gdogs's Comments (357)

“Does no one think it hypocritical that there is a Band Of America ad directly underneath the headline of the Huffingtonpost?”

“Hey Helmke, you lose. We win again, but I suppose you are used to it by now.”

“"Nor did he want to have to send tens of thousands of troops to Afghanistan"

While I agree that no president wants to send troops into harms way, Obama did run on a pro military strategy regarding Afghanistan. That more troops are heading that way due to Obama's orders should not have come as a suprise to anyone.”

“I'm curious as to where this projected figure of 1 million is coming form. The US Courts statistics show just over 1.4 million bankruptcy filings for the past year ending in Sept '09. That is a total for all bankruptcy chapters, both business and private. I find it hard to believe that 1 million women will be filing in the next year. That's the close to the equivalent of 75% of all bankruptcies in '09.”

“The election in 08 (as a whole) was a referendum on GWB, not Obama and his agenda. Obama ran against GWB, rather than McCain, in the campaign. That is not a sign that the country is liberal or interested in progressive reforms, it is a sign that the country wasn't happy with GWB.”

“Please show me where the Constitution calls for a simple majority to pass a bill in the Senate.”

“You are confusing what he wants with what he is willing to accept. No question Obama wants a single payer system, that's about as liberal as you can get, before transitioning right into communist. He is willing to accept something/anything that he thinks might help out a few Americans. That doesn't make him less liberal, just more practical. Democrats should take what they can get on this one. If they don't pass something now, there won't be anything coming later.

I think Obama is getting a bad rap from the left. His isn't an easy job, and lets face it, the congress controls the agenda. He may not accomplish everything the far left wants, but that hardly makes him a republican.”

“"to pass the most important elements of the progressive agenda, the Senate must change its filibuster rules"

May I suggest that when the country is ready, you will be able to pass progressive agendas.

"The current 60-vote requirement to cut off debate empowers a tiny minority of Senators to prevent up or down votes"

I would hardly call 40 senators a tiny minority.

What is it with you uber libs that want to change the rules (that have stood for a very long time) everytime you can't do something you want done. You all are so out of touch with the rest of America.”

“He's the most liberal democrat that you'll see as POTUS in your lifetime. If you think he's a republican, then you just aren't paying attention.”

“Why would he run as a republican, he did just fine as an indi last time? No, he'll run as an indi again, and win again. Then all you libs can just keep on hating him. I love how so many of you think a liberal democrat can be a republican in areas where blue dogs are barely holding on to their jobs. You really just don't get it.”

“Agreed, but I don't think congress is ready to take on printing money and marriage as an abuse of government.”

“You may have a point on radio telecommunications, but the Air Force clearly falls into the defense category. Keep in mind, I'm not the one trying to start a movement, you libs are. And doing a poor job of it I might add.”

“You obviously don't know much about the Constitution. It was designed to limit powers, not increase them. It spells out what the government has the authoritiy to do. Nowhere does it say that the government has the authority to provide health care.”

“"In fact, I'd argue that, after providing national security and maintaining domestic order, healthcare insurance coverage is the most basic, essential protection government should be obligated to provide"

The Constitution disagrees with you. Thankfully, so does the republican party and the Lieb.”

“I don't know about multi dimensional death/life issues, but I do know that it is silly to fear something that you don't even know what is. Why be afraid of death? Simply because it is unknown? It has happened to every man woman and child that has come before us and it will happen to everyone after. You shouldn't fret over that which can't be changed.”

“They have 18 months left.... Puhleeze. If the taliban is wiped out in 18 months, I'll vote for Obama in 2012.”

“It may not be any easier to swallow, but atleast you know it's coming. Would you rather be told that it's ice cream and then still have to eat it?”

“Why is that liberals don't understand that if you give the enemy an end date, then they will just wait until you leave? Maybe it doesn't matter. Maybe Afghanistan will fall back into the taliban's hands once we leave regardless of whether they know when we are leaving or not. But it just seems to me to be a bad strategy to tell them up front that we have no intention of staying until the job is done.

That said, I personally think we should pull every troop out before the end of the year. We have next to nothing in common with the Afghan people. Every time I hear about us building something for them, or rebuilding something for them as the case usually is, I think wow... why are we wasting tax payer dollars on a country that doesn't respect women, that is entirely corrupt, that feeds a world's heroin habit, and that is a better example of BC times than modern. We'd better off wiping the whole country from the map, to take a page out of Ahmadinejad's playbook.”

“I'll take a truth telling a$$hole over a bold faced liar anyday. Atleast you know what you are getting with the a$$.”

“Not understanding the terminology... hasn't stopped congress from writing gun laws. I wonder why that would be a problem?

If someone was writing a blog on hockey, and kept using the term disc to describe the puck, would you think that they had any idea what they were talking about? Of course not.

A flak jacket is an actual term that describes a type of tactical vest/jacket, but is in no way bullet proof. So my question is, does the sentence "All were armed and in uniform, and all were wearing flak jackets" seem leading, in that we should be SUPRISED that officers wearing these flak jackets were able to be shot?

It's imflammatory at worse, and just plain ole ignorance at best.”

“Care to go over my comments from the last 5 years? Would you rather criticize me for only having 9 friends on the Huffingtonpost. I'll take my 9 over your 80 any day of the week.

You don't like guns. We get it. Fortunately I don't require you to like guns. You just have to respect the 2nd Amendment and my right to own them. If you can't do that, then by all means... feel free to move to another country or start trying to get a constitutional amendment passed.

Out of curiosity what have we gotten out of the world "being our friends" again? Doesn't appear to have changed a single thing.”

“Hopefully you never find yourself in a situation that your winning smile can't get you out of.

There's a big difference between being paranoid and being prepared. What would I possibly have to be paranoid about while I'm carrying a gun.”

“Can wasn't the arguement. Luna stated that every gun was created to kill. That obviously is not true. Her lack of a response should be a clue that knows she was wrong.”

“First of all you quote a study from 1986. No offense, but that was 23 years ago. The assault weapons act has been passed and lapsed in that amount of time. Secondly, you give percentages. Don't get me wrong, I love percentages. They are great at hiding the real numbers. The real numbers in this case are really what matters though. Or atleast give me the percentages of children that are accidentally shot by themselves. My guess is it is around .000009% of children in America. Not exactly a high priority in my opinion.

If Mr. Mann doesn't want to be taken literally, then he should stop writing down extremely imflamatory statements.”

“A Unique Des 69 isn't a police pistol, it is a finely crafted target pistol. It's only purpose is putting holes in paper. As is a S&W 41. Designed from the ground up with absolutely no death in mind. Browning Recoiless shotguns are about as useless in the field as I'm sure you would be (MJinCanada). Knocking little orange discs out of the air is the only thing they were meant for.

My point is simply that all guns are not made to kill, BUT thank god some are.”