StrangeSox

QUOTE (gatnom @ Jun 20, 2014 -> 02:32 PM) The only mistake was going to Iraq initially. No matter what happened next, it was going to go poorly. The entire post-invasion plan (or lack thereof) was pretty awful. De-Ba'athification and the dismantling of the Iraqi military were really poor decisions. I don't think you can overstate just how horribly that whole process was managed.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jun 19, 2014 -> 04:50 PM) And it was perfectly plausible that Nixon's secretary accidentally stepped on the record peddle while answering the phone as well. I know you bleed Democrat, but that fact that you can't at least see how this APPEARS to be criminal is just dumbfounding. Maybe you should change your screen name to Sgt Schultz. There are two important pieces of evidence that the IRS can produce to verify their story. One would be contemporaneous documentation of their 6 month email retention policy. As far as I see, there's zero reason to doubt that that was their actual policy. I haven't seen anyone point out where that retention policy would have been illegal. The second would be contemporaneous documentation (e.g. IT trouble tickets or emails) from the period after LL's computer crashed in 2011 that document that her computer did, in fact, crash. Nothing there appears to be criminal. And, as it turns out, Issa's committee has been notified of this issue previously and he's just acting all shocked and surprised because, like everything else with him, it's just dog and pony show. If he were truly interested in getting to the bottom of this, he would immunize LL and then compel her to testify. That wouldn't let anyone but her off the hook for any wrongdoings, but Issa won't do it. It doesn't appear criminal because there has been charges of fake scandal after fake scandal coming from Republicans since January 2009 now. They've all fizzled out, including the main thrust of the IRS allegations. eta: I have personally had my work computer crash and lose a few months worth of years-old archived emails because they had also been deleted off of the server. It's not like that scenario the IRS has presented is outlandish or really even all that atypical. What I'm not sure of is even assuming their explanation is 100% legitimate, did their previous email retention policy violate any federal records requirements?

The public generally supported the incredibly stupid and transparently bad idea to go into Iraq in the first place. I'm not sure approval ratings or opinion polls are actually the best way to gauge the effectiveness of foreign policy. edit: you know, that whole "rockstar Obama" thing sort of died out three or four years ago.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 19, 2014 -> 03:46 PM) And said scholars must be rejects. There is zero reason we should be trusting Iran of all countries right now and it is going to end very poorly. This admin is a complete and utter disaster in how it has handled its foreign affairs (and I'll just no comment the domestic affairs). Disgusting. Honest to god, as far as I'm concerned, Obama is one of the worst presidents, if not the very worst, this country has ever seen. But he's cool and on tv and a quasi celebrity and that makes everything okay. The level of irony of this statement coming in a thread titled "Iraq" is almost too much.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 19, 2014 -> 01:13 PM) Zion and Grand Staircase are on my short list, would love to see those soon. Observation Point at Zion was a tough hike (4 miles, 2400' vertical gain one way), but gave spectacular views. If the knife-edge scramble up Angle's Landing is too much, that trail allows you to get up and out of the canyon and see some spectacular views. The Narrows, which is a 4-12 mile round trip hike up the Virgin River in ankle-to-chest-deep water, is the most unique hike I've ever done. I wish we would have had another day to check out the Kolob Canyons area of the park as we heard several people tell us it was spectacular.

It's shaping up to be another huge non-scandal at the IRS, as there's a perfectly plausible explanation for how those emails went missing: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fi...ss-lois-lerner/ Also, lol, no National Review is not a reputable source.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jun 17, 2014 -> 08:32 AM) The action definitely dies down, and there are definite lulls, however when I reread book 4 &5 I really appreciated their storylines more. Same, I'm re-reading feast right now and really, really enjoying it. I must have down through it the first time because I don't remember the storyline.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 16, 2014 -> 10:05 PM) In general, yes. Less gun violence in England were those laws mostly ban guns is an example. Planes in Isreal haven't been flown into buildings. They have real strict policies and really long wait in the airports due to security. Things like that where certain fredooms are taken away at the price of safety. On the other hand, Syria, north Korea, etc.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 16, 2014 -> 10:05 PM) In general, yes. Less gun violence in England were those laws mostly ban guns is an example. Planes in Isreal haven't been flown into buildings. They have real strict policies and really long wait in the airports due to security. Things like that where certain fredooms are taken away at the price of safety. On the other hand, Syria, north Korea, etc.

I'm glad all of the idiots who cheered us into this completely pointless war in the first place are being given a platform to bloviate some more.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 30, 2014 -> 09:53 PM) Jesus. I expected at least a competitive game. Pacers had their chance last year when Wade was hobbled and Bosh was puttin' up boxscores of like 5 and 5. I'll be shocked if the finals goes more than 5 games. QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ May 30, 2014 -> 10:55 PM) SO SPURS IN 5?

Lol

Lebron is on a mission tonight

I was more laughing at the "I would expect nothing less from this administration" stuff, and then of course the fact that it launched him in to a rant about illegals and defunding the hhs and epa was the icing on the cake. But so far there's not any actual evidence of an ideological or political scandal at the irs. Issa is a Scum bag who only leaks what is convenient for the story he's telling.

Soccer flopping is hilarious. I'm pretty sure a gnat touching them is a mortal wound.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 09:36 AM) So you are comparing the CIA to the iRS? Torturing some terrorist vs intentionally distributing citizens tax information and intentionally targeting individuals? We're the torture emails linked to the White House? Another Liberal false equivalency.... But then you liberals have his cock so far down your throat ......oh forget it....this is why nobody posts in here anymore.....because even with something this blatant you will try to defend him...and you are not even doing that...you are comparing him to something that happened 8 yrs ago...what's your explanation of the thousands of illiegals Asshole is letting into the country...how many gang members and potential terrorists are included? Keep smoking the Hopium pipe...the Republicans should come out right now and not fund the EPA, the IRS, and HHS, next year. If f*** face wants to govern by executive order fiat, try funding the government that way too. f*** him and all you turds that support him... U mad bro?

I remember that under Bush, no emails or tapes of torture were ever lost or intentionally destroyed.

sure you can

$8.87 edit: seriously though, no ISIS does not have any nuclear weapons, though they have captured some US-supplied heavy artillery from the retreating Iraqi army. They're not beheading people after taking over cities.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Jun 13, 2014 -> 03:15 PM) Funeral processions need to stop. They are dangerous and slow down traffic. Just drive to the cemetery, and call it a day. /going to hell. it's not actually legal to just blow through red lights while in one

yes, yes, yes

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 12, 2014 -> 03:06 PM) Im not sure what is so outrageous about Greg's post. People like me are trying to stifle Christian influence in govt. But I want there to be no religion in govt. We can start by changing the US motto from "In God We Trust" back to "Out Of Many, One." That is way more badass. greg wasn't complaining about losing influence in government but about Christians not having a voice in public and having to hide their faith, which is lol-worthy:

seriously thanks for making my day, greg!

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 12, 2014 -> 02:48 PM) Proves my point. Look at all those christians and look how the small minority have stifled us completely. :lol: :lol: :lol:

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 12, 2014 -> 02:20 PM) I do appreciate your statistics and believe them. I am pleased crime is down overall and did read it is going up in NY again with people blaming the mayor. A lot of conservatives attribute NYC's crime rate decline to Giuliani without paying attention to the nation-wide drop in crime. They weren't always fond of Bloomberg's policies, but they loved his stop-and-frisk arrest-the-blacks policing support. As soon as liberal De Blaisio was elected, conservatives were saying that NYC was doomed to return to a Charles Bronson Death Wish era because he was going to stop or reform the stop-and-frisk policy.