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Thulsa Doom
April 21st, 2011
4:38 pm
Me loves me some $5 a gallon gas- your friend Barack!
Bosch
April 21st, 2011
4:38 pm
” record shattering gas prices with further rises to come, record shattering unemployment, record shattering deficits with nearly 5 trillion in new debt added,”
Oh look, how cute, the wingnuts NOW care about unemployment, gas prices, and the deficits and the debt.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
April 21st, 2011
4:39 pm
jm–The guys guilty in my book
You note that you are not a court of law. Unless you have access to all the evidence to be presented at trial, what evidence to you base your “opinion”? Information reported in the news?
You are entitled to your opinion. However it is admittedly uninformed and premature if there has not been a trial and conviction. How many other “opinions” do you hold that are based on being uninformed.
md — again, no conviction yet. Would you have supported the physical “abuse” of Richard Jewell? We can argue the shameful abuse of those convicted of criminal and similar acts. To argue for the abuse of those awaiting their day in court, shameful.
JKL2
April 21st, 2011
4:39 pm
say what- Can someone tell me honestly why this lil bb refers to President Obama as the idiot messiah?
Just wishing we could have elected a President based on the content of his character rather than the color of his skin. Better luck next time I guess…
Bosch
April 21st, 2011
4:39 pm
Enter your comments here
Mighty Righty
April 21st, 2011
4:40 pm
Paul,I am not speaking out against deaths in Afghanistan only the reporting. When Busg was president, the media kept a running total and gleefully reported each death. Now, nothing and it is worse than ever.
Bosch
April 21st, 2011
4:40 pm
OMG! I’m so embarrassed, I did the “Enter your comments here” post thing!
Paul, don’t say one word……
Bosch
April 21st, 2011
4:41 pm
“and gleefully reported each death. Now, nothing and it is worse than ever.”
Are you seriously f*cking kidding me?
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
April 21st, 2011
4:42 pm
You remind me of NPR arguing Armed Forced Radio wasn’t balanced because they played an hour of Rush Limbaugh. Somehow playing 5 hours of conservative radio a week over-shadowing the 100+ hours of liberal drivel and needed to be changed.
And you remind me of someone who’s incapable of reading comprehension.
Just because ABC does one positive story doesn’t give them a pass for their constant backstabbing of our Armed Services.
It might not, as I never made that assertion. It does, however, disproves Scott’s assertion that there’s not a peep about US service member’s deaths anymore. Maybe you should read the entire exchange before responding with a knee-jerk reaction.
md
April 21st, 2011
4:42 pm
Re: Libya………I had no problem going in to protect civilians…….but I do have a problem allowing the massacre to change cities. Misrata is taking the brunt of the war, and the UN needs to up the ante…….Qaddafi is the threat, just take him out and be done with it.
Bosch
April 21st, 2011
4:43 pm
SoCo,
“the 100+ hours of liberal drivel”
“And you remind me of someone who’s incapable of reading comprehension. ”
And obviously someone who doesn’t listen to NPR……just saying.
AmVet
April 21st, 2011
4:43 pm
Newsflash.
The President of the United States of America does nor control the free market price of gasoline.
Paul
April 21st, 2011
4:44 pm
Bosch
Me? Me?
jm 4:30
I was more referring to those insulting a Bosch Goddess and comments long about the time Jay last weighed in.
Righty
Didn’t see it as gleeful at all.
Now that the pace of Afg casualties has increased it’s reported more. Couple headliners in local paper this week. More mourning than celebrating.
md
April 21st, 2011
4:44 pm
“md — again, no conviction yet. Would you have supported the physical “abuse” of Richard Jewell? We can argue the shameful abuse of those convicted of criminal and similar acts. To argue for the abuse of those awaiting their day in court, shameful.”
As I said…what are we considering “abuse”? Solitary confinement?
TaxPayer
April 21st, 2011
4:45 pm
If Trump were president, he’d have to figure out some way to shorten the TV season in order to just get his new cabinet members hired. There’s just not enough air time in a day.
AmVet
April 21st, 2011
4:45 pm
“…rather than the color of his skin.”
Which half?
The white half or the black half?
Thulsa Doom
April 21st, 2011
4:46 pm
Oh look, how cute, the wingnuts NOW care about unemployment, gas prices, and the deficits and the debt.- Bosch
Bosch,
What can I say? If being a wingnut means you’re concerned about the debt, record shattering gas record shattering unemployment, and record shattering debt then yep- I’m a wingnut. Same with them extreme tea party folks who are extreme because they want the gubment to quit bankrupting the country. And to think they are the ones you think are extreme. Unfreakingbelievable!
md
April 21st, 2011
4:47 pm
“The President of the United States of America does nor control the free market price of gasoline.”
No….but he does control how we go about defending countries such as Saudi Arabia and others…………there is pressure to be applied………yet the Saudis are cutting production…..
Bosch
April 21st, 2011
4:47 pm
“I was more referring to those insulting a Bosch Goddess ”
Yeah, jm, and it’s beyond the pale. Beyond the pale…..
Thulsa Doom
April 21st, 2011
4:47 pm
I’ll see you guys later. Gotta go spend $6,000 to fill up my gas tank. Thank you Mr. Obama for making our currency so worthless due to the debt situation that I now have the pleasure of paying escalating gas prices. I’ll be the poor people are just loving your gas prices.
Paul
April 21st, 2011
4:48 pm
AmVet
“President Blames Speculators for Soaring Gas Prices”
http://www.heatingoil.com/blog/obama-blames-speculators-soaring-oil-prices-0220/
Fox person said the Pres should order the commodities trading commission to make a 50% cash payment a requirement for all oil futures bets.
That network’s getting full of surprises.
@@
April 21st, 2011
4:48 pm
Paul:
My point regarding assets? Rent received will be considered income.
We paid cash which WE earned and paid taxes on to purchase said rental properties on which WE will have to pay property taxes. While there are expenses we can claim, the one that gets my goad is the Passive Activity Losses (one time overall flat regardless). That PASSIVE activity is what’s got me out glazing my windows.
EVERY TIME we try to get ahead, in steps the local, state, or federal government with their handout although they’ve done little or nothing to assist us in our endeavors. Perhaps we should’ve gone Section 8 but that would only serve to get the government EVEN MORE into our business.
NO THANK YOU!
Bosch
April 21st, 2011
4:48 pm
Doom,
Whatever. I think it’s cute that you are NOW concerned with those things.
JKL2
April 21st, 2011
4:48 pm
joe mama- Please point to a specific piece of “liberal drivel” from NPR in the last 90 days. With link, please.
http://www.npr.org/ Take your pick, it isn’t hard.
This one’s for free: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfH46DTAkxo
Joe Mama
April 21st, 2011
4:48 pm
pogo — “Joe, my messiah ain’t no politician. That’s where you are going wrong.”
I neither have nor require a messiah. In my opinion, that’s where *you* are going wrong.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
April 21st, 2011
4:49 pm
jm
I prefer Amanpour on international issues as well. I think she’s in her area of expertise there, and kinda like a fish out of water on domestic stuff. I’m not saying that she’s a bad reporter, but I don’t think she’s the best option for This Week either. I wouldn’t compare her to Katie though.
Paul
April 21st, 2011
4:49 pm
Thulsa
If it’s a Hummer, George W said he wants to buy one –
Just helpin’
Have a nice night -
Keep Up the Good Fight!
April 21st, 2011
4:49 pm
md..Your post was can’t agree with the naked part, but have no problem with anything else. I think half our problem as a society is the we coddle those that choose to enter the penal system……………most live better than those that have done nothing to harm society……high time we turn off the AC, TV’s, basketball courts, etc and make them realize they made a bad choice. then:
As I said…what are we considering “abuse”? Solitary confinement?
So what part of the “anything else” were you agreeing with? It was your choice to post that. Was it wrong to presume you knew the allegations when you reference “anything else”.
jm
April 21st, 2011
4:49 pm
Keep 4:39 – court of public opinion and the press. whatever.
Bosch – that was rotten….
AmVet 4:43 – SPR (strat petro res) , so he can (in the short run)
Joe Mama
April 21st, 2011
4:50 pm
JKL2 — “Just wishing we could have elected a President based on the content of his character rather than the color of his skin. Better luck next time I guess…”
Would you have been happier if we had picked Hillary to run?
Thulsa Doom
April 21st, 2011
4:50 pm
The President of the United States of America does nor control the free market price of gasoline.”
Economics 101. No. He doesn’t. But we purchase our oil in weaker and weaker dollar denominated oil prices. The dollar is weakening due to our disastrous debt and deficits. No one disputes this and no one disputes the end result that we are therefore paying much higher gas prices due to the weak dollar brought on by our debt situation. You’re welcome for the lesson.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
April 21st, 2011
4:51 pm
Bosch @ 4:43
Is there a such thing a listening comprehension?
jm
April 21st, 2011
4:52 pm
Soco 4:49 – yeah, Amanpour is fine on international stuff. But Sunday is all about domestic inside baseball, inside the beltway stuff. I think she was trying to appeal to a broader audience, but I just don’t see it happening.
The only people that turn on the news on Sunday are political junkies and athiests that have nothing better to do.
Paul
April 21st, 2011
4:52 pm
@@
N-GA would post regularly on the local and state burden being more than the federal.
I admire your tenacity with rental units. My experience has been, you more than earn what you get. You were wise to avoid Sec 8. The administrative costs (time and paper) will give you whiplash.
Dave R.
April 21st, 2011
4:52 pm
“OMG! I’m so embarrassed, I did the “Enter your comments here” post thing!”
That’s what you get for “clowning” around, Bosch.
Leon A. Helmslee
April 21st, 2011
4:52 pm
Will @@ leave her future real estate fortune to her cats? Navel ponderers worldwide want to know.
John Birch
April 21st, 2011
4:52 pm
AmVet – Newsflash, there is no white half. The press reported the racist O identified himself on his 2010 census as African-American, not racially mixed!
Joe Mama
April 21st, 2011
4:52 pm
Mr. Doom — “What can I say? If being a wingnut means you’re concerned about the debt, record shattering gas record shattering unemployment, and record shattering debt then yep- I’m a wingnut.”
You’re a wingnut because you’ve thrown in with people who didn’t care when the GOP was doing it, but now act like a shark’s got them by the leg.
“Same with them extreme tea party folks who are extreme because they want the gubment to quit bankrupting the country. And to think they are the ones you think are extreme. Unfreakingbelievable!”
Again, if y’all cared when the GOP was running the show and doing it, you’d have more credibility.
jm
April 21st, 2011
4:53 pm
soco 4:51 – “listening ability”
AmVet
April 21st, 2011
4:53 pm
Paul, it is called Obama Derangement Syndrome.
There are a multitude of *legitimate* things to fault the man for, but when one has this disease, anything and everything is game…
Bosch
April 21st, 2011
4:54 pm
SoCo,
“Is there a such thing a listening comprehension?”
Apparently so, and apparently “web site reading comprehension” according to JKL2’s 4:48.
JKL2
April 21st, 2011
4:54 pm
Bosch- Oh look, how cute, the wingnuts NOW care about unemployment, gas prices, and the deficits and the debt.
Somebody has to pay attention to these things. We know obama and the Demwits obviously don’t give a $hit…
jm
April 21st, 2011
4:54 pm
John Birch – surely the POTUS did not spend the time to fill out a Census form. Hopefully Michelle (or more likely an admin) did it.
Joe Mama
April 21st, 2011
4:55 pm
JKL2 — “http://www.npr.org/ Take your pick, it isn’t hard.”
Please follow directions, it isn’t hard.
Please present a SPECIFIC piece of “liberal drivel” with link. And pick a good one, because I’m going to grill you on it.
jm
April 21st, 2011
4:55 pm
Census address: 1600 pennsylvania avenue…. there was probably an element of pride in filling out “african american” on that one
Mighty Righty
April 21st, 2011
4:56 pm
Gm-I have no idea what you were trying to say. Something about bigots and Obama and respect? Sorry.
Left wing management
April 21st, 2011
4:56 pm
JKL2: “You remind me of NPR arguing Armed Forced Radio wasn’t balanced because they played an hour of Rush Limbaugh. Somehow playing 5 hours of conservative radio a week over-shadowing the 100+ hours of liberal drivel and needed to be changed.”
*STUPID ALERT*
You’re falling prey to a simple misconception common to people who engage in knee-jerk ideological demagoguing at the expense of actual thinking.
NPR is NOT “liberal” (whatever THAT is) to Limbaugh’s or FOX News’ “conservative” (and it’s perfectly clear what THAT is).
NPR is simply non-right, non-conservative, which is all you need to know to classify it. The error of perception comes in when you assume that because it’s non-conservative THEREFORE it must be a POLAR opposite of your side, which it’s not. It’s not OPPOSITE to your side, but simply INDEPENDENT of it. (The fact that to your mind these two are one and the same proves only your ideological blindness, not anything at all about NPR).
See, dude, just because an outfit chooses not to parrot your talking points and indulge your side’s gripes doesn’t mean it’s the opposite to your side, it just means it’s distinct from your side. Got it?
AmVet
April 21st, 2011
4:56 pm
“Please present a SPECIFIC piece of “liberal drivel” with link. And pick a good one, because I’m going to grill you on it.”
LOL.
I knew that one was coming….
jm
April 21st, 2011
4:57 pm
#
Kia to build Optima in Georgia, add jobs 4:03 PM
Read more: Atlanta Business News | Atlanta Business Chronicle
-I wonder if the NLRB is going to call Kia up and tell them it is illegal.
Aloe HA HA
April 21st, 2011
4:57 pm
Newsflash, there is no white half. The press reported the racist O identified himself on his 2010 census as African-American, not racially mixed!
That’s not what his long form shows.
Bosch
April 21st, 2011
4:57 pm
Okay, happy Maundy Thursday guys and pleasant evening….gotta get to church.
@@
April 21st, 2011
4:58 pm
Will @@ leave her future real estate fortune to her cats? Navel ponderers worldwide want to know.
Don’t own nary a one, (D)ingleberry.
jm
April 21st, 2011
5:01 pm
“Rachel Tobin reports that the median sales price of a home in metro Atlanta dipped by $14,600 to just under $100,000 in March, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors.”
And the beltline lobbyers are screaming about the need for affordable housing? Under $100K?????
ATL, the new Detroit?
Paul
April 21st, 2011
5:01 pm
You want more ‘liberal drivel’? More?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZrgxHvNNUc&feature=related
JKL2
April 21st, 2011
5:01 pm
SoCo- It does, however, disproves Scott’s assertion that there’s not a peep about US service member’s deaths anymore.
When Bush was in office the death total was a daily statistic on any news cast. Haven’t heard much the last couple years. Can’t remember the last time I saw a flag draped coffin on TV. 95% of reporters are left wingnuts trying to push their agenda. It’s just amaizing how one man’s radio program can somehow be “unfair” in the eye’s of the liberal media.
pogo
April 21st, 2011
5:01 pm
Uh, no military service for me Joe. So what? Do you hate all of the people in this country that haven’t served? My problem with liberals such as yourself is your ability to change your fundamental anti-war beliefs based upon who is sitting in the drivers seat in the White House. Jay did exactly the same thing so at least you are in good company. Are you excusing Obama and his continuing war effort in Afghanistan and now his expanding involvement in Libya (a country of little or no consequence to us at this point in history)? Why is he any different than Bush?
Did I say anything about him having congressional approval for the Libyan intervention? Presidents have done the exact same repeatedly in our nations history. Face it man, you’re just another liberal “brick in the wall”. Nothing more, nothing less. I am truly sorry for your physical disability and I hope that it will be better either physically or mentally for you. But your brain obviously isn’t disabled other than suffering from EPDD (Extreme Progressive Depravity Disorder). That’s a joke Joe. Peace out man.
Del
April 21st, 2011
5:02 pm
Well now Obummer has decided to send two Drones to Libya for seeking out Qaddafi forces in urban areas. Another escalation of the kinetic action. Kinetic action, I guess that’s supposed to mean pristine warfare.
jm
April 21st, 2011
5:02 pm
I think I need to go buy some homes…
Paul
April 21st, 2011
5:03 pm
Bosch
“Okay, happy Maundy Thursday guys and pleasant evening….gotta get to church.”
Enjoy, Bosch.
Waitaminnit… ain’t no moon out…. what are you Pagans gonna dance to?
Dave R.
April 21st, 2011
5:03 pm
“Again, if y’all cared when the GOP was running the show and doing it, you’d have more credibility.”
Many of us were concerned about it when the GOP screwed things up even more than you libs did for a while, but you didn’t listen to us then, either.
The common theme here is that you libs don’t listen to anybody but yourselves.
Joe Mama
April 21st, 2011
5:03 pm
Mr. Doom — “Economics 101. No. He doesn’t. But we purchase our oil in weaker and weaker dollar denominated oil prices. The dollar is weakening due to our disastrous debt and deficits. No one disputes this and no one disputes the end result that we are therefore paying much higher gas prices due to the weak dollar brought on by our debt situation. You’re welcome for the lesson.”
Huh. So the shrinking dollar is only a *recent* phenomenon?
Let’s see some charts, Mr. Doom.
jm
April 21st, 2011
5:03 pm
Del – yeah, who in the hell wrote “kinetic action” in the speech, or did Obummer ad lib that?
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
April 21st, 2011
5:04 pm
jm @ 4:52 — Agreed!!!
@ 4:53 — Appreciate that. gotta jot that down in my notebook.
Bosch @ 4:54
LOL!!!! Sounds like we need a 4-wheel comprehension alignment in Bay #1…….
Elder D. Berry
April 21st, 2011
5:05 pm
Don’t own nary a one, (D)ingleberry.
You cats will be disappointed to hear that.
JKL2
April 21st, 2011
5:05 pm
AmVet- Which half?
The white half or the black half?
Shouldn’t matter (that’s the point). Unless you were black and voted in the last election….
Left wing management
April 21st, 2011
5:05 pm
JohnnyReb : “What’s amazing is the Left actually thinks Republicans would nominate Trump.”
Huge mistake. See BMDPD, the right is just as capable of misunderestimating Mr. Trump as the left is.
The New Republic has a nice piece here on why it’s folly for the Republican mainstream to think they can block Mr. Trump’s ascent.
If Trump is pushed out of the limelight or off the campaign trail by the conservative establishment, or by his own erratic record on a host of issues, the atavistic longings of the rank-and-file conservative base will simply affix themselves elsewhere as other candidates try to tap the rich vein of anger he’s helped galvanize. And if he survives the pounding he’s about to get from respectable opinion, then George Will is right: He will make a “shambles” of every Republican presidential debate. But that’s not only because he’s an eccentric demagogue who is willing to say just about anything for attention. It’s also because he’s exactly what conservative voters crave.
http://www.tnr.com/article/the-permanent-campaign/87073/donald-trump-mitt-romney-republican-election
Tom
April 21st, 2011
5:06 pm
Joe Yo Mama (4:03) Thanks for letting me know you pay taxes, my faith in you liberals has now been restored! Yes, I have paid taxes, SS, & Medicare also for the past 45 years of my working life prior to my retirement. It bothers me to see my taxes go to all those Muslim countries and Mexico. We seem to be getting no financial benefit from them which is only hurting the USA. With our unemployment rates, gas prices out of sight, illegal immigration costs and the Obama administration having no answers to solve these issues. We have got to quit spending more than we take in and quit rescueing every country that has some internal problem. Do you lefties really have a concern for your children and grandchildren’s future 30-40 years down the road?
md
April 21st, 2011
5:07 pm
Yeh…I’ve read the charges…….the one missing is high treason……during wartime………and I see it as a military matter different than your average Joe citizen………..
And his attorney has stated that his guards have been nothing but professional……..even the naked part is debatable considering he is under a suicide watch……..that is part of the “protection” we have handed over to the gov’t for our own well being…………
Del
April 21st, 2011
5:08 pm
jm, probably one of his czars came up with it. Must have been on his teleprompter.
Joe Mama
April 21st, 2011
5:08 pm
Paul — “You want more ‘liberal drivel’? More?”
Can’t do youtube right now. Have you got a non-youtube link? Or something *directly* from NPR?
AmVet
April 21st, 2011
5:10 pm
“Shouldn’t matter (that’s the point). Unless you were black and voted in the last election….”
The previous six Democratic candidates for president all had similar black voting percentages.
No sale.
And where’s that SPECIFIC liberal drivel from NPR?
(LWM has it as right on that topic as you have it wrong.)
JKL2
April 21st, 2011
5:10 pm
Joe Mama- Would you have been happier if we had picked Hillary to run?
I’m not a McCain fan but I think he was the lesser of the two evils. Hillary is another crook (I think she was the evil of the Clinton years) but I would gladly take her over obama.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
April 21st, 2011
5:10 pm
JKL2
I’m not gonna make assumptions about the content of your TV watching, but as I said earlier, if you really want to see it, it’s out there. If you don’t want to see it, it’s easily avoidable. I’ve even seen tv shows honor soldiers.
I bet you haven’t seen the special baggage carrier that Delta has to carry the soldier’s remains when they return home through Hartsfield on tv either, have you? Have you seen the honor guard that Delta has to escort those remains and pay tribute to them on tv? I’ve seen both and witnessed both in use. Just because you haven’t seen it on tv does not mean that it doesn’t exist. I bet it’s a plan by the evil liberal media in Atlanta to keep those things off of tv (sarc).
md
April 21st, 2011
5:14 pm
Is it just me, or has Hillary aged ten years in the past 2?
pogo
April 21st, 2011
5:17 pm
People like Tom are the ones that the regular bloggers here will just blow off and overlook. But those that do this do it at their own peril. Tom’s comments are coming from the heartland and that is what they (and me) believe of our current situation. So all of you can sit on your elitist ideological mountain top and dismiss them if you want. In fact, I encourage you to do just that.
Curious Observer
April 21st, 2011
5:18 pm
It is a disgrace to this country and to many members of our military that anyone would celebrate the abuse of prisoners. It is unfortunate for the President that he has been embarrassed by those allegations by those trusted to properly confine the prisoner. It is a testimony to the power of public pressure that the change has been made. Those who cheer the alleged abuse are shameful.
Testify! I’ve said the same thing on this blog. Those who cheer such abuse are generally the mean-spirited sub-humans who take great satisfaction in the thought that a prisoner will be put in the same cell with “Bubba.” There is no humanity in people who think like that.
Del
April 21st, 2011
5:19 pm
Dem defections on the debt ceiling issue must be concerning to the W.H. Maybe this will become a bi-partisan effort to force significant spending concessions as a condition for raising the debt ceiling.
Paul
April 21st, 2011
5:19 pm
Joe
It was just the kind of stuff I’ll post in late afternoon while winding down. It was from the musical “Oliver” with little, thin Oliver holding his bowl and pleading “More?” and all around him the well-fed adults are hollering ‘MORE?!!!?’
Lil' Barry Bailout
April 21st, 2011
5:20 pm
Joe Mama: If it worked, then why’d President Bush leave his successor with the worst recession, the worst economy and the worst job creation figures since the Great Depression?
———
You know that the recession ended in June 2009, right? Not exactly epic. Of course, the ‘tards have to puff it up so as to give the illusion that their Idiot Messiah has an actual accomplishment to point to.
Recession: Fixed by Bush.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
April 21st, 2011
5:21 pm
250 constitutional attorneys disagree with you You may be interested in the commentary on suicide watch that reads in part Private Manning has been designated as an appropriate subject for both Maximum Security and Prevention of Injury (POI) detention. But he asserts that his administrative reports consistently describe him as a well-behaved prisoner who does not fit the requirements for Maximum Security detention. The brig psychiatrist began recommending his removal from Prevention of Injury months ago. These claims have not been publicly contested.
Mannings attorney filed a formal complaint over his treatment
But now you are defending his treatment other than beign naked “no problem”, “coddling” and not abusive, now you are running away from your position by suggesting that his alleged treatment was “professional” and denying the allegations of abuse that you previously said were no problem. If they are “no problem” then you must accept them as alleged without defense. To put forth a defense is to admit there is a problem if your defense fails. And the allegations are that your “defense” is a ruse.
Paul
April 21st, 2011
5:23 pm
md
the job’ll do that to you.
SoCom
Good movie on the subject – on DVD – Kevin Bacon in the role of a USMC LtCol as escort officer.
“Taking Chance.”
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1019454/
Found it tough to watch.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
April 21st, 2011
5:26 pm
Paul
I’ve seen that movie several times… That one still makes the eyes get watery.
Gm
April 21st, 2011
5:27 pm
Lil’ Barry Bailout
You have to be the only one in the world to defend George W Bush, this man can not even travel overseas
without being arrested for war crimes.
This just shows what a bunch of idiots we have in America, over 4800 American troops dead, and his cowboy polices got over 5,00 Americans killed in Ny, he destroyed our economy please no President will ever come close t this.
md
April 21st, 2011
5:28 pm
You may want to re-read my earlier post………”coddling” was in reference to how we treat our current prison population……not Mr Manning………..
And no, I see his treatment as no different than most all that we lock up and pretend they are innocent until proven guilty………that is a sham from the get go……..admit it or not, the system is set up as guilty until proven innocent……….and now you folks want to get all in a huff…………
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
April 21st, 2011
5:29 pm
For those who want to know about Delta’s honor guard group….
http://www.mycountypaper.com/henrydailyherald/headlines/87301067.html
Keep Up the Good Fight!
April 21st, 2011
5:30 pm
md– your deflecting and avoiding a real response but expected. Your original position was shameful.
Paul
April 21st, 2011
5:31 pm
SoCom
I did not realize a commercial airline had their own honor guard.
Thanks -
Joe Mama
April 21st, 2011
5:32 pm
pogo — “Uh, no military service for me Joe. So what? Do you hate all of the people in this country that haven’t served?”
Not at all. But I do think that people who haven’t served do not have the right or the moral authority to question my patriotism and love of country. You can disagree with me all you want, but you need to step back if you’re going to suggest that I don’t love my country.
“My problem with liberals such as yourself is your ability to change your fundamental anti-war beliefs based upon who is sitting in the drivers seat in the White House.”
I have no such ability. I am very consistent in my opinions and beliefs on that score, and I will be pleased to articulate them.
Yugoslavia (Clinton, 1995) Shouldn’t have gone in. No Congressional authorization, no compelling national interest.
Afghanistan (Bush, 2002) Absolutely right to go in. We were attacked by someone known to be there and who had admitted to the attack. I’d like for us to stay involved there until we find a ketchup stain that used to be Osama bin Laden. It doesn’t matter to me that we have a different President now; OBL might be hanging around still.
Iraq (Bush, 2003) Shouldn’t have gone in. No Congressional authorization, no compelling national interest, possible misrepresentation and fraud in getting us in there. Getting rid of Saddam Hussein was all fine and dandy, but North Korea’s got a worse dictator and worse weapons, and we haven’t done jack spit to him. In fact, we’re shipping him food and fuel and giving him a table to talk.
Libya (Obama, 2011) Shouldn’t have gone in; no compelling national interest. BUT under the War Powers Resolution, the President can order troops into action for up to 90 days without Congressional authorization. So from my perspective, he’s got until Mid-June to either get that authorization or get us out of there.
What upsets me about conservatives such as yourself is your remarkable ability to hold forth upon and bloviate about our military and about military operations without having the foggiest effing notion of what goes on in the military and what the laws are regulating its use. If you’re going to shoot your mouth off about this topic, then you’d better either come ready to get knocked down a peg or two, or else you can sit down and ask some questions and maybe learn something.
“Jay did exactly the same thing so at least you are in good company. Are you excusing Obama and his continuing war effort in Afghanistan and now his expanding involvement in Libya (a country of little or no consequence to us at this point in history)? Why is he any different than Bush?”
I listed my opinions above. If you’d like to discuss any of them in further detail, feel free to ask me about specific ones.
“Did I say anything about him having congressional approval for the Libyan intervention?”
No. But he needs to have it.
“Presidents have done the exact same repeatedly in our nations history.”
So? Just because you break the speed limit on 285 doesn’t make it right.
“Face it man, you’re just another liberal “brick in the wall”. Nothing more, nothing less.”
No, I’m *better.*
I’m a former Republican. I know how people like you think, and how you argue. I know the tactics, the methods and the arguments. I used to *volunteer* for GOP campaigns, for crying out loud. I’m a gun-owning, college-educated disabled vet who grew up in the Deep South. I’m like y’all’s target demographic and you still ran me off.
The GOP is breaking apart, and has been for several years. The first hint was when y’all slagged on a war veteran named Kerry in the 2004 election. A lot of politically moderate veterans — and I mean A LOT of them — became very disillusioned with the GOP when y’all did that. Some of us left then; I did. Some stuck around for a while longer.
The next hint came when war vet John McCain would talk about his war service, but not his war record. And when the GOP tried to hide how badly the war and economy were going in 2008. You managed to pry off a lot more moderates in that election, too. But the biggest hint has been the rise of the Tea Party. The Tealiban are the crazies that have gotten tired of waiting around to run the show, and so they’ve split off from the GOP. The GOP kind of nurtured them, hoping to co-opt them, but it hasn’t worked. Now they’ve got a monster on their hands that they can’t control, and they’re trying to get moderates like me back so they can win in 2012.
Um — it’s not likely to happen. You haven’t changed anything that ran us off. You’re placing ideology and party loyalty over country. You’re saying crap that isn’t true. You’re slagging on the patriotism of people with whom you disagree. And you’re being a bunch of shrill buttholes when you do it.
I’m *far* from being a typical liberal. You and I probably have a *lot* more in common than you’d care to admit. But I can’t be on your ideological side any more. You’re crapping on too many people just because they’re a little different from you, and you’re vicious about it. Sorry — IMO, people like you shouldn’t be running a pizza joint, much less the most powerful country on earth.
“I am truly sorry for your physical disability and I hope that it will be better either physically or mentally for you.”
Physically.
“But your brain obviously isn’t disabled other than suffering from EPDD (Extreme Progressive Depravity Disorder). That’s a joke Joe. Peace out man.”
If you want any of us back, you’re going to have to try harder. Slagging on our patriotism and calling people un-American isn’t the way to go about doing it. That’s why you lost the White House in 2008. Keep it up, and you’ll just guarantee another Obama term.
Then maybe we’ll get President Mark Warner in 2016. Read up on him, because he’s going to be your President one day.
Midori
April 21st, 2011
5:32 pm
I’ll see you guys later. Gotta go spend $6,000 to fill up my gas tank.
you must drive one of those gas guzzling monstrosities. Figures.
and he wants to blame the president for his p*ss poor taste in vehicles.
Dave R.
April 21st, 2011
5:35 pm
“and his cowboy polices got over 5,00 Americans killed in Ny,”
OK, Gm, THAT one needs to be clarified.
JKL2
April 21st, 2011
5:35 pm
SoCo- I bet you haven’t seen the special baggage carrier that Delta has to carry the soldier’s remains when they return home through Hartsfield on tv either, have you?
Not at Hartsfield but yes and yes. It came with doing Casualty Assistance details. I have seen them on TV. I also know it was illegal to show them as it was done without consent of the Soldier’s families. I believe it went to the Supreme Court as a First Amendment/Freedom of information case. That’s because the media wanted to show coffins on TV to help discredit Bush. Haven’t seen much since obama took office.
Joe Mama
April 21st, 2011
5:35 pm
Tom — “Joe Yo Mama (4:03) Thanks for letting me know you pay taxes, my faith in you liberals has now been restored!”
Glad to help!
“Yes, I have paid taxes, SS, & Medicare also for the past 45 years of my working life prior to my retirement.”
Well, I’m still paying into your SS, so be nice to me.
“We have got to quit spending more than we take in and quit rescueing every country that has some internal problem.”
I don’t have a problem with cost-cutting. But we have to take in more than we spend. So we need additional revenue IN ADDITION TO cost cutting. How do you propose we increase revenue so that we can pay off all that long-term debt?
“Do you lefties really have a concern for your children and grandchildren’s future 30-40 years down the road?”
Absolutely. But I don’t thnk that cost cutting is going to solve the problem by itself.
md
April 21st, 2011
5:37 pm
“Taking Chance.”
A must see……..if for no other reason than to understand the realities of war………
Too many still look at it as a reality TV show……….
The documentary on Pat Tillman is also an eye opener…….
Paul
April 21st, 2011
5:38 pm
I’m guessing from Joe Mama’s post that the Republican Party lost a lot like him. And those left in the Party who are taking it down its current path are more than happy to write them off as RINO, impure, liberals at heart.
It’s like watching a train wreck in slow motion.
Hi Midori!!!!!!!!!!
getalife
April 21st, 2011
5:40 pm
Looks like sanity has returned to this blog.
For now.
JKL2
April 21st, 2011
5:41 pm
Please end the abuse of Private Manning. Shoot him and get it over with.
md
April 21st, 2011
5:42 pm
“md– your deflecting and avoiding a real response but expected. Your original position was shameful.”
Nothing shameful about it………..he’s being held in a cell under a suicide watch for a crime against the State………whether the “conditions” are abusive is highly debatable……….
I’ve seen the inside of plenty of cells one might consider abusive………what’s your definition……that is what is continually being avoided…….I asked that in post #1…….yet you keep skirting it.
Joe Mama
April 21st, 2011
5:42 pm
Lil — “You know that the recession ended in June 2009, right?”
(laughing)
I TOLD you that Obama turned it around faster than Bush did. Thanks for the assist!
“Not exactly epic. Of course, the ‘tards have to puff it up so as to give the illusion that their Idiot Messiah has an actual accomplishment to point to.”
Hey, when was that monster stock market crash? 777 points in one day? What day did that happen, exactly?
“Recession: Fixed by Bush.”
Bush Stock Market: Lower at the end
Bush’s # Americans Working: Lower at the end
Bush USD Value: Lower at the end
Cocaine’s a hell of a drug, Lil.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
April 21st, 2011
5:42 pm
Paul
Check this out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2aHPEGS-3w
Dave R.
April 21st, 2011
5:46 pm
“The first hint was when y’all slagged on a war veteran named Kerry in the 2004 election”
Joe Mama, John Kerry was, is and always will be a useless sack of $hit when it comes to being an elected official. I know the man personally and know him to be a lousy Lt. Governor and a worse U.S. Senator easily eclipsing that waste of oxygen Teddy Kennedy in uselessness.
His service was honorable, but his actions following said service were not only objectionable, but wholly without conviction when he threw other medals than his own away.
“Liveshot” Kerry (named for his ability to find an operating camera to get his mug on) is the epitome of an empty suit.