assured him that there was no chance of
rain in the coming days.
So the king went fishing with his wife, the queen.
On the way he met a farmer on his donkey. Upon seeing the king the
farmer said, "Your Majesty, you should return to the palace at once
because in just a short time I expect a huge amount of rain to fall in
this area.”
The king was polite and considerate, he
replied: "I hold the palace meteorologist in high regard. He is an
extensively educated and experienced professional. Besides, I pay him
very high wages. He gave me a very different forecast. I trust him and I
will continue on my way.”
So he continued on his way.
However, a short time later a torrential rain fell from the sky. The
King and Queen were totally soaked..... and their entourage chuckled
upon seeing them in such a shameful condition.
Furious, the king returned to the palace and gave the order to fire the weatherman at once!
Then he summoned the farmer and offered him the prestigious and high paying role of royal forecaster.
The farmer replied, "Your Majesty, I do not know anything about
forecasting. I obtain my information from my donkey. If I see my
donkey's ears drooping, it means with certainty that it will rain.”
So the king hired the donkey.
And so began the practice of hiring asses to work in the government,
occupy its highest and most influential positions… and which later
became the symbol for the Democrat party.
Thus ends your knowledge lesson for today!
Tell those dingbats on "The View" and other nasty Liberals who routinely denigrate ANYONE who disagrees with them to GO TO HELL.
ReplyDeleteDear Leader
ReplyDeleteIt was you who told an Islamic dinner - "I am one of you."
It was you who on ABC News referenced - "My Muslim faith."
It was you who gave $100 million in U.S. taxpayer funds to re-build foreign mosques.
It was you who wrote that in the event of a conflict -"I will stand with the Muslims."
It was you who assured the Egyptian Foreign Minister that - "I am a Muslim."
It was you who bowed in submission before the Saudi King.
It was you who sat for 20 years in a Liberation Theology Church condemning Christianity and professing Marxism.
It was you who exempted Muslims from penalties under Obamacare that the rest of us have to pay.
It was you who purposefully omitted - "endowed by our Creator" - from your recitation of The Declaration Of Independence.
It was you who mocked the Bible and Jesus Christ's Sermon On The Mount while repeatedly referring to the 'HOLY' Quran.
It was you who traveled the Islamic world denigrating the United States Of America.
It was you who instantly threw the support of your administration behind the building of the Ground Zero Victory mosque overlooking the hallowed crater of the World Trade Center.
It was you who refused to attend the National Prayer Breakfast, but hastened to host an Islamic prayer breakfast at the WH.
It was you who ordered both Georgetown Univ. and Notre Dame to shroud all vestiges of Jesus Christ BEFORE you would agree to go there to speak, but in contrast, you have NEVER requested that the mosques you have visited adjust their decor.
It was you who appointed anti-Christian fanatics to your Czar Corps.
It was you who appointed rabid Islamists to Homeland Security.
It was you who said that NASA's "foremost mission" was an outreach to Muslim communities.
It was you who as an Illinois Senator were the ONLY individual who would speak in favor of infanticide.
It was you who were the first President not to give a Christmas Greeting from the WH, and went so far as to hang photos of Chairman Mao on the WH tree.
It was you who curtailed the military tribunals of all Islamic terrorists.
It was you who refused to condemn the Ft. Hood killer as an Islamic terrorist.
It is you who has refused to speak-out concerning the horrific executions of women throughout the Muslim culture, but yet, have submitted Arizona to the UN for investigation of hypothetical human-rights abuses.
It was you who when queried in India refused to acknowledge the true extent of radical global Jihadists, and instead profusely praised Islam in a country that is 82% Hindu and the victim of numerous Islamic terrorists assaults.
It was you who funneled $900 Million in U.S. taxpayer dollars to Hamas.
It was you who ordered the USPS to honor the MUSLIM holiday with a new commemorative stamp.
It was you who directed our UK Embassy to conduct outreach to help "empower" the British Muslim community.
It was you who embraced the fanatical Muslim Brotherhood in your quest to overthrow the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak.
It was you who funded mandatory Arabic language and culture studies in Grammar schools across our country.
It is you who follows the Muslim custom of not wearing any form of jewelry during Ramadan.
It is you who departs for Hawaii over the Christmas season so as to avoid past criticism for NOT participating in seasonal WH religious events.
It was you who was un-characteristically quick to join the chorus of the Muslim Brotherhood to depose Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, formerly America's strongest ally in North Africa; but, remain muted in your non-response to the Brotherhood led slaughter of Egyptian Christians.
It was you who appointed s your chief adviser, Valerie Jarrett , who is a member of the Muslim Sisterhood, an off-shoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Just about says it all
and the left swears Obama is a Christian since it's been proven time and time again that he is. oy!
DeleteI just heard that Jeb Bush quit...I think it was time for you to pack up your "old kit bag" and go home Jeb. You thought it was going to be a coronation and it became a race with real opposition and you weren't prepared. Retire to your Florida estate and enjoy your life. Loved your brother, admired your father, but frankly, two Bushes were enough.
ReplyDeleteAmerica is making a come back from stupidity and now a one-two punch would be Trump or Carson in the White House . Lets say bye bye to all those illegals, etc. Hell, this country could have a solid return to reality. I'm supporting Trump but I wouldn't be mind if Carson got in there.
The left is deathly afraid of Ben Carson. They know that if Carson is elected he will be a far better President than Obama ever dreamed of. That, in turn, will cause the nation to take a serious look at the failures of liberalism. Liberalism will be exposed for what it is, a totally bankrupt political outlook that relies upon division, poverty and despair to keep its adherents in power. Electing Dr. Carson will unite the country, not cause more division, like Obama and Clinton have been doing. It will also mean the end of the racial division tactics that the left has employed for decades.
ReplyDeleteHillary Clinton their front runner (with 100% name ID) is LOSING to Carson, Rubio, Cruz, AND Christie. I don't know, why the Liberals, - Democrats are feeling so smug.
they don't want unification. They want the division. They thrive on it because divided we fall which is what they would like to see.
DeleteWednesday is Trump Hump Day, Lets all Hump the Trump!
ReplyDeleteWhat a disaster.
Angry, belligent, loud-mouth, B.S.er, Donald Trump (now polling second to Kindly Dr. Ben Carson) has published a book featuring a photo of himself scowling and enraged, because everyone knows that an irate, sulking, pouty, fat-ass, bloviating bag of wind is just what America wants in a preznit. Who advised Donald on this stupidity? He’s his is worst enemy!
Go for the "Mad As Hell and I'm Gonna Punch You in the Face" crowd, Donnie. That'll work as your polling numbers begin to tank.
Trump lost his lead to a kindly and a confused sleepy weirdo who was good at operating on brains, but seems to have lost his a long time ago, and seems to have trouble staying awake. He reminds me more of Homer Simpson, or Forest Gump than of Dr. Kildare . He’s so dumb that even Mike Tyson endorsed him.
PS, Donnie, love the title, that's a stroke of genius. Whoever advised you on this is our best friend!
Trump and the rest of the Whole Sick Gang that supports him: "I'm gonna DESTROY Putin and Assad and all the meanies in the whole wide world as soon as I get the right room temperature I WANT! during the next Clown Debate!
If we could enter a time machine, here's what we would hear from todays most vocal Trump supporters.
We cannot elect Obama because he has no political experience. Yet for some reason Trump, who also has no political experience, is qualified.
We cannot elect Obama because his wife, whom these idiots call "Moochelle" will bring shame to the office. Yet Trumps wife and family poses nude, or nearly nude.
We cannot elect Obama because he is not a good Christian. Yet the Donald, claims he attends a church where they say they've not seen him in years, can't say where his membership is and is totally uninformed in regards to the bible.
And this is before we get to Rubio and his financial woes, Cruz who was admittedly born in another country, Carson who each day is more and more clueless and JEB!, who seems to be sleepwalking through the campaign.
And as The Donald fades, Dr. Dumb surges in GOP polls! Ye, Dr. Ben Carwreck, the is the new GOP front runner, who lies just for the sake of lying, is now the new Token Black in the GOP lineup. He now how's the highest poll numbers even better the Trump, the second biggest liar. I guess it is true with white people, once you go black you don't want to go back..
I can just see it now in 2017 this Brainless Brain Surgeon falling asleep while giving the State of the Union Address. ,
I just don't get it. The right has totally lost their collective mind. To think that the chant from 2008, till today was that Obama had no experience. But they are Championing for a TV reality star and a retired or “retarded” old Doctor.
It’s going to be lots of fun seeing Carson sit for 11 hours and get grilled by a 13-person committee. He would never stand for it. He can't even handle 2 hours of CNBC Moderators without falling asleep. They say that Hillary speaks out of both sides of her mouth, when Carson has trouble speaking at all.
But
Go for it, Doctor Carson, it should be lots of fun.
Speaking of token candidates and voter pandering, is Bernie Sanders nominating a Black Lives Matter activist for VP? Or is he more likely to pull in Julian Castro, the mayor of San Antonio and pander to the Hispanic vote?
DeleteJust wondering who the victim du jour's are over at DNC. It's a shame that Julian isn't transgendered! But who knows, maybe by then he can start the hormone treatments.
lol good one RH. the nuts in the democrat party are certainly unhinged
DeleteNot only are they unhinged, they've unfurled their biases for all the world to see. Can you imagine any reasonably objective media outlet posting a story headline like this about Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders? They'd be laughed off the news stands across the country. That the unhinged press keep repeating their error guarantee's the Republicans a "wave" election.
DeleteShaw, you are definitely certifiable
ReplyDeleteAnd Obama is such a statesman. Using the pulpit to call out those who have a different opinion just like a true dictator
DeleteOnce a community agitator,always a community agitator
Very good election day for the GOP yesterday. Picked up another governorship, pot voted down, control of Virginia statehouse, that dipshit police chief in San Frisco voted out.....some pretty good results, plus some very bad polling data for Hillary.
ReplyDeleteIt's obvious People are sick of direction we are headed
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ReplyDeleteWhat is modern racism?
Even though I think you are a gutless,spineless piece of human waste RN I say bravo to you for doing a self evaluation and coming here to admit you are a modern racist.......bravo
ReplyDeleteYou, as do all your fellow travelers here, lie constantly and without reservation.
ReplyDeleteAs for your flaming stupidity, well, you own it and you certainly flaunt it with pride.
By your own words you have described yourself Shackleford.
I like it Lisa. You're the best.
ReplyDeleteAhh thanks a lot Kid ☺
DeleteSparring with Lester is like shooting fish in a barrel, its just so damn easy....his retort will always make my point for me....he's such a schnook.
ReplyDeleteHas he EVER had any retort besides "I know you are but what am I?"
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ReplyDeleteSeriously, If you a-holes hate us as much as you say to do, why do you (liberals) spend so much time on these boards?
ReplyDeleteWhy do A-Holes like RN, and Ducky make close to 20 posts per day on this board as well as on FT’s board and on AOW’s board?
You do make us wonder why you are always here, when we can’t stand you, any of you!.
Arguing with liberals, is an Oxymoron! I think that arguing with Liberals is a kin to
I think the "Ignore" button is more effective than wasting time on gibberish. You can't talk to a howler monkey, so why bother. When we speak among ourselves, we are preaching to the choir. What will make a difference? Vote! Get active in your community. Find the unaffiliated voter, the independents, the people who haven't made up their minds: Talk to these people and share your concerns.
If you have any doubts about what is wrong with America, look no further than a Lib’s or better yet a “Progressive’s” blog.
By their OWN inability to ADMIT basic FACTS almost all of these morons/Idiots/ also known as liberals/progressives/Democrats/Obamatrons
prove they can not be argued with or hold salient conversations!
That’s why I say, never argue with liberals, because it only encourages them to make their asinine statements that have zero facts. It’s a common leftist tactic.
"If it were true that conservatives were racist, sexist, homophobic, fascist, stupid, inflexible, angry, and self-righteous, shouldn’t their arguments be easy to deconstruct? Someone who is making a point out of anger, ideology, inflexibility, or resentment would presumably construct a flimsy argument. So why can’t the argument itself be dismembered rather than the speaker’s personal style or hidden motives? Why the evasions?" -- Ann Coulter
By your own words you have accurately described yourself.
DeleteSwoosh Nation just waterboarded himself again.
DeleteOBAMA TO BAN CHRISTMAS CARDS ON MILITARY BASES
ReplyDeleteHave you heard the latest bit of INSANITY from our “Commander in Chief” “Our Dear Leader”, our “Guest in the White House”
It’s just freaking sick what they've done to the moral of our Military Men and Women already and no this!
It may come as a shock to some but, it’s true!
Obama’s military command will prevent delivery of Christmas cards being sent from families to their servicemen loved ones overseas spokesmen for The Pentagon said today. The White House claims that traditional Christmas greetings wish will upset Muslims in host countries and will have to convicted and returned to the sender.
Per executive order,all overseas military mail will be monitored for references to Christmas, Jesus Christ, or pork products which are known to offend Muslims.
An Army Veteran who reached out to Fox News said Pentagon leadership is “hypersensitive to anyone who says they feel like their rights are being violated.”
“It’s extremely frustrating,” the soldier said. “The U.S. Military is living in fear of radical Muslims.”
The soldier, who asked not to be identified because he feared being disciplined or assaulted my Muslims, said many people are furious over the censorship
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“If soldiers cannot speak the name of God, let alone Christ, what are we fighting for?” he asked. “I’ve towed the company line for years but this has pushed me too far to sit quietly while personal liberties are trampled upon.”
The soldier said in recent months they have been reminded that they cannot proselytize and they cannot share their faith say anything nice about Jesus or Christianity.
“We are strongly discouraged from having any kind of Christian items on our desks or in our offices,” he said
Texas-based Liberty Institute sent a demand letter to the White House, insisting they immediately drop this policy which allows a generic greeting but disallows references to Christmas, which is officially recognized as a national holiday under federal law.
Liberty Institute’s Director of Litigation, Hyman Stratcher, responded in a statement, “Obama is once again engaging in unlawful religious discrimination. It is shameful that the military continues to censor religious speech in Christmas cards while allowing atheists,gays, and satanists to send porn,drugs,electronic cigarettes,or any other ungodly thing they want.”
Imam Al-Suq Akweer of the Islamic Friendship Coalition applauded the move as a step in the right direction in the quest for improved Islamic relations.
"Disbelievers are trying to draw Muslims away from the straight path".he said,"Christmas Day and associated celebrations are among the ''falsehoods'' for a Muslim to avoid.A Muslim is neither allowed to celebrate the Christmas Day nor is he allowed to congratulate them.Americans on Muslim soil must learn to abide by our customs to ensure peaceful relations.
The ban will go into effect December 1st.Military personnel will be given handbooks to explain what can and cannot be sent from home
If this is true (and it's hard to believe) then it's just freaking sick what they've done to the moral of our Military Men and Women. This one takes the cake!
DeleteThey may as well tie their hands behind their backs and get it over with!
As usual the Looney rightwing idiots are taking this out of context and misrepresenting the purpose. Furthet, any thinking individual can Google this, go to credible sources who verify the veracity or lack thereof of such claims. But on these here boards of the Zombie Apocalypse we know checking facts are the furthest thing from your small minds.
ReplyDeleteSome time ago, I remember reading that manger scenes were removed from all bases. Now we hear that the pentagon is CENSORING military people's mail to sniff out Christian themes and intercept them. If true, it's about time we called it what it is: War on Christians.
DeleteFright mongering serves no useful or truthful purpose. Other than to keep the ill or misinformed fundamentalist right up in arms. Intelligent folks will learn the truth and rational thought behind the howler monkey uproar.
DeleteIt is up to the individual to educate themselves on the facts because you certainly will not get it here.
Any lefty who drinks the moonbat hooch will never get a clue anywhere he or she goes.
DeleteWithin a year or so, we will have an election an a NEW President, and hopefully we will begin the start of a new era for this country, for the better or worse. We have heard all the complaining, the stories, some true, some not, and may of them to be absolute lies. For the last seven years we had to listen to the Left and their stupid slogans, such as “Bush lied, people died”, or how the failed last eight years of this administration has caused the financial crisis, on how deregulation has contributed to all our ills, or how we are so hated across the world now more than ever, on how we torture and abuse detainees, and so on. Why gets me the must is the fact that the left hates George Bush more than they Hate the enemy?
ReplyDeleteLike it or not, Barack Obama is our President tomorrow and the fact is that the left has not shown any respect what so ever for our past President George Bush, in fact if you read some of the Facebook comments they are not only disrespectful, but often disgusting. I say this because we are one country, not two that the Democrats would like us to believe we are.
But before we get into Obama, I want to set the facts straight on George W. Bush.
Fact one: Bush did not lie and people did not die because of it. Every member of Congress had some of the intelligence the President had leading up to the Iraq invasion (some, but not all). The majority of Congress voted for the give the President the authority to go to war, including Clinton, Kerry, etc. Obama was still in the State Senate voting “present” on most big issues.
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DeleteFact two: For 52 months we had positive job growth in this country, we had record unemployment at 4.5%, record stock market at 14,000 points, and so on. The economy started to go downhill when the housing bubble burst – the same bubble that Senator McCain and the Bush administration warned the Democratic controlled Congress in 2006, one in which Chris Dodd and Barney Frank said that there was no problem. In fact, you could trace the problem back to the 1979 CRA under Jimmy Carter, but we won’t go there.
Was Bush wrong by saying that Iraq’s Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction? Well that’s a question that both sides can not agree on. Personally, I think that they did have those WMD and that Syria took them and yes they have them now. .
Fact three: It was too much regulation that caused the financial mess, not deregulation. Banks were forced to give out big loans to people who could not afford them.
Fact four: Since Bush was elected, we now have right-leaning American-friendly leaders in Germany and France.. We have sovereign governments in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have a nuclear-free Libya (one that we did not even know was nuclear in the first place). North Korea is better under control than it was before they tricked Clinton.
Fact five: We do not torture prisoners. Harshly interrogate-yes, torture-no! We have only waterboarded three times, THREE TIMES, and one was on the mastermond behind 9/11 that led to the prevention of another attack. Beside, waterboarding is not torture. Do people lose limbs when waterboarded – NO! Does it cause great pain that lasts for a long time – NO! Does it cause deformities or disfigurations – NO! Has anyone ever died from it – NO! Is it uncomfortable – YES! These butchers we pick up on the battlefield do not care about our rights, our liberties, our very lives. They want to kill us just because we ARE us! The answer would be just to kill everyone on the battlefield, but we don’t.
Hence Netanyahu has been re-fighting the lost battle over the US-led nuclear deal with Iran. Another “deal” that I personally disagree with. And I strongly feel that this so called deal will come back to haunt us in the very near future.
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DeleteNow for President Barack Hussein Obama. He has literally bought himself the presidency with money especially from George Soros, who literally put him the White House along with the Main Steam Media behind him. He is by far the most radical liberal this country has ever elected, even ran for the office. But, he had a good campaign and the media hid all his faults from the average citizen or just swept them under the rug. Need I mention Rhezko, Ayers, Blagojevich, Rev Wright, Rev Flagler, Genther, Holder, Richardson, and voting “present” over one hundred times when it came to big issues. How about his radical abortion stands, where a woman can have an abortion right up until childbirth, or even after a child is born from a botched abortion! How about his anti-2nd amendment views, his pro-union views, his beholden to teachers unions, steel unions, etc. What about his pacifistic world mentality, his tax-the-rich and spread-the-wealth philosophy? What about his class warfare games he plays? Or about his big government mentality, the one that says only more governement programs can save the country! He even wants to stop all drilling for oil, so we rely on our enemies for energy (which is what will happen. I am all for alternative fuels, but they are at least two decades away). Last, he wants to “talk” to our enemies, give them credibility and weaken ours, and at the same time has is in the worse relationship with Israel.
Mr. Obama said that the U.S. had alienated the world and Muslims by recklessly using force abroad, and that we had betrayed our values by interrogating terrorists too harshly and wiretapping too much. Our enemies hated us not because they hated our values or our influence with Israel.
Obama is your typical Democrat liberal, He wants half of this country to not have to pay taxes and the other half to. He wants to keep down his base so they never have to reach up. He wants them to stay on welfare programs so they don’t have to work and so they continually keep the Democrats in power. He wants the “rich” to pay for everything, never mind the fact that it is the rich that do all of the hiring and buying that keeps the economy going.
There are those, including yours truly who see Obama as the one who is primarily responsible for the rise of ISIS. America’s withdrawal from Iraq allowed and created the ISIS opportunity in Iraq.
And who argue that Obama’s foreign policy or lack of it has been nothing less that a failure
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Mr. Obama, it was you who spoke these words at an Islamic dinner - "I am one of you." It was you who on ABC News referenced - "My Muslim faith."
It was you who gave $100 million in U.S. taxpayer funds to re-build foreign mosques.
It was you who wrote that in the event of a conflict -"I will stand with the Muslims."
It was you who bowed in submission before the Saudi King.
It was you who sat for 20 years in that cess-pool of a “so called Church”where the anti-Semitic Preacher was condemning Christianity and professing Marxism, and curcing the United States of America..
It was you who exempted Muslims from penalties under Obama-care that the rest of us have to pay.
It was you who purposefully omitted - "endowed by our Creator" from your recitation of The Declaration Of Independence.
It was you who mocked the Bible and Jesus Christ's Sermon On The Mount while repeatedly referring to the 'HOLY' Quran.
It was you who traveled the Islamic world denigrating the United States Of America.
It was you who instantly threw the support of your administration behind the building of the Ground Zero Victory mosque overlooking the hallowed crater of the World Trade Center.
It was you who refused to attend the National Prayer Breakfast, but hastened to host an Islamic prayer breakfast at the White House..
It was you who ordered Georgetown Univ. and Notre Dame to shroud all vestiges of Jesus Christ BEFORE you would agree to go there to speak, but in contrast, you have NEVER requested that the mosques you have visited adjust their decor.
It was you who appointed a Communist, anti-Christian fanatics to your Czar Corps.
It was you who appointed rabid Islamists to Homeland Security.
It was you who said that NASA's "foremost mission" was an outreach to Muslim communities.
It was you who were the first President not to give a Christmas Greeting from the WH, and went so far as to hang photos of Chairman Mao on the WH tree.
It was you who curtailed the military tribunals of all Islamic terrorists.
It was you who refused to condemn the Ft. Hood killer as an Islamic terrorist.
It is you who has refused to speak-out concerning the horrific executions of women throughout the Muslim culture, but yet, have submitted Arizona to the UN for investigation of hypothetical human-rights abuses.
It was you who when queried in India refused to acknowledge the true extent of radical global Jihadists, and instead profusely praised Islam in a country that is 82% Hindu and the victim of numerous Islamic terrorists assaults.
It was you who funneled $900 Million in U.S. taxpayer dollars to Hamas.
It was you who ordered the USPS to honor the MUSLIM holiday with a new commemorative stamp.
It was you who directed our UK Embassy to conduct outreach to help "empower" the British Muslim community.
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DeleteIt was you who embraced the fanatical Muslim Brotherhood in your quest to overthrow the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak.
It was you who funded mandatory Arabic language and culture studies in Grammar schools across our country.
It is you who follows the Muslim custom of not wearing any form of jewelry during Ramadan.
It is you who departs for Hawaii over the Christmas season so as to avoid past criticism for NOT participating in seasonal White House religious events.
It was you who was un-characteristically quick to join the chorus of the Muslim Brotherhood to depose Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, formerly America's strongest ally in North Africa; but, remain muted in your non-response to the Brotherhood led slaughter of Egyptian Christians.
It was you who appointed your chief adviser, Valerie Jarrett, an Iranian, who is a member of the Muslim Sisterhood, an off-shoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, and now you sit with her and take orders from her each day!!!!
GOD BLESS THE NEXT PRESIDENT, AND GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.
And Lets Hope That It ISN'T Hillary Clinton!
DeleteExhaustive rant Lisa. Keep digging, and it will be H.R. Clinton sitting in the oval office come January 2017.
ReplyDeleteI mean Anita. But certainly Lisa approves of you speech.
DeleteWho care about what YOU think or say.. I certainaly don't.
DeleteNor I you TMIMitW.
DeleteSwoosh Nation doesn't care for the truth because he's a mouthpiece for Satan.
DeleteLMAO!!!
DeleteGood one. I see you'res cribbing kindly Dr. Ben. Which of coure means you are as nuts as he is.