en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2458558 Comments by BklynDodger http://biggovernment.com/publius/2012/02/28/olympia-snowe-to-retire-from-senate/#IDComment304178896 Does anyone know enough about the politics of that state to know if there is a real conservative who can take that seat? Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:48:55 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2012/02/28/olympia-snowe-to-retire-from-senate/#IDComment304178896 http://bigpeace.com/kpatton/2012/02/11/war-with-iran-why-america-could-lose/#IDComment289978337 We shouldn't have lost in Iraq or Afghanistan, but we have. That's right, we LOST. Spend 10 years in a country at war? Oh sure. Afghanistan, Bush was so stupid he missed the opportunity to end the war at Tora Bora with a single tactical nuclear weapon. Instead, he let them go, insuring years of war and thousands of American casualties. I guess the blood of heros is preferrable to the most effective weapons we have. I do not trust Obama, or for that many any American politician, to use nuclear weapons on Iran. But that's the only way we can win there. If we don't, then there is virtually no chance of defeating Iran. Israel may see it clearly, and use nuclear weapons. They should. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:36:24 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/kpatton/2012/02/11/war-with-iran-why-america-could-lose/#IDComment289978337 http://biggovernment.com/libertychick/2012/02/09/man-claiming-allegiance-to-occupy-pittsburgh-crashes-stolen-suv-through-pnc-building/#IDComment288455404 What is a PNC building? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:03:57 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/libertychick/2012/02/09/man-claiming-allegiance-to-occupy-pittsburgh-crashes-stolen-suv-through-pnc-building/#IDComment288455404 http://bigpeace.com/jxenakis/2012/02/07/proposed-explanation-for-repeated-jewish-persecution-throughout-history/#IDComment286456810 You are an optimist. I am a pessimist. While I hope you turn out to be right, I know this: the image generators sell wholesale. You and I sell retail. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 19:57:55 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/jxenakis/2012/02/07/proposed-explanation-for-repeated-jewish-persecution-throughout-history/#IDComment286456810 http://bigpeace.com/jxenakis/2012/02/07/proposed-explanation-for-repeated-jewish-persecution-throughout-history/#IDComment286364726 So it doesn't matter that many, perhaps most boomers tried to STOP the excesses of politicians who bought votes with our money? And who is on the side of the looters? Gen-Xers, that's who, populating the Democrat Party and the whole left. Boomers who tried to stop the insanity have lost until now. There is slight hope through the Tea Party, but another term for Obama, thanks to Gen-Xers, and it's all over. America ... it was a wonderful idea. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 17:33:01 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/jxenakis/2012/02/07/proposed-explanation-for-repeated-jewish-persecution-throughout-history/#IDComment286364726 http://bigpeace.com/jxenakis/2012/02/07/proposed-explanation-for-repeated-jewish-persecution-throughout-history/#IDComment286361018 Kerouac451, your father's experience is absolutely no surprise to me. Changing the perception that younger generations have is not possible. That's because the people who created, told and retold the (highly inaccurate) story of what was going on in the 1960s and 1970s were part of the left, and many either participated or were cheering them on. I can't tell you how many women who think it's just fine to wear the "peace symbol" as a decoration rather than the symbol of communism it was. Or wear Che t-shirts as a sign of rebellion, rather than psychotic mass murder. Because of my age, I often get "Oh, you must LOVE the Beatles!" No, I despised them and the horse they rode in on. But the image generators always win in the end. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 17:26:57 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/jxenakis/2012/02/07/proposed-explanation-for-repeated-jewish-persecution-throughout-history/#IDComment286361018 http://bigpeace.com/jxenakis/2012/02/07/proposed-explanation-for-repeated-jewish-persecution-throughout-history/#IDComment286312627 Kerouac 451 said "The Clintons of the world, with the full support of Hollywood, help create this fantastical vision of the 60's and early 70's where everyone was "with it" and their entire generation rose up and created some utopian society, albeit for a breif time that we should all be striving to reacquire." This bring up a purely personal crotchet of mine. Ad agencies pitching their products to the boomer demo often are done by execs who are too young to know the societal currents the boomers swam in. I cannot buy a Honda ... their ads pitched to boomers focused on Woodstock in one commercial, and anti-war marchers with "peace" symbols in another. The execs did not know that while these were "with it" images of their day, the majority of boomers did not participate in either, and in fact may have despised both. I will not buy a car from a company that thinks I am either a maggot infested hippy living in filth, or a communist. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:06:38 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/jxenakis/2012/02/07/proposed-explanation-for-repeated-jewish-persecution-throughout-history/#IDComment286312627 http://bigpeace.com/jxenakis/2012/02/07/proposed-explanation-for-repeated-jewish-persecution-throughout-history/#IDComment286311657 An interesting perspective, though the theory runs into problems when considering Jews of the boomer generation who are mainly aligned with Gen X politics. That is, the Democrats and the left. And this goes beyond whether or not they are practicing Jews or not. Also not mentioned is the degree of animosity caused when the Soviets captured territory during World War Two in Eastern Europe, and staffed concentration camps with Jewish guards and officials, all loyal communists. For that reason, Jews there were reviled as associated with communism, and were singled out for retribution as the captive populations rebelled. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:05:17 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/jxenakis/2012/02/07/proposed-explanation-for-repeated-jewish-persecution-throughout-history/#IDComment286311657 http://biggovernment.com/reasontv/2012/02/02/reason-tv-the-foie-gras-fight-animal-cruelty-or-animal-rights-propaganda/#IDComment283095737 I'm really getting to like Soylent Green. Plenty available, the taste is OK, and there's no longer a need to go hungry. I also have this book, which needs translation, that a liberal gave me. I can only read the cover: To Serve Man. I can't wait! Fri, 3 Feb 2012 21:04:16 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/reasontv/2012/02/02/reason-tv-the-foie-gras-fight-animal-cruelty-or-animal-rights-propaganda/#IDComment283095737 http://bigpeace.com/elcid/2012/01/22/obama-begins-talks-with-global-terrorist-in-afghanistan/#IDComment271768607 Unbelievable. Hekmatyar was NOT one of the good guys during the war against the Soviets. He was in it for himself, for his Hizb-i-Islami, and for ISI. ISI is who set him up, and recommended that the US give him money and weapons. Meanwhile, he killed more Afghan freedom fighters than he did Soviets and Afghan army. And now we are actually talking with him? He was the main reason Afghanistan never had stability after the Soviets left. Is ISI pushing this? I wouldn't be surprised. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:25:24 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/elcid/2012/01/22/obama-begins-talks-with-global-terrorist-in-afghanistan/#IDComment271768607 http://bigpeace.com/stzu/2012/01/11/report-u-s-to-release-three-taliban-leaders-from-guantanamo-bay/#IDComment261591349 Aren't the Taliban holding an American soldier prisoner? Is this part of an exchange? Was an exchange even brought up during negotiations? Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:43:26 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/stzu/2012/01/11/report-u-s-to-release-three-taliban-leaders-from-guantanamo-bay/#IDComment261591349 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9S555BG1&show_article=1#IDComment259533092 I'll miss Tony too. He was a friend for many years, and an inspiration. An all-around great guy. Mon, 9 Jan 2012 14:44:00 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9S555BG1&show_article=1#IDComment259533092 http://biggovernment.com/jsshapiro/2012/01/04/exclusive-military-investigating-army-reserve-corporal-who-campaigned-for-ron-paul-in-uniform/#IDComment257917476 I wasn't aware of the first part. Thanks for the info. Sat, 7 Jan 2012 20:25:34 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jsshapiro/2012/01/04/exclusive-military-investigating-army-reserve-corporal-who-campaigned-for-ron-paul-in-uniform/#IDComment257917476 http://biggovernment.com/jsshapiro/2012/01/04/exclusive-military-investigating-army-reserve-corporal-who-campaigned-for-ron-paul-in-uniform/#IDComment255362768 Members of the military can support anyone they want, and contribute like anyone else can. They can also talk to others about their preferences. However, they cannot go to events for political candidates and causes in uniform. Nor can they use the authority of their uniform or grade in support of political candidates and causes. Thu, 5 Jan 2012 00:15:02 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jsshapiro/2012/01/04/exclusive-military-investigating-army-reserve-corporal-who-campaigned-for-ron-paul-in-uniform/#IDComment255362768 http://biggovernment.com/jsshapiro/2012/01/04/exclusive-military-investigating-army-reserve-corporal-who-campaigned-for-ron-paul-in-uniform/#IDComment255360357 I'm not certain, but I don't think he actually rounded up Jews for the Gestapo. He took their belongings once the Gestapo rounded them up. Thu, 5 Jan 2012 00:11:54 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jsshapiro/2012/01/04/exclusive-military-investigating-army-reserve-corporal-who-campaigned-for-ron-paul-in-uniform/#IDComment255360357 http://bigpeace.com/abostom/2011/12/31/gingrich-gerson-and-sharia/#IDComment252375377 When has the Constitution hindered our government? At least in the last 50 years or so? Sun, 1 Jan 2012 21:15:17 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/abostom/2011/12/31/gingrich-gerson-and-sharia/#IDComment252375377 http://bigpeace.com/abostom/2011/12/31/gingrich-gerson-and-sharia/#IDComment252372110 Absolutely! We can also set up Arab countries as we used to have as reservations. While there, they can sharia the hell out of each other. To come here, they have to agree to live by our rules, which include forced conversion. Break the rule, back to the reservation. As long as the grass grows, as long as the river flows, as long as the wind blows. Sun, 1 Jan 2012 21:08:35 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/abostom/2011/12/31/gingrich-gerson-and-sharia/#IDComment252372110 http://bigpeace.com/abostom/2011/12/31/gingrich-gerson-and-sharia/#IDComment252236208 One day we may be forced to convert Muslims by the sword. Convert to Christianity, to Judaism, to Buddhism, or any other manstream religion ... or die. Or be thrown out of the country with no right of return. Property confiscated. Harsh, but necessary. But try to enter Sordid Arabia with a Bible and see what happens. Sun, 1 Jan 2012 16:44:15 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/abostom/2011/12/31/gingrich-gerson-and-sharia/#IDComment252236208 http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2011/12/27/americans-deserve-the-best-top-ten-republican-candidates-for-president-in-a-brokered-convention/#IDComment248987567 Ron Paul is perfect in every way, except for his racism and anti-semitism. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:07:58 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2011/12/27/americans-deserve-the-best-top-ten-republican-candidates-for-president-in-a-brokered-convention/#IDComment248987567 http://biggovernment.com/jsshapiro/2011/12/26/exclusive-ron-paul-in-2009-i-wouldnt-risk-american-lives-to-end-the-holocaust/#IDComment248205348 Paul should have noted that the question is irrelevant. On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the US. The following day, the US declared war on Japan. Within days, Germany and Japan declared war on the US, as smembers of the Axis. Whether Paul wants to consider it as a separate issue or not, it was Germany which declared war on the US, not the other way around. Whether the president wanted to halt the Holocaust or not, it would be ended. President Roosevelt had opportunities to disrupt the Holocaust but ignored them. That was intentional. Tue, 27 Dec 2011 03:56:49 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jsshapiro/2011/12/26/exclusive-ron-paul-in-2009-i-wouldnt-risk-american-lives-to-end-the-holocaust/#IDComment248205348