SezWho2 said...

SezWho2 at 11:43 AM JST - 16th June

More germane might be...

Mmmm. Well, yes. It might be. However, I think you'll have to be more explicit as to how the shooting death by a Stasi-agent-cum-West-German-policeman is more germane to this case.

What government would not put down a violent demonstration, even using lethal force?

Posted in Iran's Guardian Council ready to do limited recount of ballot boxes at 11:43 AM JST - 16th June
SezWho2 at 11:08 AM JST - 16th June

Too young to remember Kent State, are we?

Posted in Iran's Guardian Council ready to do limited recount of ballot boxes at 11:08 AM JST - 16th June
SezWho2 at 08:32 AM JST - 16th June

When Obama nominated Panetta to be head of the CIA, politicians and reporters alike pointed out that he had no previous intelligence experience. America now has a retread political hack from the Clinton administration in a job where we need a seasoned professional within the intelligence community.

Even if this…

Posted in CIA head suggests Cheney almost wishing U.S. will be attacked at 08:32 AM JST - 16th June
SezWho2 at 10:33 PM JST - 15th June

SuperLib,

I'm sure we could find cases where former presidents have criticized sitting presidents. And then we could make distinctions and argue those for what they are worth.

Bush did not immediately follow Carter. That seems like a significant distinction to me. Cheney, on the other hand, has been out…

Posted in CIA head suggests Cheney almost wishing U.S. will be attacked at 10:33 PM JST - 15th June
SezWho2 at 10:24 PM JST - 15th June

sailwind,

Sure, the media gives Cheney a forum. I'm sure it would give Bush one, too. However, Cheney could decline to seek the forum and could decline to avail himself of it when offered.

Posted in CIA head suggests Cheney almost wishing U.S. will be attacked at 10:24 PM JST - 15th June
SezWho2 at 05:40 PM JST - 15th June

skip,

I don't quite catch what you are trying to say either. In my imperfect memory, those people who others call "left", "leftist" or "the Left" very, very seldom refer to themselves in those terms.

Yes, I remember the faux outrage when he went to NY. Those who "supported" him--as…

Posted in Ahmadinejad opponents shout protests from rooftops at 05:40 PM JST - 15th June
SezWho2 at 04:12 PM JST - 15th June

Play all the word games you want.

That was not a word game. That was a fundamental semantic distinction. And it is a distinction which you have not addressed other than by accusing your interlocutor of "playing games".

Panetta, among others, is charged with the job of protecting America and…

Posted in CIA head suggests Cheney almost wishing U.S. will be attacked at 04:12 PM JST - 15th June
SezWho2 at 04:03 PM JST - 15th June

Gore spent 8 years traveling the globe and savaging Bush.

I don't think this is really true. In the first place, to dispel the rhetoric, I don't think Gore "savaged" Bush. In the second place, Gore was an advocate for a single cause which at its heart had nothing to…

Posted in CIA head suggests Cheney almost wishing U.S. will be attacked at 04:03 PM JST - 15th June
SezWho2 at 03:45 PM JST - 15th June

In the end it is Panetta's job not to comment on what former Veeps say or do but to protect our country and its interests.

No. It is not true that it is Panetta's job not to comment on what Cheney says. What is true is that it is *not…

Posted in CIA head suggests Cheney almost wishing U.S. will be attacked at 03:45 PM JST - 15th June
SezWho2 at 03:41 PM JST - 15th June

Cheney and him seem to be in a three week rotation with Palin lately.

These three are not simply Republicans. I don't think their agendas even have much to do with Republicanism. Rush is masterful in not engaging in dialogue with anyone his equal, Cheney is choking on his own…

Posted in CIA head suggests Cheney almost wishing U.S. will be attacked at 03:41 PM JST - 15th June