en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/752457 Comments by Medbob http://forward.com/#IDComment776600830 Not an estimate of race, religion or culture. It's an estimation of character, and I think that the criticism is spot on. Mon, 30 Dec 2013 21:46:47 +0000 http://forward.com/#IDComment776600830 http://forward.com/#IDComment776600243 Victimhood. It's like a cloak that they all think makes them look boss. Mon, 30 Dec 2013 21:45:22 +0000 http://forward.com/#IDComment776600243 http://forward.com/#IDComment776599784 They set up a straw man for their perceptions. It's really at the root of their inability to grasp reality as it really is. Poor dears can't seem to help it. Leftism really IS a mental disorder. Mon, 30 Dec 2013 21:44:15 +0000 http://forward.com/#IDComment776599784 http://forward.com/#IDComment776596895 Jewish? Not even a thought!!! Smug... Now we are getting close. Yes, this pic simply smacks of the smug little dipstick. The audience imagines that it's about 1pm and our protagonist has just risen from a hard night of Halo 3. (He played it in his basement bedroom) I don't much care about his ethnicity, but he looks like the kinda kid that failed to get his fair share of gluteal readjustment therapy when growing up. That's my impression from simply seeing the static ad. After watching the video, I'm convinced that his parents are the ones that need to "go pick out a switch". King Barack needs all the little minions of the kingdom to contribute to his grand scheme for realigning the universe. Nowhere is any mention of the pivot from 43 million people dying to have their healthcare taken care of, to the millions that really don't care to have healthcare right now because THEY DON'T NEED IT. (Kinda puts a bit of a kink in that perfect little wealth redistribution ponzi scheme that he cooked up.) Meanwhile, MILLIONS of Americans are losing their plans that he promised they could keep, and MILLIONS losing their doctors because of the screwed up bureaucratic mess he's made out of the insurance market now. Complete and total incompetence from the initial concept right through the planning and execution phase. His parents are right about one thing. Pajama Boy SHOULD be scared, because suddenly Healthcare has become a lot harder and more expensive to come by. Oh, Have I mentioned all of the hospitals that will be going out of business because of this balloon filled ponzi scheme??? Mon, 30 Dec 2013 21:36:36 +0000 http://forward.com/#IDComment776596895 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_24793919/colorado-sees-record-number-gun-background-checks-2013?IADID=Search-www.dailycamera.com-www.dailycamera.com#IDComment775054134 "Dozens of criminals would be walking around with a gun right now if not for the new law," said Rep. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, in a news release. I'm sure that there are dozens of criminals walking away from their drug dealers just shaking their heads that they bounced off of the background check. How long do you think it will take until criminals no longer have guns? These measures should bleed that off fairly quickly, as if it keeps criminals from getting guns, then as criminals lose them or get arrested with them, the numbers will just keep dropping. ^^^^ Yes, Virginia. There are people dumb enough to believe the above. The only thing this does is put another obstacle in the way of your neighbor who COULD have saved your life at the mall, if he had only had his concealed carry with him. The only thing that will prevent animals from slaughtering innocents are brave people with guns who will put them down before there is too much damage. Every major shooting in recent history has occurred at a place where handguns are restricted. Don't be fooled. Fewer guns in the hands of reasonable people only means that the criminals will be able to act unchecked. If we had thousands and thousands of police, they could permeate society for safety. Since we don't have the money to make that happen, reasonable people who are wired to protect are willing to protect themselves and those around them. It is up to you to decide if they are ABLE to do the protecting. Fri, 27 Dec 2013 21:12:00 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_24793919/colorado-sees-record-number-gun-background-checks-2013?IADID=Search-www.dailycamera.com-www.dailycamera.com#IDComment775054134 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_24793919/colorado-sees-record-number-gun-background-checks-2013?IADID=Search-www.dailycamera.com-www.dailycamera.com#IDComment775053386 "Dozens of criminals would be walking around with a gun right now if not for the new law," said Rep. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, in a news release. I'm sure that there are dozens of criminals walking away from their drug dealers just shaking their heads that they bounced off of the background check. How long do you think it will take until criminals no longer have guns? These measures should bleed that off fairly quickly, as if it keeps criminals from getting guns, then as criminals lose them or get arrested with them, the numbers will just keep dropping. ^^^^ Yes, Virginia. There are people dumb enough to believe the above. The only thing this does is put another obstacle in the way of your neighbor who COULD have saved your life at the mall, if he had only had his concealed carry with him. The only thing that will prevent animals from slaughtering innocents are brave people with guns who will put them down before there is too much damage. Every major shooting in recent history has occurred at a place where handguns are restricted. Don't be fooled. Fewer guns in the hands of reasonable people only means that the criminals will be able to act unchecked. If we had thousands and thousands of police, they could permeate society for safety. Since we don't have the money to make that happen, reasonable people who are wired to protect are willing to protect themselves and those around them. It is up to you to decide if they are ABLE to do the protecting. Fri, 27 Dec 2013 21:09:58 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_24793919/colorado-sees-record-number-gun-background-checks-2013?IADID=Search-www.dailycamera.com-www.dailycamera.com#IDComment775053386 http://www.wthitv.com/dpp/news/local/line-outside-store-for-ammunition#IDComment566419094 The Second Amendment is not about hunting, nor is it directly about protecting your home from criminals. It's about Citizens possessing the ability to impose Law and Order when the Government won't, or refuses to accept it's responsibility under the rule of law. Citizens must be able to form impromptu groups, called Militias to hold Government accountable for the social compact. In the history of the US, this has not YET been necessary. With the attacks on the Second Amendment, we are beginning to see a pattern where Government considers itself to be ABOVE the plain language and intentions outlined in the US and Indiana Constitutions. The Citizens of this country are the failsafe mechanism for insuring compliance with the Civil Social Compact which is clearly communicated in our founding documents. I applaud the efforts of numerous Sheriffs around the country, as the Chief Law Enforcement Officers, in declaring that they will support the Constitution to the exclusion of any Federal or State Mandates that are in conflict. I also call upon OUR Sheriff to make a similar declaration that he will defend our rights as citizens of the US. Every Gun Owner I know understands his or her responsibility in the awesome situation of deadly force. They expend a lot more time than the casual citizen in thinking about the various threats that they might be faced with, and their duty as Protectors. I know that the responsibility has a long way to fall before protection of the Constitution falls to me, but I love my country too much to shirk the responsibility if and when it befalls me. Fri, 8 Feb 2013 17:27:57 +0000 http://www.wthitv.com/dpp/news/local/line-outside-store-for-ammunition#IDComment566419094 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/07/19/conor-friedersdorf-the-colonel-kink-of-the-blogosphere-reponds-to-the-bigs/#IDComment175529567 It's not the personality, it's the character. You are the victim of the "rope-a-dope" strategy that says that she is not [Strong enough|Smart Enough|Tough Enough|etc.] to do the job. Given the current occupant (or is it resident), she would be logarithmically better. In other words, you've spent too much time with MSLSD or NBC or CBS or CNN to properly process. Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:56:01 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/07/19/conor-friedersdorf-the-colonel-kink-of-the-blogosphere-reponds-to-the-bigs/#IDComment175529567 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/07/19/conor-friedersdorf-the-colonel-kink-of-the-blogosphere-reponds-to-the-bigs/#IDComment175524326 My thoughts are drawn to the response of Captain Picard in the movie "First Contact". The "We retreat and they keep coming..." scene. Lilly accuses him of obsession in pursuit of his "Great White Whale". The pragmatism is not lost on me. Ms. Palin HAS been damaged by the attacks and the spin. I'm hoping that "The Undefeated" will help on that score, but there IS a long row to hoe. There is a time for pragmatism, and a time for principles. Along with Ms. Palin, it is our principles that have been attacked within the context of attacking her. Almost all of the opinions that I have heard from her fall along the lines of the opinion of Conservatives. IMHO, I think that we need to stand up for her and her principles, which we share. It is an easy step from pragmatism to the "going along to get along" mindset that has gotten us into this mess to start with. The important figures in our history were the ones who refused to move, and pressed their convictions relentlessly. That is also how the progressives have made such hay of the willingness to compromise. I think that we now have our back against the wall (us redneck mothers....;-), and it is time that we made our stand. You are correct in making the observation of correlation between tactics. Both sides in a war use bullets. The difference is in the reasons and principles behind the cause. In this case, reckless abandonment of reason and common sense, vs realism and a need to snatch our country from the brink. There are those who deny that we stand to lose everything. I am not one of those. I am also not opposed to the idea that someone else should be POTUS. It is early in the game to take concrete positions. I DO know that I will never be forced into a "Romney" position. That is the McCain that we had in the last election, and is a more sure way to lose than if we picked Palin right now. If there is no distinction, then what's the difference? Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:34:42 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/07/19/conor-friedersdorf-the-colonel-kink-of-the-blogosphere-reponds-to-the-bigs/#IDComment175524326 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/07/19/conor-friedersdorf-the-colonel-kink-of-the-blogosphere-reponds-to-the-bigs/#IDComment175296121 Well... There is a difference between discussion as support vs completely irrational blubbering at someone's feet. Obama support is like that. You will hear such things (made up from whole cloth) as "Constitutional Scholar", "Cool", "Intellectual" and etc. Each of these points can be successfully debated in the negative and easily won on the merits of that negative. THOSE Arguments are beyond the scope of this post. Please don't take intelligent discussion of the facts as abuse, nor as Obamaesque fawning, but.... Examining each of your critiques, they don't hold a lot of water. Allow me to elaborate: "Full term in the Senate" - Re: Experience : Ms. Palin has much more experience than many in the running have for the job. Politics in Wasilla and State Alaska Politics doesn't appear at first glance to have a very high "Degree of Difficulty". Having examined her service, she has done remarkably well at those tasks. Given the environment that she mastered (albeit a couple of faux pas...), her taming of the "Old Boy Network" in Alaska demonstrates her chops, as well as the way that she is able to transform her opponents into blithering idiots. Her performance under fire counts for a great deal of experience as it has been "Live Fire" training. "She did quit her job": Yes, under heavy fire from the Left. She made the pragmatic estimation that she could not achieve traction as Governor due to her becoming an HVT for the left. She could have continued to try and fight the headwinds, but made the estimation that she could do a lot more for the cause if she used her higher profile to engage in national politics. Engaged she has. While as Governor, she would have been embroiled in made-up controversy ad nauseum. You know that's the way the left rolls. She wouldn't have the time to appear on Fox and tweak the noses of those who turn red when hearing her commentary. "Problematic Family": ??? A Downs child? Teenage indiscretions? A husband that works at several vocations? If you gauge your politicians by the standards of people who always wear the right tie, kids always perfectly groomed and set to respond on que with perfectly diction-ed responses, then that would be considered as a problematic family. How does that compare with semen stains obtained in the Oval, or Silky Ponies that cheat on their cancer-stricken wives? Ms. Palin has a real family. Real problems, real mistakes made. Do an armchair compare with the members of your family. Or mine. It sounds to me like you don't quite favor Ms. Palin for the POTUS gig. That's cool. There's no accounting for personal opinion. Based on the facts, and from the character that I've seen demonstrated, her service would run rings around the current POTUS. That is, however, quite a low bar. Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:12:05 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/07/19/conor-friedersdorf-the-colonel-kink-of-the-blogosphere-reponds-to-the-bigs/#IDComment175296121 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/06/14/tuesday-open-thread-marengo-edition/#IDComment162583001 There is much here to be praised, but also a few tidbits to be shunned. He speaks about doing away with borders. It is said that a good fence makes for good neighbors. This also ties in with the general tenor of the speech, which could be though of as utopian. These are the seeds with which small men ensnare good men. We all seek to build something that is good and praiseworthy. This is the seed of the flaw upon which tyrants build. By twisting it away from the personal responsibility as this little dictator indicated, the lofty aspiration becomes an Alinsky tool. Be inspired by the good. Aspire to build a personal domain with which you can be proud to stand before man and before your Creator. These are good things. While doing so, be cautious of the small stones you gather with which to build. The road from Freedom to Tyranny is much shorter than we suppose. Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:54:45 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/06/14/tuesday-open-thread-marengo-edition/#IDComment162583001 http://biggovernment.com/newledger/2011/06/13/dnc-chair-obama-has-turned-around-our-economy/#IDComment162311624 DWS. What a tool. Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:27:40 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/newledger/2011/06/13/dnc-chair-obama-has-turned-around-our-economy/#IDComment162311624 http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2011/06/13/member-of-mourdock-campaign-roughs-up-citizen-journalist-shouts-douchebag/#IDComment162311037 We must be careful to keep from being co-opted by politicos and rinos. On the other hand, we must be careful to prevent fracturing a coalition to pull the Republican party toward Constitutional Conservatism. The operative question here is: Does Mourdock better represent Constitutional Conservatism vs Richard Lugar? Is there anyone else who is a better candidate? Conservatives are exceptional pragmatists, but we must be cautious to place our pragmatism above our purity. Unless (and even if!) we get Mark Levin to run, the candidate will always fail somebody's purity test. This is the Achilles Heel of Conservatives. We have a standard to meet, and disdain anyone that doesn't measure up. We must place our pragmatism first. If the candidate cannot be properly labeled as "Rino" then we must tread lightly. That being said, Jim Holden needs to be spanked for his behavior. The Tea Party is not a party, it is in influence. A political force to bend the curve. If the "FairTax" is an issue that trips Jim's trigger, then I have a faint whiff of Rino poop. The fact of Rude behavior also smacks of Liberalism. Conservatives DO NOT ACT THAT WAY. Period. Jim, if you are reading this, apologize and amend your behavior. It may be politics, but Conservatives hold a higher standard. The Republican Party must become a "no thug zone". You are hereby castigated and warned. Now go our there and bend the curve. Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:25:13 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2011/06/13/member-of-mourdock-campaign-roughs-up-citizen-journalist-shouts-douchebag/#IDComment162311037 http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2011/05/26/ed-schultz-sorry-for-calling-you-a-slut/#IDComment156456098 The whole incident speaks to character. His venom dripping attack was entirely in character for him. He may have stepped over the line, but he's been running toward that line and stopping short for quite a while now. The foul was not in stepping over the line, but his tendency to rush the line. That speaks to character. His apology was in proper form, and was properly accepted by Dr. Laura. In the same acceptance, she invited him onto her show. The proof will be in THIS pudding. If he shows up, and has a reasoned debate based on logic (as Dr. Laura is want to do) then "the community" should accept his apology at face value. It's possible that he will not avail himself of the opportunity to make his case for his point of view, and gell in the sincerity of his apology. After all, Liberalism IS a mental disorder! I think that this guy really needs a Doctor to assist him with his problems. Thu, 26 May 2011 19:39:22 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2011/05/26/ed-schultz-sorry-for-calling-you-a-slut/#IDComment156456098 http://tv.breitbart.com/sen-inhofe-hints-arrogant-obama-might-need-mental-diagnosis-to-explain-timing-of-1967-borders-speech/#IDComment156444659 Liberalism is a mental disorder. I think I've heard that somewhere.... Thu, 26 May 2011 18:56:03 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/sen-inhofe-hints-arrogant-obama-might-need-mental-diagnosis-to-explain-timing-of-1967-borders-speech/#IDComment156444659 http://bigpeace.com/dwest/2011/05/17/why-would-anyone-want-us-troops-to-stay-in-iraq/#IDComment153499252 Why would we want to stay? Having basing in that country was a big part of the hopes and dreams of military planners. Looks to me like we have lost that, as the Iraqis want no part of it. It's really a cultural projection thing. In our cultural calculus, when you do a big thing for a person (or country) you expect them to be grateful in return. That actually happened in Europe (for a while) and Japan (for a while). The mathematics of culture is totally different in Iraq (and I would argue any predominantly Muslim country). This creates quite an unbalanced equation, because in our ethos, the stick is balanced by the carrot. Seems to me that the culture has taken away the carrot, so what are we left with? A takeaway lesson of recent history is that you cannot purchase freedom for another people. They must purchase it for themselves, and must be strong enough to maintain it (my eyeball points to Egypt on that one). The sacrifice of blood that we have made for ourselves on this side of the pond, and the ineffective sacrifice we have made in the sandbox prove that beyond a shadow. OK kids. This is where it gets rough. We have tried to be loved. In our Christian inspired cultural calculus, there is no greater gift than a friend lay down his life for another. It appears that this is seen differently in that foreign culture. All sacrifices are made to Allah, and he has not accepted the blood of infidels. All we have left is to be feared. It may be virtuous and genteel to be careful and tiptoe to the battle. I'm not arguing that we become reckless, but we need to do what is necessary to be feared by those who seek to do us harm. In our sensibilities, we shun the all out punishment that appears to be necessary to make the proper impression on our enemies. We are bound by our own ethics to restrain our wrath. This is necessary to maintain our own worth. That must be balanced against our security need to be feared. A couple of questions on that score... Why did we not use "Air/Fuel" bombs on the taliban training camps as soon as it became obvious that this was the source of the terrorism? Why did we not use tactical nukes at Tora Bora? Our future may well depend on our enemy seeing that glint of crazy in our eye. Well-placed displays of crazy WILL save the lives of many of both ours, and theirs. Wed, 18 May 2011 15:53:56 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/dwest/2011/05/17/why-would-anyone-want-us-troops-to-stay-in-iraq/#IDComment153499252 http://bigpeace.com/driehl/2011/03/25/us-troops-told-to-lose-the-uniforms-while-in-europe/#IDComment137644126 Off-base uniform restrictions are and were common even 12-15 years ago when I was an Active Duty MSgt.. Those restrictions were in effect in Turkey, which was a lot more secular back then than now. Nothing new. is it "PC Failure to make a stand", or "Don't poke a hornet's nest with a stick"? That is an exercise for the reader to decide, but the take of an old Non-com is that hornets are best left undisturbed. Sat, 26 Mar 2011 05:05:54 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/driehl/2011/03/25/us-troops-told-to-lose-the-uniforms-while-in-europe/#IDComment137644126 http://bigjournalism.com/jboot/2010/04/07/the-mainstream-media-fourth-estate-or-fifth-column/#IDComment67122428 Interesting note: It was perhaps two months ago I heard Michael Savage pose the question if the media was the "Fourth Estate or the Fifth Column?". Perhaps we should have some proper attribution here. BTW.. I really don't understand some of the backbiting that goes on here on the right. We should all be working together. That's the mature thing to do, as opposed to the childishness on the left. Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:16:20 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/jboot/2010/04/07/the-mainstream-media-fourth-estate-or-fifth-column/#IDComment67122428 http://bigjournalism.com/llyman/2010/01/12/homeschoolers-trailer-park-denizens-or-modern-heroes/#IDComment51857583 The most telling paragraph of this liberal hit piece is toward the end. West quotes Robert Reich "...to protect the children’s interest in both acquiring the necessary skills for active, autonomous, and responsible citizenship in adulthood, and in being exposed to diverse and more liberal ways of life." The underlying problem with homeschooling seems to be that it allows the parents to protect their children from the dangers of liberalism, and that is an unpardonable sin. If children are cut off from the main indoctrination facility of the statist left, then the leftward march toward socialism might be thwarted. In all honesty, I only skimmed this screed. Most of the time when I read papers like this, I have a overwhelming urge to take a shower. This stuff is not only wrong, anti-intellectual, and bad for our country, it is evil. Pure evil in it's truest form. We cannot compromise with this stuff, we must fight it with argument and organize to ostracize it from our public sphere. Perhaps we should require all of our public leaders to be graduates of Hillsdale? Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:10:36 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/llyman/2010/01/12/homeschoolers-trailer-park-denizens-or-modern-heroes/#IDComment51857583