He's talking about NASA administrator Charles Bolden's comments in 2010 that Obama charged him as his “foremost” mission to improve relations in the Muslim world. I am no fan of the pres but even I have to assume that Bolden was talking out of his ass and whatever Obama said to him was taken out of context.
Yes, but to repeat that BS is trolling and flamebait.
Apparently everyone forgot that NASA doesn't exist any longer. It's now MASO - Muslim Aeronautics and Space Outreach. How could we forget that? It's what our Dear Leader decreed after all.
Massive flamebait. My god what happened to you as a child?
"Perhaps the GOP-dominated Congress will soon suggest"...
Congress has been DNC dominated from what? 2008 until 2010? STRONGLY dominated? And the GOP had slight majorities before then... This report is from 2007 with just a recent update...
Your dig at the GOP just doesn't sound reasonable...
That depends on your definition of "domination." The time period you list did include a majority of Dems; however the filibuster allows the minority party to dominate anyway.
The only "obvious" solution is a complete government take over of all things that produce CO2... in other words... socialism. People, Factories, Vehicles, ect... all property of the state and may only be used if they give the ok, but not before they make you feel horrible about it.
Who cares that the US Debt:GDP has surpassed 1:1 and that true unemployment is well over 16%... let’s focus on the climate and stop worrying about that whole economy thing.
Idiotic hyperbole by an AC and it gets modded up? Geez. I never heard those right-wingers use terms like "true unemployment" when an R was president.
If stealing wasn't "tolerated" even if not encouraged or condoned (yes, I'm asserting that toleration and condoning aren't the same), then they'd have policies and procedures in place that would try to eliminate it. Instead, they pretend it doesn't happen and marginalize anyone who claims otherwise.
So, apparently you have read the TSA policies and procedures. Right!
Rabid Rand fans went crazy modding down my comment. In case you thought I meant killing them by pulling his plug, I meant pulling the plug on their microphone and stop echoing all their crazy nonsense. Geez.
I'm too tired to continuetyping, but maybe you should get off your lazy ass and READ THE NEWS once in a while. The SA is in every way deserving of being called "thugs" or "east german stasi" or other epithets.
Great, more vitriol. That's why you're not taken seriously, either. The term "government thugs" implies that the thuggish behavior is condoned by the government - it is not. Those engaging in thievery, prostitution, and drugs are arrested.
Actually, numerous TSA agents *have* been caught stealing passengers' belongings, smuggling drugs, intimidating innocents, and other "thuggish behavior." The term is justified in this case, just like calling someone a troll isn't name-calling if that's really what they're doing.
Because some TSA agents are stealing or smuggling, it does not mean that TSA agents as a class are "government thugs," which implies that the government condones their thuggish behavior.
Have you not seen the reports of thefts by TSA agents?
Because some TSA agents are stealing, it does not mean that TSA agents as a class are "government thugs," which implies that the government condones their thuggish behavior. Have you not seen the reports that the thieves are no longer employed by TSA?
The word "thugs" is precisely what I was referring to. They are not beating the shit out of you for no reason, stealing your belongings, or engaging in other thuggish behavior. Okay, so you don't like the process; you can make your point without name-calling and people are more likely to take you seriously.
Fucktard M$ shills, quit complaining about that notation. It is standard Internet notation. You can't get the horses back into the barn, regardless of how often you post your whiny-ass complaints.
I'm usually not one to complain about article selection, even political ones, but his one is just silly. Ron Paul's solution for -everything- is to just pull the plug.
The solution to Paul is to pull his plug (both Rand and Ron).
It's a sad day indeed when common sense is considered "extreme".
I think the OP's point was that using phrases like "Every inch of our person has become fair games for government thugs" is an extremist way of making a point. You are not going to be taken seriously with such vitriolic rhetoric. State your case without hyperbole and maybe someone will listen.
Okay, so watching the HIGHLIGHTS might be a different story. I'm talking about people watching two 3+ hour football games every Sunday (football was the original subject). That is enough to cause brain damage.
I think watching professional sports is for sub-80 IQ types
Oh? You hate other forms of culture and art too?
How would you have people spend their time? Ploughing the earth? Building a space elevator? Giving you a massage?
I think watching professional sports is one of the least destructive forms of entertainment available, and encourages people to do physical things that benefit their health. I also greatly appreciate the mental health benefits that result from this activity, and continue to be in complete awe of the discipline, skill and mental strength of certain specific professional sportsmen, who bring all of those things together into moments of raw artistry.
I bet you hate mechanical watches too.
Well, you are DEAD wrong in your guesses. People are welcome to spend their time how they see fit. Personally, I find watching overpaid mutants competing to be quite a bore. To consider watching professional sports a form or culture or art is laughable. Obese couch-surfers loafing all day cheering for "our team" while a few dozen actually get exercise is not encouraging shit. I didn't say PLAYING sports was for sub-80 IQ, I said WATCHING sports was. I also LOVE mechanical watches.
Explain Australian rules football. I think they Ok'ed handguns and knives under 5 inches in that game.
Explanation: It is quite clearly the most interesting game in the world to watch. And when they start fights they go for the eyes first. I think watching professional sports is for sub-80 IQ types, but Aussie football rocks.
Conspiracy Theory B:
This was hoaxed by the TSA themselves so they have legal reasons to confiscate cool looking laptops, new top of the line smart phones, and expensive tablets!
No, they want to confiscate all porn to build up their personal collections!
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He's talking about NASA administrator Charles Bolden's comments in 2010 that Obama charged him as his “foremost” mission to improve relations in the Muslim world. I am no fan of the pres but even I have to assume that Bolden was talking out of his ass and whatever Obama said to him was taken out of context.
Yes, but to repeat that BS is trolling and flamebait.
he's a "big L" Liberal.
Confusingly in Australia, the Liberal Party are the conservatives and the Labor Party are the liberals (with the Greens to the left of them).
Of course, our Liberal Party would probably be to the left of the US's congressional democrats on most issues..
--Q
Of course you upside-downies would do that. I'm surprised you haven't fallen off the planet yet.
Man, in his place I'd probably have said "Well, it's my job"... Unfortunately most people can't seem to recognize sarcasm.
I think he should have said "...down with your wife!"
Apparently everyone forgot that NASA doesn't exist any longer. It's now MASO - Muslim Aeronautics and Space Outreach. How could we forget that? It's what our Dear Leader decreed after all.
Massive flamebait. My god what happened to you as a child?
"Perhaps the GOP-dominated Congress will soon suggest"...
Congress has been DNC dominated from what? 2008 until 2010? STRONGLY dominated? And the GOP had slight majorities before then... This report is from 2007 with just a recent update...
Your dig at the GOP just doesn't sound reasonable...
That depends on your definition of "domination." The time period you list did include a majority of Dems; however the filibuster allows the minority party to dominate anyway.
It's the "War On Climate Change" ... get it right.
The only "obvious" solution is a complete government take over of all things that produce CO2 ... in other words ... socialism. People, Factories, Vehicles, ect ... all property of the state and may only be used if they give the ok, but not before they make you feel horrible about it.
Who cares that the US Debt:GDP has surpassed 1:1 and that true unemployment is well over 16% ... let’s focus on the climate and stop worrying about that whole economy thing.
Idiotic hyperbole by an AC and it gets modded up? Geez. I never heard those right-wingers use terms like "true unemployment" when an R was president.
The hashtag symbol will probably be passe by the time they finish the building.
If stealing wasn't "tolerated" even if not encouraged or condoned (yes, I'm asserting that toleration and condoning aren't the same), then they'd have policies and procedures in place that would try to eliminate it. Instead, they pretend it doesn't happen and marginalize anyone who claims otherwise.
So, apparently you have read the TSA policies and procedures. Right!
Rabid Rand fans went crazy modding down my comment. In case you thought I meant killing them by pulling his plug, I meant pulling the plug on their microphone and stop echoing all their crazy nonsense. Geez.
Thuggish behavior is not condoned by the government, despite your hyperbole.
I'm too tired to continuetyping, but maybe you should get off your lazy ass and READ THE NEWS once in a while. The SA is in every way deserving of being called "thugs" or "east german stasi" or other epithets.
Great, more vitriol. That's why you're not taken seriously, either. The term "government thugs" implies that the thuggish behavior is condoned by the government - it is not. Those engaging in thievery, prostitution, and drugs are arrested.
Actually, numerous TSA agents *have* been caught stealing passengers' belongings, smuggling drugs, intimidating innocents, and other "thuggish behavior." The term is justified in this case, just like calling someone a troll isn't name-calling if that's really what they're doing.
Because some TSA agents are stealing or smuggling, it does not mean that TSA agents as a class are "government thugs," which implies that the government condones their thuggish behavior.
As usual, AC is spouting more vitriol, so thus not taken seriously. Grow up.
Have you not seen the reports of thefts by TSA agents?
Because some TSA agents are stealing, it does not mean that TSA agents as a class are "government thugs," which implies that the government condones their thuggish behavior. Have you not seen the reports that the thieves are no longer employed by TSA?
The word "thugs" is precisely what I was referring to. They are not beating the shit out of you for no reason, stealing your belongings, or engaging in other thuggish behavior. Okay, so you don't like the process; you can make your point without name-calling and people are more likely to take you seriously.
The extreme part is using the term "government thugs."
Fucktard M$ shills, quit complaining about that notation. It is standard Internet notation. You can't get the horses back into the barn, regardless of how often you post your whiny-ass complaints.
I'm usually not one to complain about article selection, even political ones, but his one is just silly. Ron Paul's solution for -everything- is to just pull the plug.
The solution to Paul is to pull his plug (both Rand and Ron).
It's a sad day indeed when common sense is considered "extreme".
I think the OP's point was that using phrases like "Every inch of our person has become fair games for government thugs" is an extremist way of making a point. You are not going to be taken seriously with such vitriolic rhetoric. State your case without hyperbole and maybe someone will listen.
Okay, so watching the HIGHLIGHTS might be a different story. I'm talking about people watching two 3+ hour football games every Sunday (football was the original subject). That is enough to cause brain damage.
I think watching professional sports is for sub-80 IQ types
Oh? You hate other forms of culture and art too?
How would you have people spend their time? Ploughing the earth? Building a space elevator? Giving you a massage?
I think watching professional sports is one of the least destructive forms of entertainment available, and encourages people to do physical things that benefit their health. I also greatly appreciate the mental health benefits that result from this activity, and continue to be in complete awe of the discipline, skill and mental strength of certain specific professional sportsmen, who bring all of those things together into moments of raw artistry.
I bet you hate mechanical watches too.
Well, you are DEAD wrong in your guesses. People are welcome to spend their time how they see fit. Personally, I find watching overpaid mutants competing to be quite a bore. To consider watching professional sports a form or culture or art is laughable. Obese couch-surfers loafing all day cheering for "our team" while a few dozen actually get exercise is not encouraging shit. I didn't say PLAYING sports was for sub-80 IQ, I said WATCHING sports was. I also LOVE mechanical watches.
It's like asking people to look for brain damage caused by kneeling to pray to God, and I don't think that's too extreme a comparison.
Except that it's the other way 'round.
trust me, some people (myself included) will play as hard without pads as with them...having only played without pads...
If you haven't played with pads, you don't know whether or not you or other people would play harder with them.
Explain Australian rules football. I think they Ok'ed handguns and knives under 5 inches in that game.
Explanation: It is quite clearly the most interesting game in the world to watch. And when they start fights they go for the eyes first. I think watching professional sports is for sub-80 IQ types, but Aussie football rocks.
Conspiracy Theory B: This was hoaxed by the TSA themselves so they have legal reasons to confiscate cool looking laptops, new top of the line smart phones, and expensive tablets!
No, they want to confiscate all porn to build up their personal collections!