NotProvenGuilty's Comments (178)

“I don't have to suggest a fact. It's where they got their name, whether you agree it's properly expressive or not.”

“Thumbs down on mustache. Love your work, Bradley.”

“We lost our 14 year old daughter this year, and this piece will help me celebrate her with family at Thanksgiving.

I want to work for you...”

“lol”

“It's amusing a Brit doesn't recognize the Boston Tea Party. Your country's overreaction in essence created the American Revolution against it. Why, even Mr. Banks, Mary Poppins's employer, knew enough to recount that the protesters tossed the tea into the harbor, making it unsuitable for drinking, "even for Americans.­"”

“Yes, a patchwork of unstably funded clinics is certainly the answer.”

“Why don't you read who I was responding to. Obama is accountable to truth, not lies. Beck's criticisms are irrelevant and getting at him through his advertisers is legal. End of story.”

“Protesting by petitioning advertisers is also free speech, Einstein.”

“The issue is he lies.”

“John is AWE-SOME!”

“Sad you would worship politicians.

Enchanted? Nonsensical.”

“Thank goodness you're healthy then, or rich. If you're not, prepare for bankruptcy.”

“Easy to say if you already have insurance.”

“This is the best piece Escow has penned. It helps when he stays within his area of expertise and doesn't try to take on the brilliant Christopher Hitchens in his stomping grounds, the middle east.

However, Escow's missing Rachel's point. Something IS better than nothing, as Escow's admission of significant help for the low income uninsured attests. Obama has never made any secret of his desire, and lifetime's work, of helping the least among us. But Escow's larger point that it could shoot democrats in the foot is legitimate. But, remember, Rachel said "brand" and "inspire," but not ". . . to whom."”

“No you don't.”

“"Knowing him?" You mean, knowing what you think you know about what he might really say if this question were posed to him. Weak.”

“This is hardly surprising. I believe Tracy Morgan is mentally ill. His affect is decidedly off, and always has been.”

“Sorry, but incorrect. A key element of terrorism, as defined by the FBI and U.S. law, is intention to influence policy. I agree that your list, with the exception of Columbine, does not represent terrorism, but Columbine did, and, from what I have read, this case is grey. It seems more like mass murder, but the perpetrator may have had some political goals (it seems his motives are so varied as to make it a pointless discussion). The point is, this does not tell us anything about the media or anti-muslim bias.”

“Ignorance is bad enough. When coupled with arrogance, it's sad, and far too prevalent on this site. Here is the FBI's and U.S.C. definition of int'l terrorism:

International terrorism involves violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or any state, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or any state. These acts appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination or kidnapping and occur primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States or transcend national boundaries in terms of the means by which they are accomplished, the persons they appear intended to intimidate or coerce, or the locale in which their perpetrators operate or seek asylum. [18 U.S.C. § 2331(1)]

Whether the act is by a government or on a military target, it still constitutes terrorism if it meets these criteria. Yes, everyone has called the Cole a terrorist attack, because it was. Look at the news of the time.

http://www.fbi.gov/publications/terror/terror2000_2001.htm”

“So what? And this wasn't terrorism, anyway. It was mass murder.”

“Exactly.”

“Sad they even needed to say this.”

“Um.. so why is the attack on the cole always called terrorism? everyone wrong but you? right.”

“He precisely said cut funding.”

“"Make peace with their neighbors" who continue to attack them? Not likely, nor should it be.”