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Rachel Maddow, Frank Schaeffer Discuss The Latest In Thinly-Veiled Evangelical Christian Obama Death Threats
Commented Nov 19, 2009 at 09:32:31 in Politics
“This'll be part of the 'holy war' the GOP are promising on health care...
and climate change
and sorting the economy
or anything else useful”
and climate change
and sorting the economy
or anything else useful”
Newthron replied on Nov 19, 2009 at 09:35:04
“The party of nothingness wants the status quo to be alive and still-life.”
"Sarah From Alaska" Book: McCain Turned Lights Out On Palin In "Civil War" (VIDEO)
Commented Nov 03, 2009 at 11:43:34 in Politics
“at the times when I'm thinking Obama's not doing enough fast enough, all I have to do is close my eyes and imagine President McCain on his deathbed..
then I know this is the best it can be just now, and that things can only get better”
then I know this is the best it can be just now, and that things can only get better”
madcat007 replied on Nov 03, 2009 at 12:05:11
“She'd be screaming "Pull the plug, pull the plug"!”
ABbabypol replied on Nov 03, 2009 at 12:01:40
“Uh, don't you mean that Palin would be holding the pillow - hovering just about McCain's face?”
Stefan Frederick Cook: Soldier Won't Deploy Over Obama Birth Certificate
Commented Jul 14, 2009 at 12:45:37 in Politics
“I'm sure it's possible - but I'm also sure it's possible not to remain in the army for very long... This guy just bought himself a one-way ticket to a court martial. If soldiers are free to decide their CiC isn't really their CiC, and so they don't have to fight.... the worlds wars would stop
oh, wait....
maybe not such a bad idea after all”
oh, wait....
maybe not such a bad idea after all”
"Outrage" Documentary: Activists Outing Gay Conservatives
Commented Apr 29, 2009 at 10:15:50 in Politics
“Most of us embrace our diversity and would have absolutely no wish to step away from it. We love ourselves, our sexuality and we love our partners.
Straightness is something you can step away from any time you like.”
Straightness is something you can step away from any time you like.”
roshni replied on Apr 29, 2009 at 14:23:56
“Fanned.”
"Outrage" Documentary: Activists Outing Gay Conservatives
Commented Apr 29, 2009 at 10:10:30 in Politics
“marriage is a civil institution
holy matrimony is a (christian) religious institution
the former should not discriminate.
the latter can be as bigoted as it likes.”
holy matrimony is a (christian) religious institution
the former should not discriminate.
the latter can be as bigoted as it likes.”
gallimaufry03 replied on Apr 29, 2009 at 10:39:59
“yes yes yes yes
I wrote several paragraphs a few weeks ago trying to say just what you did in 4 lines.
I'm verbose.”
I wrote several paragraphs a few weeks ago trying to say just what you did in 4 lines.
I'm verbose.”
"Outrage" Documentary: Activists Outing Gay Conservatives
Commented Apr 29, 2009 at 09:58:55 in Politics
“I await with great interest..
Sarah Palin impugning right wing fundamentalists with an anti-choice agenda
Rush Limbaugh impugning far right neo-nazis
Michael Steele impugning anyone of colour who.... no wait, he does that already
but my argument stands. A man who stands up in public and spews anti-gay propaganda - lies - while sleeping with men at night needs to be shown where the line is. You can't straddle it and live.”
Sarah Palin impugning right wing fundamentalists with an anti-choice agenda
Rush Limbaugh impugning far right neo-nazis
Michael Steele impugning anyone of colour who.... no wait, he does that already
but my argument stands. A man who stands up in public and spews anti-gay propaganda - lies - while sleeping with men at night needs to be shown where the line is. You can't straddle it and live.”
Looking Back at Abu Ghraib 5 Years Later
Commented Apr 27, 2009 at 09:15:28 in Politics
“'Treachery never prospers, for if it doth, none dare call it treachery.
I don't remember who said that, but it was around the time of Henry Vth, I think, or one or two later...
so the question really is, has it prospered enough that none still dare call it treachery?”
I don't remember who said that, but it was around the time of Henry Vth, I think, or one or two later...
so the question really is, has it prospered enough that none still dare call it treachery?”
Looking Back at Abu Ghraib 5 Years Later
Commented Apr 27, 2009 at 09:10:56 in Politics
“Thank you for this
please mail it to every news outlet in the country. Get it onto the front pages. It matters that the people who know nothing - who *can* know nothing - are exposed, named, shamed and those who are guilty are imprisoned.
Only then can we be sure that in 8, 12, 16 years, it won't all happen again.”
please mail it to every news outlet in the country. Get it onto the front pages. It matters that the people who know nothing - who *can* know nothing - are exposed, named, shamed and those who are guilty are imprisoned.
Only then can we be sure that in 8, 12, 16 years, it won't all happen again.”
ConnieInCleveland replied on Apr 27, 2009 at 09:27:04
“I think the voices of people like TheMightyMidget are being spun as we type. We are being moved along to Swine Flu. Something less tangible, but easily spun. Journalists today choose to spin. They choose to cover things which promote unknown fears. No one knows if Swine Flu will become a pandemic, so they are spinning, pandemic fear. Enabling people to move along from torture and accountability, onto fear of a possible pandemic. Nothing to see here, move along to pandemic fear.”
Sarah Palin Blames Bloggers
Commented Apr 22, 2009 at 16:58:56 in Politics
“Thank you so much for this -it made my whole day...
"Sarah Palin, I can see the end of your career from my house!" (and I'm a lot further away than Russia)”
"Sarah Palin, I can see the end of your career from my house!" (and I'm a lot further away than Russia)”
Huckabee Cracks Joke About Vote Suppression During GOP Rally, McAuliffe Upset
Commented Apr 02, 2009 at 18:15:32 in Politics
“You may think it's 'obviously a joke' - but will the Republicans he was talking to? These people listen to Limbaugh all day, they have no sense of irony, boundary or conscience.
Sounds pretty close to sedition to me”
Sounds pretty close to sedition to me”
Maddow, Taibbi Torch Obama Treasury Picks
Commented Apr 01, 2009 at 11:46:09 in Politics
“Do we suppose he's a Cheney plant sent to ruin the administration (and so the country, but hey, all's fair in love, war and Haliburton politics)”
Iraqi Gays May Soon Be Executed: Gay Rights Group
Commented Mar 31, 2009 at 11:11:12 in World
“This is what McCain/Cheney/Bush consider to be 'success in Iraq', I presume?
And Muslims would have us believe they live in the modern world. Perhaps they do. I don't know which is scarier, the concept that this is a part of the modern world, or an acknowledgement that they enjoy living in the middle ages.”
And Muslims would have us believe they live in the modern world. Perhaps they do. I don't know which is scarier, the concept that this is a part of the modern world, or an acknowledgement that they enjoy living in the middle ages.”
Obama Officials Think Krugman Is Naive: Newsweek's Evan Thomas
Commented Mar 30, 2009 at 12:51:33 in Politics
“Has it occurred to anyone that our guys are just letting Krugman say his stuff and when the GOP finally grasps onto it as the final straw to save them from drowning, and starts spewing it out in their talking points, the noose will close and they'll find they've been given exactly what they asked for.... bank nationalisation and the final end to the Freidmanite policies they've been driving for 30 years?
it'll be good when it happens.”
it'll be good when it happens.”
Socialism, Facism, Communism: Obama Attacked With Wave Of "Isms" (VIDEO)
Commented Mar 25, 2009 at 13:39:19 in Politics
“rigidly restrained”
Obama: GOP Just "Against Whatever The Other Side Is For"
Commented Mar 24, 2009 at 13:45:36 in Politics
“HIs spending was too high because Cheney - the man actually running the country - was channeling it all into Haliburton.
If you can't spot the difference between daylight robbery and a genuine attempt to sort out an abysmal, catastrophic mess, you need to start reading some serious stats.”
If you can't spot the difference between daylight robbery and a genuine attempt to sort out an abysmal, catastrophic mess, you need to start reading some serious stats.”
"Our Choice": Al Gore's New Book Follows On "Inconvenient Truth"
Commented Mar 24, 2009 at 12:46:11 in Politics
“Or take a wander through the undergrowth of the many, many scientifically backed sites that confirm that climate chaos is taking place.... and they take a look at why you feel the need to stay in denial. A good therapist might help.
Or look here
http://cli
Or look here
http://cli
The Pentagon's Annual Report on Sexual Assualt in the Military, or, How to Lie with Statistics
Commented Mar 23, 2009 at 13:27:34 in Politics
“"The military is doing no worse than their civilian counterparts"
With respect, if you send men and women into the desert to fight for their country, do they not have a right to be protected from their own side? It's years since we heard that the women in action were risking death by dehydration because they chose not to drink anything after 4 pm so they wouldn't have to risk going to the urinals in the night - **because this action was almost certain to result in rape**.
If the military can't sort this out, or doesn't care, what does it say about their priorities?”
With respect, if you send men and women into the desert to fight for their country, do they not have a right to be protected from their own side? It's years since we heard that the women in action were risking death by dehydration because they chose not to drink anything after 4 pm so they wouldn't have to risk going to the urinals in the night - **because this action was almost certain to result in rape**.
If the military can't sort this out, or doesn't care, what does it say about their priorities?”
Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Commented Mar 23, 2009 at 13:11:12 in Politics
“Worth remembering too, that Clinton left a budge surplus, and Obama inherited a monumental deficit - and the GOP managed that while still failing to spend any money on public services.
so you have to ask where it went?
and when you have the answer (hint Cheney, Haliburton), you can begin to understand the depth of the crisis.”
so you have to ask where it went?
and when you have the answer (hint Cheney, Haliburton), you can begin to understand the depth of the crisis.”
The Silent Minority
Commented Mar 11, 2009 at 14:36:39 in Politics
“when they ask dumb questions like, 'how do you know the difference between right and wrong without god?" (eh? being a member of a blood cult helps you know right from wrong? Like it did in the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Autos da fe?) - anyway, point them to 'Godless Morality' by the very wonderful Richard Holloway, former Bishop of Edinburgh.
AmbivalentGuy replied on Mar 11, 2009 at 14:56:56
“You're being rational.
It's not what they read - it's what they read into it.”
It's not what they read - it's what they read into it.”
It is All Obama's Fault: The Republican Twilight Zone
Commented Mar 08, 2009 at 08:42:29 in Politics
“This is one of the best remarks I've read in a long while. Perhaps you could pass it on to Faux and the rest? That he IS taking responsibility, as is his duty as president - and they had better let him do it....”
Gregg May Have Had Conflict Of Interest In Commerce: AP
Commented Feb 27, 2009 at 10:31:09 in Politics
“aaahhhh, so it *wasn't* that he suddenly discovered he was a Republican about to work for a Democratic Cabinet? It was that the vetting process was getting a little too close?
Hope this one makes the headlines tomorrow.”
Hope this one makes the headlines tomorrow.”
Obama's Speech Leaves Hill Dems Happy But Wanting Details
Commented Feb 25, 2009 at 18:35:33 in Politics
“Are these anonymous sources completely mad? Or just tired of being in office? This was quite easily the best speech for decades. It was clear, concise and it spoke to a public desperate for authority, intelligence, understanding, empathy and a sense of clarity. It was 53 minutes of outline, not a line-by-line detail - it was a talk-back to the media meltdown of recent weeks which has been relentlessly pro Republican.
I am trying to imagine any member of the GOP giving anything like this kind of content and context. And then I'm trying to imagine if anyone would be stupid enough to carp about it the day after. That's Limbaugh's job. You guys get a grip and carp about detail when you see it.”
I am trying to imagine any member of the GOP giving anything like this kind of content and context. And then I'm trying to imagine if anyone would be stupid enough to carp about it the day after. That's Limbaugh's job. You guys get a grip and carp about detail when you see it.”
AnnfromCA replied on Feb 25, 2009 at 18:56:51
“Gee, their take was exactly what I said last night. He gets an A for inspiration, an A for ambition, and a D for substance.”
Louis Susman, US Ambassador To Britain? Obama Donor Said To Be Considered For Post
Commented Feb 24, 2009 at 05:21:59 in Politics
“Yes, but the point of *this* President was that he was supposed to be a break from the cronyism of the past - this time, it was going to be different.
and it's not
which is so enormously sad”
and it's not
which is so enormously sad”
kid5rivers2 replied on Feb 24, 2009 at 11:35:38
“an "n" is missing from between the "mi" and the "d" in your appellation.”
Louis Susman, US Ambassador To Britain? Obama Donor Said To Be Considered For Post
Commented Feb 24, 2009 at 05:09:42 in Politics
“This is an obscenity, frankly. This guy was from CitiBank. How low can you stoop. I dearly, dearly want Obama to be different, but this and the retention of Bagram air base are rubbing the glitter off pretty fast. I truly don't believe this man has qualities we need, nor that there aren't a thousand other, better qualified individuals. It's an insult and a derogation of his promise to be fair, open and to appoint the best.”
Obama Backs Bush On Bagram Detainees
Commented Feb 22, 2009 at 10:18:46 in Politics
“Other than that we usually call them 'Afghans', you're spot on... they can't all be arrested. this really does need a rethink. the British former politican, Lord 'Paddy' Ashdown, who was instrumental in helping solve the Balkans crisis was articulate this week in pointing out that there needed to be a more rounded approach. I haven't seen any sign that anybody anywhere is listening to him.”
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