For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: McCain calls Obama's energy policy Carteresque...
Speaking in Houston, where many energy companies are headquartered, McCain said of Obama, "He supports new taxes on oil producers. He wants a windfall-profits tax on oil, to go along with the new taxes he also plans for coal and natural gas. "If the plan sounds familiar, it's because that was President Jimmy Carter's big-idea tool - and a lot of good it did us. "I'm all for recycling - but it's better applied to paper and plastic than to the failed policies of the 1970s."
How do you like this strategy? Could high energy prices be a major campaign issue in November, and one that McCain can decisively win? With 67% of Americans favoring offshore oil drilling -- including 57% of Democrats and 60% of Independents! -- and energy prices now squarely in the minds of voters, could this really make Election Day 2008 look more and more like 1980 with the edge going to McCain?
Or will this strategy fail as Obama and his media minions cast McCain as doing the bidding for the big, bad oil companies?
Comments Policy
Most of Obama's electorate
June 18, 2008 - 10:04 ET by Dan The Man 2Most of Obama's electorate don't remember the Carter years and teh MSM will probably not go out on a limb to remind them. This issue along with Obamas WOT fought as criminal issue might be enough to elect McCain. Unless McCain screws it up.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Unless?
June 18, 2008 - 10:31 ET by Gothampc"Unless McCain screws it up."
What do you mean "unless"? If McCain doesn't get it together, he is going to screw it up. This should be like taking candy from a baby. McCain needs to shove it into high gear.
might be too late for "unless"
June 18, 2008 - 12:06 ET by SouthJersey1953I agree. McCain has been screwing it up at every level on every subject. He needs to act on some of these things where BHO is on the wrong side....Unfortunately (for us), he instead tries to shift more towards BHO......
What a bafoon. BHO is practically handing him the election but he won't take it.
and he sure wasn't too
June 18, 2008 - 14:26 ET by Cape Conservative"quick on his feet" to let that person in one of his latest town meetings feed him a great! tongue-in-cheek "I'm not proud of my country" lead - and totally ignore the political aspect that would have allowed him to expound on the greatness of our country - instead he AGREED with him! OMG!
Then he wants the pay of CEOs in this free society to be REGULATED?!?! And yes, today, no tomorrow re: drilling etc.....
The best thing he could do is select a conservative vice president running mate right now and let him do the talking from here on in!
Could be helpful
June 18, 2008 - 10:10 ET by expatriotIf they run this properly it should help to expose BHO. And if McShame can get some debates going he should be able to take this and ram it down BHO's throat. Barry does not do well without prepared speeches and coordinated meetings. But I can see the Republicans blowing it again.
They are out of touch and don't appear to want to get in touch with the base.
What I would like to see
June 18, 2008 - 10:38 ET by Cape Conservativehappen in the McCain campaign is for him to receive a few public speaking lessons! And while they are at it, advise him to DROP the "my friends" - our country is looking for a LEADER, not a FRIEND! I do not consider myself his "friend" - his constant use of the phrase only cheapens the word and its meaning. If he is elected, he will be my PRESIDENT and I will respect him accordingly! I believe the term "Fellow Americans" would be much more acceptable spoken by someone running for the office of president of the United States of America!
Push him to the ropes
June 18, 2008 - 10:45 ET by NorthCoasterPush him to the ropes and make him respond defensively. Don't let up for a second because making nice with the Democrats is what has caused the Republican slide. We get sucked into bi-partisanship and the Democrats knock us down with our own kindness and get their way every time.
The best approach is to tell the truth with a smile! Then let him try to explain it away.
Stop pulling my leg
June 18, 2008 - 10:39 ET by okiehawk44Johnny Mc and Leibermann co-sponsored legislation recently to curtail all things related to energy use to turn the tide against manmade global warming -- now you want me to believe Johnny Mc wants to help me pay less for the energy I use?
I really don't think Johnny Mc has a clue about the economy. How high energy prices affect the economy and those of us peons in it who are not married to a rich woman, how energy bought in a market controlled by unstable men leading unstable, and sometimes downright dangerous, countries should be replaced with energy produced in and controlled by America, how subsidizing energy production can have unintended consequences (ethanol vs. food anyone?), how cancelling tariffs on foreign produced bio-fuels from non-threatening countries might help us now, and how drilling offshore in areas already surveyed could produce American oil in as little as 18 months.
No Johnny Mc will again apologize to BO. This time for not being as sensitive to the caribou as he should or not fully supporting quickly enough the rush to save the polar bear. In the meantime, we pay $4.25 for regular at the pump and this winter heating oil will skyrocket and our Senators like Johnny Mc will be holding a hearing on changing the colors in a rainbow.
And now, today's Shrub
June 18, 2008 - 10:42 ET by Roger the ShrubberAnd now, today's Shrub Report®:
Way to mail it in, Lakers. Cue Nelson Muntz.
Here's an update on the truckers striking worldwide..
If Omarosa was a victim of unwarranted and scandalous attacks, why are her handlers so concerned about "making her over"? Will she disappear, like Lady Pantsuit did when her health care plan was greeted with universal derision? Get thee to a nunnery!
Speaking of Lady Pantsuit, she did pay one of her bills finally.
It is shocking that gunfire would break out at a high school graduation. After all, the area around Temple University is the nicest part of Philadelphia!
Today's Hard To Swallow Religion of Peace Update. Meanwhile, the Saudi's #1 beauty contest is held. Also, an anonymous person of indistinguishable religion and ethnic origin was arrested trying to bring a pistol onto a plane. Damn Amish.
Rest in peace, Cyd.
The Not-Ready-For-Prime-Time-Player clarifies his "I was for Jerusalem being in Israeli hands before I was against it" flip-flop.
The Picture of the Day. (btw, this Shrubber saw the previews for this movie over the weekend before the latest Indy Jones flick, and boy oh boy, did it blow!)
What does "baffled" mean? What does "incompetent" mean? (Any excuse to quote Highlander cannot be passed up!)
You’d think our U.S. Congress might be wrangling with tough issues like oil drilling, the economy, national security, funding the troops in Iraq, etc. None of these issues apparently are important as this or this.
Today's Darwin Award nominee.
Anyone missing a foot?
Today is another interesting day in military history: 1429: Joan of Arc leads the French to victory in Patsy, turning the tide of the Hundred Years War. 1778: the British abandon Philadelphia. 1812: US declares war in the UK. 1815: The Battle of Waterloo. 1940: Churchill gives his "finest hour" speech. 1974: USSR's greatest general, Georgi Zhukov, dies.
"Today is another
June 18, 2008 - 11:35 ET by Carl Kolchak"Today is another interesting day in military history: 1429: Joan of Arc leads the French to victory in Patsy, turning the tide of the Hundred Years War. 1778: the British abandon Philadelphia. 1812: US declares war in the UK. 1815: The Battle of Waterloo. 1940: Churchill gives his "finest hour" speech. 1974: USSR's greatest general, Georgi Zhukov, dies. "
Very interesting indeed. In the West we don't seem to give Zhukov a lot of the credit he deserves in my opinion. He was the first to reach Berlin, and his counterattack at Moscow and then Stalingrad were brilliant moves which really changed the dynamics on the Eastern Front. Chuikov I think was also a great Russian general that we don't hear to much about either from WW2. War of 1812 is one that I really don't know as much as I should. Some people say it was a tie, some people think the Canadians and the British won, and some think the Americans won. Churchill's speech was brilliant, and for a time it was only the British fighting the Nazis. I also find Joan of Arc a very remarkable woman in world history as well.
"And now I know how Joan of Arc felt. Now I know how Joan of Arc felt" 'Bigmouth Strikes Again'
Carl my friend, here is an
June 18, 2008 - 11:55 ET by Roger the ShrubberCarl my friend, here is an interesting read on Khukov's rise to power, at the expense of the Japanese in Mongolia.
BTW, I was only joking when I said I'd smash every tooth in your head...
"Carl my friend, here is an
June 18, 2008 - 12:31 ET by Carl Kolchak"Carl my friend, here is an interesting read on Khukov's rise to power, at the expense of the Japanese in Mongolia.
BTW, I was only joking when I said I'd smash every tooth in your head..."
Excellent link, especially how it talks about Zhukov using Blitzkreig type tactics 33 days prior to the Germans attacking Poland.
BTW my Walkman has started to melt.
I agree. I was surprised to
June 18, 2008 - 12:45 ET by Roger the ShrubberI agree. I was surprised to read that. If it wasn't for him being Russian, he might have had the fame/reputation that someone like Guderian had for their usage of combined arms.
Now, please stop getting all Morrissey on me :)
Come Watson the game is a
June 18, 2008 - 12:19 ET by Dan The Man 2Come Watson the game is a foot.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
As far as the Darwin Winner
June 18, 2008 - 12:28 ET by IgnatzJFahrquarAs it appears the parents aren't the brightest bulbs at least their gene pool has been drained a bit. Crude but true.
"All generalizations are false, including this one.” Mark Twain
Guantanamo in the news again
June 18, 2008 - 10:43 ET by blogonatorAnd it's not good:
This is particularly troubling:
The part that blows your
June 18, 2008 - 12:18 ET by Dan The Man 2The part that blows your post is this
Because the medical examiners did not have access to the 11 patients' medical histories prior to their imprisonment, it was not possible to know whether any of the prisoners' ailments, disabilities and scars pre-dated their confinement.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Tsk, Tsk DTM2
June 18, 2008 - 12:38 ET by IgnatzJFahrquarClearly, these were fine, upstanding citizens in their communities and were in pristine condition prior to the incursion of the Christian Bush Cowboys into Allah's beautiful oasis.
<sarcasm off>
<rolls eyes and types "Danish Political Cartoons" into Google>
"All generalizations are false, including this one.” Mark Twain
Good critical thinking!
June 18, 2008 - 13:27 ET by blogonatorBut I hope you didn't stop reading at that paragraph, because looks what immediately follows:
Wow, Dr. Keller, director
June 18, 2008 - 15:43 ET by ckc1227dup
Wow, Dr. Keller, director
June 18, 2008 - 15:41 ET by ckc1227Wow, Dr. Keller, director of the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture and George Soros Advocacy Fellow, believes they were tortured. The same Dr. Keller who claims to sees long-term psychological damage on people who just saw photographs from Abu Ghraib.
Shocking.
If just SEEING photos from
June 18, 2008 - 16:56 ET by BDIf just SEEING photos from Abu Ghraib is torture, what is watching a Micheal Moore movie?
Masochistic.
June 18, 2008 - 18:19 ET by ckc1227Masochistic.
"Doctors for Human rights".....I wouldn't believe...............
June 18, 2008 - 17:06 ET by BEGRUNTthose idiot Soros dupes if they told me the sun will rise tomorrow. Before I would believe any of this BS, it would take independent physicians to prove it.....not some HACK, with an axe to grind.
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.
Blog you are the shining
June 18, 2008 - 15:44 ET by Dan The Man 2Blog you are the shining example that some people can fooled all of the time or a troll. Either way you miss some pertinanent parts that dont pass the smell test. This one is a whopper :
Physicians for Human Rights, an advocacy group based in Cambridge, Mass., that investigates abuse around the world and advocates for global health and human rights, did not identify the 11 former prisoners to protect their privacy. Seven were held in Abu Ghraib between late 2003 and summer of 2004, a period that coincides with the known abuse of prisoners at the hands of some of their American jailers. Four of the prisoners were held at Guantanamo beginning in 2002 for one to almost five years. All 11 were released without criminal charges.
The idea being if you dont have to produce any corpus delecti then you can say anything you darn well want. There is no proof without the body or even identifying the "detainees". Another problem is teh organization is pretty bogus and biased to begin with. Apparently with this statement there is no doubt sos produce teh evidence?
The abuse of some prisoners by their American captors is well documented by the government's own reports. Once-secret documents show that the Pentagon and Justice Department allowed, at least for a time, forced nakedness, isolation, sleep deprivation and humiliation at both Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and at Abu Ghraib.
Yep all hope is lost for ye who enter and drik of the koolaide.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Detainees
June 18, 2008 - 16:09 ET by JDWPeople have lost their heads worrying whether their torture would be identifiable.
JDW
Will Ted Kennedy help write the universal health care bill?
JDW... Precisely. "Never
June 18, 2008 - 17:02 ET by bigtimerJDW...
Precisely.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson
Let me put you a different case
June 18, 2008 - 18:39 ET by blogonatorHow about a rape victim? If she isn't identified, does she exist?
Can I claim torture at the
June 18, 2008 - 18:47 ET by BDCan I claim torture at the hands of Barack O?
After all, there is no proof that I was NOT.....
And you would have a hard time proving I was not.
A rape victim is presumed
June 18, 2008 - 18:49 ET by Ruths husband BenA rape victim is presumed innocent, I would never extend that presumption to these pigs.
Red Cross at Gitmo
June 18, 2008 - 12:43 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsFunny how that article fails to mention the Red Cross's role at Gitmo. Great story when the relevant facts are left out.
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Keep the ILLEGALS out, join NumbersUSA to send free faxes to your reps.
Are you talking about this?
June 18, 2008 - 13:23 ET by blogonatorRaise your hand if you're surprised at this revelation.
blogo... I especially
June 18, 2008 - 13:30 ET by Clear thinkerblogo...
I especially liked the part of the article where they lay out how harsh we were with these scumbags....
"...were using sleep deprivation to "break" detainees well before then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld approved that technique."
Much ado about nothing, so move along folks. Nothing to see here.
"Abstain from McCain"
Due Process
June 18, 2008 - 14:14 ET by JDWAnyone considered all of the loopholes?
How many possible mistrials?
JDW
Will Ted Kennedy help write the universal health care bill?
Liveblogging Energy Speech?
June 18, 2008 - 10:58 ET by TinianI saw a link to liveblogging Bush's energy speech on NB and then it suddenly disappeared. What gives?
It was a good speech. Bush finally found out he had a set.
In order for John McCain to get conservative votes
June 18, 2008 - 11:04 ET by c5thenHe is going to have to repudiate his last 15 years in the Senate and all the roadblocks he's thrown up to domestic energy security along with his democrat allies.
John, you are a day late and a dollar short.
DRILL EVERYWHERE - DRILL NOW - PROCESS SHALE NOW
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.
You mean like Mitt Romney did?
June 19, 2008 - 10:06 ET by Britcom---
Communist vs. Statist '08
Q. Is Panamanian born John McCain a "Natural Born Citizen"
Telling Americans about the
June 18, 2008 - 11:08 ET by SchnikeysTelling Americans about the Windfall Bullsh*t Tax is a start, but he needs to get on with illustrating for Americans exactly how it affects their lives by cracking open an Economics 101 textbook and translating it (after reading it first and making sure he knows it). He needs to spend every waking minute (more than he's spending now) tearing up every plan presented by his opposition. Using some logic would certainly help.
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"It could be the answer to our age-old, philosophical question, 'Why are we here?' PLASTIC!"
Logic? We don't need no
June 18, 2008 - 11:13 ET by pbanks7Logic? We don't need no steenking logic!
He needs to hire Walter Williams and Thomas Sowell to articulate economics for him. They can both bring Econ 101 to layman's terms.
MSM - shaping all the perceptions you need to believe.
I'm just saying that it
June 18, 2008 - 11:22 ET by SchnikeysI'm just saying that it makes more sense if he knows what's going on, versus repeating what the experts water down to him. Remember, he is the one who will be making the decisions if he is elected. May as well make him get used to it.
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"It could be the answer to our age-old, philosophical question, 'Why are we here?' PLASTIC!"
Most people,
June 18, 2008 - 11:10 ET by pbanks7Most people, even Dhimmicrats, understand the law of supply and demand. If McLame can articulate this properly so even a Democrat can understand it*, he'll win this issue:
- Explain that demand is high, supply is low.
- Explain that we are more dependent on foreign energy than we were 20 years ago.
- Explain that we have plenty of reserves, and offshore drilling can be done in an environmentally friendly matter. Explain that hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused no significant oil spillage.
- Ask how increasing the cost of doing business (windfall profits tax) will reduce the price of anything.
- Carter, Carter, Carter.
* Neal Boortz says, "You can take what most people know about economics, shove it up an ant's ass, and it will rattle around like a BB in a boxcar."
MSM - shaping all the perceptions you need to believe.
I take issue with one of your points
June 18, 2008 - 11:17 ET by c5thenDemand is high and rising, but supply is high also. It's just that the US has passed laws that make it illegal for us to access most of our supply. The Saudi's love it and think that we must be morons.
The Chinese are building an Oil Platform just outside our territorial waters in the Gulph of Mexico. We however are precluded from doing the same. If we built an oil platform just outside of their territorial waters, they would have a conniption fit and might even declare war on us for doing so.
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.
Hal Lindsey: Ruling Hamstrings President's Power to Protect Us
June 18, 2008 - 11:35 ET by BritcomSource: WorldNetDaily/ Hal Lindsey
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Q. Is Panamanian born John McCain a "Natural Born Citizen"
Obama and Social Security
June 18, 2008 - 11:36 ET by Dr_LibertyDid anybody notice Obama's weird social security tax policy. Concerned that we are not bringing in enough revenue, he is proposing to tax income over $250,000. This means that you get a payroll tax of roughly 12%* on income up to $102,000.** Then between 102K and 250K there is no tax. And then the tax kicks in again on income above 250K. A tax with a rate gap between 102 and 250. Bizarre.
* Yes, the employee only pays 6% and the employer pays the other 6%, but in reality, the employer's 6% is 6% less he is not paying the employee.
** The 102K cutoff just seems entirely arbitrary too, and any and all increases in this level are just as politically arbitrary.
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Exactly Dr Liberty- There is no logical reason for Obamas plan
June 18, 2008 - 12:04 ET by Dee Bunkhe's pandering pure and simple. He's discriminating against the poor and lower middle class as well as the rich and giving preferential treatment to the upper middle class. There is no good argument for what he does other than pure pandering.
Under his plan, everyone would pay in the same percentage of their income except for the upper middle class. That certainly isn't fair to anyone. It's really convoluted.
Knives and Guns: A Follow Up
June 18, 2008 - 11:55 ET by Dr_LibertyIn an earlier post on knife crime in Britain, I made an assertion that knives are deadlier than guns at 20 feet. A couple people thought this to be preposterous, and I wanted to follow up.
The key word is deadlier.
First, knives inflict a type of damage to the body that is deadlier; they cause a wider path of damage across vital organs and/or cut across more veins and arteries increasing the rate at which one loses blood. Gunshots (from pistols) have a much more contained area of damage. Emergency room technicians find it easier to contain blood loss from a gunshot than from knife wounds.
Second, a knife wound occurs in close contact where the aggressor has greater control over where the wound is inflicted. Additionally, in close proximity it is possible to inflict multiple wounds with a knife (not to mention twisting the knife to increase the area of damage -- see above).
Third, 20 feet is not that far. Within 20 feet you can be on someone within a second and if the person isn't trained to react fast the victim is likely to be punctured in a vital region. Even if the person blocks the knife stab, there is a good chance that they will receive a cut across the veins in the arm and/or the tendons and muscles. A cut across a tendon or muscle in the forearm will incapacitate the use of that arm and hand for additional defense, leaving the victim open for more stabs or cuts.
What is most amazing is that even trained professionals can miss with a gun at 20 feet, particularly under stress.
Law enforcement officers are trained to consider knives within 20 feet to be lethal force.
Background: I train in martial arts (Tae Kwon Do and Hop Ki Do) with a state trooper and a couple of local police officers. Our trainer also works with police around the area in different techniques. We practice knife self-defense and it is amazing that even after extensive training you end up getting cut or punctured a lot.
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Knives
June 18, 2008 - 14:38 ET by BritcomDude, you know way too much about this subject.
So how good is a knife up against, lets say, a shotgun loaded with phosphorus rounds?
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Communist vs. Statist '08
Q. Is Panamanian born John McCain a "Natural Born Citizen"
Yep
June 18, 2008 - 14:59 ET by Dr_LibertyI probably do know way too much about this subject. It was in response to an earlier post wherein knife crimes are up in Britain after cracking down on handguns. As far as a shotgun is concerned, I certainly wouldn't want to be on the other end of that. Fortunately, it is a bit difficult to see a shotgun (as compared to a handgun or knife), thus you can see it coming. <insert witty signature here>
"knives are deadlier than
June 18, 2008 - 16:54 ET by Indiana Joe"knives are deadlier than guns at 20 feet."
"a knife wound occurs in close contact..."
That pretty much sums up my question. AT 20 feet, one would have to throw a knife. And defensive firearms training involves training for an attacker rushing at you. To get into "close contact," he would obviously be closer than 20 feet. And would have to pass through 15, 10, and 5 foot distances.
It's logical to consider someone wielding a knife to be a danger inside 20 feet. And I'm sure a slashing wound would be worse than a gunshot wound. But AT 20 feet? I'll take the gun.
Obama Ability To Connect With The Voter
June 18, 2008 - 14:07 ET by JDWWhen hasn't the Obama 'Change' campaign not included embracing all elements of America? Where has age, sex, religion... ever influenced the campaign stance?
Politico: Two Muslim women at Barack Obama's rally in Detroit on Monday were barred from sitting behind the podium by campaign volunteers seeking to prevent the women's headscarves from appearing in photographs or on television with the candidate.
The campaign has apologized to the women, both Obama supporters who said they felt betrayed by their treatment at the rally. ...
The campaign later apologizes. Who is Obama really supporting?
JDW
Will Ted Kennedy help write the universal health care bill?
JDW
June 18, 2008 - 14:33 ET by okiehawk44You ask: Will Ted Kennedy help write the universal health care bill?
As soon as Teddy and Johnny Mc return to the Senate, sometime after the 1st of the year, the McCain-Kennedy Universal Health Care and Wait for Treatment Bill will be introduced.
It is expected that The Supreme Being and President Barack Himself Obama will sign it into law.
Hey Britcom... Just
June 18, 2008 - 17:05 ET by bigtimerHey Britcom...
Just wanted to say thanks so much for the update...
What are your idea's on any of this mystery?
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson
I dunno... very strange
June 18, 2008 - 18:29 ET by Britcommaybe a boat sank and no one heard about it.
BTW h/t to Shrub finding the latest feet update.
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Q. Is Panamanian born John McCain a "Natural Born Citizen"
Sixth foot washes ashore in Canadian mystery
June 19, 2008 - 04:37 ET by BritcomSource: The Times (UK)
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Q. Is Panamanian born John McCain a "Natural Born Citizen"
Our energy problems are solved...
June 18, 2008 - 18:28 ET by ckc1227House Democrats Call For Nationalization Of Refineries...
oh great...
June 18, 2008 - 18:32 ET by Britcomand then we invade Poland and Czechoslovakia...
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Q. Is Panamanian born John McCain a "Natural Born Citizen"
Scary stuff! At least
June 18, 2008 - 18:35 ET by Clear thinkerScary stuff!
At least this proves what we have been saying for years... Democrats are NOT for freedom.
They keep taking their ideas right out of this playbook... http://www.nationmakers.com/com_goals.htm
"Abstain from McCain"
15. Capture one, or both,
June 18, 2008 - 21:19 ET by ckc122715. Capture one, or both, of the political parties in the United States.
One down, one to go....
History Channel's direction
June 18, 2008 - 22:01 ET by balboaAm I the only one that's not a fan of the new generation of shows on the History Channel? Ever since the Discovery Channel scored with "Deadliest Catch," now it's "Hey, let's find someone with a tough, dangerous job, and put 'em on TV!" Now it's Ax Men, Ice Road Truckers, Tougher in Alaska, and now the one about guys on oil rigs.
What happened to, you know, history?
History is history
June 18, 2008 - 22:18 ET by bigtimerHistory is history boa...what do you want...history of John's and their dangerous lives?
Loggers, Oil rig workers, driving on the ice roads are deadly jobs...
Don't worry...be happy.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson
Well, it doesn't really seem
June 18, 2008 - 22:25 ET by balboaWell, it doesn't really seem like history, does it? I like the shows that were, you know, the history of Route 66, the history of Drive-In theaters, the battlefield recreations, etc.
boa... It is
June 18, 2008 - 22:33 ET by bigtimerboa...
It is history...one thing I will agree with you about though, it is a disappointment for me the way the show portays this all..it was and has been a let down to me...there is a lot of rich history that is not being told with class as far as I am concerned.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson
Yeah, I dislike "Ice Road
June 19, 2008 - 11:15 ET by BDYeah, I dislike "Ice Road Truckers", "Axmen", "Tougher In Alaska" etc.
I get the impression that the History Channel is getting these at a bargain basement price when they are passed on by other networks.
Frankly, something that happens six months ago "IS" history, but by that definition so would programs on the Food Network. Why arenet they showing the last Stanely Cup Playoffs - after all two months ago is HISTORY as well.
I am just not watching as much of the History Channel as a I did 18 months ago.
I thought Discovery, A&E, and History Channel were all owned by the same conglomerate. If so, these new programs should be on Discovery.
Yesterday THC had a show on
June 19, 2008 - 12:16 ET by Roger the ShrubberYesterday THC had a show on "mega-disasters", and this episode (made in 2007) spoke of the impending doom of melting glaciers. It was a crap global warming piece.
Oh, how I miss the old days, when it was the Hitler and Civil War channel...
Saving energy ???
June 18, 2008 - 22:14 ET by NonanonCan someone tell me why people are so afraid of acceleration lanes on roadways? Could they think they are saving gas by avoiding using 'acceleration' lanes? They will sit for a few minutes at the intersection then jump out into traffic and cause issues rather than using the lane to get up to speed and then smoothly merge with through traffic. I wonder if yielding and merging are a lost art since so many things now fasten with Velcro rather than zippers. Rather than smoothly coming together in an orderly fashion the Velcro people just jump and stick to whatever is there.
Maybe people also think using turn signals somehow cuts their gas mileage since so few use them. Or maybe turn signals have become far too complicated for most people to figure out.
Just curious.
history... been there, done
June 18, 2008 - 22:18 ET by contraryhistory... been there, done that.
"Republicans always get a huge pass on the racist issue. Huck is just another example. Provided they don't start up with the N word, they seem able to pander directly to the racist vote."
-- Chuck Davis, intellectual heavyweight, bigot
The MSM's Socialist Swamp Must be Drained
June 19, 2008 - 09:59 ET by BritcomLooking at today's stories, it has become increasingly and undeniably apparent that the people who work for the major network news outlets don't know the difference between a Journalist and a Publicist.
It is difficult to believe that they are not somehow on the Democratic payroll. They purr and coo over socialist Democrats and Commie thugs, and they are harsh and abrasive toward Republicans, and they are positively hostile toward Religious and Traditionalist and Patriotic Conservatives.
Why does anyone think this is acceptable use of the media's responsibility to report the news without cooking it to their Communist/Socialist agenda?
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Q. Is Panamanian born John McCain a "Natural Born Citizen"
Bank Robber Foiled by Gun Owner
June 19, 2008 - 06:15 ET by BritcomSource: MLive.com
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Communist vs. Statist '08
Q. Is Panamanian born John McCain a "Natural Born Citizen"
Democrats now BRAZEN MARXISTS
June 19, 2008 - 07:49 ET by Jack BauerOil Refineries are the means of production of gasoline.
From Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), House Appropriations Committee, and unhinged dogmatic opponent of off-shore drilling
This is unadulterated Marxist craptrap. Absolutely, no argument in yer face sucka Marxism.
That is: the appropriation of the means of production and distrubution by the STATE.
IS FAILED MARXIST GIBBERISH NOW DEMOCRAT PARTY POLICY?
Marxism is no "Utopia"
June 19, 2008 - 09:55 ET by BritcomWe should state here for those less familiar with the notorious history of Marxism, that Marxism has failed miserably everywhere it has ever been tried. Not only has it failed to produce the promised "utopia" society, but it has been shown to be the root cause of some of the worst atrocities and genocides ever inflicted on mankind in the history of the world.
Marxists have a habit of of duping large groups of people every few decades into thinking that Marxist Socialism is a "new" and "fairer" and "more just" system of government. Nothing could be further from the truth. It results in a government where tyrannical bureaucrats have absolute power over life and death and it creates a society plagued by universal poverty and ruin.
To put it bluntly, Marxist Socialists can't envision any form of government that doesn't bear a striking resemblance to an ant hill.
So next time you hear a liberal spouting off about socialism, socialization, social justice, social progress, they are talking about turning you into a worker ant to help them build their mound...(ahem)... I mean, utopia.
Let us not also forget that in order for Marxist Socialists to set up their form of government, they will have to end our constituional form of government and our bill of rights, and replace our freedom of religion with Atheism. Sound like fun yet? Don't worry, it gets worse, much worse.
The rise and fall of the Soviet Union should be requred study at every school, church, and University in the land. It beats any horror story you could come up with.
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