I'm curious about your use of the term 'Black Power'
Posted By: curious on 2008-10-12
In Reply to: A course in reading comprehension - gourdpainter
You seem to think that just because someone's black they're instantly for Obama. And that if he loses we'll riot in the streets and there will be 'blood shed.' Why? Because you think we're a bunch of crazed malcontents who can't stand to have our way? Now your real prejudice comes out. Interesting.
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I am not skeptical of the 'black man.'
I don't care what color he is. Color has nothing to do with readiness for the job or the history of his associations, how he rose through the Chicago political machine so fast...there is a lot I distrust about Obama, but none of it has to do with his color. You don't know Obama either, ignore all the red flags and defend him also...I find that kind of weird as well.
Obama is far left socialist, way too far left for me. I don't think that is the change this country needs. I think McCain and Palin are the change it needs. Until someone stops the stalemate in Washington and tries to get the two sides working together...nothing is going to fix the problems which re-surface under EVERY administration.
That being said, you should vote for who you feel is best suited for the job. That is what we all should do.
Yeah, 'knowledge IS power". But, the power is
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More Power To Them!
Makes me want to cry. They have been there..done that..dont ever want to again..They know the pain they will carry for the rest of their lives..More power to them..May they carry on to government and change this government and country for the better..Chickenhawks they are not..
TAKE away their power!!
There are kinds of folks in this country. There are right-wing kooks, religious kooks, left-wing kooks, serial killers, child pornographers, bigots/racists, right-wing militia people-whose-exact-names-I-forget and all types worse and better.
The thing is, in this country the decent people are the majority, whether right or left in politics/beliefs. That's why this country is so great.
When you fixate on folks who are overly negative you give them power. Please rise above the comments of those who represent a very tiny minority. I pay no attention to those who voice unreasonable beliefs and I advise you do the same. Take the power away from those people.
You have no power
run for congress, but spare me the eloquent opinions, gag.
you say that like we have any power now - nm
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Exactly what power will he take away?
What power is Obama going to take away, eh?
Our right to guns?
Or is it his communist plan or his socialist plan - both of which I posted earlier (as Obama MT) that are already present in our government under both Dem/Rep long before Obama came along?
Or is it that he's a Muslim mole about to take us over?!
Or maybe it's that he will let black people rule over white people?!
Or is it that he will force abortions on us all or make like gay people or let them all get married?
Wait, is it the one where he will force Boy Scouts to have homosexual scout masters and have to sleep in the same tent with them??!! (you've got to be joking)
Or is it he won't let us homeschool our children any more?
Or is it the one where he will actually end this war and let our soldiers come home with dignity without more of them dying?
Which power is it that he will take away?
More than half of this country feels empowered and evidently, the rest don't.
I refer you back to the website to read Homework for the Fearful. I would be doing just that if McCain were my president - and letting go of my fear and hoping for the best of all, for all.
Haven't you all had enough fear mongering from the right to last a lifetime?
Thanks for listening.
the man has only been in power sm
for two months for crying out loud! You wait and see what happens. He sits in the white house throwing money around like he has a "money tree" on the white house lawn, he wants to suddenly remove all military from Iraq (which a lot of the military are against) further exposing this country wide open to attack and you think this is a strong president. The only thing he is "strong" in is trying to promote himself, the Obama AGENDA
Wow - I wish I'd know before that I had so much power! _ SM _
If I'd known that I and others like me had the superpowers to cause the economic crisis, then I'd have also used that power to will myself about $50 million in cash beforehand.
Yes, we have power
Although this story doesn't emphasize the fact, others do. The outrage that exploded when the conservative teacher in Kansas lost his job has caused school officials to reverse their decision:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,528484,00.html
Never buy into the lie that demon-crats and the media try to sell you that conservatism is dead. Not only ain't we dead, we ain't begun to fight! We're the same handful of colonial militia who defeated the whole durn British army a long time ago. First they laughed at us...and then they died.
I don't like to use that term.
to be referred to as that either, but then again if she's referring to herself as a pitbull, then maybe she does. 
First or second term
I wonder when they will make Obama's birthday a national holiday.
Especially the power workers
God bless those people who came all the way down there, slept in their trucks in stifiling weather (because the media and gawking politicians hogged all the hotels that were left) and helped string line and get our power back on. They are heros, as well as all those who donated time and goods.
On the other hand, SHAME on the people from Indiana who printed up a bunch of Katrina T-shirts and had the nerve to come down there to sell them! Those who survived Katrina need no darn T-shirt proclaiming they did!
The power structure ,,,,,,, sm
This is an old clip (20 years old), but Ron Paul to goes into who they are a little bit. They do own the media so you won't see this stuff on the TV. Dr. Paul is a congressman so he is in a position to know.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4245169480003136735&hl=en
then again, perhaps it's abuse of power like
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So abuse of power is OK by you?
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Sue does. The power to become more of a liability to McC
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Honestly, it's all about power
for the democrats in office, in my opinion. They want people to depend on the government so they have more power. That's what should scare the heck out of all of us much more than if they are helping someone in need or not.
What term would you prefer? I am sure you have
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still doubtful he will win a second term.
That he'll only have 1 term....
If 2 terms equals 8 minutes, 1 term equals 4.
Late term...(sm)
If the infant is able to survive outside the womb, then it would fall on the physician to do whatever possible to save that life (even if that includes refusing to do an abortion), just like any other. I don't think you'll find too many docs who will actually do abortions that late because it's increasingly dangerous for the mother. I think most clinics only go up to about 15 or 16 weeks anyway. I do think that if you are going to have an abortion it should be done in a timely manner anyway for the mother's health. I also believe that if the mother's life is in danger from the pregnancy, a late-term abortion may be necessary. And then there's the money. I wonder how many people have to opt for late-term abortions because it takes them that long to get the money for the abortion. Yet another reason to add in abortion to family planning services.
We can't wait until the end of his term as you put it
People are underwater every day and more following. Trying to pass a budget before it's necessary is just another way of spending money and has nothing to do to help the economy, especially with the thousands of earmarks in it. The congress and senate are still on the so-called honeymoon and O thinks everything will go smooth for the first 100 days.
Well, it's not. It's not better than when Bush was office. The house and senate are still fighting and nothing O says helps. Of course, NP and her threats don't help. Bipartisanship my foot! NP wants to take over and she's doing a very good job of being "acting president."
The term 'fundamentalist'
has acquired a negative interpretation. But all it really means is adherence to the fundamentals of any given religion. Militance and intolerance are implied in the term Islamism. These are not just ''fundamentalist Muslims' but a whole step beyond that.
He did not start that term FYI!
He was quoting what others had nicknamed the man already. You just can't let crazy people be crazy people, can you? Instead you have to pick some conservative leaning person to blame everything on. The man who shot Tiller is to blame for this...no one else.
Or how about this....if Tiller had never aborted so many fetuses late term for questionable reasons, other than the mother's health, he never would have been under investigation and he would never have been publically exposed. So whose fault is this really? I personally feel that if Tiller had stayed within the guidelines on this, he never would have made nation wide news in the first place.
However, regardless of his actions and whether or not I find them to be disgusting, he still should not have been gunned down. The man who killed him is a crazy wacko. No one told him to do it. He took it upon himself to do it. He is to blame for his actions....not Bill O'Reilly. So how about you stop the spin, stop the blame game, and actually make people take responsibility for their own actions.
That is a big problem with our country today. Too many people pointing the finger at others and not enough people admitting their own faults and taking blame for what they have done. Much easier to point the finger and blame someone else.
Just curious...
Did your body experience a sudden, involuntary CHOKING/GAGGING sensation when he mentioned how much he respects Cindy Sheehan's opinions? Mine did.
Why? Just curious. sm
Alex is not an extremist (libertarian, not Libertarian party). There is a media blackout surrounding 911 - wonder why? Google a video called Loose Change and watch it. The facts and evidence that they lied to us are plainly there. Those of us who want the truth to come out are in the millions, not in the minority. The survivors, witnesses, and family members, etc. have a web site: 911truth.org. Please go and see it for more information.
I'm curious
On AOL today one of their topics is Barack Obama admitting his previous drug use. It links to an article that gives a little quote of what he said to high school students. I was wondering if anyone else knows of any links or knows how he is talking about this issue.
Meaning - the stuff I read essentially made it sound like he was saying ' I was bored and didn't have anything else to do' with only one line saying he did it to 'escape' (my word not his). I think it would be a very BAD idea to tell high school students ' I did it because it was fun' (again, all my words, not his)
I was just curious if he's ever gone into more detail (the article said he does in his book, which I have not read). I would like to know if he is trying to use his experiences to teach people - this article certainly did not make it sound that way.
TIA!! 
I am curious about something you said.
If you are seeking an issues forum and have been turned off by all this childish banter (which I agree, it is), why then would you base a decision as important as who gets your vote on the juvenile emotional trash you see here and denouce?
I'm curious
Do you guys have anything to add other than, "Yeah, well Obama " every time someone says something about McCain that is not positive? The thread is not about Obama, and I'm pretty sure the Contras were far more organized and scarier (and US gov. backed, mind you)than Mr. Weather Underground, not that anything he or his group did is permissible in any sense.
I'm curious about this
I wonder what this "affordable" insurance will cover. I did IC work for awhile and checked around with different policies and there are "affordable" insurance policies out there right now.... What I happened to check into didn't help too much with preventative but it was 100% hospitalization but it was "affordable."
Can you show me anything that shows me what exactly this "affordable" insurance will cover?
Also, I'm curious what he considers "affordable"..... $25 a month? $500 a month? It just seems very vague to me.
I am curious to know
"progressive" candidate is? Is this a good or a bad thing for you? Also, there is an avalanche of "doctored" photos out there. Seeing is not believing during an election year, especially as polarized as this one is becoming.
I think world leaders "endorsing" Obama is a good thing, friendly or not. It doesn't mean anything particularly suspicious or scarey. In a democracy, even communists and theocrats are entitled to their opinions. I think the interest they are taking in this election is a positive sign. People across the globe are counting down the months, weeks, days, hours ad seconds left in the W administration. I know that personally, I am positively ecstatic at the very thought of a Bushless world. Why should world leaders be excluded from participating in such a joyous occasion?
just curious about SNL
i didn't see it, but also have heard absolutely nothing about how Sara Palin did on there -- was she funny? relaxed? any awkward moments?
I was really just curious . . .
not looking for an opening to slam anybody. The only reason I am against the death penalty is the 1 in whatever chance the person is innocent.
I am not for abortion but I think it is going to happen whether it is legal or not. Even the ancient Greeks used herbs for abortion. My dad was a cop in the inner city when abortion was illegal. Back then there were no ambulances and the police answered all medical calls. He saw so many woman dead or dying from self-induced or illegal abortions, he lost count. He didn't believe making it legal increased the number of them performed, but just provided a more accurate way for them to be counted.
As far the child molesters, I'm with you on that one.
curious
First, did Sarah Palin's daughter have her baby? I saw her a few times on TV and she didnt look pregnant. If she did have it, what did she have?
Second, the election is over right? Why are some so bitter. Our guy didnt win. Okay already. Nothing we can do about it now. I fear that pretty soon, we will have way more on our minds than this stuff.
Just Curious
Do you feel our government would be better if it was a theocracy instead?
Just curious...(sm)
Who do you think he should have picked?
Just curious
Have you ever actually talked to one of those people who were layed off in the auto industry? I know several and not one of them knows about this $31 for playing checkers stuff. All say if they had they would have demanded their share. One did take advantage of their retraining program and got a CDL. After finding out truck driving wasn't for him, he moved to Houston and went to work in the oil industry. Reality check: If they can draw $31 an hour for playing checkers, why on earth would they be worried about losing their jobs? Per Judge Judy: If it doesn't make sense it isn't true.
Just out of curiosity....how on earth do you people who do all the research and posting, likely not limited to just this board, EVER find time to work?
I am curious.
If this were to get a fair hearing in a court of law, and the decision were to be against the validity of of the Hawaii birth certificate, exactly what do you think would happen next?
Now I am curious, how much have your
??
Just curious........... sm
What is the $252/year tax called?
Our school district is also about to raise our taxes in the form of a bond election in order to construct a new elementary school (we outgrew the current one) and make repairs to the jr high/high school building that was built 35 years ago (and on the cheap at that), so I know what you are talking about. We already pay rather hefty taxes, not to the extent of your district, but when the taxes might be $300 and you don't have it, they may as well be $3,000,000.
just curious...
why does one have to have their staff to go to dinner and theater?
Just curious here.....
David Letterman gets away with saying that ARod impregnated Palin's 14 y/o daughter at a baseball game as a "joke" and yet Don Imus gets fired for saying "nappy headed hoes." Either Imus should never have been fired or Letterman needs to get the boot. But of course Letterman won't because no feminist is going to stand up for any daughter of Sarah Palin's and as far as the left winged liberal media goes......you can make jokes about a 14 y/o having sex with an adult ball player if it is Palin's daughter. Personally, if I were ARod.....I'd be all pi$$y about it as well. Letterman was not funny and, IMO, he owes an apology.....which will never happen but it should.
Power not granted to Bush
Power We Didn't Grant
By Tom Daschle
Friday, December 23, 2005; A21
In the face of mounting questions about news stories saying that President Bush approved a program to wiretap American citizens without getting warrants, the White House argues that Congress granted it authority for such surveillance in the 2001 legislation authorizing the use of force against al Qaeda. On Tuesday, Vice President Cheney said the president was granted authority by the Congress to use all means necessary to take on the terrorists, and that's what we've done.
As Senate majority leader at the time, I helped negotiate that law with the White House counsel's office over two harried days. I can state categorically that the subject of warrantless wiretaps of American citizens never came up. I did not and never would have supported giving authority to the president for such wiretaps. I am also confident that the 98 senators who voted in favor of authorization of force against al Qaeda did not believe that they were also voting for warrantless domestic surveillance.
On the evening of Sept. 12, 2001, the White House proposed that Congress authorize the use of military force to deter and pre-empt any future acts of terrorism or aggression against the United States. Believing the scope of this language was too broad and ill defined, Congress chose instead, on Sept. 14, to authorize all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations or persons [the president] determines planned, authorized, committed or aided the attacks of Sept. 11. With this language, Congress denied the president the more expansive authority he sought and insisted that his authority be used specifically against Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda.
Just before the Senate acted on this compromise resolution, the White House sought one last change. Literally minutes before the Senate cast its vote, the administration sought to add the words in the United States and after appropriate force in the agreed-upon text. This last-minute change would have given the president broad authority to exercise expansive powers not just overseas -- where we all understood he wanted authority to act -- but right here in the United States, potentially against American citizens. I could see no justification for Congress to accede to this extraordinary request for additional authority. I refused.
The shock and rage we all felt in the hours after the attack were still fresh. America was reeling from the first attack on our soil since Pearl Harbor. We suspected thousands had been killed, and many who worked in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were not yet accounted for. Even so, a strong bipartisan majority could not agree to the administration's request for an unprecedented grant of
authority.
The Bush administration now argues those powers were inherently contained in the resolution adopted by Congress -- but at the time, the administration clearly felt they weren't or it wouldn't have tried to insert the additional language.
All Americans agree that keeping our nation safe from terrorists demands aggressive and innovative tactics. This unity was reflected in the near-unanimous support for the original resolution and the Patriot Act in those harrowing days after Sept. 11. But there are right and wrong ways to defeat terrorists, and that is a distinction this administration has never seemed to accept. Instead of employing tactics that preserve Americans' freedoms and inspire the faith and confidence of the American people, the White House seems to have chosen methods that can only breed fear and suspicion.
If the stories in the media over the past week are accurate, the president has exercised authority that I do not believe is granted to him in the Constitution, and that I know is not granted to him in the law that I helped negotiate with his counsel and that Congress approved in the days after Sept. 11. For that reason, the president should explain the specific legal justification for his authorization of these actions, Congress should fully investigate these actions and the president's justification for them, and the administration should cooperate fully with that investigation.
In the meantime, if the president believes the current legal architecture of our country is insufficient for the fight against terrorism, he should propose changes to our laws in the light of day.
That is how a great democracy operates. And that is how this great democracy will defeat
terrorism.
The writer, a former Democratic senator from South Dakota, was Senate majority leader in 2001-02. He is now distinguished senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
© 2005 The Washington Post Company
Why do you give Bush the power
to do this to you?
*I die a little inside each time I see President Bush on TV or read about another dumb thing he said. It bothers me so much!!!*
Wow, if you give someone that much power over your emotions and life you have to be living a sad existence.
He's really not THAT BAD, but of course you already know that.
Sounds familiar, nut at the top has the power!
Not all socialist states have fallen to such a state, many just fizzled out like lambs. Some countries today still have socialistic parties though have not adopted full-blown socialism as an ideal and have enjoyed economic success while keeping the head dog in check.
Abuse of power/hypocrisy seems to be
What is clear is that, slimy or not, she still used her office in an inappropriate manner to influence the outcome of a family dispute. What's ethical about that? The slimy trooper and the disposition of his divorce/custody case is supposed to be left up to the family courts and it not typically resolved by manipulation and interference by the Governor's office, now is it? Ethically challenged ethics clean-up maiden. Not my idea of a great pick.
sam's right on this one. Mainly the dems in power through the past several...sm
years have abused their power and positions, and taken advantage of the situation.
While I believe a few of the republicans stood by and let it happen, they are not the majority in this.
Rich liberal democrats on Wall street and in Congress/Senate, not to mention Bill Clinton and his cronies, are the ones that bear the most blame.
And some of them are crying the loudest blaming George Bush, when it's their own fault.
Sam has posted the names and dates and all. It is the truth. Research it yourselves. Just because you don't like what she has to say, means that it's wrong.
The power of suggestion I guess...nm
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Do you have any concept of what abuse of power is?
if you can turn off the hate machine long enough to remember how to do it. It was not Governor Palin's role to interfere in divorce/custody proceedings. Sister Palin could not have done what Governor Palin tried to do. She abuse the power of her office. We have already had 8 years of that kind of malarky. Most of us are not up for another 4. Got it?
Abuse of power is SP's middle name.
megalomaniac behaviors. I am particularly impressed by the "woman scorned" tantrum she had against her opponents that ensued within moments after she took office. Looks like Alaska's busy little ethics maid overlooked her own glass house.
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