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Jes sayin' by Jody May 26, 2012 6:25 pm

"Any patriot with the ability to reason knows Obama is Kenyan." by bowser 2012-05-27 17:34:33
- Bowser Bowser Bowser. by Jody 2012-05-27 19:54:26
- That's not what the Kenya issue was about. It was about Obama pretending to be something he's not. by TB 2012-05-27 18:12:25
  - Is that one of those shining things? A diversion, meaningless? by bowser 2012-05-27 23:57:03
Lame by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-27 17:02:17
- Then she isn't 'talking' about you, is she? by Jody 2012-05-27 19:01:25
  - I promise Buck that when I posted this it was not with the thought.."AHA!!!! Now I am gonna get even ... by Jody 2012-05-27 19:56:53
Confusing as hell IYAM by FrankC 2012-05-26 18:49:43
- I thought your name was Frank. by Jody 2012-05-26 19:11:19

enlightened absolutism by FrankC May 25, 2012 6:44 pm

Color me old fashioned: Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty ... by Jody 2012-05-26 21:31:56
- Which is exactly what happened under Bush-Cheney. by bowser 2012-05-26 21:41:11
  - I know you feel this way Bowser. I am sorry that it didn't turn out differently. I am saddened that ... by Jody 2012-05-27 11:12:34
Here's the deal: by TB 2012-05-26 10:37:32
- Yes, there's the rub... by FrankC 2012-05-26 17:21:31
  - Self-government by Robert 2012-05-26 18:43:07
    - It's engineering. by TB 2012-05-26 19:19:56
      - The conservative credo: "Find out what worked. Do it again." by Robert 2012-05-27 10:49:16
        
        Sorry. I thought we were talking about who is driving the train. by TB 2012-05-27 12:36:54
        
        That's policy, not the design of the government n/t by Robert 2012-05-27 16:34:24
  - It is fairly simple. by TB 2012-05-26 18:05:29
    - Doesn't seem like you read Frank's post by Robert 2012-05-26 18:50:20
      - The fundamental principles haven't changed. by TB 2012-05-26 18:59:17
        
        I agree with you on this one Tom. Enlightened/ absolutism is an oxymoron. Sure, perhaps Frank is right about Fredrick the ... by Jody 2012-05-26 21:17:02
        
        The problem is definitely succession by FrankC 2012-05-26 22:50:54
        
        I understand where you are coming from Frank...I visit the big picture occasionally and the hairs on my neck stand ... by Jody 2012-05-27 09:42:51
        
        Same with my grandsons by FrankC 2012-05-27 12:03:46
        
        As I told Robert, don't confuse political liberty with existential liberty. by TB 2012-05-27 12:50:22
        
        Oh Frank...how true...how very very true. by Jody 2012-05-27 12:27:32
        
        Liberty is as feasible in a crowded society as a sparse one. In fact, it's even more important. by TB 2012-05-27 09:38:26
        
        The definition of liberty changes in a crowded society by Robert 2012-05-27 11:08:06
        
        I meant "political liberty," of course, not the "liberty" to do whatever you want no matter what the damage. by TB 2012-05-27 11:41:56
        
        Aren't you the one who insists that everything in life is political? by Robert 2012-05-27 16:56:14
        
        Amazing. It's as if all you read was the heading. by TB 2012-05-27 17:32:33
        
        It is truly the only answer. by Jody 2012-05-27 09:46:33
Great post and topic. by bowser 2012-05-25 19:08:39
- Not to put too fine a point on it... by TB 2012-05-25 20:06:43
  - Simplistic. by bowser 2012-05-25 20:21:45

Truth can walk naked. A lie always needs to be well dressed. n/t. by Jody May 26, 2012 9:35 pm

A question about "legal, ethical and wise" drone strikes. by bowser May 25, 2012 6:51 pm

Accurate numbers on civilian casualties are difficult to come by. by TB 2012-05-26 09:14:08
- Didn't touch on my issue, TB. Would it be OK for China to use a drone to take out that activist? by bowser 2012-05-26 09:34:33
  - You're not actually thinking this through. by TB 2012-05-26 10:03:33
    - Now that's a good answer. I don't agree with the conclusion, but it's responsive. by bowser 2012-05-26 12:28:06
A corollary question. by bowser 2012-05-26 00:33:37

Romney is not as stupid as the tea partiers by BuckGalaxy May 25, 2012 4:15 pm

And he IS smarter than a potato. BTW, have you read "Prevention", or "The Happy Hooker"? by bowser 2012-05-25 18:29:52
Did you read the Time interview? by TB 2012-05-25 17:18:21

Coming to realize just how thoroughly corrupt the US government is. by bowser May 22, 2012 7:06 pm

Is there a government that's not corrupt? by RobVG 2012-05-22 20:47:06
- 64 allegations of sexual misconduct have been made against SS agents in the last 5 years. by bowser 2012-05-23 13:31:28
  - 'What', is the big deal by RobVG 2012-05-25 08:13:46
    - It's not the hooker. by bowser 2012-05-25 09:59:34
      - Gotta agree about the DoD. Good post. n/t by RobVG 2012-05-25 16:04:44

Pravda develops sudden interest in Mormon history by TB May 21, 2012 10:01 am

Yeah! It's not like the rightwing media has ever shown an interest in Obama's religious beliefs! by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-21 18:21:52
- Do you understand what "mainstream" is supposed to mean? by TB 2012-05-21 20:00:58
  - Fox is as big a CNN and MSNBC combined by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-22 01:07:11
    - There might be a reason for that. by TB 2012-05-22 08:44:59
      - So now you'll stop whining about the liberal bias of the "mainstream media"? by bowser 2012-05-22 17:19:11
Nancy Reagan's astrology ruled Ronnie - that didn't bother Republicans. by bowser 2012-05-21 12:58:11
- Jimmy Carter was a born-again Christian. by ER 2012-05-21 13:17:15
Meanwhile, over at the Völkischer Beobachter... by Robert 2012-05-21 10:20:31
Boy, you're just desperate to pick a fight, aren't you? by ER 2012-05-21 10:10:14
- Okay...that really made me laugh out loud! by Jody 2012-05-21 12:02:29
  - You've gotta laugh. by ER 2012-05-21 12:50:15

Eternally shifting sands of Obama's biography by TB May 20, 2012 9:04 am

As a liberal, by ER 2012-05-20 09:25:32
- Couldn't agree more. by bowser 2012-05-20 10:52:57
  - I couldn't agree more with both you and ER here by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-20 11:17:15
    - Nice to see everyone agreeing. by TB 2012-05-20 13:36:19
      - What we have learned by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-20 14:01:44
        
        "...a factual account of Mitt Romney committing assault and battery on a gay high school kid." by TB 2012-05-20 15:20:29
        
        Factual by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-20 15:50:09
        
        It's pitiful watching these people. by ER 2012-05-20 16:59:24
        
        Not quite. by TB 2012-05-20 20:24:13
        
        "If a Republican had pulled that “born in Kenya” thing, it would have been front page news in the Washington Post." by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-21 18:27:10
        
        It was in Obama's autobiography. by TB 2012-05-21 19:50:17
        
        Class will out by ER 2012-05-21 05:11:54
        
        Whoa. by TB 2012-05-21 09:20:01
        
        We learned it all from the Cult of Reagan. by ER 2012-05-21 09:43:53

The US defense budget. by bowser May 20, 2012 9:25 pm

Never trust a still photo by TB May 20, 2012 8:25 am

...my how times have changed. Look at what FDR was able to pull off. n/t by Jody 2012-05-20 09:12:19
They would never make it in the Pacific Northwest... n/t by RobVG 2012-05-20 09:06:02
- We get a pretty decent rainy season here in Northern California, too. by TB 2012-05-20 09:13:57
If you take a movie of someone talking normally, even eloquently, you can always find one frame which if isolated, ... by ER 2012-05-20 08:55:26
- Bias Detector by TB 2012-05-20 09:08:02
  - If I was a magazine editor, by ER 2012-05-20 09:42:10
- Drooling cretin? LOL...my new band name! by Jody 2012-05-20 09:01:39

Was Obama born in Kenya? by TB May 18, 2012 9:44 am

"Embellishments"??? You have got to be kidding me by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-18 23:21:56
- You're working at the agency. Sitting at the typewriter. Explain how you make that "mistake." by TB 2012-05-19 14:11:26
  - How do I know? Here's one possibilitiy... by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-19 16:40:45
    - Okay. by TB 2012-05-19 18:02:39
- It's going to get a lot dumber before its over. by ER 2012-05-19 04:16:23
Another theory, by TB 2012-05-18 09:56:26
- There's yet another alternative. by ER 2012-05-18 10:05:11
  - So which is worse, Obama lying about his birthplace or Romney being a high school bully? n/t by RobVG 2012-05-18 17:07:52
    - That's a good question. by ER 2012-05-19 04:57:37
      - Compared to other 'revelations' about past candidates, I think they're both mild 'blips' that will soon be forgotten. n/t by RobVG 2012-05-19 08:49:26
        
        The media will forget the Democratic "blips." Not Republican ones. by TB 2012-05-19 14:54:30
        
        Never mind that one is factual and the other not. by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-19 12:20:39
        
        Yeah, but which? by TB 2012-05-19 14:04:35
        
        You're probably right. by ER 2012-05-19 10:43:59
    - Since Obama never lied about his birthplace the answer is obvious. by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-18 23:23:54
    - You expect an objective answer to that? by TB 2012-05-18 18:29:36
      - Objectively, by ER 2012-05-19 04:25:13
        
        Okay, now that was just nuts. Seriously. by TB 2012-05-19 14:06:57
        
        You really want to see the list? by ER 2012-05-19 16:30:48
        
        Holy cats, you managed to top yourself. by TB 2012-05-19 18:10:15
        
        It was obvious and you missed it. by ER 2012-05-19 19:31:57
        
        Obvious? by TB 2012-05-19 19:47:09
        
        No, I didn't vote for Bush or Reagan. by ER 2012-05-19 20:34:16
        
        A "nation of shopkeepers." by TB 2012-05-19 21:17:15
      - He is a legend in his own mind. by Jody 2012-05-18 20:01:22
  - Obama only found out he was born in Hawaii in 2007? by TB 2012-05-18 10:07:46
    - For every particle, there is an anti-particle, of opposite spin. by ER 2012-05-18 10:25:53
      - The duck is a sign of your desperation, not mine. by TB 2012-05-18 11:38:17
        
        Desperation? by ER 2012-05-18 11:50:26
Is that what they call flip-flopping? by ER 2012-05-18 09:53:59
- Is what what they call flip-flopping? by TB 2012-05-18 09:55:00
  - You know, embellishing his family history for political purposes. by ER 2012-05-18 10:00:11
    - Is Rubio running for president this fall? I hadn't heard. by TB 2012-05-18 10:04:28
      - No, he's running for Vice President; haven't you been keeping up? by ER 2012-05-18 10:07:40

How do you view how Nixon handled the end of the Viet Nam War?n/t by Jody May 19, 2012 2:40 pm

I had no clue...I have been watching Vietnam in HD on the History Channel. I can barely watch any war ... by Jody 2012-05-19 16:57:40
I think he did a pretty good job. by ER 2012-05-19 15:55:48
- Those Republicans love wars. He dragged it out as long as he could. by bowser 2012-05-19 16:19:08

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