tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post4672152151472383100..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: Enduring FreedomMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-70728963992497972092009-05-15T12:29:00.000-05:002009-05-15T12:29:00.000-05:00"I bought the con hook line and sinker."
Don't fe..."I bought the con hook line and sinker."<br /><br />Don't feel too bad. After Bush, people were desperate for change and desperation makes for delusional thinking.<br /><br />Here in Oregon, I, too, could safely vote for McKinney. Out in much of the country, the choice was McCain or Obama. <br /><br />I remember the same wishful thinking about Bill Clinton by so many ... and the same waking up to reality.<br /><br />Keep Obama's feet to the fire:<br />whitehouse.gov/contact.Bill Michtomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16974095082614091559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-12557417015772040592009-05-10T19:14:00.000-05:002009-05-10T19:14:00.000-05:00Afghan Students Protest Against Civilian Casualtie...Afghan Students Protest Against Civilian Casualties<br />http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/05/10-1<br /><br />Whether the military campaign in Afghanistan is "effective" against Taliban is irrelevant if the political campaign is not working.<br /><br />And it is not. In fact, the so-called strategy that obama is now pursuing -- "going after the terrorists" (in Afghanistan and Pakistan) -- is extremely counterproductive because it is killing large numbers of civilians and alienating the populations of both countries.<br /><br />If Vietnam taught anything, it should be that you can not win the war if you alienate the populace.<br /><br />I don't think Obama was very old when the Vietnam war was going on, but he obviously never learned that lesson in history class at Columbia or Harvard.<br /><br />"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." <br />-- George Santayana<br /><br />And repeat it Obama will.<br /><br />Obama will also learn the lesson that Johnson learned --and too late to save his Presidency.<br /><br />If Obama continues on his current "steady as she goes" course (and there is every indication that he will) Obama is almost certainly looking at a single term. <br /><br />At the end of his first term, he will be mired in Afghanistan, the economy will be stagnant (he will have blown his trillion dollar gift from the Congress on the banks with nothing left to stimulate the real economy) and people will be pissed that Obama promised change and never delivered (or only delivered to the rich and the corporate classes)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-31253910323041865282009-05-10T13:58:00.000-05:002009-05-10T13:58:00.000-05:00What pisses me off more than anything else is when...What pisses me off more than anything else is when some quote FDR: "If you want me to do something, MAKE me do it."<br /><br />I heard someone say this the other day -- someone who represents a "progressive" organization (can't remember which).<br /><br />What mindless tripe.<br /><br />I don't vote for someone for President with the idea that if they are elected, I am then going to have to FORCE them to do what they PROMISED they would do (get US out of Iraq, prosecute Bush criminals, make policies that will benefit ordinary Americans rather than the corporations and elite classes).<br /><br />It's BS to suggest as much.<br /><br />How did members of the the media in America become so vacuous?<br /><br />I mean, much of the stuff that they say is just plain stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-91984223668064231442009-05-10T13:06:00.000-05:002009-05-10T13:06:00.000-05:00b-big:
So messed up I want you here
In my room I ...b-big:<br /><br />So messed up I want you here<br />In my room I want you here<br />Now were gonna be face-to-face<br />And Ill lay right down in my favorite place<br />And now I wanna be your dog<br />Now I wanna be your dog<br />Now I wanna be your dog<br />Well cmon<br />Now Im ready to close my eyes<br />And now Im ready to close my mind<br />And now Im ready to feel your hand<br />And lose my heart on the burning sands<br />And now I wanna be your dog<br />And now I wenna be your dog<br />Now I wanna be your dog<br />Well cmon<br /><br />Three times in the last year they have caught my ear with Iggy.<br /><br />edkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-11177489625161270782009-05-08T20:39:00.000-05:002009-05-08T20:39:00.000-05:00Anon: I voted for Cynthia McKinney - but then, I l...Anon: I voted for Cynthia McKinney - but then, I live in CA where it was safe to vote for her.gopolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-84484078505054576002009-05-08T17:02:00.000-05:002009-05-08T17:02:00.000-05:00Sooo, THAT's why they sometimes slip in that Iggy ...Sooo, THAT's why they sometimes slip in that Iggy Pop button (as I believe Ellen remarked on)!<br /><br />It's their implicit message to the "powers that be."<br /><br />Here, Fido...bittety-big! (you can guess the rest)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-70376736245401063102009-05-08T08:39:00.000-05:002009-05-08T08:39:00.000-05:00Disgraceful. "No Principles Radio" is devastatingl...Disgraceful. "No Principles Radio" is devastatingly accurate, Anonymous.<br /><br />Thanks for your vigilance, myt.mirandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-68091233476692282312009-05-08T08:08:00.000-05:002009-05-08T08:08:00.000-05:00Our beautiful mindz iz protected!Our beautiful mindz iz protected!WarOnWarOffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-65969860627275660232009-05-08T07:30:00.000-05:002009-05-08T07:30:00.000-05:00large R.C. airplanes told me he was asked to audit...large R.C. airplanes told me he was asked to audition for a job as drone flyer, from Bagram, for $60,000 per MONTH!"<br /><br />In most cases -- ie, if this had to do with the private sector (real world), i would say that he was probably just bragging, but given all the billions of dollars we have basically thrown down a rat hole in Iraq, I find it not only plausible, but likely.<br /><br />These drone attacks are highly counterproductive.<br />////////////<br />"Lahore - The top adviser to the US army chief in Afghanistan, David Kilcullen, has observed that the US drone strikes in Pakistan are creating more enemies than eliminating them, and hence, needed to be "called off."<br />http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/05/03-1<br />///////////////<br /><br />Obama has the ultimate responsibility for the inevitable death (murder) of civilians by these attacks because he could call them off at a moment's notice.<br /><br />I don't have much hope in the latter regard.<br /><br />I actually voted for the guy and thought he was genuinely interested in changing things but now believe that I was mistaken in my assessment. I admit it: I bought the con hook line and sinker)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-37888494916191590202009-05-08T07:27:00.000-05:002009-05-08T07:27:00.000-05:00The USer military has now got a new excuse for civ...The USer military has now got a new excuse for civilians killed by our drone bombers: The Taliban gathered the victims together and then killed 'em with grenades.<br /><br />Cuz, ya see, wounds caused by exploding ordinance are pretty much indistinguishable: grenade or air-to-ground missile? Can't really tell...Woody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205896988142798901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-63297623623061469372009-05-08T00:02:00.000-05:002009-05-08T00:02:00.000-05:00I believe the people flying the drones are from th...I believe the people flying the drones are from the 'agency'. npr will never criticize this group, as it would be aaginst their financial interests. Speaking of financial interests, a delivery guy to my business who builds and flies large R.C. airplanes told me he was asked to audition for a job as drone flyer, from Bagram, for $60,000 per MONTH!larry, dfhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-9367718815796252892009-05-07T22:01:00.000-05:002009-05-07T22:01:00.000-05:00Stenographer indeed.
In a nutshell, this is what ...Stenographer indeed.<br /><br />In a nutshell, this is what NPR has become: stenographer for the pentagon, parrot of the White House and Congress, whore for its underwriters.<br /><br />It's pathetic.<br /><br />NPR maintains a large listenership for the same reason that Fox news does. People in this country want to feel good about themselves. They don't like to hear things that conflict with their identity as Americans and as Christians.<br /><br />Bombings in Afghanistan that kill civilians just do not happen. Torture of prisoners by Americans does not happen. The death of a million Iraqis because of a war that America started simply did not occur. NPR is all to willing to reinforce this belief with feel good pieces.<br /><br />NPR is "No Principles Radio" because they are willing to say anything that will make people feel good about themselves and their country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-90850004438843476242009-05-07T21:07:00.000-05:002009-05-07T21:07:00.000-05:00An outrage. The Afghanistan War is the failure tha...An outrage. The Afghanistan War is the failure that keeps on failing. Denial is the only method its defenders will employ. Afghanistan has more amputees of all ages than any other country. The dead have nothing to add except numbers.Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.com