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Midori,

You too will eventually be old. Then you can bark at the moon with the rest of us.

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I do find it amusing that the focus of so many rants (big bad rich corporatists) tend to get a pass if some of their money is funneled in certain directions………if they were really true to their ideology, they wouldn’t need but a fraction of what they have…….

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“With the passing of Carlin”

Don’t confuse ole George for a centrist, he was anything but……..still funny…….at times.

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TaxPayer

July 20th, 2011
5:55 pm

Simple read through it again, but there is nothing compliated in what I wrote.

The idea is that YOU are one of the main people who ask for “proof” or a link.

However it seems you only ask those things of right leaning posters, while you seem to never ask for proof about any of the ramblings or accusations labeled at fox by many posters here.

My question is are you honestly concerned about the accuracy of things written here or are you only concerned about accuracy involving things and ideas YOU support.

Unless you have some proof of you standing up and demanding sources of any of the things said about Fox on this blog, I mean they should be right there in the archives.

Or are you suggesting that all of the material posted on here about Fox that you have read has been without a question accurate?

Did that clear it up?

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Hope this is the last Murdoch thread. Until solid evidence of wrongdoing is uncovered, Bookman should keep his conjecture to himself. A much more interesting thread would be focused on Allen West and that Debbie chick in So Florida. Glad someone finally had the balls to describe her correctly.

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and if it’s not Kayaker, you can always amuse yourself watching baby seals clubbed to death like your buddy.

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thomas,

Jay typically does a pretty good job of providing documentation that adequately supports his statements so perhaps that is why I don’t usually feel a need to ask for documentation from him. Does that help. If not, please try to present some specific cases and perhaps we can work forward from there.

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Josef @ 5:39. I KNOW you aren’t talking to me even though I was the first person to say I didn’t know he was Jewish. However, I’m about as fond of him as you and Jay are ( I think. i THINK I read that you two care for him as much as you care for Murdoch).

He and Murdoch are peas in a pod separated only by the fact that one is right wing and one is left wing. I wouldn’t walk across the street to pee on either one if they were on fire.

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ty, no doubt, Carlin was in a league of his own and generally way ahead of his time.

The best of the best of that type of excoriating comedy…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsBfqrNoFXQ

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josef – I hope you notice my hatred for Soros has nothing to do with him being a Jew. Plus, I have on more than one occassion posted my support to death for Jews in general and Israel. There are bad apples in every barrel. Soros is one of them; you obviously are not, and my hope is I am not either. Regards

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poison

Why should that be funny? I’m by no means a supporter of Soros and his shennanigans, but that attack on him from the anti-Semites is precisely what I called it. Am I supposed to accept that lying sh^t just because I don’t like him? Or am I supposed to support his cr^p because he’s been the target of such hate mongering? So, what’s funny, funny ha-ha or funny strange, odd and curious?

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Murdoch denied all responsibility, saying in effect that all fault lies with those beneath him.

What kind of loyalty will those underlings show towards him?

He better hope that no one has documentation of his responsibility.

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I also have taken note that when that screed has been posted here, not one, not a single one, of the Soros haters countered it as a lie and anti-Semitism of the worst kind…and that lie is STILL making the rounds…now that’s a fact. There are sins of omission and sins of commission…

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Midori,
Can only have so much fun! when you are as old as I am and have had most of your savings robbed by Obama and company you tend to loose you humor.
Did have some fun last weekend, went to the country and sharpened my shooting skills with a group of NRA friends. Did quite well with 40 rounds .45 cal and 60 of 9mm; all were in the target at 10 yards.

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Midori

July 20th, 2011
6:35 pm

What did the “whites” do to him?

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Well, when the GOP elects exactly six blacks in nearly eighty years, what do you think the Congressional Black Caucus is going to be comprised of?

But hey, to you guys, you’re the Big Tent Party right?

LOL!!

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AmVet

July 20th, 2011
6:40 pm

Why do we need caucuses based on race or gender?

Seems we are all Americans 1st.

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Thomas – another benefit of growing old is being able to work your way around modern technology.

Goggle is your friend.

Watts retired from Congress specifically because of the disrespect shown him by his white Republican colleagues And I distinctly remember laughing at his dumb @ss.

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Jay – do you remember the article I posted penned by Watts by your former newspaper in Las Vegas?

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For a little background on the West – Shultz bru-ha-ha, it didn’t just start recently:

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/dcblog/2010/10/wasserman_schultz_protests_wes_1.html

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“Watts retired from Congress specifically because of the disrespect shown him by his white Republican colleagues”

you talking about JC Watts from Oklahoma? I heard it differently…..

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I would tend to believe that a retired military officer would have skin thick enough to avoid doing exactly what he did.

preach it brother……….

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Levi Aron claims to hear voices. There’s a cure for that.

250 Volts for 10 seconds….”Can you hear them now?”

1000 Volts for 8 seconds….”Still?”

2000 Volts for however long it takes….”Can you hear them now?”

“Are you listening?”

“How many fingers am I holding up?”

“Are you listening?”

“Can you hear the voices now?”

Normally, the voltage is applied in reverse. Some people deserve to suffer so I took liberties.

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Fred – Watts even wrote about it in his book.

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FRED

Today’s is not the first time this subject has been brought up. You may have been “out of town” for them, but there are those present and accounted for who DO know exactly what I’m referring to.

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“Why do we need caucuses based on race or gender?””

Have to have some kind of identifier for the division to begin……….

Until “Americans” are represented in Congress, the identifiers will lead to division…..by design.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpMNP5v2rCk&feature=related

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Midori

July 20th, 2011
6:54 pm

Then show us some documentation or sources….

Everything I kept seeing was about him leaving to spend more time with his family.

If you have facts to point it out then lets see them.

Remember books are written to sell! Do you hold President Obama accountable for everything he wrote in his books?

Taxpayer, where u at? We need help getting some sources and I know what a stickler you are for accuracy, and not opinion. you need to get with Midori.

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Ok Josef, thanks. I wasn’t here or I WOULD have spoken out.

This thread seems a bit contentious. I’m a bit pissy myself so I think it would be to my benefit to bow out lol. Some of the comments I DID read while waiting for your answer had me wanting to respond in a negative fashion. I’m trying to get away from that. Besides, If I went full tilt boogey, Jay would have to ban me. I don’t think he would WANT to, but he would HAVE to. And I don’t want to be banned because I was a little pissy and less circumspect than I should be.

It’s sad that something as innocuous as a funny photo shop went downhill so quickly. Why can’t people take a joke and laugh at it?

Everyone have a good evening, especially you people that people I like lol (even if I don’t like your political views).

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Thomas – I’m soooo hurt.

NOT!!!

Look it up yourself.

I don’t have to do a bloody thing for you.

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Always liked JC Watts and was sorry he bowed out. Allen West for president. Dump Debbie Wasserman.

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So why do we still have a Congressional Black Caucus?

When will GOP leaders do more to address minority issues other than legislating more prison time for criminals?

Or affirmative action.

Why is Black unemployment always about 180% of the normal unemployment level?

Or a Black History Month.

When will history books accurately depict the contributions of Blacks in the building of America. When will Blacks in history books include people other than Harriet Tubman, Fred Douglass, GW Carver, and MLK? When will kids learn about the Blacks who fought on both sides of the Civil War? What about inventions and inventors????

I appreciate the history but how long are we going to march over Edmund Pettis bridge in Selma?

WE will continue to march until we are one America, “E Pluribus Unum” and ALL Americans have the same opportunities to participate in social and economic America. As far as the generalization about most Black teenagers, you’d be surprised that there are many who are still actively participating in bringing about the changes that have not happened yet.

Midori

Found this for you, and it wasn’t a GOPer…..
Rep. Pete Stark (D-Cal.) has probably made more revolting statements directed at conservatives than any other Democrat politician. He called former House Ways and Means committee chair Bill Thomas a “c–ks—-r.” He belittled married Republican Congressman Scott McInnis, “You little fruitcake. You little fruitcake. I said you are a fruitcake.” He referred to Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.) as a “whore” for the insurance industry and said her knowledge of healthcare came from “pillow talk” with her physician husband. He told former Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan, who is black, that he is “a disgrace to his race and his profession” because he opposes Stark’s liberal positions on healthcare. He falsely said that former Rep. J.C. Watts’ (R-Okla.) children were born out of wedlock. Nothing has happened to Stark and he continues to get reelected to Congress.
http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0711/0711polimmbehavior.htm

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Midori; I remembered my “story” about JC Watts incorrectly. He left Congress AFTER my dad was dead. he told my uncle, the quote he used in an interview, “I’m never going to be a 9-to-5 dad, but I’ve got an 11-year-old son. And we know the statistics about young black males.”

I had never read having heard it from a relative in OK who talked to him. I just took it as truth and lamented his loss to our Government. Just as I lamented Sam Nunn and Zell Miller, two other moderate voices…….

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k71…. again, despite your non-factual denial, News Corp admitted NOTW bribed officials. That is a violation of US, UK and Austrailian law. You may continue your pout but the admissions are evidence of violation of US law. However, News Corp has not been charged YET in the US pending investigation. Investigation by the FBI and others is in progress and US officers of News Corp have resigned. More arrests may follow.

As for the whine about Edwards, why I am sure the Natl Inquirer is a reliable source. I do find it very ironic that when Fox covers a made up or exaggerated poutrage it says “why are we the only ones covering this [even when not true]” but now it wants to claim that it should not be covering a major invasion of privacy rights and admitted bribery of police officals by a newspaper controlled by a mega-media corporation.

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LOL – Hank is my congressman as well, Fred.

And I have VERY little faith in him………

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Jay @4:33 pm

See, Jay, I could have written the same paragraph with the other slant, that being that George Soros represents everything that is considered evil by the left: he’s a billionaire (circa 14.5B, who *needs* that much money?), he’s a hedge-fund manager, he spends millions of dollars to support his political party taking full advantage of Citizen’s United ruling to use his mouthpiece website to promote his agenda, a self-made “master of the universe” who once cleared $1B *profit* in *one day* by manipulating currencies, was convicted of insider trading (in France) etc. And I bet he uses a small army of tax accountants and attorneys to avoid paying his “fair share” of taxes.

But none of that matters to anyone on the left, because he’s on their team. Although Paul Krugman is not exactly a Soros cheerleader: “[N]obody who has read a business magazine in the last few years can be unaware that these days there really are investors who not only move money in anticipation of a currency crisis, but actually do their best to trigger that crisis for fun and profit. These new actors on the scene do not yet have a standard name; my proposed term is ‘Soroi.’”

Personally, I have nothing against Mr. Soros, for all the reasons you listed. The only problem I have is that he exemplifies the hypocrisy of the left when they revile just about everything about Mr. Soros except for the fact that he funds their causes and not the other sides. I suspect that similarly, if the Koch brothers were donating to the Democratic party, no one on the left would be spitting on them as if they were the devil’s minions.

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Brocephus:

“When will GOP leaders do more to address minority issues other than legislating more prison time for criminals?”

“Why is Black unemployment always about 180% of the normal unemployment level?”

“When will history books accurately depict the contributions of Blacks in the building of America. When will Blacks in history books include people other than Harriet Tubman, Fred Douglass, GW Carver, and MLK? When will kids learn about the Blacks who fought on both sides of the Civil War? What about inventions and inventors????”

WE will continue to march until we are one America, “E Pluribus Unum” and ALL Americans have the same opportunities to participate in social and economic America. As far as the generalization about most Black teenagers, you’d be surprised that there are many who are still actively participating in bringing about the changes that have not happened yet.

Nice post Brocephus, unfortunately, what I wrote above is all those who “oppose’ your post are “thinking.” Wow, that’s a very loose word of the word thinking but what other could I use………

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Speaking of Citizens United (I did, right there a few postings ago!)…

I subscribe to some liberal sites, and as a result get regular emails from them and their affiliates. I recently received an email from PublicCitizen.org. Now, PublicCitizen.org is a 501(c)(4), who’s primary purpose seems to be opposing the ruling handed down in the Citizens United case.

Recall that the Citizens United case hinged on the fact that a 501(c)(4) corporation produced a movie that had a political purpose, in this case a documentary “Hillary: The Movie” that was intended to highlight Mrs. Clinton’s shortcomings at a time when she was running for president. Initially, this movie was the subject of an injunction as a prohibited expenditure of corporate monies for political purposes, which the Supreme Court rules was a violation of the First Amendment saying in effect that corporations, unions (this often is left out) and other organizations have a free speech right to promote their political opinions.

The email from Public Citizen was urging me to donate money to support their production of a documentary highlighting how bad the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United was, in their opinion.

That’s right: a 501(c)(4) corporation made a movie with the express political purpose of protesting the Supreme Court decision that said that a 501(c)(4) corporation could make a movie with an express political purpose!

Quote from the email “Support Public Citizen’s fight against runaway corporate power with a contribution of $40 or more today and get your own copy of “The Story of Citizens United” on DVD.”

As for the notion of “runaway corporate power” it doesn’t exist (yet?). We’ve seen that in the spending profiles from opensecrets.org that corporate spending comes in *way* behind unions in that regard.

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Now that’s not right. I used the formatting right………….. Well obviously I didn’t. Just damn. I knew I was trying to get above myself using all that fancy italicizing and stuff……

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Midori:

I think you’re confused. It was Pete Stark (D-California) who made the comments about Watts’ children.

http://www.cagop.org/index.cfm/in-case-you-missed-it_1042.htm

In 2001, Stark Said Then-Rep. J.C. Watts’ “Children Were All Born Out Of Wedlock.” “At a Ways and Means subcommittee hearing on abstinence promotion, Stark referred to then-Rep. J.C. Watts (R-Okla.) as the ‘current Republican Conference chairman, whose children were all born out of wedlock.’” (Jonathan Weisman, “Stark’s Latest Gaffe Is Just One In A Long Line,” The Washington Post, 10/24/07)

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Jay @ 4:33 pm,

You misunderstand completely the reason that Soros is an enemy of the right. It has nothing to do with him being a capitalist, or “predator” to use your perjorative. Just curious: is anyone successful in business a “predator” or is that some idiosyncracy particular to finance where someone who buys low and sells high is prima facia, maligned in your columns.

The Cox family, via the ajc, bought the Gwinnet Daily News many years ago to simply shut it down.

Does that mean you work for, suck up to and receive your daily meal ticket from predators?

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“I am not sure how to interpret that but we have the chance to be “one America” most of the time without calling attention to the fact that we are not “one America” but indeed, two Americas, one black and one white.”

You guys seem to be missing something…….while all the attention is focused on white vs black, it is brown that is zooming right on by…….all projections show the other two to be minorities in the not too distant future………..

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@@, for me, 2004 was the very final straw for the Democratic Party.

They tried every dirty trick, legal or otherwise, to keep an American citizen from running for office.

Why would the black members of the Tweedledee Party be any different that the white members, in this regard?

And before you think this was a case of the Tweedledum Party taking the high road, think again. They too were complicit in protecting their duopolistic turf.

And some people wonder why nearly 70% of Americans think that both major political parties are failing us?

“…widely blamed for Democrat Al Gore’s narrow defeat in the 2000 presidential race…”

But you wanna know the real kicker regarding these party-first, clueless lamebrains?

Al Gore publicly acknowledged, repeatedly, that Nader did not cost him the White House.

No ____, Sherlock. But it was a class move on his part not to play the victim…

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kayaker @ 7:39,

I’m forced to agree about the Prez. He is monkeying with racism all the time, never addressing it directly like his supposed stature and background promised. Much of Eric Holder’s rhetoric off-camera (and some on) seems to linger around the “my people” branch of history and logic.

As far as so many black Americans not finishing high school, I find that simply pathetic. High school isn’t even a worthwhile credential anymore. Here in the construction field, if you’re a college grad, you might be able to get a job doing something more than digging ditches–maybe. The fact that anyone is lamenting that many people not passing high school is lamentable in and of itself.

The education system in this country shows a very weak-minded and very very poorly qualified work force. Perhaps it also shows how unwilling people are to work as well.

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Jay ” I do find it fascinating to see the right celebrate when corporations evade taxes”

Not me! Evade taxes and go to prison, I say. Now, avoiding taxes by using perfectly legal avoidance strategies, aka “loopholes”, well, that’s just following the law.

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Fred,

Have at it. Let’s see what you can do.

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Have at what kayaker?

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However, Watts’s tenure in the leadership proved difficult. Despite his elevated post, Watts often felt alienated by GOP decision makers.44 He also found himself at odds with powerful Republican Whip Tom DeLay of Texas. Watts disagreed with DeLay’s often forceful leadership. As a result, the GOP Whip’s hands-on approach to gathering votes and maintaining party unity often overstepped Watts’s role as the hub for communication within the GOP Conference. In July 1999, Watts threatened to resign from his leadership position to protest DeLay’s alleged encroachment on his duties, but he stopped short of doing so. When Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas announced his retirement in 2002, Watts considered running to replace him and he quietly solicited the aid of congressional allies; however, DeLay nailed down enough votes to secure the position before Watts made an open bid for Majority Leader.45

In 2002, Watts declined to run for re-election to the 108th Congress (2003–2005), citing a desire to spend more time with his family.

but Stark wasn’t nowhere near a bigger jerk than Delay.

It was during that time that one of Delay’s henchmen attacked Watts about his illegitimate children.

Just can’t remember the guy’s name.

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MPercy, if I’m reading correctly, you have intimated that corporations are way behind labor unions in campaign contributions.

???????????????????????

It is not even close, but you have it bassackwards.

US business interests contribute VASTLY more than all labor unions.

And your premise completely flies in the face of the reality – we now live in a de facto and de jure American corporatocracy.

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somebody PLEASE – HOLD ME BACK!!!

I JUST CAN’T HELP MYSELF!!!

MUST……………COMMIT………………CRIME………………………………………….

……………SO…………….I………WON’T………………….THINK ……………….ABOUT………………………….

PRISON!!!!!

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