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powderfinger
"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."
This just proves that America is basically already a post-racial society and that most of the public, conservatives included, are perfectly okay with civil unions between members of the same sex. But marriage is pushing it too far.
Posted in: Criticism mounts among gays over California ban
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powderfinger
Stories like this are how I picture Gifu.
Posted in: Man rescued three days after car drops 200 meters into valley in Gifu
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powderfinger
Understatement of the year. Palin was drawing 60,000 people at some venues. There were jokes that the ticket should be reversed. Donations soared once she appeared on the scene. Conservative talk shows gave the best idea of her popularity. In a move that was unprecedented in the talk radio business Hugh Hewitt went a month accepting only female callers to his show. The response, the enthusiasm that this woman brought delighted and baffled him and huge numbers of his predominantly male audience.
She will be around for quite some time.
Posted in: McCain says Palin didn't hurt presidential bid
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powderfinger
"Let's face it, he cannot have worse military credentials than Curious George, chickenhawk leader of the free world and sometimes member of the Air National Guard, on whose watch scandals such as the Walter Reed debacle and underarmored Humvees occured."
But if America is still in Iraq or Afghanistan at the end of next January it seems to me it is Obama who will be called "chickenhawk".
The title 'Leader of the free world' might be another matter, however. I don't think his base among so-called liberals and the majority of Democrats is comfortable with the idea of America being first or best at anything which demonstrates the superiority of "the West", which most of them secretly loathe.
I do believe Walter Reed is supervised by the DoD. The president has nothing to do with individual hospitals, or Humvees for that matter.
Posted in: Obama pledges to honor 'sacred trust' with country's veterans
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powderfinger
Sarah Palin is the second most popular politician in America and in the world at the moment.
Posted in: Palin puts 'brutal' 2008 behind her, looks to 2012
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powderfinger
And the U.N. troops should know; they probably stood by and watched it happen.
Posted in: U.N. says Congolese troops raped civilians, pillaged villages
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powderfinger
The military is the most respected institution in America. It is because of that well-known statistic that I am absolutely confident the majority in the armed forces voted for John McCain and Sarah Palin, and not the two lawyer slicks.
Posted in: U.S. congressman warns of Obama dictatorship
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powderfinger
The US armed forces want Obama to be their commander in chief?
I'm sorry, but that's too preposterous to let pass uncommented upon.
Below is a link to a comprehensive Military Times survey (more than 80,000 polled) about the most recent presidential election, broken down according race, rank, gender, and branch of military.
http://www.militarytimes.com/static/projects/pages/081003_ep_2pp.pdf
Posted in: U.S. congressman warns of Obama dictatorship
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powderfinger
"It was Bush who cheerfully shredded the Constitution during the last 8 years "
Can you provide just one example of what you are talking about here?
I seriously doubt you can.
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powderfinger
Citing Bush's well-known lack of popularity, the massive hit the US economy has taken, the fact that the Republicans were in power for eight years, and then adding McCain's status as the oldest candidate to ever run - and on a ticket rife with internal problems - kind of takes the shine and the gloss off of Obama's historic victory, doesn't it?
Posted in: Bushes and Obamas: All smiles at the White House
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powderfinger
powderfinger: He (Wilson) created a propaganda industry
Tjrandom: aka The Department of Homeland Security
Was that meant to be humorous? Come back when you have grown up and can debate.
Posted in: U.S. congressman warns of Obama dictatorship
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powderfinger
"Sounds to me that they were like the current administration."
Where? In your country? In Japan?
Posted in: U.S. congressman warns of Obama dictatorship
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powderfinger
“It may sound a bit crazy and off base"
Well, yes and no. It's bad enough with ordinary liberals but when you hear Obama saying things like "We are the ones we have been waiting for" you are right to worry.
Democrat Woodrow Wilson was the Barack Obama of his day.
He created a propaganda industry, the first in America, which had 100, 000 men working throughout the country.
His American Protective League was 250,000 strong. They were his own private goons. They had badges. They intimidated people. They beat them. They shot you for not being patriotic enough.
They were like ACORN, but with guns and clubs.
Posted in: U.S. congressman warns of Obama dictatorship
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powderfinger
Most of my profs in the fields of post-colonial studies and peace studies named Europe as the culture that basically spread to all those they came in contact with the toxic notions of what we now call racism. Specifically, the three most common and egregious offenders were France, Germany and Great Britain. So I think France is doing some good work with this campaign. The Germans and the British should adopt similar slogans and though they are decades behind try and catch up with the United States. Great Britain especially were all for the end of apartheid and ending racism - when it was thousands of miles away - but at home there is much, much more that could be done. In the age of Obama it is not enought to simply plaster stadium walls with posters admonishing your subjects to say 'No to Racism!'
Posted in: French say 'Yes, we can!' too, to ending racism
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powderfinger
"He needs to do something to bring back down to reality all of the Bush regime brainwashed local sheriffs deputies, volunteer first responders, snitch postal delivery people, librarians, teachers, clergy, etc."
That someone could actually believe librarians, the postal service and teachers were in Bush's corner at any time in the last eight years shows just how wildly misinformed many of the people posting here are.
Posted in: U.S. congressman warns of Obama dictatorship
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powderfinger
It is pretty hard to believe anyone old enough to vote gets worked up about this.Especially when you look at total expenses and see McCain and Palin were outspent almost 10 to 1. Obama deceived McCain and the entire country on the question of public financing, knowing McCain's sense of honor would compel him to uphold his initial pledge. People tut-tutting the Palin family about their RNC clothing budget seem oblivious to the precedent Obama set.
I predict Sarah Palin is going to have the last laugh. She is one of the hottest entertainment and literary prospects going. Talk show producers and publishers all want this woman. Her SNL double just landed a 5 million dollar book deal.
Posted in: Palin sorts clothes to see what belongs to Republican Party
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powderfinger
You can't seriously expect American voters who had been engaged in the most recent marathon presidential election to have objective views about bias in the national media.
That's why it helps to look to Canada. The 31 October 2008 online edition of the Toronto Star found a clear media bias, pro-Obama and mildly anti-McCain.
Posted in: Palin denounces her critics as cowardly
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powderfinger
I was thinking that in conjunction with this article there should be the recent article from the Guardian newspaper, and quoting Trevor Phillips, saying that Britain has far too much institutional racism for a figure like Barack Obama to succeed there. It hardly seems fair to single out the French when really all of Europe is still quite racist.
Posted in: French say 'Yes, we can!' too, to ending racism
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powderfinger
In terms of car-b-que's, I would say we are still talking tens of thousands of Citroens torched before France has achieved a level of racial equality comparable even to what the United States had thirty years ago. You see, that's just the way it is. America leads. The rest follow.
Posted in: French say 'Yes, we can!' too, to ending racism