Why did Lou Dobbs vanish from your TV screens?
In an interview weeks ago with GQ, Lou Dobbs suggested that he had been targeted by the Obama administration:
Of course I have. Sure. Without question. They are coordinating with a number of groups, including the Center for American Progress. The usual suspects. To carry out constant and absolutely insidious and sordid attacks on me. And the reason they’re doing so, I’m the leading independent voice, and I am critical on their policies and intent, on unconditional amnesty, and leaving the borders and ports unsecure. They cannot, they’re. . .
GQ: They’re afraid of that point of view? They don’t think their point of view will carry against…
LD: Apparently not. Otherwise why would you do such a thing? But I will not be intimidated, and I understand that. Therefore they’re trying to intimidate my network and my owners.
But if you want the real scoop on why Lou Dobbs is no longer on your TV screen, these folks here have it nailed.
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Joey
November 12th, 2009
4:36 pm
I almost certain that Lou Dobbs’ face was never projected onto my TV screen.
Joey
November 12th, 2009
4:38 pm
Damn. I did not want to be first, but I have to leave.
Oh well.
jewcowboy
November 12th, 2009
4:42 pm
That Onion peice reminds me of the closeted self-loathing gays lurking in the ranks of the Republican Party.
Paul
November 12th, 2009
4:50 pm
Cute.
But Dobbs makes an interesting assertion, in light of the Obama Administration’s war on Fox News. If there is any shred of truth to what Dobbs says, it seems we have a very thin-skinned Administration that has a difficult time with dissent.
If, heaven forbid, he does migrate to Fox, maybe they could give him the 3am slot. Personally, I’d like to see Fox hire Olbermann. Offer him an outrageous salary. Make him an offer he can’t refuse. See if he does it.
His ratings might improve.
Brad Steel
November 12th, 2009
4:53 pm
Lou Dobbs is a righteous hero who will not be put down by the man.
Despite the evil forces of oppression, his voice rings true and loud from his head. HIS RINGING HEAD IS A BEACON OF TRUTH TO US ALL!!!
Now, please follow along as we all recite the Pledge of Allegiance……
getalife
November 12th, 2009
4:53 pm
Anti corporate, anti immigrant, moved right and floated conspiracy theories. I did like his rants but he should be on false news.
jewcowboy
November 12th, 2009
4:54 pm
Paul,
“See if he does it
Olbermann, Beck, Dobbs, etc. are ALL in it for the money. They are carefully crafted characters that do not represent thier true feelings any more than Johnny Depp really thinks he is a pirate.
They are media created characters intended to entertain. Why people do not understand that is beyond me.
Paul
November 12th, 2009
4:56 pm
Brad
It’s not Lou’s head that’s ringing, it’s our ears…..
jewcowboy
Some do. And some can have fun with them.
Waitadoggoneminnit…. Johnny Depp’s not a pirate?!!?
pat
November 12th, 2009
5:00 pm
who cares?
jewcowboy
November 12th, 2009
5:00 pm
Paul,
“Johnny Depp’s not a pirate?!!?”
I know! He fooled me too!
DoggoneGA
November 12th, 2009
5:03 pm
“it seems we have a very thin-skinned Administration that has a difficult time with dissent. ”
Or a very thin-skinned dissenter, who is interpretating the admins comments in the light of his own “sensitivities”
Common Sense
November 12th, 2009
5:04 pm
It’s very, very simple:
He was “politically incorrect”.
Liberals (when you get right down to it) are really not very tolerant of free speech ……….. especially conservative speech.
Brad Steel
November 12th, 2009
5:05 pm
“Johnny Depp” – sure sounded like a real pirate name.
jewcowboy
November 12th, 2009
5:06 pm
“Liberals (when you get right down to it) are really not very tolerant of free speech ……….. especially conservative speech.
Especially when they are supposed to be giving unbiased news.
Common Sense
November 12th, 2009
5:07 pm
P.S.
John Stossel is another recent casualty ………….. if you don’t toe the line ………. you are gone.
@@
November 12th, 2009
5:09 pm
Only time I ever saw Dobbs was the one time Getalife told me I should tune in.
He was anti-corporation and anti-government corruption.
A real Veg-O-matic on the issues, was he.
Normal
November 12th, 2009
5:11 pm
Have y’all seen this?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33894877/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
Paul
November 12th, 2009
5:11 pm
DoggoneGA
But… but… I thought it was the person in the minority position (the dissenter, in this case) who is able to invoke “I’m offended at your conduct towards me” and it’s the majority holder, the group wielding the power (the Administration) who bears the responsibility for making sure the minority is not offended?
getalife
November 12th, 2009
5:11 pm
@@,
Then he moved “right” into birther, and any other conspiracy seen on false news.
Lost it like nif.
Paul
November 12th, 2009
5:12 pm
jewcowboy
Lou Dobbs gives news?
You’re on a roll today!
Paul
November 12th, 2009
5:12 pm
Actually, I never listened to Dobbs long enough to find out if he does or not.
As I said, my ears (and head) hurt too much….
Common Sense
November 12th, 2009
5:13 pm
Speaking of free speech, I heard there is a new television program coming soon called “Muslims Gone Wild” !
jewcowboy
November 12th, 2009
5:14 pm
@@,
“He was anti-corporation and anti-government corruption.”
Am I missing something? Why would anyone want their news brought to them with any overt slant? Why wouldn’t you want unbiased reporting on what actually happened instead of some person giving their opinion of what happened?
If I want opinion, I’ll go to the opinion section, when I want news I want it un-tethered with some fluffy haired guys personal (or constructed for ratings) views.
Why do people want to be told what to think, instead of forming their opinions on their own?
josef nix
November 12th, 2009
5:15 pm
OOOHHH Jay!! I don’t care who you are, thass funny!
As for why Dobbs and why now, the current administration has already said that immigration is going to be one of its next issues to tackle and it would not surprise me one little bit if the Dobbs ouster doesn’t have something to do with it…
ABM? You here? Chime in!
DoggoneGA
November 12th, 2009
5:15 pm
“I thought it was the person in the minority position (the dissenter, in this case) who is able to invoke”
Well, let me put it this way: they can invoke it, and if the majority position IS wrong they do have a responsibility to stop the offence. But if the minority is just being overly touchy…too bad.
But, bear in mind, this is ME speaking – who thinks it’s stupid to try to get people to stop using offensive words. *I* think they should be “permitted” to spout them out loud and clear…so we know EXACTLY where they stand.
Ray
November 12th, 2009
5:16 pm
Lou is a racist dinosaur that needed to go.
josef nix
November 12th, 2009
5:17 pm
normal @ 5:11
Poor timing at best…
jewcowboy
November 12th, 2009
5:19 pm
Paul,
“Actually, I never listened to Dobbs long enough to find out if he does or not.”
Honestly, neither have I, but his show was was billed originally Loe Dobbs reporting, then CNN News Sunday Morning, then Lou Dobbs Moneyline.
I would assume that involved reporting the fact, but you know what assuming gets you.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
November 12th, 2009
5:20 pm
Lou Dobbs has been with CNN almost as long as Ted Turner has, so yeah, he probably just up and decided to become a money grubber.
I know one thing for sure, Obozo will never whine about the Urinal.
jewcowboy
November 12th, 2009
5:23 pm
DoggoneGA,
“*I* think they should be “permitted” to spout them out loud and clear…so we know EXACTLY where they stand.”
Hear! Hear! Instead of trying to figure how to fool the filter with an “@” or “3″
jewcowboy
November 12th, 2009
5:24 pm
“mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
Still creepy.
Pogo
November 12th, 2009
5:27 pm
And your point is Jay? I think we all know what the Obama administrations modus-operandi is for anybody that has the audacity to critisize them; “DESTROY THEM WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE”. That, above all else this administration has done, makes me more suspicious and quite frankly more afraid of what this country has elected for a president. If the Obama whitehouse has to resort to using their friendly media to try to smear other critics in the media, I have to wonder; exactly what is it the administration is scared of and what are they hiding? Cynical? You bet. You better be cynical about any politician today or you are going to end up on someones dinner menu tomorrow. Obama is working on serving all of us for the Easter feast.
On the subject downstairs, I submit this: The dicitionary defines “Terrorism” as: “The systematic use of terror, violence and intimidation to achieve and end.
The problematic word is “systematic”. The 9-11 fools met all the criteria except for “systematic” but nobody had any problem calling them terrorists. Timothy McVeigh met all the criteria except for “systematic” and nobody had a problem calling him a terrorist. This Fort Hood fool also met all the criteria except for “systematic” and therefore he is also a terrorist. He was pre-meditating, he had the connections and affiliations and he had the cause. He is a Muslim Terrorist.
jewcowboy
November 12th, 2009
5:28 pm
Ron Jeremy,
You will always be the original “Hedgehog”.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
November 12th, 2009
5:29 pm
What a great new world we live in, the cold blooded killer of thirteen unarmed soldiers is a victim, and the “free speech” press are the knee jerk dissent attack machine for an administration apparently too incompetent to defend itself.
md
November 12th, 2009
5:30 pm
jcb,
Curious about your remark. Where do you go for news since they are all slanted.
@@
November 12th, 2009
5:33 pm
jewcowboy:
Geez!!! I said I only watched him once and that was at Getalife’s suggestion.
Now ’scuse me while I go back to perusing the internet for news coming in from around the world.
The WORLD…..it’s BIG!!!
md
November 12th, 2009
5:33 pm
Now we know what was in the book that Chavez gave to Barry. How to effectively nueter the dissenting media. Something Chavez has done very well.
@@
November 12th, 2009
5:34 pm
Oh, and jewcowboy?
Have you been here at jay’s all day?
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
November 12th, 2009
5:34 pm
Ron Jeremy,
You will always be the original “Hedgehog”.
And this little freako jboy calls me creepy, mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
Meangelino Hall Sucks!!!
November 12th, 2009
5:36 pm
Dobbs will be on Fox News or Fox Business by first of year mark it down. Bet he has already signed contract.
Paul
November 12th, 2009
5:37 pm
Normal 5:11
Whoa!
So much for the Obama Administration being too timid to tick off Muslims.
josef nix
November 12th, 2009
5:37 pm
md
We DO need to be paying closer attention to Chavez. A tin horn caudillo, to be sure, but a truly dangerous one…
@@
November 12th, 2009
5:37 pm
Didn’t see you up there, Getalife. If I had to guess, Dobbs is likely a libertarian.
md
November 12th, 2009
5:39 pm
Its no secret that Lou hated illegal immigration, and its quite clear from remarks on these boards that lefties prefer to call him names vs tackle the issue.
I’ll ask anyone here the same question I asked Bosch (the one he refuse to answer):
What advise do you give an immigrant, suffering under intolerable conditions, that is playing by the rules and is denied entry into the US because the illegal immigrants jumped in front of them. Why condone this type behavior in a country founded on the rule of law?
josef nix
November 12th, 2009
5:39 pm
@@
Me? I’m glad to see jewcowboy back with us! I missed him a whole lot. I don’t feel so alone anymore, even if we don’t always agree.
Oh, and leave getalife alone! He’s catchin’ me some mud bugs!
Paul
November 12th, 2009
5:40 pm
DoggoneGA 5:15
I like that.
And once they do, being subject to public mockery!
Jay
November 12th, 2009
5:42 pm
Pogo writes:
“I think we all know what the Obama administrations modus-operandi is for anybody that has the audacity to critisize them; “DESTROY THEM WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE”.
Really? So whom has the administration “DESTROY(ed) WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE?” Do you have a list? After 10 months in office, it must be a long one by now.
Of course, if you don’t want to publish the list out of fear that by doing so, you yourself would be “DESTROY(ed) WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE,” I guess I can understand that under the circumstances and all.
Paul
November 12th, 2009
5:43 pm
jewcowboy
One last post down below at 5:38.
dang, I envy you now….
md
November 12th, 2009
5:43 pm
“We DO need to be paying closer attention to Chavez. A tin horn caudillo, to be sure, but a truly dangerous one…”
In my book Chavez is a modern day Hitler, an elected leader leading his country to slaughter and the poor peasants don’t even know it.
josef nix
November 12th, 2009
5:44 pm
Lou Dobbs had his issue in immigration and I disagreed with him in strong and partisan terms, but I don’t think he, like so many others, was racist, just a hedgehog. That the immigration situation is broken is a given. How to go about fixing it is another matter. The illegals, as we call them and in reality they are, are merely a form of modern day slave labor and we ALL, all of us, benefit from it. That’s why it’s allowed to go on the way it has for as long as it has…
md
November 12th, 2009
5:51 pm
I get tired of listening to all the bleeding hearts go on and on about the illegals just want a better life, blah, blah, blah, yet never a word about the other immigrants in the chain being denied because of quotas, etc. All they want is a better life too, but they made the mistake of trying to do it legally.
What a sad day for America when doing things right is a mistake.
josef nix
November 12th, 2009
5:53 pm
md
As far as your summation of Chavez is concerned, you have it down pat–so far he hasn’t targeted a particular ethnic, but some of my Venezuelan (and Colombian) Jewish friends have made the point that they are feeling skittish…
@@
November 12th, 2009
5:54 pm
Before I go back to what I was doing, I’ve gotta mention this. I told ABM on the previous thread that radical muslim websites are praising
Nidal Malik Hasan.I went scrounging around in search of some I had recently visited. The history on my computer is erased daily….if it weren’t, I’d be shuffling through hundreds, if not thousands of sites visited.Anyhoo, I go over to this Islamic Awakening site where the host is using
Nidal Malik Hasan’smilitary photograph as his avatar. It’s a difficult site to navigate. There was a call to his visitors to send money to the family of the victims at Ft. Hood. I thought…geez, this guy promotes muslim extremism….that’s odd!It was the responses that caught my eye. It weren’t pretty. I think the host has been described as small potatoes…an American wannabe. Even so, the responses he gets, clearly indicate he’s good an inciting hatred.
He had some videos over there that were shot on the streets of NYC. Some muslims (the Christian bashers here, would call them street preachers?) anyway they’re handing out literature and calling on all muslims to stand against the infidel. His free speech doesn’t surprise me…this is America after all. What DID surprise me?
The numbers of passersby who were scarfing up his literature.
YouAreAllPathetic
November 12th, 2009
5:57 pm
You people are pathetic. Do any of you even realize that Lou Dobbs wife is hispanic??! And you’re saying he is xenophobic??!
No, it’s not xenophobic or racist to be against ILLEGAL immigration. The liberal-minded American has reached new levels of nonsensical thinking. Where illegal immigration is to be tolerated because it’s racist not to. Where the economy can be saved by borrowing trillions of dollars from foreign nations. Where Obama can win a Nobel Peace Prize for following the same war-mongering foreign policy as Bush!
Well guess what? The lunatic liberal policies you love so much (and republican policies) will bankrupt you and the USA so you will find out how those poor illegal immigrants live. The progressive left has already bankrupted California and now it’s the rest of the USAs turn.
josef nix
November 12th, 2009
5:57 pm
md
I am one of your bleeding hearts at one level. I work with “those people” and will readily admit that my perspective is colored by that close, daily and personal perspective. But, before you go off too far on the illegal aspect, bear in mind that in this household one of the partners is an American Indian and sees illegal immigration as an issue, to be sure, but one starting in 1492 and, if we’re going to be so cold blooded, then ship “all y’all back where you came from…”
@@
November 12th, 2009
5:58 pm
josef:
I was simply responding to this post from cowboy:
Am I missing something? Why would anyone want their news brought to them with any overt slant? Why wouldn’t you want unbiased reporting on what actually happened instead of some person giving their opinion of what happened?
If I want opinion, I’ll go to the opinion section, when I want news I want it un-tethered with some fluffy haired guys personal (or constructed for ratings) views.
Why do people want to be told what to think, instead of forming their opinions on their own?
I’m beginning to think a lot of the leftists here don’t even bother to read before they respond. Get out your reflex hammer…give him a little tap.
Dusty
November 12th, 2009
6:00 pm
What? Lou Dobbs? Somebody I have never even seen? And Jay Bookman posts a piece of junk from Entertainment as what? Entertainment? That is sinking pretty low. Why not call this the Rerun blog for the ruin of character?
No wonder Bookman continues to zero in on Sarah Palin. He problably can’t tell the difference between Tina Fey and the former governor of Alaska. He is the king of potshots for the liberal politic. Maybe he will receive the PP (Potshot Pulitzer). Well, Tucker got one. Why not Bookman?
josef nix
November 12th, 2009
6:00 pm
YouAreAllPathetic
You beat me to the point of mentioning Dobbs wife and that he is fluent in Spanish…I will readily call him a classist, but as I said above, not a racist…
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
November 12th, 2009
6:00 pm
Well, this librul CNN fired him, is what happened. You can’t do nothing these days without getting whacked by the PC crowd. Just look at poor Mike Smith, the coach of the Falcons. All he done was take a little elbow swing at this Meangelo Hall on the sidelines and they fined him $15,000. $15,000! That’s as much as I make in nine months of work. And it’s hard work, this lugging the beer you people pour down your gullet.
I figure this Obama had a little chat with the big boys at CNN and when Dobbs come in to work they had a little chat with him. And he was out of a job on the same day.
Dobbs didn’t take no crap from nobody. He knows the Mexicans are trying to take over this country and take our jobs and lower our pay and he said so. And he knows the big cos. are shipping good American jobs overseas. CNN is the most worst at that. Just look at how many foreigners do reporting for them.
Anyhow, I’ll keep my TV tuned to Fox News and sooner or later he’ll show up there. Because they’re Fair and Balanced. I bet Dobbs will give even this O’Reilly a run for his money.
Have a good night everybody.
Taxpayer
November 12th, 2009
6:02 pm
Now that they have Lou in custody, they should waterboard him until he admits that he and Hannity and Glenn and Rush are all lizards sent here eons ago to keep an eye out on our population growth and to ensure a proper level of obesity to make it worthwhile for a future visit from a ‘mother’ ship.
josef nix
November 12th, 2009
6:04 pm
@@
Now, now…I was just saying I’m glad to have jewcowboy back with us! I think he might want to be reminded, too, that you came out swinging in defense of US on the snicker-snicker thread…what can I say, I love just about everybody, I’m even happy with Jay…!
Paul
November 12th, 2009
6:05 pm
Taxpayer
That sounds like a great idea for a tv series!
md
November 12th, 2009
6:06 pm
Jo,
And he has a point, we screwed them over big time. I liken that to Isreal, it didn’t start when the state was founded, long before that.
And don’t get me wrong, I work with many of “those people” too. Not a bad one in the bunch. BUT, just because they are good people does not make it right. I’m sure if we traveled to other countries not named Mexico and met first hand with the immigrants trying to get here, we would find that they too are wonderful people.
Why should one group of good people take precedent over another group of good people when the first group basically denied the rights of the second group?
@@
November 12th, 2009
6:07 pm
Now, now…I was just saying
Thank you, Mr. josef.
@@ will try to be a good girl from now on.
NOT!
(ISH)
jt
November 12th, 2009
6:11 pm
No TARP Babies 2010
Paul/Palin/ Wilson AG/Lou Dobbs Sec of State 2012.
Palin/Prejean/Lou Dobbs AG 2020
@@
November 12th, 2009
6:11 pm
Yesssss!!!
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to the French capital Nov. 11, giving a message to be relayed to Syrian President Bashar al Assad, who arrives in Paris Nov. 12. Israeli-Syrian peace negotiations are gaining momentum as Israel fills in the holes of a strategy designed to counter Iranian nuclear ambitions. The negotiations still have a long way to go, but the progress achieved is enough to make Iran and Hezbollah nervous. — STRATFOR
Money may be talking in Russia too!
Kewl.
DoggoneGA
November 12th, 2009
6:13 pm
“And once they do, being subject to public mockery!”
yep…and I know it’s not easy, but the best reaction to people who use those “forbidden” words is no reaction at all. Yes, I know they are meant to hurt, and I know they do hurt, but those kind of people only use them because of the reaction they get. It takes discipline, but denying them that reaction is the best reaction of all.
I’ve probably been called every ugly, dirty name for a woman that can be used – over the years, but I have trained myself to not only ignore them but to not even pause when they are used. It gets easier, just like anything else that takes practice…and now? No big deal, like water off a duck’s back.
Dusty
November 12th, 2009
6:16 pm
josef,
I believe we have to either follow the law or change them. Illegals are illegal. No way around that one.
But do tell Unmentionable that I heard (though the grapevine) that the first folks showed up here came over the Bering Straits which means Asian!! Now if Unmentionable is not a lovely shade of yellow and does not speak Chinese, who pushed out whom?? (I told you I was fussin!!)
Now off to heat and eat, that is, if the microwave is still working.
DoggoneGA
November 12th, 2009
6:17 pm
“one of the partners is an American Indian and sees illegal immigration as an issue, to be sure, but one starting in 1492 ”
Welll, yeah…but actually ALL humans on this continent are immigrants…even the “native” Americans.
josef nix
November 12th, 2009
6:17 pm
md
I agree with much of what you say. However, I would submit as well that the Mexican element is really in many cases only moving to the northern provinces of their own country–Aztlan and all that. I have always maintained that we shoud allow free movement of peoples into those territories which came into the US under the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo…
Dusty
November 12th, 2009
6:20 pm
Taxpayer has been watching NCIS and the Geico lizard.
WILLIAM J. JOHNSOIN
November 12th, 2009
6:22 pm
HOW DOES ONE GET TO E-MAIL LOU DOBBS. I HAVE A LOT OF FODDER HE COULD USE; BILL JOHNSON (E-MAIL OLEARYTRANSPORTATION@VERIZON.NET
josef nix
November 12th, 2009
6:22 pm
Dusty, Doggone–
Unmentionable always makes the point that the ones resident in this part of Georgia when the Cherokee arrived and began their own pre Columbian expansion probably had a word in their vocabulary which translated nicely into W*tback!
N-GA
November 12th, 2009
6:22 pm
@@,
After the Hannity fiasco I don’t think you really want to talk much about “slanted” news. I think the “left” finds the truth much more palatable (then the “right”).
md
November 12th, 2009
6:23 pm
“I have always maintained that we shoud allow free movement of peoples into those territories which came into the US under the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo…”
Would you also apply that philosophy to Isreal? How far back we gonna go?
josef nix
November 12th, 2009
6:24 pm
Piggybacking on the above post, one of my grandfather’s “now repeat after me” lessons of history was, “the story of mankind is determined by the mass migration of peoples.”
md
November 12th, 2009
6:27 pm
” I think the “left” finds the truth much more palatable (then the “right”).”
I find that both tend to like whatever they perceive the truth to be vs the actual truth. The ones that seek the truth tend to be in the middle and reject the extreme idealogies.
josef nix
November 12th, 2009
6:28 pm
md
I have to admit that this is me the idealist! I’d say let’s go back to that time a few thousand years ago when, from whatever natural calamity it was that nearly wiped us out as a species, there were only about 6000 of us left and living somewhere in what is today the Middle East from where we spread over the planet…again, me the idealist, but we really are all one and the same people…
Pragmatically, of course, I have a completely different set of opinions….
DoggoneGA
November 12th, 2009
6:29 pm
“Unmentionable always makes the point that the ones resident in this part of Georgia when the Cherokee arrived and began their own pre Columbian expansion probably had a word in their vocabulary which translated nicely into W*tback!”
I like it! I grew up in Pennyslvania and they have a word up there for EVERY kind of race/national origin/religion/sexual preference. So many, I’ve forgotten most of them. But growing up there, I seldom heard them used in a mean way, they were just words used descriptively for the most part.
Anonymous
November 12th, 2009
6:32 pm
I don’t understand why there is such vitriol against Dobbs. Sure, he’s said some provocative things but it seems as though, like the right, if he doesn’t tow the line on the left, he’s hung out to dry. His views on the bank bailouts are valid and seem to be common sense. Yes, he does seem to harp on the immigration issues but if we profess ourselves to be a nation of laws, I am not sure what’s wrong with at least seeing his point of view, even if you don’t agree with it. It seems for many, if they don’t agree with it, he’s a racist. Mind you, he’s married to a Hispanic woman so that means she must also be a whitey in brown skin. I for one, happen to agree with his stance on immigration, if not some of his reasoning behind it. I say that because my parents waited 15 years, patiently to become legal citizens of this country, even though they could have taken the illegal route. The very reason they wanted to come here was because of the rule of law and the opportunities afforded. So no, I don’t want someone coming here illegally when there is a process in place to get you here legally. I have no qualms about them taking jobs etc as my argument is purely based on the rule of law. My parents worked their butts off to put me through law school and allowed me to become someone who helps to uphold those laws a federal prosecutor.
jewcowboy
November 12th, 2009
6:32 pm
@@,
I apologize, my comments were not directed at you. Your post just made me think of it.
josef nix,
Thanks! People don’t always agree, but we’re all here.
@@
November 12th, 2009
6:35 pm
N-GA:
A fiasco!!?!! I saw no fiasco…what I saw were videos of previous Tea Party gatherings that were inspiring to all those who seek freedom from government oppression. The only reason I dropped in on Hannity’s show was because jay brought it up.
I will drop in when I hear Lou Holtz is gonna sit on the panel. LUV THAT GUY!
Straightforward, no-nonsense advice.
Paul
November 12th, 2009
6:37 pm
Dusty
V. Monday on ABC. 8pm Eastern.
You may have missed it: Last night a brave and insightful documentary was aired that accurately portrayed the wave of ObamaMania that swept the nation. It was called “V” and aired on ABC to mostly rave reviews and tremendous ratings.
There was another documentary about the Obama campaign on HBO, but that left out a lot of relevant facts, so spaceships and lizard-people aside, ABC wins the veracity award.
The parable is, an attractive group of aliens show up, out of the blue, and offer universal health care, advanced technology and world peace in exchange for our trust and devotion. All we have to do is believe everything they say without question. Which means, don’t ask anything about their hidden motives or past associations because that would be racist impolite. In fact, one reporter who is offered an exclusive interview with their leader is admonished not to say anything negative or they would be denied access…”
Sometimes Libs can be so sensitive!
They probably don’t realize it’s a faithful remake of a 1970s series.
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-350446
jt
November 12th, 2009
6:37 pm
Michael Savage is the only non-slanted news to be had.
Steve York
November 12th, 2009
6:38 pm
Lou Dobbs was the only unbought voice on CNN. If you approach issues with reason and intellect rather than politically correct narrative you are considered extreme. We are a nation full of emotionally stunted adults that don’t appreciate the work and rugged individualism that has created our nations wealth. Our policies of accomodation to all are being paid for by those who came before us and ultimately will be a burden on our grand kids. The innane comments of many on this blog are disturbing.
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November 12th, 2009
6:38 pm
jewcowboy:
Oh really?
jewcowboy
November 12th, 2009
5:14 pm
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Yada yada yada
No need to apologize.
Paul
November 12th, 2009
6:40 pm
DoggoneGA
Western edge of NY state. Same situation. Nothing at all mean about it. No one thought twice. But plenty of tourists just loved to enlighten the residents on the error of their ways.
Anonymous
I’ll offer it wasn’t necessarily the message, or even the messenger. More the delivery. As I said, made my head hurt.
md
November 12th, 2009
6:45 pm
“But plenty of tourists just loved to enlighten the residents on the error of their ways.”
Sounds like some of the transplants around here. Its funny how people move to an area and then complain about it while they tell all that will listen how wonderful it was where they came from. My question was always – if it was so wonderful, why did you leave?
DoggoneGA
November 12th, 2009
6:46 pm
“But plenty of tourists just loved to enlighten the residents on the error of their ways”
yep, and one of the best response to THAT I learned right here in GA: you ain’t from around here, are you?
it’s amazing how often that leaves them speechless, with no answer ready!
@@
November 12th, 2009
6:47 pm
I know when STRATFOR has a slow day, somethin’s cookin’. Puts me on pins and needles waiting.
Oh well…a picture of Netanyahu is worth a thousand words.
He is soooooo HOT!
Paul
November 12th, 2009
6:52 pm
DoggoneGA
Wish I woulda’ known that. Then again, had the same thing happen here. Took some visitors to Dealey Plaza. Site of the JFK assassination. I was sitting on a bench outside the visitor center. Older middle aged couple came by with another couple. Were loudly talking about how much hotter it was than in Massachusetts. Then, at me, proceeded to go on about all the pickups with rifles and that ‘most people here’ carry concealed weapons and how many people Texas executes.
Some people on a vacation could use a vacation -
jewcowboy
November 12th, 2009
6:52 pm
@@,
Seriously, those were not meant to be a diatribe against you (I’ve no idea of your television watching habits). I read your post which made me think, and since you psoted it I was sincerely asking you a question.
Why do people want a dose of opinion with their news? I just don’t understand it.
Anyway, don’t be nice, I like you feisty. It makes me think
joe
November 12th, 2009
6:53 pm
When judging someone, people need to review themselves. Lou, who is flawed, has his opinions, as do we all. You leftist/marksist people need to understand that we non-leftist people have our rights and opinions too. The left wants us to be quiet… but we are people too. We are citizens of this country and we have rights as well as opinions, and the right to speak. Your attempt to silence us will only make us angry. We are the true Americans. We believe in the founding fathers. We believe in free speech, We believe in the legal means of immigration, we believe in freedom. We also believe in the right to bear arms…so don’t tread on us. You are the progressives, you are the suicidal idiots. We will never relent, nor will we bend to your socialist idealogy. Please shut off the power for a few weeks and let’s see who is the real deal…Not you…US. Eat that, it’s the truth. You will/would starve. I can’t wait
md
November 12th, 2009
6:53 pm
“Feds move to seize 4 mosques, tower linked to Iran”
Gotta love this – lets not call the Ft Hood killings a terrorist attack so as to not inflame the muslims, but lets seize 4 muslim places of worship.
Knock knock – Is anybody home……..I swear one hand has no clue as to what the other hand is doing.
jewcowboy
November 12th, 2009
6:55 pm
When did neutral become liberal…and when did liberal become progressive?
Paul
November 12th, 2009
6:56 pm
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As if Syria (let alone Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Egypt, let alone Iraq) are all that thrilled at the idea of a nuclear Iran.
kayaker 71
November 12th, 2009
6:57 pm
You think that the health care debate was a wild and crazy thing. Just wait until we start debating Illegal immigration. It will make health care look like a walk in the park. When all the rhetoric starts, we will see where the loyalty lies with all of the Latinos in this country. Are they Americans or Latinos wrapped in an American flag. Dobbs was only pointing out that allowing these people to enter our country illegally is WRONG. Our courts, our legisltors and our President are lacking in the balls catagory or they would enforce our laws. All Dobbs is saying is that our Congress and our elected officials have dropped the ball…. hell, they have lost the ball. All of you out there who ignore this problem, pretend it doesn’t exist, make excuses for these felons and play the race card are as bad as those who are breaking the law. What has happened to this country?????
DoggoneGA
November 12th, 2009
6:57 pm
“Some people on a vacation could use a vacation -”
Yeah, no doubt. We’re not so far from “The Ugly American” as we think we ought to be.
joe
November 12th, 2009
6:58 pm
I’m sorry, I’m from Massachusetts. Liberal is progressive. Neutral is liberal here. It sucks!
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November 12th, 2009
6:59 pm
It makes me think
Obviously not fast enough to avoid inserting that useless but ever present emoticon.