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goodDonkey
Not many comments trying to justify their "yesses."
Posted in: Do you see anything wrong with U.S. President Barack Obama playing golf while the Gulf Coast oil spill crisis continues?
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goodDonkey
R.I.P. to the Dean of the Senate.
Posted in: West Virginia Sen Robert Byrd dead at 92
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goodDonkey
I hope she sails through.
Posted in: Senate panel opens Kagan high court hearing
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goodDonkey
Sounds like Cardinal Schoenborn would make a better Pope than Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger).
Posted in: Vatican admonishes Austrian cardinal for comments
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goodDonkey
Get those sneaky Russians! It is an odd case as they are not accused of going after state secrets. As the article states they are being accused of being "secret agents of Russia’s intelligence service, the SVR, with the goal of penetrating U.S. government policymaking circles." I was watching The PBS NewsHour and it struck me as strange how they were accused of infiltrating and seeking out policy makers. What happened to good old fashioned spying? Digging up the state secrets and sneaking them home?
Posted in: 10 alleged Russian secret agents arrested in U.S.
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goodDonkey
Freedom of association is not literally spelled out in our Constitution/Bill of Rights; it should be. In many countries it is literally spelled out. However:
How true that is. Just because the Supreme Court chooses the easy way out does not mean it is justice. By "easy way out" I mean all discernment to be conducted by the government and all individual freedoms are subjective; specifically freedom of speech.
I am not against freezing assets and going after the money for terrorist groups like al-Qa'ida. I believe cutting off the money supply is a very effective means of reducing the power of terrorist organizations.
I really don't expect some people to get the value of freedom of association. In reality it is one of the greatest freedoms we can have. I wish it were in the Bill of Rights explicitly as well as the right to privacy being explicit.
Posted in: Supreme Court upholds U.S. government's anti-terror law
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goodDonkey
I'll stick with the facts not Molenir's interpretation.
Posted in: Ethics probe: Palin legal defense fund was illegal
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goodDonkey
medievaltimes at 02:01 PM JST - 25th June
Splendid comment! Especially poignant because Jerry had his own run at politics.
Molenir said:
Article said:
Does Molenir ever get it right? Now he will argue that he is correct and nothing was illegal or wrong or whatever.
"an investigator said Thursday the fund was illegal"
"an investigator said Thursday the fund was illegal"
"an investigator said Thursday the fund was illegal"
Posted in: Ethics probe: Palin legal defense fund was illegal
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goodDonkey
Taka313 at 04:31 AM JST - 24th June
He was resigned. He tendered his firing.
I heard we will need a lot more troops to have a successful counter-insurgency. I heard numbers as high as 150 thousand troops.
Posted in: Obama rebukes top U.S. commander in Afghanistan
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goodDonkey
grafton said:
Try Harry Truman. He had that sign on his desk. Colonel A. B. Warfield coined the phrase.
Posted in: BP Gulf spill costs hit $2 billion; no end yet
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goodDonkey
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I'll bet "gross negligence or willful misconduct" will be what is hammered out in court and then we'll see if Anadarko Petroleum Corp and Mitsui and Co Ltd have to pony up for this blunder too. 25% is a huge stake for Anadarko to get off scott free.
Sounds improbable if not impossible. I would hate to think of this leak going on into the autumn. I have to admit that it is my ignorance that makes it seem impossible but I have just lost all hope of recovering the seashore and wetlands.
The "$105 million paid out so far to 32,000 claimants" represents only 5.25% of the $2 billion BP has spent so far. I hope the $20 billion fund is only used for claims. Hopefully, they are spending other money for containment, sealing off the well and even the majority of the clean-up costs are not taken out of the escrow fund. I do realize that the article said the $2 billion did not come out of the escrow fund.
Posted in: BP Gulf spill costs hit $2 billion; no end yet
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goodDonkey
Ha, Ha, what a bafoon.
Posted in: BP CEO slammed by lawmakers in U.S. Congress
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goodDonkey
The ugly business of slaughtering whales just keeps getting uglier.
Posted in: Japan bribed small nations with cash, call girls to get whaling vote: Sunday Times
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goodDonkey
I criticized Egypt many posts ago; try to keep up. Egypt is open now; try to keep up. Egypt was guarding their border, Israel guards their border and Palestinian land. Try to keep up.
Posted in: Defiant Israel says activists prepared to fight
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goodDonkey
manfromamerica, I like Palestinians and Israelis. I am a very balanced individual. I don't hate Jews. Do you like Palestinians?
Posted in: Defiant Israel says activists prepared to fight
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goodDonkey
Plenty of American Jews want the blockade ended.
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/02/1988788/what-others-are-saying-israeli.html
http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles/2010/06/05/columns/7474830.txt
Posted in: Defiant Israel says activists prepared to fight
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goodDonkey
manfromamerica, It is very simple. I don't hate Israel. Israel is blockading foreign soil.
Posted in: Defiant Israel says activists prepared to fight
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goodDonkey
Everyone knows the trickle of food and medicine the Palestinians receive is not enough to sustain life without hunger and people perishing from lack of proper medical care.
Posted in: Defiant Israel says activists prepared to fight
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goodDonkey
Molenir said:
You are clueless on why Eqypt closed its borders. Your logic fails because Egypt just open the border.
Posted in: Defiant Israel says activists prepared to fight
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goodDonkey
manfromamerica, I could not have made it more simple for you. NAVAL BLOCKADE OF PALESTINIAN LAND. The NAVAL BLOCKADE is NOT a shared border. Egypt is protecting a shared border. I do not fault Israel for protecting its shared border.
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