Texsox Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Where does it say that in the pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 05:17 PM) There's a big difference between Columbia and a Madrassa. You don't exactly see Muslim leaders flocking to Liberty or Oral Roberts, do you? Sure, many of the same politicial views are held at Columbia that are held at many Madrassas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 07:39 AM) Sure, many of the same politicial views are held at Columbia that are held at many Madrassas... I don't know why that bothers me as much as it does. But I think that when you and Kap and mr. genius and whoever else say that, you forfeit the right to complain when someone draws an equally sleazy parallel from Bush to Hitler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 07:41 AM) I don't know why that bothers me as much as it does. But I think that when you and Kap and mr. genius and whoever else say that, you forfeit the right to complain when someone draws an equally sleazy parallel from Bush to Hitler. I didn't think the green would be necesary, but I guess I'll have to remember that next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 How convenient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 01:16 PM) How convenient. Yea, 'cause we're so serious about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 You weren't serious last time we had this discussion? About "Binnie"? Maybe I won't make the mistake of taking your pronunciations serious anymore. Thank you for the clarification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 08:29 AM) Yea, 'cause we're so serious about this. we're? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Oh, I was serious about the rhetoric of Democrats equalling that of Al Queda. I didn't say Democrats were Al Queda, but I did say Al Queda is taking the playbook from Democrats, because it's convenient to their cause at the moment. There's no denying that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 01:33 PM) we're? SS, mr_genius, and myself. The troika of Darth Vader followers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 08:34 AM) SS, mr_genius, and myself. The troika of Darth Vader followers. And with our convient control the media, we can pretty much do whatever we want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 09:07 AM) And with our convient control the media, we can pretty much do whatever we want. You have perfected the consistent message Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Joe Sudbay over at Americablog made me chuckle: Now comes word from ABC's "The Blotter" that Bush's pick to be our nation's chief law enforcment officer has represented an alleged Iranian "front" group: For more than 25 years, U.S. intelligence and law enforcement authorities say they have suspected the New York-based Alavi Foundation is a "front" for Iranian espionage and anti-American activities. For more than 25 years, court records show the foundation has been publicly defended and represented by the New York law firm where attorney-general nominee Michael Mukasey is a partner: Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP. The foundation says the firm continues to represent it. Mukasey personally handled at least one matter in court for the foundation. Just review the rhetoric of McCain, Romney, Giuliani, Duncan Hunter and the rest of the GOP knuckleheads eviscerating Columbia University for allowing Ahmadinejad to speak one time at the school. Yet, could our next A.G. have been making money from that terrorist regime? tee hee hee. At least we can be sure the very principled McCain, Romney, Giuliani, Duncan Hunter. . . and the rest of the GOP knuckleheads won't be confirming this UnAmerican defender of an Iranian front organization any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Oh my, that is explosive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 06:31 PM) Oh my, that is explosive. And yet, when I post the exact same thing in the AG thread, I get ignored by everyone but Tex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Oh yea, another "scandal". This is really nothing. He worked at a law firm that defended someone from Iran, WHOA SCANDAL! You guys are totally racist against Iranians. Racists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 08:38 PM) And yet, when I post the exact same thing in the AG thread, I get ignored by everyone but Tex. I don't go into every thread. And some threads I stop visiting after someone makes me sick, if I'm not feeling up to barfing on them. So I wasn't ignoring you, my love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 09:07 AM) And with our convient control the media, we can pretty much do whatever we want. I Photoshopped those pictures to show Nancy Pelosi hanging out with Bin Laden, they are ready to debut in our conservative pawn (the New York times) tomorrow morning. blahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 QUOTE(mr_genius @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 08:45 PM) Oh yea, another "scandal". This is really nothing. He worked at a law firm that defended someone from Iran, I agree with this, the rest was bulls***. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 08:38 PM) And yet, when I post the exact same thing in the AG thread, I get ignored by everyone but Tex. That's easy Balta, anyone who attacks the ACLU for accepting unpopular clients should also be attacking here and anyone who defends the ACLU should also be defending here. That would be a consistent ethic. But instead there will be a whole lot of rationalizing why one is ok and the other isn't. As I posted before, I believe our system works best when everyone has access and with proper representation. In that forum, with both sides in a fair debate, goodness results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 08:27 PM) Joe Sudbay over at Americablog made me chuckle: tee hee hee. At least we can be sure the very principled McCain, Romney, Giuliani, Duncan Hunter. . . and the rest of the GOP knuckleheads won't be confirming this UnAmerican defender of an Iranian front organization any time soon. Sweet, so that means you guys are all anti-ACLU now right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 26, 2007 -> 07:43 AM) Sweet, so that means you guys are all anti-ACLU now right? No. they can hide behind the ACLU typically defends Americans, not foreign nationals I like my position the best. Very comfortable and consistent. We have a greast system, we just need to trust it to work. And it works best when everyone has a "dream team" of lawyers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 This AG nomination was one of the best things to happen between Congress and the Prez since Bush took office. Lets hope that doesn't get derailed because a firm he worked at happens, among I am sure a very long client list, to represent at least one person who is unsavory at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 I find this perspective intriguing... what is the American character? Hard to say, of course. But I daresay we know it when we see it. Let me put before you an illustrative example: one week in September of 1959, when, much like one week in September of 2007, American soil supported a visit by what many, if not most Americans agreed was the most evil and dangerous man on the planet. Nikita Khrushchev disembarked from his plane at Andrews Air Force Base to a 21-gun salute and a receiving line of 63 officials and bureaucrats, ending with President Eisenhower. He rode 13 miles with Ike in an open limousine to his guest quarters across from the White House. Then he met for two hours with Ike and his foreign policy team. Then came a white-tie state dinner. (The Soviets then put one on at the embassy for Ike.) He joshed with the CIA chief about pooling their intelligence data, since it probably all came from the same people—then was ushered upstairs to the East Wing for a leisurely gander at the Eisenhowers' family quarters. Visited the Agriculture Department's 12,000 acre research station ("If you didn't give a turkey a passport you couldn't tell the difference between a Communist and capitalist turkey"), spoke to the National Press Club, toured Manhattan, San Francisco (where he debated Walter Reuther on Stalin's crimes before a retinue of AFL-CIO leaders, or in K's words, "capitalist lackeys"), and Los Angeles (there he supped at the 20th Century Fox commissary, visited the set of the Frank Sinatra picture Can Can but to his great disappointment did not get to visit Disneyland), and sat down one more with the president, at Camp David. Mrs. K did the ladies-who-lunch circuit, with Pat Nixon as guide. Eleanor Roosevelt toured them through Hyde Park. It's not like it was all hearts and flowers. He bellowed that America, as Time magazine reported, "must close down its worldwide deterrent bases and disarm." Reporters asked him what he'd been doing during Stalin's blood purges, and the 1956 invasion of Hungary. A banquet of 27 industrialists tried to impress upon him the merits of capitalism. Nelson Rockefeller rapped with him about the Bible. Had America suddenly succumbed to a fever of weak-kneed appeasement? Had the general running the country—the man who had faced down Hitler!—proven himself what the John Birch Society claimed he was: a conscious agent of the Communist conspiracy? No. Nikita Khrushchev simply visited a nation that had character. That was mature, well-adjusted. A nation confident we were great. We had our neuroses, to be sure—plenty of them. But look now what we have lost. Now when a bad guy crosses our threshhold, America becomes a pants-piddling mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 26, 2007 -> 11:43 AM) I find this perspective intriguing... Thank you for posting that, I would have missed it and it perfectly sums up my feelings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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