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Scandals ? His put Clinton's and Bush's to shame . Screwed-Up Economy ? Started under him , but if your were rich back then you're even wealthier now. Declining Middle Class ? If you believe that having strong unions meant having a strong Middle Class, then yes .  The AIDS epidemic ? He didn't create it, but he ignored it until it was no longer a "gay person disease." The War On Terror ? In a strange twisted way, Bush was stuck trying to clean up a mess Reagan started . (Bonus points for using the then-revered Osama bin Laden for help).  The Rise in Gun Violence/Gun-Related Crime ? His policies kicked the crazy and mentally unstable people out of the hospitals an onto the street , and made it harder for them (or any potentially new patients) to get back in. Remember how the NRA is on this "it's not the guns we should blame for all of these mass shootings, it's that crazy people who get the guns" shtick? Ever wonder where the crazy peo...

Brock Turner, student athlete of Stanford U and aspiring Olympic swimmer, has been serving his six- month sentence for being convicted of sexual assault of an unconscious woman. He tried to blame his raping nature on alcohol, his school and women in general . Unfortunately for him, the prosecution has information contradicting his claims at being an alcohol novice . In other words: he fucking lied . USA Swimming has pretty much made him a pariah . His father claims that this is much ado over " 20 minutes of action ." Six months is lenient. Considering the discovery of his hard-core partying, his proclivity to blame everyone but himself and his dad's disgusting attempt to equate rape to the proverbial hook-up, Turner deserves everything a delusional criminal would have coming.

Kenneth Starr, the former special prosecutor who wanted America to believe that Bill Clinton's lies about his sex life was important enough to call for impeachment, was demoted by Baylor University for "his handling of sex assault cases ."

I'm not going to try and write a long, detailed diatribe regarding Secretary/Senator/Former First Lady's chances. I'm not going to even talk about the primary really, even though now the shoe's on the other foot (i.e., in 2008 she was behind Obama and didn't want to give up while in 2016 she's all but kicking Bernie Sanders out of the race). Her camp claims that Bernie and/or his camp is being mean to her. Her camp wants his to stop, and preferably apologize via dropping out. OK; fine. Well here's my simple observation: if she thinks Bernie is "being mean," then she will lose in the general election. Donald Trump has cut through the Republican Primaries like a buzzsaw. That guy does not care who he offends, and his base and supporters will feel no sympathy for him attacking Clinton. There's a chunk of the Democratic Party (made up of liberals/progressives, die-hard Bernie supporters, Black Lives Matter supporters, etc.) who won't supp...

Because he can't seem to get more than a sound bite elsewhere...

Chris Evans is a lovable cocky bastard : He'll say or do something smart-assed, but he really has the best of intentions. He really does. He just thinks that it's his duty to point out your many character flaws. Case in point: Not Another Teen Movie , Fantastic Four and the Sequel , and The Losers . Partially subverted in Captain America: The First Avenger , but resurrected in The Avengers , where he seems to slip back into the familiar role (check his confrontation with Robert Downey Jr./Tony Stark/Awesome McFanchisesaver). Guys Cheat on Maura Tierney : Case in point: Liar, Liar and Semi-Pro . Tierney's an attractive actress who tends to play smart, savvy women. Naturally, this means her Significant Other will sleep around behind her back. Interesting thing is in both movies it was something that happened prior to the events of the film, implying that even the director's don't think people would buy that someone would cheat on Tierney in-movie, but ...

One thing the article mentioned that tends to get glossed over with ISIS is that they are basically an apocalypse cult. The Taliban wants to control the Afghanistan region, Iran wants influence in the Middle East and world events, even Al Qaida wants to rule a greater Islamic Caliphate. ISIS, though, just wants to bring about a massive end time battle. It really is like if Westboro Baptist ruled a country. "msrobinette," commenting on this Cracked.com story about ISIS .

Do you believe what you see ? Go to sleep . The Transformers game I've been waiting for. When Karl Rove is scared , that's a good thing. 

" The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now." He also said something about how the country was going to become far more conservative then we would ever realize, but I can't find that one. I say this because after reading this review of the first Democratic Debate , I am in awe of what has become so prophetic. I don't think a dissolution is in order, but I am getting a real V for Vendetta vibe . Why? Well, to be honest, we let this happen. We allowed one political party to slowly adopt policies that represent our deepest, darkest selves. Our fear, our hate, our confusion. Messages of exclusion. A call for punishing those just for being different. A disdain for violence, but not the tools that engineer it. We allowed the voices to cloak these beliefs in the garb of patriotism and morality, while the mannequins that are suppose to exhibit them indulge in adultery, bribery and treason. In short, ...

Please check the background before waving that thing like it was always intended to be a symbol of Southern pride.