en-us http://www.intensedebate.com/users/637069 Comments by ChrisDowd http://news.antiwar.com/2011/08/12/army-suicides-hit-record-high/#IDComment182840199 Shame and remorse are "Mental conditions" that need to be "solved". I'm sure the military is working on a pill right now that will make it all go away. Sat, 13 Aug 2011 20:18:41 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2011/08/12/army-suicides-hit-record-high/#IDComment182840199 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28798.htm#IDComment182419697 You know- when I start reading a particular comment and I see "Zionism" mentioned- I just skip it now. Tired of it. You know what it is? Another cop out. Americans can't take responsibility for their acts - never have been able to- so they scapegoat. I have no love for Israel- but this abusrd belief - that the West's little garrison state in the ME is the string puller of all this- is just fucking absurd and another way of preserving American innocence and purity. "If not for those dirty Zionists- America would blah blah". Please. Israel could be tossed under the bus at any moment by DC- Any moment. All they gotta do is bust on Mossad operation in the US (that they know about already and let alone for the most part now) and give the green light to the MSM that Israel is fair game- and its done. Over. Israel isn't my kind of country- and I think it must be one fucked up society to live in- one of constant paranoia and hate from birth. But I don't for a second believe they call the shots. This obsession I see with "Zionism" is sorta just another twisted version of American Exceptionalism. Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:05:45 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28798.htm#IDComment182419697 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2011/07/07/desperate-attempts-to-justify-libya-war/#IDComment182411789 Graham's statement quoted here is why I can't watch the news. You know- that statement in and of itself is just insane and that no one notices this insanity is even more distressing. This is who we are ruled by - they launch attacks on countries using shabby lies as pretexts and then - when the leader of the country whom we have attacked (no matter if they have murdered his family members recently) says he will attack us back for attacking him- this is actually considered "proof" of his evilness to people like Graham and to us as well. This is text book sociopath/psychopath behavior- and it is on open display and no one notices this? This is what scares me about America the most. Its frightening. Absolutely frightening. Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:29:28 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2011/07/07/desperate-attempts-to-justify-libya-war/#IDComment182411789 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28807.htm#IDComment182409560 It's really gonna get fun when the US closes its borders to keep people in- not out. I'd say that is two to five years away. Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:19:24 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28807.htm#IDComment182409560 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28811.htm#IDComment182406661 Writer's outrage seems sincere but naive. I was where this guy is now- about ten years ago. I thought there was something called "international law" and an "international community" and that yeah- the US and Europe were the responsible adults of this stance. Then NATO bombed Kosovo and my belief in this paradigm weakened. Then the US invaded Iraq - and my belief in the "international community" weakened still further . . . and then - well - you all know- drip drip drip . . . and I am at the point where I know- KNOW- there NEVER has been any "international law" and it is all just a matter of propaganda and power. Libya just lays it out starkly naked for all to see. If you can look at this "war" and still think NATO is an honest good faith actor in something called the "international community" and a bearer of the beacon of light called "international law" then I don't want to hear from you- which means I don't pay attention to any American or European "news" or politician. All a sack of shitty shabby lies. Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:03:21 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28811.htm#IDComment182406661 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28802.htm#IDComment182352890 You know- that is really the only sane response- divorcing yourself from all of it. You have to- for your own sanity. Most people around me- just don't get it- and it is hard to be around them when you know how naked and awful shit really is and how bad it is going to get- and how it isn't going to get any better. People do not want to hear it- they don't want to the know the truth and they do not accpet it unless it comes out of the box on the wall as the truth anyway. Doesn't matter if you show the governments own words and documents . . . if they don't see it on CNN it didn't happen and they see it how the MSM wants them to see it- and that is their truth and that is the end of it. NO arguing with em. Don't try. Even writing this comment and reading this site today is a sorta "relapse" for me because I can't look at this shit any longer for any length of time ---- because it is PARALYZES me. There is no "Movement" to join- there is no political party to sign up for- there is no politician to root for (including Ron Paul). We are on a March of Folly - a stew of our own illusions coming to a boil and there is nothing we can do about it. Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:45:23 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28802.htm#IDComment182352890 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28800.htm#IDComment182326916 If I were the military/security side of this conflict- I'd just wait for things to get 1930's bad- then step in- and have me some show trials of Wall Street bigwigs- throw some suits to the mob- and then start some fascist welfare state- however meager- and voila- done. Not rocket science. Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:24:18 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28800.htm#IDComment182326916 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28791.htm#IDComment182324188 Yeah- I saw this episode and had to turn it off. I'd be embarrassed if I were Jewish and saw this. Made me wince. That was my last "Curb" episode. That clip will one day be shown in classes as being representative of the sort of self involved indecent sociopath narcissism that runs rampant throughout our society. Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:12:15 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28791.htm#IDComment182324188 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28814.htm#IDComment182320630 If I cared about "America" any longer I would give this some thought- but I don't really so I won't- but if I had to guess- I would say Clarke has been tasked with floating a trial balloon. See- 9/11 does not hold water - it is a naked seething sore on DC's rear and someting has to be done about it- because their story is just too absurd -and every time people watch those towers come down- they get more and more suspicious (which is why you don't see it that often on the TeeVee). So yeah- they are gonna weave the tail that "some" people knew about it and did nothing and they will be thrown under the bus as the bad guys. Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:01:19 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28814.htm#IDComment182320630 http://original.antiwar.com/paul/2010/11/17/introducing-the-american-traveler-dignity-act/#IDComment110374672 I flew today and I saw the dread in the eyes of young woman behind me - about to be oggled by some government agents. I saw a dark skinned woman over 50- pulled aside and frisked and manhandled- she looked at me with fearful eyes and I looked away in shame. Oh- and by the way- the people in this country who really won't fly because they actually do value personal dignity and would never accept their women or kids being manhandled? Yeah- Muslims. The rest of us are pathetic cowards. I will be flying back in a week- but that will be the last time I fly anywhere because I will not shame myself again in this manner. The next time I get on a plane- it will be when the TSA is disbanded entirely or I leave this country for good. Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:03:09 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/paul/2010/11/17/introducing-the-american-traveler-dignity-act/#IDComment110374672 http://original.antiwar.com/paul/2010/11/17/introducing-the-american-traveler-dignity-act/#IDComment110374034 This is a government that claims the power to murder American citizens for any reason they want- or no reason- by mere executive decree- without any sort of due process whatsoever and they claim this power is wholly unreviewable by courts. No government claims this power- at least openly. Stalin did not claim this power in public- and even he felt he couldn't dispense with the nicities of giving an explantion no matter how absurd. This is tyranny defined. It doesn't get more clear than that. A government that claims this power is EVIL. Period. Not one person has resigned over this- which tells all we need to know about the character and nature of the people who rule this country. So- it's nice that Ron Paul has introduced a bill to reign in public gropping by TSA personal but the game is over. It is over. And for Ron Paul to still be a member of Congress at this point is simply disheartening. Ron Paul's resignation from Congress would be a far more powerful act than any single piece of legislation he could introduce. Resign Ron Paul- give us some hope. Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:55:43 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/paul/2010/11/17/introducing-the-american-traveler-dignity-act/#IDComment110374034 http://news.antiwar.com/2010/11/12/tsa-faces-growing-backlash-over-full-body-scans/#IDComment109527581 This is what I find to be the case after going through "security" at the airport - Americans will gripe one on one to each other in whispers and after making sure no one is looking or listening- but never in a group becuase you just can't be sure some super patriot won't take offense at us speaking our minds. So we will bitch in whispers about how "awful" travel is now in the United States. But as far as doing anything? No. Americans are isolated atoms incapable of collective action of any sort against the powers that be. Zero. None. Our "Protests" are stage managed events organized by giant government beholden media corporations that are utterly anemic and bloodless and address nothing of substance- indeed- address "issues" that are not even real. Amercians stand up for themselves against body scanners? Not gonna happen. We are a nation of shameful cowards who allow ourselves and loved ones to be oogled and groped by agents of the government and we WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT_ EVER. Well- one day some American "crazy" guy might go on a shooting rampage at a TSA checkpoint but that will only serve to make things worse- and we will actually applaud the even tougher restrictions on us. These scanners will not go away- and I fully expect security to get even more burdensome and oppressive in this country in the future. And with the worsening economy that isn't going to get better- the brain drain will start slowly- and then- that is when all these border measures against illegals will be turned towards keeping Americans from traveling abroad- which will soon become a privilege of elites like in the Soviet Union. And it will be accepted across the board in the usual "bi-partisan" ways. I can already see the fraud "debate" now: The Rush Limbaugh"Conservative" position on restricting foreign travel for Americans: "These people are assets to the American economy- they took out loans- they need to be repaid- national security demands that we can't allow Americans to travel abroad and be exposed to pernicious Anti-American ideas that are peddled abroad by Haters of this country." The Jon Stewart "Liberal" position: Rush Limbaugh thinks students shouldn't be able to travel abroad at all! Of course everyone agrees that certain Americans who are vital to national security cannot be allowed to leave the country- only crazy fringe weird people think otherwise- but Limbaugh is just soooo crazy isn't he folks? All students can't travel abroad Rush? What about our best ones? Even them? Geesh. Ain't I so liberal and wonderful to oppose Rush Limbaugh in this manner? Cue laugh track! Sat, 13 Nov 2010 06:54:14 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2010/11/12/tsa-faces-growing-backlash-over-full-body-scans/#IDComment109527581 http://wire.antiwar.com/2010/11/11/gov-elect-cuomo-opposes-911-trial-in-new-york-2/#IDComment109515279 Of course not. Wouldn't want a trial for a guy held for 10 years and tortured using "techniques" EXACTLY reverse engineered from those used by Stalin to extract false confessions. But the government and EVERYONE says he did it- and only KOOKS believe otherwise (like how all those "pedophiles" were all, of course, guilty in the 80's and EVERYONE knew they were- when of course they were not guilty at all.) But whatever America- just go on pretending our government- which now proclaims the right to MURDER YOU ANYTIME THEY WANT FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY WANT is really a nice cuddly kitty with good intentions- incapable of evil or of being evil. Mistakes? Yeah- but no- never EVIL- NOT US. PFFFFT. Sleep on you disgusting COWARDS- embrace the LIES you NEED TO BELIEVE- the TRUTH IS TOO SCARY FOR YOU MISERABLE SISSIES. Wave those flags and thank the troops for keeping you safe from the REED BOAT INVASION FLEET OF THE TALIBAN. IDIOTS. Stupid DUMB RUBES. Brave Sir Robin Cuomo Rides on. Sat, 13 Nov 2010 04:38:28 +0000 http://wire.antiwar.com/2010/11/11/gov-elect-cuomo-opposes-911-trial-in-new-york-2/#IDComment109515279 http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/11/11/boston-speech/#IDComment109388933 Doubtful even then. A majority- a good sized majority of Americans in this country- right- left- whatever- applauded and supported and even joked about (Rush Limbaugh comes to mind specifically) the murderous assault on the Branch Davidians at Waco that killed over 80 people - including over 20 children- burned to death- screaming in agony as they literally were cooked to death. Whatever group gets it first in this country- that is the first major recipient of the new murderous "Homeland" security powers of our federal government will be unpopular and it will be applauded and supported by a good majority of Americans. Muslims? Yep- easy target. And yep- most mainstream "liberals" will fall right in line and clap and applaud as the first demonized group of Americans is mowed down into some mass ditch in the woods or put into labor camps. As for "paleos"- given that the one media representation of that marginal group is Pat Buchanan who is an Anti Muslim bigot and who sided with the "Ground zero mosque" know nothings- I would expect Paleos to support the rounding up of Mulsims in this country - if not joining in enthusiastically. Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:20:35 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/11/11/boston-speech/#IDComment109388933 http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/11/11/boston-speech/#IDComment109348786 What old "Paleo-conservative" element in the GOP? That was eliminated decades ago in the 1930's and died it's last gasps in the late 40's. "Paleos" haven't been anything but a whisper for decades. Could someone point out to me who the big elected "Paleos" were among the GOP in the last 30 years? One? I know Jesse Helms was supposedly one of these "paleos" and he did say some "paleo" things on occasion but it never amounted to anything- and he served the MIC as a loyal vassal his entire career. So please- someone with deep knowledge of this "paleo-conservatism" that some people seem to think actually has existed - please point out to me where they took big stands and on what issues- where they had even a marginal effect on ANY policy out of DC? Paleos are a joke. An even bigger joke than the Trotskyites and other assorted left cultists who are portrayed in our media as being the face of the antiwar movement in this country - if such a face is even presented at all these days- which is damn rare. Sorry- just tired of hearing about phantom political movements that exist only on lonely blogs or one or two very low circulation magazines. Allies? Strategies? With who? Marginal cult remnants of long dead political movements? Paleos command the allegiance of basically no one and haven't for years. Same goes for the far left nuts Raimondo climbs on stage with every once in a while. Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:42:08 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/11/11/boston-speech/#IDComment109348786 http://news.antiwar.com/2010/11/11/deficit-commissions-proposal-100-billion-military-cut/#IDComment109347594 There will be "cuts" but they just won't be real. They will be "headline" cuts with absolutely no truth to them. I don't believe the "defense" budget figures now. If the "official" budget is 700 billion I think a good rule of thumb is to double that and throw in another half trillion for ancillary costs. If any cuts will be made - they will be made on the health-care for vets (which money will then be pumped right back into another facet of the MIC.) You know - it's actually an indictment of our media that there is often more truth and criticism of the military and its spending in the newspapers run by the military for the members of the military than there is in the New York Times or Washington Post (and I won't mention TeeVee news in this country is so obscenely false that anyone who watches the evening news or a 24/7 cable news channels is actually less well informed than someone who does not follow the news at all. Ever talk to an MSM "news junkie"? They are insane and live in fantasy land. Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:29:57 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2010/11/11/deficit-commissions-proposal-100-billion-military-cut/#IDComment109347594 http://news.antiwar.com/2010/11/11/afghan-transition-date-now-2014-officials-agree/#IDComment109346050 I wonder how the number of years "until withdrawal" is determined by these people? Die roll? Pick a number out of a hat? The number of quarters they get into a beer cup in a row when they grab drinks after work? Don't even bat an eye when I see stories about some wholly arbitrary number of years "until withdrawal" in our media anymore. I think they are standard psy-op story number 4 in their bag of tricks- which is to run "withdrawal" stories from Iraq and Afghanistan (with increasing frequency by the way) always years down the road. Hell- you can find a story almost word for word as this one- written in 2002- 2003- 2004- 2005 . . . . all of them kicking the can for "withdrawal" down the road another few years. I literally don't believe anything our government says anymore (and our media just parrots what they say completely regardless of whether it is true or not.) Unemployment figures? Lies (and that's not just me but my financial fund managing friend who says even the financial community only feigns to believe gubmint stats to stoke the market up a few points. Sea of lies. And we all float upon it. Americans are infused with lies to the point that we are not even discussing real issus in our elections but frauds- and put-up-job non issues. Do Americans have any clue how our national dialogue sounds to just about everywhere else on the planet? We sound like deluded pathetic narcissistic braggarts- drunkards- living on some glory past that never existed while thinking our shit don't stink. It's like watching a train wreck. Imagine what you would think of someone in your workplace who said ROUTINELY about himself that he was the "indispensable employee" or the "exceptional employee" or that the rest of the company just couldn't get along without his special god given uniquess and "number one-ness"? You would think him DERANGED. And that is how this country is viewed- a pathetic and dangerous deranged weirdo with severe psychological problems. Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:13:29 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2010/11/11/afghan-transition-date-now-2014-officials-agree/#IDComment109346050 http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/11/11/boston-speech/#IDComment109327938 Well, here's the thing, I don't see why any serious antiwar person would appear on a stage with anyone who wears a "Trotskyite" label to begin with? These left wing cultists are pettifogging "ism" nothings who debate their nothingness to the sound of their own applause- which couldn't fill Gillette stadium- maybe not even the Boston Garden. Just what is supposed to be accomplished by even meeting with these people other than immediately turning off about 85 percent of Americans while making the other still sympathetic 14 percent wary of even participating? Why not invite the guy who yells "The Rent is too high" to your antiwar event then? Socialist Action Super Friends of Greater what? Who are these people? Ehhh- I don't know- it's like they are a wax museum exhibit of an antiwar movement at Rush Limbaugh's museum of American history. Maybe appearing on stage with fringe kooks whose only purpose seems to be to throttle any antiwar movement in its infancy is a big part of the "mystery" of why there is no Antiwar movement in this country to begin with? I'm reminded of the early "Antiwar" protests back in 2002 and 2003 before the invasion. What were we shown as being representitive and typical of those with Antiwar views by our media in those days? I remember being shown topless lesbians with very large breasts walking around with antiwar slogans written across them and naked dudes. That was the image of the Antiwar movement we were shown - a crude stupid (and I can't help but think deliberate and coordianted) caricature of far left wing granola hippies and retro uber left radicals. That is what many Americans associate in their minds when they think "Antiwar" to this day. But, by all means, let us further confirm that helpful to the War Party image by appearing at events with tiny Trotsky cults and other assorted rigid and rote thinking ideologues who prefer to engage in endless ideological infighting and purification rituals than anything else. Somehow- call me crazy- I don't think that is an exactly effective strategy for anyone who wants lives to be saved and the violence to end. Fri, 12 Nov 2010 06:44:31 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/11/11/boston-speech/#IDComment109327938 http://original.antiwar.com/giraldi/2010/11/10/wingnuts-on-parade/#IDComment109205254 And by the way - could someone explain to me why my posts suddenly have a +1 on them as soon as I post a new comment? No one voted for my comment- but I have this automatic +1 on all my posts now? Is this a bug? Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:36:14 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/giraldi/2010/11/10/wingnuts-on-parade/#IDComment109205254 http://original.antiwar.com/giraldi/2010/11/10/wingnuts-on-parade/#IDComment109204306 I've been reading this site and Raimondo for about ten years now- and if I have one criticism of his work- it is that he overstates the relevance of paleo-conservatism and the "old right" in general. Actually- "overstating" is being generous. For all intent and purpose there is no "old right" in this country and there hasn't been for 50 years. It doesn't exist outside of some extremely marginal blogs. "Paleo conservatism" doesn't exist as a viable political force in this country. It is fractured- immature- prone to paranoia and infighting- and TINY. They have ZERO effect on policy debate. The one nationally known "paleo" - Pat Buchanan- is a total fraud of an antiwar persona. His DISGRACEFUL embrace of the "Ground Zero Mosque" hate mongers was the final straw for me. Pat Buchanan says the "Right things" on occasion but ALWAYS backs the war party when it comes right down to it using the "support the troops" mantra. It isn't a force- it has no effect- and it might as well not exist. I don't get why people pretend "paleos" matter. They don't. Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:28:43 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/giraldi/2010/11/10/wingnuts-on-parade/#IDComment109204306