Comments on: AEI Awards Loyal Bushie John Howard With Its Annual ‘Irving Kristol Award’ http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:14:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: christopher wiwi http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-2/#comment-4293289 christopher wiwi Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:44:04 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4293289 A BUSHCO CRIME FAMILY member from "DOWN UNDER". How refreshing!!!!! A BUSHCO CRIME FAMILY member from “DOWN UNDER”. How refreshing!!!!!

]]> By: deon http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-2/#comment-4291947 deon Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:55:51 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4291947 now you all have honest john over there with all his neofriends, please keep him on display as a fossil of Neanderthal man - no one wants him back down here - with a bit of luck he'll offer to help the cons loose their seats now you all have honest john over there with all his neofriends, please keep him on display as a fossil of Neanderthal man –
no one wants him back down here -
with a bit of luck he’ll offer to help the cons loose their seats

]]> By: tombaker http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-2/#comment-4291625 tombaker Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:21:41 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4291625 thinkbalanced??? wtf is that, a new breakfast cereal from Fox?? "concern-trolling" is so 2005 - do try to catch up, won't you?? thinkbalanced???

wtf is that, a new breakfast cereal from Fox??

“concern-trolling” is so 2005 – do try to catch up, won’t you??

]]> By: Leftside Annie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-2/#comment-4291572 Leftside Annie Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:30:23 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4291572 49 - Har har har!!! Just like "other points of view would at least be entertained" at RedState and other right-whinge sites. Boo-frickety-hoo, tittybaby. 49 – Har har har!!! Just like “other points of view would at least be entertained” at RedState and other right-whinge sites.

Boo-frickety-hoo, tittybaby.

]]> By: flavorino http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-2/#comment-4291553 flavorino Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:15:19 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4291553 <em></em><em>A Little History on Irving Kristol and Neo-Conservatism… Neoconservatism is a mental illness. It originated from a man named Leo Strauss. Straussianism was brought to America by Bill Kristol’s father Irving. Straussians believe in two things: (1) The “Noble Lie” and (2) You and I need Kings to make decisions for us because we are too stupid. Strauss,…believed in the inherent inequality of humanity. Most people, he taught, are too stupid to make informed decisions about their political affairs. Elite philosophers must decide on affairs of state for us. Strauss believed that allowing citizens to govern themselves will lead, inevitably, to terror and tyranny, as the Weimar Republic succumbed to the Nazis in the 1930s. A ruling elite of political philosophers must make those decisions because it is the only group smart enough. And it must resort to deception — Strauss’s “noble lie” — to protect citizens from themselves. The elite must hide the truth from the public by writing in code. Using metaphors and cryptic language, philosophers communicated one message for the elite, and another message for “the unsophisticated general population”. For Strauss, the art of concealment and secrecy was among the greatest legacies. Comment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda — March 6, 2008 @ 2:07 pm </em> Thanks that explains alot, but ... I'm not sure if that means that Little Billy Kristol is wrong all the time because his brains are scrambled or because he is lying all the time. A Little History on Irving Kristol and Neo-Conservatism…

Neoconservatism is a mental illness. It originated from a man named Leo Strauss. Straussianism was brought to America by Bill Kristol’s father Irving.

Straussians believe in two things: (1) The “Noble Lie” and (2) You and I need Kings to make decisions for us because we are too stupid.
Strauss,…believed in the inherent inequality of humanity. Most people, he taught, are too stupid to make informed decisions about their political affairs. Elite philosophers must decide on affairs of state for us. Strauss believed that allowing citizens to govern themselves will lead, inevitably, to terror and tyranny, as the Weimar Republic succumbed to the Nazis in the 1930s.

A ruling elite of political philosophers must make those decisions because it is the only group smart enough. And it must resort to deception — Strauss’s “noble lie” — to protect citizens from themselves. The elite must hide the truth from the public by writing in code. Using metaphors and cryptic language, philosophers communicated one message for the elite, and another message for “the unsophisticated general population”.
For Strauss, the art of concealment and secrecy was among the greatest legacies.

Comment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda — March 6, 2008 @ 2:07 pm

Thanks that explains alot, but …
I’m not sure if that means that Little Billy Kristol is wrong all the time because his brains are scrambled or because he is lying all the time.

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-2/#comment-4291519 ForTruth Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:35:59 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4291519 Did Good_Golly reinvent itself? Did Good_Golly reinvent itself?

]]> By: Cal Malenky http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-1/#comment-4291518 Cal Malenky Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:34:30 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4291518 Send Howard to his prison camp on Nauru for retirement. Send Howard to his prison camp on Nauru for retirement.

]]> By: ThinkBalanced http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-1/#comment-4291313 ThinkBalanced Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:27:19 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4291313 If this was honest dialogue, any dissenters would not be immediately marginalized as "trolls" and other points of view would at least be entertained. If this was honest dialogue, any dissenters would not be immediately marginalized as “trolls” and other points of view would at least be entertained.

]]> By: ralph the wonder llama http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-1/#comment-4291275 ralph the wonder llama Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:13:48 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4291275 <em>I contend this site–and the comments contained within its message board–to be pretty representative of the middle-of-the-road point of view, right? It’s even-handed to call Republicans “Bushies” and “pukes,” right? Comment by ThinkBalanced — March 6, 2008 @ 3:07 pm</em> Oh, wow. I've never actually seen a dishonest conflation at its spring-fed source before. I contend this site–and the comments contained within its message board–to be pretty representative of the middle-of-the-road point of view, right? It’s even-handed to call Republicans “Bushies” and “pukes,” right?

Comment by ThinkBalanced — March 6, 2008 @ 3:07 pm

Oh, wow. I’ve never actually seen a dishonest conflation at its spring-fed source before.

]]> By: ThinkBalanced http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-1/#comment-4291262 ThinkBalanced Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:07:50 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4291262 How could he honestly make such a bold statement about the "left leaning" media? I contend this site--and the comments contained within its message board--to be pretty representative of the middle-of-the-road point of view, right? It's even-handed to call Republicans "Bushies" and "pukes," right? How could he honestly make such a bold statement about the “left leaning” media? I contend this site–and the comments contained within its message board–to be pretty representative of the middle-of-the-road point of view, right? It’s even-handed to call Republicans “Bushies” and “pukes,” right?

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-1/#comment-4291216 ForTruth Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:52:10 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4291216 Liberals "grip" educational institutions because pukes aren't interested in education. Pukes don't want to teach due to the low pay. Pukes don't want to help others. Facts and education have a liberal bias. Liberals “grip” educational institutions because pukes aren’t interested in education. Pukes don’t want to teach due to the low pay. Pukes don’t want to help others.

Facts and education have a liberal bias.

]]> By: tarazan http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-1/#comment-4291215 tarazan Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:51:52 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4291215 That's a shameful award. It is the Oscar of Neocons. Howard shamed Ausralia by licking feet of Krisrols and Neocons, flying thousands of miles from Australia to get this stinking award. Howard still lusting for power,after Australians got rid of him and his policies. That’s a shameful award. It is the Oscar of Neocons.
Howard shamed Ausralia by licking feet of Krisrols and Neocons, flying thousands of miles from Australia to get this stinking award.
Howard still lusting for power,after Australians got rid of him and his policies.

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-1/#comment-4291203 ForTruth Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:48:43 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4291203 "Shut up shuttin' up" -Bugs Hussein Bunny “Shut up shuttin’ up”

-Bugs Hussein Bunny

]]> By: LividLib http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-1/#comment-4291191 LividLib Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:43:39 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4291191 Ahhhh, Shut Up! - Bugs Hussein Bunny Ahhhh, Shut Up!

- Bugs Hussein Bunny

]]> By: toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-1/#comment-4291187 toasterhead Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:41:41 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4291187 <i>36 - toasterhead — Just turn on FUX and watch Billo ‘n Sean ‘n Beck. That’ll hold you til the RNC. ;o) ~Hussein Annie Comment by Leftside Annie — March 6, 2008 @ 2:36 pm</i> Yay! Don't forget the Brown Haired Guy Who Isn't Steve Doocy! 36 – toasterhead — Just turn on FUX and watch Billo ‘n Sean ‘n Beck. That’ll hold you til the RNC. ;o)

~Hussein Annie

Comment by Leftside Annie — March 6, 2008 @ 2:36 pm

Yay!

Don’t forget the Brown Haired Guy Who Isn’t Steve Doocy!

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-1/#comment-4291176 RUCerious Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:38:47 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4291176 Throw another loser on the barbie, mate! <em>RHUsseinCerious</em> Throw another loser on the barbie, mate!
RHUsseinCerious

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-1/#comment-4291174 RUCerious Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:38:11 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4291174 Band of Losers. Band of Losers.

]]> By: Leftside Annie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-1/#comment-4291170 Leftside Annie Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:36:51 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4291170 36 - toasterhead --- Just turn on FUX and watch Billo 'n Sean 'n Beck. That'll hold you til the RNC. ;o) ~Hussein Annie 36 – toasterhead — Just turn on FUX and watch Billo ‘n Sean ‘n Beck. That’ll hold you til the RNC. ;o)

~Hussein Annie

]]> By: tombaker http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-1/#comment-4291169 tombaker Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:35:41 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4291169 Isn't Howard that loser from Australia, who got run out of office for kissing too much Bushbutt?? Now he's joining the "Old Paranoid Reactionary Righty Blowhard Guild" well, bfd. Isn’t Howard that loser from Australia, who got run out of office for kissing too much Bushbutt??

Now he’s joining the “Old Paranoid Reactionary Righty Blowhard Guild”

well, bfd.

]]> By: Leporello http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/comment-page-1/#comment-4291162 Leporello Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:31:01 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/06/john-howard-aei/#comment-4291162 A constitional amendment to allow someone even crazier than Bush to run for office?!?!?! Yet another new low! As I've said before, stupidity is superior to the speed of light. Why? Because, unlike the speed of light, stupidity has no limit. Impeach Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution! Hussein Bin Leporello. A constitional amendment to allow someone even crazier than Bush to run for office?!?!?! Yet another new low! As I’ve said before, stupidity is superior to the speed of light. Why? Because, unlike the speed of light, stupidity has no limit.
Impeach Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!

Hussein Bin Leporello.

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