Comments on: OF BLOWHARDS AND CHILDREN

By: mannning

mannning — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:03:41 +0000

But spouting ignorant nonsense about climate change doesn’t advance the cause and, in fact, has set back the campaign by skeptics to get at least some of the science re-evaluated.

This post cites yet another 59 scientists that have joined the roles of Inhofe’s list of dissidents on AGW.
They are an impressive group. Whatever Inhofe’s stumbles are, his list is becoming formidable.

http://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=10fe77b0-802a-23ad-4df1-fc38ed4f85e3

By: mannning

mannning — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:04:28 +0000

The definition of “mistakes” varies by up to 180 degrees between liberals and conservatives.

By: mannning

mannning — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:45:28 +0000

I personally find it offensive that Obama feels the need to run around the world talking about our mistakes without, at the same time, extolling our many virtues with equal fervor.

How about extolling our virtues, and shutting the hell up about our mistakes? What exactly do we gain by airing our sins to the world at all from the President’s podium? Obama is a temporary President, and he does not really speak for all Americans–though he should. Not an empty suit here–more like an evil suit.

By: Elizho

Elizho — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:46:21 +0000

“Hannity is as bad as any Media Matters flunkie who consistently takes what conservatives say out of context in order to make it appear that the right eats babies in the morning, rapes virgins in the afternoon, and tops off the day by lynching black people at night.”

Media Matters, for most part, does not take the content out of context. I have caught a few reports that deviated from accuracy but the majority of the posts are simply a transcript of the show.

By: busboy33

busboy33 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:53:52 +0000

@mike farmer:

so, “I would never make a joke about statutory rape. Thats’s disgusting” is the same thing as “she looked do-able”?

Keep trying to figure out why the Right gets more and more discredited.

By: Quartermain

Quartermain — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:15:51 +0000

Thank you, Mr. Reynolds. Not all libetarians agree on everything. Speaking for myself, I believe the complex international relationship or globalism undermines sovereignty of the nations involved, benefiting very few, and impoverishing most. The marriage between big business and big government is undermining our republic. For example, http://www.loompanics.com/Articles/humpingdog.html.
As a result, I believe that local autonomy and a micro-economic approach is a way to go. Thank you for taking the time in responding to my question.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:21:16 +0000

Keep fighting the good fight, Rick….somehow we need some voices of reason to save us conservatives from ourselves. How long can this self-destruction continue?

By: michael reynolds

michael reynolds — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:34:01 +0000

Quartermain:
happy to. Libertarians seem to believe we are all gentleman farmers. We live in cities now. We have complex international relationships. And we have an economy which is, of necessity, intertwined with government in major ways.

By: mike farmer

mike farmer — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:57:00 +0000

Letterman’s explanation reminds me of the Alabama defendent accused of statutory rape of a 13 yr old girl — “I’m sorry your honor, she had the body of a 15 year old.”

By: Quartermain

Quartermain — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:43:35 +0000

Mr. Reynold could you clarify your comment please? Why do you believe all change is good because it is change? Change is not always the same as positive progress?