Obama Restores Credibility To The Presidential Medal Of Freedom
Obama Restores Credibility To The Presidential Medal Of Freedom
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civil award, awarded to individuals who have contributed to: 1) the security or national interests of the United States, 2) world peace, or 3) cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.
Today, President Obama announced his first batch of Medal recipients — a bipartisan group of individuals who have “blazed trails and broken down barriers.” The list includes former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, former Republican congressman and NFL quarterback Jack Kemp, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), legendary tennis player Billie Jean King, and LGBT civil rights pioneer Harvey Milk. From Obama’s statement on these recipients, who will be recognized at a ceremony on Aug. 12:
These outstanding men and women represent an incredible diversity of backgrounds. Their tremendous accomplishments span fields from science to sports, from fine arts to foreign affairs. Yet they share one overarching trait: Each has been an agent of change. Each saw an imperfect world and set about improving it, often overcoming great obstacles along the way.
Their relentless devotion to breaking down barriers and lifting up their fellow citizens sets a standard to which we all should strive. It is my great honor to award them the Medal of Freedom.
The award seems to be finally regaining the honor that it largely lost during the tenure of President Bush, who doled it out to his cronies. Bush’s final three recipients in January 2009 were Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, and former Prime Ministers Tony Blair of the United Kingdom and John Howard of Australia, who were recognized for their willingness to be “staunch allies of the United States” — and Bush’s foreign policies.
In fact, support for the Iraq war became a good predictor of whether one would receive the honor. Other recipients included neoconservative godfather Norm Podhoretz (2003), L. Paul Bremer (2004), Gen. Tommy Franks (2004), Gen. Richard Myers (2005), George Tenet (2004), and Gen. Peter Pace (2008). A look back:
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What? No prize for Dick Cheney…?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAA!!!!!!11!!!1!!!!!
July 30th, 2009 at 12:41 pmOn a serious note, well done President Obama. Excellent choices.
July 30th, 2009 at 12:42 pmwhat about charles darnay ?? :)
July 30th, 2009 at 12:49 pmTP, may I suggest that this thread show pictures of the current recipients rather than those from the Bush administration?
July 30th, 2009 at 12:50 pmNEOCON Paul Bremer (architect of needless blood and death) . .
What a disgrace to this honorable Medal of Freedom!!
So much shame on George Bush . .
July 30th, 2009 at 12:50 pmI am sorry, but I have to ask this. At first, I thought I had a little dark spot on my monitor. But then I realized that it was something under Peter Pace’s nose (last picture). What is that? Is he trying to grow a mustache like you know who’s?
July 30th, 2009 at 12:50 pmSorry, in my mind, credibility and Obama will not co-exist until his administration quits covering for Bush’s abuse of power and reinstates Rule of Law back into the executive branch of our government. Handing out a few medals does not do it for me. Just saying…
July 30th, 2009 at 12:51 pmPatrioticLiberalChristian says:
TP, may I suggest that this thread show pictures of the current recipients rather than those from the Bush administration?
July 30th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
I agree whole-heartedly!
July 30th, 2009 at 12:56 pmWayne A. Schneider says:
I am sorry, but I have to ask this. At first, I thought I had a little dark spot on my monitor. But then I realized that it was something under Peter Pace’s nose (last picture). What is that? Is he trying to grow a mustache like you know who’s?
Mustache or there is a great big honking bugger hanging out of his nose.
July 30th, 2009 at 12:57 pmWayne says:
Mustache or there is a great big honking bugger hanging out of his nose.
July 30th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
A new crop of nose hair?
July 30th, 2009 at 1:00 pmWayne says:
Sorry, in my mind, credibility and Obama will not co-exist until his administration quits covering for Bush’s abuse of power and reinstates Rule of Law back into the executive branch of our government. Handing out a few medals does not do it for me. Just saying…
Careful there, big guy, I’ve seen other people post similar sentiments only to get shouted down and neg’d by that pernicious “Zoo crew” that (pa)troll these threads to keep the orthodoxy.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:02 pmLooks like he forgot to remove the remaining booger from under his nose after his last snot mining expedition.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:03 pmI’m curious. Did George Tenet have to give back his medal after Bush blamed him for the Iraq War lies?
July 30th, 2009 at 1:04 pmAnd let’s not forget the $9 billion that he stole from the Iraqis.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:09 pmSo glad to see Harvey Milk’s name on that list. The righties are going to have a fit over that one.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:10 pmNo medals for Glenn Beck?! How DARE he!
(Whoops. Sorry. My “opposite” button was on.)
Fuller list here, but does anyone have the entire list?
July 30th, 2009 at 1:12 pmDr. Hussein Matt says:
Oh, I can hear it now: President Obama honored two homosexuals!
PEACE
July 30th, 2009 at 1:13 pmmystery commentor says:
Careful there, big guy, I’ve seen other people post similar sentiments only to get shouted down and neg’d by that pernicious “Zoo crew” that (pa)troll these threads to keep the orthodoxy.
I know most of the “Zoo Crew” and can safely say you are full of sh*t, mystery troll.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:19 pmIt was a misunderstanding. Bush thought it was the Presidential Medal for Freepers.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:21 pmWTF!
“Obama Restores Credibility To The Presidential Medal Of Freedom”
To O’Connor who was overheard stating that Gore couldn’t be allowed to become President and voted with the majority to throw the election to Bushco.
To Kemp? What for; being a good quarterback? He sure wasn’t much of a Congressman.
To Billy Jean King for doing what she did best, play tennis.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:27 pmDon’t forget Donald Rumsfeld (1977)
July 30th, 2009 at 1:29 pmWayne,
FTR, I agree with what you said about Obama and credibility. I won’t speak for any other Critters since, contrary to mystery troll’s way of thinking, we are not all of one mind on everything.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:30 pmWhen Bush was passing out this medal we could have called it the “Medal of Tyranny”. Now it is back in its proper place as the “Medal of Freedom”, but let’s be honest….sometimes it is the “Medal of Political Grandstanding” and the “The Medal of Political Correctness for the Purpose of Getting More Votes”
July 30th, 2009 at 1:33 pmOne of the announced recipients today:
A Crow Indian chief who wore war paint beneath his World War II uniform and went on to become an acclaimed Native American historian will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom next month.
President Obama is scheduled to present the nation’s highest civilian honor to Joe Medicine Crow and 15 other recipients on Aug. 11.
In 1939, Medicine Crow became the first member of his tribe to receive a master’s degree, in anthropology. He is now the Crow’s sole surviving war chief, an honor bestowed for a series of accomplishments during World War II, including hand-to-hand combat with a German solider, whose life Medicine Crow spared.
My kind of man.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:36 pmmystery commentor says:
July 30th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
God, what a whiner.
As soon as my comments start getting voted down, as if I were a troll — I will leave.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:37 pmIs it just me or does Bush seem to be confused by necklace clasps?
July 30th, 2009 at 1:41 pmWhy on earth would anyone object to Wayne respectfully expressing the frustration most Americans (No offense, Canada) are feeling about something? I’m calm, patient, and restrained, by nature and I can put together a list of a half-a-hundred politicians I’d like to shake until they need emergency dental care. And those are the ones I think, and hope, mean well.
I will make an observation about Obama though. He doesn’t give much away. We got so used to Chimpy’s bluster and false bravado that it’s hard to adjust to someone who thinks before he acts and doesn’t telegraph every move. And as far as action against the previous Administration? I don’t expect, or want, to hear a peep unless it’s an announcement of arrests.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:41 pmBTW. I would suggest examining Billy-Jean King’s humanitarian and advocacy work before dismissing her as a simple tennis player. I haven’t seen the whole list but I’d wager she’s had a direct positive effect on as many lives as anyone on the list. Just sayin’.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:47 pmWatchdog:
You named a former cabinet secretary and one of the leading voices for the Iraq War. Keep trying.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:49 pmWhat do you know. Bush did give the medal to a few people who were not involved in the murder of hundreds of thousands of innocent people. I guess mass murder wasn’t the only criteria for receiving the medal from Bush.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:54 pmWe’ve benn through this before dumbass. They were lied to.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:55 pmwatchdog says:
Here are some of the other recipients under Bush.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
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And Benito Mussolini got the trains running on time. Your point?
July 30th, 2009 at 1:55 pmBush even admitted they were lied to, and he blamed it on George Tenet, you idiot.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:56 pmshoeless says:
We’ve benn through this before dumbass. They were lied to.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
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So was I, but I still protested against the war back in 2003, cause I knew it was based on a lie.
Anyone who voted for the authorization knew what they were doing, lies or not. It was a political calculation, and quite a few Democrats calculated incorrectly.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:00 pmchiroptera toasterhead says:
So was I, but I still protested against the war back in 2003, cause I knew it was based on a lie.
Anyone who voted for the authorization knew what they were doing, lies or not. It was a political calculation, and quite a few Democrats calculated incorrectly.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
I agree, ralph. The Bush admin lied to Congress, but the slightest effort would have revealed the lie.
It’s unbelievable that we protested so long ago, and we are still in this despicable war.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:05 pmTracy__5 says:
Who will take the Milk metal?
July 30th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Not worried about who’ll take the Kemp medal, Tracist?
July 30th, 2009 at 2:08 pmPlease don’t confuse watchpoopy with facts…
July 30th, 2009 at 2:09 pmSo we’ve reclaimed this award as being something other than the ‘how much shoe polish can you get on your tongue’ award!
July 30th, 2009 at 2:12 pmwatchdog says:
Who cares if they deserve it.
Not you, apparently.
Hopefully it will piss off some Republicans. That is the most important thing.
No, that’s just a bonus.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:12 pmObama honored the wrong Republicans. The Republican Racist would have wanted Rush Limbaugh, Mark Foley, Larry Craig, Tom DeLay, Jack Abramoff, Al Gonzales, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush and others who put this country in the mess we’re in. Who knows maybe the KKK would like Sarah Palin and David Duke for this years winners. Nothing Obama does matters it’s all boils down to the fact we have a Black President and racist will never accept that as long as Racist are rooted in the United States of America. We see many blacks give their lives in War to protect the Americans people even as some Americans would rather see the same soldiers hung on trees right here in the USA. I often think when I see or hear Americans say ” We support our Troops”, just who do they really mean? President Obama better not loose his security for one second or he’ll be arrested for being a Black man in America. At lease the Foreign Countries will understand just what America is really about when we say Democracy, Equality and Freedom.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:13 pm46. Tracy__5 says:
Flagged! Abusive language. 20 yard penalty, first down!
July 30th, 2009 at 2:14 pmTracy__5 says:
July 30th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Heh. I won that argument.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:15 pmTracy_5, do you mind watching your mouth here? That word may have escaped the censors here, but act with some civility.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:15 pmNo, I’m not kidding.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:15 pmTracy__5 says:
Abusive language?
Are you kidding?
Well, we could go for denigrating, sexist, degrading or appalling.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:17 pmDid Zooey drop the c-word here, Tracy?
July 30th, 2009 at 2:18 pmTracy__5 says:
Still an ignorant punkass troll I see. How in the world did you get SO proud to be SO stupid?
July 30th, 2009 at 2:19 pmchiroptera toasterhead says:
shoeless says:
We’ve benn through this before dumbass. They were lied to.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
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So was I, but I still protested against the war back in 2003, cause I knew it was based on a lie.
Anyone who voted for the authorization knew what they were doing, lies or not. It was a political calculation, and quite a few Democrats calculated incorrectly.
I agree totally and a lot of people think it cost her the presidency.
Is watchdog implying that he also found it upsetting when Hillary threw her support behind the war effort?
July 30th, 2009 at 2:20 pmDidn’t Bush give one to the executioner for the Texas state penal institutions?
July 30th, 2009 at 2:23 pmTracist, you ARE a racist.
Deal with it.
I’m stung by the c-word. Deeply hurt. I’ll never get over it. **sniff**
July 30th, 2009 at 2:24 pmNice sentiment there Tracist, #46, voted down and flagged. I can’t wait till they get rid of your sorry as*.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:26 pmHere’s another great upcoming medal recipient among this great list of honorees:
Muhammad Yunus
Dr. Muhammad Yunus is a global leader in anti-poverty efforts, and has pioneered the use of “micro-loans” to provide credit to poor individuals without collateral. Dr. Yunus, an economist by training, founded the Grameen Bank in 1983 in his native Bangladesh to provide small, low-interest loans to the poor to help better their livelihood and communities. Despite its low interest rates and lending to poor individuals, Grameen Bank is sustainable and 98% percent of its loans are repaid — higher than other banking systems. It has spread its successful model throughout the world. Dr. Yunus received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his work.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:26 pmThe “r-word”? “Ralph”?
July 30th, 2009 at 2:28 pmTracy__5 says:
Zooey has more class than you ever will you worthless ignorant punk. You are a stupid piece of garbage and your ignorant posts will soon be consigned from the sewer you crawled out of
July 30th, 2009 at 2:36 pmtRacist_5
Buh-bye!
July 30th, 2009 at 2:42 pmYou are so going down(on everything butt the Titanic) you slot
Tracy__5 says:
I don’t think Kemp deserves the metal cunt.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
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Yeah, that’d probably hurt.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:43 pm#46 & #67 Flagged.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:44 pmmary lacewing says:
Here’s another great upcoming medal recipient among this great list of honorees:
Muhammad Yunus
July 30th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
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He’s one of my favorite people on the planet. Also worth noting is that the President’s mother, Ann Sutoro, was one of the pioneers of microfinance when she worked in Indonesia in the 1980s and early 90s. Not sure if she knew Yunus personally, but she was certainly influenced by his work.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:48 pmIt could not be more obvious that the stupid, vile, troll has little or no contact with women. Really, using that word is about as smart as shooting your pecker off.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:48 pmpete says:
Well I would agree but you need to except the rubber woman he keeps in his closet
July 30th, 2009 at 2:51 pmTracy__5 says:
#66
Why do you need his help?
No, Tracy. You said Zooey dropped the “r-word”, and that was the only one I saw in her messages.
Now, if you mean “racist”, as in “Tracist”? No, I don’t see how that justifies your language.
Here’s to hoping TP revises their taboo words here.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:51 pmThe Kemp award was given because he’s terminal, and Obama still has visions of a bi-partisan America. Throwing this bone to the Right won’t do anything but make them hate him even more, for trying to be magnanamous.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:57 pmZooey never used the “r” word. I looked through her comments, and not once did she say “A rat. A big motherf ucking rat with a f ucking tail this long.”
July 30th, 2009 at 3:03 pmThe Kemp award was given because he’s terminal, and Obama still has visions of a bi-partisan America. Throwing this bone to the Right won’t do anything but make them hate him even more, for trying to be magnanamous.
I thought he was beyond “terminal”. I thought he finally got to the end.
July 30th, 2009 at 3:04 pmTo Billy Jean King for doing what she did best, play tennis.
BJK did a LOT more than just play tennis. She was a woman’s rights’ pioneer, especially in campaigning for equal prize money for female tennis players. She started the Virginia Slims Tour which was the first professional women’s tennis tour. World Team Tennis, Women’s Sports Foundation, womenSports magazine. She’s an amazing woman, a great role model for young girls.
July 30th, 2009 at 3:15 pmThe Kemp award was given because he’s terminal, and Obama still has visions of a bi-partisan America. Throwing this bone to the Right won’t do anything but make them hate him even more, for trying to be magnanamous.
Kemp passed away this year.
July 30th, 2009 at 3:16 pmpete says:
tRacist_5 had a pecker and shot it off?
Isn’t that doing a sex change the hard way?
snicker
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seslikent says:
seslisohbet ve seslichat goruntulu sohbet sitemize herkezi bekleriz.
July 30th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
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No offense meant, but Turkish looks really stupid written in Latin characters. Have you all considered going with either Cyrillic or Arabic, like your Kazakh or Uyghur relatives?
July 30th, 2009 at 3:35 pmI think these are good choices except for Sandra Day O’Connor, who with four other activist judges, put George W. Bush in the office of the President of the United States. She shall rot in hell for eternity for that. Jack Kemp was a very good quarterback. I saw him play.
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conservative guy says:
We already KNOW you are a liar and a fool and an ignorant punkass troll without a shred of human decency. Why dont you STFU you worthless piece of garbage. When are they going to give murderer Laura Bush a medal for killing her ex boyfriend? Just shove it up your tarhole, PUNK
July 30th, 2009 at 4:17 pm…free at last, free at last…thank God almighty…free at last.
July 30th, 2009 at 4:59 pmExcellent choices by President Obama. Amazing how the former clown President chose criminal George Tenet and The Poodle Tony Blair of all people for the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Both of those criminals need to be in jail with orange jumpsuits including the clown President making license plates.
July 30th, 2009 at 5:23 pmHi conservative guy..
July 30th, 2009 at 5:48 pmI reckon I want me some tators… Ummm Huhhh….
July 30th, 2009 at 5:53 pmTracy__5 says:
“Really, using that word is about as smart as shooting your pecker off.”
It’s far more intelligent than continually lying by calling someone a racist.
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Frankly I doubt if you are a racist. A jerk, a moron, a punk, no doubt all those things but I have read the trollposts you made in the past, that give posters a reason to call you racist. You ACT like a troll these things stick
July 30th, 2009 at 7:29 pmJack Kemp was tied into Jack Abramoff and has no business being in this group. I find it appalling that the President would name this man for this award. People need to read about his part in the Abramoff scandal in The Wrecking Crew by Thomas Frank. He did die in January, but that should have no bearing on his selection; nor should his prowess on the football field.
July 30th, 2009 at 8:21 pmNot to defend the Tracy-troll, but I have been wondering if Harvey Milk has any living relatives to receive his ‘well-deserved) medal. Does anyone know about that?
July 30th, 2009 at 8:39 pmToo bad Mary Jo Kopechne was left off the list…oh wait…she was murdered by Ted Kennedy…so she couldn’t be there!
July 30th, 2009 at 9:25 pmWhy do you bother to come here RealityPunk. We already know you are a liar and a fool and an ignorant punkass troll. You are too stupid for anyone to take you seriously and you just give us posts to send to your trailertrashwhore of a wife in your sewer. What was the name of the ex boyfriend that Laura Bush murdered again? Oh you dont care. Only dems do bad things. My GOD you are stupid. I mean worldclass stupid. You make a ball of lint look like Stephen Hawking
July 30th, 2009 at 9:38 pmThe difference is Laura didn’t just let a person die…from lake of effort dipshyt. Kennedy is a piece of shyt murderer and the left are just so freaking happy he got an award when the young lady he murdered got the shaft and will never be able to experience life as all of you have!
Mary Jo Kopechne…just in case you forget her name. The one Ted Killed
July 30th, 2009 at 9:42 pmEugeneDebs has forgot to take her midol again!
July 30th, 2009 at 9:43 pmPlease, tell us, Lack-of-Reality (or is that Lake-of-Reality?), what Laura Welch (later Bush) did to help the young man whose car she fatally hit.
RealityChecked-in-at-the-Door says:
July 30th, 2009 at 9:57 pmThe difference is Laura didn’t just let a person die…from lake(SIC) of effort dipshyt(SIC)
There in first picture is little Johnny Howard, only the second Prime Minister to loose his seat in an election. Whats more he lost it to a woman. Further more it was the Asian vote that brought this racist down. :) Thanks Maxine McKew the new member for Bennelong.
July 30th, 2009 at 11:31 pmPlease note he was a Liberal Prime Minister. Liberal in Australia is very conservative.
RealityPUNK:
You are a liar. You are an ignorant lying piece of shit. Ted had a car accident and acted shamefully. He was never charged with murder he is not a murderer but you ARE a liar. No Laura just ran a stop sign and ran into the car of the boyfriend that had broken up with her. You are a piece of garbage PUNK. A worthless piece of dogshit so I expect you to be a liar too.
Isnt it time for your trailertrash whore of a mother to take a break from blowing crackheads on skid row? You can aske her again which of her brothers is your daddy you inbred moron. She may remember one day which one of them gave her the shortdog that night. Why havent you killed yourself yet PUNK? You are so selfish using oxygen a higher lifeform could be using perhaps plankton
July 30th, 2009 at 11:42 pmLOL!! You guys are great! You vote down every comment that disagrees with your view, you nearly lynch Tracy_5 for dropping the “c bomb” yet you vote up EugeneDebs’ comments like those in 59, 69, 87, 94, 98, and my personal favorites:
And those last few are from 1 post. Seriously? Not a single comment from Luis Chapulin M, Purple State, Rich H, pastcaring – anyone? For shame…
July 31st, 2009 at 5:11 amTo ThinkLongandHard,
You seem to have trouble counting. I looked back on the said comments by Eugene Debs: one had one vote up; another had a vote down, and the rest had no votes at all. Perhaps you take a longer and harder look at things before you think about them.
July 31st, 2009 at 8:22 am#99 – RealityCheck says:
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“The difference is Laura didn’t just let a person die…”
July 30th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
No, she made sure she hit him so hard that there was no chance for revival. Blamed it all on the alcohol. How convenient.
By the way, for someone who’s claimed to “slurp the pole”, you shouldn’t be intimating that others need to take a midol. Maybe you missed your midol.
July 31st, 2009 at 9:41 am#108 – Tracy__5 says:
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“The roaches all stick together here. It take quanity for these ilk not quality.”
July 31st, 2009 at 9:35 am
Oh, you mean like roaches that refer to others like: “Zooey with all her pea sized brain, decided to be a useless cunt” You mean THOSE kind of roaches, right? ;-)
People who live in grass houses should not stow thrones. (Not sure if you’ve ever heard that particular joke, but it’s better than regurgitating stale aphorisms.)
July 31st, 2009 at 9:46 amHell, from the pictures it looks like Bush only gave the medal to MEN ONLY and OLD WHITE GUYS on top of that, it that correct?
July 31st, 2009 at 10:50 amWhy would America give this too foreigners anyway????
#113 – Tracy__5 says:
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“Using the term “roaches” is in reference to the numbers here that NEVER question any of their comrades comments or language.”
July 31st, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Well, I can see where you’re coming from. I recall the (VERY FEW) times I’ve visited right-winger web-sites and they never upbraid any of their comrades from extreme statements and vituperate posts.
I know I’ve done more than my fair share of poor language myself, but I try my best to not let others drag me down to that level. I tend more towards sarcasm and hyperbole, as I find it makes my point better than does foul language.
If you let others poor choice of words dictate your usage, they’ve dragged you down. Bitbit can get to me when he starts with his fabricated “pro-homosexual” mantra. I’ve been pushing back with “anti-homosexual” to describe him. ;-)
July 31st, 2009 at 2:17 pmTo Tracy,
You obviously like to wallow in “trash,” since you’ve been spending a lot of time here over the years.
Tracy__5 says:
July 31st, 2009 at 6:55 pm“…and the rest had no votes at all.”
Now that is typical for that posters in this trash blog.
Sandra Day Oconnor… hmmm. I remember hearing an NPR interview where she stated, when asked about the Bush Vs. Gore Decision that (and I paraphrase) the “decision to integrate schools wasn’t a popular one at the time, either.” Apparently, her idea of freedom doesn’t pertain to the American electoral idea of fair and free elections.
July 31st, 2009 at 8:16 pm105 – Thanks Lora for your astute observation and keen focus on the real issues. Shall I take your response to mean that you condone that type of unwarranted outburst or just that you prioritize closing ranks with the clique above moral and social responsibility?
August 1st, 2009 at 4:37 amTo ThinkLongandHard,
August 1st, 2009 at 7:52 amWhat are the real issues that you have so keenly focused on?