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Obama Proving Himself America's Least Presidential President Ever? in Politics JoeUser Forums

even before he was inaugurated, i began having concerns about obama's presidency. among the troubling questions i tried to avoid asking myself were these: 1. would any halfway intelligent, mentally competent person willingly agree to take office of any sort--much less the oval one--in the midst of what's generally considered (so far) one of the worst 8 financial crises in america's history? 2. is it really that much wiser to: <li cla

Reply to Cambridge Comments From The President in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]By the time Jesus was done with Samaria and the Jews, they reconciled through him.[/quote] in which parallel universe did that occur and how long did it last? no evidence of anything at all similar happening on this planet.

Reply to Cambridge Comments From The President in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]President Reagan got it.[/quote] this would be the same president reagan who launched his 1980 campaign with a speech in the very same mississippi county in which three civil rights workers were killed by the klan in 1964 proclaiming his full support for 'state's rights'--codespeak understood very well by his audience to mean a return to mississippi apartheid policies--and a promise to help return control of mississippi's schools to segregationists and white supremecists?

Reply to You Can "Know" in Religion JoeUser Forums

[quote]One teaches the best time to die is when you're walking out of a confession booth. That would be the only time you can be sure of your salvation.[/quote] if i had a dollar for every time any of at least a dozen nuns lectured me and my classmates about the person who wound up not only dead seconds after receiving absolution but damned as well due to something they did or thought while being hit by a runaway bus, loose crucific falling off wall, stray bullet, etc., i could produ

Reply to You Can "Know" in Religion JoeUser Forums

[quote]I'm trying to figure out how she can know this [/quote] you're able to "know" but that's something only possible for those who "know" what you claim to "know"? know how, know way.

Reply to Need ID to Vote or Be a Citizen? Not in Georgia! in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Mr. Ford was told he was not going to get support for re-election, they put up someone to run against him so he ran for the senate, funding dried up. he lost not because of that ad but because the party no longer needed him.[/quote] ford's election to the senate was key to the 2006 strategy and there's no reliable source for your conclusion. any chance at all you know what position he currently holds in the party organization???? or are you ignoring it because it pr

Reply to Need ID to Vote or Be a Citizen? Not in Georgia! in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]it was not racist.[/quote] wouldn't surpise me to discover you've decided lynching was really a way for local communities demonstrate support for blacks who aspired to high places.

Reply to Need ID to Vote or Be a Citizen? Not in Georgia! in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]The same lies were told that he was a racist, "The only thing a negro can do for me is shine my shoes"[/quote] i don't recall hearing or reading that particular statement--or anything similar--attributed to goldwater during the 64 campaign or afterwards. nor do i recall goldwater being labeled a racist despite his opposition to the 1964 civil rights act. while i never missed an opportunity to express my support for the 1964 civil rights act (or an opportunity to get

Reply to Need ID to Vote or Be a Citizen? Not in Georgia! in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Corker himself asked the Republican leadership to pull the ad, which it refused to do. [/quote] just in case anyone missed it, even ford's republican opponent had a problem with that racist republican ad.

Reply to Need ID to Vote or Be a Citizen? Not in Georgia! in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Mr. Ford was slowly forced out of the party when the party failed to support his re-election. He tried to become Senator and again his support faded. Civil rights always takes a back seat to woman’s rights. No one screamed racism when Mr. Ford was eased out of office because they were just trying to make history and support women. [/quote] you really need to put them paint cans behind you. nothing i've quoted above is true by any stretch of the imagination. <

Reply to Need ID to Vote or Be a Citizen? Not in Georgia! in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]When Harold Ford Jr. had enough votes to become speaker of the house, he was told it was not his turn because they needed to show support for women. This is how Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the House of Representatives.[/quote] congressman ford never had enough votes to become speaker of the house nor did he compete for the title. you're probably referring to his bid to become minority leader in 2003 for which he didn't have enough votes and has never even suggested he

Reply to Need ID to Vote or Be a Citizen? Not in Georgia! in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Women became a minority. A choice between hiring a black man or a white woman the black man had to go to the back of the bus. [/quote] although i maintain my license to drive, i've chosen not to own a car since 1994. gotta great 10-speed and--unlike most southern californians--i don't mind availing myself of existing public transportation, sparse as it may be. i prefer the back of the bus (more leg room & greater overal visibility). this is the first i'v

Reply to Need ID to Vote or Be a Citizen? Not in Georgia! in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Yet in good liberal circles the racism never changed.[/quote] your cousin knew full well his allies (liberals from both parties who came together to enact the civil rights acts of 1957 and 1964) and his enemies (racists from both parties who did their damnedest to prevent their enactment). referring to nixon's 1969 decision to delay the desegregation of mississippi schools--as a quid pro quo demonstration of what the gop's southern strategy was really all about--roy wil

Reply to Need ID to Vote or Be a Citizen? Not in Georgia! in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]“They” are the politicians that supported segregation like George Wallace, who before he was shot had a sudden change of heart because if he waned to get re-elected he needed the black vote. [/quote] wallace had that change of heart after being shot. if that's what it takes, perhaps stokely, h rap and huey were correct and i was wrong.

Reply to Need ID to Vote or Be a Citizen? Not in Georgia! in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Only on your part.[/quote] about the kindest response i can offer is this: you're either deluded or have no regard for truth. i'd prefer the former because i'm willing to accept your purported relationship to roy wilkins as fact and i'm pained by the thought of you dishonoring the memory of a member of your own family. on one hand, we have your bizarre speculation; on the other, the authority of mr wilkins' own autobiographic record and words includi

Reply to Need ID to Vote or Be a Citizen? Not in Georgia! in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Mr. Wilkins was a former republican and would be again today [/quote] it's purely speculation, of course, but wilkins was an intelligent man and certainly musta had cogent reasons for switching parties; in light of the republican party's shameful southern strategy (which was nothing short of employing racists like thurmond to draw in his constituency of hate-based voters) i sincerely doubt he'd have jumped back today. [quote]a politician will go whichever way the politi

Reply to I Quit Smoking in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

[quote]What work is that, KB? I'm interested in sending some royalties your way.[/quote] a short story entitled "virtuous reality" written for a magazine no longer in publication--so no residuals or royalties. i was paid well considering it took less than 2 hours to produce. sadly, i don't have a copy. [quote]To be fair, it's the fear that people aren't smart enough to regulate their pleasure rather than the pleasure itself[/quote] tyrants repress because

Reply to I Quit Smoking in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

for nearly 100 years, america has been so obsessed with addiction. considering all the other foolishness we've had to endure--alcohol prohibition, criminalization of unprocessed substances that encourages smuggling of much more potent (and compact) concentrated forms--of course the fda is gonna be opposed to a nicotine delivery system without all the carcinogens. the very last work of fiction i sold (early 90s) will eventually prove to be fact when someone figurs out how to easi

Reply to Need ID to Vote or Be a Citizen? Not in Georgia! in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]my cousin was Roy Wilkins,[/quote] you've made that claim in the past. [quote]I doubt you have heard of him [/quote] lil bit presumptious on your part, no? hell, i mighta heard about a whole lotta people douglass to dubois to little to lewis and jordan. [quote]at one time he was Chairman of the NAACP. [/quote] yup. [quote]That was background not bragging.[/quote] i dunno what it was, but i'm hoping for your sake, you're not

Reply to Obama's War on Afghanistan in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]perhaps confusing them with the Taliban who were in Quran "schools" in Pakistan during the war against the Soviet Union.[/quote] so yer sayin mullah omar poked his eye out while rocking & roting at the madrasa in wahziristan?

Reply to Obama's War on Afghanistan in Current Events JoeUser Forums

i'm no longer sure what comprises the "mainstream media" but over the past couple months all three major tv network evening news reports have broadcast far more critical than favorable reports about both the prosecution of war in afghanistan and its consequences. the only large daily newspaper i read regularly--the la times--publishes several pieces a day authored by its combat correspondents as well as several editorial/opinion articles per week. since march i haven't seen any th

Reply to Let's Get Rid of Carrie in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]I think this is more about her given answer at the pagent than anything. [/quote] much more likely it's about whether she's stopped putting out for trump or whether he's just moving on as always you really think he wastes any time pondering her opinion on anything? i started to answer my own question by speculating that's the reason he's wealthy and you're not, but he's not really wealthy either so i guess he's just one of those rare sociopaths who man

Reply to Will only Catholics get to Heaven? in Religion JoeUser Forums

[quote]The Catholic Church alone has the essential constitution prescribed by Christ and alone behaves as possessing the magisterial, sanctifying (7 Sacraments) and diciplinary authority He conferred upon His Church as per the Gospel accounts. Yes, now there are external differences insofar as the grown tree differs from the seed, but the development is in full accordance with the nature and principle of the seed.[/quote] as an organization, the church has created of itself the absolu

Reply to Need ID to Vote or Be a Citizen? Not in Georgia! in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]"appeal to emotion"... trying to bypass logic and common sense with emotionally charged stories and melodrama.[/quote] of all the many issues raised since the beginning of this new century, there are few more aptly described or accurately characterized by your statement quoted above than the one being discussed in this thread. when you finish reading this sentence, please browse back to my comment #24 to read (or perhaps reread) the information i excerpted f

Reply to Couple ordered to stop holding bible study at home without permit in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]such a card[/quote] in the words of the sadly departed james francis durante, "everbody's tryin to get in on da act!" [quote]the hate crime of harrassing a Muslim?[/quote] actually i figured after all 15 had been hauled in for suspicion of possibly considering attempted terrorist attacks with an enhancement of special circumstances (incidental conspiracy to perpetrate vandalism on an american-made motor vehicle within 12 hours of noon or midnight), the fbi could