Sounding like a voice-over on a movie trailer for an upcoming action blockbuster starring Barack Obama, Chris Matthews greeted viewers, on Thursday's "Hardball," with this exclamation: "The excitement begins! Barack Obama makes his first major appointments." Matthews then continued his giddiness, a little later in the show, when he raised up an electoral map, published in the New York Times, that featured a "sea of blue" for Obama and hailed: "This is maybe the best map ever seen!"
The following exchanges occurred on the November 6, "Hardball":
CHRIS MATTHEWS OPENING SHOW: The excitement begins! Barack Obama makes his first major appointments. Let's play "Hardball!" Good evening, I'm Chris Matthews, welcome to "Hardball." Leading off tonight, reconstruction. President-Elect Obama -- first time I ever said that -- is moving fast to build his team to rebuild a national consensus for action.
...
MATTHEWS HOLDING UP MAP: Let me show you a map that's one of the, I know we've shown a lot of maps. And Chuck [Todd] and his colleagues have shown a lot of great maps.
HOWARD FINEMAN, NEWSWEEK: That's a good one.
Story Continues Below Ad ↓MATTHEWS: This is maybe the best map ever seen! If you look at this map, let me hold it up higher. There it is, electronically. Hold that sign up there a bit. This is not a state of where people voted, Mayor [Willie] Brown, this is, this is map that tells you where people voted more for Barack Obama than they did for the Democratic candidate, last time. Everything blue there. That whole sea of blue across the country, with the exception of the mountain areas of Appalachia and the Ozarks, basically down there in that sort of crescent in the middle right there. All voted more for Barack than they did for John Kerry, four years ago.
So you see an amazing sweep toward Barack in the country. Mayor Brown this is amazing! I'm looking at the entire Northwest, entire Midwest, the Big 10 teams, by the way. Every state which there is a Big 10 team all went for Barack Obama. The entire Northeast. The coastal areas of, of, of, the Atlantic coast. All along the coast. In fact all along the Texas coast where Texas either touches Mexico or goes to the, to the Gulf of Mexico. All that. All California, up and down California, up and down Washington, Oregon. Everywhere went more for Barack than it did for John Kerry. What do ya think?
—Geoffrey Dickens is the senior news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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The Russians
November 6, 2008 - 18:31 ET by 10ksnooker-- Cheered Stalin. The Germans cheered Hitler -- cheering always comes first. Then comes slow creeping reality, followed by slow creeping pain.
Obamunism is no panacea, nor is it a solution for anything worthwhile. Over 100 million died in the 20th centruy for the 'isms'.
Pravda
November 6, 2008 - 18:38 ET by Copperhead RidgeThe Soviets also used Pravda to convince the masses that everyone supported the new premier.
All hail Obama!!
That map is one of the biggest pieces of misinformation I've ever seen. It's absolute propoganda.
No one cheered Reagan or Carter?
November 6, 2008 - 19:17 ET by Josh SNPeople cheered Reagan, so he was bad?
I think you are saying you don't like democracy, because you don't like what the majority cheers.
They love that sort of stuff in the People's Republic of China. There's a place to go if you don't like Obama that much that you'd compare him to Stalin and Hitler.
Peoples Republic Of
November 6, 2008 - 19:35 ET by Blazer"Peoples Republic Of China, Hitler, Stalin?"
I think your giving the Obama/Biden comedy troupe too much credit. A Kim Jong DPRK or Pol_Pot Cambodia maybe, but those two idiots are too inept to muster up the brilliance you described above.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Well, if you are going to worry...
November 6, 2008 - 19:38 ET by Josh SN... you might as well worry big time. Obama is one of the smartest lawyers of his generation. Government is all about law, you know, not oil companies.
Josh
November 6, 2008 - 19:53 ET by cocodrieHussein Obama is a gifted speaker and a good politician. Other than that he is a dingleberry on the butt of the world.
Really
November 6, 2008 - 20:22 ET by Josh SNI guess he was just put in charge of the Harvard Law Review as a lark.
I guess he was the constantly voted the popular lecturer on Constitutional Law at the most constructionist law school in America with ACORN voters.
Josh
November 6, 2008 - 21:01 ET by cocodrieHussein Obama's review 104 is the least cited review in the past 20 years. So much for his worth at Harvard.You need to get your nose out of his butt, you are suffering from tunnel vision.
Josh
November 6, 2008 - 19:55 ET by well99"Government is all about law, you know, not oil companies." yes we noticed.Thank you for the laws that caused the economic meltdown and the lawyers that forced it.I sure your buddies Barney and Dodd are first in your thoughts.I know you probably love Obama for sueing banks to give home loans to people who couldnt afford them.
"Government is all about law" To bad it isnt about justice.There is a difference.
Josh? Josh! Wake up,
November 6, 2008 - 20:49 ET by HockeyKidJosh? Josh! Wake up, Josh! You've obviously inhaled something toxic.
How could you tell Hussein is "the smartest lawyer of his generation"? He's never published a single item in any law publication, ever, anywhere, at any time. So I guess you've been to Chicago and read his court arguments for ACORN. Yes?
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
you're right josh!
November 6, 2008 - 21:05 ET by candanceObama is an awesome lawyer! Like that time he sued a mortgage company for turning down a poor person's mortgage application! Brilliant!
Oh, wait, I forgot, when he got to Washington he tried to regulate stupid companies who gave mortgages to poor people.
Whoops!
I'm a typical white person.
"Obama is one of the
November 6, 2008 - 22:54 ET by ckc1227"Obama is one of the smartest lawyers of his generation."
Thank you. Now, if anyone didn't know before, they know now not to ever take anything you say seriously. You're clearly a mental patient, and it's pointless debating with mental patients.
Obama's Economic plan: more taxes, more spending, more regulation. Prosperity here we come.
I know peace and stability of the last 8 years was boring.,
November 6, 2008 - 18:43 ET by ahusserBut financial turmoil, political instability, more terrorism and civil unrest here and abroad will be exciting. I am sure the coming conflagration in the Middle East will be exciting too. It is going to be a real hoot. The messiah's election was instantly de-stablilising.
"...no civilization, no matter how rich, no matter how refined, can long survive once it loses the power to meet force with equal or superior force." - Bernard Knox
Peace and Stability?
November 6, 2008 - 19:20 ET by Josh SNNot even counting 9/11, there was a massive increase in terrorism on Bush's watch.
Prosperity? For the top 5%, yes, these were good years, but the bottom 95% is earning less now than when Bush took office.
Stability in the Middle East? You do recall the 2nd infitada and the Israel/Lebanon war and the elections of Hamas and their "takeover" in Gaza and the massive crackdown in Egypt of the 2nd largest party and the two new wars? Maybe not. Was that a reminder?
Maybe you were just joking.
For 8 years of relative peace and prosperity, see: Clinton, William J. He had an extra-marital affair which the Republican party and the newspapers decided was front page news for years.
»→ Josh
November 6, 2008 - 19:24 ET by Cool ArrowAnd those terrorist attacks on America since 9/11 would be? When? Where?
A) I didn't say America
November 6, 2008 - 19:34 ET by Josh SNI was using the Bush State Department statistics on terrorism worldwide. Massive increase since Bush took office.
Truthfully, I've always been strongly suspicious that both the explosion on the SS Norway in Miami Harbor and the crash of Flight 587 on Nov. 12th, 2001 were terrorism. Interestingly, neither was "on American soil" but either right offshore or in the air.
"I was using the Bush
November 6, 2008 - 22:46 ET by ckc1227"I was using the Bush State Department statistics on terrorism worldwide. Massive increase since Bush took office."
Would that be the report that was skewed because it included terrorist attacks within Iraq, which is a war zone? Would that be the same statistics, that, when Iraq terrorism is taken out of the equation, shows that terrorism is DOWN worldwide?
Obama's Economic plan: more taxes, more spending, more regulation. Prosperity here we come.
It is apparent to me
November 6, 2008 - 23:02 ET by ahusserthat you Josh are about 18 years old because you haven't been through the 60's riots twice 60's protest movement where your buddies Ayers and Dohrn were bombing stuff, the gas lines (twice), double digit inflation, double digit unemployment, the stock market dropping 60 per cent, I know living in America was tough the last 8 years. You know all those people in breadlines and souplines. Unemployment lines. Concentration camps, re-education camps. Living in cardboard boxes. I know its tough here under the Bush administration. So so bad we needed change and hope. You are either hopelessly naive or hopelessly ignorant. I think you are going to see these things again very soon. Things were pretty lively then if anything and you know excitement is way cooler than boring.
It's funny you should
November 6, 2008 - 19:38 ET by BlazerIt's funny you should mention 9/11, Josh. You remember the last time the world cheered when something significant happened in America?
That exact same date.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
The world did not cheer
November 6, 2008 - 19:41 ET by Josh SNEven Saddam Hussein sent his condolences to America.
A handful of Palestinians were caught on film cheering, and I'm sure 100s of thousands if not millions of people who don't like America were happy, but most of the world was sympathetic. Our ratings in the world went way up after 9/11.
Most of the world was in favor of our war in Afghanistan, for example. It all went south only when someone decided Iraq was a target, too.
»→ The suffering American
November 6, 2008 - 19:45 ET by Cool ArrowOK, you only feel good about being an American when America is under attack.
How longsuffering and gentle of you.
Three miracles after you die, and we'll canonize you. I'll be waiting for that 10" pianist.
I never said anything like that
November 6, 2008 - 19:48 ET by Josh SNI said the world supported America after the 2001 sky-jack missile attacks.
»→ Josh
November 6, 2008 - 21:07 ET by Cool ArrowDid you have a problem with Clinton's unprovoked missile attack on Iraq?
Josh
November 6, 2008 - 19:49 ET by cocodrieYou really need to come out of momma's basement a read some history books. NOT THE REVISIONIST ONES YOU HAVE NOW.
The world never cheers
November 6, 2008 - 20:49 ET by BlazerThe world never cheers America's succeses Josh, only it's failures. For the life of me, I cannot understand why you liberals are so hung up on being "worldly".
They cheer for our failures, the rest of the time they stand there with thier hands out and I'm just talkin' about American liberals. The world can kiss my A$$.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
"Most of the world was in
November 6, 2008 - 22:32 ET by ckc1227"Most of the world was in favor of our war in Afghanistan, for example."
Umm, yeah, you might want to dig a little deeper on that factoid...because it's not quite true. Still, I'm not sure why we attacked Afghanistan anyway....Afghanistan didn't attack us. Not sure why Obama wants to attack Darfur and Pakistan either....they haven't attacked us.
Obama's Economic plan: more taxes, more spending, more regulation. Prosperity here we come.
Josh, Education and
November 6, 2008 - 19:54 ET by LiberalliesJosh,
Education and history not your forte, eh?
I see you have bought into the lie that under the Clinton years we have peace and prosperity.
I guess you weren't around in 1993 when under the Clinton administration the WTC were bombed with the intention of bringing them down, right? I guess your forgot that.
I guess you missed it too when American troops were attacked in Saudi Arabia by terrorists, right?
I guess you also missed it when terrorists bombed two American embassies in Africa.
I guesss you also missed it when the USS Cole was attacked.
I guess you missed it when Al Qaeda declared war on the USA in the 1990s during the Clinton administration.
I guess you missed the war in Kosovo.
You Liberals are such a sad joke. I guess since you didn't hear it in the news it didn't happen, but why don't you go check out and compare the salaries that people that voted made in 2004 and compare them to the people that voted this time around. you will find that the salaries went up, that people making over 200,000 doubled.
I guess you also missed it when the price of oil was started going up at the end of the Clinton administration, the .com bubble bursted and our stock market went crashing down.
Only a brainwashed, easily fooled, drooling Obamabot would call the Clinton years peaceful and prosperous. No wonder you are a Liberal, uneducated and blind to the truth and fact.
Don't also forget that 9/11 was planned 5 years before it occurred and in fact we know today that 9/11 was planned for 2000, but it was moved to 2001 because the terrorists wanted more training.
oh and of course there are going to be more attacks today under bush.....WE ARE AT WAR!!!!
that is like crying because there were more attacks on american troops and around the world during WWII.
you Liberals aren't too sharp, are you. Please do yourself a favor and stop spewing such propaganda.
I know your type, when Obama destroys our economy, when he doesn't take us out of Iraq and terrorists attacks increase under him, you will blame Bush. Of course you were probably the first one to defend clinton when anyone tried to blame him for 9/11 or the 2001 recession, etc, etc.
You Liberals are all the same....a sad, sad joke and you all lack any type of education. sure you may have a degree, but my goodness you do not have a clue to the facts and you lack so much historical knowledge, it is quite pathetic.
And don't forget the
November 6, 2008 - 20:18 ET by MidAmericaAnd don't forget the terrorist attack that took place in Waco, Texas where many American men, women and children were killed in a horrific fire.
Fact Check
November 6, 2008 - 21:46 ET by dboNot even counting 9/11, there was a massive increase in terrorism on Bush's watch
Really? I guess Josh didn't see this report:
terrorism fatalities were down by some 40 percent in late 2006
compared to 2001, and according to preliminary data, dropped even
further in mid-2007.The study pointed to more widespread and
coordinated counterterrorism efforts, "bitter doctrinal infighting"
within the global Islamist networks, and Muslims' rejection of
terrorists' "indiscriminate violence, extremist ideology and harshly
repressive policies" for the downswing.As well, it specifically
acknowledged a "dramatic collapse in popular support throughout the
Muslim world" for Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network.
http://www.weyak.ae/...
http://gatewaypundit...
Of course he missed it
November 6, 2008 - 23:04 ET by ahusserHe was only 3 years old.
"...no civilization, no matter how rich, no matter how refined, can long survive once it loses the power to meet force with equal or superior force." - Bernard Knox
Safe? Clinton?
November 6, 2008 - 22:37 ET by oilcanYes, I felt safe under Clinton, look at how safe we were.
1. Federal Building in Oklahoma City bombed by an unrepentant terrorist. 168 men, women and infants dead, 600 injured.
2. First WTC terrorist bombing in the underground basement, 6 people dead, 1021 injured.
3. Recklessly dispatched a Delta Force and Special Forces team into Mogadishu, resulting in heavy casualties. We withdrew in disgrace.
4. Terrorists bombed the USS Cole, killing 19 sailors.
5. Terrorists bombed U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania
6. A truck bomb exploded by terrorists in the U.S. Air Base in Dharhan, Saudi Arabia. Killing 19 service people and wounding 240 others.
Oh Say
November 6, 2008 - 18:41 ET by the strugglerApparently Matthews' tingle has moved to both legs.
Make one wonder
November 6, 2008 - 19:28 ET by general companyIf the map is soo damd blue, then why are your rating soo damb bad? Huh Chissy
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Rachel Maddow's Ratings are going UP, UP, UP!
November 6, 2008 - 19:36 ET by Josh SNLet's all agree not to watch Chris Matthews, who, if anything, is massively overpaid.
Well their are a lot of raving lunitics
November 6, 2008 - 20:21 ET by general companyBut her rating will also plato and then shrink.
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Or moved between his legs.
November 7, 2008 - 10:57 ET by TexasteacherOr moved between his legs. He needed a smoke after that one!
Right, right only a full
November 6, 2008 - 18:42 ET by BlazerRight, right only a full blown radical leftist like Chrissy would get excited by a rabid-vicous partisan attack dog like Ramen Noodles Emanuel.
No need to point out the obvious to these idiot's in The MSM, but how the hell is Biden and now Emanuel, Change?
Sounds like the same old, tired, recycled crap to me.
Good job America you get what you deserve and I hope you suffer well and your brain's turn to liquid putrification if you keep watching idiots like Matthews on your boob makers.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Change from the Bush administration
November 6, 2008 - 19:22 ET by Josh SNSome of it, naturally, involves bringing back the Clinton administration. After all, no one who has been elected President knew enough qualified people to fill every political appointment. There are more than 2,500 nowadays.
Right, right Josh. When
November 6, 2008 - 19:48 ET by BlazerRight, right Josh. When Obama said he'd reach across the isle and work with Republicans picking Emanuel really reflects that. He also said he would have Republicans in his administration. i guess we'll see one when he gets to about 2,549.
Just remember almost half this country didn't pick Obama and a great deal of conservatives about 20% stayed at home because they couldn't stomach McCain/Palin. You guys blew your wad on this one.
Enjoy this ship of fools, it won't float long. .
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
You speculate, and are just wrong
November 6, 2008 - 19:50 ET by Josh SNBush only put one Democrat in his cabinet, in a minor post (Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta). We don't know who Obama will pick.
Almost 2/3rds of the country didn't vote at all so it is wrong to say that half the country did this, or that.
Josh, You are joking,
November 6, 2008 - 20:00 ET by LiberalliesJosh,
You are joking, right? Obamabot, Obama promised changed, he also promised to bring different atmosphere in washington and not run washington how it was run in the past.
One of his first picks is Illinios Rep. Rahm Emanuel, part of the Washington establishment, a hyper partisan Democrat who said, "f...ck the republicans", and part of the Clinton administration. Please explain how this pick represents change and not politics as usual?
Oh you poor Obamabots are going to be so incredibly disappointed when you find out that your alleged god, is just a partisan hack, typical politican fool.
"Yes We Can!" said Obama, but he never finished, he said behind closed doors, "Yes We Can fool the American people".
and stop it already, do not excuse Obama's actions by claiming Bush did it too. According to you Obamabots Bush was a bad President, so if you are going to excuse Obama's pathetic choice that proves that he is not about change and hope, that proves that all he is your typical Democrat politician selling snake oil to the uneducated masses, this means that according to your logic, Obama is as bad as you believe Bush to be.
Logic not your forte either,eh?
God, I have friends like
November 6, 2008 - 22:50 ET by SRPwrdGod, I have friends like this. They have been telling me for the last month that America is needing Change from the Obamessiah. When I ask them, "what change is Biden, a long, long, long time Senator?" They quickly change the subject to why they don't like hearing about Vietnam from McCain so much.
I can't wait until about 2-4 years from now when I can say, "some change, huh?"
I wonder how exciting Chris
November 6, 2008 - 18:44 ET by R D HelmI wonder how exciting Chris is going to find it in February when millions of people who voted for Obama are going to find next month's mortgage statement and payment slip in their mailboxes?
:-^)
-Dave
Resist the Obamafuhrer.
Ha, Ha, RD my sentiments
November 6, 2008 - 18:57 ET by BlazerHa, Ha, RD my sentiments exactly. These idiots think Jughead Jesus is gonna lead their penniless a$$es to the promised land.They're right !
Little did they know however that the promised land just happens to lye right beneath an incoming Iranian I.C.B.M.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
The whole mortgage thing blew up under President Bush
November 6, 2008 - 19:24 ET by Josh SNAs for Iranian ICBMs, not only do they lack a missile that could reach America, but also the N.I.E. said they stopped working on a nuclear bomb in 2003.
Too bad Republicans are so attached to Iranian hatred that they keep having to lie about the Iranian nuclear weapons program.
After all, the N.I.E. says they stopped because of the Iraq War.
Can't have it both ways.
Stuff Josh needs to know
November 6, 2008 - 19:40 ET by nkviking75duplicate post
sorry
Stuff Josh needs to know
November 6, 2008 - 19:38 ET by nkviking75The I-35W bridge in Minneapolis collapsed on President Bush's watch last year. Apparently you'd blame that on him as well, even though the bridge failed because of inadequate gussets used during the construction process in the mid-60's. As for the mortgage crisis, Democrats in Congress rebuffed several attempts by the GOP to do something about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Just thought you ought to know.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
Perhaps...
November 6, 2008 - 19:42 ET by Josh SNI know full well America, under Bush, got increasingly further and further behind with its repair of roads and bridges. So you still lose on that one.
If you have a particular bill the Democrats in the Republican dominated Congress quashed, please let me know the Congress and bill number or title, thank you.
Josh, ever hear of the
November 6, 2008 - 19:47 ET by MidAmericaJosh, ever hear of the political entities called states? They have a role in maintaining roads and bridges.
On Federal Highways? Really?
November 6, 2008 - 19:51 ET by Josh SNNot. Also see reports by the Army Corps of Engineers. That's a federal entity, not run by the States.
yes...Federal Highways
November 6, 2008 - 19:55 ET by LionKingStates are given Federal Funds to maintain Federal Highways.
Josh, you can't POSSIBLY be
November 6, 2008 - 21:12 ET by HockeyKidJosh, you can't POSSIBLY be that stupid, can you? You really think the Department of Transportation staffs road crews? Don't have your driver's license yet, do you?
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
On Federal Highways?
November 6, 2008 - 22:59 ET by LiberalliesOn Federal Highways? Really?November 6, 2008 - 19:51 ET by Josh SN
Not. Also see reports by the Army Corps of Engineers. That's a federal entity, not run by the States.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! OMG!!!!! hahahahaha!!! Holy Cow!!! hahahaha!!!!!!!
Joshy boy, you might want to call the governor of my State, Blagojavich, who has claimed that is thanks to him that all the State's highways have improved, that all the States highways have been widened, that all the State highways have been maintained by him and his union workers......by the way, this governor is a Democrat....
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
With each passing day I am more convinced that the only reason Obama won is do to the grave ignorance that plagues this great nation of ours!
Joshy, your post is stupidly funny...however, as much as I love to make fun of clearly poorly informed Liberals like you, it saddens me that you were used and abused by Barack Hussein Obama.
Josh...separation of powers
November 6, 2008 - 19:54 ET by LionKingInfrastructure issues fall under the oversight of CONGRESS.
Subprime fiasco, again, congress. Started under Carter with CRA, advanced further under Clinton -- they signed into LAW.
As for the Freddie Mac, etc.; Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, and president-elect Obama had their hands in the till.
VIDEO
Educating Josh
November 6, 2008 - 20:07 ET by nkviking75In 2005 President Bush signed a massive transportation bill encompassing some 6500 projects, some of which were downright silly. Surely the Gopher State's congressional delegation could have gotten money for the bridge, but apparently they didn't. BTW, Minnesota's DOT was responsible for the inspections. Nothing got done despite bad reports dating back to the Clinton years.
The Wall Street Journal can school you on Barney Frank's efforts to block reform at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Game, Set, Match.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
"I know full well America,
November 6, 2008 - 20:09 ET by Blazer"I know full well America, under Bush, got increasingly further and
further behind with its repair of roads and bridges. So you still lose
on that one."
Not exactly butthead, we live in the age of bond issues. Heard of em'?Probably not, it's where you take public tax money and build your own infrastructure, with better quality and in a lot shorter time.
Oh, thats right Joshie depends on big government to provide everything he needs and nobody in liberal entitlement country pay taxes they sponge off of them.
Get out of liberal entitlement country J.r. and it's crumbling infrastructure and you'll see that some places actually use thier money for things, other than providing housing and handing out paychecks to the worthless.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Josh, does your memory not extend beyond Jan. of 2001?
November 6, 2008 - 19:43 ET by R D HelmBecause it sure sounds like it.
How old are you?
14?
-Dave
Resist the Obamafuhrer.
What are you saying I don't remember?
November 6, 2008 - 19:46 ET by Josh SNWaiting...
Because to hear you tell
November 6, 2008 - 19:55 ET by R D HelmBecause to hear you tell it, problems didn't exist on this planet until Jan, 2001, when George W. Bush first took office.
Are you even vaugely aware that AQ attacked this country FIVE TIMES while Clinton was president?
-Dave
Resist the Obamafuhrer.
Give hime a break R.D.
November 6, 2008 - 20:14 ET by BlazerGive hime a break R.D. He'll parrot off a list of the usual "It's GWB's fault" talking point's and then run and off and play on his Big-Wheel for awhile.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Y'all, give him a break
November 7, 2008 - 11:12 ET by TexasteacherY'all, give him a break please.
He's just upset because somehow Bush is responsible for him not losing his virginity.
Have a heart.
Josh SN, Carter started the CRA that's the HEART OF this mess.
November 6, 2008 - 19:56 ET by upcountrywatercommunity reinvestment act 4:03, pause the video at anytime..
Bush tried to kill it in 2003
COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT
who needs an ICBM to deliver an A-bomb?
The NIE was BOOTED FROM IRAN...YEARS AGO!
IranianUranium
Are you on drugs?
November 6, 2008 - 19:58 ET by Josh SNThe NIE is the National Intelligence Estimate, the combined opinion of all(almost all?) of America's intelligence agencies. The NIE isn't a group which can be booted from anywhere.
Where you thinking of the IAEA? The IAEA has never been booted from Iran.
That video is really misleading. For starters, the early graphs only show until 1999. Yes, home prices started to rise before Bush took office. But they rose much, much more after he took office. Another totally bleeping misleading part of that video is to say Robert Rubin pushed Gramm-Leach-Bliley. I admit that Clinton signed that awful, awful bill, but Phill Gramm, Jim Leach and Bliley are all Republicans. It was a Republican authored bill. Putting this all on CRA is a joke. After all, the CRA was in effect, according to you, during the entire Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush administration periods, and we didn't have the current problems.
josh SN, NIE is NOT A message from SPACE, Humans wrote it
November 6, 2008 - 20:55 ET by upcountrywaterSo the NIE guys are sitting around,huffing hashish with you in iran.
NO?
Oh they used "REMOTE VIEWING" h/t Art Bell
Early graphs start earlier, DUH
heres some cra
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), enacted by Congress in 1977 (12
U.S.C. 2901) and implemented by Regulations 12 CFR parts 25, 228, 345,
and 563e, is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet
the credit needs of the communities in which they operate.
Yup your buddie clinton bumped it up, big time...
COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT
Not one word about "peaceful atoms" in the following:
IranianUranium
Josh, do you possess the linear logic to cross a street?
November 6, 2008 - 19:52 ET by R D HelmAs for Iranian ICBMs, not only do they lack a missile that could reach America, but also the N.I.E. said they stopped working on a nuclear bomb in 2003.
But its perfectly okay if they nuke Tel Aviv, right? I mean, we all know its those pesky Joos that are responsible for all the problems in the Middle East, Right?
Or, how about if they nuke Paris? Or what if they nuke any of the half dozen or so major population centers that are currently in range of their missiles. No biggie, right? After all, Paris and those other places are on the other of the planet, and therefore, we aren't affected, are we? Right?
BTW, you military illiterate, missiles are not the only delivery system for nuclear weapons.
-Dave
Resist the Obamafuhrer.
I'm sure Josh would cry
November 6, 2008 - 19:59 ET by BlazerI'm sure Josh would cry rivers of tears if his poor Paris was nuked and and not Tel-Aviv. Most cheese eating surrender monkey's would.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
THEY ARE NOT WORKING ON A BOMB
November 6, 2008 - 20:02 ET by Josh SNSo they can't nuke Tel Aviv, Riyadh, or, especially since they lack any ICBMs, America.
THEY ARE NOT WORKING ON A BOMB
November 6, 2008 - 20:05 ET by R D HelmYou want to base the future of civilation on that?
-Dave
Resist the Obamafuhrer.
I don't have to, nobody else has to, either
November 6, 2008 - 20:13 ET by Josh SNOf course we should do what we can, within reason, to monitor, inspect and spy on Iran to continually confirm they aren't working on a bomb.
In point of fact, most of the "revelations" of the last 5 years about the history of the Iranian nuclear program has come from Iran volunteering information. If they are so evil, why are they volunteering info?
Read the IAEA website, and each update on Iran. It is not at all like you read in the NY Times or on FoxNews.com
"Of course we should do
November 6, 2008 - 20:25 ET by Blazer"Of course we should do what we can, within reason, to monitor, inspect
and spy on Iran to continually confirm they aren't working on a bomb."
I actually agree with Josh here, guy's.
This was a smashing success when we used it against the Soviet's, the Chinese, the DPRK and Pakistan. Why fix it if it's broke?
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Um, Josh, the IAEA? The IAEA of Hans Blix?
November 6, 2008 - 20:55 ET by R D HelmBlix wouldn't know a nuke if he tripped over it.
Why would I take the word of a UN organization (that has a history of anti-semitism) over that of the Mossad, which is of the considered opinion that Iran is, in fact, corrently working to assemble multiple devices?
So, you are confident that Iran allowed the IAEA inspectors to have free run of the country, right? I mean, Iran covers a lot of real estate, but you are 100% positive they aren't working toward nukes.
You had better be right, given the consequences to the world of what would happen if Iran was to even attempt, much less carry out, a nuclear attack on any part of Israel.
I can promise you, if they do, Israel will not bother crawling to the UN, begging for permission to retaliate. In fact, I doubt they would even contact us, until after Iran, in its enirety, has been nuked halfway to the edge of the galaxy.
-Dave
Resist the Obamafuhrer.
Oh, don't get me started on
November 6, 2008 - 21:20 ET by HockeyKidOh, don't get me started on the IAEA, you pretentious little prick. I don't have to read their website--I know about them in a way that I can't even tell you about. I wish I could, but that's life. Trust me when I say you would soil your little 12-year-old pants if you had ANY idea about the truth of the matter.
That's it. No more for you, Josh. You're now beneath contempt.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
»→ Volunteered Information
November 6, 2008 - 21:32 ET by Cool ArrowRight Josh.
I suppose if the Nazi's "volunteered" they were making soap and lampshades" you'd be just fine with it.
I hope someday I have a chance to do business with you. Would you like to invest in this computer business I'm building?
"So they can't nuke Tel
November 6, 2008 - 20:22 ET by Blazer"So they can't nuke Tel Aviv, Riyadh, or, especially since they lack any ICBMs, America."
No, of course their not Josh. They just threaten Israel every other day with another holocaust, but certainly their not working on the bomb.
They have been offered by the U.S. and Russia numerous times to have thier Uranium enriched elsewhere, and refused, but certainly thier not working on the bomb.
Well if they weren't, after Tuesday I'm sure they got crackin' on it.
Oh by the way, leave your car door unlocked tonight, cause I certainly won't be coming by to jack your stereo.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Josh SN
November 6, 2008 - 20:26 ET by JPR1You're not looking for a used car by any chance are you?
I've got a beaut' for ya, '01 Ford, low miles, no rust, never been hit.
You're gonna love it, trust me!
Ignorant, Josh
November 6, 2008 - 20:30 ET by BlondeCare to try again?
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November 7, 2008 - 19:16 ET by DirjjDang Josh. How stupid are you? Do you know what ICBM stands for? InterContinental Ballistic Missile. You are aware that Tehran, Tel Avis & Riyadh are all on the SAME CONTINENT? Right? No?
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November 7, 2008 - 19:16 ET by DirjjDang Josh. How stupid are you? Do you know what ICBM stands for? InterContinental Ballistic Missile. You are aware that Tehran, Tel Avi