The Goat Pen

Hedge, why do you hate Dr. Martin Luther King? Especially today?

And are you going to D.C. to protest the illegitimate Trump inauguration?

He's a racist

Lewis? True.

Obama commutes the sentence of Bradley Manning.

So a soldier walking off his post in a combat zone and wandering over to the Taliban is now okay. The fact that his fellow soldiers died looking for him is of no consequence.

I'm assuming the reason for this presidential clemency is Bradley now thinks he's a woman. That makes him a hero nowadays.

Disgusting.

Professor Tiger wrote:Obama commutes the sentence of Bradley Manning.

So a soldier walking off his post in a combat zone and wandering over to the Taliban is now okay. The fact that his fellow soldiers died looking for him is of no consequence.

I'm assuming the reason for this presidential clemency is Bradley now thinks he's a woman. That makes him a hero nowadays.

Disgusting.

That's not what happened. Manning gave a bunch of classified documents to WikiLeaks.

I think prof was confusing Manning and Bergdahl.

I'm shocked that someone of prof's caliber got the facts wrong. Shocked!

Fair. Guilty.

I did confuse the two. My bad.

Don't beat yourself up, those names are virtually identical, they practically rhyme, anyone could've made that mistake...

Just like your parents, Hedge.......

On the eve of the inauguration, I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, I am still concerned Trump's temperament will get us into an unnecessary trade war with China and an unnecessary shooting war with Russia. My fallout shelter is almost finished.

But on the plus side, it is fun watching the MSM and the Dem's freak out like this. I am particularly amused how the Left suddenly hates Russia. During the Cold War, the Russians invaded multiple countries, had NO freedom of the press, speech or religion, propagandized their schools, sent all their opposition to the gulags, etc. and the Left barely noticed.

Now, all of a sudden, the liberals despise Russia. I think the Left's hyperventilating about Russia comes from jealousy. They're thinking, "The Russians can't manipulate our elections, control the press, propagandize the schools, curtail free speech, and send opponents to the gulags! Only we liberals are allowed to manipulate our elections, control the press, propagandize the schools, curtail free speech, and send our opponents to the gulags!"

So your concern about a war with Russia is balanced out by your pleasure at watching the discomfort of liberals. How patriotic of you...

He is a horrible person. Best not to stare at the prof too long. It might stare back.

hedge wrote:So your concern about a war with Russia is balanced out by your pleasure at watching the discomfort of liberals. How patriotic of you...

Not balanced. More like a silver lining. Mushroom clouds are a bigger deal than watching snowflakes having their space spaces invaded.

I seldom agree with Charles Blow of the NYT, but in this case he makes some excellent points:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/opin ... inion&_r=0

Hiya, AA. What's up?

Prof's real joy is over all the trouble brown people are about to have in this country. It's the ultimate expression of his religion.

All the trouble brown people are about to have?

The GOP ran the House, the Senate, and SCOTUS under W. I don't recall any attempts to reinstate slavery, the poll tax, whites only water fountains, blacks going to the back of the bus, federally funding the KKK, and all the absurd paranoid conspiracy theories the Jesse Jacksons of the world keep prophesying, but never actually happen.

They won't under Trump either. Be of good cheer.

AA, sounds like your current treatment is not working. You may want to try bumping up to this:

http://ka-hi.com/equine-laxative.html

The true temperament of the batshit crazy left is on full display for all to see, unfiltered by the MSM, like it usually is....any rights/laws/elections are invalid if we don't get our way.

This is particularly not true: "I am particularly amused how the Left suddenly hates Russia. During the Cold War, the Russians invaded multiple countries, had NO freedom of the press, speech or religion, propagandized their schools, sent all their opposition to the gulags, etc. and the Left barely noticed."

LBJ was the last Democrat that stood up to the communists. By the '80's, Ted Kennedy, secretly contacted the Soviets to convince them to help the Democrats and hurt POTUS Reagan.