Oh my God, Hurricanes, must be the KARL ROVE weather machine, melted the ice right on top of them so they couldn't get out and win a playoff spot! That's it GLOBAL WARMING, KARL ROVE, BUSH!
I think ND plays BC in a re-match of last year's final, right? A chance for revenge for the Non-Violent Persons of Unknown Ethnicity and Race, er, I mean Fighting Sioux!
"High School Student Raises Questions About Textbook Bias" What a marvelous headline, certainly not one you would expect from the AP. A high school student not only recognizes the bias in textbooks, but is actually given a forum to present his views. Perhaps there still is hope...wait a minute...did I say an AP report? Hmmm, better read this one carefully.
"Talk about a civics lesson: A high-school senior has raised questions about political bias in a popular textbook on U.S. government, and legal scholars and top scientists say the teen's criticism is well-founded."
Wow! What an unexpected lead! Knowing the bias that exists in modern textbooks, it appeared the AP slipped and let an actual story slip through. Alas, that was the end of what might have been an interesting read. Instead, it devolved into another liberal stifling of dissent and debate. From the second line, "They say American Government by conservatives James Wilson and John Dilulio presents a skewed view of topics from global warming to separation of church and state," to the end of the article is an uninterupted negation of any presentation or hint of opposing views. Orthodox (liberal) view is good, opposing (conservative) view is bad. So what exactly are these 'skewed' views?
"...science doesn't know whether we are experiencing a dangerous level of global warming or how bad the greenhouse effect is, if it exists at all." It's clear what the problem is here. The Goracle has not been accepted, quoted, and honored. How dare the authors state the truth! Science cannot unequivocally make any pronouncement about climate change. While there are those of us on both sides that make unsupportable pronouncements of absolutes, the facts are that there is no irrefutable evidence one way or the other, because the myriad of factors entering the equation are impossible (today) to gather into a comprehensive, accurate hypothesis, let alone a theory. It only gets better, ladies and gentlemen.
Regarding the Supreme Court decision that struck down the Texas law banning sexual contact between people of the same sex, the article finds fault because the book states the decision had both a benefit and a cost. While the benefit, striking down a rarely enforced law, was acceptable, to mention the cost, "creat[ing] the possibility that the court, and not Congress or state legislatures, might decide whether same-sex marriages were legal," was not. How dare the authors hint that courts are activist!
The article is available for your perusal, as linked above. As the textbook is desired to be, minus any opposing viewpoint, so is the article, utterly devoid of any viewpoint other than liberal edginess. Naturally, the AP hides behinds the skirts of another. The entire article is based upon a "scathing report" presented by the Center for Inquiry. Remember those "legal scholars and top scientists" mentioned earlier? Well guess what organization they belong to? While the link above provides access to their site, if you do not care to delve into their pool, I will provide you with their mission statement, from the Center's homepage.
A Global Federation Committed to Science, Reason, Free Inquiry, Secularism, and Planetary Ethics
"The Center for Inquiry is a daring new concept. Although modern world civilization is based upon the achievements of science and technology, until this time there has been no authoritative and credible voice defending the scientific outlook in examining religion, human values, and the borderlands of science. If the naturalistic outlook is to supplant the ancient mythological narratives of the past, it needs a new institution devoted to its articulation and dramatization to the public. The Center for Inquiry is that institution."
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"...the aspirants to tyranny are either the...men of the state, who in democracies are demagogues,... or those who hold great offices, and have a long tenure.." - Aristotle, Politics, c350BC
In case you were interested. The Chicago Sun Times has a nice set of links to Rezko articles. Additionally, the State Senate and House here in Illinois are working on getting a new law on the November ballot to allow recall elections... Please watch as the State Democrats abandon our Governor as the Rezko trial moves forward.
Hopefully the state Republican party can offer sound alternatives to the junk on the other side of the aisle.
I checked the Tribune website, and see no such Rezko repository. The last article in the NY Times was from the middle of March when Obama described his dealings with Rezko as a mistake... so to answer your question, nope, the MSM want's nothing to do with the Illinois scandal, cause if they dig to deep, they may find that BHO is just another slick willie con man...with a disturbing hidden agenda.
Jimmy Carter, that peace-loving son-of-a-gun, is going to do something that no other past or current President would do -- he's going to sit down and chat with a terrorist organization, Hamas.
What's Carter up to? I think he's trying to steal the thunder from Obama, that's what I think. Obama's gotta be pi$$ed.
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I read that TnT. I can not say I am the least bit suprised. Not considering Carter's friends, (Castro, Chavez, Arafat...). Carter is not an official of the Goverment any longer, and is viewed as an old, used up court jester. I have tried to think of one thing he has done right, and I just can't for the life of me, think of one.
Thanks for the link; I just heard Rush talking about it a little bit ago.
IMO, the "money quote" is this:
When I said on CNN recently that concerns about the Wright-Obama issue
were "appropriate" to continue to be discussed, my friend Joe Klein of
Time Magazine said, "Lanny, Lanny, you're spreading the poison right
now" and that an "honorable person" would "stay away from this stuff."
It's just hilarious to see the Clinton machine going after him, and Klein instructing Davis that it's dishonorable to bring it up.
Ah yes, liberals beating each other up. Better than WWF! (or whatever it's called now, LOL).
From Ken Blackwell at townhall.com today...Obama's Head Fake discussing his attempt to fake right while he runs left, and his attempts to cast himself as a moderate. The money quote, IMO:
Voters are being sold a bill of goods. It is far more than Mr. Obama not being a moderate. The more we discover about him, the more he goes from looking like a big-government, doctrinaire liberal, to being a radical on the fringe of the political spectrum.
When do you think the MSM will start to question him on the obvious contradiction between what he says and what he does?
Wait a minute!! I thought Obama was against the rich, and all for the common working man!! Even to the point of his wife telling people not to take jobs for financial gain, but to go into the "helping" professions, even if they had to settle for less money!! I guess she meant "helping" her husband!! LOL!
I loved this:
Obama bills himself as a man of the people, who will beat down big business. ... Given his populist stance, Obama's recent trip to the Bay Area, during which he hobnobbed only with the richest and most famous, is amusing, since it either presents a man with no discernible principles or it presents a bunch of rich people who are allowing themselves to be led like lambs to the slaughter.
should try the "helping" professions such as "hospital administration" - oops, she mentions settling for less $$$ - didn't work out that way for her, did it ;-) Every time she opens her mouth, she puts her foot in it bigtime!!!
Our local news/talk radio station in Norfolk, Va., WNIS AM 790, has a morning news/talk show hosted by Tony Macrini. This morning, he displayed yet another unbelievable case or "Iraq Derangement Syndrome" in a rant about the hearings.
He compared what's happening in Iraq to what happened in the South after the Civil War. He said that (and I'm paraphrasing here because I heard it while driving and didn't want to get into an accident) the insurgents in Iraq are reacting to an occupation of enemy forces similarly to how the Southerner's reacted to "Yankee" occupation of the South after the Civil War. He compared the formation of the KKK to the formation of these insurgent groups, getting support from Iran, to fight against the enemy occupiers.
Funny, I don't remember any stories of Southerner's strapping bombs to themselves and walking into a crowded market, killing innocent women and children. I know the KKK was horrible to the African-American slaves freed after the Civil War, but to compare what happened during reconstruction to Iraq is absolute idiocy.
This again goes to demonstrate how far members of the media will go to distort the truth about the success we've gained in Iraq.
"At an end your rule is, and not short enough it was!" -- Yoda(to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid)
Any chance we can get him to abandon radio and teach history in the local high school? I mean, as long as he doesn't stick to facts; is completely ignorant of the subject; and makes it up as he goes along -- sounds like he's qualified already.
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...send that clown a copy of "April 1865: The Month That Saved America" by Jay Winik. If he bothers to read it Macrini will learn that Gen Lee adamantly opposed the idea of heading for the Appalachians and conducting a guerilla war and stopped the idea in its tracks. Lee knew it would accomplish absolutely nothing and create animosities that would last generations.
BTW, it is a fantastic read even for non-Civil War/War Between the States/War for Southern Independence/The Great Rebellion (don't want to offend anyone by calling it the wrong name) "buffs".
“…The men you always see under her are to a person passive-aggressive, sadistic, mean, little, petty beta-male pieces of work who would not naturally succeed in a common male-type hierarchy. By that I mean an environment that values straightforward achievement rather than the darker political arts…”
"We are going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."... Karl Marx? Nope, it was Hillary Clinton.
Weren't we all supposed to be dead from BIRD FLU by now! What happened to that AVAIN thing? FLY AWAY? More people have BDS than that & 4 other dieases combined!
Are you referring to Barack "NMN" Obama and his monkey name calling superdelegate! Well finally Grandma has company under the bus. At least she didn't put AMERICA down!
I have to correct, she's just a pledged delegate. Too bad she resigned. I bet HRC would have taken her vote. Maybe that's what the BHO campaign was afraid of. Hmmm, sounds like no trust, suspicion of racial motivations, intolerance ....
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
...of what an impact it would've had if Obama had not dumped this woman and said, "Look, the lady was just trying to keep some kids from getting hurt. Let's stop going out of our way to be offended, take the woman's word that she meant nothing by it, and move on."
There's only one way to prove you're not. You have to vote for Barack early and often.
As my old uncle, Hunter Foxworthy used to say:
"You might be a racist if: You want Barack to explain how he can promise all kinds of money to charity and not raise our taxes ."
"You might be a racist if: You want Barck to explain how talking to Iran about nuclear proliferation is going to work any better than the last time it was tried." [Read 2nd link in light of what recently came to light.]
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
We are WAY too sensitive in this society. If you can't call kids swinging in the trees, no matter what the color, monkeys, then it's time to make some changes.
What's this now about a 2nd and 3rd preacher of Barack "NMN" Obama and the words they have uttered? And that THE NEW REPUBLIC states Rev J Wright a Muslim! Will we hear more?
I don't claim to be a Bible scholar but I do read it and study it. After seeing Obama and Wright's stances on abortion and homsexuality, I am convinced that they are types of the Nicolaitans from the letters to the 7 churches in Revelation.
If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.-Lewis Grizzard
Here is what is happening to our Judges and what the dems are doing to hold them up...when are the repubs going to take to the airwaves in numbers to scream at the top of their lungs about this, daily if need be...where is our candidate and his voice on this...this is of the utmost importance to me, we are not going to have another chance to appt. Judges for years to come in my opinion, we have too many openings in the Senate this year, the dems will make gains, and the House is very iffy, the dems will regain control so far....
Please repubs...get a back-bone, there isn't much time left.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
"America is selling its birthright not for a mess of pottage, but for a
mess of Chinese junk, and the resulting 'unsustainable' trade deficit
is leading 'to the collapse of the dollar, depression and conversion of
the United States to a second-rate power,' says a new book written by
three generations of a family of economists." LINK
We have exported our manufacturing. We are exporting our labor abroad or by allowing foregin workers in the US. We are losing our wealth.
Shortsightedness by CEO's and continual dependence on foreign oil also weakens us. We also should not allow foreign ownership of US property and businesses.
If conservatives are RIGHT, then liberals must be WRONG.
We have exported our manufacturing. This might come as a surprise to various towns and cities across America that IMPORT manufacturing. The experience, for just one example, of the south side of San Antonio contradicts this. Besides, why must the United States manufacture EVERYTHING?
We are exporting our labor abroad or by allowing foregin workers in the US. We give our labor pool quite a few disincentives to go abroad, especially in the tax code. Foreign workers aren't a bad thing per se, so long as they are documented.
We are losing our wealth. Defeatism on parade.
Shortsightedness by CEO's and continual dependence on foreign oil also weakens us. True, companies think too much about the short term in the United States but that has been a perpetual gripe of mine. Foreign oil: wouldn't it be nice if we were allowed to drill for our own, or to build an array of nuclear power plants to wean us off of oil?
We also should not allow foreign ownership of US property and businesses. I'll go ahead and throw you in the "American MUST be hermetically sealed off from the entire world to the point where North Korea looks like an open society" column. By the way, that is a very poor thing to do. But I don't expect protectionists like yourself to understand that BMWs these days are as likely to be made in SC as in Bavaria; that Airbuses can be built in Mobile as well as Toulouse; or that Toyota Tundras are built in San Antonio rather than Japan.
(Personally, I was bummed to see that European airlines were not permitted to operate in the United States on domestic routes. I would like to see that happen, for that is the only thing, at this rate, that will light a fire under some asses at major U.S. airlines...)
Look at all the manufacturing that is being sent to China and other parts of Asia. I hate to inform you of this, but H-1B visas are abused and are bad. They were not supposed to drive wages down, but they have. Many other countries forbid foreign ownership, why is that bad?
Wanting to protect our assets does not make me an isolationist. Wanting border security does not make me an isolationist. Wanting illegal immigration stopped and violators deported does not make me an isolationist.
To me, sovereignty goes beyond political, it also pertains to ownership. If you rent your home, your soveriegnty over your home is limited. [If you do not understand this analogy, I will explain in detail with little words for you.]
If conservatives are RIGHT, then liberals must be WRONG.
We also should not allow foreign ownership of US property and businesses. THAT is what makes you an isolationist. Or, to be MUCH more accurate, a protectionist. If you get your wish and that happens, I take it that you will not bitch at all, not even a little bit, if other countries ban us from investing in their markets? (I doubt it. Most protectionists think it is great is we sell overseas or own businesses and property outside the country, but SCREAM and SCREAM and SCREAM if - heaven forbid - other countries wish to do business here.)
Look at all the manufacturing that is being sent to China and other parts of Asia. Um, look at the manufacturing that is being sent HERE (you refuse to of course). I cited three examples that I can think of in that case. I can come up with more if you wish. I hate to inform you of this, but H-1B visas are abused and are bad. I hate to inform you of this, but non-enforcement of our visa rules offends me. They were not supposed to drive wages down, but they have. So we are all entitled to be paid like multimillionaires, I see. You know why wages are down? Read the tagline. Carefully. Many other countries forbid foreign ownership, why is that bad? Name me a few of these countries. Just a few. I bet I can spot a very bad pattern in them.
France, for instance, believes in building "national protected monopolies", er, I mean, "champions", to protect their assets from evil foreigners. For that and other reasons France's unemployment sits at around 9-10% and has for a quarter century. The unemployment rate is even worse among immigrants and the young. Forgive me if I don't see much upside in that.
Wanting to protect our assets does not make me an isolationist. But it DOES make you a protectionist. Protectionism gets people absolutely nowhere. You want to protect America's assets? Well, have our companies STOP MAKING CRAP and that will go a looooooong way. To wit: thanks to foreign competition, some people got the message and started making better products. Ten years ago I bought an American truck made in Warren, MI, and it is an outstanding, quality product...in no small part because of foreign competition keeping them honest. Wanting border security does not make me an isolationist. Shockingly, I agree. Wanting illegal immigration stopped and violators deported does not make me an isolationist. Shockingly, I agree.
But I also love the fact that, because I am a free trader, people like you come along and proclaim that since I appreciate free trade, then obviously I hate America and want to flood the country with illegal immigrants. This couldn't be any further from the truth, but that doesn't stop some protectionists.
To me, sovereignty goes beyond political, it also pertains to ownership. Sovereignty is 100% political. If the United States wished to expropriate properties held by foreigners, what is stopping us? Nothing. If you rent your home, your soveriegnty over your home is limited. Flawed analogy. How is the United States "renting" its home? Last I checked, the United States still projects power globally, and this even with all this EVIL foreign ownership going on. If we have no sovereignty because of EVIL FDI, please explain why the United States still does what it does every single day.
Okay...here's one for the books! One of the first stories on tonight's World News concerned the ease of purchasing US military gear over eBay and how it is unlawful to sell said items. I'm taken by surprise...they are actually mentioning something with which I agree?????
A few minutes later, however, they confirmed my suspicions that the earlier story was simply an oversight - they really didn't mean to break out of their daily anti-American ranting/reporting and to prove it went into GREAT detail on top secret meetings of the current administration that supposedly took place years ago - all from an unnamed source, of course! On and On and On they went - committing as unlawful an act as those eBay sellers they mentioned earlier!!! All in the name of good reporting - unnamed sources - WHAT KIND OF IDIOTS do they think are watching their program????? I know they think we are incapable of thinking for ourselves, but I sure wish someone would clue them in!
Where is the "supporting the enemy" line drawn????
Goodbye Katie. Maybe after awhile, she'll be hired at MSNBC. At least if you suck there, it doesn't matter cause it's all about how much of a deranged liberal nutjob you are. Couric already qualifies there. CBS might as well have Lassie doing the CBS Evening News. Who would care?
Apparently perky doesn't help one in delivering the news.
Hey CBS, want an idea on how to improve the ratings?
How about a balanced reporting of all of the news from both sides of a position. Do a report on Barack's voting record. Do an expose on Harry Reid's land deals. You don't need any suggestions on what to cover on the right when it comes to bad news, but how about some good news out of Iraq. Go cover a high school graduation and report on how it wouldn't have been possible without the troops making it so. Try it, it might move you out of last place.What have you got to loose? With three nightly newscast, third is as low as you can go.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
All "canning" aside - Kutie Katie may be sending the Clinton Broadcasting System's evening news ratings straight into the dumpster, possesses a major league ego and is hopelessly in love with herself, but you have to admit - she does have nice legs! Not bad for a left-coast, bleeding-heart 'do as I say, not as I do' liberal...
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The NHL playoffs begin
April 9, 2008 - 12:27 ET by Roger the ShrubberThe NHL playoffs begin tonight! Woohoo!
Fooey on hockey. Nuke em
April 9, 2008 - 12:40 ET by Dan The Man 2Fooey on hockey.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
The Hurricanes missed
April 9, 2008 - 12:44 ET by ricklailThe Hurricanes missed it by that much. I am glad that I will not have to endure any more of their highlights on the sports for a while.
If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.-Lewis Grizzard
Hurricanes!
April 9, 2008 - 13:10 ET by PawpawNOh my God, Hurricanes, must be the KARL ROVE weather machine, melted the ice right on top of them so they couldn't get out and win a playoff spot! That's it GLOBAL WARMING, KARL ROVE, BUSH!
Div I final four for the
April 9, 2008 - 13:14 ET by BDDiv I final four for the IMPORTANT SPORT begins Tomorrow....
Michigan vs Notre Dame
Boston College Vs North Dakota.
My prediction, North Dakota Vs Michigan in the finals with North Dakota winning it all.
Fight on Sioux...
The Frozen Four?
April 9, 2008 - 15:05 ET by Roger the ShrubberI think ND plays BC in a re-match of last year's final, right? A chance for revenge for the Non-Violent Persons of Unknown Ethnicity and Race, er, I mean Fighting Sioux!
No, I think they (BC) beat
April 9, 2008 - 15:47 ET by BDNo, I think they (BC) beat them in the semifinal and then went on to lose to Michigan.
I thought it was Michigan
April 11, 2008 - 03:14 ET by fitzfongI thought it was Michigan State. Anyway, the Jesuits vs. the Plastic Paddies in the Final. Got the DVR all set for Saturday night.
oooooh, that was
April 11, 2008 - 10:47 ET by BDoooooh, that was HIDEOUS!!!!!
UND Down by four goals in the opening period.
oooooh, that was
April 11, 2008 - 10:53 ET by BDoooooh, that was HIDEOUS!!!!!
UND Down by four goals in the opening period.
Yeah, Rog, but The Masters starts tomorrow.
April 9, 2008 - 23:49 ET by R D HelmThis is my favorite week of the entire year.
:-)
Theme for Election '08: I want my mommy!
LGR!
April 9, 2008 - 12:34 ET by pwozLET'S GO RANGERS!
Beat those Devils!
April 9, 2008 - 12:41 ET by Roger the ShrubberBeat those Devils!
No, the SURGE is not working!
April 9, 2008 - 13:12 ET by PawpawNRog, what do you mean-RANGERS, beat those DEVILS-haven't you heard the SURGE is not working!
A Biased Report About Bias :o)
April 9, 2008 - 12:39 ET by CGatton"High School Student Raises Questions About Textbook Bias" What a marvelous headline, certainly not one you would expect from the AP. A high school student not only recognizes the bias in textbooks, but is actually given a forum to present his views. Perhaps there still is hope...wait a minute...did I say an AP report? Hmmm, better read this one carefully.
"Talk about a civics lesson: A high-school senior has raised questions about political bias in a popular textbook on U.S. government, and legal scholars and top scientists say the teen's criticism is well-founded."
Wow! What an unexpected lead! Knowing the bias that exists in modern textbooks, it appeared the AP slipped and let an actual story slip through. Alas, that was the end of what might have been an interesting read. Instead, it devolved into another liberal stifling of dissent and debate. From the second line, "They say American Government by conservatives James Wilson and John Dilulio presents a skewed view of topics from global warming to separation of church and state," to the end of the article is an uninterupted negation of any presentation or hint of opposing views. Orthodox (liberal) view is good, opposing (conservative) view is bad. So what exactly are these 'skewed' views?
"...science doesn't know whether we are experiencing a dangerous level of global warming or how bad the greenhouse effect is, if it exists at all." It's clear what the problem is here. The Goracle has not been accepted, quoted, and honored. How dare the authors state the truth! Science cannot unequivocally make any pronouncement about climate change. While there are those of us on both sides that make unsupportable pronouncements of absolutes, the facts are that there is no irrefutable evidence one way or the other, because the myriad of factors entering the equation are impossible (today) to gather into a comprehensive, accurate hypothesis, let alone a theory. It only gets better, ladies and gentlemen.
Regarding the Supreme Court decision that struck down the Texas law banning sexual contact between people of the same sex, the article finds fault because the book states the decision had both a benefit and a cost. While the benefit, striking down a rarely enforced law, was acceptable, to mention the cost, "creat[ing] the possibility that the court, and not Congress or state legislatures, might decide whether same-sex marriages were legal," was not. How dare the authors hint that courts are activist!
The article is available for your perusal, as linked above. As the textbook is desired to be, minus any opposing viewpoint, so is the article, utterly devoid of any viewpoint other than liberal edginess. Naturally, the AP hides behinds the skirts of another. The entire article is based upon a "scathing report" presented by the Center for Inquiry. Remember those "legal scholars and top scientists" mentioned earlier? Well guess what organization they belong to? While the link above provides access to their site, if you do not care to delve into their pool, I will provide you with their mission statement, from the Center's homepage.
A Global Federation Committed to Science, Reason, Free Inquiry, Secularism, and Planetary Ethics
"The Center for Inquiry is a daring new concept. Although modern world civilization is based upon the achievements of science and technology, until this time there has been no authoritative and credible voice defending the scientific outlook in examining religion, human values, and the borderlands of science. If the naturalistic outlook is to supplant the ancient mythological narratives of the past, it needs a new institution devoted to its articulation and dramatization to the public. The Center for Inquiry is that institution."
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"...the aspirants to tyranny are either the...men of the state, who in democracies are demagogues,... or those who hold great offices, and have a long tenure.." - Aristotle, Politics, c350BC
Rezko Trial in Chicago
April 9, 2008 - 12:40 ET by arbin82In case you were interested. The Chicago Sun Times has a nice set of links to Rezko articles. Additionally, the State Senate and House here in Illinois are working on getting a new law on the November ballot to allow recall elections... Please watch as the State Democrats abandon our Governor as the Rezko trial moves forward.
Hopefully the state Republican party can offer sound alternatives to the junk on the other side of the aisle.
Did the TRIBUNE carry any story?
April 9, 2008 - 13:15 ET by PawpawNDid the TRIBUNE or any other paper in ChiTown carry this story or similiar? How about the NYT, etc?
Other newspapers
April 9, 2008 - 14:15 ET by arbin82PawpawN
I checked the Tribune website, and see no such Rezko repository. The last article in the NY Times was from the middle of March when Obama described his dealings with Rezko as a mistake... so to answer your question, nope, the MSM want's nothing to do with the Illinois scandal, cause if they dig to deep, they may find that BHO is just another slick willie con man...with a disturbing hidden agenda.
Jimmy Carter, that
April 9, 2008 - 12:46 ET by ThisnThatJimmy Carter, that peace-loving son-of-a-gun, is going to do something that no other past or current President would do -- he's going to sit down and chat with a terrorist organization, Hamas.
What's Carter up to? I think he's trying to steal the thunder from Obama, that's what I think. Obama's gotta be pi$$ed.
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I read that TnT. I can not
April 9, 2008 - 12:52 ET by bassndudeI read that TnT. I can not say I am the least bit suprised. Not considering Carter's friends, (Castro, Chavez, Arafat...). Carter is not an official of the Goverment any longer, and is viewed as an old, used up court jester. I have tried to think of one thing he has done right, and I just can't for the life of me, think of one.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
ex-President Jimmah Carter
April 9, 2008 - 13:33 ET by motherbeltAs he grasps desperately to garner some shred of continuing relevance, ex-President Jimmah Carter is making himself an object of pity.
TnT too bad he doesn't
April 9, 2008 - 20:30 ET by Cape Conservativehead over to Africa to settle that questionable election...maybe they'd let him - the "man of peace" - have a peek at the final figures ;-) NOT!
Lanny Davis Opinion Piece
April 9, 2008 - 12:48 ET by ricklailIf you have not read the Lanny Davis opinion piece in the WSJ on O'bama it is well worth it.
If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.-Lewis Grizzard
Thanks for the link; I just
April 9, 2008 - 13:38 ET by motherbeltThanks for the link; I just heard Rush talking about it a little bit ago.
IMO, the "money quote" is this:
When I said on CNN recently that concerns about the Wright-Obama issue
were "appropriate" to continue to be discussed, my friend Joe Klein of
Time Magazine said, "Lanny, Lanny, you're spreading the poison right
now" and that an "honorable person" would "stay away from this stuff."
It's just hilarious to see the Clinton machine going after him, and Klein instructing Davis that it's dishonorable to bring it up.
Ah yes, liberals beating each other up. Better than WWF! (or whatever it's called now, LOL).
"John McCain and the
April 9, 2008 - 16:07 ET by red_dragon311"John McCain and the Republican attack machine will not waste a minute pressuring him to do so if he is the Democratic Party's choice in the fall"
What attack machine?
McCain said he was sorry for Billy Cunningham ( that was the guy right??) using his middle name.
McCain said it was wrong to use his middle name
McCain answred the question " Would BHO be a good president?" "yes he would"
Rememeber a while back the guy that said he would leave the McCian campaine if BHO was the Dem candidate because he wouldn't feel comfortable.....
McCain is a pussy through and through.....
A Maverick ??? not even close...doing the opposite of what your party stands for does not a mavrick make. douche bag maybe
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From Ken Blackwell at
April 9, 2008 - 12:53 ET by motherbeltFrom Ken Blackwell at townhall.com today...Obama's Head Fake discussing his attempt to fake right while he runs left, and his attempts to cast himself as a moderate. The money quote, IMO:
Voters are being sold a bill of goods. It is far more than Mr. Obama not being a moderate. The more we discover about him, the more he goes from looking like a big-government, doctrinaire liberal, to being a radical on the fringe of the political spectrum.
When do you think the MSM will start to question him on the obvious contradiction between what he says and what he does?
Obama and "change"
April 9, 2008 - 12:56 ET by Prester JohnLGF has a report from zombietime.com on Obama mingling with the megarich while making a fundraising swing through San Francisco.
Betcha we won't hear about this from the MSM.
Obma Visits Billionaire Row
http://www.zombietim...
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Wait a minute!! I thought
April 9, 2008 - 13:43 ET by motherbeltWait a minute!! I thought Obama was against the rich, and all for the common working man!! Even to the point of his wife telling people not to take jobs for financial gain, but to go into the "helping" professions, even if they had to settle for less money!! I guess she meant "helping" her husband!! LOL!
I loved this:
Obama bills himself as a man of the people, who will beat down big business. ... Given his populist stance, Obama's recent trip to the Bay Area, during which he hobnobbed only with the richest and most famous, is amusing, since it either presents a man with no discernible principles or it presents a bunch of rich people who are allowing themselves to be led like lambs to the slaughter.
mb - I guess everyone
April 9, 2008 - 20:24 ET by Cape Conservativeshould try the "helping" professions such as "hospital administration" - oops, she mentions settling for less $$$ - didn't work out that way for her, did it ;-) Every time she opens her mouth, she puts her foot in it bigtime!!!
Iraq Derangement Syndrome
April 9, 2008 - 13:01 ET by NeoCon JediOur local news/talk radio station in Norfolk, Va., WNIS AM 790, has a morning news/talk show hosted by Tony Macrini. This morning, he displayed yet another unbelievable case or "Iraq Derangement Syndrome" in a rant about the hearings.
He compared what's happening in Iraq to what happened in the South after the Civil War. He said that (and I'm paraphrasing here because I heard it while driving and didn't want to get into an accident) the insurgents in Iraq are reacting to an occupation of enemy forces similarly to how the Southerner's reacted to "Yankee" occupation of the South after the Civil War. He compared the formation of the KKK to the formation of these insurgent groups, getting support from Iran, to fight against the enemy occupiers.
Funny, I don't remember any stories of Southerner's strapping bombs to themselves and walking into a crowded market, killing innocent women and children. I know the KKK was horrible to the African-American slaves freed after the Civil War, but to compare what happened during reconstruction to Iraq is absolute idiocy.
This again goes to demonstrate how far members of the media will go to distort the truth about the success we've gained in Iraq.
"At an end your rule is, and not short enough it was!" -- Yoda (to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid)
Any chance we can get him
April 9, 2008 - 13:08 ET by ThisnThatAny chance we can get him to abandon radio and teach history in the local high school? I mean, as long as he doesn't stick to facts; is completely ignorant of the subject; and makes it up as he goes along -- sounds like he's qualified already.
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If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it is in English, thank a Soldier. - My barber
Someone...
April 9, 2008 - 13:15 ET by Prester John...send that clown a copy of "April 1865: The Month That Saved America" by Jay Winik. If he bothers to read it Macrini will learn that Gen Lee adamantly opposed the idea of heading for the Appalachians and conducting a guerilla war and stopped the idea in its tracks. Lee knew it would accomplish absolutely nothing and create animosities that would last generations.
BTW, it is a fantastic read even for non-Civil War/War Between the States/War for Southern Independence/The Great Rebellion (don't want to offend anyone by calling it the wrong name) "buffs".
Hillary's girly men?
April 9, 2008 - 13:07 ET by AndanteDoes Hillary surround herself with girly men?
From:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2008/04/09/girly_men/
“…The men you always see under her are to a person passive-aggressive, sadistic, mean, little, petty beta-male pieces of work who would not naturally succeed in a common male-type hierarchy. By that I mean an environment that values straightforward achievement rather than the darker political arts…”
"We are going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."... Karl Marx? Nope, it was Hillary Clinton.
Weren't we all supposed to be dead from BIRD FLU!
April 9, 2008 - 13:29 ET by PawpawNWeren't we all supposed to be dead from BIRD FLU by now! What happened to that AVAIN thing? FLY AWAY? More people have BDS than that & 4 other dieases combined!
No comments about Obama
April 9, 2008 - 13:34 ET by Hunter12No comments about Obama throwing his Hispanic superdelegate under the bus for "racist" remarks. Where is the tolerance we're all supposed to embrace?
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
Barack "NO MIDDLE NAME" Obama
April 9, 2008 - 13:39 ET by PawpawNAre you referring to Barack "NMN" Obama and his monkey name calling superdelegate! Well finally Grandma has company under the bus. At least she didn't put AMERICA down!
I have to correct, she's
April 9, 2008 - 13:43 ET by Hunter12I have to correct, she's just a pledged delegate. Too bad she resigned. I bet HRC would have taken her vote. Maybe that's what the BHO campaign was afraid of. Hmmm, sounds like no trust, suspicion of racial motivations, intolerance ....
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
Think...
April 9, 2008 - 13:41 ET by Prester John...of what an impact it would've had if Obama had not dumped this woman and said, "Look, the lady was just trying to keep some kids from getting hurt. Let's stop going out of our way to be offended, take the woman's word that she meant nothing by it, and move on."
Wishful thinking I guess.
John, That's what we aren't
April 9, 2008 - 13:46 ET by Hunter12John, That's what we aren't supposed to understand. They want us to be tolerant. They don't have to be. We're the racists.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
She'd best not sing "Carry me back to old Obammie!"
April 9, 2008 - 13:49 ET by PawpawNShe'd best not sing "Carry me back to old Obammie!" They'd let the bus go in reverse and roll over her again!
Nah....
April 9, 2008 - 13:51 ET by sarcasmoCouldn't be!
JMR
The tax & spend drug war looks racist in the real world.
There's only one way to
April 9, 2008 - 15:41 ET by Hunter12There's only one way to prove you're not. You have to vote for Barack early and often.
As my old uncle, Hunter Foxworthy used to say:
"You might be a racist if: You want Barack to explain how he can promise all kinds of money to charity and not raise our taxes ."
"You might be a racist if: You want Barck to explain how talking to Iran about nuclear proliferation is going to work any better than the last time it was tried." [Read 2nd link in light of what recently came to light.]
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
We are WAY too sensitive in
April 9, 2008 - 15:19 ET by Gary P JacksonWe are WAY too sensitive in this society. If you can't call kids swinging in the trees, no matter what the color, monkeys, then it's time to make some changes.
Perhaps she should have
April 9, 2008 - 15:26 ET by bassndudePerhaps she should have refered to them as "primitive primates".
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk! :)
April 9, 2008 - 19:20 ET by Gary P JacksonNyuk, nyuk, nyuk! :)
Another Curly quote...
April 9, 2008 - 19:24 ET by goldenthroatGPJ,
"I'm a victim of soicumstance!"
"Yeah! That's the ticket!" - Tommy Flanagan
What's this now about a 2nd and 3rd preacher of Barack "NMN" Oba
April 9, 2008 - 13:52 ET by PawpawNWhat's this now about a 2nd and 3rd preacher of Barack "NMN" Obama and the words they have uttered? And that THE NEW REPUBLIC states Rev J Wright a Muslim! Will we hear more?
PawPaw
April 9, 2008 - 15:04 ET by ricklailI don't claim to be a Bible scholar but I do read it and study it. After seeing Obama and Wright's stances on abortion and homsexuality, I am convinced that they are types of the Nicolaitans from the letters to the 7 churches in Revelation.
If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.-Lewis Grizzard
This one is a hoot!
April 9, 2008 - 14:08 ET by goldenthroatWosie O'Dumber saying she was "scared" of that "little Republican" Ewisabeth Hasselbeck?
Check it out:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,348851,00.html
"Yeah! That's the ticket!" - Tommy Flanagan
Awww, Rosie 'fraidy-scared
April 9, 2008 - 14:53 ET by Mica the MagnificentIt's what happens to liberals when you fire logic back at their rants. Rosie is a bully and Liz stood her ground.
I once ate a Ford F-150 pick-up truck by mistake - - Something Rosie may have said when we weren't paying attention
Poor Wittle Wosie!
April 9, 2008 - 19:11 ET by goldenthroatMTM,
Like the cowardly lion said - "Ain't it the truth, ain't it the truth!"
Wosie O'Dumber - "Baba WaWa, see that pesky wittle bwonde ovah thah? She's pickin' on me - WAH! WAH!"
"Yeah! That's the ticket!" - Tommy Flanagan
Outrageous/Judges held up
April 9, 2008 - 17:11 ET by bigtimerHere is what is happening to our Judges and what the dems are doing to hold them up...when are the repubs going to take to the airwaves in numbers to scream at the top of their lungs about this, daily if need be...where is our candidate and his voice on this...this is of the utmost importance to me, we are not going to have another chance to appt. Judges for years to come in my opinion, we have too many openings in the Senate this year, the dems will make gains, and the House is very iffy, the dems will regain control so far....
Please repubs...get a back-bone, there isn't much time left.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
what happens when you don't understand economics
April 9, 2008 - 19:28 ET by LionKingWe have exported our manufacturing. We are exporting our labor abroad or by allowing foregin workers in the US. We are losing our wealth.
Shortsightedness by CEO's and continual dependence on foreign oil also weakens us. We also should not allow foreign ownership of US property and businesses.
Populism
April 10, 2008 - 01:51 ET by UnsaneWe have exported our manufacturing. This might come as a surprise to various towns and cities across America that IMPORT manufacturing. The experience, for just one example, of the south side of San Antonio contradicts this. Besides, why must the United States manufacture EVERYTHING?
We are exporting our labor abroad or by allowing foregin workers in the US. We give our labor pool quite a few disincentives to go abroad, especially in the tax code. Foreign workers aren't a bad thing per se, so long as they are documented.
We are losing our wealth. Defeatism on parade.
Shortsightedness by CEO's and continual dependence on foreign oil also weakens us. True, companies think too much about the short term in the United States but that has been a perpetual gripe of mine. Foreign oil: wouldn't it be nice if we were allowed to drill for our own, or to build an array of nuclear power plants to wean us off of oil?
We also should not allow foreign ownership of US property and businesses. I'll go ahead and throw you in the "American MUST be hermetically sealed off from the entire world to the point where North Korea looks like an open society" column. By the way, that is a very poor thing to do. But I don't expect protectionists like yourself to understand that BMWs these days are as likely to be made in SC as in Bavaria; that Airbuses can be built in Mobile as well as Toulouse; or that Toyota Tundras are built in San Antonio rather than Japan.
(Personally, I was bummed to see that European airlines were not permitted to operate in the United States on domestic routes. I would like to see that happen, for that is the only thing, at this rate, that will light a fire under some asses at major U.S. airlines...)
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
unsane... are you serious?
April 10, 2008 - 11:36 ET by LionKingLook at all the manufacturing that is being sent to China and other parts of Asia. I hate to inform you of this, but H-1B visas are abused and are bad. They were not supposed to drive wages down, but they have. Many other countries forbid foreign ownership, why is that bad?
Wanting to protect our assets does not make me an isolationist. Wanting border security does not make me an isolationist. Wanting illegal immigration stopped and violators deported does not make me an isolationist.
To me, sovereignty goes beyond political, it also pertains to ownership. If you rent your home, your soveriegnty over your home is limited. [If you do not understand this analogy, I will explain in detail with little words for you.]
The fact of the matter is
April 10, 2008 - 11:55 ET by balboaThe fact of the matter is that companies want cheap labor. Where do they get cheap labor? Overseas.
Of course
April 11, 2008 - 02:39 ET by UnsaneI never denied that. In fact, that is why the Germans are building BMWs in SC now, and why Airbus is building planes in AL.
That is something the LionKings of the world desperately want you to overlook.
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
Yes, I am serious, and you are a protectionist
April 11, 2008 - 03:00 ET by UnsaneWe also should not allow foreign ownership of US property and businesses. THAT is what makes you an isolationist. Or, to be MUCH more accurate, a protectionist. If you get your wish and that happens, I take it that you will not bitch at all, not even a little bit, if other countries ban us from investing in their markets? (I doubt it. Most protectionists think it is great is we sell overseas or own businesses and property outside the country, but SCREAM and SCREAM and SCREAM if - heaven forbid - other countries wish to do business here.)
Look at all the manufacturing that is being sent to China and other parts of Asia. Um, look at the manufacturing that is being sent HERE (you refuse to of course). I cited three examples that I can think of in that case. I can come up with more if you wish. I hate to inform you of this, but H-1B visas are abused and are bad. I hate to inform you of this, but non-enforcement of our visa rules offends me. They were not supposed to drive wages down, but they have. So we are all entitled to be paid like multimillionaires, I see. You know why wages are down? Read the tagline. Carefully. Many other countries forbid foreign ownership, why is that bad? Name me a few of these countries. Just a few. I bet I can spot a very bad pattern in them.
France, for instance, believes in building "national protected monopolies", er, I mean, "champions", to protect their assets from evil foreigners. For that and other reasons France's unemployment sits at around 9-10% and has for a quarter century. The unemployment rate is even worse among immigrants and the young. Forgive me if I don't see much upside in that.
Wanting to protect our assets does not make me an isolationist. But it DOES make you a protectionist. Protectionism gets people absolutely nowhere. You want to protect America's assets? Well, have our companies STOP MAKING CRAP and that will go a looooooong way. To wit: thanks to foreign competition, some people got the message and started making better products. Ten years ago I bought an American truck made in Warren, MI, and it is an outstanding, quality product...in no small part because of foreign competition keeping them honest. Wanting border security does not make me an isolationist. Shockingly, I agree. Wanting illegal immigration stopped and violators deported does not make me an isolationist. Shockingly, I agree.
But I also love the fact that, because I am a free trader, people like you come along and proclaim that since I appreciate free trade, then obviously I hate America and want to flood the country with illegal immigrants. This couldn't be any further from the truth, but that doesn't stop some protectionists.
To me, sovereignty goes beyond political, it also pertains to ownership. Sovereignty is 100% political. If the United States wished to expropriate properties held by foreigners, what is stopping us? Nothing. If you rent your home, your soveriegnty over your home is limited. Flawed analogy. How is the United States "renting" its home? Last I checked, the United States still projects power globally, and this even with all this EVIL foreign ownership going on. If we have no sovereignty because of EVIL FDI, please explain why the United States still does what it does every single day.
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
ABC World News tonight
April 9, 2008 - 20:18 ET by Cape ConservativeOkay...here's one for the books! One of the first stories on tonight's World News concerned the ease of purchasing US military gear over eBay and how it is unlawful to sell said items. I'm taken by surprise...they are actually mentioning something with which I agree?????
A few minutes later, however, they confirmed my suspicions that the earlier story was simply an oversight - they really didn't mean to break out of their daily anti-American ranting/reporting and to prove it went into GREAT detail on top secret meetings of the current administration that supposedly took place years ago - all from an unnamed source, of course! On and On and On they went - committing as unlawful an act as those eBay sellers they mentioned earlier!!! All in the name of good reporting - unnamed sources - WHAT KIND OF IDIOTS do they think are watching their program????? I know they think we are incapable of thinking for ourselves, but I sure wish someone would clue them in!
Where is the "supporting the enemy" line drawn????
Couric out at CBS?
April 9, 2008 - 22:21 ET by balboaApparently the WSJ is reporting that Couric is getting canned.
Goodbye Katie. Maybe after
April 9, 2008 - 22:31 ET by radiofitz34Goodbye Katie. Maybe after awhile, she'll be hired at MSNBC. At least if you suck there, it doesn't matter cause it's all about how much of a deranged liberal nutjob you are. Couric already qualifies there. CBS might as well have Lassie doing the CBS Evening News. Who would care?
Apparently perky doesn't
April 10, 2008 - 09:51 ET by Hunter12Apparently perky doesn't help one in delivering the news.
Hey CBS, want an idea on how to improve the ratings?
How about a balanced reporting of all of the news from both sides of a position. Do a report on Barack's voting record. Do an expose on Harry Reid's land deals. You don't need any suggestions on what to cover on the right when it comes to bad news, but how about some good news out of Iraq. Go cover a high school graduation and report on how it wouldn't have been possible without the troops making it so. Try it, it might move you out of last place. What have you got to loose? With three nightly newscast, third is as low as you can go.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
What?
April 10, 2008 - 09:12 ET by Roger the ShrubberYou like Katie's can?
Sorry, couldn't resist, Bal, haha. Just jagging ya.
She has a Can?
April 11, 2008 - 06:04 ET by goldenthroatR the S,
All "canning" aside - Kutie Katie may be sending the Clinton Broadcasting System's evening news ratings straight into the dumpster, possesses a major league ego and is hopelessly in love with herself, but you have to admit - she does have nice legs! Not bad for a left-coast, bleeding-heart 'do as I say, not as I do' liberal...
"Yeah! That's the ticket! - Tommy Flanagan
Oh, Rog. You ham, you. ;-)
April 10, 2008 - 22:36 ET by balboaOh, Rog. You ham, you. ;-)