Deference

Deference

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Reply to The MSM begins it's day in Politics JoeUser Forums

Who first coined the term is irrelevant Hardly, unless one simply wishes to bash the media for passing the name along. Nearly every article I've read regarding Alito has mentioned his nickname and it certainly does not seem to be in any manner that is derogatory. I think time will prove this harmless little nick is simply a part of the story behind the man himself, and luckily, that time will come soon enough for JU visitors t

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Reply to The MSM begins it's day in Politics JoeUser Forums

I know for a fact that that lawyers have called Alito this for years. My ex, a paralegal worked on an immigration case before the 3rd Circuit 4 years ago. They called him Scalito then. What's the earliest reference you have from the DNC using the term Scalito? Today? Do a little research. I've been reading through many articles today from yahoo, msnbc, time, etc. . There are many that have mentioned the origin of the Scalito nickname as being one given to Alito because of his si

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Reply to What Should a President's Base Be? in Politics JoeUser Forums

I'd say that was a fine alternative, Island Dog, the only drawback being that it takes millions (billions?) of dollars and more then two months to accomplish the task, add to that the fact that the data is significantly outdated and no longer holds as much relevancy to the new day. Obviously, if another election was to be held today, two months from now, we'd very probably see some drastically different numbers then we did last January. The main difference between the actual polls /su

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Reply to We’re Asking the Wrong Questions in Ethics JoeUser Forums

And Deference, try a non-partisan author in the future I'm throughly aware of Laekoff's political orientation as much as I was when I picked up Limbaugh's lawyer consultant Mark R. Levin's Men In Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America . I'm not going to limit myself to supposed 'non-partisan' authors. I can learn very much from any author while still sorting through their angles and biases. In fact, I'd say that's s

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Reply to What Should a President's Base Be? in Politics JoeUser Forums

I read that particular blog, Island Dog and you were correct to a certain extent. However, the fact remains that not every poll centers around a sample of only 1000 Americans and not every poll from every organization or news agency within the Mainstream Media polls more Democrats then Republicans. Now, I'll restate this challenge to you since you've failed to read it or answer to it, Someday, Island Dog, you must share with us al

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Reply to We’re Asking the Wrong Questions in Ethics JoeUser Forums

The key is that the questioner is the one in control. It is the questioner that terms the boundaries of the conversation, not the person answering the questions. George Laekoff, author of Don't think of an Elephant describes this as 'framing' an issue. Once the frame is adapted by people, legitimate questions that fail to fit within the frame are tossed aside, allowing the question / statement / idea more power then other detrac

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Reply to What Should a President's Base Be? in Politics JoeUser Forums

I disagree - the burden proof is quite rightly on the pollster or the person using the poll to justify a point of view or action. I was not clear enough - allow me to restate the sentence: That said, I can certainly see how attacking the poll itself would be an excellent touche if it's structure is such that it is meant to provide biased results, but that burden of proof is on you, the assailer, to prove your point by explai

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Reply to Junk Science Killing Millions in Current Events JoeUser Forums

There is nothing worse than an anonymous liberal. Oh, for Pete's sake! Some guy gets on and questions Doc. about his 'liberal bashing' and he's suddenly labeled a 'liberal' - an anonymous liberal at that. The label 'liberal' sounds extremely sophomoric and the purpose of branding someone 'liberal' seems to be so that people can ignore that user's arguments. Example: Don't worry about that valid criticism Us

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Reply to What Should a President's Base Be? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Although the conservatives got Bush elected, he is NOT President of just the conservatives - Col. Gene I really doubt any true conservatives really believe Bush represents their interests. Maybe he'll make some headway in redeeming himself with the nomination of Alito... How do you know that? Another poll maybe? - Island Dog Someday, Island Dog, you must share with us alternate ways of representing a consenus of the American opinion. Polls do have

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Reply to Place your bets - Miers does or does not get confirmed? in Politics JoeUser Forums

While no Senate Republicans have publicly opposed her nomination, the reaction among the chamber's conservatives has been mostly tepid. A passage from the link you (Bakerstreet) provided in your post #21. This goes back to my point. There's been a lot of posturing and talk about dissatisfaction with Miers but no substantial commitment made by any to oppose this nominee. They'll all give a good show, then it's "Hello!" to our new Supreme Court Justice.

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Reply to Bush vs our people in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

Who is ML? I think it astounding that I could have missed this had it not been for you talking about it. Please provide a source for your story. A transcript, a link to a news article, something. I know G.W. logic is flawed, but it's astounding his handlers didn't coach him better against this faux paux.

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Reply to GOP headed back to mean, old, heartless money cutting in Politics JoeUser Forums

Finally, you misquote. - Doc We could save about 4 times that load of money if we cut off the dead-beats that are living off the federal dollar while sitting on their own pant-loads doing nothing. - Terp I would infer from this statement that these deadbeats are probably, among other things, unemployed. I never quoted terp. (erm, um, until now). 'Helping' the unemployed might include such things as job placem

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Reply to Place your bets - Miers does or does not get confirmed? in Politics JoeUser Forums

This is a Borking waiting to happen, imho. I needed to answer this as it ties in to what I'm attempting to express... There is no 'on bench' experience, so that takes away detractors' ability to hack away there, but at the same token, she does have oodles of law experience proving she's versed in some understanding of the law so it's hard for people to completely claim she's without credentials. This leaves critics of

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Reply to Place your bets - Miers does or does not get confirmed? in Politics JoeUser Forums

The fact is, though, politics isn't just Democrat and Republican I agree, I like (or dislike) to think of our representatives as 'Republicrats'. I wonder why you think they will bow down to his texas bushhogging buddy. Just because they are one big happy party? I think it is because they understand: A. The 'Christian Right', so to speak, will be very happy to finally see something done on their behalf

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Reply to Place your bets - Miers does or does not get confirmed? in Politics JoeUser Forums

You mean besides the majority that are already nitpicking? Hell, I saw a pro-life, REPUBLICAN Senator comment on the questionaire mentioned above, saying "It gives me some comfort" but he still wouldn't say for sure whether he'd vote for her. She simply doesn't have big league experience. ..and had I been paying enough attention to current events to be informed enough to know exactly which senator you're speaking of I would be able to c

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