JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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WhiteHawk
JoiceRojo:
Obama, the motivational speaker with no substance to back it up? Oh yeah, it takes real intelligence to vote for that. [sarcasm]
Posted in: Obama tells crowd of 84,000 that he'll fix Washington
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WhiteHawk
How? By sending his out his bullies, like the ones who have been trying to intimidate stations from playing commercials informing the public of his connection to terrorist William Ayers?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/08/obama-wgn.html
By giving out marching orders, like the step-by-step instructions the Obama camp gave out to supporters who have been calling WGN, trying to drown out Stanley Kurtz?
http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/WGNstandards
(Please note that neither of these sources can be accused of being "right-wing mouthpieces", for those who like to attack sources instead of substance.)
Somehow, I don't think Obama is pure enough for the job. Besides, isn't that what Pelosi promised too?
This isn't "Change", this is the same old Chicago politics, right out of Jesse Jackson's playbook.
Posted in: Obama tells crowd of 84,000 that he'll fix Washington
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WhiteHawk
SezWho2:
But McCain's camp and supporters aren't bring race up, unless it's supporters who point out the old-school democrats who won't vote for a black man, as ColAmerica pointed out. The rest of the time it's brought up, it's brought up by Obama himself ("...and did I mention he's black?" -Obama, June 21, 2008), or his supporters, who typically mention that McCain is not only white, but also "old", or a "geezer".
SezWho2, the left is paying the price for wrapping itself in identity politics. Y'all are so caught up in labels and groups that any time a minority figure is a right-winger (Condi Rice, Thomas Sowell, Clarence Thomas, J.C. Watts, Michelle Malkin), the left can't wrap their minds around it. In the case of Malkin, she gets attacked with racist slurs (you should read her hate mail). Not only that, but the kneejerk defense to anyone criticizing Obama is to openly question whether they're a racist. I, like many, have pointed out Obama's lack of accomplishments (despite his potential), his lack of substance, his lack of executive experience, his lack of private sector experience, his proposals of policies that have failed for other leaders here and abroad, his past spending proposals, his future spending proposals, his past judgement errors, his false statements, his poor choice of associates, the actions of his staff and supporters trying to silence anyone mention his connections to terrorist William Ayers...
The list goes on and on. So how on God's Green Earth you can possibly suggest that I'm the least bit myopic is beyond me.
If it weren't for (Obama's) people "screaming" that race shouldn't be an issue in this er, race, would it even be brought up at all? I doubt it. Are there people who won't vote for Obama for any other reason because he's black? Yeah, there are. But in my part of the country (The South), it's democrats. The republicans wouldn't consider voting for a Marxist regardless of skin color anyway, so they're a moot point. And folks like USAFdude have conveniently forgotten things like the "draft Condi" movement, and the hope within the GOP that Bobby Jindal will run for the White House when he's tired of being governor of Louisiana.
Posted in: Democrats choose Obama to thunderous acclamation
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WhiteHawk
History? How? Skin color?
But... but... what about the content of his character?
How utterly ironic that such superficial means of measuring someone are all democrats still care about on this, the 45th anniversary of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech.
Posted in: Democrats choose Obama to thunderous acclamation
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WhiteHawk
SushiSake3:
Really? Have his "trillion or two" policy handy, do you? Can I see it?
Yes. There are only so many in this country who actually need social programs (cannot physically or mentally support themselves), the only "disabilities" the rest have are a lack of work ethic and/or an inflated sense of entitlement. The latter overburden the system and prevent the former from getting all the help they need.
Obama, to contrast, has just one bill he's co-sponsored that will send an additional $840,000,000,000 to nations noted for corrupt governments that keep their populace poor. That's just one bill.
Stand by your claim all you want, but it is unsubstantiated.
Posted in: McCain says Obama's views invite trouble abroad
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WhiteHawk
SezWho2, I expected a better response from you than that.
No, right-wing hires contractors. Left-wing nationalizes. Doesn't matter if it was for war, or that it wasn't permanent (the next administration would've ended it anyway).
Well, one of us can.
Wilson governed from the left and made concessions to the center. It's documented history.
Posted in: Clinton salutes Obama as Democrats rip McCain at convention
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WhiteHawk
Everton2:
Tell that to my girlfriend's son, who is half Asian and half Anglo, and doesn't look either very convincingly.
SushiSake3:
skipthesong:
That's the kneejerk defense, yes.
SezWho2:
See?
What will happen if an Asian is running? Will the "minority leaders" support them? We all saw the backstage fracas that nearly wrecked the 2000 DNC convention when a Jew was the VP nom.
Oh yeah, and Parliament Funkadelic would be a nice consolation for having a Marxist with almost exclusively extremist-leftist friends and connections in the White House. But even Bootsy Collins wouldn't be enough.
SezWho2:
You're quite right. Just ask Jesse "Hymietown" Jackson or Al "Diamond Merchants" Sharpton. Or maybe you should review the L.A. Riots after the Rodnet King verdict, when blacks targeted not white policie officers, but Asian store owners.
With all the points against Obama, his inexperience, his extremist connections, his lack of substance, his lack of integrity, his lack of knowledge, his Marxist viewpoints, his VP choice... you're gonna cling to race. Looks like you're the myopic one, not Obama's critics.
Ah yes, the Bill Clinton outlook. After all, that superpower stuff is a lot of work. All that responsibility can really get a country down.
You might as might propose trying not to have a job while having trying to acquire a bunch of nice stuff at the same time. Oh that's right, that's the liberal mantra.
What you forget is that whether America is a superpower or not, other countries will try to be superpowers, and they're trying it right now. Which is why America should always be a superpower.
marvenp:
Or maybe we're just anti-Marxist.
Really? Examples?
Xbox Live? Oh yeah, that's the first place I look for maturity. :-) Try listening to any hip-hop song, you'll get called the same thing by people of your own race. Is that racism too?
Two of the men who killed Byrd were convicted and sentenced to death, and the third was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. How much stricter can you get? You can't! There was nothing more Bush could do! Show up at the funeral? Why? Leftists would just claim he was using Byrd's death for political purposes. I think we know where Bush stands on murder, and that's sufficient.
Biden, who described Obama as a "clean black"? Hilarious.
Instead of watching Chris Rock videos, perhaps you should read Thomas Sowell. If Sowell would run for president, he would have my vote. But as a black man, would he have yours?
Damax6:
You're quite right. I've always been convinced that Marxists are not suitable for the White House.
Don't know who said this:
Well, it's just ended Nazism, slavery, the occasional dictatorship, stopped communism from spreading, and end fascism the world over...
USARonin:
Oh, ouch. Both of my parents were Air Force, one of my uncles, my b-i-l (who has served on ten missions in Iraq), and several of my friends. Thing is, all of them are right-wing conservatives. None of them have USAFdude's viewpoint.
skipthesong:
True, 90% of blacks vote democrat anyway, regardless of who is on the ticket. It would be interesting to see what happened if a Jew, Asian or Hispanic were on the top of the DNC ticket.
USARonin:
Funny thing is, McCain never brings up race. It's always Obama and his supporters. It looks like they're the ones with the race issues.
Madverts:
The point you (and the rest of the Left) keep ignoring is that congressional Republicans inspired their voters to stay home in droves by acting like Democrats.
Professor:
Oh yes, I'm envious of an empty suit slacker who got where he is by disqualifying his senate election opponents and riding a wave of anybody-but-Clinton support.
I don't envy Obama if he gets elected and has to live up to his hype...
SushiSake3: 04:29 PM JST.
So people should vote for Obama because he'll move troops from Iraq to Afghanistan, which is what Bush is doing now, but people shouldn't vote for McCain because he'll just be four more years of Bush? Eh?
The Iraq war is wrapping up. We have an agreement to have combat troops out in 2011. We're already below re-surge levels and have been for a while now. Basing your vote soley on Iraq is an ill-informed vote.
Basing your vote on defending the country and our allies from the never-ending desires of others (communists, Islamofascists, etc.) to rule the world is another story.
yabits:
Might have something to do with the active recruitment of returning vets by the DNC. The ones that run as Repubilcans volunteer.
Um, it's the CURRENT congress that's earned the CURRENT ratings. How much spin does it take to blame the previous congress for the current congress' ratings?!?
Badsey:
Funny thing is, Bernanke got that idea from the Carter administration. And isn't it odd how leftists always mention money and the deficit when talking about the wars (less than 7% of the budget), but never mention money or the deficit when proposing more entitlement programs (60% of the budget).
SushiSake3:
Actually, it was the democrat supporters in the media who called him that, and prodded McCain to "stir up" the establishment GOP by voting or threatening to vote with the democrats. McCain's ACU rating is only 84%.
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WhiteHawk
Obama is promising he'll FINALLY make a speech with substance and not purely rhetoric. Granted, he's said that before, but his time, he means it!
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2527236520080825?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews
What took him so long?
Posted in: Democrats choose Obama to thunderous acclamation
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WhiteHawk
SushiSake3:
That's just blatantly wrong. McCain has been a champion of cutting unnecessary spending from the national budget, while Obama proposes more and more. In fact, Obama proposed $740,000,000 in earmark spending alone, while McCain proposed $0. Plus, Obama has promised to spend more than an additional trillion dollars if he becomes president. Now which candidate looks better to reduce the national debt? Unless you're using Abstract Math, there's no way Obama could possibly reduce the debt.
I realize it's a standard-issue leftist talking point, but McCain is not GWB, especially when it comes to spending.
Posted in: McCain says Obama's views invite trouble abroad
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WhiteHawk
Hey, it happens. Some habits are tough to break, eh? ;)
But KT does have a point. Oabama will meet with anybody unconditionally... except John McCain, Fox News, and average American citizens.
...and every other president except Nixon, Carter and Clinton.
Posted in: Clinton salutes Obama as Democrats rip McCain at convention
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WhiteHawk
SezWho2, he increased federal regulation and taxation, promoted labor unions, nationalized the railroad industry (shades of Chavez), suppressed free speech during WWI, disparaged the rights of the individual, created the Committee on Public Information intimidation and propaganda machine, resurrected the Sedition Act, pushed the Espionage Act (which made it a crime to be critical of the draft), preceded Mussoulini and Hitler with the War Industries Board, promised blacks support for their issues then failed to deliver...
Is this enough?
Posted in: Clinton salutes Obama as Democrats rip McCain at convention
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WhiteHawk
SezWho2:
Like Wilson?
:D
Posted in: Clinton salutes Obama as Democrats rip McCain at convention
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WhiteHawk
Clinton said exactly what I expected she would say. I mean really, did anyone think she was going to call for a coup?
And just think, after all of this campaigning, Obama is promising he'll FINALLY make a speech with substance and not purely rhetoric. Granted, he's said that before, but his time, he means it!
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2527236520080825?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews
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WhiteHawk
JoeBigs:
Er, how many advisors does Obama have again? 300 or so?
Madverts:
Yes, it is. Just ask the U.S. Senate. If you don't have the time, you don't have to ask the entire senate, you could just ask Pelosi.
Posted in: McCain says Obama's views invite trouble abroad
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WhiteHawk
TRUTHxHURTS:
Your disjointed rant is as off-topic as it is inaccurate. Please study American history prior to the year 2000 before attempting to continue.
Posted in: Iraq demands clear timeline for U.S. withdrawal
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WhiteHawk
Wow, adaydream, that was a lot of "la-la-la-la-I'm-not-listening-la-la-la-la!"
So you're admitting that I'm right about Iran's meddling and that you can't prove that Iraq invited those Iranian terrorists into the country? Good. You're making progress!
You can believe what you want (you've made it clear that reality can't stop you), but the last article I provided explains why Iraq thinks it can contain Iran's meddling. But I know you can't give the American military (especially under the command of a Republican administration) credit for liberating Iraq from 24 years of cruel dictatorship, preventing that dictatorship from continuing under the rule of the dictator's sons, and bringing stability and a brighter future to the country, because that might cause you to have an aneurysm. And I wouldn't want that for you.
Posted in: Iraq demands clear timeline for U.S. withdrawal
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WhiteHawk
adaydream, just because you're capable of ignoring the Iranian snipers and bomb-makers that have been attacking Allied troops, doesn't mean they don't exist. Yes, Iraq has invited AMBASSADORS and DIPLOMATS from Iran to Baghdad, but I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THEM. You're dancing around the issue of the UNINVITED SNIPERS and BOMB-MAKERS.
Provide proof that the Iraqi government invited snipers and bomb-makers from Iran into Iraq. That's the issue. Those are the Iranians that need to withdraw from Iraq.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1542670/We-are-not-responsible-for-rifles%2C-says-Austria.html
From the article:
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2007/02/evidenceofiran_sup.php
From the article:
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http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2007/02/iraniansniperrifle.php
From the article:
and:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/IraqCoverage/Story?id=1692347-page=1
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2006/03/mil-060317-afps01.htm
http://www.iranfocus.com/en/index.php?option=com_content-task=view-id=4299
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=3052
Apparently adaydream, you've never thought to ask yourself just how the Iraqi insurgents have managed to drag out a conflict against Allied forces for five years. The obvious answer is that they've got help. And in case you've been wondering why Iranian-aided attacks have been on the decrease...
http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3359545,00.html
From the article:
Posted in: Iraq demands clear timeline for U.S. withdrawal
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WhiteHawk
adaydream:
You're telling me that you can't separate the ambassadors, foreign ministers and other diplomats from the bomb-makers and snipers? You believe that the Iraqi government invited the Iranian bomb-makers and snipers into Iraq to prolong the instability of the conflict and keep the Allied forces there longer? Well, that explains a lot!
You're not just incorrect, you're deliberately ignorant of any facts that don't fit your preconceived notions.
Posted in: Iraq demands clear timeline for U.S. withdrawal
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WhiteHawk
adaydream:
Oh, that must be why Iran has snipers, rockets and IED-makers in Iraq, all for the purpose of prolonging the instability of the country by attacking Allied troops. Oh yeah, Iran has Iraq's best interests in mind. What codswallop.
Posted in: Iraq demands clear timeline for U.S. withdrawal
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WhiteHawk
I'll be impressed when Iraq demands a clear timeline for Iran's withdrawal.
Posted in: Iraq demands clear timeline for U.S. withdrawal