Posting Towards Gomorrah

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
He speaks for the rest of the men on the board?

Like anyone is going to admit to that on an internet chat board.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
He speaks for the rest of the men on the board?

If you could post pictures of, say, Scarlett Johansson taken annually from her birth to the present, that would be a great help in answering your question.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by sgtclub
Maybe we are attaching different meanings to political issue. It's definitely a problem and if the leadership knew about it they need to resign or be booted.

Boehner and others say Hastert knew about it. Hastert is walking around today with a couple of shivs in his back, including Boehner's. Good enough for you?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by sgtclub
It's definitely a problem and if the leadership knew about it they need to resign or be booted.

That's all I'm saying.

There seems to be a lot of resistance to the "it's definitely a problem" part right from the get-go.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
He speaks for the rest of the men on the board?

not for a long time. but when I was 18? 20? I don't know how old Spank is.

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
What really amazes me, is seeing that most of you can't figure out how to communicate on a bored people chat board (FB) w/o coming across as dull-normal twits, yet you think you actually understand the issues you comment upon here.

Hank -- are you really so insecure about your own intellect that you feel the need to constantly insult the brainpower of others, or is it just your schtick?

If the former, rest easy -- you fit in perfectly.

S_A_M

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Boehner and others say Hastert knew about it. Hastert is walking around today with a couple of shivs in his back, including Boehner's. Good enough for you?

Who is Boehner?

I'm not sure what "good enough for you" means. I have been perfectly clear on this. Anyone who covered this up (DEM or GOP - I tend to think that some DEMs probably had an inkling as well and waited to pull this out until October) should be gone. Period. End of story.

What I object to is the turning of this type of story into political scandal for political gain. It is just to serious to do that, and politically it isn't necessary.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
Hank -- are you really so insecure about your own intellect that you feel the need to constantly insult the brainpower of others, or is it just your schtick?

If the former, rest easy -- you fit in perfectly.

S_A_M

I'm only out to improve the quality of the discourse here. People making positive statements like the one i was responding too, which was complete unsupported horse shit, only serves to drag all of us down.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by sgtclub
Who is Boehner?

I'm not sure what "good enough for you" means. I have been perfectly clear on this. Anyone who covered this up (DEM or GOP - I tend to think that some DEMs probably had an inkling as well and waited to pull this out until October) should be gone. Period. End of story.

What I object to is the turning of this type of story into political scandal for political gain. It is just to serious to do that, and politically it isn't necessary.

You don't seem to be familiar with much that's been reported for the last several days.

eta:

• Top Republicans are pointing the finger at Speaker Dennis Hastert for not doing more after learning of solicitous emails sent from Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) to a Congressional page.
  
  Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) this morning switched his position on the leader's culpability, telling a radio interviewer, "I believe I talked to the Speaker and he told me it had been taken care of."
  
  On Saturday, Boehner had denied speaking to Hastert about Foley this spring -- after initially telling The Washington Post that he had.

link

I'm still curious about what you think should be a political story or scandal. It has been reported widely that various Republican leaders were told at various times that Foley had, shall we say, issues. They did nothing. So far, none of them have resigned. Are you suggesting that Democrats and the press and disgruntled Republicans should just say nothing and wait for resignations? It's the fact that it's a story that drives -- e.g. -- resignations. If and when Hastert resigns, it will be because other Republicans tell him that he's got to go for the good of the party. This is politics. So why do you think all of this is "too serious" for politics?

[SlaveNoMore]

Spanky
One of the top fantasies among heterosexual men are girls in high school cheerleader outfits and catholic school uniforms. By stating this am I demonizing the heterosexual male community? No I am just stating a fact.

Having spent the better portion of ...er...Sunday AM at a Vegas club called Seamless, I can verify this fact.

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by Spanky
Are you telling me you have never found a sixteen year old attractive? I am not defending Foley, I am just stating calling him a pederast is political grandstanding B.S. and feeds right into the Far Right Christian propaganda that all Homosexuals are Paedophiles.

There is a big difference between being attracted to a post pubescent and a prebubescent. There is a reason that child molesting is considered a much more heinous crime than statutory rape. Not that statutory rape isn't bad, just child molesting is a lot worse.

Dude, I had stopped finding 16 year old girls sexually attractive (IIRC), by the time I had graduated from college (age 20).

By the time I was 30, I thought college kids looked like babies.

If you still think 16 year old girls are hot, you might want to do some soul-searching. There is certainly some truth in what you're saying, but you're awfully fervent on this issue.
:shame:

S_A_M

:poke:

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
Dude, I had stopped finding 16 year old girls sexually attractive (IIRC), by the time I had graduated from college (age 20).

By the time I was 30, I thought college kids looked like babies.

If you still think 16 year old girls are hot, you might want to do some soul-searching. There is certainly some truth in what you're saying, but you're awfully fervent on this issue.
:shame:

S_A_M

:poke:

Well, Hank, S_A_M, and I all seem to agree on this. I'll go a step further - at 40, I am likely to react paternally and protectively to teenagers. They're just a few years older than my own kids.

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
The guy was kept in charge of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children. You think that's not a political issue?

Criminals tend to stick to what they know.

Good thing Congress kept him busy enough that he didn't have time to coach Little League.

S_A_M

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
You don't seem to be familiar with much that's been reported for the last several days.

eta:

• Top Republicans are pointing the finger at Speaker Dennis Hastert for not doing more after learning of solicitous emails sent from Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) to a Congressional page.
  
  Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) this morning switched his position on the leader's culpability, telling a radio interviewer, "I believe I talked to the Speaker and he told me it had been taken care of."
  
  On Saturday, Boehner had denied speaking to Hastert about Foley this spring -- after initially telling The Washington Post that he had.

link

I'm familiar with the limited facts. Most of the stuff swirling out there has not been confirmed (e.g., whether Hastert had just the email or the IMs too).

I'm still curious about what you think should be a political story or scandal. It has been reported widely that various Republican leaders were told at various times that Foley had, shall we say, issues. They did nothing. So far, none of them have resigned. Are you suggesting that Democrats and the press and disgruntled Republicans should just say nothing and wait for resignations? It's the fact that it's a story that drives -- e.g. -- resignations. If and when Hastert resigns, it will be because other Republicans tell him that he's got to go for the good of the party. This is politics. So why do you think all of this is "too serious" for politics?

What I'm suggesting is that this be handled in a serious manner by the justice department, rather than by grandstanding politicians who can barely keep the gleeful smiles off their faces while screaming "what did he know and when did he know it." Rather than being genuinely concerned with the outcome, many of these politicians are using this solely for political gain, and that is sickening to me.

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
Criminals tend to stick to what they know.

Good thing Congress kept him busy enough that he didn't have time to coach Little League.

S_A_M

Isn't it time for sal and Richard to call Foley's offices using an erik the midget soundboard?