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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 09:02 AM) I have no issue with the press having checked into those allegations. They were clearly untrue, the documents all exist, there's no reason to file lawsuits over documents that have been checked, that should have been that. WHERE ARE HIS COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS? WHAT ABOUT THE SHAH WHO FINANCED HIS RADICAL EDUCATION? MADRASSAS!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 08:29 AM) And I have little to no issue with the media scouring everything they can find. It's the Presidency for crying out loud, this guy/girl would command enough nuclear weapons to end life on this planet. But how far down the path of birtherism do you go?

Interesting choice for the audience to boo the black moderator for daring to question Gingrich's remarks as racially insensitive on MLK Day.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 16, 2012 -> 09:35 AM) I have done everything agreed to, and then some. You're not really honoring the spirit of the bet.

I blame Tebow

The persecution/victimization complex is strong in that one.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 14, 2012 -> 07:40 PM) Vernon Davis Jimmy Graham Rob Gronkowski Aaron Hernandez The stars of today's games, yet Mike Martz has no use for a TE in his offense. Genius. Thank god he resigned.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Jan 14, 2012 -> 07:11 PM) Remember when Martz was OC of San Fran and didnt use Vernon Davis in the passing game Martz is really bad at his job, isn't he?

We did a power hour, but several of us felt pretty good so we kept going.

Century Club-not nearly as fun the next day when you aren't 21 anymore.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 14, 2012 -> 04:16 PM) Remarkably inauspicious start for Steve here. This does not bode well for his signature.

Saints are being completely dominated right now.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 13, 2012 -> 05:17 PM) I just dont understand how you can screw this up. All of these guys have run in elections before, they all know you need to follow the rules. Just mind blowing. Gingrich's campaign completely fell apart before coming back together, so I get him being under-staffed and unprepared for this. But the rest? Yeah, it's pretty shocking.

what a terrible pick.

A judge rejected the ballot challenge by Perry, Gingrich, Huntsman and Santorum in Virginia. They won't be on the ballot. http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/13/politics/vir...llot/index.html scoped by NSS!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 13, 2012 -> 03:24 PM) Then again, maybe the reason the soliders pissed on the bodies was because of 9/11... Maybe. Still a disgraceful thing to do, and monumentally dumb to film it.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jan 13, 2012 -> 03:14 PM) And are those same farmers going to stop chasing the Taliban away now because 4 soldiers pissed on a Taliban corpse? Hell, they might even join the soldiers in pissing on the bodies. Maybe, maybe not. What about someone who's on the margins of helping the US? More, less or just-as likely to help after hearing that US soldiers desecrate corpses of their enemies?

Austerity Now, Prosperity More Austerity Later.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 13, 2012 -> 02:12 PM) He's a very conflicted figure historically. He was clearly content to allow the regime to make a propaganda tool out of him and bask in the glory when things were going well, but then also hesitatingly gave his support to the '44 plot to kill Hitler after things turned poorly. Well "pretty decent" relative to the rest of the Nazis.

"Rahmel" is pretty clever. Rommel's usually regarded as a pretty decent commander from a humanitarian perspective, isn't he?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 13, 2012 -> 01:48 PM) Well, to be a fair minded individual, this is a very good point and I wasn't really considering it. That's why I was bringing up those hypotheticals! Without at least trying to understand a situation from a radically different perspective, it's impossible to be conclusive statements. Granted, my cobbled-together view of "what an Afghan might think" is probably highly flawed at best. But even that realization helps grant further understanding of at least where your knowledge is lacking or your own blindspots may lie. I'll return the favor and say that hysteria of "OMG! this will get hundreds of US soldiers killed!" is overblown, but I still strongly maintain that this will have a negative impact and this will put US soldiers in increased danger. Really, if you get a chance read that CNAS paper. It's really interesting stuff. It wasn't universal for sure, but antisemitism didn't start in 1930's Germany. It's precisely because so many people were antisemitic or at least indifferent to antisemitism that their propaganda was so effective and why the rest of Europe didn't really care until Hitler started invading countries. And even then, they still didn't really care about the Jews.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 13, 2012 -> 01:35 PM) It was also backed up by soldiers that would kill you if you didn't agree with it. I never said it was invented by them, but it was used by them and enforced in a way unlike most have ever seen. I believe Saddam used similar tactics to get people to buy into his propaganda. Hey buddy, I saw the temporary propaganda exhibit at the Holocaust museum recently, I'm an expert. Seriously though, it was really fascinating (we happened to get in as part of a guided tour) and detailed how effective it really was. I'm not passing moral judgement on all German people here--hell I'm part German!--but giving an example of how an Afghani may not see the situation from the same perspective or with the same information as someone from the US. edit: anti-semitism has been pretty wide-spread for centuries if not millenia and not at the end of a gun. The Nazis just stoked those prejudices to new levels.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 13, 2012 -> 01:29 PM) Not quite on this one. My family is from that Germany, and it's not like they were given a choice to see through that propaganda...you either agreed with it, or they shot you dead. So they agreed with it. Quite a bit different than actually having a choice as a clear thinking individual. Anti-Semitism was a tool used by the Nazis to gain support, not something invented by the Nazis. Many Germans (hell, many Europeans and probably a decent chunk of Americans) were just fine with anti-Semitic views.

I want to highlight something from that CNAS paper that highlights just how important local relations are:

I forgot to acknowledge your statement that you haven't been defending these acts. You very clearly have not. Neither has jenks.