Comments on: ThinkFast: July 28, 2008 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:25:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: jerseyboyblue http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5118294 jerseyboyblue Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:55:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5118294 OMG...Love the photo. OMG…Love the photo.

]]> By: stateofthedivision http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5118240 stateofthedivision Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:35:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5118240 People drove 40 billion miles less while gas prices soared? What happened to demand impacting price? http://stateofthedivision.blogspot.com/2008/07/state-of-market-forces-demand-down.html Of course this is being spun to benefit private industries efforts to develop U.S. infrastructure: http://peureport.blogspot.com/2008/07/gas-prices-big-oil-profits-soar-while.html People drove 40 billion miles less while gas prices soared? What happened to demand impacting price?

http://stateofthedivision.blogspot.com/2008/07/state-of-market-forces-demand-down.html

Of course this is being spun to benefit private industries efforts to develop U.S. infrastructure:

http://peureport.blogspot.com/2008/07/gas-prices-big-oil-profits-soar-while.html

]]> By: Luis M http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5118126 Luis M Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:00:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5118126 <em>Fred Says: Luis M Says: Credit where credit is due, Ringo Dingo was right and Bozo was wrong. Carter was president in 1980. Well then I guess that means you on the right are ready to take credit for the thousands of serious mistakes you have made then, am I correct? Credit where credit is due……your words.</em> Me on the right? Not a chance. But I've apologized a few times when I made mistakes misquoting people here on TP, and I do think Ringo Dingo deserved an apology for being accused of not knowing the years when Carter was President. I don't like it when trolls here move the goal spots when debating someone, but I don't like it either when regular posters do it to visiting people, be them trolls or rightwingers or whatever. That's my two cents anyway. And yeah, I agree, I do think that the right-wingers need to apologize for the thousands of mistakes they have made :) Too bad the "liberal media" won't go after them. Fred Says:
Luis M Says:
Credit where credit is due, Ringo Dingo was right and Bozo was wrong. Carter was president in 1980.

Well then I guess that means you on the right are ready to take credit for the thousands of serious mistakes you have made then, am I correct?

Credit where credit is due……your words.

Me on the right? Not a chance. But I’ve apologized a few times when I made mistakes misquoting people here on TP, and I do think Ringo Dingo deserved an apology for being accused of not knowing the years when Carter was President.

I don’t like it when trolls here move the goal spots when debating someone, but I don’t like it either when regular posters do it to visiting people, be them trolls or rightwingers or whatever. That’s my two cents anyway.

And yeah, I agree, I do think that the right-wingers need to apologize for the thousands of mistakes they have made :) Too bad the “liberal media” won’t go after them.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5118036 Marie Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:24:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5118036 Radio host, Ed Schultz is on the rampage today -- where in blazes are all the Democrats who should be defending Barack Obama against the scurrilous attacks from McCain. Obama said he would't be swiftboated - and he does reply to these comments - but he doesn't get nasty. Where are his surrogates who should be willing to take some flak for Obama? The Dems want to take the WHite House, but they aren't fighting for it -- are they waiting for McCain to just fall over? Radio host, Ed Schultz is on the rampage today — where in blazes are all the Democrats who should be defending Barack Obama against the scurrilous attacks from McCain.
Obama said he would’t be swiftboated – and he does reply to these comments – but he doesn’t get nasty. Where are his surrogates who should be willing to take some flak for Obama?
The Dems want to take the WHite House, but they aren’t fighting for it — are they waiting for McCain to just fall over?

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5117904 Marie Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:53:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5117904 Drudge is reporting tha columnist Robert Novak is hospitalized with a brain tumor and is suspending his work for a while. Hmmm. Drudge is reporting tha columnist Robert Novak is hospitalized with a brain tumor and is suspending his work for a while.
Hmmm.

]]> By: House of Roberts http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5117822 House of Roberts Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:34:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5117822 tombaker at 12:09 pm The shooting in Knoxville was important enough for Hartmann to lead off with it. On the deficit: add to all this the 150 billion stimulus that won't be around next spring when they deduct it from the tax refunds. tombaker at 12:09 pm
The shooting in Knoxville was important enough for Hartmann to lead off with it.

On the deficit: add to all this the 150 billion stimulus that won’t be around next spring when they deduct it from the tax refunds.

]]> By: joe cantwell http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5117810 joe cantwell Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:31:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5117810 there will be one less <a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/25872864/" rel="nofollow">troll</a> visiting tp from now on. * good luck. # there will be one

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]]> By: Evil Spaniard http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5117728 Evil Spaniard Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:14:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5117728 <em><strong>Report: Empty prison in Iraq a $40M 'failure'</strong> By BRIAN MURPHY and PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writers Mon Jul 28, 6:26 AM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_vacant_prison;_ylt=AmoS5edkuVg2R0kLzs4Zz.ms0NUE BAGHDAD - In the flatlands north of Baghdad sits a prison with no prisoners. It holds something else: a chronicle of U.S. government waste, misguided planning and construction shortcuts costing $40 million and stretching back to the American overseers who replaced Saddam Hussein. "It's a bit of a monument in the desert right now because it's not going to be used as a prison," said Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, whose office plans to release a report Monday detailing the litany of problems at the vacant detention center in Khan Bani Saad.</em> Speaking of deficit... <em><strong>Turkish officials link bombings to rebel Kurds</strong> By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press Writer Mon Jul 28, 9:31 AM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_re_mi_ea/turkey_explosions;_ylt=ArhqG4DgEOg0DDUslUmXy6qs0NUE ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkish officials suggested Monday that Kurdish militants were the main suspects in bomb blasts that killed 17 people in a crowded square, with Turkey's prime minister saying it could be a reprisal for air raids on guerrilla positions in northern Iraq. The rebel Kurdistan Worker's Party, or PKK, immediately denied involvement and attributed Sunday night's attack to "dark forces," an apparent reference to hardline Turkish nationalists who allegedly seek to foment chaos in order to strengthen the political influence of the military.</em> Remember? Two days ago Turkey attacked kurds in Iraq. Violence ALWAYS follows you home. <em><strong>Iowa town become flash point in immigration debate</strong> By HENRY C. JACKSON, Associated Press Writer Mon Jul 28, 5:02 AM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_re_us/immigration_raid_protests;_ylt=Au5FxdSbLOZFeoFRi2.Xrqms0NUE POSTVILLE, Iowa - As the chants of 1,000 or so people roared near the center of town, Dave Hartley stood on the periphery wearing a look of wonder and bemusement. The 50-year-old Postville resident said he never expected this sleepy community of about 2,200 to become a flashpoint in the debate over immigration. As a three-hour protest concluded just blocks from his house, he spoke regretfully about what the town had become. "It's not their fault," he said of the protesters. "It just didn't need to get to this, to a boiling point."</em> The results of the Bush cabinet's heavy handed policy against immigration. Report: Empty prison in Iraq a $40M ‘failure’
By BRIAN MURPHY and PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writers
Mon Jul 28, 6:26 AM ET

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_vacant_prison;_ylt=AmoS5edkuVg2R0kLzs4Zz.ms0NUE

BAGHDAD – In the flatlands north of Baghdad sits a prison with no prisoners. It holds something else: a chronicle of U.S. government waste, misguided planning and construction shortcuts costing $40 million and stretching back to the American overseers who replaced Saddam Hussein.

“It’s a bit of a monument in the desert right now because it’s not going to be used as a prison,” said Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, whose office plans to release a report Monday detailing the litany of problems at the vacant detention center in Khan Bani Saad.

Speaking of deficit…

Turkish officials link bombings to rebel Kurds
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press Writer
Mon Jul 28, 9:31 AM ET

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_re_mi_ea/turkey_explosions;_ylt=ArhqG4DgEOg0DDUslUmXy6qs0NUE

ISTANBUL, Turkey – Turkish officials suggested Monday that Kurdish militants were the main suspects in bomb blasts that killed 17 people in a crowded square, with Turkey’s prime minister saying it could be a reprisal for air raids on guerrilla positions in northern Iraq.

The rebel Kurdistan Worker’s Party, or PKK, immediately denied involvement and attributed Sunday night’s attack to “dark forces,” an apparent reference to hardline Turkish nationalists who allegedly seek to foment chaos in order to strengthen the political influence of the military.

Remember? Two days ago Turkey attacked kurds in Iraq. Violence ALWAYS follows you home.

Iowa town become flash point in immigration debate
By HENRY C. JACKSON, Associated Press Writer
Mon Jul 28, 5:02 AM ET

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_re_us/immigration_raid_protests;_ylt=Au5FxdSbLOZFeoFRi2.Xrqms0NUE

POSTVILLE, Iowa – As the chants of 1,000 or so people roared near the center of town, Dave Hartley stood on the periphery wearing a look of wonder and bemusement.

The 50-year-old Postville resident said he never expected this sleepy community of about 2,200 to become a flashpoint in the debate over immigration. As a three-hour protest concluded just blocks from his house, he spoke regretfully about what the town had become.

“It’s not their fault,” he said of the protesters. “It just didn’t need to get to this, to a boiling point.”

The results of the Bush cabinet’s heavy handed policy against immigration.

]]> By: tomcat27834 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5117618 tomcat27834 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:49:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5117618 ahh, the Bush legacy.......... the gift that just keeps on giving. ahh, the Bush legacy……….

the gift that just keeps on giving.

]]> By: dbadass http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5117608 dbadass Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:45:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5117608 I am particularly annoyed by the endless construction of winter olympic facilities in fragile habitats. How many liquid nitrogen luge runs does the world need. Enough of this crap. Can't the world just setlle on rotating the games through just a view preexisting facilities. It is stupid and wasteful. I am particularly annoyed by the endless construction of winter olympic facilities in fragile habitats. How many liquid nitrogen luge runs does the world need. Enough of this crap. Can’t the world just setlle on rotating the games through just a view preexisting facilities. It is stupid and wasteful.

]]> By: Saint Augustine http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5117588 Saint Augustine Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:39:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5117588 Bilbo Hussein Baggins @ 101 I wonder what will happen if a dozen or more atheleyes can't compete because of air quality. That could have consequences for China and the oil industry if hundreds of millions of people around the world start realizing how screwed up the world atmosphere really is. Bilbo Hussein Baggins @ 101

I wonder what will happen if a dozen or more atheleyes can’t compete because of air quality. That could have consequences for China and the oil industry if hundreds of millions of people around the world start realizing how screwed up the world atmosphere really is.

]]> By: barfly http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5117546 barfly Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:25:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5117546 Fred: <em>Well then I guess that means you on the right are ready to take credit for the thousands of serious mistakes you have made then, am I correct? Credit where credit is due……your words.</em> Reel it back in, Fred, I'm pretty sure Luis is on our side. Fred:

Well then I guess that means you on the right are ready to take credit for the thousands of serious mistakes you have made then, am I correct?

Credit where credit is due……your words.

Reel it back in, Fred, I’m pretty sure Luis is on our side.

]]> By: Fred http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5117512 Fred Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:16:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5117512 <blockquote>Luis M Says: Credit where credit is due, Ringo Dingo was right and Bozo was wrong. Carter was president in 1980.</blockquote> Well then I guess that means you on the right are ready to take credit for the thousands of serious mistakes you have made then, am I correct? Credit where credit is due......your words.

Luis M Says:
Credit where credit is due, Ringo Dingo was right and Bozo was wrong. Carter was president in 1980.

Well then I guess that means you on the right are ready to take credit for the thousands of serious mistakes you have made then, am I correct?

Credit where credit is due……your words.

]]> By: Fred http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5117500 Fred Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:11:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5117500 <blockquote>Ringo Dingo Says: Well, there’s that “commander on the ground” that Obama said he’d listen to, and it appears that commander agrees with Senator McCain.</blockquote> Ringo misses the point that bush fired every commander that disagreed with him......betrayus will not be working for Obama. Justs as bush has assumed (inefficiantly to say the least) the mantle of commander in chief, Obama will soon be that commander in chief and the commanders in the field will work for him, not the other way around. I know this is disappointing news to the right but you will just have to learn to live with it.

Ringo Dingo Says:
Well, there’s that “commander on the ground” that Obama said he’d listen to, and it appears that commander agrees with Senator McCain.

Ringo misses the point that bush fired every commander that disagreed with him……betrayus will not be working for Obama.

Justs as bush has assumed (inefficiantly to say the least) the mantle of commander in chief, Obama will soon be that commander in chief and the commanders in the field will work for him, not the other way around.

I know this is disappointing news to the right but you will just have to learn to live with it.

]]> By: tombaker http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5117494 tombaker Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:09:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5117494 Sounds like somebody's got a Unitarian Church to shoot up somewhere. Why no thread on the Terrorist attack in Tennessee?? Sounds like somebody’s got a Unitarian Church to shoot up somewhere.

Why no thread on the Terrorist attack in Tennessee??

]]> By: Ms_Joanne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5117480 Ms_Joanne Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:08:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5117480 <a href="http://tpzoo.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/images-the-government-doesnt-want-you-to-see/" rel="nofollow">US military trying to block all war images from coming home.</a> US military trying to block all war images from coming home.

]]> By: Ms_Joanne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5117476 Ms_Joanne Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:08:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5117476 On Friday, <a href="http://tpzoo.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/senate-republicans-block-oil-speculation-bill/" rel="nofollow">Senate Republicans blocked a bill to rein in speculation in the oil markets</a>. They want more drilling and nuclear power. And late on a Friday afternoon. I suppose they hope no one caught it. It almost worked. Monied power: 1, Average Americans: 0. On Friday, Senate Republicans blocked a bill to rein in speculation in the oil markets. They want more drilling and nuclear power. And late on a Friday afternoon. I suppose they hope no one caught it. It almost worked. Monied power: 1, Average Americans: 0.

]]> By: Shayne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5117464 Shayne Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:04:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5117464 Oh Dingleball, don't go away mad, just go away. Oh Dingleball, don’t go away mad, just go away.

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5117462 katy Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:03:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5117462 <em>Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says: [...] ... HP where a thread can easily get to 1,000 posts.</em> i don't read the comments there... does it get that high because of trooll FEEDING... like it does here at TP? ... Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
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… HP where a thread can easily get to 1,000 posts.

i don’t read the comments there… does it get that high because of trooll FEEDING… like it does here at TP?

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]]> By: Luis M http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5117416 Luis M Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:50:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/28/thinkfast-july-28-2008/#comment-5117416 Credit where credit is due, Ringo Dingo was right and Bozo was wrong. Carter <strong>was</strong> president in 1980. Credit where credit is due, Ringo Dingo was right and Bozo was wrong. Carter was president in 1980.

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