Comments on: Morning Links

By: paranoiastrksdp

paranoiastrksdp — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:19:07 +0000

Wouldn’t it be just desserts if Joe Arpaio gets nailed on corruption charges..?

By: Wesley

Wesley — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:34:24 +0000

Kent Hovind is indeed hilarious, but he’s got nothing on Ray Comfort, aka the banana guy. The banana is apparently “the atheist’s worst nightmare” as it irrefutably proves the existence of a higher power.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGMuIyBK5P4&feature=related

By: paranoiastrksdp

paranoiastrksdp — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:07:53 +0000

Aresen @ 52:

Give it your best shot pal, I refuse to own a credit card and my bank account is in the red. Not to mention my credit is shot to hell with student loans. You’d practically be doing me a favor lol. :)

By: Brent

Brent — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:24:38 +0000

Glenn Greenwald? Mr. Socky Sock-puppet? That guy lost nearly all of his credibility long ago. Even if he is right I still don’t trust him based on his past behavior.
http://www.google.com/search?q=Glenn+Greenwald+sockpuppet&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

By: Dave Krueger

Dave Krueger — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:14:07 +0000

So, how long was god around before he created the earth?

Wouldn’t it have been at least “biiiiiiilllllions of years”?

You’d think anyone who had that long to study the problem would have done a better job.

By: Mario

Mario — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:25:18 +0000

So, the cops killed the dogs of a 68 year old man. It’s a terrible thing to say, but one day they’ll kill the dogs of a senior who realizes that, according to the actuarial tables, a life sentence means no more than a few years in prison; and that wronged citizen just might decide to go down in history.

It’s an even a more terrible thing to say, but some of us who are sick of reading of these abuses will cheer that man on.

By: Aresen

Aresen — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:03:52 +0000

paranoiastrksdp

Bet you won’t say that after I’ve hacked your bank account and credit cards.

By: KBCraig

KBCraig — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:01:42 +0000

Wagoner’s resignation was not a condition of the money being given. It was given, then the administration wasn’t satisfied with GM’s recovery plan, so they demanded Wagoner’s exit.

Scarier still is that Obama said that the U.S. government will now be responsible for warranty work on GM vehicles.

By: paranoiastrksdp

paranoiastrksdp — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:57:20 +0000

Aresen @ 21:

You’re a better person than I am.

By: paranoiastrksdp

paranoiastrksdp — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:54:13 +0000

In a better world someone would dupe the pigs into carrying out a raid ala copbusters…

just to have them burst into a house chock full o’ claymore mines instead of a few japanese maples under growlights.

By: Steve Verdon

Steve Verdon — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:03:24 +0000

Maybe one day it’s gonna be a real drug dealer with a full automatic rifle and armor piercing rounds. I bet that’s gonna be all over the major newspapers.

Yes, it was. It happened in San Francisco and four police officers died. Problem is this will be used as justification for stepping up the violence police officers engage in during these raids, not reducing it. The idea, with these micro-brained macho types, of ramping down the violence just doesn’t occur to them. Nevermind that these kinds of cases are probably even more rare than a wrong door raid.

By: Tim C

Tim C — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:36:12 +0000

Oh, and of course it’s also WRONG that the gov’t is doing anything of the sort (bailouts, stimulus, all the rest of it). In fact, I’ll be at the San Fransisco Tea Party protest on Wednesday.

By: Tim C

Tim C — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:35:13 +0000

Re: GM CEO – I agree that since GM is nationalized, the gov’t has a say in such matters. I totally agree that GM can’t have its bailout money and eat it too. However, I agree with what I think Radley is saying here:

a) It’s scary as hell that the gov’t has this interest in a company (literally, fascism).

b) It’s scary, and a real “this is really happening” concretization, that a gov’t official has taken the step of having this say in the company.

By: Helmut O' Hooligan

Helmut O' Hooligan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:14:27 +0000

Greenwald: “We’ve been trained how we talk about our political leaders primarily by a media that worships political cynicism and can only understand the world through political game-playing”

Awesome article by Greenwald, and good work by Sen. Webb. Whenever a political representative–be it Webb, Feingold, Ron Paul or whoever–says “fuck it,” and refuses to talk to us like a nation of children and invalids, I get excited. I wish Webb all the success in the world, and I can’t wait to see him drive some of his less courageous/intelligent colleagues into hysterics.

Go get ‘em sailor!!!!

By: Bronwyn

Bronwyn — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:40:49 +0000

Zeb, “and babies.” You forgot to add the babies and other unarmed citizens.

I’ll just siimplify it.

“In most cases, these can be life and death situations for the residents of the home.”

FTFY

By: ShelbyC

ShelbyC — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:22:52 +0000

Since we now own a portion of all these companies (which is a mistake), the last thing we should want is the stupid politicians running them. These guys have the power to confiscate money and they still can’t break even.

By: t. reed

t. reed — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:42:07 +0000

Re: Jim Webb, people can think whatever they want about his politics–but they cannot doubt that he is one brave man. Navy Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star (x2), Purple Heart (x2). See Webb’s Wiki for Navy Cross Cit–chilling.

By: Salvo

Salvo — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:38:02 +0000

#32: Whither Ford is that they’re not taking the bailout money, and thus have no strings.

By: Frank Hummel

Frank Hummel — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:27:23 +0000

“Executing a search warrant, police never know what they’re going to find on the other side of that door”
Maybe one day it’s gonna be a real drug dealer with a full automatic rifle and armor piercing rounds. I bet that’s gonna be all over the major newspapers.

By: Big Chief

Big Chief — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:17:12 +0000

I wonder what would happen if all the Obama fans who just go to pieces over his wonderful ability to communicate would watch the Hovind lecture. Would that all suddenly throw aside evolution and become adherants to creationism, just as they’ve tossed aside capitalism and embraced Obamanomics? Regardless of what he’s selling, you gotta admit Hovind is very good at selling his idea, just like Obama.

While I think the ability to communicate is an important attribute for a POTUS, I also think it’s oversold. The ideas are more important than the ability to express them. We seem to keep losing sight of that. So I offer you Kent Hovind for the next POTUS.