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QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 25, 2009 -> 05:22 PM) It is mainstream. It may not be news, but this isn't Al-Jazeera English or anything. (which is surprisingly not radical, they tame down the English version.) Apparently it is abhorrent to claim that radical, conspiracist, hate speech on a network watched by millions could lead to bad things. Even though there are many cases in history where it has. And, even more strangely, is a tendency of kap to defend, join, and mold himself into being one of the people I'm talking about. He posts that the conspiracy theories are stupid, and crazy, but trips over himself to act like any criticism of them, is directed at him, and if so, I guess that means Kap is exactly the person I'm talking about. If that professor from Colorado calling 9/11 victims little eichmanns was given legitimacy in a movement and had a lot of followers (not comparing him to Beck), I'd think you'd call it concerning. BUt apparently incredibly infused, hateful, bats*** crazy language used by this current set of crazy people getting far too much press is not a concern. In this thread, I never called for Beck to be put in prison, though that's responses they would argue against that very point no one ever made, I didn't even call for him to be taken off the air, (though, again, the same), and I think it's well within reason for me to criticize and caution against conspiracist, inciteful speech, because it can, and has, led to violence. that is a very Glenn Beck like rant.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 09:53 PM) And you'd be a racist. and we have a winner! end the thread, no post is going to beat that one.

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 09:25 PM) I see it was natural and encouraged to destroy our dixie chicks cds after saying the inflammatory "we aren't proud of our president" statement. Does Glenn Beck have any CD's? If so, smash them.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 08:01 PM) Nice, so now you're correlating Beck with the # of death threats the president gets. Ummm hmmm. He's personally called in around 40% of the threats. True story.

Frank was the top hitter in the 90's as far as I'm concerned. I have Tony Gwynn in my top 3 as well (maybe).

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 05:59 PM) Not really. I guess hateful rhetoric only matters when it's aimed at muslims. the fort hood guy actually turned out to be a terrorist. so i guess the haters were right. in that one specific case at least. and the victim of a evil right wing murder turned out to be a suicide. go figure.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 23, 2009 -> 09:20 PM) Satellite measurements show a surprising an unexpected amount of mass loss (read: melting) from the elephant in the room, the East Antarctic ice sheet. Everyone knows we're melting Greenland and West Antarctica rapidly and those are enough to inundate New York so when is NY gonna be underwater? Looks like the Wall Street bankers might, literally, need a bailout.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 23, 2009 -> 04:41 PM) It would have been really useful to have had this filibuster standard in 2001. for which vote?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...2102272_pf.html lol. i guess we can put an end to the 'she wasn't bribed' discussion. she admits it.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 21, 2009 -> 01:10 PM) I was just providing another example of how MSNBC is the liberal version of Fox News. Could you imagine anyone on Fox saying something like that about a Republican President? lol

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 20, 2009 -> 12:53 PM) Obama, in the midst of the worst recession since the 30's: 49%. Bush, when the economy was much better, bottomed at 19%. Obama has used up his capital is some stupid ways, but also some smart ones. The 2010 midterms should be a worry for him, but as of right now, he's still not having to worry about re-election. Unless the GOP has some superstar up its sleeve (which is possible), if Obama's popularity stays as-is, he wins easy in 2012. Now, if the economy double-dips and gets uglier than it is now, well, that's another story. If employment does not recover, Obama's approval ratings could become very GW Bush like by 2012. Obama has only been in office for a year, so a lot of people are giving him some time. If the double dip happens, and the economy totally crashes, it's over. He might as well not even run. But you're right, it's too early to be talking about 2012.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 20, 2009 -> 12:50 PM) What's the purpose of putting this in the Dem thread other than trolling? Maybe I'm a concerned Democrat

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 20, 2009 -> 11:06 AM) From 1999 to 2009, give or take, the equity markets were essentially unchanged. I believe that is the only 10 year period if its kind since the Depression. That is what he means by the Lost Decade. Historically, over longish periods of time, like 10+ years, you could rely on the broader markets to make you about 7 to 10% on equity year over year, with some variance if you played with the 10 years you picked. But zero gain, the complete loss of the equity premium, for 10 years, is unique. also a net loss of jobs for a decade. no growth at all.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/122627/Obama-Jo...al-Down-49.aspx Uh oh

Balta just conceded the White House to Sarah Palin in the Dem thread. I think that has legal precedent right? All hail Sarah Palin!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 09:39 PM) Something tells me the Palin administration might not even get that quality of advice in the first place. At least the Clintons got it and ignored it. ah so you are conceding the white house to Palin? For shame.

Brooksley Born look it up

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 09:28 PM) I was trying to find some humor in that, in case you didn't catch on. "....ha..ha"

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 09:02 PM) I love this. Step 1: spend 8 years trying to totally destroy the country, barely fail Step 2: Lose 1 election Step 3: Give the party now in charge 4 years to fix the mess you made Step 4: If they don't...challenge them with someone even worse. I could really be convinced that the Republicans are actually working as Iranian spies trying to bring down the country if this happens. you might want to extend that to 16years. GW and Clinton had the same corporate economic strategy. The situation we are in certainly isn't Obama's fault. But as much as you wish it was, it isn't a GOP only caused problem. You are going to have to face reality here. Bill Clinton was as much to blame as anyone for the banking bailout disaster. lol alan greenspan.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 08:45 PM) Not quite sure "Hilarious" is the word I'd use. well you guys have some time to turn it around. good luck.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 08:11 PM) Sure looks like you folks are gonna try. lol, if the GOP runs Sarah Palin and she wins that would be hilarious.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 04:54 PM) If a Republican is going to win in 2012 it'll be someone we haven't talked about yet. In other words not Giuliani, Palin, Romney, Huckabee, etc. None of those guys would beat Obama. It's still really early in the game, and to be honest it's really annoying that we were already talking about 2012 in December 2008. Obama just got elected a year ago, we're just over 1/4 of the way to the next one... f***ing hell. Obama has one hell of a bad economic problem on his hands. All these jobs lost are basically gone for good unless moves are made. You could run a my little pony against Obama and win if the U-6 unemployment rate is at 20+% next election.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 02:28 PM) Is mathematical science a science? Is computer science a science? computer science is a mathematical science.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 10:57 AM) FWIW, Fox News got caught using file footage and reporting it as a current event. This time it's file footage of a Sarah Palin campaign rally from last year that was reported to be the people gathering for her book signing in Michigan yesterday. You may remember Jon Stewart caught them doing something like this a little over a week ago. FOX news is totally pro-Sarah Palin. Advocacy under the rouse of being 'news'.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 11:16 AM) The big reason for foreclosures now is unemployment, not bad loans. There has been a transition in this sector. By looking at the unemployment numbers, that means we are no where near ready to recover. We might be able to build a statistical falsehood here that shows "recovery", much like the 3.5% JUMP IN GDP last quarter. But there is nothing that shows any real growth yet. ^^^