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EschewObfuscation
member since 06/18/2004
I'm a 55 old guy
About me: Just observing and chuckling at America's march to fascist socialism. And, tell me, again, I'm imagining it. The "gangster-like government" strong-arming Chrysler (and, soon the reknowned GM) into bankruptcy and majority ownership by the U.A.W. Is this what you signed up for? Every posssible abortion to be performed, you're being convinced (against your better instincts, and the laws of nature) that your taxes will go down (right) and Obama's plan will secure prosperity for America. Hang on.
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yesterday

We could be, but we're not. We are the holders of the lamp at the golden door and it is our responsibility to assure that the lamp continues to burn.

"Proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof."

--Leviticus 25:10 Inscription on the Liberty Bell

yesterday

Well, thanks for the props, gris. I didn't exactly go out on a limb. I feel badly for the Iranians, yearning for freedom and risking their lives to make a small, incremental step, but I feel worse for Americans, particularly affluent liberal Americans, who are relinquishing their liberties without so much as a whimper. After calling George W. Bush every anti-liberty name they could think of or make up.

If it wasn't the Michael Jackson story any of a hundred others would have successfully distracted the press away from this story. Compare the tough rhetoric of President Milque-Toast regarding the coup in Honduras vs. his incessant uhhhs and ahhhs and careful word mincing regarding the Iranian election. Sometimes things are exactly as they appear and the future becomes predictable.

yesterday

I believe that separating the genius/performer from the personal drama is preferable. And I share your thoughts on the Motown performers, many have never received their due. C'est dommage. Michael, the performer, gone too soon and too many stories about his personal life.

As in government discussions, it's about the spending . . . so, too, in music, it's about the talent.

yesterday

I do believe that the sun is setting on my great country. But, I will commemorate the greatest day in human history by doing this. We've elected the pompous undertaker, he will not fail in his quest but there is still enough freedom to be thankful. Enjoy your freedom, however you define it.

These words, inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, should be familiar to all Americans: " Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp! " cries she with silent lips, "give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door. "

Happy birthday, America.
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yesterday

Didn't he just shoot one guy, a security guard? He's a right-wing nut, alright, dangerous to us all. Don't they have any gun laws or restrictions in the Nation's Capital? I know this, I'd like it better if only the "good guys" could carry guns, can we make a law like that, do you suppose?
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yesterday

Terrifying in the dearth of pre and post crash information. Where are the conspiracy nuts who will swear to you that 9/11/01 was an inside job? Are they all still taking their warm Obama bath?
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2 days ago

A meaningless "window-dressing" maneuver by Obama in a vain attempt to shore up plummeting approval numbers and horrifying economic news. Unfortunately for him, facts are stubborn things and, in spite of a press working overtime to convince you that things are getting better, it will not work.

What a grevous disrepect toward our miltary currently engaged in the theater . . . but not surprising.
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2 days ago

Three stars is probably an unusually high rating from me, given the liberal dingbat president nominating a seemingly liberal Supreme Court nominee. But, the courts have become as politicized as any other governmental body, in dangerous contradiction to the design of our country's system of government.

Today, the make-up of the Supreme Court consists of four conservative "strict constructionists" in Thomas, Scalia, Alito and Roberts who attempt to maintain the original (or constructionist) views of its framers/writers, in interpreting today's cases. With David Souter gone, there are three wild-eyed liberals (Ginsburg, Stevens and Breyer) who see everything through a European/progressive prism and a moderate (Kennedy)who can and does go either way depending on the case. I personally like Sotomayor and am confident she will be approved by a shamefully partisan, wild-eyed liberal activist majority in the Senate, and she probably should be. She has said some silly things in the past to ingratiate herself to other wild-eyed left-wingers but seems to be pretty level-headed and thoughtful.

I believe she will be a disappointment to Obama, much more heady and less activist than he believes her to be and, therefore, a solid intellectual choice, who will be tough enough to withstand the avalanche of criticism levelled at her by the daily kos and other anarchist blogger conglomerations (the Huffington Post and the NY Times come to mind) early in her term.
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3 days ago

Let me know when someone does, fitski.

4 days ago

So many idiotic concepts, it's almost not worth commenting. Free elections? Where do such things take place, and could you define free elections? And if your inference is aimed at conservatives, as all your weak, cryptic inferences are, I wouldn't go all the way to "as long as leftists don't win them. " It's like one plus one equals a million on your planet.

Free would be free. How about honest, verifiable and reliable results, corruption minimized? We'll see how our own leftist does in a few months. The Honduran military seems to have taken this one out.
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