Marnie1's Comments (305)

“Why publish quickly when Sarah keeps adding to the collection of lies on an almost daily basis”

“The modern state of Isreal was undeniably created by the Allies. Stolen at gun point for the peoples and goverments that already existed there. It is almost totaly dependant on my tax dollars to survive. and therefore, is more akin to a territory than a nation.”

“Interesting that the author does not recognize the post WWII created country of Isreal as an empire and the Palistanians as the rebels who seek their own national rededication.
So the news will continue to be filled with stories of violence and death in the Mid East for, probably 5000 more years.

Americans just need to realize that and get out or it. We are the mastadon, with two feet mired in the tar pit, we can proceed to our inevitable doom, or we can use what ever solid ground we still have two feet on to pull ourselves out before we are sucked under.”

“Thank you for the article. I wish more members of the ministry, Protestant, Jewish and others would speek out and stand up for their faiths and their members.

Again may thanks.”

“Native Hawaiians and native Alaskans probably don't like her, because she is too ethnic.

Wonder if Sarah has ever considered that, in dealings with "minorities?"”

“Whatever else Berneke is, he is, rightfully, the symbol of the causes of the crash of 2000-2004 and of 2008 through what ever decade this crash ends in.
As such. Congress simply cannot reappoint such a symbol. Mea culpas are an admission of failure and failure should not be rewarded, and reinstituted.

Hopefully the spineless Dims realize that putting Berneke back in the FED, and allowing the FED to do business as usual will cost them support, donations, and stay at home voters in 2010 and 2012.”

“The only tax increase "in time of war" is a tax on the people who profit from war.
As long as the war lasts their taxes fund it. When the war ends and is paid for the tax stops.

It's the only thing that makes sence as a way to pay for a war while it is on going.”

“He passed the buck.

Let's hope Congress has the balls to ditch the guy.
What they'll probably do is make noise and then OK him.”

“Ms Warren thanks for the article.

A recognition of these truths being voiced from inside the current Administration is a least heartening.

It remains to be seen what the spineless Dims and a Bush Lite Presidency will do to turn the equation around.

I don't think you have said anything that most middle aged Americans haven't come to realize over the last 50 years. Beginning at least as early as war induced inflation of the 1960's.

At a time when interest charges often pass 20% and mega-companies consider a 20 to 30% profit to be normal, the earnings on savings and the types of investments available to the middle class are paying up to 5%, far lower than the rise in the cost of living. Stock market and mutual fund investments have resulted in a virtual 100% loss of savings for most Americans.
This is obviously unsustainable on a nationwide basis. When the middle class pays 2009 interest on loans and earns 1960 interest on investments, and the stock market implodes like clock work, the destruction of the middle class is guaranteed.

So far as I am concerned, borrowing trillions from foreign governments and banks is a much greater threat to our national security than any rag tag band of foreign terrorists. Indeed the weakness that the debt displays its why rag tag terrorists are targeting us.”

“I agree there should be a permament mode for honoring her. She could easily have been killed for her act of defiance.
I disagree in making it a holiday, just another in the multitude of paid days to not work, for federal and state empolyees. More government waste and less productivity.”

“Because belief in the Constitution is not a faith it is the law of this Country.

Why can't religious conservatives think on two levels?
One is personal faith applied personally with no legal restrictions.
The other is the rights and freedoms given by the Consitiution that is not personal but applies to all Americans.

What you are call liberal "faith" is not religous. Nobody is forcing religious conservatives to marry a homosexual, we're just saying stop taking that freedom away from Americans who's beliefs are differnt than yours.”

“The problem is that some religious groups think that their religon gives itself the sole rights to determine what a "marriage" is and who has the right to marry, and then tries to claim that their belief should be the same as the civil law, like Europe in the Dark Ages and Afganistan under the Taliban.

But our Constitution doesn't allow that, and this should have become a non-issue decades ago, but for the spinlessness of politicians.”

“And when have Protestant churches cared about civil marriages?
The various religious groups can still ignore civil marriages if they choose. Who cares?”

“It been 7 years already the Pentagon hasn't figured out how to win, do you honestly think McChrystal is any smarter than the others?”

“Not only that he wants the Republicans to regain control of the house. So from 2010 to 2012 he wouldn't have to do a damn thing but got to parties and travel, because no legislation he recommended would pass, so why bother.

My real prediction though is that around labor day next year he will switch parties.
If you think about how he has sold out, that's not such a far fetched prediction.”

“The greatest parallel between Vietnam and our wars in the Near East is that the people of Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan - all know who they are and have known who they are for millennia.
As nations, as cultures, as People they all have survived invasions and occupations by various of the world's greatest military powers, and they all know that they have survived intact and that they always will. As long as they live in the continuum of their heritage, their nations their Peoples will defeat any foe.

We cannot defeat that attitude, that history, that deep knowledge of national self identity. We only defeat and degrade ourselves by even trying.”

“One of the most ridiculous examples to pack heat was the Luby’s Cafeteria shooting in Killeen, Texas about a decade ago.

Luby's all have at least at least 6 different areas.two eating rooms, and a private dining area, kitchen, etc

The shooter #1 drove his truck through the front window and started shooting.

The gun nuts say that if customers had had guns the deaths would have been less.

So shooter #1 is taken out by somebody, shooter #2. But many people don’t know quite what is going on and one of them gets up #3 and shoots #2. Others see #3 firing and #s4,5,6 take out #3 and each other since nobody really knows what the extent of the attack or how many attackers there actually are.

Armed police crash the front door because somebody had sense enough to dial 911 to report multiple shooters, and they start shooting and take down anyone who even remotely resembles a shooter.

The police don't know how may shooters there are or where they are and they leave victims bleeding and dying until they get the man power to secure the scene.

This would make the shoot out at the OK corral look tame. At least those guys knew who their targets were.”

“Thanks for the article.

I remember on of the first vigalantie shooings was at a bank hold up. The civilian shooter killed a bystander and wounded the robber.
The totally unnecessary killing of an innocent was considered becasuse the crimie of robbery was stopped.

Banks and other institution tell empolyess to not resist hand over the cash, becasue they want to avoid possible injury to empolyees of customers. Police say the same thing. Banks and other business are insured or should be.

There was no justification for putting anyone's life at risk, even the bank robbers, but the gun nuts thougt it was OK to murder someone to stop a nonviolent crime.”

“All you doubters of the Kenndy conspiracy theories, be sure to keep an eye on this and try to find a way to expalin away, how this couple gets past security without vetting or a pass.

Put another way, if your child were to become POTUS some day what would your attitude toward the SS be right now?”

“They still had to make it through a check point, or probably many such since the POTUS was there.
And then make it unnoticed through the building from the servants entrance, and know the way to the Caucus room, which becasueof the POTUS probably also had a door check.

Still looks like somebody is allowing them access and or issuing false passes and forged security checks.”

“"Somebody in this government is putting this president's life at risk."

I agree. I doubt that any thinking person believes that anyone gets into the WH (except the daily public tours that never get close to the President) without thorough veting, and also by specific invitation.

That couple's names were on a list of persons to be allowed, and somebody either faked their being given access or forged the whole vetting, invitation process.

And what about the cameras? How did they get in? Does every guest normally bring their PR Crew?”

“So I assume you are not a Dick Chaney fan?”

“If order has been restored in Iraq, then why are we still killing people over there?

The sheer pleasure of seeing their heads explode?”

“The first surge began, I believe in spring, was supposed to take acoupl of months in to the summer, then to August, then to November, then to next spring and I don't remember anybody say it ever ended last extention I remembe was another three years of it.

And the bottom line is it didn't either win or end our invasion and occupation in Iraq.
There is no reason in the world that it will have any positive effect in Afganistan either.

A couple of hundred thousand more into each of our three might help but it won't win. We won't win as long as there is any native population.”

“Hang in there, keep busy and distract yourself as much as you can.”