Nessie said...

Nessie at 09:38 AM JST - 11th October

I've gone back through all the posts on this thread and your posts the past 2 days and can't find your post with the Rolling Stone link

It was actually someone else's link. You can do a Google search under "McCain...Rolling Stone...hatchet job."

But a fine hatchet it was.

Posted in McCain steps up attacks on Obama over ties to Ayers at 09:38 AM JST - 11th October
Nessie at 09:15 AM JST - 11th October

Anyway, I think I found what you're talking about - "Make-Believe Maverick," right? Pure trash.

Thanks for reading, Sarge. Here's a quiz of reading comprehension. 1. Did McCain pull strings to avoid getting booted? 2. Was McCain a good student? 3. Was McCain a good pilot?

I've never questioned McCain's…

Posted in McCain steps up attacks on Obama over ties to Ayers at 09:15 AM JST - 11th October
Nessie at 09:07 AM JST - 11th October

Businesses do reserve the right to refuse service, if thats for racist reasons its their problem, not yours. Take your business elsewhere.

Dontpanic, imagine this scenario. Your Japanese friend reserves the room but ends up not being able to go. You show up and are told that the inn won't…

Posted in 70% of inns without foreign guests wish to keep it that way: survey at 09:07 AM JST - 11th October
Nessie at 08:59 AM JST - 11th October

Palin, at a fundraiser in Ohio on Friday, told supporters “it’s not negative and it’s not mean-spirited” to scrutinize Obama’s iffy associations.

Yeah, what Sez said.

It wouldn't be mean-spiritized to scrutinize his iffy associations...if he had any.

Posted in Raw anger in McCain's crowds as Obama strengthens at 08:59 AM JST - 11th October
Nessie at 08:55 AM JST - 11th October

There was a fake IRS scam at my Japanese company here in Sapporo.

A fax from "David Smith" of the "IRS" came to a foreign national at the company, asking that the national file certain financial documents, including bank information. The IRS never sends faxes, so we knew it was…

Posted in No. of ATM-based billing fraud cases falls below 1,000 in August at 08:55 AM JST - 11th October
Nessie at 11:55 PM JST - 10th October

Sorry, But a Rolling Stone hit piece to prove your position? I passed my wanna be on the cover of the Rolling Stone a long while back...no offense.

None taken, but I'm still waiting for that rebuttal.

Posted in McCain steps up attacks on Obama over ties to Ayers at 11:55 PM JST - 10th October
Nessie at 10:42 PM JST - 10th October

Strikes me as a standard hit piece.

Being a hit piece doesn't make it less true, Coul.

Posted in McCain steps up attacks on Obama over ties to Ayers at 10:42 PM JST - 10th October
Nessie at 10:40 PM JST - 10th October

I read it.....Worst piece of crap I ever read. No Bias in that expose.

Thanks for the nuanced rebuttal, Sail.

Posted in McCain steps up attacks on Obama over ties to Ayers at 10:40 PM JST - 10th October
Nessie at 09:34 PM JST - 10th October

So lessee: Bush didn't go to Vietnam - must have relied on his connections. But McCain went - must have relied on connections.

Exactly! McCain relied on his connections to go to Vietnam -- in the sense that he would've been kicked out of the military academy without his connections.…

Posted in McCain steps up attacks on Obama over ties to Ayers at 09:34 PM JST - 10th October
Nessie at 09:26 PM JST - 10th October

Hating someone foreign isnt racism, it might be discrimiation on natioanlity but thats not racism.

It's nativism.

Posted in 70% of inns without foreign guests wish to keep it that way: survey at 09:26 PM JST - 10th October