en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1501640 Comments by fmobler http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140103saving_mr_snowden#IDComment778770962 I don't agree with Bob much, but he has just articulated what ought to be our common ground. The government is not to be trusted to determine who the bad guys are except out in the light of day. Fri, 3 Jan 2014 22:45:33 +0000 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140103saving_mr_snowden#IDComment778770962 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr130816chaos_in_egypt_nsa_r#IDComment701330806 Bob continues to miss the fact that the encampments in Cairo were not at all peaceful. Not to excuse the military's response, but the idea that one side is democratic and the other not is so wrong it borders on professional negligence. Fri, 16 Aug 2013 21:47:30 +0000 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr130816chaos_in_egypt_nsa_r#IDComment701330806 http://frontpagemag.com/2013/nonie-darwish/the-nice-muslim-family-next-door/#IDComment626648015 "Nice Muslim" simply means asymptomatic Muslim. One can indeed be a peaceful, decent person and a Muslim. But such a person carries a deadly, evil ideology, whether he expresses it himself or merely helps it propagate to the next generation. The "nice Muslim" is actually more dangerous exactly because of this. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:39:16 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2013/nonie-darwish/the-nice-muslim-family-next-door/#IDComment626648015 http://frontpagemag.com/2013/raymond-ibrahim/video-christian-girls-gang-raped-in-egypt-to-screams-of-allahu-akbar/#IDComment617930505 Sir, Your probem is easily solved. Put all your evidence of anti-muslim atrocities on the web. I will wait. ..... Still waiting.... When you find a video of Christians gang raping a women while reciting the Nicean Creed or maybe the Lord's Prayer, let us all know. Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:37:49 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2013/raymond-ibrahim/video-christian-girls-gang-raped-in-egypt-to-screams-of-allahu-akbar/#IDComment617930505 http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/is-there-any-reason-why-an-al-qaeda-member-with-us-citizenship-should-not-be-bombed/#IDComment564104768 The rationale in the DOJ memo is disingenuous. We have precedence in FISA for how to provide honest judicial review of very difficult and sensitive cases. If Obama were even remotely concerned about civil rights and rule of law, he would ask congress to help establish a special court for this. You can bet that even the republican House would get on board with that. Like FISC, it would mostly defer to the administration, but it would also keep a watch on possible abuse. But of course, Obama has nothing but contempt for the constitution and rule of law. Wed, 6 Feb 2013 07:40:51 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/is-there-any-reason-why-an-al-qaeda-member-with-us-citizenship-should-not-be-bombed/#IDComment564104768 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/mark-tapson/blacks-enslaving-themselves/#IDComment523777513 Foxx complains about having to "be white" when he leaves the house, presumably to work. And who does he work amongst? Those lovely Hollywood liberals. Maybe he should try working in an non-racist industry. And by the way, just for the record, I am not a fan of Ritz crackers either. Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:52:04 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/mark-tapson/blacks-enslaving-themselves/#IDComment523777513 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/bruce-bawer/somethings-rotten-in-denmark-schools/#IDComment477977932 Multiculturalism is not exactly the problem. Rather it is the age old problem that charity - often translated to mean tolerance - is, like all virtues, easily perverted. This is a spiritual problem for the Danes: how to ride along on the moral capital of the West without God. Experience, right back to the Torah, suggests that a revival of belief in, and reliance on, the one true God is Europe's only hope. We cannot fight a spiritual evil with secular tools. Thu, 1 Nov 2012 17:19:57 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/bruce-bawer/somethings-rotten-in-denmark-schools/#IDComment477977932 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ben-shapiro/the-lefts-lincoln/#IDComment464030808 Can you think of a single Spielberg movie that portrays Americans in an affectionate light? Think of ET and its dystopic view of suburbia. It has been obvious for a long time that the man is contemptuous of the very people who have made him wealthy. In other words, he is just another Hollywood type. Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:36:36 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ben-shapiro/the-lefts-lincoln/#IDComment464030808 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/bruce-bawer/financing-a-farce/#IDComment455790573 Push back is starting, but it will take time. Right now, donors whose gut tells them something is wrong are, unfortunately, not up to the task of articulating the problem. And the walls that "University Advancement" teams have built between donors and faculty prevent the sort of interaction and alliance making that could help. Fri, 5 Oct 2012 05:17:00 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/bruce-bawer/financing-a-farce/#IDComment455790573 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/frank-crimi/mali%e2%80%99s-sharia-nightmare/#IDComment452245081 Forbidding ...., behaviors such as smoking or selling cigarettes; So mayor Bloomberg would feel right at home. Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:02:06 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/frank-crimi/mali%e2%80%99s-sharia-nightmare/#IDComment452245081 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/frontpagemag-com/obama-admits-he-is-a-muslim/#IDComment447979016 One correction to the video. Obama is not visiting a mosque in Turkey. He is visiting a church that was stolen, desecrated and abused. It is located in occupied Constantinople. Tue, 25 Sep 2012 03:00:42 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/frontpagemag-com/obama-admits-he-is-a-muslim/#IDComment447979016 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/bruce-bawer/muslim-victim-chic/#IDComment434425040 Those you so charitably call "Right wing Christians" do not think that not having sex ed will stop underage sex. They seem to believe that sex education that affirms sex as being bound up in our moral lives will help. The data says they are right about that, though perhaps not as much as they would like. They also have a healthy distrust of educationists to actually deliver anything except a lesson in mechanics. Also, I have never heard a Christian wonder about the epidemic of VD, etc., at least not recently. That's because all those measures are falling. It is the left that says silly things about the dire consequences of encouraging young folks to resist peer pressure. As for abortion, I am pretty sure that aborting a child does not undo the sex. It does, however, dispose of an undesirable person. Christians certainly don't oppose abortion because they think abortion causes teen pregnacy. They oppose it because they think snuffing is snuffing. Laffer (I did catch that clever word play of yours) is completely uncontroversial in classical economics. Crack a book that explains supply/demand curves sometime. The controversy is only to do with where you believe we are on the curve, not the basic idea of the curve itself. Reasonable people can read the poor data we have differently. In fact, I think that you and I would agree that low rates on capital gains is bad idea. But our agreement would be an accident because you seem to believe all sorts of silly things. So agreement with you is about as reliable as agreement with a policy based on goat entrails. Tue, 4 Sep 2012 21:07:07 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/bruce-bawer/muslim-victim-chic/#IDComment434425040 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/06/29/amsterdam-gets-a-harsh-lesson-in-islam-101/#IDComment393358835 The main reason lefties are clueless about Islam is that they are too intellectually lazy to learn what it actually means. On those rare occasions when their own naivety puts them in direct contact with a monster/respected Moslem scholar, they finally can't avoid the truth. Let's hope more of these events are scheduled in the future. Free and open speech, about Islam and by Moslems themselves, is the only way Islam will be defeated. Sun, 1 Jul 2012 14:08:47 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/06/29/amsterdam-gets-a-harsh-lesson-in-islam-101/#IDComment393358835 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/06/29/understanding-the-obamacare-ruling/#IDComment393352689 Roberts reasoned that the 'penalty' is within the taxing power of the Congress. To make this step, he needed also to reason that politicians can lie about their intentions and still tax us even while saying it is not a tax. This (Roberts') reasoning seems very conservative to me. He does not care what comes out of a politician's mouth. He only cares about the legislation itself. And, for him, there is enough in the Act to convince him that it involves taxation. I think the fact that the Dems lied about their own intentions should be a scandal. But Roberts did not make it into a scandal. The conservatives on the court, on the other hand, chose to take Obama and the others at their word -- treating them as if they were being honest. I don't see how that's better. I think the Act is a horrible idea, but not all horrible ideas are unconstitutional. I intend to do everything I can to defeat Obama and put an influential block of conservatives (within a Rep majority) into the two houses of congress. Then we can go about reforming health care in a way that does not break us. We already pay more per capita on health care than most developed countries. Obamacare makes that sharply worse. We need to toss it out politically, not via the court. Sun, 1 Jul 2012 13:53:04 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/06/29/understanding-the-obamacare-ruling/#IDComment393352689 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/05/23/suing-for-religious-freedom/#IDComment368604243 Moslems don't have the same problem as Catholics and other Christians. We Christians believe we have a duty to minister to anyone in need (though we often fail at it). So a christian organization has a hard time putting up artificial firewalls between ministry to the faithful and charity to others. Islam has no such problem because "charity" is meant only for Moslems. The only obligation to the infidel is to convert him, fight him to submission or have a temporary truce with him. So Moslem "charity" groups can easily comply with the new rules. By the way, have faith. Satan only thinks he is clever. Mon, 28 May 2012 01:58:58 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/05/23/suing-for-religious-freedom/#IDComment368604243 http://bigjournalism.com/jbradley/2012/03/03/bbc-chief-admits-to-covering-muslims-and-christians-differently/#IDComment307586252 Actually, I am seeing more and more die-hard liberals, mostly in Europe, waking up to the threat. I'm beginning to be encouraged (very slightly). Sun, 4 Mar 2012 06:51:34 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/jbradley/2012/03/03/bbc-chief-admits-to-covering-muslims-and-christians-differently/#IDComment307586252 http://bigjournalism.com/jbradley/2012/03/03/bbc-chief-admits-to-covering-muslims-and-christians-differently/#IDComment307580360 I am sure you are being sarcastic. As a Christian I have no wish to be treated equally or regarded equally to Moslems. My faith and hope rests is Christ, whose example is of love and sacrifice, not hate and vengeance. Tragically, we are at a point, like the days of Charles Martel, when the loving example of Christ requires us to stand up to the horror of Islam. Sun, 4 Mar 2012 06:37:36 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/jbradley/2012/03/03/bbc-chief-admits-to-covering-muslims-and-christians-differently/#IDComment307580360 http://tv.breitbart.com/dershowitz-media-matters-uses-hitler-like-tactics/#IDComment307519064 I suppose he looks Jewish. So sure, anti-semites can tell he is evil just by looking at him. Why don't you explain which features of Mr. Dershowitz's looks are the evil tells? Sun, 4 Mar 2012 04:20:37 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/dershowitz-media-matters-uses-hitler-like-tactics/#IDComment307519064 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/03/01/what-youre-paying-for-your-child-to-learn-at-college/#IDComment307507589 A small correction: Humans are not animals with better brains; humans are just animals with bigger brains. "Better" does not fit into the flattened metaphysics of the left. Sun, 4 Mar 2012 03:56:29 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/03/01/what-youre-paying-for-your-child-to-learn-at-college/#IDComment307507589 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/wthuston/2012/02/25/sacha-baron-cohen-the-oscars-and-the-death-of-propriety/#IDComment302139027 Of course Cohen is a jerk. And the Academy deserves him. Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:26:16 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/wthuston/2012/02/25/sacha-baron-cohen-the-oscars-and-the-death-of-propriety/#IDComment302139027