For the left, ordinary lower-class killers represent a failure of the social contract and demand a compassionate response from the system to reduce social inequity.

Conversely, murderers with a political agenga demand that we rethink the whole "free speech" thing...

No, there's no problem with that...

and most poor people are democrats.

so do we profile poor people...or democrats.

I don't really have an opinion. Just wondering about the correct hierarchy of bias.

you, on the other hand, are "typical".

Quantification by definition involves a numerical process...rather than an emotional reaction to whatever red meat the news editors throw out.

Political violence in the US is random. I challenge you to present any data that shows a trend or pattern WRT the political party in power, or any other metric for that matter.

reallynow won't even talk to me anymore because of all the attention "she" gets from Joan.

I've been crying my eyes out!

Screaming about politically-inspired murder in the US is like screaming about female rapists...you have a point, but you're missing the point.

"a 25% increase in the unemployment rate led to a 5% increase in the murder rate" - ok, if a mechanism of causality can be shown.

"a 25% increase in the unemployment rate led to Timothy McVeigh" - I hear that they're hiring at UC Berkeley...you should apply.

compared to the rates of "ordinary" murder, politically-motivated killings are statistically insignificant.

will the trend of "right-wing white male lunatic killer" stand up to even the most cursory numerical analysis? Don't count on it.

but sometimes the truth makes no sense.

2/300,000,000 = 0.000000006 percent

somewhat higher if you include Cheney.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/race.htm

sounds like someone who used to post here.

And how exactly did you determine that Killer X is in fact a killer?

You do seem to understand the main problem: a free society has more risk than a totalitarian one.

you're spreading yourself too thin.

god, get rid of her.

she is a gem.

It sounds like you do think that cutting senior benefits would enhance our quality of life...otherwise, what is your preference based on?

what's the problem, anyway? Isn't socialism the defining political philosophy of the left?

Would you be happier if Palin called Obama a fascist?

he would be better than this guy.

you effeminate dolt

I'll be waiting for the articles on bullfighting and formula one racing.

they became dittoheads...I wanted to be a dittohead but I just couldn't do it, even though it meant that I could have avoided all the pain of being human.

if you aren't a dittohead, then of course Rush makes no sense at all.

the Tokyo Rose of the conservative movement.

Now you're just making stuff up.

that should fix everything

Readerreader is probably not familiar with this, since he seems to be stuck in 1955.

since none of your posts have been deleted, your statements are all apparently "legal", at least here at Salon.

I demand an update.

someone once gave me this advice...it's probably not very good.

all in the defense of "freedom"...the freedom only to be stronger than something weak.

did Roeder even watch O'Reilly?

The guy who murdered Tiller will likely get life in prison.

if it was about batman.

But I think she's a good pick anyway.

have some class and stalk a movie star.

their behavior may be completely appropriate...let's not judge.

I felt oh so pretty

it's only fair

RR, I thought I had seen the last of your left-handed compliments. Anyway...Obama made a great pick.

he could have just rented a Nova special.

but "they" also want dissent, since dissent exists. Is it a conspiracy? Perhaps...if the forces of dissent prevail, we will naturally have to retroactively label this positive result a "conspiracy"...since "they" always have supreme agency.

most Americans don't want prosecution. Your side thinks most Americans are idiots. Put two and two together.

"True transparency" with the military and the CIA will divide this nation deeply. You might win, but don't expect a parade.

If Obama is completely untrustworthy (and some posters have implied as much), the sky is the limit regarding accusations. More "heat" will definitely bring out the truth and serve the public interest as well (although it should be noted that the public is incidental to this discussion, which is solely about the Constitution).

You would know that your list of organizations...so impressive looking on that flyer, stapled to the phone pole...probably has just about zero influence on anybody who isn't already a raging lefty.

If you cared AT ALL about the kind of people represented by that CNN poll...then maybe I would actually read your fuck-laced crappola.

I have a condition

Lucky me. You and your band of merry men did it all yourselves. If posts were pizzas...you'd be pretty fat.

Whatever. Have a shit fit until national politics mirror your pristine soul.

I'm just saying that we've had a wide technological advantage for a while.

brain trust for the circular firing squad

Guess what...the president listens to polls, not you.

- The black sites are much more extensive than we have been led to believe

- global "death-squad" style hit teams?

- many, many individuals were tortured to death

I don't see how using drones is any more or less ethical than nuking people from a B-52.

A national poll indicates that most Americans don't want to see an investigation of Bush administration officials who authorized harsh interrogation techniques on suspected terrorists, even though most people think such procedures were forms of torture.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/06/bush.torture/