ThinkFast: May 30, 2008
ThinkFast: May 30, 2008
Bowing to a court order, the White House released a long-delayed report yesterday on the “mainly harmful, impact of human-caused global warming in the United States.” According to new projections in the report, “the poor, elderly and communities with lagging public-health and public-works systems will face outsize health risks from warming.”
The U.S. military suspended a Marine yesterday “for distributing coins quoting the Gospel to Sunni Muslims” in Fallujah. The incident has “enraged Iraqis who view it as the latest example of American disrespect for Islam.” Residents of the Iraqi city perceived the effort as “a ‘humiliating‘ attempt to convert them to Christianity.”
The Los Angeles Times writes that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “is taking a serious drubbing on YouTube. … Six of the top 10 videos returned by a ‘John McCain’ YouTube search Thursday pegged the 71-year-old as inconsistent, extreme, wooden or a combination of the three.” View some of these videos by Brave New Films here.
Yesterday, a bipartisan group of 20 former U.S. attorneys — including two who served under President Bush — urged a federal judge Thursday to reject the administration’s “assertion of blanket immunity for presidential chief of staff Joshua Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers in the congressional investigation.”
According to a new report by the Commonwealth Fund, the “number of uninsured U.S. young adults, who already represent a major chunk of the American population without health coverage, rose again in 2006.” “Based on census data, 13.7 million people aged 19 to 29 had no health insurance, either public or private, in 2006, up from 13.3 million in 2005.”
Three months after a congressional deadline, the White House “named a special inspector general to search for possible fraud and abuse in the funding of Afghanistan’s reconstruction yesterday.” While Afghanistan has largely escaped the intense scrutiny Congress has given Iraq, one official noted that “a lot of the same problems exist.”
FIFA, the world’s governing body for soccer, “abruptly lifted the suspension of Iraq’s soccer association on Thursday, easing concerns that Iraq’s team, a rare symbol of national unity, would be banned from the 2010 World Cup.” The organization suspended the team earlier this week after the Iraqi government disbanded Iraq’s Olympic Committee.
CIA Director Michael Hayden said yesterday that al Qaeda is “essentially defeated in Iraq and Saudi Arabia and on the defensive throughout much of the rest of the world.” “While cautioning that al Qaeda remains a serious threat,” Hayden’s assessment is “strikingly upbeat” after his agency warned last year of new threats from a resurgent al Qaeda.
And finally: The Examiner reports, “The Kiss Army fan club has an enthusiastic new recruit: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. In a departure from her normally staid diplomatic duties, Rice met the legendary glam rock quartet when they happened to share a hotel in the Swedish capital.” Rice said she was “thrilled,” adding that her favorite song by the group is “Rock and Roll All Nite.”
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Who’s to blame for the biggest financial catastrophe of our time? There are plenty of culprits, but one candidate for lead perp is former Sen. Phil Gramm. Eight years ago, as part of a decades-long anti-regulatory crusade, Gramm pulled a sly legislative maneuver that greased the way to the multibillion-dollar subprime meltdown. Yet has Gramm been reviled as the villain who bankrupted Middle America? Hardly. Now a well-paid executive at a USB Swiss bank, Gramm cochairs Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign and advises the Republican candidate on economic matters.
Gramm also opposed an sec rule that would have prohibited accounting firms from getting too close to the companies they audited , according to Levitt’s memoir, he warned the sec chairman that if the commission adopted the rule, its funding would be cut. And in 1999, Gramm pushed through a historic banking deregulation bill that decimated Depression-era firewalls between commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, and securities firms-setting off a wave of merger mania.
In December 2000, as Congress and the White House were hammering out a $384-billion omnibus spending bill, Gramm slipped in a measure called the Commodity Futures Modernization Act. Written with the help of financial industry lobbyists and cosponsored by Senator Richard Lugar (R-Ind.). Few lawmakers had either the opportunity or inclination to read the version of the bill Gramm inserted. “Nobody in either chamber had any knowledge of what was going on or what was in it,” says a congressional aide familiar with the bill’s history.
For starters, the legislation contained a provision — lobbied for by Enron, a generous contributor to Gramm — that exempted energy trading from regulatory oversight, allowing Enron to run rampant, wreck the California electricity market, and cost consumers billions before it collapsed. (Eight years earlier, his wife, Wendy Gramm, as cftc chairwoman, had pushed through a rule excluding Enron’s energy futures contracts from government oversight. Wendy later joined the company’s board, and in the following years her Enron salary and stock income brought between $915,000 and $1.8 million into the Gramm household.)
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/29/9274/
Gramm was getting rid of the safeguards that had been put in place after the Depression. He taught ecomonics at Texas A&M University for 12 years. So any argument that he couldn’t foresee this happening is absolute bullsh!t. With the de-regulation came all the sub-prime loans and with the swap-related provisions of Gramm’s bill, no one made sure the banks and hedge funds had the assets to cover the losses they guaranteed. A $62 trillion dollar market, with the approval of Alan Greenspan and Treasury secretary Larry Summers, was basically unregulated.
The USB bank that Gramm works for had to write off $37 billion dollars this spring. John McCain is quoted as saying “Gramm is his economic Guru”. They deserve each other.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:04 amBowing to a court order, the White House released a long-delayed report yesterday on the “mainly harmful, impact of human-caused global warming in the United States.” According to new projections in the report, “the poor, elderly and communities with lagging public-health and public-works systems will face outsize health risks from warming.
Some of the highlights (lowlights):
_ Increased heat deaths and deaths from climate-worsened smog. In Los Angeles alone yearly heat fatalities could increase by more than 1,000 by 2080, and the Midwest and Northeast are most vulnerable to increased heat deaths.
_ Worsening water shortages for agriculture and urban users. From California to New York, lack of water will be an issue.
_ A need for billions of dollars in more power plants (one major cause of global warming gases) to cool a hotter country. The report says summer cooling will mean Seattle’s energy consumption would increase by 146 percent with the warming that could come by the end of the century.
_ More death and damage from wildfires, hurricanes and other natural disasters and extreme weather. In the last three decades, wildfire season in the West has increased by 78 days.
_ Increased insect infestations and food- and waterborne microbes and diseases. Insect and pathogen outbreaks to the forests are causing $1.5 billion in annual losses.
“Finally, climate change is very likely to accentuate the disparities already evident in the American health care system,” the report said. “Many of the expected health effects are likely to fall disproportionately on the poor, the elderly, the disabled and the uninsured.”
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g6O97RBP7Jq-1ji5FmxDo95o__NgD90VFKUO3
**They finally released the report 4 years late. Nothing we didn’t know but they finally acknowledged human impact on climate change.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:05 amYeah, alQaeda is mostly defeated, the surge is a great success, how much more propaganda ya got loaded in your catapult?
May 30th, 2008 at 9:06 am“Rice met the legendary glam rock quartet (Kiss) when they happened to share a hotel in the Swedish capital.”
How convenient… doesn’t Gene Simmons have a shoe fetish too?
May 30th, 2008 at 9:08 amGovernment’s Oil Investigation 6 Months Underway
Federal regulators are six months into a wide-ranging investigation of U.S. oil markets, with a focus on possible price manipulation. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission says it started the probe in December and is taking the unusual step of publicizing it “because of today’s unprecedented market conditions.” Crude prices have risen more than 42 percent since early December, when they hovered below $90 a barrel. Gasoline prices are nearing a national average of $4 a gallon, up from about $3.20 a year ago.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/29/governments-oil-investiga_n_104130.html
Fox asks viewers for ‘voter fraud’ stories
Fox News has now set out to find the evidence of fraud that the Bush Department of Justice could not, whipping up their audience with the threat of non-citizens “getting a fake ID, a driver’s license, or a social security card and voting in this year’s election.”
Brad Friedman of BradBlog suggested, “You heard ‘em, kids. Fox is looking for voter fraud! Feel free to email them this link documenting the no-uncertain-terms case of Ann Coulter having committed voter fraud in Palm Beach County, Florida! … Let ‘em know I sent you, in case they have any further questions. I’ll be happy to speak to them, and help ‘em root out those voter fraud criminals!”
At his blog, Friedman has charged that Coulter “knowingly lied about her address on her voter registration form in Palm Beach County, Florida; proceeded to break the law again by knowingly voting at the wrong precinct; then lied about it repeatedly; hired a former Bush attorney to protect her ass; and even called in her FBI ex-boyfriend to save her bacon when it looked like the Palm Beach County Sheriff might actually have the balls to bring charges.”
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Fox_encourages_voter_fraud_stories_from_0528.html
I would love to see Ann Coulter convicted of voter fraud. Fox is worried about illegal immigrants voting, how ironic that their own political commentator committed voter fraud. Between Ann’s voter fraud and Rupert Murdoch saying “Obama is going to win by a landslide”, just might put Bill O’Rielly over the top. I think heavy sedation is in Bill’s future so that he can cope.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:10 amAhhhh, our unique Sec/State…
If the shoe fits, KISS it.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:10 amRUCerious Says:
Yeah, alQaeda is mostly defeated, the surge is a great success, how much more propaganda ya got loaded in your catapult?
It’s interesting, though, because I would have expected the full press IslamofascistsWillBlowYouUpAndRapeYourChildren fear parade to be starting up, not the RepublicansSavedYourAssForever back-patting parade.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:11 amGene now has 10,001 pictures of women he has nailed.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:11 amGene Simmons’ tongue is longer than Condi’s foot…
(I’ll stop now.)
May 30th, 2008 at 9:12 amThe Los Angeles Times writes that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “is taking a serious drubbing on YouTube. …
“That’s right folks, don’t touch that dial!”
May 30th, 2008 at 9:13 amThe fun has just begun!
OK, just one more…
Could Gene Simmon’s tongue bridge the gap?
May 30th, 2008 at 9:15 amSmoke a Joint and Your Whole Family Could End Up Homeless
Drug addiction is bad. But the war on drugs is worse. Courtland Milloy of the Washington Post wrote a heart-breaking story that exemplifies the wasteful and counterproductive way our society deals with illegal drug use. Mr. Milloy talks about Frances Johnson, a 68-year-old grandmother in Washington, D.C. who faces eviction simply because her grandson was arrested for possessing a small amount of marijuana. The federal government’s public housing system has a “one strike and you’re out” policy for any drug law violation — even if that violation occurs miles away from home.
How does our society benefit from making homeless a whole family because of a little bit of marijuana? Why are we punishing Ms. Johnson who herself did nothing wrong? Does anyone really believe such draconian policies will help reduce marijuana use? How will an eviction affect her grandson’s chances for recovery? Should any family be kicked out of their home for a loved one’s drug use?
For 40 years, we have been waging a “war on drugs.” Just what does our $40 billion-a-year drug war get us? Our prisons are exploding with nonviolent drug offenders; families are kicked out of housing when many have done nothing wrong; thousands die from street violence generated by prohibition’s lucrative black market; and drugs remain as plentiful and easy to obtain as ever.
Enough is enough. Ms. Johnson should not be more “collateral damage” from this unwinnable war.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/86678/
This policy doesn’t apply if you’re from a middle class or rich family. It is a racist policy that is inhumane to the poorest people in our society. When is the last time someone with money even spent a night in jail for HARD DRUGS (Like Cocaine). They get community service work, that is never actually done. We are talking about one joint, this is beyond ludicrous.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:16 amgummitch Says:
It’s interesting, though, because I would have expected the full press IslamofascistsWillBlowYouUpAndRapeYourChildren fear parade to be starting up, not the RepublicansSavedYourAssForever back-patting parade.
This is all an attempt by the Republicans not to take a drubbing in November. They need some kind of help because everything the Republicans have done for the last 8 years works against every Republican who is up for re-election. Plus McCain needs some help because he knows that the war IS NOT a platform to run on. So now they will say “look here, AQ in Iraq is defeated, the surge worked and everything is going swell in Iraq”. We all know it’s a lie, though. I doubt there ever was an AQ in Iraq. I believe that a group of insurgents that wanted to look big and bad called themselves AQ, but that’s all there was.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:18 amwhat did you miss??:
Murdoch predicts McCain will lose:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/ 2008/ 05/ 29/ murdoch-predicts-mccain-will-lose/
“While calling himself a friend of McCain, Murdoch said his lengthy stint in Congress has led the Arizona senator to make so many compromises that it is not clear where he stands on the major issues. He also called McCain “unpredictable,” and questioned his knowledge on economic issues. “
May 30th, 2008 at 9:19 amAccording to the Republican’s plan, “the poor, elderly and communities with lagging public-health and public-works systems will face outsize health risks from warming.”
May 30th, 2008 at 9:21 amsorry..link here:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/29/murdoch-predicts-mccain-will-lose/
May 30th, 2008 at 9:22 amOf course Kiss is Condi’s favorite rock band. They’re a group of talentless hacks who put style over substance and macho poses over reality. And their fan base is made up of adolescent huffers who take no responsibility for their actions and live in their parents’ basements, or the back room of the trailer.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:25 amPentagon To Shift Funds To Pay for Iraq War
The Pentagon plans to shift $9.7 billion of its overall budget to pay for war operations but warned on Wednesday it will run out of money if the U.S. Congress does not approve more funding by mid-July. The Defense Department, with major operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, sent Congress requests to transfer $5.7 billion to the Army’s personnel account from the personnel accounts of other branches of the U.S. armed services. It also asked Congress for permission to move $4 billion from the services’ operations and maintenance accounts to the Army and U.S. Special Operations Command, whose troops train local security forces and conduct counterterrorism missions.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/29/9297/
Congress needs to stop funding this war, that would put a halt to it real quick. But first they need to find the $15 billion dollars for Iraq reconstruction that is MIA.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:26 amThis is bush/cheney preparing to leave office as successful warriors. Whoever is the next president will see these quotes again as soon as AQ decides to resume attacks in Iraq or anywhere in the world. I’m certain bush will not fade away, he will be boasting about how he saved the world from terrorism and now all his marvelous work is being lost because the new president (and congress) aren’t following his blueprint to save the USA. This man’s ego is too big and insecure to allow us be done with him just yet!
May 30th, 2008 at 9:29 amThe U.S. military suspended a Marine yesterday “for distributing coins quoting the Gospel to Sunni Muslims” in Fallujah. The incident has “enraged Iraqis who view it as the latest example of American disrespect for Islam.” Residents of the Iraqi city perceived the effort as “a ‘humiliating‘ attempt to convert them to Christianity.”
Hmmm… That feeling of “a ‘humiliating‘ attempt to convert them to Christianity” is vaguely familiar here in America… LOL
It’s funny how few people who tout the bibles have actually read any one of them.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:33 amWTF was with the white Pastor dissing Hillary?
They had to know the first thing that would happen is Obama would be back under the media’s religious microscope. Was it to just grab headlines? If so, who benefits? I don’t get it.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:35 amBowing to a court order, the White House released a long-delayed report yesterday on the “mainly harmful, impact of human-caused global warming in the United States.” According to new projections in the report, “the poor, elderly and communities with lagging public-health and public-works systems will face outsize health risks from warming.”
Odd how often statements based on common sense surprise our illustrious leaders… Like they thought that by keeping this information secret that we couldn’t deduce this obvious fact for ourselves? Sheesh!
May 30th, 2008 at 9:37 amSo, which church is providing these ‘christian’ coins in Iraq?
May 30th, 2008 at 9:38 amInquiring minds want to know.
I think the right wing is going to be flooding all sorts of areas where Obama may have been in an attempt to bury him in an avalanche of ‘guilt by association’ smears.
So, if Obama’s 3rd Grade teacher once said something vaguely controversial, we’ll probably be hearing about it pretty soon.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:38 amThe U.S. military suspended a Marine yesterday “for distributing coins quoting the Gospel to Sunni Muslims” in Fallujah. The incident has “enraged Iraqis who view it as the latest example of American disrespect for Islam.”
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Just a couple of questions:
1. What, exactly, happens when a Marine is “suspended”? Is he ordered to stand down in a relatively safe, combat-free place? Is he sent home? If so, there may be more coin distributors in the future.
2. Are we really surprised that some of our troops lack sensitivity toward Muslims and view their faith as heretical when their entire orientation to the culture consists of terms like “Islamofascist”, “jihadist”, etc.?
Our troops (and American civilians, too!) need to learn the difference between Muslims and terrorists. If we are to truly help the people we’re trying to help (if it’s true we’re not over there merely to rape and pillage their country), we must respect them first. This also means that the occasional American who does something to offend them must receive actual discipline — not just something done for show.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:38 amCondy-cane didn’t actually meet Kiss — she only met half of Kiss; it ain’t Kiss without Ace Frehley and Peter Criss…
Oops — Bobwurst, I hope that knowing that much about Kiss doesn’t make me an adolescent huffer who lives in my parent’s basement or something… ;-)
May 30th, 2008 at 9:39 amNevar Says: “That’s right folks, don’t touch that dial!”
The fun has just begun!
After months of watching the contest between Obama and Clinton, two highly intelligent and qualified people, the new contest between Obama and McCain is like watching a professional baseball team take on a little league team. McCain is a serious joke. He truly has brought the level of political discourse down into the gutter.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:42 amCIA Director Michael Hayden said yesterday that al Qaeda is “essentially defeated in Iraq and Saudi Arabia and on the defensive throughout much of the rest of the world.”
Since when has al Qaeda been acknowledged to be operating out of Saudi Arabia?
May 30th, 2008 at 9:42 amFormer prosecutors challenge White House immunity claim
Twenty former U.S. attorneys, both Republicans and Democrats, urged a federal judge Thursday to intervene in a constitutional battle over whether two White House officials should be forced to testify before Congress about the firings of nine U.S. attorneys.
The former top prosecutors, including two who served under President Bush, argue in court papers that the judge should reject the Bush administration’s assertion of blanket immunity for presidential chief of staff Joshua Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers in the congressional investigation.
Democrats in the House of Representatives say they were forced to sue in March, more than a year after they launched the probe, because the administration has refused to allow Miers and Bolten to provide crucial information about the reasons the prosecutors were fired. The case also could determine how former presidential adviser Karl Rove responds to a subpoena in a related congressional investigation.
The lawsuit accuses administration officials of injecting partisan considerations into the firing decisions and making “questionable or outright false statements” in subsequent explanations to Congress.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/33740
**OMG – the Bush crime family politicized the attorney firings? What else could they have politicized?
May 30th, 2008 at 9:44 amHarvey Korman dead at age 81
This is so sad. When I was a little girl, I loved him with Tim Conway on the Carol Burnett Show. Those two were great, and Harvey would try not to laugh in the middle of a skit at Tim. He was also funny in Blazing Saddles.
Sorry O/T, but I thought there would be other people that enjoyed him when they were growing up.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:44 amZimzone Says: WTF was with the white Pastor dissing Hillary? They had to know the first thing that would happen is Obama would be back under the media’s religious microscope. Was it to just grab headlines? If so, who benefits? I don’t get it.
I say, if they are going to intervene in the political arena, then my all means, revoke their tax-exempt status. Then we’ll see how quickly these religious folks lose a taste for politics.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:46 amThe Los Angeles Times writes that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “is taking a serious drubbing on YouTube.
Upon hearing of this development, McCain explained the problem, “The internet is not something you just dump something on. It’s not a truck.
It’s a series of tubes.
And if you don’t understand those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and its going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material.”
May 30th, 2008 at 9:47 amWhat did we miss? “111 nations adopt cluster bomb treaty, but not US”
May 30th, 2008 at 9:48 amWhat is the US afraid of? Are their weapons makers and arms dealers leaning too heavily on the state department again?
raynman Says: So, if Obama’s 3rd Grade teacher once said something vaguely controversial, we’ll probably be hearing about it pretty soon.
And that’s basically all they have. LOL. They’ll start making up crap. They’ll have to to hide that mountain of McCain’s baggage…
May 30th, 2008 at 9:49 amimpeachcheneythenbush Says
May 30th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Since when has al Qaeda been acknowledged to be operating out of Saudi Arabia?
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Our government has never officially acknowledged this, even though we all know that the vast majority of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi, more of the foreign insurgents in Iraq come from Saudi Arabia than any other country, and even Osama bin forgotten is Saudi. But since Saudi Arabia is our BFF, we pretend it all isn’t there — sort of like the way we thought of Communist China as a big empty spot that didn’t exist for many years.
What’s truly bizarre is that Michael Hayden is touting the defeat of AQ in Saudi Arabia as some sort of accomplishment when we have never acknowledged its existence there, let alone engaged them in combat. So who gets credit for defeating them?
May 30th, 2008 at 9:51 amNational Homeownership Month, 2008
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America White House News
For many Americans, owning a home represents freedom, independence, and the American dream. During National Homeownership Month, we highlight the benefits of owning a home and encourage our fellow citizens to be responsible homeowners.
My Administration is committed to helping Americans achieve their dreams of homeownership. We have worked to ensure that the mortgage industry is more transparent, reliable, and fair, and in order to sustain homeownership, we have launched initiatives to help responsible homeowners keep their homes. The FHASecure program has given the Federal Housing Administration more flexibility in refinancing mortgages for homeowners who have good credit histories but cannot afford their current payments. In addition, the HOPE NOW Alliance connects struggling homeowners with lenders, loan servicers, and mortgage counselors to help families stay in their homes. Homeowners deserve our help, and these initiatives assist those in need.
During National Homeownership Month and throughout the year, I encourage all Americans to take advantage of financial education opportunities to explore homeownership. My Advisory Council on Financial Literacy is finding ways to help educate people from all walks of life about matters pertaining to their finances and their futures. By practicing fiscal responsibility, Americans can contribute to the strength of our neighborhoods and our country.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2008 as National Homeownership Month. I call upon the people of the United States to join me in recognizing the importance of homeownership and building a more prosperous future for themselves and their communities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-second.
GEORGE W. BUSH
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/05/20080529-7.html
**Scooby doo moment. WTF – do these guys live in some parallel universe? Yeah, let’s celebrate homeownership while we foreclose record numbers. We will also give you up to $1200 to restore your economic woes. January 2009 can’t come fast enough.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:52 amFreedom Rebel,
I, too, have been a Korman fan most of my life. Nobody did a better ’straight man’ role than Harvey. Coupled with Tim Conway, they could make me laugh until tears rolled down my face.
Thanks for all the great comedy, Harvey Korman, you will be missed!
May 30th, 2008 at 9:54 amDear Condi-
May 30th, 2008 at 9:56 am“Hard times got me down
Good times ain’t around
Now I got the mind to say
Girl, you hit rock bottom
And you’re there to stay”
KISS-1975
Croatia jails war crimes general
A Croatian court has convicted a former general, Mirko Norac, of war crimes against Serbs. He was sentenced to seven years in prison for failing to stop his soldiers killing and torturing Serbs in 1993. A second general on trial, Rahim Ademi, was acquitted of the same charges. They were the highest-ranking officers to be tried in Croatia for such crimes.
The case was forwarded from The Hague and was seen as a test of Croatia’s approach to wartime atrocities.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7427641.stm
It’s about time that General Mirko Norac was convicted; seven years in prison hardly suits the wartime atrocities that were committed.
Bush & Cheney better get more than 7 years, I’m thinkin’ life in prison is more like it.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:58 amThis is fast becoming on of my early morning visits to get the whassup for the day. My hats off to all who bring the extra newsbits.
Truly helpful and appreciated.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:00 amFreedom Rebel Says
May 30th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Harvey Korman dead at age 81
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I am so saddened to hear this. Harvey Korman was always one of my favorites, and the Korman/Conway comedy team will probably always remain the all-time best in my book (with the Marx Brothers coming in a close second).
Thanks Harvey — for the many laughs!
May 30th, 2008 at 10:00 am#37 And the beat goes on Says:
National Homeownership Month, 2008
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America White House News
**Scooby doo moment. WTF – do these guys live in some parallel universe? Yeah, let’s celebrate homeownership while we foreclose record numbers. We will also give you up to $1200 to restore your economic woes. January 2009 can’t come fast enough.
LOL-Thank you and the beat goes on. Beam me up Scotty there is no intelligent life in this administration…
May 30th, 2008 at 10:03 amScottie’s mom says he tried to quit the White House earlier, but the president asked him to stay.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:04 am>They’ll have to to hide that mountain of McCain’s baggage…
or hiding mccains cancers and illnesses on the 11,467th page of his 12,000 pages of medical records for only the past 8 years..thats like 1500 pages of medical records per year..thats like 50 pages of medical records PER DAY.
wow.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:05 amFrom the President’s statement: “We have worked to ensure that the mortgage industry is more transparent, reliable, and fair.” Parallel universe indeed! This is the most ridiculous part of the entire news release.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:11 amDaryll says: Do not be the one to receive this response from Jesus, “Depart from me workers of iniquities”.
Hey, bible breath, if you stop preaching bullshit from your basement maybe we’ll stop beating the messenger.
Was Jesus a Union guy, & what did the ‘workers of iniquities build?
May 30th, 2008 at 10:11 amDaryll, he doesn’t have any real christians on his side. You are a fool or a fools pawn.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:14 amResidents of the Iraqi city perceived the effort as “a ‘humiliating‘ attempt to convert them to Christianity.”
Crusade anyone?
May 30th, 2008 at 10:19 amDaryll Says: Follow Acts 2:38 or prepare for hell. This Marine did nothing wrong. He was trying to inform the Iraqis about Christianity.
Daryll, how many times muct we inform you that a book written a few hundred years ago by some nameless people is NOT a valid authority for how most people exist?
I think they know about Christianity – just as you know about, but choose to reject Islam, Hinduism, belief in Zeus…
Jesus has put those, who have been indoctrinated into his holy realm,on this earth to bring as many people as we can to his kingdom. I hope this Marine continues to be encouraged, he is doing God’s bidding. He has myself and other christians on his side.
A recent Pew polls shows that you guys are shrinking in numbers. Even Mother Teresa, in the end, admitted that she did not believe. If you lose someone like MT, then it’s not really a good sign that your side holds the ‘truth’.
Even though you guys to refuse to accept Acts 2:38, I will continue to persuade libs to give their lives to Jesus. Therefore, you now know what it takes to be saved and our accountable for your soul during the white throne of judgement. Do not be the one to receive this response from Jesus, “Depart from me workers of iniquities”.
I was born into a Christian household and went to church for 33 years. Thanks for the info, but I already know the song and dance. I just find Science to be the more credible, and less violent, argument.
Nice to see you again Daryll. Just as humorous as ever…
May 30th, 2008 at 10:20 am#21 zimzone
May 30th, 2008 at 10:21 amI don’t get it either.
Rev. Pfleger has long been a controversial figure in the community, frequently in the papers. He is a champion for the underclass, a fighter against the establishment, and a social reformer, who has made as many enemies as friends in Chicago. People can disagree with him, but in their hearts they have to realize that he is on the right side of issues.
Why he went to Trinity (of all places) to bash Clinton is a mystery to me. Granted it was on the Sunday when the media was filled with the Hillary comments regarding assassination and Obama – but Pfleger is too savvy not to have known the negative blowback on Obama for this.
Bobwurst Says:
Of course Kiss is Condi’s favorite rock band. They’re a group of talentless hacks who put style over substance and macho poses over reality. And their fan base is made up of adolescent huffers who take no responsibility for their actions and live in their parents’ basements, or the back room of the trailer.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Hilarious. ;)
You’re alright for a “Bob.” Heh.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:24 amRegarding the white preacher “dissing” Hillary. TheZoo has a post about this issue — there are two videos, so watch them both. You’ll see that the good Reverence is joking, and mocking Hillary. Nothing more.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:26 amMarie @ 53
One thing these discussions about Obama’s preacher contacts does is bring to light the fact that Democrats are christains too. You don’t have to be a republican to be a christain no matter how many times they say it.
On top of that, as Marie points out, at least the preachers that Democrats have in thier lives are on the right side of the battles, unlike the warmongering churches that have supported the republicans so shamlessly.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:27 amGood Morning zimzone and all, Thank’s for the morning funny, (”bible breath”)…First time to read that…..little d refuses to get the fact this is a progressive site with poster’s sharing information on the new’s of the day, political information and the latest information about our broken government..This is not a relegious site and should not be used as such…..Relegion or the lack of is a personal matter for each person to deal with or not as they choose…
Let it rest little d, save it for your door knocking tour or at your choir group meeting..You are beginning to remind me of one of the snail’s that creap around the garden, leaving long trail’s of slime every where you go….Blessings
May 30th, 2008 at 10:28 am(Ignoring the Daryll of parodyll troll)
May 30th, 2008 at 10:28 amI too will miss Mr. Korman. Growing up watching the Carol Burnett show, I always enjoyed his tandem with Tim Conway. Improvisation at it’s finest.
And his character in Blazing Saddles? Priceless!
misshusseinmolly Says:
The U.S. military suspended a Marine yesterday “for distributing coins quoting the Gospel to Sunni Muslims” in Fallujah. The incident has “enraged Iraqis who view it as the latest example of American disrespect for Islam.”
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Just a couple of questions:
1. What, exactly, happens when a Marine is “suspended”? Is he ordered to stand down in a relatively safe, combat-free place? Is he sent home? If so, there may be more coin distributors in the future.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:30 ammisshusseinmolly, I was thinking about this the other day when calling my wife at work. The last four digits in her phone number are 4377 and when she got it I remembered it because it was close to MASH 4077. As I was dailing (ok speed dialing) I thought about how people might ‘get out’ of the war like Klinger tried to by dressing up in Rush’s clothing …. I mean woman’s clothing. Now I have my answer – just try spreading christianity and poof – your ticket home.
You are beginning to remind me of one of the snail’s that creap around the garden, leaving long trail’s of slime every where you go….Blessings
Well said, & a very good morning to you #1 Witch…I really like the new moniker, Sharon…’little d’; priceless!
May 30th, 2008 at 10:32 amDaryll, if the Marine was distributing coins without approval or an order from his immediate superior then yes, he did something wrong.
For you to suggest the reason our military is currently in Iraq is to spread a religion is something I will fight against you with every fiber of my being.
Nowhere in the AUMF does it state our military is fighting any kind of crusade.
Look for it yourself here http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:S.J.RES.23.ENR:
You have every right to fill your head with any delusion you wish but you do not have the understanding of the foundation of our military and the rationale for being where they are.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:32 amI am so sick of all of the rhetoric about “Obama’s” pastors. Why has so little been said about the leader of Hillary’s prayer group leader, Doug Coe?
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Senator Clinton’s participation is surprising to observers who have investigated Coe’s group, called The Fellowship Foundation, which critics have described as a secretive organization populated mostly by conservative Republicans. “I think in part through her involvement with the Fellowship’s prayer group she was able to meet with some of these Republican senators and get to know them on a one-on-one basis,” said Joshua Green, a Senior Editor at The Atlantic magazine.
Coe also quoted Jesus and said: “One of the things [Jesus] said is ‘If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, mother, brother, sister, his own life, he can’t be a disciple.’ So I don’t care what other qualifications you have, if you don’t do that you can’t be a disciple of Christ.”
The sermons are little surprise to writer Jeff Sharlet. He lived among Coe’s followers six years ago, and came out troubled by their secrecy and rhetoric.
“We were being taught the leadership lessons of Hitler, Lenin and Mao. And I would say, ‘Isn’t there a problem with that?’ And they seemed perplexed by the question. Hitler’s genocide wasn’t really an issue for them. It was the strength that he emulated,” said Sharlet, who is a Contributing Editor at Rolling Stone and is an Associate Research Scholar at the NYU Center for Religion and Media in New York.
Sharlet has now written about The Fellowship, also known to insiders as The Family, in a soon-to-be published book called “The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power.”
“They’re notoriously secretive,” Sharlet said. “In fact, they jokingly call themselves the Christian Mafia. Which becomes less of a joke when you realize that they really are dedicated to being what they call an invisible organization.”
Federal tax records for Coe’s non-profit group shows it funds charitable programs around the world — but that it is also a family business.
The 990 tax forms for 2005, the last tax year available, show that both of Coe’s sons were on the payroll, at $110,000 a year each. The organization also paid his wife, his daughter and his daughters-in-law.
http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/03/857959.aspx
**Please, let’s get on with the real issues and drop all this crap about who is the better/worse Christian. I am sure God can figure all this out on His own – these are personal issues and need to be kept separate from matters of state.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:36 amlittle d,
Can Christians buy their way to Heaven with these coins?
If so, how much is the ‘going rate’ for Salvation nowadays?
Can one use a credit card to get to Heaven, as well? (I’m envisioning a drive-thru ‘church & credit’ business, where one can make monetary & spiritual deposits on their ’stairway to Heaven plan.)
May 30th, 2008 at 10:36 amdarelll you are satan
May 30th, 2008 at 10:37 amBobwurst Says:
Of course Kiss is Condi’s favorite rock band. They’re a group of talentless hacks who put style over substance and macho poses over reality. And their fan base is made up of adolescent huffers who take no responsibility for their actions and live in their parents’ basements, or the back room of the trailer.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Oh that is a good one. I still have a soft spot for Kiss and Gene Simmons. There are (and were) worse acts that could have made it as big but didn’t and there are better ones that should have. I think Gene is keenly aware of his place in society. I haven’t watched his tv show but I did see a show he did in England where he took classically trained kids and made a rock band out of them – highly entertaining.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:38 amDaryll Says: I am obligated to give a daily revival on behalf of Jesus, whether it be in person, on the phone or internet.
But can’t you do it somewhere else? We really aren’t interested.
We are closer to attacking Iran and the end is near. I must attempt to save as many souls from the grips of Satan. I have the key to remove the sinful handcuffs from each life, and that is God and his word (bible).
No one is going to attack Iran. Calm down. I know the idea of violence thrills you ‘peaceful’ devotees, but those of us who actually think things through will prevent your violent intentions from becoming reality.
There is no Satan either. Just as there is no Hell, no Heaven, and no souls. When we die, it’s exactly what it was like before we were born – do you remember that? No? Well, then perhaps you can understand why your threats of your Hell aren’t at all motivating to believe in an invisible sky wizard…
May 30th, 2008 at 10:43 amBobwurst Says:
Of course Kiss is Condi’s favorite rock band. They’re a group of talentless hacks who put style over substance and macho poses over reality. And their fan base is made up of adolescent huffers who take no responsibility for their actions and live in their parents’ basements, or the back room of the trailer.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:25 am
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Most adolescents do live in their parent’s homes. And you really should show a little more compassion for drug abusers and the poor who can only afford trailers. Remember, liberals care about such folks.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:43 amDaryll Says: Jesus paid the price, in full, by sacrificing his life. You are currently in debt (sin). You must pay this debt by giving your soul to Jesus. Only then will your name be removed from hell and added to the Lambs Book of Life.
Daryll, would you please explain to me the beauty in having to bleed a man to death in order to save all of humanity from the horrible sin of two naked people having eaten an apple given to them by a talking snake? I just don’t see it…
May 30th, 2008 at 10:45 amPresident Bush understands that holiness is important in providing freedom to middle eastern sectors.
Daryll, you must see the light and stop wasting your life believing in mythology of others. Only then will you be able to get a sense of what it is like to be free. You have choosen the easy way by not thinking for yourself. Be brave, with lots of work you can be saved from constant fear.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:46 amupright left, we liberals care about you righties who have no comprehension that your behavior has caused the drug abuse problem and created the poor and kept it that way for profit.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:47 ami ran into an old friend yesterday…
he asked “so who’s gonna be the president?”
and i answered “you better hope it’s OBAMA”.
he said “you don’t want hillary?” and i went off
on all the reasons why i DIDN’T… he agreed…
he told me about all the anti-obama emails he gets…
i’ve never been privilaged, yet… i asked him to forward them
as i’d like to read what they’re all about…
he told me that the guys he works with are talking about this
election too – he is in construction, backhoe operator, so i asked him who they are leaning toward – “OBAMA” !!!
i was surprised and told him so, worried that there were too
many racists who wouldn’t even talk about it…
just wanted to pass that alond… i am heartened!
May 30th, 2008 at 10:51 amFred, nice to see you back this morning.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:53 am>Remember, liberals care about such folks.
we can only care about them as much as they care about themselves. if they are so stupid as to vote against their own interests then hey, i have no sympathy,,
> I have the key to remove the sinful
> handcuffs from each life
why is it you religious people always love to talk about metaphors involving bondage..?
May 30th, 2008 at 10:54 amDaryll you coward. You walk right past my post.
Do you believe our military has been ordered by the President of the United States of America to spread christianity?
Do you have proof of this?
Man up Daryll.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:55 amOkay Daryll, fess up. I’ve suspected for a while but you’re really Herman B Hayes right? You and Michael really have to get your blog going again, it was hilarious!
May 30th, 2008 at 10:55 amThanks ZimZone, working for a living has kept me busy…..I see not much has changed the short time I was away.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:56 amHey little d, bull shit bush is no more a christian than my dog Bear..So don’t pull that card out of your deck of reich winged garbage to sell to the internet…I know many christian’s and other people of faith and none are warmonging, lier’s and thieves…..First off bush is merly a pupett dictator. Bush’s biggest accomplishment is being a fool for cheney and the rest of this evil run govt….And by the way bush has no brain cell’s left from all the year’s of cocain and booze…My Bear has more sence and hasen’t killed any one for oil and revenge…
Little d you have hooked your wagon to the wrong train and that’s your business, we don’t care, but cut the shit and go thump your old book somewhere else, cause no one here is buying into that huge business you call christianety….No sale, the Bear and I send you Blessings, now pass the plate elsware..
May 30th, 2008 at 10:57 am#57 Witch1 Says:
Good Morning zimzone and all, Thank’s for the morning funny, (”bible breath”)…First time to read that…..little d refuses to get the fact this is a progressive site with poster’s sharing information on the new’s of the day, political information and the latest information about our broken government..This is not a relegious site and should not be used as such…..Relegion or the lack of is a personal matter for each person to deal with or not as they choose…
Let it rest little d, save it for your door knocking tour or at your choir group meeting..You are beginning to remind me of one of the snail’s that creap around the garden, leaving long trail’s of slime every where you go….Blessings
Good Morning. Thank you Witch1. You are absolutely right .
May 30th, 2008 at 10:57 amDaryll Says
May 30th, 2008 at 10:33 am
I am obligated to give a daily revival on behalf of Jesus, whether it be in person, on the phone or internet. We are closer to attacking Iran and the end is near. I must attempt to save as many souls from the grips of Satan. I have the key to remove the sinful handcuffs from each life, and that is God and his word (bible).
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Daryll, if you’re going to be believable as a performance artist, you need to pay more attention to details.
Instead of “God and his word”, it should be “God and His word”. When you are speaking of the divine, pronouns should be capitalized. To do otherwise is to show irreverence.
Try to be more alert to these things.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:57 am_____
Fred Says:
On top of that, as Marie points out, at least the preachers that Democrats have in thier lives are on the right side of the battles, unlike the warmongering churches that have supported the republicans so shamlessly.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Obama has disavowed the comments of two preachers in his church. ;)
May 30th, 2008 at 10:59 amDaryll, Does you god still talk to you about politics and other stuff? You haven’t mentioned that for a wwhile. I was just wondering. If so does it ever tell jokes or use foul language? What about recipe sharing? God must have some really great recipes. I’ll also bet god’s Hollandaise never seperates. Sorry to be off topic. I was just wondering
May 30th, 2008 at 11:00 amuprighty, when are you going to disavow your failed leaders? You are already one of the last clingers on….heh.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:02 amDaryll Says: He paid the ultimate price for our lives. He could have said,”I could truly care less about humans”, and went on his merry way, but he saw something in a few of the people, which made him believe that we can redeem ourselves. Also, Adam and Eve were created before the emergence of the human sense of God (Jesus).
But why would an innocent man have to be cruelly murdered in order to save us from something we didn’t even do? Why are we guilty for what a couple people did a few thousand years ago? Would it be fair to sentence you to death for the actions of Ghengis Khan? It’s the same thing.
People are not created. They evolve from a single cell (their mother’s egg) which is fertilized by their father’s sperm through a process called sex (not a sinful thing). Both egg and sperm contain DNA, which is a blueprint for development inot a humn body (which is just a fancy vehicle to protect the DNA). It then takes 9 months of incubation before the fetus emerges into the world as a viable life. If all goes well, the person lives long enough to procreate and the DNA essentially lives on…
May 30th, 2008 at 11:03 am______
Fred Says:
upright left, we liberals care about you righties who have no comprehension that your behavior has caused the drug abuse problem and created the poor and kept it that way for profit.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:47 am
I don’t belong to either extreme, so I’ve not contributed to either problem and I don’t make fun of poor people or drug abusers.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:04 am>You can only be release
> by the Blood of the Lamb (Jesus)
tell me daryl, if i looked at this blood under a microscope, what would be see? cells? DNA? would the DNA be half human and half??? im curious..can you speculate some about the science of jesus?
do you beleive jesus urinated and defecated? if so, do you beleive his various forms of excrement to be that of a normal man? if not, do you believe he had a urethra and anus? if he did, then for what purpose? do you belive he ever becamed aroused? do you think he had testicles?
May 30th, 2008 at 11:04 am>and I don’t make fun of poor people or drug abusers.
right, you just call fertility clinics babykillers while giving people who kill real living breathing children a pass..all the while trying to subtly lecture US about hipocracy…
May 30th, 2008 at 11:06 amDaryll Says: Not on paper, but President Bush stated that he was influenced by God to free Iraq. Therefore, this is no longer man’s war, but this is God’s war. We do not need documentation to give us a right to witness to others. The Constitution and a few Amendment are infallible.
So, you accept that as a fact without proof? Hmmm… Daryll, God just told me that you should give me all of your money.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:07 amhttp://www.jesusisaliberal.org/
‘Nuff said.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:07 amuprighty, funny you felt the need to defend yourself. when someone says they are not of either party and yet they are constantly attacking one side…well, you do the math. republicans are extremists by name and action….
May 30th, 2008 at 11:07 am> I WILL NOT ANSWER THIS SATIRICAL QUESTION.
Its not satire dear, id really and truly like to know what you think you’d see if you put jesus’s blood under a microscope.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:09 amDarelll,
got snakes?
May 30th, 2008 at 11:11 am> If you haven’t followed Acts 2:38,
> I truly do not believe
> God spoke to you.
personally I don’t beleive that vampires can kill werewolves with thier bare hands, does anyone care to debate me?
May 30th, 2008 at 11:12 am______
Fred Says:
uprighty, when are you going to disavow your failed leaders? You are already one of the last clingers on….heh.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Your response seems designed to deflect attention from the comment that I addressed, but I understand why. You’ll find it difficult to point out my support for the current administration. I support moderate/conservative policies, which are sorely lacking in the Bush administration.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:12 am>This question is not important.
ah yes, because you have no good answer…
May 30th, 2008 at 11:12 amDaryll, you are familiar with our Constitution aren’t you? You do understand the basic foundations and principles this country was created on, don’t you? The only reason our troops are where they are now is by the AUMF that was signed by Bush on Sept. 18th, 2001 and the Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq signed by Bush on Oct. 2, 2002.
Those, and those alone are what the people of the united states (thru the voice of congress) and the President decided upon. Both have given this president more power than what’s healthy for this country (and other countries) but he does not have the authority to conduct a Crusade.
As for the actions of the Marine, he does not have the right to do so while wearing the uniform and serving this country. All military members give up some rights so others may keep theirs. We are not in Iraq to promote christianity.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:13 amDaryll Says: If you haven’t followed Acts 2:38, I truly do not believe God spoke to you.
How do you know Bush followed Acts 2:38? Hmmm? What if he didn’t?
I don’t hear voices. JUnlike our President, I don’t have schitzophrenia (sp?).
You skipped my question about why I am guilty for two people having eaten an apple 6,000 years ago and therefore need salvation from being eternally tortured by Jesus?
May 30th, 2008 at 11:14 amupright left, do you think a McCain cabinet will be filled with moderate/conservative thinkers such as yourself? Can you point to some examples?
May 30th, 2008 at 11:17 amChocolate Jesus Says: personally I don’t beleive that vampires can kill werewolves with thier bare hands, does anyone care to debate me?
Actually, it depends on whether or not there is a full moon. If the moon is full, they cannot, otherwise it’s a fact that they can. Just ask any Transylvanian.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:17 amI WILL NOT ANSWER THIS SATIRICAL QUESTION.
but, i WILL copy/paste it again, just to be sure…
jeesh!
i think you got it, trixie! herman B. hayes!
May 30th, 2008 at 11:17 ami’ve missed that one… his “daryll”, though, is kinda boring…
Proverbs 9:16-19
“16 These six things doth the Lord hate; Yea, seven are an abomination unto Him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”
Looks like Daryll is an abomination unto God, as he is advocating the death of innocent Iranians.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:18 am______
Fred Says:
uprighty, funny you felt the need to defend yourself. when someone says they are not of either party and yet they are constantly attacking one side…well, you do the math. republicans are extremists by name and action….
May 30th, 2008 at 11:07 am
I had to correct your mistaken idea that I’m a righty. They are as loonie as lefties. If Repubs are extremists then their counterparts in the Dem party are as well. Actually, the majority of people are moderates whether they classify themselves as Repub or Dem. It’s the extremists on each side who see everything as “us against them.”
May 30th, 2008 at 11:19 amuprighty,
we all know what those are….and they are not moderate by any means. Just because you NOW disavow bush doesn’t mean you weren’t right there for the last 7 years supporting them no matter what they did and defending them….you were.
Look just because you have a wet finger doesn’t mean we don’t know what you are. You are an opportunist who sees the winds of change blowing…..just like the vichi french. You are marked by your support for what has done so much damage to our country. You can’t get out of it by saying….I’m a moderate, I don’t support them…bla, bla.
I live in a red state and I mean a really red one but still it has become hard to find anyone who is a proud republican here…..there is good reason for that.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:19 am>i’ve missed that one… his “daryll”,
> though, is kinda boring…
while i tend to agree hes more than likely a parody, i think its pretty frightening that well.. alot of us who are at least fairly intelligent people really cant be sure..these people are self-parodying..
May 30th, 2008 at 11:20 amJapanese man finds woman living in his closet
TOKYO (AFP) – A Japanese man puzzled by food mysteriously disappearing from his refrigerator got a shock when he found out a woman had been living in his home for months without permission, police said Friday.
The 57-year-old man living alone — or so he thought — in the western city of Fukuoka installed a security camera and called the police when he saw images of someone walking around his home while he was out.
“We searched the house in the man’s presence. We found the woman in the closet,” said a local police spokesman.
The woman, named as 58-year-old Tatsuko Horikawa, was found in a flat storage space only just big enough for a person to squeeze into lying down.
She had sneaked a mattress and several plastic bottles into the cubby hole, police said, adding that the women had been arrested.
“She told police that she had nowhere to live,” the spokesman said. “She seems to have lived there for about a year, but not all the time.”
It is unclear how she managed to enter the home undetected. Police suspect she might have been closet-hopping, moving from house to house.
Note to self: check closet.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:20 amLincoln was a Republican – the rest have been third rate power whores, including McCain. In fact, I conservatively predict that he, radical rightwinger that he actually is, will lose 5% of his voting base to Bob Barr, and another 10% to Barrack Obama. Watch.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:22 amPssssst! Daryll! Ted Haggard is looking for you – he wants to know why you stood him up yesterday!
May 30th, 2008 at 11:22 ammisshusseinmolly Says: So who gets credit for defeating them?
Molly, you and me,and all the others who protested this war as unnecessary way before George W. Custer started it. It just proves that terrorists can be beaten without starting a war.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:24 am______
hellinabucket Says
upright left, do you think a McCain cabinet will be filled with moderate/conservative thinkers such as yourself? Can you point to some examples?
May 30th, 2008 at 11:17 am
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I think McCain is too beholden to too many people and too certain that we need to win in Iraq to choose a moderate cabinet. That is one of the main reasons I won’t be voting for him.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:24 amuprighty, It was the left wing extremists that brought you living wages, womens right to vote, blacks right to vote, ect, ect. you are on thin ice my friend.
What have right wing extremists brought us? Abortion clinic bombings, Ok City bombing, war on drug(failed), private prisons for non-violent criminals, etc., ect.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:25 am#118 – Daryll Says:
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“Who cares about the Constitution.”
May 30th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Daryll has just proven to everyone that he is anti-American!
May 30th, 2008 at 11:25 amShould have added at nr 38 post.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:25 amChocolate Jesus Says: …these people are self-parodying..
that is a fact…
too bad all those kids have to go back to THAT parody…
they don’t even know any different, or better…
i don’t really want to discuss that topic… too sad…
May 30th, 2008 at 11:26 amit was just a thought…
According to a new report by the Commonwealth Fund, the “number of uninsured U.S. young adults, who already represent a major chunk of the American population without health coverage, rose again in 2006.” “Based on census data, 13.7 million people aged 19 to 29 had no health insurance, either public or private, in 2006, up from 13.3 million in 2005.”
There was a time when we aspired to build a better world for our children than we had. We hoped they would live longer, healthier lives, achieve more success for themselves and lead easier, happier lives. Then the conservatives took over. For the last thirty-five years our standard of living has stagnated or declined, our children are now saddled with the enormous debt of the war as well as the enormous debt for their educations, all while facing a health care system they can’t afford to use and a housing market they can’t afford to enter.
This is the legacy of conservatism.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
May 30th, 2008 at 11:26 amThen this Marine is disobeying orders and was properly punished. Is your entire argument “So what” about our constitution and the laws that put this Marine where he is? So what? Really now Daryll, I get a more challenging defense from my 3 year old niece.
If you have any proof that Bush is propelling us toward a Crusade please present it here. Until you do you have nothing but “So what”. Hardly a decision shifter.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:27 amDaryll Says: Guilt by association. You are a descendant of Adam and Eve. God has already stated that you are responsible for saving your soul.
No god hasn’t. The bibles have. Remember, I already mentioned today that the bibles are not valid as the word of some supreme being because they were written by some heat-stroked desert dwellers who aren’t even identified by name. Just because they said ‘god said so’ doesn’t mean that god said so. See, you have a logical problem – I don’t think that they were following Acts 2:38.
I evolved Daryll. I didn’t descend from two ficticious apple eaters. I don’t even like apples.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:27 am#121 – Daryll Says:
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“Stop creating falsehoods.”
May 30th, 2008 at 11:23 am
I’ll stop telling the truth about you when you stop being “he that soweth discord among brethren”.
Or is this yet another verse of the Bible that you have chosen to ignore?
May 30th, 2008 at 11:27 amuprighty, please tell us more about these moderate republicans who are not part of this admin. You mean like the ones in the house and senate for the last 7 years who had enough control to run the country into the ground…..those moderate republicans? Or are they hidden away somewhere like the christains in Rome, waiting to come back to power? Seems like you are kinda confused…probably willfully so.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:29 amupright left, glad to read your take on McCain. I have to agree that he sold his maverick image for his last chance at the presidency.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:29 amFred, “got snake’s” mad me spit coffee all over the moniter…Thank’s for that..
Little d, your comment about bull shit bush freeing the Iraq people was priceless, yep he did that. Over 1 million Iraq citizen’s have died for his blood for oil war..Over 4,000 of our troop’s and nearly 200 Katrina victom’s..While he eat’s cake….He freed them alright….Entire tribe’s of innocent men women and children…gone , killed, (freed) by little d and bush standard…
May 30th, 2008 at 11:31 amDaryll Says: Stop creating falsehoods.
Damn, if that isn’t the pot calling the kettle black! LOL
May 30th, 2008 at 11:31 amWho cares about the Constitution. President Bush didn’t need laws or authorization to attack Iraq. They are just words on paper. God’s laws prevail.
hate to feed this parodyll, and this is the last time,
May 30th, 2008 at 11:35 ambut it’s obvious with that – “herman b hayes” reincarnated!
Daryll Says: Wrong, I am a patriot who loves this country and our soldiers. You have to prioritize laws. God’s laws are first, next is the Constitution and Amendments.
If you put your god’s laws first, then you can’t love America. This is a secular country with separation of church and state laws that was created by Deists and likely Atheists (Piane and Jefferson) who were NOT Christians, and who, in fact, used to bash Christianity in private for being a violent and ridiculous religion.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:36 amGood morning Witch1, glad it made you chuckle. Seems the only adequate response to the Jimmy Jones style of religion that darell seems to think he has a right to impose on us.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:37 amDaryll, I won’t play in your circular argument game. Glad to hear that christian churches are being built. There were christians (and jews and hindus and others) in Iraq before we invaded.
Please provide proof of Bush’s Crusade decision and the authority to do this by the people of the United States of America.
Otherwise admit you have no evidence that this country has given this president the authority to conduct a Crusade.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:37 amDaryll Says: More Christian churches are being created in Iraq. Christians are now able to freely practice holiness. Holiness is the cure for bondage and captivity. We are freeing the Iraqis using conservative methods.
Christians used the bibles to justify slavery Daryll. The bibles do not condemn, but actually justify slavery. Or do you just ignore that part?
May 30th, 2008 at 11:38 amAs someone who tries to live in a Christian manner, I’d like to ignore all the separation of Church and State issues here.
I’d like to ask what kind of message the military passing out John 3:16 coins gives:
Sorry about destroying your country, killing your family and raping your sister, but For God so loved the world…….
May 30th, 2008 at 11:39 amWasn’t the Spanish Inquisition about converting people to christianity?
May 30th, 2008 at 11:39 am______
Fred Says:
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uprighty,
I support moderate/conservative policies,
we all know what those are….and they are not moderate by any means. Just because you NOW disavow bush doesn’t mean you weren’t right there for the last 7 years supporting them no matter what they did and defending them….you were.
Look just because you have a wet finger doesn’t mean we don’t know what you are. You are an opportunist who sees the winds of change blowing…..just like the vichi french. You are marked by your support for what has done so much damage to our country. You can’t get out of it by saying….I’m a moderate, I don’t support them…bla, bla.
I live in a red state and I mean a really red one but still it has become hard to find anyone who is a proud republican here…..there is good reason for that.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Moderate policies are moderate policies, Fred. I support some moderate policies. If you are going to assert that I don’t, you’ll need to provide some evidence rather than just your opinion. I accept responsibility when policies that I support go wrong, not when politicians go wrong. My views don’t change because of public opinion. Unlike some, though, I will vote for candidates of any party if their beliefs are close to mine. In the case of Obama, I’ll even vote for someone with whom I disagree a number of issues because I agree on the most important, getting our people out of Iraq. Hopefully, there will also be an added benefit of improvement of race relations due to the election of an African American. You don’t have to hate everyone who doesn’t agree with everything that you do. Diversity of opinion is a good thing.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:40 amMapleStreet, best post today. Well said.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:41 amnr 87 Daryll said: Not on paper, but President Bush stated that he was influenced by God to free Iraq. Therefore, this is no longer man’s war, but this is God’s war. We do not need documentation to give us a right to witness to others. The Constitution and a few Amendment are infallible.
Daryll, how did God “influence” GWB? Did anyone witness God come down and talk to George? How do we know the truth of what you say? What if George was just dreaming, delusioning himself, suffering a coke relapse response? What if George got it wrong? Will you say that he needs only to believe and pray for forgiveness for the collateral deaths of innocents in this war and he goes to heaven? I, on the other hand am not a believer, but do not have over half a million innocent deaths on my record, yet I will go to hell? Explain the mercy of Jesus to me again.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:43 amNo they’re not. Christain Iraqi’s had much more freedom in Iraq under Sadam Hussain than they do now. They are fleeing the country.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:43 amDaryll, isn’t there some kind of “Express Train” you can take to your rapture and leave us and the innocent Iranian people out of it.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:43 amWe go round in circles……….
May 30th, 2008 at 11:43 amIgnoring separation of church and state got us George Bush.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:44 amGWB may have also been influenced by cocaine. Definitely alcohol.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:45 am_____
Fred Says:
uprighty, please tell us more about these moderate republicans who are not part of this admin. You mean like the ones in the house and senate for the last 7 years who had enough control to run the country into the ground…..those moderate republicans? Or are they hidden away somewhere like the christains in Rome, waiting to come back to power? Seems like you are kinda confused…probably willfully so.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Again, Fred, I don’t make excuses for Repubs. They are politicians and you’d be wise not put a lot of stock in what any of them say. I’m as disappointed in the majority of Repubs as I am the Dems who were elected in 2006 and promised to get us out of Iraq and then gave Bush almost eveything he wanted. Now that the November elections are on their minds, they’ve developed a little bit of a backbone.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:47 amDaryll puts party first then his god. Country doesn’t matter to him except as lip service for his despicable arguments. There’s a special place in hell, and by that I mean really bad karma, for people who wage war to benefit their personal agendas Daryll. Prepare to burn baby.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:47 amI think he was influenced by evil and stupidity as well.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:48 amupright,
bullsh!t. Moderate policies are the best righties can do to undermine a progressive program, period. Why not use a different adverb, like sensible or reasonable if you are genuine.
Your party of “moderate republicans” has taught me that lesson well. It is easy to forgive small transgressions but the kind your party has commited has cause people to die and not for the benifit of all…..why are you so proud of that?
May 30th, 2008 at 11:49 amWhat’s with you upright left, nobody really cares about how Republican you are. Even Think Fast is not about “you”.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:50 amDaryll Says: The Constitution was founded by using christianity.
Wrong. The Constitution does not hold us accountable for two naked people having once eaten an apple given to them by a talking snake. In America, you are only accountable for what YOU do.
“I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.” –Thomas Jefferson
May 30th, 2008 at 11:50 amDaryll Says:
May 30th, 2008 at 11:50 amHe sure does. Daily, he walks and talks with me. I communicate with him via speaking in other tongues (Holy Ghost). He also speaks to me in dreams. He only reveals possible things that will harm/help others. I am here to reveal those dreams to others to ultimately save souls.
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Excellent, So could you please explain that President elect Huckabee thing. Was your god just wrong or where not listening clearly? I have been looking for a good moussaka recipe which will not only help me but my guests as well. If it comes up can you ask for one for me?
Careful Daryll, you’re definitely worshiping false idols there.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:51 amDaryll: This Marine is spiritually obligate to witness to others. Who cares about the Constitution. President Bush didn’t need laws or authorization to attack Iraq. They are just words on paper. God’s laws prevail.
You are amazing. Are you not aware that GWB swore to uphold and defend the Constitution of the US, twice unfortunately for us. So, does he now have a false god before your god, breaking a commandment?
May 30th, 2008 at 11:53 amrighthy,
Just the fact that you would make this statement pigeonholes you as a righty trying to make a wedge issue out of distorted facts….I am done with you.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:53 amHow dare you belittle our beloved President. Respect your leader.
Spoken like a true Tory.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:53 amI thought God was your leader. But lines like this are a little over the top Daryll. I thought Ralph gave you some really good acting tips the other day and then you go and blow it. Remember Daryll you have to be the zealot not just “act” like a zealot.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:54 amShayne Says:
What’s with you upright left, nobody really cares about how Republican you are. Even Think Fast is not about “you”.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Fred seems to think it is about assigning people to a party. Well, that and the fact that he can’t conceive of the idea that there are people who are not extremists. But then, you understand that position all too well don’t you?
May 30th, 2008 at 11:56 amDaryll Says: There was an article that reflects that Pres. Bush prays to God each and every morning.
If it wasn’t in the bibles, then how do you know it’s true?
Know them by their fruits.
What is with your apple fetish?
He is a clean man who has a holsum family.
Wholesome? You consider cocaine war mongerers clean and wholesome?
I believe that Pres. Bush is spirit filled. I have the spirit of discernment. Pres. Bush believes in God, you don’t. Therefore, there is a good chance he will be accepted by God.
Oh, so as long as I BELIEVE in your god, I can go out and commit genocide and still go to Heaven.
By your own admission, that makes me as an Atheist, who neither wants nor desires to kill other living things far more moral than your murderous Christian President. Thanks Daryll, this bit of honesyy was refreshing for a change.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:56 amDaryll Says: There was an article that reflects that Pres. Bush prays to God each and every morning. Know them by their fruits. He is a clean man who has a holsum family. I believe that Pres. Bush is spirit filled. I have the spirit of discernment. Pres. Bush believes in God, you don’t. Therefore, there is a good chance he will be accepted by God.
Excellent news! I pray every day! It goes, “please God, don’t let me fu(k up the non-profit corporation I’ve been entrusted to serve the disadvantaged”. Does that give me a free ticket to God’s Kingdom?
May 30th, 2008 at 11:57 amDaryll, I never put the straw up GWB’s nose, nor did I pour him all of those drinks. How dare you allow yourself not to think and then get made at me because I state facts. It is a fact that GWB was influenced by alcohol and it’s on historical record that Bush has not come clean on his drug use, including cocaine.
You can’t come up with anything that I requested of you earlier can you? Until you do this is over.
coward.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:57 am“All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.”
May 30th, 2008 at 11:58 am–Thomas Paine
darylll,
Any God that accepts the two of you and rejects ANYONE else is not a god I want to have anything to do with.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:59 amUnbelievable:
There is no hell? Try some chilaquiles with beans and some tequila shots and tell me about it in the morning. ;)
May 30th, 2008 at 12:00 pmWoohoo! Gotta love all that “Coercive Democracy”!!!
Darryll, you know, you’re especially tiresome today – did you have an extra large bowl of stupid for breakfast?
Jebus. What a moron.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:01 pmJuan C. Says:
There is no hell? Try some chilaquiles with beans and some tequila shots and tell me about it in the morning. ;)
Hey Juan! Nice to see you again. I was hoping you were still around. How are you?
You’re still spit-all-over-the-screen hilarious.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:04 pmDaryll: You did not answer my question about how God would judge GWB for killing over 1/2 million innocent people.
Just think, were they still alive, you would have had the opportunity to convert them to Christianity.
And as a parting question how much democracy do you think is taking hold in Iraq when this Marine cannot proselyte for god in Iraq? Seems the military is admitting failure.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:04 pmMy gift to you, dearly confused Daryll (the extra “l” is for loser):
http://www.biblebelievers.com/jmelton/acts2.html
May 30th, 2008 at 12:05 pm______
Fred Says:
Just the fact that you would make this statement pigeonholes you as a righty trying to make a wedge issue out of distorted facts….I am done with you.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:53 am
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A lefty is going to take his toys and go home because someone won’t bow to his will? No way. It’s ok, Fred, you’re right and everyone who disagrees with you is wrong and is an extemist, righty Reupublican. Feel better, now?
By the way, I hope you don’t share the view of most here that Hillary is a liar, a racist and a closet Republican because unbeliveable still clings to that months old view that she is an excellent candidate:
unbelievable Says:
“After months of watching the contest between Obama and Clinton, two highly intelligent and qualified people…”
May 30th, 2008 at 12:06 pmMay 30th, 2008 at 9:42 am
“For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise”
–Benjamin Franklin
Daryll, I’m having a really hard time finding the Christianity in the Founding Fathers’ predilection for reasoned thinking.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:06 pmuprighty,
your first post in this thread:
Now tell me what you are doing here if it is not to cause trouble. You think that is cute or cunning….cunning is a word I use for republicans because they use their intelligence for evil purposes….which is what your post was all about….undermining a legitimate point.
If you want to be taken seriously even as a “moderate something” then you have to be consistant. Some of us read the posts.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:07 pmNice reading you, Unbe.
I’m not a frequent poster anymore. Too busy, but every now and then I’m in just for some laughs. Take care.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:12 pmupright left Says: By the way, I hope you don’t share the view of most here that Hillary is a liar, a racist and a closet Republican because unbeliveable still clings to that months old view that she is an excellent candidate:
Hey! Don’t use me as a baseball bat. I support and voted for Obama. Aside from recent acts of desperation, I still consider Hillary Clinton to be intelligent and qualified – especially when compared to McSame. Piss off.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:13 pmand like a fart in the wind Daryll is gone.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:13 pmSee ya Juan!
May 30th, 2008 at 12:14 pmhellinabucket Says: and like a fart in the wind Daryll is gone.
It’s funny how people like Daryll underestimate those of us who don’t share his views, and genuinely think that if he just tells uswhat to believe, that we’ll slap our foreheads and suddenly convert…
Well, that was “fun”. Time for some lunch… chilaquiles with beans and tequila I think :D
May 30th, 2008 at 12:18 pmunbelievable
May 30th, 2008 at 12:18 pmWell stated response to uprighty.
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Fred Says:
uprighty,
your first post in this thread:
Bobwurst Says:
Of course Kiss is Condi’s favorite rock band. They’re a group of talentless hacks who put style over substance and macho poses over reality. And their fan base is made up of adolescent huffers who take no responsibility for their actions and live in their parents’ basements, or the back room of the trailer.
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upright left Says:
Most adolescents do live in their parent’s homes. And you really should show a little more compassion for drug abusers and the poor who can only afford trailers. Remember, liberals care about such folks.
Now tell me what you are doing here if it is not to cause trouble. You think that is cute or cunning….cunning is a word I use for republicans because they use their intelligence for evil purposes….which is what your post was all about….undermining a legitimate point.
If you want to be taken seriously even as a “moderate something” then you have to be consistant. Some of us read the posts.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
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I had two goals in that post. To point out how foolish the use of the ubiquitous “living in your mother’s basement” line has become. It’s such a knee jerk response that it was used in reference to adolescents. Secondly, to point out the liberal use of the trailer trash reference as an insult. Who do you suppose lives in trailers? Rich folks? No, it’s primarily poor people, the ones you claim to care so much about. Libs also accuse people of being gay as an insult, but claim to support gays. This issue came up before, and a couple of people tried some lame excuses to try and justify how it’s ok for libs to use the trailer trash reference even though it’s insulting to the poor people who live there. I don’t like hypocrisy, whether it’s exhibited by those who agree with me politcally or not.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:21 pmDaryll Says:
I saw the light at age twelve, and it is currently brighter than ever. Please come out of the darkness (sin) into this marvelous light (holiness).
May 30th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Isn’t that a bit young to start hitting the bottle?
May 30th, 2008 at 12:24 pmDaryll Says
May 30th, 2008 at 11:41 am
The Constitution was founded by using christianity.
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OK, I’ve been enjoying the silly ravings of your performance so far (and being royally entertained), but this nugget begs some explanation.
1. Where is Jesus mentioned in the Constitution?
2. How does one “use” Christianity (and that word really should be capitalized, by the way) to write a document of this sort? Is it like using India ink or a fine pen nib?
What parts or aspects of the Constitution are unique to Christianity and to no other religion or ideology?
What proof or evidence do you have that Christianity was any kind of model or guide for the Constitution (or the Articles of Confederation, which served as the model for the Constitution)?
Even though backing up your positions with things like facts, evidence, and linked sources isn’t exactly part of your performance, surely you can come up with something to support your argument here. And PLEASE try to be more creative than “God spoke to me”…
May 30th, 2008 at 12:25 pm______
unbelievable Says:
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upright left Says: By the way, I hope you don’t share the view of most here that Hillary is a liar, a racist and a closet Republican because unbeliveable still clings to that months old view that she is an excellent candidate:
Hey! Don’t use me as a baseball bat. I support and voted for Obama. Aside from recent acts of desperation, I still consider Hillary Clinton to be intelligent and qualified – especially when compared to McSame. Piss off.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
I said nothing about whom you support. I simply pointed out that your description of Clinton puts you at odds with most lib posters here. It’s amazing how fast Clinton went from being an intelligent and qualifed candidate to being scum in the minds of many here. Her supporters tend to face disdain here as well. Since Fred has difficulty with those who disagree with him, I was trying to give him time to come to terms with your stance so he wouldn’t feel the need to jump down your throat if the subject came up. Just don’t defend her too strongly and everything will be fine.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:28 pmI saw the light at age twelve, and it is currently brighter than ever. Please come out of the darkness (sin) into this marvelous light (holiness).
AGE TWELVE
Oh poor Daryll. His brain stopped thinking for himself at age 12!!!!!!
May 30th, 2008 at 12:28 pmLeftside Annie Says:
Japanese man finds woman living in his closet
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A retired ninja japanese woman, no doubt.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:29 pmJuan C….So good to read you here…Where ya been.? I have missed you..
Good job Fred….Blessings all
May 30th, 2008 at 12:30 pmrighty, seems you’re the one that made a huge issue out of it and we don’t need a monitor. Another point you might consider is that if you want to make a point like that then the best methodology is probably not condecention.
The point of Bob’s post was missed by your lowbrow intelligence obviously. He did not dinigrate the poor or addicted substance abusers(as you attempted to do), he aligned Condi with people of low moral standing, which is different.
Of course you will rebut this to death but we don’t need a hall monitor telling us how to be politically correct, thanks anyway.
By the way, when you try to use wedge issues like this for divisive purposes, I find it to be foolish. So there you have it fella. See ya around…..
May 30th, 2008 at 12:31 pmYo, jerkface – aka uprightleft – you do NOT speak for me, either, buddy. Don’t kid yourself.
HC *IS* an intelligent and qualified candidate. If you paid the slightest attention – I mean, you *really* read the stuff posted here, you’d know that most of us agree with regard to Hil’s intelligence and qualifications.
What we’re down on her about is her use of REPUBLICAN TACTICS.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:33 pmGet a clue, you stupid berk.
Playing with Daryll is like a ball thrown against a wall. Fun for a little while but gets boring and predictable.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:33 pm‘lil d says:
Who cares about the Constitution. President Bush didn’t need laws or authorization to attack Iraq. They are just words on paper. God’s laws prevail.
Demented Christianity at it’s worst. The Crusades have given us centuries of bloodletting in the name of something that’s never been seen by the eyes of men.
As Gandhi remarked when asked ‘what do you think of Western civilization’?…’I think it would be a good idea’.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:35 pmuprighty,
Is this they only mehthod they taught you? Another example of you trying to take inuindo and falsehoods and create a wedge issue with it….go back to school
May 30th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
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Fred Says:
righty, seems you’re the one that made a huge issue out of it and we don’t need a monitor. Another point you might consider is that if you want to make a point like that then the best methodology is probably not condecention.
The point of Bob’s post was missed by your lowbrow intelligence obviously. He did not dinigrate the poor or addicted substance abusers(as you attempted to do), he aligned Condi with people of low moral standing, which is different.
Of course you will rebut this to death but we don’t need a hall monitor telling us how to be politically correct, thanks anyway.
By the way, when you try to use wedge issues like this for divisive purposes, I find it to be foolish. So there you have it fella. See ya around…..
May 30th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Perhaps you should reread your post, Freddie. Bob’s insult to Condi was all to obvious. That’s your idea of highbrow? You need to raise your standards a bit, bud. The problem is in Bob’s, and your, idea that it’s ok to stereotype people who live in trailer parks as being of low moral standing. Just because people don’t have as much money as you or live in as nice a house doesn’t mean they are of low moral standing.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:42 pmrighty
So far, you are the only one that tried to connect the two. No one else has said or implied what you accuse them of…..
May 30th, 2008 at 12:45 pmI saw the light [of the train coming and hitting me straight in the head] at age twelve, and it is currently brighter than ever. [I see now pink elephants, flying pigs and Bush seems a nice and brilliant guy to me] Please come out of the darkness (sin) into this marvelous light (holiness).
Uhm, no thanks, I like my brain’s integrity as it is now.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:46 pmDid someone say ‘trailer park’? Is that really you, O. Bigfoot?
May 30th, 2008 at 12:47 pmrighty, let me sum up your assumption:
Kiss and all rock bands are poor and live in trailer parks……now seriously does that make any sense to (even)you?
May 30th, 2008 at 12:48 pm#152 – Daryll Says:
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“Trials and tribulations happend in life, but we must remember to continue to reference scripture.”
May 30th, 2008 at 11:44 am
OK:
May 30th, 2008 at 12:49 pm“Then the LORD said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name.
I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them.
They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds.”"
- Jeremiah 14:13
Daryll Says:
This Marine is spiritually obligate to witness to others. Who cares about the Constitution. President Bush didn’t need laws or authorization to attack Iraq. They are just words on paper. God’s laws prevail.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:20 am
You f_cking halfwit. Everything you have and everything you are was made possible by the Constitution. Without the Constitution and liberals like us, you would be picking cotton in the fields.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:51 pm#161 – Daryll Says:
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“How dare you belittle our beloved President. Respect your leader.”
May 30th, 2008 at 11:50 am
I wonder if you’ll say the same thing when Pres. Obama is in offfice. . . . .
Probably not, because you ignore entire portions of the Bible in your “pick & choose” faith. . . . .
May 30th, 2008 at 12:51 pm“I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibit the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between church and state.”
May 30th, 2008 at 12:53 pm- Thomas Jefferson, as President, in a letter to the Baptists of Danbury, Connecticut, 1802
And by the way, Darryll – The Chimp-in-Chief Bush is neither ‘beloved’ nor my ‘leader.’
Respect is earned. And neither of you get any.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:53 pmDaryll Says:
The Constitution was founded by using christianity.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:41 am
Prove it.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:54 pm______
Fred Says:
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righty
because people don’t have as much money as you or live in as nice a house doesn’t mean they are of low moral standing.
So far, you are the only one that tried to connect the two. No one else has said or implied what you accuse them of…..
May 30th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
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Dang, Fred, I am awed by your ability to continue this long and deny outright what appears in print! Your good, bud.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:59 pmWe’d be better served throwing Daryll against the wall and talking to the ball.
May 30th, 2008 at 1:03 pmSo we should assume uptightrighty that you get paid by the post and never have to offer anything of substance in any regard. Really spam trolls are the most boring and least competent of all.
May 30th, 2008 at 1:09 pmYeah, I bet Rice is just as big a fan as Lois Griffin.
KISS: “I want to rock and roll all night.”
May 30th, 2008 at 1:12 pmCondi: “…and have a wonderful… time?”
The Bear and I live in a trailer park….LOL…The Bear and I have a high regard for all life, something bull shit bush and his follower’s don’t have…The Bear and I are not christian’s, we do not declare or carry out act’s of war on any one….Neither of us uses booz or drug’s, well except an ocassional sip of Bailey’s….The Bear and I embrace all people of all faith’s or no faith with intrest and respect….We do not try to convert other’s to our way of thinking….The Bear promises he will not piss on your tree, I on the other hand make no promises to any one that I can’t fufill….Blessings
May 30th, 2008 at 1:15 pmShayne Says:
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upright left Says:
Dang, Fred, I am awed by your ability to continue this long and deny outright what appears in print! Your good, bud.
So we should assume uptightrighty that you get paid by the post and never have to offer anything of substance in any regard. Really spam trolls are the most boring and least competent of all.
May 30th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
The “paid by the post” line isn’t hateful like the trailer trash line, but it’s just as tired.
As often as libs accuse others of hypocrisy, it would appear that you all consider it to be of substance. Perhaps it’s only hypocrisy on the part of those who oppose you politically that you consider worthy of revelation. Lib hypocrisy is ok?
May 30th, 2008 at 1:25 pmYou, URL, are full of shite. Totally.
May 30th, 2008 at 1:29 pm______
Witch1 Says:
The Bear and I live in a trailer park….LOL…The Bear and I have a high regard for all life, something bull shit bush and his follower’s don’t have…The Bear and I are not christian’s, we do not declare or carry out act’s of war on any one….Neither of us uses booz or drug’s, well except an ocassional sip of Bailey’s….The Bear and I embrace all people of all faith’s or no faith with intrest and respect….We do not try to convert other’s to our way of thinking….The Bear promises he will not piss on your tree, I on the other hand make no promises to any one that I can’t fufill….Blessings
May 30th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
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See who you run the risk of demeaning with the trailer trash remark, Fred? If you want to refer to those of low moral character, it’s best just to say so, rather than make derogatory remarks about a whole group of people.
May 30th, 2008 at 1:31 pmLeftside Annie Says:
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You, URL, are full of shite. Totally.
May 30th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Again with the unkind remarks, Annie? ;)
May 30th, 2008 at 1:36 pmWell, I’m sorry i missed Daryll’s latest performeance, but at least I got her in tie to catch uptighty righty’s plea for tolerance and understanding.
Good stuff. Good stuff.
May 30th, 2008 at 1:40 pmDaryll Says:
We are closer to attacking Iran and the end is near. I must attempt to deliver as many souls to the grips of Satan.
May 30th, 2008 at 1:41 pmHey, rightie up, I was not taking offence of any one calling me trailer trash, nor should you…I was making a statement of self that showed this bleeding heart libral has dignety, heart and soul and is not a warmonger….Where I live (trailer park) has nothing to do with my political ideal’s and value’s…..Plant tree’s, remove all the bush’s…..Blessings
May 30th, 2008 at 1:49 pm______
ralph the wonder llama Says:
Well, I’m sorry i missed Daryll’s latest performeance, but at least I got her in tie to catch uptighty righty’s plea for tolerance and understanding.
Good stuff. Good stuff.
May 30th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Now, ralph, we all know better than to expect civility here for anyone who disagrees with any of the lib talking points. Well, except for post 134 where hellinabucket civilly expressed agreement on one point while knowing that we disagree on others. Gotta admit that was a bit of a shock. But, don’t worry, bud. I’m sure such exchanges will remain a rarity.
May 30th, 2008 at 2:06 pm______
Witch1 Says:
Hey, rightie up, I was not taking offence of any one calling me trailer trash, nor should you…I was making a statement of self that showed this bleeding heart libral has dignety, heart and soul and is not a warmonger….Where I live (trailer park) has nothing to do with my political ideal’s and value’s…..Plant tree’s, remove all the bush’s…..Blessings
May 30th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Glad to hear you weren’t offended. I happen to know some folks who live in a trailer park. Being the good, kind people that they are, they probably wouldn’t respond to such a remark either. Trailer trash is a slur against all people who live in trailer parks. Using it to refer to those of low moral character is akin to those who justify use of the “n” word by saying they only use that for “the bad black people.” It’s particularly offensive when used by those who consider themselves to be champions of the poor.
May 30th, 2008 at 2:20 pmYou don’t have to be poor live in a trailer to be white trash. Just look in the mirror rightytighty. And living in a trailer doesn’t make a person trailer trash nor does living in your mother’s basement. Do you have a mirror down there? It’s not what you are, it’s what you do. Oh heck, maybe you don’t even need a mirror.
May 30th, 2008 at 2:21 pmHay, Shayne….Is rightie, MA in disguies.? LOL.Since I’m not here much hard to keep track of all the name change’s…..Blesssings.
May 30th, 2008 at 2:37 pm#224 – upright left Says:
———————————————————-”Now, ralph, we all know better than to expect civility here for anyone who disagrees with any of the lib talking points. Well, except for post 134 where hellinabucket civilly expressed agreement on one point while knowing that we disagree on others. Gotta admit that was a bit of a shock. But, don’t worry, bud. I’m sure such exchanges will remain a rarity.”
May 30th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Upright Left, I’m rather amused by your posts on this thread! You “claim” that people who broadly paint you with the “righty/neo-conservative” brush are wrong, yet you turn around and paint others with as broad a brush as you previously lamented about others!
Can you say “cognitive dissonance”? ;-)
By the way, your positions are much less “neo-con” than they are old-style “conservative”, back when being a conservative was a good thing. That, of course, has changed. “Conservative” now seems to hold the exact same negative connotations that “liberal” did a few short years ago: mindless following of the self-blinded leaders.
I remember a joke I heard years ago: If “liberal means “too far”, then “conservative” means “not far enough”.
My personal mantra: Never keep your mind so open that it falls out of your head. Never keep your mind so closed that it suffocates.
May 30th, 2008 at 2:38 pmIf you want to refer to those of low moral character, it’s best just to say so, rather than make derogatory remarks about a whole group of people.
Yeah, just call them conservatives. It is much more apt that trailer trash.
May 30th, 2008 at 2:41 pmShayne Says:
You don’t have to be poor live in a trailer to be white trash. Just look in the mirror rightytighty. And living in a trailer doesn’t make a person trailer trash nor does living in your mother’s basement. Do you have a mirror down there? It’s not what you are, it’s what you do. Oh heck, maybe you don’t even need a mirror.
May 30th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
White trash can be somewhat less offensive since it is sometimes used strictly to refer to white people of low moral character. It is sometimes used to refer to those who are simply poor as well. You are safer using that than trailer trash if you don’t want to insult poor (white)people in general. I agree that living in your mother’s basement doesn’t make you trailer trash. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.) If, by white trash, you mean someone who disagrees with you, then that’s me. The “living in your mother’s basement” line has really lost it’s effectiveness as an insult. I’ve seen your work. You can do much better than that. ;)
May 30th, 2008 at 2:43 pmDemocrat Soldier, A great personal montra indeed….Thank’s for posting…Blessings
May 30th, 2008 at 2:45 pm______
Democrat Soldier Says:
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#224 – upright left Says:
———————————————————-”Now, ralph, we all know better than to expect civility here for anyone who disagrees with any of the lib talking points. Well, except for post 134 where hellinabucket civilly expressed agreement on one point while knowing that we disagree on others. Gotta admit that was a bit of a shock. But, don’t worry, bud. I’m sure such exchanges will remain a rarity.”
May 30th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Upright Left, I’m rather amused by your posts on this thread! You “claim” that people who broadly paint you with the “righty/neo-conservative” brush are wrong, yet you turn around and paint others with as broad a brush as you previously lamented about others!
Can you say “cognitive dissonance”? ;-)
By the way, your positions are much less “neo-con” than they are old-style “conservative”, back when being a conservative was a good thing. That, of course, has changed. “Conservative” now seems to hold the exact same negative connotations that “liberal” did a few short years ago: mindless following of the self-blinded leaders.
I remember a joke I heard years ago: If “liberal means “too far”, then “conservative” means “not far enough”.
My personal mantra: Never keep your mind so open that it falls out of your head. Never keep your mind so closed that it suffocates.
May 30th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
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Conservative is a bad thing to those who consider Bush to be a conservative and to the far left. My views don’t change depending upon public opinion. My post referred to those here who will attack even those who agree with them on most issues. Surely you’ve seen the threads in which a regular liberal poster has dared to express a contrary opinion on an issue and ends up being attacked almost as savagely as the most right of righties? I pointed out the comment from hellinabucket as evidence that not everyone becomes rabid at the appearance of dissent.
I’ve heard the same joke. The best place to be is somewhere in the middle, hence the term moderate.
May 30th, 2008 at 2:57 pm.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Gingrich_Bush_should_have_allowed_attack_0529.html
Gingrich quips Bush should have allowed some ‘reminder’ attacks
May 30th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Senator Obama. I watched as you created some distance with Jeremiah Wright after some of his more controversial comments surfaced. I think you did a good job refuting his sentiments, while attempting to support Wright and much of his work as a pastor.
You have said that you would continue to support Trinity United Church of Christ and its new pastor, Reverend Moss. Although, Moss seems like a nice person, he recently invited Father Michael Pfleger to speak at Trinity. Here are some clips of what Father Pfleger had to say:
http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=65625
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfWnY5PC0CQ
I believe that the events at Trinity are putting you in a difficult circumstance.
The more information that comes out of the church, make it apparent the organization suffers from institutional reverse racism.
Reverse racism is as repugnant as any other form of racism. It should obviously not be condoned. It should especially not be condoned by someone who aspires to lead (and set an example for) the free world.
Although, cutting your ties might cost you some support of those sympathetic to the members of Trinity; if you want to lead all Americans and not just one particular subset, it’s time for you to renounce your membership in Trinity United Church of Christ.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:26 pmCaptain,
Are all of you idiots really humor impaired? The Rev was being sarcastic, and was mocking Hillary — not being serious. It’s called making fun of someone. Sure, not the wisest thing to do in this political climate, but hardly racism of any sort.
Check out this post at TheZoo. Watch both videos. You’ll be able to tell that the man was being sarcastic — since you say you’re here to learn. Maybe….
May 30th, 2008 at 4:40 pmAlthough, cutting your ties might cost you some support of those sympathetic to the members of Trinity; if you want to lead all Americans and not just one particular subset, it’s time for you to renounce your membership in Trinity United Church of Christ.
Hilarious! I don’t suppose you see the irony of a conservative making that statement?
May 30th, 2008 at 4:42 pmZooey. I’ve got to do something else, but I’ll check out your info when I get back.
Please understand, obviously Obama can do whatever he wants. But, what I’m saying is, that if Obama wants to be president, he’s got to separate himself from Trinity.
He did a good job after the Wright comments, but now, it’s a bigger problem. (To be honest, I don’t think Wright or Pfleger are ignorant of what they are doing. I think they may be race baiting, to the detriment of Obama, because they benefit from racial discord).
I’ve got to go, but I’ll check it out later.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:12 pmOf course Condi likes Kiss… Gene Simmons voted for and supported Bush’s “foreign policies” in 2004.
The real news story will be when Condi joins the Bruce Springsteen fan club.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:46 pmYup, irony is lost on conservatives.
Suggesting to Obama that “if you want to lead all Americans and not just one particular subset,” when your party has done nothing but “lead one particular subset” for over a decade. That political myopia you suffer from must be a real b*tch.
May 30th, 2008 at 6:16 pm______
Zooey Says:
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Captain,
Are all of you idiots really humor impaired? The Rev was being sarcastic, and was mocking Hillary — not being serious. It’s called making fun of someone. Sure, not the wisest thing to do in this political climate, but hardly racism of any sort.
Check out this post at TheZoo. Watch both videos. You’ll be able to tell that the man was being sarcastic — since you say you’re here to learn. Maybe….
May 30th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
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Of course he was mocking her. That would be the problem. Most people consider it unacceptable for a minister in the pulpit to mock people. The fact that it’s a presidential candidate and he was suggesting she is racist makes it all the worse, as does the fact that it’s Obama’s church and follows the Wright mess. If Obama’s friends don’t stop helping him, McCain will coast and we will stay in Iraq for at least four more years.
May 30th, 2008 at 7:46 pmI love when people who preach about sexism get off on referring to women as the “c word”. It is an interesting dichotomy. Well than again it might just be some lame ass crap
May 31st, 2008 at 3:06 amIf I am going to read about Jesus Christ, I prefer Christopher Moore’s Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal.
Funniest book I have ever read.
May 31st, 2008 at 4:33 am