humbop's Comments (49)

“Obama has a block of voters that any group running for the Presidency will need. Not so fast progressives.”

“Is there a finalized bill. If so where is it and what compromise did Obama sign off on. Ask the pirates if he compromised with them”

“Prior abuses of power do not justify any future ones.”

“Oh, so we give the Bush administration a pass?”

“And haven't we pretty much admitted that it was an unconstitutional act that damaged our national psyche in the years since?”

“We vote but most people don't use their brains when doing so. We have the power to effect term limits for those who prefer to listen to special interest groups.

We need to exercise that power and replace those who have sold out our representation to corporate special interests.”

“Obama has been in office for less than a year and already disappointment prevails.”

“He reminds me of this guy:

http://www.cmt.com/sitewide/assets/img/artists/lovett_lyle/lylelovett06-280x336.jpg”

“Ridiculous. Until this past January Dr. Dean has been involved in a lawsuit for the retaliatory firing of a staff member because his partner criticized Dean. You want that front and center when we are trying to investigate Gonzalez for doing the exact same thing?”

“Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Now that is priceless.

You are comparing the Prez. to a chimp.

I think the SS shld investigate you.”

“Agreed--the stills are fuzzy (just like the puppies!), and not quite as entertaining as the puppies bouncing around.”

“Brilliant .
I know America is rich and has an excellent educational system , but im afraid a Large number of Americans do not comprehend the facts that you stated . Bravo again .”

“They promoted globalization as an insurance policy for their Wall St gambling.”

“He sure does have the right to give money to anything he wants to, just as everyone else has the right to spend (or not spend) their money where they want to.

And he wasn't fired.”

“He didn't get fired and he didn't have to resign; he chose to resign because he disgraced himself and his employers.

Why are you for his freedom of expression but against another group's?

Why do you think that it's okay for him to discriminate but not for others to protest it?

Why do you think it's hypocrisy for a group to be consistently for marriage equality and against bigotry?

There is no higher road than equality for all. None. Without equality, everything else is meaningless.”

“I couldn't agree with you any more.

It seems like we are missing that "reasonable people can disagree" sentiment on so many issues. I see people called bigots and haters because they oppose same-sex marriage. I see people who criticize Obama immeditly called racists.

And that is from the "tolerant" left.

Just because you disagree with me doesn't make you a bad person.”

“Every time I read these U.S. election system horror stories, I have new respect for Elections Canada which runs our federal elections. As Canadians keep electing minority governments, federal elections come up quite often. During the October 14th federal election, I voted with a paper ballot and a pencil. It was wonderful and the results were on televison that night. I caught a chap on CNN the other day explaining how you can rig a voting machine to misrepresent votes. I don't blame Oprah for being upset.”

“All I can tell you is what I've seen in Florida. After 2000 a panel recommended optical scan voting, but let counties decide individually. Congressman Robert Wexler filed suit because the touchscreen systems sued left no way to do a manual recount, which is required by Florida law. Wexler wasn't necessarily suggesting that touchscreen machines be scrapped, but he did want them to include a printout that would only be used if a manual recount were needed. The suit was thrown out in federal court in 2004, and the judge said there was no legal reason to scrap the machines, though he did say that having a paper record of votes was "preferable".

There were serious issues with touchscreen ballots in Sarasota County in 06, and Dem. candidate Christine Jennings unsuccessfully sued to redo the election. There were some problems in 04 with the touchscreen ballots in Palm Beach County. I know PBC has now switched from touchscreen to optical scan. Now they're using the third voting system in as many presidential elections, so people may not be familiar with them. I don't see that being an issue, but people are worried.

When Charlie Crist was elected governor in 2006 he endorsed the optical scan system, albeit too late for the 04 and 06 elections. I don't know if that helps answer your question, but the Wexler and Jennings suits are the legal precedents I know of, and both upheld touchscreen systems.”

“No, and you can thank the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) for that.”

“No, this is called "Privilage" Its our form of Royalty. The privilaged few can use our dollars for whatever personal expense they don't want to pay for.”

“That's the American Way, dontcha know! *sickening wink goes here*”