[quote]Again, they did not claim to have served with him, only served the same job. So now, please list the lies they spread and the statements where they said his wounds were faked. I am sure you can google it - so link to it. The thing about Brad's articles is he just states an opinion - and lets the commenters prove his point.[/quote] Well, here's your link from FactCheck.org- http://www.factcheck.org/article231.html
[quote]YOu really need to pay a visit to those sites. JU may be right wing, but not a bunch of nut jobs and loons like the ones Brad cited.[/quote] There are indeed right wing "loonie" sites just like there are left wing "loonie" sites. BTW, I don't consider either to be crazy or wrong, it's just that both are extreme opinions of a particular ideology. The right has sites like Free Republic, while the left has sites like Smirking Chimp. For the record, I don't consider JU t
[quote]And you don't see "right wingers" of a remotely mainstream level pulling this kind of thing.[/quote] That's right- you just see them organizing a group of "veterans" (only one of whom actually served with the candidate) who mock that candidates military service, state that he faked or caused his own wounds in combat and wear purple bandages to mock his 3 purple hearts. You know, lighthearted kind of stuff! And, btw, I saw plenty of nasty, nasty commercials in the last con
Sorry, forgot to also mention Pakistan (thanks Dr. Guy for reminding me in another thread) The U.S may soon find itself with additional military support commitments there soon too!
I have a question I'd like to put forth to the good folks here at JU, a question that can be reasonably asked now that we're in the twilight of the Bush Administration. In your opinion, what was the biggest mistake the White House made in the last 8 years? I'm not asking this to attack Bush or his administration. It's an honest question. Everyone makes mistakes. So, as usual before I go any further I have to roll out my disclaimer; I don't give two rips about the democ
[quote]But if she gets power(say, McCain kicks it while in office) and runs the country and starts speaking(or rather thinking) that way...eh...we'll have a bit of a problem. Then you got yourself a Divine Leader...and oh the trouble that can come with that...[/quote] There's an interesting interview I watched the other day in which she said that if Russia 'interferes' again we should essentially go to war with them. That was really reassuring.....
OckhamsRazor- [quote]The result of that is that now our politicians are forced to entertain us to be viable because that's how we've been trained. Not exactly what I want when listening to a Pres or VP candidate. I want facts, not smears, sound bites, and snowmobile clips.[/quote] And I agree with you 100% Saddly, this is nothing new. I believe that for most of the 90's onward U.S presidents have been elected mostly on their public appeal factor. If intelligence and experience a
It's time to pony up and admit it. With all the hoopla we've been seeing over the last couple weeks, Palin should be the one running for president in the Republican camp. She seems to be the focal point of the whole discussion at this point. McCain hasn't been getting too terribly much attention, for, well, anything, for pretty much this whole election. He's not charismatic. He doesn't have the charm or wit or any personable characteristics that will endear him to
[quote]And don't you "oh Leauki" me in that patronizing way. You don't get it, do you. You are telling lies that cause death. I don't need you to patronize the victims or me. I need you to stop telling the lies.[/quote] Well, if you're going to be a grouchy-pants I guess there's nothing I can do about that. If I'm telling lies, please, explain to me why they're lies. I've got an open mind. I realize there's not adequate space or time on a blog to explain something like this. P
[quote]The problem, and you will probably deny it again, is that YOU claimed that Israel launched a large scale bombardment of civilian targets. And that is a lie.[/quote] Fair enough. Please allow me to restate; In the process of attempting to neutralize Hezbollah, attacks launched by the IDF for that purpose ended up doing more damage to the civillian infrastructure and populace of Lebanon than it did to Hezbollah. If this were not the case, Hezbollah would have been destroy
SanCho- thanks for posting this. In short, and falling in lockstep with the consensus on this site, please join me in reciting the following: Palin is flawless, and any and all criticism is from those "hate america firster-er's" crowd just trying to smear her. Shame on them. Thankfully, once God appoints the next president he'll do away with all those types through either state funded private prisons (capitalist version of gulag) or the apocalypse. Can't go wrong! Obama, however
[quote]The F-word doesn't even begin to describe the disgust I feel for people like you.[/quote] [quote]But if you tell an anti-Semitic lie, one of many that causes death and misery in the world because people like you don't care about the effects of their propagation of these lies, I will get angry[/quote] [quote]You implied that it is perfectly OK for me to die for your belief that fighting back is wrong, that fighting terrorists is the same as shooting innocent civilians beca
the people's party- Interesting points you make. Unfortunately, you've made statements that tie together a large number of non-related topics, any one of which we can (and have done so in the past ad infinitum) debate further. Iraq is a complext topic and many different facets of that situation can be debated. My point there was going back to 2003 when Bush made his speech to the UN (and Colin Powell did his song and dance to the security council) in which we were
[quote]That's odd because I often see you argue with people but I rarely see that.[/quote] This coming from someone who's told me to F -off (well actually you said "F- u") several times on one thread. Just for expressing my opinion in the name of debate.
[quote]And the same thing on "torture". Very tireseome. Once upon a time, torture meant, well, torture. Now, we live in a world where being forced to stay awake a long time or water bordering is considered torture.[/quote] Actually, torture was definied by the AG at the time as anything causing pain equivalent to organ failure or death. Which meant everything else was fair game. This included locking people inside a metal box small enough that they were forced into the fetal posi
Dr Guy, [quote]Again, stating an erroneous opinion as fact.[/quote] tsk tsk. Where did I say this was 100 % ironclad fact? I believe it to be true, but I am not debasing or ridiculing anyone else for not believing it. My opinion is that he knowingly lied, whereas Brad's opinion (I'm assuming, please correct me if I'm mistaken) is that he had faulty intelligence that he ran with. Which, if you made an intel mistake of that magnitude you would think that heads at the CIA would hav
[quote]We hear all about Palin's 17 year old daughter getting pregnant. Meanwhile, Biden's son gets indicted on fraud and there's barelya mention of this even though it's happening right now.[/quote] Yes, and dubbya knowingly lied in order to start a war that killed thousands and shredded your constitution to the point that he's basically a "unitary executive", what with warrantless domestic surveillance and now torture being back in vogue. And he said that if anyone in his a
Dr Guy- [quote]Nah - More like Dr. Pepper or Sprite.[/quote] You know, if you mix coke with amaretto it tastes just like Dr. pepper. And has a better side effect too. Sprite would have to be the republican drink, though, because that's all that the real party boss (Cheney) drinks. When he's not shooting his friends in the face..... Sorry, bad joke I know :(
[quote]Actually the point of your article was to defend Russia because the US is against their actions.[/quote] Uh, no numbskull. I merely copied the words of the Russian President for the good folks here to read into their own consideration, without condoning them. That was the whole point of my article. As I've stated twice now. [quote]time and again you have proven that contradiction is your way of entertainment. There has been plenty of "Russia's side of the s
[quote]I'm pretty knowledgeable on the topic.[/quote] [quote]Yet, despite their lack of relative knowledge on the issues, they will presume to be more enlightened or educated simply because they hold left wing views.[/quote] Me smart. They dumb. Conservative good! Liberals bad! Boooooooriiiiing. I've read this argument a thousand times. To this day, it still amazes me how completely fleeced folks are over the illusion of an election you'll be participating i
[quote]I'm curious, when you form an opinion about topic X, do you look at both sides of the argument before forming an opinion or do you only look at only one side of the store or issue?[/quote] Charles, this is the whole point of my article. Our entire media has only been broadcasting one side of the story, that being the supposed "victim" of Georgia. In this article I am presenting the other side that hasn't been given much of a voice in our media! So, in answer to your question, ye
[quote]It took them 2 days to invade and well over a week to disengage and pull out [/quote] Funny, how long after the invasion of Iraq did it take for U.S forces to leave? Oh wait, they're still their!!! [quote]They basically annexed portions of a nation without international approval.[/quote] Yeah, and we did the same thing with Kosovo in the 90's! That's the whole point of this speech. You cannot have an international rule that applies to one group but not another!
All stories have two sides. Very rarely in life will you ever find a cut and dry case of "good vs evil" though by all means, from time to time this does indeed occur. In the case of the conflict between Georgia and Russia, constantly Russia has been painted as an evil aggressor who inexplicably attacked a smaller nation. That is the side of the story that the west has told. But let us now consider the other side of the story- the following are the words of Dmitry Medvedev, the preside
Quite frankly the government, and the courts, have no right to legislate whether or not two consenting adults cannot get married. This means, by default, they should be allowed to marry just the same as straight folks. We keep hearing from a lot of conservative folks the whole "don't tread on me" song and dance about the evils of big government sticking their nose in people's personal business when they shouldn't (like religious issues, gun ownership, etc etc... and for the rec
[quote]Those anecdotes go to demonstrate the point that government (and the U.S. Government, in particular) is an inefficient, bloated, wasteful entity. Nothing that is done is done efficiently. When some of the largest (and highest profile) Army contracts are to streamline business process and then, utilizing the same methodology as business are still only half as efficient as the private sector [/quote] This brings up a very interesting topic that hasn't received too terribly much a
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