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Why the Palin "Hate Affair" Will Backfire
Commented Nov 20, 2009 at 11:55:17 in Politics
“Yes, yes. Any criticism of a male candidate, even if unfounded, is just fine. Any criticism of a female candidate, even if totally valid, is mysogyny. We've heard it all before.”
How to Properly Criticize a President 101
Commented Nov 10, 2009 at 11:03:49 in Politics
“Criticizing a president for things he hasn't done is not the same thing, Bob. Go back and try again.”
lightningbolt replied on Nov 10, 2009 at 14:30:12
“Bush DID do all the things Bob is saying. You have just proven to all of us how ridiculously uninformed you are. Stop watching faux news, they are lying to you.”
Jesster replied on Nov 10, 2009 at 12:30:14
“Don't you think it's kind of "apples to oranges" comparing 8(+) months with 8 YEARS?
Don't you think it's kind of early to compile a list of "sins of omission" ?”
Don't you think it's kind of early to compile a list of "sins of omission" ?”
House Health Care Bill: A Death Sentence For My Fellow Breast Cancer Survivors
Commented Oct 29, 2009 at 14:57:34 in Politics
“I've heard this (frankly quite petty) argument a thousand times from republicans. "Vote NO for health care reform so I can keep getting the care I have."
How about we vote in some health reform to save the 45,000 who are dying every year, THEN we lobby the crap out of our legislators to improve it to cover people like yourself who need specialized medications, etc?”
How about we vote in some health reform to save the 45,000 who are dying every year, THEN we lobby the crap out of our legislators to improve it to cover people like yourself who need specialized medications, etc?”
You Ain't Nothin' But a Blue Dog
Commented Oct 15, 2009 at 11:23:59 in Politics
“Sounds like someone who needs to go. Not just more democrats, but better democrats.”
40 Years After Stonewall: No Progress on Gay Rights
Commented Oct 13, 2009 at 13:33:04 in Politics
“Saying there has been "No progress on gay rights" is insulting to all those who have fought so hard for the amazing progress we've seen in the last 40 years. Undoubtedly there is still a long way to go, but let's not be insulting.”
Chicago's Handgun Ban Has Little To Do With Gun Violence
Commented Oct 13, 2009 at 13:00:41 in Chicago
“Just wait for the wingnuts to lose their minds over this reasonable article.”
alex61 replied on Oct 13, 2009 at 14:02:33
“I confuse easily-are you talking about left-wing or right-wing nuts?”
jhamm1 replied on Oct 13, 2009 at 13:10:05
“Thanks to you, it's too late for that.”
Scalia Defends Cross On Public Land, Claims It Represents Everyone
Commented Oct 08, 2009 at 10:02:22 in Politics
“If you want to honor all the war dead and not just Christians, how about an non-religious symbol like a statue of an infantryman to represent those who fought and died? Why does religion have to automatically get involved? That war wasn't about religion (for once).”
Maggie and Brian -- Sign the Oath!
Commented Oct 07, 2009 at 16:48:53 in Politics
“This doesn't make any sense to me. We all know that religous nuts have hid behind the "higher power than law" defense forever, basically saying that it's ok to lie, cheat, steal and even kill if it's in the service of God. This oath doesn't make a shred of difference to people like NOM. They'd break it in a heartbeat, all the name of God.”
Joe Scarborough Shows Yet Again Why He Could Be President Someday
Commented Oct 04, 2009 at 12:01:37 in Politics
“Yes... yes it does.”
Senate Votes To Allow Guns On Amtrak
Commented Sep 16, 2009 at 17:05:00 in Politics
“Let the knee-jerking begin, but before you do please consider that even Paul Helmke (who is probably as rabidly anti-gun as anyone I've ever seen) doesn't have a problem with this measure. We're talking about locked and secured guns without ammo.
As for "them is the rules", now the rules say you can take guns on Amtrack trains. Them is the breaks.”
As for "them is the rules", now the rules say you can take guns on Amtrack trains. Them is the breaks.”
blues101 replied on Sep 16, 2009 at 17:32:46
“I have a problem with all of it but really - if someone isn't overseeing the handling and transport of it or if someone steals a gun - you don't go through any kind of check to buy ammo - they'll already have the weapon. I feel unsafe with an extreme 30%of the country perfectly willing to blow my head off just for voting for That One. I don't care where they store the weapons. They have to be more than "secured" - those handling the baggage should be screened as well. Am i paying for that, too?”
What Republicans Don't Get About the Joe Wilson Meltdown
Commented Sep 12, 2009 at 15:43:00 in Politics
“A "boo" means "I disapprove of what you said". "You Lie" means that the speaker knows that what he is saying is false, and is deliberately saying something besides the truth. Stating that the president is willfully misleading the public and the congress during a televised speech to congress is shameful. Even when Bush was actually lying to the public about WMDs you didn't see Dems shrieking at him like a 4 year old having a tantrum.”
ConstitutionallySpeaking replied on Sep 12, 2009 at 23:37:43
“Two problems.
Bush did NOT lie. He may have been mislead by faulty information provided to him by the intelligence services that the Democrats gutted, but he did not lie. The Democrat appointed CIA director told him that the case for WMD's was a "slam dunk". Nearly every democrat believed they had WMD's - and this was BEFORE Bush took office - so he could not have been misleading them.
Oh, and the democrats did FAR worse and were FAR less respectful of the President on MULTIPLE occasions before congress.
In the current instance with Joe Wilson.
The President FALSELY accused Republicans of lying MULTIPLE times in the preceding 2-3 minutes of this speech, while Joe Wilson did so once - and HE was telling the TRUTH.
Obama WAS lying.”
Bush did NOT lie. He may have been mislead by faulty information provided to him by the intelligence services that the Democrats gutted, but he did not lie. The Democrat appointed CIA director told him that the case for WMD's was a "slam dunk". Nearly every democrat believed they had WMD's - and this was BEFORE Bush took office - so he could not have been misleading them.
Oh, and the democrats did FAR worse and were FAR less respectful of the President on MULTIPLE occasions before congress.
In the current instance with Joe Wilson.
The President FALSELY accused Republicans of lying MULTIPLE times in the preceding 2-3 minutes of this speech, while Joe Wilson did so once - and HE was telling the TRUTH.
Obama WAS lying.”
Joe Klein Is Now Warblogging With Critics, Forever
Commented Sep 02, 2009 at 10:43:31 in Media
“For right-wingers "torture" is whatever is most politically convenient.”
Joe Klein Is Now Warblogging With Critics, Forever
Commented Sep 01, 2009 at 17:28:03 in Media
“Great, powerful piece. The middle three paragraphs are a fantastic rebuttal to all the Cheney-isms running rampant on the right, and even taking hold in the man on the street. They stand alone as a great article as well as a part of the more specific issue of Klein.
Thanks much for posting!”
Thanks much for posting!”
goodspkr replied on Sep 01, 2009 at 20:54:33
“I'm not sure you can say that. "It is not hyperbolic, but factual, that waterboarding is ILLEGAL, a felonious activity." I went to the link and found a definition of torture. Obviously the author feels waterboarding fulfills the definition. I do not. Putting someone under stress is not the same as torture.
The next couple of citations are the same. They allude to torture, but no where is waterboarding actually defined as torture.
I'm sure there are people who would consider spanking a child as a form of torture or playing loud music. Quite frankly I would consider having to listen to Al Gore speak as a form of torture, but no one has arrested him for his movie "An Inconvenient Fact." --at least no yet.”
The next couple of citations are the same. They allude to torture, but no where is waterboarding actually defined as torture.
I'm sure there are people who would consider spanking a child as a form of torture or playing loud music. Quite frankly I would consider having to listen to Al Gore speak as a form of torture, but no one has arrested him for his movie "An Inconvenient Fact." --at least no yet.”
andyg replied on Sep 01, 2009 at 19:03:03
“All those on journolist are on the left, they make the fools dance to there song.”
John Kerry's Beard: Love It Or Lose It? (PHOTOS, POLL)
Commented Sep 01, 2009 at 16:37:11 in Style
“When WAS the last time we had a man with a good beard in the White House? Harrison?”
SurrealPumpkin replied on Sep 01, 2009 at 17:00:57
“Still won't no matter how long Kerry's beard gets.”
McCain Whacks Cheney: Torture Violated Law And Helped The Terrorists (VIDEO)
Commented Aug 30, 2009 at 23:34:51 in Politics
“So stooping to barbarism is ok as long as it's effective? Throwing away everything we stand for as a country is ok as long as it's effective? Ah. Good to know.”
Bill O'Reilly vs. Jon Stewart: Howard Kurtz's Reliable Sources On Description Of Protesters (VIDEO)
Commented Aug 25, 2009 at 11:23:31 in Politics
“How did O'Reilly's rebuttal negate Stewart's point? He called anti-war protestors loons.”
Reading The Pictures: .38 More Ways to Counter the Teabaggers?
Commented Aug 25, 2009 at 11:08:34 in Politics
“Are we sure he's "pro-reform"? The "Obama-as-hitler" graphic on his sign would tend to argue not. Maybe he's arguing that the teabaggers weren't extreme enough.”
Gidster replied on Aug 25, 2009 at 12:53:52
“The sign has a list of all the ineffective BS hence the fail....”
Trolling
Commented Aug 24, 2009 at 14:36:50 in Politics
“Hmm. A cartoon here that's actually clever and funny. Since when?”
How Obama Can Pass Health Care, or F--k Disneyland
Commented Aug 21, 2009 at 16:57:32 in Politics
“Anyone remember the right-wing pundits when Clinton defended himself against Chris Wallace's charge that he let Osama go by raising his voice just a LITTLE? They had a field day with "Clinton unhinged", "Naked anger", "furious", "veins popping", etc.”
Q&A with Robert Wright (Part 2): Is Belief in God Any Weirder Than Belief in Electrons?
Commented Aug 21, 2009 at 16:45:25 in Living
“It's too bad that the dumb electron analogy was used in the beginning because the rest of the article raises some very good points.”
Q&A with Robert Wright (Part 2): Is Belief in God Any Weirder Than Belief in Electrons?
Commented Aug 21, 2009 at 16:42:13 in Living
“Exactly. While we can't see electrons they behave in a reproducible, testable, consistent fashion.
You don't have to use dodges like "when you flip on the light switch, sometimes the answer is yes, sometimes the answer is no, and sometimes the answer is maybe later".”
You don't have to use dodges like "when you flip on the light switch, sometimes the answer is yes, sometimes the answer is no, and sometimes the answer is maybe later".”
Legalized: Oral Sex, Sodomy and Immoral Prosecutions
Commented Aug 21, 2009 at 16:34:43 in Politics
“Ah, a twist on the old hippie switcheroo. "This guy got put in jail for going down on his wife. Isn't that awful? LEGALIZE POT!"
Just like every war protest has to have some guy in the back with a NORML sign. "War is bad and... LEGALIZE POT!"”
Just like every war protest has to have some guy in the back with a NORML sign. "War is bad and... LEGALIZE POT!"”
vaffanculo replied on Aug 25, 2009 at 12:43:47
“Let me explain this to you as if 1.) you were a child or 2.) an adult with A.D.D. who didn't have time to read the entire article before being distracted by your own thumbs:
The article is about legislating morality. Yes, sodomy and marijuana are related because they are both victimless "crimes".
You may now resume either 1.) watching Saturday morning cartoons or 2.) thumb wrestling yourself.”
The article is about legislating morality. Yes, sodomy and marijuana are related because they are both victimless "crimes".
You may now resume either 1.) watching Saturday morning cartoons or 2.) thumb wrestling yourself.”
The GOP's Risky Bet
Commented Aug 18, 2009 at 12:21:22 in Politics
“"how many believe that President Obama and the Democratic leadership will throw up their hands in defeat"
Throwing up our hands in defeat is, unfortunately, what Dems do best. Even when the battle has yet to be joined.”
Throwing up our hands in defeat is, unfortunately, what Dems do best. Even when the battle has yet to be joined.”
Felix the Cat
Commented Aug 13, 2009 at 17:58:35 in Media
“This is the most important thing you have to write about? This is the most pressing issue in race relations?”
bowthai replied on Aug 13, 2009 at 21:04:37
“It is an issue that speaks to the larger trend of inexplicable (read: racist) comparisons of Obama to various animals, cartoons, and caricatures.
Well played, Mr. Steele!”
Well played, Mr. Steele!”
RaceCondition replied on Aug 13, 2009 at 18:31:39
“Written like a white person.”
GOP Senate Leader Acknowledges He Hasn't Read Full Health Care Bill
Commented Aug 13, 2009 at 16:33:10 in Politics
“Simple answer. People here who haven't read it a) aren't voting on it in the senate, b) aren't going on television telling people what to think about it.”
factotem replied on Aug 13, 2009 at 16:34:15
“Sure, you can support something mindlessly. Well good for you. That's a terrific skill in modern America, much in demand.”
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