“President Obama just signed a law that allows for indefinite detention, without charges or trial, of American citizens suspected of terroristic activities. I thought George Orwell’s ‘1984’ was a stern warning of what our future would hold if Americans let their liberties slip away. Instead, ‘1984’ has become a how-to manual for the left.”
“The appointment of a consumer watchdog while Congress is out is bologna on the part of ‘His Majesty’ Obama. This administration can’t even police itself much less oversee anyone else. Let’s look at Obama’s list of failures. Until he was embarrassed by Arpaio, Obama was ignoring the border, Solyndra (enough said), the Black Panther intimidation of white voters in Pa., BOA was just fined for not making, what has already been proven by the economic meltdown, bad loans to low-income borrowers. This administration couldn’t make a good loan if it hit them in the face and now they want to regulate them?”
“Ha! Sheriff Joe called the Department of Justice’s bluff and they got nothing.”
“Michele Bachmann expected a miracle and it came. She quit! Thank you, Michele. And Sarah, you stay out of politics, too. Saturday Night Live will mourn these losses, but somehow they and we will survive!”
“Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has a girlfriend that works for a company that gets million dollar contracts from the City of Phoenix but no conflict of interest. Yeah, just about as much as no conflict of interest when Phil’s son Jeff keeps his job as a Phoenix police person after having sex on duty. Corruption is everywhere.”
“Isn’t it ironic, and really quite funny, that Demi Moore, a woman who is very fond of plastic surgery, will be playing Gloria Steinem in the movie ‘Lovelace’? It would be a little like Matt Damon playing George Bush or Ronald Reagan.”
“Asked whether he felt like he had been ‘swift-boated’ by the barrage of ads run against him in recent weeks, Newt Gingrich responded, ‘I feel Romney-boated’ — a reference to the outside advertising campaign launched against Democratic nominee John Kerry in 2004. You’re absolutely correct, Newt. You were not swift-boated! John Kerry became the subject of negative campaign advertising for telling the truth to Congressional committees investigating the conduct of the Vietnam War. You became the subject of such advertising for who you are and what you’ve done in Washington over the years. Why don’t you tell us: What did you do during Vietnam?”
“(Regarding your column, ‘Guns on campus fail to serve educational purpose’): Stacie (Spring), while I respect your young opinion, a review of the campus shootings of the past clearly show that as long as the gunman is still firing, the police wait outside until the shots cease. Look at Columbine. There are other examples too. I think providing co-eds the right of self-protection is the least we can do. Those ‘blue lights’ don’t seem to have put much of a dent in campus crime. When seconds count, the police are just minutes away.”
“Why are Obama, the Democrats in the Senate and sadly even some Republicans (RINO’s — Republicans In Name Only) nickel and dime-ing the few doctors that accept Medicare patients by only reimbursing 65 percent of the doctor’s fees? Did we, senior citizens, only contribute 67 percent of our Social Security taxes all those years when we were working (Yes, Virginia, Americans back in the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s and even the 80s all worked for their living, no never-ending unemployment checks, WIC, food stamps, etc., back then). We paid 100 percent of our Social Security taxes and deserve 100 percent payment for our doctor’s fees.”
sdjtaz posted at 8:38 am on Sat, Jan 7, 2012.
Venter #1: Indefinite detention began in the Patriot Act, and has always been supported by the far right. In example Lindsay Graham stated "When they say, ‘I want my lawyer,’ you tell them: ‘Shut up. You don’t get a lawyer. You are an enemy combatant, and we are going to talk to you about why you joined Al Qaeda." This was not about foreign combatants but American citizens. I don't like the fact that this law was signed, but this movement started under the Bush administration and I remember hearing the far right cry out for these powers long ago. Beyond that, President Obama is actually receiving flak from the left (ie, the ACLU has come out and condemned this law).
Venter #2: First off, pocket appointments are and always have been part of Presidental politics. Additionally, you speak about the Black Panthers in Pennsylvania as if there was a grand conspiracy throughout the state. Instead, two individuals claiming to be Black Panthers showed up at one polling place in Philadelphia. Even then, the Fox News reporter was unable to tell if anyone had been deterred from voting.
Venter #3: Really, the DOJ had nothing. That's why Sheriff Arpaio agreed to cooperate with them. The truth is that they have a very strong case. Arpaio's demand for proof is simply grandstanding. I'm sure that in the end, he will privately make the changes asked of him, while publicly fooling the Sheeple into believing that he is making a principled stand against the DOJ.
Venter #7: We know what Newt was doing. He was doing the same thing that Rush Limbaugh, George Bush, Dick Cheney, and many others were doing. Making sure that they avoided having to be sent to Vietnam, using any means at their disposal. I don't blame them for this, but I find it interesting when I hear some of the right wing ask question someones patriotism by asking when they served in the military (implying that they didn't).
Masterrogue666 posted at 11:37 pm on Sat, Jan 7, 2012.
sdjtaz:
In regards to Venter # 2. I think I'd believe what I've read first hand, and not what you claim:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/09/new-black-panther-leader-defends-group-voter-intimidation-case/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/14/AR2010071405880.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2010/0924/New-Black-Panther-Party-voter-intimidation-case-Bombshell-for-Obama
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/25/inside-the-black-panther-case-anger-ignorance-and-/
I could gather much more links if you'd like.....