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Re: US Politics | AMERICAblog News: Was Ronald Reagan a Marxist?

markf217 — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:05:46 -0000

Reagan was a racist, not a Marxist: “If an individual wants to discriminate against Negroes or others in selling or renting his house, he has a right to do so.”
Ronald Reagan, 1962

Re: Consumer spending is up, which is a good sign for the economy

markf217 — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:52:18 -0000

NotTimGeitner, I've noticed that electronics are coming down in price -- good deals on computers and flat screens. But I agree with John that confidence seems to be up.

Ew, I just saw the Cosmo photo shoot of Senator Scott Brown. He needs some manscaping down there.

Re: It's 'not fun' for poor Bart Stupak these days. People are being mean.

markf217 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:08:57 -0000

He should resign if he doesn't like hearing from constituents.

Re: Pope Benedict linked to paedophile priest in Germany

markf217 — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:13:20 -0000

I have a feeling the pope will emerge from this as "blameless" -- he is, after all, infallible...
Should be interesting when the pope's brother testifies in civil proceedings in Germany

Re: Scott Brown’s sexual harassment suit

markf217 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:13:18 -0000

I saw Scott Brown's pubes in that old Cosmo spread and I felt sexually assualted.

Re: Dobson forced out of Focus on the Family

markf217 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:24:02 -0000

still, it just be humiliating to be canned from an organization one has founded...

maybe some man-groping, bribe payment, or meth-massage allegations are forthcoming?

Re: World War III flashback

markf217 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:38:46 -0000

The hissy fits of these drama queens are because they realize they have "lost" the game. They didn't end up in a minority via a lightning strike. The American voters rejected their congressional leadership for a reason. Maybe FOX will give them some coverage.

Re: Thin-skinned Chief Justice didn't like criticism of campaign finance decision

markf217 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:58:38 -0000

Alito was also very thin-skinned.

Re: Greece told to sell islands and art by German politicians

markf217 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:57:17 -0000

Γαμήσου Τσένεϋ "gamisou Cheney"

Re: Happy Thanksgiving

markf217 — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:47:59 -0000

Γιάννης, Ηθελα να πω ευτυχής δοξολογία! Mapkov!
John, Just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving! Mark

Re: Perino: "We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term"

markf217 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:07:40 -0000

Does this mean that the airplanes that flew into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania were merely tourists who got lost and ran out of gas (causing them to crash). Perino has raised stupidity and moral blindness to an art form.

Re: I finally got my Swine Flu shot, anybody else?

markf217 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:37:42 -0000

Здрасти, γεια σου, hello, bonjour!

I had my flu vaccination last week. The injection was totally free and totally available to all veterans at the sinister, evil, morally repugnant, Barack-Obama-the crypto-Marxist-who-was-really-born-in-Kenya, socialist-communist style, liberal-Democrat (actually Abraham Lincoln, a GOP prez, started the V.A. system), hyphenated-compound-modifier, government-run, taxpayer-funded, health-care system known as "the Veterans Administration." No side effects for me, accept a still-very-sore arm. I have had pneumonia one time (which is what --ultimately-- kills most H1N1 flu victims), so the second, free vaccination I received from said evil government health care system made my hairy, left, ass cheek a little sore (John, as a hunky Greek boy, do you have a nice hairy ass, too?). These protective inoculations were a preventive measures I was pleased and grateful to receive (again, from my socialist style, government-funded, government-run, and government-regulated health care plan at the Veterans Administration). BTW, my other prescriptions are 100% totally free (from my government-funded, government-run, and government-regulated health care plan at the Veterans Administration). And there is a guarantee that my government-funded, government-run, and government-regulated health care plan at the Veterans Administration will never take more than 30 minutes waiting time to fill a prescription (usually running 15 minutes for a scrip fill). This V.A prescription system beats the time, cost, and efficiency of for-profit, Presidential Candidate Lou Dobbs, GOP, tea-bagger style health care systems (like CVS, Walgreens, WalMart, Rite Aid, Eckerd's, etc.). Yes, I got my shots. Now John, tell us about your butt!

Peace, Mark

P.S. John, asthma is really awful and the attacks are terrifying -- I hope you continue to be well and happy!

P.S.S. Thank God , Abe Lincoln (pretty much the sole Republican supporter), and the Democrats, for the "anti-American," anti-free market, pinko commie, health care available at the Veterans Administration for a lowly, gay, leftist, U.S. Army veteran like me.

Re: Lou Dobbs considering presidential bid in 2012

markf217 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:57:19 -0000

President Dobbs? That is hilarious!

Re: Should smoking bans be extended to the outdoors?

markf217 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:39:05 -0000

Smokers take about 15 minutes off an hour to smoke.

Re: Should smoking bans be extended to the outdoors?

markf217 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:34:33 -0000

Second hand smoke kills.
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ped/content/ped_1...

If you can smell it, you are inhaling it, I support total bans in all public space, indoors and out. I think tobacco should be taxed even more (to help pay for the health problems it causes). If any other product (a food or medicine) had had so may successful lawsuits for wrongful death against it like tobacco has, it would have been banned a long time ago. If you want to smoke, do it on your own property. Don't do it around your kids or pets. Japan also has public bans in some areas. I hate being in a cafe our even walking down a sidewalk and getting toxic tobacco smoke blown on me. I also hate it when smokers loiter around entry doors to public buildings.
Go outside, wherever you are, and see how long it takes you to find discarded cigarette butts (many smokers behave like pigs). That said, John you can force me to eat a brownie. It's not about being "sensitive." Why don't smokers who insist on making other people sick and killing other people go out in the country?

Re: Tampa police: Marine reservist used crowbar to attack Greek priest he mistook for terrorist

markf217 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:42:37 -0000

No, he will be another gay for pay GOP icon like Matt Sanchez:
http://www.americablog.com/...

Re: Tampa police: Marine reservist used crowbar to attack Greek priest he mistook for terrorist

markf217 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:29:44 -0000

Jasen, the marine who attacked the priest, poses for gay porn:

http://madabouttheboys.blog...

Sounds like some self-loathing and projection. I don't buy his story about the priest groping him. Maybe this guy had roid rage. He looks really juiced up in his pictures.

Re: D.C. Sniper has been executed

markf217 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:26:54 -0000

Public executions in Saudi Arabia and Iran really haven't made those folks less violent.

Re: D.C. Sniper has been executed

markf217 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:24:13 -0000

There are many other executions pending nationwide. There are high profile homicide cases where prosecutors, juries, and judges will be choosing incarceration versus execution. This is a very relevant and important topic. The next two executions are in six days.

Executions scheduled this month:
11/17 Larry Bill Elliott - Virginia
11/17 Gerald Eldridge - Texas
11/18 Danielle Simpson - Texas----volunteer
11/19 Robert Thompson - Texas

Re: D.C. Sniper has been executed

markf217 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:15:31 -0000

I agree with you, Joe.

But if people disagree with our ethics (retribution being so popular with many christianists) maybe (especially in this economy when states are having severe financial crises) they will find the excessive cost of the death penalty a compelling reason to stop the practice:
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo...
California is so broke they were paying state employees with vouchers. But California, which hasn't executed many offenders in recent years, pays around $137 million annually to maintain their current death penalty system.

Also, if accused Ft. Hood shooter, Major Hasan, is found to have been sane during his alleged crimes, is convicted, and executed, the gov't risks turning him into some kind of "martyr." Better to incarcerate people, isolate them, and let the public forget about them. The idea of the death penalty as a deterrent is also a myth:
http://tiny.cc/4hhXg

Our judicial system is flawed. And success in defense frequently has more to do with the wealth (and race) of the defendant and the defendant's access to a skilled legal team. And geography has a skewed impact on justice: compare sentences for murder in Wisconsin versus sentences handed out in Harris County, TX.

And what about the horror and injustice of wrongful conviction. Here is a list of people, formerly on death row, now exonerated:
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo...

Finally, here are two excellent and well-researched articles which consider the "humane" aspects of lethal injection:

http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/la...

http://standdown.typepad.co...

Joe, thanks for having the moral courage to promote abolition in your post.

Re: Lieberman declares Ft Hood shooting an Islamic terrorist act with no conclusive proof

markf217 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:22:13 -0000

Mr. Lieberman is a member of Congress, not a member of the judiciary and not a law-enforcement officer. He is an Independent who sometimes caucuses with Democrats (he is NOT a Democrat). The events at Ft. Hood need to be thoroughly investigated by law enforcement. The accused shooter will (most likely) be tried in a military court under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. His defense will, no doubt, want Major Hasan evaluated by a forensic psychiatrist. Hasan's affect and behavior prior to the shootings (as seen in the security footage at the convenience store before the shootings) was very odd (which makes me suspect some psychiatric factors -- but, of course, I am not a doctor). The military is still gathering evidence and late Sunday asked for other witnesses to come forward to speak with Army CID. With an investigation still in progress and investigators still calling for people to come forward, no moral, wise, or honest person who values the concept of justice should be appointing themselves as police investigators, mental health experts, judges, and jury (and making unfounded claims on Fox news about conspiracies and terrorism). Mr. Hasan should be investigated and tried by people sworn and properly trained to do those jobs. Liberman isn't a cop and at this point I wouldn't trust him to run a school bus stop cross walk. Hasan should not be tried via a crank Senator on a TV media outlet for the GOP. I can't say with certainty on why Mr. Lieberman is making these comments. Based on his expressed desire to sabotage health care reform, I do have to wonder if his comments about Major Hasan are an effort to pander to the right wing (in order to protect his committee positions in the U.S. Senate which could be jeopardized by his attacks on Democratic-led health care reform). No one, including law enforcement, has all of the facts of the Ft. Hood case. All U.S. elected officials are sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution. No matter how much we abhor a criminal act (like the events at Ft. Hood) we must support due process of law for all defendants, as provided for by the U.S. Constitution. Mr. Lieberman seems to be a male version of CNN's Nancy Grace, engaging in widespread contamination of jury pools and actually aiding Major Hasan's ground for legal appeals by making unfounded and baseless comments on Fox. If Hasan was sane during the attacks, Lieberman is actually helping his defense case with material for appeals. If Hasan is a terrorist, one could say that Lieberman, by shooting his mouth off, is providing aid to a terrorist by his outrageous pre-trial public commentary. Justice and the American people would best be served if Joe Lieberman would shut the fuck up. I think Lieberman has violated his oath of office. People in CT need to start a recall campaign and rid the Senate of this vile, hypocritical, racist bigot. I am weary of entire groups of people (in this case, Muslims) being held accountable for the actions of one person (who could have been psychotic or suffering from a brain tumor). Because of people like Lieberman I am sick and tired of my law-abiding Muslim friends being afraid to go out of their homes to get groceries. When Timothy McVeigh murdered 168 people and wounded many others, Senator Lieberman wasn't holding all Christian (McVeigh was a Catholic, GOP, NRA member), Republican, NRA members accountable for McVeigh's actions. When American-born Jew, Dr. Baruch Goldstein gunned down 29 Muslim men and boys at prayer in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron in 1994, Lieberman wasn't blaming all Jews for Goldstein's act of terrorism. It is unAmerican, unjust, and a violation of the principles of our criminal justice system for Lieberman to incite right-wingers with his hate speech against Muslims. Please go to the CAIR website and read their statement about Ft. Hood. www.cair.com. People of CT, organize a recall of Lieberman! Joe, shut your hole!

Re: Fort Hood shooter alive, more updates

markf217 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:31:44 -0000

In 1966 a gunman named Charles Whitman killed 14 and wounded 32 others from a university observation tower in Austin, Texas. He was killed by police and a autopsy revealed he had a brain tumor (a large gioblastoma) which could have impacted his behavior and impulse control. Other than the bullet wounds he received, we don't know anything about the medical and psychiatric condition of the accused shooter at Ft. Hood -- Dr. Nidal Malik Hasan. A white man from New York state , a Christian, and a registered Republican named Timothy McVeigh murdered 168 people (including small children) when he blew up the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City in 1995. McVeigh was not found to be mentally or physically ill. I am a gay man and a Christian (more of a progressive Episcopalian), and as awful as McVeigh's actions were I don't blame all Christians or even all Republicans for McVeigh's terrorism. There are fanatics in all political and religious groups. There are also people (like Charles Whitman) who have severe neurological problems or psychosis which are mitigating factors. I am a U.S. Army veteran and I feel immense solidarity with the Ft. Hood community. Once I entered the gates of an Army base I always felt safe and "at home." I feel very sad for the people of Ft. Hood. As an American, I certainly want justice and I am certain that Dr. Hasan will receive thorough medical and psychiatric evaluations prior to his trial. We should not hold all Muslims accountable for this (any more than we blame all Republicans and Christians for the actions of Timothy McVeigh). Let's adopt a wait and see attitude and let the doctors and investigators do their work before we jump to conclusions. My husband was killed by a drunk driver on 9/13 so I haven't been posting much here lately. But I felt this was an important conversation for me to join. Please, let's not start attacking entire groups of people based on the behavior of one individual. That seems unfair and un-American.

Re: If this video is real… wow

markf217 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:51:38 -0000

Может быть, водитель автобуса был пьян?

Re: If this video is real… wow

markf217 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:49:43 -0000

Actually, the bus is a metaphor for the out-of-control Bush administration. The car being hit in the rear and the pedestrian both represent the American people, barely survivng the incident.
Джордж Буш был ужасный президент!

Re: Joe "That's a lie!" Wilson's allies claiming PTSD

markf217 — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:45:48 -0000

If that is true, then all Americans have PTSD from eight years of living under Bush-Cheney.