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Anandasubramanian

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009 11:55 PM

Opening up Government

His opening speech said that: "The politics of fear..." That captured me more than anything else.

Starting from Day 1, Obama should roll back all the damage Cheney did.

By amending presidential records to include ALL records, Obama can make the government more transparent.

Better would be rebuilding of New Orleans by hammering the heads of the Governor and FEMA heads.

Plus, he needs to let a low-level staffer apologize to Iran for the CIA sponsored overthrow of their democratic government in 1953. Obama need not do that, but a low level staffer can. This will do wonders for middle east relationship.

Plus he needs to bring Spitzer back to head a commission probing Cheney for law violations.

Nothing will please him and public more.

Ford's pardon of Nixon is what led to Cheney.

Obama should put an end to it by prosecuting Cheney for breaking the law and incarcerating him in prison.

Grabbing the lawless wall street traders and vigorously persecuting them (no settlements please) will make the common man cheer Obama.

Friday, January 23, 2009 11:10 AM

@paradisefound24

From his tone, I suspect that he's trying to manipulate Dee because he knows she reads this column.

WoW! Feminism gives women the strangest stupid thoughts, but you take the cake.

Were you working for the KGB?

If I had to guess, she's probably paying his bills - maybe even his college bills. Probably his rent at the very least. Girls do this sometimes when they're in love with a guy, hell, it's 90% of all cases on Judge Judy.

So... you are saying that Girls pay a Man's bills everytime they stay together. Girls open doors for men in restaurants, pay the bill, hell even bring them a frozen beer when a man demands it. Tell me, were you doing these?

because she's paying the bills and he's screwing around.

So its ok for a man to pay the bills and screw around???

All ye, feminists, watch out this @paradisefound24 , she's insulting you all.

Get a second job. Hell, get a 40 hour a week job and squeeze in school around it.

Oh, so to keep this abusive spouse happy, he must skip school, work himself to death and yet gain nothing in return... What would you do if the positions were reversed?

needed advice on that kind of thing, he'd have to be a dumbass.

That i agree. He's a dumbass in coming to this forum expecting serious advice. Obviously he didn't know it was frequented by ultra wannabe OLD feminists who live alone with their 27 cats and wait for a decent man to come by, having lost 300 of them in their quest for the ultraman.

Seriously, i think you are upset you can never find true love and you hate yourself for it.

Friday, January 23, 2009 08:38 PM

neocons are terrorists

If you see carefully, the commonality between terrorists and so called conservatives (Rush Limbaugh types) becomes evident:

1) Terrorists aim to sow fear in the hearts of people. So do neocons: in fact they elevated Fear to a fine art by constantly reminding people through FOX News about "yellow alert"

2) Terrorists seek to attack those whose beliefs are different from theirs: Neocons do the same, but the attack is more concentrated-media(fox), personal(swift boats), and money(banks).

3) Terrorists seek to disrupt daily way of life: neocons do the same by bankrupting the economy and throwing millions of people on streets or making them commit suicide

4) Terrorists do not repent: neocons like Bush and Cheney have not repented for their unlawful activities.

5) Terrorists seek to undermine freedom of speech by attacking such institutions like schools: neocons do the same by passing laws and EOs like Gag order which seek to muzzle people seeking the truth

6) Terrorists spread treason: Rush Limbaugh committed treason by dissenting against Obama's victory. He was the one who said that anyone arguing against President is committing treason.

So in short, Neocons are Terrorists, as has been proven mathematically.

What does USA do to Terrorists???

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 03:20 AM

Appeal to israel's citizens...

The Nazis have been decrided as murderers of innocents who killed child, women and civilian men.

No doubt about that.

Since then, for past 70 years, any country of force which indulges in such extreme practices, risks being branded Nazis.

Congo, Vietnam, Indonesia, hell even Iraq under Saddam, and Iraq under blackwater has been called all this.

Now, Israel thinks it is a special case: it thinks it is above international law and reason.

We had a president and a paranoid bald vice-president who thought the same for 8 years: that torture was legal, and killing civilians was plain common sense.

They were repudiated by 84% of the population.

Israel's citizens should do the same.

Defeat the ultra-hawks in election, and elect a sane man who sits down and creates a palestine state as promised to UN.

After all Israel exists on borrowed land: before 1913 it belonged to Palestine.

Right Wing Nuts always are wrong: ALWAYS. Just remember that when you vote.

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