reasonlives's Comments (29)

“No, why dont you read a bit on the topic rather than just spouting propaganda you have been spoon fed your whole life. We insisted the emperor dethrone, that was our stated reason for going forward (not saving Japanese from USSR). We didnt want USSR to get any credit for victory. After the glorious bombs we let the emperor stay in power anyway, but we got to show off our new toy and murder hundreds of thousands. Glorious, exceptional USA, right? Happy Veterans Day.”

“So kill and maim hundreds of thousands of innocents just to make it perhaps more difficult for the USSR? Nice reasoning. We had no problem handing over all of Eastern Europe to our Soviet ALLIES. What a humanitarian you are. You will make up anything in a desperate attempt to justify the greatest cime committed by any govt ever”

“Bosnia was great, if you dont count the thousands of civilians we massacred from the air (including those we claimed to be "helping"), the massive infrasturcture destruction we reaked, the billions of dollars wasted, and the fact that we strengthened and armed radical Islamists, whom we are fighting now.
Other than that it was wonderful.”

“Is Australia really under the threat of foreign invasion? I hadnt heard that.”

“RP did ok in the primaries. He got over a million votes and did better than any challenger except Huckabee.
The problem is that some of RP's message caters more to the left and moderates (end the insane drug war, fresh approach to foreign policy and civil liberties etc) and there arent any leftists and only a few moderates in the pro war neo con Repub Party.
So I think RP has more support in the general population (at least among the informed populace, and those not blindly partisan Democrat) than in Repub primaries which are mostly open to only registered repubs”

“If the bailouts are so great, why couldnt they get the loans on the market? Why are we paying for their mistakes and recklessness? We didnt share in their profits when they got lucky.

If you are so gullible to think that these handouts are going to be paid back, with or without interest, then there is not much to say to you. Of course Bush is at fault, but so is Obomba for escalating and increasing the Wall St and bank handouts to the rich and powerful campaign contributors and former and future employers of his henchmen.

Likewise if you claim to be against the bailout but supported them anyway because you believe whatever the govt and the elite tell you are dumb as well as gullible. The only thing that would have happened without bailouts is a market correction, temporary deflation which is not a bad thing, and no long term inflation of the dollar, which now instead will cause hyper inflation as soon as the economy turns around., because of the idiotic and corrupt handout.

This bailout BS went straight into wealty pockets, there is no "trickle down" effect benefiting regular people.”

“Why do you blindly support "O" when he is implementing the unjust policies you refer too? Bush\Paulson started this atrocity, but Obama\Geithner is perpetuating, and increasing it.

Do people realize what a massive, unprecedented transfer of wealth this is from the poor and the middle class to the rich, and from small and moderate sized businesses to big business? And this is a "progressive" administration????”

“this just shows what a stupid waste of time these silly fake "performances" are at games. Its great for the fake singers because its a free commercial for them, but its time to get rid of these boring, poorly written jingoistic jingles about how great we are.”

“You cant survive an actual crash. You might survive an "incident" or accident but not a crash. Also you dont know what part of plane will take impact so you cant sit to avoid it. Most planes and people shatter on impact including water, this was exception as pilot was skilled and plane function wasnt damaged and he had total control of plane and large water area was nearby.

An actual crash, though very rare, is not survivable. A slide off the runway or something is.”

“I am already getting the sense that Obama\Biden have reelection in 2012 as their main goal. They dont want to make waves on controversial issues like this. Accountability of our rulers and following the rule of law shouldnt be controversial but it is. Now, spending money is politically easy, every politician wants to spend money. But, facing up to the evil that the US govt has been responsible for in the past 8 years, one of the worst records of abuse of power in world history, that would involve real courage, and a Jimmy Carter like elevation of principle over politics.
I know, Carter didnt get reelected. Had he nuked Iran, killing thousands of innocents along with the US hostages in '79, maybe he would have beated Reagan in 1980. But he put principle of peaceful resolution over his own politica success. Unfortunately, I dont see any evidence of that type of courage so far. I know hes not in office yet, but the appointments and statements to date are not encouraging.”

“He wasnt Sec of State, he was Carters National Security Advisor.”

“Hamas is a democratically elected govt. Israel doesnt want them in power, so they have illegal blockades starving the people of food and medicine, contrary to UN resolutions. Israelis routinely shoot Palestinian protestors, civilians, police and soldiers. Israel has killed hundreds of Palestinians recently (before this latest onslaught). Sporadic rockets are launched in SELF-DEFENSE by Palestinians (not by Hamas govt) and ONE Israeli was killed recently, providing an EXCUSE for long planned Israel slaughter of hundreds Palestinians, which US supports and funds for domestic political reasons only. Biased dupes here mindlessly support US\Israeli mass murder, as we see from some of the inane comments here.”

“Events from 75 years ago In Euprope have nothing to do with it. Stop looking for excuses to condone murder.”

“Wrong, Melakfilms. Bush Cheney have by no means called for a halt to the violence. Instead, as in Lebanon in 06, US is officially supporting and endorsing Israeli mass slaughter of Palestinians, with US made weaponry.”

“She already knows how to dodge sniper fire on foreign airport tarmacs, so that is one qualification she has for the job!”

“Obama and his minions have already made it clear that Israeli hardliners will continue to dictate American foreign policy as they did under Cheney\Bush. What else is new? The Palestinians, like the Iraqis and other Arab peoples, have no standing as far as we are concerned.”

“Check your facts before posting. The 3rd party candidate who got 15% had nothing to do with Nader, he is a Jesse Ventura type and not a liberal, polls showed he took votes about equally from Coleman and Franken.
There are no run offs in Minnesota Senate races. You are wrong twice in a very short post.”

“Mourning Dude exhibits pretty sound reasoning here, do you have a specific complaint with it or are you just upset he is pointing out the uncomfortable fact that Obama has lost whatever "antiwar" credentials he may have had? You just insulted the person without making any argument.”

“Biden is too old to be President after Obama, he would be in his mid-seventies when Obams is done, that it too old, to run, even if he does have hair plugs.
He would be more on the Cheney model and take his leave after serving as VP.”

“Lafrance,
That doesnt matter. Obama isnt attending the platform meetings, but anyone can attend. Just check his website for a date and location convenient for you. There are many in IL, I am attending one next week in IL.
Also, Obama is appearing in NW IN, and that is close to IL. You may be able to catch him in IN, which, while normally Republican, may be in play this year.”

“Websmith, I agree. Barr for Pres, Ron Paul for VP OR even better, vice versa. Cabinet Dept's limited to actual constitutional functions of govt.
Kucinich or Gravel also great on foreign policy and civil rights issues. Chris Dodd or Feingold on privacy and constitutional rights as well. Hagel would be good for Sec of State or Defense.
Kucinich had a proposal for Dept of Peace. I agree, and he could be in charge of it.”

“Um... Travis, Al Gore is not even a lawyer, so I dont think he is quite qualified for the highest court in the land. I know this is a fantasy list, but lets keep some perspective on reality please.”

“Very well put, CellarDoor, exactly right. Why was retroactive, absolute corporate immunity a "must have" for those pushing this supposedly "critical, urgent" bill? If you buy their argument that the Administration had to have unchecked surveillance powers, and that the Admin and telecoms did nothing wrong as they operated outside the law and in total secrecy the last 7 years, why the desperation to have, above all else, absolute immunity? Makes no sense.
Also, in case people havent realized this yet, these corporations, who get rich off of lucrative govt contracts and in return hand out campaign contributions, and who now received unprecendented legal immunity, were in total BREACH of their Contracts for services with you, their paying customers. They were rewarded for that as well.”

“Several;
That was one of the amendments. However Obama voted FOR cloture (against filibuster, contrary to his campaign promises) and FOR the final bill.
Those are the votes that matter. You cant spin this to get Obama off the hook.”

“One of the most objectionable aspects of this unconstitutional bill is the retroactive, absolute immunity for both the Bush goons and the politically connected wealthy telecoms who profit from govt contracts and their betrayal of their own customers in vioation of federal statute. Not only are these civil violations but criminal felonies. You endorse the bill on the childish, entirely unsupported idea that we should shut up and "trust them" because they know better than us and it is not up to mere plebes like us to question the high and mighty. But why are you so afraid of any investigation, so we would know even a tiny slice of what what was done for the past 7 years in terms of invasions of privacy? If these violations of the 4th amend and federal statutes are necessary to "keep us safe" as you believe w\o any evidence whatsoever, then why are you, (and the Admin and the telecoms) so afraid of ANY FACTS actually coming out as to what was actually done? And what kind of precedent does granting retroactive, absolute immunity for huge Corporations set, when they violate the law? Or is that also something that we should not worry about, and just shut up and "trust our leaders"?”