andyg's Comments (104)

“President Obama did not cause 10.2 unemployment.”

“So all facts in evidence be hanged! You want him to still be a child, so why not start the lie that the kid was 6?”

“The individual in question has said -- repeatedly, and independently of Media Matters -- that he was 16 at the time.

Media Matters is taken seriously.­.. but only by the serious. The silly don't know any better, and get offended when they are repeatedly shown, by Media Matters, to be fools.”

“I think the US better leads the world by examples of freedom and justice rather than terror. Those who advocate such tactics have no faith in the ideals of America.”

“Smoke and mirrors don't pay the electric bill at the end of the day.”

“Well when Bush left office the stock market was diving and unemployment was sky rocketing.”

“the people of nanking may have an issue with the japanese. the chinese .gov and people have a bigger issue with the west. the chinese need japan. japan needs china.....­and they understand each other.”

“andyg, when you say "innocent people don't act that way" what are you basing your comment on? Are you an expert on how "innocent people" behave or is that just your opinion?


Just sayin.....”

“Sorry Andy, you didn't read the article. At the time of the fire, witnesses said he DID try to go in. At the time of the trial, the witnesses had changed their story. This happens when the prosecutor tries to "tell them what happened". Memory isn't set in stone.”

“Have you even read the New Yorker article? It clearly states that witnesses did see him try to go back in.

Regardless, the arson theory has been debunked, which means the fire was accidental. A man was executed for no reason, having spent 12 years behind bars, based on evidence that freed another only months later.

Regardless of his behaviour after the fire, it's clear he didn't commit arson or murder. There isn't any argument against that.

How many other innocent people have died this way? I would say that this man wasn't the first.”

“No Andy, you're not paying attention. Read the New Yorker. He did try to save the children according to witnesses at the scene of the fire. The witnesses changed their stories at the trial after having been prepped by the prosecutor. Besides, the experts have, several times over, declared this was not arson. The new reports state that the original investigator had no actual knowledge of fire science and was wrong in his conclusions.”

“Read the New Yorker article before commenting. Witnesses at the time of the fire said he DID try to go back in. After being manipulated by the prosecutor, the same witnesses told different stories at the trial. This man was innocent and Perry executed him.”

“FOX's opinion entertainment line up, Beck, Hannity, Ingraham, Huckabee, ect, are not contracted to be journalist, which gives them the freedom to report and say pretty much anything they want. They do not have to provide proof of their claims, by way of at least 2 reliable sources, to the FOX networks editors. That's how they and the FOX network get around the ethic laws that contracted journalist are held to. They call it the "real truth". It could not be further from. Talk radio has long figured out the legal means of reporting lies and not being punished for failing to provide any truth. Pretty much all political radio shows are listed as opinion entertainment. None of them are real news. FOX has a few real news programs. Most are entertainment though.”

“Dan Rather was punished for reporting a story that did not come from a confirmed credible source. Dan Rather has been more than forthright about his screw-up. It was a huge one for a real journalist to make. There is an issue about whether firing him over the story was unjust punishment. Dan Rather had been told by his hired staff that the story had been verified. Regardless, he is the perfect example of what happens to real journalist when they report unverified stories. You can call him a left wing hack, but he was held to a standard of ethics that had legal consequence. The story had to be retracted and Dan Rather was punished by the network. Most painful of all he lost his long record of impeccable credibility. Dan Rather was brutal to all sitting presidents, republican and democrat alike. Dan Rather is guilty of the crime of thinking he was too big to do the grunt work of back ground story investigation himself the last year of his career. His laziness and ego brought him down. That does not take away his personal long history of brilliant ethical journalism. If he was no longer able to do the long hours of fact checking himself, then he should not have attached his name to the story. His choice to do so was an epic mistake. Many think he was set up. I personally think he got lazy and it was bound to happen.”

“In your mind. He was scapegoated. He makes one mistake and he gets fired. If only that kind of accountability happened to you tools on the right. But your side has the so-called "liberal" MSM so terrified to appear liberal that they fire one of there longest running journalists over one mistake. Your side is nothing but right wing demagogues.”

“so far they are an elite of morons ...”

“You appear to be just as uninformed and bigoted as Niet.”

“No, you didn't just repeat a talking point smear from the '60's??? The republicans really need to get current with their smears.”

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“One of the things pointed out in a book I read prior to dropping acid is: Have a "flight engineer" along for the trip. This is someone who has NOT dropped and knows how to distract the tripping person from the anxiety that leads to a bad trip. This is also the person who keeps you from walking out a 12th-story window.

As a consequence of having done the reading before tripping the first time, I learned these techniques. I had to put them to use on one trip. A guy I knew wanted to trip with me, and so I shared my, ummm, chemical. LOL ...He began having problems, and so when he started to get angry or frustrated or worried, I would ask questions that turned his attention inward and defused the situation. When he chilled out, I would resume enjoying my trip.

I had to "fix" ole Pete several times that day. Everything ended well.”

“"Bad trip". You only experience what you've brought along with you. You have fear on your mind? Not a good time to drop.”