Hi, Y'all ! My,my ,my! Once again we have another example of how the death penalty process is broken. You know, I'd like to believe in the death penalty, especially when it involves the murder of a law enforcement officer. The basic laws of our society should be enforced and those who enforce those laws should be considered inviolate. If killing a policeman doesn't merit permanent elimination from our society, then I don't know what does. However, with that said, may I say that I feel that the death penalty process is flawed in ways that, well, have all been said …
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Hi, y'all! Mr. Ayers, I'm quite surprised at you. Didn't you know that the Republican party is led by dastardly power players who will do and say anything to keep their power? Weren't you aware that the Republican base is comprised of hateful, gullible nimrods who will believe anything if it gives their unappreciative team a chance of winning, meaning they too win vicariously even though they don't really? I wouldn't feel too special, though. If they couldn't use you to discredit Obama, they would've found something else. Caught a light sneeze. Dreamed a little dream. Made my own pretty hate …
Posted to What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been
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Hi, y'all! Jee-e-e-ez, Louise! Talk about saying the name of the demon and having it show up! Festival of Hate '08! A keyboard punching smackdown! I'm too young to remember the sixties. I was a toddler when they ended. Still, when I heard of hippie radicals in my history classes, my first thought was "What made them do the things they did? What was going on to make them do such terrible things?". It certainly wasn't "KILL THE TRAITOROUS SCUM!!!" I let Ann Coulter have that thought, which she later shared with Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity at recess.Apparently, that thought …
Posted to What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been
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Hi, Y'all ! Personally, I find it amazing what people will allow business to do to them in the name of profit. Corporations work Americans harder and harder to make that dollar and we allow them to push us to the very limit. In fact, if you've noticed, the "labor saving" devices have only enabled us to accomplish more and, consequently, increased expectations. Can't get it all done at work? Do it at home! What? Leisure time? What, are you lazy or stupid? Improper attitude! Vacation time? We give you Saturday and Sunday off unless we need you to finish something …
Posted to All Work, No Play
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Hi Ho! My, My, My ! I've been away for a while-- graduate school! Can we say anything nicer about Nixon than that he is dead and that all he showed us was a blueprint for American fascism? Without Nixon and his much deserved humiliation, we would not have gotten Reagan and his home-spun analogies that nearly led us to nuclear war with the Soviets. In the meantime, Bush the elder let his buddies wreck the savings and loans. Now we have president Rain Man and our never-ending war in Iraq, born of fears of treason if one objected and stoked …
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Hi Y'all! Scorp, Did you even read the article, or did you go off half-cocked in typical right-wing fashion? The article is not talking about a drivers license, it's talking about proof of citizenship in the form of documents that most people do not carry or can they readily access. How quickly can you dig up your birth certificate? Do you have a VALID passport? Cranial/Rectal Conjunction is a treatable disease, provided the afflicted admits they have the disease. Wolf, Water under the bridge? Are you kucking fidding me? After the attack on the USS Cole, Gore would have done more …
Posted to The Right's New Attack on Voters
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Hi, Y'all ! I'm sorry to say this, but Hilary is the only one who'll stand a chance against whatever Stepford Candidate the Greedy Oil Pimps put up. Obama seems like a good choice but when I hear Sean Hannity saying that the Democrats should nominate him, I become very wary. By the way, since when does the opposition get to tell us whom we should nominate? Does it make that much easier to organize their smear campaign? Back to Hillary. If one looks at her personality closely, one realises that she will be another Teddy Roosevelt. That frightens the F*CK …
Posted to Who Are You Voting For In The 2008 Primaries?
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Hi, Y'all ! Really, is anyone surprised that the right-wingers are behaving like fascists? That's what they are! May I state, as a qualifier, that not every republican is a right-winger. Come to think of it, we used to have Liberal Republicans, like Bush 41, before the Soviet Union collapsed and our domestic fascists needed another enemy. Still, let's keep in mind that there are those in this country who wish to be rich and powerful and, since they can't literally sell their souls to the devil, they do it by manipulating our government and twisting the laws like a balloon …
Posted to Supreme Court Inc.
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Hi, Y'all ! For profit libraries? Are you serious? Then again republicans are in the White House. As a teacher, and as a student, I find the library to be one of the most important tools I have. When my students use it to complete their term papers, they also understand its value. In fact, my town's library also features a wide variety of periodicals, music, and movies. All of it's free, and all one has to do is fill out a simple form. In addition, given the proper guidance, anyone can obtain a fine education from their library (think Matt …
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Hi, y'all! The right-wingers need a new generation of easily manipulated myrmidons. It's as simple as that. Since we're talking about Iran, I read in yesterday's paper that Iran put a freeze on it's nuclear weapons program back in the fall of 2003. That means the Bushllit administration has either been inept in its intelligence efforts, or just plain lying to us for the past four years. Either way, samey- same. OH! OH! I just remembered ! You know how right-wingers go on and on about the freemarket ? It occurred to me that maybe the reason right-wingers are not appreciated …
Posted to Wingnut Awareness Week
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Hi, Y'all! You know what? Very few people mention, or seem to know, that in addition to his comedic talent (sans Leonard Part 6) Bill Cosby also has a Ph.D in education, meaning he could determine and direct the educational methods and direction for an entire district or county. Pretty cool. Oh, by the way, you can't get a degree like that without having to work your butt off for nearly a decade, not only studying but also offering new insights into your field. I would encourage others to watch The Cosby Show or The Fat Albert Show again. The social …
Posted to Come on People! Bill Cosby is Right
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Hi,Y'all ! I've been away for a while-- school. Is this article not laughable ? The left does not have an identity crisis. Rather ,what it has is a name-calling crisis. That is, it tries to dodge the names thrown at it by the Fox News crowd. Liberal has become synonomous with communist and the negative connotations that once held. Personally, I believe in fighting fire with fire. It works when dealing with bullies which the right wing in this country has become. Anyone who uses the term liberal in a derogatory manner, to imply that their opponent is some sort …
Posted to The Left's Identity Crisis
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Hi, y'all! Ever heard of innocent bystanders getting killed in a drive-by stabbing? How about a disgruntled postal worker returning to his workplace and strangling a dozen of his co-workers ? The boys at Columbine didn't do what they did with baseball bats. I'm sorry. I had to throw that out for the sake of symmetry. I'm not anti-gun at all. I own several that also comply with Clinton's gun farce, I mean laws. I'm not giving them up without an insurmountably good reason. I do, however, believe that ALL firearms should be registered, and anyone who violates our gun laws …
Posted to Let's Pry Open Those Cold, Dead Hands
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Hi,y'all! alpacca45 (cute name!) The gun seizure you refer to is in ENGLAND, not in the U.S. Different countries with different laws. Regarding the raid at Waco and the Branch Daviidians, let's clear up a point or two. 1. They were not seizing legal weapons. Those weapons were illegally modified to full automatic. Why? Not because of a nutty belief. Rather they were to increase their value for sale. Vernon Howell was going from gun show to gun show selling said weapons to make money. Automatic weapons fetch prices five to twenty times their value as semi-automatic weapons of the same …
Posted to Let's Pry Open Those Cold, Dead Hands
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Hi, y'all! I've been away for a while-- Faulkner seminar. Lord Almighty! Is this for real, or have I mistakenly logged on to the onion? I wonder,I really and seriously wonder, just how far this is from blasphemy , if it isn't there already. I don't believe in not showing veneration for the saints or prophets. in fact when I attended catholic school we were encourage to dress up as our patron saints on Halloween. But this? I don't know... It truly makes me feel that the Xtian right has lost its mind. Please, someone, anyone explain this one to me. …
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Hi, y'all! Does anyone believe that Iran would be trying to build a nuclear weapon if they were not afraid we were going to invade them next? Nuclear weapons are the only ones we respect, and since President Bushllit's invasion of Iraq the Iranians have been trying to build one. Note: since the invasion of Iraq the Iranians have been trying to build one. Thanks Bushllit for wrecking the Middle- East for the next century. Hope the oil profits were worth it!
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Hi, y'all! davidincanuckistan, I don't know if they are or not. If they do, it will be for the reason I mentioned. It wouldn't surprise me if they did after this turd of a presidency and its Bizzarro World foreign policy. Hopefully they aren't. We need another Middle-East war like a turtle needs a drag chute. Ta-Ta!
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Hi Y'all ! I've been away for a while. Summer school! Need we even ask this question? Yes! People like Cheney aren't evil. They're not doing what they do to get back at God. Rather, they are just greedy, opportunistic b*st*rds who will do whatever it takes to get the biggest piece of the pie and control who gets the rest. Then again, that's probably evil. Isn't it funny that we have these misdealings and shenanigans EVERY time republicans get into the White House? Had Al Gore been elected we would have probably NOT had 9/11 as he would have eliminated …
Posted to Is Cheney Evil or Just a Weasel?
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P.S. one of my right-wing detractors made the juvenile comment that my posts were some sort of way to stay connected to the world. How pretentiously junior high school of you, especially since that person is on this post nearly every single day, sometimes several times per day. Attack based on premise of argument rather than ad hominem. Let';s try to keep the postings at an adult level. Otherwise go to LGF and act like a moron! Just an opinion! Ta-Ta!
Posted to Is Cheney Evil or Just a Weasel?
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Hi, Y'all ! LB, darling, you are wasting you're time. Right-wing thinking is a mental illness. Unfortunately the right-wing hu-boons have learned a new trick: fling poo at those who criticize them. Don't try to fix things, don't do something that would be worthy of re-election, just fling poo and fawn to the handlers who got them elected or hired as Faux News commentator. Michael Moore says the machine is broken? Blame him for poinitng that out! I've watched all of his films except this new one( it's on my to do list) and he never fails to make a valid …
Posted to Sicko's Critics and the Upside of Hitler
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Hi, y'all! Workers are a commodity to management, plain and simple, as are livestock to a rancher. They are treated as an expense to be weighed against profit. This has been the way business has operated for the past twenty-five years, and allowed to do so by our wonderful ersatz populism-spewing GOP who throw bones to the workers while giving the filet to their rich, and campaign contributing, friends. Really should we be surprised that we are worked more in a society which allows business to dictate government policy? Ta- ta!
Posted to What Vacation Days?
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Hi, y'all! I've been away for a while(summer school, Proust ) Brenda, Why find sexist double standards alarming? They are de rigeur in our culture. It doesn't surprise me one bit that this kind of stupidity exists. This is what happens when puritanical ignoramuses (or is it ignorami?) are allowed to get into power. Frankly, the prospect of having women in combat zones or in situations of prolonged confinement is problematic at best. I honestly don't see why those women in combat are not simply given birth control pills from the outset, if not to prevent pregnancy ,then at least to …
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Oh, I almost forgot. Ta-Ta ! ( the phone rang.)
Posted to Democrats Shy Away From Emergency Contraception
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Hi, Y'all! May I offer an opinion? Abortion is, as it always has been, a wedge issue to create disturbance when none is needed. The far- right uses abortion to create division. Can anyone truly say that it is some form of birth-control in an age of condoms and pills ? No, this is ridiculous. The far-right introduces this farce when they've nothing else to talk about. Rather, they bring up this issue when they'd rather not talk about REAL issues involving labor and wages. Remember this, the next time your child won't eat: "There are starving children in Kentucky who'd …
Posted to Not By Spin Alone
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Hi, Y'all! Wolf, here are some points to ponder. Is a two day old zygote a human being? Are you aware that a human fetus, at eight weeks old, is virtually identical to that of most other mammals and a few reptiles? Did you know that the Catholic Church has a little known doctrine that the soul does not enter a fetus until the fortieth day of pregnancy? Interesting, yes? I am pro-life. I do not believe in taking human life except in very specific circumstances.( See our earlier discussion involving hollow-points) Were a pregnancy to enter my life, I will …
Posted to Not By Spin Alone
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Hi,y'all! May I offer an opinion? First, I would like to say thank you to In These Times for offering us such a good article--plenty of potential material to blog about. With that out of the way, may I ask if anyone here knows what a hate crime is? I say this because I've just read the standard response by most right-wingers. In my younger days, I would have thrown my ink-pot against the wall. Now, with age and gray forming around my muzzle, I just sigh in resignation that the ideals of Jesse helms will never die. Honestly, is anyone …
Posted to Defining Hate in the United States
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Hi,y'all! wolf,wolf,wolf, I do not advocate censorship of those who disagree with me as I'm not a right-winger. That should be obvious given the double entendre in my posting name. Use the dictionary, if you must. I've just used a foreign term.While you're at it,look up the word "rhetorical" I was joking about confiscating keyboards. However, in true talk-radio fashion, you have taken a joking statement and assumed it's true to tear down an argument. In addition, you make baseless accusations.Sean Hannity would be pleased. Let me know if you ever write a book about effective debating techniques. If I didn't …
Posted to Defining Hate in the United States
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Hi,y'all! wolf,wolf,wolf You're simply doing more of the same.Really, it's getting quite boring. It reminds me of my students when they try to hammer an argument from every possible end, not realizing the argument is flawed. I've called you a right-winger because you are displaying the characteristics of one. Quacks like a duck, or ,in this case, quacks like a righty... I hope you do think independently. Yet, when you call someone a liberal for making a joke and claim that they wish to repress speech via political correctness based on that joke, you sound like every other right-wing half-wit. That …
Posted to Defining Hate in the United States
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Hi,y'all! wolf, The crime committed out of hate deserves to punished with more severity as committing a crime out of wanton, malicious hatred is an aggravating factor. Just as vehicular homicide is prosecuted with more severity when alcohol is involved. The decision of a person to behave in a particular way and then commit a crime is considered an aggravating factor.I'm not going to try to break down American Law to you in one post as it would be too difficult for anyone. Once again, we see it happening. The right acts as though they are totally ignorant, waits for their …
Posted to Defining Hate in the United States
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Hi, y'all! WTH, I didn't use a smiley face for my sarcastic comments. I don't teach elementary school students. Frankly, I've found that I only sound pompous to my students who spend their time goofing or lack the ability to comprehend. Also, pompous may, at times , be confused with didactic. We're not talking about thoughts or speech.We're talking about motivation. The crime has been committed, why was it done? No telepathy is needed. You can think hateful thoughts all you want, but if you act on those hateful thoughts and hurt others, the penalty will be that much worse. That …
Posted to Defining Hate in the United States
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Hi, y'all WTH, I understood the whole smiley face thing. I was being sarcastic...again. I'm not going to use visuals for the thinking impaired. Inability to comprehend irony. Bases the main idea of the text upon the picture. Why would I make references to elementary school students? Also, why have we made this thread about freedom of speech? True, it is important, but not the focus of the article. The main idea of this article was about the weakness of enforcement and the underreporting of hate crimes. Doesn't anyone want to talk about why this occurs? Why aren't these crimes reported …
Posted to Defining Hate in the United States
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Hi,y'all! WTH, Good to see you participate! Wonderful! Let's address some of the points made. You made an attempt, but ,still, I think, you are missing the thrust of the article. Why are the crimes underreported? Could this have something to do with the community refusing to admit such a problem exists as the article suggests? Could this also have to do with the shame of being a victim. This occurs also with victims of crimes not motivated by hate. Why are they stigmatized? Could this have to do with communities not accepting certain groups while maintaining a facade of tolerance? …
Posted to Defining Hate in the United States
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Hi, y'all! WTH, Haved you ever heard of the term"aggravating factor"? Of course you have. We use it to more severly punish other crimes. Is that moralizing? Probably, but we feel no compunctions about it when it comes to crimes committed under the influence. Not every hate crime involves murder. As I pointed out earlier, assault and vandalism are also motivated by hate. Yet, we'll limit argument by focussing on only one crime--most diabolical. By the way, what the @%$#*! is the "extreme left" or "extreme fundamentalists", besides a rhetorical trick to discredit and distance? I don't mean just your use. …
Posted to Defining Hate in the United States
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natalie,wolf,wth. What i'm saying is that the penalty should be stiiffer if it proven that the crime was motivated by hate. Let's go back to the intoxication premise. If I should strike something with my vehicle, say, another vehicle in a parking lot, and there are no injuries,just property damage, I receive one particular punishment. Probably a misdemeanor based on the nature of the damage. However, if i do this while intoxicated, I would be subject to an entirely different set of penalties. When I show up for court, I certainly wouldn't be drunk, unless I was an utter moron. It …
Posted to Defining Hate in the United States
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Hi,y'all TI, Take a good look at Kimber .45's. Price, but well worth it. I use a Browning High Power for its similarity to the .45 and its ease in disassembly. If you have a Browning, then you know what I mean. The Kimber follows the same method of disassembly; no stupid searches for the recoil cap spring. This says nothing of the ways that Kimber can modify the pistol. I'm saving my pennies... Wth, OK! We are making progress! Let's set up a system of punishment based on said factor of aggravation. If it's proven that the crime was committed …
Posted to Defining Hate in the United States
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Hi,y'all! May I offer an option? Candidates for office should not be allowed to spend in any election cycle, that is to say up to one year prior to the election, more than the sum of one year of the salary that office provides.PERIOD! To give the candidates the exposure they need, they should be allowed a page in the appropriate newspapers to state their positions;a practice done in the town where I live.I know this would hurt certain lower echelon positions, but can anyone actually name all of their city councilmen. Furthermore, does anyone even remember, why they voted for …
Posted to Power to the Public Financing
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Hi,y'all! texasindependent, You are certainly more astute than you imagine! Just look at the wonderful bag of goodies I was recently given by someone else who utterly despises bostonblackie a.k.a. blondemike a.k.a. God knows who else! Here is a list of aliases he's used on this site. Alas, it is not a complete list. Sigh! Lunacy is so complex and tiring! Can't we just make do with these? rotten robbie shubert jack barnes lefty's mama christine m taylor robber baron susie peter rockefeller marcy fleming teresa matt dillon billy calumet lin biao pete wilson noree freese nora kuzma bill winston blue …
Posted to Abuses Alleged During Immigration Raid
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Hi,y'all bostonblackie aka ?, I am not texasindependent. We are two different people. But, since you play some sort of ridiculous game which has been exposed, you will accuse others of it as well: as you did all throughout the summer of 2005. Oh, dear, dear, dear. I see, as well,you are back to accusing others of being pedophiles. Really, Jack Barnes, can't you add any new tricks to your repertoire? I would say to my fellow posters to take note of bostonblackie's and blondemike's posts. They are truly a study in pretentious imbecilty. Ta-Ta !
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Hi'y'all! bostonblackie, Don't you have anything better to do than loiter about and try to provoke others with your blitherings? Accusing people of your own crimes is childish at best. More so, because you are the only one on this site who posts under multiple names. the archives are proof of that. However, since you appear to be incapable of research, we'll let that pass. Some professor, indeed! Your rectangle state colleagues would be so disappointed! The "D" in Ph.D. must stand for dimwit or deluded. Like all rightwingers, you suffer from a disease called cranial-rectal conjunction. Now, go home and …
Posted to Abuses Alleged During Immigration Raid
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Hi,y'all! texasindependent, I'm up late, working on a paper for my ENGL 534 class. I thought I'd pop in and see if our dear Jackie Boy( Jack Barnes, blondemike, bostonblackie) had left any more of his droppings on this thread. Apparently he goes to bed early. Good. When one examines the history of the relations between business and politics of the last twenty-five years, one finds a disturbing concurrence. The republican party makes deals with management that ensure all profit except labor, jobs and more jobs leave the country, and the workers are left with a feeling of loss that is …
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Quick P.S. What does anyone want to bet that old Jackie Boy will claim that all of the above posts were written by one person as he does? What further would anyone want to bet that he will use his standard methods of attack? A fool's bet, but I just couldn't resist! Ta-Ta!
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Hi, Y'all! bostonblackie, You've called TI a racist while calling him a greaser? This Halloween, will you go out dressed as a pot or a kettle? In addition, you keep saying that TI and myself are the same person. Are you stoned or just profoundly stupid? Again, we are two different people. Keep reading this until it lodges in your brain. You are the only one here who posts under two different names. Granted, I altered mine. That's not the same thing, though. Also, try to add something to these posts other than mindless ad hominem and John Birch Society rhetoric, …
Posted to Abuses Alleged During Immigration Raid
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Hi,y'all! So sad, especially since the republicans have mustered under the standard of"support our troops!". I wonder how much solace one gains from a yellow ribbon after one has lost a limb, or loved one, in a ridiculous war fought by an ill-equipped army, commanded by a Secretary of Defense who says "you go to war with army you got". Incidentally, Rummy, which party was it that said "WAR!, WAR!,WAR!,NOW!, NOW!, NOW! Then again, GI's were not big campaign contributors, so the republicans dismissed them as inconsequential. Also, I've had the opportunity to talk to some of the Iraq War veterans. …
Posted to GI Bill Fails Vets
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Hi, Y'all Boy oh boy! The right-wingers are attempting to beguile us with another pointless issue designed to scare ignorant housewives and anger hardhats. What will they do next, that isn't completely predictable, especially since they've been caught once again with their hands in the cookie jar. Where I live we are trying to pass legislation that will allow voters to register and vote on the same day--handy and convenient! Guess who's against it? Guess what their argument is? Ooooh! E-e-e-e-vil Mexicans will sneak in and violate the system! They'll vote socialist ! They'll turn America into a banana republic where …
Posted to The Fraudulence of Voter Fraud
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Hi,Y'all! blondemike, "If someone can translate the above wordsalad into english..." ? wordsalad? Please,that is soooo Jack Barnes. Read the post again and you will see it is expressing two different ideas. One points out the fearmongering put forth by BU**SH** administration, while the other is a sigh of relief that something has been done about posting security on this site, frightening away most of the trolls. However, since my poor eyes have seen a post of right-wing view using the term "wordsalad" a favorite term of trolls and freepers and those who fancy themselves such, I'm really beginning to wonder. …
Posted to The Fraudulence of Voter Fraud
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Hi Y'all ! bostonblackie, There is only one me,although I have updated my screen name to the one I had thought about using but didn't when I first returned to this site. We've been through this before JACK BARNES! Isn't that convenient,being able to switch to a better name? Thank you,ITT! With my identity problem solved, let's talk,if we may. Oh,my! I see another one of these narrow posts put forth by the narrow-minded could it be that our old nemesis is using his computer's e-mail address to create one name like,oh,maybe blondemike and his blackberry to use the identity of …
Posted to The Fraudulence of Voter Fraud
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Hi,y'all! bostonblackie, Duh,my little duckling! i mentioned that in the above post! Call it a fine-tuning of my posting name; the one I really liked. Tell me, are you going to continue to use multiple names and praise your silly arguments under another name? Ta-Ta!
Posted to The Fraudulence of Voter Fraud
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Hi,y'all! ohb0b, You are definitely onto something! No one says "knee-jerk reactionary" though they should! What is a"liberal"? It is someone who disagrees with fascism; the very thing the republican party is trying to make a reality. Why use the term"liberal"? Because"pinko" is so Cold War and "ni**er lover" is too close to the period of time,the mind set, that the far right would like us to return. So, call someone a liberal and you are saying that they refuse to put on the armband. Which all conservatives, deep in their hearts, believe in, though they will never admit "With an …
Posted to The Fraudulence of Voter Fraud
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Hi,y'all! ohb0b, You are sooooo right. Read 1984 again. There is so much more there than meets the eye. I've taught the book and it never fails to anger the far right. By the way, why do we call these people the "far right'? Can we display a bit of fearlessness and call them what they truly are--FASCISTS!!! Poke about on the web. Look for an an article by Umberto Eco on the sixteen points of fascism-- it shouldn't be too hard to find. Examine his musings and decide for yourself if the republican party isn't really a fascist party. This …
Posted to The Fraudulence of Voter Fraud
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HI, Y'all! texasindependent, bostonblackie and blondemike are the same person to a 99% probability. Actuslly there are the handywork of a freeper and troll who used to prowl this site throughout the summer of 2005-- check the blogs from May to August of 2005. especially those by JACK BARNES and the dozens of bogus names he used. You can generally idntify his posts as they all are done in this format as our dear Jackie boy did many of his posts in the format I'm imitating. Compare the above to the posts by bostonblackie. Then compare his writng style and vocabulary …
Posted to Israel and Hamas Just Say No To Peace
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Hi, y'all! Blondemike, Gore would have won if the absentee ballots which had been post-marked several days after election day hadn't been counted. Those ballots should not have been counted. True, they were military ballots, but the ballots submitted by military personnel are to be tabulated and post-marked on that day without exception. I know this as I served in the U.S.Navy during the '88 election. We voted on election day and our ballots were tabulated and post-marked that day. Unfortunately, we are subject to the whims of Karl Rove and the BU**SH** regime. Karl Rove speaks of mirror- sunglasses colonels? …
Posted to The Talented Mr. Griffin
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Hi, y'all! I've been away for a few days--exams! Lord Almighty! May I offer an opinion? The idea of taking human life should be repulsive to a rational person. Yet ,taking human life is sometimes necessary. If this must be done, then the most stringent measures of clarification need to be used, as the effect is irreversible. Look on the web for the site pertaining to the West Memphis Three. Better yet, watch the video. The documentary presents a nearly comprehensive list of everything wrong with our justice system. Here is a partial list. - non-credible witnesses being allowed to testify …
Posted to Inside the Death Chamber
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P.S. TI, One more thing.Please understand that if this liberal had walked into the store during this crime, your death row inmate would have found out what hollowpoints taste like. I may not be for execution,but I do believe in using lethal force to prevent a violent crime.
Posted to Inside the Death Chamber
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Hi,Y'all Like many others,I was quite dismayed to hear of Mr.Vonnegut's death. He was the first real writer I had read(by real,I don't mean one who writes for children or adolescents solely)having been given a copy of Cat's Cradle by my mother when I was fourteen.Needless to say, I loved it. I also became quite familiar with right-wing hatred when my father,a staunch republican forbade me to read any more Vonnegut under the pretense that Vonnegut was a pinko. Within a year I had read everything by Vonnegut I could get my hands and eyes on. With the passing of Mr. …
Posted to Thank You Mr. Vonnegut
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Hi,Y'all! luminous beauty, You poor dear. Don't you see what you're doing? You are getting pulled into a ridiculous verbal grappling with blondemike. You will never convince him because he is a myrmidon. He will argue and provoke from now until Lammastide, and you will never convert him. If I'm not mistaken blondemike is the current incarnation that obnoxious professor from the rectangle state who likes to provoke people on this site for fun using more names than Sybil. He is readily recognized by his choice of vocabulary and the 1960's insults he uses. Ah,well at least he can't write under …
Posted to Global Warming: Dim Bulbs, Bright Lights
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Hi,Y'all! blondemike, You are telling us to read Ayn Rand and,I'm supposing,we are to take her seriously? JACK BARNES HAS RETURNED TO THIS SITE!!! Oh! Oh! What fun! What a lovely diversion to the necessary tedium of summer school, and a sorbet to clear the mental palate after hours of reading! Thank you! Thank you! Ta-Ta!
Posted to Uncle Sam Wants Sustainability
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Hi, ya'll! Show me a republican with a moral issue, and I'll show you a man bring manipulated by a corporation. Who provides the science that the right uses to discredit global warming? Follow the trail long enough, and it leads right back to big oil. Why? Because it's in their best interest to, if they can't win, at least keep the argument going. They remind me of the student who, faced with a Friday test for which he is unprepared, tries to arguing point to start a discussion that will eat up enough time that the test can't be given …
Posted to Resisting the War on Science
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Hi,y'all! May I venture an opinion? I remember when CNN debuted. The station gained a reputation for up to the minute news which was broadcast every hour. One could tune in and be just as well-informed as those who had watched Walter Cronkite. However, there is a disturbing, and self-perpetuating, trend to focus upon glitz and ignore real news. I blame Fox News. Set the bar down low enough that everyone will get it and everyone will tune in--and love it. After all, everyone can understand world news, no matter how simple the message, and pretend to be in formed. The …
Posted to Why Does CNN Suck?
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Hi, y'all! Natalie, I believe that's what I'd heard. Do you know different or better? Since you tend to argue in favor of this government and corporatism, as you have in the past(DU anyone?) I'm sure you'll minimize her importance to that of emptying wastebaskets. Still, if I'm wrong, tell me what she did. Unqualified? Only because he came back with news that Georgie Jr. didn't want to hear! I defy the right-wing to show us one WMD! Why? Because there were none. If one had existed, or even evidence that they had been moved to another country, FOX news would …
Posted to Why Does CNN Suck?
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Hi y'all! Rabbit! it's delightful to see you back here, my furry little friend.We've talked before, I had a different name then. i look forward to reading your future posts. I see natalie is back and we're,YET AGAIN, talking about DU. Oh dear,dear,dear. Will that silly debate never end? Have any of you heard Bill Maher's take on de nile? "As George Bush would say'denial isn't a river in Libya'" Priceless! Ta-Ta!
Posted to Why Does CNN Suck?
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Hi,y'all David in Canuckistan, I do enjoy your curiosity. Let's just say I wrote a product testimonial for DU. The significance of my name then was a mockery of those stupid, hypocritical bracelets worn by Xtians. Apparently, the Romans didn't feed enough of them to the lions, at least not the right ones. I also used to argue at length with Jack Barnes. Curiously, he has disappeared. Actually, it's not worth much curiosity. By the way, Jack Barnes a.k.a. ??????? When's the last time you posted under someone else's name and said they REPUDIATE their statements.
Posted to Why Does CNN Suck?
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Hi,y'all! texasindependent, You've finally figured out that bostonblackie and blondemike are synonomous? Tch! tch! tch! I thought it was readily apparent! You are in the web of a freeper! A resilient pest that simply won't give up no matter how many times his game is called. a person who utterly denies no matter what the circumstances of his guilt--such a loyal fascist! Sean Hannity would be proud-- and then move on to the next caller. Really, blondemike aka bostonblackie aka every other stupid name he used when he(JACK BARNES) had free reign here is inconsequential. Another political mosquito buzzing about,being a …
Posted to Reclaiming What Makes Us Human
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