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jakespeare65

Published Letters: 11

  • "No crimes committed..."

    [Read the article: Report: Gonzales aide resigns]
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    ***********"No crimes committed...

    and people's lives are being ruined. Gotta love the "progressives".********

    yeah - i was wondering - if no crimes have been committed, why have two DOJ staffers resigned so far?

    innocent people (by definition) don't invoke the 5th amendment.

    do the math.

  • Due Process?

    [Read the article: Report: Gonzales aide resigns]
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    how's that again? nice straw man there...

    due process is underway - why she resigned after announcing she would take the 5th, only she can explain. she hasn't even testified yet.

    i think we're all dying for for her to face due process. she can then explain her apparent role in helping to politicize the doj and replacing competent republican appointees with cronies and political hacks.

    or is that too complicated for you?

    i would think any engaged citizen, republican, democrat or whatever would want to know what's been going on here.

  • Will the ignorance of the Right never cease?

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    Umm, Anonymous....since you seem to enjoy pointing out "hypocrisy", I hope you won't mind my pointing out your own pathetic lack of knowledge here.

    You said: "talk about getting it wrong Tommy Thompson is not a candidate for president"

    See below:

    Tuesday , April 03, 2007

    Tommy Thompson Announces Candidacy

    SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: And former Wisconsin governor, Tommy Thompson, is setting his sights on the presidency, armed with a pretty hefty resume. He's calling himself the conservative of the field. But will the voters see him that way?

    That's right, Thompson has been a declared candidate for TWO WEEKS.

    You are officially discredited. Heckuva job, buddy!

    Link in Signature.

  • Anonymous - Why Are You Still Here?

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    You didn't even know Tommy Thompson was running for President -You actually scolded Salon and liberals for getting it wrong - why should your confused opinions be considered here?

    please go back to the kid's table and stop annoying the adults.

  • good point but...

    [Read the article: Quote of the Day]
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    ...in this case, i don't think mccain is using his own judgement. he's simply toeing the party line as ordered.

  • one correction

    [Read the article: Exclusive Song of the Day: "Neat Neat Neat," the Damned]
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    great version of this classic song - thanks!

    one slight correction though: the damned's lineup for this period was vanian, scabies, brian james on guitar and sensible still on bass at this point. james left after the 1st album and sensible switched to guitar.

  • i know...

    [Read the article: Barack Obama in New Orleans]
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    ...that some folk get a lot of enjoyment out of slipping in some anonymous ant-semitism.

    fair enough, this is america after all.

    but if you think that the jews are the black man's real enemy in america, you are barking up the wrong tree. maybe it's the same tree leo frank was lynched in.

  • i've come to the conclusion that...

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    ..."christianity" as it relates to the white, southern (or wherever)"values" voter is actually shorthand for a white supremacist ethos.

    what's the one thing that unites nearly all the disparate factions of the republican party? disdain for people of color. from iraq to katrina, brown people suffer under these clumsily fascist oafs.

    what is rudy's saving republican grace? he's a racist. in the end, they can let him slide on the abortion, divorce, infidelity, ec, because when the chips are down, he has white interests at heart. ask any person of color who had to live in rudy's NYC. you could ask amadou diallo, but...

  • An overrated writer would have an affinity for an overrated POTUS

    [Read the article: How secure are you? ]
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    She lost me right at the first sentence in the 2nd paragraph:

    "The Bush administration assures us that, thanks to its invisible hand, we are far safer than we would have been with a bleeding-heart Democrat at the helm. I suspect this is true:"

    WHAT???

    Based upon what evidence? Does Paglia believe that the Bush administration have mounted anything like a credible counter-terrorism since 9/11? Because I sure don't. The only thing they seem dedicated to is enriching themselves and their cronies. All the rest feels half-assed and petulant. Much like a Camille Paglia piece for Salon.

  • Let me boil it down for you...

    [Read the article: I let my friends stay with me and now they're evicting me!]
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    ROOMMATES SUCK!!!

    Who was it that said "Hell is other people"?

    Live alone, foo.

  • If you have a racist friend...

    [Read the article: Our new friend is a racist -- should we dump him?]
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    ...Racist Friend

    Jerry Dammers / Dick Cuthell / John Bradbury (THE SPECIALS)

    If you have a racist friend

    Now is the time, now is the time for your friendship to end

    Be it your sister

    Be it your brother

    Be it your cousin or your, uncle or your lover

    If you have a racist friend

    now is the time, now is the time for your friendship to end

    Be it your best friend

    Or any other

    Is it your husband or your father or your mother?

    Tell them to change their views

    Or change their friends

    Now is the time, now is the time, for your friendship to end

    So if you know a racist who thinks he is your friend

    Now is the time, now is the time for your friendship to end

    Call yourself my friend?

    Now is the time to make up your mind, don't try to pretend

    Be it your sister

    Be it your brother

    Be it your cousin or your uncle or your lover

    So if you are a racist

    Our friendship has got to end

    And if your friends are racists don't pretend to be my friend

    So if you have a racist friend

    Now is the time, now is the time for our friendship to end