Keeping it civil instead of returning to our dark ways

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
OK, new topic. If this continues, will half of Boston be in flames, such that Kerry loses Taxachusetts?

Why do you think those Sox fans will be the Dems? What about the massholes?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Adder
Only poor folk burn their neighborhood down and those with burning neighborhoods won't vote?

It's the college students who are smart enough to understand that a victory is a signal to riot, and dumb enough to do it, and they're all registered to vote in other states anyway.

[Say_hello_for_me]

Originally posted by Adder
Um... isn't that generally how it works? Three strikes law are not generally advocated to penalize murders (they tend to get hefty sentence themselves).

Not that Illinois has a three-strikes rule of which I;m aware, but there is a steady stream of stories of ex-cons, previously convicted of capital/1st degree murder, getting paroled and getting wrapped up in more crime. Occasionally while they are still in their late 20's or 30's. I believe that this happens in other places too.

Hello

[SlaveNoMore]

Tyrone Slothrop
Why do you think those Sox fans will be the Dems? What about the massholes?

Res Ipsa Loquitor

[Not Me]

http://washingtontimes.com/national/...1153-4822r.htm

• Russian special forces troops moved many of Saddam Hussein's weapons and related goods out of Iraq and into Syria in the weeks before the March 2003 U.S. military operation, The Washington Times has learned. John A. Shaw, the deputy undersecretary of defense for international technology security, said in an interview that he believes the Russian troops, working with Iraqi intelligence, “almost certainly” removed the high-explosive material that went missing from the Al-Qaqaa facility, south of Baghdad.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
You misrepresent the facts here in multiple material respects. I get tired of finding and linking to sources to correct you, only to have you disappear or change the subject, so this time I'm not going to bother.

That's cool, but, if you have time, PM SAM and explain that part of Wilson's "proof" that the claim was bogus was based on his analysis that "the documents" were forgeries, but it turns out, in his commission testimony, that (oops) he didn't even see any such docs until after Bush's speech, and that was the basis of his red-faced "must have got the timeline wrong" explanation.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Finding and linking to what? Its not like you have to look hard to "out" the GOP. Jesus, stick the front page on the wall, put on a blindfold and throw a dart at it. The only thing they've been honest about yet was TRYING to fund an ambitious education program, and they even half-assed that. Don't tell me Bush fixed the economy. Thats a function of the economic cycle beyond Bush's control, thankfully.

Honest? You, Ty, ss and maybe some others went off the deep end on the "we let insurgants steal 380 tons of explosives under our noses" act all day yesterday. When I pointed out that it would have required an army of trucks a very long time to take all that, and the country is under constant surveillance, SS had the honesty to agree the story could not possibly be true.

You and the herd? well lets just say, when we see you using the word "honest" going forward, we at best can think you are your own lexiographer.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by dtb
Unlikely -- considering that you need to sign a document saying you support Bush before they'll let you into the speech-giving area.

Really? Last one I attended, I sat next to a group of four wearing Kerry shirts. I doubt they signed anything.

[Not Me]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
When I pointed out that it would have required an army of trucks a very long time to take all that, and the country is under constant surveillance, SS had the honesty to agree the story could not possibly be true.

Yes, it turns out it was an army or two - the russian and iraqi army and they moved them to, surprise surprise, fucking syria.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by bilmore
That's cool, but, if you have time, PM SAM and explain that part of Wilson's "proof" that the claim was bogus was based on his analysis that "the documents" were forgeries, but it turns out, in his commission testimony, that (oops) he didn't even see any such docs until after Bush's speech, and that was the basis of his red-faced "must have got the timeline wrong" explanation.

So what? On the big questions, Wilson was right: The Iraqis were not trying to buy uranium from Niger, and indeed had no nuclear program. Bush was doing whatever he could to scare people about non-existent Iraqi WMD. Wilson was one of the first with inside knowledge to blow the whistle. So what if his face is red? He's not the story.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Gimme a break. I'm beginning to come around to the conclusion that I hate George Bush more than I like the little bump of dough he gives me.

Sebby, my man, it was just a reference to this famous picture of your boy Rocky:

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Honest? You, Ty, ss and maybe some others went off the deep end on the "we let insurgants steal 380 tons of explosives under our noses" act all day yesterday. When I pointed out that it would have required an army of trucks a very long time to take all that, and the country is under constant surveillance, SS had the honesty to agree the story could not possibly be true.

Good point, Hank! Get on the horn and tell the Iraqis that the explosives must still be there somewhere on that base. I hear it's a pretty big base.

[dtb]

Originally posted by bilmore
Really? Last one I attended, I sat next to a group of four wearing Kerry shirts. I doubt they signed anything.

Ask the high school kids (accompanied by their civics teacher -- or whatever "civics" is called these days) from your home state how they weren't allowed into a Bush campaign event, because when they were asked for ID, one kid had a Kerry sticker on his wallet. They had tickets for the event.

Don't pretend this is news to you. Perhaps the Bush ops have gotten enough flak about how completely un-American that is, that they've stopped doing it.

Hell, a bunch of housewives (Republicans, by the way -- at least until this happened) weren't allowed into a Bush rally because they were wearing shirts that said "Moms for Civil Liberties" or some such innocuous (not inherently D or R) phrase. Can't say for sure whether that was Minnesota; I think it wasn't.

Again, don't pretend this is news. Although if your only source for news is The Washington Times, or Fox News, perhaps you might have missed it.

[Not Me]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
non-existent Iraqi WMD.

380 tons of explosives can create mass destruction. Did you hear? They are in Syria.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by Not Me
http://washingtontimes.com/national/...1153-4822r.htm

• Russian special forces troops moved many of Saddam Hussein's weapons and related goods out of Iraq and into Syria in the weeks before the March 2003 U.S. military operation, The Washington Times has learned. John A. Shaw, the deputy undersecretary of defense for international technology security, said in an interview that he believes the Russian troops, working with Iraqi intelligence, “almost certainly” removed the high-explosive material that went missing from the Al-Qaqaa facility, south of Baghdad.

Wait a second. I thought that the Russians were our allies? The prez looking into Putin's soul, and all that.