The tragic thing is that he is doing the best he can do at this point:( He needs to desire and accept change first. - Roney Smith
This is child abuse. I hope they all rebel and become Democrats when they grow up. - Bora Zivkovic
Fuck this guy. I hope his kids grow up to hate him. - Steve Isaacs
I found his page while searching for "Bill Maher" on YouTube. He has over 100 videos - all similarly themed. There was also this link, which is kind of frightening: http://vids.myspace.com/index.... - Caffeinated Sue
We'll be reading about this guy again I'm afraid. - cmiper
You can tell that dude was in the military, or some kind of law enforcement. You can tell from his militant demeanor and his posture, he was broken as a human being when he was very young (and apparently proud of that) - Adam Posey
This is the political faction in America to which John McCain, Sarah Palin and the Republican Party directed their campaign. These are the people to whom they catered and whose hatred they attempted to stoke and arouse. - Sean McBride
Now, where is that 8 yr old from Arizona? - kbourke
When Pres Hussein does start confiscating the guns, I hope he starts at this guy's house first. And he can take them girls to be his wives too! :P (what an ignorant buffoon) - Tad, Fool
That was creepy! It's one thing to try to instill your values in your children, but this is brainwashing. They sound like a little cult being force fed lies and fear. I agree with Bora on both points! - Jenny R.
I personally believe that US Americans and that I completely forgot about that such as in Iraq and ... - Donna Mugavero
this is what's known as "the base." and yet people will try to defend the philosophy, which is promoted by a certain party in this country and talks to people like the ones in this video. - Cee Bee
Four years ago, 313,592 out of 474,740 registered voters in Alaska participated in the election-a 66% turnout. Taking into account 49,000 outstanding ballots, on Tuesday 272,633 out of 495,731 registered Alaskans showed up at the polls; a turnout of 54.9%. That's a decrease of more than 11% in voter turnout even though passions ran high for and against Barack Obama, as well as for and against Sarah Palin! This year, early voters set a new record. As of last Thursday, with 4 days left to vote early, 15,000 Alaskans showed up-shattering the old record set in 2004 by 28%! Consider the most popular governor in history-and now the most polarizing-was on the Republican ticket. Consider the historic nature of this race; the first African American presidential candidate EVER! The second woman to ever make a presidential ticket; and she's one of our own. Despite that, we're supposed to believe that overall participation DECREASED by 11%. Not only that, but this historic election both nationally and for Alaska HAD THE - kbourke
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"After a female McCain adviser complained about health insurance companies that covered pills for male impotence but not for birth control, a reporter asked Mr. McCain what he thought.
Mr. McCain made a face, expressing silent befuddlement. In the pool report, a TV reporter included the number of seconds that passed between the question and Mr. McCain’s first tentative reply. Planned Parenthood put out a commercial. And Mr. McCain realized his love affair with the press was already over." - Vox
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Damn you gotcha journalists. Damn you. lol. - Russellreno
Well, McCain has to keep his options open. After Nov. 4th, he could be promoting those little blue pills like Bob Dole did. - kbourke
Gave money to Dennis Kucinich and Barack Obama. I'd wanted to volunteer in PA but I couldn't get the time off for election day to drive out there. - Eric P
Contributed $275 to the Obama campaign (a little over $300 CDN) because I don't want McCain to become president, and because I believe in his candidacy. I'm thinking of going down to Blaine, WA on Tuesday, but I'm a little afraid of the demographic makeup. I'd like to make it back home that night. - Cecily
yes, first time .. to Obama.. also first time I donated to a proposition outside my state -- donated to NO on prop 8 in CA - Grant Gochnauer
my first volunteering was in 2003 for a Massachusetts State Rep candidate named Avi Green. I went door to door with him in my neighborhood. It was an enlightening process. Obama, however, has been my biggest investment. I've given a few hundred dollars, canvassed in four states and launched two wikis related to the campaign in some way. The most recent is at http://www.votersuppression.ne... The amount of time I have invested cannot be measured - Baratunde Thurston
I donated to Kerry, but only because I hate(d) Bush. This year's donation to Obama was in a whole different league. - dkb
Yes, I have done both, and no, it was not the first time. - Trish R
Yes, I have donated and volunteered for Edwards in 2004 and 2008. I donated to Kerry in 2004 and to Obama last month twice. - Bora Zivkovic
Yes, donated time and money to Obama... also helped out some with the Kerry GOTV campaign in 2004 - Harold
Yes! This is the first campaign I have ever been passionate about. I have made calls and donated money. Each time I'd get a smear email, or started to feel anxious that McCan't was making gains, I'd donate $25, or $50 ... I've lost track as to how much I have actually contributed...several hundred by now I suppose. - kbourke
I've volunteered & contributed, and it's been a couple of campaigns. - anna awesomesauce
This is the first campaign that I've ever contributed to. I've never been this passionate about a candidate before. - ::Kristen::
Also first time I've contributed to an actual political campaign, sent money into political organizations before hand, but never donated money before to a campaign. - Justin Yost
Contributed to Obama. 1st time I've ever contributed to a presidential candidate. - Mitchell Tsai
I contributed once to the Obama campaign (I wanted to contribute again, but didn't get to it). This was my first time doing that, as well as voting. - Cheryl Jones
Contributed to Obama -- 1st time I've ever contributed to a presidential campaign - Michael Leggett
My first time donating and first time volunteered, also helped out local races - Brian Beatty
Matt Drudge is touting the results of a one-day sample in a Zogby poll, which apparently showed John McCain ahead by 1 point.
There are a couple of significant problems with this.
Firstly, there is a reason that pollsters include multiple days of interviewing in their tracking polls; a one-day sample is extremely volatile, and have very high margins for error. Read more, by Nate Silver, at http://www.fivethirtyeight.com... - kbourke
funny because me and my husband now have a running gag in our house. Whenever someone does something insane, we call them mavericks. So, my son was showing his mavericky side this morning when I woke to find every crayon lined up end to end in the hallway. - Anika Malone
Maverick Personality Disorder is defined by a tendency to make rash, impulsive decisions that are regarded as both bold and correct--even if the decision directly contradicts another "bold" and "correct" decision that has been made only moments before. This impulsivity is to be distinguished from that seen in Borderline Personality Disorder in that in the latter disorder, self-destructive behavior is overt and intentional, whereas in Maverick Personality Disorder, the impulsive behavior is largely self-destructive, but the individual is rarely aware of it, instead thinking that they are acting "from their gut" in a reasonable fashion. - kbourke
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Maverick Personality Disorder is defined by a tendency to make rash, impulsive decisions that are regarded as both bold and correct--even if the decision directly contradicts another "bold" and "correct" decision that has been made only moments before. - kbourke
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So what's the big deal, you may think, this pharmacy is in the D.C. area, competing against thousands of pharmacies that do dispense birth control. But, as former Planned Parenthood lawyer Roberta Riley points out, "in parts of Montana, women must drive 80 miles to find a pharmacy willing to sell contraception," because so many pharmacists are practicing their "consciences." - joneilortiz
This is bullshit and it's pissing me off big-time. +1 Lindsay. What about condoms, too? - Kamilah Gill
It kind of amazes me these pharmacies aren't being vandalized or boycotted (yet). - joneilortiz
Just set up a pharmacy down the street called FukIt - Chris W
I posted about this yesterday, and the article I was reading stated the VA pharmacy doesn't sell any contraceptives prescription or otherwise. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
Guess I won't be stopping by there for picnic supplies. - Mark VandenBerg
And people in this country wonder why we have such a high teen pregnancy rate. You not going not stop all of them so not make it easier for them to get birth control. - Mathew Ballard
Yes, we live in America, "Land of the Free", but you're going to do things MY way. - kbourke
Oh dear... Alright, my one comment: if you're Religion A and bombing government buildings because you're making a statement for Religion A, you're a terrorist. If you're Religion B and bombing private property because you're making a statement for Religion B, you're not a terrorist. Sound about right? - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
My $0.005 worth: after seeing the other posts on that, I decided that, if you're any religion and you bomb a clinic because you think all clinics ought to be destroyed, you're not a terrorist. If you bomb a clinic because you want people to think there might be a bomb in other clinics and thus they won't go there, you are. Question is whether you're wanting to incite fear to have behavior change?? Granted, I haven't thought that through very clearly....!! - Justin Long
But, either way, you're still a criminal. Right? - dkb
@Justin, think on that ten more times. A bomb is not the moral equivalent of a picket sign or a referendum. - Chuck LeDuc Díaz
But criminals have trials, lawyers, rights, all that messy stuff-- terrorists can just be lined up in front of a firing squad or hung from the nearest tree - Brian Sullivan
I thought terrorism was an attempt to achieve a religious or political goal by violent means. I have worked as a patient escort and volunteer at Planned Parenthood through many demonstrations and those people scare me much more than anyone who is considered "acceptable" to be called a terrorist. - Trish R
the original question is not about abortion, it's about "terrorist." Palin (and others) use the "terrorist" word in many ways - including in relation to their rival. Brian Williams is testing Palin's definition. if "a bomb going off/threat on US soil" is a terrorist, there is not much to discuss. if we think there are times when "a bomb going off/threat on US soil is *not* a terrorist" then we define when these bombs are ok. - MikeAmundsen
Terrorism should be faced with courage, the rule of law, and with kind and relentless social workers. Terrorist tactics are the tools of a sociopath. - Chuck LeDuc Díaz
Bombs going off on US soil are NEVER ok. But, I think that if a bomb is classified a terrorist act, there is a different set of responses to it than if it is just a crazy. - Justin Long
@Justin: i understand your position on "the bomb" thing. i'm not sure i understand the difference in response you see. can you give a short example? - MikeAmundsen
So are you saying that the response should be different if Al Queda were bombing abortion clinics instead of Operation Rescue? - Trish R
This is a surreal thread; everyone realises we're talking about *bombing* things, right? - dkb
LOL: bunch of comments to clarify coming - Justin Long
Chuck, definitely, bomb and a picket sign are different things! A bomb does not come under "freedom of speech" ! :) I'm not sure what I said to give the impression that the two are in any way similar. - Justin Long
Rest: what I'm thinking out loud about - and doing so poorly, while getting a sandwich - is whether the response to a criminal bombing is different than the response to a terrorist bombing. Should we widen the def of a "terrorist act" to include any bombing? What is the governmental response to terrorism vs the govt response to a "random act of violence"? There is a difference between an act motivated by political causes against a govt system, and an act of violence against a specific niche part of a cultur - Justin Long
I *do* believe there should be a strong response. But I'm just not sure of what the difference should be.. imprisonment without access to lawyers as an enemy combatant? shipped off to Guantanamo? etc? - Justin Long
Justin, the bombing of an abortion clinic IS an act motivated by religious and political causes. How is that different from what you are classifying a terrorist act, which I am assuming from your responses means bombing a government building? - Trish R
@Justin: thanks for the added posts. sounds like one thing you have in mind is a kind of "act of war" thing where responses not normally accepted in society are then justifiable. also, sounds like *intent* is part of your consideration. "political causes..." vs. "violence against a specific..." am i close? - MikeAmundsen
Mike, yes, I think that's probably true. Terrorism is a category and I'm just not sure all horrific acts of violence fall into it. - Justin Long
@Justin: i see where you're coming from. IMO, attempts to categorize violence based on intent is tricky. and "terrorism" is such a vague term that i am not sure it helps much. you're caught attempting to draw line (wide and squiggly as it might be) on some intent, destruction-level, target-type, etc. and i'm not sure that gets us much in the end. - MikeAmundsen
Yeah. That's why I'm not in politics. Drawing those squiggly lines is awfully hard. I suppose you could just say all bombings are terrorism. But then, what about biological weapons? chemical weapons? snipers? violence in post offices? etc? random drive-by shootings? how to differ between an "act of war" against a government and an act of violence? difficult! - Justin Long
Does anyone reading this feel comfortable defining who is - and is not - a terrorist? - dkb
Take note of the perfunctory hug, stiffness and lack of contact between the McCains, and compare those bits of body-talk with the way Michelle and Barack Obama greeted each other with smiles and a long hug. They were still hugging when John McCain tried awkwardly to connect with Mrs. Obama. The McCain hug looked as stiff as a puppet show, while the Obama hug looked as natural and graceful as a ballet. - kbourke
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But McCain may be right about one aspect. If he were President, our enemies might not feel a need to concoct a crisis.
McCain IS the crisis. - kbourke
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He's yet to be at the head of something that has succeeded. All of his "Maverickiness" goodness has gotten us nowhere. - xero
"The process begins with creating stereotyped conceptions of the other, dehumanized perceptions of the other, the other as worthless, the other as all-powerful, the other as demonic, the other as an abstract monster, the other as a fundamental threat to our cherished values and beliefs. With public fear notched up and the enemy threat imminent, reasonable people act irrationally, independent people act in mindless conformity, and peaceful people act as warriors." - Maryam
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yeah, what is going to happen once Obama is elected? McCain will concede and say that "for the country" we all need to get behind Obama and support him as citizens... blah blah blah. but, will anything he (or Palin) says be enough to reverse the hatred that has been churned up? - Neil Bernhart
McCain has his work cut out for him. With the anger and fear resulting from the economy meltdown coupled with his hateful rhetoric... he better get busy and use his "uniting" qualities he professes to have. - kbourke
So, how long after the Republicans steal this election do you think we'll get our own "Nacht der langen Messer" and "Krystal Nacht"? - RefD
There are always people who harbor powerful extreme prejudices. In normal times, this genie stays bottled up. But all it takes is a little rub of the bottle to set them free. It is unforgiveable that McCain has "approved" all the messages that have given people permission to express and act on their worst instincts. - Michael Markman
In The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil, famous psychologist and researcher Philip Zimbardo discusses his lifelong research into the psyche of good people who engage in evil acts. He warns first about the dangers of psychological constructions that imbue people with "otherness" and then issues even stronger warnings about the dangers of psychological constructions that transform "others" into "the enemy." - kbourke
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I'm not permitted; I lived in the UK from 1996-2000. - Glen Campbell
Steve: I have muscular dystrophy and, while that in itself isn't dangerous to anyone else, they say it'll leave me too weak for it to be safe. I asked them to just let me try a pint but the nurse said they had to stick to their guidelines. - Timothy Griffin
@Tim It's the effort that counts mate, and it's wonderful that you've tried so hard. - Steve Spalding
Steve: I'm just glad my dad did so well and my mum did until she needed radiotherapy. My eldest brother still gives (I think) but my other brother has a phobia of needles. - Timothy Griffin
@Tim, I really have a BIG respect for people like you :) - directeur
I can't because I had an operation that required a blood transfusion... - WorldofHiglet
Steve, this thread led me to bitch in a new one about not being able to donate blood because I'm gay. Check it out. - Derrick
I would donate blood but my veins are too tiny and they have a hard enough time getting enough blood out of me for regular old blood tests. - April Russo
I may not donate if Nosferatu is hosting the event...or maybe I would! - Mike L
Same problem as Glen C even tho I'm a dual citizen. - Sally Church
@Derrick I saw that, and having gone through the Q&A thing more times than I can think, I always thought that was ridiculous. They test that blood 5 ways to Sunday, I don't get why they would be so concerned. - Steve Spalding
I donated a few weeks ago. Next scheduled donation is 11-Dec. I think I've got close to 70 donations under my belt now. AB+ with fat veins. The people at the donor clinic love me :) - Imabug
I get called all the time. Mostly for platelets. - Helen Sventitsky
Jay Martinez: Where do you live? AFAIK, there are blood banks in pretty much every city or close to every city. If you search for "find blood bank" in Google there are several different websites to locate your closest blood bank. You don't have to wait for a bloodmobile to come drive to you. - Rochelle
I used to give often before my exposure to mutagenics. I've only started again a few years ago when friends started asking me to donate in their name before surgery. - Robert Hafer
seriously get queezy by the idea of a blood test. the only reason I know I don't have AIDS is that my girl doesn't have it and my son doesn't. I'm terrified of needles. you would have to put me under - ⓃⓄⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂⓄⓃ
Can't do it again until Nov 17th. I do it every chance I get. - David Cook
The message, posted Monday on the password-protected al-Hesbah Web site, said if al-Qaida wants to exhaust the United States militarily and economically, "impetuous" Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain is the better choice because he is more likely to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"This requires presence of an impetuous American leader such as McCain, who pledged to continue the war till the last American soldier," the message said. "Then, al-Qaida will have to support McCain in the coming elections so that he continues the failing march of his predecessor, Bush." - kbourke
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Great . . . i have something to look forward too ¬_¬ I'm almost 29 - Lindsey
haha! Don't fret. It's more so that it's harder to rebound than it is all falling apart. Just a bit sour when I got up today. :-) - JA Castillo
ooh, I want to get one of those giant exercise balls. - Secret Squirrel
@Lindsey enjoy it while it lasts. the day after you turn 30 you will wake up with pains in parts of your body you never knew could even hurt. i wish i could say this is okay because you automagically get wiser, but it ain't true. on the upside, you won't get carded as much when you try to buy booze. - Jeremy Toeman
messed up... but if she's telling the truth he had something coming... maybe not beheading... pepper spray would have been much cleaner =/ - Kamilah Gill
Not knowing details about her specific situation, I always thought Indian culture was quite reserved, so to be harassed by a man for 3 months was probably a hard blow to this woman's mental state. Not saying it's right/wrong, but I could see how things could get so weird in that context. - ♫ Rahsheen™
"Not saying she shoulda done it...but I understand" - Josh Haley
With the 21st century comes a whole new kind of "crazy" - Sheryl
assuming that (a) he really was stalking and harassing her and (b) was dumb enough to attack her when she had a sickle, then that f*cker got everything he deserved. stalkers only stop when faced with death. ... that said, i wonder if this really was self defense. - tiffany
Wow! I like this story of a woman and a sickle. - Mitchell Tsai
The probability of a beheading by sickle being self defense is small, I'm going to wager. - Alex Scoble CISSP
@Chester, do you remember Reagan & Nixon? I'm never solid about the CA vote. also have repub family, long-time CA voters, so doesn't feel cinched to me. - anna awesomesauce
hmmmm...either Obama or I'll do a write in for Ron Paul. I'm in anyone BUT McCain mode, at this point. - Helen Sventitsky
