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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Jelperman
Published Letters: 92
William of Ockham’s famous razor has corroded from its lack of use by the media who, as Orwell said (paraphrasing), have to go to great lengths to see what is plain as day right in front of them. A perfect example is all the contortions the media whores go through to explain why Nancy Pelosi decided to back the telecom amnesty bill. For those who really want to know, here you go (as usual, the boldface is my doing):
SF GATE (June 26, 2004)
Pelosi, who is married to investor Paul Pelosi, has amassed a large portfolio of jointly owned real estate, including three properties in the Napa Valley. They sold an 8-acre vineyard on Skellenger Lane in Rutherford last year for $1 million to $5 million, according to her disclosure form.Paul Pelosi’s holdings include a four-story commercial building on Belden Place in San Francisco, a retail and office building on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in San Anselmo and an ownership stake in the Auberge du Soleil resort in Napa Valley valued at $1 million to $5 million. He also has millions of dollars of shares in publicly traded companies such as Microsoft, Amazon. com and AT&T.<,blockquote>
An ethical government official would recuse herself from any votes (or haggling for votes) that have to do with their own financial holdings. But as you can see…
Pick several of the Democratic war whores and make an example of them. Primary their sorry asses. If that means a Republitard wins the district, so be it -they were going to vote the same anyway.
You'll notice that members of Congress won't dare to cross the Gun Lobby and the Israel Lobby. Why? Because those groups won't hesitate to drop a ton of bricks on anyone who rubs them the wrong way.
Until people who oppose the police state and the Iraq War do likewise, the New Republic-ANs are what you're going to get.
I don't mean to appear dumb or defensive for Obama's position (and I agree with everything Glenn's been saying), but is there any chance that the parts of the FISA bill that violate the 4th amendment can be struck down at a later time by the courts?I'm just curious. I mean if the Dems were somehow able to succeed in getting the telecom immunity removed, and then depended on SCOTUS to knock down the unconstitutional parts, we would effectively win.
-- ArthGuinness
Overturned by THIS court? About the same chance as you have for winning the Powerball.
The Dems sold us out and Olbermann is doing his Sgt Schultz impression ("I see nossing -NOSSING!") because he wants Obama to win. GG has it right: When Bush advocated this bill it was fascism. When Obama votes for it, it's OK. I say that's horse shit.
Isn't Olbermann on thin ice by basing his argument on the Appeal to Authority fallacy? Especially when that legal authority (John Dean) was disbarred?
http://daltonator.net/durandal/blog/?p=130
Like any schoolyard bully, the Republitards can spot an easy mark and will be back for the Democrats’ lunch money again and again until they learn to fight back.
It’s analogous to football, when a receiver chickens out and drops a pass because he’s afraid of getting hit. What does this do? It encourages defenders to hit him that much harder next time, since they know now that he is a coward and afraid of taking a hit. Also, no defensive player wants to be shown up by a known coward, so they make sure that if nothing else, they beat on the guy with “alligator arms”.
The Senate postponed the vote for Helms' funeral. In other words, a dead Jesse Helms did more to stop this fascist FISA bill than a live Barack Obama, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi COMBINED!
Short of staying home on election day and withholding money this late in the campaign, we need to compile a Shit List of the members of Congress who voted for this abomination and the MCA. Primary their asses and make their lives hell. Heckle them at public meetings and if necessary, run 3rd party candidates to make sure that even if you can't win, they will lose.
There's a reason no member of Congress will cross the gun and Israel lobbies. Anyone who does so has a load of bricks dropped on them.
MAKE 'EM PAY!
Left-Benny Anderson, Front-Frida Lyngstad, Back-Agnetha Faltskog, Right-Bjorn Ulvaeus
The reason ABBA still rules is because they had a gift for song hooks and melody that hasn't been matched since. It helps that Frida and Agnetha were great singers (not just pop singers, but singers in any genre) and unlike so many American singers, they don't ham it up by over-singing (i.e. enunciating every vowel in a one syllable word -I remember a re-make where the singer cycled through O-U-E-I-A while singing the word "I" in "I Will Survive").
Next time someone asks you what a concern troll is, point them to The New Republic.
I'm watching the live feed here:
http://theuptake.org/
The police are making it a point to attack reporters and have just pepper sprayed three -including two AP reporters- with direct shots to the face.
Kinda sums it up, doesn't it?
I saw the new ad from the Republitards, where they paint Obama as the second coming of Mandingo, out to attack white women. It also likened Obama to a wolf and his campaign to a pack of wolves.
I wouldn't be surprised if Michael Vick endorsed Sarah Palin. Both take pleasure in killing canines for "sport".
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
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