dhinds's Comments (798)

“That's a fact.”

“"If he really was malicious towards any ethnicity on his show"

He was really malicious, period - and directed it primarily at undocumented migrant workers, who he claimed were responsible for all of America's ills.

"he would have been fired a long time ago. "

He's a friend of Turner's (who's still on the CNN Board of directors).

"Well demeanor proves nothing."

Demeanor is a valid window to his character and intentions (if you know how to read them).

"People may disagree with his stance on illegal immigration or the fact that he has been criticizing Obama but the constant accusations of racism are unfair."

They're more than fair. He antagonized, deprecated and demonized the undocumented Latino Community and now he'll have to pay the price. (Latino activists are well aware of why some of their paisanos lack documents and the gaffe stems from the discrepancy between the current legal framework and the economic reality. The law is the law, except when it's fundamentally flawed).”

“She was selected as an adornment.”

“Ghouls from the cesspool.”

“His sneering, deprecating demeanor said it all.”

“The rules are the reality of the labor market. No undocumented harvesters means crops rot in the field. Nobody waits in line because by the time permits are granted, the crop was lost.

Did the Pilgrims get permits from the Algonquins?

Get real. Your rules are irrelevant - a pretext to get pompous on us.”

“Condescending, castrating fiction.”

“The most loyal, obedient and trustworthy canine races are (surprisingly) Wolf / Sled Dog (Malamute &/or Husky) crosses.”

“Pit Bulls and Doberman are responsible for a majority of the (sometimes fatal) attacks on human beings and should not be trusted around children.

Great Danes follow.”

“"the Taliban is using the money to kill us" because we invaded their country, which makes us fair game.

But the moneys not going just to the Taliban. Most of it goes to feudal, tribally based, war lords. Religious fundamentalism provides an added twist for the Taliban, but most of those involved with the "insurgency" are simply bandits, charging the invaders (i.e. the USA) passage through their territories - and that includes the Taliban.

www.thenation.com/doc/20091130/roston

IOW, the Privatization Model (biznez as usual) GWB established (as did his grandfather Prescott) is nothing more than an extension of the same mentality - and the terms "global jihad" and "democrati­cally-elec­ted government of Afghanistan" are simply window dressing to justify the US Military presence in a country where a few predatory US vultures can make a little money.”

“No "global jihad" exists in Afghanistan.

No " democratic­ally-elect­ed government of Afghanistan" exists there either.

And the Taliban is native to Afghanistan. They may not be in power in Kabal but have control over much of the rest of the country.

The system of government in place in Afghanistan is the same as it has been for thousands of years: Feudal, tribally based, with war lords. Religious fundamentalism provides an added twist for the Taliban, but most of those involved with the "insurgency" are simply bandits, charging the invaders (i.e. the USA) passage through their territories - and that includes the Taliban.

www.thenation.com/doc/20091130/roston

IOW, the Privatization model (biznez as usual) GWB established (as did his grandfather Prescott) is nothing more than an extension of the same mentality - and the terms "global jihad" and "democrati­cally-elec­ted government of Afghanistan" are simply window dressing to justify the US Military presence in a country where a few US vultures can make a little money.”

“http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee”

“I should have mentioned that Tim Berners-Lee DONATED the www technology in order to contribute to the development of society. He prevented the www from becoming entrenched in the private domain, creating a truly public, almost universal interactive medium.

The addition of color graphics, sound and movement to what had been a text only medium increased the Internet's popularity and propitiated the investment in infrastructure that allows so many of us to use it for communications, information procurement, telephony, document interchange and even the financing of political campaigns (Barack Obama would never have become POTUS without the agile use of the web that his campaign implemented).

No one has created more change than Tim Berners-Lee. Based on this medium however, the open-source software movement is going to further a culture of sharing and mutual assistance that is what America and the World really needs; so don't forget Bill Stallings (and many more).”

“Oops - that's www.w3.org/”

“The man that's changed the world most is without a doubt Tim Berners-Lee www.w3c.org”

“"I was under the impression that "imperialists" ruled the countries they conquered.­"

Wrong impression. Now they just tear them down and contract their chums to build em back up - a little. Everbody's worse off except Halliburton and Blackwater (or whoever's doing it in Afghanistan) and they were bad to begin with.”

“The USA's interminable military occupation of Afghanistan can not be justified by postulating, pontificating and referring to what are (and will never be more than) wishful thinking and unachievable goals as if they were real. But the WORST part of it is the wanton and tragic WASTE of human, economic and institutional resources.

So I say to all the gung ho, pseudo tough guy, self righteous American war mongers that think the USA's presence in Afghanistan and Iraq can accomplish something: If your goal is to demonstrate your ability to Build a Nation, which don't you DO IT AT HOME? The USA has become a lame and awkward imperial wannabe. Go home, now!”

“"Obama is about to send more troops, and doesn't want to be seen supporting a government who's legitimacy is in question".

That implies that the USA decides whether the Karzai government is legitimate, an Ostrich brand of Foreign Policy.

Not a difficult concept, unless you've got your head in the sand (along with Hillary).”

“"She said ... the runoff has already been legitimized.

When Afghan President Hamid Karzai accepted the runoff after the first election, she said, "that bestowed legitimacy from that moment forward.""

That's P Poor logic. She's implying that she supports electoral fraud, and the the USA has already selected it's preferred puppet; an authoritarian perspective and message. (The decision has been made and no discussion will be forthcoming. The problem doesn't exist because WE refuse to recognize it).

The source of Obama's principle errors in his presidency seems to stem from making poor choices when filling Cabinet positions and selecting White House Staff.

I'm glad HRC didn't make it to the Presidency. When comprehension is limited, performance suffers. Obama seems much more open to alternative solutions and able to correct his mistakes (I sincerely hope - and I'm generally a pretty good judge of character).”

“Incredibly enough, a270 said:

"Anyone who willingly is in the vicinity of a mass killer like Osama forfeits their right to not be droned."

I see. Could you tell us how to separate the willing from the unwilling or those who are unknowingly "in the vicinity of (what you call) a mass killer"?

The USA is creating hundreds of additional ObL daily, under it's present misguided (guaranteed enemy-making) foreign policy.

For HRC to go to Pakistan and make a callous, smug attempt to justify the slaughter of hundreds of innocent Pakistani civilians under the pretext of killing a few bad guys (maybe) is a demonstration of something radically wrong with the USA - still (a demonstration that's clearly reactionary to most of the world).

So no one else matters? Is the USA the home of God's True and Only Most Favored People?

I don't think so. We're all human and governments would do well to remember that and look for viable solutions, involving all concerned.

As for defense against terrorism: No country can be strengthened by invading other sovereign nations without a clearcut and temporary objective - a viable and realistic entrance and exit strategy.

Strengthen the defense of America where it is, not where it isn't. (And I don't mean the borders - all of the 9/11 hijackers entered the country legally, from Canada - none from Mexico).

This is not the change I voted for (but McCain would have been far worse).”

“Incredibly enough, a270 said:

"Anyone who willingly is in the vicinity of a mass killer like Osama forfeits their right to not be droned."

I see. Could you tell us how to separate the willing from the unwiof lling or those who are unknowingly "in the vicinity of (what you call) a mass killer"?

The USA is creating hundreds of additional ObL daily, under it's present guaranteed enemy-making foreign policy.

For HRC to go to Pakistan and display her callous, smug attempt to justify the slaughter of hundreds of innocent Pakistani civilians under the pretext of killing a few bad guys (maybe) is a demonstration of what's wrong with the USA - still (a demonstration that's clear to most of the world).

So no one else matters? Is the USA the home of God's Favored People?

I don't think so. We're all human and governments would do well to remember that and look for viable solutions.

This is not the change I voted for (and McCain would have been far worse.”

“"she refused to go into detail about the classified strikes that have killed both key terror leaders and bystanders, long a source of outrage among Pakistan's population"

INNOCENT bystanders - and in much greater numbers than "key terror leaders"

"despite an equally deadly campaign of militant-spawned bombings".

That makes killing yet more civilians OK, does it?

"Asked repeatedly about the drones, ...Clinton said only that "there is a war going on."

But not in the USA. The USA's role is limited to that of an invading force.

I don't think Mrs. Clinton gets it - remember, she voted for invading Iraq.

Nothing good is going to come out of this.”

“The paranoia was already there.”

“The banks wouldn't have collapsed, they would have been taken over under Chapter 11 Bankruptcy procedures.

Decisions would have been made and new structures and policies imposed, before any banks recovered their jobs.”

“It's not over. He had what it took to outrun the Clinton's Political Machine and maintain his composure under fire from y the Regressive Party's attacks from the gutter.

If his motivation is healthy, he's capable of learning. And in any case, he's all we've got in the Executive Branch - although he apparently requires to be told when he heads down the wrong path.”