special muppet's Comments (130)

“I think your name should be special puppet.”

“What dimension are you living in?”

“A public optione ventually means no private option becuase Obama prefers single payer (i.e. government only).”

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I can't help but remember the last two times It we had battles between the ignorant and deranged vs the concerned citizens of America.

The elections of 2000 and 2004

Thats what scares me.”

“all my fingers and toes are crossed (even my eyes...oops almost missed that tree....)”

“Fighting Afghanistan helped collapse the Soviet economy and it's doing the same to the U.S.
Defeating the Taliban always was a matter of policing, but the worlds largest supplier of arms, since the end of the WW2 has been continuously looking for new targets to justify its mind boggling military expenditures.
As far as leaving....wait till the oil in the region is gone..ie the size of the Iraqi embassy.

P.S. to be blunt no one gave a *7%k about the "education of girls" in Afghanistan before the retaliation for 9/11 became so bogged down, just as nobody had cared about "democracy' in Iraq until Bush couldn't find the Nukes.”

“OMG! He's black?”

“Actually, Palin would have been shut up even more than Biden is now. As VP, she would have been in "an undisclosed location".

"What ever did happen to Hubert? Whatever did happen to he? Was he lost in the sauce? was he gathering moss, just waiting for his boss to sneeze?"”

“Great commentary. Fanned!”

“quote:
"Obama is turning out to be exactly the kind of president he advertised himself to be at the elections. A pragmatist, a man of principle, a bi-partisan, and someone who will work tirelessly within the democratic process to get results."

I remember John Edwards speeches during the campaign when he talked about the lobbyists and special interests and said 'these people are not going to give away their power and influence, it is going to have to be TAKEN AWAY fom them"

and he is right....”

“Yes, the man who said it was a grave mistake to not negotiate with the drug companies, who has now agreed to not negotiate with drug companies.”

“Right. It's the fault of women that they're abused, 'cause they're "attracted to violent men". Blame the victim as usual, sh!t-for-brains.
And when women show common sense and shun a dangerously unbalanced guy? He takes his four handguns to a gym and starts shooting them. He says it's THEIR fault 'cause they rejected him, 'cause he couldn't get laid or find a girlfriend. Blame the Victim, AGAIN. At least THIS violent would-be abuser killed HIMSELF too and isn't going to be a repeat offender.”

“First, you seem to have this misconception that all abusers act wild, unstable and violent from the get-go. No, it's just quite the contrary. You might meet an abusive man or woman in public and think they were a charming and delightful person. In fact, many abusers are well-educated, well-mannered (at least in public), funny, outgoing, and very likeable (until you get to know them better). Many of them do a good job of hiding their explosive side until they have a relationship firmly established, then their true nature gradually starts to creep out. Yes, there are some people who are obviously violent lugs, but that type of individual is not necessarily the typical abuser.

Second, you ignore the cylce of violence and how a victim gets sucked into it. Abuse victims usually have their self-esteem and their sense of control slowly chipped away during their relationship with an abuser. Abusers are good at isolating a victim from their friends and family and encouraging the victim to become more and more dependent solely on them. Such isolating behavior usually coincides with a gradual escalation in the level of physical and emotional abuse.

Some people may not know anything diffferent having been raised in an abusive family, but once they are shown that there is something better, there is a way to get out alive, and that not all individuals act violently, then abuse victims slowly regain (or gain for the first time) self-esteem and confidence.”

“I'm not sure that it's that simple. It's not like women go shopping for potential partners at the local UFC match.

We choose friends and partners on the basis of what they provide for us, and sometimes those are needs we don't immediately recognize. A person who is caring and helpful can easily find 'friends' who take advantage of that aspect of their nature.

It would seem self-evident to us, after the fact, that Chris Brown is a thug who deserves only scorn, and that Rihanna should have the manifest good sense to dump the loser. And while I doubt this kind of behavior just popped up out of the blue, what other criteria might be keeping the 'relationship' alive? Good sex? Musical talent? Money? Influence? The illusion of 'kindred souls'?

You suggest that Rihanna is wealthy, famous, and beautiful. She can have any man she wants - so, what is it that she wants, and what shortcomings might she find acceptable to get it?

We're very good at lying to ourselves when we're not honest about what we want.”

“Actually, Oswald did not consider himself a Communist. He considered himself a Marxist and made that distinction on many occasions.”

“Oswald was not a communist. That was his CIA cover. He was being sent into Cuba through Mexico but the Miami Station double crossed him using his CIA cover identity to set him up as the patsy.”

“You seem to be going out of your way in several posts to describe Oswald as some kind of criminal mastermind who outwitted not only the State Department, but the FBI, The CIA, the mob, The Secret Service, the anti-Castro movement and the Dallas PD.

Even a cursory examination of Oswald's life reveals that he really wasn't all that smart. He was a below-average student who never graduated high school and could barely hold a non-military job. He was short-tempered and had been diagnosed with emotional problems at a young age. Not exactly the profile of a genius criminal mastermind.”

“It became a conspiracy theory because that's what helps people ignore the bleak truth that in America, the chances of an unstable but sufficiently functioning madman making an attempt on the life of someone like JFK is just not that extraordinary.

Blame a dark conspiracy, when in reality the truth has been out in the open all of the time: President Kennedy was assassinated by a typical American right-winger.”

“Here's part of E. Howard Hunt's confession: "As for Dave Philips, I knew him pretty well at one time. He worked for me during the Guatemala project. He made himself useful to the agency in Santiago, Chile where he was an American businessman. In any case, his actions, whatever they were, came to the attention of the Santiago station chief and when his resume became known to people in the Western Hemisphere division he was brought in to work on Guatemalan operations. [Frank] Sturgis and [David] Morales and people of that ilk, stayed in apartment houses during preparations for the big event. Their addresses were very subject to change so that where a fellow like Morales had been one day, you'd not necessarily associated with that address the following day. In short it was a very mobile experience."”

“Oswald captured by pure luck?

An APB was issued for him in the JFK killing as soon as the employee headcount was completed at the TSBD and the cops realized that LHO was the ONLY employee missing from the building.

4 eyewitnesses saw LHO kill JD Tippet, and 6 other saw him walking away from the scene (they didn't witness the actual shooting). His physical description was reported and issued immediately, including the jacket he had changed into when he went to his rental room to retrieve his handgun. His movements after he killed Tippet were noticed and reported by shop keepers and pedestrians alike. The noose around him closed quickly. Witnesses who saw him enter the Texas Theater immediately told police he was there. An angry mob had formed outside the theater by the time Oswald was captured and taken to a police car.

Even if the guy who killed Tippet hadn't turned out to be LHO, the police would have still been out looking for Oswald as the killer of JFK. By the time that had interviewed people associated with Oswald, they would have been looking for him as THE prime suspect in the JFK murder.”

“Beg to disagree. Officer Tibbits' job was to kill the patsy (Oswald) but he failed. Oswald was on his way to meet with his CIA handler at the Texas Theater. He was expecting to receive operational support before his infiltration into Cuba via Mexico. Of course, the police were informed where he was (Dallas PD was infested with people on the mafia payrolls). You are right that Ruby was the responsible party and had to meet his guarantees by completing the job himself. Oswald was double crossed by the Miami Station handlers. CIA does not take orders from "unimaginative political shills." The Miami Station went totally rogue on JFK.”

“I dont think there are any conclusions that can be 100% but the one conclusion I think is 99% is that Oswald expected help in getting away.”

“Special? I'll say.”

“This is the sort of drivel I would expect to hear from someone from Appalachia.”

“let us face facts. If it weren't for teen pregnancy over half of us would not be here. I don't mean my mom. I mean 1700-1800's with a lifespan of 50 years. Did people breed at 35-45 like they try to these days? the war against nature should surrender.”

“"Given them something to do"?! Babies are not a hobby, they are people who need guidance and care for far more than just the cute-little-baby years.”