mairs's Comments (689)

“Exactly. I supported Obama and voted for him precisely because I listened to what he said. The hand wringing and finger wagging now prevelent in certain sectors of the left is amusing. For me, the amazing thing is that Obama does in fact seem to be doing what he said he'd do while campaigning.

Staying or leaving are both fraught with risk but I think leaving, in the long term, has more risk than staying to attempt to stabilize Shrub's mess. Lost, I think, in the argument that Al Qaida has gone elsewhere is the probability that if we leave and the Taliban take over, AQ will move back into an area where they'd have as much free rein as they did prior to the invasion 8 years ago.

It doesn't take much of a leap to envision the influence of Islamic militants at the highest levels of Pakistani govenerment increasing and even becoming dominant without US pressure on Taliban next door in Afghanistan. Pakistan is a nuclear armed and can deliver warheads anywhere in the Middle East. With a Taliban government (or one heavily influenced by them), it's not hard to imagine that the controls on these weapons could be compromised. To me, that is the rub.

Continuing the war in Afghanistan is risky and will cost in blood and treasure no matter the outcome. I believe the cost of leaving will be higher. Obama, I think, has taken this to heart in the decisions he has made.”

“I don't understand why the war apologists keep recycling this campaign issue, like it's a get out of jail free card or something.

His war policy is just plain wrong. Fighting terrorism with conventional military forces is a disastrous blunder. What difference does it make what he said during the campaign?”

“mairs: I'm not a republican and I don't approve of the warfare state anymore than I approve of the welfare state. Your problem is that you think democrat looting is more virtuous than republican looting.”

“read the post by 'grumpyfarmer' just a bit underneath this one (if you are sorting by latest to earliest posts) - he summed up what I am trying to say eloquently. Don't live beyond your means! I am NOT talking about welfare queens, I am talking of all those I see every day around me whose eyes are bigger than their pocketbooks.”

“Thank you, Mairs! Pass it on, please. I'm not doing shows anymore, due to the expense of traveling and overhead, but anybody can find photos of my work at www.myspace.com/r2fax2b (for now, even though I'm not thrilled about Rupert Murdoch's empire running MySpace)
Your kind words inspire me to create more!”

“I was just going to comment that her new hairstyle looks like Kate Gosselin minus the porcupine stuff going on in back. I like Couric's hair better when it was longer.”

“There is a difference between begging and misleading as to what the facts are...”

“Correct. He is keeping his promises on Afghanistan

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/subjects/afghanistan/”

“Thank you mairs,

Thanks for posting that even though i refuse to do their work for them.

That very quote is what made everyone, who is claiming that the president has not kept his promise, argument disingenuous at best.

These loosely played comments does nothing to help the progressive agenda. I am afraid the anti-war wing is helping to dismantle it at the expense of everything and everyone else.”