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dogtown
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Cheyenne,Wyoming
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Mar 31, 2009 - 12:16am PT
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LOL, where did you find that?
Perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
keep up the good work.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Mar 31, 2009 - 12:29am PT
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"so Norwegian, got to ask you why you think he has nominated so many people who have had to bail due to their selfishness and compromised legal status? "
This stuff only comes to light because of the high standards. A guy like Cheney never could have been vice-president under Obama and Bush had a bunch of convicted Nixon henchmen on the staff to boot. He just didn't care and shut up people who would object.
Peace
Karl
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apogee
climber
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bookworm, for a supposed intellectual, you follow some wierd blogs. You have posted tons of links from the 'Hot Air' website, which is nothing more than another liberal-bashing negative-fest.
(Here's the tagline from their 'about' page:
Welcome to the world’s first full-service conservative Internet broadcast network!)
http://hotair.com/about/
That site is right down there with Faux News, Scumbaugh, and all the similar raving lunatic rags. Do you ever read anything else? Why would anyone consider those links to be anything but Krap™?
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bookworm
Social climber
Falls Church, VA
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apogee...excellent point, attack the messenger and ignore the message...especially when the message contains FACTS that run counter to your vision of the president (apparently, the office as well as the man)...maybe the new york times is a "real" news source?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/world/europe/02ipod.html?ref=global-home
does newsweek pass muster?
"Obama hasn't yet appointed a chief of protocol and his staffers, still unpacking, didn't realize that the State Department has an entire office dedicated to foreign visits."
talk about amateurs! obama's staff (should we not expect the "smartest man to ever run for president" to hire smart people?) "DIDN'T KNOW" the state department (do they know that's a cabinet department?) employs experts in foreign relations?
of course, to people who get their "news" from the daily show, fox news understandably seems rather fake
oh, and here's the latest; "the smartest man to ever run for president" apparently doesn't understand the difference between england and great britain:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/02/obamateurism-of-the-day-11/
apogee, have you ever thought the reason you're surprised (or angry) when i post these links that show obama in reality (as opposed to your dream) is that the media you consult are actively ignoring/hiding reality?
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bookworm
Social climber
Falls Church, VA
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"You have posted tons of links from the 'Hot Air' website, which is nothing more than another liberal-bashing negative-fest."
you're so right (oops, i mean correct) apogee...take a look at this right wing hack piece:
"The Socialist Solution to the Crisis
Thatcherism and Reaganism have failed on a momentous scale."
and where would i read such ignorant claptrap?
only in a right wing rag, of course:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123863093490780727.html#mod=rss_opinion_main
and where did i (a conservative) find a piece extolling the virtues of socialism while bashing reagan and thatcher?
http://hotair.com/
that's right (and i mean it both ways this time) that "liberal-bashing negative-fest" known as hotair.com...just look at all the links to right wing hate mongers:
newsweek
cbs
daily mail
time
associated press
huffpo
stay away, apogee, stay away...just "cling" to your prejudices
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bookworm
Social climber
Falls Church, VA
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you know apogee, when you're right, you're right...
here's ed morrissey, your "liberal-bashing negative-fest" host of hotair.com, viciously bashing a prominent cable tv host for poor reporting:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/02/video-smoking-gun-on-nyt-spiked-acorn-story/
i have to admit this is one of the most egregious examples of a "liberal-bashing negative-fest" i have ever seen...i can certainly see why you're so wary of hotair.com...i mean, if any of your media outlets committed such an act of conservative-bashing i'm sure you would banish them from your laptop
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bookworm
Social climber
Falls Church, VA
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here's another liberal-bashing negative fest for you apogee: the politico
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20871.html
so, the obama's treasury secretary secures retention bonuses for some aig folks, obama pretends he didn't know and then fans the flames of outrage (against innocent civilians who had alread received death threats), and now he tells bankers he's the only one who can protect them???
first he was the messiah; now he's the godfather
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bookworm
Social climber
Falls Church, VA
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jstan, do you have esp or just a vivid imagination? ok, tell me what the queen of england is thinking right now...
yes, yes, yes, obama is ivy educated; so is W...barry was one of many editors of the harvard law review, but he never wrote anything of significance while serving in that capacity...in fact, his education as a whole seems to have been redacted
but i digress...
remember when W told an audience that he speaks "mexican"? remember how he was excoriated by the media? did you hear barry tell his austrian audience that he does NOT speak "austrian"? i'll assume the media (and most libs) don't know that austrians don't speak austrian because there's no such language; austrians speak primarily GERMAN...and while we're on the subject, remember when barry admonished americans for NOT being bilingual? ironic that W is bilingual, but barry, with his many opportunities to learn another language (not to mention being the smartest man to ever run for president) only speaks american
remember when barry's sec of state told a room (a BIG room) full of europeans that american democracy is older than europe's? well, barry just told a room full of turks that turkey is an older civilization than america...um, barry, turkey was founded in 1923...after the collapse of the ottoman empire...kemal ataturk actually steered the new nation away from the ottoman civilization governed by islam to a secular government
and how about that near toe-touching bow to the king of saudi arabia??? first, the media had a field day because they thought wonderboy clinton inclined his head a little too much when greeting the prime minister of japan (bowing in japan is a sign of respect and humility; equals bow to each other so clinton's "gaffe" was not so significant)...then there was some buzz when barry nodded to the queen...by the way, protocol around the world declares that heads of state do not bow to monarchs of other nations, and this was established as american protocol with george washington...but, then, barry genuflects to the king of saudi arabia??? buzz over a nod to the monarch of our most stalwart ally but nothing for a full-on kowtow to a monarch who rules a regime that oppresses women, homosexuals, and non-muslims, not to mention sponsoring the virulent wahhabi brand of islam that breeds homicide bombers around the world???
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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BW writes
"buzz over a nod to the monarch of our most stalwart ally but nothing for a full-on kowtow to a monarch who rules a regime that oppresses women, homosexuals, and non-muslims, not to mention sponsoring the virulent wahhabi brand of islam that breeds homicide bombers around the world???"
Not like you wrote anything when Bush held his hand or kissed him publically
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bookworm
Social climber
Falls Church, VA
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thanks, karl, i forgot about that one, for which the media did go into a feeding frenzy...i didn't like it; however, kissing when greeting is a cultural norm for arabs...like our handshakes...kissing and holding hands do NOT suggest submission...a bow does
barry's grand apology tour would have been bad enough, but this genuflection will be seen as a sure sign of weakness...the smartest man to ever run for president should understand the significance of symbolism (he did choose for his swearing in lincoln's inaugural bible) so either he isn't very smart or he actually believes everything he is saying and doing will bolster america's standing in the world (i guess those are redundant)
you know, when i go to a fancy restaurant, i watch what other people do--which fork they use for the salad, etc--do you think barry noticed he was the ONLY head of state in that room to bow to the king of saudi arabia? i don't know, maybe he's so full of himself (dare i say "arrogant) that he wasn't paying attention...or maybe he thinks he should bow to the king of saudi arabia because he is in with the real "big oil"...or maybe he really is muslim
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bookworm
Social climber
Falls Church, VA
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Apr 13, 2009 - 11:22am PT
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first, he said he would close gitmo, then he said, "ummm...not so fast"
first, he said rendition was bad, then he said, "ummm...it's not really that bad"
first, he said we must give enemy combatants...oops, i mean overseas contingency operations special guests full civil rights in our justice system, then he said, "ummm...just kidding"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/world/asia/11bagram.html?_r=4&partner=msnbcpolitics&emc=rss
who knew that "thrill up the leg" was just a delayed reaction to W's ability to keep us safe
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GDavis
Trad climber
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Apr 13, 2009 - 06:47pm PT
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anthrax? lol. Yes, the huge anthrax epidemic. How tight are you wearing that tinfoil hat?
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bookworm
Social climber
Falls Church, VA
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Apr 13, 2009 - 07:52pm PT
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please, please, please, dr. f, please explain why we haven't been attacked in 8.5 years? is it because 9/11 was meant to be just a warning, and the bad guys realized maybe they went too far? or maybe because the bad guys had a change of heart? or maybe because the bad guys decided that 3,000 innocent civilians dead and 72 virgins waiting eagerly wasn't a good enough deal? or maybe because the bad guys really are very patient and knew if they just waited 7 years then we'd elect somebody who can reform the great satan?
i know, i know, i've asked this question before, but nobody ever gives me an answer...ok, i'll admit it: i'm a republican droid, an ignorant hack, a brainwashed groupie who thinks W's policies prevented the bad guys from attacking us for 8.5 years...i'll admit anything you want if you can just explain to me why we haven't been attacked since 9/11...PLEEEEEEEEEASE
and then, dr f., could you please explain this:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4425135/Barack-Obama-to-allow-anti-terror-rendition-to-continue.html
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WBraun
climber
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Apr 13, 2009 - 07:54pm PT
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We haven't been attacked in 8.5 years because Dick Cheney got caught as the attacker.
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the Fet
Supercaliyosemistic climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Apr 13, 2009 - 08:22pm PT
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"i'll admit anything you want if you can just explain to me why we haven't been attacked since 9/11"
Because the terrorist threat has been blown WAY out of proportion. They got very lucky using our own planes against us in a suicide attack that can't happen again.
Why aren't there terrorists setting wildfires all over the west? 1 guy with a book of matches could do incredible damage. The risk of terrorism is lower than getting hit by lighting. The fear in so many people over a such a miniscule threat would be laughable if Bushco didn't use their naivitee to pull a fast one on 51% of the country and attack a country that was no threat to us, spy on all americans etc.
So you can admit you are deluded. Thanks.
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Apr 13, 2009 - 08:27pm PT
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MAYBE We haven't been attacked in 7.5 years ( not 8.5 ) because there have never been that many attacks against the US. Most attacks on US soil have been by americans.
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