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powderfinger
"the other day I saw a picture of an Iraqi woman holding a sign saying "Thank you very much Mr. Bush."
That is not hard to believe at all, unless this site is your sole source of news on events in Iraq.
Reuters recently reported that bridges are literally being rebuilt in Baghdad, reopened and reconnecting communities that were at war with each other as recently as a year ago.
"Officials said the event was a sign that the sectarian hatred that fueled years of violence in Iraq is ebbing away. The number of Iraqi civilians and U.S. troops killed last month was the lowest monthly toll since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
"This day is a remarkable day, a day of a great Iraq. The day of meeting, love, brotherhood, affinity ... The day we proved to the whole world that we are one nation," Sayyid Salih al-Haidari, Samaraie's Shi'ite counterpart said in a speech. Delegations accompanying the two officials then went to pray together at a nearby mosque."
"Baghdad bridge of death becomes bridge of hope" Tue Nov 11, 2008
Posted in: Iraqi soldier kills 2 U.S. troops in dispute; bombers kill 23
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powderfinger
You know, Sarah Palin is right.
Why wouldn't America elect a woman to be president in 2012?
After four years of this effete, metrosexual, guns-really-scare-me Barack Obama, with his ridiculous William Ayers inspired dream of establishing a Department of Non-Violence, she'll seem like John Wayne.
His first day as president-elect and what does the media's chosen one do? He ridicules 87 year-old Nancy Reagan for something that Hillary did while in the White House.
No cohones and no class.
Posted in: Palin says woman on ticket could help in 2012
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powderfinger
smithinjapan:"The fuss about Palin is not only is she not 'educated', but she's also not smart, meaning she, like you, also need not worry herself with complicated words like 'socialism' and that there's a difference between it and 'social programs', even though they could sound alike to a couple of kindergarten kids."
Before becoming governor of the largest state in the most powerful nation on earth Sarah Palin chaired the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
Do you actually believe that having held that position and negotiated a pipeline deal with Canada she does not know what Africa is?
Seriously?
Do you believe everything you are told?
How about YOUR work experience? Ever been head of an organization or a company?
I notice you enjoy calling others fools. Is it all the people you have below you?
Posted in: Palin says woman on ticket could help in 2012
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powderfinger
"Isn't Pakistan bought and paved in US green?"
Lots of countries are basically bought and paved in US green.
Do you ever have a point to make?
Posted in: Gunmen kidnap Iranian diplomat in Pakistan
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powderfinger
Someone forgot about the national (racial?) love affair with bunting.
Posted in: Japan to be known as 'Samurai Japan' at WBC
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powderfinger
Wow. Pretty fascinating stuff. At this rate, the left in America will be pro-life by the time Obama takes office:)
Posted in: Obama name popular in U.S. maternity wards
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powderfinger
Now, did they learn this beastly tactic from the French or from the Belgians?
Posted in: Congo rebels make roadblock out of bodies
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powderfinger
Future historians, in an age where the sham that is multiculturalism is long dead, will look back and point to the irony that America elected its first black president the same day a majority of black voters in the most liberal state on the very liberal west coast voted to deny "equal rights" to homosexuals.
And then they will all have a good laugh at the quaint idea that some in America were 'more oppressed' than others or that gay activists went around saying 'Gay is the new black'.
Posted in: Criticism mounts among gays over California ban
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powderfinger
"Can I get me the extreme right here to start shrieking about polygamy?"
Again, I ask: Why are people going after conservatives for the failure of a gay marriage proposition in one of the most liberal states in America and when the article states that it was the black vote that killed the measure?
"Exit polls in California showed that the gay marriage ban received a majority from black voters, which has prompted some gay leaders to complain that they were abandoned by a minority group that should understand discrimination."
It looks like we are at one of those embarrassing moments where the left has to decide who is more "oppressed", so they can get on with the tiresome business of blaming conservatives and everyone else (all the "haters") for their largely self-created misery.
Posted in: Criticism mounts among gays over California ban
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powderfinger
"Huh? Are you saying it's cowardly to support gay marriage, but not be gay?"
No, I wasn't. I was poking fun at liberals who think they are being logical and even clever when making the absurd argument that if you vote yes to defend your country you also have to enlist and go fight, no matter what your age or your physical capacity.
Posted in: Criticism mounts among gays over California ban
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powderfinger
This should have been asked much earlier: Why are pro-gay marriage liberals trying to change conservatives' position on this issue when, as the article points out, a certain bloc of Democrats who supported Obama to the tune of 95 percent are the ones who struck down gay marriage, and in a state that is also overwhelmingly Democrat!
"Exit polls in California showed that the gay marriage ban received a majority from black voters, which has prompted some gay leaders to complain that they were abandoned by a minority group that should understand discrimination."
Posted in: Criticism mounts among gays over California ban
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powderfinger
"The "pursuit of happiness" is an inalienable right, as stated by the founding fathers of the United States. When two consenting adults engage in a relationship, and it does nothing to hurt others, they have a right to do so."
And no one is stopping them.
But people also have the right to defend the institutions of society.
I'm all for civil unions for gays.
But I oppose gay marriage.
And you're being disingenuous in that very liberal way when you cite the Framers of the Constitution and the phrase 'inalienable rights' but exclude the full context - that it was their belief these were granted to us by a Creator.
Posted in: Criticism mounts among gays over California ban
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powderfinger
The media's bias is a somewhat rational choice. They are seeing their traditional power of shaping public opinion being eroded. Profits are way down. The Democrats talk of bringing back the Fairness Doctrine. It's only natural that they would support the party that seeks to muzzle their competition, even if it is unconstitutional. Likewise, of course they were going to cheer Obama the way they did. We have always had a do-good Puritan streak in America.And now it takes the shape of an aggressive, vapid multiculturalism and a kind of genteel liberalism. What bothers me is liberals and Democrats who insist that the media was fair. They weren't.
Posted in: Palin denounces her critics as cowardly
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powderfinger
smithinjapan: powderfinger - to whom are you addressing your message? no names written into your comment.
It was addressed to anyone stupid enough to hurl 'chickenhawk' epithets and to compound the idiocy by defending their actions.
Congrats.
Posted in: Criticism mounts among gays over California ban
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powderfinger
So you are pro-gay marriage.
So what.
Let's say you oppose the war in Iraq (or in Afghanistan) and frequently demand that those who support it go and fight it.
You ridicule those who decline and even those who are too old to join and fight and you insult them with the term 'chickenhawk' - a term which, somehwat ironically, originally meant an older male in search of younger males who enjoy the very lifestyle you profess support for in the apparent belief that it shows proof of your "progressive" views and your tolerance for other lifestyles.
Here is my question: If you support gay marriage but are not living the lifestyle - fighting the fight so to speak - are you not as 'hypocritical' and 'cowardly' as those you impugn elsewhere on this site?
I'm just sayin...
Posted in: Criticism mounts among gays over California ban
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powderfinger
Problem for Obama. I doubt that the sacred trust he invokes is a mutual one.
This poll shows majority of active members are worried about serving under Obama.
http://www.military.com/hp/poll?poll=3881
Posted in: Obama pledges to honor 'sacred trust' with country's veterans
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powderfinger
smithinjapan:HAHAHAHAhaha! Well, I guess that's the OVERstatement of the year. Show us one venue where she drew 60,000 people, my friend,
sailwind:Always happy to help. Sept. 21: A Sarah Palin rally draws a crowd estimated as high as 60,000 in The Villages, the boomers' mega-retirement community north of Orlando.
Hey, thanks, sailwind. You made that look pretty easy. Posters as uninformed as our Smithinjapan offer the best proof of the media's bias.
Posted in: McCain says Palin didn't hurt presidential bid
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powderfinger
"Let's hope she is, because the longer she stays on the scene, the longer the GOP will stay out of power."
You don't really know much of US politics, do you.
Palin will most likely determine who gets Ted Stevens' seat in the Senate.
She is now free of pseudo-conservative McCain and his bumbling team, clueless about the decisive role the internet played in Obama's victory.
She has a book deal in the works and has plenty of talk show appearances in the pipeline.
Sky's the limit for now.
Posted in: McCain says Palin didn't hurt presidential bid
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powderfinger
"There were thousands of Republicans who, once they saw how totally unqualified Sarah Palin was, voted Democrat or didn't vote at all."
And there were hundreds of thousands, probably millions, who voted McCain because Palin was on the ticket.
Stop and think about it.
There was the usual switch voters want after 8 years of Republican rule; Bush was polling in the low 20's; the economy is very shaky; McCain was the oldest candidate ever to run; the media was overwhelmingly behind Obama; McCain was outspent 10 to 1 by Obama.
It is a miracle that the Republicans did as well as they did.
That miracle was Sarah Palin.
Posted in: McCain says Palin didn't hurt presidential bid
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powderfinger
"Who wouldn't be? a few idiots aside, of course."
Like Bill and Hill?
"Obama want and can achieve peace through dialogue instead of war."
Did Putin give Georgia the chance to dialogue first?
Would he give Obama the chance if Russia decides to move on another of its former satellites?
"Any fool who is against that and wants more war, particularly another nation, is nothing but a fool with something more to lose."
Can't argue with a fool, can you?
Posted in: Palin puts 'brutal' 2008 behind her, looks to 2012