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Nippon5
some14some... she might look good until you wash that 10 kilos of makeup off...
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Nippon5
One question Everton2..
For those reasons McCain's service must be seen as one that purely representing the interest of a particular class and race, It did represent the interest of all Americans.
McCain can take his war service and insert it not too carefully up his rear end.
Even though they may seem to try some whites especially those McCain advocates just don't get it.
Do these statement quilify as racist or just prejudice?
By the way what is a white? Do I qualify as a white even though I have 1/4 native American in me? Do My kids qualify since they have 1/2 Japanese and 1/8 native American? Just wondering what is a qualified white in your race basing system?
Social justice is the moral engine on which real democracy turns, without it we have nothing.
Sezwho2
I agree with you that some (a very small majority) join only for the reasons you listed, but I think most of those also do it for country too..
Personally I still get wet eyes listening to these http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZZf619DIpo
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=C-o9aCoeGoI
Most the time if someone is in a situation where they can stay state side (he was stateside in the military and could of done a Bush and never seen combat) and they request to go to the front (knowing the risk of not coming back) we can come to the conclusion he is doing it for good reasons, and he has stated such in many articles and books.
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Nippon5
Hell I think the moose Palin shot would of been better at Vp of the REP ticket, and better then the President nominee on the Democrate ticket. Not because of who they are, but the fact neither is ready to do the job they are trying for, Biden had it right in the first place, a McCain Biden ticket was a better idea...
Economists and CEO's are they not the people who led us down this path of financial crisis?
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Sezwho2
However, McCain survived, which many other victims--both black and white and might as well add all the other ethnic groups too--did not.
However Sezwho2. many minorities survived and didnt have as hard as others did. It will depend on which oppressed minority person we speak of, Just as I stated some POWs had horrid deaths at the hand of the enemy. Also sometimes it easier to be killed then it is to relive your torture over and over the rest of your life.......
Not argueing about who was treated worse because only those it happened too can say, Im saying to straight out say he didnt have it as hard as all minorities and minorites in the military is just too general and not acurate...
Based on my experience in the US military and those I know who served I will speak from my heart and what I know, Ive never meet a person who thought they fought just for one race or color in the military who joined of his/her own will, and that includes those I know who fought in vietnam..That doesnt mean racism wasnt a part of life(it still is today) but Ive never meet one who said I only fight to save white/black Americans..
I also defended Kerry when they attempted to taint his service... It part of who I am and what I believe, maybe Im foolish to believe Americans fight for America' military because they love their country and feel a duty to protect her intrest, but its what I believe...
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Everton2
If you want to say that Black Americans fought a war for the White rich man then you should of said that in the first place and not try to twist it to McCain, he elected to fight for everyone in America not just white not just black.
With that logic all wars are for the Rich white man and allways have been since the majority of political leaders are rich and white.
You tried to diminish one mans service and suffering because you didnt like a statement in an article that said, during the racial years of the 60's and 70's John McCain was a POW with no rights and he didnt have anything to do with the likes of a radical political person of the time.
prejudice is just that and when you say a white man this or a rich man that in hate you are guilty of prejudice...
you said: McCain can take his war service and insert it not too carefully up his rear end.
I would love to see what would happen if you said that to someone who served face to face in war (or even in peace) for his country.... It would be a funny sight to watch....
Dont disrespect someones time in the service when all you did was sit in an armchair and shiver at the thought of having to defend your own country...
I understand the suffering and what was done to Minorites in America better then you could ever understand from reading and watching on the TV, I have lived it,I have felt it , I have even fought against it. But I dont diminish one persons fight to survive because he was a color or a social status like you do...
You could take a cue from Lewis and do as he did after he made such idiotic statements..
Later, Lewis issued a second statement in an apparent attempt to defuse the row, saying he had not meant to draw a link between Wallace and McCain.
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Everton2 John McCain service in Vietnam is no more important than that black enlisted man who fought with distinction and still did not enjoyed the kind freedom McCain and his lot enjoyed at home.
They are comparing the minorities lack of rights in the states as the same as being a POW in a war not just a military person. Actually what McCain faces as a POW was as bad if not worse then racism in the states in the 60's and 70's. Even if everyone in the world calls you names, dont let you go to school at the best school, wont give you a good job, wont ride a bus with you, etc etc, that doesnt seem to be as bad as this (follow the link to read what he had to go through) http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2008/01/28/john-mccain-prisoner-of-war-a-first-person-account.html
with that said both peoples faced things that most people will not have to endure in their life, to disregard one or the other is being prejudice
To lessen the mans suffering is just a foolish attempt to make a political point.
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cleo.. I think it's not the choice most devoted parents would make for their kids.
I dont know about you but at 18 my parents didnt make my plans. Also Allot of very good parents have children in the Military, in fact my Nephew just joined to serve when he had the option to go to the U on a free ride.. His parents do a wonderful job and allow their children to make up their own minds when they are adults...
Adaydream said Then she'll have to deal with the state of Alaska when they re-instate her favorite police officer.
He never was removed from being a trooper at all just put on a few days off.. before she was in office..
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SezWho2
Very well said!!!!
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Taka313...
The GOP got a tad confused on the whole vetting thing...
They asked McCain if they needed to do vetting on Palin... McCain had his hearing aid out at the time and thought they said.. "Do we need to do some venting of Palin?".. McCain answered .... "No!" then mumbled to him self.... "Damn idiots that woman smells good why would I want her vented....."
See so thats why the vetting did find much..
Im just kidding :)
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Nippon5
She's trying to do what the Democrates are doing on the other side, spin the report...
She did violate ethic rules by not controlling her family and friends and allowing the use of her office and name in the pursuit of a resolution in the ex-brother in law deal.
Its no different then trying to say she was was illegal or was abusing her power in firing the Department head.
Both these claims go against the findings and are just the typical political spin used by one side to attack the other....
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GoodDonkey.. I am was going off your first comment.... and I quote "Avoiding the issue again. Palin fired Mr Monegan improperly."
"Palin's attorney disagreed with the findings and you have not taken him to task yet."
Im waiting for him to post on here so I can tell him a bit about it, but I wouldnt hold your breath he will show up here.
I never changed my argument, my argument is simple she has the right to remove him at any time for any reason.. so it is not posible to be Improper in the firing.
You changed your statement after that a few times so I have no idea what you really meant.
also your statue you post doesnt apply to the firing of her appointed officer who according to Alaska the state this is in... He serves at her pleasure.....
the statue you are looking for was this one not the one you posted..
AS 39.05.030. Service at Governor's Pleasure. Each principal executive officer serves at the pleasure of the governor.
and Alaska State Constitution Article III - The Executive SECTION 25. DEPARTMENT HEADS. The head of each principal department shall be a single executive unless otherwise provided by law. He shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the legislature in joint session, and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor, except as otherwise provided in this article with respect to the secretary of state. The heads of all principal departments shall be citizens of the United States.
You made a lot of jokes and tried to push your point any way you can.
You even changed your argument to make it sound better.
You seem to think throwing around an education (over the internet) is a way to prove a point.It doesnt impress me, I spent along time getting multiple degrees and so did my wife, both of use have earned our right to be where we are, and I also spent allot of time behind the wheel enforcing the laws that I had to learn to do my job then.
With all that said I find it funny that you spend all this time on the internet trying to push a political view stating the other side is always lying and cheating and spinning the truth, and here you are trying the same tactics to prove a point you yourself know was wrong...
Guy I have no problem with you and didnt do anything other then point out your statment wasnt correct or factual.
Then you started on a mission to attempt to prove a point anyway you could including getting rude and trying to make others feel less then you, and I stress trying.
With that type of response to a simple correction you show your self no different then those who yell hate messages and threats about a candidate..
Im done on this topic and wont check it again, but if your ego needs to be strocked then by all means pump them arms up and type until your fingers bleed.
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Gooddonkey in one word your WRONG
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1849399,00.html the following two bolded statements are from the above article in time.
**Did Governor Sarah Palin abuse the power of her office in trying to get her former brother-in-law, State Trooper Mike Wooten, fired? Yes. **
**Was the refusal to fire Mike Wooten the reason Palin fired Commissioner of Public Safety Walt Monegan? Not exclusively, and it was within her rights as the states' chief executive to fire him for just about any reason, even without cause. **
So please show me the supreme courts rush to have this heard... ohh whats that yea they wont because the law in Alaska is simple, the states chief executive can dismiss (fire) any of her appointed officers for any reason whats so ever, this includes if he was green, loved satan, original came from Mars, Ate too loud, Looked like a monkey, or was a donkey..
Once again donkey your just wrong.. The investigation found her within her rights to fire him and she didnt break any law in doing that, what laws she broke was when she allowed other to use her office to attempt to get her ex brother in law fired, thats two different men, not the same guy. Two different issues , please multi task here for a minute, she fired her appointed officer(this is legal no matter what), and she was abusive and broke ethic laws on trying to get her ex brother in law fired, two different things here, two different men....
Thanks for the legal advice, but that only applies to an employee and not a state appointed office.. So once again your wrong..
Please keep trying maybe you will be able to rewrite the Alaskan law and get it changed so you can be right.
Im sorry you cant grasp this, its really a simple thing... Its like Obama knew Ayers... thats one thing... Ayers is a terroist(former or otherwise).. but together those two things doesnt make Obama a terrorist... Is that easy for you to understand?
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USAFdude
Strange your comment was pathetic again and different then your previous..
McCain stood out (for once) as a voice of reason in a room full of bigots filled with blind hatred for Obama.
You talk of the hatred of others but use it when talking about McCain..
If McCain stood out (for once) as a voice of reason then what was it when he called for the removal of an ad campaign that he felt was immoral? or when he stopped the crowd before when they talked of Obama's religion and worth as a man? How about when he served for his country? Or any of the other 26 years he served in goverment... nothing at all???
Since I havent heard anyone other then you tell me your comments had been spun I cant agree with the statement everyone else can clearly see my point
You dont like Republicans and dislike McCain (that point I get) you feel he only does something of worth when he does it for Obama. (that I get too) But I dont get how I changed your point at all...
By the way F&B your post shows your lack of cells cranium...
USAFdude Im a civilian now but I live in Japan, hence why I read this rag, but when I served I was out of Yokosuka and during the election of 2000 and 2004 many of the military absentee votes didnt get too the states in time and it cause a huge mess. I voted last week and I didnt vote either of these guys myself, they dont have what I feel they need to do the job right.
Enjoy your time in Germany.
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Sezwho2
I put the persons name and his comment on the post so you just missed it. Here it is again...
Gooddonkey said* Avoiding the issue again. Palin fired Mr Monegan improperly.
Now to your post..
A. I never said Palin didnt do anything ethically wrong. Actually I posted multiple times she was both wrong in morals,values,and ethics.
B. I stated a fact... Palin was not improper nor was she doing an illegal act in firing her appointed officer. The law in the state of Alaska gives her the legal right to fire him at will without any reason.
C. Any summary of a report will be an opinion of the report unless it is the whole summary of the report as written in the actual report. So I dont usually go by just a rags summary, we have all been misinformed by reading a news papers version of a story.
D. I agree that those who live in glass houses shouldnt throw rocks, and any time you point out ones faults you draw attention to yourself. Palin did so and she will most likely feel allot more heat about it then anyone she threw rocks at.
E. Why do people on this board argue points that someone writes when they are the same points? Is it done because they dont read the post or because they feel so much passion that they ignore the posts full writting?
F. In multiple post I have said she did wrong and what she did was not ethical... and I quote from my first post "What she was found abusive in was not stopping others from using her office in the pursuit of getting her Ex-Brother in law fired, or given jail time." "She was wrong in her decision to allow people to use her position as a lever to gain a personal objective."
G. And I posted in my third post and I quote "by no means do I find this behavior what I want in a presidential person, but I have that position on all 4 of the candidates.. But it is a twist of the report to say she improperly fired him... Period!!!"
H. And as far as the law I posted that in my post you are refering to in your last response.. The law is not judged based on morals it is based on the law its self, and in this case the law in Alaska states she can fire him at will with out a reason..Gods (and people) judge you on why you did it, law judges you on what you did..
I. I have ethics and I have morals and those dont always match the law, but I have to follow the law or be judged by it, hence why I feel so strong about people who commit crimes and blame it on their beliefs , morals, or ethics... I guess going to school for a CL degree can make on appriciate the law more..
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Nippon5
You can take your shirt, remove your arms from the sleeves tie the arms around a high object and jump... Ive seen guys do it that way... doesnt always kill them though. Shorter you are the better it works.
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gooddonkey said
**>I have gone to school for numerous years and I would have no problem collecting the opinions of countless professors that would validate my statement as being accurate. It seems clear to me why you said "Period!!!" now because any further discussion of the matter will make your position weaker and weaker. You will find in the history of my comments that I listen to the recorded conversation when the issue first arose. I have read countless articles on how Palin operates. I know she was directly involved. The panel did the best they could to get the truth out even though people like Republican state Sen Gary Stevens is doing his best to protect her. So you can continue to tell your story and I will continue to insist she improperly fired him. **
Im glad you have an education and you have insider knowledge that the state of Alaska didnt. Im glad your wisdom allows you to determine that her right to fire at will isnt anything unless she has a reason you find suitable.
I also have been to allot of school and I know countless professors, and since most of them are law professors I will say they most likely will agree with me that if she has the right to fire at will then she wasnt improper in firing him since she doesnt need a reason, but we can tit for tat about our education and friends we have, and that wont change your belief that way down deep she is not that good of a person, nor will it change mine that way down deep she isnt a very good person, nor will it change the fact that by law she doesnt need a reason to fire him and law doesnt look at things in a moral condition it looks at them in a legal condition...
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Nippon5
Go to the site and read the report..
Im not saying she smells like roses, Im saying your spinning the hell out of the report to make it say she fired him Improperly.. She might of did allot of things improperly but she by law couldnt fire him improperly, or as others said illegally....
Gooddonkey said* Avoiding the issue again. Palin fired Mr Monegan improperly.
The article said she didnt need a reason to fire him......
What ever laws she broke in trying to get at her ex brother fired dont mean a rats as s when the law says she can fire him at will.... Cant be considered improper if you dont need a reason..... Also it lists alot of other reasons he was fired for.. With that said (and I know you will try to spin it again because you cant just say yea the article says she has the right to fire at will) she was wrong for trying to bypass the rules, and it seems the investigation has decided to add a passage that allows victims who file against a law enforcment office can get updates, on what to do when it comes to using the office to obtain information or actions for a personal gain..
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/10/11/download.pdf
The Investigation didnt say she fired him improperly, the findings are on page 8 of 263..
Dont take anyones word for it just read...
Man sometimes the left is worse then Neocon and all his alias names.it cant be anything but the way they see it..
Sezwho2 Sorry about the quotes not always working but this message board is very poor in its coding and doesnt work well..but those who actually read the report will know the quotes because they say the findings on page 8 and explain them
Gooddonkey please read this..It seems Im not for her acts at all, but I am for not spinning it to make it more then it is..
these are my quotes in this post....
by no means do I find this behavior what I want in a presidential person, but I have that position on all 4 of the candidates.. But it is a twist of the report to say she improperly fired him... Period!!!
No matter how we would like to label one person we have to go with the finding of the states.. I like your explination better but the report states it very clearly.. see below writtings from the report
She was wrong in her decision to allow people to use her position as a lever to gain a personal objective.
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Nippon5
Damn that guard who left the rope in the cell.....
At his age he wouldnt of see freedom, so maybe he decided he didnt want to tbe Bubba's friend
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Sezwho2..
No matter how we would like to label one person we have to go with the finding of the states.. I like your explination better but the report states it very clearly.. see below writtings from the report
Gov. Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda," the report states.
The Branchflower report states Todd Palin used his wife's office and its resources to press for Wooten's removal, and the governor "failed to act" to stop it. But because Todd Palin is not a state employee, the report makes no finding regarding his conduct.
by no means do I find this behavior what I want in a presidential person, but I have that position on all 4 of the candidates.. But it is a twist of the report to say she improperly fired him... Period!!!
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goodDonkey at 03:22 PM JST - 11th October
Helter_Skelter
Avoiding the issue again. Palin fired Mr Monegan improperly.
Gooddonkey your just wrong...
Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan's refusal to fire State Trooper Mike Wooten from the state police force was "likely a contributing factor" to Monegan's July dismissal, but Palin had the authority as governor to fire him, the report by former Anchorage prosecutor Stephen Branchflower states.
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