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• Talk about negativity - Kaydie
  • I think this was in bad taste, but... - sm
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You are right. I did apply a double standard to a point.  Everybody has a past.  We've all done things we're ashamed of.  My beef  was with how he made it all seem like a joke, but again you are right.

I apologize...

What you said and every other bad thing in the world.  Bad Bad BAD Democrats. 

Bush won't send any of his kids to die for his war.  Only other people's kids.  BTW, LoL at margarita bimbos.   

Speaking of margaritas, people convicted of felonies (such as DUI) aren't allowed to vote in the United States. 

But they're allowed to be political candidates and sometimes they become President and Vice President.  (Bush: Arrested for DUI and again for possession of cocaine.  Cheney:  Arrested twice for DUI).

The loophole is they probably weren't technically convicted.  They would have been if they were everyday normal people and not privileged and rich, but how ironic is that?  :-(

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I actually believe troops in the field get even less info.  If you look at it logically, how many satellite links do you think the US wants in enemy territory?  If they did have internet it would almost have to be via satellite as most infrastructure in the region is now wiped out, and a satellite link can be traced, allowing the enemy to pinpoint positions.  Hopefully our military is smarter than that. 

Also, I have watched several documentaries/commentaries/videos of people involved in the torture of Iraqi and Afghan prisoners.  In every case that I've heard of the people dishing out the torture (our guys) were following orders.  When this came out it was all over every news station and the internet, and yet in not one interview did any of these people say anything about seeing any controversy or publicity about it in any form.  They talked about how they personally had problems with it and what they were told to do, but that seems to be the extent of information they drew on.  What's remarkable about this is that this was not exclusive to Afghanistan or Iraq.  There was the same thing happening at Gitmo, supposedly a secure location.

Dear Amanda: 

Your attempts should be applauded, but just take a look at the thread above yours here (about renaming the White House) and really, truly SEE your audience.

Wearing the cloak of "Christianity," they talk about only there being only one perfect man, and he was killed, yet they stir the pot of hatred and lies in a frenzy, leading me to believe  they wouldn't mind at all if another death takes place. 

They take something as benign and American as two parents getting a puppy for their children and try to turn it into something sinister.

Their lives will probably drastically improve under President Obama, but they'll be too full of hate to ever even know it.

You made a valiant attempt, but President Obama will never have a chance with these people, but that's okay.  The good news is that the majority of Americans aren't like this, and they are the ones who voted for someone who may  likely go down in history as one of the best Presidents ever -- if he's given the chance and allowed to live long enough to do so.

it is scary.  I wonder how many transcription companies will close their doors within the next year.  The top 3 transcription companies may be all that are left before long.

If you had really listened closely to Prez Obama's speech earlier, he clearly stated the government is willing to give them a boost up in order to stabilize them and give them a chance to revamp their manufacturing in order to be competative with the global car manufacturers.  I am so glad to hear that one of the plants that will be shut down is Hummer.  We don't need gas guzzlers like that on the road.  They serve no purpose other than to satisfy the egomaniacs who need a huge obnoxious vehicle in order for them to feel superior.  We are not all going to be driving Smart cars.  For pete's sake, be realistic.  There is a solid purpose to keep manufacturing trucks and SUVs, and they can be made more energy efficient.  We desperately need a new mindset in this country, one that insists on less consumption, more cost effectiveness with an eye to achieving freedom from foreign oil.  In other words, we need to adapt a new attitude of learning to live without all the disgusting excess that goes on in this country.  People need to wake up and reprioritize what is really important, which is not more, more, more.  We can be the leaders in the world and set an example to everyone else that our values are more important than the trappings that we have prostituted ourselves for decades.  This is not a bad thing!

"'The truth is that the president is just doing with GM what we, the people elected him to do: manage America’s decline and do it gently, painlessly, without seeming to abandon the old tropes of American Greatness."

They have very short memories I reckon.  They forgot that Bush spent one-third of his presidency at his "ranch".  I guess it was free for him to do all that flying back and forth.  And then there was the 40 million dollars he spent on his SECOND inagural party, just two months after the devastating tsunami that hit Indonesia.  Imagine how far even HALF of that 40 million dollars could have gone toward that effort!!

Yep, a desparate bunch grasping at some pretty flimsy straws!!

There is just no getting through to these narrow-minded people.  They don't want to give him a chance, because their tiny brains have been filled with the BS that has been fed to them by the publicity-seeking egomaniacs that they worship (Lamebaugh, Coultergeist, Beck who I think is a closet Nazi, O'Reilly).  Dittoheads -- what a great name for them -- they are incapable of having an original thought of their own.  One poster on here has the nerve to say "he has had his chance".  Give me a break -- that shows nothing but ignorance.  The man has been in office less than 3 months!! 

You cannot have a reasonable conversation with these types of people.  Thank you for trying, though.  You had to know you would get flamed on this one, just as I'm sure I will.  C'est LA vie.

It *seems* to her the veteran showed disrespect to the flag, but I doubt she can come up with a concrete alternative way for him to have removed that flag, managed it single-handed, while being able to defend himself. 

I think when our embassies have been under attack, the folks who took down those flags were probably in as much of a hurry, and I doubt they did anything differently. 

Good analogy, by the way, about the grandfather.  First you protect the kid, then you dust him off and see whether he's hurt. 

As to stomping on the Mexican flag, no, I would not have.  The store owners may have flown the two flags as they did out of ignorance, not to show deliberate disrespect.  They may not have bothered to familiarize themselves with the law.  They may not even speak English, but have now received a valuable lesson, which I hope someone will explain to them.  If they are wise, they will learn from it.  If not, they will get together several hundred of their closest friends, petition Obama, march, riot, demand ''equality'' now, and be a general pain in the patootie.  I would love to see the followup on this....