Puterbac News Network and Political Discussion Thread

[sardis]

My bad.

but...you do bounce around the political spectrum...so it's not always cut-n-dry where you stand

Fair. But I was opposed to the Iraq war since about halfway through my deployment there (or, to be more precise, Kuwait). I wasn't opposed to it because I thought it was immoral, just horribly planned and foolishly perpetuated.

As a handy guide, I'm conservative/libertarian on social, fiscal, and 2A issues. But I'm really leery about the US being the world's policeman. And I don't relate at all to the plutocrat/crony capitalism/Gordon Gecko part of Republicanism either. I'm almost a Reagan Democrat on those issues.

You just proved tick's point...

[10ac]

US draws up plans for nuclear drones

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/ap ... ear-drones

Dammit! Not what I had hoped.

[Toemeesleather]

Yep, smartest man in the Nobel prize world....you can't make this sh!te up.....a strong majority..ROFLAMO!


“Ultimately, I am confident the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress,” Obama said during a Rose Garden news conference.

“I just want to remind conservative commentators that for years what we have heard is the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint — that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law,” Obama said



...duly constitued and passed law.....oh....my......god.

[innocentbystander]

Yep, smartest man in the Nobel prize world....you make this sh!te up.....a strong majority..ROFLAMO!


“Ultimately, I am confident the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress,” Obama said during a Rose Garden news conference.

“I just want to remind conservative commentators that for years what we have heard is the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint — that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law,” Obama said



...duly constitued and passed law.....oh....my......god.

And he is supposed to be a Constitutional Law Professor.

This is our fearless leader. Even my 8 year old understands that the Constitution was built for the sole purpose to put constraints on the Federal government.

[Professor Tiger]

My bad.

but...you do bounce around the political spectrum...so it's not always cut-n-dry where you stand

Fair. But I was opposed to the Iraq war since about halfway through my deployment there (or, to be more precise, Kuwait). I wasn't opposed to it because I thought it was immoral, just horribly planned and foolishly perpetuated.

As a handy guide, I'm conservative/libertarian on social, fiscal, and 2A issues. But I'm really leery about the US being the world's policeman. And I don't relate at all to the plutocrat/crony capitalism/Gordon Gecko part of Republicanism either. I'm almost a Reagan Democrat on those issues.

You just proved tick's point...

That was my intention. I was performing a public service by giving him, and all of you, a roadmap to my wisdom. You're welcome.

[Professor Tiger]

take away Islam and there would be no need for a world policeman

I completely agree that radical Islam is the greatest threat to world peace. They must not only be decisively defeated, they must feel the pain for their barbaric behavior. It's been done before. The Japanese used to have an ancient Bushido warrior code, but Hiroshima and Nagasaki turned them into lambs. The Germans had been raising hell since they slaughtered three Roman legions in Teutoburg Forest, but the fire bombings of Dresden and Berlin transformed them into hippies. The Muslim radicals need to have a similar introduction to civilization.

I tell you one thing that will NOT civilize them: conquering them, and then nation building them into civilized behavior. We say we support democracy, yet support thugs who blatant steal elections. They execute people for converting to Christianity, we apologize for accidentally burning a few Korans. They just laugh at such weakness.

CIA, Special Ops and drones are much better weapons in the GWOT then using the Army as some sort of neocon Peace Corps for whole Muslim countries. Props to Obama who figured that out.

[Jungle Rat]

I feel for IBs 8 year old.

[10ac]

CIA, Special Ops and drones are much better weapons in the GWOT then using the Army as some sort of neocon Peace Corps for whole Muslim countries. Props to Obama who figured that out.

Or, outfit those nuke powered drones with nukes.

[Big Orange Junky]

I noticed that with liberals upholding the Constitution of the United States is "judicial activism" but going against it is good use of judicial athority. Makes sense when you realize the reason they think that way is because they can't stand the constitution and want nothing more than to see it destroyed.

[Hacksaw]

I feel for IBs 8 year old.

Maybe you ought to just keep your hands to yourself.

[crashcourse]

lol. sick but lol

[sardis]

This was my congressman growing up as a kid. A monument to government pork....

But I'm sure it was necessary to keep jobs!!

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-playe ... 02844.html

[innocentbystander]

LOL!!! Repeal the 19th Amendment.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... on_LEADTop

I'm kind of, semi-serious here. I actually talked to a real Anti-Women's Sufferage advocate (I can't believe these people exist, but they do), and he said he is against women having the right to vote based on the following principle: "A woman's right to vote, hurts marriage. It puts a husband and a wife, at odds, makes them enemes, splits a happy home. And why? There are no Men's issues, men do not need government to pay for their vascetomies, do not need government force universities to equalize athletic scholarships, do not need government to force women to pay to make them whole. Instead, men vote SOLELY on what is in the best interest of their wives and children. They vote to empower their own family. On the other hand, women vote on what they perceive to be the best interest of women, their family and society be damned. That is because men vote with their brains and women vote with their vaginas."

I am not going to go all the way with what that guy is saying, but articles like what I am reading at WSJ make me think that the Anti-Sufferagist might have a valid point. Fuck, I'm turning into Archie Bunker.

[sardis]

You will print the T-shirts or else!

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=37519

"GLSO wanted Hands On Original to print shirts for the city's fifth-annual Lexington Pride Festival. The store offered to find another company that would honor its price, but GLSO was not satisfied"

[10ac]

Must be lots of homos in Lexington, KY. Oh wait, it's a basketball town.

[Op Ed]

I defended Bush on foreign policy, particularly on the WOT. I would defend Obama, too, except that all of Bush's critics on the WOT seem to be okay with Obama killing terrorists. Funny how that works.

Not all who were labelled terrorist were terrorists.

Bush was wrong.

Obama is wrong too.

There is very little difference between Bush and Obama on foreign policy.

[Professor Tiger]

There is very little difference between Bush and Obama on foreign policy.

I think that's true. That's also why liberals are somewhat pissed at Obama. He hasn't gotten us completely out of Iraq or Afghanistan yet. He didn't close Gitmo. Instead of abolishing the Patriot Act, he has increased governmental surveillance powers. He hasn't castrated the Pentagon (although that will probably happen because the Budget Deal).

The biggest difference between Obama's foreign policy and Bush's is Obama has killed a lot more terrorists and decimated Al Qaida.

Oh, I almost forgot: Obama bowed to foreign despots while Bush just held their hand while trolling around Camp David.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Somewhere, lrd is smiling

Supreme Court rules that police can strip search ANYONE when admitting them into jail. No matter how small the crime or how nonthreatening the individual. They do not need a reason

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/us/ju ... d=fb-share

[Professor Tiger]

Now that you mention it, I have noticed that suspects being booked for jaywalking often get uppity during the body cavity search.

[Dr. Strangelove]

The Germans had been raising hell since they slaughtered three Roman legions in Teutoburg Forest,

This is leftover WWII propaganda designed to make Germans seems particularly warlike and inhumane. The reality is that the English and French killed and conquered far more extensively prior to the 20th century than the Germans did. The Germans were much more the victims of French aggression from the late Middle Ages up until the mid-19th century.