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Rachel Maddow, Frank Schaeffer Discuss The Latest In Thinly-Veiled Evangelical Christian Obama Death Threats
Commented Nov 19, 2009 at 10:01:13 in Politics
“That's the thing, New.
The Black community is NOT silent about this issue, but you're not going to see talked about in the MSM. Huffington Post will not have correspondents in churches to report on such things.
The Rev. Al Sharpton has spoken out and denounced such things, but as far as many white people are concerned, he's nothing more than a feckless amoral race-hustler (it is not true).
If it isn't Black folks tearing up stuff or committing crimes, most "mainstream" folk usually ignore Black folk and demerit their voices.”
The Black community is NOT silent about this issue, but you're not going to see talked about in the MSM. Huffington Post will not have correspondents in churches to report on such things.
The Rev. Al Sharpton has spoken out and denounced such things, but as far as many white people are concerned, he's nothing more than a feckless amoral race-hustler (it is not true).
If it isn't Black folks tearing up stuff or committing crimes, most "mainstream" folk usually ignore Black folk and demerit their voices.”
JMBrodie replied on Nov 19, 2009 at 10:23:06
“I am honored to be able to Fan you.”
Mark Ndesandjo: Obama Says He Met With Half Brother While In China
Commented Nov 18, 2009 at 10:06:11 in World
“Now you know, that is less than honest.
President Obama's father seems to have been a brilliant man in a lot of ways, but he had his demons and he was a "rolling stone." If he had multiple wives and children at different places around the planet, that doesn't necessarily obligate those children to find and connect with each other...doing so is a personal choice.
The fact that our president met with his brother while he was in China is a nice thing, and frankly, it's a gift that he's said what he has said about it...it's a private matter, how he chooses to connect (or not) with brothers or sisters from other mothers is his business...but the fact is that he DID.”
President Obama's father seems to have been a brilliant man in a lot of ways, but he had his demons and he was a "rolling stone." If he had multiple wives and children at different places around the planet, that doesn't necessarily obligate those children to find and connect with each other...doing so is a personal choice.
The fact that our president met with his brother while he was in China is a nice thing, and frankly, it's a gift that he's said what he has said about it...it's a private matter, how he chooses to connect (or not) with brothers or sisters from other mothers is his business...but the fact is that he DID.”
Palin Suggests Evolution Not Real In "Going Rogue"
Commented Nov 16, 2009 at 09:51:40 in Politics
“No, no, no!
Not a witch doctor, but a witch HUNTER...
Get it right, okay?”
Not a witch doctor, but a witch HUNTER...
Get it right, okay?”
Equinator replied on Nov 16, 2009 at 13:22:16
“Some witch hunter. If he needed to hunt for food he would starve.”
Ezell Harris, Tea Party Candidate, Arrested On Drug Charges
Commented Nov 13, 2009 at 17:00:03 in Politics
“Rush's pusher!”
Eykis replied on Nov 13, 2009 at 17:05:01
“Too much fun.
Fanned for HILARIOUS.”
Fanned for HILARIOUS.”
mdbmama replied on Nov 13, 2009 at 17:01:40
“You beat me to it!!! ROFLMAO”
Conservative Group: Time To Purge Muslims From Military (VIDEO)
Commented Nov 09, 2009 at 16:49:20 in Politics
“Eff those softcore white supremacists.
How are we going to fight a war against terrorists who are Middle Easterners without go-betweens and translators who are of the culture and/or speak the language?
We make it multiply worse by kicking the translators out of the military who happen to be gay! WTF?
Become civilized and human and handle problems and people on a case-by-case basis. If someone tells you they're disturbed about [fill in the blank], take them seriously.”
How are we going to fight a war against terrorists who are Middle Easterners without go-betweens and translators who are of the culture and/or speak the language?
We make it multiply worse by kicking the translators out of the military who happen to be gay! WTF?
Become civilized and human and handle problems and people on a case-by-case basis. If someone tells you they're disturbed about [fill in the blank], take them seriously.”
Orlando Shooting UPDATES: Multiple People Shot, 1 Dead At Gateway Place (VIDEO)
Commented Nov 06, 2009 at 15:02:01 in Home
“There were the bank robbers and gangsters who became underground celebrities during that time...
Someone set off a bomb on Wall Street...
That's all I got.”
Someone set off a bomb on Wall Street...
That's all I got.”
Anthony Sowell: More Bodies Found At Rapist's Ohio Home
Commented Nov 04, 2009 at 00:07:19 in Home
“If you genuinely object to zapping this guy or giving him the permanent sleep needle - I disagree, but I respect your position.
If we can't kill him, then we have to take the responsibility of locking this deviant offender away for life. There is no way someone that violent and anti-social should have ever gotten out in the first place.”
If we can't kill him, then we have to take the responsibility of locking this deviant offender away for life. There is no way someone that violent and anti-social should have ever gotten out in the first place.”
AngryBlackMan replied on Nov 04, 2009 at 01:59:14
“You gotta be kidding me. If we zap him it's a waste of electricity and if we can give that needle to heroin addict. I say we just throw him in general population at a max security prison and let it be know what he is in there for”
GOPers: DeMint Like A Jew "Watching Our Nation's Pennies"
Commented Oct 19, 2009 at 19:14:55 in Politics
“Ladies and gentlemen, South Carolina!”
patricksmom replied on Oct 19, 2009 at 19:43:28
“Encore@ 8:00”
Dylan Ratigan To Chamber Of Commerce's Tom Donohue: "You Talk Nonsense" (VIDEO)
Commented Oct 14, 2009 at 11:23:03 in Business
“Dylan going to war...me likey.”
Jaycee Dugard's New Photo & Interview: "I'm So Happy To Be Back"
Commented Oct 14, 2009 at 11:11:19 in Home
“Because humans have free will to do good or evil.
If we did not, we would be nothing more than puppets or play dolls, and what kind of supreme being would want that?”
If we did not, we would be nothing more than puppets or play dolls, and what kind of supreme being would want that?”
Insurance Companies Emerge As Obama's Reform Foe
Commented Oct 14, 2009 at 09:40:44 in Politics
“The stakes are high.
If the final bill sucks, the American people will punish the Democrats in the voting booth in 2010, plain and simple. So in that, the bill HAS to be solid, all this rigamarole about whether President O or senators or congresspeople are being honest notwithstanding.
It appears that momentum is gaining for a public option, Senator Snowe's misgivings notwithstanding. The Democratic Party should know that they did not get 60 votes just because people want to vote for Democrats, the American people want them to be about something.
The insurance industry wants to enslave the American people under its terms and profits, period. Frankly, the AHIP/PriceWaterhouseCoopers hitjob "report" ought to be a clarion call to strip the profit motive from health insurance once and for all. That was a "legalized" extortion move that shouldn't be legal at all.”
If the final bill sucks, the American people will punish the Democrats in the voting booth in 2010, plain and simple. So in that, the bill HAS to be solid, all this rigamarole about whether President O or senators or congresspeople are being honest notwithstanding.
It appears that momentum is gaining for a public option, Senator Snowe's misgivings notwithstanding. The Democratic Party should know that they did not get 60 votes just because people want to vote for Democrats, the American people want them to be about something.
The insurance industry wants to enslave the American people under its terms and profits, period. Frankly, the AHIP/PriceWaterhouseCoopers hitjob "report" ought to be a clarion call to strip the profit motive from health insurance once and for all. That was a "legalized" extortion move that shouldn't be legal at all.”
Obama HRC Speech: "I Will End Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Says President Obama
Commented Oct 10, 2009 at 22:44:56 in Politics
“There's nothing wrong in demanding what you want, you have the right to press for justice.
Just don't write President O off. Don't let cynicism become self-fulfilling prophecy.”
Just don't write President O off. Don't let cynicism become self-fulfilling prophecy.”
Obama HRC Speech: "I Will End Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Says President Obama
Commented Oct 10, 2009 at 22:43:04 in Politics
“Yeah. What you said.”
Rep. Skelton To Rep. Akin: "Stick It Up Your Ass" (VIDEO)
Commented Oct 09, 2009 at 16:42:35 in Politics
“Individuals (I would like to use another word that rhymes with 'otherruckers') are only accept being called weak, effete, chumps, etc, for so long.
The left and center-left are starting to push back. They are TIRED of the mess from the right wing noise machine.”
The left and center-left are starting to push back. They are TIRED of the mess from the right wing noise machine.”
Keith Olbermann Delivers Hour-Long "Special Comment" On Health Care (VIDEO)
Commented Oct 08, 2009 at 17:02:55 in Media
“That's what Ed Schultz's show is for.
There is something for everyone.”
There is something for everyone.”
Progressive Rep. Grijalva On Public Option: We Won't Blink First
Commented Oct 08, 2009 at 11:14:29 in Politics
“Keep up the pressure Representative.
Do good for the country.”
Do good for the country.”
Keith Olbermann Delivers Hour-Long "Special Comment" On Health Care (VIDEO)
Commented Oct 06, 2009 at 14:59:54 in Media
“If no one is watching, then why is the show still on the air?
If the show is bleeding money because nobody's watching, why is the show still on the air?
Fact is, Olbermann and Maddow's are doing well enough with the 35-54 demographic (the main one that matters to them) to keep the whole thing viable.
Huff Post, Kos, Media Matters, Air America and the MSNBC evening lineup has created a progressive beachhead that counters the Right Wing talk radio and Fox Noise machine, and the center-right false equivalence MSM.
More power to KO.”
If the show is bleeding money because nobody's watching, why is the show still on the air?
Fact is, Olbermann and Maddow's are doing well enough with the 35-54 demographic (the main one that matters to them) to keep the whole thing viable.
Huff Post, Kos, Media Matters, Air America and the MSNBC evening lineup has created a progressive beachhead that counters the Right Wing talk radio and Fox Noise machine, and the center-right false equivalence MSM.
More power to KO.”
Krugman: The Modern Conservative Movement "Has The Emotional Maturity Of A Bratty 13-Year-Old"
Commented Oct 05, 2009 at 12:10:09 in Politics
“If the conservatives were the majority, they would have won the election.
They did not.”
They did not.”
BradSmith replied on Oct 05, 2009 at 12:14:04
“The people of America rejected the neo-conservative politics. If the Democrats show themselves to be neo-liberals they will be rejected as well.”
Obama Pushing Public Option Behind The Scenes In Senate: LAT
Commented Oct 05, 2009 at 09:36:56 in Politics
“Trying to govern in the midst of all this resistance, obfuscation and other sundry foolishness must be something else!
The president has allowed the legislature to do their jobs. Now he is adding his input, after vigorous debate.
He is president, not king. The road has been rocky, but he's farther than anyone else has been, and I hope that the final product from this process becomes - at least - a good start.”
The president has allowed the legislature to do their jobs. Now he is adding his input, after vigorous debate.
He is president, not king. The road has been rocky, but he's farther than anyone else has been, and I hope that the final product from this process becomes - at least - a good start.”
SizeMatters replied on Oct 05, 2009 at 09:48:21
“there goes your tract of land and Baron title when this is all over with”
White House: Derrion Albert Beating Death Video 'Chilling'
Commented Oct 02, 2009 at 13:35:59 in Chicago
“I have not, but it is certainly plausible as a contributing cause.”
White House: Derrion Albert Beating Death Video 'Chilling'
Commented Oct 01, 2009 at 14:58:25 in Chicago
“A positive start is looking at this issue as AMERICA'S children, and not just a bunch of poor black ghetto thugs.
Actually people on both sides of the aisle share some truth: There are some HORRIBLE infrastructure problems in poor inner cities, and it is also a problem that America's most marginalized and isolated groups have more or less been left to their own devices for the last 40 or so years...poverty, crime, and a nihilist prison subculture has descended on America's poorest neighborhoods.
It is aggravated when babies have babies, women have poor judgement and make poorer choices, and men reduce themselves to little more than sperm donors. It has been an ugly downward spiral with uglier results. When it gets to the point where the strivers in the midst of Hell on Earth become victims, it's time for a massive inner-city Marshall Plan with a massive writ large training and re-education system.”
Actually people on both sides of the aisle share some truth: There are some HORRIBLE infrastructure problems in poor inner cities, and it is also a problem that America's most marginalized and isolated groups have more or less been left to their own devices for the last 40 or so years...poverty, crime, and a nihilist prison subculture has descended on America's poorest neighborhoods.
It is aggravated when babies have babies, women have poor judgement and make poorer choices, and men reduce themselves to little more than sperm donors. It has been an ugly downward spiral with uglier results. When it gets to the point where the strivers in the midst of Hell on Earth become victims, it's time for a massive inner-city Marshall Plan with a massive writ large training and re-education system.”
Aesthete replied on Oct 01, 2009 at 15:58:23
“Have you also seen a just-published British study reporting that overconsumption of sweets contributes to violent behavior? Too many of the too-young, undereducated mothers also don't know how to feed their children a proper diet, which adds to all the other negatives.”
dmengo replied on Oct 01, 2009 at 15:23:07
“But it's not everyone's kids who are being affected with this level of violence. That is simply not true.
Yes it's true the major news networks over-sensationalize a few stories each year about this kind of violence in suburban communities. The news networks run the stories over and over in an attempt to increasing their ratings and bring in more advertising revenues.
However these shooting and beating deaths are occurring way more often in poor, inner-city communities.”
Yes it's true the major news networks over-sensationalize a few stories each year about this kind of violence in suburban communities. The news networks run the stories over and over in an attempt to increasing their ratings and bring in more advertising revenues.
However these shooting and beating deaths are occurring way more often in poor, inner-city communities.”
Obama Coup Fantasized About By Right-Wing Fringe
Commented Sep 30, 2009 at 13:34:58 in Politics
“Which is irrelevant to this discussion, because the American people duly elected President Obama.
The extreme Right are WRONG in castigating the Democratic Party as a bunch of jobless bums and handout seekers. It is even worse to assert that they should not have the right to vote (which I have seen a number of these partisans say, in HuffPost of all places!)
The Right is WRONG to viciously attack and attempt to subvert the governance of Democratic leadership...in my lifetime, I have seen the extreme Right release relentless personal and political attacks upon Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and now Barack Obama.
These cats only pay lip service to the concept of a democratic republic. It appears that power and ideology only matter to them, and frankly, the fuel that powers these engines are white supremacy, euphemisms such as "rugged individualism," "manifest destiny," "American exceptionalism," and the like.”
The extreme Right are WRONG in castigating the Democratic Party as a bunch of jobless bums and handout seekers. It is even worse to assert that they should not have the right to vote (which I have seen a number of these partisans say, in HuffPost of all places!)
The Right is WRONG to viciously attack and attempt to subvert the governance of Democratic leadership...in my lifetime, I have seen the extreme Right release relentless personal and political attacks upon Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and now Barack Obama.
These cats only pay lip service to the concept of a democratic republic. It appears that power and ideology only matter to them, and frankly, the fuel that powers these engines are white supremacy, euphemisms such as "rugged individualism," "manifest destiny," "American exceptionalism," and the like.”
Obama Coup Fantasized About By Right-Wing Fringe
Commented Sep 30, 2009 at 13:34:42 in Politics
“Which is irrelevant to this discussion, because the American people duly elected President Obama.
The extreme Right are WRONG in castigating the Democratic Party as a bunch of jobless bums and handout seekers. It is even worse to assert that they should not have the right to vote (which I have seen a number of these partisans say, in HuffPost of all places!)
The Right is WRONG to viciously attack and attempt to subvert the governance of Democratic leadership...in my lifetime, I have seen the extreme Right release relentless personal and political attacks upon Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and now Barack Obama.
These cats only pay lip service to the concept of a democratic republic. It appears that power and ideology only matter to them, and frankly, the fuel that powers these engines are white supremacy, euphemisms such as "rugged individualism," "manifest destiny," "American exceptionalism," and the like.”
The extreme Right are WRONG in castigating the Democratic Party as a bunch of jobless bums and handout seekers. It is even worse to assert that they should not have the right to vote (which I have seen a number of these partisans say, in HuffPost of all places!)
The Right is WRONG to viciously attack and attempt to subvert the governance of Democratic leadership...in my lifetime, I have seen the extreme Right release relentless personal and political attacks upon Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and now Barack Obama.
These cats only pay lip service to the concept of a democratic republic. It appears that power and ideology only matter to them, and frankly, the fuel that powers these engines are white supremacy, euphemisms such as "rugged individualism," "manifest destiny," "American exceptionalism," and the like.”
Obama Coup Fantasized About By Right-Wing Fringe
Commented Sep 30, 2009 at 13:15:51 in Politics
“These are the shadowy figures who assert that only white conservative Christian leadership are fit to lead this country.
Those that are left of their philosophies who win these elections, whom they smear as "liberals" (regardless of if they really are but usually moderate Democrats)...these people believe that they are not fit to lead this country (see: Kennedy, Carter, Clinton, Obama) and the population groups that elected them (progressives, general Democrats, ethnic minority groups, etc.) are all of the classes of "undesirables" whom they want to erode and strip voting rights.”
Those that are left of their philosophies who win these elections, whom they smear as "liberals" (regardless of if they really are but usually moderate Democrats)...these people believe that they are not fit to lead this country (see: Kennedy, Carter, Clinton, Obama) and the population groups that elected them (progressives, general Democrats, ethnic minority groups, etc.) are all of the classes of "undesirables" whom they want to erode and strip voting rights.”
Nelson Will Oppose Reconciliation On Health Care
Commented Sep 29, 2009 at 11:58:29 in Politics
“Pull his seniority positions, withdraw Democratic Party support, and use your infrastructure to run ads AGAINST him incessantly.
If this man cannot even vote for an up-and-down vote on healthcare (i.e. means that he SUPPORTS a Republican filibuster), then he is not a Democrat, period.
Let him join the Republican party. He may live in a district where a progressive simply cannot win (and there are many districts like that across the country...real talk), but 60 votes mean nothing if there are going to be members that betray party principles.
He doesn't even HAVE to support a public option...he doesn't even have to support health care! Just allow for an up-or-down count of 50! That's it!”
If this man cannot even vote for an up-and-down vote on healthcare (i.e. means that he SUPPORTS a Republican filibuster), then he is not a Democrat, period.
Let him join the Republican party. He may live in a district where a progressive simply cannot win (and there are many districts like that across the country...real talk), but 60 votes mean nothing if there are going to be members that betray party principles.
He doesn't even HAVE to support a public option...he doesn't even have to support health care! Just allow for an up-or-down count of 50! That's it!”
rain33 replied on Sep 29, 2009 at 12:13:07
“nelson got no gut as a man and doesn't think bout his constituents when it come to healthcare. what a total dump!”
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