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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 04:22 PM) I assume its the same childish crap I have received several times almost like a 12 year old wrote the email. He's not regarded as an idiot by his peers for no reason. It is

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 02:11 PM) I don't even know the difference. I do like Lost though!!!! Why thank you

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 12:28 PM) Last night on the house floor, the idiot Rep from Arizona that held a baby in his hands for health care, asked Mayor Bloomberg (wtf i can´t find quote buttons either) ´You say you´re tough, well how will you feel when Al Qaida kid naps your daughter?´ I mean what the hell? The other thing I don't get is Giuliani saying "since when were we in the business of giving terrorists what they asked for" because KSM said he wanted to be tried in NYC. Excuse me, since when did we even pretend to give a s*** what terrorists asked for?

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 12:19 PM) Think I´ll write this here, also, I can´t find apostrophes on a portuguese keyboard, so bear with me. When did Republicans start to think it´s okay to act completely terrified by the terrorists. What happened to bring it on? I get the they aren´t citizens therefore shouldn´t be held in civilian courts arguments, I get that. BUt the OMG THE TERRORISTS ARE COMING arguments? What the hell? Grow a f***ing pair. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is going to morph into a robotic ninja and destroy New York with his laser vision, and then spew anti-American propaganda that's more effective than what he has in the past and turn everyone against America.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 09:57 AM) She titled the book that because the McCain people called her that, not because she "self-proclaimed" that title. Self-proclaimed because she titled the book "Going Rogue." Btw the expression was coined here. (Yeah, I know Slate is a liberal magazine, but still.) It wasn't originally intended as a compliment.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 01:52 AM) Was watching the Ravens/Browns game. I know the Baltimore D is good. But the Browns owe me somethin'. I don't care what it is. I'll even take an apology. They have without question the most pathetic, deplorable, inept offense I've seen in some time. 5 offensive touchdowns in their last 15 games? I want those 3+ hours back. Ravens D isn't that good this year to be honest. They have the same misconception about themselves that the Bears have, that is, people outside of the fanbase assume they're good because they've been over the past several years, when there's actually been a steep dropoff this year. They looked good because they were playing the Browns.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 16, 2009 -> 01:19 PM) Yes, it would be bolstered to be like Florence or Tamms. This is not a zero threat - but it is a very, very miniscule one. I figure if say, for example, al-Qaida staged a massive raid and freed terrorists out of the Supermax, then we have other problems... the fact that they had that capability in the first place and we couldn't do anything about it. If they have that capability then it can be used elsewhere.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 16, 2009 -> 01:10 PM) Playing devils advocate, my hometown houses a maximum security prison, where they also happen to do all of the executions for the state of Indiana. We have had a few escapes, including three inmates who were out for about a week. Escapes do happen in our prison system, it isn't a big leap to think of escaped terrorists running around. It would probably be a supermax wouldn't it?

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 16, 2009 -> 12:13 PM) Josh Marshall´s clearest, most thought-out post in a while (apparently there is news worth covering besides the Moons and Palin) tpm Again, I really don´t think this is a republican/democrat issue, there is no clear line drawn between those who support this and not, and why. This is a new perspective fostered since a great tragedy. But, again, I think we should remember, these men are not special. They are evil. And now we show how petty and silly they are. They are murderers, evil murderers, not symbols, not martyrs, just low-lifes who will now spend the rest of their lives in a 4x8 cell learning just how nice American hospitality can be. Any self-respecting prosecutor who wants to be fast-tracked to judgeship is going to be knocking motherf***ers over for the chance to put KSM away. He's not getting acquitted. His conviction is a foregone conclusion.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 16, 2009 -> 12:35 PM) I have yet to see a single person say that there are no other threats until that jail were to happen. That is just making stuff up. lol, why are you stealing my vocabulary and argument tactics

Except it's not a potential threat, it's completely irrelevant. Unless somebody thinks a terrorist will break out of a maximum security prison and go hitchhike over to a nuclear power plant and umm... break into it and uhh... do... things to make it blow up.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Nov 16, 2009 -> 10:47 AM) lets see... 1) we've got 2 nuclear power plants here within 100 miles of Chicago and no one is concerned about terrorist threats there? A prison isn't going to change that. If it's a threat now it's a threat then. If it's not a threat now, it won't be a threat then.

I looked up "rogue" on dictionary.reference.com out of curiosity. Which one of the following applies to Sarah Palin, the self-proclaimed "rogue?" lol. rogue  /roʊg/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [rohg] Show IPA noun, verb, rogued, ro⋅guing, adjective Use rogue in a Sentence See web results for rogue See images of rogue –noun 1. a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel. 2. a playfully mischievous person; scamp: The youngest boys are little rogues. 3. a tramp or vagabond. 4. a rogue elephant or other animal of similar disposition. 5. Biology. a usually inferior organism, esp. a plant, varying markedly from the normal. –verb (used without object) 6. to live or act as a rogue. –verb (used with object) 7. to cheat. 8. to uproot or destroy (plants, etc., that do not conform to a desired standard). 9. to perform this operation upon: to rogue a field. –adjective 10. (of an animal) having an abnormally savage or unpredictable disposition, as a rogue elephant. 11. no longer obedient, belonging, or accepted and hence not controllable or answerable; deviating, renegade: a rogue cop; a rogue union local. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Origin: 1555–65; appar. short for obs. roger begging vagabond, orig. cant word Synonyms: 1. villain, trickster, swindler, cheat, mountebank, quack. See knave.

Every thinking person should read the book "The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism." It's like having a bucket of cold water poured over your face.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 15, 2009 -> 06:22 PM) Is this seriously the Republican line of thinking on Afghanistan? (written by the "dean of the washington press corps") Absolutely.

QUOTE (mreye @ Nov 14, 2009 -> 09:29 AM) I love how those that complain about Fox News and the like probably don't even watch it. And don't give me the, "I watch Fox News all the time" line, because it's easy to claim that on a forum. We'll never know the truth unless I'm sitting in your living room with you or you're a Nielsen Family. Yes, Fox News leans right - even somewhat during their news segments. That's why I watch it. MSNBC leans left, so I've heard. I don't know. I don't watch them. Not that Fox would want to move to the middle when they're so popular, but at this point it would be next to impossible. The commentators that are willing to come on there are from the right - the Karl Roves. Do you really think Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid is going to go on Fox? I also think it's funny how the OP says Fox "calls" themselves news, but all the others are actually news. Even though I watch Fox News I'm smart enough to realize that Beck, O'Reilly, etc are OPINION, but they're more than not my opinion, so I will continue to watch. And another thing, are you serious about requiring "Opinion" on the screen or banning the 24/7 news cycle because what they report is not what you believe to be legitimate news? Wow. Maybe Beck is more right (correct) than I thought. I don't watch any TV news, at all, except for major stories when I need information and in that case it's CNN. The person you're referring to that made the "banning" comment is a conservative... FWIW

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Nov 16, 2009 -> 09:54 AM) Ok, i need to vent a little here. Those whole "dont bring the terrorists to America" thing really honks me off. It's such a typical American response: "We want to fight the war, but hold no responsibility for it". They are basically saying "we need to catch the bad guys, and prosecute them (preferably with no due process so we can feel better about killing terrorists), but don't bring them to MY back yard. oh no. I want them caught, just not near me". It's such crap. Suck it up. I hate to say it but that's pretty par for the course for America. It's someone else's burden and we'll just pass it off to them, and don't worry about the bills for it, they'll never come due, so let's cut taxes and celebrate. Running out of troops you say? It's the same guys on their 2nd, 3rd, 4th tours? Those guys volunteered for it. Suck it up.

It's really unfair to expect the military to do all the things the right expects them to do. It's just not possible, and by that standard the military is failing miserably. Used properly it can do just about anything it's supposed to be able to do, but if you break things down into individual parts it's really easy to see the idea of a global campaign to rid the world of terrorism is absurd on its face. We've been going at it completely the wrong way. I kind of thought it would be obvious to most people by now but it's not.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 13, 2009 -> 09:08 PM) Hah, I wasn't serious... I know I just like to read myself writing sometimes.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 13, 2009 -> 06:24 PM) Damn that Facebook. lol. That's one of the many possible ways. Although if you spread jihadist propaganda through a public website like that you're a f***ing moron.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 13, 2009 -> 05:57 PM) There are studies out there which suggest that religion alone doesn't do it, poverty alone doesn't do it, usually the trigger winds up being some form of legitimate military occupation against the will of a population. You can combine that with the other factors, but that winds up being key. Poverty really isn't even that much of a factor, it doesn't help, but a lot of terrorists come from average middle-class families. You are right though... the #1 reason, by far, is prolonged war in Muslim countries.

It's not the ONLY reason they engage in terrorism. There's a whole formula that goes with it, and then it needs a spark. Terrorist networks build through social networks mostly.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 13, 2009 -> 05:54 PM) Hey I agree (except for the San Fran comment. They're average at best, but I'd argue they're not a good football team). I'll I'm saying is this idea that he's fine and everyone else is the problem isn't accurate. He might have crap around him, but he's certainly playing on their level more often than not. People really aren't saying that, personally for me I'm starting to get pissed off that he is being blamed for other peoples f***ups (in addition to his own, which nobody denies), and when it comes from fans of other teams who don't even watch the games it's especially irritating and makes me tune them out, but it's worse when it comes from Bears fans who know better.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Nov 13, 2009 -> 04:57 PM) San Fran isn't a garbage team. They have a shot at the playoffs. They're a team on the rise. Cutler, is not everything Bears fans wanted him to be, therefore hyped him up to be. He's Jay Cutler. He still is a franchise QB though. He just has no offensive line, he has no dominant type of receiver, the running game has been terrible this year, and last, but definitely not least, his offensive coordinator is a joke. Voice of reason here