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Reply to Are Members of Congress guilty of TREASON? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Nothing in that list is a "treasonist" act. If it is proven that Bush lied to Congress (and there is indeed proof), that is a treasonist act. Disclosing classified information (exposing Valerie Plame's identity) is a treasonist act. If it is found that Bush's spying on the American public is legal, whoever released that information to the press committed a treasonist act. If, however, it turns out that the spying is illegal, whoever leaked that informa

Reply to GOP Rotten to the Core in Politics JoeUser Forums

Interesting how the republican sheep aren't bothered at all by this scandal and resort to the old, worn out response, "Well, under Clinton blah, blah, blah..." It's really pathetic. There was no lobbying scandal under Clinton. The big "scandal" was for loans and while some of it was probably unethical, there was nothing illegal about it. It wasn't about individuals buying influence. What makes the Abramoff scandal so serious is how severely i

Reply to Values Displaced in Politics JoeUser Forums

Raising the standard of living of the poor cannot be done without reducing the ridiculously high standards of the very wealthy to make room for a wider middle class. During the 90s, the rich got richer, the middle class got richer, and the poor got richer. We were entering the "global economy" and with agreements such as NAFTA, many manufacturin

Neocons Can't Handle The Truth! in Politics JoeUser Forums

I've been posting some counter arguments to some of the mindless neocon liberal bashing posts on this site and it seems that one of the neocons here can't handle it. He locked me out from posting on his blog! What's the matter? Can't handle the truth!

Reply to Bumper Sticker Rhetoric in Politics JoeUser Forums

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Reply to Why Does MSM Oversensationalize Deaths? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

The death count in Iraq is nearing 2200. That's right around 1.5% of the number of troops we sent over there. And yet, the media makes it sound as if our troops are being slaughtered by a massive insurgency. Well, if you don't care about troupes, that's your prerogative, but most of us don't view their deaths as a trivial event. There should be a

Reply to An Interesting set of numbers in Current Events JoeUser Forums

First of all, that data only looks at three months. You can't determine a trend from three months of data. While the data you presented is pretty meaningless, it is true that the number of attacks is down, but those numbers are really just for republican talking heads. The important numbers are the number of casualties, not the number of attacks. The insurgents have gotten more sophisticated and are becoming more efficient in their attacks, an

Reply to Republican Fights Big Brother in Politics JoeUser Forums

This is a little unusual -- for a republican to be against privatization of a government task. Guess the corporation that won the contract didn't donate enough to the GOP! He's right, though, that this activity should be halted. Private companies should not be in the business of law enforcement.

Reply to The Little Red Book that Couldn't in Politics JoeUser Forums

Man, you are really grasping at straws here. I'd be willing to be that 99.9% of the public never even heard of this story. About the same percentage couldn't care less what Ted Kennedy has to say. He's in the fringe of the democratic party and is completely irrelevant, except to the right wingers who spend every free minute trying to uncover some little piece of dirt about a democrat.

Reply to Why I DON'T Politically Oppose Abortion in Politics JoeUser Forums

The anti-abortion argument at it's core is a religious moral value and the government should not be legislating religious morality. While abortion is never a good thing, forcing a woman to have a child she doesn't want, can't care for, or that endangers her health is even worse. The moral consideration ultimately must come from the pregnant woman and her husband, if she has one.

Reply to Who's More Sheepish? The Left or the Right? in Politics JoeUser Forums

See, right wingers tend to analyze and investigate the facts, not just rely on headlines or sound bites to gather their information. And, rightly or wrongly, they make their decisions based on the results of their analysis. Harriet Myers is just such a case in point. Right wingers arguments usually cons

Reply to BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY DESTROYED BY FLOOD in Politics JoeUser Forums

This is a comment by Yoshi Tsurumi, one of Bush's former Harvard Business School professors: "I don't remember all the students in detail unless I'm prompted by something," Tsurumi said in a telephone interview Wednesday. "But I always remember two types of students. One is the very excellent student, the type as a profe

Reply to Sorros blames Kerry for Bushs win in Politics JoeUser Forums

I'd say it's true that Kerry was a flawed candidate. As bad a job as Bush was doing, a tree stump should have been able to beat him (it probably could have beat him in a debate). Kerry was a flawed candidate. He took too long to fight back against the Swift Boat ads. Even though Bush flip-flopped on as many issues, Kerry became known as the flip-flopper by the people who were too lazy to actually look at the issues. Just think what Kerry could have use

Reply to New Math - MSM style in Politics JoeUser Forums

That's way wrong! Your pretzel logic only factors in the numbers for people's most favorite president. The survey consists of rankings. (most favorite, 2nd most favorite ... least favorite) Therefore, of the six presidents not listed, while only one could have a higher "most favorite president" ranking, their overall rankings were higher.

Reply to Good days for the terrorist! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

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Reply to Stars turn backs on America's troops in Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

The reason Hannity, O'reilly, Coulter, and Limbaugh haven't gone to Iraq to entertain the troops is simple: they have no talent! The only thing they know how to do is lie and insult liberals. While Bush sheep might find that kind of thing entertaining, I doubt our soldiers would.

Reply to Why Goverment Shouldn't Care. in Politics JoeUser Forums

Interesting you should use the name of God to spread hatred, and on Christmas day of all days! I think God wants us to help those who are in need.

Reply to The President, the Democrats, and the Wiretap in Politics JoeUser Forums

Your post contains the two components always found in arguments for defending Bush: 1. We need daddy Bush to protect us 2. Clinton did blah, blah, blah We have a government that was unconstitutionally put in power by the partisan hacks in the Supreme Court, a government that is run by corporations for corporations, a government that spys on it's citizens under guise of national security. So what exactly are they protecting us from? Nothing. The fact is, they're not protecting us

Reply to TWU: Scrooge in Politics JoeUser Forums

You're right. The workers signed a contract that forbids them to strike. By striking, they broke the law and caused great pain to people who use mass transportation to get to work, especially the poor and lower middle class. And what makes it so ridiculous is the reason for their strike: benefits for workers who haven't even been hired yet! (The 2 tiered benefits system)

Reply to Troop Withdrawal: A Case of Cold Feet? in Politics JoeUser Forums

There are some antiwar cohorts, and strangely together with liberal hawks, who are getting cold feet in the stream of politics calling for withdrawal. Frustration is probably a better way to describe it. People are getting fed up with the incompetence by the Bush administration in managing this war. Our

Reply to So, the drawdown comes soon, yet libs don't start crowing? in Politics JoeUser Forums

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Large demonstrations broke out across the country Friday to denounce parliamentary elections that protesters called rigged in favor of the main religious Shiite coalition. In Baghdad, unknown assailants kidnapped a Sudanese diplomat and five other men as they left prayers at a mosque, a spokesman for Suda

Reply to Barrett Report: Why are democrats so afraid? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Why is it that republicans are so obsessed with Bill Clinton? Is it envy? Is it because the president you follow blindly is so incompetent and corrupt that your only defense is to try to bring down former democratic presidents? You just can't handle the fact that under Clinton we had the longest period of economic expansion in U.S. history, the lowest unemployment rate in 30 years, the largest budget surplus in U.S. history (as apposed to the largest b

BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY DESTROYED BY FLOOD in Politics JoeUser Forums

Crawford, Texas -- A tragic flood this morning destroyed the personal library of President George W. Bush. The flood began in the presidential bathroom where the books were kept. Both of his books have been lost. A presidential spokesman said the president was devastated, as he had almost finished coloring the second one.

Reply to Wartime Powers and the 'No-Return Policy' in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

Good post. The thing is, Bush was never given the power to do what he did, so as far as him giving back that power, he has nothing to give back. He broke the law and if our system works correctly, he will be impeached.

Reply to Are Governments Responsible for Our Upkeep? in Politics JoeUser Forums

But of course, since you're a neocon, you don't have a problem with welfare for corporations and the church. Just a little hypocritical, don't you think?