tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post116131709347544642..comments2023-11-05T03:20:46.695-05:00Comments on The Ostroy Report: Sean Hannity Tells Voters to Stay Home on Election DayThe Ostroy Reporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04955421147082736335noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1166058195744500332006-12-13T20:03:00.000-05:002006-12-13T20:03:00.000-05:00The really creepy thing about Sean is how obviousl...The really creepy thing about Sean is how obviously he shows he believes his audience is full of morons!!!!<BR/>I have listened to him for 6 months ... I am 26 .. independent ..and like hearing both sides of all issues.... and I can't believe more ppl haven't called Sean out about this:<BR/>You know how he loves cutting the mike on callers or guests right? (stopping the "free speech" he's so into right?)<BR/>Well I am a GREAT listener and I have HEARD Sean get a conservative caller who's polite and agrees with sean and makes a point.... and I hear Sean cut the caller's mike!! That's not the worst part...<BR/><BR/>Then Sean doesn't acknowledge the caller's point, but goes into a long monotone, boring, "I just think .... I believe.... I know.."<BR/>His point in doing this part is to make it CLEAR that HE'S already made that point and rehashes all 13 reasons... <BR/>while the caller is sitting there unable to be heard and DOESNT seem to know it....!! Because 8 times out of 10, when Sean finally shuts up and gets BACK to the caller,<BR/>I HEAR Sean turn the caller's mike BACK on.. and it's creepy now because the caller is usually in the middle of a sentence already and you can TELL the caller has been talking a while..and did NOT know his mic was cut!!! <BR/><BR/>This is where it gets really creepy.... and shows Sean Truly believes his audience is STUPID.<BR/>After Sean's rant, and the caller has his mike on again, Sean Says all innocently:<BR/>"You there? Are you there?"<BR/>WTF:??? Does he not KNOW we have ears and can TELL when extra background noise gets CUT off or Turned ON???<BR/>Does Sean think his audience doesn't notice the poor fool of a caller IS IN THE MIDDLE of some long opinion as sean pretends to wonder why the caller is "quiet" by saying "you there?" knowing full well the guy's been on mute so sean could rant?? <BR/>What the FUCK?<BR/>Why do this to YOUR OWN SIDE? He does this every other phone call... seriously, jot it down everytime and you'll be amazed at what this loonyass gets by with!<BR/><BR/>only ONE lady in 6 months called and complained about his "cutting of mikes" She said it made it look as if Sean coldn't argue or debate anything unless he refused to let the other side be heard.<BR/><BR/>That is true... so why do it to his fellow conservatives?? If it were just liberals he did it to, I wouldn't be surprised, but to cut off people who you supposedly "love, respect, appreciate" , the ever Patronizing "Great Americans" load..... to me, this shows Hannity doesn't really give a rat's ass about his audience, or the callers' points of view. He cuts their opinions off, makes HIS own .... ignoring the fact that the caller doesn't need to hear the 300 reasons Sean already knew what the caller said....<BR/>obviously the caller LISTENS to the show and KNOWS already.....<BR/>so it is just a performance... an act or a role.... It's frankly disgusting to hear the way he patronizes the poor fools that call in that show like parrots and puppets......<BR/>"You're a Great American"<BR/>He just tosses that statement around like it's an old shoe or a meaningless "how are you?"<BR/>That is disgusting, I'm sorry if you don't KNOW someone, you don't just give them a huge compliment like that & say "well I KNOW you are b/c you listen to MY show"<BR/>Gotta go get a puke bag..... <BR/>I've gone on too long.... sorry.<BR/>There is just Something about this guy that makes my skin crawl, and my stomach sick.... even though I know he makes some great and accurate points 25% of the time!<BR/>I still despise him, he is the definition of FAKE. The sad thing is his audience isn't bright enough to Ever pick up on any of this..... when it's right in front of them!<BR/>By all means, Listen 3 hours a day, as Dictator Sean commands, and you'll hear this "caring, normal Christian, Great American, free speech Republican" yell his opinions in monotones of repeated "I think" "what we need is this.... what we need.. what we need.." I think I think I think"<BR/>and listen to Sean take calls, accept compliments, and then cut off his followers' opinions.... <BR/>tell his own AGAIN and fake his way back to the caller acting as if nothing happened.... the caller always sounds confused like he never even knew he was on mute...<BR/>It is really a pathetic display.<BR/><BR/>Well, I guess Sean Hannity was right about one thing! His audience IS full of raging morons!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1163565085201982062006-11-14T23:31:00.000-05:002006-11-14T23:31:00.000-05:00After reading this whole page, I can tell you sick...After reading this whole page, I can tell you sick-of-anons did NOT win that argument at all!<BR/>Fair Tax is a wonderful idea unless you're too stupid or stubborn to read it and comprehend it! <BR/>Though I am not wealthy at ALL, I don't think it's fair for the rich people of our wonderful USA to pay absurd amounts of taxes to the government just b/c they make more!<BR/>THAT IS NOT FAIR. My father is a doctor and nearing 70 years old. Thanks to the government, he barely takes home half his paycheck! That is highway fucking robbery! And rich people should NOT be putting up with it!<BR/>I make $21,000 a year and every dime the gov't abducts from my hard earned money, I FEEL it every check! <BR/>Yet I don't take that anger out on the rich folks like my dad who worked his ASS off to be successful and spent almost 14 years in med school to do so! <BR/>That is class discrimination what the government does to the rich of this country. The IRS PUNISHES THE SUCCESSFUL, the middle upper class, the rich, the people working over 60 hours a week to earn their big checks!<BR/>I will NEVER be a Republican, but I used to be a democrat... until they enacted "Reverse Racism" known as Affirmative Action, and until they decided to allow America to be invaded by illegal aliens... then try and REWARD the law breaking by handing them OUR social security and welfare taxes.<BR/>That was it... bye bye democrats.<BR/>Independent is the way to go. None of these power hungry "party" nuts can be trusted to think of ANYONE but themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1162630235932359812006-11-04T03:50:00.000-05:002006-11-04T03:50:00.000-05:00Everyone should stay home who doesn't know the iss...Everyone should stay home who doesn't know the issues. That's what Sean Hannity was saying. Nothing wrong by saying that.<BR/><BR/>Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem!<BR/><BR/>This election is only Liberal Democrats verses, moderate Republicans.<BR/><BR/>All liberals can do to solve problems is raise taxes. True conservatives create an environment for the private sector to innovate and solve problems.<BR/><BR/>Hillary Clinton and her friends can't wait to send the terrorists to rehab and sensitivity training.<BR/><BR/>Our country is in big trouble if the liberals get in. These moderates make me sick, but most of the liberals have no clue on how to solve problems with real solutions.<BR/><BR/> <BR/>-MrBest7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1162216192147089152006-10-30T08:49:00.000-05:002006-10-30T08:49:00.000-05:009:13 The point is you refute one silly point and ...9:13 The point is you refute one silly point and pretend you've won the argument. Sick-of-Anons won and you try distract.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1162131180105910642006-10-29T09:13:00.000-05:002006-10-29T09:13:00.000-05:00If you don't believe me, maybe you should refer to...If you don't believe me, maybe you should refer to the links that "sick-of-anonymous" posted earlier in this thread. I copied his links below.<BR/><BR/>http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.00025:<BR/>and<BR/>http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:SN01493:<BR/><BR/>Don't just look at the links, try clicking them. When your web browser updates with lots of words, try reading the words. When you read the words, "...abolishing the Internal Revenue Service" - its time to stop. My point will be successfully refuted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1162072211369098092006-10-28T17:50:00.000-04:002006-10-28T17:50:00.000-04:0010:29 Just because you say it is refuted does not...10:29 Just because you say it is refuted does not mean it's refuted. You've become the new Boortz and soon nobody, I among them, will read your repeitious propaganda. In fact, you may be Boortz. If not, you all sound alike. Who writes your dreary script?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1162045769552483432006-10-28T10:29:00.000-04:002006-10-28T10:29:00.000-04:00Actually, I did successfully refute the argument t...Actually, I did successfully refute the argument that the FairTax does not propose to abolish the IRS.<BR/><BR/>It does IN FACT propose to abolish the IRS. The point is succesfully refuted.<BR/><BR/>I'll refute his other lies and distortions of the FairTax in subsequent posts. I know you love my posts, so instead of posting once, I'll post many times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1161992252559529892006-10-27T19:37:00.000-04:002006-10-27T19:37:00.000-04:009:56 You've done what you always do. When the fac...9:56 You've done what you always do. When the facts have destroyed your argument, you take one aspect of the winning argument to refute as if that point represents the whole. And, not only that you never successful refute it but merely repeat your first comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1161957417927147972006-10-27T09:56:00.000-04:002006-10-27T09:56:00.000-04:00HR 25 does not abolish the IRS? Get a clue?To quot...HR 25 does not abolish the IRS? Get a clue?<BR/><BR/>To quote the first sentence of your second link posted above (8:19pm):<BR/><BR/>"A bill to promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States. "<BR/><BR/>Can you read the part that says "...abolishing the Internal Revenue Service" ?? Did you know that the Internal Revenue Service IS the IRS?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1161921823198138862006-10-27T00:03:00.000-04:002006-10-27T00:03:00.000-04:00This is the absolute last moment I will spend on t...This is the absolute last moment I will spend on the "FairTax" idiocy here, and only because our resident misinformed clown needs to be countered.<BR/><BR/>A family of 4 will get about $500 per month for their "necessities." Think long and hard about that in relation to the services and benefits that will absolutely dry up should this nonsense be enacted.<BR/><BR/>As the proposed legistlation reads, all new goods are subject to the tax, which definitely includes new homes. All new construction, but not existing homes, would be subject to the tax, currently pegged at 23%. New home construction would dry up. It's already crashing now.<BR/><BR/>Currently large ticket items paid in cash are considered suspect. You delude yourself by thinking that under a system where taxes are ONLY collected on sales that cash sales will not become even more suspect.<BR/><BR/>Baby Boomers have already paid 25 - 40% of their income in taxes on wages for 30+ years and will face an equally high tax rate anytime they buy something with the money they've saved for retirement. Income taxed their whole lives and now "FairTaxed" until death. Real nice. Real fair.<BR/><BR/>We're already dealing with manipulated "sin" taxes. You're a fool to think that will stop. 100% sales tax is not unimaginable.<BR/><BR/>Unlike income tax, sales tax is not indexed to inflation. Yes, inflation will kill you under "FairTax".<BR/><BR/>HR 25 does not abolish the IRS. Get a clue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1161917342643786942006-10-26T22:49:00.000-04:002006-10-26T22:49:00.000-04:00The Fair Tax is untenable. Just as 4:25 now finds ...The Fair Tax is untenable. Just as 4:25 now finds it necessary to work under the table because his income is taxed; under the Fair Tax he would, if he were a merchant, decide not to pay the collected tax to the government; or, if the buyer, he would seek out one of what would be a huge selection of black market dealers. "A man's gotta cheat, if a man's gotta cheat." Or, the rich would simply shop out of the country. Even now I have discovered businesses which have kept social security deductions for themselves rather than paying the government. They are easier to catch than a merchant would be. There would be no paper trail. The Fair Tax is a simplistic concept.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1161888348955225372006-10-26T14:45:00.000-04:002006-10-26T14:45:00.000-04:00sick-of-anons, It's refreshing to see that you ca...sick-of-anons,<BR/> It's refreshing to see that you cannot criticize the FairTax without changing and distorting the FairTax. You have done zero reasoned research on the FairTax. You do make some absurd claims about the Fairtax, though, some not as false as others.<BR/><BR/>-- -- -- --<BR/><BR/>1. The FairTax turns every business into a tax collector.<BR/><BR/>- This is as opposed to our current tax policy, which turns every individual into a personal tax collector. The FairTax makes it the responsibility of the provider of goods and services to collect taxes. This allows the famous April 15th, tax day, turn into a normal day. Individuals no longer have to file their taxes. No more taxes are taken from your paycheck. No more working under the table because your income is not taxed, there is no 'table' to work under. Illegal aliens, tourists, and every American will contribute to the tax system by consumption. The IRS is gone too. Did you know, it is estimated that it costs taxpayers $225 billion for tax filing, tax record keeping, etc..<BR/><BR/><BR/>2. We're likely to end up with both a national sales tax AND an income tax once Congress realizes what they've done.<BR/><BR/>-Congress would realize they gave up the ability to buy votes. Congress would have given up on the ability to use taxes and class warfare for social engineering projects. Power would come back to individual Americans. Offshore companies would want to move their headquarters INTO America, the new tax haven.<BR/><BR/><BR/>3. The rate of a national sales tax would be colossal.<BR/><BR/>- The national sales tax would go up, but other taxes would disappear. The extensive research behind HR 25, The FairTax Bill, shows that the average embedded taxes in every consumer product or service is about 22%. In some industries, such as leather goods, the embedded tax is smaller. In other industries, such as homebuilding and construction, the embedded tax is higher, but it averages out to somewhere between 22 and 23%. With the passage of The FairTax Bill, those embedded taxes disappear. These embedded taxes include the combined tax burdens of all entities involved in bringing those goods or services to market, and that includes you, the employee, and the taxes you incur as a result of your employment. <BR/><BR/>4. Inflation will kill you.<BR/><BR/>- No it won't, the Government sends every household a check for the cost of basic necessities every month. Prices will go up initially and the free market will stabilize it down.<BR/><BR/>5. The FairTax is monumentally unfair to retiring Baby Boomers.<BR/><BR/>- I think this is a lie, how is it unfair?<BR/><BR/>6. The national sales tax is subject to manipulation in even more direct ways than the income tax has been.<BR/><BR/>- This is a flat lie.<BR/><BR/>7. The tax will be used to track your entire financial life.<BR/><BR/>- This is another lie. BTW, the government can already track your entire financial life. Don't fool yourself; anyone with a computer can track your entire financial life.<BR/><BR/>8. The national sales tax will give government another reason to make cash purchases illegal.<BR/><BR/>- Another lie.<BR/><BR/>9. Because you'd pay 30% more for a new home than an existing one, new home sales and building would likely come to a screeching halt, and that really seems like something you've been hapring on endlessly here, is new home sales this and new home ownership that.<BR/><BR/>- Another lie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1161887564669134822006-10-26T14:32:00.000-04:002006-10-26T14:32:00.000-04:00Why is it, with all these bush and war supports, T...Why is it, with all these bush and war supports, There are SO MANY TROOPS on their 2nd 3rd and sometimes 4th tour of duty in irag?<BR/><BR/>Considering they (bush supporters) believe the cause is "speading freeeedumb, defeat them there, so we want have to fight them over here". It appear to me these republicans are sow your own butthole up, stupid cowards.<BR/><BR/>Until you join the army and marines and relieve our troops sometimes single mothers, on there 2nd and 3rd tour, you really need to shut the fuck up about stay the course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1161874841201524302006-10-26T11:00:00.000-04:002006-10-26T11:00:00.000-04:00It's so refreshing to see clowns like anon957 real...It's so refreshing to see clowns like anon957 really willing to seriously engage a topic and get to the heart of an issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1161871024196325182006-10-26T09:57:00.000-04:002006-10-26T09:57:00.000-04:00oooh that's the killer - it's unfair to Baby Boome...oooh that's the killer - it's unfair to Baby Boomers - The generation who has hurt America more than any other generation in American History.<BR/><BR/>Baby Boomers, the "Give Me Generation".<BR/><BR/>When all the Baby Boomers are gone and history has a fair chance of analyzing their generation, it will show that the Baby Boomers destroyed America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1161821959453286622006-10-25T20:19:00.000-04:002006-10-25T20:19:00.000-04:00If only I could post the TM trademark symbol here ...If only I could post the TM trademark symbol here to respond to the tiresome clown who is on and on and on and on about the "FairTax" or "FAIRTAX" depending on his degree of mental instability........ so here ya go!!!!<BR/><BR/>The "FairTax" as proposed in HR25 and S1943 is designed to put every single American household on welfare. Don't think so? Go read for yourself:<BR/>http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.00025:<BR/>and<BR/>http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:SN01493:<BR/><BR/>Yeah, what a fabulous idea!<BR/><BR/>Fairly reasoned research indicates that under the "FairTax":<BR/>-The FairTax turns every business into a tax collector.<BR/>-We're likely to end up with both a national sales tax AND an income tax once Congress realizes what they've done.<BR/>-The rate of a national sales tax would be colossal.<BR/>-Inflation will kill you.<BR/>-The FairTax is monumentally unfair to retiring Baby Boomers.<BR/>-The national sales tax is subject to manipulation in even more direct ways than the income tax has been.<BR/>-The tax will be used to track your entire financial life.<BR/>-The national sales tax will give government another reason to make cash purchases illegal.<BR/>-Because you'd pay 30% more for a new home than an existing one, new home sales and building would likely come to a screeching halt, and that really seems like something you've been hapring on endlessly here, is new home sales this and new home ownership that.<BR/><BR/>Now that your idiotic concept has been dealt with in detail, you really should go crawl back under your rock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1161807406708825912006-10-25T16:16:00.000-04:002006-10-25T16:16:00.000-04:00Creative loans, such as no down and interest only,...Creative loans, such as no down and interest only, drove many people to buy beyond their means in the housing market. Variable interest rates have ballooned house payments for some Americans making it difficult to make ends meet. That's reality. Not Bush created this wonderful(non-existant) economy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1161800608715412652006-10-25T14:23:00.000-04:002006-10-25T14:23:00.000-04:00Don't hate the rich or more successful?Support the...Don't hate the rich or more successful?<BR/><BR/>Support the FAIRTAX!!<BR/><BR/>Tax consumption, not income.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1161799372616626172006-10-25T14:02:00.000-04:002006-10-25T14:02:00.000-04:009:43 Nancy Pelosi, Reid, all the Kennedys; Bill G...9:43 Nancy Pelosi, Reid, all the Kennedys; Bill Gates, Jesse Jackson, Kerry, Edwards, Obama, Barbara Streisand, Bill and Hillary, Oprah, - well, you get the picture (or maybe YOU don't). There are so many Democrats richer and more successful than I, and I don't hate even one of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1161799116494919562006-10-25T13:58:00.000-04:002006-10-25T13:58:00.000-04:009:43 AM> Quiz: What was the party affiliation of ...9:43 AM> Quiz: What was the party affiliation of the most fiscally successful President in the last century? Here's a hint: William J. Clinton<BR/><BR/>Now what is the party affiliation of the least fiscally responsible president that currently resides in the White House?<BR/><BR/>Want to go over your Democrats don't understand supply and demand bullsh*t again?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1161798592033158792006-10-25T13:49:00.000-04:002006-10-25T13:49:00.000-04:0010:05 Gore won Florida which gave him the electo...10:05 Gore won Florida which gave him the electoral so he was elected president. Does hearing the truth reach your brain, inasmuch as your silly response had nothing to do with the discussion of the economy, the post to which you were referring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1161787777044153092006-10-25T10:49:00.000-04:002006-10-25T10:49:00.000-04:0010:05, if you want to get technical, that no one '...10:05, if you want to get technical, that no one 'owns' a house until it's paid for....<BR/><BR/>America is NOT a Democracy. It's a Republic. You don't directly vote for a President. Gore winning the popular vote in 2000 means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, because we are not a Democracy. Does getting technical make you feel better?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1161785101656065832006-10-25T10:05:00.000-04:002006-10-25T10:05:00.000-04:009:43 No one owns a house until it's paid for.9:43 No one owns a house until it's paid for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1161783790245683762006-10-25T09:43:00.000-04:002006-10-25T09:43:00.000-04:00Housing may be settling OFF A RECORD PEAK, but it ...Housing may be settling OFF A RECORD PEAK, but it is at ALL-TIME HIGH's for total home ownership, first-time home owners, and minority home ownership.<BR/><BR/>Democrats never seem to understand basic things like supply-and-demand, cause-and-effect, and that on the other side of every peak is a drop.<BR/><BR/>Greenspan iterated many times that people cannot expect the housing boom to continue forever. This doesn't take away from the FACT that under the Bush administration more people were able to buy a house, especially first time home owners and minorities.<BR/><BR/>It looks like Democrats don't understand this. It's quite possible they got left in the dust during this boom, after all, the government wasn't GIVING houses away. How else would Democrats get a house??<BR/><BR/>Sick-Of-Anons,<BR/> I guess you can't explain why you are against the FairTax without showing your hatred of people with more money and success than yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1161751165480044582006-10-25T00:39:00.000-04:002006-10-25T00:39:00.000-04:00Sick of Anons...Thanks for the comments on the hou...Sick of Anons...Thanks for the comments on the housing situation. The GOP zombies don't ever delve into the reality end of things. They only know to spill out kool-aid drinker thinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com