en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/633228 Comments by materialist http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/10/07/evict-obamas-mother-in-law-from-white-house/#IDComment731012887 (B) It is. Mon, 7 Oct 2013 22:39:55 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/10/07/evict-obamas-mother-in-law-from-white-house/#IDComment731012887 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment692711394 I sincerely doubt that you have ever listened to a Limbaugh broadcast. Skewering Sacred Cows with wit and humor is not hate. It is a public service of some considerable merit, even when the Sacred Cows are culled from your own herd. Leftists like to call it "speaking truth to power." The only "hate speech" in a Limbaugh broadcast is the set of simple truths you hate to hear. Fri, 2 Aug 2013 21:58:21 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment692711394 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/21/dont-feed-conspiracy-fever-michael-hastings/#IDComment665842093 I have to agree with MM - it is wise and proper to look with an open mind on both the Hastings investigation (which has hardly started) and the possible re-opening of the TWA 800 investigation. Initial interpretations of accidents are often wrong and those of us who've had to review NTSB reports know how often even the "complete and final" reports on aircraft accidents are seriously in error. Nor does one have to assume a conspiracy to explain an erroneous analysis, if that was the case in TWA 800. Most of the errors I have seen in NTSB reports are attributable to a simple rush to the most convenient answer in the shortest time, and there was certainly intense pressure to produce an innocuous technical explanation for that crash. Without claiming a detailed technical analysis, the arguments being advanced on TWA 800 strike me as unlikely, but, contrary to Mr. Tobin, are not pseudo-science. Let them make their case. Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:51:27 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/21/dont-feed-conspiracy-fever-michael-hastings/#IDComment665842093 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/20/rubio-ryan-and-the-excommunication-impulse/#IDComment665374232 Sony, Good analysis. Why is it lost on so many who profess conservative beliefs? It is hard not to conclude that they have other, overriding issues. I would appreciate and investigative journalist who would address this question. Fri, 21 Jun 2013 04:21:05 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/20/rubio-ryan-and-the-excommunication-impulse/#IDComment665374232 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/17/the-reckless-rhetoric-of-palin-and-cain/#IDComment663967777 If you know what you are talking about, and your comment doesn't scare the hell out of you, you've got to be on the inside, looking out. Take comfort, jeburke. As some of us learned many years ago, a totalitarian government can be most remarkably nice to you when they want to be. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:15:03 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/17/the-reckless-rhetoric-of-palin-and-cain/#IDComment663967777 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/17/the-reckless-rhetoric-of-palin-and-cain/#IDComment663966863 I confess soe doubt about your voting record (unless, of course, you went for Nader or the Workers), but you do raise a very good point. There was a time when those leftist organizations you cite did profess to be devotees of civil liberties. Boy! Haven't things changed since Obama is the bad guy! Crickets! Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:12:42 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/17/the-reckless-rhetoric-of-palin-and-cain/#IDComment663966863 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/17/the-reckless-rhetoric-of-palin-and-cain/#IDComment663859184 For 226 years we have enjoyed "unparalleled freedom," partly because we are indeed blessed, but more specifically because we have been protected by a constitution and bill of rights that, until recently, sharply limited the powers of the government to intrude into our lives. As an apparent "friend of Obama" you will, no doubt, continue to enjoy such freedom. I, on the other hand, am a critic of the Obama administration and am a known contributor to his political opponents. As the recent revelations of congressional investigations have documented, I face the very real possibility of targeted audits by Obama's IRS, inquiries into my friendships and associations, and unauthorized searches of my phone records and computers (recall the experience of Sheryl Attkisson, for example) . If I "seem like a paranoid" it is because there are well documented reasons why I should be. I think there is still time to stop this. But how much time? Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:57:01 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/17/the-reckless-rhetoric-of-palin-and-cain/#IDComment663859184 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/17/the-reckless-rhetoric-of-palin-and-cain/#IDComment663776020 The time to be concerned, to be vigilant, is before such calls start coming. Afterwards is a little late. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:52 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/17/the-reckless-rhetoric-of-palin-and-cain/#IDComment663776020 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/17/the-reckless-rhetoric-of-palin-and-cain/#IDComment663248123 I am reminded of that short line from the classic "A Man for All Seasons", used by Norfolk to, privately, reassure Thomas More, and by Cromwell to, pointedly, threaten him: "This isn't Spain, Thomas, this is England." This isn't the Soviet Union, Moderate Guy, this is America, The land of the free. Surely you feel safe now. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:32:18 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/17/the-reckless-rhetoric-of-palin-and-cain/#IDComment663248123 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/17/the-reckless-rhetoric-of-palin-and-cain/#IDComment663244737 Put me down as a member of "the audience that likes the music." It has the ring of truth about it. And freedom, too. I spent a fair amount of time in the old Soviet Union, as a honored and privileged guest. But the constant surveillance and implied threat was always there. Sometimes it was even convenient - I recall oversleeping and being waked up by a phone call from no one, just in time to make my appointment with the Soviets. But given the choice, I would prefer the embarrassment of having overslept. And when the all-seeing eye was finally shaded, my Soviet friends cheered the very same prospect. I'll make the same choice here. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:23:32 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/17/the-reckless-rhetoric-of-palin-and-cain/#IDComment663244737 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/05/08/stephen-hawking-signs-up-to-the-academic-boycott-of-israel/#IDComment638348676 Without disputing the need for Israel to "act heroically"in its own defense, I can say, as a non-jewish Catholic, that "rational argument and the continual writing of articles" has had a great deal to do with my own favorable opinion of jews in general and Israel in particular. There are admittedly times when violence is necessary. But don't knock applied intelligence. It has been known to be useful. Thu, 9 May 2013 04:18:24 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/05/08/stephen-hawking-signs-up-to-the-academic-boycott-of-israel/#IDComment638348676 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/04/17/can-the-left-stand-up-against-anti-semites/#IDComment622440707 While I find Mr. Lerner's screeds borderline despicable, I must compliment him on his mastery of IT. I have consigned him to SPAM on a dozen occasions, but after a month or so he inevitably reappears. Do any of you know a way to suppress this unwelcome weed once and for all? Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:55:43 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/04/17/can-the-left-stand-up-against-anti-semites/#IDComment622440707 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/05/11/re-the-striking-bias-of-the-washington-post/#IDComment359225348 One has to wonder if the staff of the Washington Post includes one single male who ever played football, qualified for the letterman's' organization through any sport, joined a fraternity, or did any of the things that normal boys did. The incident, as described, is trivial compared to the things most of us endured as rights of passage, and were proud to say we accepted manfully. From the fact that the "victim" in this case never seems to have complained or expressed any resentment, even to his family, it would appear that he took it in the same way, and quite probably grew in the respect of his classmates. Is an entire life as a "girlyman" a pre-requisite for employment at the WaPo? Sat, 12 May 2012 14:21:36 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/05/11/re-the-striking-bias-of-the-washington-post/#IDComment359225348 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/05/01/peace-studies-founder-and-anti-semitisc-ideas/#IDComment352191595 Speaking as a committed Catholic, I think I would be quite happy if 96% of the American media were controlled by the Jews, provided that I could pick the jews. Tue, 1 May 2012 19:53:56 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/05/01/peace-studies-founder-and-anti-semitisc-ideas/#IDComment352191595 http://biggovernment.com/rhiggs/2010/06/19/doom-and-gloom-which-end-if-any-is-near/#IDComment81031061 Your longer post, with which I agree, wasn't visible when I posted. I wasn't trying to out-succint you. But isn't it time we just stopped taking these people seriously, when they evidently are not serious themselves? A reasoned response to this idiocy dignifies it, and I'm certain that is not what you intended to do. Sun, 20 Jun 2010 04:39:13 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/rhiggs/2010/06/19/doom-and-gloom-which-end-if-any-is-near/#IDComment81031061 http://biggovernment.com/rhiggs/2010/06/19/doom-and-gloom-which-end-if-any-is-near/#IDComment81029830 laifa, no, it wasn't. Sun, 20 Jun 2010 04:20:07 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/rhiggs/2010/06/19/doom-and-gloom-which-end-if-any-is-near/#IDComment81029830 http://bigjournalism.com/libertychick/2010/06/09/academia-gate-as-big-labor-and-media-push-researchprop-on-our-kids-whos-really-paying-the-cost-part-1/#IDComment79356430 While this case is particularly blatant, it is by no means unusual in academia. In fact, it is fairly typical. A large fraction of all grants, and particularly those from government agencies, are given for the purpose of achieving certain results or generating certain publications. This is pervasive in the sciences, including the hard sciences. Where do you think all these "peer reviewed" global warming papers come from? Can you imagine your chances of having a "skeptic"proposal funded? Is it surprising that very few of those who depend on government research support are prepared to speak out? Wed, 9 Jun 2010 20:57:06 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/libertychick/2010/06/09/academia-gate-as-big-labor-and-media-push-researchprop-on-our-kids-whos-really-paying-the-cost-part-1/#IDComment79356430 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/13/we-can’t-talk-about-immigration/#IDComment30958812 While Mark's points are on point, I noted on a recent visit to Cassis that the affluent are enmeshed in an epidemic of burglaries. The prime culprits in this case appear to be Eastern Europeans much harder to identify than North Africans when prowling your neighborhood. Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:22:20 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/13/we-can’t-talk-about-immigration/#IDComment30958812 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9A3KRQG0#IDComment30910854 "has been widely discredited" is the same as "Obama and his supporters asserts that this isn't so". Right? Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:41:07 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9A3KRQG0#IDComment30910854