Betzee said...

Betzee at 11:07 PM JST - 27th June

It was little noticed, that as the court was getting ready to release its decision, a worker in a Kentucky plastics plant shot his supervisor, four co-workers and then himself to death.

Posted in Supreme Court says U.S. Constitution gives Americans right to own guns at 11:07 PM JST - 27th June
Betzee at 10:45 PM JST - 27th June

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The laid-off employee scenario has become increasingly worrisome to me. Life is much more anonymous now, leaving people lots of time to stew over perceived slights as the world takes little notice. There are few second chances if you lose a good job past a certain age, either because…

Posted in Supreme Court says U.S. Constitution gives Americans right to own guns at 10:45 PM JST - 27th June
Betzee at 10:20 PM JST - 27th June

The point of bringing in race seems to be if controlled for (proper terminology), middle class white people have little to worry about since it's ghetto gang bangers blowing each other away that inflate American homicide statistics. Of course innocent victims are caught in the cross-fire but as long as…

Posted in Supreme Court says U.S. Constitution gives Americans right to own guns at 10:20 PM JST - 27th June
Betzee at 01:01 PM JST - 27th June

The only reason that they have given as much as they have just now is because they know that Bush is on the way out and sanctions are killing them.

Nonsense. Pyongyang was desperate to get off the list of states who sponsor terrorism and willing to give up something…

Posted in U.S. move to delist N Korea from terror list upsets kin of abducted Japanese at 01:01 PM JST - 27th June
Betzee at 12:10 PM JST - 27th June

You know that they stoop to the gutter when dealing with Japan,

What they constantly do is remind their citizens of the horrors Japan inflicted on Korea, then one country, during WWII. In other words, it's really the Koreans who are the victims here.

It's best to avoid pitting victims…

Posted in U.S. move to delist N Korea from terror list upsets kin of abducted Japanese at 12:10 PM JST - 27th June
Betzee at 10:20 AM JST - 27th June

‘‘I really wonder if it (the government) is ready to lay itself on the line to resolve the issue.’’

The problem is the issue will only be satisfactorily resolved for the families of the abductees when their next of kin come home. I think they are probably dead. The North…

Posted in U.S. move to delist N Korea from terror list upsets kin of abducted Japanese at 10:20 AM JST - 27th June
Betzee at 09:57 AM JST - 27th June

The Evangelical base will be energized because of this.

Really? It doesn't appear to be the case particularly since Dobson indicates he plans to sit this one out.

*"I don't know that McCain's campaign realizes they cannot win without evangelicals," David Domke, a professor of communication at the University of…

Posted in Obama dismisses Dobson criticism about Bible at 09:57 AM JST - 27th June
Betzee at 09:28 AM JST - 26th June

It's one thing to say "an attack would favor McCain." That's a debatable point. It's quite another to say "an attack would really help us out" as his chief strategist Charlie Black essentially did. John McCain appears to appreciate the difference even if others do not.

Posted in McCain disavows aide's comment about terrorism at 09:28 AM JST - 26th June
Betzee at 09:09 AM JST - 26th June

The problem for the Republican Party is that is is comprised of social conservatives who want to use the power of the government to regulate private behavior, tax-cutters, and neocons who favor a militaristic foreign policy.

And, after eight-years of this, we've ended up with one scandal after another where…

Posted in Obama dismisses Dobson criticism about Bible at 09:09 AM JST - 26th June
Betzee at 04:08 AM JST - 26th June

So are you saying McCain disassociated himself from Black's comments out of a need to be politically correct? Is that the type of leader you want, WilliB?

Posted in McCain disavows aide's comment about terrorism at 04:08 AM JST - 26th June