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    Good news for us re: Obamacare/ACA

    in Politics & Religion

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    What? People skew facts to their own liking. Preposterous.

    That's why it's probably best to get as close to the source as possible . . . in this case Rand ---> LA Times --> Avik Roy

     

     

     

    Noam N. Levey is the same person as Avik Roy?

     

    Or did you mean that Roy just hunt and pecks his facts from the LA T rather than from the Rand report? Cause I don't have a dog in the hunt for the LaT's either. poopy paper

    Jonathan Pollard

    in Politics & Religion

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    It boggles my mind how Israel could have power over us to release a spy like this. We have supported them and saved their asses from total demolition for over half a century. Actually, it pisses me off that they felt they needed to spy on us at all then they demand his release?

     

    Go try to stay safe without us for once and see how long you last.

    That's why the Israel first crowd that pops up every four years or so are particularly annoying . . .

     

    Four years? It seems like they're always present.

     

    You don't have to be a conspiracy nutjob to realize the amount of sway the pro-Israel lobby has on our Government, they're one of the most powerful around. The idea that such a group exists disturbs me - a collection of people in and around our government that advocate so strongly and so successfully for the interests of another nation and pursue policies that often hurt our country just to benefit another. For what? The kooky religious beliefs of some end-time Christian fanatics? As atonement for an atrocity that we not only did not commit but that we put an end to?

     

    It's crazy. I know that sounds kind of anti-Semitic, or that's the kind of talk that you hear a lot of bigots push, but I am not one. Much (most?) of that lobby is made up of wacko fundamentalist Christians.

     

    I also have no issue with the state of Israel existing, I fully support it, every people ought to have a right to a homeland, security and self governance - and by that same principle I support the Palestinians as well. I'm even fine with some of the military support we've given them like Operation Nickel Grass during the Yom Kippur war - if we can prevent their annihilation we ought to and if it requires guns and planes then fine but the support we give them now...with their settlements and treatment of people in Gaza and the Westbank...it's unacceptable in my eyes.

     

    We've given them a blank check to commit all sorts of blunders and crimes that inevitably come back to blow up in our faces. At this point we should withdraw military support, no Arab nations are going to be invading them anytime soon and the "terrorists" they're fighting are ones they've created.

    http://www.merriam-w...ictionary/bigot

     

    Is it the Jewish or Christian lobbyists you are speaking of? Both groups have reasons to ask the US for support of the state of Israel.

     

    So it's okay if we blunder and bombast our way through foreign policy but woe to our allies that do the same.

     

    And it's not like the US isn't using the IDF as a way to enforce policy without actually involving the US military.

     

    As an example: Lebanon; repository of refugees for decades. Palestinian/Syrian refugees by the 100k's are in Lebanon. It's not just Israel to blame for that.

    Jonathan Pollard

    in Politics & Religion

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    The US has been involved in the Middle East for a long time. I may be wrong but Qatar or Bahrain might be the only ME countries we haven't boinked around with. Then include countries in Asia and Africa; most of which that we've boinked were either Islamic or headin' that way. Oil or just to hit the Russians in the sack or what ever reason our government rationalized it's foreign policy is a great game to play.

     

    And in Charlie Wilson's words: we screwed up the end game. (not an exact quote)

    CIA lied about torture

    in Politics & Religion

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    Cool Hand Luke.

     

     

    I believe a complete purge could be the most expedient way of attempting to rein in a government agency that doesn't like to obey it's leaders and the law. Of course, that could include many other government agencies too. :D

    The Walking Dead

    in Big Red Lounge: Official BS Forum

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    I was pretty excited about this season finale and it was way better than the over hyped prison war from last years finale. Sure we didn't find out the whole story with Terminus and it left us with a cliffhanger but for the whole first half and majority of the second half, these last three episodes have been a breath of fresh air.

    Wait just a cotton pickin' minute! You're tryin' to tell me you were entertained. How dare you Sir; please complain about something. Symbolism, hyperbole, metaphors, something. You must have seen the hidden meaning of the Star Trek chick grillin' chewbacca sirloins, NRA members not killing everyone in sight so they didn't skew the FBI figures. Something.

     

    Or were you like me; just escaping reality in your TV room and relaxing :D just a waitin' for the real Apocalypse. da da dahhhhhhhhh

    Golden State Politicos as usual

    in Politics & Religion

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