Comments on: ThinkFast: August 8, 2008 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:44:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Uncle Fester Lurks http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5149862 Uncle Fester Lurks Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:18:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5149862 So....IF the Bush administration lied about WMD's in Iraq, lied about the anthrax attacks coming from Iraq, lied about Al Qaida being linked to Saddam, lied about Saddam trying to purchase Yellow cake, lied about mushroom clouds <strong>COULD</strong> <strong>it be that they also lied about 9/11????? </strong> So….IF the Bush administration lied about WMD’s in Iraq, lied about the anthrax attacks coming from Iraq, lied about Al Qaida being linked to Saddam, lied about Saddam trying to purchase Yellow cake, lied about mushroom clouds COULD it be that they also lied about 9/11?????

]]> By: Uncle Fester Lurks http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5149860 Uncle Fester Lurks Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:10:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5149860 But, but, but according to the <strong>idiot in chief</strong> and Insane McCain we shouldn't attack sovereign nations...you know like Iraq and Afghanistan. But, but, but according to the idiot in chief and Insane McCain we shouldn’t attack sovereign nations…you know like Iraq and Afghanistan.

]]> By: pcmcg http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5146346 pcmcg Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:58:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5146346 <strong>Professor Expelled from Republican Party for Supporting Barrack Obama</strong> <a href="http://www.taxgirl.com/unbelievable-prof-expelled-from-party-for-supporting-obama/" rel="nofollow">via TaxGirl Blog</a> Professor Expelled from Republican Party for Supporting Barrack Obama

via TaxGirl Blog

]]> By: pcmcg http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5146336 pcmcg Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:57:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5146336 <strong>Proffessor Expelled from Republican Party for Supporting Barack Obama</strong> Proffessor Expelled from Republican Party for Supporting Barack Obama

]]> By: Anonymous - One http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5146290 Anonymous - One Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:42:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5146290 It should also be noted that McCain will be in Northwest Arkansas today around 5 PM Central Time... It should also be noted that McCain will be in Northwest Arkansas today around 5 PM Central Time…

]]> By: www.regimeofterror.com http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5145892 www.regimeofterror.com Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:10:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5145892 Thanks for pointing out that study on Iran's nukes being attacked. We "totally agree" with your premise that letting Iran getting nukes and using them on Israel is much more preferable, right? Thanks for pointing out that study on Iran’s nukes being attacked. We “totally agree” with your premise that letting Iran getting nukes and using them on Israel is much more preferable, right?

]]> By: Witch1 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5145816 Witch1 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:50:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5145816 #100 DRxJ, was good golly MA at one time.? Hard to keep track...What ever happened to R2 and Rachael? Then there was {Right}....So many have went the way of the wind, like passing gas...LOL......Blessings #100 DRxJ, was good golly MA at one time.? Hard to keep track…What ever happened to R2 and Rachael? Then there was {Right}….So many have went the way of the wind, like passing gas…LOL……Blessings

]]> By: DRxJ http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5145746 DRxJ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:22:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5145746 Not that I really care, but I think Themis is good_golly, who has admitted to being female. Though, the way it posts, it could be misinterpreted as a 6th grade male (my apologies to all the 6th grade males out there) Not that I really care, but I think Themis is good_golly, who has admitted to being female.

Though, the way it posts, it could be misinterpreted as a 6th grade male
(my apologies to all the 6th grade males out there)

]]> By: gummitch http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5145686 gummitch Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:11:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5145686 Katy, better ask <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/confirmed-cheney-will-participate-in-rnc-convention/#comment-5145664" rel="nofollow">Dr. Matt</a> as well. Katy, better ask Dr. Matt as well.

]]> By: gummitch http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5145676 gummitch Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:09:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5145676 <em>katy Says: hey ralph, if your intention is to degrade the trooll by calling it a girl, i’d appreciate it if you would rather get in the habit of saying “it”… “troll” being gender neutral…</em> Katy, thanks for bringing this up, and it certainly isn't only Ralph who does this; in fact, I think it's unusual for him to do so. katy Says:

hey ralph, if your intention is to degrade the trooll by calling it a girl, i’d appreciate it if you would rather get in the habit of saying “it”… “troll” being gender neutral…

Katy, thanks for bringing this up, and it certainly isn’t only Ralph who does this; in fact, I think it’s unusual for him to do so.

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5145656 katy Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:00:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5145656 <em>ralph the wonder llama Says: Themis seems to favor ... I’m sure she would be pleased to ...</em> hey ralph, if your intention is to degrade the trooll by calling it a girl, i'd appreciate it if you would rather get in the habit of saying "it"... "troll" being gender neutral... unless you KNOW that trooll's gender... know what i mean? ralph the wonder llama Says:
Themis seems to favor …
I’m sure she would be pleased to …

hey ralph, if your intention is to degrade the trooll by calling it a girl, i’d appreciate it if you would rather get in the habit of saying “it”… “troll” being gender neutral…

unless you KNOW that trooll’s gender…

know what i mean?

]]> By: DieNowForPeace http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5145634 DieNowForPeace Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:58:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5145634 <em>Themis Says:</em> Just a few more posts then you could trade in the Shrub ball sack for a full blown Jeff Gannon style visit to the WH. Bring some chapstick. Themis Says:

Just a few more posts then you could trade in the Shrub ball sack for a full blown Jeff Gannon style visit to the WH.

Bring some chapstick.

]]> By: DRxJ http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5145612 DRxJ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:54:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5145612 <em>Themiscrap Says: Bad news for the Democrats (Pelosi, Reid, et al.) <strong>who invested so heavily in defeat.</strong></em> You're kind of a dimwit seeking attention, aren't you? Themiscrap Says:

Bad news for the Democrats (Pelosi, Reid, et al.) who invested so heavily in defeat.

You’re kind of a dimwit seeking attention, aren’t you?

]]> By: DieNowForPeace http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5145548 DieNowForPeace Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:22:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5145548 <em>Iraqi Shi'ite Cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr To Disarm If U.S. Withdraws On Timetable » Reuters Wisam Mohammed August 8, 2008 at 07:55 AM Influential Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr would dissolve his Mehdi Army militia if the United States starts withdrawing troops according to a set timetable, a spokesman said.</em> Iraqi Shi’ite Cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr To Disarm If U.S. Withdraws On Timetable »

Reuters Wisam Mohammed August 8, 2008 at 07:55 AM

Influential Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr would dissolve his Mehdi Army militia if the United States starts withdrawing troops according to a set timetable, a spokesman said.

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5145510 katy Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:11:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5145510 crooksandliars is not loading for me...the past hour... anyone else? why? crooksandliars is not loading for me…the past hour…

anyone else? why?

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5145500 katy Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:08:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5145500 just heard a news blurb of dubya with the olympic team, and the "honorary captain", pappy HW... reminded me of a notion i had yesterday morning and wanted to ask about... on the TODAY show, HW was interviewed, and matt asked him about his assignment to china long ago... that nixon (?) asked him what country he wanted to be ambassador of, and he picked china, at that time, not considered a plum assignment at all... but HW is so proud of all the changes and advances over the years... how much of china's purchase of the US has been facilitated by HW... ? just heard a news blurb of dubya with the olympic team, and the “honorary captain”, pappy HW…

reminded me of a notion i had yesterday morning and wanted to ask about…

on the TODAY show, HW was interviewed, and matt asked him about his assignment to china long ago… that nixon (?) asked him what country he wanted to be ambassador of, and he picked china, at that time, not considered a plum assignment at all… but HW is so proud of all the changes and advances over the years…

how much of china’s purchase of the US has been facilitated by HW… ?

]]> By: belac http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5145488 belac Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:06:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5145488 A few more indications that the CIA did fake that letter at Cheney's request... http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/08/08/suskind/ A few more indications that the CIA did fake that letter at Cheney’s request…

http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/08/08/suskind/

]]> By: misshusseinmolly http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5145464 misshusseinmolly Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:55:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5145464 A new report to be released today by the nonpartisan Institute for Science and International Security finds that an attack on Iran “could backfire by strengthening Tehran’s resolve to acquire the bomb.” ___________________________________________________________ This is the kind of "duh" that really doesn't need a formal report. Yet we still have people who are under the impression that bombing Iran will cause them to immediately surrender everything they have, fully confess their covert nuclear weapons program they've managed to keep hidden, and do anything we tell them to do with nary a complaint. Those of us who are more grounded in reality can see a different picture: 1. A violent attack tends to REALLY p!ss people off. Think of how we felt as a nation on 9/11. 2. P!ssed off people seldom give up right away. They tend to fight back. Even a Quaker could become a snarling mass of ugliness if sufficiently provoked. 3. If we attack a country because they are supposedly have a nuclear weapons program going on that even our own intelligence can't find any evidence of, how will we know when we have successfully destroyed it? How will we know we have "won"? Oh, wait -- that's not important. We'll just be there indefinitely -- kind of like our other recent wars. A new report to be released today by the nonpartisan Institute for Science and International Security finds that an attack on Iran “could backfire by strengthening Tehran’s resolve to acquire the bomb.”
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This is the kind of “duh” that really doesn’t need a formal report. Yet we still have people who are under the impression that bombing Iran will cause them to immediately surrender everything they have, fully confess their covert nuclear weapons program they’ve managed to keep hidden, and do anything we tell them to do with nary a complaint.

Those of us who are more grounded in reality can see a different picture:

1. A violent attack tends to REALLY p!ss people off. Think of how we felt as a nation on 9/11.

2. P!ssed off people seldom give up right away. They tend to fight back. Even a Quaker could become a snarling mass of ugliness if sufficiently provoked.

3. If we attack a country because they are supposedly have a nuclear weapons program going on that even our own intelligence can’t find any evidence of, how will we know when we have successfully destroyed it? How will we know we have “won”? Oh, wait — that’s not important. We’ll just be there indefinitely — kind of like our other recent wars.

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5145444 katy Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:49:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5145444 <em>Leavitt said the “early draft” of the rule “contained words that lead some to conclude my intent is to deal with the subject of contraceptives, somehow defining them as abortion. Not true.”</em> can't say he didn't try though... "shucks... now i have to change it... dang internets..." Leavitt said the “early draft” of the rule “contained words that lead some to conclude my intent is to deal with the subject of contraceptives, somehow defining them as abortion. Not true.”

can’t say he didn’t try though…

“shucks… now i have to change it… dang internets…”

]]> By: stateofthedivision http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5145378 stateofthedivision Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:34:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/08/thinkfast-august-8-2008/#comment-5145378 China honors American Presidential Delegation at Opening Ceremonies: http://arisfreedomswitch.blogspot.com/2008/08/chinas-opening-ceremony-honors-bush.html China honors American Presidential Delegation at Opening Ceremonies:

http://arisfreedomswitch.blogspot.com/2008/08/chinas-opening-ceremony-honors-bush.html

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