Re: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
Just search "george w bush brain damage", or "organic brain damage", or "dry drunk". It was a repeating theory that was brought up, on major news channels and Sunday morning talk shows, about every 2 years during his presidency. On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 11:05 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Ther

Re: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread Judah McAuley
There were protests about going to war. Is that what you are talking about? If so, well, yeah, you are supposed to protest illegitimate wars. That's not an things where you are hounding the President over a manufactured controversy. That's trying to prevent sending troops to war. Quite different.

Re: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread Judah McAuley
What's the "brain damage" bit? I don't think I know about that one. The "attacking iraq to get back about his dad" was really stupid, no doubt. I didn't consider that one as it wasn't ever used as part of political campaigns or news/op ed stuff, as far as I'm aware. Complete agree on the rest. C

RE: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread Eric Roberts
I have met Obama in person and he is very friendly and warm. -Original Message- From: Maureen [mailto:mamamaur...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 4:51 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue? I think it is pretty standard in certain c

RE: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread Eric Roberts
Painting naked selfies ROFLMAO -Original Message- From: Maureen [mailto:mamamaur...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 3:58 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue? I don't know about that. I personally hated him so much that when m

RE: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread Eric Roberts
Riots? Obama has had it easier...what alternative universe do you live in? -Original Message- From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 2:59 PM To: cf-community Subject: RE: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue? Have you forgotten all the r

Re: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
For me, the "brain damage" calls about Bush were bush league. And the "he just attacked Iraq to get back about his dad". Those were pretty bad assaults on his character and motives. Not anywhere near as hateful line with what I have seen for Obama, but not something I would let stand if said abou

Re: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread Judah McAuley
I'm curious what you would choose as the most awful/ridiculous attacks on each President. For Clinton, I'd go with Vince Foster. For Bush, I'd go with the National Guard attacks. For Obama, I'd go with the Kenyan Socialist, though that has a number of threads from birth certificate to New Black Pa

Re: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread Sam
I feel that way about a few on this list. . On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Maureen wrote: > just have a profound sense of pity for someone who would was > so unaware of how badly they were being manipulated. ~| Order the Ad

Re: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread Maureen
I think it is pretty standard in certain circles make the Hitler comparison, hence Godwin's law. Neither are anything like Hitler, of course, as he was an insane megalomaniac who wanted to rule the world. I don't see those tendencies in any American president in recent memory. I think if I were

Re: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Maureen wrote: > He seems to have > adjusted to his loss of power fairly well, however, hanging out on his > ranch and painting naked selfies. > I thought his new found hobby (painting) was an interesting one. The non-full monty selfies I didn't know about, fo

Re: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread Maureen
I don't know about that. I personally hated him so much that when my sister gave me a calendar that counted down to his last day in office, I cut out pictures of monkeys and pasted them over his face on all the pages so I wouldn't have to look at him. I hated Nixon that much too, but Nixon deser

RE: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread LRS Scout
Have you forgotten all the riots and protests? I think Obama has had it much easier than Bush ever did. Especially in the press. On Jun 18, 2014 9:58 AM, "Eric Roberts" wrote: > > I would have to say that there wasn't anywhere near as much hatred directed > at Bush as there is towards Obama.

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RE: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread Eric Roberts
Derp derp... -Original Message- From: GMoney [mailto:gm0n3...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 9:22 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue? On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 8:57 AM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > I

Re: Free market? Apple settles price fixing dispute

2014-06-18 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
i am still a little confused about this ruling. Apple was setting up a new store/market. They told the participants how much they could charge for things in the market. (books). (not "told", but "worked with to find an acceptable price point".) How was this different than the itunes or app store

Re: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread Cameron Childress
On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Judah McAuley wrote: > It might just be that GWB was something of a lull in the increasing > polarization/attack nature of Presidential politics. I guess we'll see in > the next couple years. I didn't see a lull. I feel like it's bee increasing each year. I th

Re: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread Judah McAuley
On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Eric Roberts wrote: > > > I would have to say that there wasn't anywhere near as much hatred > > directed at Bush as there is towards Obama. Even under Bush there was > > compromise between parties.

Re: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread GMoney
On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 8:57 AM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > I would have to say that Of course you would have to say that.you have no other choice, do you? Rest of us don't HAVE to say anything, thankfully. ~

Re: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread Cameron Childress
On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Eric Roberts wrote: > I would have to say that there wasn't anywhere near as much hatred > directed at Bush as there is towards Obama. Even under Bush there was > compromise between parties. I don't really see this. I think it's the same. But even if it is wor

RE: Free market? Apple settles price fixing dispute

2014-06-18 Thread Eric Roberts
I don't think we have ever had a free market. It has always been dominated by big business or the rich. Before that, it was controlled by royalty. Just in America's timespan, it was controlled bny the British corporations (like the Tea Companies, Tobacco Companies, and the incorporated Colonial

RE: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread Eric Roberts
I would have to say that there wasn't anywhere near as much hatred directed at Bush as there is towards Obama. Even under Bush there was compromise between parties. Eric -Original Message- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:camer...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 7:48 AM To: cf

Re: Free market? Apple settles price fixing dispute

2014-06-18 Thread GMoney
The idea of a free market "governing" itself is an economic theory, not a political or sociological one. Supply and demand setting the price and tending towards equilibrium.works. Whatever regulations and vigilance must be done to ensure supply and demand are the actors in this dynamic, shoul

Free market? Apple settles price fixing dispute

2014-06-18 Thread Vivec
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27884580 Without regulation and constant vigilance there is no free market. Wish the GOP and conservatives would stop pushing this failed ideology of a Free Market that "governs itself". It doesn't govern itself, it will always tend toward merging into monopo

Re: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 10:56 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > I said curious, not surprising. Having been on CVN-73 > when Hussein put his troops back on the border in 1994, > I know that if air support was truly needed the carrier > wouldn't truly need to be that close. "The supreme art of war

Re: Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

2014-06-18 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 4:56 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Maureen wrote: > > > Reading through comments from those who screamed for years about > > Benghazi and are now slamming President Obama because he > > is sending troops to protect the embassies in Iraq m

Re: Obama's biggest frustration: inability to pass common sense gun laws in the United States

2014-06-18 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:06 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > Whether or not this is Eric's viewpoint (and I'm not going to put words in > his mouth as to that) I have seen several other veterans that have that > very mentality. > I think you could just say "I have seen several other [humans] th