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| trobrianders |
Posted - 04/29/2009 : 03:59:07
A place to talk about day to day issues affecting Obama's presidency.
Like today for example, 100 days in, comes the news of Arlen Spector's defection. Are the pundits right? Will the combination of a Democratic White House, a Democratic House and a possible 60 seat philibuster proof Senate majority give Obama all the power he needs to get what he wants done? Is that a good thing? More liberals in the judiciary, for example, has got to be a good thing, right?
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| BLT |
Posted - 09/29/2013 : 14:37:01
Chalk one up for the conspiracy theorists:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/us/nsa-examines-social-networks-of-us-citizens.html?smid=pl-share |
| trobrianders |
Posted - 09/07/2013 : 04:04:33
The plot thickens
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| pot |
Posted - 09/04/2013 : 07:26:25
lol I think the US and the UK lost all credibility it had years ago..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23962304
quote:
Jordanian PM Abdullah Ensour: "It would be a very exact hit to the chemical weapons, and not hurt the civilians"
Oh sure, because announcing you might be intending to bomb a weapons site days/weeks before you actually go ahead and do it totally makes sense from a strategic point of view.
They are going to have to be precise, and they are going to need some serious explosives to burn off all the chemicals, and they are gong to need to be sure that the enemy hasn't scattered the chemical weapons around such that if there was a strike most of it wouldn't get burned off and instead released into the air.
It's ok, no need to worry, the US military know how to handle this situation. |
| trobrianders |
Posted - 09/04/2013 : 04:08:41
quote:
Originally posted by danjersey
As far as Syria goes, who should or shan't assert a moral authority? Oh morality authority, you old chestnut .
Yes that's a conundrum for those that construct it.
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| pot |
Posted - 09/03/2013 : 20:15:21
You mean Patrick?
Obama's argument here seems to be that if they don't 'stage' some form of military intervention, ie. blow some carefully calculated targets up and hope to fuck they don't kill or maim too many civilians, or cause a massive humanitarian disaster that would make Bhopal look like a bad fart, that this will give all tyrannical regimes the green light to just go around attacking their civilians with impunity, much like Israel for instance.
Of course there is the counter argument, on the other hand, if this was instead the work of terrorists trying to stir shit up more and start a war, it plays right into their hands and almost encourages them to keep doing it, so as to eventually throw the entire world into a holy war. It wont be America's fault if that ever happens though.
Not so smart now Rambozo. |
| danjersey |
Posted - 09/03/2013 : 19:54:06
guess not. thought he made some comment on hitler swaye Trump and travolta |
| danjersey |
Posted - 09/03/2013 : 19:42:31
Oh shit, Darwin's in the house |
| pot |
Posted - 09/03/2013 : 19:40:33
quote:
Originally posted by danjersey
yes, quite right pot. Moral authority! Are the Scott's in?
Don't know, ask Donald Trump. He knows what's best for us. |
| darwin |
Posted - 09/03/2013 : 19:38:14
This is from the guy that said, "internal law"? |
| danjersey |
Posted - 09/03/2013 : 19:37:22
yes, quite right pot. Moral authority! Are the Scott's in?
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| pot |
Posted - 09/03/2013 : 19:26:14
Don't you mean mortality authority? |
| danjersey |
Posted - 09/03/2013 : 19:14:46
As far as Syria goes, who should or shan't assert a moral authority? Oh morality authority, you old chestnut . |
| danjersey |
Posted - 09/02/2013 : 22:05:25
It's funny looking back. Life has grown pretty sweet |
| pot |
Posted - 09/02/2013 : 15:03:16
I listened to a talk show on BBC radio 5 the other night, some American pundit trying to defend Vietnam by stating that napalm is not actually illegal under internal law, or defined as a weapon.
I'm intrigued by the silence from Bush and Blair on this situation.
Everyone else 'currently in power' evidently doesn't have a clue what the fuck to do right now.
Oh dear, it looks like we were wrong after all. Not acting makes us look weak. Better stage some form of military action, or else we might lose the next election.
I think this was terrorists who done this, the same ones that the west supported several months ago. It could be anybody, with any motive. yet somehow the US magically has evidence it was the Syrian government. |
| trobrianders |
Posted - 09/02/2013 : 07:48:25
Stroke of genius handing the Syria question to Congress, forcing the people to take ownership of the chemical weapons ban. He's super smart.
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| danjersey |
Posted - 10/16/2009 : 19:58:00
if your looking for cheap air fare to LA
please see the "ask floop a question" thread
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| darwin |
Posted - 10/16/2009 : 12:26:38
Who are you and do you have something informative to say?
PS If you had your money the stock market during the past 8 months, you wouldn't be worried about the price. |
| jackruby |
Posted - 10/16/2009 : 08:57:29
How much are tickets to la-la land these days, Darwin? |
| hammerhands |
Posted - 10/11/2009 : 10:18:51
I've had a couple of days to think about this,
that headline may be one of the more profoundly
amusing ever written. |
| hammerhands |
Posted - 10/11/2009 : 04:44:11
A headline yesterday said something like
"Conservatives Say Nobel Shows Bias". |
| trobrianders |
Posted - 10/11/2009 : 01:15:47
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mOEU87SBTU
Cynic you.
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| danjersey |
Posted - 10/09/2009 : 18:21:06
glad to hear ya |
| trobrianders |
Posted - 10/09/2009 : 18:14:29
As easy to think of it less as ringing endorsement of the current president and more like howling contempt for the last one.
Or not. Hard now to think of Obama's presidency without your sarcasm in residency.
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| danjersey |
Posted - 10/09/2009 : 17:36:18
I'm so happy for the President
What else can we give him? I've got... let me check here... well, my pockets are in a deep financial recovery recession that is currently less severe than originally expected
so...
i'll look around
Edit;
trobrianders, what happened to your post?
I'll gladly leave this topic for an honest post today.
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| coastline |
Posted - 10/01/2009 : 07:10:14
quote:
Originally posted by coastline
When exactly DID we stop respecting the presidency? Does it go back to Clinton? Nixon? Farther?
 Please pardon me, for these my wrongs.
Thomas Friedman of The New York Times was kind enough to address my question in today's paper: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/opinion/30friedman.html?em
Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
| danjersey |
Posted - 09/26/2009 : 20:29:55
darwin, your politics contradict your appetite
quote:
Originally posted by darwin
Why is cannibalism so beyond reason? Meat is meat. It's not unusual.
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| darwin |
Posted - 09/26/2009 : 04:10:10
quote:
Originally posted by danjersey
quote:
Originally posted by darwin
Basically, a lot of idiots "want the nigger dead". How could they ever respect a nigger?
Your point? |
| danjersey |
Posted - 09/25/2009 : 22:09:14
quote:
Originally posted by darwin
Basically, a lot of idiots "want the nigger dead". How could they ever respect a nigger?
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| darwin |
Posted - 09/25/2009 : 17:52:38
quote:
Originally posted by danjersey
I'm not suggesting that we deny that racism exists, I am however demanding that it not be used as a shield to protect the Obama Administration's policies.
Colbert with the rebuttal.
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/250386/september-24-2009/the-word---blackwashing |
| trobrianders |
Posted - 09/18/2009 : 08:37:21
Phut... pht... pt... 
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| BLT |
Posted - 09/18/2009 : 07:21:43
quote:
Originally posted by Jose Jones
if Obama was 100% black, i'd be pissed. but he's only half black, so i'm just a little peeved.
I'm still waiting for the Thai folks to rise up and take pride in Tiger Woods. |
| Jose Jones |
Posted - 09/18/2009 : 06:42:17
if Obama was 100% black, i'd be pissed. but he's only half black, so i'm just a little peeved.
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they were the heroes of old, men of renown. |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 09/18/2009 : 00:58:36
The Administration isn't using the term at all. Carter was quoted out of context, and made a valid point, although I think it was ill judged. |
| darwin |
Posted - 09/17/2009 : 19:05:35
And the Republicans can start criticizing Obama's proposed policies rather than repeatedly making racist attacks on him. Or at least the mainstream Republicans can publicly renounce the racist campaign against Obama that has been going on for the past 6 or so months. |
| danjersey |
Posted - 09/17/2009 : 18:09:42
quote:
Originally posted by darwin
Yes, I must check myself and my obsession with people not being prejudged because of their race.
Great!
quote:
Originally posted by darwin
I'll try to follow your prescription that racism won't exist if we deny its existence.
I'm not suggesting that we deny that racism exists, I am however demanding that it not be used as a shield to protect the Obama Administration's policies.
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