Ben Carson Tells Lies. Big Deal.

[Cow Poke]

I don't have a favorite candidate this cycle. My grudging choice would have to be Clinton because she's best situated to win and thus preserve most of the progress made during the Obama administration.

I don't know what your income is or what your costs are projected to be and so obviously have no way to answer that question. I can say that neither Republicans nor Democrats have any real plan to fix the decline of the middle class or the problem of stagnating wages, mostly because no one really knows what exactly is driving those trends.

... but at least Democrats aren't proposing killing Medicare and Medicaid or opening up $10+ trillion revenue holes that will prevent any sort of capacity to preserve your welfare and run the rest of the government.

There's only one serious party in the 2016 election, making the choice easy.

If only Pat Paulson were running!

[Sam]

OK, so do we know that it was "mostly tables" then? Do we know that it was the same size room as it is now?

He should go straight to federal prison.

[Cow Poke]

Sam, I'm a "facilities guy" from way back --- rooms OFTEN get divided up or expanded, and many commercial and institutional buildings were designed to do so. The notion that you "see no evidence that the building has ever been renovated" - from looking at a PICTURE, is downright goofy. What "evidence" would you expect to see?

I think you're being silly.

[Adam]

And There's only one serious party in the 2016 election, making the choice easy.

Which one is that? I thought until October it was the Dems, but I have renounced them (particularly now that James Webb is not running for POTUS).
The Republicans, of course, are even worse. With them, instead of "Spend and elect (regardless of the national debt increase)", but "Cut taxes and elect (regardless of the ten trillion dollar national debt increase."
Of the other parties, the Libertarian and Constitutionalists (American Independent) are looney-tunes Rightists, and the Greens and the Peace and Freedom (I. e. Communist) parties are looney-tunes Leftists. Hasn't been a real American party since Ross Perot's Reform Party in 1992 and 1996.

[lilpixieofterror]

River in Egypt Redux.



Wow... you need to get that manure spreader fixed... it just threw the whole load all at once!

We all know the song and dance by now CP. Hilary Clinton has a D next to her name, so Sam will mindlessly defend her, no matter what she says or does.

[lilpixieofterror]

Sam, I'm a "facilities guy" from way back --- rooms OFTEN get divided up or expanded, and many commercial and institutional buildings were designed to do so. The notion that you "see no evidence that the building has ever been renovated" - from looking at a PICTURE, is downright goofy. What "evidence" would you expect to see?

I think you're being silly.

It actually takes some looking and a trained eye to see if a building has been renovated and even than, you're only guessing without access to engineering documents like blue prints. I suppose Sam has looked at the building blue prints to the original and has proved that it has never been renovated?

[Cow Poke]

It actually takes some looking and a trained eye to see if a building has been renovated and even than, you're only guessing without access to engineering documents like blue prints. I suppose Sam has looked at the building blue prints to the original and has proved that it has never been renovated?

In the last 15 years or so, I've overseen some pretty extensive "redo" projects in commercial buildings. It's nearly impossible to tell that three rooms were combined into one, or one room was divided into three --- if you can tell, then the construction crew did a crappy job.

[Starlight]

instead of "Spend and elect (regardless of the national debt increase)"

The Democrats have a good history of balancing the budget. They do tend to spend more, yes, but they raise taxes to do so and have a good history of balancing the budget. Whereas the Republicans have a tendency to give out tax-cuts but not cut spending much and have a history of running up large amounts of debt as a result.

[lilpixieofterror]

In the last 15 years or so, I've overseen some pretty extensive "redo" projects in commercial buildings. It's nearly impossible to tell that three rooms were combined into one, or one room was divided into three --- if you can tell, then the construction crew did a crappy job.

I can tell the building I worked in has been extended by looking at the differences in the roofs and the fact that some of the 'inner wall' looks a lot like an outer wall. However, that just because it's a work building that doesn't have dry wall and stuff covering up those kind of things.

[lilpixieofterror]

The Democrats have a good history of balancing the budget. They do tend to spend more, yes, but they raise taxes to do so and have a good history of balancing the budget. Whereas the Republicans have a tendency to give out tax-cuts but not cut spending much and have a history of running up large amounts of debt as a result.

And if we ignore the fact that Obama has raised the debt more than any other previous president, you can make black sound like white. Of course, considering that you seriously think a good budget solution is just raise the taxes to higher and higher levels is an indication of your economic knowledge.

[Sam]

Sam, I'm a "facilities guy" from way back --- rooms OFTEN get divided up or expanded, and many commercial and institutional buildings were designed to do so. The notion that you "see no evidence that the building has ever been renovated" - from looking at a PICTURE, is downright goofy. What "evidence" would you expect to see?

I think you're being silly.

was attended by "several" students in WLH 203. Even without the picture, Carson's claims have virtually zero merit. Is it within the realm of possibility that WLH 203, at one time, held room for ~150 students? Sure. Given the running evidence, is it at all plausible? No. Carson clearly fabricated numerous elements of a story so that he could make a point about God's provision and his personal commitment to godliness. One of those fabrications, given the evidence that Carson himself presents, includes the number of students who took the hoax test.

Lying for Jesus. Bad. Pretty basic stuff.

[Mountain Man]

We all know the song and dance by now CP. Hilary Clinton has a D next to her name, so Sam will mindlessly defend her, no matter what she says or does.

And then he'll turn right around and claim that he doesn't have a favorite this election cycle.

I'm not sure who he thinks he's fooling.

[Cow Poke]

Pay close attention to the sources here, CP

How bout getting off your high horse, Sam?

was attended by "several" students in WLH 203. Even without the picture, Carson's claims have virtually zero merit. Is it within the realm of possibility that WLH 203, at one time, held room for ~150 students? Sure. Given the running evidence, is it at all plausible? No. Carson clearly fabricated numerous elements of a story so that he could make a point about God's provision and his personal commitment to godliness. One of those fabrications, given the evidence that Carson himself presents, includes the number of students who took the hoax test.

So, what does ANY of that have to do with your goofy attempt at determining whether or not a building was renovated by looking at a picture of part of a room?

Lying for Jesus. Bad. Pretty basic stuff.

You're sounding more and more like the atheists all the time.

[lilpixieofterror]

And then he'll turn right around and claim that he doesn't have a favorite this election cycle.

I'm not sure who he thinks he's fooling.

Should be pretty obvious, himself.

[lilpixieofterror]

was attended by "several" students in WLH 203. Even without the picture, Carson's claims have virtually zero merit. Is it within the realm of possibility that WLH 203, at one time, held room for ~150 students? Sure. Given the running evidence, is it at all plausible? No. Carson clearly fabricated numerous elements of a story so that he could make a point about God's provision and his personal commitment to godliness. One of those fabrications, given the evidence that Carson himself presents, includes the number of students who took the hoax test.

Lying for Jesus. Bad. Pretty basic stuff.

http://thefederalist.com/2015/11/09/...faulty-memory/

Oops, more media failures to search before they accuse.



Sorry Sam, I have found that the mainstream media is so untrustworthy when it comes to anything dealing with a republican that you shouldn't trust a word they say because they are a bunch of partisan hacks in the tank for their democrat buddies. Face it Sam, you'll mindlessly defend anybody with a D next to their name and vilify anybody with an R next to their name because you're just a partisan hack and nothing more.