tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post1225018110246506702..comments2023-10-17T05:44:23.781-04:00Comments on COAST - Fighting for the taxpayers, not working against them!: Dr. Evil Headlines Mini-Me FundraiserCOASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-35525687426992709612008-10-13T08:47:00.000-04:002008-10-13T08:47:00.000-04:00Mark, the point is, if you throw in your gay-bashi...Mark, the point is, if you throw in your gay-bashing rants amid your fiscal conservative stuff, just admit what you're doing and why. (Anon 1:17 p.m. is at least honest with his sad views, and is clearly the type of COASTer you're trying to appeal to through your gay-bashing emails).<BR/><BR/>Don't throw in needless insults and then try to pretend you haven't. You're not fooling anyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-78537185080471919252008-10-12T21:21:00.000-04:002008-10-12T21:21:00.000-04:00Mark,I take some of your points, but I still think...Mark,<BR/><BR/>I take some of your points, but I still think you could have left out all the references to "family values", "pro life" and "Frank, openly homosexual since 1987, also founded the Stonewall Democrats" without in any way diluting your central (and valid) point about Frank's role in the financial crisis and the comparison between the Frank Rule and the COAST rule.<BR/><BR/>I recall a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-6279567894385389272008-10-10T17:08:00.000-04:002008-10-10T17:08:00.000-04:00You/COAST worked with CCV to circulate some nonsen...You/COAST worked with CCV to circulate some nonsense gay-bashing email earlier this year as well. It's obvious what you're doing----gay-bashing to score points and undermine people. Why hide now, pretending you're not?(particularly ironic when you're accusing Driehaus of hiding)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-21064597562661357202008-10-10T10:32:00.000-04:002008-10-10T10:32:00.000-04:00Anon 9:08,You're going to have to explain yourself...Anon 9:08,<BR/><BR/>You're going to have to explain yourself because I don't see it.<BR/><BR/>I bashed Barney Frank for his censure, just as I would if he were running a call-girl service, and for ruining our economy by being a fiscal putz. And I bashed Steve Driehaus for being a hypocrite liberal trying to hide under a cloak of false conservatism.<BR/><BR/>I named the "COAST Rule" in homage to Mark Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15155390616574310800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-25790492419032721302008-10-10T09:08:00.000-04:002008-10-10T09:08:00.000-04:00Mr. Miller -Just several months ago, COAST did ano...Mr. Miller -<BR/><BR/>Just several months ago, COAST did another gay-bashing article as well, and there was no financial aspect to the story at all. The pattern is clear.<BR/><BR/>Very sad example you're setting for your son.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-81297852494612997732008-10-09T12:33:00.000-04:002008-10-09T12:33:00.000-04:00Anon 11:36,You're quite correct that there is plen...Anon 11:36,<BR/><BR/>You're quite correct that there is plenty of blame to go around. And the mud slinging isn't on both sides isn't productive. But this is an enormous problem and unless we learn from history, we're doomed to repeat it.<BR/><BR/>Congress as a whole gutted the Glass-Steagall Act with the Commodity Futures Modernization Act and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Republican contributors Mark Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15155390616574310800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-55851291950981437812008-10-09T12:07:00.000-04:002008-10-09T12:07:00.000-04:00Anon 9:20,I wrote the piece and my son helped me w...Anon 9:20,<BR/><BR/>I wrote the piece and my son helped me with the artwork. I agree that abortion and sexual orientation are separate issues, unrelated to fiscal responsibility. And I do care about keeping them separate. In fact one of the reasons we founded COAST was to pursue a conservative agenda on fiscal issues without getting bogged down in social contraversy. It was also partly to fill Mark Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15155390616574310800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-28019039064699036402008-10-09T11:36:00.000-04:002008-10-09T11:36:00.000-04:00"The same Barney Frank who caused the current fina..."The same Barney Frank who caused the current financial crisis"<BR/><BR/>Really?? So HE is the one to blame?? I'm sick of hearing the blame being pinned on one person and one party. The FACT is that there is plenty of blame to go around on BOTH parties. Isn't their enough mud-slinging going on already?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-15910881349921449822008-10-09T09:20:00.000-04:002008-10-09T09:20:00.000-04:00pardon my ignorance, but what does someone's sexua...pardon my ignorance, but what does someone's sexual orientation or position on abortion have to do with your stated purpose of "opposing additional taxes and spending"?<BR/><BR/>Has it occurred to you (and, if so, do you care) that there are plenty of us who share your views on fiscal responsibiltiy wihtout sharing your apparent views on completely unrelated social issues?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-37471174063463670552008-10-05T12:25:00.000-04:002008-10-05T12:25:00.000-04:00Driehaus apparently didn't get the memo. Send him ...Driehaus apparently didn't get the memo. Send him another one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com