Satisfied on the Saturday OPEN thread
Shot by Dan
“Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.”
Bertrand Russell
. . . and we see evidence of that right here, every day!
September 29, 2012 - 9:00 AM
Concerning the Debaye,O campaign recently said that obama, basically , is too busy(playing golf, I guess) and will have to “cut down his tendency to give long, substantive answers“. And the Final Collapse begins.
No comments yet as I type this, so my apologies if it has already been posted. It looks like the GOP may have been right about voter registration problems in Florida:
http://mobile.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2012/09/28/voter-registration-problems-widening-in-florida
Sorry about the mobile link. Here’s a snip:
“What appeared to be an isolated problem in one Florida county has now spread statewide, with election officials in at least seven counties informing prosecutors or state election officials about questionable voter registration forms filled out on behalf of the Republican Party of Florida.”
Benjamin Netanyahu the other day said all the things our pathetic president should have said. I hope to God we get a REAL president in a few months. And a real man.
0bama has become so feminized and wussified, it’s ridiculous. He was clucking around with those crones on The View like he was one of them, yet he has no time to meet with our greatest ally in the Middle East. And now that his foreign policy impotence has been exposed by the killing of our ambassador followed by the cover-up, 0bama has become a dangerous liability. Bebe is the voice of reason. OF COURSE Iran needs to be de-nuked. Remember 0bama said they were a little country that couldn’t do any harm. Naive. Incompetent. Weak, Appeasing.
God, how we all wish we had GWB back.
#2 dobbs, I keep asked the Repubs why they haven’t looked into absentee fraud — but no answers.
In fact, as more and more evidence of voter supression by right wingers emerges, they have less and less to say.
Not metro (or the Roanoke Metro, any way) but close to my (small “l”) social libertarian soul:
http://tinyurl.com/9cg74nu
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Stop-frisk bill could bankrupt city: Vallone
By MICHAEL GARTLAND
Last Updated: 4:18 AM, September 23, 2012
Posted: 12:10 AM, September 23, 2012
Lawsuits against the NYPD could cost the city more than $1 billion annually if a bill against the department’s stop-and-frisk policy continues to sail through the City Council, according to one lawmaker.
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The city already spends millions in legal fees for lawsuits against the Police Department. In 2009 alone, it paid $117 million in taxpayer money to settle suits against cops.
And Vallone said his $1 billion projection is probably selling the bill short.
“That’s a very conservative estimate,” he said.
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Once again:
http://tinyurl.com/9r4evwg
After 15 years on death row, freedom
By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 11:55 AM EDT, Sat September 29, 2012
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Thibodeaux, who was convicted after falsely confessing to having raped and murdered his 14-year-old step-cousin, said he hopes law enforcement will learn from his case.
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Asked what might have led Thibodeaux to confess, Scheck said, “That is something that we’re studying and is part of the lessons to be learned here. That’s not one of the things that I think is probably appropriate for us to discuss at the moment.”
The case points to the need for police to videotape interrogations, according to Scheck. Had that been done in this case, “we wouldn’t be sitting here today,” Scheck said. “It’s a simple thing to do and it’s sweeping the country.”
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Good read: http://tinyurl.com/ck5dr9f
Save Benghazi
How the citizens of Benghazi are pushing back against the killers of a U.S. diplomat many considered their friend.
BY CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN | SEPTEMBER 29, 2012
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The narrative from Washington briefings paints this eastern Libyan port city as a den of jihadists, but the reality on the ground is very different. There is real sorrow at the death of Stevens, who had made the city his second home. “People feel responsible. He was so good, he was so interested in what civil society was doing,” said Hana Al Galal, a prominent civil rights activist, who had been due to meet Stevens the day after he died.
She, like many others, fears that the triumph of last year’s Arab Spring revolution in throwing off the dictatorship of Muammar Qaddafi may be eclipsed by militants ushering in a new one. “Everybody is rallying against extremists, against all brigades,” she told me. “We are not going to go from darkness to darkness.”
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After the attack on Stevens, Ansar’s adherents braced themselves for retaliation, deploying anti-aircraft guns deployed against fearfully anticipated U.S. drone strikes. But they had no answer to the thousands of protestors who marched down a narrow street to the front of the militia’s main compound. The militiamen fired a volley of shots over the heads of the protestors, then fled. In minutes, their compound was ablaze, inspiring scenes at once triumphant and farcical.
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http://tinyurl.com/9s4fjh9
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“2016″ grew out of conservative provocateur Dinesh D’Souza’s 2010 Forbes article, “How Obama Thinks,” which posited that dreams from the president’s Kenyan absentee father motivate everything Obama Jr. does.
“It may seem incredible,” D’Souza wrote, “to suggest that the anticolonial ideology of Barack Obama Sr. is espoused by his son, the President of the United States.”
True enough: That theory wasn’t remotely credible when D’Souza advanced it in Forbes, and it’s even more ludicrous on the silver screen…..
The whole cinematic mess is the mirror image of Left-wing fascination with Skull and Bones, Haliburton and George W. Bush’s alleged Oedipal complex as explanations for the Iraq War. At least Michael Moore’s crackpot documentaries provide a few impish laughs. In “2016,” all the yuks are unintentional.
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More on “Origins of Obama’s Ideology”
http://tinyurl.com/97hdum3
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Various commenters claim that it’s hard to explain why D’Souza advanced such a poorly supported theory, if not because of racism. I find it very easy to explain. Political pundits make weak arguments all the time. D’Souza in particular has repeatedly demonstrated that he has little understanding of the views of those opposed to him, as shown by his previous writings that I linked to above. It’s not just Obama’s views that D’Souza advances silly explanations for; it’s also those of atheists, liberals other than Obama, libertarians, anti-American Muslims, and so on. Indeed, his speculations about Obama are less ridiculous than some of his other theories. At least the claim that Obama’s views derive from his father’s has some superficial plausibility based on the fact that Obama wrote an entire book focused on his relationship to him, and was obviously fascinated by his father’s life.
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Very good read: http://tinyurl.com/9fb3oy6
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Potus v. Scotus
By GARRETT EPPS
Published: September 28, 2012
The Oct. 22, 2007, cover of Time magazine displayed a portrait of Chief Justice John Roberts above the line does the supreme court still matter? “As the dust rises and the opinions, concurrences and dissents pile up, the court turns its attention to ever smaller cases related to ever narrower points of law,” David Von Drehle lamented in the accompanying article. “The court’s ideology is playing a dwindling role in the lives of Americans.”
Less than five years later, not even the boldest contrarian would write those words. With Congress and the executive branch all but paralyzed, the Supreme Court today sits firmly in the center of American public life; its decisions crucially affect matters of race, sex, economics, political power and even national security. And in official Washington this fall, the most intriguing personality is neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney but John Glover Roberts Jr.
Roberts cemented his central position last June when, in a stunning separate opinion, he broke with his four conservative allies to affirm — even though on narrow grounds — the constitutionality of President Obama’s health care program. The decision left conservatives fuming, liberals grateful, and everyone confused.
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EVENT: Amy Goodman of Democracy Now at Virginia Tech. FREE admission.
Monday, October 1 at 7:00 pm – McBryde Hall, 225 Stanger St. Blacksburg, VA
For 15 years, Amy Goodman, host and producer of Democracy Now, has been presenting the news in an honest, independent fashion. Her award-winning daily program is now broadcast on 1,100 stations. (But not on WVTF public radio in Roanoke, a service of Virginia Tech… hmm.)
Why Is Independent So Important?
By 1980, the number of major media companies had dwindled from perhaps 1,000 to 50. Today, that number has shrunk to just 6 giant conglomerates. And they own almost every bit of United States major media, including television, radio, newspapers, magazines and film.
The problem is that the major stockholders, typically billionaires, select the boards of directors of these mega-corporations, who in turn set the management that chooses your news – and how it’s presented. Obviously, the slant is in favor of policies that benefit the very wealthy. This is why today’s main stream news outlets are little more than the public relations arm of the military-industrial complex. The same people own it all.
Why Democracy Now Should Be on WVTF Radio
● Democracy Now is the #1 independent news program.
● Democracy Now does not accept advertising or corporate underwriting.
● Democracy Now is funded by listeners, viewers, and foundations.
● Time Magazine called the show its “Pick of the podcasts!”
● Amy Goodman has been named one of the top 20 media figures.
● Roanoke area is one of the few U.S. metros without the program.
● Like I.F. Stone and Edward R Murrow, it’s “journalism at its best.”
● Bill Moyers: Learn more in a week than a year of Sunday talk shows.
National Public Radio stations are mandated to have some programming outside of the mainstream media, yet a four year citizen campaign to persuade WVTF (a service of Virginia Tech) to air the show has been repeatedly rejected by General Manager, Glenn Gleixner.
According to Brent Riley, one of the people protesting at WVTF, Gleixner maintains “‘public radio is a misnomer… my job is like a CEO…” and it’s “not in the interest of listeners.” Huh?
Dissatisfied with his dictatorial command at WVTF, which proudly calls itself “your public radio station,” citizens then pressured him to set up an independent Advisory Council. In response, he crafted a “Friends Council” that has zero authoritative input on programming… Enough already!
Hope to see you at Virginia Tech on Monday! It’s guaranteed to be a pleasant night out for anyone that thinks for themselves.
PS: You can watch or listen to their newscasts at: http://www.democracynow.org
And on cue, Jeff Doto proves the axiom.
Oh Lord yes…
We certainly do need more men like the Dub…
We havent forgotten ..none of us..how he changed the world.
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushresume.htm
Re: Dave Hicks post on Thibodeaux and the false confession that landed him on death row –
One of the convicted murderers I helped free from prison (life sentence) gave a false confession to some Leon County Sheriff’s deputies in Fla., where he was picked up on a Maryland murder warrant. His name was Bernie Ward. It was taped. And while I didn’t hear the tape, I read a transcript of it.
The Anne Arundel County cops had given the Leon County deputies a few (but not many) facts of the murder. One of the facts they did NOT given Leon County was the town in AA County where the dead (stabbed) guy was found. That town was Glen Burnie. Now, the AA County cops headquarters is in Millerville, which is down the road about 6-7 miles, I reckon. And that led the Leon County sheriff’s deputies to belive the murder had occurred in Millersville.
Guess which town Bernie Ward confessed to being with the murder victim in (with a second guy, who Bernie said did the dirty deed)?
You got it. Millersville. He said the crime had happened in Millersville. This, and many other absolutely incorrect details, such as the color of the victim’s car, the fact that it was set on fire after his disappearance, and all kinds of other things were absent from the so-called “confession” and totally glossed over by the prosecution in that case. It was a travesty justice.
An interesting article about Rep. Ryan.
http://www.nationalmemo.com/how-paul-ryans-disgrace-could-break-the-deadlock-in-washington-d-c/
Finally, evidence of massive voter fraud. Oh, look! It’s by the Republicans!
3. Suzie- you are out there. Netenyahu put up a Rocky and Bullwinkle bomb chart drawing a line at 90%. He never explained 90% of what, he just said that should be the red line. Senator Lugar says today that Obama is doing exactly what needs to be done. Suzie – You try so hard repeating the Rush disinformation, it must really gaul you that it is complete BS.
, it must really gaul you that it is complete BS.
What does France have to do with anything, Richard? (Ten bucks says he doesn’t get it).
There is voter suppression/fraud happening right here in Roanoke. Registered Dems are receiving absentee ballot registrations from the Republican Party of VA that are to be completed and mailed back to the Republican Party of VA. WTF? Also, people are reporting that they are receiving calls from the Republican Party saying they aren’t registered to vote, the calls are going to Dems in the area. Beware!
It’s really hard to keep up with the LWers’ narrative about Ryan. First, they said he was a liability. Now they’re not saying anything. It’s because he’s pretty much unassailable.
“…he’s pretty much unassailable.”
God bless half of America!
Virginia man kills family, self out of fear that Obama would be re-elected.
“a family friend identified as “Maggie L.””
How convenient. I’ll bet he had another family friend named “Karl R.”
Unassailable…? What planet is your favorite?
Ryan had his own issues with the tax dodge.
He tried to clean it up when he thought he may be going mainstream.
He “forgot” to claim 64,000 dollars in his 2010 taxes..made it up in 2011..
Quite an oversight. His income was 300k..that like saying you forgot where
2 months of your income came from.
It came from his wifes family…a trust from her mom.
Her grandad was an Oklahoma politician…ran on supporting George Wallace
and carrying the segration torch.
Unassailable indeed.
“Suzie says:
It’s really hard to keep up with the LWers’ narrative about Ryan. First, they said he was a liability. Now they’re not saying anything. It’s because he’s pretty much unassailable.
Posted on September 29th, 2012″
That’s really hard for you to keep up with? Really?
Actually, no one on the left or right is talking much about Ryan anymore. It’s because he’s pretty much milquetoast.
Sad story Dan but not very surprising. As we see here on this blog, a good chunk of the really virulent Obama haters are mentally unbalanced. I’m curious to see how they respond when Obama is re elected. Guns and mental illness are a bad combination.
why dont you tell the entire story danny, he was a sick man. So he though the worst would happen and did a stupid thing..you are about as sick as he was to even brinb that up…dont have respect for people with mental illnesses and making fun of them for political whatever, you’re a cruel man and I absolutely have no respect for you
THE WORD SHOULD BE SPELLED….’BRING….for spelling police out there that have nothing better to do
God Bless 1/2 of America…Thats Great, Art…What an Evil thing to say.
“It’s really hard to keep up with the LWers’ narrative about Ryan. First, they said he was a liability. Now they’re not saying anything. It’s because he’s pretty much unassailable.”
Nobody needs to assail the guy. He’s doing a splendid job all by himself, demonstrating why he shouldn’t be VP.
For goodness sake’s pammala all I did was provide a 100 percent factual headline and a link to the story, in a COMMENT. Anybody who wants to can quick on the link for the whole story.
#28,
Is “BRING” the only error you could find, pammy?
Yes, Pammala, the man was mentally ill. Providing a link to a factual story is not making light of mental illness.
Suzie@10:56 PM
Oh I doubt if Richard is bothered much by your comment. He’s not the one whose personality is divided into three parts. (Wonder if she even gets that?)
When I see the many anti-Romney threads here, the only conclusion that can be drawns is the the leftwingers are consumed with their hatred of Romney. It has nothing to do with issues. It’s just plan raw hatred.
I actually LOVE Romney, Suzie! He’s a living illustration of almost everything that’s wrong with the Republican Party today. His (I mean, the TP’s) pick of Ryan as a running mate just illustrated the rest of the problems. His candidacy may very well be a watershed moment for the GOP. After this election, my old party may finally return to me.
#36..And what are those problems, White ? The left is the party of all things evil…Homosexuality, obviously loved by Satan…Abortion…Satan loves seeing the innocent die…The left and its ilk trying to take GOD out of everything …Satan is dancing and cavorting with this one…Its your choice…Which side will YOU choose ?
“What an Evil thing to say.”
I agree. Romney shouldn’t have said it.
#18: “(it must really gaul you)…What does France have to do with anything?”
There’s a secretly told story
about poster number eighteen,
with details that would make anyone appalled.
It involves, yes-Paul Ryan,
a Frenchman, a spoon, ten euros,
and what one can only call “being De-gaulled”.
That means we’re not surprised
that the poster would’ve missed
the real meaning of “gaul” between the lines.
Given the poster’s history,
And odd fetish for Sandra Dee,
even Michelle Bachmann could see the signs.
So when reading that poster’s posts,
common sense would advise:
do so in a room well lit and spacious.
Because as a “conservative”
of the knee jerk Roy Cohn type,
you’d be right to call the poster’s urges fallacious!
Jeff – Not afraid of your boogeyman. Neither of them.
#28 If you’re going to correct your typos and mistakes, you should at least do a thorough job, pammie.
#37 Gues I’ll have to go with “Satan,” Dolto.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX8jo8wIIaU
18. Suzie, I deeply apologize to any Frenchmen or women offended by comparison to you. The fact that you effuse bitter bile remains true no matter. Please send the $10 to Dan as a contribution to his favorite charity.
Oh yes, and thank you for correcting my mistake.
Why are the Democrats ignoring Ryan? Eh, Ryan who?
Satan? Oh, you mean the demon in the Bible which likely has it’s origins as a derivative of the word, “shaitan”? (you should check out the etymology of a lot of the names for evil and demons in the Bible) The same scapegoat whom God has given free reign to inflict pain and suffering upon the human race? God’s gambling buddy (remember Job)? The same demon who was allowed to corrupt humanity so completely that God had to wipe His creation of it but for Noah and his family? The same evil force who is prophesied to pull it off again before we’re given our paradise on earth?
Tell me, why is that God can’t seem to get rid of this ever-present thorn in His side? Seems like a little of that omnipotence would come in handy with His little problem. And just who created that devil again?
Please… stick to random caps lock rage while spouting whatever talking points you’re shilling for the week. I wouldn’t want to fry your mind with revelations for which you’re obviously not prepared.
The above is directed to Mr. Doto, of course.
43. Interestingly, the phrase – you have a lot of “gall or Gaul” has two totally different meanings and only gall applies to Suzie as I meant it. The phrase “You have a lot of Gaul” comes from Julius Caesar’s initial defeat by the Gauls and his abhorrence of them while recognizing their courage and ferocious fighting spirit. He hated them so much that he returned to destroy them.
The second phrase of which I meant to use is “you have a lot of gall” which means you are filled with a bitter and foul smelling essence. Thank you again, Suzie, for the correction.
#43 Dan, please let us know when suzie sends that $10. Seeing as Richard and everybody else gets suzie’s cutesy little reference.
Suzie:
“Benjamin Netanyahu the other day said all the things our pathetic president should have said. I hope to God we get a REAL president in a few months. And a real man.”
Me too. Starting with ol’ Netanyahu! I’d like a president that will cut that aid to Israel. Ron Paul was the only candidate brave enough to voice such a sensible recommendation.