tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post6530217369436018233..comments2024-02-17T03:35:22.796-05:00Comments on Innocents and Accidents, Hints and Allegations: Bill Clinton on Freedom of Speech8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636875216996092noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-74359415752418141762009-04-21T22:41:00.000-04:002009-04-21T22:41:00.000-04:00Saddam hated Al Queda-he was a secular leader, who...Saddam hated Al Queda-he was a secular leader, who was paranoid about everyone besides him. The idea that he aided the terrorists that attacked us is ludicrous, and has been debunked six ways from Sunday. <br /><br />Have you priced health insurance lately?8https://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636875216996092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-3575799134013821012009-04-21T13:50:00.000-04:002009-04-21T13:50:00.000-04:00"Saddam was not responsible for 9/11. Period."
Te..."Saddam was not responsible for 9/11. Period."<br /><br />Terrorists were responsible for 9/11. Ones that happened to be supported by Saddam Hussein, even if he did not carry out the action. While he did not carry out 9/11, he funded and ordered many other attacks. It would have been folly to let him continue these major cease-fire violations.<br /><br />Saddam did not order 9/11. Yes. and Nazi dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-40264554273749069182009-04-21T08:42:00.000-04:002009-04-21T08:42:00.000-04:00A bad idea is like a virus.
Saddam was not respo...A bad idea is like a virus. <br /><br />Saddam was not responsible for 9/11. Period. <br /><br />EVEN IF I concede that Iraq was a legitimate expense, which I don't, it was never included in the budget or paid for! THAT is the outrage-increasing spending while cutting taxes and expecting it all to work itself out in the end. <br /><br />Expanding health care to cover more people? Oh, the horror.8https://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636875216996092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-33829352376301141532009-04-21T05:50:00.000-04:002009-04-21T05:50:00.000-04:00Iraq targetted/fired upon our peacekeepers hundred...Iraq targetted/fired upon our peacekeepers hundreds of times. Surely one of these counts. Saddam also funded, supported, and promoted numerous terrorist groups that killed large numbers of Americans. Surely one of these counts. The retaliation against Saddam's regime: was just that. Retaliation. One thing 9/11 taught us was that it was folly to let terrorists go on attacking us.<br /><br />"And dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-71233434429688086062009-04-20T22:19:00.000-04:002009-04-20T22:19:00.000-04:00Invading a country which didn't attack us is a leg...Invading a country which didn't attack us is a legitimate expense? Overpaying for services that the military could perform itself is a legitimate expense? Billions of dollars disappearing from the CPA is a legitimate expense? <br /><br />And paying for SCHIP is not? <br /><br />Wow.8https://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636875216996092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-84030342728814608632009-04-20T22:10:00.000-04:002009-04-20T22:10:00.000-04:00Maybe because national defense is a legitimate fed...Maybe because national defense is a legitimate federal expense, and 9,000 pork "earmarks" and billions of dollars for free healthcare for rich adults (which falsely claiming it is for poor children) is not.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-65871219622559260452009-04-20T21:10:00.000-04:002009-04-20T21:10:00.000-04:00I agree that the Fairness Doctrine is lamebrained....I agree that the Fairness Doctrine is lamebrained. It would be fine, with me personally, if any station that plays Limbaugh had to follow it with Ed Schultz. But that's not fair, and I don't think there is a serious movement afoot to bring it back. Whoever sells the most commercial time should get to have a radio show, period. <br /><br />I think the idea of freedom of the press is not that the 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636875216996092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-17715735736106269512009-04-20T20:53:00.000-04:002009-04-20T20:53:00.000-04:00Jeanne: The part he did not pay was obvious, and h...Jeanne: The part he did not pay was obvious, and he was told about how to pay it. Still, he did not. Someone raised the point that he was either stupid, or sneaky. Either way, it does not make him look good. <br /><br />"I saw him give that speech at the Democratic convention that put him on the map a while back when he was just a new Senator from Illonois. I was positively riveted. "<br /><br />dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-6215917271067718562009-04-20T19:57:00.000-04:002009-04-20T19:57:00.000-04:00Got to disagree with dmarks (who I usually agree w...Got to disagree with dmarks (who I usually agree with!). Geitner's tax problems were the result of a tax code that is entirely too long, too complex, and, in a word, ridiculous. His entire career is wrapped up in public service in the economy. Do you really think he would risk all that to save a very small amount of money by cheating on his taxes? His mistake I firmly believe was honest. It Jeannehttp://www.massperspectives.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-59155439337848980452009-04-20T19:54:00.000-04:002009-04-20T19:54:00.000-04:00I haven't seen the Lou Dobbs bit, but I'm not surp...I haven't seen the Lou Dobbs bit, but I'm not surprised people are angry. You defend her by saying "On an opinionated show like "Countdown", I don't think you can take every statement at face value." I disagree. When the comedy is based on current events and our government, there should be some standard for reality-based comments. When someone goes so far off the reservation, they should be Jeannehttp://www.massperspectives.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-68039808012115927602009-04-20T19:53:00.000-04:002009-04-20T19:53:00.000-04:00When he was President, Bill Clinton talked of the ...When he was President, Bill Clinton talked of the necessity of censoring political opinion in the airwaves, and wanted to bring back a defunct policy which did just that.<br /><br />In February he said "Former president and senior Democratic statesman Bill Clinton has joined a growing drumbeat for government regulation of radio talk shows, claiming the U.S. "ought to have the Fairness Doctrine ordmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-70471772469107958542009-04-20T17:07:00.000-04:002009-04-20T17:07:00.000-04:00Janeane Garofalo is originally from the world of s...Janeane Garofalo is originally from the world of standup comedy, where outrageous generalizations are, basically, what you do for a living. Her statement, taken literally, is irresponsible. On an opinionated show like "Countdown", I don't think you can take every statement at face value. <br /><br />You and I clearly disagree about the nature of the Tea Partiers. You see principled fiscal 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636875216996092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-24928248523258304652009-04-20T15:11:00.000-04:002009-04-20T15:11:00.000-04:00Nice post. I agree completely with the President....Nice post. I agree completely with the President.<br /><br />Here's an example of "loud and angry" speech I abhor. Janeane Garofalo claimed that the people who attended "Tea Party" protests were "just a bunch of racists." On the Keith Olbermann show, she said, "This is racism straight-up" and "It's not about bashing Democrats...This is about hating a black man in the white house."<br /><br />Jeannehttp://www.massperspectives.comnoreply@blogger.com