yabits said...

yabits at 04:36 AM JST - 7th November

the prevailing excuses by those who wish to excuse why the guy might have done this...

There is no one who wishes to excuse the actions of this psychiatrist. Your post goes right off the rails from that point.

With the understanding that if they try to spread…

Posted in Army psychiatrist kills 12, wounds 31 in shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas at 04:36 AM JST - 7th November
yabits at 08:49 PM JST - 6th November

Looking at the reality of the situation, which includes sentiments expressed by a number of people who find it hard to hide their contempt for the Islamic faith, the tensions that it must cause in a devoutly religious person who knows that he is aiding in the killing of many…

Posted in Army psychiatrist kills 12, wounds 31 in shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas at 08:49 PM JST - 6th November
yabits at 07:40 AM JST - 6th November

a futile attempt at nation building in Afghanistan, a war in Iraq that never should have started, both going on longer than U.S. involvement in WWII

And with no foreseeable end in sight. (Didn't one of the candidates say it might require a century?)

I can see how that…

Posted in Army psychiatrist kills 12, wounds 31 in shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas at 07:40 AM JST - 6th November
yabits at 07:31 AM JST - 6th November

Looks like it will be a great book to have!

Posted in The Ultimate Japanese Phrasebook at 07:31 AM JST - 6th November
yabits at 07:26 AM JST - 6th November

From a related story on CNN:

Suicide rate among soldiers continues at a record pace.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/11/us.army.suicides/index.html#cnnSTCText

Posted in Army psychiatrist kills 12, wounds 31 in shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas at 07:26 AM JST - 6th November
yabits at 07:22 AM JST - 6th November

I can comprehend the act of a single crazed gunman, but several acting in concert like this is hard to accept. What in heaven's name is going on?

Posted in Army psychiatrist kills 12, wounds 31 in shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas at 07:22 AM JST - 6th November
yabits at 12:45 AM JST - 6th November

Yes, yabits, the supposedly irrelevant Republicans winning two governorships

I never claimed that the Republicans were irrelevant. There are plenty of "nothings" that the Republicans set out there for the delusional to vote for. After the string of debacles of the previous 8 years, having so many people still…

Posted in GOP sweep: Big governor victories in Virginia, NJ at 12:45 AM JST - 6th November
yabits at 12:24 AM JST - 6th November

How could this happen?

It happens through the willful and complete ignorance revealed in questions like that one.

The Democrats and Republicans have exchanged control of the New Jersey state house on a regular basis over the past 40 years. Remember Tom Kean? (probably not). Remember Christine Todd Whitman?…

Posted in GOP sweep: Big governor victories in Virginia, NJ at 12:24 AM JST - 6th November
yabits at 12:16 AM JST - 6th November

If the polling question were to be asked: "Do you believe the country is headed in a better direction now than it was a year ago?" -- The percentage of "no" responses would provide a very quick tally of delusional idiots in the sampled audience.

Posted in GOP sweep: Big governor victories in Virginia, NJ at 12:16 AM JST - 6th November
yabits at 12:11 AM JST - 6th November

Hello, Taka313:

So what we are experiencing here is acute ODS. Yep, fewer people think the country is headed in the wrong direction and because a black democrat is in power, that's now apparently a bad thing.

Isn't it funny how some people believe that Inauguration Day somehow represents…

Posted in GOP sweep: Big governor victories in Virginia, NJ at 12:11 AM JST - 6th November